The Devil's River News. (Sonora, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, March 18, 1932 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XU
Published in Sonora, Texas — "The Capital of the Stockman’s Paradise’
SONORA. SUTTON COUNTY. TEXAS, FRIDAY. MARCH jg, 1932
NUMBER 2t»
Santa Fe Special Brings
Lesson in Farm Operation
Ranch Exhibits and
Talks Prove of
Interest
Much in the nature of an agri-
cultural college on wheels, the
Santa Fe farm and home speciul,
operated by the railway company
in co-operation with the Texas A.
& M. college, arrived in Sonora for
a program of two hours or more
Wednesday night. The train was
greeted here by a large crowd of
over 500 ranchers, livestock farm-
ers and others interested in late
developments in farm and ranch
operation.
Mayor Roy E. A Id well welcomed
the special and its personnel io
Sonora in a brief talk following his
presentation by II. H. Williamson,
vice-director and state agent of the
A. & M. Extension Service. Fol-
lowing a brief speaking program
by specialists of the college, fea-
tured by a talk by A. K. Mackey,
sheep and goat specialist of the an-
imal husbandry department of the
college, visitors were invited
aboard to view the numerous ex-
hibits stressing improved methods
of farm and ranch operation.
Both Sutton and Kimble counties
were represented in the attendance
here. There were visitors from
Roosevelt and Junction and other
points. Mr. Williamson in his talk
(Continued on page 4)
Essay Writers
Guests of Lions
at Club Meeting
Fowler Case Center of Interest
Another Demo
Wool-Mohair Men
to Meet March 25
Junction Scene of Parley on Spring
Mohair Situation
The association of wool and mo-
hair warehouses of Texas, repre-
senting a majority of the concen-
tration agencies in the state, will
meet in Junction on March 25 to
discuss plans for handling the
spring mohair clip, which is begin-
ning to come in in many sections
of the state.
J. Miles O'Daniel, president of
the association, called the meeting
last week.
C. H. Evnns, manager of the So-
nora Wool &. Mohair Company, is
a member of the association, and
will attend the meeting in Junction.
A representative of the National
Wool Marketing Corporation will
meet with the association and is
expected to announce plans of the
co-op regarding the spring clip.
White Tells of Calf Records; Or-
ganization to Aid in Health
Work; Fights Hoarding
\\ l iters of winning essays in a 1
recent high school contest sponsor- I
ed by the Sonora Lions Club were I
guests of the dub at its Monday j
luncheon. The essays deal with !
projects which arc not being work- 1
ed but which ciuld be sponsored
with some chance of success by the
local club.
Miss Alice Sawyer, winner of
first place in the contest, read her
essay, which appears in full in an-
other section of this week’s News.
Other winners were Dee Trainer,
second and Clovis Neal, third. In
addition to these three, the Misses
Pauline Turney, Mora Lee Meckel
and Edythc Carson were present,
as was Miss Nan Casbeer, teacher
of English and grader of the high
school papers. The Misses Babe
White and Ella Roc, whose essays
were entered in the final competi-
tion, were absent.
The essay contest was sponsored
(Continued on page 4)
Snow Adds Beauty
to Cold Country
Melvin A. Traylor, former Texan,
a resident of Ballinger, ami now
president of Chicagos First Nation-
al Bank, is being mentioned promi-
nently as a Democratic presidential
candidate.
Gov. R. S. Sterling
and Party Stop in
Sonora Sunday
Executive's Croup Enroute to Cat-
tlemen's Meeting; Board In-
specting State Projects
Governor R. S. Sterling and a
party of Texas executives and offi-
cials stopped in Sonora briefly Sun-
day afternoon at 4 ocloek while
enroute from Austin to El Paso,
where the Governor spoke Tuesday
before the annual convention of
the Texas and Southwestern Cat-
tlemen's Association.
Traveling with the governor, hut
not members of his party, were
three men prominent in Texas
polities, and all members of the
State Board of Control. Their
group is making an inspection tour
of all state supported projects, and
is gathering data for the prepara-
(Continued on page 4)
TRAINER SHOWS TIES
OF ALL-WOOL DESIGN
A new com inertial feature,
ties mnde completely of wool,
nre on display and sale this
week at the J. W. Trainer store.
The cruiatx are offered in a va-
riety of colors and patterns.
