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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1934
Page
7
A county campaign promotes the Texas Type Pit Privy as the best disposal method where sewage is unavailable. Federal labor provides free installation while individuals pay for the unit. Sanitary supervisors warn diseases like typhoid fever and dysentery spread without proper facilities, noting reduced incidence where the privies are used.
A Philadelphia estate hosts a reproduction of the Taj Mahal in India repurposed as a bird sanctuary, attracting visitors and wildlife enthusiasts to observe the structure and its avian inhabitants.
A Pecos region summary tracks early norther and frost dates at a Big Valley ranch wall. It notes rancher Elmer Jones buying ewes, leasing land between Toyah and Kent, and plans for alfalfa in Balmorhea. others move sheep into Fort Stockton and Tow a areas as cowmen shift toward sheep.
Williams Kerr Chevrolet reports the 1934 line features knee action suspension, a 50 horsepower motor, roomier sturdier bodies, and greater speed. An El Paso advanced showing drew strong interest with 100 car orders after the display. Demonstrators expected in Pecos late January to early February as demand swamps production.
QCD transfers include Edna Hight to Florence L. Drummond covering 1342 and blocks 11 12 338 with L 22 23 25 Original Pecos. Geo L Drummond et al to Florence L Drummond same 1548. Glen J Wood et ux to F T Section et ux L-1 B 29 W P RD. WD R O Moughan Lettie Moughan Brooks et al to W B Oates L-1 etc. same 1365. WD F W Elliott H T Collier W 1-2 Sec 40 Blk 57 T-1 T&P.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy and floral offerings during bereavement. Names include Louis, Dorothy and Billy Cole, Mrs Hugh Roberson, Ronald, the twins, Annie Evelyn, Mrs John Cowan and family, Mr P R Payne, Mrs Roy Ware, W D Johnson, and Co J Charlee. Also notes Alfred Dunhill tobacco shop rents $2,000,000 annually in New York.
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