The Rocksprings Record and Edwards County Leader (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, January 18, 1929 Page: 4 of 8
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result that our warehouses would be
filled to overflowing with a grade of
hair that the buyers would buy and
speculate on, as at present, then the
mills, through its buyers, would re-
fuse a number of grades of mohair
which they arc accepting and finding
a market for at this time.
Several instances were recited by
growers present, who prided them-
selves on raising extra high grade re-
gistered Angoras, where they had
graded their clips, and sent them dir-
ect to the mills, with the result that
in each instance they lost money on
this procedure as against the method
now employed, in fact one grower pre-
sent raid that he had sent a clip to
the mill that in his opinion was among
the best in the whole country, only
to have it graded as “ordinary Texas
Hair.”
Mr. Brown and others, in going in-
to this question, pointed out that sev-
eral years ago “mutton” goat meat
was placed on market as “mutton,”
and found a ready sale, and not being
satisifed with this, some of the rais-
ers saw fit to have this most ex-
cellent meat branded in six different
places as goat, with the result that the
sale of this commodity was seriously
affected.
And leading from this instance to
that of grading, these men expressed
themselves as not being in favor of
any move that would work a hardship
on their fellow ranchmen who are
try as a whole.
And believing distraj
tions should not appear, the met
as a whole indorsed the plan of t
grades of hair, as is set out abOwJ
against anything that will affect I
fellow ranchers engaging in tbe
duction of mohair from the md
goat.
J. S. Colley, of the Kerrville Ti
acted as secretary of this meeting,
was given a vote of thanks by |1
present.
running mutton goats, for they real-
ize that this branch of the industry
carries with it greater weight of the
production' ,and it would not be right
to have any discrimination to appear
as would injure them, for if the price
of mutton hair was reduced, then the
mutton goat would be of very little
value, and when it becomes practical-
ly valueless, or its worth as a pro-
ducer of mohair is discounted, then
the whole industry feels the weight of
the blow that is struck at the indus-
the chairmanship of the governor of
the state, m a manner that becomes a
committee of business men, working
for the interests of the people of the
state as a whole, and handling their
trust as would become any other
business man, in that if either of them
fail in the rightful handling of such
funds, then the burden would rest on
the people of the district to which
such servant was attached, and recall-
ed at the moment he should not serve
well and with honor.
As we have said before, this high-
way program, as all other urograms,
carrying with it so much money,
should be placed with the people
themselves, and they in turn should
select successful business men to
handle their interests, and when they
failed in this purpose, then they
shoulj he removed by the people, and
another selected that is worthy of his
hire. In other wards, these things
should be taken out of politics, and
placed in the hands of business men,
and when they, jailed to act as they
should, then they should he discharg-
ed ,as is the case with any other busi-
ness institution.
As is now, the highway commission
is appointive, and cannot be discharg-
ed only at the behest ot one man.;
They can appropriate any amount of
money they so desire to any section
they desire for road building and
maintenance.
This is too much power vested in
an appointive commission, for as the
records will show, there has been
much dissatisfaction, and many suits
brought, as well as many politicians
brought into the limelight over vast
misappropriations in the highway de-
partment, all of which can be stopped
(to a great extent at least) if the peo-
ple of the state will take the matter in
hand and see to it that different de-
partments of state are controlled and
made function under elective officials
who may be retired at the behest of
the people who own tfie big business
conducted at the capitol.
Obsolete machinery and methods
are being used here and there over
the sjate today, that could be done
away with and replaced with more
modern machinery and methods of
handling road building material.
What is responsible for this? An-
swer—Too little business, and too
much politics inside of appointments.
Week
By Using
YOUR TELEPHONE
Rocksprings Telephone
Street Gilmer, Manager
_10 cents per line
m Application ,
GOAT RAISERS ARE NOT IN
FAVOR OF SEVEN GRADES
Continued from first page)
and look carefully into the kemp con-
tained in the kid hair.
