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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1924
Page
4
The Enter prise absorbed Pecos Times on June 1 1917 and Pecos Valley News was established in 1887 with Reeves County Record in 1910. John Hibdon serves as editor owner and publisher. Weekly Friday publication with classified rates and advance subscription terms.
The Pecos Electric Gin Company reports 2000 bales of cotton ginned so far this week, surpassing last year's total of 1803. Experts expect final output to exceed last year by over 1000 bales, as Reeves county soil and long growing season favor cotton.
A bold pitch extols West Texas advantages including Reeves County climate fertile soil and minimal weeds. It envisions farmers moving from eastern states to irrigate with perforated vine water conveyance while citing malaria and doctor bills as past problems.
Pecos observes Thanksgiving as most business houses close and a union service is held at the Methodist church led by Rev. Van derpool. Families dine on the traditional turkey as outings to Toyah Lake and Phantom Lake for duck shooting are noted on an ideal autumn day in West Texas.
The state census shows 1 821 600 scholastics, up 17 000 from last year, with urban districts leading the increase while rural counties lose, and school funds apportioned based on these figures.
A senior class poem recalls Armistice Day as a memorial to suffering and a celebration of freedom won. It urges remembrance of the price paid and the values defended, then notes upcoming Christmas holidays and mid term exams.
In a Thursday practice, the Rustlers dominated a town team scrimmage. Pecos aims to carry the bacon from Midland on Thanksgiving Day as the Red Streak also plans a strong showing, with two games expected.
A poem extols the busy man who never wastes time and can grant favors quickly. A separate item reports Judge and Mrs. James F. Ross arriving Monday from their country home near Toynhvale to be near the doctor. he is bedbound but resting, with many friends in Pecos and Reeves County hoping for recovery.
Pastor Walter H. Vanderpool invites all to Sunday services at 9 45 a m and 11 o clock with a 6 45 p m league and 7 30 p m preaching aimed at youth. Wednesday church night at 7 30 p m welcomes all.
Misses Jessye and Mary Cathrine Heard, students at Sul Ross Teachers College in Alpine, arrived Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Heard.
W M Hopper of Toyah Texas offers well drilling from four and a half to sixteen inches with a machine in fine condition and a car drill capable of 800 feet. He cites twenty six years experience and invites inquiries via Toyah or mail for particulars and prices.
Texans have developed a tele phone habit with one telephone for every ten people. In 1900 the state had one line per 100 persons. Growth of telephone systems rose after 1895. The old Southwestern Bell Directory listed all subscribers in one book, with Galveston as the only city over 1,000 phones. current Austin and Wichita Falls directories far exceed that total.
L. Ballou, born in 1843, is honored as Texas’s oldest native voter living in Brady. On his 81st birthday he cast his 58th straight Democratic ballot, voting first in 1866 for Seymour and Blair, and remains keenly informed on local and national affairs.
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