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ESTABLISHED AUGUST 13. 1476.
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The Graham Leader
WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE. WITH CHARITY. FOB ALL.
GRAHAM. TEXAS, THUHSDAf, TSaRCH T~mi -
OLDEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN NORTHWEST TEXAS.
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NUMBER TWENTY-NINE
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SBEEFAND GOAT RAISERS ASSOCIATION IS ORGANIZED HERE SAT.
S. S. BAITS EL
SELECTED AS
LOCAL DIRECTOR
Three repreeeatetivee from the
Graham Chamber of Commerce par-
ticipated In a meeting held at Guth-
rie yesterday for the purpose, of or-
ganising an aaaociation to promote
the completion of the north wee t high-
tray from Fort Worth bo Lubbock.
According to the constitution and
bylaws adopted the organisation will
bo known as tbs, fort Worth-Guthrie-
Lubbock Highway Association) with
the purpose of securing the herd
surfacing of Highway -84 from Fort
Worth to Jacks boro and completion
of Highway 24 through Guthrie into
Highway
way 24 through Guthrie
ray 24, as indicated in
Indian Graves to
Be Explored
By Scouts
- I mmmmmm
A dream is going tq' cdjhe
true tor eeveral Graham boys
this week-end. What bey has
not dreamed at times of ex-
ploring Indian graves for bur-
ied treasure in tbs form Of
arrow heads and other relics!
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members of Boy Hcout Troop
One are going to dp Saturday.
As a reward for winning an
advancement contest conduct-
ed by the three local scout
troops, TW»P OH* Will be
given a trip to the Costello
Ranch, southeast of Bunger.
The hoys ■ will leave at 3:30
o’clock Friday afternoon and
wBl return late Saturday af-
ternoon. They will be SC-'
comnsflied by Rev. O. T. Mo-
line, Clyde Conkling, Houston
Crump, and possibly Scout-
master R. M. Harbord. Trans-
portation and food will be
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the
and specifi-
cally set out ip resolutions |sdopted.
is to pass through the following
____ county seats: Morion, Levelland,
Lubbock, Crosbyton, Dickens, Guth-
rie Benjamin, Seymour, Graham,
ecksboro, and Fort Worth. TheJ
t-oit Worth-Gothrie-Lubboek highwa>
'is already 'completed except for a 1
gap through King county and in the
eastern half of Dickens county, a
stretch of grade in the western part
of Knox county, parts of the road
In Crosby and Lubbock counties, and
the section of Highway 34 now -an-
""“ City Election
S. S. Bates of Graham was named 1
____ga a member -of-the iboard of di-
rectors, of the new association. Of-
ficers' elected werer_Judge G,- W..
L Creea of King cuuttty, president;
a KekS Fowler of Dickens, vlce-piesi-
'v^Ment; Grady West of BenjamWr Uee-
- oflM^VMv-prcsidrnt; JchkTCfllMaf'
~ oT Guthrie, secretary-treasurer. Di-
reCtors representing various towns
along the route-are! Ed McRae of
Fort Worth, George 8. Plants of
Seymour; 9, 8. Bates of Graham; E.
L. Pitts of Lubbock;IP. B. R»"*--
Kails; E. L. Roberts, Orwbytofiy-a.
A. Cooper, Olney; 0. T. ,r Daniel.
furnished for the 32 boys in
the troop, and arrangements
will be made for camping out
Friday night. The troop's
“chuck wagon” will be taken,
and supplies will be carrier!
in the trailer. ;
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Rural Drama School Attended By
Representatives Of 5 Comities
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vides for the rural districts the ad-
vantages oftoyed by the Little Thea-
ter in the city. '
It, waa found accessary to post-
illg the remaining 16 days of
the month, with rainfall re-
Thirty-six persons, representing
five counties, have been in attendance
at the Rural Drama School conducted
at the Memorial Auditorium this
New York. The course opened
Tuesday morning and will dose to-
ation Association of New York a;d of
the United States Department of
Agriculture- at Washington.
