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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1929
Page
4
The article notes summer travelers flood towns, bringing prosperity and varied needs from rest to relocation. It urges chambers of commerce and civic clubs to stay vigilant, as outsiders' impressions diffuse widely and influence a town’s image after their visit.
The Pecos commentary derides the yo-yo craze as impractical folly while acknowledging crossword fun and a sharpens vocabulary from Webster. It laments the trend as a questionable craze and calls for a mental examination of the phenomenon.
The Saturday downpour drenched a wide West Texas area, aiding late crops especially melons. Reports say Pecos canta loups will be ready for harvest within two weeks. Fire alarms kept crews busy as rain flurried across the region.
A brief item from the Reeves County Record dated July 5 1912 notes events of historical interest from the county. Names, places, and specifics are sparse in this fragment, preserving period tone without sensational details.
The Melon Growers Association executive committee ordered 400 crates from American Lumber Co of Albuquerque for the first Pecos cantaloupe shipment. The crates arrive July 13 in Pecos and melons depart July 18 to 23 via Texas and Pacific, concentrated at Chicago and St Louis. Rabbits caused most losses. rabbit proof fences helped. President Moore aims for larger next year and expects good prices this year with cantaloupes selling at $5.25 per crate retail in Kansas City.
Rev and Mrs Jno Bird and daughter Virginia left early in the week for a summer vacation, traveling to Renick West Virginia.
Newsnotes from Pecos detail Sul Ross State Teachers College summer term and town happenings. A baby girl was born July 4 to Mr and Mrs Page of Toyah at Pecos Sanitarium. Mrs H A Reynolds returns home after major surgery. Paul Morrison leaves Pecos Mercantile for Leader Grocery, George Ross takes over Morrison's post. William St Romain takes a week’s vacation to New Mexico mountains. Wheeler plans a new san itarium 72 by 72 feet with 22 rooms and large basement. Cisco cooperative Livestock Marketing Association ships two cars of hogs and one car of cattle to Fort Worth, cattle revenue about 1600 dollars. 162 hogs in total. R I L Poe stays in Fort Worth to study hog tattooing results.
The long awaited Carnegie Library contract was awarded at 10 48 this morning to Bruce Walker Company of Carlsbad and Pecos. They will start work soon, and Pecos residents anticipate a decisive victory for local enterprise as the project moves forward.
Levelland finishes three brick business structures on the east side of the square. The Hockley County Realty Co. will occupy one unit, Levelland Drug Store another, and the remaining spaces will host additional local concerns.
J C Walker and wife departed for Rochester Texas after a pleasant Pecos visit with Misses Neltie and Bea Wilcox joining for a weeks stay. Judge Leavell confined to his room while I A Whaley returns from Nashville. El Paso’s Judge J F McKenzie visits Pecos with I H Bull and Hill Hudson traveling to Wasgahachie. Marvin Covah visits from the ranch and J H Garlisle meets friends. E G Pease departs for Pine Bluff Ark while E G backs Benedicts. J C Short, a leading newcomer in Reeves County, plans a yearlong Record visit.
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