March Report on Texas Farm Crops Summary
Texas farm cereal stocks on March 1 show wheat barley and oats above 1923 levels while corn remains tight with only 55 percent merchantable, 4.8 million bushels shipped out, and imports rising. Texas corn reserves total about 27.97 million bushels, hay at 328 thousand tons, and storage houses report 8 thousand bushels market stock with 6.6 thousand bushels U S No 1 grade.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
H. H. Schutz
U. S
United States
War Material for Mexico Sold by United States
Washington disclosed that over 1 million dollars in surplus war materiel have been sold to Mexico’s Obregon government in a string of deals since January. About eight sales total, delivering 1900 bombs for aircraft used against Adolfo de la Huerta’s forces, plus 38 machine guns, 5,010,000 rounds of rifle ammunition, and 11 DH-4 airplanes.
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Mexico
Washington
United States
Obregon
War Department
Adolfo de la Huerta
Fur shipments peak at New Orleans area ports
Trapping centers in Louisiana claim to be the nation’s largest raw fur shipping points. New Orleans, Houma, and Morgan City closed record seasons with over 1.5 million dollars in furs marketed through Houma and over 1 million through Morgan City. By February 15, Morgan City alone shipped over 662 thousand dollars by express, excluding boat and freight consignments.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
Houma
Morgan City
America
Terrebonne
Express
Dallas Bonds Approved by Attorney General Office
Dallas authorizes an issue of 2,000,000 dollars in city water works bonds at 4 percent with serial maturities. The attorney general's department also approves two Hall County road bond issues totaling 176,000 and 250,000 dollars at 4 1/4 percent with serial maturity.
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Dallas
Austin
Tex
City of Dallas Water Works
Attorney General’s Department
Hall County
Government Seizes Or dina Liner For Bond Request
New York government on Friday demanded a one million dollar bond to permit the Royal Mail liner Or dina to sail next Saturday. Officers face trial on liquor and narcotic smuggling charges. Pleas of guilty were accepted from two of seven crew members.
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New York
Royal Mail
Ordina
President Recommends Tax Cut to Congress
President Coolidge on Tuesday sent a special message to Congress recommending a 25 percent reduction on income taxes for 1923 be authorized before March 16. The proposal aims to ease tax burdens and stimulate postwar economic recovery.
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Washington
President Coolidge
Congress
Strawberries Blight Hits Alvin Tex Fields
Local farm report notes strawberry crops near Alvin Texas suffering blight effects on pAlthotes and related rows, impacting yield and market outlook for the season. Early surveys indicate patchy damage with certain varieties showing reduced fruit set and color. Researchers urge careful monitoring and coordinated pest management practices.
Texas News Highlights From State Totals And Bills
State treasurer receives 779000 tax remittance from Bexar County. Bell County Histories Society formed with 70 members led by Dr. A Dienst of Teiplé. Crockett school maintenance tax and new school house for negroes pass about 3 to 1. Grimes County road district No 4 bonds approved. Ten miles of state highway contract let between Chenango and Fort Bend. Eagle Lake independent school district bonds issued. Fort Bend County road district No 7 bonds issued. Cotton prices and season advances discussed. Wharton Inter scholastic League to meet in El Campo March 21-22 with county schools in three classes. Insurance taxes rise to 100000 daily for John M Scott’s office. Wheat conditions improving per H B Dorsey. Farm Bureau Cotton Association to distribute 5360970 on March 25, total 23186866 to date. Petroleum Geologists convention in Houston March 27 with 500 delegates expected. Gainesville Girls’ Training School February cost 74069 per capita 123.48. 60 inmates. Total institutional cost 228832. Railroad commission to review ground fire clay rate dispute April 8. Crockett water supply praised for purity from deep wells. DeWitt County road district No 6 bonds 135000, matched for Glacieria Gulf highway. Willacy County votes 250000 road bonds for Sebastian to Kenedy line highway with concrete shoulder. UT endowment deposits 2000000 in 180 banks ruled illegal. attorney general ruling sought. Texas park board awards 133 acres near Beeville, first state recreation acquisition post San Jacinto battlefield.
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Texas
City of Crockett
Crockett
DeWitt County
Glacieria Gulf
Willacy County
Cameron County
Sebastian
Kenedy County
Lyford
Raymondville
University of Texas
State Board of Education
Dead Men’s Money in State Treasury
In Austin the state treasury holds thousands in escheated and settlement estates with no heirs or absent claimants. Since 1874 about $34,000 has accumulated, including $11,370.64 in escheated and $23,442.44 in settlement funds, awaiting rightful heirs as the state stores the money until someone proves entitlement. The latest addition is $312.60 from J. T. Mays of McLennan County, with no known heirs.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Dota
J. T. Mays
McLennan County
U S Agents Seize Radical Rebel Circulars in Del Rio
San Antonio officials report that Agent Parker of the Department of Justice ordered the confiscation of 100000 inflammatory revolutionary circulars in Del Rio. The flyers accuse Obregon of selling the country to a powerful nation for warships airplanes projectiles and money amid the Mexican civil war.
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San Antonio
Tex
del Rio
Parker
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Mexico
Obregon
Recover Bodies of Miners at Castlegate Utah Disaster
Rescue teams report 163 bodies recovered from the Castlegate Utah mine where 173 workers were entombed. All mine sections have been examined and a thorough search begins for 10 unaccounted men.
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Castlegate
Utah
Frost Heads Pine Association in New Orleans Convention
E A Frost of Shreveport La was unanimously elected president of the Southern Pine Association at its ninth annual convention in New Orleans Wednesday. He was nominated by retiring president John H Kirby of Houston Texas.
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New Orleans
E. A. Frost
Shreveport
Southern Pine Association
Frost
John H. Kirby
Houston
Texas
Texas club receives 25 pairs of quail from Mexico
C B Oliver president of the Texas Amateur Field Trial Club of Caldwell announces the club has obtained 25 pairs of quail. The birds were operiated on their field trial course in Caldwell. The acquisition aims to bolster the diminishing domestic supply as the quails were imported from Mexico.
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Caldwell
Tex
C. B. Oliver
Texas Amateur Field Trial Club
Mexico
Prohibition Chief Probes Dismissed Wet City Claim
Washington. Prohibition Commissioner Haynes was directed by President Coolidge on Tuesday to investigate charges by Rear Admiral Charles P. Plunkett, commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, that Washington was the wettest city in the United States.
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Washington
Haynes
Coolidge
Brooklyty Navy Yard
United States
Texas Postmasters Nominated
Washington Texas postmasters nominated Tolbert Hannon Richmond Amos EB Duffy Matagorda
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Texas
Washington
Tolbert
Hannon
Richmond
Amos EB
Duffy
Matagorda
Feathers Shipped From Brenham To Feather Duster Plant
A carload of turkey feathers was shipped from Brenham Texas on Friday by two local dressers to a feather duster factory, continuing Brenham’s small industry in poultry by products.
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Brenham
Tex
Minois
Lenroot Quits as Chairman in Senate Inquiry Move
Washington reports the retirement of Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin as chairman and member of the committee Tuesday, overshadowing other developments in the inquiry. The note marks a leadership change amid ongoing investigations and shifts in committee roles.
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Washington
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Lima plants 26 mile Arbor Day tree memorial route
Lynn Timmerman of Lima Ohio presents trees for a 26 mile double row along the Allen county highway serving as a memorial to the late president. Mrs Warren G Harding assists by planting the first tree on Arbor Day.
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Lynn
B. Timmerman
Lima
Ohio
Warren G. Harding
Timmerman
Allen County
Ite
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