List of Contributors to High Line Fund
A local effort to secure a right of way for the West Texas Utilities Company through Junction lists twenty guarantors, with many more townspeople contributing. The article notes some large donors, notes the route passes through Menard County, and urges further contributions to reach the required funding, with credits to be published in a future issue of The Eagle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas Utilities Co
Junction
Here
Menard
Highline
Boyd Jetton
T. B. Phillips
W. H. Baker
W. H. Wilson
Henry Marr
D. T. Whittle
Hoy Smith
John Ken
Bissett’s
Nat’l Bank
Asa G. Farmer
Butt & Garrett
Frank L. Wilson
Alex J. Hamer
Junction Eagle
Wiggley’s Drug Store
Wahl Bros. & Jordan
Fritz Hotel
E. O. Longren
Williams Cafe
Poster
Walter Buck
George Coveness
Junction State Bank
J. K
van St. Clair
J. Holekamp
Mears and
Ken
Phillip Joseph
Simons Grocery
Junction Grocery Co
Buck Horn Shop
Earl D. Tracy
J! O. Denman
T. Holekamp
L. R. Hodges
Cleve Stephen
Joe Bissett
J. A. Browning
N. C. Patterson
W. R. McKee
W. W. Buck
Hatchery Gets New Stock From Medina Lake
Local Game Warden S O Durst and deputy Chas Quist collect breeder bass and crappie for Heart of the Hills Hatchery between Junction and Kerrville. Thirty breeding ponds are filling. sixteen cans of crappie breeders are headed for the county, with more to come. Fish from Medina Lake expected to bolster rivers and streams, aiding stocking efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. O. Durst
Chas. Quist
Hubby
Hills
Junction
Kerrville
French
South Llano
Messrs
Durst
Quist
North
Llano
H. G. Perry
Emil A. Loeffler
Kerrville Backs 100 Room Hotel Project in Business District
Kerrville plans a $200,000 four story hotel with 100 rooms to rise in the business district. Kerrville citizens underwrite $40,000 plus a $30,000 site donated by Schreiner interests and L. A. Schreiner. R. L. Burney of San Antonio guarantees a $10,000 forfeit to ensure construction. Site faces Water Street with several former homes now offices. Community pledges aim to meet a Monday deadline as negotiations proceed. Police and court activity unrelated to the hotel includes witnesses in the Homer Fleming case in Fredericksburg after venue changes from Llano County to Gillespie County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerrville
L. A
A. C. Schreiner
R. L. Burney
San Antonio
Robert E. Lee
Water Street
Schreiner
Fredericksburg
Homer Fleming
Llano County
Gillespie County
O. S. T. West In Excellent Condition
Emil A. Loeffler and family visited Alpine and Fort Stockton to inspect roadwork on the Old Spanish Trail. He notes roads west of Sonora are in excellent condition, countering guides that warned of impassable stretches, and criticizes information bureaus for steering tourists to longer routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil A. Loeffler
Louis
Reuben
Alpine
Sul Ross Normal College
Loeffler
Sheffield
Fort Stockton
Sonora
Information Bureaus and
Automobile Club
San Antonio
el Paso
Rev Dekle Preaches at Evergreen for Attentive Crowd
South Llano News reports Rev. Dekle preached at Evergreen Sunday afternoon to a good crowd. Visitors from Junction accompanied him and hopes for another visit are raised. The Paint Creek school has 18 pupils under Mrs. Johnson. Farmers request rain in windy, drying weather. Many community members attend events and travel between Junction, Menard, and Fredericksburg for work and court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dekle
Evergreen
Junction
Gus Henderson
Ed Fleming
Less Fleming
Dottie Fleming
Harry Hubbell
Jack Hubbell
Chas. Henderson
Klack
Fredericksburg
Paint Creek
Mrs. Johnson
Indian Gap
Lane Hodges
Menard
Expert Pecan Grower Visits in Junction
Ross R. Woolfe a Mason County native turned Erath County nurseryman visited Junction on Sunday. He toured native pecan orchards with N. H. Skaggs and Mr. Brison and proposed thinning bottoms to give each bearing tree a 100 foot cleared radius, top working only thrifty trees, and soil cultivation with irrigation where feasible to curb pests and conserve moisture. He also cited cossation and thinning as key to preventing case bearer damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross R. Woolfe
Mason County
Erath County
Junction
N. H. Skaggs
Brison
Wolfe
Eagle
Lynch Davidson Announces New Texas Governorship Bid
In San Antonio Lynch Davidson declares he will inject a key issue into the gubernatorial race. He attacks the highway probe scandal and the current primary system, urging first and second choice balloting. He plans to open his campaign next week in an East Texas town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynch Davidson
San Antonio
Texas
Hogg and Culberson
Houston
San Antonio League of Women Voters
Davidson
East
Former Kimble County Woman Dies in Castro
Ruth Haberer born Ruth Cowsert in Junction in 1900 died January 12 at Big Square Castro County and was buried in Dimmitt. She was daughter of Mark and the Cowsert family who moved from Kimble County sixteen years ago. She studied at C I A and West Texas Normal before marrying Haberer in 1921. Her brother is John Cowsert and cousin Nat Consert lives nearby. Many local relatives mourn her untimely death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Haberer
Ruth Cowsert
Junction
Big Square
Castro County
Dimmitt
Hereford Brand
Hereford
Texas
Haberer
Mark Cowsert
West Texas Normal
John Cowsert
Nat Consert
Length of Staple Increases Weight in Sheep Study
Kerr County boys organize sheep clubs under J C Yeary. A farm boy fed and cared for registered sheep, convincing his father to switch from grade stock after a year. U S Department of Agriculture findings show fleece weight grows with longer staple, with Rambouillet study indicating staple length has stronger impact than density. Breeders can raise staple length while maintaining fleece density. Kerrville Mountain Sun reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerr County
J. C. Yeary
U. S. Department of Agriculture
United States
D. A. Spencer
United States Department of Agriculture
Kerrville Mountain
Also Mentioned on This Page
High Line Fund
Kerville
O. S. T. West
Lois
Blix Hawkins
Kimble County
Castro
G. B. Baker
Sutton County
M. Baker
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