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The Tyler Journal
To ‘‘Sell” Smith County’s Better Farming Program to Our Own People and to Texas—and Tyler to Her Neighbors
TYLER MADE HER FIRST
GOOD WILL TOUR TUES.
1
More Than 150 Local Business Men
Made Trip; Accompanied by
Tyler Municipal Band
Launching out from Chamber of
Commerce headquarters promptly at
7:30 Tuesday morning more than 150
Tyler business men under the leader-
ship of Sam R. Greer, chairman of
the 1927 Good Will Tours of Tyler
Chamber of Commerce, spent the
day in a large “swing around the cir-
cle.” Their itinerary carried them to
Swan, Lindale, Mineola, Quitman,
Winnsboro, Pittsburg, Mt. Pleasant,
Gilmer and Big Sandy.
The party was accompanied by a
small contingent of the fairer sex,
and by Tyler's Municipal Band which
rendered concerts at each of the stops.
Advertising matter was distributed
generously for the East Texas Fair
which will open its 18th Annual Ex-
hibit on Tuesday, Sept. 27. Members
of the Tyler visitors made speeches
at the several towns along the route;
and the party was greeted by welcom-
ing addresses at each of the points
where stops were made. At Pitts-
burg the visitors were greeted by a
very fine band and a lepresentative
audience.
The motorcade arrived in Tyler be-
tween 9 and 9:30 p. m. They had
“eaten a good deal of dust” along the
highways, but not enough to sup-
press the enthusiasm which was gen-
erated by the very cordial reception
with which they were received gener-
ally by the neighboring towns which
they visited.
2nd Good Will Tour Friday, Sept. 16
The second of the four proposed
good will tours will be made today,
Friday, Sept. 16. It will include
Flint, Bullard, Mt. Selman, Jackson-
ville, Dialville, Rusk, Alto, Nacogdo-
ches, Mt. Enterprise and Henderson.
Arrival will be made at the latter
place in time for the delegation to
visit the Rusk county Fair which open-
ed Wednesday. Henderson has always
been very generous in her patronage
of the East Texas Fair. More than
that, the Rusk county Fair is ad-
mittedly the best county fair in this
part of East Texas—and all Tyler and
Smith county ought to visit it at least
for one day whether they are in the
good will tour or not.
SEASON’S LAST BAND CONCERT
WAS GIVEN FRIDAY EVENING
SIGNS TO BE PLACED ON
STATE HIGHWAYS—HEAVY
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
The installation of temporary road
markings on State highways in each
of the seventeen districts of the State
have been ordered by the State High-
way Commission, R. A. Thompson,
Austin, State highway engineer, an-
nounced here Friday. During the af-
ternoon he was at the City Hall, where
he called on members of the City
Commission. He formerly was con-
sulting enginneer on the construction
of Garza Dam at Lake Dallas.
That the State Highway Depart-
ment is without funds to install a
modern and permanent „ system of
highway signs immediately was the
statement by Mr. Thompson. He de-
clared that such markings would cost
well over $500,000. Summer tour-
ists returning from other States have
recently given emphasis to this de-
fect on Texas highways.
“It will be several months if not
longer”, he said, “before we can be-
gin installing such a uniform system
of permanent highway signs. Several
plans are being considered, howeyer.
In California the State Automobile
Association took over that work.
Whether such a plan will be adopted
in Texas or not, 1 can not say.
“However, all district engineers
have been ordered to see that tem-
porary signs are placed at road inter-
sections and elsewhere. These signs
will be in the main wooden and give
directions and mileage. They should
prove of great benefit to the motor-
ing public.”
Unusually heavy construction ac-
tivities in road building in Texas is
expected this fall by Mr. Thompson.
He said that contracts exceeding more
than $2,000,000 worth of work will be
let next week by the Highway Com-
mission sitting at Austin.—The Dallas
News. :
TROUP ASKED TO SEND
GIFTS TO “DAN AND
MILDRED” AT E. T. FAIR
Dock Witte, the able Bandmaster
whose skill and tact have given to Ty-
ler a musical organization without a
parallel in East Texas, was “right
there with bells on” Friday night—
and his band boys right there with
him. The occasion was the final band
concert on the public plaza for this
season. Prof. Witte had prepared a
special program for the evening—and
there was a very large audience opt
to enjoy the concert.
