Trans Pecos News Roundup Flows From West Texas
Local editor Pat Moran recalls a windy day in Madera Valley with mixed reports on gusts. Presidio County allocates 911,000 to aid flood damages and rehabilitate farmland, while Davis station staff are discharged except for Poe. Fort Stockton seeks cemetery improvements and Red Bluff prospects. McCamey hosts Trans Pecos invitational. Pecos cantaloupe industry gains traction. highway eight widening progresses. Big Bend Sentinel notes potential new hospital location.
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Pat Moran
Madera Valley News
Pat
West Texas
Hed & Humdinger
Pat Admire
Balmorhes
Bandits Raid Near Presidio Alarm Ranchmen
Reports from Marfa say ranchmen near Presidio ten miles south along the Rio Grande armed for protection against bandits from across the river. A store supplying farmers was looted, robbers believed Mexican, plus small store looted and a dwelling burned near Presidio. Cattle and horses reportedly driven across the border. Fort D A Russell abandoned, First Cavalry reassigned to Camp Knox Kentucky for mechanization.
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Marfa
Presidio
Rio Grande
Stanley Casner
Presidlo
Mexico
Jalse
D. A. Russell
Knox
Sheriff's Widow Appointed to Fill Unexpired Term
Mrs John Moseley wife of the Swisher County sheriff who was shot while trying to arrest a desperado in Tulsa last week has been appointed to fill the unexpired term. She was sworn in and began duties last week. She is sister of Mrs W E Whent of this city.
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John
District P T A Meetin Van Horn
Van Horn January 30 The 15th District P T A meeting will be held in Van Horn on April 4 5 and 6 Thirteen counties in the district El Paso Culberson Hudspeth Reeves Jett Davis Presidio Brewster Terrell Crane Ward Winkler Loving Officers expected include state president Mrs A F Wood Athens ex ecutive secretary Austin state treasurer Mrs Noel P Armstrong Austin president 15th district Barstow first vice president Mrs Clarence Longnecker El Paso and delegates from the counties
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van Horn
el Pa- 29
Culberson
Hudspeth
Reeves
Jett Davis
Presidio
Brewster
Pe- 08
Terrell
Crane
Ward
Winkler
Loving
A. F. Wood
Athens
Stephen Charnes
Austin
Noel
P. Armstrong
Irby Dyer
Barstow
Clarence Longnecker
el Paso
Lions Group 29 Set for Alpine Meeting Next Wednesday
Alpine Lions Club invites members from Alpine Fort Stockton Big Lake Pecos Rankin and McCamey to a quarterly gather at the Methodist church. A banquet precedes the business session with District Governor Walker expected to attend. D Crockett Fisher of McCamey will preside. Shrine remarks note calls for a regional hospital. Continued on last page.
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Group 29
Lions Clubs
Methodist Church
Alpine Club
Goveror Walker
D. Crockett Fisher
McCamey
Alpine
Fort Stockton
Big Lake
Pecos
Rankin
Do Antelope Shed Horns Fort Davis Question Asks
Fort Davis correspondent reports debate on antelope horn shedding. Barry Scobee notes game warden Pete Crawford observed buck antelope dropping horn coverings at shedding time, while some antelope horns vary in size and presence among individuals.
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Fort Davis
Barry Scobee
Davis
Pete Crawford
Warden Crawford
Civil docket crowded for February district court term
The February term of district court will convene February 13 with a heavy civil docket. Many cases were continued from prior sessions and only a few criminal cases are set for trial, mostly minor. Jurors have been summoned and will be announced next week.
Quarantine stations closed for cotton season pause
U S Department of Agriculture quarantine inspection stations in the Rio Grande cotton district will close temporarily and not reopen until early August when harvest begins. No large layoff is planned as staff are reassigned to Alpine offices and Fort Davis inspector Sam Poe moves here while field work continues.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
Rio Grande
Alpine
Fort Davis
Sam Poe
Legislator Proposes Suit Against New Mexico
Senator K. M. Regan of Pecos introduced a Texas senate bill to appropriate 12250 dollars to prosecute a suit against the state of New Mexico. The action targets alleged wrongful and inequitable diversion of Pecos River water, an interstate stream.
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Austin
K. M. Regan
Pecos
Texas Senate Today
New Mexico
Pecos River
Auto license extension passed by legislature aims for April
A bill to extend automobile license payment deadlines to April 1 passed the senate and the house. The move could keep many cars off garages and save fuel tax money as more vehicles stay on the road. Ben Martin of Fort Davis remains in serious condition after a road construction blast injuries. He suffered a skull fracture near the Fort Davis scenic highway and is reported to be improving after surgery.
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Senate
House
Ben Martin
Fort Davis
Martin
Bucks and Presidio to Play Tonight at College Gym
Bucks will host Presidio High tonight in a 7:20 seed game at the college gym. Admission is 10 and 20 cents. Coach Drury Wood notes steady improvement as the Bucks, who have won about half their games, prepare for upcoming clashes with Pt. Stockton, Sanderson, Fort Davis, Alpine Mexicans, and Toyah High. A recent Bucks win over Alpine Mexicans 27 to 4 is noted.
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Fipine High School Bucks
Presidio High
River Boys
Presidio
College
Drury Wood
Bucks
Pt. Stockton
Sanderson
Fort Davis
Fort Davis High
Toyah High
Cow on Rails Ends Frightful Motor Car Ride
George Bodry section foreman and crew faced an unlikely disruption when a cow stood on the track as a motor car neared town. The animal hopped aboard the observation car, the Mexicans fled, and Bodry used a canthook to deliver a haymaker, knocking the cow unconscious briefly before it was driven back to pasture and the party continued.
