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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1939
Page
2
The Pecos Enterprise and Gusher announces its consolidation effective May 16 1925 under Hubbs Printing Company. Publisher Barney Hubbs and Editor Vestel H Lott oversee operations. Subscriptions remain: one year two dollars six months one dollar.
The article recalls historic Texas cattle brands and their stories from Don Juan Flores’s 1762 San Fernando de Bexar grant to the 1870s Hash Knife and Buzzard on a Rail brands. It notes branding as links between yesterday and today, and the cowboy as Texas’s First Citizen.
The article urges the cotton belt to examine its own role in cotton’s decline during National Cotton Week. It argues blame has been placed far and wide but the belt itself bears responsibility for supporting a crop that sustains twenty five million Americans, urging loyalty and investment in modern cotton products.
A Broadway of America motorcade stopped in Pecos on Tuesday to urge attendance at the National Broadway of America Highway Association Convention in San Diego June 12 to 16. Sponsor Joseph E. Dryer touted San Diego events, with plans for tours to ships in San Diego Bay and nearby historical sites en route to San Francisco for the Golden Gate Exposition celebration on June 17.
Cyrus L Edwards Jr has finished studies at the Los Angeles College of Physiotherapy and Massage and will assist his father Dr C L Edwards in their chiropractic office here on a temporary basis.
T H Beauchamp returned to Pecos Friday after spending the week in Dallas attending the Texas Bankers Convention.
The Reeves County District Court issues a writ commanding Sheriff to summon Bessie Emma Hambrick George W Hambrick Bertha Hambrick Ash Sadie Hambrick White Clay Hambrick Edna Hambrick McMillan Burrell Hambrick Gordon Hambrick Claud Hambrick and all unknown heirs of George W Hambrick deceased by publication for four consecutive weeks. Plaintiff George A Beard sues for possession of All of subdivision No 9 Section 191 Block 13 HGN By Co Survey containing 40 acres and seeks damages of 1000 dollars for unlawful entry on February 12 1938 and withholding possession. return required.
An agricultural note explains the cotton flea hopper as a major Southwest pest, its lifecycle from eggs to adults, and how growers can detect and control it. It details identifying symptoms on buds and squares, recommended scouting frequency, and a two-in-one dust blend of calcium arsenate and sulfur for simultaneous flea hopper and boll weevil control.
A long list of local and out of state visitors includes D. E. Harrell and others from Cisco Midland Borger Kermit Wink Dallas Grapevine Jal Biloxi and Ventura with guests from Toledo Lafayette Albuquerque and more. Names cover numerous individuals and couples cataloged by hometown for the period.
A description notes using a machine to shoot dust with force through the terminal buds of cotton plants to clear them. The passage emphasizes the method’s aggressive action and its targeted effect on plant structures.
Patricia Morrison stars with Lynne Overman in J. Edgar Hoover's Persons In Hiding at the Grand Theatre next Tuesday. J. Carrol Naish plays the mastermind behind a racketeering and kidnapping plot.
District Agent J D and associate YG visited College Station for the Balmoral event. They attended the final field day meetings and reviewed the gram and other exhibits with local organizers.
Mrs Cecil Lockhart of San Antonio and her husband Mr Lockhart spent time visiting relatives during a vacation. They traveled to enjoy a tonic visit and to reconnect with kin in the area.
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