Tyler’s Friday evening band con-
certs during the summer months have
been the one enterprise or activity
that has brought the people of all
iranks together, not merely the peo-
ple of the city but the people from all
parts of the county, and many indeed
from beyond the county’s borders.
Here’s good luck to you and your
matchless band, Dock Witte, till next
spring when the roses bloom again—
oh Pshaw! What a figure of speech!
The roses bloom in Smith county all
the time. What we are trying to get
over to you and your boys is that we
wish you good luck till that time in
the remote future when men will quit
lying about the fish they caught and
those that get away.
PROF. BOULTER’S CONDI-
TION DID NOT PERMIT
HIS RETURN SUNDAY
There will be a booth for “Dan and
Mildred” at the East Texas Fair this
year. It’s called a “booth’’, but it’s
really a storehouse of gifts for Gov-
ernpr and Mrs. Dan Moody, who will
visit the fair at Tyler. Fair officials
are arranging the booth as a pleasant
surprise for the young Governor and
us wife—so if you tell anybody you
read this, tell ’em confidentially.
Troup has been asked by the East
Texas fair association to send in some
gifts for the collection that will be
presented to Dan and Mildred when
they visit the fair at Tyler. Typical
East Texas products are wanted, such
FRUIT RIPENING GAS MAY
BE AID TO TEXAS FARMERS
Texas fruit and vegetable growers
some of whom ship their products
green, may be aided by a discovery in
the use of gas at the Minnesota Col-
lege of Agriculture, observes the Tex-
as Utility News. Commenting upon
the discovery and its possibilities, the
Utility News states:
“Texas fruit and vegetables grow
ers, some of whom ship their products
green, may be aided by a discovery in
the use of gas at the Minnesota Col-
lege of Agriculture.
“Tomatoes of East Texas, for in-
stance, are shipped to Eastern mar-
kets in a green state, ripening on the
way. But now fiuit and vegetables
can be stored green and ripened at
will, or can be picked before matur-
ity and ripened naturally by the use of
ethylene, a constituent of manufactur-
ed gas, according to experiments made
by Dr. R. B. Harvey, of the Minneso-
ta College of Agriculture.
“Ethylene has been made from man-
ufactured gas and used as an anes-
thetic, but its application to fruit and
vegetables to increase their respira-
tory rate and so induce a hatural rip-
ening process, is a recent develop-
ment. Practicably all important fruits
and vegetables of the tropical and
temperate zones have been successfu-
lly, says Dr. Harvey, who foresees
shipments of delicate tropical luxuries,
such as the mango, papaya, custard-
apple and others in a green state, to
be perfectly ripened upon their arri-
val.
“The only equipment needed, says
Dr. Harvey, are cylinders of ethvlepe
and a reasonably gas-tight chamber
in which a temperature of 65-70 de-
grees is maintained. Ethylene is per-
mitted to flow into the chamber, in
which the fruit is jiut, at a rate de-
termined by experiment. Immature
tomatoes only one inch in diameter
have been perfectly ripened in a week
by the new process, and large green
tomatoes in 24 to 60 hours, he reports,
while celery has been blanched in two
hours and the fragile Japanese per-
simmon has been ripened in 50
hours.” :
chance of delay.
This publication stated last week
that, barring unforeseen develop-
ments,, Prof. R. S. Boulter was ex-
pected to return Sunday, Sept. 11,
from St. John’s Hospital at Tulsa,
where he has been for some six weeks
or more for treatment.
News has come that the surgeons
having Prof. Boulter’s case in charge
made an examination during the week
preceding the date on which he was
expected to be discharged from the
hospital, and decided that it would
be safer and minister more rapidly to
his permanent recovery for him to re-
main in the institution for some three
weeks longer. That course, our
County Superintendent’s friends think,
it the wiser one. While Prof. Boulter’s
absence under these enforced condi-
tions is a matter of concern to his
friends, it is nevertheless a gratify-
ing situation that his able assistant,
Mr. Floyd Brooks, is carrying on the
affairs of the office in a most effi-
cient manner.
SAYS GOOD PRICES TO
MAKF. COTTON PROFIT
In spite of a short crop this year,
with the prevailing good prices, many
predict that the Texas cotton crop
will bring more money, in the aggre-
gate, than the bumpei* crop of last
year, according to P. T. Cole, agricul-
tural commissioner of the Cotton Belt
railroad.
