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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1938
Page
2
The Pecos Enterprise and Gusher consolidated May 16 1925 underpublisher Barney Hubbs and editor Vestel H Lott. Subscription rates remain at two dollars per year and one dollar for six months with notices filed at Pecos Texas post office.
The National Consumers Tax Commission reports that 63 percent of taxes hide in purchase prices. For a family earning 500 to 2500 dollars, indirect levies equal the federal tax on 7500 dollars. Hidden taxes total 160.50 dollars, 12 percent of expenditures, behind only food and housing costs.
Gas as a metaphor for fiscal restraint grows among congressmen who hope for balanced budgets and a clear plan to retire the public debt. The piece warns that reckless appropriations could derail recovery, urging prudence in finance. It notes the era’s view of health as golf and a birthday as a necktie joke.
Geo Slaughter of Wharton, head of the Texas Agricultural Conservation Committee, lauds the 1938 cotton loan rate set by the U S Department of Agriculture at 8 30 per pound for 7 8 inch middling with grade differentials. Loans range from 5 30 cents for 13 16 inch low middling to 10 75 cents for 1 1 8 inch long good middling or better. Slaughter says loans aim to steady the market and aid holdouts, while higher rates would have worsened the market and foreign demand. Texas A and M extension workers welcome the tiered rates as correcting past blanket loans that hindered quality improvement.
The Eisenwine family and Mr and Mrs J L Barker express sincere appreciation for floral offerings and other expressions of sympathy during their bereavement. Signed by Mrs Beau Eisenwine Mrs J E Eisenwine and family Mr and Mrs J L Barker and Sonny.
Complete measurements on every lady's garment ensures a perfect fit by Pecos Laundry and Dry Cleaners, offering precise tailoring services and professional cleaning for womenswear.
N H Darden and Vernon L Sullivan surveyed Pecos river area for a major irrigation project. Nine to ten thousand acres near Arno and along the Santa Fe line are planned with Texas Irrigated Land Co backing the effort. Oil field activity and new sulphur ore finds boost Pecos area. Mrs Sid Kyle buys a new Franklin for church work. S C Mack dies at 53 in Pecos after six months illness.
A nocturnal thief marked three Pecos businesses Ailes Motor Co White House Grocery and Bar B Q Pit for a midnight raid last Monday night all three were burglarized. Reeves and Ward counties farmers adopt new scientific methods via Ted Johnston Texas A M Extension Service who began duties here weeks ago. Judge J A Crane Mae West act Barney Hubbs and others star in Rotary Scandals next Wednesday night. High school band endowment aims with the third alumni dance on December 22 at the high school. Abilene Construction Company awarded 54382 contract for the new elementary school building. County offices to move to Reeves county courthouse on December 27 per Judge J B Woolfolk. J Lee Johnson 75 pioneer West
A drug advertisement urges that a three days cough signals danger and promotes Creomulsion as the potent remedy. It claims it calms inflamed mucous membranes and loosens phlegm, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Mary Elizabeth Davis a 13-year-old schoolgirl earned the Red Cross Life Saving Certificate the Presidents Medal of the National Safety Council and a $150 Continental watch for saving her 11-year-old brother Texan from danger.
San Antonio reports WPA funds of 324670 to continue eradication efforts of cattle fever ticks in Texas. Project led by Bureau of Animal Industry and Texas Livestock Sanitary Commission targets East Texas timber region with 782 WPA workers and 277 sponsor staff. Materials valued at 42000 provided by sponsors. Buy Christmas Seals.
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