Road awards pass 300 as bids mount
The State Highway Commission awarded road and bridge contracts totaling 2,233,548 bringing monthly session total to 3,111,842. Bids were heavy with 222.4 miles of highway to be improved including 35.8 miles concrete and 82.5 miles surface work. Several projects held due to injunctions.
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Austin
State Highway Commission
Kerrville
Ingram
Dietert
Goat
Sunset Creeks
Highway 27
Kerr County
Leon
Tarrant
Cherokee
Colorado
Delta
Hopkins
King
Rains
Lubbock
Hunt
San Jacinto
Navarro, Victoria
Matagorda
Fisher and
Nola, Brazos, Wood and Upshur
Val Verde
McLennan, Pecos
Wheeler, Runnels, Tyler, van Zandt, Refugio
Dallas, Presidio, Bastrop, Falls, Bell and Williamson Counties
Courthouse deeds and permits trade hands in Amarillo records
Warranty deeds record transfers including M. L. Dees to John Dees Jr and A. A. Henneman to E. H. Petty with prices from 1 to 4750 dollars. Building permits list C McMurtry repairs and Ad residence. various vehicle registrations follow for Amarillo entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Dees
John Dees, Jr
Plemons
G. Adams
Florence F. Davis
Summers
Wester Stafford
Lillie D. Stafford
Ridgemere
A. A. Henneman
E. H. Petty
Wolflin Place
W. L. Armstrong
Noble Durkee
Ab&m
Co. W. Saunders
J. H. Saunders
East Ama
Burgess
A. H. Brown
Wolflin
Margaret M. Wakefield
Maggie P. Costley
H. G. Maxfield
J. Byers
Hugo H. Loewenstein
Ama
Co. C. McMurtry
Williams
Mirror
Neches. H. Ferguson
Kentucky
Spur and Marfa Among Top 52 in 1931 Better Homes Campaign
In the 1931 Better Homes in America campaign Spur and Marfa were among the highest 52 competitors nationwide out of over 8,300 towns and cities receiving cash awards or honorable mention for beautification of homes and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Spur
Marfa
West
Texas
Better Homes In America Organization
Tri-State Fair dazzles with rodeo thrills and shows
The piece surveys the Tri-State Fair's eighth banner of success with Leonard Stroud's rodeo attracting crowds, Chief White Eagle's Indian Show, Jules Verne Allen, Dodson Carnival, and a broad program of amusement and education. It notes updates on railroad operations, track improvements, and staff changes as Amarillo hosts events and travel opportunities surrounding the fair week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-State Fair
Panhandle
Leonard Stroud
White Eagle
Jules Verne Allen
Wheat Pool Drive Opens in Friona Campaign Launch
Officials of the Oklahoma West Texas Wheat Pool opened a cooperative marketing education drive with a barbecue in Friona to inform West Texas and Eastern New Mexico farmers. Speakers included William Stahl of Chicago and John Manley of Enid Oklahoma. Friona elevators have received over 1,200,000 bushels of wheat for pool distribution this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fridna
Oklahoma-West Texas
Oklahoma and Texas Wheat Growers’ Association
Friona
L. Sullivan
Oklahoma Elevator Pool Corporation
Tri-State Fair draws crowds with progress notes and bands
Telegrapher relocations and assignments update workers near Amarillo and Carlsbad. A 1700 foot Pecos River bridge assists United States Potash near Carlsbad. Santa Fe completes a 1 million dollar upgrade from San Antonio to El Paso. The Tri-State Fair grows bigger with new buildings exhibits and entertainment. Fort Worth and Denver band to arrive from Childress. Henry Ford milestone car noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos River
The
Santa Fe
United States Potash Company
Carlsbad
N. M
Fort Worth
Denver
Childress
J. W. Mode
Texas
Wheat Growers Group Denounces Farm Board Attacks
The Texas Wheat Growers Association with over 3 000 members adopted a unanimous resolution in Amarillo calling attacks on the Federal Farm Board and Agricultural Marketing Act unwarranted. Directors asserted neither agency is responsible for low prices and urged that both be upheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Farm Board
Texas Wheat Growers’ Association
Golden Grain Belt
Fisk
Amarillo
Texas
Agricultural Marketing Act
Federal Arm Board
Farm Board
Grand Champion Jersey Cow Wins Tri-State Fair Title
Tierra Blanca Farms of Canyon claimed the grand champion Jersey cow with You'll Do Gypsy Girl at the Tri-State Fair. Rio Vista Farms of San Antonio showed the grand champion bull Philadora's Beaulieu. Judge J. B. Fitch of Kansas A. & M. College oversaw entries from Panhandle breeders amid 280 Jerseys. Many winners advance to the Dallas Texas State Fair.
