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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1916
Page
1
A didactic note argues that disputes arise when both sides seek only what is owed but asserts one party is always in the wrong. It urges readers to avoid being drawn into unnecessary quarrels over debts.
The Texas Industrial Congress in Dallas offers up to 200 prizes in ten classes for county level farming feats. Winners show profit from field crops, livestock, gardens, and backyard patches, with the goal of learning while earning. Any boy or girl may enter by sending a postal card for blanks and instructions. Billy Minter, a ten year old from Austin, set a record for vegetables produced in ordinary gardening despite ill health.
Yesterday in the offices of Attorney Abner L. Lewis the Denison Oil and Gas Company organized with a capital stock of 25000 and aims to charter in Texas. G. D. McCarty was named president, Abner L. Lewis secretary treasurer, with a nine member board including R. May, R. L. Holcomb, James Fountain, J. E. Ray, and W. Reeves, among others. Leases on several thousand Preston Bend acres were secured, geologists report strong oil indications, and a test well is planned within ten days pending weather.
Oklahoma town founded by Charles Page provides housing, fuel, and rent free cottages for widows. The 5000 population includes a large widow community. Page established factories and a Tulsa car line with free rides for widows to create employment. He even moved an orphanage to Sand Springs to care for orphans.
Denison Herald reports Grayson County will start construction of a $900,000 good roads program as soon as weather allows. Womack Construction, led by John H. Kirby, submitted the contract for approval to Julian C. Field, who will present it to the Commissioners Court for signing at 1:30 p.m. The project follows bond approval last spring and aims to connect rural areas to Denison with improved roads and increased trade.
Extension agronomist G M Garren warns that oats endure only if winter stays cold and dormancy is maintained. Sudden warm spells followed by freezes can devastate crops, especially with rapid exposure differences between northern and southern aspects. Seeding time, soil prep, and prior crops affect resistance, so avoid hasty plowing after a freeze as recovery may still occur with warm spells.
Agronomist G. M. Garren advises farmers to maintain oats in rotation even after harsh winters. He notes spring sowing can rival fall sowing with favorable weather, urges red rust proof varieties, discusses 90 day strains, and suggests following harvests with cow peas for forage or hay, preserving soil health and rotation.
A 74 year old tax collector from Corinth reports strong improvement after using Vinol a cod liver and iron tonic. He says weight gain and renewed strength followed a week of use and calls Vinol a fine tonic for old people. Dyer Jones Drugists endorse the product.
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