The Devil's River News. (Sonora, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1932 Page: 4 of 8
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IIIF. DEVIL'S RIVER .NEWS
TThcxCTDc uUtf*»iuctefr'ctoS
GEORGE BAKER
W. E. James - -
. • Editor and Owner
. . - Associate Editor
Entered at the postoffice at Sonora, Sutton County,
Texas, as second-class matter.
Day of Publication
Friday of Each Week
Rates of Subscription—Payable in Advance
One Year $2.00
Six Months $1.2o
Three Months ---- —— . - .75
Any erroneous reflection upon the character,
.landing or reputation of any person, firm or corpo-
ration will be cheerfully corrected upon being
trought to the attention of the ed tor.
GALF-FEEDING IS MORE THAN A CONTEST
The competitive feeding f calve- a /rent
-timulus to intere-t which boys and girl- will nor-
mally take in their endeavor, whether it w . * for
profit or sch wl work. The winning of first priz.-s
and blue ribbons, and of any prize f r *; at nv tv r.
i an well be a source of pride and joy '. the -.»cc- - •
ful boy or girl.
But aside from the prize and the money which
ften comes with it, there is greater benefit to the
youth taking part in such work. Tht entire plan
feeding, carefully worked out, and diligently sup-
ervised by men technically trained aid highly
-killed in thi urk, is calculated to inst il in the
feeder a sense of responsibility and the habit of re-
I iiaoility.
Education i- taking important steps these days.
Not only in the colleges and universities are courses
of practical every-day work given, but the high
school offers training in vocations and professions
S that are common. We can remember a decade ago
| when commercial subjects were first introduced into
I schools as a part of the curriculum, giving students
the opportunity to learn something practical along
w.th their three R's. Eater followed the teaching of
home economics, of manual training, and vocational
agriculture.
.School boys ar.d girls of today are fortunate in
that they have opportunity to learn many useful
things even th ugh their education must terminate
with the close of high school days. Students are
given opportunity to actually practice some of the
things tney learn. They can find out early in life
,ust what they are best fitted to do, and in which
direct: n their chief interest lies. The futile search
for a suitable vocation can be crded early, and a
greater number of year- used in result-producing
work in the chosen field.
It is ea-y to teach a boy or a girl useful method-
of woik if it come- as a study or a pastime, rather
than as actual work Here again the value of calf-
feed • g and v at. r.a! work of other kinds, cannot
tie over-estimated.
G»neraJ’?sf»r*''
Phantom Flower
Governor Ross Sterling, who has
leclared that martial law will con-
tinue in East Texas oil fiield, with
the exception of the Constantin and
Wrather leases, and that he dis-
sents strongly from the three-
judge Federal court decision to
School opened on Monday, Sept.
0, in the year 1897, according to the
issue of The Devil’s River News
for Saturday, Lee. 4, which made
the following announcement:
“'I he Sonora public school will
open Monday morning at 9 o clock
with five teachers, as follows: Prof. j
J. C. Johnson, Mrs. J. L. Bur-
roughs, Misses Ethel l'hillips, Jo-
anna Stokes and Mona Rountree.
■ Mrs. J. L. Burroughs who will have
|charge of the primary department;
I has had years of successful expe-
rience, and is recognized as one of
the best teachers in this depart-
ment in the State. Prof. Johnson,
Miss Phillips, and Miss Stokes
taught in the school last yeur, and H o w n along the Lower Hi.
the patrons know .heir succes (Jiande, where it never gets cold
Miss Rountree mught in precinct und the moon seems to roll on the
No. 3 last year and her work was breaker- of the Gulf like a ball of
■ <• I T..U,.. „|| in Mil i f1 re, this eerie blossom of the
1 **" ghostly night blooming cactus, or
Sonora will be a well served >vitri a(.ant,ioeeieus pentagonus, if you’]
teachers us any town in the- State. 0l scientific mind, can occasionally
ban martial law. He has instructed |11 Ip your cnildren with then be found. It i- extremely rare, and
S r ra ! a- well as their tacher. Turner D.
White, are t e commended on the showing they
made in the .'or. Ar.gelo show. Sutton county peo-
ple are behind the Ivys and are pulling for them to
win • ther laurel- at Fort Worth.
light row. u- - n as this year's shows are ended,
plans should be started for the feeding of calve-,
and :umbs, too, for next year.
