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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1908
Page
6
Despite questions about cotton acreage and harvests, there is a broad increase in food and forage crops across the cotton belt. This shift could allow farmers to hold cotton if they choose to, altering market dynamics.
San Antonio plans underground tele phone telegraph and electric light lines in the business district. The ordinance also requires replacing wooden street poles with ornamental iron posts. Houston Street will be repaved with brick asphalt and bitulithic paving, shaping a handsome main retail thoroughfare.
The Eagle reports a request from Tabor for a community picnic in Derden's pasture twelve miles north of Bryan and two miles north of Tabor. Candidates may speak. the public is invited to attend with baskets. The notice reflects local civic interests and mentions a connection to lawmaking ideas.
Farmers are urged to resist impatience and push for practical goals from farm organizations. The Cotton Journal notes notable progress in three years and counsels patience to achieve enduring success within ten years, preferring slow steady effort over rushed failure.
In San Antonio on June 23 Texas Angora goat raisers celebrate a publicity stunt involving trousers made from a goat Mohair sent to Secretary Taft by the Business Mens Club. Plans for a rousing reception in Taft’s Texas visit are under way with invitations to Association of Sheep and Goat Raisers of Texas to present the industry’s plea for protective tariffs. There are about 1,250,000 Angora goats in the U S and six to seven thousand in Southwest Texas, with the industry centered in the Southwest Northwest and California. Goats are hardy and browsy, herded by dogs, and the breed known as the goat dog is being developed in Texas. The dogs guard flocks and have died protecting them. The goat industry is profitable and low in capital needs.
Market quotations from Bryan and Galveston show grain, cattle, hogs, poultry, and produce prices with Fort Worth ranges for steers cows calves hogs and farm produce. News Nuggets cover marriages, politics, railroads, western governors, weather, and a Baton Rouge wreck with injuries.
Plans are under way to build a 150 mile macadam highway linking San Antonio with Laredo and the Mexican border. The route targets auto travelers and aims to attract Mexican government support for a broader stretch through Mexico to the capital. The project, proposed by the Laredo Board of Trade and backed by San Antonio businessmen and county officials, envisions a scenic fast touring route across varied terrain and historic sites.
Muskogee Oklahoma June 23 Assistant Secretary Jesse Wilson announced sweeping reforms to Indian land leases and sales. The system shifts to fifteen district agents overseeing restricted lands, reducing field parties. Agents will inspect records monthly, handle removals of restrictions, and oversee on the spot sealed bids sales with deeds and cash. Indian sellers may receive cash plus a first mortgage under district supervision.
Identified with Rock Island interests and major enterprises, W. B. Leeds, noted American financier, dies. He leaves $40,000,000 to relatives and his young son.
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