The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 25, 1940 Page: 1 of 10
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The Graham Leader
With M«lic« Toward Nona. With Charity For A*
ESTABLISHED AUGUST 16. 1IH
GRAHAM. TEXAS. THURSDAY. JANUARY. J5. 1940
FISHING
AROUND
By Trout
“Fit language there i* none, for
the heart’s deepest things-.’’—Lowell.
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“Time wasted U existence; used,
is life.”—Young.
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The cigarette said to the waitress:
“Take me out of here before I make
an ash of myself — and maybe of
the whole building.”
Great Park Project
On Possum Kingdom
Big Boost For Graham
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Professor Rose: "Can anyone tell
me what causes trees to become
petrified ?”
Bright 8tudent: “The wind makes
’em rock."
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Hard water enthusiast: “Got a
piece of sandpaper!"
Landlady: “Yeah, but you can’t
take a bath now, there’s someone
io the shearer.”
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V John Gallaher—‘Pardon
walking on your feet”
Mrs. Gallaher—“Oh, that's O.K.
I often walk on them myself.’’
see
You’ll be a bigger success this
year if you laugh more and cause
others to feel more cheerful. “They
laugh that win,” said Shakespeare
—and ha was aery near correct,
cording to our observations.
eos
Slippery ice—aery thin;
Pretty girl—tumbled in;
Saw a folia—on the bank;
Gaae a shriek— then she sank;
Boy on hand—heard her shout;
Jumped right in—pulled her out;
Now he’s hors—aery nice;
^J§ .Art she had—to break the ice.
Work is already under way on
plans by State and Federal Park
Board officials for improving and
fencing more than 3,300 acres, 15
miles southeast of Graham, on Pos-
sum Kingdom Lake, deeds for which
were accepted a few daya ago by
Wendell Mayes, chairman of the
state Park Board.
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Answer this one right quick. How
While in Austin Monday, Cham
ber of Commerce Manager, Glenn
Burgess cslled and left additional
data with iMr. Mayes and Park
Board officials concerning the pro-
ject, which puts Graham in the
center of the spotlight as a Texas
recreational renter. He said the of-
ficials are enthusiastic about the
big park and have already put in
application for two camps of the
Civilian Conservation Corps, to total
me for ' about 400 men to carry out the
work under supervision of a Feder-
al Parks Board supervisor.
Much publicity is already being
given Graham, only city on Possum
Kingdom Lake, because of this
parks project. A radio broadcast,
that covers the whole southwest,
at 9:46 o'clock this morning over
stattion KGKO, in the “Suburban
Editor's hour,” quoted at length a
statement prepared about the park
project by the Graham Leader
Kditot showing Graham’s relation-
ship fea H.
Securing of this State Park has
been ■ special object of Graham
civic leaders for more than a year,
and the idea was originated and
started here.
The securing of this park near
Graham resulted largely through
important services and work of A.
ArkT It’s a question Pic Lannour
■2 -was having a lot of fun asking
sround the square Wedneeday. His
little daughter started it. You’ll
. find the answer—last paragraph, at
< end of “Pishing Around.”
SOS
One of the most interesting pro-
grams on the air is the Suburban
Editor on KGKO at 9:46 a. m.
Thursdays and Sundays. Tune in;
you may hear something about your
own community. He has given this
town wide publicity on several
caaions recently by reading excerpts
from this paper.
•** RiverRe
Big news—good news! The report
from a music critic In the east is
that there is s definite swing away
from swing and jitterbug, and that
this year’s popular music will in
elude more of the sweet melodies,
rythmic waltzes and soul stirring,
nerve soothing kidd—somewhat like
the country enjoyed half a century
ago.
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«“Come, have a cup of coffee with
f us, Mr. Stovall,” we said.
“No, not now thank you,” he re-
plied. “Annie is waiting for me
to go down here and bowl a while.”
, v It’s inspiring to see s couple who
haVe enjoyed each other’s compan-
ionship so long and still happy, find-
ing so many things of real interest
in Hfe, like Mr. and Mrs. B. C.
Stcvall.
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A lot of folk* sick now. Let us
remember that as civilised beings
we cannot live to ourselves, drawn
up in a shell like a terrapin waiting
for warm days. But we must be
neighborly if we live happily with
one another. Let’s ascertain If we
can be of help to the sick and un-
fortunate and sorrowful—during
these long winter days. They’ll be
helpful and we’ll be happier for it.