General J. F. Wolters in East Tex- studies at home, assist .he teachers J'^XVunriso*^
as to enforce all previous order
by supporting their efforts to dis- i’his early bloom, as big as a
eipline and you will have no cause saucer, was caught by a patient
for complaint as to the progress of gjtBenito P^tographer by moon-
| your hildren." _ —> ■■ * ----■- ■■■■-: —-
A great deal of stock news was
Anthrax Study Is
Being Emphasized
Kan-a- Cattle Buyer Trie-
Experiment B> Analysis
Fredericksburg Is
Working to Secure
New State Bank
First Texas Poet
Laureate Chosen
Contained in the same issue, much Sonora BoyS Third-
I of it lifted from the San Angelo --
We read that Senator Borah say- Standard, whose report of sales and (Continued from page 1)
that the French are trying to in- I purchases was interspersed with ---- — ■ :
duce the League <-f Nations to form philosophic comment. Several local 4t.ndt.d the show on the three days,
a World Police force and he tells items read: Mason county won first and Mc-
us that it is a threat against .he i “Jesse Mayfield sold to B. N, Culloch county second in the carlot
liberties we enjoy under the Texas Aycoek 800 cows and calves, mole competition in calves. Sonora did
Whether anthrax or a vegetable
germ very similar to the anthrax
germ cost West Texas ranchmen
miHi in- last summer *tr.d .‘all and
Town lines \t ithout Since Closing
of It- Two Institutions Two
Weeks Ago
Judd Mortimer Lewis. Houston
Humorist, Given Post
Plans fi r the organization of a
continues'to takeit.- toll among .he "ew bank' t0 * °P*n«d.at
livestock herds, is
which i- facing cattlemen now.
the question the tarliegt date Possible, are being
considered by civic leaders at
Fritz Wilhelm. Menard county Fredericksburg, it was announced
ranchman, and one of the county's Wednesday.
« *♦,. The only two banks in the neign-
biggest operators, says he has stu- . ... 0 , ,
died the disease from every angle, c'tv- 'Cituens Bank and
changed feeds, and vaccinated, and ^ Bank o{ Fredericksburg, both
still they die. Now Mr. Wilhelm is unincorporated d.d not open the.r
asking other ranchmen to help him d la?t Frlda>' morning Notice,
study the disease with the hope of ";ele P°sted that the banks wtre
arriving at some
batting the germ.
Last summer J.
means of com-
D. Joseph of
losed for reorganization.
Completely without hanking fa-
cilities, the people of Fredericks.
burg met the situation with the
Whitewater. Kansas, ranchman and game gpirit of fortitudc as did their
hanker, who buys hundreds of cat- forUars that sturdy hand of Ger.
tie here every year, tned an ex- mQn jmmi(frants who in 1840 ei.
periment that throw, some light on tah|,sh(,d a pioneer .settlement in
the situation. the Hill Country. They immediately
In Mr. Joseph's neighborhood. , makin(, preparations t0 ,e.
horses belonging to a farmer began ,R ve ^ finMciaJ erWi by forma.
*• :i,,i 11 P Mt th* tion of a new bank. The first of a
carcasses died. Mr. Joseph had ! serjes of conference, on the pro-
Mood taken from a pig and an- posed new organization was held
alyzed. It was pronounced anthrax. Satul.day ni(fhl at the Nimitz Hotel
out Mr. Joseph, not satisfied with j jn Kredericksburg. and was attend-
ee lirst analysis, sent some of the I ( d JamM shaw, state banking
blood to Kansas State Agricultural c0n,missioner.
College at Manhattan and there it Deposits in the two ,ic.,td banks
was analyzed not as anthrax but | were unofficially reported to be ap-
a vegetable germ re embling an- proximately $000,000.
thrux very much that probably PoUowinR the closing of .he
originated from some of the Iced. Unk, E B Ca|ruth> jr., ,.ice preg.
It was further asserted by the col- jdcnt and E „ Pre,cotti c3,hier of
lege that the germ might have been the Chag Schrejncr Bank Saturday
considerable amount of
taken into the stomach of the
horses from wheat, corn, oats, hay
or other feed.
Buying a horse for $15, Mr. Jo-
seph sent it out to his neighbor and
told him to feed the animal every-
thing he had been feeding, each for
two weeks, to determine whether
any of the feed was infected with
germs that would kill livestock.
