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And A Red-Spoke- d Baggage Wagon
On The Station Platform
i It seems timely, with Hey Day just 10 days away, to share
with all our Haskell County neighbors some Information which
has been brought to our attention about a railroad depot restoration
project similar to ours here which offers everything but the
nimble and the roar at Plttsford, N. Y. The New York town, by
the way, has a population of 1,749 fur-sight- ed souls, a third the
size of Haskell . and its citizenship is reaping tremendous rewards
in tourist dollars from its effort.
In Plttsford. the depot there has been turned Into a restaurant.
But the idea Is the same as that which we have here . . .
to recapture and preserve for posterity the atmosphere and the
romance of the railroad.
In our evaluation of Hey Day, and its aims and objects, as
a county-wid- e endeavor worthy of our every last ounce of effort
In support, let us consider the following experience. . .one which
wc could well enjoy similarly here ..by putting our community
shoulder to the wheel.
"How many a boy first felt the clutch of romance on the
platform of a station, a hissing, coughing, fiery giant, shaking
nnd shrilling its way into his heart?"
Two members of the last of the great railroad generations
have breathed some life into that boyhood memory at Plttsford,
N. 1'., one of the uncountable abandoned whistle stops along America's
railroads.
Harvey L. Sibley and Edward B. Plcnge bought far more
than a memory when they purchased the New York Central
Railroad's depot and ticket office at rittsioni ami turnou mem
back into themselves. In the eighteen months since The Depot
hna opened. It has .become one of the most popular restaurants In
the Rochester area.
It took the owners a year to temodcl and redecorate, and
colloct railroad .souvenirs: lanterns from the Great Northern;
. silver service fxim the Pennsylvania: even foot-rai- the l, a piece
of track cast In nt a Lackawanna, N. Y.. mill.
The tmck-wid- u area betweon the 10O - year - old dejot and
ticket office where black engine once caught their breaths, has
Two of the room's walls
been enclosed to fotm a dining room.
are the exterior of the original railroad building.
Another wall of clear plate glass retain the feeling of openness
betweon them - and helps preserve a tunnel of time through
which nn em roared "
A picture nccomiwnvtn this description shows the familiar
paneled Interior of the old depot adorned by light fixtures from
bay-wind- ow the barred of the
old railroad coaches, and through
pot-belli- ed
ticket office may be n th stove, trademark of
depots the country over. A crank telephone hangs on the wall,
oil polished ami gloaming, like
long-spout- nnd even n ed can.
most of m have sm a thousand times in the hands of n striped-overa- ll
dad tonder," is wall-boun- d in a conspicuous place.
There's a red-spoked
baggage wagon on the station plat-
form, too, of course.
We have most of those fixtures right here, too, you know,
just waiting for restoration What we don't have, we do have the
assurance we can get. The depot has been moved to n perfect
place, accessible for viewing, browsing, touring.
Our Job is only half done The rest is up to us . .and it is wc
who will be the beneficiaries when the Job is finished.
Haskell, "Horsehide Heaven"
tLavers of Baseball, The Nntlonnl Pastime, and they seem
to be In the majority here in the West Texas hinterland, should,
and undoubtedly will be in 'Horsehide Heaven'" here this week
and next
Beginning Monday, a Texas Teen-Ag- e Baseball Tournament
has been hosted here, with the climax coming tonight Tomorrow
and Saturday, our town extends its hospitality to the teams,
parents and fans of three area winners In Little League play,
which will do diamond battle with our own
All-Sta- rs, champs of
Area II, for the supremacy of District 6, and the right to advance
to the Sectional Playoffs in Lubbock next week. Next week, also,
another Teen-Ag- e Tourney will be reeled off here.
So here's a hearty handshake to our visitors this week from
Lorenzo, Matador, Graham, Knox City and Wichita County, the
places sending championship nines to Haskell for tournament
Play.
May your stay here be a pleasant one. And come back to
see us, soon and often.
She's A Good "Jo11 . . . We'll Miss Her
If ever there was a person who measured up to the female
counterpart of a "Good Joe" nomenclature, it Is Haskell County's
Home Demonstration Agent Mary Jo(aptly) Leverett.
Mary Jo, after a year of one of the most productive records
in her realm of activity anyone over compiled anywhere, is
leaving us. And she will bo missed. Her organizational abilities
In 4-- H and homo demonstration activities have become legion
over a wldo area since she came out of retirement a year ago to
direct a tremendously beneficial program. She is leaving us only
because she feels she Is needed more at this time at her home
In Old Glory.
This personable, dynamic lady has a knack for making people
WANT to work with, and for her. And this sterling trait of
character, plus her boundless energy, have accomplished alms
in nbunndnnce around here.
Somehow, we feel such traits have been transfused from
Mary Jo to the leadership of girls' 4-- H and Home Demonstration
work in Haskell County, and the important program she ibegan.
and expanded, will continue.