Morning, afternoon, ami evening
sessions have been held, with - in-
struction on how u» fHrect piny-,
theater make-up, setiaj laws arid
this evening. i
TSioae in attendance at the school
morrow evening. Though not a Include: Mrs. M. E. Stewart of
part of ~tKe regular extension pro-' ” ” ' *—»- ” '~J~
gram, the school b sponsored by
the Extension Service, being made
possible through a co-operat ve 'ar-
rangement of the National Recre-
South Bend, Mrs. Malcolm Termer
of Loving, Miss Mary Slatfcr of
Jean, Mrs. W. E. Moran of Graham,
Monroe Fuller of Graham, M. Wat-
son of Newcastle, Miss Ethel Holland
Charles Hoggard of Newcastle, Mrs.
J. O. McCluer of Loving, Mrs. A. E.
Morris of the Graham Little Thea-
ter, G. T. Washburn, Jr. of Graham,
Miss Vera Mae Gilmore of Graham.
Miss Fern Hodge of Loving, Grddy
February Has
14 Days of
Sunshine
Believe it or not, Graham
had 14 days of sunshine dur-
ing tpa. month n* February.
ported for six days. The
precipitation ranged from M ■
inch to 1.90 inches and totaled
3.62 inches. Last year the
total for February was 2.45
inches, 1.17 inches less t£4n
the precipitation during the
month just ended. Since Jan-
uary 1 Graham and viciiilly' '
has had a total of 7.07 inches
't
ie same period last.
principles, the( speak! ig voice, stage (.ewia of Newcastle, Mrs:. L. L. Brook-
scenery, lighting, cotor, costumirgl. ' "—1—"-----
and folk games, r
. This course is in- line wTiK th i
rural drpma work, stready Weil
launched in this -eo«ntv ujstah pro fttanrinued oil last pagrr.-'
.shire -of Seymour, Miss Corcne Pen-
dleton Of Breckenridge, Mrs. J. E.
Benge of" Seymour, Miss Rosalind
Olsen of (deymour, Mnt. .T. TL Whit-
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Idaiou; James A. Stephen*, Benja
min; O. J. Conastor, Levelbnd; V.
-V. Parr, Dickens; and .Frank Patton,
Guthrie. Several towns along the
' route were not represented but will
* name directors bter. • - X =
/Ed C. Burris, secretary-manager
the Chamber of Commerce. rtP-
resented the eastern division of.the
highway on the constitution and by-
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A.' resolution was adopted asking
the aid brthe State Highway Com-
misson in "the hard surfacing of all
gaps in the highway from the Texas-
New Mexico line to Fort Worth and
other points to the east The reso-
luton included a request that the
commission give the route one con-
tinuous number designation.
More than 100 representatives Were
present for the meeting, Dickens
county having the largest delegation
with 28 In attendance. Graham
was represented -by S. S. Bates,
Irby Rhodes and Ed C. Burrih.
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On April 5th.
I P '-ipjBPI_,
' Much it.teijcvt is expected to”Tw
manifested "m the city election to
take place on Tuesday, April
wheiv a 'mayor-and t*w» members- oF
efie board of aldermen will he voted
on. Members of tho board whose
terms expire this' year are C. ^B.
tfockaday and T, 0. Calvin. 1’. M.
Nicolett and A. A. Morrison were
elected last year and their terms
continue for another year........
Candidates, for the office of mayoi
qr. aMerm*n must file notice with
the7 city, cl*rk at least terr dajrs
prior to the .dnte of the election.
At, a recent meeting thA board of
aldermen Selected W. M. Matthews
and R. D. OWen to serve 'as election
judges.
banquet
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of the local Ex-Students' Associattflir from the Texas Electric Service r'etarv-Treasurpr stated that in all
.presided as toastmaster during the Company-under the signature of S..* —^ ............... •
Federal
To Be Here
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County Agent G. R. Warren was
notified t.hu week, that C. M. Better-
man will be here on March, 8, from
6 to 12 A. ML, for the purpose fit
interviewing Young county farmers
who borrotntd money la*t year tin-
der the drouth relief provision ahd
have not yiet made arrangement for
repayment. -rr~-
Anyone who has not repaid the
federal (bed and seed loan may con-
fer with Mr. Betterman at the of-
morning of March 8.
Many Plus Signs Seen In Oil
Industry By Local Operators
Annual Banquet
Held By Former
T. U. Students
Graham Receives
Maximum Credit
during
year.
