In its April 28 meeting, the Hemphill County Hospital board introduced two new vendors for outsourcing financial services and heard the district’s annual audit report.

With the traditional Memorial Day opening of the city swimming pool now unlikely to happen, council members discussed a growing number of obstacles to the facility opening at all this summer, but refused to pull the plug...yet.

City Street Superintendent Wesley Wallace erected a new stop sign at the corner of Washita and First Streets Tuesday morning next to Lowe’s Grocery Store. The sign was installed after the city had received several complaints about motorists entering the intersection without slowing or stopping, and causing a safety hazard. On April 20, the City Council authorized an ordinance implementing the stop sign.

THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1921

Unique Character Passes Thru

Canadian entertained a very unique character Friday and Saturday last week when an old-time cowboy who called himself “Idaho Bill” Pearson, spent the night in our city, on his way to Washington, D.C. He was carrying as his passenger a big cinnamon bear, weighing 650 pounds, which was, during the traveling time, chained to the rear seat of the Ford which the man was driving.