The Junction Eagle (Junction, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1924 Page: 1 of 8
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THIS ISSUE IS FULL OF
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YATES. TEXAS
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THE JUINC1 IOv EAGLE
Volume XL.
Junction, Kimble County, Texas, Friday, March 11, 1921.
Number 17.
DETAILS FOR TRACK
MEET AT KEKRVILLE.
Final details and arrange-
ments for the Hill Country Lit-
erary and Track Meet, to be
held at Kerrville Friday and
Saturday, March 21 and 22, are
IMPROVEMENTS AND
CHANGES IN JUNCTION
During the past few days a
number of changes and improve
merits have taken place in the
business part of town.
E. (). Lowgren, who has oc-
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last nearing completion, accord- copied the front of the 1 lamer
mg to announcement ot theotli- concrete building since the tin
cials in charge.
last fall, has moved his shoe
Indications point to a greater and boot shop to tlm office ...
number of contestants in the the Hunkins-Riley building, for-j
games this year than competed morlv occupied bv F. M. Ch
in the first meet held last spring Mr. Chase now has an oiliee
Entries have been coming in
daily from schools all over the
Hill Country and the success of
the second meet seems assmvd.
even
neot so
omplete pr<
iias been
mam o
announct
tlH
ase
in
the telephone building with the
Angora Record A. . ociatioa.
S lirciner-Hoilgc i Co. have
moved their otticc from the
front of the st ore \ o a i «isit ion
e its origm-
hclving and coun-
i in
front,
build-
up.’.
• i „i i i, ] i a I t near the center, and hav
K id e\en!s will be held on the >.. , . 4
... , ., , ,. . Lie otiice about t
School athletic field . j •
with track events and tennis ati '' A 4l
o t,, , tors o! the grocery department
lueii.cr inshtub1 grouiu Is. .... . , ,
Literary event will be held in . ,
i,, * . 4, .... ... , idling the cast side i
clas> rooms at the I ivy High'
.School with debating and dccla-f
rnatioii in the auditorium at j
night.
Conti bants will meet in the
High School auditorium at 9
o'clock Friday morning where
final entries will be made and
detailed instructions given.
Visiting contestants will be
caicd for Friday night by the
Parent-Teachers’ Club. Arrange
ments are being made by this
organization to secure places at
local homes.
Contestants from about 75
schools out of 120 in the terri-
tory covered by the organiza-
tion are expected to attend the
second annual meet. From one
to five teachers are expected p>
accompany their delegation and
between 000 and 800 competi-
tors are anticipated.
With more than 100 events
scheduled to take place during
the two days’ meet, at least 30
officials have been appointed to
supervise and conduct the va-
rious contests.
The complete program for the
meet follows:
The Hamer concrete building
is being rapidly put in order for
t iie new grocery that will open
on April 1st. The building’ is
being ceiled, the partitions tak-
en out, and a warehouse will be
cut off in the rear of t he build-
ing.
The old warehouse, formerly
livery stable and truck depot,
owned by T. M. Hodges and lo-
cated south of the square, is be-
moved. Part of the building is
to be used for goat sheds on
Mr. Hodges farm and the most
substantial (vart, some 15x35
feet has been sold to the Furni-
ture store and will be moved to
the rear of the Masonic build-
ing, where it will be used as a
warehouse by Messrs. Ruck and
Braley.
junior boys’ 100-yard dash; se-
nior boys’ 50-yard dash; senior
and junior girls’ 50-yard dash;
senior boys’ 440-yard dash; ju-
nior girls’ 50-yard dash; senior
girls’ 75-yard dash; senior boys’
220-yard dash; senior girls’ 200-
Fonner fc»cn. l>Yo. K. Chamber-
lain, with Paul Howland, has been
retained by Ut’y-Gun. Daugherty
as ddVn.se counsel in the Semite
charges hearing.
FIRST OFFICERS OF
KIM RLE COUNTY.
J. A. Drowning, one of the
early settlers in Ibis County,
and present County Treasurer
of Kimble County, has furnish-
ed us with a list of the first conn
i(\ officers.
The county was organized in
1370 from Bexar County, and
mimed for Henry Kimble.
