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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1923
Page
5
The First National Bank of Pecos praises E. L. Collings Insurance Agency and American Eagle Insurance for settling a loss quickly. The February 5 incident was proven February 10 and a $1,000 check arrived February 21, sixteen days after proof. Readers are urged to seek insured protection locally.
Radio Texas Market News reports mixed demand in grain with Ft Worth bidding wheat at 1.25 to 1.40 per bushel and corn near 90c No 2 white oats 61c to 62c red oats 55c maize around 33.00 per ton. Cabbage and greens show light movement but Chicago Kansas City and others show strong tendencies. spinach and mixed vegetables pricing vary by region. Poultry eggs and live stock demand rise after a freeze with hogs brisk in Fort Worth and cattle and calf prices steady at several markets including Kansas City Fort Worth and Dallas.
A 200000 acre state park in the Davis Mountain range with 7000 foot tablelands and Mount Livermore climbs was urged to the Legislature by a joint committee after a 1921 inspection. The panel led by Senator Fairchild and Speaker Thomas said tourism funds would stay in Texas and noted abundant game and plant life. Attending officials included Robison and Brooks.
The Collector of Internal Revenue James W Bass in Austin Texas announces a general extension for domestic corporations to file 1922 and 1923 returns to June 15 1923. Tentative returns must be filed by March 15 April 15 or May 15 1923 with at least one fourth of estimated tax and a reasons statement.
The Enterprise notes Birge Holt, the district attorney, delivered a forty five minute, highly convincing speech in the State vs John Bell murder trial at Midland. The case, moved from Howard county, ended in conviction before Judge Henry Ritsell. Holt, young yet skilled, shows potential to join West Texas top lawyers. Also announce Toyah millinery sale Friday and Saturday March 2nd and 3rd.
A. E. Pistole, Rio Grande Division superintendent of the Texas and Pacific Railway, took possession Tuesday night of a Ford touring car equipped with flanged wheels to fit T and P tracks. He can travel the division anytime without relying on train service.
A fragment urges owners to bring dead batteries for repairs and promotes cheap want ads at Slack's Battery Station. It mentions DIY mischief and a joking threat about animals, then pivots to suggesting Eixde as a solution to battery troubles.
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