Bell Telephone completes long distance to West Texas
Bell Telephone announces the completion of the Fort Worth to El Paso copper long distance circuit linking East and West Texas for the first time. The line serves Midland to El Paso, with repeaters at Abilene Pecos and Van Horn and connects towns previously without Texas telephone service. The project, opened February 27, extends 348 miles and forms part of a Dallas to Los Angeles transcontinental route via Fort Worth El Paso.
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Southwestern Telephone Company
Fort Worth
el Paso
Texas
Midland
Bell System
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Dallas
Chicago
Fort. Worth
Abilene
Big Ring
Pecos
van Horn
Big Spring
Union
Barstow
Toyah
Balmorhea
Ysleta
Fort Worth-El Paso
Weatherford
Strawn
Ranger
Eastland
Cisco
Baird
Merket
Sweetwater
Colorado
Terrell Proposes West Texas Tech College Location
Geo. B. Terrell, Agriculture Commissioner, outlines criteria for the Texas School of Technology site. He urges land price, water supply, health access, and rail connections to shape a location that avoids costly dormitory burdens and spurs a new industrial era. He cites past Texas school siting errors and praises a larger, well planned facility.
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Texas
Letter From J E Starley Highlights Support For Local Bill
N Couch receives a letter from J E Starley praising Mr Stewart and the irrigation measures. Starley notes the bill passed both houses and awaits final Senate passage with plans to return to Austin. He commends Stewart as a tireless advocate for irrigation plants stockmen and local constituents.
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N. Couch
J. E. Starley
Stewart
Starley
Revcos
Lexas
Couch
House
Senate
Austin
Stewa
James W Bass issues statement on income tax
Collector of Internal Revenue James W Bass Austin Texas outlines 1920 and 1922 tax exemptions and filing rules for women heads of families divorced and widowed. It details exemptions 1000 2000 2500 and who qualifies under separate or joint returns and ends noting March 15 deadline.
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James W. Bass
Internal Revenue Ames
W. Bass
Austin
Texas
United States
Texas Tech College Bill Proposed in Senate Synopsis
A synopsis outlines Senate Bill No. 103 creating the Texas Technology College to be located north of 29th parallel and west of 98th meridian. It would be co educational with programs in technology textile engineering arts sciences and more. A nine member board to control the college with a locating committee empowered to select about 2000 acres near a town. Funding includes 150 000 for site purchase 500 000 for buildings in 1924 and 350 000 in 1925. The act becomes effective immediately.
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Geo. B. Terrell
Texas School of Technology
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
Texas
A. & M. College
Agricultural College
West Texas
Abilene
Texas Technological College
Texas Technology College
State Board of Control
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Texas University
College of Industrial Arts
Same
Pecos
Technology College
Editor a Song Writer Sung to the Old Oaken Bucket
A playful verse laments delinquent subscribers and praises old coins. The narrator notes the Liberty head and the spread eagle on the silver dollar, expressing affection for the coin and its familiar symbols. The piece blends nostalgia with a call for renewed subscription support.
French Dressing Costs Like Pearl For Salad Or Belle
A fragment notes high prices for French dressing likened to a pearl, comparing its value whether on salad or on a pretty girl.
Granger News appeals for local newspaper support
The Granger News urges readers to prioritize the town paper over billboards, stressing its investment in printing and service to Granger and Williamson County. The editors seek cooperation from churches schools lodges and societies to use space for notices, promising fair impartial reporting and community benefit.
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Granger
Williamson County
Granger News
West Texas Sees Prosperous Rainy Season
Heavy weekly showers in West Texas bring abundant moisture and early grass. Stockmen and farmers hail the unusually wet spell as a turning point likely to yield rich crops, plenty of vegetation, and broad prosperity for the region.
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Texas
Bankhead Highway aid promised after bond plan
Ward county officials return from Austin with news of government aid for the Bankhead Highway through Ward. Reeves county must build the south side of the Texas and Pacific track to the river and cover half the bridge, with a proposed fifty fifty funding arrangement. The plan would direct spending into Pecos and bolster travel, employment, and regional prospects, prompting calls for county commissioners to act on the bond funds previously approved for the Pecos River connection to Hermosa.
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Ward
Sweatt
Ward County
Austin
Bankhead
Reeves County
Texas & Pacific
Pecos
Pecos River
Toyah
Hermosa
Aragosa Road
Bell Well Drill ing and Pecos Field Oil News
The Pecos field oil situation remains unchanged with the Bell well the only reported production. Granger O Reilly and Slack, returning from California, aim to fund the Ramsey well near Toyah Bell. The Bell well shows promise with gas strata and oil while drilling at about four thousand feet using a water sack to guard against gas pressure and tool loss.
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Pecos
Ent
Bell
Messrs
Granger
O’reilly
Slack
California
Ramsey
Granger Rotary
Toyah. Bell
Fireman badge found near post office this week
A badge lost by a fireman from Member Hose Co. 1 may be claimed at the Enterprise office. The editor picked up the item near the post office on the street this week.
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Bell Telephone
Terrell
West Texas Tech College
Bryan
Mr. R. N. Couch
Sinopsis
Bill
Tech College
Asylum
Pire
Neanhattan State Hospital
New York City
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