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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1941
Page
5
The Sunday event begins at 10 A.M. and continues into the afternoon featuring Bronc Riding Goat Roping Cigar Races Calf Roping Steer Riding and Calf Turn Loose for men over 40 by Ottmar Schnerr Adults pay 35 cents Music and refreshments are available on the grounds Barbecue for dinner and supper.
A Texas study shows armadillos dig many dens that serve as safety retreats for fur bearers like skunks opossums and cottontail rabbits. Excavations in Chambers County revealed many opossums in armadillo dens while Pennsylvania's woodchuck earns protection for providing shelter to furbearers pheasants. Farmers in Texas report winter incomes from trapping, some paying taxes.
The Defense Savings Program urged by Gale F. Johnston, Field Director, promising affordable security options from 10 cents to 53750 dollars per year. He framed thrift as national defense, noting investments support production and defend the United States. The article also mentions Kerrville and Harper residents in local society notes.
An 1903 Winnsboro notice outlines strict seasonal limits for deer turkeys quail doves and prairie chickens and notes no limits on other species. It contrasts early Texas motor car travel with modern hunting access and cites potential wildlife profit from reservoirs like White’s in Chambers County. A Houston Zoo albino white buzzard was added to the collection after injury.
Texas traffic fatalities dropped 34 percent in March with 112 deaths versus 169 the prior year. First quarter 1941 shows a 5 percent decline from 1940, though the year earlier saw a sharp March total. Federal and state officials cite defense traffic, speed limit and license law effects, with military and defense workers comprising about 10 percent of fatalities.
A boy asks how people reach far corners of the earth and the father responds with a simple, blunt explanation. A bystander complains about a masculine report and the physician suggests blindfolding to settle the doubt.
April rainfall totaled 6.69 inches per official weather reporter Alfred Neffendorf, ranking among the heaviest Aprils in recent years. The deluge exceeded two inches in places, with some sections over three inches, and the Pedernales river rose about 15 feet, the highest since 1936. Barons Creek ran higher than since a devastating flood years ago that washed away several Fredericksburg bridges.
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