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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1908
Page
3
A Bryan newspaper page quotes varied items: road building boosts, health and sanitation push, and local remarks on politics and society. It notes ex President Cleveland health, Dewey victory reflections, Texas bounty, and sanitation campaigns. It cites Armour and Patten grain moves and a peek at divorce news in Rome.
Col Milner reports nine major Texas mills in prosperous condition. Belton, Itasca, Waxahachie, Dallas, Sherman, Denison, Bonham and Hillsboro mills show strong capitalizations, growing payrolls, and improved wages. Mills highlight local schools, housing, and community benefits, with fuel and climate favorable for textile growth.
Textile graduates face bright opportunities as mills use lignite and cotton, with adjacent states delivering labor. Superintendents predict Texas will become a leading state in cotton goods manufacturing, driven by the school’s ample equipment and facilities to train future industry leaders.
G H Pape 04 graduate and ex inspector for Colonial and Industrial Bureau spoke on agriculture in West Africa. He described crops from Togo including cotton rubber cocoa palm and many foods. He noted fires from October to March and wildlife common in the region. The lecture illustrated with photographs and stereoticon views and drew a large cadet and campus audience.
Two 5 room cottages with ground and water plus a 138 acre land tract with house and wells offered separately. Public notice: bids due June 10 for supplying beef and pork to the college mess hall for 1908-09, with carcass specs, grade inspec tion, and options to use college stock. $500 certified check required.
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