Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • Page 5

Friday Morning, January 8, 1937. THE ABILENE MORNING NEWS PAGEFIVf Of The Rich In Oil Resources Tool Shackelford County Seat Becomes One Of Most Substantial Towns Of Southwest By RAY DAVIDSON News. Staff Correspondent ALBANY, Jan. thousand sleek graze among the oil derricks of Shackelford, county to make Albany the "Home of Hereford" and one of the most little, towns in all the southwest. IfYou'reTold to ''Alkalize" Try This Remarkable Way Thousands are Adopting On every side today people are being urged to alkalize their stomach.

And thus ease symptoms of "acid indigestion," nausea and stomach upsets. To sain alkalization, just do this: Take two teaspoons of PHILLIPS' MILK OF MAGNESIA-30 minutes' alter eating. OR take two. Phillips' Milk of Magnesia which have the same antacid effect. Relief comes almost at -once T-usually in a "gas" fullness after eating and "acid indigestion" pains -leave; Yon.

feel like a new person. Try th' way. You'll be surprised it results. Get either the liquid' Phillips" or the remarkable, new Milk of Magnesia Tablets. Delightful Hto lake and easy to carry with you.

25f! a bos at. all drug stores. AUO TABLET FOSMi E.ch tiny Ublet ll the equivalent of a teupoonful of fen- Milk ol Mai- PHILLIPS' Albany As The Tourist Sees It Thi scene greets the traveller on highway 1-A as he drives northward on Albany's main street, brood, saved thoroughfare. The gpanlsh type building In the right foreground Is the Aztec theater. The large, three-story building midway down the left side of tbe street Is the McLemore hotel.

t.modtm cattle empire Albmnr centers. Ranchmen art operating on Increasingly Intcnilvt methods, the and: buUdlm all of the county's cattle are Hereford, and there la little.but good grade stock on the Mingling with Albany's cattlemen are members of the old fraternity who have brought trie city Its sec- and source of Income. Oil produced from 11 shallow sands and five deeper hoi-Irons, and wells around Albany vary from 200 to 4,900 feet In depth. (tweet tf Wealth Add to'the ranch and oil men a few plain dirt farmers and one has standingly large for a town of Its site. Ranchmen, oil men arid fann- ers support .97 businesses and form the nucleus of 3,000 population.

These 2,000 true westerners pride themselves having. a clean, peaceable and up-to-date town. a Hick Town Salesmen report that Albany pea- 'ple, despite ttre fact they a small town, are-pleased only by big town merchandise. Rick-town practices Just found In- the Home of Hereford- There are nearly three score re- tall establishments In Albany, eight wholesale 'distributors, 18 garages and service Stations, four automobile dealers, 14' cafes arid boarding i houses, a. hotel, a motion picture states.

The Shackelford County bany produced--under "proratibn-- i A. M. Russ, J. C. Miller, 0.

M. theater, one railway and three bus Hereford Breeders association was 2,051,055 barrels. One of the most Reese, E. L. Jackson and Tom Price, oufc wide-awake civic organizations.

a DAR chapter, two study clubs, and The chamber of commerce at Al- a P-TA. bany, with a membership of 120 Albany's weekly newspaper, the citizens. Is active in civic Improve- News, was established In 1883, and ment. E. L.

Jackson Is president, has a circulation in 30 states and Miss Ollie E. Clarke secretary and seven foreign countries. It Is a 1 treasurer, and F. B. Cloud vice- successor to the Port Griffin Echo, president.

Every Tuesday the C. of which was published from 1897 to C. sponsors a luncheon In a local 1882. The Echo succeeded the cafe, attended by civic leaders and Uacksboro Frontier Echo. Piles of What are business'conditions In Albany Very stable; Post office receipt Were more than 000 for me, highest since-the rate went Into effect.

John wick, -president the First National bank, declares that it Is remarkable how even the bank's deposits run during the different seasons. At present, they are-slightly larger, at $750,000, than at this time a year ago. Capital of First National Is $100,000, surplus $17,500, and undivided profits $20,000. Albany Is supported Bhackelford. county's cattle Industry.

