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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1930
Page
3
An editorial argues politics in Texas distracts from business growth and calls for shifting focus to commerce. It urges businessmen to attend meetings and form community advancement committees to spur statewide progress. The piece advocates a centennial celebration to showcase Texas and unite citizens in state pride.
Scenic West Texas draws growing traveler interest. Maria and Presidio build $200,000 hotels to accommodate anticipated crowds touring the mountains and caverns from the Rio Grande to Carlsbad Cavern. Tourist camps and hotels will face high demand as West Texas hospitality strains to serve visitors.
Civic clubs across Texas deny only serving themselves and instead pursue community aid. They support orphans libraries education parks playgrounds scouts huts and town pride while some clubs focus on large displays. Sabinal Rotary set pecan trees in the park spurring other clubs to donate shrubs and beautify grounds.
Wisconsin realty board staged a publicity stunt to promote Texas land purchases. Northern buyers stream into Texas by train to view tracts, with sales reportedly reaching 3500 dollars per acre for a 10 acre lot near McAllen. Texas should not boycott Wisconsin manufacturers but could redirect some trade to other states to remind of inter-state ties.
Barney Hubbs, sole owner of the Pecos Enterprise, predicts a bright future for Pecos the gateway to Carlsbad Cavern and the Davis Mountains. He touts Pecos oil as a liquid gala and declares Texas the best of all God’s creations.
Debate grows over applying chain store methods in retail expansion. Analysts cite efficiency gains from standardized merchandising and inventory control while small merchants warn of loss of local character and competitive pressure.
The Cotulla Record argues that independent home owned stores fail due to lack of modernization. It urges adoption of better service, quality goods, competitive pricing, and media advertising. Chain stores set the pace. locals must follow to survive.
Jasper area growers have doubled vegetable acreage and formed an exchange to handle shipments. Over 200 solid carloads are expected from Jasper this spring featuring tomatoes radishes cucumbers beans watermelons roasting ears bell peppers eggplant okra and squash. Cotton and corn remain grown but vegetable shipments add about $200 000 in annual receipts.
Killeen becomes a center for a new farm auction sale conceived after a farmer’s lunch club. An experienced auctioneer from the Chamber of Commerce will auction items from farms at no cost to farmers, inviting them to bring machinery or animals to sell to the highest bidder. Other chambers will watch the effort.
Strawberry Festival in Carrizo Springs on April 5 expects about 10,000 visitors. The town promotes itself as the strawberry center of Texas amid growing rivalry with other Texas strawberry shipping towns.
The burbot or lawyer fish could dominate the codfish in medical oil value. Bureau of Fisheries tests show burbot liver oil eight times stronger than cod liver oil for rickets treatment. The Great Lakes barber population, seen as a pest to fishermen for tearing nets, may soon boost commercial catches. The annual burbot catch reached 510,972 pounds in 127.
The USDA warns burned cigarettes are discarded nationwide at 170000 per minute amounting to about 10 billion dollars annually in damage. A study with dry grass pads shows that a burning butt starts a fire in zero percent of cases with light wind. Foresters label the cigarette as one of the greatest fire hazards to forests, woodlands, and grasslands.
Hunters in red and mourners in hunting dress attended the funeral at Gladenys Wales for Mrs Anna Isabel Jones a Quorn Hunt club member. As she requested no mourning signs the body lay in riding habit in a polished wood Russian casket with a red moss covered hay cart hearse. Two favorite hunters were accompanied by a red clad groom. Burial was on a remote mountainside.
J R Hunt of Norman Valley recovered a banner stone from near Randle Lake, a ceremonial relic once carried at processions by tribal leaders. The artifact joins Hunt’s growing Tochian collection now on display at The Herald office.
Pecan trees provide shade and food and live for generations. Ramsey's Austin Nursery in Austin Texas offers the best of many trees and plants and provides a free catalogue.
Visitors to Qorna near the Tigris and Euphrates are shown a decayed Tree of Knowledge. Locals claim a nearby sapling serves as the replacement while guides offer explanations and welcome offerings to arriving travelers.
The New York Times notes young Stephen Decatur, famed naval hero, attended the Lower Dublin academy in Tolmesburg Powder Millane. The small log and stone structure had two front windows and a shingle roof. Decatur reportedly carved his name on every desk.
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