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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1934
Page
2
The item lists the lineage of Pecos Valley News and related papers with establishment dates from 1887 to 1925 and notes a one year subscription price of $1.00. It records the consolidation of The Enterprise and Usher on May 16 1925.
The article lauds Balmorhea for CCC camp placement highlighting its climate soil and scenic value. It notes rapid gunfire justice after a bank robbery near Allison Texas and credits Reeves County with readiness and modern weaponry. It praises H P Davis Pecos Chamber of Commerce secretary for securing a $300 000 soft water loan a $63 000 Ward County appropriation and other projects including the Red Bluff Pecos federal building and various camps.
Rockdale Reporter notes Democratic primary features Geo. B. Terrell as treasurer candidate though the man is actually Jefferson T. Baker who recently changed his name in court. bakers say the switch may be legal but seen by some as a cheap political trick.
The article urges re nominating and re electing J I Walker as commissioner of the general land office arguing his competence honesty and fearless administration protects public land from designs and ensures sound university and state funding oversight. It warns against replacing a proven administrator with an unknown quantity.
About four thousand head were signed for sale to the government in Pecos County. Of 713 head bought from 17 growers on Wednesday, 200 were condemned and shot. Nine cars were shipped to canneries in San Angelo and Fort Worth, with buying overseen by Capt. L. E. Hailey and appraiser F. S. Wilson. veterinary supervision by Dr. E. C. Smotherman.
Mrs. W. J. Hawkins of Waco and Miss Laura Hawkins of Washington, D. C., sister, arrived Wednesday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hawkins.
Mr and Mrs Jack McCutcheon and their new baby spent the early part of the week visiting Mr and Mrs Beau McCutch eon at their mountain home and saw many other friends during the trip.
United Press staff correspondent Gordon K Shearer reports in Austin that most Texas primary candidates do not know the value of the office they seek. Victors in the primaries become party nominees for a general election to be held Navy. On that same day voters may approve constitutional amendments altering the present pay system in a way that could be unrecognizable.
Texas officials discuss salary versus fee pay for county and precinct officers under proposed amendments. Atty. Gen. Allred says Negroes cannot vote in upcoming Democratic primaries due to a 1932 state convention resolution. He cites Nixon v. Condon and Bexar County cases, asserting the white party tradition and defending the convention resolution.
The piece argues many salary fixing statutes may be void as arbitrary classifications and special laws lacking proper local advertising. It notes candidates cannot know service territory until Nov 6 and surveys proposed constitutional amendments on taxation, county power, and a per capita tax cap of 22.50, excluding student fees and state land royalties.
Proposed amendments would let chartered cities amend charters yearly and allow city officers to serve four year terms. Current limit stands at two years. To grant four year terms, charters must specify the change.
Barbara Miller of Barstow spent the week visiting Patricia Green and Mary Kathryn Reeder.
Mrs Harrison D Hardy and her children are visiting her brother A H Maegeline of the East Texas Refining Co in Longview Texas.
A Loving County drilling note records a new well in the California No. 2 Regan McElwain area. The well reached depths around 404 feet before plugging back to 4244 feet, yielding 110 quarts of Nitro. Production ran about 26 rels per day. An Eppenauer well showed a sulfur water indication but not at harmful levels.
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