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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1935
Page
1
The Dallas News called Ken Regan the Adonis of the Senate at the Inaugural Ball. The governor of Texas hailed Mr and Mrs Regan as the most handsome couple in the capital, as Regan moves toward Austin and potential state senate prospects.
The piece recalls past hubbub over Ross Sterling and wife as governors. It notes a recent event where Mr. and Mrs. James V. Allred were left to dine at the Executive Mansion after inaugural festivities. No mention made of Jigs and Ma’s conduct.
A reader comments on a county road built from the highway to the hau li, noting it is as good as the unpaved highway portion. Van Havis, who supervised the county project, deserves credit for the fine work.
Q Hinkle found a city automobile license receipt for Ott in an old paper stash. Ott drove a service car, an ELMS model, now in the automobile graveyard. Uncle Bill Oden remembers a long west Texas residence and a 49 year old tooth filling linked to a dashing cowboy era. Treve Heiser saves the tooth for an exhibit.
A single dollar started by D. W. Bozeman circulated widely and returned this week bearing endorsements from 42 local firms and individuals. Two sheets of blank paper were added, asking passersby to sign their names as it moved on.
Curis Melrey appointed as watch at Red Bluff dam reports first week figures for Reeves Ward Loving and Pecos counties. Seventy four men from Reeves Pecos, sixty one from Ward, ten from Loving and majority from outside the area called for work.
I J Slaton formerly of San Teelo arrived in Pecos this week to take over the Jim Prewit poultry farm, which he has purchased from the Prewits.
August Stadin, a worker at the Bluff dam, sustained an injury while working on a truck at the damsite and received medical treatment here Monday.
The City of Pecos will deposit $170,000 to the First National Bank of Pecos from a Washington approved Public Works Administration requisition. The city will own the Pecos water distributing system after transferring funds from the Dallas Fed to the local bank. The purchase includes the waterworks plant from Community Public Service Co and the option to acquire all equipment for 50,000, with work expected to start in January including drilling additional wells a mile south of Pecos委.
A Pecos County grand jury was summoned by District Judge J A Crane to consider the murder charge against Rafael Lujan in the Tuesday night killing of Pecos resident Antonio Marquez. Lujan reportedly confessed claiming self defense as the jury sits in recess.
Red Bluff Water Power Control district employees relocate engineering offices from Pecos to a three-building lodge complex at the dam site. The complex, built by Brien and Marr of El Paso, features a North Span ish design with durable materials and aims to blend with the dam area. The facilities include a central lodge, two cottages, and automobile stalls, with dirt terraces and a landscaping program under way to enhance views of the reservoir.
Reeves County commissioners and local business leaders met at the courthouse to consider a PWA loan and grant for a new three story courthouse. The present building, dating from 1915, is costly to repair with leaks and inadequate vault space. Architect John Decker proposed a modern three story design with a new jail and improved heating, estimated at 125000 to 145000 dollars, with a bond election required.
County Agent Ted Johnston announced 1985 cotton acreage reductions will follow last year's method with a 2 percent cut. The Bankhead bill, approved by referendum in December, remains in effect across Texas and the South, with smaller cuts than last year after 25 to 40 percent reductions previously.
Pecos banks show a 40 percent rise in deposits from 1934 to 1955, totaling about 267,006.33 dollars more, while loans at the Pecos banks failed to keep pace. The Citizens State Bank at Toyah mirrored the deposit growth, with Reeves county banks in strong liquidity overall despite loan totals lagging.
Reeves Wrard Loving and Wickier counties ended a government cattle purchase program January 15 after seven months with about 35 000 head bought and roughly 490 000 dollars paid to ranchers. Calves sold for 14 50 to 16 and feed costs eased slightly improving outlook.
Ranchers across the county show a record number of applications for federal feed loans as drought strains persist. Agent Ted Johnston notes emergency drought freight rates remain in effect, offering about a one third saving on feed shipments. blanks are available at his office.
recovering here from an injury two weeks ago at the damsite. Barnes' hand was crushed in the accident necessitating the amputation of one finger. Physicians report him recovering.