We all have profited by Mary Jo Leverett's stay with us.
May everything food come her way in the future. She deserves
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At this writing, nnd we're
sure- the story might have
veered off on another tangent,
subject to change without notice,
as It were, the "Caddo
Crittur" Is Just a lot of yak,
literally speaking.
By that, we nre assuming
that our roader(s) know thnt
a yak is an animal, nnd as wc
recall, was n most dependable
beast of burden in ye oldo
tymes. This yak, as yaks go, or
grow, had to be, as has been
reported, a LOT OF YAK, to
bo mlstnkcn for a GORILLA by
them whut shot at it.
So, to put it plainly, it Is not
a lot of yak, when yak is referred
to in the gibberish or
disentort on the filnforco sense,
that this Caddo Crittur IS a
yak! Now, that makes sense,
doesn't it?
It sort of reminds us of the
hackneyed old expression,
"When is a door not a door?"
Well, fellow stupes, when it is
AJAR, of course! By the same
token, or with pure application
of the old geometric axiom,
"Things equal to the same
thing arc equal to each other."
When then is a yak not yak?
A yak is not yak when ho is
the Caddo Crittur! Doesn't thnt
figure?
So-o-o- -o, taking the whole
monstcrish situation one higher
plateau... to see if we can
sec anything' ... the Haskell
Rascal. Thang, or Varmint, as
you will, is NOT a yak, as any
ol' Vnrmlntspotter has plainly
seen. It Is not a LOT of yak.
It Is not just n little yak.
It is STILL The One, The
Only, The Incomparable
And that's no
yak!
And so far as comparing
OUR Varmint with ANYTHING
ELSE, yak or no ynk, no
of yak could place the
Caddo Crittur in the same
class with the Haskell Rascal,
we tepcat, yak or no.
So much for all that yak
(s-cu- se, plccz, we mean) yuk-yu- k
!
Having seen a reasonably
accurate facsimile of The Varmint
but once, and the Caddo
Crittur no times atall, we DO
wish we could have taken the
time to go to the Texas Thc-at- te
earlier this week. Understand
Bob Dulnncy, Brian &
Company had "The Pink Panther"
tall - gated there for
everyone's viewing pleasure.
That's what we call propitious
merchandising of a film, Bob.
The way Elaine nnd Maurice
are always ogling each other,
you'd think It was "Love In
Blohm". .for sure.
We just had a phone call
asking if it were possible to secure
legislation, or make any
other preventive move to forestall
cross-breedi- ng of the
Caddo Crittur with the Haskell
Rascal. We referred the
caller to the SPCPM (Society
For Prevention of Cruelty to
People's Minds!)
S'poso by now everyone lias
heard the one making the
rounds about the precarious
position in which some Haskell
Republicans will find themselves
when going to the polls
at the November general election.
But it MUST ,be recorded
for posterity.
Some Republicans here are
BOUND to be between a rock
and a hard place when it comes
to voting for the nominees of
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THE HASKELL FREE PRESS, HASKELL. TEXAS
Haskell County History
311 YEARS AUO
(August '.!, 1!.U)
A change In Postmasters for
tho Rule office was made recently
when Claude Norman
succeeded Bill Penlck. Noi-nin- n
has resided in Rule practically
all his life.
Cotton checks in the amount
of $100,000 were received here
Saturday morning from the
government, to be paid to Haskell
County farmers. According
to local officials, 2,300 checks
were sent Into the county.
The City Council has extended
the time in which city taxes
may bo paid without penalty,
until August 21, 1931. Many
people had asked for an extension,
due to general conditions
at this time.
The Athletic Association is
considering a plan under which
it may be possible to install
lights nt the Fairgrounds for
playing night football during
the coming season.
Mrs. Lnnhnm Williams and
son, Barry, are here visiting
her mother, Mrs. Edith English.
Mrs. W. P. Trice hns returned
from several weeks
visit with her brother and family
in New York. She went
from New York to Chicago to
their party for President and
Vice President. Because how
could they be for ". . .water'" in
the first place, or "Miller" in
the second place?
On a recent visit here, Hill
Ontcs' little granddaughter.
Betty Oatcs Oman's charming
and vivacious child, helped
out Ol' Grandnd nt the drug
store.
lAnd, It Is reported, when
asked what she did to help out.
she replied, "Well, I worked
behind the bar. Where else."
It surely was n relief to learn
from Chet Huntley that all
those promenading Republicans
wildly waving "Cleveland
'OS' at the convention were
plugging for their town for site
of the next nominating melee
of their party. Wc thought for
awhile they were backing G rover
Cleveland for PresUcnt
nnd wc were in the Twilight
Zone !
Things ain't so tough around
here yet on the Parched
Prairie, says Alphonse Hinds,
58th Variety, better known ns
Handlebar Hank, or the transplanted
Cottle County Cutup.
