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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1912
Page
24
A feature on Elberta, the Texas peach queen, detailing her care from harvest to shipment. It covers Ogburn and Standard orchards, packing methods, and the role of women pickers, with notes on cooperative selling and rising interstate transport projects in Texas agriculture.
Construction started in drainage district No. 4 funded by a 103000 bond issue to drain 45000 acres. Bonds totaling 234000 for district No. 2 will drain 30000 acres. District No. 3 approved 27950 in bonds to drain 16600 acres.
The completion of the San Antonio, Rockport and Mexican railroad bonus spurred business, especially real estate, with dealers in San Antonio and Bexar County predicting renewed activity. A main block at Main Avenue and Houston Street anchors rising property values, with one estimate citing 3,000,000 feet frontage set to grow significantly.
La Grange Texas will construct about five and a half miles of sewer. Bids open on August 14 by the mayor and city council for 2170 feet of 10 inch sewer 8830 feet of 8 inch sewer 22960 feet of 6 inch vitrified pipe and 72 feet of 6 inch iron pipe.
Leon county commissioners will set a contract this week for road construction in the Marquez road district as part of a $30,000 bond issue. Work will begin immediately after contract letting, which is subject to commissioners' decision.
Census bureau preliminary figures show Texas has 992 workers in men’s clothing manufacturing, producing 1.76 million dollars annually. The United States overall had 239,696 workers and 568.1 million dollars in product value in the same period.
The fourth annual Texas Dry Farming congress will meet in Uvalde on August 20 21 and 22 led by President Dr Benjamin F Berkley Alpine and Secretary F M Getzendaner Uvalde With plans for ample railroad discounts and hearty local hospitality the gathering aims to expand practical moisture conserving farming in West Texas The movement traces to 1909 with support from railways newspapers and farm institutions and lauds dry farming as sensible farming suitable to arid regions with emphasis on soil moisture preservation and seed selection Leading advocate H P Attwater notes the term dry farming remains a misnomer and the approach centers on preserving moisture for crops even in limited rainfall.
Mrs. N W Cude of 225 Muncey Street raises two enormous pumpkins in her yard seven weeks after planting. The 80 and 100 pound fruits measure 63 and 61 inches in circumference with large diameters, proving the trailing vine crop can produce record pumpkins in city limits.
A bulletin from the U S Bureau of the Census shows Texas tops cattle on farms and Iowa leads in livestock value in the state. Nationally, total farm livestock value on April 15, 1910 was 4.925 billion dollars, with domestic animals making up 4.76 billion. The decade saw livestock values rise about 1.85 billion dollars, 60.1 percent, while farm property rose 100.5 percent and land value climbed 118.1 percent.
Between 1900 and 1910 the value of livestock per acre increased materially in each geographic division. The three southern divisions show comparatively low livestock value per acre, while the middle Atlantic division leads.
Two planks on rural agricultural systems and vocational education were supplied by the Southern Commercial congress for the Baltimore Democratic platform. They urge study of foreign rural credit systems and federal support for vocational agriculture training. The congress also backs a national vocational education bill and is forming a state-backed commission to study European rural finance.
In Bishop Texas on July 20 reports say 50 000 acres of King ranch land has been opened for settlement and most of it is under cultivation. An additional 20 000 acre tract is being marketed. The main crop is cotton and feedstuff with cotton rows extending a mile on many farms.
Local firms manage the Joske Bros store expansion on Commerce and South Alamo, with J C Dielmann as contractor and Leo M J Dielmann as architect. A 63 by 124 foot four story addition includes a basement, damp-proofed with hot asphalt, using 600,000 bricks and 10,000 cubic feet of concrete. The project employs about 70 men, mostly San Antonio laborers, and expects occupancy in a few weeks.
Chicago report says several labor leaders have traveled to Texas to study labor and agricultural conditions for local unions. More than two hundred workers plan to move to Texas seeking better livelihoods on the southwest farm lands.
The Houston Heights school board reviews bids to erect a new high school building at an estimated cost of 40 000. Construction must be completed before fall according to the bid advertisements.
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