The Devil's River News. (Sonora, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, September 4, 1931 Page: 3 of 8
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Ninth Installment
When Peter went out for a look
around town she hurried away with
her shure of the wedding presents
in search of u pawn-shop, where
she left them securely locked away
f^om danger of theft or loss, anu
stopped for an express money order
on her way home.
There wasn’t enough money for
the suit but she bought a new, frilly
collar and cuff set to brighten up
the old one which she extravagant-
ly sent down to the hotel cleaners
for pressing. She had a small elec-
tric iron and a folding board in her
big suitcase, but she felt some hes-
itancy about resorting to such an
economy with Peter in the sitting-
room.
The reception was a huge suc-
cess. The best people in their best
clothes were properly impressed.
Peter and Rowena in a mound of
flowers in the Rackruff roadster
were photographed for the local
papers, interviewed by representa-
tives of the press, and congratulat-
ed on every hnnd. Peter was given
a pearl-studded cigarette lighter,
which worked successfully, and Ro-
wena a wrist-watch with the same
design in chip diamonds. She ac-
cepted it with a glowing smile and
inner regret that had not had it
earlier in the day to provide the
coveted suit.
Mr. Meeker told her confidentially
that tlje only reason he had not told
heir about the wristwatch was be-
cause they had ovidentally planned
it as an afterthought and he had
not heard of it.
When the reception was over
they were driven triumphantly back
to the hotel in a procession of Rack
ruff roadsters, so that a consider-
able crowd gathered in the streets
to cheer them on.
“Peter, don’t you love it?" de-
manded Rowena when they were
again alone in the bridal suite—
alone, but with the door noticeably
ajar. “Don’t you adore being a hus-
band ? Aren’t you glad we got mar-
ried ? Why, if I had known it was
such fun I’d have been married doz-
ens of times before this.”
Peter waited in the lobby down-
stairs while she dressed for the big
uffair of the day, and when she was
ready he took possession of the
bedroom and bath while she sat in
the flower-filled sitting-room—the
door into the corridor wide open,
you may be sure—and wrote a long
gay letter to Buddy, enclosing the
money order. At seven o’clock Mr.
Meeker called to escort them down
in person. He brought a huge cor-
sage of orchids and orange blos-
soms for Rowena and a gardenia
for Peter’s buttonhole.
“Guess we better let her stick it
in for you,” said Mr. Meeker.
“Seems like it gives more of a
bridal touch to things.”
Rowena rose to the occsion. She
kissed the gardenia prettily and
then flicked it coquetishly on Pet-
er’s chin before she tucked it care-
fully into the lapel of his coat—
all this to the beaming delight of
Mr. Meeker and the confusion of
Peter.
Flushing wiht rosy pride, Mr.
Meeker led them down to the recep-
tion room and introduced them once
more to all the Rackruff dealers
and their wives, and then to the
gentlemen of the press—editors
Choose the r
Meat dish first
then Meal Planning
is EASY
•
Let the Meat Decide
the Vegetables
TROY
WHITE
MARKET
and publishers among them, too,
as well as mere reporters. The or-
chestra struck up the wedding
march and Peter and Rowena,
flanked by Mr. Meeker on one side
and the head waiter on the other,
led the procession into the ballroom
for dinner. The seats designed for
them were raised above the others
in a royal mound of white roses.
This, Mr. Meeker explained in a
loud whisper represented the soli-
taire diamond of an engagement
ring, which was typified by the rest
of the tables ranging the full extent
of the hall in a great circle.
Never had Rowena been so beau-
tiful. Her eyes—the blue of a sum-
mer sky—sparkled with pleased ex-
citement. Her lovely lips quivered
sensitively. Under the table she felt
ubout with the toe of a silver slip-
per until she found Peter’s foot to
press when she wished to call his
attention to anything particularly
priceless that caught her eye or car.
Peter stared and stared at her.
Everyone else did, too, if it comes
to that, but no one of all those pres-
ent was so amazed and so bewild-
ered by her beauty as Peter him-
self. Over and over again he had to
remind himself that this radiant,
exquisite creature, the cynosure of
all eyes, whose sheer beauty fairly
I took away one’s breath, was the
] very same crisp and curt Rowena
who kept such a stubborn finger on
the steering wheel of their trip.