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George Bodry
George
Gorge
Bossy
Royal Arch Masons Here For Degrees
Masons from Fort Stockton Fort Davis and Marfa attended last Friday to witness and assist in three degrees in the Alpine Royal Arch chapter. One degree was conferred by a Fort Stockton team, one by a Marfa team, and one by the Alpine team. About twenty visitors were entertained with dinner at the Bul Ross cafeteria afterward.
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Fort Stockton
Fort Davis
Marfa
Alpine Royal Arch
Port Stockton
Harmiss
Bul Ross
Border Patrol Stages Battle North of Presidio
Marfa January 30 Earle Fallis senior patrol inspector confirms a running fight twenty miles north of Presidio with Mexicans south of the Rio Grande. A bandit was wounded and his horse shot from under him while nine patrolmen held position at Presidio.
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Marfa
Earle Fallis
Presidio
Rio Grande
Taxpayers Stage Last Hour Rush Before February Penalty
County tax office faced a last minute surge as property owners rushed to pay taxes before February 1. By end of last week about $30,000 had been paid. many checks are awaiting receipts and mailed payments from out of town remain to be tallied. Poll tax receipts totaled 638 with more receipts to come, an election year precedent of over 1400 not reached this year.
Night store raid ends with alarm and escape
In WoieDe OKIA a gang robbed a gazebo store of jewelry valued at 11200 then looted another. An alarm triggered as burglars fled. Sam Coursey, driving a river express truck with exhaust cutout open, arrived shouting and disrupted the scene. The criminals dropped their loot and fled. Coursey calmly unloaded a crate of lettuce at the general store.
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WoieDe
Okia
Gozebo
Sam Coursey
Burstars
Coursey
Nearly 800 Cars Registered Here This Week
Records at the tax collector show nearly 800 automobiles registered in the county last week and through the deadline for 1993 licenses. The week totaled 794 with 669 passenger vehicles and 129 trucks, about 300 fewer than last year when roughly 1,100 cars were registered.
Turkeys Placed in Davis Mountain Area by State Aid
J. J. Dent of Kerrville, a state fisheries aid oyster commission employee, captured and placed thirty wild turkeys in the Davis Mountain region yesterday with the help of State Game Warden Crawford. The birds were moved to the Rockpile country after sightings in Kerrville area. the flock’s presence has been reported in the U-Up-and-Down routes over the past year.
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Fortpais
J. J. Dent
Kerrville
Ish Aid Oyster Commission
Fort Davis
Ld Turkesa
Gama
Crawford
Laim
Davis Mounts
Sul Ross Gets High Rating From Teachers Colleges
A report from The American Association of Teachers Colleges ranks Sul Ross among the highest class of teachers colleges. The letter to President Morelock notes an agreed understanding about faculty with more than five years service and less than a master's degree, and discusses recommended teaching loads and standards for admission, graduation, faculty size, curriculum, student health, and campus facilities.
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American Association of ‘Teachers Colleges
Sul Ross
Presid Morelock
Charles W. Hunt
American Association of Teachers Colleges
Association
Cattlemen Meet at Marfa elect Highland Hereford officers
Fort Davis ranchman J. W. Merrill was reelected president of the Highland Hereford Association at a Maine meeting for the coming year. Tyrrel B. Smith was chosen vice president and Doc A. J. Hoffman re elected secretary. The group noted uncertain plans for a Pour-H club visit next summer. Army aid with cots blankets and music aided last year’s event.
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Fort Davis
J. W. Merrill
Jeff Davis
Maine
Army
County Court To Meet Next Monday
Jurors summoned for the February term will convene next Monday before Judge R. B. Slight. The jury list includes Otis Morgan A Dorris Lee Smith Ray Spence Ford Corkran HM Dole George Benson F P Mc Gaughy J Davis R F Gamett Matthews Chas Bond Sam Colbert BM Cotter J W Gillett MG Labett.
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R. B. Slight
Otis Morgan
A. Dorris
Lee Smith
Ray Spence
Ford Corkran
HM. Dole
George Benson
F. P. Mc~ Gaughy
J. Davis
R. F. Gamett
Matthews
Chas. Bond
Sam Colbert
BM Cotter
J. W. Gillett
Labett
Pastor Brings Revival to Grandfalls Meet
Rev J W Bridges pastor Chris n church leaves Monday for Grandfalls to conduct a revival for ten days or two weeks under the State Board of the Christian churches. Miss Weyerts now teaching at Grandfalls will direct music. Delegations Itouaipuw and Port Stockton expected at services.
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J. W. Bridges
Chris~ N
Grandfalls
State Board of the Christian Churches
Ais Ta Mac Weyests
Kaa’ Weyerts
Wil
Itouaipuw
Port Stockton
Del Rio Attorney C C Belcher Dead at 50
C C Belcher of Del Rio dies at his home after months of illness and injuries from a recent horse accident in Kinney County. A prominent attorney and former district attorney in the older division, he was buried in Del Rio after a service Monday.
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U Betcher
Unis
Del'Rio
Kinney County
Ted
Secon
Government Trappers Report Large 1932 December Haul
December 1932 trapping total reached 1 381 predatory animals with 244 bobcats 1 077 coyotes 59 red wolves and 1 mountain lion. In all of 1982 operatives killed 20 379 animals including 2 660 bobcats 17 010 coyotes 2468 poisoned 99 red wolves 45 mountain lions and eight others. Local cooperators supplied 94 753 dollars to the effort.
Man seeks praise by asking for erticam request
A man asks for erticam, aiming to elicit praise. The fragment notes social response and the unusual term, reflecting a claim or quirk from the source text.
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