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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1932
Page
2
In Amarillo Panhandle cattlemen meeting with 22 ranchers call TB testing of range cattle a needless expense. They argue tests to create credited areas would cost both ranchers and government, increasing overhead when every cent counts and protest the movement.
Unfilled orders in Texas textile mills at end of June total 5,952,000 yards versus 2,029,000 at end of May. The University Bureau of Business Research notes a 16 percent decline from May to June and highlights the significance of the statement. Ieard Reynolds spends a few days at Pecos helping deliver Magnolia products.
United in Austin the Senate and House consider a trio of land bills by Senator C. Small and Representative F P Wagstaff to straighten title issues in West Texas mineral lands. The measures set state and landowners shares, authorize settlements, and confirm repurchased school and asylum lands while preserving the old relinquishment act divisions. Supportive legislators call the bills fair with no policy changes, as others push a highway reimbursement bill.
Rev G C McMurray of Barstow will preach at the Methodist church Sunday morning and evening for the Presbyterians. Pals S S class met at the Baptist church with twelve present to discuss work and future programs. Mr and Mrs Murray C Grayson of Los Angeles arrived to visit family and left for Oklahoma City. Several residents visiting relatives in Henderson Pecos Monahans Lubbock and Abilene. A large turnout enjoyed a Friday dance and barbecue at Cottonwood.
New enterprises include the Tarsan Gin Co with capital of $10,000 and the Thorndale Oil Mill Co with capital listed as S10,000 in the latest filing.
Government figures released September 1 project crop yields per acre about 6.5 percent below last year and 4.6 percent under the ten year average. Wheat flax buckwheat hay apples peaches tobacco and cotton may fall short of the average output while corn barley and sweet potatoes show larger crops oats and potatoes are near average. Meat animals gain some market support but overall prospects remain subdued.
Cattle and poultry production increase while lamb and pig crops decline from last spring. Beef cattle total is larger than a year ago, though feed cattle in the Corn Belt are about five percent lower. Western range feed conditions are generally better, with cattle expected to come to market later but in better flesh.
The Baker of Hollew Mills in Dallas resumed a night schedule after a four week vacation pause. The plant has been steadily operating since March, with fifty-two cammers and twenty married workers and executives returning to work.
Ninety two thousand cotton yards were used to build the Navy's giant dirigible. The material was enough for a single strip a yard wide to stretch over fifty miles, revealing the scale of the construction effort.
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