Show I 1 WHITE TELLS how THEY SWAP SIVA IN WEST TEXAS writing from barnhart texas a few days ago lloyd white while tells how the people ot of that locality have developed the swapping idea as a partial substitute tor for money with the letter he enclosed a number of 0 news paper clippings ot of the lets swap column colu run in which people advertise to swap iwa p a variety of things reading one of these clippings we ave note that oue one person wants to trade a jersey cow tor for laying hens another wants young ewes in exchange for his residence a third has a used car to lo trade for or cedar posts one offers 10 lo ait trade mens lothing clothing t for chickens a young girl wants to do co housework for board and room and a little farther down the column someone wants young woman under 25 to do housew housework tor for board and room some swain wants to fiade 1929 ford coupe for diamond a beauty parlor will trade perman lits for apy anything thIng of value and some one else wil trade music lessons tor for furniture and so on alm whites letter says 1 I dont enow l now how much headway the swap me idea lius has gained around parowan carowan as I 1 haie seen nothing about it in the times but it bas bai grown to be a big thing thine in west texas the iown own oi 01 ballinger holds what it calls first monday the first monday 0 of the month everybody with anything to trade comes to lo tilt tile fians trailing grounds at the stock yard yards savil aAi mery thIng 1 imaginable m agi changes hands tho first monday in march iz the big trading day of the year ind and a big celebration was held in connection with it it is s esti estimate matell that there were twenty thousand dollars worth of trades made with very few dollars in cash changing hands bands there is no question but this trading Is relieving the situation a great deal dea in this section se especially among rn 1 farmers would it not be an advantage to in a lot of people 0 o hold such a trading day tor for an valley valev or iron aron T county after til ill our it theoe lies as to 0 o the cause an I 1 cure of the 1 may he ha ave w hal had better lum to meet it on its ita own ground md after we hai ha we may see de breslon pr eslon quietly iving us ua storo we what li 14 happening miloyd adds addi a postscript that the son san aligood paper for or several weeks allowed anyone an all ally adv free of harge for otic cne insertion in hi its IPIE bedl column printing tile the latter laer on cn the front page until people got abo habit |