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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1939
Page
7
The fall groundwork builds next year's income through winter pastures and soil moisture reserves. Plant wheat, oats, barley, Italian rye grass and clovers early for solid stands before December. Hairy vetch and rescue grass gain favor. winter peas and vetch aid soil, while cereals and grasses depend on timely sowing and firm seed beds.
In Monahans the court session refused to allow a meeting place for a group of men connected to a proposed workers strike. The action came during a period of anticipated labor unrest following a recent pri est strike and related community discussions.
Murry H. Fly announced at the board of education meeting that Ector County schools will implement a 12-grade plan this year. A new Austin law requires 12 grades to be in force by 1944.
A telegram to L. H. Prichard of Oklahoma City president of Col-Tex and Anderson Prichard Co. states the Colorado City refinery’s main sustaining industry will continue operation during a 3 day Texas crude oil production shutdown that began last week.
The First Cavalry Division will perform bi annual maneuvers near Bal Morhea with two columns stationed in Van Horn. The first column includes about 926 officers and men and 730 animals while the second column comprises 1350 officers and a portion of the unit.
William McGraw fymer candidate for Texas governor was to be principal leader at the dedicatory ceremonies for the American Legion hut in Seagraves Sunday. Invitations were sent to nearby legion posts and a large turnout was expected.
Balmorhea forecasts place the opening of the cotton ginning season about September 1. Berksresser Gin manager Wik Meirs and Texas Cotton Industries official C. C. Boyd estimate early activity will be light for the first 20 days with operators gaining full control by around September 20.
Monahans completed municipal pool began operating last week with adult admission 25 cents and school child 15 cents. Season tickets selling, signaling community recreation expansion. Wink oil fields face production cuts but exemptions apply to wells near Wink due to water encroachment.
Local operators say Fort Stockton Pecos County will not be seriously affected by the Texas Railroad Commission 15 day shutdown of oil wells started last week. Overall sentiment in Pecos County supports the commission action despite concerns about impact on activity.
Winkler County commissioners court completed budget work and announced a 55 cent tax rate per $100 valuation for 1940, up from the current 47 cents. The action affects local business assessments and county funding for the year.
Final steps to clear the last eleven miles of the Kermit Odessa highway began this week with the appointment of the board of appraisers to set values on properties along the route.
Arrival of work or equipment is awaited this week before the contractor can begin moving gear for the $181000 water and sewer system construction in Kermit.
JAL construction seeks contractor bids this week for a 14 inch pipeline skirting the Jal area as a second large pipe line project in two months is scheduled to begin.
Fort Stockton and Pecos County property owners faced proposed increases as taxing units planned budget hearings next week to finalize 1939 rates.
Noel G Wedgworth, 32, an employee at American Iron and Machine Works in Monahans, was hospitalized in Odessa after suffering two broken neck bones in an automobile accident on Highway 80 near Odessa. He had been in a local hospital since July 28.
Rains last week increased Lake Balmorhea storage by about five feet, bringing the total to nearly eight feet and ending the water shortage menace for the season.
About 1,700 wells in the McCamey Yates Crane Cowden and Galt McElroy pools were shut down last week by a Texas Railroad Commission order. The wells show an estimated potential daily output of 4,490,661 barrels with an allowable around 65,000 barrels.
Information emerged this week on a large Marfa development set to open by November 1. J C Fuller Marfa attorney announced a business building of 6000 square feet for Safeway Stores.
A district court jury ruled last week against the city of Alpine and the Texas Highway Department in the suit brought by Frank Dees proprietor of Westside Courts Alpine for 5000 dollars. The case centered on the rerouting of U S Highway 90 past the Dees property.
Seven acres of different grass seeds were planted on the Mrs J L Moore and W E Moore ranch six miles northeast of Balmorhea in Toyah Creek Watershed. Project Conservationist Zech C Cameron said the Moores cooperate with the Soil Conservation Service and seed plots will be fenced and grazed.
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