Report studying the central Texas region's water resources, with notes that there has been rapid decline and contamination in the area. The aquifer is also being used faster than it can naturally replenish.

It was the purpose of this study to attempt to discover if the educational background and judgment ability of juvenile delinquents are markedly impaired, as indicated by the Information and Comprehension subtest scores of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children.

Patent for a cotton chopper that thins out rows of growing cotton plants by destroying the superfluous plants and leaving stands at the proper intervals, including illustrations.

Patent for a portable quilting frame.

Patent for a new and improved hame hook. This design "consists of a hook composed of two members hinged together and adapted to be clamped upon a hame-staple, one of the said members being provided with a pin adapted to project into an opening in the opposite member" (lines 14-19).

Patent for a new and improved stock for plow-trucks. This design "provide[s] an improved stock and suitable devices for connecting a plow to any pair of wheels and axle forming a part of a wagon, by which simple additional connections a farmer may construct a sulky-plow in a cheap and simple manner" (lines 8-13).

At least one state function is handled differently in most all of the forty-eight sovereign states. This function is that of juvenile control, or the care of juvenile delinquents. The states vary a great deal in their methods of combating juvenile delinquency and in the operation of their reformatories, and most of these systems are in crying need of reform. Many are the forgotten chore of state administrators, and others are the thorn in the side of the state's political administration. The latter is the case in the state of Texas.

Patent for locking windows in place at various elevations with illustrations.

Patent for an improvement in cotton-seed planters, including illustrations.

Photograph of the First Post Office in Copperas Cove (located at Highway 190, 1.6 miles Southwest of Copperas Cove) in Copperas Cove, Texas.

Photograph of the First Post Office-Stage Stop in Copperas Cove (located at Highway 190, 1.6 miles Southwest of Copperas Cove) in Copperas Cove, Texas.

Photograph of the First Post Office-Stage Stop in Copperas Cove (located at Highway 190, 1.6 miles Southwest of Copperas Cove) in Copperas Cove, Texas.

Semi-weekly newspaper from Copperas Cove, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Semi-weekly newspaper from Copperas Cove, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Semi-weekly newspaper from Copperas Cove, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Semi-weekly newspaper from Copperas Cove, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Semi-weekly newspaper from Copperas Cove, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Semi-weekly newspaper from Copperas Cove, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Semi-weekly newspaper from Copperas Cove, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Semi-weekly newspaper from Copperas Cove, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Semi-weekly newspaper from Copperas Cove, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout. He wrote to let her know about how his work as a judge was progressing. He included information about his accommodations and speculated about the idea of raising foal.

Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout. He informed his wife that he might be able to return home soon, depending on the weather. He sent along other bits of local news and how the ones he was traveling with were faring.

Patent for a cotton chopping machine. This invention is used to thin cotton plants with revolving blades that cut and destroy plants. Illustrations included.