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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1933
Page
4
Mayor Tolliver announces a Pecos City emergency due to a rabies outbreak among animals. Dogs must be confined or muzzled. dogs found running at large will be captured and killed.
Brookfield from the ranch returned Monday with supplies and to conduct business. He notes that the recent high winds have dried moisture but grass and weeds remain plentiful and stock are doing well in his section.
Sid Hopper returned Monday from a trip to Longview Shreveport Houston and other points south and east. In Shreveport he tried the new 3.2 beer and reports it is OK. Budweiser Schlitz Pabst and other familiar brews are on sale in Louisiana at the old price of fifteen cents for a sixteen ounce bottle.
Tidwell and Beall sold 315 head of steers shipped to the Imperial Valley last Thursday. W B Mitchell and Sons sold 564 head of calves shipped this Tuesday.
Miss Poe's unveils a pretty new mid-summer millinery assortment this week giving shoppers fresh hat styles and vibrant trims.
Mrs W R Rhodes, ill at home for four weeks, is able to be out again and will join her husband for a two week vacation at Vernon. The Free Lance Star notes the enduring presence of Col Lewis Howe at Roosevelt's side and ponders the political insight that comes from knowing Howe.
Mayor B A Tolliver proclaims Saturday April 29 as Straw Hat Day in Pecos City urging all men to switch from felt to straw hats. Attest: Earl Easterbrook, Secretary.
Brewster County goat raisers sold nearly all their spring mohair to a Boston firm at 15 cents per grown and 30 cents per kid. The auction fetched more than double last year’s prices, with about 100000 pounds moved from a Marathon warehouse, marking a countywide sale reported by the Alpine Avalanche.
Cleveland Davis, 48, tax assessor of Andrews county, died after a wreck on the Odessa to Andrews highway. His car was sideswiped by a truck, his arm crushed, and he died hours later from shock and blood loss. The report notes a string of similar accidents in the area involving the left arm resting in the window and a truck sideswipe.
Under a Navarro County District Court order dated January 17 1933 The First National Bank of Pardons judgment against W W Hammons M D J B Adkins R H Waller and J F McDowell triggers sale of the South 300 acres of Section 12 Block C 19 Public School Lands Reeves County Texas. On June 2 1953 at 4 pm the Reeves County Courthouse door will host a public auction for cash of the defendants interest. Sheriff Loris Roberson Pecos Texas.
Mrs Normen Scott hosted a linen shower last Friday for Mrs Jack Mays of Wins formerly Hazel Reeves a Pecos young lady. Twenty young matrons attended and presented many beautiful useful gifts. Refreshments of homemade ice cream and cake were served at the end.
The H. W. Martin well was completed last Saturday and after initial cleaning it produced about 140 barrels in the first 24 hours. The flow was recorded on guage with the well showing a strong initial output.
The Pecos Carlsbad highway from Mentone to Pecos will be black topped soon with hauling underway. Armstrong and Sons expect to finish caliche surfacing within about a week. Young Bell travelled to Fort Stockton Tuesday for business. Local hat shop promotes white and pastel hats for graduates and family. Tomatoes for sale via J Moore.
Bill Hamilton returns from the Casey ranch stating several hundred horses and cattle were on the property with many aged stock sold at about 37 per head. Antelope also graze on Casey and Sibley ranches. He found rattlesnakes and rats while splitting a log and killed some of the rats.
A poem praising a simple reliable car that starts itself with no bells or licenses. It celebrates cheap upkeep with sturdy tires and spark plugs, a body that lasts, and few wants, contrasting with costly modern cars and daily bills. The speaker thanks the Lord for unwavering reliability in an automobile.
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