Pickers are plentiful, he added, and
the cotton crop is moving fast. Pick-
ers find that in many cases what ap-
peared to be good bolls have from one
to two locks damaged by the boll
weevil. ;
TEXAS CROP CONDITIONS—FROM
COTTON BELT R. R. BULLETIN
Condition of the cotton crop showed
little change during the week. Dry
weather prevailed, but som|e local
rains fell, which were of little benefit
to cotton, due to increased insect de-
predations. Some few counties report
a yib’ld equal to or larger than last
year, while others report only 50 to 65
per cent of last year’s crop. In Cen-
tral Texas much damage has been
done by root rot, leaf worm, and boll
worms, and the heaviest weevil infes-
tation in sjeveral years is reported
in many sections. Prospects of a top
crop are practically eliminated by
heavy insect damage. The crop is
opening rapidly and is being pick-
ed and ginned without delay. A good
feed crop has been made. The pea
crop is reported as a little lighter thqn
last year. Sweet potato acreage is
larger than last year. The crop is
being harvested with good yield, and
a fair price received by the farmers.
The Government estimate of Sep-
tember 8 foreftsted this year’s crop
at 12,692,000 bales, 5,250,000 bales
less than last y|ear. This report was
followed by a $10.00 per bale increase
in price, which is helping offset the
decreased yield. Most cotton is being
sold as ginned but many farmers are
holding for a higher price. Much in-
terest is being shown in livestock, and
farmers generally appearing more op-
timistic, due to better prices for their
product.
TYLER. TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER
Rules and Regulations Governing
1928 Improved Living-Room Contest
This article is paiticularly addressed to the members of the Wo-
man's Home Demonstration clubs of Smith county; and the first sug-
gestion we want to make is that they file this paper, or at least clip
out this article, for future references. The article sets forth the rules
and regulations that arc to govern the 1928 improved living-room
contest. This contest, like the "Better Kitchen Contests" that have
been one of the activities of Woman's Home Demonstration clubs
thruout Texas for several years, will be under the direction of the
Farm Extension Service ol the A. & M. College with the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture cooperating. The Semi-Weekly Farm News
of Dallas is giving prizes in a state-wide competition, just as that pub-
lication gave prizes in the state-wide! better kitchen contests. That
fact accounts for the mention in the article of the Semi-Weekly Farm
News. There will be other announcements from time to time ap-
pearing in this paper with respect to those phases of the contest of
concern specifically to the contestants who may enter from Smith
county. You are urged to save rules and regulations. This publica-
tion is willing to do anything within its power to aid the W. H. D.
work in Smith county and Texas, but our space limitations make it
difficult for us to repeat these rules and regulations—Editor.
In this contest it is agreed by The
Semi-Weekly Farm News and the
home demonstration dlepfartment of
the extension service of the Texas A.
& M. College and the United States
Department of Agriculture co-op-
erating, that:
This improved living - room contest
shall be under the direction of the ex-
tension service of the Texas A. & M.
College and the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture co-operating and
The Semi-Weekly Farm News, Dal-
las, Texas.
Aims of the Contest
1. To encourage interest in more
attractive living-room by making
more comfortable and livable.
2. To teach wise expenditure of
money.
3. To teach wise selection of fur-
nishings.
Contest Plans
1. The improved living-room con-
test will be under the direction of the
extension service of the A. & M. Col-
lege of Texas and the United States
Department of Agriculture co-operat-
ing and The Semi-Weekly Farm
News.
2. This contest is to be conducted
by the extension service of the Texas
A. & M. College, the home demonstra-
tion agent having direct charge in her
county, including the selection of the
county committee of judges. The
Semi-Weekly Farm News not taking
part in the appointment of such com-
mittee or the rendering of such de-
cisions as are to be made in regard to
the winners of the contest.
3. The Semi-Weekly Farm News
will offer prizes for the contest.
4. The contest will begin imme-
diately after the farmers’ short course
at A. & M. College. Registration
cards must be sent in to the chairman
of the State committee on or before
Dec. 1, 1927.
5. Any farm woman in a county
having a home demonstration agent
may enter the contest by registering
her name with the county home dem-
onstration agent and working under
her supervision.
6. The contestant may enter one of
two classes, namely:
Class 1
The Living-Room Making the
Greatest Improvement for tbe Least
Amount of Money. (Cost Not to
Exceed $25.)
