Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, February 18, 1955 Page: 2 of 16
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Briscoe Offers 3 Bills
To Guard Land Sales
AUSTIN — Representative “These sections would keep
Dolph Briscoe Jr. of Uvalde anyone except bonafide veter-
week continued his drive ans from benefitting from the
•gainst the vandal-ridden Vet- excellent terms offered the
era ns' Land Program with the veteran under the program of
trodu'tion in the Texas Leg- 40 years to pay back at 3 per
tslature of proposals to revamp!cent interest," the Uvalde rep-
the Land Act. resentative said
300 Cowboys
To Compete
For $40,000
are ex-
The South Texas lawmaker,
author of the resolution which
“In addition." Brscoe ex-
plained, "it would also mean
set up the House committee to more funds coming back into
investigate the $100,000,000 thx revolving fund of the pre-
program, said his three bills I gram."
contain major sections which BLOCK LAND SALES
“should have been in the origi-1 The second bill calls for a
nal ball that set up the Veter- j hearing to bo held before an
ans’ Land Program " , examiner on any transaction in
ENFORCEMENT POWERS
Representative Briscoe’s rec-
Sotne 300 cowboys
pec ted to vie for more than $40-
000 m pnrc money during the
ten-day San Antonio Livestock
Exposition and Rodeo
Star of this year's show is
movie and recording artist Rex
Allen, who will appear at all
fifteen of the rodeo perform-1
anoes during the show which
opens February 13 and ends
with a matinee February 27.
Everett F Co!bom. managing
director of the Woild’s Cham-
pionship rodeo. will bring back
again the more than tW head i
of wild stock to be conquered
:n this wildest and roughest of
cvmestts.
This is the same rodeo that
annually appears at Madison
Square Garden m New York
City, and it includes saddle!
bronc ruling, bareback broncj
riding, calf roping, steer w es-
tling and bull riding
Trick riding and specialty
volvmg land sales to four or
more veterans by a single sell-
ommendat.or.s include giving er The seller and all of the
the Land Board new enforce- veterans would have to be pres
ment powers, including the ent at the hearing. The exam-
right to supoena and investi- mer would be required to rec-
reate. and the authority to for- cm mend approval or disap-
Mit characters of corporations Proval before compeltion of the
IRestigatKm'° d” Xhe third blU wcmld rcqUire acts will also be featured, in-1
Strong penalties are tnelu^d. veterans selling or leasing tun- eluding Jay Sisler and his Aus-1
up to ten years in prison and chemicals, or hard metals trahan Shepherd dogs. Stub and
$10,000 in fines, if a person uses on ;and bought under the Vet- j >horty.
false or forged statements, or grans’ Program to apply half Wilbur Plaugher will be one
duress, fraud, or deception on the royalties or proceeds of sale of the show 's clow ns, whose
a veteran in a land deal. lo indebtedness on the land, duties include draw ing wild
Brahman bulls away from rid-
I ers that arc thrown.
| Other features of the rodeo
include the boys' calf scramble,
with twenty boys scrambling to
I catch and lead to the finish line
10 caltps at each performance
Scrap Metal Sale
The actions of the Veterans’
Land staff would be strtctly1
regulated. An appraiser for the
program would be required to;
have three years’ experience as o l i n i o |
an appraiser, ar.d a booklet to OlcltPCl rCl).
be sent to prospective buyers, _______
explaining the program. • ^-‘J- Edward M. Tomsu. Pro- w.tb the exception of the Tues-
Briscoe said one of the rea-1 P^rty Disposal Officer at Fort d ,v February 22 matinee,
sons behind this provision was j Sam Houston, has announced Cutting horses will also do
that “some veterans haw testi- \ that sealed bids will be re- their contesting during rodeo
fied that they did not even ceived until 9 a.m., t ST, .4 performances,
know thev were buying land.” | February 1955 on a scrap metal The Livestock Exposition pavs
LOCAL CONTROL ane. Bids are being accepted $-375 m each of the five rodeo
The appra.sa! under the pro- at Building T-3500, Binz Engle- events, making a total of $24.-
posed law would have to be ™an Road- , 375. In addition the contestants
accompan.x-d b> a separate Items included in the sale pay entry fees, which are added
recommendation by the county consist of heavy steel, light ,jH, prjze nioney
judge, by the county tax as- j ^‘raP iron- steel t-ort's- K'lclin« Entry fees are $30 for bare-1 save steps. There’s more chance for privacy, tiX), when
collector, And by the j mixed metals, scrap pipe back bronc riding, saddle bronc
sheriff of the county where the 1 and other scrap items too mi- ndmt, ancj bull riding. The steer
land is located, ar.d a statement merous to mention. I wcstling entry fee is $50 and
of the assessed valuation of the Samples of the merchandise tbo caif roping fee is $100 The!
