Pecos Enterprise and Gusher Consolidated in 1925
Historic note records the merger of The Enterprise and Gusher into a single Pecos weekly paper on May 16 1925 under publisher Barney Hubbs and editor Vestel H Lott. It lists pricing at one year two dollars and six months one dollar with standard post office filing details and Wednesday copy deadline.
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Pecos Valley News
Pecos Weekly Times
Reeves County Record
The
Enterprise and Gusher
Pecos
Texas
Texas Wildlife Resources Highlight Value and Action
Texas wildlife resources are valued at 93 million dollars annually with 25 million spent by sportsmen on hunting and fishing. The state leads in deer and wild turkey harvests and hosts nine fish hatcheries producing four million fingerlings. The Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission warns depletion if conservation steps lapse and cites county wildlife planning boards as a corrective measure.
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Texas
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Reeves
Prepare for fall and winter driving hazards now
The article warns that driving risks rise in fall and winter with rain ice and snow. It urges two steps: keep the car in top mechanical condition and cultivate safe driving mindset. Emphasizes avoiding risk taking and practicing safety consciousness to reduce accidents.
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Isen
Highland Fair opens with Fort D. A. Russell unit lead parade
Marfa hosts the Highland Fair with a representative battery of detachments from Fort D. A. Russell opening the celebration. Over 200 guests and Highland Hereford Breeders' Association members share a Friday morning breakfast in Friendship Hall to kick off the social events. BALMORHEA consigns 100 steer yearlings averaging 500 pounds to Lee Martin in Des Moines with Ray Martin acting as local dealer. A Balmorhea Texan column comments on wartime style politics.
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Marfa
Fort D. A. Russell
Highland Hereford Breeders’ Association
Friendship Hall
Balmorhea
Louis Weinacht
Lee Martin
Des Moines
Iowa
Ray Martin
State allocates £60,000 for flood control in Presidio Valley
Cordell Hull's office in Washington reports the Department of State has approved a flood control fund of 60,000 pounds for Presidio Valley in Presidio County this week.
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Marfa
Cordell Hull
Department of State
Washington D. C
Floo
Presidio Valley
Presidio County
Pecos County wildlife planning board names officers
H E Resley was named president and J F Reeves vice president of the Pecos County wildlife planning board at an organization meeting held last week. The board aims to sponsor game reproduction projects and promote proper hunting practices.
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Fort Stockton
H. E. Resley
J. F. Reeves
Pecos County
Doctor E W Prothro Named Winkler County Health Director
Dr E W Prothro recently with the Bureau of Maternity and Child Welfare State Health Department arrived in Kermit last week to replace Dr L T Cox as director of the Winkler county health unit. His appointment is subject to approval by the Winkler county commissioners court.
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Kermit
E. W. Prothro
Bureau of Maternity and Child Welfare
State Health Department
L. T. Cox
Winkler County Health Unit
Winkler County Commissioners Court
Fort Stockton Wool Mohair Market Revived with Stronger Prices
Fort Stockton shows a revival in wool and mohair with rising prices as seven cars of wool mohair were shipped to eastern mills from Fort Stockton in the last week.
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Fort Stockton
Alpine area pushes for US 67 designation and completion
A delegation from Brewster Presidio Pecos and Reagan counties met with the State Highway Commission in Austin last week seeking designation and completion of US 67 between Fort Stockton and Alpine.
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Alpine
Brewster
Presidio
Pecos
Regan Counties
State Highway Commission
Austin
Fort Stockton
Smallpox Case Reported in County School Exposure
A seventh grade child attended school two days while highly contagious, prompting immediate action by the county health officer to protect those exposed and prevent spread of smallpox.
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Kermit
Highway 54 to be inspected by state commission
State Highway Commission members will inspect Alpine State Highway 54 from Van Horn to its junction with U S 62 in the El Paso Carlsbad Caverns route early this month, it was learned here.
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van Horn
el Paso
Carlsbad Caverns
State Highway Commission
Winkler County Approves Library Budget at Court Meeting
The Winkler County commissioners court approved a 3000 dollar appropriation for a Winkler county library with funds to be available January 1. The action was taken at the latest court session and reflects ongoing efforts to establish a county library system.
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Wink
Commissioners Court of
Winkler County
Barstow School Board Accepts $45,000 PWA Grant
The Barstow school board met in a special session to accept a $45,000 grant from the PWA for a new school plant. Signing of papers and formalities occupied most of the meeting, and the acceptance was mailed to PWA officials.
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Barstow
PWA
Fort Worth man rescued after held under car near Ozona
Dee Finley, a Fort Worth commission man and Crockett county rancher, was trapped with his hand pinioned between bumper and jack for about 15 to 20 minutes on a highway a few miles north of Ozona before a passer-by freed him at daybreak last Tuesday.
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Sanderson
Bumper
Jack
Dee Finley
Fort Worth
Crockett County
Ozona
Barstow Hosts Educational Leaders For Talks
Miss Sue B. Mann deputy state superintendent of education for District 13 and Dr. G. P. Smith director of teacher training at Sul Ross College Alpine will be in Barstow today and tomorrow for lectures and conferences addressing school problems.
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Barstow
Sue B. Mann
G. P. Smith
Sul Ross College
Alpine
SANDERSON GRAZING LAND SELLS AT SHERIFF'S SALE
In a Terrell county sheriff's sale on Tuesday 3 520 acres of grazing land were sold. Most parcels went to ranchers whose properties border or include the land and all sold for the due delinquent taxes penalties and costs of suits.
O'Daniel Acknowledges Bruce Family Song In Texas Note
Governor-Nominee W Lee O'Daniel writes to Mr and Mrs C P Bruce of Pecos acknowledging receipt of their Texas song The World Saves You My Texas He says the song boosts Texas and its citizens and should appeal widely Also notes a tip that lemon juice removes nicotine stains from fingers.
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C. P. Bruce
Pecos
W. Lee O’daniel
Texas
O’daniel
Speech Pupils Form Wig Club at School
Members of the school speech class organized the Wig Club with Miss Iva structor guiding the effort. Dorothy Smith serves as treasurer and Ruth Reeder as secretary while Floyd Brownlee leads as likely organizer in this scholastic activity.
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Wig Club
Essc
Banking House Assets and Reserves Overview
Bank balance sheet items list cash and due from approved reserve agents and other banks, on demand checks, plus total resources. Aggregate includes capital stock surplus fund and undivided profits net.
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United States
Owens Visit Ends at Guadalupe Mountain Ranch
Mrs. Mary Owens and Bud Owens returned to Pecos after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Green McCombs on their ranch in the Guadalupe Mountain.
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Mary Owens
Bud Owens
Green McCombs
Guadalupe Mountain
Pecos
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