The first ollicials are as fol-
low: Judge, William Potter;
Suerilf, Frank Latin; A
scssor, W. F. (plliland ; Fun
M. J. 1 Iranian; Treasure)’,
Q, Patterson and Clerk, E.
K. Fount z.
Poller Creek that runs into
Soul h Llano a few miles above
i rwu was narm <1 for William
Pop or; Frank Lathi is the fath-
er of Oscar Latta, w ho wa ; (lie
hm id of |!u> county a few
.'ears ago; Mr. Henman was an
uncle of II, (,). Denman of the
Junction State Rank; \T. Q. Pat-
terson was I he fa I her of N. (’.
Patterson and F. K. Kountz wa
Hi ■ fat her of J. C. Komtlz.
So far as we are aide to learn,
Messrs. Denman, Patterson and
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RKAPY COMMERCE
SECRETARY HERE.
Wm. I). Cargill, secretary of
the Brady Chamber of Com-
merce was in Junction Tuesday
night and a part of Wednesday.
Mr. Cargill was here in the
interest of a plan 1<> secure the
co-operation of towns in the
reunties in that section of the
Stale in-rounding Brady in a
“Heart of T \ is” district of the
Wed rev a Chamber of Com-
m ire. \t I
SAN ANTONIO MEN MAKE
H E PLANT PROPOSITION.
Last Friday, Messrs. Lee
Hckle and \\. K. Snow of San i- 4 4. ,J,I,“1’ 11
\nt(i , 4 , > kountz are the only near rela-
MMlOntO \M‘T i» hfM(* to tako 111) 4 * i* 4* , i . . ... . ,
.. .... , , :j ; , tives Ot any ot the first o licia s.
a piofioMtion ol an ice plant for .... * . .
Junction, with the business men , 1 . ( onimissioners were:
\ , 4 .• , ’ I Precinct 1, J. R. Steffev; Pro-
A U‘pr«snnlai.v,; number of ..ilu., o Kelix Hurt,.,,; I'nrim-t
f M, R l l Ji I" ° Henry Pearl a.,.I l'm-inc-1 I.
Slate Rank and heard the pro- j 1Va(.e pnrjlu.t " ^V’j i)’
position that the San Antonio Srovil’m ’ ’*
gentlemen had to make for es-
tablishing a six ton ice plant
in Junction that would be ready
to take care of the demand this
summer.
Any reader who knows of tin*
whereabouts of any of these
first officers of the county, if
any are still living, will confer
An,.,; .oin, into the mafler. j Z wTi^h
SS^teKl^or^h'"1"" '“-p ...
over some proposed sites for I.ONIK)N ORGANIZES
the plant, and a satisfactory oik
was found that could he pur-
chased at a fair price. The nee
essary funds for the erection of
COMMERCIAL RODW
niiiooo. ot the business houses and in-
Friday, March 21; 9 a. m., All >urd relay; senior boys 1 mile dividuuls Monday, when Messrs
That the business men and
.................... „„„ ,,, citizens generally of London are
the plant were met by a number "’aking up to the needs of or
contestants meet in the High
School auditorium. 10 a. m.;
Essay writing. Room 10. Senior
spelling. Room 9; junior spell-
ing, Room 8; sub-junior sjicll-
ing, Room 7; music memory
contest. Room 11; tennis girls’
doubles and singles, Schreiner
Institute courts.
D.^ie1 iLJrl oi'oiHo 1 i\ U
a»\• » .•» nvi«i % * %. • v
High School grounds; Senior
boys’ running broad jump; se-
nior boys’ running high jump;
senior boys* discus throw; se-
nior lioys’ 12-pound shot put;
junior boys’ chinning the lar
and senior lioys’ pole vault.
Track events. 1 p. m., Schrei-
ner Institute field; senior boys’
120-yard hurdle; junior boys’
5o-vant dash: senior boys’ 100-
yard dash; junior boys* 100-
yanl dash; senior lioys’ 50-yard
dash; junior boys’ 50-yard dash;
senior girls* 50-yard <ta*h; se-
nior lioys* 440-yard dash; junior
girls’ 50-vard dash; senior girls'
75-yard dash; senior boys’ 220-
vard itash; junior girls* 20lV
vanl relay; junior boys’ 200-
yard relay and senior boys* half
mile run
iKv tarnation amt delmtmg.
preiimmaries. High School aud-
itorium. H p. m
Saturday. Mirth 22: H a. m .