land on the county tax rolls, offered for sale are available pru,t,. Wlll be divided into
“Besides putting a lot of thejfor inspection at Camp Stanley, .hue-day money and final
responsibility for the program Texas, on US Highway 37 and|.monev
How to double the convenience
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For .1 few pennies .1 dav. extrusion telephones in your
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for vour familv,
on the local level, the proposal 1 ma-v bo *een during the hours
would also help prevent sales j °f ® a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through
of land for more than the fair) February 23 excluding Satur-
markvt value." Briscoe said. ( davs and Sundays and holidays.
If the seller and the veteran February 22. Washington s
have any agreement relating
to the re-sale or tease of the
Rodeo tickets, which include
entrance to the grounds, are
$3.00 for box seats. $0 for dress j
circle; $2.40 for lower balcony j
and $1.50 for upper balcony.
birthday
Additional information and
land, they must send a sworn I 1!al*ons to bid are obtainable TNJpw -Bird
statement of it to the Land from the Property Disposal Of-
Board Failure to do so would fice* Fort Sam Houston.
subject the seller to severe pen- j -
allies up to ten years in prison I Research results show that
To Be Release*
In West Texas!
You may have an extension telephone
installed in the bedroom, kitchen,
living room, workshop-w herever you
decide extension serv kv would Iv
most convenient and helpful in your
home. To order, or for more informa-
tion. call the telephone business office.
1
PER
MONTH
Plug to* and
small one-time
installation charge
and $10,000 fme. |the winter season is the ideal
In any event the land under tome for usmH chemical treat-
this law cannot be leased to ment for controlling undesi-
anvomc- by the veteran for more
than five years and cannot be
re-sold to a non-veteran unless
the full purchase price has been
repaid to the Veterans' Land
Board
AUSTIN—The fir« consign-
ment of 70 red-leggecB>artridg- 1
es—a species that thrived in
rable hardwoods. Either 2,4,5-T, gpajn under conditicMs resexn-
or animate, both non-poisonous bling parts of West fcexas- is
to man or livestock, are the rec- kept in holdmglvns pre-
ommended chemicals. Local mnnarv t0 reease south of Uhi-
county agents have detailed in-
formation on their use.
,L’u '-uraf
Rom where I sit... ly Joe Marsh
Swifty Gets
Slowed Down
Swifty Fisher ha* a short
temper iMi really kit ike roof
»hen ke ftex • paTkia* tiekel
Unit week. He »avwl wear a k>-
drawl or too far frwaa Ike rwrb
There wm a lag s»*w iw* t>X K
Hoi a PitKIMl" a sal ke'il only
Wm *ws*e Iwewty wisslrs.
Running to Trwftc Court, where
Hack Miller was c-r duty. Swifty
hollered how he hadn’t dun* any
thine wrong... how he vs the most
law-abiding driver in town.
Bat Hack examined the ticket.
cept of making a big fuss over
nothing. This ticket came from
some kid's policeman play outfit!"
From where 1 sit. jumping to
conclusions can make anyone ap-
pear silly. Another way to look
foolish is to make a quick deci-
sion on a question of personal
preference. For instance. 1 like a
glass of beer occasionally. Yon
may he a buttermilk man. But
neither of us ought to “lay down
the law" about the other's choice.
mnnarv to recase sout
dress.
This announcement was made
by W. S. Jennings, Assistant Di-!
lector of Widife Restoration for
the Game and Fish Commission,j
which is trying to find upland
game species adaptabe to differ-
ent parts of far-fung Texas for j
stocking experiments.
He described the bird as be- |
mg about twice the size of bob-
white quai and as being dis-
tinetiwy marked. The basic
color is a deep rich brown,
bended w 11 h lighter hues
around the neck. The head is
marked with a mixture of
brown and tan.
Flavor Twist for liver
Next time you have liver on
the menu, let it marinate in
French dressing (in the refrig-
erator. of course) about an
hour before you cock it.
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to help you — without obligation, of
course
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Seitz, Sue. Zavala County Sentinel (Crystal City, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, February 18, 1955, newspaper, February 18, 1955; Crystal City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1112616/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .