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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1934
Page
4
Texas A and M Extension Service notes two AAA features: insurance benefits based on past production and flexible adjustment of contracted acres. They explain adjustment may raise or cut production to secure fair prices and farmer welfare, with liberal use of contracted land amid drought.
A deal is under way to lease 200000 acres west of the Pecos for five years. The area, once exclusive cattle range, now draws sheep interests as fences span thousands of miles in the past two years.
Mr and Mrs L H Rhodes and children from Dalhart visited this week with Mr and Mrs W R Rhodes, the Dalhart Rhodes being superintendent of schools there.
Iceland's Great Geyser erupts with hot water reaching about 200 feet above its basin, which spans 70 feet in diameter.
R. W. Scott of the medical department at Western Reserve University in Cleveland maintains a collection of 5,006 human hearts in his laboratory as described in a local advertisements item.
O G Hardman was indicted by a Lea County grand jury after being arrested in Jal New Mexico for placing poison in water at a road camp nearby. He faces new bond requirements or jail after previously posting 10000 dollars. Several workers sickened and horses died from camp water though all men recovered.
Gov. A W Hockenhull announces the state comptroller will allow out-of-state trucks to enter New Mexico empty and without license charges to buy farm products for transport to other states. He urges reciprocal agreements with neighboring states and communities along the state lines.
Under the cotton adjustment plan Texas farmers received first land rental payments averaging about 45 dollars per producer for 49 993 units. By June 4 total checks distributed reached 2 275 072 to farmers in 46 counties. Projected 1934 calendar year payments total about 47 500 000 with 255 653 signers of the 1934 contract and 4 900 000 acres of reduction anticipated.
Miss Juliette Phillips and John Swartzback were married at the Carlsbad courthouse in New Mexico on June 7 1954. The couple, popular in Mentone, will reside in Mentone where the bride taught last year and the groom works as farm boss for Eppenauer drilling company.
John Williams custodian of Berstow school grounds had the football field west of the high school sodded to Bermuda and seeded with hope for water this summer. County grader Joe Swann and Judson Ellsworth assisted. field leveling and irrigation could produce a usable playing surface by school start. Two Berlin women sentenced to year in prison for failing to report foreign currency.
Ulysses Simmons of Province Town Massachusetts says he found four fully feathered hens nominally developed inside the stomach of a caught otter. He states the unusual discovery after he trapped the otter recently and reads The Advertisements for details.
Texas Extension Service reports a successful winter beef canning relief effort. About 21 520 cutter cows sold for roughly 85 above market, 9 4539 unemployed earned 12 weekly, and 3000 workers produced 40 cans per day with net public gains around 1.94 per person daily. The Amarillo plant will guide national adoption.
Pecos veteran journalist Price who led the Pecos Times from 1902 to 1906 visits the town after 28 years. He recalls the old office on Second/Oak, a small population of 500–600, and a peaceful era with Monte and poker as local pastimes.
L C Rhoads, manager of the Wink Piggly Wiggly, reports a car stolen from the lot during a game night. A lingering note claims thieves took advantage of the busy period as local residents recount familiar Pecos names from past cow camps and town leadership.
Mrs. H. H. Hancock announces her candidacy for county commissioner of precinct 4 in Winkler county. She was appointed after her husband’s death and has been handling his duties and affairs to prepare for the office.
A Methodist young people's Sunday School class held a Thursday night picnic at Alamo Park after swimming in the pool. About 20 class members attended the event and were served a picnic lunch.
A group of inmates at Sing Sing Prison New York state has organized a club calling itself the Murderers Club Three fourths of the world cotton is produced in the white states and references to cotton production are included in the report.
The paper touts itself as the leading weekly with broad circulation claims and notes growing readership. It emphasizes its English tone and wide reach across regions, promising continued expansion in the coming issues.
Columbia Pictures opens the new year with Lady For A Day at the Grand Theatre showing Sunday and Monday. The film stars Warren William May Robson and a notable cast. based on Damon Runyon stories, it features Annie as a transformed dame for a day.
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