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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1914
Page
2
Hunt county commissioners court orders an election to decide the issue of 400000 dollars to build eighty miles of improved roads across the county.
A promising coal field has been discovered near Brownwood midway between the Santa Fe and Rio Grande tracks. The deer part of the vein is ten feet thick. One thousand acres are under lease.
Citizens of Littlefield Texas reported a Thursday mirage showing Amhurst eight miles away hidden by a hill and Olton twenty five miles distant beyond sandhills. the note by Gorham Leader cites the sight as a notable atmospheric illusion before the new law took effect.
A Philadelphia mayor claims he can remove two thirds of jailed boys within a year if bad plays are banished from theater boards and harmful books are suppressed. A British official links juvenile crime to impure reading, urging public morality as private acts influence society. The public debate centers on private deeds affecting public outcomes.
The San Angelo Standard calls for widespread silo adoption across Concho land, arguing silos are vital for preserving maize and fodder, feeding stock through winter, and improving farm profits with affordable methods or self construction.
The Cotton Belt institute train begins a thirty day tour in East Texas offering a school on wheels for farmers. Railroads aid farmer improvement and marketing, showing cooperative spirit between industry and agriculture and a belief that farmers are the source of prosperity.
A feature describes the Okefinokee Swamp in Georgia as a vast, largely unexplored region marked Impenetrable and Unexplored on government maps. It notes mixed populations, former slaves and Confederate deserters living there, dangerous quagmires, and lumber operations limited to swamp edges with temporary planks and steam cables.
Sherman January 13 the Grayson County Hog Association held a large banquet at the Chamber of Commerce with about 150 attendees. D. R. Murray of Fort Worth gave the principal address on More and Better Hogs. Other speakers discussed how to raise more hogs presenting a six hogs and twelve turkeys menu.
A January bulletin from the Federal Department of Agriculture reports 416000 bushels of old corn in Texas granaries at the 1913 harvest. Delayed new crop gathering would have forced Texas farmers to pasture livestock. the corn would feed domestic animals in the state.
The Waco Morning News has been purchased by the Southern Publishing Company led by president R. B. Spencer of Waco. The new owners say the paper will oppose liquor traffic but will pursue progress and uplift in all directions.
Dallas reports calendar year 1912 operating expenses of 3.32 million dollars more than any Texas city. Fort Worth follows with 3.016 million and Houston with 2.111 million. Most revenue came from general property tax. public utility taxes covered about 10 percent. Houston also tops the state for public enterprise taxes at 270 thousand dollars.
The article stresses drinking water to prevent fatigue and heat stroke. It notes waste products like carbon dioxide and lactic acid are cleared by body fluids to the lungs and kidneys. It warns that insufficient water leads to accumulation of wastes and cites empty canteens as a cause of heat collapse in the army.
Forty five head of full blood Karakule sheep sold by Middlewater Cattle Co of Startley county to a Charlottetown breeder in P E I for 13600 dollars. The sale marks the highest price ever paid for Karakule sheep in Sartley county and likely the state.
H C Hudson of the R L Perminter place north west of the city earned 1100 dollars from twenty eight acres of peanuts this year. The Big Springs Herald notes peanuts as a profitable crop and feed crop option for farmers, suggesting partial shifting from cotton to peanuts to stabilize income.
A local notice warns players and supporters that without a poll tax receipt they will not be counted in this year’s game. The message emphasizes compliance and participation in the athletic event.
Dave McMillan of this city wed Miss Alpha Ritchie of Breckenridge at the Breckenridge Methodist parsonage and returned to Olney. A fire at Jim Hill’s Olney home caused smoke and minor damage to a baby’s bed, with neighbors extinguishing the blaze. Also, C. S. Bonds and Kathryn M. Andrews married at the Baptist parsonage. they will live in Dallas. The Newcastle Register reports local visits, births, and brief notes on residents and candidates visiting Graham and Newcastle.
Albert Kay, Horace Morrison and 8 K Murdock of Gra ham were in the city on business. Mrs Rhea Cox spent the week with her parents at Indian Mound. Miss Ida Watson of True passed through Newcastle en route to Proffit where she teaches. W P Stinson of Eliasville, county judge candidate, was in town shaking hands. Jno Proffitt, recently in California, arrived Monday and plans a few days here. He has a full beard and resembles an Arctic explorer.
Brownwood January 13. The Santa Fe Railroad subway project here is about completed built entirely by the railroad at a cost of 50000 dollars. The railroad plans further improvements to ease traffic at this location.
Amarillo reports government experts tested ensilage as cattle feed. Two equal herds fed for thirty days, one on grass and cottonseed cake, the other on ensilage with a small amount of cottonseed cake. Grass herd gained 22 pounds on average, ensilage herd gained 105 pounds.
The excerpt argues for legislative attention to marketing farm produce and creating new opportunities for home owners workers and investors. It calls for cooperative ownership of cotton gins a warehouse system rural credits at reasonable rates and laws that foster builderesque enterprise and cooperative business across industries. It envisions cooperative finance and easier access to funds to grow farming ventures.
County records show a surge of farmer ownership in 1913 with large numbers of tenant farmers purchasing farms and making small down payments. Bankers report several farm mortgages taken up recently as prosperity follows bountiful crops and tenants becoming owners. There are 6,493 farms in Fannin County, with 2,099 owned and 4,309 operated by tenants.
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