Farmers Urged to Unite Forces for Texas Farmers
Associated Press report from West Texas Farmers Educational Congress quotes Lynch Davidson urging stronger anti crime measures and careful use of gubernatorial pardons. He cites a Texas crime wave touching murder and bootlegging, calls for cooperative marketing and limited crop diversification. Mrs. Thompson praises farm women’s progress and criticizes what she calls Fool Laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Lynch Davidson
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
West Texas
Panhandle
Engler
Davidson
Policy May Close Water Parley Today
Oklahoma and Texas officials lead a bid to control and allocate South Canadian waters as New Mexico voices concern over Logan dam plans. Conference aims for a comprehensive Arkansas river system compact with federal support and cross-state participation to protect vast fertile lands and key government assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Blake
Oklahoma Irrigation, Drainage and Reclamation Commission
A. S. Stinnett
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Mississippi
United States
Blake
Georges. Knapp
Kansas
Colorado River
Colorado
Arkansas River
Congress of
A. J. Freeland
New Mexico Irrigation Commission
Associated Press
Logan
N. M
Freeland
E. B. Blake
George Kenneck
Oklahoma Irrigation
E. D. Criswell
Db. C. Green
Day’s Schedule At Fair Grounds And Auditorium
Today’s program lists 9 a.m. at the fair grounds Arddess with Mrs. O. P. Russ of Panhandle, 11 a.m. at an address by A. W. Large agricultural agent of Rock Island and A Lincoln Fellowes from the department of agriculture engineering, 2 p.m. at Municipal Auditorium States Day Program, 8 p.m. at Fair Grounds an address by Lewis E. Pendleton of Dodge City and Dr J. J. Crume of Amarillo on Agriculture in Foreign Lands.
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Fair Grounds
Arddess
O. P. Russ
Panhandle
A. W. Large
Rock Island
A. Lincoln Fellowes
Department of Agriculture
Municipal Auditorium
Lewis E. Pendleton
Dodge City
Kansas
J. J. Crume
Amarillo
West Texas Farmers' Congress Advocates Cooperative Marketing
The Amarillo session of the West Texas Farmers Educational Congress drew a large crowd despite threatening weather. Miss Eula Elliott urged shorter hours for farm women as she described their grueling days. Lee Satterwhite welcomed attendees and highlighted Panhandle agricultural potential. Earl Gough performed, while speakers B F Yoakum and C C French urged cooperative organizing and a federal charter for farmers to market produce nationally without new taxes or privileges.
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Eula Elliott
Amarillo
Lee Satterwhite
Panhandle
West Texas Farmers’ Educational Congress
Merchants
Fairgrounds
B. F. Yoakum
New York City
Cc. C. French
Fort Worth
Earl Gough
L. Gough
M. D. Ramsey
Yoakum
Fight to Bitter End Looms Over Tri State Exposition Date
The Ringling Bros. refuses to move opening day of the Tri State Exposition, prompting the fair board and city to threaten strong action. Despite urgent appeals, negotiations have yielded only one reply about travel costs, and a legal restriction may be imposed if no agreement is reached. The board considers measures including potential physical examinations for show personnel.
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Ringling Bros
Fair Board
O. V. Vernon
Board of City Development
Vernon
Mother loses life saving child from flames
In Henderson Texas Mrs R H Wooley died after rescuing three children from a burning home last night and re entering to save an eight year old son who had already perished. Neighbors carried her out as the house collapsed. Mr Wooley worked at Mt Enterprise saw mill and was away.
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Poss
Arkansas Solon Indicted for Grand Larceny
Little Rock Ark Aug 26 Thomas A Hill Pine Bluff speaker of the House and J G Dubage Eldorado house employee indicted on grand larceny and false pretense over payroll irregularities at the 1925 session Speaker Hill had been indicted earlier with another employee on similar charges
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Associated Press
Little Ock
Ark
Thomas A. Hill
Pine Bluff
House of Representatives
J. G. Dubage
Eldorado
House
Speaker Hill
Four Killed in Crash Near Freeport
In Rockford Illinois on August 26 an interurban car of the Rockford and Interurban railroad hit an automobile east of Freeport. Four killed including Leo Hutton 19 Catherine Cohl 19 Florence Klass 19 and an unidentified man. One unidentified man injured.
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Associated Press
Rockford, II
Rockford and Interurban Railroad
Freeport
Leo Hutton
Catherine Cohl
Florence Klass
Breaking Up of Citizens Military Training Camp
Galveston August 26 Four hundred members of the citizens military training camp at Fort Crockett prepared to depart for homes across the state. The second battalion of the ninth infantry that ran the camp will travel by land to Fort Sam Houston Saturday.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Citizens Military Training Camp
Fort Crockett
Ninth Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
One Killed in Ship Blast During Turret Drill
One man was killed and another seriously injured aboard the battleship Oklahoma during a turret drill while en route from New Zealand to Samoa. The naval department reported no names or further details.
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Associated Press
Washington
Oklahoma
New Zealand
Samoa
Navy Department
Bancroft's Body Arrives in Chicago for Funeral
The body of Edgar A. Bancroft United States ambassador to Japan who died in Tokio was received with honors in Chicago and brought to the Fourth Presbyterian church for viewing in advance of tomorrow's funeral.
