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«This is another in a series of articles written as part ofa thesis by Mrs Opal Powell of the Fort Stockton school system They detail the past SO years of the Fort Stockton and its newspaper.!The automobile was still some What of a novelty to many citizen- of Fort Stockton in 1816 ffid was not considered a veryreliable means of transportation by many. Those brave enough to invest in one of the “contraptions'* was likely to | find himself the recipient of!some good tintured teasing.“Andy and His Ford—Cattle Inspector Andv Barker arrived from Alpine. Monday, driving abrand new Ford, and looking as if he was saying, ‘My auto til of thee, I blew' a pile of dough a few days ago, and you aremy jov and pride.*, Andy has not as yettendered us a ride and is yetcarefully pushing by hand, in and out of the garage, the little Ford, as if it was a Baby Grand we are wondering how long it will be before he is saving Thvvmotor has the grip, thy sparkplug has the pip, and woe If thine. I, too. have suffered chills Argue and kindred ills. Endeavoring to pay my bills since thou wert mine ***following story to give it space in The Pioneer in 192.’Development Predicted —Within a decade or two the north pole will be crossed by a network of commercial aviation routes and the mysterious artie regions will be the source of developed resources unlimitedin magnitude,‘ At least Vflhjalmtir Stefan-nson, arctic explorer, thinks so And he is sp sure of this that he has given up exploring to devote his whole time to exploiting the little-known lands.My expeditions to the arctic,* he explains, were like those of Lewis and Clark in the early days of the United States historv I saw as thev did that ! was crossing country whiehcould easily be exploited andcountry where people could live as comfortable as in many parts of the North temperate regions of the world. Oil, coal, and o-ther resources are there bundance. The move of civilization must inevitably be toward the North M#Some small advertisements in The Pioneer in 1923 indicate the stage to which the tire andgasoline industries had advanc*throughout the early yeanf’Trefvl i misv-Mw*..* i vv*v* s 4 A, *** 4 1Ity in babies and young child ren was verv high. Mm? accounts of deaths both of ren and adults would that the person was few da vs and then dvlt;Since the Pioneer contained many advertisements for patent medicines with testimonials from those wtm had been *wrur-a ilif It * vlv 21* **• * yE'JK V• -wX.- i 2% Z’ *7 # {91 Xthat some for the deaths might8400 Reward — lost a 33 X 4*4 new Cupples Cord tire, rim and inner tube from rearcar. Saturday evening March«AIpiite. Will pay : turn to the Pioneei«toek toil, T^Xii $, * *Th v a utomob I te came common plat and in the ninctelt; iod from 1915 to 1! el became a realit ‘*C. E. Pangborn World Flier Visits Baumgs»rder Hon This Wlt;—*fort Stoefcton airport was thlt; scene of the meeting Wednesdayafteriirxm of two buddies of th «r Clyde Pangbom of Pangrn * Herndon around thi| rffjH f I ijFjl'fS f u m A l| *4 Mi * •- 1ml 8 V Kg) if h fm Is 11 ^ ■ i c e i. j«4 | 0' « mAround theBj tten * H W)mff#]cheekand; dan gelwhiUgfek hamaticali7 f\\f if ♦«head in ordt be sent tothe P“Mr, Millard E quarters, was at once and hurriedly motored with Mr Wheeler for treatment. Dr. M, L, dressed the wound anMr. Wheeler was rt all suffering and as t !elonged to the iarglt; of skunks, whichWheelerover thtf w*. ■' et ft#:a ni4 4| if Dfl f | 1* 1I ilil » | Yx» O lu.:V 4ftP I iv 1ji . W*no-!t h er harmless, Mr., J was speedmr toward the Cantfeltlittle uneasiness j tal (itv frir t r#’ si t ttw^in t* ' * V * %* Cl V 1 11 \ #14*w*h ij ftmiig 1*.■— . ■ JKlt; _1 GOAustin.vvf« hr.* nrTexasPuttint i4 M* VIton, hasIH lt;wei|thing,*'VAS. it CS J.K* \ting thpits.The assoct% * 1%e 1 1 |yPrest** rifllvlv hvIi OK! J$C tintUncertain Transportation FromPapeNoted InAutos, Airplanes
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Fort Stockton Pioneer
Fort Stockton, Texas, US
Thu, Jul 20, 1961
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