Dry farming plan outlined for West Texas
Colonel T. J. Anderson announces a preliminary Alpine meeting in September and a El Paso convention in October to promote dry land farming. Prof. H. P. Attwater attended the Cheyenne congress to gather points for a West Texas dry farming district. The method stores water with undersoil packing and soil mulch through repeated harrowing after rains, claiming three to five times higher yields per the United States government experiments.
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T. J. Anderson
West Texas
Alpine
el Paso
H. P. Attwater
National Dry Farming Congress
Cheyenne
Wyo
West
Texas
Anderson
Great West
United States
Texas School Treasury Deficit Eases With New Liquor Revenue
Administration hopes to cover the scholastic fund deficit through Robertson-Fitzhugh liquor regulation revenue. The law could yield over 1 million dollars, with a quarter allotted to the school fund, but obligations from the 1908-09 apportionment and licenses may still leave a shortfall. Teachers’ pay should arrive by September or October at the latest.
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Robertson-Fitzhugh
Correction on names and visit noted
The Marfa Light reports a correction stating Misses Mary Lee and Evelyn were in Denver not Mary Lee and Sue Green. It notes Miss Sue enjoyed a pleasant visit to El Paso on the Fourth.
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Mary Lee
Sue Greenwood
Denver
Evelyn
Sue
el Paso
Dry farming in semi arid West Texas to attract settlers
Houston Chronicle reports Prof Attwater describing rapid colonization of semi arid lands by land development firms and dry farming advocates. Alpine Marathon Marfa El Paso delegates seek experiment stations and Sunset bulletins to aid settlers with fruit truck crops pecans figs oranges and alfalfa.
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Chronicle
Attwater
West Texas
Campbell
Alpine
Marathon
Marfa
el Paso
Trans-Pecos
T. J. Anderon
Houston
Texas
State Agricultural Department
Austin
E. R. Kane
Houston Chronicle
Uvalde Wins Expanded Depot Plan
Uvalde will gain a larger depot with doubled capacity after Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio officials assured the local committee. The Railroad Commission hearing was unnecessary as the matter was settled externally. General Attorney Garwood and General Manager Van Vigck spoke for the railroad. Judge I L Martin Judge Green Fenley and M M McFarland represented Uvalde. The current passenger and freight depot will be renovated for passenger and baggage use while a new freight depot is nearing completion.
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Uvalde
Galveston
Harrisburg
San Antonio
Uvalde Committee
Railroad Commission
Garwood
van Vigck
I. L. Martin
Green Fenley
M. M. McFarland
The Champion Mean Man in San Antonio
A St Bernard named Buster worth 1500 dollars owned by Carl C Philemon of 322 East Fourth St was found tied to a Southern Pacific Railroad track Monday. The dog plus another Philemon bred dog were stolen and the thief tied the animal to the rail to cause a train to kill it as revenge for a grievance.
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San Antonio
Texas
Buster
Carl C. Philemon
East Fourth St
Southern Pacific
Philemon
Wide range of 1900s incidents dominate regional roundup
The brief mentions Fourth of July deaths, cyclones in Minnesota and Ohio, a large Los Angeles Elk parade, Killings in Quitman Mississippi, fires in Texas and Panama, a deer of a young eagle near Brady, a kitchen fire fatality in Midway Texas, a $25 000 road bonus in San Antonio, Woodmen of the World encampment in Dennison, a Philadelphia building collapse with casualties, and various legal cases including Thaw proceedings and forgery arrests.
Barrel pickles and early ordering at Hord and Co
Local ad urges customers to place dinner orders early, especially on Sundays. Mesaspay Bros promotes morning meal pickups and emphasizes considerate timing.
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Hord & Co's
Mesaspay Bros
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B. E. Hinson
Propr
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Albion J. Monagin
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Hord & Co
Palace
Pharmagy
S.A. Starr
Measday & Co
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Dewees Lumber Company
Avalanche
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Texas School Treasury Lick
Mean Man
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Los Angeles
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Quitman, Miss
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Midway
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Fredericksburg
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Xenia
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C. P. Diaz
Mexico
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Greece
Harry Thaw
Philadelphia
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Texas Penitentiary
Senator Hudspeth
Gardner
District Court
Palestine
Elias Diggs
Diggs
Wyatt H. Ingram, Jr
New Orleans
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Alpine State Bank
Wigfall van Sickle
J.C. Brooke Lawyer
Court House
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McIntyre & Slight
R.A. Sargent
Benj. F. Berkeley
M. D
Slight’s Drugstore
Alpine Mercantile Company
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