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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1937
Page
1
A column uses three poultry varieties as allegory for feudal clans. Brown Beauties respond to bell signals to lay eggs and decorate roosting houses while surplus cockerels go to market or meat. Green Rustlers are described as thrifty composite stocks.
The Agriculture Department forecast a 15,593,000 bale U S cotton crop this year based on Aug 1 conditions and July 1 acreage. Last year produced 12,398,082 bales. Texas reports 12,528,000 acres in cultivation with a 82 percent normal yield, forecasting 4,314,006 bales. New Orleans notes crop condition at 81.3 percent of normal and 33,429,000 acres. Cotton fell or rose sharply over $2 in frenzied selling after the forecast.
Mrs. Fannie Davis of Houston spent the weekend visiting her sister Mrs. Hattie Welch and returned with Mrs. Nettie Cole who will visit Houston. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hoyle Jr. came back from Kerrville. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Carmichael returned to Ursuline Avenue after vacations at Camp Stewart near Kerrville and with his mother at Clayton Coach. Carmichael served as a counselor at Camp Stewart directed by Bill James, Texas Aggie line coach.
Steering committee for the Texas Agricultural Association in Brazos county met at the county agent's office. Smetana led with 29 members, Harvey 25, Wellborn and Rock Prairie 12 each, total county membership 81. Delegates will discuss Washington farm legislation and parity prices for cotton at the August 21 deadline.
Letters with a filing claim form and power of attorney were sent to all Fidelity Finance depositors and certificate holders by Sankey Park and Mrs A J Buchanan. They urge immediate return of papers to manage company affairs under court receivership and pursue a rapid liquidation with net proceeds to depositors and holders. The plan follows recent depositor organization to protect interests and minimize liquidation costs.
Brazos county commissioners in regular session approved the coming fiscal year budget and set the property tax rate at $1.25 per $100 of valuation, the same as last year. The court also approved reports and ordered current bills paid.
The Kurten 4-H Club will stage a play at its regular meeting Saturday night titled initiation of a 4-H Club member. Cast includes President Otto Lockstedt Vice President Harold Sabo Secretary Henry Conaway and others. Music by the post office orchestra directed by Ernest Sample. A brief address by A. D. Jackson will follow on The Challenge to Youth. Farmers may hear about the cotton situation and preventive steps. Nearby members and parents are urged to attend. Rehearsal Thursday night at 8.
County clerk and tax collector records, many in hard use, were rebound or covered with canvas. About 60 volumes were restored including birth death and marriage license records and numerous other ledgers.
Chicago dispatch reports Llewelyn Williams of the Field Museum returns with the largest wood specimen collection from a Lower Mexican jungle expedition. He describes the whoopee palm sap wine produced by natives by tapping trunks and fermenting sap, and notes the deadly guagua mate tree that parasitically harms host trees.
Texas lemons from China grown by Frank N. Meyer are sold by DeLuxe and Shelander groceries praised for aroma and juice. Packaged in six to eight fruit cartons with a cellophane window, they are tree ripened and not colored. The green gold fruit comes from high China tablelands and was introduced via the USDA, later proven viable by Texas Agricultural Experiment Station.
I C Corn former cadet colonel from the 1932 Aggie senior class has joined the Bryan Credit Production association as assistant secretary treasurer replacing Aubrey Meador who resigned. He and his wife visited Bryan Thursday seeking a house and recalling his Harlingen home.
City commissioners awarded the transmission line contract for the Rural Electrification project to Brown and Root of Austin for 189 422.56 dollars for 248 12 miles of line. A 270 000 dollar bond was posted. Work could start before Sept 1 and rural service may begin within a couple of months with completion by year’s end.
The August 1 report from County Clerk Frank Worsham shows Bra zos County's net deficit at 50 898.17 in commissioners funds after July expenditures. Precincts 1 2 3 and 4 reveal specific labor material costs and salaries totaling deficits of 22 878 74 17 390 83 4 099 97 and 6 528 63 respectively.
