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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1941
Page
5
Zanette Lane Payne county treasurer submits a quarterly report detailing balances received and disbursed since the January term. The balance at start is 2,017.45 dollars with 12,327.18 dollars received and payments made during the quarter, leaving a new balance.
J Ireland is named for the Senate by the Democratic Convention of the XXVII District. J D Bonner is announced as candidate for Clerk of the District Court of Comanche County. Meridian and Belton mail schedules noted. coastal lines reference local press Beeman Beeman credited for Comanche Chief. Total enrollment in Comanche Public Free School for the month is 72.
The report notes three sawmills and lumber prices in the county, pine lumber shipped from Waco to Comanche at 5.50 to 6.50 per hundred, and Comanche’s population and institutions including a Masonic Lodge and churches. It describes growth since 1860, Indian depredations in earlier years, and recent stability with low danger. It also mentions Yellow fever in Marshall and Memphis, gas lighting coming to Dallas, and Denison’s population.
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