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3 COMANCHE, COMANCHE COUNTY, TEX AS, OCTOBER 2. 1926. ■ ^ 7r^--- - ??.J
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-,S FIRE LOSS $225,000
•aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa annnnna at) a a a a tt rir*
! wheat
1 clean
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ENTERE HIGGINBOTHAM BLOCK
DESTROYED; THEY GET READY
FOR BUSINESS AGAIN AT ONCE
garSSSi LEON FUIIERS
city was destroyed Sunday mornin*.
the total property destruction being
above $200,000. ,,
Scarcely had the flames died down
whan General Manager T. J. Wil-
liams stated that the firm Would . r-
range to get back into business in
quick time, and the energies .f him-
self and Co-workers have been turned
to purpose this week with the re-
salt that they will almost immediate-
ly, it Is stated, be ready tw announce
their plans and to begin serving the
public from their various mercantile
departments. Seven Higginbotham
buyers left for the markets Tuesday
and are buying large stocks of goods.
The Higginbotham loss at the most
conservative figures was about $200-
000. Insurance was carried. The cor-
ner building occupied by this com-
pany was the property of Mrs* A. L.
Moss of Dallaf. Its value is estimated
at about $20,000 and Insurance was
carried to the amount of $10,600.
The next heaviest sufferer was the
Comanche National Bank * building,
the windows broken out and other
damage done. By good work of the
fire department and the fortunate
lack of high winds the flames were
»prevented from spreading across the
streets, thereby avoiding their
spreading into a conflagration that
might have consumed a great part of
the business section.
As it was, an entice bl**ek eras de-
stroyed, including the lumber yard,
garage and all general mercantile de-
partments.
(be Loon Flee Press)
It Is believed that more'than 900
acres in orchards and vineyards will
bo planted in DeLeon territory dop-
ing the present winter. A Het .has
been completed of those reported to
be interested in the setting of com-
mercial orchards, and the knoOm ac-
reage will run upward of 200 acres.
TO OUR READERS
Linotype machine troubles this
week have caused us to have to
leave out most of the news letters
received from Mir correspondents,
and also to leave out several im-
portant local news stories and cut
others vary short.
But even as it la, spe believe you
will find many interesting things
in the Chief this week and we hope
to greet you with a more complete
news service next weak.
HHPUNT —
ACRES IN ORCHARDS FIRMER RESIDENT
oHMANCHi in
FATAL ACCIDENT
The Mrs. Howell whose death is
told of in the following from Times
SE=^ «ssi -rs
0 IN PRIZESSiMIWQUESTIONS
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FOR FEED CROP
SARURDAY 3;30
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The display rooms in front of the Chief office
now look like a county fair was in full blast.
A number of people have brought in their farm
and feed crops exhibits. And many others have
said that they will have their exhibits here. Sam*
pies for exhibit will be received until noon Satur-
day. fering them in.
Forty dollars in prizes will be awarded at 3:30
Saturday afternoon. Come in. See what Comanche
county can do in the way of crops. Meet your
friends here.
reported U> Free Press who will plant
extensively. v
A partial list «f those who will
plant orchards on a commercial scale
with reported acreage, is given be-
low:
R. W. , Beil, 40 acreaf
Jess Nowlin, 30 acres.
C. C. Hampton, 26 acres.
Thomas RoWnett, 10 acres.
H. t. 1 Short, 20 acres.
W. <a Mal lease. 20 acres.
George Morgan, 10 acres
Cha*. Tate, 10 acres.
Others who will plant are: Gilder
Bros., Tom Frasier of Duster, Jack
London, Arthur Boswell, J. F. Owen,
Jesse Morris, Emmett Rippetoe, and
W. J. Holleman.
Of the above, Mr. Short haa.
24 acres in bearing, and C. C. Hamp-' causing
ton has 20
was the sister of Walter Thomas of
Comanche, the daughter of Mrs. Mil-
lard Thomas of this city, was reared
In Comanche. Her husband also was
reared in Comanche. *A*
"Mrs Betty Howell, wife of W. L.
Howell of Hailey, was instsMtly kill-
ed by a fall from an antamobile on
the main highway between Hailey
and Bellevue at 1 oclock Saturday
morning while returning from the
Gannett, fair. It wbe a peculiar and- ;
dent Mrs. Howell was riding In the
rear seat of a car driven by E. J.
