Karnes County to Build Use Road and Highway Plans
Karnes County votes bonds for highway improvements from Hobson to Karnes City and Kenedy, with state and federal approvals pending. Plans include underpasses, improved Main Street access, and new roadside features such as evergreens and flower beds. A proposed World War I memorial along the highway is discussed, plus tree planting to beautify the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Federal Commission
N. Powell
Kenedy
Karnes City
Hobson
Taradus
Harnesity
Calvert Avenue
Bee Yond
Ames City
Karmes
Powell
Una
Texas
Building Boom Pushed by Real Estate and Plant Expansions
The city sees extensive growth with Cralde Electric & Tee Co expanding plant capacity and installing a 300 horsepower diesel engine, new brick structures, larger sea plant capacity, and heavier loading carts. Spinach harvest drives daily shipments from the Winter Garden district. Local builders extend Miller & Cobb garage, add rooms and rest facilities, and multiple shops expand, including W A Dismakes tailor extension and Mike Clark building relocation. The market activity signals over 1690000 in expenditures on improvements.
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Cralde Electric & Tee Company
Winter Garden
Uil
Miller & Cobb Garage
High
Main Streets
W. A. Dismakes
Local Home Improvements and Surge in Land Sales
The article notes near completion of Daniel Hulmes new Mesquite street home with occupancy soon, J W Hargood testing Romero Mill Street for replacements, H W Barber finishing a bungalow in Loma Vista, J A Jackson upgrading his South Getty Street residence, and numerous minor improvements. It highlights an unprecedented rise in land sales and transfers in the county amid ongoing property activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Hulmes
Mesquite Street
J. W. Hargood
Romero Mill
BF Sre
H.W. Barber
Loma Vista
J. A. Jackson
Getty Street
Tates
January gains over last four months split farms along Leona
A movement to divide large farms into 3 to 20 acre tracts is gaining traction along the Leona river valley. The winter season showed this land is suitable for spinach and other vegetables with abundant shallow water, suggesting many more truck farms could emerge before next winter.
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Leona River
Groundbreaking planned for new South Texas State Teachers College
Kingsville Tex Feb 25 At an executive committee meeting in charge of the cornerstone laying a March date was selected to fit attendance by state legislators and officials. The event, postponed from December due to bad weather, aims to coincide with the South Texas Teachers Conference in Kingsville March 19 to 21. Ex Governor Neff Governor Ferguson and other prominent Texan officials are invited and expected to attend. A barbecue will greet visitors and the program mirrors plans prepared for the December start.
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Kengsville
Tex
South Texas
Coltoga
Sacarday
Austin
Pexis Teachers Conference
Kingsville
Neff
Berguson
Ferguson
Gil
Texas
Pine orders rise while shipments slump in week report
Southern Pine Association Barometer for the week shows orders up 1.5 percent from the prior week, shipments down 2.2 percent, and production up 0.5 percent. Reports from 123 mills indicate 79 feet ordered, 87,955,379 feet shipped, and 71,858,282 feet produced, with end of week orders on hand at 244,655,754 feet.
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New Orleans
Southern Pine
Association
Lockhart to Get Modern Filling Station
Lockhart Texas February 28 An automobile agency buys the Lutheran church property to erect a modern sales function. The brick structure will cost about 500000 and sits south of the City Hall. No architect has been selected yet.
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Lockhart
Tex
i _automobile agenty
Lutheran Church
Austin
New Court
Homes Open 10 Public in Woodlawn Sunday
Ten houses in the 1600 block of West Woodlawn Avenue and Woodlawn Place will be open for inspection Sunday. The homes, part of a modern construction project by the Sam G. Bennett Company on West Magnolia Avenue, are nearing completion, an announcement said last week by Mr Bennett.
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Sam C. Bennett Company
West
Woodlawn Avenue
Woodlawn Place
Sam’ G. Bennett
Magnolia
Bennetti
Palestine School to be Built by Local Low Bidders
A two story and part basement junior high school building will be erected off Palestine at an estimated cost of about 100000 dollars. H J Hansen and son of San Antonio are the lowest bidders with a bid of 98325 dollars for the structures.
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Palestine
H. J. Hansen and‘ Son
San Antonio
Building Begins on New Brownsville Auto Display Building
Brownsville Texas February 28 preliminary construction on a new automobile display building is under way. Charles D Cook of Dallas to construct on Elizabeth Street with Drew Patterson of Patterson Motor Company Ford agents in Brownsville supervising. LA M Buford of Dallas oversees the project. The 200 by 120 foot modern building will feature a plate glass front and house a showroom for cars.
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Brownsville
Tex
Leest
Charles D. Cook
Dallas
Elizabeth
Drew Patterson
Patterson Motor Company
Ford
LA. M. Buford
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Corpus Christi
G. C. Mayfield
Earles Ciee
Espresville
Alresey
Corns Schasi
King’s Highway
Karnes County
Plan Memorial
Mike Clark
Penses
Plens Et
T. Whitecotten
Kelwood Architects
NEW College
Home Builder
the Unit Heating CO. of
D. F. Morgan's Sons Co
Pereida Street
Woodlawn
New Austin Court House
Palestine School
Hillyer -Deutsch-Jarratt Co
Cumber-Hardware
Sor As Verces
Nte
Highlands
Jet
B. G. Irish
Navarro Street
Crockett
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