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\ w»r#w waa two inches deep and it,
J. B. Norris Is
Candidate Again
For Commissioner
The Graham Leader has been
authorized to announce J. B. Norris
as a candidate for reelection as
County Commissioner, Precinct 1.
Mr. Norris is now serving his
first term in that office and has
been active in the duties of the posi-
tion since he took office a little
more than a year ago.
He has tried to fili the position to
the best of his ability, he said, with
fair an unbiased consideration td
ail citizens alike.
He has studied carefully the dut- i
ies of Commissioner and through i
the actual work he has done, he |
has acquired much valuable experi-
ence he feels will be helpful in
making a greater success during
the following two years.
Throckmorton Girl
Chosen Guest Of
Fat Stock Show
A. Morrison, member Of the land Mat state and couaty election
Five Days Remain
To Pay Poll Tax
Raymon Thompson, tax collector-
assessor, reported 2239 poll tax re-
ceipts and 46 exemptions issued up
to Thursday morning, with only
five more days after Thursday in
which to pay in time to be eligible
to voteJ0 thedWng elections.
This jtumbf r <• lea- than half of
the tab* M<s paid in 1938, the
Record Cold Spell of
More Than Month May
Mean Better Crop Year
clamation and Conservation Board,
•nd important work of Glenn Bur-
gees, who was well acquainted with
State and National Park officials,
(ContinuH an lost page)
in which 4645 receipt*
Ii> 1939, not a regular
3318 w*re>. issued.
The tax must be paid by Wed-
nesday, January 3L if one is to par-
ticipate in elections this year.
Payment Shares Unchanged Under 1940
AAA Prgoram, Committee Points Out
COLLBGE STATION—Under the
1940 AAA program trnant and land-
lord will share in AAA payment'
in exactly the same proportion as
they share in the proceeds of the
crop, the State Agricultural Con
serration Committee has pointed
out.
At the same time the committee
informed county dommittees that
they could refuse to allow any in-
crease in the share of payments to
landlords who rearranged their
fanning system in order to obtain
larger share of the AAA pay-
ments for the farm in 1940.
Citing the AAA regulations, the
committee said: “The net payment
computed for any farm for special
and general cropa shall be divided
among the landlords, tenants, and
sharecroppers in the same propor
ton (as indicated by their acreage
shares) that such persons are en
titled, at the time of harvest, to
share in the proceeds (other than
fixed commodity payment) of
such crops on thp farm in 1940.”
In other words, if a farm is op
erated on a third-and-fourth basis
with the landlord receiving one-
fourth of the cotton crop and one-
third of the general crops, then ho
will also receive one-fourth of the
cotton payment and one-third of the
general crop payment.
The regulations further declare:
‘If on any farm in 1940 any change
of the arrangements which existed
on t!\e farm In 1939 is made be-
tween the landlord and the tenants
sharecroppers and such change
was early in the morning, wind 1 would cause a greater proportion
whistling around the building and 1 of th, p.yments to be made to the
(Old. We had overcoat and boot* under the 1940 program
and ahavaling the snow off the , than would have been made to him
Ik in front of the office. A school under the 1989 program, payments
‘ with books under arm came (to the )iim)iord Unde,- the 1940 fro-
>lng along, brief skirt, few j Rrum w(th rcpect to the form shall
•4*hes, nothing covering the bore 1 not be greater than the amount that
aldn from ankles up to—where the wouW haTe b«.n paid to the Land
east on a bicycle would he—if she |ord and operator if the arrange-
riding. “Please don’t shovel j ments which existed on the farm
ithe snow,” she appealed. “It is tool, i»|» had been continued, if the
pretty." Maybe we don’t need as i
much wrapping
pa. And then, too, maybe
was Just fortunate not to be
(CMttMed on last png,l
Films Booked For
Visual Education
Films for the visual education
program of rural schools in Young
county have been booked through
April, Miss Finnic Ragland, ;oonty
superintendent, has announced. Films
for the first of the two-week series
were previewed Monday and Glen
Beard and Wayne Stowe started the
F0RT WORTH, Jan. 22.—A rough
riding beauty—ghat’s the way ranch
bosses describe Elverna Criswell of
Throckmorton who will be one of
the (seven ranch girl honor guests
at t^e Southwestern Exposition and
Fat 1 Stock Show in Fort Worth,
Martii 8-17.
| Signing Up
j Is Started On
Range Program
The office of Young County Agri-
cultural Association is ready to
ceive applications for 1940 Range
("observation program states H. G.
