Pecos Men Raise Funds to Help Boy Reach Dallas Clinic
Wallace Connally, a paralyzed boy from infantile paralysis, will travel with his mother to the Hella Temple Free Clinic in Dallas for treatment. Local donors led by A. E. Hayes J. G. Love and W. W. Camp have raised about 200 dollars to cover travel and medical expenses as Dr. W. B. Carroll reviews photos and plans a possible cure within weeks.
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Wallace Connally
Hella Temple Free Clinic
Dallas
A. E. Hayes
J. G. Love
W. W. Camp
W. B. Carroll
Hella Temple Free
Pecos Hosts New Mexico Annual Conference Attendance Expected
The New Mexico Annual Conference will meet in Pecos October 4 with Bishop Dickey presiding. About 100 to 125 preachers and numerous lay visitors are expected. Homes will be arranged by local churches and meals offered at modest rates in the Syndicate Building.
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Duches
Pecos
Methodist Episcopal Church
New Mexico
West Texas
Texas & Pacific Railway
Odessa
Dickey
Little Rock
Ark
Presbyterian and Episcopal Ladies
Woman’s Missionary Society of
M. FE
Baptist Ladies Aid Society
Christian Ladies Aid Society
Syndicate
Pecos Schools open with record enrollment for year
The Pecos Public Schools opened on Monday with a record enrollment of 390 pupils. The High School has 125 students, primary 121, and grammar grades 144. Superintendent Norman praises the start and urges community support for students and teachers to ensure a successful year.
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Pecos
Norman
Baptist Ladies Aid Elect Officers At East Circle Meeting
At a Baptist Ladies Aid Society gathering held Tuesday afternoon at the church the East Circle hosted the others with refreshments after a short program. Officers for the coming year were elected: President Mrs T J Stephens, vice president Mrs Sid Cowan, secretary Miss Edna Harris, treasurer Mrs G C Parker, press reporter Mrs W R Glasscock.
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Baptist Ladies Aid Society
East Circle
T. J. Stephens
Sid Cowan
Edna Harris
G. C. Parker
W. R. Glasscock
Roads of Country Sign Up To End Nationwide Shopmen Strike
Washington D C Sept 15 Advices from the labor department say about 55 000 miles of US rail trackage roughly 55 000 of 20 000 miles already signaled to end the shopmen strike based on the Wednesday agreement. Several railroads telegraphed to begin separate negotiations with shop crafts leaders and more signatories are expected as conferences continue. J A Franklin and W H Finley forecast quick returns to work under new wage scales and settlements with major systems like Chicago and Northwestern.
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Washington, D. C
Labor Department
Chicago
Federated Shop Crafts
B. M. Jewell
Railway Employee’ Department
American Federation of Labor
United States
System Federation
Jewell
United States Railroad Labor Board
J. A. Franklin
Boilermakers
W. H. Finley
Chicago & Northwestern
Shop Crafts’ Executive Council
S. Davies Warfield
Seaboard Air Line
Warfield
Daniel Willerd
Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore
New York
Transportation Brotherhoods
Oil Prospector Monce Visits Loving County for Acreage
Shorty Monce from Rising Star arrives in the area with partner Mr. Wolfe to drill near the Toyah Bell well. The party, known for wealth, plans to secure acreage to justify further oil exploration. Monce and Wolfe report positive results and intend to return to demonstrate potential beneath the sod.
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Shorty” Monce
Rising Star
Mr. Wolfe
Mr. Monce
Terah Bell
Loving County
Messers Monce & Wolfe
Toyah-Bell
Monce
Cuban visitor from Havana talks with Pecos editor
E. W. Kerr of Havana Cuba, engineer for the Cuba Cane and Sugar Corp, toured property of his father in law S. Bisa of the A M College in Pecos. He compares Cuba’s finances to Pecos amid a sugar market slump and notes high living costs and limited drinking establishments. He says Americans stay briefly for money and wages are fair but living costs erode income. Kerr is described as pleasant and agreeable during the visit.
