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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1925
Page
10
Office advertises limited stock of Gillespie County History volumes with strong demand. Customers urged to visit to review titles before they sell out.
Mr. McNatt of the Moline Implement Co visited Fredericksburg Implement Co for two days and placed orders for several carloads of farm implements. The note emphasizes saving customers money through buying in large quantities and offering service, prices, and quality.
The Spring Creek and Honey Creek Game Protective Association forbids hunting with guns dogs or traps on their land. Felix Fuhrmann and Dittmar warn trespassers will be prosecuted. Landowner H Welge and others prohibit hunting on leased pastures including Bangs Pasture and land leased by sons Hugo and Frank.
Public notice items include a 1925 civil summons in Gillespie County for Mrs. E. C. Billingsly and E. Billingsly, plus warnings about hunting trespass on several properties, a 1925 reward offer notice, and a 1926 farm production contest with district awards and rules for Central Texas counties.
Central Texas farmers are urged to plan for a successful crop year as the Austin American announces a $100 prize for Gillespie and Blanco county farmers who show the best production increase next year. Application blanks and details are available at the newspaper office.
The document outlines judging for local agriculture contests with sections on terracing crops livestock poultry and garden production. A district committee will judge and specialists in sheep goats pecans bees swine or other lines follow special rules. Prizes awarded after September 1 1926, county agents available for further details.
Mrs. Alejandra Salas Perez about 60, widow, was struck and killed at the corner of San Augustin Avenue and Benavides Street in Laredo by a Ford driven by Miss Alice Dickerson. Witnesses say Dickerson drove slowly as Perez crossed, then recrossed and was hit, dying instantly.
Attorney General Sargent informs Senator Mayfield that the department of justice has no authority to act in the Texas road controversy. A federal probe was requested but referred to the Bureau of Public Roads which plans two inspectors to examine federal aid road funds administration.
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