Armadillo War Sparks Texas Ranchers and Historic Site Find
Armadillos threaten ground nesting fowl in Kerrville prompting Will Boechmann to mobilize a war on the species after he killed 50 with a .22 rifle in a week. Researchers locate Mission San Francisco de las Tejas near Neches River with marker plans. Ducks and geese numbers rise on the South Plains as colder weather nears. Texas exhibitors ready for the International Grain and Hay Show in Chicago with Shorthorn cattle from Singleton Farm. Commissioner McDonald urges farmers to take the 10 cent cotton loan and comply with 1934 acreage rules to qualify for parity benefits.
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Kerrville
Will Boechmann
San Franciso de Las Te
Texas
Albert Woldert
Tyler
Adina de Zavalla
San Antonio
Neches River
San Antonio Road
Crockett and
Alto
Woldert
Miss de Zavalla
Chicago
T. B. Studer
Hemphill County
Singleton Farm
Midlothian
McDonald
Wallace
Stranger greets Quanah contractor after 50 years apart
J. C. Ferguson, a Quanah contractor, was approached on the street by a man who spoke as if acquainted. The stranger turned out to be George Brown of Missouri, visiting his daughter Mrs. Tittle. The two men, brothers-in-law and old childhood friends, had not met for half a century.
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J. C. Ferguson
Quanah
John
Ferguson
George Brown
Missouri
Buck
B. J
Movement to establish a Texas state park in the Chisos Mountains
Former State Senator B F Berkeley of Alpine leads a campaign to create a Texas state park in the Chisos Mountains deep in the Big Bend on the Rio Grande border. The range has seen little exploration aside from US Geodetic Survey work that once measured Mt Emory and declared it Texas highest peak at 9 996 feet.
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B. F. Berkeley
Alpine
Chisos Mountains
Big Bend
Rio Grande
Texas
United States Geodetic Survey
Mt. Emory
Prickly pear eradication effort in Crockett county
Ranchmen and W. H. Cameron of the Ranch Experiment Station conducted eradication of prickly pear to improve grazing land. Atomizers and stabbers with arsenic pent oxide solution sprayed the plant, injecting drops into the stem and root. Fall sap flow identified as most effective time to spray.
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Crockett County
W. H. Cameron
Town Named New Deal Texas youngest town in the state
New Deal, Texas, the youngest town in the state, formed mid October beside the Tide Water Seaboard discovery well near Palestine. The townsite sits a half mile east of the Trinity river bridge on highway 48, with a street grade linking to Long Lake road. Oil workers built rough one room box houses as crude black lettering announced the name New Deal on a public sign.
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New Deal
Texas
Palestine
Trinity River Bridge
Long Lake Road
Hog feeding plan backfires in peanut field experiment
J M Saunders Gonzales county agent advised farmers to fatten hogs by letting them dig peanuts in fields. The hogs ate many nuts but left excess on the ground. He then proposed nose ringing three of four hogs to have the fourth hog root, guiding others to clean up remaining nuts.
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J. M. Saunders
Gonzales County
Mr. Saunders
Firemen Helping Santa Bring Toys to Children
Firemen in cities and towns across the state repaint and repair used toys for Christmas distribution to underprivileged children, often with Boy Scouts delivering. Stores and paint suppliers donated dented cans and wood, while children gave discarded toys for repair.
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Boy Scouts
Santa Claus
Ber
Texas Mills Cotton Use Falls in September Trade
Cotton consumption by Texas mills totaled 5 651 bales in September, down 15 percent from August and 7 percent from September 1932. Cloth production reached 5 486 000 yards, down 20 percent from August and 11 percent from September 1932, with cloth sales at 5 202 000 yards up 84 percent from August and 1.4 percent from September last year. Unfilled orders rose to 9 186 000 yards, 19 percent above August, and surpassing last year by about 2 percent. Active spindles and spindle hours increased from August, defying the usual seasonal dip, and remained higher than September 1932.