When dinner was over and he
danced with her for the first time
he was startled and stirred to dis-
cover that she was a feather in his
arms; that her gleaming hair was
fragrant 83 flowers; her skin vel-
vet to his touch—and that she
seemed to melt into the music like
music itself.
“Rowena,” he whispered, “it’s
great isn’t it? Really, it’s just
corking!”
“It’s gorgeous, Peter, it’s glori-
ous! And, oh, darling, think how
they’re going to feel in a couple of
months when they read in the pa-
pev about the annulment and know
it was all a farce! Won’t they go
down—plop!—like a flat tire?"
“I suppose so,” ho assented sob-
erly. “Looking at it that way, it
seems rather a low trick to play on
them. They mean so well.”
“But it was Rackruff got us into
it—it isn’t our fault,” she protested.
They danced through the ball
with n display of domestic devotion
that was thoroughly convincing. At
two o’clock when it was over they
went, laughing, upstairs to the
bridal suite and while he changed
quickly from formal to street dress,
she lounged in full display in the
sitting-room before the chaperon-
age of an open door.
When he went in to say good
night he sat down on the arm of
her big chair and cuddled her
bright head, roughly, in his arm.
“Why put me out, Rowena?" he
began in a wheedlesome voice. “Af-
ter all, we are married. And I fan-
cy we’re going to have the devil’s
own time convincing any sane
judge that there was nothing to it
but the ceremony.” \
“My judge will believe it."
“If he does,” said Peter moodily,
“he’s going to think what a damfool
I am. Anyhow, it’s been a nice
night and there’s more of it. We’ve
had a lot of fun and a little more
wouldn’t do us any harm,” he ar-
gued persuasively.
She laughed good-naturedly. “I
have had all the fun I can stand for
one night. Run along, darling, and
be sure to get a receipt that will
confound the skeptics.”
When Peter had gone she sat on
the edge of the bed and thought it
all over. In a way, she decided, it
was rather an awful thing they had
done. But it had been so tremen-
dously important for both of them
—the trip had—the pictures and
the stories. And the money—the
money most of all! But it was too
bad this sort of thing had to hap-
pen—and to a sweet thing like
Peter who really deserved a better
break—he was so old-fashioned at
heart.
Rowena stood up and yawned and
got into bed. She would do her
level best to insure that annulment,
in common fairness to Peter. Cer-
tainly it was for her to make sure
of it. He was too careless, too sen-
sitive to public opinion. He might
get that receipt for his night’s res-
idence and he might not. She would
make sure. She lifted the receiver
(Continued on page 6)
Old Time Ring Hero
get something for nothing. They
seem to forget that their neighbor,
with whom they agreed to cut
down, has the same thoughts they
do and plants more and shears
more. The consequence is that
when the crop or clip is ready for
sale, there is an overproduction and
low prices. There is no one to
blame but the producer in such
cases, but he, no doubt, bl.’mcs ev-
eryone but himself for his predic-
ament.
It is the opinion among some
warehousemen and bankers in the
sheep territory that the wool grow-
ers will not make the mistake they
made last fall by shearing too much
fall wool this year. It is also the
belief of some that the wool grow-
ers will profit by what has hap-
peed to the wheat and cotton farm-
ers who followed the at've prac-
tices, in many cases, and who are j
today overproduced to such an ex- J
tent that it will probably take
many months to adjust themselves
iO the demand.
In the event u grower plans to
sheur because he needed ready
cash, he had better take the
loan of 50c per head instead of
shearing, because in this way he
con get more than by shearing.
Expense of shearing und death loss
from worms will be about 15c per
head. The uverage sheep will prob-
ably shear ubout 3'-j pounds this
full. If a grower will try to figure
for himself he will see that he will
have to sell wool at 18c per pound,
or better, to realize as much ready
money us he can get by leaving the
wool on the sheep and taking the
I 50c per head loan. Under the pres-
ent conditions does anyone think
he cun sell his fall wool at this
price ‘
Let the Devil print it for you.
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(Established 1910)
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SERVICE
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Office hours 8 to 6. Sundays
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Jake Kilrain, who fought John'
L. Sullivan fifty years ago, cele-
brated his golden wedding in Bos-
ton recently. He is 72.
