Standardized Cotton Goal For Project Deliberations In Pecos Valley
Farmers at Carlsbad discuss standardizing cotton types focusing on long staple varieties. U.S. Department of Agriculture official Homer C. McNamara oversees tests with diverse town delegations from Roswell to Pecos. Plans aim to boost profitability by promoting long staple cotton, aided by irrigation and climate advantages. gins expand, with harvests projected at ten thousand bales. Alfalfa yields exceed previous years with seed per acre often surpassing five hundred pounds. hay prices around twenty dollars. Amarillo News notes a promising year for irrigating farmers.
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Carlsbad
Homer C. McNamara
United States Department of Agriculture
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
F. F. Furgeson
Pecos Valley
Harkey Gin Company, Incorporated
Amarillo News
The Lion Chase Scene Question
The director instructs Mr Dare to have a lion pursue the hero for 500 feet. The actor questions the limit while the director confirms the constraint, leaving the hero to acknowledge understanding.
What Every Child Should Know About the Boll Weevil
A reader explains the boll weevil life cycle in simple terms. The insect feeds only on cotton, hides in shelter belts and debris, overwinters as an egg or larva, then emerges in spring to lay eggs inside cotton squares or bolls. The life cycle includes egg, larva, pupa, and adult stages, with full growth in 2 to 4 weeks and movement between plants only during the adult stage.
Public Health Nursing Course Offered at State University
A six months course in public health nursing will start at the University of Texas Austin under Miss Louisa Jane Duffy. The program includes class work field supervision and clinic observation with no tuition. expenses cover maintenance books and incidentals. Certificates are awarded on completion and demand from Red Cross and agencies grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State University Austin
Texas
University of Texas
Louisa Jane Duffy
Miss Duffy
Red Cross
Honest Merchant Tries to Clarify Wool Content
A customer asks if the trousers are all wool and the merchant avoids the claim, noting that theButtons are brass, implying a playful deception or misrepresentation in a shop dialogue from an old column.
State Highway Commission to take over maintenance of designated highways
Bulletin from September 22 1923 informs county judges commissioners and engineers that effective January 1 1924 the State Highway Commission will assume maintenance of designated state highways. Maintenance means keeping roads in current condition with no extensive improvements due to limited funds. Counties not using motor vehicle fees for maintenance may face poorer road conditions after takeover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Highway Department
J. D. Fauntleroy
State University stance on religion by UT President
President W. S. Sutton says the State University will not teach or promote religion yet is not hostile to it. He notes the university mirrors state attitudes and urges students to cultivate their religious side for a personal philosophy of life.
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State University
University of Texas
W. S. Sutton
Florence Ticket Request in Train Station Exchange
A colorful exchange unfolds as an old colored mammy asks for a ticket to Florence and the ticket agent searches the railroad guides, puzzled by the location. The mammy points to a bench nearby, implying Florence sits there.
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Florence
Invest Ment For Education Emphasized In Tax Debate
A letter advocates calling school funding an investment for education rather than a tax to improve community schools. It argues local school taxes benefit the community by funding brighter futures and teachers, with the teacher as a key to progress. Also quoted is Elbert Hubbard on loyalty to the institutions one serves.
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Friends of Education
C. C. Wright
Ownership statement for Pecos Enterprise and Times 1923
Notarized disclosure listing John Hibdon as publisher editor and business manager of the Pecos Enterprise and Times at Pecos Texas. Includes bondholders Morganthaler Type Company and notes on ownership and stock conditions. Sworn October 1923 before Notary G C Parker Reeves County Texas.
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Congress
Pecos Enterprise and Times
Pecos
Texas
State OF Texas
County of
Reeves
John Hibdon
S&t Abe Suede Om
Morganthaler Linotype Company
Brooklyn
N. Y
G. C. Parker
Reeves County
Levy Notice of Sale in Reeves County Texas
By order of the Presidio County Court a sale is ordered for Kenneth Slack and B Ramsey to satisfy a $506.44 judgment. I E B Kiser, Reeves County Texas, levied on a Buick Roadster held by B Ramsey in Loving County and will sell the property at public vendue for cash to the highest bidder. Publication to run weekly for three weeks.
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State of
Texas
County of
Reeves
Justice Court of
Precinct No
Dallas County
A. C. Florey
H. C. Roberson
Reeves County
Court House
Pecos
Oo Vendue
Levy
State of Texas
Presidio County
Kenneth Slack
B. Ramsey
N. L. Casner
J. E. Casner
S. W. Casner
R. S. Casner
Slack
B. Kiser
Loving County
Esa
Pecos Enterprise
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Brocat’s Barber Shop
Brocat
Business Directory
H. Palmer
Hubbs & Palmer
Parst National Bank Building
Pecos, Texas
Opwicz
R& L Biggs
Syndicate
G. Murray
Pecos Mercantile Company Fhones
Mm” Thos. H. Bomar
John F. Grogan
P. O
Siena
Oil and Feud
Lande
Joseph A. Daniel van Horn
Hes
Russell
Fist National Bank
Grove
aGrove
Bulletin
Elbert Hubbard
P. T. Hammond
District Court
Reeves Texas
R. N. Sewell
P. T Hammond
Wwe Rouiel
Or Texas
A. D
Vaughan
Ork District Court
Vannie Ingle
T. Hammond
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