State Oversees County Road Maintenance Under Agreement
The county and State Highway Commission began work on graded graveled and dirt roads with equipment leased on a cost basis. San Angelo district engineer supervises, with Robert Fulton as maintenance superintendent and Sanford Roe as local supervisor. County Judge Baker organized crews for town roads and O S T routes. No fixed $500 per mile contract exists. funds will cover reasonable maintenance, with more allotted for graveled sections from Kerr to Copperas Creek and beyond, up to Sutton County and Menard County borders.
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State Highway Commission
San Angelo
Robert Fulton
Sanford Roe
Baker
Kerr County
Copperas Creek
Sutton County
Menard County
Splendid Radio Programs Reach Wide Audience
Radio fans enjoy broadcasts from Atlanta to Los Angeles and Mexico City to Detroit. A Musical Association program from Omaha drew three hundred musicians and a prize for predicting dance admissions and telegrams. Attendance surpassed three thousand with about five hundred fifty telegrams received. Patterson notes D C Patterson moved from Cicero to Chicago and rooms with Louis Vierling, both at the same firm.
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Atlanta
Los Angeles
Mexico City
Chicago
Detroit
Omaha
Nebraska
The
Musical Association
Weather notes reveal record county rainfall in 1923
E Holekamp, Kimble County weather observer, records 1923 rainfall at 44.74 inches nearly double the normal. February brought a six inch snow and subzero temperature, while 1924 so far shows milder winters with only a few cold days. the coldest 1924 night was nine above zero.
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Kimble County
E. Holekamp
Ban Lifted on Re Quest of State Office
Austin report notes permission granted for 2000 Mexican Federal troops to pass through El Paso after Acting Governor T W Davidson reversed a prior decision. Secretary of State Hughes requested the route change from Laredo to El Paso, a shift tied to the troops crossing 19 miles of Texas. Also mentions C A Weise and family visiting from Menard.
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Austin
Fl Paso
T. W. Davidson
Hughes
Obregon
Mexico
el Paso
Laredo
Texas
Henry C. Wallace A longtime agriculture leader and cabinet appointee
Henry C Wallace, secretary of agriculture, born 1866 in Rock Island Illinois, educated at the State Agricultural College, and long involved in livestock business and publishing. He led the corn belt meat producers association for fourteen years and chairs the Roosevelt Memorial Association, noted for his milk contest with Mangus Johnson.
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Harding
Rock Island
Illinois
State Agricultural College
Creamery Gazette
Wallace’s Weekly
Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association
Roosevelt Memorial Association
Wisconsin
Mangus Johnson
Highway Funds Hit Over Two Million In Texas
Austin reports the State Highway Commission has more than 2 000 000 on hand from motor vehicle taxes and a 170 000 monthly gasoline tax revenue. The panel plans to fund maintaining designated highways in first class condition, freeing county funds for their own systems.
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Austin
Texas
State Highway Commission
State Commission
Early Day Business Houses in Junction Landmark History
The 30 by 100 foot Schreiner Hodges warehouse, torn down, marks a mercantile landmark. E Holekamp built it in 1886 with Llano lumber costing 70 per thousand feet delivered. It later passed to Taylor and then Schreiner Hodges, employing early workers like Martin and Hamer. only Wahl Bros. Jordan’s stone building remains from that era.
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Schreiner-Hodges Co
E. Holekamp
Llano
T. C. Taylor
Chas. Schreiner Co
J. N. Hodges
John R. Martin
Tom C. Johnston
Stella Martin
Alex J. Hamer
Taylor
Hamer
Wahl Bros. & Jordan
H. H. Allen & Co
Junction
F. W. Richardson
G. K. Gordon
Local Postoffice Receipts Increase for 1923
Postmaster Tracy provides Junction post office yearly receipts showing 1923 at 4485.71, up from 1922's 4111.23 and 1921's 4208.96. Parcel post surges before holidays, with 271 insured parcels mailed on December 20–22. Stamp sales and postal money orders also rise in 1923.
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Tracy
Junction Post Office
Junction Girls Defeat Center Point in Low-Scoring Game
The Junction school girls defeated Center Point 10 to 8 in a hard fought home game on the 12th, marking their second win over Center Point this season. Center Point, last year’s Hill Country Meet champions at Kerrville, is regarded as a top regional team.
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Junction School
Center Point
Junction
Kerrville
Copperas Wolf Club Organized
Copperas community residents formed a wolf club after prior failed attempts. Sayers Farmer was elected secretary and treasurer, funds were raised for a $25 bounty on 12 wolves, and organizers plan to use the bounty to exterminate wolves.
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Copperas
Sayers Farmer
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H. O. Patterson
D. C. Patterson
Cicero
Louis Vierling
Monaiuclear
C. A. Weise
Menard
Henry C. Wallace
Masonic Lodge
Home Sweet
Gilkison
Oscar
Smiths
Fellows
Junction Girls
Wolf Club
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