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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1934
Page
4
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson designates March 1 to 24 as Financial Independence Week urging Texans to join educational programs in cities statewide. She notes a recent distressing period easing and stresses study and self reliance to restore prosperity and normal conditions for the Commonwealth.
Observations from Texas Agricultural Experiment Station records show economies in western Texas cotton production versus eastern areas. One man with machinery can plant 43 acres daily, harvest efficiency noted for single-row strippers, and larger fields enable rapid land prep and planting. The western system benefits from fertile soils, adequate rainfall, and runoff control, yet cannot fully match expansive western practices. overall, improvements in cotton, meat, and silk production influence regional profits and rural welfare.
Texas health officials warn bovine tuberculosis affects about two percent of milk cattle and urge yearly tuberculin testing for cows used for dairy milk. Buyers should ensure dairy cattle are disease free and tests should occur before purchases. Also notes link between bovine TB and child cases, calls for certification by veterinarians, and thanks readers for public health support amid funeral notices and donations.
Mentone in Loving County, the youngest Texas county, envisions prosperity from a 200,000 dollar Red Bluff reservoir and water system financed by a PWA loan. About 17,800 acres would be reclaimed, enabling bond issues for county buildings and streets. Mentone notes its tiny courthouse and jail, built in 1932 for 3,000, with offices and records vault.
Thanks go to the firemen who rendered sick assistance and stayed until the danger passed. Mrs. T. A. Box Rey and Mrs. Andrew Byers with Mrs. Rowe, sister of Mrs. Byers, came from Austin to visit the Fat Stock Show and Southwest Exposition in Fort Worth. Gene Parker and Edwin Parker left for Texarkana due to their father’s illness.
Columbus Ohio the Shortin ridge Telephone Co of Fairfield county filed with the State Utilities Commission to charge $1 monthly for service 14 subscribers on single line. company proposes $2 for call extensions. Established April 1888 the system spans nine miles of line with 14 instruments.
The Record lists Democratic primary candidates for the 1907 election cycle including C. H. Cross for Congress in the 11th District Vernon Lemens reelected for Representative Clarence McCorkle Alfred Hardwick Chas M Gandy for Commissioner Precinct 3 Brittain reelect Edwin W Pitzer Will Haver J Johnson for Commissioner Precinct 4 J Pierce Richards Foney Wallace Foney Wallace Foney For Tax Assessor and Collector D Preston Hornbuckle For County Judge Burrell F Word For County Superintendent Clara F Richards for District Clerk Maggie B Little For County Treasurer Alma T Butler For District Attorney Penn J Jackson For Sheriff Pearl Benson
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