He advises tuat when Noah and
the Mrs. and nil those animals
were in the Ark, nnd it rained
JO days and 40 nights, Paducah
got a half-Inc- h. Al was weatherman
there at the time, he
says.
We were gcttin' the straight
dope from someone close to
the scene on the chances of
certain
Hcy-Da- y Queen candi-
dates for winning this cherished
honor. Pointing a finger at
a particular winsome charmer,
our informer departed his evaluation
long enough to comment
"She eats too much." He
wasn't inferring there was
anything wrong w I t h this
"looker's" figure or chances to
be queen. It was just nn important
statement of fact, and it
took us back. Ten-to-o- ne our
"eye" has had more than one
date with said scintillating specimen
. . and had to pick up
the food tab.
Oakescrjpt: Men who talk
like big wheels usually are
Just spokes-me- n.
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"'.Mr.' nnd Mrs L. D. Ratllff,
Jr., of Spur, weic hero Sunday,
guests In the home of his parent.
Judge nnd Mrs. L. D.
Ratllff. Sr.
Judge and Mrs. Clyde Gils-o- m
nnd two children have re
turned from n two-wec- vacation
In New Mexico.
Sgt. Hugh Ratllff nnd Sgt.
Harry Jones, who nre stationed
nt Barksdale Field. Shreve-poi- t.
La., weie in Haskell over
the weekend visiting I" the
home of the former's parents.
Judge and Mrs. L. D. Ratllff.
Sr.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Jerome Sanders
arc hcic for a visit with
ills parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. 1.
Sanders. Jerome Sanders is a
chemist with n large company
in New Jersey. He and his wife
will visit her parents in
before returning.
Tn-ho- kn
10 YEARS A(JO
(August 1, ID2t)
D. B. Kouri of Wichita Falls
has moved n rotary rig for
two oil tests to be drilled on
the Baldwin Ranch east of
town.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Baker and son
of Spur are visiting in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. A Duncan
and family.
Fire caused by the explosion
of an oil stove resulted in
nl-- m
o s t completely destroying
the home of Wash Poguo in the
south part of town Thursday
afternoon around 1 o'clock.
F. M. Edwards. Welncrt farmer,
was here Saturday. He
reported that he had finished
threshing a small plot of wheat
on his farm. Yield averaged
38 bushels per acre, he reported.
Mr. and Mrs. John Oates,
and son, John Jr., nnd Miss
Verna Oates have returned
from a vacation stay in cool
Colorado.
J. D. Bourland nnd L E
Simpson and fnrnlllcs of Navarro
Countv are visiting the
family of J. E. Walling in this
city, and T. J. Watson in Rule
Marshall Plerson. state food
inspector, is spending the week
here with his family. He will
return to Austin Monday and
expects to be there several
weeks.
Beno Andress of the Weaver
community Is the proud
owner of a new Overland automobile,
purchased last week.
Miss Alberta Smith has ed
from Denton where she
attended the summer session
of State Teachers' College
J. A. Mapes of the Robert.
community was in town Saturday.
He operated a threshing
machine during the grain harvest,
threshing grain for Ins
neighbors. He gives up the following
figuics on the grain he
hns threshed: Wheat, C.ll- -'
bushels; .barley, 8.50S; oats,
14,374. There was a small auc-ag- e
sown to grain in his .sec
tion, hut ht Mid Uic yW wm
Mittafurtory
Rev C Joints of this city
is londurtin lovival at the
Rockdale church In the mniUt- -
east patt "f ne county win
week.
00 YEARS A(JO
(AiiKU't S. IWH)
Fred Smuleifl loft Tuesday
for St. Untia to see the Worlds
Fair.
Beginning with n good shower
on Monday, wc have had
cloudy, rainy weather all week.
D M Winn arrived home
Thursday night fiom Old Mexico
where he had been looking
nfter some land nnd ruining interests,
W. T. Hudson and family returned
the flist of tho week
from a trip to the Plains coun- -
Yloyal A. Ferris, president of
the National Exchange Bnnk
i.. riniino win urt u dav or
two this week taking a look
at West Texas during a layoff
fom business.
Judge H. It. Jones wound up
the Jones County term of court
this week and will rest until
the fourth Monday in this
month, when the Fisher County
term convenes
Sam Plerson arrived last
night from Emory with his
household effects and will bo-con
citizen of Haskc 1.
Mrs J. S. Keistcr and Miss
Minnie Ellis. May Fields and
Dulln Fields, are spending tho
week in St. Ivouls, where they
are seeing the World's Fnlr.
W. S. Fouts and family, and
B R. Buchanan nnd family,
the latter of Stonewall County,
came In Friday from a fishing
trip on Paint Creek. They
caught all the fish they wanted
and also found plenty of bee
trees which provided plenty of
sweetening.
Morton said that Fields said
that Waldron said that Dr. Gilbert
said that Carney said that
he had half a section in wnter- -
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