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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1937
Page
3
Alfalfa markets show limited trading and movement with prices down across most grades in Kansas City. Demand remains mixed with soft forage buyers active, while No. 2 grade lots sell well. droughty weather in Kansas and Nebraska boosts quality notices but worm and grasshopper damage slow later cuts.
Thomas B. Gallagher, formerly of Amarillo, named passenger traffic manager succeeding W. J. Black who retired July 1 after 51 years with the Santa Fe. Gallagher rose from clerk to the top passenger post in about 31 years, joining the company in 1906 at Amarillo and holding key posts before becoming assistant to the VP in charge of traffic last year. Mr and Mrs O C Weatherby visited from their Toyah ranch over the weekend.
Local firm Higginbotham-Bartlett Co relocated this week to a larger yard and offices across the street east of Reeves county courthouse. Manager T Y Casey expects moving and yard cleanup to finish by week’s end. The notice also covers condemnation proceedings by Red Bluff Water Power Control District affecting a right of way along a Pecos River transmission line, with the special commissioners named to assess damages.
Mrs. J W Duncan Reeves county jailer found a drunken man loitering near the jail and, while her husband was away, escorted him to the jail’s best cell for the night. Sheriff Roberson defends her actions and states Mrs. Duncan will work outside during the Fourth of July celebration.
Richburg is chairman of the Pecos rodeo committee named by the American Legion with members including secretary treasurer R Henry Blackwell Dudley Yard Harry Hinkle and John Correll. Buck Jackson chosen as general manager with arena director Tuffy Alley and assistants Sheriff Louis Roberson and Lloyd Jenkins.
Pecos Texas based Pecos Federal Savings and Loan Association announced a prosperous six month period ending June 30 1937 with eight loans totaling 16000 four for new home construction and 3 percent dividend for the period Investors contributed 13477 through share sales. All mortgages are first liens on real estate and shares up to 5000 per investor are insured against loss by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. The association is among 286 Little Rock Bank members serving local housing finance needs.
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