Cantaloupe Day Highlights Pecos Post Elections
A Pecos business leader urges readers to move past campaign rhetoric after elections and focus on Reeves County’s cantaloupe industry. The town hosts its third annual Cantaloupe Day with free fruit for visitors as discussion turns to weather, livestock, and possible 10 cent cotton prices shaping local prosperity.
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Roosevelt
Garner
Pecos
Ed Stuckler
Reeves’ County
Sterling-Ferguson
Uch
Reeves County
LSO
Editorials of the Week The Chronicle on West Texas
The Chronicle rebukes West Texas for backing West Texas candidates and argues the region deserves fair political representation. It concedes regional bluntness exists but urges West Texas to stand firm and defend its interests against a system seen as biased by big voting centers.
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Center Daily News
Houston Chronicle
West Texas
Chronicle
The
South Texas
Texas
West
Five Jack Rabbits and the Psychology of Money
The writer discusses how subconscious suggestion affects spending. With five eagle dollars people fear loss and hoard, while with five jack rabbit dollars they expect gains and spend freely, believing the slump will end as others do the same.
Why Not Asparagus A Boost For Pecos Cantaloupe Growers
A reader writes about diversifying Pecos and Madera Valley agriculture beyond cotton and alfalfa. They propose asparagus as a durable, high value crop that can be canned or stored, and suggest a cooperative cannery similar to the Pecos Cantaloupe association.
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Pecos
Madera
Ferguson
What Cowboys Read in Alpine Texas Book Shop
New Yorkers may doubt cowboys exist east of Hollywood, yet Alpine Texas hosts hard riding readers at Eulalie Turner's shop. Cowboys browse Westerns, buy Zane Grey mailings, spend three to four dollars, while detectives and sailors also seek mysteries and nautical yarns for critique.
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Hollywood
Alpine
Texas
Big Bend
Eulalie Turner
Weekly Reports
Fresh butter delivered daily by VMI A Durdin
Churned every morning and available for delivery at 25 cents per pound. Call VMI A Durdin for orders.
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VMI
A. Durdin
First Base Prize Donors List from Pecos Event
A tally of contributors to the First Base prize shows firms and amounts including Pecos Mercantile Company $2.00 in merchandise, Security State Bank $2.00 cash, First National Bank $2.00 cash, Hinkle Drug Co. $1.00 cash, Silk Dry Goods Co. $1.00 merchandise, I C Penney Co. $1.00 merchandise, Pecos Enterprise $2.00 subscription, McKee Camps Inc. $2.50 for apartment, Safe Way Store $2.00 merchandise, Holt Drug Co. $1.00 merchandise, Williams Kerr Co. $1.00 merchandise, Pecos Furniture Co. $1.00 merchandise, M System Gro. $1.00 merchandise, Pecos Drug Co. $1.00 merchandise, W E Brack $1.00 merchandise, Leader Gro and Mdw Co $1.00 merchandise, City Pharmacy $1.00 merchandise.
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Hing
Pecos Mercantile Co
Security State Bank
First National Bank
Hinkle Drug Co
Silk Dry Goods Co
I. C. Penney Co
Pecos Enterprise
McKee Camps Inc
Safeway
Holt Drug Co
Williams-Kerr Co
Pecos Furniture Co
M System Gro
Pecos Drug Co
W. E. Brack
Masonic Lodge 7356 Meets Second Tuesday Monthly
Lodge 7356 AF and AM holds meetings on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 30 PM Visitors are welcome to attend and learn about the fraternal group
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Af&am
Dry Goods Price Listing
United Dry Goods offers merchandise at $1.00 each while Steels Dry Goods lists $1.00 merchandise.
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United Dry Goods
Steels Dry Goods
Three Bridges Planned for Limpia Canyon Road
Three more spans are planned for the Pecos-Alpine road through Limpia canyon. Word from Austin confirms six Limpia bridges are under contract, with several already completed.
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Limpia
Pecos-Alpine
Limpia Canyon
Austin
Real Estate Transfers and Property Divisions Listed
Real estate transfers recorded from various parcels including Davis to Fran ken, Thorpe et virto ces to Reeves, Worsham sec 14 block 6 H&GN, PSL Reserve lots, Navarette to Navarette, Gaithings to Gaithings, Bersosa to Beer, and Huelster in Balmor subdivision. Notes reference sections 9 10 14 15 17 18 and township areas PSL.
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Che Peros Enterprise and Gasher
Hubbs Printing Company
Pecos Valley News
Pecos Weekly Times
Reeves County Record
Enterprise and Gasher
Jack Hawkins
Barney Hubbs
Broadway
America
the Chronicle ON
Reid
Reo Crale
RED
R. P. Hicks
Pecos, Texas
New York Times
What Cowboys
Rarenga
C. E. Brady
Will Cowan
Michigan
M. A. Durdinx
Cherry Street
the Electric Gin Co
Free Gin
Gro. & Mdw. Co
City Pharmacy
Elec
Texas-Louisiana Power Company
If-C
Pecos Valley
Pecos County
McNess CO
Dept. S. Freeport
Ilinois
W. E. Beckham
W. M. W. W. Ruhlen
Sec’y
J. DD. Davis
Ken
Little E. Thorpe
Ces L. Reeves
Joe A. Worsham
H&gn
Sq. NW
Zeferino Navarette
Josefina Navarette
Orig. Pe
Cos
G. W. Gaithings Sr
W. George Gathings
W. Mid. Pt
Pt. Sec
Josephine Bersosa
H. N. Beer
L. E. Reedy
Med
Lancaster
Feeves Co
Huelster
Balmor
AKON
EL Paso
National Aeronautical Association
Hussmann
Plaza
van Horn & Son
Bozeman - Bryan Bldg
Patou
Lelong
Vicnett
Chanet
Emily Ann McCollum
WFAA
Dallas
W. J. Beck
Span
O.is
Big Country
Stee
Chic” Sale Ann Dvorak
David Manners
Monda
Constance Bennett
Mystery Woman of
Society
Robert Young
Lewis Stone
Jean Hersholt
John Miljan
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