Brady Water and Light a City Asset and Prosperity Driver
The Brady Water and Light Works finances all city operating expenses from earnings rather than taxes. For the year ending May 15 1939 revenues reached 122 872 72 with a net profit of 22 850 14 despite floods and plant downtime. The system offers low electric rates and a favorable water rate and funds expansion including a new million gallon reservoir with WPA and city matching funds. There is no municipal debt on the plant and bonds steadily paid down into 1939.
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East Texas man pursues snake dairy hobby in Longview
Thomas Carter, of Longview, collects and breeds snakes as a hobby with the aim of profit. He keeps 30 to 35 snakes in a 200 foot pen, harvests venom for antitoxin sales, and describes careful handling and water needs. Carter also runs his father’s drug store and has a coin collection valued at about 150 dollars.
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Baylor University
Debt figures show revised sewer indebtedness totals
The document records a hand of 10 596 dollars and shows 8 500 dollars for the current indebtedness as of June 30. It lists sewer funding figures including 66 000 and 67 000 in the related accounts.
Gold brick scams lure victims across the Mexican border
Sheriff Chris Fox warned Americans about Yaqui gold scams profiting from a border trade. In the past year at least 19 560 dollars were lost to schemes involving a supposed gold export from Mexico with victims from Detroit and Iowa reporting multi thousand dollar losses. Fox described a typical setup with a Mexican insider and a companion, promising transport of gold for resale in the United States, but the gold never materialized.
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