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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1933
Page
2
Publication notice lists Che Peros Enterprise and Gusher Consolidated mergers and dates. It records publishing history for Recos Valley News Pecos Weekly Times Reeves County Record and notes consolidation on May 16 1925. It includes pricing One Year two dollars and six months one dollar and post office filing details and deadline for editorial copy.
The Pecos Chamber of Commerce chooses W. L. Sherrod as president after three years in Pecos. He is praised for quiet, steady work and commitment to town affairs. Ray Lewis and retiring directors receive credit, while Judge J. E. Starley is honored as honorary president for past service.
An article notes Carlsbad irrigation land values under the Red Bluff proposition. It states normal value at 200 dollars per acre and present loan value over 355 dollars per acre. Dry river land could bring 3 to 5 dollars. The piece urges landowners to consider the surge in value and avoid the idea of making a flat donation to keep the project alive.
The essay reflects on mortality and disease as Pecos mourns two young men who died in six weeks. It laments mankind's vulnerability to illness and urges awareness and learning to conquer unseen scourges.
Delinquent taxes totaling about $45,000 are recorded against the Pecos school district. Unpaid funds threaten to limit teachers salaries and curb school activities, though potential methods for partial collection remain undetermined.
Maj. A. Death Onthank, head of NRA code control, told a Direct Mail Advertising Association convention that standard cost accounting and cost restrictions will reduce price as the main factor. He predicts a boost in advertising, with quality, service, and salesmanship driving sales and new copy standards targeting broader markets.
For the first time in several years September visitor totals at Carlsbad Cavern rose from the prior year. The September count reached about 5500 with 2855 from Texas, California second with 765, New Mexico 650, and foreign visitors from Australia, Indo China, Switzerland, the Philippines and about ten others.
Dr C Magee recovers from a week long illness. Clyde Barten Winkler county auditor visits Pecos for business. J F Rezor of Oklahoma City spends week in Pecos on business. Sheriff Will Priest of Winkler county also in Pecos on business. Mr and Mrs Dudley Yard depart Pecos for El Paso for a wedding anniversary celebration.
Mr and Mrs Bob Davis of Beaumont spent several days visiting the area to attend ongoing business events and engage with local professionals.
Jnanus B. Dunnigan and James E. Allison oil men from Breckenridge are in town this week attending to business and meeting local figures.
Ed Cheney of Paso, Del Norte Hotel, visited El Paso and stayed a few days this week at Hotel Brandon.
Concrete foundation for the $10,000 division highway office and warehouse was laid this week. Moulds were set for pouring the foundation of the office structure which will face Third Street, while the shops face Fourth Street.
Mrs. E. E. Crowe and Mrs. Bill Cauldwell with daughter visited friends and handled business in Big Spring. L. B. Young, Gold Bed Grocery proprietor, returned from weeks in California featuring deep sea fishing near Monterey 100 miles from San Francisco.
F Anthony and B T Biggs traveled to Fort Worth and Dallas for business last week and returned in the latter part of the week.
J. B. Cashell once a West Texas Refining Co. agent now with Dixie Service Co. at Longview arrives early this week to handle duties and reconnect with numerous friends.
B D Goreman returns to activity after several days of illness in the latter part of last week. Alton Inghes was confined to bed by a light illness. Mr and Mrs William L Kerr came back Friday from Santa Fe New Mexico after a business trip.
L W Anderson came back from a weekend business trip to Austin where he conferred with State Senator K M Regan about the prospects of the Red iwi.
T H Beauchamp is back at his desk at the First National after several days of absence spanning last week and the early part of this week.
The couple has returned from their wedding trip to El Paso and vicinity and are pleasantly located in one of the SS M Prewit apartments on Cypress street.
The July-September period shows a mixed recovery with production up from 1952 levels, but consumer prices and living costs rising. Banks reopened strongly, while securities remain uncertain and construction improves, with the Chicago area leading in contract values and rail car loadings above last year.
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