Dry weather tensions on Gillespie ranches curb grain progress
Gillespie farmers fear continuing dryness as the range dries and grain finishing rides on rain. Oats yields were decent with 60 bushels per acre reported in Crabapple, averaging around 30. Wool sales occur privately via Woerner Company as talks on wool subsidies linger unresolved. Government wolf trapping expands in Texas with Andrew McKinney noting 36 wolves caught and 46,000 wolves last year. trappers operate statewide with no formal schooling required.
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Gillespie
Woerner Company
Andrew McKinney
Enchanted Rock
Texas
West Texas
McKinney
Couny
Rotary well drilling machine sets new water depth record
A new rotary drilling rig drilled an 82 foot 10 inch well south of the city in record time. Set up at 11 a m it reached completion by 7 p m with casing in and Seyler System treatment to prevent surface seepage. Demonstration marks first local use and plans for five surrounding counties. Fredericksburg Implement Co. named local agent for arrangements.
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Seyler
Fredericksburg Implement Company
Stonewall Beats Bandera In Ten Inning Baseball Game
Stonewall defeated Bandera 9 to 8 in ten innings on Sunday. Pirates face Harper next Sunday at Harper. Social notes report visitors and visits from Kerrville, San Antonio, Austin, and Texas City, with various relatives and a UT graduation.
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Pirates
Bandera
Harper
Paul Klein
Kerrville
Marlene Schneider
San Antonio
Louis Klein
Alfred Riba
Austin
Robert Segner
Bobby
Hilmar Eckert
Virginia Lee
Eddie Kramer
Elgin Eckhardt
Edmund Duecker
Virginia Weinheimer
Alvin Weinheimer
Weinheimer
University of Texas
Simon Burg
Ernest Hodges
Texas City
John Bean Manufacturing Company
Lansing
Michigan
Eugene Grelle
Hot Dry Weather Aids Harvesting At Willow City
The hot dry spell accelerates harvest around Willow City with nearly all fields gathered. Residents hope rain will come to ease range and corn conditions as Sunday visitors include the Smith and Horlen families, plus Mr. and Mrs. Trimble and Kurt Martin’s son Charles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willow City
Ferrel Smith
Emil Horlen
Trimble
Llano
Kurt Martin
Charles
New Braunfels
Harper Ball Club Beats Seipps 5 to 3 in Sunday Game
The Harper baseball team defeated Seipps of Fredericksburg 5 to 3 on Sunday afternoon. The rest of the column covers local social events including a kitchen shower for Miss Elizabeth Gammenthaler, bridal notices, and updates on residents visiting relatives in nearby towns.
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Harper
Seipps
Fredericksburg
Elizabeth Gammenthaler
Sidney Grona
Victor Harper
Earl Walker
Herbert Gambel
Clayton Feller
H. Gambel
W. W
Two-Body Chicken Found In Willow City Flock
Eddie Eckert of Willow City found a chick with two bodies and one head in Gillespie County. Each body has two feet and two wings. the birds were joined at the chest and neck. The creature died shortly after hatching and is preserved for display in the Chamber of Commerce office.
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Willow City
Gillespie County
Eddie Eckert
Chemurgic Council Plans Greater Farm Help in Texas
The Texas Chemurgic Council met in Pittsburg to review several years of progress and outline plans to expand the use of agricultural products. Science will take a more active role in Texas agriculture as the council aims to develop new uses on a larger scale.
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Texas
Texas Chemurgic Council
Pittsburg
Albert Youths Enlist In U S Army Air Corps
Albert youths Allen Joe Jacoby and George Maenius enlisted in the Army Air Corps for three years in San Antonio. The report lists their parents and the enlistment moment on Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert
U. S. Army Air Corps
Allen Joe Jacoby
Eric Jacoby
George Maenius
Alvin Maenius
Army Air Force
San Antonio
Alfred Meier
Ewald Rode
Doss
Andrew Lindig
Arthur Jenschke
Ruebin Hahne
Clarence Nielsen
Gus Pehl
Felix Pehl
Helen
Amybelle Tanner
Cora
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Rae
Gillespie Farm and Ranch News
By Jack Lawrence
Holmes Moss
Stonewall
Virginia Lee Eckert
Golden
Bway
N.Y.C
Yarbrough Audit Co
Travis Bid
By Dawn Laurence Willow
Harper Ball Club
J.F .Cook
Daniel Durst
R. B. Goff
Victor Pizzini
Ida Smith
Otto Rahe
Bruce Hagee
R. C. Hagee
Ft. Worth
Bruce
Hagee
Grace Tannehill
el Paso
Lamar Parker
H. E. Schuchard
Forrest Green
Glenn
Durham
Central Drug CO
Worner
Knapp Photo
Travis County
Helen Pehl Albert
Knapp Photo Service
Sinclair
E. W. Stroeher
Sinclair Refining Company
Arthur Holly Felix Hahne
Albert Kammlah Guenther Pfiester
Fredericksburg, Texas
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