According to. the weather re-
port kept by Miss Lets Black
the temperature during Feb-
ruary ranged from minimum
oif ‘id degrees, which was rc-
yrdeu on February 4. to- a
maximum of 88 degrees on
last Sunday, February jJS. Lasi
_Tear the February temper-
ature range was from 27 de-
gree* on- February 14 to 73
"degrees on February 19. .
Premium For 1932 pg^
LOCAL MARKET
FIRST AIM OF
ORGANIZATION
, At a meeting of sheep and goat
ratlbrs of the county which wa*
held in the Chamber of Commerce
office Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock
tho Sheep and Goat Raisers I Aaaoe-
latiolt of Voer«T <11111
lied. F. V. "Hinson of Graham was
elected president; W. T. Hightower
of Olney, vice president; and Henry
Schlittier, Jr. of Graham, secretory
^treasurer.-------- .* — - * •
~ The sheep and goat raisers of
Young county were called together'
by .the Graham Chamber of Com-
merce for the purpose of organ-
izing an association preparatory to
securing a wool and mohair market,
in Graham equal,-* m -prices paid, to
that of ;San Angelo, and. creating-
aji environment in this county that
would prove inviting to the sheep
and gnat industry. ,-
It was explained to those present
trhar * bonded warahouse locally opet-
I aft6d"j»oltt be secured as a storage
Lptace for wooi and mohair and that
-jlbg- same buyers who buy at the
San Angelo market wopld come to
JGraf'am to purchase wool and mo-
! hair in' car loti shipments. Thi*
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-The annual Independence Day, According to an announcement
banquet was held by- local -ex-stu- arte ihi* WeelT Graham' hah beeii
* ........ ‘ ““ accorded” the maximum credit pre-
mium of' 16 percent for 1932 a* the
dents of the .University of ¥«xas
Wednesday evening in the American
Legion club rooms at' the Memorial
Auditorium. Reminiscences of stu>
days ware enjoyed durjgg the largely due to' the excellen
hour, and an excellent pro
was presented following the
meajt
C E. Penix, ■ retirttfg president
program gnd also presided during a
brief business session. Officers for
tho coming year were elected,' In-
cluding Mrs. Mac William*, presi-
dent; and Miss Jimmie Sowell, sec-
result ut the excellent
(luring 1921. This attainment
* ~=~i market would save the producer the
|f| -hipjjHnsr ,cost. from iW-
; An^cfo. which lit pr^nFThe'cloa- .
est wWr and - mohair market.
During the disenssion it was - dis-
closqd that, approximately 120,000
;v.
ijhe InterdepartAentaT ATemmittee
cho local fire department, and all
locarrVitizens will heartily vmlor-e
the following letteq of cflngjretula-
tion received by Fire’Chief Q."Street
local Chamber of ' Commerce and
Hie" Cbiinty Judge. WT FTParsTey -
Jn. the tetters;- the Assistxnr.;' Sfec-
ColiCCMtl ^ University traditions and problems
I Here March 8 with humorous
studetvt d*y». • Judge Ajcnqld traced
the history of the University, brief-
ly. from the, time aueh ap institution
(Continuod on jast page). I
Loan Committee
Is Announced
A eommitieu of three has been
appointed, through the. Young Coun-1
fice of the county agent on _the -Agricultural Rrtai'd,'~dd~T)alSdie'
applications for loans in this county
H
A number of hopeful signs are
noted in the oil industry, and local
operators are confident ai an upward
trend during the immediate future.
Mach interest has been manifested
in the Sinelair-Prairie merger which
was consummated at Independence,
Kansas, on March T.‘ It ia pre-
dicted by many that the Sinclair will
use the Prairie gathering lines and
become a buyer of crude In this dis-
trict
On* local operator commented op-
timistically on yesterday* advance in
Peanejdvnnia crude, i stating that
“this gire* strength to the market
line* the eastern erode price has
always served as a barometer for
mid-continent prices". ; ...
An interesting local development
of the week wa# the completion last
Saturday of tee Prairie Ftp# Line
connection with the three walls drill-
Graham-Vick legtse lO attes
west of Graham. After being brought
in for a production of about 100
barrels each, the three wdll* were
shut in to await disposition of the
oil. The full allowable of 150 bar-
rels per day Is nqw being taken front
the wells.
