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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1914
Page
4
Ballinger reports progress on a major irrigation project across the Colorado River. The dam will create a lake and supply water for irrigating over 100,000 acres nearby, with the work quickly advancing toward full swing and the Southwest's large-scale irrigation plans.
Graham will open a modern sanitarium with surgical and medical treatment at moderate cost. Drs. Duncan and Griffin head the medical staff. A trained nurse is employed and Mrs. Oma Beckham will be in charge of the institution.
The Beckham residence is being remodeled into a modern sanitarium under Mrs. Oma Beckham with Dr. R A Duncan and Dr. H E Griffin in charge. Miss Elizabeth Knipp will head the nursing staff and indigent patients may receive free treatment if sponsors cover hospital fees.
The Better Farming Special train began its Cotton Belt tour in Texarkana on January 13, with stops planned along Texas cities ending at Guskin on January 30. The focus this year is soil health and dairying with home improvements also emphasized, and lectures will be brief with many Q&A sessions.
Walnut Springs starts track material arrival and steel laying immediately for a 14 mile railroad from Walnut Springs to Glen Rose. Construction is funded by Walnut Springs and Glen Rose capital as a sign of local business prosperity and progress.
J B Scott of Coleman Texas champions the sixth National Corn Exposition in Dallas February 10 to 24 1914 as vital for stock breeders and farmers. He cites beef shortages and gains from diversified farming urging teachers and youth be educated in scientific farming to raise better cattle and crops.
Texas will host the Sixth National Corn Exposition in February with exhibit halls of ears of corn and samples of wheat oats barley flax and hay. Dallas secures National Corn Association cooperation for educational exhibits and entertainment features.
At the Sixth National Corn Exposition in Dallas Texas on February 20th Michigan displays twelve loaves to compare bread made from various wheats. Speakers include Anna Shaw Percy V Pennybacker Julia C Lathrop.
Prof J Thomasson of the U S Department of Agriculture notes silos ease explaining their purpose in Texas. He cites 2500 silos sold in the state last year and says the Sixth National Corn Exposition in Dallas February 10 24 1914 will show how silos aid dairying profitability for dairymen and farmers.
C O Moser, president of the Texas Dairyman’s Association, leads the dairy department of the National Corn Exposition in Callas Texas February 10 to 24 1914. Dairymen meet February 11 for Silo Day and Beef Cattle Livestock Day. A dairying school will teach profitable feeding sanitary milk handling and butter contest procedures with prizes. Texas butter exports lag behind imports and there is emphasis on improving butter quality locally. The article notes cows yield and cost data and urges Texans to attend February 11 to learn milk cow results.
Mrs J Boog-Scott urges all wives mothers and teachers to support the sixth National Corn Exposition by promoting higher ideals of living. The Woman s Welfare Work Department will showcase educational college and domestic science exhibits to improve farm life and reduce costs while mothers councils promote better babies and rural welfare through Texas University and the College of Industrial Arts programs. Social centers and cooperative work will receive focus and deserve attention from women in Lone Star State seeking progress.
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