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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1916
Page
32
Financiers and major business leaders survey 5000 men of affairs about real estate activity. Most report rising interest, larger deals in acreage and city property, with builders active and lenders loosening amid war’s recovery. Banks show surplus reserves, easing conditions for loans and big transactions nationwide.
San Antonio residents urge strict enforcement of laws against stray chickens, stock, and dogs as the Real Estate Board forwards a notice. Secretary Lukenbach urges reporting to the city complaint department, then arrest if warnings fail, arguing loose animals hinder yard beautification and parkway plans.
Plans to begin within three months a new factory on Medina and El Paso streets for the Brown Cracker and Candy Company. The $125000 plant will be four stories, 150 by 218 feet, with offices downstairs and manufacturing upstairs. A $15000 warehouse is under construction, and the Dallas plant handles candy making. Architects Reuter and Harrington led the design after studying major baking plants.
A government report shows 1913-14 and 1914-15 cotton imports into Manchester from Texas with damage falling from about 6 percent to 1.4 percent. Senator Weinert credits the state warehouse and marketing department’s educational campaign for the improved condition and estimates savings around 18 million dollars.
Early fruit and vegetables arrive steadily in Seguin with high prices due to shortages. Alvin and Otto Baenziger sold sixty dozen extra fine cantaloupes at 60 cents per dozen, likely the best price yet for that size quantity, and also provided the first watermelons and other vegetables of the season aided by plant protectors during a cold windy period.
C Tharp plant pathologist with the state Department of Agriculture returned to Austin after inspecting Mt. Vernon peach troubles. He says orchards look well and trees are loaded for a potential fruit boom. Hail damaged orchards over a wide area north of Mt. Vernon and extending north and west. N D Zuber, assistant entomologist, is also in Tyler Jacksonville area assessing conditions before returning.
Commissioner Fred W. Davis argues for a state wide program of forty acre demonstration farms in every county. He says these self sustaining plots could prove land payday for homeseekers, aid soil fertility, and spur agriculture through proven yields and market access.
Seguin Texas June 10 Poultry raisers of the county will meet in the Seguin courthouse Wednesday afternoon June 14 to form a county association. Jake Brown issued the call he is known as a breeder of thoroughbred brown leghorns and many others in the county are in the thoroughbred business benefits to all concerned are noted.
Vegetable gardens entered in the Realty Board yards contest were scored Friday morning by a committee of Mrs. B. F. Morris, Mrs. J. H. Hildebrand, J. L. Lytle and J. F. Smith. Scores will be announced at the contest’s fall close. About a dozen gardens entered, with some showing as many as twenty varieties of vegetables.
Brady broker H P Roddie, acting for Eastern mills, buys 200000 pounds of wool at 25 to 32 cents a pound through San Angelo merchant G T Gwin. The load is routed to Galveston via the Santa Fe.
Secretary Lukenbach announced the district yard contest prizes in a large program with many contributors. District 3 and 4 offer cash, decor, and goods for yard improvement. District 6 lists garden and home prizes in Palm Heights San Fernando and Harlandale. Prospect Hill and other districts feature assorted gifts, groceries, and percolators with more prizes to come next week.
Commercial activity shows continued strength with output above last year in most sectors and ample capacity for months ahead subject to labor conditions. Raw material recessions noted, while some product markets show easing. Bank clearings reach 4.59 billion dollars. lumber price shifts possible due to interstate rate changes. Texas moves on lime bill relief. Congress bills advance. Texas treasury reports 5.97 million cash on hand May 31, with bonds totaling 21.21 million and diverse fund allocations.
COLLEGE STATION Tex June 2 The eighth annual summer school in cotton classing will be held at the Agricultural and Mechanical College here June 16 to July 29 in connection with the rural life school and summer normal Daily reports from leading cotton markets will be received and the students will go through all the details of buying and selling.
Work is under way on the Hotel Lanier at Travis and St Marys in San Antonio. Mrs J M Nix backs a $100000 project designed by Henry Phelps to resemble The Cotton at Houston. It will have 125 outside rooms with hot water steam heat and modern conveniences. The building fronts 116 feet on St Marys and 65 on Travis with a large Travis lobby and first floor retail space.
C C Hill of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce argues hog farming can yield quick profits if hogs are fed a balanced ration. Tests show net gains depend on diet including milo skim milk and pasture. Peanut forage adds value for livestock while easing harvest. peanut fat hardens differently affecting pork prices.
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