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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1933
Page
2
A brief note records the consolidation of the Pecos Valley News and Pecos Weekly Times in 1917 and the Enterprise and Gusher combining in 1925. The items mark lineage of Reeves County publishing history and note the watered one year period for Hopy.
A local Enterprise editorial reflects on the Christmas season stressing kindness, renewed friendships, and sharing with others. It urges readers to value human relationships over possessions and to express appreciation through cards or gifts during the holiday period.
The Red Bluff Water Power Control District requests a permit to appropriate unappropriated Pecos River water for irrigation of about 145000 acres across Reeves Loving Pecos Ward Counties and for hydroelectric power. A public hearing is set in Austin on January 15, 1954, to hear all interested parties. The project includes a 500000 acre foot reservoir with a maximum diversion of 1500 cfs, and dam construction described as earth semi hydraulic with a crushed rock cover.
The Pecos Chamber of Commerce added 48 new members boosting monthly income by about $45. D. W. Bozeman reported the drive at a Chamber luncheon at Brandon Hotel Coffee Shop. New members were welcomed individually as officials and members offered remarks.
A $35 bicycle will be one of the Christmas gifts for Pecos residents. The bicycle, a dendy, will be given away by the Lewis MacCutcheon Grocery and Market at 5 o clock Saturday afternoon December 23. Inquire at the store for details. Tell Them You Saw It in the Enterprise.
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