This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1939
Page
2
The Pecos Enterprise and Gusher published by Hubbs Printing Company. This record notes print lineage and distributor attribution for the local newspaper edition.
Brief note on Pecos Valley News and Reeves County Record consolidation dated March 14 1917. Mentions The Enterprise and Gusher Consolidated on May 16 and contact details for 171 telephone and year round operation. Publisher Barney, editor Vestel H Lott, subscription rates two dollars for six months one dollar for one year. Entered as second class matter October 22 1915 Pecos Texas.
The Texas Landowners Association backs a bill to curb vacancy racketeers who dispossess families amid oil boom lands. Sponsored by the association, the measure moves through a three member subcommittee with broad support among landowners, school representatives, and developers seeking to clear clouded titles and protect oil rich ranches.
John Garfield stars in They Made Me A Criminal at the Grand Theatre on Saturday with the Dead End Kids. Supporting cast includes Claude Rains Gloria Dickson Ann Sheridan and May Robson in a Warner Brothers drama about a prize fighter who drifts across the country.
Reeves county worker Glady Pask releases a detailed report on Texas Relief Commission TRC activities for 1938. Food and clothing distributions totaled about 9.68 million dollars retail value to over 55 thousand families, with annual surpluses and WPA produced items aiding relief efforts statewide.
Senator H L Winfield of Fort Stockton introduces a bill to give Texas consent to building a Pecos river dam in New Mexico. The pact, approved by Congress, would back Ala Mogordo dam with limits to flood water and irrigation shares affecting Texas for two decades.
T C Horne and W F McElwain of Carlsbad New Mexico were business visitors in Pecos on Tuesday.
Bureau of Economics staff inspected land along Toyah Creek Watershed with County Agent Ted Johnston this week. The aim is a Water Utilization Act project using loans for earthen tanks and dams to improve rainfall use, repaid over many years at low interest.
In 1939 nineteen thirty nine license plates for private and commercial vehicles may be purchased from the sheriff Louis Roberson said this week. Plates may not be put on cars until March 1 and are not compulsory until April 1.
A calf raised for beef consumes five to ten gallons of water each day to stay hydrated and support rapid growth.
The First National and Security State Banks of Pecos were named as depositories for county funds for 1939. The brief note mentions planetary detail about Saturn and its moons.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.