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E. W. Kerr
Havana
Cuba
Pecos
Kerr
Cuba Cane and Sugar Corporation
A. & M. College
College Station
Texas
S. Bisa
Toyah Public School Opens With Strong Enrollment
The Toyah Public School opened Monday with an enrollment of 106. Prof. A. H. Smith, now in his fifth year as superintendent, has guided the school's progress with commendable service.
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Toyah
A. H. Smith
Smith
Toyah Public
Notable Works and Authors Featured in This Week’s Page
A collage of titles spans poetry, history, home crafts, adventure, and biographies. Included are Edgar Guest’s Making the House a Home, In Flanders Field by McRae, Polly of Pebbly Pit and its sequels by L. E. Roy, Pee Wee Harris adventures by Fitzhugh, and Round the World by Andrew Carnegie along with other notable writings and series entries.
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Edgar Guest
Ostrander
Flanders Field
McRae
Abbot
Russia
Hughes
Polly
Pebbly Pit
L. F
Einor
L. E. Roy
New York
Pee Wee Harris
Fitzhugh
Andrew Carnegie
Princess Cantacuzene
Speransky
Grant
City Council approves stand pipe repair contract
The City Council met Tuesday night with three aldermen present. A bid by Ralph Harding for stand pipe repair was accepted at $29.60. A bill for ten days of August lights totaling $49 was tabled and no further business was recorded before adjournment.
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S. M. Prewit
Wheat well project funding gains momentum says backers optimistic
A Connecticut subscriber renews, noting the Wheat well proposition seems financed and nearing completion. He reports checks flowing from across the United States and suggests neighbors and towns may contribute soon, though funds remain short of the total to drill.
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Connecticut
Pecos
Wheat
Mr. Wheat
United States
Oil Well News Updates on Water Shutoff Progress
C H Willoughby manager of Wiloughby Petroleum Company interests visited town and told the Enterprise they expect a complete water shut off by week’s end. Most rock blocking casing has been removed with dynamite and work progresses satisfactorily. Drilling will not resume until the shutoff is complete and formations show promise for an oil well soon.
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C. H. Willoughby
Wiloughby Petroleum Company
Hershenson Well Recovering Fishing Bit in El Paso
The Hershenson well suffered loss of an 1800 pound fishing bit during the past week. Recovery efforts have the bit retrieved and drillers are in El Paso to rethread it. Work will resume early next week.
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Hershenson
el Paso
Sunshine Federal well drillers push to halt quicksand flow
Drillers at the Laura well of Sunshine-Federal interests continued sealing the bore with clay and adobe to mud off fast moving quicksand. Messrs. and Green reportedly promise real good news by the next publication day.
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Laura Well
Sunshine-Federal
Messrs. and
Green
Bell well crew fights gas pressure in ongoing drilling
Drilling crew at the Bell well continues work after striking another water stratum and successfully shutting it off. Officials report efforts to manage immense gas pressure to use fuel and remove residual gas to keep the operation safe for workers.
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Bell Well
United States District Court Postpones Pecos Division Term
The Pecos Division United States District Court adjourns September term from September 25 to December 11 by order of Judge Wm. R. Smith. Deputy Clerk W. W. reports the delay due to business in another Western District portion. All September term cases will be heard in the adjourned December session during the second week.
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U. S. District Court
United States District Court
Pecos
Wm. R. Smith
W. W
Officers Elected by Christian Ladies Aid Society
The Christian Ladies Aid Society met with Mrs. M. C. Glover Tuesday afternoon and elected officers for the coming year. President is Mrs. M. L. Vickers, vice-president Mrs. Charles Young, secretary Mrs. Ralph Williams, and treasurer Mrs. R. E. Johnson.
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Chistian Ladies Aid Society
M. C. Glover
M. L. Vickers
Charles Young
Ralph Williams
R. E. Johnson
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Hladhornen
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