The farmer fed corn for two
carried
cash to Fredericksburg to assist
business men in carrying on. Out-
side checks were cashed with the
funds and other assistance given
wherever possible.
I-arge numbers of Fredericks-
burk people have been in Kerrvillc
every day this week arranging for
winking service.
I L. A. Schreiner, pr sident of the
weeks, then oat- two weeks, then chag_ Schreiner Bank, .-aid Wed-
Judd Mortimer Lewis, humorist,
widely-known for his verse and col-
umn in the Houston Post, Saturday
became the firet poet laureate of
Texas, being the choice of a legis-
lative committee meeting in Dal-
las. His election ended long months
of labor since L st year when .he
legislature adopted a resolution
creating the post. An honorary job,
the position carries no honorarium
with it.
Born in Fulton, X. Y., in 1867,
Mr. Lewis was educated in the pub-
lic schools of Cleveland, Ohio, in
which city he also married. Enter-
ing newspaper work as a stereo-
typer, he worked his way up to the
managership of his company's
branch houses. In 1900 he joined
the Houston Post and is now a
member of the board of directors in
addition to contributing his daily
features, "Tampering With Tri-
fles'' and “Jubilee’s Pardner." The
“baby bureau’ he created for his
I paper attracted wide attention
years ago.
Mr. Lewis is vice president of the
American Folk-lore Society and an
ex-president of the Texas Press As-
sociation.
In 1905 he published his first
Lmok of verse, “Sing the South.”
Since then have come "Lilts O’
Love," "The Old Wash Flace,"
“Teddie Town Trails,” “Christmas
Days,” and numerous magazine and
newspaper ;ontributions.
In the summer of 1929 Mr. Lewis
toured the Orient for the Carnegie
Endowment for Universal Peace.
Mr. Lewis, who was chosen
unanimously from among 100 nom-
inees, wrote a verse. “Acknowl-
edgement." when informed of his
appointment. He will be expected to
produce many more verses, gratis,
on state holidays and affairs for
the next two years.
for a short time he fed oat hay he | nesday be was glad of the oppor-
had had in the barn foi a short | tunity to aid the business interests
time, and the horse died. He took |and citizens of Fredericksburg in
out the hay, burned it. and thus put jthcir time of gtre„. He expressed
an end to tha so-called anthrax on tbe opinion that the new bank
the farm. Mr. Joseph held that the wou|d bg opened within a few
fact that the disease originated weekSt relieving the temporary
’ rom the nay was positive evidence j crisis and returning business condi-
that KSA( was right in its analy- tjong jn tbe neighboring city to an
sis of the germ as a vegetable one aimo!i4 normal status.—Kerrville
and not anthrax. 'Mountain Sun.
"If it is a vegetable germ and________ _________
not anthrax we have here, then
let's find out where comes from,"
Austin—Contracts let for asphalt
surfacing of 11 miles of Highway
No. 72 in DeWitt county.
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Pampa—Construction of new fed-
eral building to start in May.
urged Mr. Wilhelm.
Bible Study ( lass Meets Wed.
The Bible study class of the
Church of Christ met Wednesday
afternoon at the church for a les-
son on David, with Mrs. R. S. Cov-
ey conducting. The class meets
each Wednesday afternoon at 3:00
o’clock at the church.
Mr*. Roy Aldwell Returns Home
Mrs. Roy E. Aldwell returned
home Sunday from College Station,
where she has been with her son.
Lea Roy, a student in the Texas
Agricultural and Mechanical Col-
lege, who ha- been ill with influ-
enza in the college infirmary. Mrs.
Aldwell reports marked improve-
ment in Lea Roy's condition.
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Established 1869.
Chas. Schreiner Bank
(Unincorporated)
WOOL AND MOHAIR
Makes Liberal Advances on Sheep, Goats
Wool and Mohair
KERRVILLE, TEXAS
Guernard Stephenson in Town
Guornard Stephenson, injured
six weeks ago when his car turne'*
turtle C miles south of Sonora on
! the Del Rio road, was able to be in
! tow n again the latter part of last
week. He is still troubled with hi-
fight shoulder, which wa- crushed
' and bruised, but is otherwise re-
i covered.
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Eldorado People Attend Show
Numbers of Eldorado people it-
tended the show of fat calves ex-
hibited here Saturday by students in
the high school class of vocational
agriculture. Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Page. Mrs. T. K. Jones, Hensel
Matthews, and a number of school
students were among those here.
