Smithwick's Observations on Comanche Life in Texas
Charles C. Hucker recounts Noah Smithwick's 1887 visit as a peace commissioner to the Comanches of Central Texas. The piece contrasts Comanche subsistence struggles with white settlement, notes internal codes and humor, and preserves Smithwick's balanced praise of Comanche fidelity amid conflict.
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Council House
San Antonio
Nobove
Texas
Noah Smithwick
University of Texas Library
Smithwick
Revision of Railway Rules Needed
Gurley argues for modernization of complex patchwork rules governing rail labor to improve equity and prevent misinterpretations by adjustment boards. He warns that penalties and backdated payments undermine moral standards and propose clearer, simpler language anchored in fairness.
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Feiew.ng
Boone
Amercan Railonds
Poon Gurley
Cannes
Asome
Gurley
Railroad
Labor
Gurney
Amercan Ra Oreoad
National Railroad Adjustment Board
Texas Game Limits Liberal in Contrast to Pennsylvania Michigan
A sportsman notes Texas bag limits are more liberal than Pennsylvania and Michigan across species. Quail turkey and squirrel rules show Texas allowing higher weekly and seasonal totals, with Texas deer and game seasons longer and more permissive than in the Keystone State and Michigan. The comparison prompts questions about state wildlife regulation rankings.
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Comal
Texas
Game Department
Austin
Sportsman
Pennylvania Game Commission
Pennsylvania
Michgan
Michigan
Keystone State
Lone Star State
Pennssania
Michigan Alsn
Texas i Pas
High Line Lighting for Barns and Farm Equipment
Farm Electrification Bureau outlines lighting layouts for dairy and horse barns including ceiling heights, spacing, and unit placement. Recommendations cover clipper outlets, special power needs for heaters or hoists, feed trough lighting, barn-wide circuits, and dusttight fixtures to reduce fire risk.
Fish Costs Drop Dramatically for Texas Hatcheries
Texas officials report fish produced by hatcheries now cost about half a cent each down from 47 cents four teen years ago. Improved fertilization, feeding, and handling cut costs steadily with 12 million fish planned for 1940. cost per fish projected near 5.5 mills.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Commission
Department
Texas Department
Truck And Bar Inventory In Texas War Drive
Austin July 50. The Texas Motor Transportation Association will cooperate with the War Department on a vehicle inventory survey of Texas trucks and buses. Lynn B B Shaw, general manager, urged carriers to report make model and load capacity as the War Department orders the survey. The inventory aims to start soon in a nationwide status check with the Texas DPS and other highway agencies distributing questionnaires. The TMTA will aid by sending forms to owners with Railroad Commission permits.
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Austin
Texas
Dr. Gee
W. Cox
Mater Als
Tena. Motor Transportation Associats
War Department
Texas Department of Public Safty
Oter
Highway Administrative Force
Shaw
T.M.T.A
Railroad Commission
Timber Wolf Pups Found in Texas Den Near Crockett
Timber wolves eluded eradication efforts by state agencies and four pups were pulled from a Crockett area den in East Texas after the mother was trapped. Two pups were killed by dogs, while the remaining pair were sent to the Beaumont Zoo.
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Game Department
Texas
Crockett
Beaumont
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