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Texas
Christmas Bells and Aid Echo Rural Joy
In a Frio County plan relief officials assign idle men to trap wild animals under C. R. Landon supervision. Bounties for animal skins fund the trappers. The verse then notes Christmas goodwill and communal greeting to all ages.
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Frio County
C. R. Landon
Federal Biological Survey
Texas Livestock Sanitary Commission
Clarence Dittman Buried With Double-Sized Casket
Clarence Leroy Dittman aged 47 was buried recently at Pecos in a double-sized casket due to his 446 pound weight. He was widely known as the biggest man west of the Pecos.
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Clarence Leroy Dittman
Pecos
Mystery Death In Guadalupe Mountains On Armistice Day
In 1980 Lester Williams of Pecos disappeared while deer hunting in the Guadalupe mountains after separating from friends. On Armistice Day 202? a picnic party found bones and clothing identified as his by Lawrence Williams, leaving the manner of death unsolved.
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Lester Williams
Pecos
Guadalupe
Mr. Williams
Lawrence Williams
Twins record claimed at Plainview Junior High School
Plainview Junior High School claims to have more sets of twins on its roster than any similar Texas school. Nine sets attend the Plainview school, while Bowie district reports five sets in larger schools. At Plainview two pairs are boys, one mixed, and the rest are girl twins.
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Plainview
Texas
Dan L. Martin
Bowie
Cottonseed Too Hard For Feeding Value Policy Aims At Standards
The Feed Control Service of the agricultural experiment station studies how hard cottonseed cake should be to maximize feeding value, based on livestock producer complaints that much cake is too hard. A standard will be set only if hardness proves detrimental and facts support it, reflecting a commitment to Texas milled feeds meeting stated quality. Twelve West Texas State Teachers College students built a six bedroom home due to housing needs, sharing tasks and expenses. At A M College cadets live cooperatively to cover dormitory costs, renting a house near campus and relying on home farm produce. Budgeting shows some students need under $5 monthly for running expenses. About 700 of 2100 students this year work to support education.
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Agricultural Experiment Station
Feed Control Service
West Texas State Teachers’ College
Canyon
T. M. Moore
Agriculture Department
Memorial museum proposed for Texas centennial 1936
A plan to build a memorial museum on the University of Texas campus to mark the Texas centennial in 1936 is proposed. The model resembles the historic Alamo in San Antonio and a miniature version displayed in Austin drew favorable comment. The museum would have four divisions: history geology anthropology and plant and animal life.
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San Antonio
Austin
University of Texas
Free Pecans for School Children in San Saba
Ek. E. Risien known as the pecan wizard of the world invites San Saba primary grades to his pecan orchard each October for a gathering. Hundreds of children pick nuts from his trees, then the nuts are shared equally. A program for the youngsters is presented by first grade teachers Misses Lucy Rector and Fannie Walker.
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Ek. E. Risien
San Saba
Mgr. Risien
Lucy Rector
Fannie Walker
Texas 4-H boys set corn yield records in Fay ette county
Texas 4-H club boys push corn production with several high per acre yields. Waldema Kleiber harvested 108 bushels per acre, Henry Hajovsky 116, Jimmie Hajovsky 126, and Edgar Walla 128. Jimmie Hajovsky also set a five acre record with 62914 bushels. The nation averages under 60 bushels per acre.
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Texas
Tinois
Mississippi Valley
Fayette County
Acre
Waldema Kleiber
Henry Hajovsky
Jimmie Haljovsky
Edgar Walla
Jimmie Hajovsky
Deer Hunting in the Hill Country Remembered
A Hill Country Texas deer hunt memoir recounts six years of learning and patience. The narrator recalls hunting with B J and Joe on a 56,000 acre ranch near Kerrville, and finally bagging a 10 point buck after early failures. The tale links hunting skill, family memories, and Christmas feasts from the first deer rug for his son Bertram, and later for each daughter.
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Texas
Kerrville
East
Tah Buck
B. J
Hill Country
Joe
John
Joé
Santa Claus
Buck
Bertram
Austin
Gmail
Satie Claus
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