Sonorn ranchmen and wool
men are enthusistic in this new
use for the section's chief pro-
duct.
Mr. Trainer also keeping in
mind another product of the sec-
tion is making arrangement for
the sale of mohair fabric suits,
which are being featured by a
large nationally known mill.
Court Faces Otherwise
Light Docket Here
Next Week
Sonora Calves Win $327
in Prizes; Sell at Profit
Fort Worth Price Av- j Sheep & Goat Men
erage Is $8.87 Per
Hundred Lbs.
Cut All Expenses
Hard on Goats and Lambs of |
Area, Though
Sonora vocational agriculture
boys made money on their calves
this year, in spite of a dark out-
—-- j look during the feeding period. A
Snow, falling heavily on Friday 'total of $.'527.50 in prize money was
and Saturday mornings of last awarded on 23 calves entered in
week, added beauty to a cold West | shows here, and in San Angelo and
Late Business Concludes Program
Held at Station Here
M. E. Pre-Easter
Gospel Services
to Open Tonight
The Rev. E. P. Neal and E. J.
Thomas, Pampa, to Conduct
Ten-day Meeting
A ten-day pre-Easter evangelis-
tic meeting which will be conducted
by the Rev. E. P. Neal, pastor of
the Sonora Methodist Church, who
will do the preaching, and E. J.
The trial of W. C. Fowler, Upton
| county sheriff charged with the
| murder of Graham Barnett, occu-
pies the spotlight in interest here
mid throughout West Texas as the
| spring term of the 112th District
court of Sutton county neurs the
opening dute, Monday, March 21.
With the exception of the Fowler-
ease, transferred here by Judge
Joe Montague on change of venue,
the court will fate a relatively light
docket, with few new civil cases,
only three continued cases on the
criminal docket, and only one suit
for divorce.
Judge Montague has requested
that every precaution be taken to
prevent trouble here cither during
or following the Fowler trial. Sher-
iff B. W. Hutcherson has announc-
j ed that all spectators, as well ae
witnesses, entering the court room
during the rial, will be usked to
stand search for weapons.
The grandjury will report for
duty' Monday morning, together
with the list of men summoned for
petit jury duty.
The Fowler trial will be called
on Wednesday, and scores of wit-
nesses for both defense and pros-
Thomas, Pampa, gospel singer, I«««tion have been summoned for
will open at the Methodist church \ appearance on that day. The de-
(Continued on page 4)
Co-op Directors Are
Re-Elected for Year
Texas, but was not welcome to
ranchmen of the district, many of
whom lost substantial numbers of
goats and fresh-shorn lambs.
Fort Worth. Sale prices on the
final group at Fort Worth were
satisfactory, too, and averaged
about two cents a pound more than
Some losses ranging up to 200 j had hcen expected.
Personals
head were reported in the Sonora
section, while other sections also
reported heavy death tolls. W. A.
Miers, running 6500 head of sheep
in mountainous country on his
Culberson county ranch, feared
that the entire bunch might he lost.
The wave was particularly de-
structive to the lamb crop, since
nearly every ranchman in the coun-
try was in the midst of spring
lambing, and the eight cold nights
caused loss during the big portion
of the main lambing time.
Fair and warmer weather weath-
er Tuesday and on later days was
welcome.
COUNTY WILL IMPROVE
ROCK SPRINGS HIGHWAY
Roy Baker and Bill Gilmore went
to Junction and hack Sunday.
T. L. Benson, of San Angelo, was
a business visitor in Sonora this
week.
Dr. O. G. Babcock is spending a
week at the Ranch Experiment
Station.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sellman, of
San Saba, were business visitors in
Sonora Monday.
Mrs. Nolan Kennedy of Sun An-
gelo spent Wednesday and Thurs-
day here visiting her husband.
Mrs. Birdie Rutledge und her
daughter, Mrs. Jack Wardlaw, were
San Angelo visitors Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Willoghby, ol'
Eldorado, were week-end guests of
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Vnndcr Stucken.
Miss Alice Casbeer of Lampasas
returned home Saturday after a
visit here with her sister, Miss Nan
Casbeer.
Reuben Choate, of Big Spring, is
spending several days in Sonora as
the guest of his sister, Mrs. Ira
Shurlcy, and her family.