Rangers and Prohibition Enforce-
ment cificers. Well, >ve have for
many years taken our political
cues from Borah, Huey Long and
Will Rogers, so there is nothing
f r us to do but review with alarm,
like a good Democrat, this sinister
and threatening manoeuvre of -he
French ar.d let Col. Smedley Butler
attend to the Japs. We know that
our great or great-great Uncle
■Sam excluded the Jap and chink
immigration several, years ago be-
cause they had a slant to their eyes,
and he couldn’t tell exactly which
way nor where they were looking,
and that they were mad as a nest
of hornets because they could not
come overh ere and vote the Repub-
lican ticket, but we will have to
look around elsewhere for an ex-
cuse for these Frenchmen trying to
put a lot of traffic cops at our
doorsteps when we could not under-
stand them even when they said
good morning.
It seems that a long time ago the
French sent a fellow over here
named LaFayette (no one has ever
been able to pronounce that name
a la Frenchy) at the time George
Washington was trying to locate
some British gangsters and Geo.
got his boots wet crossing the Po-
tomic and thereafter couldn't get
them on or off so this fellow, La-
Fayette, chased those British gang-
sters around until Geo. got a new
pair, and ever since these French
have been contending that we owed
' them some big debt because La-
Fayette had to run so hard and so
fast to keep up with these British
violators of the Monroe Doctrine
that his feet got sore and caused
corns, calluses, etc.
Well, the Republicans got in
power over here for a long time
and as they never pay anything,
not even a Soldier Eonus, these
French had to get along by just
dictating the feminine fashion and
learning us to eat frog legs ’till a
Democrat got a donkey that had
political sense enough to not "He
Haw, We Are Coming Back” and
while the Republicans, Taft and
Roosevelt, were in a loud fuss about
an Eelephant or Bull Moose or
some other animal, why this Dem-
ocrat just quietly slipped into the
house once known as the White
House which Hoover has had paint
ed yellow the last four years.
Right at this time the French
showed their ability as Diplomats.
They got into a war with Germany
over whether Kraut was a French
or German dish and the Germans
had them down on their backs try-
ing to gag them with weiners and
all at once these French could
talk United States and called for
help so long and loud that this
Democrat. Wilson, sent Pershing
over there with several millions of
the flower of American manhood
to tell LaFayette they were there
to pall the Germans off the French.
Then for good measure we gave
them about half the gold of the
world and took their I. O. U. 40
years hence.
Old Shylock. who has been hated
for years because of greed, only
wanted a pound of steak, but these
French want the whole carcass.
As soon as Huey and Will com-
mit themselves as opposed to this
World Police it is our intention to
have John Garner pass a law pro-
hibiting the manufacture of police
whistles so if these French suc-
or less, at 813 around. |n0( enter sheep. This event was
Chas. Schreiner sold Monroe won j,y Schleicher county.
Risingcr’s wool, 12 months clip, at judging contest was won by
12c cents. Junction, with a score of 1643 out
"H. P. Cooper & Go., of Sonora, a possible 1800. Eden and Rock-
have bought from Lehne Bros., ot sprjnKS Came second and third. So-
Schleicher county 37 steers, ones noru wag fourth, with a score of
and up at $12.50, SI < and $20. i 1587. Members of the team were
“F. Mayer & Sons bought from \-jnccnt Roueche, Lem Eriel John-
O. T. Word his entire stock of cat- son< and Cleve Jones, jr. They
tie, about 100 head of 3 up at $25 were coached by T. D. White,
and the balance 1000 stock cattle teacher of vocational agriculture
at $15.’ here.
The following comment >vas tak- -pbe jamboree held Monday night
en from the San Angelo Standard tbe ^iunicjpai Auditorium fea-
upon an exciting situation: ttm. {Ut.ed girls from a score of West
Taylor who was arrested in Dallas
for kidnapping his son in Oklaho-
ma, mention of which was publish-
ed in last week’s Standard, arrived
Wednesday enroute for Sonora, ac-
companied by his little son. He was
the happiest man in West Texas.'
Texas towns. From each town came
two sponsors, a cowgirl and a far-
merette, symbolizing the basic in-
dustries of the region. Miss Altizer
was Sonora’s cowgirl, while Miss
Sawyer was the farmerette.
