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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1913
Page
20
A long list of farm and ranch opportunities across Texas is advertised. Properties include a 75 acre farm with car sheds, 400 acres near Terrell Well, 1400 plus acres in East Texas, and 6000 acres in Live Oak county. Offers show direct-from-owner deals and trades for central or southern Texas income properties.
100 acre farm at Adkins near station in Crockett area with 50 acres cultivated and a good four room cottage. Includes well and sandy loam soil. Price 4500 dollars with half cash. Contact Whitaker at Crockett 6121 or 6010.
A damaged notice lists a lost item described as proof of G. T. de Jarmes herald and offers a reward if returned to Pat Stevens at 609 Burnett Street. It also advertises sale of seasoned pecan timber and good hickory with contact for Pat Stevens at Crockett 5260. The notice mentions ample pasture for horses and cattle.
A jumble of short classifieds offers a young white girl for upstairs work and child care, competent cook, man or boy for dairy work, four and five room rentals, a small list of items for sale, services, and a for sale or trade car. Contacts include Mrs Tait, Travis, Crockett numbers, and various street addresses. Several items include phone numbers and request applicants or buyers to respond at home or by calling.
Henry Lacks offers near city acreage at what he calls half present value. See the property and decide its future worth yourself. The Thompson Land Co advertises trading farms for city property and notes sale of 2091 acres with hardwood timber and pasture in East Texas at 15 per acre by East Texas Land Co. Nacogdoches Tex.
The Farmers Union urges Texas growers to attend fairs statewide this fall to learn, compare, and profit from scientific agriculture. It emphasizes exhibition of top products, cooperation, and city farmer relations, highlighting Dallas as an example and promising cooperative exhibits from universities and the Farm Life Commission.
Fort Worth reports the Farmers Educational and Co operation Union of Texas calls its state meet in San Antonio August 6 to 9. President Radford and national officers will attend along with a push for broad county representation and advisory members. Main topics include farm marketing, rural credit, and cooperative distribution. Also noted Tyler potato crop storage plans amid deteriorating tubers and price terms at a local ice plant.
Official figures show agricultural exports at about 1.2 billion dollars in 1913, a 70 percent rise since 1880, driven by cotton and meats. Manufactures export also climbs to about 1.2 billion, up over 800 percent from 1880. Cotton remains half of agricultural exports, with record wheat, tobacco, fruits, and meats outlooks for 1913.
Houston officials announced the fourteenth No-tsu-oh carnival, set for November 10 to 15, with larger and more varied events. Jesse H. Jones elected president, David Daly managing director, and plans include an illuminated night pageant, king's coronation, multiple parades, carnivals shows, a hippodrome demonstration, and Press Day for Texas editors. The festival celebrates the cotton harvest, with "No-tsu-oh" being Houston spelled backward and related reversals explained.
Stamford Tex June 21 attendance at the midsummer good roads congress to be held in Corpus Christi July 10 11 and 12 1918 promises to be the biggest ever in the state Homer D Wade state secretary says important legislation on highway improvements may be considered at the Thirty third Legislature special session and the congress aims to shape legislation for greatest public benefit to Texans
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