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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1939
Page
8
The University of Texas Bureau of Research in the Social Science began in 1927 with university and Rockefeller funding and has conducted 67 surveys. Topics include archaeology county government Texas history and prison management in Texas.
Texas farms growing peanuts for commercial use will receive 1940 allotments, says G F Vance AAA assistant state administrator. About 100 counties will be covered, with last year’s eight counties as prior examples. Farmers with prior peanut production or plans for 1940 must report five years of history to their county offices to determine state and county allotments.
College Station October 10. Agricultural engineer M R Bentley of the A and M College Extension Service cautions every adult to understand fuses and circuit breakers as safety valves. A blown fuse may signal a short or an overloaded circuit, requiring investigation and proper wiring checks.
The AAA outlines a 1940 range-building program with new payments for contour listing and furrowing at two and a half cents per 100 feet, mowing at 25 cents per acre with two mowings, and larger deferred grazing credits up to 75 percent. It also offers a minimum range-building allowance for small ranches and allows combining the Range Program with the Agricultural Conservation Program if chosen by the state committee.
Dr. C A Timm of the University of Texas reports that flood control units installed along the Rio Grande by the International Boundary Commission have paid for themselves through reduced damage from cloud bursts. He notes irrigation expansion, water-right tensions with Mexico, and major improvements from El Paso to Nogales.
A spruce log about 25,000 years old was found in a New London Wisconsin clay pit and identified by the Forest Products Laboratory. Comparisons with a 12,000,000 year Sequoia find and a 1492 carved shoe show wood age can mislead. wood type often outlives the era it appears to belong to.
The Home Demonstration club met at Mrs. W. H. Stevens home with roll call and a lecture on the origins of flower names by Miss Stewart. A Spanish luncheon followed for several members, and university researchers noted corrosion in ice plant brine tanks due to battery action and counter electrical charges. David Smith and family visited the city Wednesday.
In Austin a century ago experts warn high speed living strains health. Dr Geo W Cox notes time-driven stress and excess stimulants harm the nervous system. A neurologist links rapid work and play to mental lapses and nerve disorders, urging moderation and wiser leisure.
Kate Hopkins Angel of Mercy a new quarter hour five day series premieres Monday October 28 on KTSA at 9 45 a m It follows a Forest Falls visiting nurse whose life centers on helping others and includes her struggle with a son who cannot find work and an imminent crisis in her nursing work Also notes cotton ginned in our county before October 1 2 6 bales versus 218 last year.
In McMullen county a mother quail hatched a bantam chick and nine quail beside the Byrne Ranch front porch. She tended the brood daily from the edge of the yard calling to reclaim her chick, while five eggs remained unhatched. The ranch owner raised the bantam chick after it failed to follow its foster parent. The quail’s daily fuss drew attention as she tried to reclaim her brood. The note about the 1840 wheat allotment harvest appears unrelated.
At the Timken Roller Bearing Co exhibit in the Metals Building fairgoers learn hair size by a machine that measures in 100,000ths of an inch. Anthropologists plan a cross section of 100,000 hair measurements to study correlations with height age stature and race.
The piece extols school traffic patrols as a humane, life preserving program. It praises students for early-morning duties in rain or shine and urges schools to partner with law enforcement to expand such cooperative efforts for pedestrian and motorist safety. The tone celebrates youth leadership and responsible citizenship.
Thursday night around nine, a barn owned by Edwin Schlaudt on Harper Road burned. Firefighters arrived and prevented spread of flames from the well stocked barn containing hay and feed. The Presbyterian Sunday School plans a Thanksgiving Day picnic.
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