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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1925
Page
11
Dorothy Dix advises a young fiancée that marrying a man with old fashioned views will ruin happiness. A modern, independent woman should expect shared decision making and household upgrades. The column also counters the idea that money buys love and notes enduring marriages can outlast romance.
Austin December 19 The state filed suit December 16 to recover 235000 acres in Midland Dawson and Ector counties under alien land ownership laws against Midland Farms Land Company. Lis pendens were secured in the counties involved to begin proceedings, with Assistant Attorney General G R Rand in Midland filing the citations.
J D Turpin age 64 a farmer five miles south of the city died at a local hospital at 12 07 this morning after a weeks illness He leaves two sons and a daughter W C Turpin T B Turpin and Mrs Laticia Smith all of Amarillo His wife died in Amarillo in 1910 Funeral services are set for the Griges Undertaking Co chapel this afternoon conducted by Rev Virgel Fisher Pallbearers include John Parr Adam Walker W E Bennett John Barton and others Burial will be in the cemetery Honorary pallbearers are listed including J H Lis J D Thompson Hugh Couldy and several others.
G W Brumley, leading hog buyer, bought 1000 feeder shoats in Athens Texas and shipped them to Hereford Tulsa and Farwell. They will be fattened on Plains grown feed under Brumieys direction. The move supports local hog business alongside registered hog producers.
W T 8 T C insets schools Anyon Dec 18 Mrs T V Reeves director of the Bureau of Public Service at West Texas State Teachers College spent ten days visiting Knox and Hardeman County schools and represented the college at Haskell Institute. In fourteen Knox County schools there were forty three teachers and more than three hundred attendees from Haskell Knox and Stonewall Counties.
An old advertisement touts Texas Wonder for kidney and bladder troubles in men and women. It promises mail delivery for $1.05 if not sold by a local druggist and imitates period marketing with misspellings and promotional claims.
In Amarillo a widow displays a rare Persian shawl in White & Kirks window priced at 500 dollars. She inherited it from her grandmother who received it from a Persian missionary but has to sell due to financial strain to feed her child. The shawl is hand woven with Persian colors and valued by craftsman Dean Kirk.
McGregor outlines Canal No 1 from Bell ranch to Vega Oldham county then east of Amarillo. Canal No 2 from Logan site would pass about five to six miles north of Amarillo and water level farming areas in Carson county. Plans include leveling uplands 1500 feet above the river bed while canals from Oldham and Potter county dam sites water Gray and Hemp Hill counties north and west of Amarillo.
Canyon will hold a January 11 vote on a 30000 dollar bond issue, to be split 9000 for retiring bonds, 2000 for street improvements on Sixth avenue, and 12000 to extend adequate water service, with no tax-rate increase. The measure aims to lower insurance costs for many property owners and keep Canyon’s tax rate low among Texas cities with similar improvements.
In Best Texas Ralph Hepworth was fatally struck by an Orient freight train Friday night. Officials say he lay on the track mistaken for debris by the train engineer. The victim died instantly, with legs severed and severe chest and skull injuries. He will be buried in Breckenridge Monday.
Lindsey Coleman, Black man, was fatally harmed by a mob in Clarksdale Mississippi shortly after a jury acquitted him of charges tied to the October 16 killing of Grover C. Nicholas, plantation store manager. Coleman was among several Black people arrested following the brutal slaying. His trial proceeded through the week.
A note from PAIUS highlights a fresh trend among young women who are now sending letters on stationery printed with a silhouette of the writer. The piece details this up-to-date fashion in personal correspondence.
Tax limit debate resumes with lawmakers facing a choice to place more conservative candidates or policies to defeat the tax amendment. The discussion centers on electoral strategy and fiscal control as legislators weigh implications.
In Amarillo a three state meeting formed a tentative working pact among irrigation and water commissioners from Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico. FE Blake of Oklahoma was elected chairman and will call a Oklahoma City meeting before the national irrigation conference on January 17. The plan envisions a broader scope than the Canadian and Itie tributary streams, with representation from Kansas Arkansas possibly Colorado and a central flood waters project for the entire Arkansas River drainage area under federal guidance.
Speaker Satterwhite described the need for a special session as urgent to avoid a fizzling outcome. He postponed a formal call while awaiting Attorney General Moody's answers to questions about funding witnesses and paying per diem. Moody promised public opinions, and Moody's rulings on scrip for expenses and per diem were anticipated.
In Dallas on December 19 former Governor C B Colquitt urged Speaker Lee Satterwhite to convene an extra session in Austin to investigate public money waste. He defended warrants for session expenses and argued lawmakers must answer the public duty, while accusing some members of private interests.
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