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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1925
Page
4
The Enterprise Pecos Valley News chain, with roots dating to 1887, consolidates with Pecos Times on June 1 1917. John Hibdon serves as editor and owner, with a weekly Friday issue and subscription terms listed.
Rain fell across West Texas signaling relief for the region with copious showers reaching the sand hills near Monahans last night. The storm is described as a generous rainfall that benefits local agriculture and water supplies.
Reliably informed that drilling material has shipped to Kent and hauled to the Northern Reeves County field. Once a derrick is erected and a well spudded in, Reeves County may surge to a leading position again.
Cotton planting dominates on the farms with cantaloupes and watermelons rising. Early cotton appears and rabbits from nearby ranches ravage fields. Farmers deploy poison and shotguns to control the infestation.
Mr. L. E. Lockhart of the Rio Grande Company, with refineries in El Paso Phoenix Nogales and Los Angeles, meets E. L. Stratton. The firm, a strong independent with pipelines, is entering the producers class as large land tracts are leased and added to Stratton holdings. Announcements of development are promised soon.
May 3 to 9 marks Music Week with classical programs by masters. Reeves and Ward counties join major centers as music teachers prepare concerts for residents. The Enterprise publishes a Music Week booklet with eleven cuts featuring bands orchestras and choirs as keepsakes.
Geologists foresee summer development linking Reeves county with Artesia to the north and Big Lake to the south. The Northern Reeves structure is described as offering rich opportunities in one of the country’s most productive oil basins. Events move fast in the great oil fields.
A visit by Sir R W Cohen of London a director and stockholder in Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company suggests large scale development may follow in Reeves county with prospects of bringing similar activity to the Wortham field.
The Baptist Church will open Sunday with The Christian Race as the morning sermon and A Great Rock in a Weary Land for the evening message. Sunday School starts at ten with all ages welcomed. The Men’s class, B Y P U, and Sunbeams show strong interest. public invited. Pastor J M Garner.
First Methodist Church reports strong Sunday attendance with growth each week at the Big Brotherhood Class. Services begin 9:45 am Sunday School and 11 am preaching at the Pecos Auto Company, plus 3 pm Junior Missionary Society and 7:15 pm League. Walter H. Vanderpool, pastor, invites all to attend.
H C Abell of the American Gas Association told the Texas Public Service Information Bureau that President Coolidge aims to curb oil use in industrial heating. He warned oil supplies may last twelve more years, pushing industry toward manufactured gas and a decade of massive growth and 20 million gas customers.
Opinion argues keeping girls on farms is vital to civilization. The piece urges rural recreation centers, church and fraternal support, and better roads and communication to attract girls to farm life. It credits individual initiative as the engine rebuilding American farm life.
A brief stock market note mentions a roast themed item tied to a market drive. The reference to a numbered phone line appears as a quirky slogan. No clear event date or named organizations are given.
An editor and a merchant debate billboard reach versus newspapers. The merchant complains his mother in law’s obituary was omitted from the paper. The editor explains he printed it on the merchant’s billboard to ensure wider readership.
A short dialogue sketches Bill Shiftless ignoring critics and a keen friend noting he avoids both knockers and opportunity, highlighting a stubborn, self-assured stance. The exchange underscores Bill's defiance and the friend's perceptive line about chances.
Rice Thrasher reports Purdue University held an investigation of 50 graduates chosen for success not grades. All had averages above 80 percent. 75 percent maintained 90 to 100 percent across four years and 6 percent ranged 80 to 85 percent, suggesting high grades correlate with postgrad success.
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