Natural grazing facilities are unexcelled In the state, 15 varieties of native grasses'having been classl- among the first in the state to hold an annual show and sale, outside the big market cities, and maintains a large show bam and sales Inside the city limits. Practically all ranches In the Albany territory are easily reached by paved highways or well graded roads. A few ranges are semi-open, productive pools is the Cook ranch Hoy Matthews is the newly appoint- pool, discovered In 1926, office manager -for the city of more than 325 wells, and producing Albany, and has held the position of from an average depth of 1,300 feet, ivater commissioner for several Rival to ranch Is the years, creek pool, more recent discov- Matthews Is proud of the ery. 782 water system, recently improved Natural gas from, some these by a $40,000 Public Works Admin- fields continuously.returned project. In the improve- with the roadway unfenced.

Last to the producing formation to're- projram, six and eight Inch of the unfenced, sections alongside highway 1-A are being fenced. Ranchmen Ranches.still boast of large blocks of range, however. Jim Nail has a ranch comprised of 84 sections of land. Judge' J. A.

Matthews, living in Albany, operates a ranch covering 100 -sections, part of which Is in Throckmorton county. W. 'P. fled on one ranch alone. All types Newell and George DeLafosse have of sorghum, grains as well as small extensive properties, and W.

H. grams can be raised-for feed. Green has four big ranches. Mer- pressure the oil wells. Albany has jlns were laid, with eight Inch one refinery, within the city limits Ines to fire hydrants.

Result: re- arid two others within the'lmmedi-' duction. of the key- fire insurace ate territory. Three, large supply from 67 to 45 cents, houses are located in Albany, cater- Ing especially to the oil operator and his needs. Machine and weld- Lake Diller, two and a half miles of the town, has a capacity of .30,000,000 gallons. A $30,000 sswer ing shops' are fully equipped.

ystem is privately owned. Five market facilities. are offered by two thirty water customers pay major and one important independ- 32 for a 2,000 minimum of water, ent.pipe lines. ,.50 cents for each additional thou- Fanning ''sand during six. winter months, and Farming Is.not Shackelford cbun- 25 cents per thousand extra during Says F.

M. Alexander, raiser of i rick Davis raises purebreds and ty's greatest boast, but there, are the summer months. Income of the pure-bred "Shackelford 'grades. Jack Farmer has the Cook sections here and there well adapt- water system Is carrying the city county is naturally, adapted to the ranch to the business. There are only inanclal burden, says commissioner Part of the'landls owned by.

rest-, two gins in the county, one at Al- latthews. raising of fine cattle. The altitude is sufficient to five the animals big bones; the grass Is heavy enough to give them plenty of flesh; and the abundant sunshine keeps diseases Wiled average-of than 10,000. cattle are shipped annually, to market by rail and truck, according to estimates by P. R.

Webb, Important ranchman. Many the Albany breeders have a national reputation for produclhg the highest 'type of Hereford cattle. annual'show been producing constantly since and sale on Alexander's Diamond 1814. Figures for 1836 are not yet dents of other towns. R.

Davis, Lewis Ackers, C. M. Calowell and T. Hendflck of Abilene hold extensive interests. TV W.

Gladewater oil his. money in Sheckelford county soil, having'bought four big ranches in recent'years. Ross Sloan of Breck- eriridge, has properties In Shackelford county. Oil Activities Albany's numerous oil fields have Street Improvements situated on rocky, well- bariy arid one at County Agent T. Magee's annual report for 1936 showed that producers soil, has only an-estimated signed 219 work sheets, mile and a half of pavement.

The about 150,000 from the fj. 3. govern- rest of the streets are well-graveled, merit. with'few exceptions, and a $12,000 Farm-engineering was, done on Works Progress Administration pro- 24 farms, and- terrace or contour ject has been approved to gravel lines have been run on 1,650 acres, 'three more miles. The volunteer Miss Pleda Harrison is coun- fire department'of 12 members has David S.

Ramsey DENTIST ANNOUNCES REMOVAL Of His Offices TO 2ND FLOOR OF MEDICAL ARTS BLDG. PHONE 3054 SWINNEY GLASS PAINT CO. Glass-Wall Paper-Paint 1166 N. 2nd Phone 6333 W. J.

MATHEWS, M. D. Practice limited to 1 Eye, Ear, Nose and throat Medical Arts Bldg. Abilene, S-P-E-C-I-A-L "150 Croquignole Permanent ill leave Januar lot a a nahlngton, when will appear aa tue artist at a 3-day biau SCOGGI1VS BEAUTY SHOP Phone 5383 For Appointment MORE HOT WATER with LESS GAS rhera. it nothlni wuunti than in Inferior, KHI eating not water beater.

ltoi that NOW with our heater. a temi. iHUtnal and guaranteed. SEE R. G.