Millican, chairman Agricultural Con-
servation Association committee. All
farmers and ranchers expecting to
participate in the range program
should bear in- mind all practices
they expect to use during 1940 must
be approved by the county commit-
tee before work can be done. Ap-
plications have been mailed to every
producer in Young county, adds Mr.
Millican.
Ranchers having more or less land
in 1940 are urged to contact the
county office in order that all rec-
ords pertaining to the 1940 program
can be properly adjusted. Mr. Mil-
lican points out further that all prac
tices of the range program can be
used to earn a range building al-
lowance under the farm program
except the eradication of prickly
pears, cactus, meaquite and digging
of wells; therefore, unless an oper-
ator expects to use one of the above
mentioned practices it in recom-
mended that the rangeland be in-
cluded under the farm program as
non-crop open pasture, thereby in-
oreasing the soil building allowance
under the farm program. This gives
mote flexibility to the operator in
was born on the famous
of which her father,
is manager. She won
cutting-horse contest at the
Throckmorton Rodeo in 1939 over all
male riders including some of the
outstanding wagon and ranch bosses
of West Texas. Her appearance at
the world championship rodeo In
Fort Worth will be on “Sport,” a
red-roan cutting horse, broken and
trained by her father.
The Throckmorton girl is a true
blond with blue eyes and golden
hair. She is five feet and seven
inches in height. Riding is her
favorite pastime, but music, swim-
ming, volley ball and roller skating
take a part of her spare time. She
is a high school graduate and hopes
to study physical education in uni-
versity next Fall.
She is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Criswell. She represents
an area that includes some of the
largest and oldest ranches in West
circuit of schools Tuesday morning. Te«» Among them the MaUdor
Nineteen of the 20 rural schools 1 ^andi >nd Company, The 6666
in the county participate in the vis-
ual education program. Appropriate
films are selected from the Univer-
sity of Texas and other sources and
the showing of the films is followed
up with the making of units, testing
and other school activities.
Films booked include, January 22,
“The River,” from U. S. Rim Com-
pany; “The Tree of Life,” from
University of Texas; and -“In Old
Mexico,” from University of Texas.
February 5, “Cairo to Capetown,”
from U. S. Navy Recruiting Serv-
ice; “Let’s Go Skiing,” “Humming-
bird Home Life,” end a comedy, all
from University of Texas.
February 19, “Winter Wonder-
land,” “The Story of Leather” and a
Criswell is a typical ranch earning the 1940 soil building pay-
ments.
All practices which were available
in 1939 are available in 1940 and in
addition dams may be enlarged and
paid for at the same rate as a new
dam, that is fifteen rents cubic I
yard up to 5,000 cubic yards. Exca-
vations will be paid for at the rate
of 7l cents per cubic yard. Old
tanks cannot be dredged or cleaned
out and approved for payment states
Millican further.
Ranch of the S. B. Burnett Estate,
the Pitchfork Ranch, the Waggoner
and Swenson ranches.
Mist Criswell was selected at the
Farmers Here
May Withdraw
Cotton In Loan
Recent advance* !r cotton prices
have made it possible for cotton
farmers to withdraw profitably much
of the cotton placed under the 1938
loan, according to H. G. Millican,
chairman Young County Agricultur-
al Conservation Association.
Urging that ail producers with-
drawing cotton from the loan make
certain they receive full value for
last Reunion and Rodeo at Seymour. their Millican declared that
weekly bulletins will be posted in
county AAA offices to make price
information available to all farmers.
, In order to secure possession of
warehouse receipts covering cotton
placed under the 1938 loan, the
producer must make the following
payments:
(1) Face value of the note.
(2) Interest at the rate of 4 per
cent from the date of the loan until
November 1, 1939.
One of the longest spells of con-
tinuous freezing weather in the
history of this section, has been re-
corded here since December 28.
For more than a month the ther-
mometer has registered below frees-
ing nearly every day and for more
than a week the temperature has
dropped to within twelve or four-
teen degrees of zero, here. Imst
Friday morning it made the record
low of six above zero in Graham.
And during the 24 hours period
ending at 8 a. m. this (Thursday)
morning the temperature reached a
low of 9 in Graham, according to
official readings of the U. S. —
Weather Bureau station in Graham,
of which Miss Leta Black is super-
visor. At 8 a. m. however, it waa
ll above.
During this more than four weeks
of severe cold weather it has snow-
ed several times, totaling all togeth-
er about four inches since Decem-
ber 28. It wa« snowing again in
Graham this morning when residents
of. Graham awoke.