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Bancroft
Associated Dress
Chicago
Edgar A. Bancroft
United States
Japan
Tokio
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Hutchinson Oil W ells Near Producing Land
Three wells in south Hutchinson county are nearing completion and expected to double area output. Wells include South Hutchinson Oil No 1 Whittenburg and Dixon Creek No 1 H E Smith ranch with others nearby. New pools and drilling contracts proliferate as operators target Smith Kingsland Weatherly and Whittenburg ranches in Panhandle field.
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Hutchinson County
South Hutchinson Oil Company
Whittenburg
Dixon Creek Oil Company
J. R. Phillips
Kingsland Ranch
Roxana
Smith Ranch
Block Y
American Refining No
Kingsland
Panhandle
F. D. Gibson
Whittenburg Ranch
Parks Brothers
McIlroy Brothers
H. E. Smith
Phillips Et al No
Spurlock
Smith
Travelers Oil Company
Weatherly
J. H. Middleton
Parks Brothers of
Tulsa
Smith, Kingsland
Shamrock Hosts Col. Lee in Panhandle Farm Tour
Five hundred farmers and citizens in Shamrock greet Col. R. Q. Lee president of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce praising diversified and intensive farming. The tour included stops in Wheeler and Miami with speeches on publicity and the Tri-State Fair set for Amarillo.
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Anvil Park
Studer and Son
Col. Lee
Miami
Pampa
Schneider Hotel
F. P. Reid
M. K. Brown
C. P. Buckler
Delea Visars
Otto Studer
McLean, Groom
Panhandle
North Plains
Col
R. Q. Lee
West Texas
Pet dog burned saving family as home catches fire
In Del Rio at 8 a.m. W A Clare woke by a barking dog whose tail and fur on one side had been burned while the pet endeavored to awaken his owner as the house burned. Clare received minor facial and hand burns but other family members were unharmed.
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Associated Press
del Rio
W. A. Clare
Clare
Dorothy Ellingson Sentenced for Matriarch Killing
In San Francisco on August 26 Dorothy Ellingson aged 17 was sentenced to one to ten years in San Quentin state penitentiary after a jury found her guilty of manslaughter in the January shooting of her mother Anna Ellingson in their home.
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Dorothy Ellingson
Associated Press
San Francisco
Anna Ellingson
San Quentin
Fire Damaged Denton Farm Yields Stolen Property Link
In Denton on August 26 authorities identified Sprouse family belongings among items burned in a house fire last May. Two white men, Jack Hawthorn and Q C Sewall, face charges of receiving and concealing stolen property tied to a touring car and tires. The investigation, tied to a Denton farm raid, aims to locate a buried grave of a man reported missing months earlier as officers press on with the case. In Austin Adjutant General McGee heads to Fort Worth to discuss arrests linked to a ring of law breakers, with Ranger Davis detailing bank robberies and looting.
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Associated Press
Denton
Jake Sprouse
Frisco
Yancey Story
Jack Hawthorn
Q. C. Sewall
Shelby Stiff
J. L. Wright
Austin
Genera Mark McGee
Fort Worth
Tom Hickman
Charles N. Davis
McGee
First Panhandle Cotton Bale Ginned at McLean
The first Panhandle bale was ginned at McLean by Charlie Nicholson, 16 miles southwest on the Stokeleys farm. It weighs 655 pounds with 38 percent lint, the earliest bale in the area. The guns are expected to run regularly by September 15. The chamber of commerce donated 50 dollars plus other premiums from local merchants.
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M’lean
Panhandle
Charlie Nicholson
McLean
O. G. Stokeleys
Chamber of Commerce
Cows and Hogs Enrich Farmers of Middle West
The Daily News reports a dairy industry tour across western Minnesota and southeastern Minnesota through South Dakota. Dairy co operatives and creameries, with farm owned operations, drive butterfat and hog revenue while farms expand in land area. The group, led by M B Oats and joined by Frank J Brown, visits Lewiston, Mankato, and Owatonna, noting county self sufficiency in feed and large poultry co operative shipping plants.
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Winona County
Minnesota
St. Paul
Atlantic Seaboard
Finlay McMartin
Claremore
Dodge County
Chicago
Owatanna
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Nearby Regions
The forecast calls for Thursday to be partly cloudy and warmer across West Texas and eastern New Mexico with showers possible in northern areas. An extensive high pressure ridge stretches from the Texas Panhandle to the Lake region, bringing slight temperature changes and mainly fair conditions tonight.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Lake Region
Rocky Mountain
Louisiana
Amarillo Yesterau
Wade Predicts Record Crowd For Amarillo Convention
Homer D. Wade of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce predicts the Amarillo convention in mid June 1926 will draw more than 50 000 attendees. He cites Amarillo is well equipped with wide streets hotels and rail access and urges full local cooperation and hospitality. Wade notes efforts with W M Adams chairman of the arrangements committee and O V Vernon secretary of the Board of City Development.
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West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Homer D. Wade
Amarillo
Wade
West Texas
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
West Texas Farmers’ Congress
W. M. Adams
O. V. Vernon
Board of
City Development
Mr. Adams
Mr. Wade
Great Plains
Southwest
Adams
Vernon
R. Q. Tee
P. A. Whaley
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George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
Detroit
New York
Canadian River
Chickie
Evening Post
SOLON
Hutchinson
Shamrock
Lee
Olin F. Hardy
Denton Farm
Fry
Tony
Middle West
The
Daily News
C.D. Cates
Atlantic Flyers
Antoine Mourre
Ton
Georges Kirsch
Bottom
Atlantic Ocean
Paris
May
Carlotta
Los Angeles
May Seymour
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