Sale of City Light and Water Holdings Prompts Loss of Bonus
City Light and Water Co employees regret the Doherty sale to Southwestern Public Service Co. Contracts for stock purchases worth about 60,000 dollars, made over five years with a 6 percent interest on installments, are being liquidated after cancellation. Most workers lose the planned five year bonus and any unpaid installments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Light & Water Co
Henry L. Doherty Co
Southwestern Public Service Co
Doherty Co
Doherty
C. Willard Smith
Medal found tied to 1872 Barton Academy student
The Panhandle Plains Historical Society acquired a gold medal awarded to Beulah E. Staats in 1872 while she studied at Barton Academy. Found by J. W. Mount near Palo Duro Canyon among cattle bones, the medal was said to have been swallowed by a cow. Officers seek the original recipient and trace its history prior to reaching the plains region.
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News Canyon
Panhandle- Plains Historical Society
Beulah E. Staats
Barton Academy
J. H. Lowry
J. W. Mount
Palo Duro Canyon
T-Anchor Ranch
The
Historical Society
Great Plains
Herbine Bottle Brings Quick Digestive Relief at Home
An advertisement touts Herbine as like having a doctor in the house, giving instant relief when digestion falters. One or two doses start things moving and restore comfort, with sale through all druggists.
Two New Floydada Buildings Nears Completion This Week
Special to The News Floydada August 25 two brick business district buildings near finish. H E Canady builds a $12000 structure for O A Rutledge Co International Harvester dealers to move soon. Hesperian Publishing Co builds a $7000 building for its own use to open by September 1. Five new residences, $3000 to $6000, under construction. Floyd County’s new jail, $47000, progressing without extra tax.
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Floydada
H. E. Canady
O. A. Rutledge & Co
International Harvester
Hesperian Publishing Co
Homer Steen
Hesperian
Floyd County
President Hill and family take vacation in Davis Mountains
President J A Hill of West Texas State Teachers College and Mrs Hill with their children are vacationing in the Davis mountains region of Texas and New Mexico.
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News Canyon
J. A. Hill
West Texas State Teachers College
Floydada to Form Izaak Walton Chapter Soon
Floydada will establish an Izaak Walton chapter in the near future. Edgar T. Neal and his wife, Panhandle Plains organizers, have promoted the club, secured memberships, and filed for a charter as interest grows in the community.
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Floydada
Izaak Walton League
Izaak Walton
Edgar T. Neal
Panhandle Plains
Fourteen Years Ago In Amarillo Weather and News
A heavy rain drenched the Plain country in the last 24 hours with about 1.75 inches recorded. Smith McLeroy and Owen G Williams returned from the International Typographical Union convention in San Francisco. Ten cars of watermelons were shipped from Lelia Lake and Clarendon this season. The Woman's Prohibition Club met enthusiastically at Polk Street Methodist Church. C E Osgood returned from a visit with relatives in Weatherford Oklahoma.
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Smith McLeroy
Owen G. Williams
San Francisco
Lelia Lake
Clarendon
Woman's Prohibition Club
Polk Street Methodist Church
Deaf Smith to consign 20 top Hereford cattle for Sweetwater sale
Hereford, Aug 25. Deaf Smith county will send twenty head of the best bred Hereford cattle to the Sweetwater sale in early fall. The cattle are Anxiety 4th and represent the cream of Deaf Smith county herds, with one to four selected from the largest herds and conditioned for the sale. No cattle at Sweetwater will be better bred than these twenty from Deaf Smith.
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Texas
Deaf Smith County
Walton League Formed At Canyon In Texas
Canyon August 25. An Isaac Walton League was organized at Canyon last week by H F Smith of Austin a State Fish and Game Commission representative. Temporary officers elected were W Flesher president M C Bishir vice president Grady Oldham treasurer and R I Groves secretary. About thirty members already joined. The group aims to enforce game laws protect song birds encourage tree planting and prevent stream pollution.
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Canyon
Isaac Walton
H. F. Smith
Austin
State Fish and Game Commission
W. Flesher
M. C. Bishir
Grady Oldham
R. I. Groves
Ralls Graduate Wins Tech Admission as Valedictorian
W D Watkins Jr valedictorian and Class of 1925 president at Ralls High, first student to apply and be accepted at Texas Tech. He lettered in football basketball and baseball, represented Crosby county in the district tennis tournament at Lubbock winning first place, and served in the Dramatic Club two years and edited the Jackrabbit annual in 1925.
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RALLS
W. D. Watkins Jr
Ralls High School
Texas Tech
Horn
Watkins
Crosby County
Lubbock
Y. W. G. A. Delegates Head to Convention
Miss Madge Day of Plainview and Miss Louise Walker of Cleburne travel from West Texas State Teachers College to Estes Park Colorado for the annual Y W C A conference. Day serves as president of the college's Young Women's Christian Association chapter.
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Canyon
Madge Day
Plainview
Louise Walker
Cleburne
Estes Park
Colo
Young Women's Christian Association of the
West Texas State Teachers College
Miss Day
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Fanny
Palmer
Taylor
S. & H. Green
Tyler
W. 6Th
Plainview Lubbock
Union Depot
Polk
Illiams- Th Agency
Revlow & Phone
Cne
G. E. Abbott Machine CO
C. E. Osgood
Weatherford
Okla
Deaf Smith
Walton League
TECH
Bellans
Ig Reed
Ean
the Palmolive Company
Palmolive Co
del. Corp
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Palmolive Company
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