Crowther oil and gas field seen as boon for San Antonio
Tests show Crowther Texas hosts vast natural gas fields able to supply the city with cheap fuel and light via a pipeline. The Boston & Texas corporation controls 7000 acres with 11 000 acres owned by S A Hopkins. oil output, gas pressure readings, and kaolin and lignite deposits point to major regional development and a planned railroad or pipeline link to San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowther
San Antonio
Texas
United States
Chamber of Commerce
San Diego
Brownsville
Boston & Texas Corporation
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Boston & Texas Company
Ohio
Indiana
Mr. Hopkins
Theompany
Hopkins
McMullen County
Artesian Belt Railroad
Christine
C. F. Simmons
Boston& Texas Corporation
Artesian Belt
Building Permits on Brazos and Nearby Streets
C O Swein builds a 6 room house on the west side of Brazos street for 1000 dollars. X Callahan installs a gasoline tank on the south side of West Houston street for 125 dollars. I P Hildebrand adds a shed on the north side of East Houston street for 120 dollars. Henry Billing constructs a shed on the north side of West Commerce street for 250 dollars. Esther Johnson adds a 4 room house on the south side of Dawson street for 800 dollars. John Carter builds a 3 room house on the east side of North Chevy street for 550 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. Swein
Brazos Street
X. Callahan
Houston Street
I. P. Hildebrand
East Houston Street
Henry Billing
Commerce Street
Esther Johnson
Dawson Street
John Carter
Nicholson Plans Street Improvement Bond Proposal
B F Nicholson, president of the San Antonio Real Estate Exchange, outlines a 40 year $1 500 000 bond issue to fund asphalt street improvements. He argues the plan avoids tax increases while spreading costs to future generations and covers widening Commerce and Travis streets and other projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonians
B. F. Nicholson
San Antonio Real Estate Exchange
Nicholson
Houston
Navarro
Commerce and
Commerce Street
Travis Street
Santa Rosa Avenue
St. Mary Street
Romana
Soledad
Dolorosa
City to force sidewalk building under amended charter
San Antonio property owners await new sidewalk ordinance as city plans to compel construction when owners refuse. The measure would let the city build walks at the owner's expense and then sue to recover costs, placing a lien on the abutting property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Women teachers file on Dako Desert land
A Hailey Idaho dispatch notes eastern state teachers, both sexes, homestead 160 acres and teach in the nearest district. Idaho draws educated young teachers, often with B A degrees, who use land for health and income. Many filers come to Hailey and Pocatello areas to raise fruit and pursue teaching, with more filings expected in summer.
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Hailey
Idaho
Oxford
Pocatello
Wendell
Idaho Falls
Bannock County
Far West
San Antonio Urges I and G N Office Move
Jake Wolff and J H Savage for the Chamber of Commerce returned from Houston after meeting Judge T J Freeman receiver of the International and Great Northern. They urged locating the railroad offices in San Antonio and made a generous proposition to induce the move. Freeman’s decision was being considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Wolff
J. H Savage
Chamber of Commerce
Houston
T. J. Freeman
International & Great Northern Railroad
International & Great Northern
Palestine
San Antonio
Judge Freeman
Messrs. Wolff
Savage
Get Together banquet postponed to June 28
At a meeting of the Publicity league directors in the Chamber of Commerce it was agreed to postpone the big Get Together banquet from June 21 to June 28 to allow more time for preparation. Seven hundred San Antonio citizens are expected to attend to boost nationwide publicity and unite business interests. Directors present included Fred Reutzel, T L Conroy, J H Compton, J H Savage, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Publicity League
Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Fred Reutzel
T. L. Conroy
J. H. Compton
J. H. Savage
T. N. Smith
C. S. Fowler
R. H. Wester
Ben Hammond
Cross 8 Ranch Hires Professor Mally to Boost Texas Farming
The Cross 8 ranch uses agronomic expert Professor Mally to teach settlers modern methods, aiding novices. Two Pennsylvanian boys reportedly earned 250 dollars per acre on Bermuda onions this year, with about a hundred carloads shipped from the ranch and larger plantings planned. The region, part of the great artesian belt of Southwest Texas, grows onions, truck crops, cane, alfalfa, cantaloupes and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Howard
Pennsylvania
Professor Mally
Texas
Great Artesian Belt
Real Estate Exchange Showcases National Cash Register Boys Garden
A large framed photo from the Real Estate Exchange features the National Cash Register factories at Dayton Ohio with the Boys Garden project promoted by John H Patterson. W D Syers of NCR forwarded the picture. The program trains sons of NCR employees in thrift by giving each boy a 10 by 107 foot garden plot to cultivate and sell, with prizes and diplomas for top gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Real Estate Exchange
National Cash Register Company
Dayton
Ohio
John H. Patterson
Exchange
W. D. Syers
Patterson
Starr Heights Improvement Club Meets for Street Plans
The Starr Heights Improvement club will meet at 619 Starr Street to hear committee reports on opening Starr Street to Houston Street and to seek cement sidewalks. Bids for three blocks of sidewalk are to be opened and the contract awarded at once.
