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Newspaper
San Saba News
Location
San Saba, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
5
A promotional appeal urges San Saba residents to join the Chamber of Commerce. It asks if readers work with the chamber, invites membership, and invites pride in San Saba, Texas, aiming to showcase the town to outsiders.
Rev Gaddy travels to the Lower Rio Grande visiting McAllen and nearby towns. Reported are samples of the region’s nut trees and a large grape and orange harvest. Local social notes mention students returning home for holidays and community members arriving for Christmas gatherings.
Thieves blew open a medium sized safe at the Santa Fe passenger depot in Brownwood between midnight and 6 am, stealing an estimated 1000 to 1700 dollars. The lock was manipulated through the hallway keyhole and no crew was found. sheriff's deputies will investigate.
Eastland December 20 Mrs L E Richberg widow of Ranger merchant slain in his store sues John Bloxam and Berry Nalls in district court for 68000 claiming loss of support and potential earnings of 1800 yearly. She seeks 68000 total. officers were acquitted of murder. Also notes visiting relatives Bobbie Noble and Wayne Terry in town for holidays.
Recleaned Sudan seed priced at 8 dollars per 100 pounds with smaller amounts available through Fentress. Improved Strawberry corn at 83 cents a bushel and Improved Methane cotton seed at 1.75 dollars a bushel offered by J. 1. Lanham in San Saba.
J C Rose, 64, a well driller, fell from a mules driven drill truck on Cherokee road three miles south of town Tuesday around 6 pm. He was pinned between the wheel and a rock and died instantly. Survived by wife and three children Robt Rose of San Angelo Mrs Shaw Brownwood and Clinton. Funeral at Odd Fellows Cemetery conducted by Rev T F L Dimmitt.
The J H Cooley firm rushes the Moore Well No 1 derrick at the W J Moore ranch on the A Menk Sur No 596 one mile east of town. Spudding in is planned for early next week with a high class California rig expected to be attached within ten days. Thirty on around 11 000 acres of leases surround the well as San Saba county eyes a potential large oil pool opening.
Behrens ranch also known as Blum Ranch totaling 4000 acres near town sold for over 80000 dollars. The property, among Texas best ranches, lies three miles below town and dates back to the eighties era when wire fences first appeared in the county.
The derrick for Mother Pool Well No 1 at Richland Springs is nearing completion. J F W Cooley of Chicago backs the project on the Mother Pool Addition a quarter mile west of the Santa Fe depot on the E Hagerman tract. The structure stands 84 feet high and is described as first class. the well should be spudded in before the next News issue unless plans are disrupted.
Rev 0 W Dean and his family depart this week for Aspermont where he will serve as pastor of the Baptist church. He previously led the San Saba church for about two years and is highly regarded by his former congregation and town for his faithful ministry.
A reflective holiday poem by Arthur Gutterman celebrates an enduring life journey. It portrays a winding road through marsh, wood, and valleys, with storms and toil but steady joy at the mountain crest. The speaker invites companionship on this travel, cherishing every noonday pause, friendship, song, and the promise of what lies around the bend.
Mrs W A Smith learns her brother Frank Stump has died Sunday night after two years of declining health. He was 42 and leaves a wife and five children. He had lived in Muskogee Oklahoma for years.
Jas F Dofflemyer his wife and baby of Humble were guests of the former’s mother Mrs Julia Dofflemyer over Christmas week. Read the adds in the News.
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