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Newspaper
Hearne Democrat
Location
Hearne, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1925
Page
6
Announcement from Austin states the Pat Neff honor farm at Sugar Land will continue under the administration of Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson. The plan confirms ongoing operation and governance.
Major W. M. Green announces the Ex-Texas Rangers Association will meet in Ranger from August 12 to 14 with a full attendance expected.
The improved Intracoastal Canal plan from New Orleans to Galveston Bay, aiming for a nine foot depth, with a $9,000,000 cost, was approved without objection on January 16 by Congress under rivers and harbors authorization.
Exports from the port of Galveston in 1924 totaled 2,171,739 tons valued at 382,740,013 dollars. This marks a gain over 1923 of 1,613,683 tons valued at 14,875,740 dollars, according to figures compiled by G. H. Brown secretary of the Galveston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade.
Dr. J. T. Wilhite of the State Pasteur Institute in Austin reports an epidemic of hydrophobia in Texas and advises tying up dogs. In December the institute examined 150 dog heads that died from hydrophobia.
Export cotton shipments through the Port of Houston for the season 1924 25 up to January 23 had reached 1 195 894 bales according to figures at the Houston Cotton Exchange. At the same time last year 874 418 bales had been exported.
Clifford M. Sublette, a Harlingen fruit grower, captured the $2,000 Atlantic Monthly prize in memory of Charles Boardman Hawes. Sublette pursues writing in the off-season and spends summers in field work for Rio Grande Valley commission houses handling fruits and vegetables.
Hopkins County leads all Texas counties in state aid for rural schools for 1925. A statement from the State Department of Education in Austin to Hopkins County Superintendent H. C. Bullock shows 67 county schools met requirements and were allotted aid totaling 28780 dollars.
Texas has 128 refineries with a daily capacity of 531,780 barrels, more plants than any other state, while California leads in volume with 67 refineries totaling 674,720 barrels daily. Oklahoma ranks third with 96 refineries and 851,750 barrels capacity.
State inheritance tax collections from Sept 1 1923 to Jan 17 1925 totaled $727 767 according to the State Comptroller. Commissions to county judges attorneys tax collectors and appraisers fees totaling $12 008 were deducted as expenses. Assessments for the same period and still uncollected totaled $155 071.
Senator Sheppard introduces amendments to the rivers and harbors authorization bill calling for surveys of the Houston Ship Channel from the Turning Basin as far as deemed necessary and of the Sabine Natchez waterway. The Sabine Natchez survey would cover widening the channel extending jetties easing bends building cutoffs and removing the guard lock.
Arthur Brisbane writes that U S wealth totals about 320 trillion dollars and that properly developed Texas could be worth more than the entire current wealth of the United States. The piece underscores Texas potential and national comparison.
Lieut. Governor Barry Miller turned a room adjoining the Senate over to the legislative council of Texas Women’s Clubs, an organization of women lobbyists. A committee led by Mrs. Claude De Van Watts of Austin asked Miller to provide a convenient place for the women to meet and work.
Miss Nellie Gray Robertson serves as County Attorney of Granbury Hood County and Miss Zac Drummond is City Attorney of Mission Hidalgo County. Drummond is a Texas University law graduate.
Austin stamp collectors urge a Stephen F Austin postage stamp to mark 100 years of Texas history since 1821. The local Austin stamp club forwarded the request to the Postmaster General for approval, proposing a portrait of Stephen F Austin with suitable design if adopted.
The Mary Couts Burnett Library at Texas Christian University Fort Worth will be completed and ready for occupancy by February 14. Funded by Mrs. Burnett at a cost of 150000 dollars the classical brick concrete and stone building will seat 500 and hold 150000 volumes.
The John Jacobson company started the first unit of Corpus Christi deep water channel on January 10 as part of port development. Dredging will create a 25 foot channel from the Port Aransas jetties to Harbor City. Completion of this unit is expected to take about a year.
Seed and nursery firms in Texas complain that unsigned letters from customers and prospects hinder tracing the writer. The notice urges writers to sign their name and address, and to resend if no reply arrives, before judging a firm’s honesty or intentions.
The annual report of Governor B A McKinney to the Dallas Federal Reserve shows overall prosperity in the Eleventh District. Deposits rose from 61.33 million in 1928 to 67.72 million in 1924, while resources grew to 166.98 million. Loans and discounts fell from 301.16 million to 148.38 million, and slack demand for credit reduced gross earnings.
A bronze life size statue of a western cowboy on a bucking broncho was unveiled January 19 on the Texas State Capitol grounds in Austin. Gifted by Madame Constance Whitney Warren of Paris, the sculpture formerly of New York, it was exhibited in Paris where it gained honorable mention. Both houses of the Legislature adopted resolutions thanking Mme Warren for the gift.