The week’s grilling report for the
county includes: Bratcher tt al No.
1 Lowe, an offset to the D. M. Knox
No. 1 Manning, drilling at 900 feet.
‘ Christie Broe. have made location
In the northwest corner of the Nor-
red farm, 1*00 feet eaat . of the
Knox discovery wall east of Graham.
Boy Mook, Fort Worth operator,
has purchased a leas# on the W. E.
Stevens land about a half mile east
Of the Knox No. 1 Manning, and
plaps to drill a test.
Fain A McGaha have spudded on
their No. 1 Weems, Block 86, south-
east of Jean. <■-.
srjfc- *1 WRW wf Raw Angelo is
(Continued on last page).
Under
lecently launched by congress. De-
Witte McTlatchy, Olney banker, will
serve as chairman of the committee.
Other members of the committee
are J. R. Bills, farmer, of Loving
and Irby Rhodes, merchant,of Gra-
ham. Stipulation was made that
the committee include one banker.
one merchant, and one fanner who
would not be eligible for a loan.
At an early datij al) necessary
application blanks and detailed in-
structions will be sent direct to the
local committee from the regional
office to be operated at Dallas under
the direction of O. W. Sherrill.
Anyone interested in securing a loan
should confer with one of the com-
mittee members. . - " •'
Mrs. Frances Miller Crenshaw ap-
peared on the George Washington
program at Eliasviile Monday even-
ing. The program was-ween by
the Eliasviile High Schoopitudents.
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Mrs. Lucia Clark of New York
;Clty and Mrs. R. H. McIntosh of
Cameron are guaata of their sister,
Mrs. Clara H. Dawson. i-
B. Ilarbison:,
‘This mornihg's papers carry, the
announcement that Graham because
i>f its excellent fire record for the
past twelve months, has earned: the
. j I I'*—* vwwsvxe Iiiumii.i, nan rauiiuu uji*
retary. A ^solution was unanimous- „iAximum cle(Iit plemium of
ly passed favoring support of plans
-for the Texas Centennial celebration
to be held, in 1936.
Judge Fred T. Arnold was" the
principal speaker of the .evening,.
’mngleil wntS*r-dissss
(or 1932. -
mg to congratulate/ you
and the membere of your department
oir.record you "have made, This
nib An* a material saving to the pc
perty owners of Graham for the en-
duing year., _
as Electric Service ComHby
appreciates this fine work and the
-plendid spirit of co-operation On
the part of you and your men en-
joyed at all timM.9
“ter:
State-Aid Granted
Eighteen Schools
mohair-gre produced in Young coun-
ty annually, and that a saving ef 2
cents 'for pound, by creating,.# local
>(, woul
Grajhsm, n arkcl, would mean $2,800 to the
prebability no appropriation* would
■l* made du(-ing the present session
of Confess for public .building pro-
scale of .production. Other ques.
tions that cjfme up J’or’^iscuasi<»-ia-
cTudeJ'chreperXpricre on^sackg and
woo4....4»-me"'1ind- a committee com-
posed of I>r. H. E. firiffin and" Gen-
try tffl] iamson was appointed f°r
■he purpose- of securing the best
t- ..,, ,
/•"ri-
jects, and •hence' -no immediate acti- possible quotation* on these come
vity relative to the Federal Building mudities. . _ .
. expected by tlje local
project is
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The site offered for the Federal
Building* tin the northwest corner
of tTie^south half of the courthouse
square.
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March 15 Last Day
“Income 1
Many questipna are being asked
about regulations for making In-
come tax returns, and the following
■Those, present voted to hold an-
other meeting on Mafctt 14 and en-
deavor to secure the attendance of
each and every sheep and goat
raiser in TbUng and adjoinirig coun-
ties. Definite action MIA tiw—to
the lSSS 'mariret will he tpken
•gt that meeting.
