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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1936
Page
10
Fort Worth topped the state in issuing building permits this week adding 1,262,619 dollars to its construction authorizations for the year. A table follows.
Morton June 21 A Cochran County farmer R W O Neal withdraws from the county commissioners court race saying he must choose between full time public office and farming and cannot neglect his farm He preferred farming over seeking public office and exited the race.
Special to The News from Silverton reports Briscoe County has received bonus bonds totaling 80 000 to 85 000 with a few still outstanding. About 30 veterans received bonds and checks varied from 175 to more than 1 000 dollars. The note adds a historic aside about Archimedes shouting Eureka after solving a problem.
Clarendon June 21 Bruce Horner a Che naught Ranch cowboy caught a four week old eagle after knocking it from a cottonwood nest He chased on foot then rode a horse to rope the bird He sold the eagle as a pet to a man in Clarendon noting its four foot wing span and daily jackrabbit meals.
Senator Clint Small rested after his Spearman campaign address and visited friends in Childress with Mrs. Small and Clint Jr. The captain elect of the Texas University football team. He plans stops in Miami and Pampa before resuming a tour of 26 counties in the 31st Senatorial District.
Checks totaling 4960.73 have been received here by County Agent C. J. Todd as of June 21.
Hereford plans a July 3 and 4 Armistice celebration at Hereford State Park. An aerial show with six planes, day and night fireworks, a rodeo with cash prizes, baseball games between Hereford and Friona, a barbecue, and dances are on the program. Fireworks valued at five hundred dollars will highlight Saturday displays. Concessions and midway attractions will be run by local residents and hundreds are expected from surrounding areas.
Briscoe County records show 97 percent of farmers and 99 percent of land enrolled in the new farm program. The agreement will bring about sixty thousand dollars to the county later this year. Most wheat growers adopted the 15 percent green manure plow under ASA guidelines. cotton planting is nearly complete with no acreage increase.
Private Everett B. Armstrong of Tulia has been selected for service at U S Marine Corps Asiatic stations in the Philippines and China. His tour will last about 30 months with duties at several Asiatic bases.
Tyrone Oklahoma June 21 Henry N Likes 90 was found dead in the stock tank behind his daughter Mrs J Thomas home four and one half miles southwest of Tyrone Texas County He is believed to have gone outside at night to wash his hands and lost his balance falling into the tank Wheeler County Democratic executive committee sets primary budget at 1555 25 with largest assessment 97 50 for county clerk and tax assessor-collector.
Attorney General McCraw and most of Wharton County Commissioners Court push to force Texas Gulf Sulphur Company to pay higher ad valorem taxes. Dispute centers on property valuation. board had assessed over 21 million dollars, company argues around 15 million, with substantial tax unpaid. Victor Bouldin served papers for records inspection and court scrutiny continues.
Wellington June 21 The typing of 1310 work sheets in connection with the soil conservation program of Collingsworth County was rapidly drawing to a close in the office of the county agent. Work sheets were submitted by 73.7 percent of the producers who cooperated in the 1935 AAA program in the county. They cover 78.2 percent of the farms in cultivation. Of the 1935 program 17 first rental, 25 second rental payments and two parity checks remain to be delivered. There are also four rental checks and one pool check due from the 1934 program.
Ninety percent of Childress County cultivated land is listed for treatment under the federal soil conservation program. The program covers 1,163 families with 87 percent of farmers participating. Some farms host up to 20 tenant families. The county has 208,204 acres under cultivation, up 12,000 acres from two years ago.
Curtis Douglass, candidate in the Thirty-first Senatorial District Democratic primary on July 25, will campaign in eight towns over three days. The schedule lists Tuesday at Wildorado and Vega and Adrian, Thursday at Happy and Kress, and Saturday at Canyon Hereford and Dimmit with times from 1:30 to 5 P M.
Memphis June 21 report that the Resettlement agency purchased a dapple gray Percheron stallion four years old weighing 1 800 pounds and a Mammoth jack three years old weighing 1 050 pounds. They have been placed on J L Dennis’s farm four miles southwest of Lakeview to aid local livestock improvement.
Ed Cook of Wells in Lynn County leaves mercantile work to focus on farming. He sold his Wells store to George Lee and transferred half interest in a New Home store to partner Roy Askew.
State Liquor Officers Hilliard and DuBois raided Silverton on Thursday afternoon seizing several cases of beer. Three men were arrested, posted bond, and were released that night.
Farmers in Childress report near normal activities with planting completed for the 1936 cotton acreage. Favorable weather conditions are expected to yield a good crop, as growers anticipate a favorable season statewide.
The article notes a vessel built to be a man of war with guns heavier than Mexican Navy ships, captured off Campeachy with 200 tons of salt aboard. The Tom Toby is in hot pursuit of two Mexican schooners, and Fortune favors the brave as a flag of dauntless spirits is raised.
Fred A. Groves of Canyon travels 120 miles daily to Fitch for Texhoma Natural Gas Company work and has only one late record. He has logged 21 265 miles, 10 flats, and has picked up 226 hitch-hikers. Groves will receive a B A degree at the end of the summer session at WITC.
A Civil War era account notes privateers feeding on captured cargoes. It describes the prize schooner Progresso and a flour auction where 220 lb sacks sold for $1 each, bought by the volunteers committee without opposition, raising questions about wartime supply ethics and the sailors who captured the prize.
The Texas privateers Tom Toby and Terrible helped the Texan cause by capturing Mexican vessels and provisioning the frontier. In early 1836 the Provisional Government formed a small navy, purchasing four ships and arming them with eight to 18 pounders. Commanders included William Brown, Jeremiah Brown, Charles Hawkins, and William Hurd, with Luke Falvel aboard the Flash. The fledgling force aimed to shield Texas from sea threats as San Jacinto loomed.
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