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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1941
Page
8
Smyrna community to hold its annual homecoming and cemetery benefit program on the first Sunday in June. Uncle Gus Matthews, veteran Baptist preacher, is expected to give the principal address. The day-long event includes a dinner and refreshments on the grounds inviting all to join in upkeep and social renewal.
The Steake-Meyer Post of the American Legion will hold its regular meeting Friday evening at the Legion hall over Walter's garage. Attendance of all members is requested.
The attorney general Gerald C. Gann toured Bowie on Friday in support of his bid for the U S Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Ian Morris Sheppard. Other local residents noted include Mr and Mrs E C Raby and family and several others visiting Corsicana and nearby towns for weekend gatherings.
Fire Chief Alvin Baccus Elvin Butler Barney Whitehead City Marshal Tandy Welch and Mrs Welch attended the West Texas District Firemen Association semi annual convention in Archer City Tuesday. Burkburnett won first place in the association contests.
Members of the 20th Century Club of Electra gathered for the final meeting of the club year on May 7. Mrs. Mangum received a review of Berman's Ambitrion 38 as officers for the coming year were installed.
A traveler notes a party of five can cover a long trip in a good used car at lower transport costs than a single trip fare. The remark echoes Robert Ripley’s Believe It or Not style.
In Montague investigations using Carman grapes, Kriffin system outyielded Modified Renewal by 1 848 pounds per acre while keeping trellis constant. Terraces influence yields, with highest plots above terraces at 5 144 pounds per acre and mid terrace plots at 3 165 pounds. Phosphate fertilization markedly raises yields above 3 100 pounds per acre, while barnyard manure reaches comparable gains. overall profits may rise from improved acre yield and lower cost per bushel.
The article explains how Texas adopted a state soil conservation law as attitudes toward land use shifted. It traces the move from open land to regulated stewardship, noting the law’s aim to curb erosion and define landowner responsibilities within a changing social relationship to the land.
Agricultural leaders press passage of the Texas law creating a State Soil Conservation Board at Temple to form local districts. The five member districts require petitions, hearings, two thirds of landowner votes, and annual limits on supervisor pay, with districts lacking taxing power.
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