., _rff»ct*,, provided by., W. N., .Vathle,-i.<Ui|imm,m,. ,; r. Warren,, and Ed
' local auditor, are given' for the in- p Burris,
formation of anyone interested: ~
Th* deed dine for making income
tax reports is midnight oh , March-
15. • , , -
Those required to make , an in-
come tax report are: - Any Single
State ajd gfaate- -totaling man with s net income of $i56o or
for 18 Young county schools were
approved by G. L, Huckaby, state
re-construction program *<<! inspector/ who completed his
survey of the sc.hpols in thi* county
Monday. Together with -Superin-
tendent L. G. Cooler Mr. Huekabyt".. y.
visited each of the IB Schools apply-'
ing. for state aid; beginning bis
schedule Wednesday of )ast week
end finishing • Monday morning.
„ Mr. Huckaby complimented- the
schools of the county very highly.
and stated that he found the build-
ing* and equipment in better con-
more; any married man or head of
:Jz
PIT
Those attending the meeting Sat-
irday included: T. .L. Lisle. Henry
Schlittier, Jr., Cliat Rutherford, A.
R. Rutherford, J. LI Jordan, Grady
Milligan. W. T. Hightower, F. V.
Hinson, Dr. H. E. Griffin, Gentry
* household with a net Income bf
$3500 or more; all persona having
a gross income of $5,000 or more; ‘
all partnerships and corporations.
No chaqgg* in the exemptions or v
in the tax rate were made this
year.
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Rural Basketball Tournament To
Open At Olney Tomorrow Morning
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1 The Rural Basketball Tournament
for Young county will open tomor-
row morning at 10 o’clock in ..the
Olney High School gymnasium, with
26 teams participating in the four
divisions. Eigjit teams plan to en-
ter ip the senior boys’ division, seven
dition than in any of the seven coun- jn (the junior-boys’, seven in
ties he had visited in this section. J Junior girls’, and four in the s
The soma granted to the schools g{r|s’ division,
wet* as follows: Bitter Creek—8698; | Preliminaries in the junior girls’
Monument—<669; Farmer—<66; Bun-
gte—$687: Murray—$244; Markley—
$581; South Bend—<1141: Padgett—
$227; Huffstuttle—<527; California
-,$505; Boggy Valley—*166; Red
Top—f.183.; Loving—<886; Proffitt-
8866; TnglcsWe—<832; Flint Creek—
$27; Jean—<1086; Ben Waters—<45.
Mr. and Mrs. Blue Terrell of
Newcastle spent Sunday visting J.
and Mr. Terrell enjoyed
talking over old-times.
the day
division will be played tomorrow
morntng, the junior boys tomorrow
afternoon, th* senior boys’ tomor-
row afternoon and night, and th*
Friday Morning: 10:00 A. ML, Prof-
fitt vs Colston (Junior Girls); 10:46,
Bunger vs Ingleaide (Junior Girls);
11:30 A. M„ Markley vs Bitter
Creek (Junior Girls). v„„.
Friday Aftqrnoon: 1 DO P. M.,
Tonk Valley vs Bunger (Junior
Boys); 1:45 P. M.. Murray vs Col-
seniof Aten (Junior Boys); 2:80 P. M., Bit-
ter Creek v* Padgett (Junior Boys);
8:15 P. M. Hunt vs TVrnk VaBey
(Senior Boys); 4:15 P. M-, Proffitt
vs Bitter Creek (Senior Boys); 8:15
P. M., Bunger VS True (Senior
finals in the senior hoys’ and junior
girls’ divisions will be played Sat-
urday morning. Up junior boys’
semi-finals will be played Saturday
afterpoon. and the finals In all four
divisions will be played Saturday
Silver loving cops wffl be uer
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senior glrtl* tomorrow night. Semi- Friday Night: 7:15 P. M., Padgett
vs Murray (Senior Boys); 8:15 P.
M. Banger ve CoDton (Senior
Girls); 8:15 P. M.. Bitter Creek *s
Ipgleside (Senior Girls).
(Saturday Morning: 9:00 A. M,
Winner Hunt-Tonk Valley ve wia-
C. Cashurn and family. Mr. Qubnrii f0 the four champion teams. Begs); 10:00 A. It.,
itkue vs winner Padgett-Mnrray,
(Continued «n last page).
The schedule for the tournament
has been announced as /ollows:
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Spears, George T. The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 3, 1932, newspaper, March 3, 1932; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth884070/m1/1/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.