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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1934
Page
2
Pecos newspaper notice lists the Enterprise and Gusher consolidation with editor Jack Hawkins and manager Barney Hubbs. It notes subscription rates of one and two dollars and that the paper is a second class matter at Pecos post office.
Editorial argues for fast work on the Red Bluff dam project with a 15 day start and calls for hosting workers with entertainments passes. It urges cheap Pecos to Pecos transport links and housing, highway improvements on Pecos Saragosa and the Carlsbad cut-off, and turning Rotary Field into a true park with public works.
Two fires erupted Wednesday at gas stations across town but caused little damage and did not summon the fire department. At John Doll's Texas station a discarded cigarette ignited waste basket paper, tripping about $10 in damages, mitigated by Marvin Loring. At McCutcheon Moran Magnolia station on Third and Cedar a shorted ignition wire scorched wire in a truck, minimal harm with crews lowering the hoisted unit and spraying interior.
Karl Taylor of Breckenridge Texas won a $50 prize and a hospital ticket after riding Skyrocket in the Southwestern Championship rodeo. The bronco kicked him in the face on dismount ending with a jaw broken in five places and wired back together. He hopes to ride again after recovery.
Fourteen work relief workers are cleaning plastering and painting Fort Worth city hall built forty one years ago. The project will take about two months to complete.
In Hardeman county farmers started sowing wheat this week regardless of rain, as they face a general feed shortage and hope for fall grazing for livestock to ease shortages.
Mr and Mrs J E Starley with Bob Starley Ray Lewis R N Couen and J H Miller journeyed to El Paso Monday to pursue Red Bluff business and returned Tuesday evening.
Public notice from Reeves County District Court requires Sheriff to publish weekly for four weeks a citation against W W Brown in case No. 3323 Mary Woods Brown vs W W Brown. The petition filed August 9 1934 alleges Cruelty and seeks divorce. return date September 3 1934 at Pecos Court House. Clerk Vannie Ingle Hester.
Dr and Mrs John Bock visited El Paso for business and pleasure last weekend Pat Hill of Rector Oil Co stayed at Hotel Brandon this week C F Montgomery of Joyce Pruit Co Carlsbad conferred with Pecos Mercantile Company Emmett Karston greeter at Hotel Brandon returned to Atlanta after four months visit Edna Karston sister of Emmett now secretary to Martin Michel of Texas-Louisiana Power Co
Chester H. Kirbirg of Washington, connected with the Public Works administration, was in Red Bluff this week on official business.
George Sullivan and Art Lease traveled to El Paso this week. J. L. Graham and his son of Dallas visited, noting Graham as a partner of W. L. Todd in drilling the Grisham and Hunter wildcat south of Pecos.
Minnie E Robey of Coleman Texas was registered this week at Hotel Brandon Mrs C E Karston mother of
W L Todd of Dallas and Sam Todd of Big Spring, who handle the drilling contract on the Gris ham Hunter wildcat well south of Pecos, were in Pecos this week.
George Achterberg traveled to Mid and Wednesday on state highway department business. Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Tucker spent the weekend and Labor Day in El Paso.
Miss Louise Weakly of Van Horn spent Sunday and Monday visiting her brother Ward Weakly who works as night greeter.
In Loving county the runoff primary produced a rare tie with Mrs Frank B Cooper and Tom Wright each getting 94 votes for county treasurer. The Democratic Executive Committee will meet to certify results and discuss options such as coin toss or a new election. A total of 196 ballots were cast, 32 fewer than the first primary.
A Humble Pipe Line Co surveying crew runs levels for a two mile cut-in from the Hobbs Wink main line to Cooper. Humble O R Co plans to establish a camp near the site, with the Cooper short pipeline about two miles long.
Mr and Mrs Hollis Smith and family spent the weekend in El Paso visiting relatives and sightseeing.
Texas Christian University will permit dances for the first time in 70 years with university supervised jazz dances replacing the older promenade events. The move marks a shift from informal walkways to formal studio style dancing aboard campus. A separate dispatch notes a claim of a 3,000 year old university discovery at Tel el Amarna on the Nile.
Work will start around September 15 on a $60 000 sewer system in Fort Stockton. The PWA loan covers construction and will finance the project with a first reduction in debt at that time, per reports from the neighboring city.
Luther Dabney of Wink will fill the pulpit at Church of Christ Sunday night at 8 o clock for A G Hobbs who is away at a meeting in Wink Dabney is regarded as a most able minister The public is invited to attend services Read the Advertisements
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