Mrs. Fred Simmons and Miss |
Nan Karnes left Wednesday for
San Antonio where they intended
to spend several days.
Mrs. John Reilly, and her daugh-
ters, the Misses Floreinc and Win-
nie Lynn, of the Owensville com-
munity, were shopping in Sonorn
Monday.
Sutton county road crews began
work this week-end on the blasting
and grading of a one-and-one-hall'
mile stretch of road on the Roek-
springs highway in the extreme
south end of Sutton county.
For years the road has led across
an ungraded rocky hill, and the
work now being done will result
in a well graded and drained road
across the section, ending on the
south at the Edwards eounty line.
So far as is known here Edwards
county has made no plans for im-
mediate improvement on its sec-
tion of the road.
The average feed bill was $35
per calf, while the average prize
per ealf was $14.24. Three calves
sold in San Angelo brought from
$5.50 to $6.50, while the balance,
sold in Fort Worth, brought from
$8.25 to $9.50, with the average
placed at $8.87 per hundred pounds.
The average weight of the calves
sold in Fort Worth was 750 pounds,
while the price was $65 each on the
average, records kept by Turner
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at 7:30 o'clock tonight.
Week-day services will be held at
10 a. m. and at 7:30 p. m. No ser-
vices will be held on mornings of
this week, but morning services
will he held on the first five days
of r«".t week. An (r« itatlon is ex-
tended «si.; 11 who- will sing it.^lhe
choir or do personu! evangelism. j ___
Mr. Thomas has had 15 years | With some twenty-five stock-
in evangelistic singing j holders present, and with thirty-
officers to Jk/'hdu-i. at Meeting
Next YlffUiy
Final business sessions of the
meeting «>r the -Texs- Sheep end
Gout Rniserx’ Association execu-
tive committee at the Ranch Ex-
periment Station last Thursday re-j experience „ _ „„„
suited in several important busi- and has worked with the Rev. Mr. j five represented either in person or
acss decisions. jNeal in nine different revivals over by proxy, stockholders of the So-
a period of seven yenrs. | Wool & Mohair Marketing
A committee of sixteen members, Corporation, local unit of the Na-
all of whom are volunteers, is ink-
ing a survey of the city this week
gathering information concerning
the spiritual state of the town,
church membership, und church at- j
tendance on the part of the citi- I
zens of Sonorn. The committee i,|(ly to name officers for the period,
members are working in teams of j Little other business was irans-
indorsc the plans of New Braun- !two, concentrating on advertising j.iCtod.
fels for the establishment of a the meeting and bringing in in-, The directors named were:
mohair mill there. formation upon which of the revi- I jrj C. Mayfield W. A. Miers, AI-
Plans for the next quarterly . val can be based. vis Johnson, Ira C. Green, Fred T.
meeting to be held in Uvalde in | ^__j Earwood, E, C. Beam, C. T. Jones,
June were announced. i ' Joe F. Logan, J. N. Rosa and 8. E.
In a sweeping effort to cut ex-
penses to meet a reduced income,
all salaries were cut, up to 20 per
cent. It was decided that the usual
sale would not he held in Del Rio
this summer, as had hcen plunncd
originally.
Action in seeking aid to l'ight
the prickly pear was tabled for the
time being. The group declined to
lion Wool Marketing Corporation,
met hi re Monday of this week in
annual gathering.
The entire present group of di-
rt dors was elected for the nsuing
year. The directors will meet Mon-
Evaluation Men
Begin City Work
Four Experts Now on Projects; to
Require 30 Dnys
Dance Planned on
Wednesday Night
Lowrey Announces
for His 14th Term
VlcKnight.
Veteran Sutton County Clerk Took
Office First in 1906
Firemen Will Provide Diversion
for Many Court Visitors ——
•--- J. D. Lowrey this week announc-
Work of placing the city of So- I The Sonorn Fire Department this j'-'d that he would be a candidate for
ura on a unit system of tax eval- |"ock made plans for a dance to be re-election to the office of county
given Wednesday night of next
week to provide diversion for the
und district clerk of Sutton county.
Mr. Lowrey came to Sutton coun-
uation was begun this week in
survey of property being conduct- | of *|>ooplc brought” to Sonora ty from McCulloch county early in
ed by George G. Ehrcnborg and |aH witnesses and spectators in the this century, working for a winter
his stuff of three men. j Fowler trial.
