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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1915
Page
5
Dozens of residents and visitors arrive in Bryan from Reliance Kurten Steep Hollow Mexia Houston and other nearby communities. Trade, visits, and errands fill the day as locals like J R Smith J W Cloud and M D Chance mingle with travelers and a variety of shoppers and guests.
A stream of visitors arrived in Bryan with many traveling from Harvey Cottonwood Harris school house Brazos bottom and Wellborn. Notable stops included J T Sterling Barbersville W L Driver A M College athletics talks and George Echols Rosprim visiting the city. Officials and merchants hosted tours and planned football track contests under the Bryan athletic council.
Raymond Williams of the Denton County pig club shows dramatic gains from a three month feeding program guided by the county agent. His pig weighs 204 pounds versus the father’s 85 pounds, illustrating the impact of cooperative work with the U S Department of Agriculture and A M College of Texas.
Bryan High opens with 22 players on the field, blending seasoned veterans Osborne Schramek Cole Harrison Gammill Dobrovolny Powers Cloud Dunn Lawson with new talent Seale and McCullough. Coach plans light signal practice and a solid home schedule. financial support requested from friends and patrons.
Eggs twenty cents per dozen. Butter fat thirty cents per pound. Hens one cent per pound. Fryers fifteen cents per pound. Broilers fifteen cents per pound. Ducks two to three dollars per dozen. Geese four to four fifty per dozen. Turkeys ten cents per pound. Cows four to four and one cent per pound. Calves five cents per pound. Steers five cents per pound. Hogs forty five to sixty cents per pound. Oats forty five cents per bushel. Corn sixty cents per bushel. Prairie hay eight fifty per ton. Alfalfa sixteen per ton. Green hides eight cents per pound. Dry hides ten cents per pound. Sweet potatoes eighty five cents per bushel.
County Superintendent T W Parker begins moving his household to San Angelo where Mrs Parker and their children have stayed for Mrs Parker's health. He will join them soon and be away from the office, with E R Williams serving as acting superintendent during the absence. Williams brings extensive teaching experience and will oversee county duties until Parker's return.
The Federal employment bureau in Philadelphia reports 15,000 workers secured work in a short period. The shift from labor surplus to shortage of jobs signals improving business conditions. With skilled labor in demand and unskilled workers welcomed, national industry could rise further if harmful shipping laws are repealed and Congress cooperates.
A battery of four guns from the Fourth United States Artillery entrained at El Paso for Harlingen, soldiers and equipment aboard cars in a scheduled move.
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