Diversification urged for Texas crops and markets
J H Connell of the Texas Experiment Station urges Beeville farmers to diversify while building a local specialty. He argues for home food production first, then market crops, notes California bean movements, and highlights alfalfa, fruit, vegetables, and meats as undeveloped regional opportunities. He calls for coordinated efforts to improve freight, packaging, and crop yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Connell
Texas Experiment Station
Beeville
Tex
Boston
Texas
California
United States
California Weather Bureau
Gulf Coast
Abilene Improves Lytle Creek Water Works Capacity
Abilene's water company completed upgrades to the Lytle creek dam increasing the main Lytle lake capacity to 386 million gallons while Cameron dam adds 12 million and Cedar creek reservoirs 20 million. A spillway modification adds about 100 million more gallons for a total well over 500 million, making the supply larger than Paris Texas and Texas and Pacific plans. The 700 foot dam stands 35 feet high, 120 acre lake area, two miles of backwater, and Bermuda grass and alfalfa cover the banks creating a pleasant, park like setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Water Company of
Abilene
Lytle Creek
Lytle Lake
Cameron
Cedar Creek
Paris
Tex
Texas and Pacific Railway
San Martin
Maj. N. C. Duncan of Robertson County Remembers Early Texas
Maj. Duncan, a longtime Texan visiting Waco, recalls frontier days with Davy Crockett and Gen. Sam Houston. He describes ranger service against Indians and Mexicans, a bold life among panthers bears and wolves, and notes a famed 1837 squirrel migration that emptied farms of crops. He also recounts episodes from Gen. Taylor's Mexican campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maj
N. C, An
Robertson County
Texas
Waco
Duncan
Tennessee
Davy Crockett
Robertson Colony
Lone Star
Great Crockett
Sam Houston
Gen. Taylor
Mexico
McKinney Plans Eight Public Wagon and Bitch Yards
The city of McKinney proposes eight public wagon and brood yards to expand livestock handling and public service facilities. Officials aim to improve public access and animal management with the new yards located across multiple blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinney
Bluefields Banana Company Withdraws From Southern Fruit Exchange
The Galveston Fruit Company reports telegraphic notice that Bluefields Banana Company withdraws from the Southern Fruit Exchange. They will operate on their own and own Bluefields plantations, adopting a live and let live policy. This marks the first break in the exchange, formed last March by banana importers from New Orleans and Mobile. The banana trust later absorbed all firms except Bluefields and Camors & Co, while retaining membership to oversee the remaining outside concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banana Trust
Bluefields Company
Camors & Co
Banana Exchange
Wharton County Pioneers Elevator Road Grader Program
Wharton county led coast counties in buying and using the elevator road grader. Forty three miles of first class sixty foot graded roads exist after ninety days of work with two machines and thirty three head of mules. Total cost about 383 dollars, roughly 16 dollars per mile. A proposal to lease the outfit for 15 dollars per day was made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wharton County
Coast
Storm Leaves Damage Across Petty and High in Lamar County
A storm on the 23rd caused considerable damage around Petty and nearby High in Lamar County. Many vats were damaged and much cotton will need replanting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petty
Lamar County
High
Dallas Park Scene With Spring Beauty And Historic Monument
The Dallas park bursts with spring flowers and green grass as a Confederate monument stands among trees. A storm sewer mouth lies under a bridge. a mastodon bone allegedly from a prehistoric find draws interest, with related shell fragments suggesting a once submerged inland sea in North Texas.
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Dallas
Daughters of the Confederacy
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
North
Texas
Boy 18 loses leg in cattle drive horse accident
Ed Newsome of twelve miles north of Weatherford had his leg torn off at the knee when a horse bolted while he helped his father herd cattle. He was thrown and his foot caught in the stirrup as the horse jumped around a tree, tearing the limb away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Newsome
Weatherford
Bouquet Brings a Bride in Pine Bluff Wedding
In Pine Bluff Arkansas Private Charles Pierson of New York and Miss Minnie Todd married a few days ago after a romance that began last summer when a bouquet with a note from Miss Todd fell in Pierson’s lap aboard a train with his regiment. Correspondence followed then the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Bluff
Ark
Charles Pierson
New York
Miss Minnie Todd
Pierson
Miss Todd
Terrell Man Returns From Porto Rico Service
C N Nesom of Terrell returns home from Porto Rico where he served in the United States signal service. He helped manage telegraph stations for American troops and, while in service, learned about beef rations that have caused much controversy. He says he has eaten better beef.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. N. Nesom
Terrell
Porto Rico
United States Signal Service
Sam
Locomotive Carr Visits Midland Frontier Veteran
Col J C Carr of Alamo City known as Locomotive Carr, famed Indian fighter and Midland pioneer since 1883, visits his widowed daughter Mrs L Carter in Midland after twelve years away. He recalls frontier adventures and Confederate service, sharing stirring tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
J. C. Carr
Alamo City
West
Locomotive Carr
Midland
L. Carter
Redskins
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Abilene Water Supply
Wharton
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