El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-19
DALHART SCHOOL
OPEN FOR SEASON
Good Attendance; Postmas-
ter Owns Flying Machine;
Wealth of Soil.

Lalhart, Tex, Sept. 19.-The Dalhart
school opened with over 425 students.
out of a scholastic number of ST for the
city. The president of the board, w J.
Clarke; secretary a S. Kendrick: di-
rectors J. W. Norman, T. NJ. Virgins,
T W. Turner and H. c. Floyd, have
been active in advancing the children's
interests. The teachers are:
South side school, superintendent, II.
Z. Gable, Dalhart; George r. Kelly.
principal, San Saba, Tex; Miss Es-
telle Porter, hisOry, Weatherford. Tex;
Bertha Mckee, Latin, VelascO, Tex;
Miss Ethel Farwell, seventh grade.
Charming. Tex: Mrs. Durrell Miller,
Dillenger fifth grade. Dalhart, Tex;
Mrs. Grace Scarborough, fourth grade.
Dalhart, Tex; Mrs. Lucian V GOSS,
third grade, Dalhart, Tex: Miss Patti
Mays, second grade. Austin, Tex; Miss
Media WestfaH, first grade, Dalhart.
Tex; Mrs. W. \. Irwin, musical direc-
tor: Miss Nellie Turner, elocution; J.
l. Finnie, janitOr.
North Side. NJ. Anderson. princi-
pal. Dalhart, Tex; Miss Reba Christian.
second and third grade, Lindale, Tex;
Miss Iona Anderson, first grade. Dali
hart, Tex: Otha Anderson, janitor
Judge W. B. Slaughter has returned
from Kansas, where he has been for
the past month marketing his cattle.
W. 7. FAIR is now moving his stock
of hardware to his new concrete build
ing on Denrock avenue, opposite the
Desota hotel
Master mechanic Colligan. of the
Rock Island, has returned from an in
spectiOn trip over his lines and reports
general business improving. Over 1000
cars of broom corn are being moved be-
tween Dalhart and Liberal Kans.
Mrs. Gus Peal. of Obar y. NJ, who
had been visiting her daughters, Mrs.
Bess McCOrd and Miss Tessie Peal, re-
turned TO Obar.
a. A Clark, of the Rock Island, has
returned with his family from an ex-
tended trip to Colorado and assumed
his regular duties.
A W Terrill, after a six year engage
ment with the Rock Island railroad. as
agent al Dalhart. and later as travel
ing agent for that company has re-
signed his position and removed TO
Dallas. Tex, with his family, where he
has become associated with his broher
and uncle in street paving company.
". J. Thomas, long associated with
Dallam county officially. has removed
with his family to Canyon City. Tex,
where he will remain permanently.
E. ". Walling, engineer on the Rock
Island. has returned with his family
from a months outing in the noun
tains of Colorado.
". J. Clarke, postmaster, president of
the school board, secretary and treas
urer Of the Commercial club, chairman
Of the Republican executive committee
OF Dallas county, and all round sports
man. is the first to introduce flying
machine TO this territory. Hunting has
been good on the plains and lakes this
fall, and on the last two trips to the
game fields he has had his machine ac-
company him. The only trouble expert
enced by the party is the fact that it
will not wait for the close of the shoot
ing trip and invariably gets away from
its anchorage and leaves Clarke and his
friends to walk home and look up his
flying machine the next day.
W. S. OImstead. Naperville, Ill, is in
Dalhart looking over his land interests
and will remain for the fair.
J. W. Taylor andfamily are in Plain
Vile visiting friends and relatives.
Rev. w A Irwin. and wife gave a re-
ceptiOn at their home to the teachers
of the school and their patrons.
]. A. Reeves and family left for Fort
Worth. Tex, where he will remain for
several months In 1901 Mr. Reeves
drifted into the Dalhart country with a
rickety old wagon covered with white
sheet, enclosing his earthly possessions
drawn by a lonesome old horse and
COW. He located on a four section
school lot. seven miles west of Dali
hart, and dug hole in the ground for
a house. For years he supplied Dalhart
with vegetables and fresh meat daily.
Times picked up and he grew with the
advancing conditions OF late years he
has been a producer of white faced cat J
tie He has disposed OF nearly all his
land at $40 per acre, netting him $780,
geo. He retains SO acres here.