Subscribers highly pleased with the Enterprise
The Enterprise reports many subscribers paid three dollars for two years and sent encouraging notes. Letters from Mrs. B H Ward, L B Russell, Wm R Gaddie, Tom Garrard express appreciation and support. They highlight a tough period yet value the paper and its community reach.
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A. A
Enterprise
B. H. Ward
Daltlas
Colorado
L. B. Russell
Comanche
Toyah Bell No. 2
Ramsey No. 1
Jersey
Hampshire
Ancona
Jerseys
Reeves and Ward
Tom Garrard
Midland
Tom
Pecos Valley
Bridge Club Party Fetes Mrs Browning’s Departure
The Thursday Bridge club enjoyed a party hosted by Mrs. Clay with Mrs. O J Bryan taking high score. Mrs Woody Browning received a sterling fountain pen and pencil as she prepares to move to Houston with her husband, amid ice course and afterglow of the gathering.
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Clay
O. J. Bryan
Woody Browning
Browning
Hovuston
Ethel Reynolds
Dean Wolff
W. H. Moore
Fort Stockton
Jim Sharpe
Medill
Ora Pruett
Fyelyn Slack
Examination for Teachers Certificates Held
An examination for teachers certificates was held last Friday and Saturday at the of Mrs. Wylie Qole county chairman of the board. Participants included Mary Miller Misse Caroline Suisi ma Alexander Fleena Vaughan Fessie Seay Velma O'Brien Mabelle Millis and Elise Roberson.
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Wylie Qole
Mary Miller
Caroline Suisima Alexander
Fleena Vaughan
Fessie Seay
Velma O’brien
Mabelle Millis
Elise Roberson
Pecos Electric Gin Co Receives New Motor
The Pecos Electric Gin Co. received a large motor this week and plans to start ginning cotton by Tuesday. The arrival signals the facility will soon operate to process local harvests.
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Pecos Electric Gin Co
Stop the Slaughter of the Texas Blue Quail in Its Tracks
N. R. Morgan in the Dallas News urges strict protection of the Texas blue quail across the Great Plains region. He argues the birds control insect pests, support farming and orchards, and should face no open season or slaughter. If overabundant, locals can harvest for family use.
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Texas
Great South Plains
N. R. Morgan
Dallas News
Oil and Gas Flowing From Dayton Wells
Illinois Producers No. 1 near Dayton New Mexico shows oil and gas production at 1900 feet depth with 38 to 40 gravity oil. Wells Hawkins and Brown pump about 25 barrels daily. Gas used to fire the boiler. water and gas separate from Hawkins well. Illinois Producers lease 59,000 acres. El Paso visitors foresee a large Roswell area field.
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Illinois
No. 1
Dayton
N. M
F. M. Filler
Louis Hellberg
Ilinois
Pecos
Hawkins
Lake McMillan
I Hand
Hellberg
van Welch
Brown
Oil Drill Boosts Quinby No. 1 Prospect Progress
Fort Stockton reports Quinby No 1 in section 19 block 140 along the T and St L railway was treated with two forty quart nitroglycerine shots to straighten a crooked hole. The drill has since advanced with encouraging gas shows of around half a million feet and oil sands observed. Fishing near Troy well section 20 remains hindered by an obstruction as crews strive to clear it. Grant well No 6 section 19 block 140 and the well known 592 on section 592 G C and S F railway remain idle at this time.
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Fort Stockton
Quinby No. 1
T. & St. L. Railway
Maj
Quinby
Troy
Grant
Harry Woods Trips to Arizona for Short Sojourn
Harry Woods traveled to Arizona for a brief stay lasting a few weeks as part of a planned visit last week.
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Harry Woods
Arizona
Program of the Teachers Institute Here September 3 7
The Pecos Teachers Institute opens September 3 offering lectures and sectional meetings on public school topics. It promises lodging and local recreation, with sessions led by F. P. Guenther, Lillie W. Cole, Alice Kline, and others, plus discussions on reading, arithmetic, and English.
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C. A. Johnson
Teachers’ Institute
F. P. Guenther
Lillie W. Cole
Alice Kline
Roberson
C. E. Whitehead
Barstow
Alice B. Kline
L. L. Thurston
Jas. Rose
John Hibdon
Jim
J. L. Spears
H. W. Morelock
Texas
Cattlemen Win Lower Rent Lease Plan In Santa Fe
State Land Commissioner Justiniano Baca and cattlemen reached a plan for new leases at 3 cents rent on state grazing lands on the east side, replacing 5 cent leases. Cattlemen must pay all arrears to Oct 1 at the old rate before switching, with officials confident schools and state institutions will suffer little if any revenue loss. Attorney General Helmick will review legality tonight.