Fort Worth has been recognized as the leading grain center of the Southwest by Clyde W. Griffin of the USDA grain department. The Amarillo and Plainview districts, once under Oklahoma City, are now overseen by Fort Worth. In 1924 the Fort Worth Federal inspection bureau handled 32,433 cars of grain through the city, up from 17,913 cars in 1923.
Burt C. Blanton of Dallas reports the Texas textile industry now ranks second in capital investment among eight industrial groups. About 42.75 million dollars is invested, with sixty-one cotton mills totaling over 231 thousand spindles. The spindle count rose roughly 33 percent in two years ending in 1924.
A Texas cattle shipping saving was enacted by the State Railroad Commission removing a $1 bedding fee on stock cars within the state and a $2.50 cleaning and disinfecting charge for cars carrying Southern livestock. A. H. Priest of the Live Stock Traffic Association of Fort Worth announced the action after filing a complaint to annul these extra charges.
Tentative plans for enlarging the State Railroad Commission and likely merging it with the State Highway Department have surfaced for the Thirty-ninth Legislature. The Railroad Commission oversees about 16,000 miles of railroads while the Highway Commission supervises roughly 18,000 miles of good roads. Members of the former are elected, the latter appointed by the Governor.
The U S Biological Survey Bureau in San Antonio reports predatory wildlife cost Texas Livestock, especially sheep and goats, and poultry. Coyotes and bobcats are the main culprits, with further damage to the state's forage crops from prairie dogs jack rabbits gophers and rats. About 55 tons of poisoned grain were used last season for prairie dogs.
A Fort Worth display in the Burton Building features 121 factory made products. Most items originate in Fort Worth, proving Texas could become a manufacturing state with proper effort. Exhibitors include Hub Furniture Co, Fort Worth Macaroni Co, Ratliff Pure Food Products, and many others. Buckridge, in charge, notes space may be expanded for new factories opening soon.
Representative William Acker of Houston Harris County is the oldest member of the Twenty ninth Texas Legislature. At 84 he is the veteran who returned to serve after a 42 year absence. He previously sat in the Eighteenth Legislature from the Lampasas district and chaired the Judiciary Committee. He remains mentally alert and walks with a firm step.
The 1924 registrations reported to the State Highway Department sum to 804,040, including 735,270 passenger cars, 3,688 motor buses, 62,754 commercial vehicles and muck, 2,207 trailers, and 121 tractors. Eleven counties with incomplete reports could add about 30,000 more, potentially lifting total to 884,040, up 138,217 from 1923. Leading counties were Dallas 56,018. Bexar 44,580. Harris 48,595. Tarrant 34,932. McLennan 19,006. Wichita 19,564.
The State Board of Education now has a woman chairman and a majority of women. Mrs Miriam A Ferguson becomes governor and Mrs S W Meharg of Plainview becomes Secretary of State. The board includes the Comptroller Sam Houston Terrell as the third member. The 1,300,000 students and $100,000,000 in permanent funds fall under its supervision. Ferguson will head the Textbook Commission, appointing seven members with at least two women. the next commission may also have a majority of women.
The Texas Live Stock Sanitary Commission reports eradication costs near Houston total 444 825 dollars with 60 000 spent on salaries and expenses and 10 000 authorized in deficiency warrants. Total livestock losses reach 824 825 dollars with 8 500 cattle 60 hogs and 27 sheep killed. Over 140 claimants filed claims led by Rev W Jacobs at 61 490 dollars.
Maj. Gen. Mason Patrick US air service chief testifies on a $500000 Army provision to boost helium production at Fort Worth with Navy funds to carry forward next fiscal year. He cites a drop in cost per 1000 feet from 150 to about 42-43 dollars via a new carbon dioxide removal method, and a Fort Worth output near 500 million feet annually.
Texas remains the leading state in crop production value for 1924 per the U S Department of Agriculture with twenty two crops totaling 763 667 000 dollars a drop of more than 122 million from 1923 Hypothetical total crop value reached 920 081 000 dollars down 147 449 000 from the prior year Cotton led with 16 189 000 acres planted yielding 4 770 000 bales at 22 4 cents per pound and a total value of 5 344 240 000 dollars Corn ranked second with 4 600 000 acres at 17 bushels per acre and 78 200 000 bushels valued at 86 020 000 Other crops include grain sorghums winter wheat barley oats hay rice sorghum syrup rye potatoes sweet potatoes apples peaches and more with various values listed for 1924 The nine teen truck crops added 318 000 000 dollars in value among Texas items The survey notes 165 000 orange trees yielding 12 000 boxes 1 436 000 grapefruit trees yielding 104 000 boxes and 49 000 lemon trees yielding 8 600 boxes.
The article presents Mr. M. C. Allison of Fort Worth Texas sharing poultry care guidance. He emphasizes prevention via housing and feeding, with tips on water additives vaccines and sanitation. He invites readers to write for more data and notes the March conclusion of the series.
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