/While the snow is estimated to ha
of value in affording needed mase-
ture for the small grain crops, it is
feared that oats and barley may have
been injured by the low ‘mprra
tures in this area. Definite effect
on the grain cannot be ascertaiaad
however, until warm weather thaws
out the ground.
I And many farmers are optimistic
for good crops in the seasons that
follow, because of the unusually cold
weather and sustained low te
tores recorded here. Many .
millions of insects that .....
cause damage to crops have hoaa
killed in their hibernation.
The long spell of lew tempcMtr
tures has caused a virtual abut*
down of oil operations in this ins,
due to frozen water pipes and p—tr-
ing equipment.
Unusual business activity is e*
pected to follow immediately whew
warmer days arrive.
Freezing temperatures and saaw
have been reported over moot rf
Texas, as far south as the Rio
Grande valley where damage waa
done to the citrus and vegetable
crops. The lowest reported in tbs
state was 2 below zero at Brown-
wood and zero at Dallas, last Fri-
day morning.
Forecast today was that of CW-
tinued cold weather for much mt
Texas.
C. I. 0. Lewis
Attacks New
Deal Leaders
State Body -
Hears Pleas
For Roads Here
More progress was made before
the State highway commission in
behalf of roads of interest of Young
county .residents, Monday, whoa
comedy, all from University of, appeared before the commission. Ith* 1°^ ** liRul<uted-
TCX‘*' The commission heard Glenn Rur-Ui* from
_M.rch 4. ‘‘Do Unto _ Animals,” in . persons, .ppe.i before the 1*
16, from Graham to Graford and
Mineral Wells and the _____
from Finis to Poa.um Kingdom '"7u,y"',',7 .mounting 'to
don’t nead as county oommitte. certifies that the
up aa we think, change ie not Justified and disap
•pasr.”
“The U. S. Marches On," “Isle of
Marken, Holland,” and “Farm In-
conveniences,” all from University
of Texas.
March 18, “State Fair of Texas,”
‘iFkrm and City—Forward Togeth-
er,” from University of Texas;
“Modern Sculpture,” and ‘ Hickey Kingdom to Brud >nd gooth
Goee Hunting,” both from Castle
Film Company.
April 1, “Sugar Cane,” “Moun-
taining Memories,” and “The Negro
Farmer," all from University of
Tex»"- 'bo taken for building this
April 19, “RoUing Down to Hex ^ which wU1 wt th. duune, **
lco” _ _ tween Graham and Ft. Worth by
■ I eleven miles and which
any increase in paym nta to a land to turn at least I
lord who replaces a tenant with by Graham that
wage labor in order to obtain for Olnek, by Jacksboro to Fort Worth,
himself the total AAA payments Eight mile, of the road from
W the farm. (Ooetlaoed o> book page) i
the date the cotton was first placed
body i^rwentin, the entire group, ^ untll Ju,y ,<*„
particularly in behalf of Highway | m66it\on, Millican pointed out,
the producer must pay |o the ware
r0u** 'A*0 ; house storage charges accruing aft
_ .“I® er July 81, amounting to 15 cents
Dam and to connact acroas the rivet , ^ per month from August
with the new road from Powum , Nowmb,r , »„d m cnU
_ . , , bale from November 1 until the
Demi, were requested for right of j from th, wara
"T ™*dQr*h,m . house, provided it is removed within
to Graford and the points southeast -n, ■ i -......... ....................
of Graham and these are •>»ected 1
soon, after which dafintte
COLUMBUS. Ohio. Jan. 25—Jobe
L. Lewis, head of the C. I. O. baa
turned his guns on the New M.
He launched into a severe rritiefan
of President Roosevelt and his ad-
ministration. Wedneaday in an ad-
dress before the United Mine Wast-
ers.
“Roosevelt” Lewis declared, “wfll
meet ignominous defeat m Novem-
ber, if he asks for a third Sana.
After seven years of power the
Democratic party finds itself with-
out solution for the labor
He warned that only a
with labor will defeat the
cans in November.
Previously, this week, Lewis de-
nounced Garner and McNutt, two
other Democratic candidates for the
presidency.
Stanley H. Peary has been
fined to his home because of ilh
16 daya after its release.
The Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion has acquired title to all tott—
placed under loan in 1984 and 1887
and not previously redeemed, Milli-
can said. 1
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Trout, H. I. The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 25, 1940, newspaper, January 25, 1940; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1116439/m1/1/: accessed May 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.