Road building drives growth in towns along Orient line
The Orient plan to establish nine towns on its 130 mile line between Mertzon and Fort Stockton aims to unlock markets for farm products and attract capital. Townsites cover 160 to 320 acres each, starting with Desoto, then Barnhart, and Big Lake, with six others unnamed. G. W. Mastin visited the line to arrange market placement. The campaign for good roads promises higher land values, better schools, and a stronger social and educational environment, offsetting costs with long term gains.
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Fort Stockton
Desoto
Spring Creek
Barnhart
Big Lake
San Angelo
For Sale Blue and White Print Maps of West of Pecos
For Sale. Blue and white print maps of all counties west of the Pecos River priced from 1.50 to 3.00. D. D. York Alpine Texas.
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Alpine
Texas
Madero to Present El Paso With Home Made Cannon
President Madero plans to gift El Paso one of the insurrectos cannons used at Juarez. The piece dubbed Long Tom was crafted by American workers at the Mexico Northwestern shops in Chihuahua. May or Kelly will appoint a committee to receive the gun, likely carried to this side before Madero departs for Mexico City.
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el Paso
Juarez
Mexico-Northwestern
Chihuahua
Kelly
Mexico City
el Paso Times
Alpine College offer boosts town prospects
The Houston Post notes an offer from a major Christian denomination to invest 125000 in a non sectarian college for Alpine. If Alpine provides 25000 plus a site, promoters will fund 125000 in improvements, while Supt. Geo W Page attests to the promoters' reliability. The piece also covers Governor Colquitt's stance on enforcing local option laws and clemency limits.
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United States
Alpine
Geo. W. Page
Texas
Board of Pardons
Eca
Copeland
Houston Post
Talks Dry Farming Congress and a San Antonio farmer
Mr and Mrs F F Collins of San Antonio visited their son A B Collins on the Nueces and returned Wednesday. Collins, a respected farmer, owns a high priced San Antonio farm near the city suburbs and has been active in the Dry Farming Congress aiding attendance of a renowned Mexican expert last year per the Uvalde News.
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F. F. Collins
San Antonio
A. B. Collins
Nueces
Collins
United States
Uvalde News
Governor Colquitt Opposes Club Liquor Tax and Sunday Bar Privilege
Governor Colquitt argues that all alcohol vendors should pay a State tax for the privilege and that private club bars selling liquor at prohibited hours evade taxation and discriminately favor clubs over regular dealers. He supports open saloon regulation to protect the public and lawful conduct of the licensed trade.
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John P. Copeland
Greenville
Texas
Wolferty
Copeland
Works
Hillsboro
Colquitt
San Antonio Express
Prisoners Freed After Madero Proclamation
President Madero issued a communication to General Juan J. Navarro in El Paso announcing full liberty for all paroled federal officers from the Tuarez battle, plus city and state officials. Several officers plan to depart for Mexico via Laredo in the coming days, while Navarro did not specify departure details.
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el Paso
Tuarez
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Navarro
FI Paso Times
Provincial Pin Heads and Taos Peas Snowfall
In Virsylvia New Mexico on May 24 a Taos county farming community learned a snow over an inch covered fields the morning after rejoicing over unusually large pea crops. Some farmers planted over a hundred acres of peas this year while northern Taos county residents debated progress and governance.
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Taos County
A Promising Youth Builds Wealth From Small Wages
Brownwood Bulletin reports on Jim Haynie a very young saver who began with a five cent deposit and grew his bank account through persistent work. After years he invested in fruit sales and other ventures, culminating in a $500 soda fountain for his father's store and plans to finance his endeavor with earned profits.
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Jim Haynie
Daily Bulletin
Jimmy
Brownwood Bulletin
Stop Potato Bugs Says Texas Entomologist
Wilmon Newell state entomologist of Texas at A and M College says potato bugs can be stopped by spraying potato vines with a mixture of arsenate of lead at three pounds to 50 gallons of water.
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Wilmon Newell
Texas
A. & M. College of Texas
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