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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1938
Page
3
Kerrville residents confront a serious weed problem as bitter weed spreads through gardens and fields. Local crews report rapid growth threatening crops, pastures, and roadside greenery, prompting calls for control efforts and community cooperation.
County Agent T W Hillin warns farmers and all residents to prevent the spread of a deadly bread weed into Kerr County. The weed damages grazing by reducing land value and can kill sheep and goats. spread follows watersheds and ditches. Community meetings are urged to organize eradication efforts.
Mason County residents woke to a Saturday blaze estimated at fifteen thousand dollars. Fire crews battled the fire as alarms rang and crowds gathered, with crews securing the scene and investigating the cause.
A blaze ripped through the C A Kensing garage destroying two Volunteer Fire Department trucks five cars a machine shop and a 40 by 100 foot concrete building. Loss was estimated at about $15000 with no insurance on Mr Kensing's property.
A blaze scorched the jail adjoining the west side garage at Fort Mason Hotel. Deputy and Mrs. R. B. H. Foy aided by their children helped move out items as two boys held in the jail were released and assisted in the evacuation.
Mason County news notes Mason Starks of Wichita Kansas bought two well bred Mason County horses to train as polo mounts. The purchases from Robert Polk and Wilkes Bode mark the twelfth local horse sale by Starks in the past two years. Prices ranged 165 to 250 dollars. Starks is a five goal polo player with the Wichita team and traveled between Mason and Wichita for a series of games this week. Mrs. Starks joined him on the trip.
The Texas Highway Commission on Tuesday awarded contracts for drainage structures and flexible base on U.S. 290 Harper Road to Thomas and Ratliff of Rogers. Cage Bros. of Bishop won the Llano Road project. Copperas Creek bridge work on U.S. 290 in Kimble County goes to Purvis and Bertram of Fort Worth for 94,061 dollars.
Perry Hardin of the County Assessor-Collector's office testifies to a late night fishing incident on the San Saba river. Roy Ragsdale and he saw a large black bass jump into their boat near midnight, landing the fish on the stringer after lantern light.
Frank Shannon and Carl S. Shannon announce in The Wharton Spectator the statewide poll results for daily and weekly newspapers. The item highlights McCraw and Woodal as leaders in the survey with nominees and voter interest noted.
The piece notes Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in a Metro newsreel at the Lantex Theatre while detailing a newspaper poll on Texas races. It cites William McCraw leading the governor race, Walter Woodul ahead for attorney general, Coke Stevenson leading lieutenant governor, and mentions a Goldwyn-Mayer comedy Swiss Miss screening July 5 and 6.
The commissioners court of Liano County will meet on July 7 1938 to receive bids on a pull type grader with twelve foot mould board hydraulic control weight at least ten thousand pounds bank cutting type. Bids require a cashier's check for five percent of the bid amount. J W Currie County Judge
We express deep appreciation to friends neighbors and relatives for kindnesses during illness and after the death of our husband and father Mia W A Ashley Reuben Ashley and family Carlos Ashley and family
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