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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1922
Page
4
Editorial and production were trimmed this week due to illness among an operator. The editor promises to catch up next week. Readers are asked to prepare for Christmas ads as no time was available to solicit or set type this week.
The Pecos Enterprise defends itself from harsh readers and asserts its role in public welfare. It notes investments in West Texas printing plant, recent staff pay, and ongoing business activity, emphasizing dedication to the community and to local merchants and competitors.
The Laura well in Pecos is being bid for a new turn key hole four thousand feet deeper to reach oil. Bids are sought as investors place funds in the bank to be drawn on completion. After four hundred thousand dollars spent with many delays the old hole is abandoned in favor of a fresh start, signaling firm field faith and potential development for Pecos.
The Brownwood Bulletin reports a tom turkey failed as a nest mother at Mrs. Scott’s home near Brownwood. He sat on eggs, removed hatched chicks, and scattered about a dozen eggs in the barn yard, hoping to keep noise down, ending in a comical parental fiasco.
Texas & Pacific announces new through sleepers and coaches on trains 15 and 16 between El Paso and Dallas effective Sunday December 10. Trains 5 and 6 El Paso to Fort Worth are discontinued. Train 16 departs El Paso 6 30 a m reaching Fort Worth 6 30 a m the next day and Dallas at 7 55 a m Westbound train 15 leaves Dallas 9 p m Fort Worth 10 30 p m arriving here next evening at 5 p m Sunshine Special arrives El Paso 45 minutes earlier at noon eastbound. Pecos times unchanged per press.
U S District Court moves offices to Pecos with Judge W R Smith presiding for a week or more. Court opens at 10 a m Monday with liquor and mail related cases, white slavery charges, obscene letter, and listed jurors for September term of the Pecos court.
Doctor Mellenthin, long associated with El Paso and Internal Medicine for eleven years, will not operate but will be at the clinic for consultations and follow ups.
Dr Mellenthin a Texas licensed physician visits major towns and cities with free consultation on this trip except for treatment costs when chosen He lists his nonoperative methods for chronic conditions and notes a broad range of ailments he treats including stomach liver nerves heart and rheumatic issues Married women must be accompanied by husbands Address 336 Boston Block Minneapolis Minn
The St Louis public schools add music to accredited subjects granting four credits for music under board approved teachers. Instruments allowed are liberal but jazz tones from saxophones are barred. Over 2 200 public school students participate in organized orchestral work. aim is to make music a core part of curriculum nationwide.
In a special session the County Commissioners awarded both road projects to The Tibbett Construction Company. Contract 320 links to the old Spanish Trail at about 3.5 miles with bids from four firms and Contract 229 runs from Toyahvale to Phantom Lake about 4.5 miles. The bid spread across the eight miles totals 14290.94 dollars, roughly 1798 per mile. Next meeting is Monday December 7.
Little Miss Annie Evelyn Roberson, daughter of Hugh and Mrs. Roberson, hosted friends at the Sullivan home from 2:30 to 5 on Saturday to mark her tenth birthday. Guests offered gifts, played games, and enjoyed cake and ice cream as candles were lit.
W M Day, who has barbered in Pecos over the past year, plans to open a barber shop in the building south of Pecos Drug Store. He aims to start Tuesday with two chairs, baths, and modern barber equipment, pledging sanitary, immaculate service and courteous treatment to win customer trade.
A. E. Hayes offers a full line of Christmas trees in all sizes and prices. Now in stock and ready for order by phone or in person.
A reader reports an annual reading of Pecps oil field through the enterprise priced at two dollars. The buyer intends to share the file with a friend.
Walter F. Stephens declares he has operated a Pecos barber shop for eight years and maintains clean healthy premises free of contagious diseases. He asserts no cases of barber's itch occurred there and invites inspection, sworn December 7 1922 before Reeves County officials.
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