Good Roads Speech Draws County Interest on Highway Plans
George D. Marshall and D. E. Colp toured Kendall Blanco counties outlining the San Antonio Blanco and Granite Belt Good Roads association plan. He urged county bonds, a road engineer, and contracts with local builders to fund and construct main highways, stressing county-wide cooperation and material cost estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Marshall
United States Agricultural Department
D. E. Colp
Highway League Division
Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Kendall
Twin Sisters
Blanco City
Blanco County
Mr. Marshall
Marshall
United States
Road Drags and Public Support Spark Texas Road Plan
Mr Marshall urged use of road drags to maintain natural Texas roads at low cost. He proposed district based drags, farmer and motorist help, and cost savings from skilled design over day labor. D E Colp backed the plan and urged the San Antonio Blanco Granite Belt scenic highway to boost tourism and regional growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr.Marshall
Texas
State of Texas
Kendall
Blanco
D. E. Colp
Marshall
Burnet
Temple
Waco
Bexar County Highway League
Chamber of Commerce
West Texas
San Antonio
The Flea Targeted by Naval Plate Projectile
A quoted, humorous comparison from a Scientific American piece suggests killing a flea by confining it on an impenetrable naval plate and training a twelve inch gun projectile on it. The satire uses exaggerated measures to mock overkill in pest control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Texas Women Seek Property Rights Reform
Texas women push to amend laws granting married women control over property and earnings. Judge Oole Speer drafted the bill with backing from the Texas State Bar and women’s clubs. The bill defines separate property as pre marriage and acquired property, excluding earnings from joint property. It aims to give married women full control as if single.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas State Bar Association
Oole Speer
Court of Civil Appeals
Fort Worth
Women's Clubs
Newcomers Handbook to Spotlight San Antonio Territory Farms
The Chamber of Commerce agricultural bureau plans a practical handbook or atlas covering each county in the San Antonio territory. It will detail leading crops, county data, population, taxation, towns, railroads, and irrigation methods, with information supplied by successful local farmers. Over 200 inquiry sets have been mailed to collect reliable farming data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Agricultural Bureau
Inquirers
Information Bureau
Mackey
San Antonio Territory
Ray M. Mackey
Cattle Insurance in Austria Under Mutual Institutes
Austrian cattle insurance is run by mutual institutes with six large provincial bodies in 1907 and many local societies. The system, subsidized by provinces, shows rising insured head numbers and reserves, with horned cattle most insured and horse coverage growing, while goats remain minor. It supports epidemic control and veterinary service, aiding farmers nationally.
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Austria
Lower Austria
Upper Austria
Carinthia
Moravia
Vorarlberg
Salzburg
Tyrol
Bohemia
Innsbruck
Gorz
Istrian
Parenzo
Bulletin of Economic and Social Intelligence
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Austria Insurance Institutes
Ministry of the Interior
Cortina d’Ampezzo
Innsbruck, Gorz and
Girl Pays Freak Bet in Venice Wheelbarrow Ride
In Venice California on a Saturday afternoon a social bet results in Miss Gladys White pushing Miss Dolly Flinn in a wheelbarrow along the Ocean Park shore. The pair debated Roosevelts and Wilsons chances with White shouting pro-Wilson while Flinn sided with Roosevelt.
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Venice
Cal
Ocean Front
Ocean Park
Dolly Flinn
Ocean Park Twilight Club
Gladys White
Miss White
Flinn
Miss Flinn
Roosexe
Wilson
Boys Help 10 Get Bigger Crop Yield
Demonstration agent W. G. Hand reports first year results showing corn yields rising from 10 to 36 bushels per acre. San Antonio Chamber of Commerce prizes went to 21 Boys' Corn Club members. Cotton yields increased, kaffir corn improved, and next year will add school gardens and home canning education for boys and farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
United States
W. G. Hand
Boys’ Corn Club
San Antonio
Farming in Your Section A Comprehensive Survey Questions
A detailed questionnaire asks about drilling wells per foot, soil and subsoil types, county location, dry farming methods, crop rotation, best crops under irrigation, fruit growth, five and ten acre viability, experimental farming, poultry and dairying prospects, silo use, hograising feasibility, winter plowing plans, field cultivation depth and frequency, roads and schools, rail proximity, land values, land sales, market channels, and land clearing costs.
San Antonio Leads in Southwest Texas Road Building Plans
San Antonio spearheads efforts to build roads across Southwest Texas with hundreds of miles already laid and more than a thousand contemplated. A bid to host the National Good Roads association meeting in 1914 sparked by Atlantic City talks aims to mobilize active steps and a campaign before the next annual gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Dallas
Fort Worth
National Good Roads Association
Atlantic City
N. J
D. E. Colp
Highway League
Chamber of Commerce
Logan Waller Page
American Roads Congress
Page
United States
United Kingdom
Old
Cumberland
Congress
Pressent Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Postmaster General
Longest Painting Ever Planned for Fifth National Corn Exposition
In Columbia South Carolina on November 16, officials announce a mammoth painting to decorate the educational building at the Fifth National Corn Exposition next January. Artist E E Sprague of Columbus Ohio, now a Columbia resident, will execute a 7500 square foot canvas nearly a sixth of a mile long and nine feet wide. The canvas will surround the steel building housing agriculture exhibits from over thirty states. It will be divided into thirty spaces depicting landscape scenes from each state. Floral decorations will enhance the setting as top exhibits are assembled.
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Columbia
S. C
Department of Agriculture
E. E. Sprague
Columbus
Ohio
Sprague
Maine Duck Drive Leads to Large Harvest at Deer Isle
An early Maine practice described as a duck drive near Duck Harbor involved boats forming a circle to corral flocks. Settlers lined the coast from the bay’s upper end to the harbor head driving birds ashore where many were killed, with some attempting to flee through woods and dying in large numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston Journal
Maine
Deer Isle
Duck Harbor
Rural route study funds noted for road building aid
The article notes an appropriation of 500000 dollars for experiments to improve rural delivery routes to gather economic data. It states that states or their subdivisions must provide double that amount to obtain this federal assistance.
Wool Growing In Texas Sees Rising Interest And Prospects
Texas wool and mohair interests grow as sheep and goat numbers rise. In 1910 Texas reported 1,758,084 sheep valued at 6,138,426 and 1,077,277 goats valued at 2,397,684, with a strong clip of 11,985,188 pounds. Proposals include a state wool warehousing association and a wool bank to curb speculator manipulation, plus cooperative wool mills and Angora interest, shaping a trend toward independence from northern and eastern markets.
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Texas
Wool
a _ stat
Wool Bank
Texa Farmers’ Union
Utah
Angora Goat
Boston
Chicago
Texas Wool Productio
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Department
D. E. Corp
Boy's Corn Club
Bexar County
Panola County
Murvual
Young Men’s Business League
Union Meat Company
Beef and Pork Packers
Union Stock Yards
San Antonio, Texas
West Commerce Street
Southwest
Cattle Insurance IN
Ziegler & Ziegler
Ziegler
Houston St. Beth
Corn Club
COLP
Emmet Bank
Commerce Street
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