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10A6/36 C14MOorfis
NOV 2 1936
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TIA:203 TALv
BY Clyde Stanfield
There were -lore fami3lea on tht territory in 1'70/
h there is todey, but Vase families did not stay
he throughouL the year. In the ecoxlr t)Ie:, wluld
pic cotton unerr the east cupraclz. After cotton pick-
ing time, however, they would return to their hamesteadt.
In the winter the chef emrloymcnt of the ettlers was
the securtng of wood and poets from the *braked'. 7Mod
was very ess-nti-1 to withstand Vle severe blizzards
to wtich this country is subjected.
All grocertes and merchandise were secured from
Texico, for this waa long before novis was begun.
Three days were required to -u-Cce the trip; one day to
gc, one day for the team to rest and curellases to be
made and one day to return.
Kr. Stanfield wns engaged In the freightimbus-
iness for seven yers, and he 11E4 many interesting
experiences on tLe ro d.
The way in rhich wator vs secured it an inter-
esting story in itself. The on2'. winditill for miles
around was the 37 ziIl, situated in what is now
known as tle 4sttigrew lakes and owned by a syndi-
cate whose )eadquarters w -s at Prairie View. T-rairie
1
VI, w. a the f!:st oat office near here ,nd Ivo lo-
cated nortbrest of Grady.
,L7ach day twenty or thirty rlAgons came to tT41
well for wuter, Some of them drove nany mi:es and
smtetimes had to 3tey all dnr to fill their contain-
er*. The method of getting wter 171,414 thin; the man
lined up with the tclve quart bveiccto, and teak
their turna at the winoVill.
One day there wero siblut thirty wizens lAriting
for vi:Aer at the 32 mi71. All the men exorpt one had
twelve quirt pails nd tM orm had a. bucl!.et tIwt
wou7.i bold a half zz, bushel. The otl-Jer men became
angry becluse be Isms getting nore then his share of
wr,ter, which had to be cauelt from tle 7iIT. The
mill wan .umpim: very slowly and 41,ch nan 'ems jea-
lous lcat another Should got more than he.
The anger of these men finally resultld in a
fight. Tbo man po,511,.aing t, lare buc%ot was hurt
quite badly, and lima forced to zive up his big pil
and used a twelve qu,;.rt 1..1 therefter.