COGDELL Heating aM FtamMni I Pine St. Mtt the highest crdit rating possible with the Two trucks and a station are owned by the city. Eighthuridred students attend the Albany public school tracto buyers from numerous other fields 'Immediately surrounding Al- Elich is mayor. Councilmen steal equlpmtnt of which is valued ty home demonstration agent, working with farm women. Government Municipal government is' of the ranch, coming up 11, at- available but during 1935 the oil mayor council type, with B.

at $200,000. Buildings of native their guests. Right now. the etfam- stone Include a gymnasium. Ad- ber Is working for a new post of- Joinlng the main high school build- flee, and a federal Inspector has ing Is a lighted football field, with looked at proposed sites, seating capacity for 2,300 persons, i The Lions club has enrolled 80 Eight churches represent Metho- young men to ite work of caring dlst, Baptist, Presbyterian, Chris- for crippled, blind and indigent tian, Episcopal, Church of Christ, children.

The Rev. W. M. Mix Is Lutheran and Church of God de- president. W.

E. Grlggs Is 'mander of the American Legion, and Mrs. Mildred Beatty heads the nominations. Other Oranizatlons No town is truly progressive with- auxiliary. In addition, there are i the Jacksboro, Port Griffin and Albany publications are complete', in the News D.

'is now editor, with Charlei A. Fryar as publisher. To further show that Albany i a good place In which to live, cllmatlcal conditions may be scrlted. The altitude Is 1,439 feet. The weather is mild and healthful, with an average rainfall ot S6-37 Inches annually.

Mean tempera, ture is 65 degrees. The location Is 12S mlliw west of' Fort Worth by highways 1 and i-A; 36 miles northeast of Abilene, by highway 1-A; 33 miles south ot Throckmorton, 29 east of Stamford, and 34 miles northwest of Cisco. That should place It In about tiw See ALBANY, F(. Cot 1 RHEUMATIC SUFFERERS! JJHEUMATIC pain i has crippled more people than ALL WARS OP HISTORY. This terrifying disease strikes down the young and old alike.

It makes your home a torture-chamber and your 'ife a FAILURE! BUT AT LAST THERE IS THAT ACTUALLY DOES RELIEVE THAT TERRIBLE PAIN! Read care- "ully every single word, for it may be the most important -most valuable thing you ever read in yonr entire life! Doctor's Discovery Eighteen years ago --during ravages of the World War an Army Doctor saw for himself the wretched, hopeless misery caused by 'rheumatism. He saw arms and legs maimed --lives wrecked--just as surely as if they had been struck with shells. He consecrated himself to this problem with every ounce of his strength. At last--to his inexpressible joy--he found a formula that attacked and relieved the pains from the inside. This formula is- called Williams' R.

U. X. Compound. APersonalMessage to Every Man and Woman in Abilene Who Suffers From the Terrible Agony of Rheumatism -Arthritis-Neuralgia Neuritis! UKIC. ACID (the same foul, excrernfintitious substance you pass off through your kidneys) forms A JAGGED CRYSTALS in the muscles of rheumatic vietims.Wb.en- ever you move, these crystals Dress against your raw flesh! He found you must reach the CAUSE of your pain--not just the SYMPTOMS, This great formula acts from the through the blood stream! Pay No Money for Medicine If a man has FAITH in his product, he backs it with CASH not just with Here is ONE medicine that doesn't ask for ONE SINGLE PENNY of yonr money unless you get RESULTS! No BALLYHOO is needed for this medicine.

Its eaaii guarantee speaks for itself. Ita thousands of grateful users tell their own story. If yon are suffering from agony of rheumatism, arthritia, neuralgia, neuritis--if yonr Kf is now a FAILURE through sickness and owe it to yourself and yonr family to try this great scientific discovery. You aren't asked to risk one cent of yonr money! Coold greater proof POSSIBLY BX. GIVEN of what it will do for yon? Williams' Coi'nponnd is sold all ''United States.

In Abilene, go to Thornton's Department Stprt --TODAY--and ask for a bofc tie of this famous medicine on the CASH GUARANTEE. It brings POSITIVE RELIEF within ten days--or every sent of the jrarehase price will be refunded instantly and withont question. Yon Trill be the judga yourself! Chesterfields for the good things smoking can give you.