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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1933
Page
7
The article discusses money for rodent and animal control in Texas and potential triple consideration if the Geological Survey secures funds for a Public Works Board. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace has notified Congressman.
R. E. Thomason urged Secretary Wallace to secure Texas its full allotment. He cited Ward County Irrigation District Number One on protecting canals and drainage ditches from gopher damage and noted Biological Survey work across West Texas.
Frank Jensen of the Texas and Pacific Railway announced low round trip rail fares for the State Fair season. Weekend Dallas arrivals are set at 9.40 for trains arriving Saturdays, with return by Monday midnight, plus season tickets from Oct 5 to 20 and a special Oct 19 excursion featuring Vice President Garner and Postmaster General Farley. A one cent per mile rate applies to all T&P trains arriving Oct 19 with return by Oct 22.
AUSTIN A complete study of the Chisos Mountains flora is planned by Dr B C Tharp associate professor of botany at The University of Texas The Chisos are in the Big Bend region along the upper Rio Grande border Texas He aims to survey the region documenting many species peculiar to the area and noting rare shrubs and plants in the canyon springs and forests near Mt Emory 9 996 feet high and smoke reports from an extinct volcano near San Vicente create local concern.
In Pecos five years ago the A. G. Winn Produce Co of Sweetwater planned a large plant with a special refrigerator and rail siding. Total cost estimated at 50000 dollars as reported in Nation's Business.
Mayor J. Starley and City Engineer Pen Warner outline a plan for Pecos streets featuring a 40 foot roadway and standardized gutters to improve drainage. The project seeks broad cooperation with city support and assistance for participating residents and groups.
The Burford Oil Co. is constructing ten bungalows near its plant for refinery workers. Pecos postal receipts have hit 16000 dollars, a threshold set by postal authorities for city mail delivery, as efforts push to secure city carrier service.
A mass meeting endorsed a plan to secure soft water for Pecos with a bonus of 25060. Mayor Starley and others spoke. a committee of F W Johnson L W Anderson M W Collie and W A Hudson was named to raise the funds. Also Pecos formed a Parent Teachers Association to take over Mothers' club duties. Officers include Mrs W A Hudson president and Mrs H L Magee treasurer. The state insurance office granted Pecos a 29 cent cut in fire insurance rates from 6 to 3.3 cents. Oil drilling at Crystal Water yielded a 500 barrel artesian flow. The Texas and Pacific Railway promotes a El Paso excursion for Elephant Butte project dedication with round trip $4.75.
Dr Tharp notes a little known mountainous zone with streams that disappear underground before reaching the surface offering research chances in botany and related fields.
Washington authorities indicate Pecos will receive new federal building funds under emergency appropriations. The promise follows a year of stalled action and targets construction as a priority project.
In the Rio Grande Valley storm area state county and city health officers pool resources to prevent outbreaks. Immunization against typhoid reached over sixty thousand people, water supply disinfection was used, and sewage disposal and mosquito control were urgently addressed. Private donations aided response. the overall savings from prevention outweighed costs.
Fort Davis reports definite orders to engineer W C Yeager to proceed with Keesey Canyon State Park construction. Plans include an Indian village dam Skyline Drive and camping areas. Bedrock tests at the site show promise, with a possible flood of fifty workers and a concrete swimming pool planned at Picnic Rocks.
J F Biggs is named president of the local Associated Partys organization. Dick Slack, formerly of Pecos, receives appointment to the United States Naval Academy.
H Beauchamp Jr district manager for Southern Union Gas Co. returned Sunday night after about ten days away at the national gas association convention in Chicago.
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