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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1929
Page
8
State legislature approved a revised deer law west of the Pecos River shortening the season to ten days and limiting take to one pronged horn buck per open season. The act prohibits hunting Black Tail deer outside the November window and imposes fines from fifty to two hundred dollars for violations.
The family thanks many people friends and neighbors who aided them after a house fire that destroyed their home and belongings. Mr and Mrs A Fulgim express sincere appreciation for the kindness shown.
Local residents and visitors fill Pecos life with travel and activity. H P Davis visits Big Spring on business while Mrs Cargill of Torah calls on Pecos friends. Judge Dale of Pyote moves to Pecos. many plan trips to El Paso, Abilene, and Kansas for cattle shipments, surveying business, and family visits.
American critics and musicians who toured Italy say Italian music has influenced jazz more than vice versa. Ted Bartell notes that while jazz reaches Italy, the impact runs both ways, with Americans having internalized Italian music to a greater extent.
A fragmented clip notes a local occurrence about birds and the bees with uncertain details. The readable parts mention a 6 and a reign context, but specifics on people places or actions remain unclear.
The article notes jazz’s melodic influence from Italy, praising the Italian elements in rhythm and lyricism. Bartell argues Italy’s large, talented immigrant presence has led to a widespread Italianized jazz scene with a mellow, dolce far niente spirit.
Henry Winkler of Pyote spent Thursday in Pecos visiting Sam Winkler and family, sharing time with relatives and familiar faces during a brief stop in town.
Miss Evelyn Slack and Miss Jewell Johnson returned from Clovis New Mexico on Tuesday to visit Evelyn's parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Slack. They plan to visit Miss Johnson's parents in Alpine and then proceed to Bisbee Arizona where they will join the Whelps Dodge Company.
A curious remark from Mineral Wells notes the idea that if the bravest are the tenderest then the steer butchered for dinner was a coward. The quote reflects a reflective, proverb-like mindset on courage and compassion in rural life.
Floydada hosted its first First Monday sale drawing a large crowd. About $4,000 worth of farm goods sold at auction amid afternoon entertainment and town financed advertising spreading banners across the county. Mer-
Dallas street car conductors report that there have been many coughs on every car load during the flu season.
In Loving County Lockhart & Co reports the Wheat 1-H drilling below 3430 feet with total depth 1360 and Johnson 2 near 1350 feet. Ward County shows Wickett and Grandfalls pools with O'Brien 4 producing 19,434 barrels in April and 125 barrel discovery at Shipley near Grandfalls. Culberson and Pecos areas note Deep Rock eight inch pipe run to 1430 feet, Benson wells and Beacon Camp near Pecos opening May first. many wells advancing with spudding and new locations.
Texas grows about 29 000 acres of spinach each winter and supplies roughly half of the spinach sold in the United States. The state is expanding its acreage in winter vegetables and fruits, challenging Florida and California due to proximity to Central and Western markets.
Louis I. Dublin of Metropolitan Life reports 140000 Americans alive today who would have died of tuberculosis in 1928 thanks to the tuberculosis campaign. Death rate fell from 195.2 in 1901 to 164.7 in 1910, 112 in 1920, and 14.5 in 1926, suggesting possible eradication by 1940 if progress continues. Textile workers suffer higher rates. farmers fare better. miners and foundry workers face far greater risk.
J N Green announces the sale of Pecos Bottling Works to L A Sherrill and Barney Jackson. The new owners thank customers and promise improved service with new equipment and delivery, using pure soft water to maintain high quality beverages. They ask Pecos merchants to support the venture as a local manufacturing industry.
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