Reeves County Sheriff Louis Roberson asked Senator Ken Regan to obtain the committee findings on Reeves county law violations. A Monday wire from Regan stated the Reeves county report was very favorable and complimentary of local law enforcement officers.
County Attorney Richard L. Toll delivered a detailed address on the history of the legal profession at the Pecos Rotary club meeting held Thursday at noon in the Orient dining room. The talk honored notable American lawyers and welcomed Whit M. Waide as the club’s newest member.
The Pecos Chamber of Commerce Trades Day committee proposes monthly events and a Christmas Cash Prize plan. The committee met Tuesday and recommended a series of trades days with H. G. Meyer D. W. Bozenan W. L. Sherrod Keith Camp Floyd Brownlee and L. J. Weod outlined as members. the plan will be submitted to a merchant meeting early next week.
Antone Marquez, 47, Pecos Mexican section resident, died from two deep throat knife wounds and a heart dagger thrust on Wednesday morning. Charges of murder were filed against Rafael Lujan. Funeral services were held Thursday. a preliminary hearing for Susan was scheduled. Marquez survived by a wife, three daughters, a son, and two brothers.
A venire has been summoned to report Monday morning in South district court to hear the murder trial of Blas Cereas indicted for the November stabbing death of Francisco Aguirre here.
Mrs Regan complimented a photograph of Mrs K M Regan and described her as one of the most gracious women in Austin official life. The photo appeared this week in the Austin American and was also shown in the Dallas News.
Fort Worth bishop H. A. Boaz of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will visit Pecos Saturday morning. A luncheon in his honor at Bradon Coffee Shop at 11 30 will be hosted by the First Methodist Church officials and other interested men. Tickets are fifty cents.
To Conduct School H W Stanley chairman of the trade extension department of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce will conduct a two day Merchants Institute here on January 30-31 under auspices of the Pecos Chamber of Commerce. Lectures at Brandon hotel lounge room and free to everyone expenses paid by the Chamber of Commerce of Dallas.
Special ranger Jack Winfrey woke and reached for a shirt when a rattlesnake about two feet long appeared under the table. He killed the snake and quipped that snakes make a fine companion, though it was a lone moment at the dam.
McKee Low on New P. O. McKee Construction Co of El Paso appears set to win the contract for the Pecos federal building. Bids opened for the 175,000 structure showed McKee with a low bid of about 156,000 to 164,000 depending on material choices. Formal notice of the letting is anticipated soon, with local labor likely to benefit.
Finishing touches were put this week on office buildings at the dam site for McCall Engineering Co of Waco and K K Armstrong and Sons. McCall's offices are framing in a group with Grieve and Lairndin, while Armstrongs occupy a standalone structure on the east riverbank.
Mrs L S Peters of Mentone reports her bid to operate the Red Bluff Lodge and Dining Room was accepted by the Red Bluff Water Power Control district board. The lodge will be a modern building with ten hotel rooms and a public dining room or coffee shop opening soon.
The Reeves county census is under way with Alfred Mills conducting in Balmorhea and Tovah and James F. Ross serving the remainder of the county as census takers. The process is progressing satisfactorily as statistics are collected.
Earl Brown of Minneapolis a leading wealthier and former gubernatorial candidate in Minnesota was a visitor in Pecos over the weekend and stayed at The Brandon hotel.
Reparations were made to resume drilling soon on the J. BE. Cunningham-Eppen nier Drilling Co. No. 1 Toyah wildcat at Tillar. Engines and pumps were overhauled as the well, at 3673 feet, yielded a gas flow estimated between 25 and 26 million cubic feet. Mr. Cunningham said tests showed the gas was sweet and noted a sulphur odor from water at various strata. Leasing activity continued in the Toyah area.
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