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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1934
Page
3
A Mexican worker on the Kingston ranch near Phantom Lake received permission to dig a flat undisturbed ground. He expected a cylindrical shaft with a 10 foot width and 15 to 20 feet depth, a fireplace, and possible treasure. He found a ceremonial room instead, but no gold or silver was discovered, with another similar site on the ranch awaiting exploration.
Alpine laboratory head Dr. Frank P. Matthews reports an SOS from Van Horn cattlemen. Cattle are dying after eating an as yet undetermined poison plant. The plant site features rock walls and a former fireplace. locals speculate on Indian worship and phantom lake history.
Texas leads in birth rate with 17.9 per thousand, ranking first among states in the Census release. Last year 107,924 births were filed. the notice urges timely birth registrations for benefits like passports, school age proof, and voting rights, and notes a farewell meeting for soldiers bound for France with focus on air power.
Louise Thaden won the Pecos landing field leg of the Woman's Air Derby Thursday morning with Amelia Earhart second. Florence Barnes crashed during landing but was unhurt, ending her race.
The Interprise reports William Dean died of infantile paralysis in an ambulance en route to artificial respiration near San Angelo. Over an inch of rain drenched Pecos country, ending a long drought. PWA engineers approved the Red Bluff project. A blaze at the West Texas refinery caused about 10000 dollars in damage. Washington approved Pecos federal building site titles. The first 1935 cotton bale arrived from John Dorr at Grandfalls.
He has served five years as a judge on the Supreme Court Commission of Appeals and was unanimously reappointed after one term. He is believed deserving of promotion to the Court itself. This political advertisement is paid for by his friends.
The Methodist Revival meeting opened Wednesday with Rev. Buller preaching. The notes list numerous local visits and travels of residents including Pollitt Burchard and family, O J Valentine, J W Jones, Leroy Matthews, Tinnin family, Beckie Seay, Inez Thomason, YWCA in El Paso, A W Trosie, Cephas Woozencraft, Wooldridge Tinnin, D A Thomason, Jester Wise, Harold Lewis, Frances Keating, G J Taylor, Ethel Elaine Corcoran, Reeves couple, and a newborn son born August 15 weighing seven pounds.
Lake Balmorhea, normally storing 7000 acre feet of water and reaching 40 feet deep, is now nearly dry with a deepest point around 6 feet. The water season has mostly passed in the valley and the low level puzzles observers as mountain rains usually fill the reservoir by this time.
CCC funds from Balmorhea camp flow into Pecos commerce as Peer Three truckloads of boys arrive. Local merchants report substantial purchases and Pecos is expected to receive the bulk of the camp’s spending.
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