The work began Monday, and is Keating’s six piece orchestra
devoted for the first two weeks to
measurement .if buildings. After*
thnt the re-survey of city land
property will be started.
Members of the party working
here are Erik Ehrcnhorg, nephew
of the engineer. R. S. Dockum and
B. E. Hale.
I
from San Angelo has been engaged
for the dance, which will likely last
from 9 until 1 o’clock. The affair
will be held at the Boy Scout hull.
Out-of-town attendance will be
invited, and a special invitation
will be extended court visitors stay-
ing here.
on ranches of the nron. In 1905 he
entered the clerk’s office of the
late S. H. Stokes, and the next year
when Mr. Stokes did not run, Mr.
Lowrey announced for the office
and was elected. Ho has held the
office every since, and is now serv-
ing his 13th term.
Mr. Lowrey has run without op-
position for the last several terms.
Pool, Gym, Paving, Walks, Railroad, City
Beautification Suggested Project for Lions Club
Editor's Note—Sponsored by
the Sonora Lions Club, pupils
of the high school wrote es-
says on the subject: “What the
Lions Club Can l>o for Our
Community That Is Not Being
Done.” The essay of Miss Alice
Sawyer was awarded first
prize, a gold medal. Her es-
say follows:
it could undertake to make this | those who participate in it. Besides I the gymnasium. Basketball games
Hv Alice Sawyer
The Sonora Lions Club has al-
ways done all it could to help in
civic and school affairs. Although
the club has helped Sonora in va-
rious ways, there nre several things
community better. developing the body and mind,
As Sonora has no l iver near the j swimming is delightful. Everyone
town, the Lions Club could spun-1 should l»e allowed to have this
sor the building of a swimming pleasure during the hot summer
pool. Then everyone not fortunate months.
enough to have pcrmislon to swim When Sonora built a new high
in tanks on ranches could huve a school building, not enough money
good time daily during the summer was voted to build a much needed
months. A well could l>e dug so that gymnasium. The Lions Club could
the wuter would be fresh, and the 'sponsor this important project,
supply plentiful. Everyone should Good facilities for taking pleasur-
have an opportunity to swim, able exercises inspire the people
Swimming uses muscles of the of a town to become strong and
body that do not ordinarily get ex- ' healthy. On cold, rainy, or windy
ercise. This sport also develops days, pupils of the Sonora schools
'quick thinking and gracefulness in 1 could take physicnl education in
i • I
could also he played there. A bus-
iness men’s athletic club, which is
badly needed in Sonora, could spend
many evenings of pleasure and
profit in a good gymnasium.
The Lions Club could start
the movement of paving more
streets by sponsoring bond issues.
In dry weather the streets are
dusty, while in wet weather, they
are slippery and muddy. On such
streets housewives spend much of
their time “cleaning up.” In a mod-
ern, progressive town practically
all streets arc paved. I’aved streets
(Continued on page 6)
Local Briefs
j
Son to Mr.. Mrs. Otis Murray
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Murray have
announced the arrival of u fine K
and three-quarter pound son. The
young man was horn at 3 o’clock.
Tuesday, and has been named Max
Darrell.
McKnight at Cattle Convention
S. E. MeKnight is spending thi*
week in El Faso attending the Tex-
as and Southwestern Cattlemen’s
Association annual convention. Mrs.
Josie McDonald, only woman mem-
ber of the association, was unable
to attend the convention this year.
Oil Blaze Quiekly Controlled
A blaze started by a spark in
waste oil leaking from tanks near
the boiler of the Sonora Cleaners
plant sent the chemical wagon of
the Sonorn Fire Department on a
fast trip Wednesday at noon. The*
blaze was quickly put out, with
only slight damage having resulted
to the framework under oil tanks.
Bob Robson in from Ranch
Boh Robson, in Monday from hie
ranch 33 miles southwest of Sonora
on the Devil’s River, reported that
his stock had withstood last week’s
cold weather in good shape. Mr.
Robson related an unusual incident
caused by the cold weather. Fol-
lowing a hard freeze one night, a
hydrant on the side of his house
froze and was blown from the pipe
by the pressure, with an explosion
resembling a pistol shot.
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Baker, George. The Devil's River News. (Sonora, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, March 18, 1932, newspaper, March 18, 1932; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth979475/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .