The Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1953 Page: 7 of 8
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, i958
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Business has
been booming in Texas the past
six months, despite the farmer’s
plight. A report from the Bureau
of Business Research of the Uni-
versity of Texas reveals that the
first six1 2 3 4 months of 1953 were “the
best in Texas* business history."
Heaviest activity was the indus-
trial growth of the state.
Scattered showers continue to
fall over Texas, putting a dent in
the drouth situation.
The U. S. Department of Agri-
culture reported that much of the
staate was benefitted, except for
dry southern coumes. More rain is
needed everywhere, the USD A said,
especially in the south and south-
ern high plains.
Reportedly good was the outlook
for a cotton crop.
Texas potentially has an ample
BUYING A CAR?
water supply. But at present about
85 per cent of the flow of Texas’
rivers goes into the Gulf of Mexi-
co.
That circumstance was reported
to the Senate by Senator Lyndon
B. Johnson, who based his remarks
on a study made by the Austin of-
fice of the U. S. Recalmation Bur-
eau.
Johnson recommended that the
federal government and the state
work together for the conservation
and use of this water so as to pito-
vide food, clothing, and industrial
opportunities to an ever-increasing
population in the Southwest.
Federal-state cooperation was a
principal subject as the National
Governors’ Conference met in Seat-
tle, Washington.
Governor Shivers, chairman of
the conference this year, opened
the sessions with a keynote ad-
dress.
Scheduled to appear during the
conference are President Eisen-
hower and some members of his
cabinet, including Mrs. Ov^ta Culp
Hobby of Houston, Secretary of
Health, Education and Welfare,
and Attorney General Herbert
Brownell.
Three Thousand Future Farmers, from all Texas counties, at their 1953 State Convention in Fort Worth hailed
Sammy Lambert of Dilley, Texas as State Champion plow jockey,
Sammy was the winner in the FFA Tractor Operator’s State Contest among finalists from the ten Districts in
Texas, and as the Grand Prize, he won a new Golden Jubilee Ford Tractor.
The contest, sponsored by the Ford Tractor dealers of Texas, was open to 36,000 Future Farmers in the State,
and was conducted on county, district and state levels.
When Shivers left Texas for
Seattle, Lt. Governor Ben Ramsey
took over as the state’s chief execu-
tive and immediately went to work
as presiding officer of the Legisla-
tive Budget Board.
The Board instructed its staff
to tackle the problems of a separ-
ate appropriations item to augment
the salaries of topnotch professors
so that they might be attracted to
the state’s colleges and universi-
ties.
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Being studied too were plans for
subsistence allowances for state
hospital workers, the financing of
a long-range land-use, drouth-com-
bat program. Much time also was
devoted to budgeting plans for all
buildings and capital investments
so the legislature can study the
state’s building needs as a whole
rather than acting upon separate
repuests from different agencies.
Vernon A. McGee, budget direc-
tor, was re-elected for a one-year
term.
Members of the Texas legislative
Council, meeting in a two-day ses-
sion here, have given top priority
to studies on six different and un-
related subjects.
Four of the mwere asked by the
recent Legislature. They include:
1. Protection of livestock from
disastrous diseases and . the con-
trol of such diseases; methods of
financing control; means of pay-
ing livestock owners for losses in-
curred under control and eradica-
tion measures.
2. Comparison study of game and
fish laws of other states and their
conservation programs.
3. Stud yof proposals for reor-
ganization of court system.
4. Inventory of public lands.
Other matters set for study in-
cluded general recodification of
Texas laws, last done in 1925; laws
relating to annexations by cities;
and a study of codification of the
juvenile delinquency laws.
Director John D. Mosley was
given authority to move the com-
mission’s headquarters from the
Capitol to 105 West 14th Street.
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Testimony will be heard here, be-
ginning August 17, in removal pro-
ceedings against District Judge C.
Woodrow Laughlin of Alice.
District Judge D. B. Wood of
Georgetown, commissioner for the
state supreme court in the case,
set the date.
After the testimony is received,
he record wil lgo to the supreme
court for decision as to whether
Judge Laughlin shal Ibe ousted
from his office.
Ouster proceedings against Judge
Laughlin were brought by 11 South
Texas lawyers, who charge that
irregularities have accurred in the
judicial district which is politically
dominated by George Parr.
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Federa idrouth relief legislation
passed by Congress, provides $30
million for economic disaster
loans, $60 million for special live-
stock loans, $40 million to subsidize
shipments of feed and seed to dis-
aster areas, and $20 million for pro-
duction and subsistence loans un-
der the Farmers Home Administra-
tion.
Farmers and ranchers^ not only
in Texas, but also in other parts of
the Southwest, wil ibe eligible for
assistance under the program.
Prior to the passage of this bill,
$16 million already was available
for drouth relief from'Agriculture
Department funds.
Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist of
Texas A&M sai dthe-school's board
of directors will determine hc\y the
institution wil Iparticipate in a
hay and feed distribution program.
Attorney General John Ben Shep-
perd had ruled that the college has
full legal authority to furnish hay
and feed to drouth areas.
William L. McGill, state defense
and disaster relief co-ordinator an-
nounced that the college would be
asked to set up a $500,000 revolving
fund to administer volume pur
chases and distribution of hay.
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Most of the relief livestock feed
will have to come from other states
in the opinion of Agriculture Com-
missioner John C. White, who com-
pleted an inventory showing that
only about 10 per cent of the need-
ed amount is available in Texas.
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McGill sai dthe state disaster
committee was awa;’ !ng word from
Southwestern railroads as to whe-
ther they would grant a 50 per cent
freight reduction on shipment of
livestock from drouth areas, to
pastures elsewhere.
Granted by the rails were half
rates on shipment of feed into the
parched areas.
Commissioner J. M. Falkner.
Falkner reported to Governor
Shivers that he had talked with
most of the state bankers in the
drouth disaster area, and “It is
their thought that where they are
financing cattlemen who have a
home and are not '■hopelessly in
debt, they are willing to ride out
the depression with them.”
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Help will be coming for the dairy-
men as well as farmers and ranch-
men, Secretary Benson said in re-
sponse to a telegram from C. O.
Notion, representing the North
Texas Milk Producers Association.
Benson stated: “It always has
been the intent of the instructions
by the Departmen of Agriculure
regarding delivery of feed that
dairy men should be included on
the same basis as beef cattlemen."
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Cattlemen will
state banks, said
get help from
State Banking
SHORT SNORTS—The shortage
of teachers is so acute that many
schools may be forced into half-
day schedules next Fall, predicts
the Texas State Teachers Associa-
tion . . . Under new laws passed
by the last Legislature, you must
have your car inspected between
September 15, 1953, and April 15,
1954.
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ELSA—Mr. and Mrs. Ismael Sal-
inas announce the birth of twin
daughters on July 18th at the A.
D. Calderia Clinic, Mercedes.
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EDCOUCH — Mr. and Mrs.
James McAlexander of Austin ar-
rived on Monday and are guests
of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. McAlexander.
Padre Causeway Is
Nearly Two-Thirds
Completed Now
The causeway that will open one
of America’s finest resort areas is
almost two-thirds complete.
Cameron County Engineer J. C.
Harris today disclosed that more
than 60 per cent of the construc-
tion work has been finished on the
two-and-a-half-mile highway link
connecting the southern end of
Padre Island to the Texas main-
land at Port Isabel.
And, he added, work is continu-
ing at full speed.
“We’re right on schedule, and—
if we’re able to keep up our pres-
ent pace-—the causeway should be
ready for use the first week in
February,’’ Mr. Harris said.
The general contractor for the
causeway project is Heldenfels
Brothers of Corpus Christi.
Mr. Harris said the 927 pilings
supporting the concrete bridge
have been driven and capped, and
130 of the 227 concrete spans have
been poured.
The remaining spans — being
cast at nine a week — should be
completed about November 1, he
added.
The bridge portion of the cause-
way will be 6766 feet long and will
reach across Laguna Madre. It
will be met on both the mainland
and the Padre Island sides by
earthen aproaches pumped up by
dredges.
The mainland approach, 4600 feet
long, is almost complete. Work will
be started On the 1200-fot island
approach in the near future.
Mr. Harris said roadways tying
into the concrete causeway will
be constructed across the approach-
es during November and December.
During the same period, he add-
ed, a swing bridge — meaning a
barge that can be maneuvered out
of the way of marine traffic —
will be installed over the Intra-
coastal Canal between the main-
land aproache and Port Isabel.
“After that, it should take about
a month to finish off the entire
project,’’ Mr. Harris explained.
The causeway, cosing $2,250,000
is being constructed by Cameron
County as the first step in the de-
velopment of South Padre into a
year-round resort area equalling
America’s finest.
The program also calls for the
development of part of the first
park area has been let to the
Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Com-
pany of Houston, and work is sch-
eduled to start next week.
In addition, a multi-million dol-
lar development of resort and com-
mercial sites between two of the
park areas is in full swing by
John L. Tompkins and Company of
Corpus Christi, one of South Texas’
Elimination Of The
Peanut Taste From
The Peanut Going On
Now they’ve done it! They’ve
taken the peanut taste out of the
peanut.
Are you one of the old fashioned
persons who likes peanut butter?
Get “hep" neighbor! The modern
peanut, aided by a little nutrition-
al hokus-pokus, may soon be avail-
able in orange, maple and choco-
late flavors. Or for you gourmets
who love Mexican food -— how
about a chili flavored peanut
snack?
You would hardly recognize the
origin of the two “changlings”
called ‘.‘Peanut Snack” and “Pe'a-
nut Spread.’’ The products were
developed with the aid of the Pro-
duction and Marketing Adminis-
tration to create new demands and
outlets for the lowly peanut. Pre-
liminary studies show the products
are popular with the consumers.
This should be good news for
growers around Gorman and oth-
er peanut areas of Texas. The
yearly demand for peanuts has
been known to vary to such a de-
gree that sometimes we can get as
much as $9,580,000 for our crop, as
in 1952. Yet, growers can remem-
ber other times when the market
was so bad that it was more pro-
fitable to feed the crop to the
hogs. Any new developments which
catch the public fancy wTll give
more strength to peanut sales.
Research and marketing officials
may have hit a jackpot on this lat-
est revamping of the peanut. Sales
reports indicate the “new look”
in peanuts proved more popular in
some test areas than the. old re-
liable peanut butter.
Supplies of the new product are
not generally available yet:-It may
be some months before studies are
complete and the products^ appear
on the grocery shelves. But once
they do, you may buy “Peanut
Snack” in orange, maple and chili
flavors, packed in a cellophane roll
for slicing like bologna.^J'Peanut
Spread” will have the consistency
of peanut butter for cracker or
bread sandwiches.
Yet, no matter whether you slice
it or spread it, the peanut industry
may get a shot in the arm.
ELSA—Mrs. Joe Burnley is vis-
iting her daughter in Arkansas.
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MONTE AiLTO—Mr. and Mrs.
E. P. Congdon, Jr., of Houston
are guests in the home of his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Congdon,
Sr.
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Ragsdale, Paul. The Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1953, newspaper, August 6, 1953; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1060750/m1/7/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.