Show Chamber of Commerce Repudiates Novel NovelAs As a result of the repudiation of Dorothy Scarborough's novel The Wind by the West Ves Texas Texa Chamber Chamber Cham Chain ber of ot commerce and the controversy sy which has been raging laging about the book boole in Texas Harper Bros received the following letter from J. J M. M Gregor of Ballinger Bahlinger Texas I have read with such interest the story of ot The Wind and the frantic efforts of some of ot our pres pres- ent-day ent Texans to discredit many of the statements contained there therea In I am not enough to think that the of The Tha Wind needs my assistance In de defending defending de- de fending her story from these critIcs critics crit it ics lea especially after noting the scientific scientific sd- sd entitle way in which she picked the thelast thelast thelast last remaining feather from the tha Sweetwater crane and played Whaley Whaley Wha- Wha ley Icy with the secretary of the West Texas chamber of commerce I am sure that she Is well able to take care of herself herset But I have thought that the un unsolicited unsolicited un- un solicited testimony of one who has lived within fifty miles of ot Sweetwater Sweetwater Sweet- Sweet water for the past fifty years ears might at least be interesting And so it itis Itis itis is my firm and fixed opinion that the story of the authoress has nothing nor set down aught in malice The book Isa isa Is la laa a splendidly written history of the dark and dry years between 1885 and 1890 Of course there has be ben n great and wonderful changes in this magnificent magnificent mag mag- commonwealth of ours since that time even In the cli climate climate cli- cli mate but that you may know what a rea real West Texas wind looks look like I am enclosing a kodak of one that was passing here on Its wa way to Sweetwater In 1918 Naturally It had moderated and toned down some sot before It reached this place but there Is still enough to give one an Idea of ot what The Wind looked like You Y u might care to use usa as an illustration in some future edition of the book |