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Justiniano Baca
Hall of Representatives
Baca
Hinkle
Helmick
Isabel L. Eckles
Nathan Jaffa
Board of Regents
The
State University
David Chavez, Jr
Land Office
Farr Buys Bessire Store in Toyah
J L Farr traveled from Toyah on Wednesday and closed the purchase making him owner of the late F A Bessire store. He has leased the building and adjoining residence and moved his family to Toyah. Farr, who once worked with the late Mr Bessire, expects strong local support and reports a satisfactory business outlook.
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J. L. Farr
Bessire
Toyah
F. A. Bessire
Farr
Tovah
Mr. Bessire
Glasscock couple welcome eight pound daughter
Mr and Mrs Will Glasscock are the happy parents of an eight pound daughter born Wednesday morning.
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Will Glasscock
Teachers Conference Schedule Readied by Mrs Kline
The program lists sessions for Thursday September 6 and Friday September 7 led by Mrs Alice B Kline and others. Topics include What the Superintendent and Community Expect of a Teacher and Intramural versus Extramural Athletics.
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Alice B. Kline
J. M. Garner
Alice McKennie
J. R. Humphrey
F. P. Guenther
Kline
R. B. Norman
Interscholastic League
Teachers’ Library
Pecos River Storage Urged To Aid Texas Agriculture
The Pecos river commission reports a severe water shortage this year with groundwater wells outperforming river water. Proposed storage at Red Bluff and sites near Alamogordo canyon and above Carlsbad aim to conserve every acre foot for Texas areas, with meetings planned in October to gather legal data for projects.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
C. T. Pease
United States Reclamation Service
Peco
Burges
Roswell
Artesia
Red Bluff
New Mexico Line
Texas
Sullivan
Alamogordo Canyon
Fort Sumner
Carlsbad
Commission
Thomason
Pecos
el Paso Herald
Pecos School Announces Graduation Credit Changes
The Pecos school district clarifies no radical administration overhaul this year while outlining new graduation requirements and course availability. Four credits per year, sixteen total to graduate, potential loss of correspondence work, and limits on foreign language offerings are noted with upcoming changes promised next week.
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Pecos
State Department of Education
R. B. Norman
Mrs Finley Visits Relatives Then Ranch Stay
Mrs. G. B. Finley returns home from a summer visit with her mother and other relatives in San Angelo, followed by another visit with her husband at the ranch.
Paramount Show Advertised by Pecos Enterprise
The Pecos Enterprise is chosen to carry Famous Players Corporation National Demonstration for Better Pictures ads. The drive, involving 17,000 theatres with 1000+ in Texas and Oklahoma, promotes higher artistic and moral standards and reduced production from 100 to 52 films annually. Prominent names include Adolph Zukor, Gloria Swanson, Cecil B. DeMille, and Thomas Meighan with upcoming titles such as The Ten Commandments and The Covered Wagon.
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Pecos
Famous Players Corporation of
New York
United States
Texas
Oklahoma
Adolph Zuker
Famouss Players-Lasky Corporation
Authors’ League of America
Europe
Henry W. Taft
Elissa Butler
Fannie Hurst
Rex Beach
Basil’ King
George’ Barr Baker
Thomas Dixon
Zukor
Paramount Pictures
Gloria Swanson
Thomas Meighan
Pola Negri
William S. Hart
Leatrice Joy
Lila Lee
Antonio Moreno
Lois Wilson
Richard Dix
Huntly Gordon
Glenn Hunter
Mary Astor
Theodore Roberts
Robert Agnew
Jack Hoek
Riccardo Cortez
Walter Hiers
George Fawcett
Ernest Torrence
Cecil
Pecos Oil Field Sees Slow Progress and Proposed Tests
In the Pecos oil field scattered efforts show slow progress. Bell well crew spent part of the week clearing about 100 feet of a crooked hole and re‑lining the casing. A visitor, B. J. O'Reilly, plans to reach Pecos from Niagara Falls to resume work on the Ramsey No. 1, formerly Toyah Bell, as Hersheson interests transfer concessions to Grant and Trey operators for deep testing if needed.
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Pecos
Bell
B. J. O’reilly
Niagara Falle
Ramsey No. 1
Toyah Bell
Hersheson
Fort Stockton
Rain Benefits Stockmen In Dry Toyah Region
Frank Seay traveled from Toyah Thursday and reported fine rain extending north and northwest. Rain covered substantial dry grazing land, likely aiding stockmen in the area. The section had been very dry, with many cattle moved or thinning in flesh this season.
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Toyah
Frank Seay
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