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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1929
Page
11
Texas lawmakers again reform hunting laws. A new provision forbids discharging firearms along public highways to protect doves and highway users, shifting open seasons and limits across game birds and mammals with county specifics and licensing changes.
The Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce directors, led by J. Webb Howell, urged regular service for the Sunbeam on the Southern Pacific and discussed municipal airport prospects. F. L. Cavitt was tasked to invite Dept. of Commerce expert Wait to inspect alien tracts, with financing and ownership decisions deferred pending review. The meeting also reviewed Ferguson Crossange road improvements, housing shortages, and a drive to boost good roads for agriculture, with election timing set for September 28 and ongoing public outreach planned.
J J Willingham of College Station has filed a notice of intention and application for a marriage license with County Clerk B. McGee. His intended bride is Moore, also of College Station.
Fragmentary text restricts killing deer and shooting along public roads. Contains garbled phrasing about green hide and removing evidence. No clear individuals, organizations, dates, or locations identifiable.
Brazos County faces a very short cotton crop this year says Jd. Webb Howell founder of the Bryan cotton seed oil mill in its 23rd season. He predicts hulls will rise in price as South Texas supplies dwindle and the local mill may import hulls before December. Meal prices should hold near last year and cotton seed oil may drop due to large carryovers. He notes demand for linters is weak and foresees a long-term shift away from all-cotton farming. The mill will run 12 hours daily to conserve the crop.
Miss Lila Shelburne of Bryan attended the sixth annual home coming at an Independence Baptist church in Washington county Sunday. Her grandfather, St. John P. Coles, founded Cole's Settlement in 1822, later becoming Independence. Coles built the first cotton gin in the Republic of Texas near his home and was a prominent landowner whose name is honored as a pioneer founder.
Highway notes report readiness on No 6 from College to Wellborn with tar paving pending contractor arrival. Road from Bryan to Hearne depends on rain to fill holes. hard surfacing seen as the only permanent relief. Madison County nears ten day completion of a north south concrete highway built by A McCormick, former Brazos county engineer, praised as one of the finest roads in the state.
Report notes that churches in the United States collected and spent about six hundred million dollars during the previous year, reflecting broad financial activity within American religious groups.
J D Steele of Millican predicts a two to one vote in favor of the road bond issue and shares pears from his 30 year old Le Corft trees in Brazos County. He notes five trees produced $21 from one tree and cites prizes he has won for quality produce.
An executive of a major company says Brazos county has no viable oil prospects. He notes all planned development work in six months is complete and formations found reduce chances of finding oil in worthwhile quantities. Exploration leads him to conclude the area will yield no oil.
Rev. R. E. Day pastor of First Baptist and K. P. Black educational director led Bryan delegates to the quarterly meeting of Creath Brazos Baptist Association in Waller. Attending were P. S. Park Mrs Sam Hunter Miss Alice Sue Bowers Mrs J. L. Reese and Rev. Roy D Holloman of College Avenue Baptist. The all day session was held at the First Baptist church in Waller.
Austin reports stronger business optimism as 225 new corporations with capitalization totaling 10.9 million were chartered in July. Oil firms rose to 21 and manufacturing concerns to 27, while real estate and building firms fell to 21 and outside permits dipped from June.
About 50 farmers attended a field meeting at Tabor to inspect two 5 acre crop demonstration plots in corn and cotton. Plots showed yields from 10 to 40 bushels per acre with balanced fertilizer, and cotton plots yielded 600 to 1500 pounds per acre with varied mixes. Attendees learned fertilizer is plant food not soil builder, and district agent Johnson praised Brazos county's potential.
Mumford will open September 9 for the 1929 30 term with 700 dollars of new equipment including general science gear and library books. Teachers seek to affiliate Mumford High with the State Department of Education to attain class A status, led by L J Starr with a staff including Miss Fenice McClure and others from across Texas and Oklahoma.
Brazos county farmers and business men toured successful dairies in South Central Texas led by County Agent C. L. Feast. The visit highlighted dairy, poultry, and truck farming as logical rural paths with new plants in Waco Schulenburg Marshall Tyler and other centers. A. E. Eiband of New Braunfels showcased efficient dairy management and milk profitability, while a new bull circle was organized at Smetana to improve breeding and milk production in Brazos county.
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