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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1911
Page
8
The War Department orders curb irrigation mergers on the Rio Grande, hinting at river improvements to aid navigation for war vessels. Yet the stream often floods, frustrating efforts to support border valleys and gardens. The piece warns Texas faces threats from pests and diseases from across the border more than from Mexican armed forces.
Irrigation is to be tried in central West Texas with potential use of the Brazos river if successful. Several hundred acres in the Stamford country have recently been ditched for irrigation and more are planned. The Stamford area is among the state’s richest agricultural regions and irrigation could eliminate crop failure and boost production.
A local movement funds and operates steel split log drags with county support and farmer dues, now eleven clubs in Cooke County. Businessmen often join and aid in upkeep. Civic groups promote Baptist World Alliance program and a June 25 observance. Election planned June 2 in Rosenburg for $75,000 road bonds and Navarro county good roads demonstration ahead of a bond issue. The Graham Leader and Dallas News charge $1.75 yearly.
In a recent interview A L Gooch of Austin claimed Texas stone resources surpass all others in the country. He highlighted Llano granite and Cedar Park limestone and said Texas building stone rivals Indiana's Bedford district. Gooch plans a stone plant in Austin to ship Texas quarry products statewide at competitive prices.
A Hillsboro Board of Trade display features wheat grown by T. J. Hammond seven miles north of Hillsboro. The Mediterranean variety yields 20 bushels per acre with large heads and mature grain, signaling growth of the county's wheat district despite drought. Texas roads funding, Good Roads movement support, and a Federal building contract for Victoria are noted.
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Government engineers begin a preliminary survey of the boundary between the United States and Mexico. The Rio Grande currently marks the line but shifts its bed, complicating the border since the Treaty of Peace and now seeks a more permanent border location.
The Price-Brooks Manufacturing Company will open a canning factory in Mineola within weeks. A contract will be let soon for two new buildings by the Cotton Palace Association in Waco, slated to be ready before the Cotton Palace opens in the fall.
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