Class 2
The Living-Room Making the
Greatest Improvement in Proportion
to. the Expenditure. (Cost Exceeding
$25.)
a. In both Class 1 and Class 2 the
scoring shall be done on the basis of
greatest accomplishment in propor-
tion to the cash expenditure.
b. A woman must register in Class
1 or Class 2 at the beginning of the
contest. As her plan develops, if
she finds that the expenditure will be
greater or less than that prscribed
in the class in which she has register-
d, she may be transferred to another
class provided she makes application
to her county home demonstration
agent.
7. Cards will be furnished the
county home demonstration agent, on
which she will register the contest-
ant, giving her full name and address
and indicating the class which she de-
sires to enter. A registration card
will be filed in the office of the home
demonstration agent and one will be
sent to the chairman of the State
committee at the college not later
than Dec. 1, 1927.
8. A county committee consisting
of two members shall be appointed
by the county home demonstration
agent in conducting this contest. This
committee shall grade the living-
room at the beginning of the contest,
according to a score card which is
sent out by the college.
9. At the end.of the contest the
original committee shall make a fi-
nal score of the living rooms. The
final judging in the county must be
done between April 15, 1928 and May
1, 1928.
10. Each district home demonstra-
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MOODY, FERGUSON, SANDERS,
CONE JOHNSON AND MAY-
FIELD AT ATHENS SEPT. 19-24
Athens, Sept. 14—The biggest
guns in Texas will speak at the East'
Texas Cotton Palace at Athens which
opens next Monday, September 19th,
and continues for one week.
Governor Dan Moody, Congressman
Sanders, Ex-Governor James E. Fer-
guson, Cone Johnson and Senator
Mayfield will be the speakers. Gov-
ernor Moody opens the fair Monday
following the big parade of school
children. All children will be admit-
ted free and a Shetland pony will
be given to some child that day. More
than 1,000 nameq have been submit-
ted by children as suitable for the
pony. r
Congressman Sar\deifs will speak
Tuesday, and a large crowd of Van
Zandters will be here on that day.
Wednesday is negro day and some
noted- negro agriculturists will speak
on that day.
Ex-Governor James E. Ferguson
will speak on Thursday, September
22nd. This will be his first public
appearance since retiring from the
governor’s mansion and the large
press associations will send repre-
sentatives here to chronicle his ad-
dress.
Hon. Cone Johnson df the highway
commission will speak on Friday,
which has been designated good roads
day. Henderson county is in the
midst of a road bond campaign and
what Mr. Johnson has to say will be
of particular interest.
On Saturday, the closing day, U. S.
Senator Earle B. Mayfield will be
the principal speaker. He will speak
on the cotton situation which is of
interest to every farmer.
Sixteen communities will have agri-
cultural displays. Seven negro com-
munities will likewise have displays
and there will be numerous individual
exhibits.
The first showing of automobiles in
LARGE ATTENDANCE
AT C. C. MEETING
is hams, bacon canned fruits and veg- j East Texas will be made at the East
tables, or what have you?
Send your gifts to John T. Floore
at Troup. He’ll carry them to Tyler
and have them put in the collection of
>ther gifts for the Governor and his
wife. Remember the East Texas Fair
Texas Cotton Palace this year, and
a promise of a display of the new
Ford has been made.
A new paved street leading direct
to the fair grounds will make the fair
easily accessible thi3 year.
Athens will be in ..gay attire for
opens September 27, so if you’ll send j wm De in ..gay ature lor
> our gilts to Floore soon, it 11 be that the big Week and as the Cotton Palace
much better, for it will avoid any js the k„ i
TYLER PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAD
INITIAL ENROLLMENT OF 2,902
Tyler’s public school organization
launched its year’s work Monday. A
total of 2,902 students enrolled the
first day. The distribution of the
student body follows:
High School and Junior and
Senior divisions ...............*.........1040
Douglas school .............................. 289
Bonner ...................... 444
Gary .....................,.......................... 308
Marsh ............................................ 289
Colored schools (2) ............ 532
first major fair to be held
in East Texas, a mammoth crowd is
anticipated.
All former Athensians are invited
to return to the old home during the
week of the fair.—Athens Review,
CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE
TELEPHONE AND RAILROAD
COMPANIES IS DISCUSSED
district judging immediately, begin-
ning not later than June 1, 1928.
12. Announcement of t he State
prize winners will be made, if pos-
sible, during the 1928 farmers’ snort
course at the A. & M. College.
13. The names of the county win-
ners must be made public before the
arrival of the district agent for the
purpose of judging, and likewise the
names of the winners in the district
must be made public before the State
committee begins judging in said dis-
tricts.
