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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1929
Page
9
Abe Martin favors keeping the Camegcla Soutar roller skating queen murder mystery in Valpariso unresolved. He notes newspaper pics of principals and jokes about the new one dollar bill being too large for its value.
A public notice reports that connections on 500 homes were changed from the old mains to the new system last week and that Dublin will convert the entire telephone system to automatic operation.
The News Austin June 24 reports the highway commission will open bids for 252 miles of highways and eight bridges at an estimated $5,325,000. Delegations from 10 counties seek fund allotments and new designations, including plans to designate segments as state highways and connect regional routes.
Fort Worth city limits 14 miles at $180,000. Falls Falls bridge over Big Creek Grayson county 254 miles grading structures concrete paving Denison to Collin county line $680,000 largest highway project. Uvalde 174 miles stone base asphalt surface near Uvalde to Kinney county line. Maverick 2 13 miles surfacing Eagle Pass to Hopedale road. Brazos county 124 miles surfacing College Station south. San Patricio county 8 miles grading and structures Linton to Arkansas river.
Hereford, June 24 Mrs. Seth Holman has been discharged from Northwest Texas hospital in Amarillo after injuries from a car crash near Roswell New Mexico last week. Also recovering is Mrs. M L West of San Diego California who sustained a severe eye cut and is staying with Mr. and Mrs. H S Gooch in Amarillo along with Mr. and Mrs. Gooch Mrs. Homer Fox and E D Fox who were in the wreck but unharmed.
The fourth annual motorcade of West Texas Chamber of Commerce members will come to Amarillo at 2 p.m. on July 18, with Amarillo Chamber of Commerce cooperation. Plans for entertainment will be announced later. Also noted is Irene Duncan of Panhandle Lumber Co. Amarillo ill in St Anthony's hospital in Oklahoma City. Retail chains along American lines are developing in Denmark.
A strip of pavement connecting the Canyon highway paving with city pavement will be completed by mid August. Paving on Thirty sixth avenue from Harrison street to the highway will be paid for and bids opened July 16. Tyler street paving from Twenty fourth to Twenty ninth avenues is open to traffic and Lincoln street paving from Sixth to Tenth avenues starts Wednesday. Bids for Alabama street paving from Third to North First avenues will be opened July 9. Also under way is water distribution work with two miles of new mains in Morningside followed by two more miles in Country Club district.
Special to The News from Big Spring reports three years of oil development boosting the city with several million dollars in new activity and employment opportunities. The article notes strong local impacts on industry, commerce, and community outlook amid expanding operations.
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