Following the Jamboree on Mon-
A detailed story was also printed day njgbt the boys and girls were
from the Daily Ardmoreite und bonor guests at a dance given by
headed as follows: “The Other Side board 0f cjty development. The
of the Kidnapping Case from Oak- f0]iowjng night they were guests
land. W hat Some of the People of a banquet, which likewise was
That Burg Have to Say. It con- followed by dancing. At the ban-
tained complete exoneration of Mr. qUet an organization of Future
Taylor from all charges and ex- Ranchmen of the Edwards Plateau
plained the entire situation. was organized. Sonora vocational
Other -terns follow: agriculture boys took part in the
Emile Gauwain. late cook at the formation of the club.
Decker hotel, and one of the best Three calves from Sonora were
chefs in the country, is now in sold iocany on Tuesday. Pug
charge of the Allison eating house, Roueche sold one calf at $6.50 a
and serving good meals at 25 cents, hundred to the Hilton Hotels. Her-
Caruthers Bros., have made great j bert Fie]ds so]d his caif to Abe
improvements to the old Wyatt
livery business and they will make
equally as great an improvement
in the looks and feelings of your
team, if you have them fed at the
Red Front stable when in Sonora.
Mayer for $6 a hundred, while Al-
vis Johnson’s calf brought $5.50 a
hundred when sold to Duckworth
Brothers. Prices were disappoint-
ing to the exhibitors. The grand
champion junior calf, fed by Au-
Miss Drennan, of San Angelo.<drey Kidj_ Magon C0Unty girl,
sister of R. F. Drennan, arrived in brought 75 cents a pound, a por-
Sonora Thursday, on a visit to her Gnn 0f jbe price being made up by
brother, and uncle, Wm. Drennan. San Angelo business men. The
The Bank saloon opened ,or bus- ca|f wen4 (be McBurnett hotels,
iness Monday morning. The Bank is The senjor rhamnion calf, fed hy
fitted up in city style, the bar and oorothy Smith, Rochelle, brought
fixtures having cost over $500. The 810 bundled, going to the Hilton
line of goods handled by this house Hotel.
are of the finest quality, and every- Competition among the Hereford
one receives courteous treatment at breeders was limited due to the
the Bank. Capt. Mike O Meara, for- nun,ber of entries. A majority of
merly of San Antonio, is proprietor thl> evcntg was tak{.n bv the herds
or president, and with Bill Drennan of jHe T Davidson, Ozona. A num-
as cashier, they will receive depos- ber of purchases were made by
its as law ns 12'-c and guarantee sutton county ranchmen at the
to give you the worth of your ] Hereford saU>> Bon p> Meckel
money in exchange.
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County Sues—
[bought a Davidson bull for $145.
Oscar Appelt, jr., paid $200 for
(Continued from page 1)
one of the bulls of Walter Boothe,
Sweetwater. Tom Bond bought two
bulls, one from C. A. Broome, San
Angelo, for $00. the other from
The bonds were never delivered Ht'n?d Matthe'v*' Kldorado. at $45.
to the Austin company, and are ™°mas ^*fy boUKht n David8on
still in Sutton county’s possession, i Ul (>l
Other counties which sold bonds Twenty-three animals were auc-
have been unable to secure funds. tioned’ ui,h to<' Price of S“00 Pa,d
A suit was filed in the office of!'" twp inatanc‘‘i'' Bon Frazier °*
J. D. Lowrey, clerk, this week in Tl’*0" Kavo th!*t *um for “ bld*
sold.by J. A. Queen, Big Lake. T.
E. Whitfield of Millersview, gave
Lowrey, clerk, this week in
which R. Walter Davis seeks a
foreclosure on a vendor's lien note
from the Sonora Park Association. $i<00. for a Smith Bros' bul1 from
Smith Sick at Home
George E. Smith, city manager,
is confined to his home with an at-itwo men directin‘f the iudKinK
Marla.
W. 11. Dnmerson, superintendent
of the Ranch Experiment Sation
south of Sonora, was one of the
tack of influenza. He was sick last ,'on<l’sts-
week and apparently recovered' Goa,s "pre ctltprpd b>' Rock-
enough to return to town the first and Del Rio boys,
of the week, but again became ill. ' * ~°”
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fashions and frog eating, then We Mrs. Phil Stevens, has re-entered
can say that they did not give us school after having undergone an
the whistle or we would have made operation for the removal of his
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