O'Neal. In passing another car driv-
en by Miss Ardis Brooks an<T occu-
pied by Clara Sherry, Ralph Rock-
well and Fred Lee in addition to the
I driver it is presumed that the rear
GARNER-ALVIS COMPANY TO
OPEN NEWS STORE HERE IN
TATE BUILDING BY OCT. 15
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hub of O'Neil car hit the Brooks car ' t{nj a {m the occupancy of
causing it to swerve and npnet In
u-tments. ton hatl jq acres planted last year.! the ditch. The O’Neil car sped on ,
J. M. Higglnbothnm of Dallns has Clu<k Fitxeeralcl haR about 80 acres for some distance. Mrs. Howell was,
5w-re — hL'1 S
. just coming ,
trees being in their fourth year.
! A list of names furnished by
J. front seat and may have been lean- j
shows in* out to see what happened to the
eorrunei rial o*~ Brooks car. In any event she fell out
nurseryman
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assisting in the arrangements
getting back into latsiness.
The fire originated In the lumber w WftWi;ftp
^°"k'“3:30*■ Sun'!r:ihrf“fr “*hrr*
The Dublin fire department came whaiieI1h There are scores of smal- struck on her head.
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Avery Moore, 7 mile." south yf De-
Leon, 1.000 trees.
Ifr. Simpson, east of
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firms of Texas, having storm now in
nine towns. •
Mr. A)vis of Gatmville, w*s here
last week maqing the arrangements
for entering business here. He said
that 6 bellleved that the future of
the town and country was such as
to make this a desirable location.
Mr. Weaver, who Is looking after
the n«w firm. getting taings — • ’ ?flt- opening the
The Gamer-AMs Company is one new stor« here has been In tile city
the live and strong mercantile since Monday morning.
Garner-Atvls Company has
leased the Tste building on the north-
east corner of the square and make
the announcement that it will be
open for business her* October 16.
Workmen are now busy renovating
ASKED MUNSON
ABOUT GRAPES
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Heard by . .Interested
Crowds .Ǥ .Farmers
Here and at Vandyke
Will B. Munson, the well known
grape man of Denison, gs heard by
about a hundred farmers interested
in grape growing when he spoke
the court house ia Comanche last
Friday afternoon, and questions were
asked and ready answers given for a
space two full hours. Besides the
farmers, there were several Coman-
che business men, a few ladies and
quite a number of high school boys
in the audience. * %
Mr. Munson spoke at -Vandyke
Friday night, after a bountiful sup-
per had Veen spread and enjoyed by
people of Domanche and Vandyke
together. There was aa audience
of about 160 assembled under the tab-
ernacle after the supper, and agate
many questions about grapes were
asked and answered. ->
Vandyke U Organise -
Judge R. A. Luker presided at the
meeting. After the talk by Mr. Mun-
son there waa a eelt Cor Prof. J. B.
Layne. Mr. Layn« briefly discussed
fruit growing, and on his suggestion
the people of Vandyke arranged for
a meeting the following Thursday
night, for the purpose of forming a
fruit growers’ association.
I over to lend its assistance
fightipg. ,
— |~UITY WATER NOW MAKE
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The report from the State Board
of Health Latmoratory to water Supt.
Sebe Payne, who had sent separate
samples of water from each of ihe
City's wells, shows wells Nos. Tour
and five slightly contaminated, each
of the other five sources of our water
| supply showing no bacteria growth
Supt. Payne tpromptly stopped the
taking of water from the contami-
nated wells until Ihey have been
mad* clean.
We are all aware Comanche has
I been unusually free of contagious
diseases this year, thanks to th« vig-
ilance of the ever thoughtful Mayor
•nd Water < v*mmissloner Payne.
L. B. THOMAS,
City Health Offleef.
•sec. - m ’ # 7 -
Iy from a frartrn^ stuu" and a se-
vere hemorage. Dr. E. W. I ox the
county corowr, held an inquest the
Downing1 next morning with J W. Fuld, A!