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Tierra Blanca Farms
McSpadden Brothers
Amarillo
Rio Vista Farms
San Antonio
Philadora
Beaulieu
J. B. Fitch
Kansas A. & M. College
Dallas
Panhandle
Southwest
Manhattan
Bulls
Philidora
Rio Vista
Blue Boy
Robert Smith
Kitty
May Brothers
Dublin
Bandit
Girard
Marie
Oxford
Tierra Blanca
Canyon
Oscar Stansell
Flowerdale
Sybil King
Lubbock Tech
Tarzan
J. W. Watson
Sybil Gamboge
C. C. Stewart
Roy
Chris Masterman
Copeland
Petersburg
Kay Bros
Bindles Prudent Prince —Watson
K. B
Ozar
Isaac Holmes
Hale Center
Hippo Stansell
James Adams
Tulsa
Fighth—Viola
Rex
Texas
Sybil
Fox
Ronald
T. W. Duffer
Tierra Blanca Farm
Raleigh— Tech
Lubbock
H. C. Hales
Fern Sultan Fox
Sonny Boy
Lilac
St. Mawes
Cedric
W. A. Waters
Abernathy
Ida Vaughn
Joe Vaughn
Fred
Stella
Darlington
Viola
Rochette
Lad— Watson
Tanvils B. P. Sultana
E. W. Bradley
Daisy
Kay Brothers
J. Underwood
Hal Center
Allen
Darling
Stansell
Dainty
Brampton
Fighth
Lucian Morehead
Plainview
Watson
Heifers
Dot
Cowslip
Patty
Sultana
Pearl Pet
Poppy
Pioneer
Oxford Currie
Joe Vaughan
Consolation
Hale County Jersey Club
Bixth
Little Sultans
Agatha
Prise
Ted Sybil
Vera
Tech College
Plymouth Lad
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Courthouse Records
Commercial Credit Co
J. H. Hall
Taylor St
Texas Sand & Gravel Co
Panhandle Lumber Co
Tex
S. J. Spears
Crest St
Willys
H. E. Greenhill
Ernie F. Probst
Harrison
Myrtice Glasgow
Polk St
J. H. Hoffman
Angelus
Ford Panel
Amarillo Baking Co
Buchanan
Chevrolet Panel
Reeves
Guadalupe
Guadalupe Island
Mexico
San Diego
Coast Guard
J. A. Woodcock
Orville Lindsay
William Bradshaw
Gee Ying
John Moore
W. A. Stegall
J. M. Kelly
Sam Huggins
Burlington
Clifford Simmons
Slaton
Roy Hutto
Jackson Street
Mr. Simmons
Santa Fe Slaton Division
A. E. Walker
Rock Island
el Reno
Liberal
R. W. Prentice
Pampa
H. G. Flanders
A. E. Shields
E. F. Smith
Chicago
Cc. E. Warden
Clovis
Earl Brame
St. Louis
Santa Fe Orchestra Minstrel Company
Community Chest
A. Petersen
William Danver
W. H. Gruhlkey
Dalhart
B. B. Walker
Wheat Pool Drive
Ray Work
O. L. Oney
C. F. Meinhardt
W. E. Danver
Momende
Ill
W. B. Futral
Albuquerque
Southern Pacific
el Paso
Tri-State
Dodson
Henry Ford
Ford
Ford Museum
American Railway Association
London
U.A
Wheat Growers Group
Ford Keller, Jr
Electra
J. W. Stump
Perryton
F. W. Reeve
R. L. Simmons
Miami
W. C. Whims
Spearman
E. B. Wright
Dimmitt
L. T. Mayhugh
Running Water
A. Cc
Sybil Beauty
Ina Stewart
Randall— Co. C. Stewart
Bull
Vega
Sybil Boy
K. B. Poppy
Fancy Preamiler Dainty
N. B. Stansell
Tech
Sybil Noble Fernie
Just So Frosty
Rio
K. B. Oxford
Tulle
Gamboge Sybil
Richardson & Hunter
Helfers
Philedora
Tierra Blan
Pat Stansell
Rose
Vesta
Cow
Associated Press
HE Associated Press
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