14. In no case must the district
agent or members of the State com-
mittee be asked to assist with the
county judging.
15. The district agent or State
committee will notify the county home
demonstration agent as to the time
of arrival in the respective counties
for judging, and the time asked for
must ba reserved fer this purpose
Last year over $1,000 worth of
property was burned jevery minute
and a life was lost every 35 minutes.
living-rooms in each county of a pre-
scribed district and select the win-
ner in Class 1 and Class 2 for the dis-
trict. The district judging will be-
gin immediately after May L 1928,
and will be completed as rapidly as
possible by the district agent.
11. After the best living-rooms in
"ach district have been decided upon
the State honors will be awarded by
the State committee, which shall be
appointed by the extension service.
This committee will visit the prize-
winning living-rooms in each district.
The State judging will follow the
alone. The county home demonstra-
tion agent must not plan other work
for this time.
16. No expense need be recorded for
voluntary labor performed or the use
of materials on hand, although item-
ized lists shall be made of each.
17. Gifts shall be valued and con-
sidered as that amount expended.
18. In the case where a new liv-
ing-room is built during the contest
the contestant may be allowed the fol-
lowing items without considering the
cost:
a. Bare room.
b. Bare floor.
c. Unfinished wall.
d. Any furnishings used previous-
ly-
Anything additional must be count-
ed at exact cost.
19. The following information re-
garding each living-room shall be giv-
en to the district agent upon her ar-
rival for district judging:
(1) Story of the activity.
(2) Simple floor plan before im-
provement.
(3) Simple floor plan after im-
provement.
(4) . Kodak pictures before im-4
provement.
(5) Kodak pictures after improve-
ment. x ,
on.'W
made..
(7). Use of materials on hand.
Rights of telephone companies to
place their poles along Texas high-
ways and a controversy between the
companies and railroad concerning
charges for crossing rails with wires
were discussed here Wednesday at
the Tyler district meeting of the Tex-
as Independent Telephone Associa-
tion.
R. B. Still of Tyler, president of the
association, discussed the question of
poles along the highway. Mr. Still
3aid the state highway commission
was attempting to force removal pf
poles, and that his association would
resist such a move.
L. A. Kayser of Tyler, attorney for
the Gulf States Telephone Company,
was on the program for a discussion
of the rights of telephone companies
to pass their wires over railroads at
designated highway crossings.
William C. Grant pf Dallas, director
of the Texas Public Service Informa-
tion Bureau, urged the telephone peo-
ple to tell the public about their busi-
ness, which he said had grown from
he toy of an idle dreamer to be one
of the country’s greatest industries.
Sam H. Shutt of Waco, and Oscar
Burton of Tyler were also on Wed-
nesday’s program.
Various problems of the independ-
ent companies were discussed Thurs-
day. A chicken barbecue Thursday
noon was the principal social event on
th/2- program.
TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE
BEGINS ITS SECOND YEAR
WITH LARGE ENROLLMENT
Registrations completed up to Mon-
day evening of entrants into Tyler
Junior College indicate that the in-
stitution is beginning its second year
under most favorable auspices. The
initial registrations for this term are
approximately 100, and there are in
the Senior class more than thirty
students.
In addition to the large number reg-
istered from the immediate Communi-
ty, Troup, Lindale, Whitehouse, Arp,
Chandler and Athens havte generous
representation in the student body,
and there are individual students from
many other nearby places. Many of
these students from the nearer
neighboring towns attend daily from
their respective homes. ;
WAR ON RATS PROPOSED
IN VAN ZANDT COUNTY
Review of Tyler Chamber’s Work of
Summer Given at Meeting Here
Thursday Night
More than fifty members of the
local Chamber of Commerce attended
Thursday night’s meeting of ** that
body. Of this number fourteen were
members of the board of Directors.
Secretary Russell S. Rhodes gave a
brief review of the activities of the
organization during the summer
months. He had just returned from
a two weeks school of the National
Commercial Secretaries, held at
Evanston, Illinois, under auspices of
the Northwestern University. His
report showed an unusual number pf
enquiries about Tyler, Smith coun-
ty and East Texas to have been an-
swered, and also that the clerical
force of the organization had given
much information tot personal callers
at the Chamber’s headquarters.
An interesting letter was read from
the Jasper Chamber of Commerce ask-
ing the cooperation of the Chamber;
in securing legislation whereby the
subject of cooperative marketing will
be required to be taught in our pub-
lic schools.
