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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1939
Page
6
Bonham Daily notes editorial staff and post office address in Texas and states errors in character or reputation will be corrected upon notification. It confirms United Press news dispatch rights and local publication of all news and notices with a standard disclaimer.
County wide WPA project seeks a new or used asphalt distributor with a 1000 gallon capacity. Bids open June 1 1999. The court reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Frank Wright, County Auditor, bids w an rep.
The Texas Christian University board retires quarterback Davy O Brien’s numeral eight from active use. The decision honors O Brien, with the number to be displayed in a trophy area on campus. The Plano Star Courier notes a local boom in Plano retail due to harvest season and government checks.
In Ravenna, residents report rainy weather and ongoing harvests as chiggers compete with mites. Miss Annie Twyman Denison visits. Miss Geneva Hodges plans study in Lincoln. Revivals are scheduled July through August by Christian and Baptist churches, with Methodist yet to set dates. Community updates include CCC members returning from Wolfe City, power line extension to Raymond Perry’s, and local acknowledgments of graduates and perfect attendance.
In Banff and Lake Louise areas two outdoor clubs the Trautsiders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies gather for annual treks. The Trail Riders ride July 28 to August 2 from Banff along a self cut High Line visiting Egypt Lake Shadow Lake and Taylor Lake with pack ponies and tents.
The Trail Hikers fix August 4 to 7 for their annual four day trek. They will base at a central camp in Ptarmigan Valley six miles north of Lake Louise at 7,000 feet. From the camp they can explore, fish, or botanize in the high altitude alpinine meadows surrounded by 16,000 foot peaks. The region is famed for mule deer wapiti white mountain goats and golden eagles and is a haven for geologists and climbers alike.
A Southwest Retail News editorial urges merchants in Bonham to shed indifference and become active. It argues small towns fail when shopkeepers neglect management, stock, and clerks, and it praises being a live wire to attract customers and beat dull cycles.
A short load of fed steers sold to an order buyer at 10 dollars with other steers around 8.75 and 7.75, bulls from 5 to 6, cows 3.50 to 4.25, and butcher cows about 4.75. Yearlings and heifers ranged up to 10 dollars, calves weak in spots with prices 5 to 5.50, hogs 6.30 to 6.50, sows 5 to 5.25, lambs mostly 7.50 to 8.25, clipped lambs 6 and down, wethers 3.25 to 4, aged 2.25 to 3.0.
The Commissioners' Court continued work Tuesday as a board of equalization on county and state fines. It heard taxpayers whose property assessments were too low and made other adjustments in renditions.
A quoted line about struggling with religion and striving to improve. The speaker, Dr. Feris, known as the spectacle man, invites Prank to attend a Methodist church sermon for guidance, mentioning contact at phone 392-m.
Farmland listings describe 49 acre parcels with five room houses and outbuildings two miles west of Bonham priced with $750 down, plus additional tracts of 38 A on Ravenna Pike at $1250, 60 A near Bonham at $1500, 47 A near Southmayd at $2000, 134 A near Ravenna with red loam soil at $25 per acre, and 88 A near Savoy with near two mail houses. Terms vary and a broker offers to take property for sale with payment only upon sale.
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