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Starr Heights
Numerous property transfers across city blocks and additions
A long list details transfers among many individuals and firms including Silverio Ozuna to Schutz and Fincham for lot 40 block A on Torreon street, Givens to Conover over several blocks in new city blocks, firms such as Highland Improvement Co and West End properties, and sums from $90 to $52,494. The record shows diverse parcels on Virginia Avenue Trinity Street Matamoros San Jacinto streets and Lakeview additions among others.
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Silverio
Santos R. Ozuna
Wm. F. Schutz
Charles T. Fincham
Torreon Street
T. N. Givens
T. M. Conover
New City
Cloudcroft
Addition
W. P
Louise Givens
Nannie Naeglin
A. J. Greiner
Lawndale
C. M. Magill
Edward Boehm
Virginia Avenue
Trinity Street
Ed M
Bella M. Rivas
Travis I’. Jones
Schmalkoke
Old City
Katherine M
O. P. Poe Jr
W. R. Bradshaw
Fairfield Addition
W. L. James
Casilo
Julia Casilo de Rangel
North Side
Hidalgo Street
J. H. Kirkpatrick
Ben Dretbodt
Angeles Street
Lakeview Townsite Co
John Heimann Jr
Lakeview Addition
Lon D. Cartwright
Lane Taylor
T. D. McMahan
Villa Rosa
Geet. Charlotta
R. G. Nagel
J. C. Kinney
Main Avenue
John D
Tracy Sipple
Henry Newcomb
New City Block
Matamoros
San Jacinto
Will A. Morriss
E. D. Henry
Fannie
A. D. James
John D. Sipple
Cherry Street
Matamoras
Prospect Hill
M. P. Gregory
Ida Gregory
Pine Street
Elk and Lotus Lodge
K. of P
J. P. Lovelady
Bigck A
Knights of Pythias
S F. D. Henry
Josephine Weibling
Marlborough Place
Highland Improvement Co
L. P. Peck
C. W
Mary HE. Lason
Highland Park
M. Pannen
Theo
Blai Street
PW. A. Silvers
Webb
C. A. Goeth
Seventh Street
Avenue C
Pale J
Anita G
Louise Ashley
J. C
Mary Ellen Licardie
J. D
Minnie Ashley Beck
James F. Ashley
Domingo Bustillo
Artie A
Adeline Butler
York
I. J. Hardy
Burnet and
Mesquite
Adeline Butler York
Burher
Fred and
Carrie W. Sherman
Carby Raine Andrews
G. W
Mary C. Collier
Bella Agnes Morena
West End
John Lortora
Frank Simmang
Pleasanton Road
Texas Irrigation Lead Outlined by State Plan
William L. Rockwell outlines next year’s work for Texas agricultural investigations. The report notes $15.4 million in current funds, 12 480 staff, and plans across 30 plant-industry projects, with vast efforts in irrigation, potash and nitrates research, and Alaska reconnaissance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Department of the United Saltes
William L. Rockwell
Irrigation Department
Hereford
Texas
Rockwell
Agricultural Department
Alaska
Onion Holds Third Place In United States Crops
1908 statistics show onions rank third among truck crops in the United States with about 14 million bushels valued at 10 million dollars, nearly all consumed domestically. Annual imports add roughly 1.4 million bushels from Spain, Egypt, Bermuda, and the South Sea Islands. Texas onion industry is described as in its infancy.
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Asia
Mediteranean Sea
United States
Spain
Egypt
Bermuda
South Sea Islands
Texas
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W. B. Tuttle
The
Gas and Electric Company
Fort Worth
San Anno
Ionic
Crowther Oil Fields
Dako
Cross S
East Hous
Reclamation Service
Medina River
Panhandle
Deaf Smith
Hale
Rocky Mountains
Rockies
Onion
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