Del Rio’s New Charter Promises City Owned Utilities
Del Rio adopts a progressive charter with voter power over franchises and utilities. The plan envisions underground wires, cost‑plus service, and taxes to fund government and improvements. C O Fokes heads a forward‑looking administration alongside commissioners Long and Forman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Rio
Black Land
Texas
C. O. Fokes
del Rio National Bank
John Y. Long
J. F. Forman
del O del Rio
First National
Block
Chamber of Commerce
Val Verdes County
America
Del Rio Chamber Champions Long Term Growth Vision
Del Rio and its Chamber of Commerce push steady, honest growth built on cooperation among business leaders and civic groups. Leaders highlight irrigation projects, the Devil's River dam, hotel openings, water from San Felipe Springs, and a broad plan linking agriculture, livestock, and tourism to a prosperous future.
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Chamber of Commerce
del Rio
Black
San Antonio
Ufe
Texas
Block
John J. Foster
Foster
Devil's Liver
Judge Foster
Val Verde
Bnaleness
Fosvier
Willan
Hig
Chamber
R. T. Hunnicutt
L. Rust
M. Stool
A. M. Oppenheimer
J. E. Pegues
J. Berlin
A. B. Hillan
Retail Merchants’ Association of Texas
Retail Merchants’ Association of
Walter Warnest
G. M. Atkinson
A. McDougald
Jim King
Mr. Hillan
Foster Building
del Rio Automobile Association
The
Red Cross
John Gray
A. Madison
A. BG. Hillan
Women’s Civic League
GG. Stafford
Greenwood Park
Greenwood
Med Cross
San Felipe Springs
G. Bedell Moore
San Fespe
Rio Grande
Camp del Rio
San Felipe
EB. Tl. Phillips
J. W. Walker
Mexico
Republic
Val Verde Company
Moore
White Ranch
Puertacitas Ranch
Moore Estate
San Felipe Agricultural, Manufacturing and Ditch Company
Valeley
Val Verde Irrigation Company
Bermuda
San Angelo
Southern Pacific
Val Verde County
Southwest
del Tilo
Rain Ends Strange Illness Sweeping Mexico Mo.
In Mexico Missouri doctors credit a heavy one hour rain after six weeks as ending an illness affecting over 300 schoolchildren. The epidemic, likely a peculiar influenza form, left unconscious victims with temporary weakness and improved as rain arrived. No serious effects followed.
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Mexico
Hopeful Officer Encounters Wet-Horse Jester
A young country officer observes a green recruit trying to coax a horse over fences. The officer asks how to wet the horse with one couron, and the recruit responds he can only wet one side while the other must keep up. The exchange ends with a quip about serving it.
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Hlavest
Anting Horsefleen
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Border Country
Devil's River
J. H. Savage
B. G. Stafford
Birnsong & Facts Potchernice
Ford
Universal Car Co
Main Ave
Travis
Millican-Brewer Radiator Co
S. Flores St. Travis
Douce Brothers
Dodge Brothers
A. E. Staacke Auto Co
Third St
Avenue D
Crockett
Sencow
Goodyear
Ave
Automobile Tire Co., Inc
D. O. Griffith
San Antonio, Texas
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