Termis—boys’ doubles an<t »in
gl#s. Srhremcr Institute courts;
girls* \olley ball, high school
grounds.
C.iris' field events, 10 a. m.
High School ground*; senior
and junior girls’ ruaaing bread
jump, senior amt junior girls
standing broad jump; senior
and junior girts’ running high
jump.
Track events tAnala), Schroi-
rer Institute, 2 p. m.; senior
boys* 120-yard hurdle; junior
and debating
School midito-
relay and
run.
Declamation
(finals), High
lium, 8 p. m.
Medals and championship
cufis will 1h* awarded at the con-
clusion of the declamation and
debating finals Saturday night.
ganized effort to place their lit-
tle town on the map and to Dir-
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senior boy a’ l-mile j, a. Heynmn and J. N. Hodges h^er their bast interests, is evi-
cireulated subscription for this denied by the fact that on Tues-
day of this week, they organ-
ized a (’handier of Commerce.
purpose.
The deal is being held up for
a few days (lending the working
out of the details of the agree-
ment and more com j Jet e ac-
count of the matter will he
given next week.
Mr. Cargill of the Brady
Chamber of Commerce, while on
his way to Junction, stopped
there for a short while and af-
ter talking with several ot the
A RIFT !N THE CLOUDS
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•o. \t the recent district
conwn ion, plans were partially
vo' ,1 out t i divtdo the area
covered bv the West Texas
< hambero’’ (.’ommerce into elev-
en districts, of wliich this pro-
posed one i ( number t lirec.
At this meeting Mr. Cargill
bad a district approved, that
would be known as the “IFart
ol i\ \a ' it; biding Runnels,
Column i, lb own and Comanche
Count ii on the north, Kerr,
on the south, Kimble on the
w'< f and San . ;d :i and 1 Jano
i r i the i as!.
(hie (A the j>nv|io es of t his
sectional organization is the
benefits that will result from
< he co-opwra! ion of the different
chambers of commerce, princi-
pal!’' from an advertising or
publicity standpoint.
The matter was placed before
(lie Junetion < ’handier of Com-
merce directors Wednesday af-
ternoon and received their en-
dorsement .
The slogan, “The Heart of
Texas,” will be used and all
towns will be urged to make
the best of it by having the
map of Texas, with the heart
inserted, to cover this section,
on their stationery, and in all
advertising literature and news-
paper articles that are written
for t he public.
Mr. Cargill is very enthusi-
astic chamber of commerce
worker, and is a live wire in his
line of work, lie was in Men-
ard Monday and went from
here to Kerrville.
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• liOII WHITES” RECEIVED
TO RE-STOC K COUNTRY.
Twelve jiairs of “bob whites”
or quail as they are generally
called in this country, were re-
ceived by Deputy (lame War-
den W. W. Taylor this week and
were distributed in the county,
Iieing turned loose at the follow-
ing places; Beasley ranch, on
the Divide; Maddox and Quisen*
berry ranches on Gentry; John
Uowsert ranch on North Llano
unit Tom Jones ranch on Main
Llano. Owners of these sever-
al ranches assured Mr. Taylor
that they would make every ef-
I* rt to protect these quail and
their offspring, and this ship-
ment, which direct out of OKI
.Mexico, will help to re-stix*k
this country.
There are a few covies here
and there in the countv, and by
proper protect ion from the hind
owners, they will again la* plen-
tiful in a few* yearn.
The expense of getting these
bints here was met by the
Game, Kish and OvMer Commis
Pion, amt was about $2 a bint.
representative business men,
8Im4 finding that they desired
such an organisation, ktrdly
agreed to assist them in the in-
itial steps of the organisation.
At this first meeting. f». la w-
i* was elected president; W \\.
Barrett vice president; ami Er-
ne d A menu set* ret ary. The
directors, elected were: Claude
Weaver, French Cummins, W.
L Amaon, J J, Ake amt J. W,
Rearing.
hire protection, highway im-
it, tourist park, lum-
a hank nve _
that they will
things
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Perry, H. Grady. The Junction Eagle (Junction, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1924, newspaper, March 14, 1924; Junction, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth890959/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .