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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1931
Page
6
County Agent Beason and Home Demonstration Agent Givens promote the A and M Farm Plan as a blueprint for better agriculture. Members urged to select exhibits for the American Legion Fair and to measure feed crops by weighing a 21 foot row segment for yield estimates.
The state highway commission reports a four day traffic check showing daily averages on key routes. Federal Highway 75 three miles south of Huntsville averaged 1546 vehicles. Highway 6 near College Station 1272. College Station 3520. Gregg county four miles west of Longview 9962. Houston Galveston road near La Porte 7043. Galveston Harris county line 5707. Dallas Tarrant county line 7691.
Brazos County Commissioners Court to receive bids Friday for 100000 in county road bonds issued in 1929 to finance lateral and main highway work and to retire bonds from Road Districts 1 and 2. Total 1100000 voted, all but 250000 sold. Friday’s sale leaves 150000 unsold.
City commissioners heard protests against a speed fine and a petition to extend water mains on South College Avenue. The budget was read but action was deferred to the regular September meeting while other items on the agenda were noted as discussed.
The Faithful Few met for a community club gathering with Rotary Club Bryan led by M. E. Wallace delivering a strong program. Leona McDonald enacted recreational games and an invitation extended for the September meeting. Local residents return from Florida and various relatives visit or travel, with several on sick lists or new jobs announced.
Mrs. George Halsell led a Bryan party of Miss Alta Williams and Miss Dorothy Ettle on a two month California automobile trip. They arrived Hollywood two hours late on the 1,800 mile outbound and returned on schedule to Bryan at 6 15 p m. They visited Carlsbad Cavern El Paso Long Beach and completed a 4 800 mile round trip without tire trouble until the last two days with three punctures and two blowouts. Mrs H H Newton visits Houston and Seabrook with her son Branon Leverton family.
Bryan Lions Club luncheon featured Prof. EB Marshall of Allen Academy detailing Brazos county origins. He traced the first settler Robert Millican near Millican in 1836 and noted the 1841 split of Washington county which formed Navasota and later Brazos counties.
Col and Mrs C C Todd tour the north and west en route home to Bryan visiting Raleigh and other places. James Rosborough family and Mrs E R Williams of Dallas enjoy two weeks in Tennessee including Memphis and Milan. Mrs F B Blue Independence and Miss Verna Goodman Franklin visit Bryan.
Sweetwater arrived in Bryan this afternoon to visit Mr. and Mrs. W W Griffin and Mrs Griffin's parents Mr and Mrs Tom Franklin. J H Kirkland and sons John and Dan of Cameron are in Bryan today on a business visit.
Burglars invaded the Grant Lumber Company office Friday night entering through a window. They knocked the safe knob off and escaped with between 19 and 20 dollars, leaving three pennies behind and no clue to their identities.
County Agent Beason investigated the John M. Moore farm Friday after two cattle died. He confirmed blackleg present and ordered aggressive treatment with carcasses to be burned.
Bryan carpenters are invited to assess the need for a night school at the high school directed by N R Smith. The first session of an experimental program will review blue print reading and material estimates for a five room house with two weekly sessions if approved.
More than a score of candidates for Stephen FP. Austin high school football met at city hall to meet the new coach A. E. Jones, Baylor former half back and captain. Training begins next Monday with two hours daily until September 1 when full time work starts. Barney Koch, Baylor all American guard, will assist Jones for two weeks focusing on the lines. School officials urged the boys to steady effort this season.
Militiamen and operators prepared to wait two weeks or more for the railroad commission to adopt a conservation measure. A proration order is expected after Aug 25 as the body considers measures to protect oil and gas reserves. Prices linger near stability with hopes for $1 per barrel, while unemployment fears fade as most companies keep workers on with varied pay arrangements. Storage in East Texas equals about 3.5 million barrels, pipelines and refineries stay active, and operators hold oil until prices rise. General Wolters says operators are satisfied. Governor Sterling commends the action as a successful, uneventful outcome.
Governor Ross Sterling said East Texas oil price offers would not influence lifting martial law in the giant field. He would withdraw militia only after the railroad commission enacts the new conservation law and civil authorities assume control, noting about 900 troops cost roughly 4200 dollars daily.
Adjutant General quoted a noon briefing saying every well is shut down, everything is quiet and everybody is happy. The statement reflects a calm at the site with no further incidents reported.
A Bryan Rotary Club luncheon featured talks by Bear Wolf of Texas Christian University and R. H. Stiteler on coaching, injury prevention, and conditioning. John Reid led a Wednesday basketball class focusing on dribbling passing shooting and foul shooting. A banquet and smoker for coaches is planned for 6 p.m. in the college mess hall banquet room with many area educators registering.
A Bryan family letter dated July 28 from Mrs. Prowell describes a lifelong dream trip through Holland and Belgium by car. The writer praises Holland’s flat landscape, canals, windmills, blooming gladioli and phlox, red roofed houses, and neat yards, noting vivid scenery and a sense of tidy charm.
Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce directors discussed growing highway improvement interest. A Highway 21 Association meeting was set for Caldwell on August 27 with Earl Porter pushing for a right of way. The X All Highway Association meeting at Bremond drew about 100 attendees from Hempstead to Wortham to address pavement gaps.
The account notes crowds and eight abreast bicycle traffic in Holland with similar scenes in other towns. It mentions Amsterdam’s Weeping Tower from which Hendrick Hudson sailed, and Mrs. Howell’s letter saying she and Mr. Howell expect home by September 1.
Mrs Alma Higgs reports encouraging news from her son Frank Higgs Jr now in a Houston hospital recovering from a serious injury after being struck by a passing automobile on the street in Bryan.
Mrs. Higgs received a letter from Frank's doctor stating he could sit up and play dominoes with other recuperating patients and would return to his Bryan home in a few days. She plans to drive to Houston next Sunday to bring him home.
Representative R. M. Wagstaff of Abilene and Mrs. Wagstaff spent the weekend in Bryan visiting Mrs. Wagstaff's parents Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Orms. Wagstaff authored the oil conservation measure approved by the first called session of the 42nd Legislature and received praise from the press and oil industry. Mrs. Lee J. Rountree accompanied them and spent Sunday in Bryan.
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