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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1929
Page
6
A fragment indicates an item entered at the Fredericksburg Post Office as second class matter, suggesting a mailing notice or shipment status within local postal classifications.
Editorial notes urge carrying Christmas spirit and optimism into 1929. Emphasizes high aims, avoiding worry, and facing daily problems with cheer. Calls for physical exams and health safeguards, including life insurance, to protect families and prevent illness and incapacity. Mentions poultry remedies sold nationwide as well.
Cattle receipts remain light as fat steers rise 15 to 25 percent and better lots appear. Prices vary by type with white face steers at 11.50 per hundred weight, cows mostly 6 to 8.50, calves around 9 to 11, and hogs up to 9.10 per hundred. Sheep demand is strong with fat wool lambs around 14 and fall shorn at 11. Wethers sell up to 8.50 and 8.25 for fat shorn.
The notice warns against buying miracle remedies for tree pests and diseases. It cautions readers to consult the county agent or a specialist before spending and to avoid paying by check, noting that grafting roots near trees may help control insects or disease and that fraudulent remedies will appear in time.
Report from travelers describes fires in the San Angelo region and wider West Texas due to carelessness. Ranges suffer thousands of dollars in damage as volunteers organize to combat grass fires and protect farms and ranches from campers hikers and smokers.
The speaker urges action to curb mosquito breeding in backyards and shallow wells, warning dangers if allowed to feed on farms this past summer. The call to resolve to act now is framed as prudent for the future.
National Safety Council reports 1928 11 month auto deaths nearly 23 000 with Chicago highest rate among 500 000 plus cities. November showed 2 400 auto fatalities, slight drop from October. Home accidents totaled 1 900 with burns falls and poisonings rising concerns for children under five.
Senators return to Capitol Hill after Christmas recess to begin work on a world peace Kellogg treaty and a navy cruiser bill. Both measures enjoy administration support and hold priority as the house dusts off appropriation bills. The war department supply bill was sent forward.
Robert F. Blake, to be executed January 11 for murder in Swisher County, received a 35 day reprieve from Governor Moody on the State Board of Pardons recommendation. His mother and uncle sought time to prepare statements for a petition to commute the death sentence to life imprisonment. The board asked for a full investigation before reporting.
Five days' furlough given to Tom Berry to attend his daughter's funeral after she was shot. Berry serves one year for violating the prohibition law. B. C. Young, serving two years for forgery, granted 20 days to visit his seriously ill mother. Hagood and Yates, both on furlough to attend their fathers' funerals, receive five years and four days respectively.
Austin officials report a legislative highway program agreed by a special Texas County Judges and County Commissioners' Association committee includes a 4 cent gasoline tax. It proposes first 50,000 in fees stay with the state, counties retain 79 percent of the rest from vehicle registrations, with a $300,000 cap per county. County Judge George S Matthews of Travis County chaired.
The committee conferred with Representative Leonard Tillotson of Sealy who opposes the 350 million high bond issue proposed by R. S Sterling, highway commission chair. Tillotson agrees with the committee action. Attendees included Judge Matthews and several commissioners and judges from Franklin Groosback Taft Huntsville Brenham Cameron Thornton and more. On March 6 four days after Texas declared independence the Alamo fell and the republic lost leaders Travis Bowie and Crockett.
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