Texas Farmers Push Terracing To Save Water And Soil
The Texas extension effort shows terraces and level contours increasing yields and saving moisture. Spur station tests indicate 20 percent rainfall retention boosts cotton and grazing capacity, while county agents credit terracing with rising land values and reduced erosion.
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Texas
S of
Srent
Accs
Andress
Federal Land Bank
Spur
Enhe County
Congress
Blackland
Tyler
Oklahoma
Jast
Extension Service
Mahas
Fat Worth Star-Telegram
Weather Bureau
Panhandle
State of Texas
Brazos
Allen Academy Names Cadet Class Rankings by Scholarship
Allen Academy headmaster Dr. J. N. Moseley announces class ranks by scholarship for all cadets. Top three in each class include Sub-Freshmen Randolph Dyer David C Ingraham and Jesse Webb of Houston Sophomores Phil Mosley Bryan Danley Baughn Dallas Joe Schlan key Galveston J r John Finke Tampico Mexico Robert Dyer Houston Walter McAuley Mr Vernon Senior Henry Johnson Galveston Harvey Jones Fort Worth Charles C Dyer Jr Houston College Phillip M Riley Mineral Wells John D Haltom Grapeland Robert G Behrman Jr Mineola.
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Allen Academy
J. N. Moseley
Randolph Dyer
David C. Ingraham
Jesse Webb
Houston
Phil Mosley
Bryan
Danley Baughn
Dallas
Joe Schlankey
Galveston
John Finke
Tampico
Mexico
Robert Dyer
Walter McAuley
Mr. Vernon
Henry Johnson
Harvey Jones
Fort Worth
Charles C. Dyer Jr
Houston College
Phillip M. Riley
Mineral Wells
John D. Haltom
Grapeland
Robert G. Behrman Jr
Mineola
Hunter’s quail in pocket springs to life and escapes
Ernest Elliott, hunting with Norman Stewart, fired two wild shots at a bird he believed dead. The quail had been in Elliott’s coat pocket and suddenly flew out, leaving Elliott jokingly nicknamed Nimrod as friends enjoy the tale. The incident occurred after both hunters bagged several quail on opposite sides of a timber strip.
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Ernest Elliott
Norman Stewart
Nimrod Elliott
Elliott
Stewart
Bob White
Duffield
Edward Dickinson Duffield
Princeton
N. J
John Thomas Duffield
Sarah Green Duffield
New York Law School
New Jersey
Prudential Company
Mr. Dryden
Celebrated Lawyer and Arts Patron Paul Cravath
The article profiles Paul D. Cravath noting his wartime service at the interallied conference and council on war purchases. It lists his birth in 1861 Berlin Heights Ohio and his legal career with firms linked to Charles Evans Hughes.
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Paul D. Cravath
Interallied Conference
Interallied Council On
Mr. Cravath
Berlin Heights
Ohio
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
College de Geneve
Genoa
Switzerland
Oberlin College
Columbia University Law School
Columbia Law School
Oberlin
Cravath
Carter, Hughes & Cravath
Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
New York Metropolitan Opera Company
Otto H. Kahn
New York Philharmonic Symphony Society
Smithville Men Inspect Bryan Public Utilities Visit
Smithville officials led by Mayor H. F. Pelansky and Commissioners F. M. Schoultz and A. F. Wotipka visited Bryan to inspect the city power plant and seek data on operation and income. They discuss a proposed municipal plant funded by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation with R. G. Williams noting Texas cities show similar interest. Bryan is cited for its strong municipal ownership record in public utilities.
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Smithville
Bryan
H. F. Pelansky
F.4. Schoultz
A. F. Wotipka
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
R. G. Williams
Texas
Southwest
Revival Service At CAB Baptist Began on Sunday
The College Avenue Baptist church revival started Sunday with morning services and runs through the first two weeks of January. Rev. Roy S Hollo man preached at both Sunday services and the weekday service at 10 o'clock. Rev. W W Rivers of Electra will deliver tonight at 7 30 and J C Cohen of Palestine leads singing and children's work after arriving Sunday.
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Edwin Brant Frost
Yerkes Observatory
Lake Geneva
Wis
American Astronomical Society
Royal Astronomical Society
American Philosophical Society
Natonal Academy of Sciences
Astronomische Gesellschaft
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Frost
Vermont
Carlton P. Frost
Dartmouth
Princeton
Strassburg
Potsdam
Cambridge University
England
University of Chicago
George E. Hale
Astrophysical Journal
Astronomical Journal
Science
Astronomische Nachrishten
College Avenue Baptist Church
Roy S. Holloman
W. W. Rivers
First Baptist Church of
Electra
J. C. Cohen
Palestine
Intend to Marry Ben Roffinoe and Rose Olander
A notice of intended marriage is filed with County Clerk Jessa Rh. McQGee of Tothentien by Ben Roffinoe and Rose Olander of Robertson County. They plan to wed. official notice recorded in county records.
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Ben Roffinoe
Rose Olander
Robertson County
Jessa Rh. McQgee
Tothentien
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Allen
Princeton University
Prudential Life Insurance Company of America
A. and M. Athletic Council
Charles N. Shepardson
Colorado Agricultural College
Rocky Mountain
Colorado Aggies
Iowa State College
Shepardson
U. S. Army
France
Colorado Dairy Commission
University of Wyoming
Colorado
Texas A
Alpha Zeta
Gamma Sigmha Delta
Phi Kappa Phi
The
American Dairy Science Association
Texas Jersey Cattle Club
Henry P. Fletcher
Uncle Sam
Fletcher
Italy
Massachusetts
Li Commission
Fused
Hoorer Mesma
Greencastle
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Cuba
United States
Havana
Legation
China
Portugal
Shanghai
Taft
Chile
Wilson
Germany
Japan
League of Nations
State Department
Warren G. Harding
Belgium
Edward D. Duffield
CAB Baptist
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