Sterling's Bond Plan Promised to Tie Roads to Gas Tax
A long dialogue outlines that a three cent gasoline tax can retire highway bonds, while building a coordinated system requires time and stable funds. It argues the pay as you go plan risks collapse, estimates 12 years to finish a main system, and claims bond plans spread costs to travelers and tourists.
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Dallas News
Highway Department
Texas
Highway Commission
United States
Union
North Carolina
South Carolina
America
Texas gasoline tax receipts and pecan crop potential
From July 16 1929 to May 11 1930 Texas collected 20 819 388 23 in gasoline taxes. One fourth funds went to the school highway fund. Texas has 8 000 000 wild pecan trees yielding 40 000 000 pounds annually, 75 percent of US production. topping and budding could lift the crop value to 200 000 000 according to Congressman Buchan of the Austin district.
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State of
Texas
United States
Buchanan
Austin
Democratic candidates list for Texas July 1930 primary
The Texas Democratic primary on July 26, 1930 lists candidates for U S Senator Robert L Henry Governor Earle B Mayfield Miriam Ferguson and others. The roster includes numerous Texas cities and offices such as Lieutenant Governor Attorney General Commissioner of Agriculture Treasurer Superintendent of Public Instruction Railroad Commissioner Comptroller and judges with multiple names per office. Names span Houston Austin Dallas Laredo San Antonio Fort Worth and more across state offices.
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Earle B. Mayfield
Austin
Thomas B. Love
Dallas
Miriam A. Ferguson
R. S. Sterling
Houston
C. C. Small
Wellington
Frank Putnam
Barry Miller
James Young
Kaufman
Mauritz
Canado
Paul Loven
New Braunfels
C. C. Moody
Fort Worth
Candidates in Republican primary drawn from Texas list
The notice lists candidates for the Republican primary to be held Saturday July 26 1930. Names include Harvey H For Jefferson Doran J Haessley Dallas H E Exum Amarillo George Co Butte Austin John F Grant Houston J E Elgin San Antonio John P Gaines Wichita Falls M H Thomas Dallas H B Tanner Eastland R J McMillan San Antonio George H Atkinson Dallas Lyton R Taylor El Paso Wayland H Sanford Wichita Falls Chas W Beck Hillsboro Mrs R E Dorsey Dallas Mrs P A Welty Medina Ed King Paris C W Johnson Jr Young County Mrs Alma B Rea Hamilton Mrs R L Cooper Eastland Mrs Hallie Reynolds El Paso W H Yates Kaufman E W Thurman Cherokee county A F
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Saturay
H. E. Exum
Amarillo
George Co. Butte
Austin
John F. Grant
Houston
J. E. Elgin
San Antonio
John P. Gaines
Wichita Falls
George H. Atkinson
Dallas
Lyton R. Taylor
el Paso
Wayland H. Sanford
Public Instruction
Alma B. Rea
Hamilton
R. L. Cooper
Eastland
Hallie Reynolds
W. H. Yates
Kaufman
E. W Thurman
Cherokee County
A. F
Texas Exhibit at World's Poultry Congress in London
The fourth World's Poultry Congress will be held in London from July 22 to 30, 1930, with at least one Texas exhibit. Mrs. Milton Gray of San Saba County will present a notable herd of turkeys, a high compliment to her breeding. she has shipped birds after four years in the business, building a nationally known strain.
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London
England
Texas
Milton Gray
San Saba County
Importance of Suiting Load to the Tractor
With more tractor use farmers learn to match load to the machine. Most implements hook up simply for full loads, but the spike-tooth or drag harrow can be unwieldy to transfer and attach.
Tractor Makers Offer Wide Hookups and Foldable Hitches
Farmers can adapt implements to wider widths using new hitches designed for easy farm setup. Manufacturers also offer folding men rails of steel allowing unusually wide equipment to pass through standard gates.
Early maturing pullets usually best layers
In flocks some pullets grow faster and are best for laying. Early developers lay sooner and longer if given a good laying ration and maintained body weight. If comb reddening occurs, delay laying by two weeks while trimming protein and meat scrap to 5 to 10 percent and feeding grain heavily.
RAT-SNAP mice poison cakes promise odor control
Rat snap comes in cake form no mixing required and is guaranteed to kill mice. One cake covers pantry kitchen or cellar while two cakes suit a chicken coop or small building. Five cakes priced at 1.25 dollars cover farms out buildings or factories. Sold and guaranteed by R. M. Lewis and Knopp and Metzger.
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R. M. Lewis and Knopp & Metzger
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Sterling
U. S
Robert L. Henry
Morris Sheppard
Texarkana
A Oe Mitchner
Sherwood
Edgar FE. Witt
Waco
H. L. Darwin
Paris
J. D. Parnell
James P. Rogers
J. Fair
Virgil E. Arnold
Sterling P. Strong
Cecil Story
Vernon
J. V. Allred
R. L. Bobbit
Laredo
Ernest Becker
J. E. McDonald
Waxahachie
A. H. King
Throckmorton
R. M. West
Navasota
Edwin Waller
San Marcos
H. L. Maddux
Alto
Robert A. Freeman
Blum
John E. Davis
Mesquite
Ed. Christian
J. R. Ball
Bryan
Charles R. Lockhart
Walter C. Clark
Supt. of Public Instruction
S. M. N. Marrs
Nat Patton
Crockett
Pat. M. Neff
Gregory Hatcher
H. O. Johnson
George H. Sheppard
Sweetwater
Arthur L. Mills
Commissioner General Land Office
J. H. Walker
J. W. Burks
J. E. Johnson
Plainview
Supreme Court
C. M
Criminal Appeals Court
O. S. Lattimore
James A. Stephens
Benjamin
Brock, Runnels County
P. C Beard
Tom Green County
Clarence C. Cooking
Anderson County
Charles D. Turner
Lt. Benckenstein
Jefferson
Harwood Stacy
Walter P. Napier
C.K. McDowell
del Rio
Wm. S. West
Brownsville
W. K. Girad
Lubbock
Marvin L. Burkhead
el Paso County
E. E
Pat) Murphy
R. E. Thomason
el Paso Coun
Walter C. Woodward
Coleman County
Alfred P. C. Petsch
Gillespie County
Judicial District of
F. H. Hammond
Burnet Coun
Harvey H
Doran J. Haessley
M. H. Thomas
H. B. Tanner
R. J. McMillan
Chas. W. Beck
Hillsboro
R. E. Dorsey
P. A Welty
Medina
Ed. King
C. W. Johnson, Jr
Young County
Delaine - Merino Rams
Ben and
Oscar Schmidt
Doss
Texas Doss Exchange
Fredericksburg Bottling Works
H. F
Bolding
Striegler
Parke, Davis & Co
Central Drug Co
Gulf Refinim
Schroeder
Shantung
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