Announcement was made that Pres-
ident Daniel Upthegrove of the St.
Louis Southwestern Railway Com-
pany will formally open the 18th An-
nual Exhibit of the East Texas Fair
on Tuesday, Sept. 27. It was also
announced that the local Cotton Belt
Shops would begin operations on the
16th with an additional force of 200
to 250 men—an announcement that
was received with applause.
A visitation committee is soon to
be organized for the purpose of visit-
ing the various industrial and fac-
tory establishments of the city for
the purpose of better acquainting our
own people with the city's- numer-
ous industrial enterprises. In this
respect our reporter is going to in-
terpolate at least one observation, ,to
wit:
False Notions Re: Chamber Commerce
There are some merchants in the
city, if not all together, among those
who do not attend the meetings of the
Chamber of Commerce, and in a larg-
er way those who do not support the
Chamber, who pretend to believe that
the activities of the Chamber have
been to their disadvantage. These
gentlemen hold that the activities of
the Chamber have been directed main-
ly toward the bringing of additional
merchants to the city, thus making
competition so keen in retail mer-
cantile lines that no retail merchant
cart have a business as prosperous as
it ought to be, if one is to support the
Chamber of Commerce with his means.
This publication does not believe that
the facts support the contention at
all. Among those who know, the
Chamber needs no apologies for the
things it has accomplished—but,
quite to the contrary, it deserves thff'
highest commendation. It can be said
truly that if the Tyler Chamber of
Commerce could take credit for no
other thing among accomplishments
claimed for it, the aid it has given
to agricultural development in Smith
county would justify a hundred times
over all it has ever cost. The Cham-
er has not only brought trade to
yler, trade that benefitted all busi-
ness, but it has, by its attitude to-
ward agricultural improvement and
rural developtnent, made friends for
Tyler among the farm people and in
the other towns of the county. As we
sere it, the attitude of friendship and
cooperation that has been brought
about thruout the county is one of
the fine assets that we may boast of.
The county ought to be regarded as
one big community with identical and
common interests. Certainly, much
nore good can be accomplished by co-
operation as between individuals on
the one hand and as between the va-
rious communities and towns on the
other than by a policy of isolation
and rivalry. The Chamber of Com-
merce has certainly contributed to
that end.
$1,400,000 ROAD BOND
ISSUE IS ORDERED IN
HENDERSON COUNTY
.Wills Point.
(8). Gifts and value of each
(9.) Voluntary labor performed.
(10). Cash expenditures.
It is suggestedi that the judging
committee and the contestant assist
ns far as possible in colecting this
data.
20. The county home demonstration
agent will offer suggestions for Im-
provement.
21. The Semi-Weekly Farm News
(Continued on Last Page)
TTucTtaBee, county agent of Van Zandt
county, has asked for the assistance
of citizens of the county in waging
a crusade against rats. Huckabee ex-
pects to make the campaign county-
wide, organizing each community for
the war on rodents,
contestant assist The plan is to set a date when ev-
* —'L!— ?ry householder would be expected to
put out poison for rata, nsm
be placed out of range of children. The
entire procedure would be fashioned
T JB . V; s.
biological survey co-operating with
the Texas A. & M. college.
procedure would be fashioned from Dallas to Palestine
after plans furnished by the
Athens, Texas, Sept. 12—County
Commissioners of Henderson county
have ordered a district road bond
election, to include all the county ex-
cept a small levee district, for Oct.
1, County Judge Grover Curlee said
Monday. The sum decided on is $L-
450,000. This would take up all out-
standing bonds and leave $1,000,000
for developing a county-wide system
of lateral roadb.
One of the principal purposes of
the proposed issue is to pave State
Highway No. 440 through the county.
Since Anderson county has announeed
its intention of paving the short strip
of this highway crossing its north-
derson county issue would provide a
continuous paved highway to Athens
and Jacksonville. Anderson county
has further announced an intention
to pave State Highway No. 10 from
Montalba to the Henderson county
line, and as pavement by Henderson
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put out poison for rats, using pre- 4;<>unty °f Its unpaved part of High-
caution in order that the poison would way No- 19 is contemplated, this would
he nlaced out of mnrr of rhilHr™ Tho afford a continuous paved highway
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Edwards, Henry. The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, September 16, 1927, newspaper, September 16, 1927; Tyler, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth637992/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Smith County Historical Society.