The Sisters of St. Francis who run Bryan hospital and similar Texas institutions issue bonds totaling 45000 secured by Bryan property and by lots 1 2 3 in Block one old McIntyre Homestead Brenham with improvements. Serial bonds redeemable by 3000 in 1988 39 and 40 4000 in 1941 42 and 43 5000 in 1944 45 46 47. Trustees are The St Louis Union Trust Company and Timothy F Dempsey both of St Louis Missouri.
The seventh annual double heart roundup and rodeo will run September 4 to 6 at the Double Heart ranch ten miles south of Sweetwater. Ollie Cox, ranch operator, will manage the event.
John Wood of the Texas Highway Commission announced funds to hard surface a road linking Highways 21 and 43 via Mumford. The project, costing about 95 000 dollars, includes finishing Mumford to Highway 21 and surfacing Mumford to Highway 43. Wood noted concerns about old Highway 6 and pledged to address any commission obligation.
Tom B. Bagley resigns from Brazos Valley Cotton Co operative Association to take work with Houston Compress Company a subsidiary of Anderson Clayton Company. He will move to Houston Wednesday and a vacancy remains. Rebecca Foster assists in the office and Joe Rhodes arrives to help in cotton classing along with H J Matejowsky in supervised work. The Matejowsky couple will move to Bryan from Houston.
James H. Newland known as Jimmy takes charge of the meat department at Shelander's Food Market after R. C. Pace resigns and moves with Mrs. Pace to Kilgore for a new job. Newland brings broad experience but this is his first head butcher role.
Bryan business leaders prepare a second trade trip to Snook after a record turnout in Normangee. The group promotes employee participation and local entertainment while updates cover a Giants Indians exhibition game at Kyle Field and efforts to designate Bryan as a state health district headquarters.
In Austin on August 7, state relief director Adam Johnson ordered all able bodied men off relief rolls and into cotton fields due to a shortage of pickers. Relief certifications make workers eligible for WPA work when available, but Johnson barred relief clients from cotton labor. He said relief pay is lower than the earnings from picking cotton at 65 to 75 cents per hundred.
Coupland will host its annual one day Field Meet on Thursday August 12 starting at 9 a m Julius Wittliff announced as general chair. The event is part of the One-Variety-Cotton Community contest run by the East Texas Chamber of Commerce with the Texas Extension Service and State Department of Vocational Agriculture. Williamson County Agent Dor W Brown says a large crowd from across Texas is expected to inspect the Coupland project and Taylor Market where cotton is sold by quality per Federal classers. Williamson county cooperatives operate several farmer owned cotton gins as part of a long standing cotton improvement program. The East Texas Chamber of Commerce and local growers invite all interested in cotton improvement to attend.
Roy Pletz, landscape architect, reports total funds for Highway 21 beautification amount to 15000 with an additional 5000 added for the section from the Brazos river to Caldwell. Agreements from most property owners are secured to bar billboards within 300 feet of the right of way.
The Court of Honor at Camp Arrowmoon Friday evening will begin about 7 30 with awards for scouts campers and patrol leaders. The camp closes Saturday morning when boys return to town.
Firefighters were called to Ursuline avenue Monday afternoon for a grass fire that caused no damage. Tuesday morning they responded to East 28th street at the Cheatham home where the garage burned down. origin undetermined.
College Station Aug 11 Texas A and M directors canceled the 28th annual farmers short course set to open Monday. Prompted by infantile paralysis outbreaks, Dr George W Cox advised postponement and crowding risks. Attendance had been about 4500 with 1500 youth. The board chose cancellation to prevent spread.
County Agent C L Beason's July report shows 26 work days 15 meetings with 628 attendees 42 farms visited 19 demonstrations inspected one encampment and a Luling Foundation tour 150 office calls 923 circular letters sent 1720 miles driven The Brazos County Extension Service cost about 112 of 15 cents per thousand dollars of property tax suggesting the annual rate remains 15 cents per $1 000.
George G. Chance and fellow Brazos Conservation and Reclamation District directors left for Washington to press the Roosevelt approved 4,500,000 allotment for the Possum Kingdom dam. L. Mims chairs. others include John D. Rodgers, W. W. Cannan, Henry Dunlavy, and John A. Norris. The group aims to start dam construction under board supervision with no delays.
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