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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1931
Page
4
Classified notices show Purina feeds now stocked by D and C L Hatchery including cow, horse and poultry rations. Local listings include Dr W M Hilley selling Johnson grass hay 12 miles south of Comanche at 3% per bale and Walter Harcett offering good quality oats at the barn.
The Comyn Vocational Agriculture Class drives poultry industry growth with an eleven week evening course taught by Doyle Graves Ernest Johnson and A J Spangler from John Tarleton College. Enrollment reached seventy eight adult farmers including fifteen women. The program includes hens culling and terracing demonstrations across the district and follows a regional agricultural education plan.
Comanche County cowboy Henry Little recounts six buffalo bull hides paid for his first fiddle during drives from Comanche to Kansas on the Chisholm Trail in the 1860s and 70s. He describes Holmsley and Head’s outfit, night guard duties, Indian encounters, and rules for keeping cattle healthy and moving.
Notice states A T Ballard and Julia Ballard deeded property to secure Anna Central Life Insurance Company. Substitute Trustee Ton F. Reese will sell 95 acres in Comanche County at the county courthouse on March 8, 18%1, to satisfy debt. Legal description covers part of Sec 18 H and T C Ry Co survey near Sabanno Creek, with detailed boundary calls and a final area stated as acres.
Miss Mary Dee Long will present Priddy music pupils in a recital at the Priddy school auditorium Friday evening February 6 at 7 30. A one act play by the Priddy High School Seniors will be presented in connection with the program.
In Comanche County the 81 year old Uncle Alex Neel is described as the county’s oldest living resident after 79 years in the area. He moved in 1852, helped found local schools, and recalls early towns like Hazel Dell and Old Coya. He and his wife Mary Jane Hood Neel have a large family of descendants respected in Gustine community. Grace Kilpatrick and Oscar Kilpatrick visited Comanche with their parents W. W. Kilpatrick and wife.
Mrs Howard Kilpatrick departed Tuesday to visit relatives in Okmulgee and Stillwell Oklahoma, extending her travel to see family members.
ELKINS TIN SHOP offers radiators for any car make with new stock. Authorized Harrison Service Station contact Phore 321 for service and in stock availability.
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