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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1938
Page
2
Public notice fragment lists HUBBS PRINTING COMPANY Pecos Valley News Estab weekly and other local titles. It shows publisher HUBBS, editor VESTEL H LOTT, and postal entry October 22 1915 with deadlines for copy and a $1.00 rate per issue.
The National Safety Council notes 1937 saw a drop in deaths due to mild weather, but automobile and occupational fatalities rose. Total accidental deaths reached 106000 with 375000 injured and costs about 3.7 billion dollars, underscoring preventable losses and urging careful actions to avoid a grim 1938 toll.
Livestock shipments from Texas to Fort Worth and interstate points fell 2 percent from January to 5 212 cars. Cattle and calves rose and fell differently with cattle at 3 516 cars up 3 percent, calves 702 cars down, hogs 548 down 26 percent. Los Angeles market receipts lagged January a year earlier while overall Texas shipments declined. The report also notes a church lesson sermon topic for March 6 focusing on spiritual growth.
Old notes recall a planned late week trial of an oil saturated formation at Soda Lake wells belonging to Arthur Pitts Oil Company of Texas. The American Legion reports Victory Medals for ex navy men are ready to distribute via post headquarters. Sums up local briefs on a future oil test, medals distribution, a National Petroleum Developers banquet, and personal milestones.
Inter departmental Post Office Committee in Washington selected a site at the city hall corner for Pecos new $135,000 federal building. A Cham ber of Commerce trade trip to Ward county destinations Mentone Wink and Kermit follows a successful earlier expedition. Local issues include Pecos sewer discharges of whiskey and home brew and a move toward a Pecos River compact as New Mexico seeks settlement. Red Bluff dam contract awarded to S J Grove and Sons of Minneapolis. Governor Ferguson orders Pecos banks closed five days, reopening next Wednesday.
R B Wicker field representative for the B F Goodrich Company returns to Pecos after attending the annual sales and advertising conferences in Los Angeles. Officials from Akron and district manager J E Wacksmith led the events. A new five reel film showcased the company’s work and plans.
A new typewriter prints Hebrew characters with the carriage moving in the opposite direction of standard machines. The keys bear Hebrew letters and the device is designed to write from right to left in reverse motion.
The U S Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive examination for Agricultural Aid in Range Management with Spanish knowledge at 1800 dollars per year. Positions in the Soil Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture, serving Arizona New Mexico and Texas. Applications due March 21 to the Thirteenth U S Civil Service District Denver Colorado office.
Amaz ingly new sanitary device touted for home use. It cleans toilet bowls, eliminates odors, and claims quick moth death. Contains paradichlorbenzene approved by Good Housekeeping and Agriculture. offered for a few cents via the 1st Christian Women's Council. Call 186 or 329 for details.
Mr and Mrs E W Penn of Mentone were in town Wednesday visiting and attending to business affairs.
Jim Sample visits Matador this week to handle business affairs and meet local contacts. The trip focuses on regional engagements and potential collaborations with local firms.
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