I Lewis, Leo P. Snider, Emerald Ir-
: 1ST HIGH SCHOOL
FOOT BALL GAME
A RELIGIOUS CENSUS
FOR COMANCHE
«»t Dovrnin,. 1.000 trw» jii' e. “• d,^ ^ I ----
J. S. Nance, Ebenexer, WXLjtrees. French on the jury. The verdlc _ ^ Comanche Indians won the
J. C. Locke, Ebenexer, 600 trees, accidental death in accordance vnn | ^ ^ ^me of the season
John Lightfoot, New Rope, 650 the facts as outltwd sbove. ; l t Friday on the local field from
trees. - ! Howell had lived ,n Ma R RConp of 9 to 6.
Mr. Thomas, Sues, 500 trees. jbut a f«w months *omln8 ^.th^her ^ ^ M }n ^
Mrs. Matt Ross, Duster, 60tf tree* family from Rock ^Pringx Wy ^ by rwovering a fumble on
J. F. Owen, Dc Leon, 560 trees. ling. She impressed all _p ( (vmanche’s yard line and going for
A. D. Ash, Victor, 630 trees., iionally fin. woman of charactei au hd Y ^ {ot point’was a
H. S. Freeman, De Leon. 200 trees, refinement. 6he was a native ..f X«- .touchdown, xry
Mr Stewart west Downing, 5(>0 'as, 43 years, 6 months and 10 days |.failure* ^
Mr. Stewart, west u g, m, .wrrivcl by h.r bus-1; G.manche’s- scores were made wfth
T.„rv Dean, We.t D..«nlng. 4» who with hot three .toll children, in, th™. gn.1. o«t cf tone Irie^
trees ** has been living at the home of her f while Comanche kept the ball Trv
New-t Pitts, west Downing, 400
trees
. (Waco Times-Herald)
A word of encouragement never
goes amiss. That ia the motto, aeem-
; ingly, of the president of the West
Texas Chamber of Commerce, R. Q.
L**e of Cisco. And what’s fine, this
man is confining himself to facts;
nothing exaggerative in what he has
to say? On Labor Day he spoke to
an audience of 6,000 persons of Co-
manche, and hie every: utterance was
replete with wisdom, based-on sub-
It has been agreed by the pastors
and superintendents of the Metho-
dist, Cent rial Christian, Presbyteri-
ans and Baptist congregations of Co-
manhe to take a religious census of
the town. This is preliminary to a
I general Sunday school enlistment
campaign that will follow. The cen-
sus will .be taken on Sunday after-
noon, Oct. 11th, between the hour*
of two and five o’clock. Mr. Jim
Eanes ha* been made general direct-
or for the census taking.
I
„n ^Ai-^tegreew.
Mr. Baker, Rucker, 500 trees.
C. C. OtweltrSuex, 600 trees; *
has been living at the nome oi ner t while coroancne
parenU. This tragedy was a shock Dublin’s territory a greater part of
J to the whole valley and the sympathy tim. they lacked th* necessary The climate and
of the entire community goes out to ^ch to. pvt One; across
. • « # • .• iL.i. ttri>uk
the gold
the stricken family.
line, their greatest weakness heltqf tbrer
stantial facts. , t
“Comanche county,' be declared,
“has the richest ‘gold inines’ in ihe
world lying idle. These ‘gold mines'
will produce mor. wealth than an oil
field and will bring wealth UwS
county if they are worked. Thousands
of acres of bottom land In the county
are ideally suited fots pecan culture.
Comanch. county pecans are fansjus
the world over and nowher. in
America can better nuta be produced,
with certainty than in thia county.
soil of the county
ar» - exactly suitable for pecan cul-
short gains
COTTON SEED MEETING TO
BE HELD OCTOBER 10; MAY ...........
BTAIN CERTIFIED SEED&
“Funeral services were held at the I ^ inability to make
family hprnc jn Hailey Sunday af- when most weeded,
ternoon and Were largely attended, j ,,njy reui thrill < f the game
Sorrowing friends and neighbors did when Thaxton |ntercept»<i a pass
fverything possible to break the I on Duhtip’* 35 yard line and was
ftnxe of the blow. Many fxpitww in one foot of the p>al line
their sympathy vdth generous offer- . t as final whistle blew.
^ —'w_ j» -k.iStephvnville 1ft
jjt ▼
1,235 Bales Cotton 3H
’Ginned in County
to September 16
T(h* government cotton report*
shc<w 1^35 bales of cotton ginned in
Comanche county this year prior to
September 16. The amount to the
same date last year was 2,838 bales.
