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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1925
Page
6
Notice announces bids for a depository for Comanche County and school funds to be opened February 6 at 10:00 a.m. Bids must be filed with W D Carroll County Auditor and will be publicly read.
The article profiles several local pecan growers near Comanche including Durhar Powers Nelson Jones and Banes expanding plantings. It recounts Cahbie Denny’s 1913 start with paper shell pecans and his 100 acre project in 1922 as he details planting, budding, and topworking to improved varieties. Texas is hailed as the heart of the pecan belt with Comanche County urged to become a leading pecan region.
Public notice commands the sheriff to publish for four weeks to unknown heirs of John W Tunnell and Martha Tunnell in Comanche County Texas court proceedings. Plaintiff J L Northcatt sues for trespass to try title involving 117 acres from John Reid Survey Patent 619 in Comanche county. The case asks for quiet title and removal of others’ claims with a March 2 next term return date.
Graduates of Southwestern University Georgetown Texas are asked to lend their nine to assist the Comanche Chief at once. The appeal calls on former students to respond promptly to the request for aid.
Constantinople is declared the world's most expensive city with living costs 27 times 1914 levels and twice those of London Paris or Rome. Flour prices have doubled here in two months while Near East regions and Russia entered the American flour market in December and January amid shortages in Eastern Europe. The Near East Relief shipped 8,058,976 pounds of wheat and corn flour from the United States to overseas orphanages over the past year. Bristolds of all kinds are bought locally when prices are favorable.
An old ad touts Alderika as a remedy for postmeal fatigue, gas, and constipation. It claims buckthorn bark magnesium glycerine and other ingredients ease stomach gas and undigested matter, with quick action sometimes within an hour and without gripes.
The Commissioner's court of Comanche County Texas will receive bids up to 2 p m February 9 1925 for one or more No 12 graders with 12 foot blades. The court reserves the right to reject any or all bids. R A Luker County Judge Comanche County.
Plans approved by the Commanding General establish CM T Camps at Ft. Sam Houston Ft. Crockett Ft. Bliss Dallas Ft. Sill Ft. Logan and Ft. Huachuca in August. Four thousand one hundred in camp with about five thousand six hundred applications needed. Visitors welcome. focus on smaller camps for more instructor attention and proximity for parents. Comanche to host major attraction on February 3.
Citizens of Comanche County Texas are notified a bill will be introduced in the Thirty ninth Legislature to raise the county commissioners salary from 1200 to 1800 dollars per year. The notice complies with Article 111 Section 57 of the Texas Constitution.
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