L. W. Elliott
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Will practice in all state and
federal courts
SONORA, TEXAS
Lea Urges There
Be No Shearing
8-Months Wool
Letter Stresses Probability of Ruin-
ous Prices on Short Fleece
This Fall
Editor's Note—
J. M. Lea, Texas representa-
tive for Draper & Co., sales
agents for the National Wool
Marketing Corporation, be-
lieves that the wool man who
shears his sheep this fall will
lose money on the clip, and
that, furthermore, he will de-
press still more a very low de-
mand for the short fleece. In
a letter to The Devil's River
News, Mr. Lea presents his
reasoning as follows:
The present stocks of Texas 8
months and fall wool on hand in
Boston is estimated to be about 20
million pounds in the hands of the
National Wool Marketing Corpora-
tion and various dealers. This
quantity under normal consump-
tion is fully sufficient to supply
the demand for the next 18 months.
For the past 18 months the demand
has been much below normal for
these wools. However, within the
last few weeks there has been some
sales made of 8 months, and it
seems that these wools will come
into their own within the next few
months.
There are only two states that
produce 8 months and fall wool;
they are Texas and California. Tex-
as produces the largest quantity
and most of these wools come from
the southern part of the wool ter-
ritory.
On account of range conditions
this year, there was more beggar
lice and hoarhound than for many
years. Anyone shearing his sheep
this fall will more than likely find
they have beggar lice, hoarhound
or both in thei wool. This means a
discount of from 1 to 6 cents per
pound. Beggar lice and hoarhound
that is in the wool now and which
would cause the wool to be dis-
counted this fall, will rot out be-
fore spring if left on the sheep, qpd
will not affect the price of the 12
months next spring.
In comparison to other commod-
ities there are only a small group
of people who produce and control
these short wools and they are
very close together and should re-
alize the importance of not shear-
ing this fall when it. is not nec-
essary.
Some growers will say they can-
not run 12 months wool successful-
ly, and will offer many arguments
for shearing twice a year. How-
ever, 80 per cent of the wool pro-
duced in Texas is 12 months length.
Why do growers continue produc-
ing 12 months wool who join pas-
tures with growers who are produc-
ing 8 months and fall wool?
In the past and as late as a year
ago, wool growers were warned to
not shear in the fall; that there was
danger of being overproduced on
this type of wool. Many growers
gave the impression that they
would not shear, but when the fall
clip was all shorn, it turned out to
be the largest clip ever shorn in
Texas.
As a rule producers of the agri-
culture commodities will agree
among themselves that they will |
cut down on acreage, shearing or
anything else, hut they usually go '
home, plnnt more acres or shear
more sheep, thinking and expecting
the other fellow to do the cutting
down. They seem to think that if
the other fellow cuts down it will
give themselves an opportunity to
SONORA WOOL
& MOHAIR CO.
SONORA, TEXAS
Fireproof Building1 that will accommodate
1,500,000 pounds of wool
and mohair
WOOL BAGS, SEWING TWINE, FLEECE TWINE
BRANDING FLUID
Liberal Allowances on Wool and Mohair
OFFICERS
Ed C. Mayfield, President, W. A. Miers, Vice President, J. N. Ross, 2nd Vice President
R. A. Halbert, 3rd Vice President, A. C. Elliott, Secretary-Treasurer
C. H. Evans, Manager
DIRECTORS
Ed C, Mayfield
W. A. Miers
J. N. Ross
Alvis Johnson
Sam Karnes
Roy Aldwell
Sam Allison
Dan Cauthorn
E. D. Shurley
Ben F. Meckel
R. A. Halbert
Fred Earwood
Joe Vander Stucken
L. W. Elliott
C. T. Jones
FREE
LUNCH
ALL DAY
Saturday
Mr. Hollie will serve Womans Club Coffee
and sandwiches.
Mr. Henigan will serve Borden’s Malted
Milk.
Mr. Fritz will serve Swift’s products.
Mr. Leach will serve Heart’s Delight can-
ned fruits
Attractive Prices on Groceries
FOUR FREE GIFTS
E. F. VANDER STUCKEN CO., Inc.
SINCE 1890
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