Highway Department Saved Texas $10 Million in Costs
The Texas Highway Department audit by Moore Lynn finds a 1924–1926 price gap trimmed by 1931–1932, with annual savings near 5 million and per square yard costs dropping from 18 to 13. The report urges contracts for cement, asphalt, and tools to cut bids and boost savings while detailing fleet assets and county expenditures through 1931.
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Byron C.utecht Austin
Highway Department
Moore Lynn
Board of Control
Lynn
Mae Ft
Fast
Lyn
Hichwa Department
Wth
Wobiles
Brown
Calhoun
Dallas
Ellis
Grayson
Hale
Harris
Henderson
Jones
la Salle
Leon
Lubbock
McLennan
Navarro
Tarrant
Waller
Throckmorton
Texas Rodent Control Totals Report for Fiscal Year
L C White leads Texas rodent control under the U S Department of Agriculture Biological Survey. State expenditures total 13226.38 dollars and federal 21180.90 dollars with cooperative work across prairie dogs squirrels pocket gophers rats and jackrabbits.
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Texas
L. C. Whitehead
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Norway
Tttal
Texas Receives 7 664 621 For Federal Highway Aid
Secretary Hyde announced apportioned funds totaling 120 million for federal aid highways. Texas is allotted 7 million 664 thousand 621 dollars under the relief act, available to ease state matching costs.
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Washington
Hyde
Federt
Kansas
Missouri
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Former resident notes Crenshaw memory in Bryan visit
D. P. Walker, formerly of Vixen Creek now of Port Arthur, visited Bryan on Saturday and observed many improvements since he left. He recalled E. W. Crenshaw, not seen for 25 years, and mentioned Mr. Ker who lived 20 years in Vixen Creek before moving to Port Arthur.
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D. P. Walker
Vixen Creek
Port Arthur
Bryan
Walker
E. W. Crenshaw
Mr. Ker
Wixon Creek
Moving to new location between Eugene Edge and A P store
Duke and Ayes announce relocation this week to a new site between Eugene Edge and A P store. The change reflects ongoing business expansion and will not affect services.
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Eugene Edge
A. and P
Duke & Ayees
Butler Named Representative With Majority Win
George Butler won the state representative race for his first term, defeating Mrs. Rountree and Buford E. Dean by a majority of 264 votes. Butler totaled 2950 votes across Grimes and Brazos counties, while Rountree had 2070 and Dean 626. precinct tables for Brazos and Grimes counties accompany the report.
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George Butler
Lee Untree
Buford E. Dean
Butler
Grimes
Brazos
Rountree
Dean
Brazos County
Grimes County
Ial Oe
Apolonio
Anderson
Ctancseuke
Ceattey
Bleed
Incsy
Eee
Navasota
Plantersville
Richard
Roan
Prairie
Shire
Singleton
Stoneham
Yarborough
Retreat
Piedmont
Voters thanked by Rountree for support in Brazos County
W S. Lee J. Rountree expresses gratitude to friends and citizens for loyal support in the primary election Saturday. He pledges to remain ready to serve for community improvement in Brazos County.
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Eee
Brazos County
Supervision of Country Schools Held Important
Dr J C McElhannon of Sam Houston State Teachers College spoke at the twenty third annual short course for rural education at Texas A M College. He urged broader supervision of rural schools noting tax money wasted on poor results. About fifty county school superintendents attended the morning session. afternoon talks covered organizing supervisory programs and regional education leadership.
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College Station
Dents
Texas A. and
M. College
J. CC.’ McEihannon
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Huntsville
America
Elhannon
Department of Rural Education
W. L. Hughes
Loss of Cotton Waste Increases With Grades Lower
A&M College textile expert J B Bagley warned that waste loss and thread uniformity drive cotton value. He cited tests showing waste differences across grades and a comparison between hard and soft bales, noting higher total loss in softer cotton.
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J. B. Bagley
A & M. College
Textile Department
Conference Held A M Monday on Rodent Control
Dr J C Anderson state health officer and Dr J R Mahone epi demiologist addressed a conference of field workers in Texas rodent control Monday afternoon as part of the Farmers Short Course at College Station. They spoke on state health service to small towns and typhus fever in Texas.
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J. C. Anderson
J. R. Mahone
State Department of Health
Texas
College Station
L. A
San Antonio
U. Biological Survey
Anderson
Texas Department of Health
Mahone
Austin
Stanford Winner In This County For Civil Court
We will be open for business Saturday in our new location next to A P store Duke and Ayres Se to 1.00 Store.
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Stanford
A. and P
Duke & Ayres Se
Sudden Illness Proves Fatal to Man Known Here
Bryan reports the death of Westmoreland of Waco at his Bryan home after a short illness. He was an A and M Texas electrical engineering graduate from the class of 1895. Survived by widow and infant daughter Joan West, his parents Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Westmoreland, and brother John Hugh Westmoreland of Waco. Funeral services were held in Waco Monday afternoon.
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Bryan Rell
Westmoreland
Waco
At City
Vivienne Grissett
W. J. Higgs
Bryan
Higgs
A. & M. College of Texas
Hig
Joan West
Morels
Hugh Westmorland
John Hugh Westmoreland
Chilton
Falls Comets
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