• •#3$*y
We make a specialty of repairing
radiators—lElkins Tin Shop.
READ THEM
this 1
of
slandatdiclng
th* planting of certi-
. otto
fled the same variety in an
‘ entire community, J. Wj L- Nall of
.Dallas, director of field service of
-the T«*«" Farm Bureau Cotton As-
sociation, met with d number of
business men and eitisohs in Coman-
ch* Wednesday moTnlag/ te a result
of which a meeting wft* called to he
held at the court house tn Comanche
at 2 p. m. Saturday, October 10.
All farmers*are invited to attend
I this meeting and event business
* ' 1 to have
representative there*(it waa
in making the announceifteit.
The Texas Farm Bureau Cftttoh
JSiitge of the religious Services artd _ freckles
stated* deliverfa a jpomforting sermon. Mu- hi,ie yf,ur ^
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Cross-eye
gy "■^Trr. .MMS Brin, t* your fa«-
—--------- — — -i • Mrn. H. C. Beamer,
Association, it was M. E. Mallory and
chased 70,000 bushels of eert.fled cot- [ ^ ^ U
A. a«/l I UouA — — 1 ntOV Ka nh * , . . a. ■ a «
ton seed and iheae seed may b* ob
tained by its members at rest.
Among tb<tse atteuding Wednes-
day's meeting Urer* J. R. Eanes, W.
L. Randals, E. E- Anthony, T. H.
Holmsley, N. H. Payne and * I. F.
Hodges. An invitation had been ■ex-
tended to the agricultural committee
of the < ’hamber of Csimmerce and
lions Club, of whkh several of these
men are members.
Miss Martha
Jock Har-
per who sang “Jesus, Lover of My
Soul” and “Beautiful Isle of Some- *
where.” Mr*. FeuUck and Miss
Urech sang also “Unanswered
Burial took ftace in Haiky City cem-t
etery.” . ’ ^
Pall Were were Meaars. Joseph
W. Fuld, H. L. Molony, Jehn Povey,
flelmar, Seine*. Thomas F. Bailey
and G. A Hendrickson. The attend-
ance at the funeral and the cortege
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
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October ^-$5 la designated as)
national Fire Prevention week. Lqt
UH "see that we learn any JesSon*
that li is p<.«ubk for u* to learn
that may be put to good ttpe in
keeping down fire*. Attention h»
especially Invited to an artice la
this isaut from three insurance
firms-of Comanche. •
Mr. Lee commended the rpovement
for grape culture, launched in 'the
county, and dec la ted that grapes
properly ^cultivated will yield more
than cotton and the erdp is surer and
atffer. Comanche .can well hope to
secure a grape juice plant if the pro-
gram is pushed, he declared, and .no-
where in T*xas can grapes do better
than in the deep, sandy soil of tins
county.
Mr. Lee congratulated the farmers
on the success of their watermelon
program this jMar and cited that as
an example of what-eon be done. Co-
manche county has shipped out do»-
ens of ears of melons, obtaining good
prices for thanvXft addition, several
times as many melons have bean
trucked mri of the county.
Addresses of this natera—this of
tho president of . the Wsst Texas G
<g it,—ere ealeuJaled to stiraUlat*
endeavor and to bring abmit that de
free of co-operation among growers
that essential to premanent success-
There arf mlvertisements in
Issue that it will be Of real value
the people of this territory to read.
The Comanche merchants are pre-
senting their message*- They have i
the new fall goods to tell you about—* ■ J
and some ar* making, importa'nt bus-
iness announcements. You will tbse
money and good opportuniti* • : T
fall1 to read the ads from week to
week—and especially 1* that true thie
week. ’ T’^ * “1 ■' **
Leesai
WATCH AND WAIT 1
Have you ■ missed usT Well, we
ceiUiniy have missed yon—but it
won t be kmg until we will be going
strong in all departments.
f Within a short time bur new* dry
goods departrflcTft wiB be open fWr
business with A rompleie new stuck
of all fall and wtetor n»ewhandt»e -
even before yqu need to buy a dortofti
worth af winter goods. :,L^
To cdlebrat* the event we wiH p it on
a"* money saving opening sale worth
while. “ „
Again we say WATCH? WAlTl
ip
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Doyle, Davis K. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, October 2, 1925, newspaper, October 2, 1925; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth892188/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.