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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1940
Page
3
Mees and Boas brothers sold their 1940 cattle herd of 11 000 pounds in Llano County. Adolf Stieler of Comfort and others arranged the deal. About 6 000 pounds brought 50 to 60 cents a pound gross while the rest sold for 48 to 58 cents.
Texas A and M Extension Service director H. H Williamson predicts refrigerated food lockers will transform family living in Texas over the coming years. The system saves families 50 to 100 dollars yearly, provides year round access to fresh meat fruits and vegetables, and promotes a balanced diet and health.
Ranchmen may receive up to 75 percent of the maximum range improvement allowance by deferring 25 percent of grazing land. The deferred period varies by county, with Valley counties from April 15 to September 15 and others from May 1 to October 1 or October 15, and eligibility depends on county committee recommendations.
Sixteen Texas markets averaged 2195.83 monthly from selling food and handicraft items. Dallas County market led with 7285.64 for 105 days, followed by Tarrant County at Fort Worth with 5726.61. Other markets operated in San Antonio Lockhart Jacksonville Nacogdoches Amarillo Tyler Abilene Livingston Belton Temple Cleburne Victoria Sweetwater and Graham.
Radio equipped four new tires and tubes included in the Ford Tudor sedan for sale at Eoening Motor Sales in Fredericksburg Texas. Mrs Jim Peril and son Rollie and Erato Hopf attended the Fat Stock Show in San Angelo where they met their son J R Peril who is attending Sul Ross College.
J E Grimland traveled to Harper for a business visit on Tuesday, meeting local contacts and discussing prospects. The trip highlights cross town commerce and regional economic activity.
College Station March 7 report by Nora Elliott shows seven eighths of Texas home demonstration club women engaged in food preparation in 1939. Of 40 000 club women 35 601 were demonstrators or cooperators across 166 counties. 865 000 women and girls learned to prepare and serve better meals.
Jack Harold White of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce lauded the Washington Star for its 1939 DC night traffic fatalities survey. He cited 45 of 85 deaths occurring at dusk or darkness, urged improved lighting, and highlighted Detroit’s 1938 lighting program reducing nine months of deaths from 32–34 to eight.
Laura Crenwelge and Fred Beaver were married Saturday afternoon at Zion parsonage by Rev. F A Bracher. Attendants were Elgin Crenwelge and Lina Crenwelge. They plan to reside in Ingram Texas where the groom works in construction.
Mrs J E Grimland returns to her ranch after a week with daughter in Sonora. She was accompanied home by Mr Hutchinson. Motor Sales Fredericksburg advertises the vehicle sale and notes the car’s good motor and fresh paint.
Edwin Jung and his two sons attended the Fat Stock Show in San Angelo Saturday, taking in the livestock displays and judging events.
On Harry Callaway’s Ringgold Georgia farm ten 100 watt electric light traps were used on three acres to cut wormy tomato fruit losses by over 20 percent compared with a 15 acre unlit check patch. Tomatoes brought seven to ten cents a pound wholesale and overall losses fell below 2 percent with energy use totaling 545 kilowatt hours. Additional notes cite broad pest control uses for gypsy moths cutworms army worms and tomato and tobacco worms with electrocuters aiding gladiolus and fruit crops.
Texas vital statistics show 129 tetanus deaths in 1938 with no clear decade trend around 130 yearly. Experts note puncture wounds and neglected minor injuries drive cases, and advise open wounds, thorough cleaning, and anti tetanus serum after punctures. Incubation ranges six to fourteen days with shorter spans more often fatal.
The Fifth Annual South West Texas Boy s Fat Stock Show in San Antonio February 21 24 drew record crowds and 37 percent more entries than last year. 353 4 H and F F A boys from 44 counties entered 781 animals, with top prizes and sale prices setting records. Grand Champion calf weighed 1195 pounds, hog champion 295 pounds, lamb champion unspecified, goat champion unspecified, all selling for high prices. Call for a permanent livestock exposition building to sustain the event and fund future premiums.
Judge Leon L. Mott 60, assistant general counsel of the Farm Credit Administration in Houston, died at his home. Born in Block Island Rhode Island he studied at Brown University and Indiana Law School and practiced law in East Texas before joining Farm Credit in 1922. He served as Assistant General Counsel since 1939.
Texas wool dealers report rising use of sisal and jute twine for tying fleeces in East and Southwest Texas, causing wool defects and docked values. Most West Texas growers switched to paper twine to avoid fiber contamination. experts note hand picking increases costs. Also notes local social visits and early spring planting activity.
George Bierschwale of Waring operates a Kentucky farm offering a stallion for service. Cohort the stallion’s sire, a 1925 bay by Grand Parade, sired 61 foals in five crops with 52 starting and 38 winners. Cohort produced 1938 two year old stakes winners Charlotte Girl Smart Trick Soldierette Ciencia and more. Standing at Blue Grass Heights Stock Farm Lexington with fee 1000 dollars for fertile mares or 750 for barren mares payable Sept 1 1939.
Mr and Mrs Roy Roberts and family of San Antonio visited relatives in Harper Sunday. Roberts plans to move to Ozona to enter the barber business. Mr and Mrs Rueben Thiele and lady of Brady visited relatives here last weekend. August and Willie Baethze of Doss were Harper visitors Friday. Mr and Mrs HL Persinger and daughter Bernice of San Antonio were weekend visitors in the W E Fletcher home.
Dairy expert W V Maddox of Texas A and M Extension notes 75,000 Texas farms have no milk cows, leaving about 350,000 farm people with limited access. Texas produced 513 million gallons of milk in 1989, with 45 percent sold to plants and 55 percent consumed on farms or sold as fluid milk. A 58 percent production increase, about 295.5 million gallons, would be needed to meet adequate per person milk intake.
Texas truck drivers may be trained as Ambassadors of Goodwill under plans by Lynn B. Shaw of the Texas Motor Transportation Association. He will ask the Board of Directors to sponsor a first aid school for all fleets and to equip trained drivers with first aid gear and white crosses for display on trucks. Also notes on Fordson Tractor for sale and visits by several local families across Fredericksburg and Harper areas.
Miss Irene Hopf, a University of Texas student, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Hopf.
Vera Kneese daughter of Mrs. Ida Kneese has been seriously ill for several weeks and is now reported improving.
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