At this poiint Bob Davis, C. A. Pep-
per, V. A. Browwn, W. W. Nipper,
Fred Earwood and others went into
tltje matter of benefits that mTghj
accure from the grading of mohair,
and all were of the opinion that the
matter should remain as is now, or
at least as nearly so as possible, in
that if seven grades were demanded
by the mills, as the expert said, then
the buyers would offer very little for
the coarser textures of hair, with the
returned from Austin
ng, where he had been
king after the interests
of the southwest in
arfly proposition, as al-
that will protect the
thieves, who transport
ck out of the country
There Will Be
'associates went into
the executives of the
sers’ Association and
are in Kne with the
rxas Sheep and Goat
ion, attention of the
i brought to this vi-
ion. Coke R. Steven-
fhe Sheep and Goat
ion and officials of
Raisers’ Association
relief of some man-
advances the suggestion
t: to make the blow fly
e effective and secure
ip in matters pertaining
Sion, that the State and
rernments be asked for
>pnations to combat the
rder that this money be
rare, it will do the great-
i each county wishing to
distroyer of livestock,
ite and national govern-
shm in line with its re-
po* this matter to a
-to doUnawaSy with 'the
r their willingness to as-
adication by appropriat-
ely, funds an amount
with the boss of your herd if
only treat him right during these
wintry days by feeding him and
of the herd
/
Purina Mixed Fee
FOR SALE BY
San Anonio’s
At least once or twice a year, when you
plan to entertain, you want., something special
baked. Why not let us do this work, leaving
you free to do other equally important things
that you must attend to.
greatest evil to thb
of the state,
gown’s stand in this
and wholesome one,
stance can be secur-
: put squarely up to
ested to come for-
i this worthy move,
' the expense, other-
(if aid is secured)
here and there over
sc tions not materia 1-
« blowfly, to the
fctle, if any, benefit
from such appropri-
BELL’S BAKERY
page of the “Automobile and Good
Roads” section.
The article in question is headed
“Pleasant Motoring to Towns Near
*San Antonio.” And mentjpns some
eighty-odd towns to be reached in
from 50 to 400 mile loops from that
city, and mentions towns all around
Rocksprings, but the part of tfcis
article we wish to earnestly call your
attention to, is that the “great” San
Antonio Express does not stoop so
low as to mention our town at all.
It also prints a map along with the
article dealing with motoring (o towns
in the San Antonio territory, and
r.:ai:c3 an effort to show how to get
there.
They did rot let Rocksprings get a
place on this map, but lo and behold,
they placed us on only two highways,
the one from here to Junction, and the
one new under construction between
this point and Kerrville.
The main artery of highway travel-
ed by our citizens, and over which ail
our freight is hauled from San An-
tonio is net given ,in fact it does not
place us on the Rocksprings-Uvaide
highway and does not record this ex-
cellent highway at all, but attempts
to connect us with Uvalde by the way
of Leakey, Rio Frio, Con Can and
Knippa.
We arc wondering if the San An-
tonio Chamber of Commerce and the
San Antonio Express really* know
there is such a city as Rocksprings,
and a county by the name of Ed-
wards? It don’t seem they do, or else
they would make an effort to tote at
least half fair.
Guess we will get some more
long-winded letters from the powers
that be in San Antonio, in an effort
to explain this away, as did Dallas
in its famous "market map.”
Well, here's hoping that at least the
wholesale merchants of that city will
realize that we are at least “on earth”
for goat shearing is near at hand.
d in regards the
00 state bond is-
, Mr. Brown stat-
t majority of. the
tthwest Texas was
d issue, ui that he,
irful that the ap-
he dictated by an
commission, as is
ARE THE PEOPLE
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TBIIS NEW CAR
WILL ATTRACT?
ited, among qiher
eartily in favor of
1 tax cn casings and
re of the roads in
wed that those who
ould pay for their
maintenance and in
could this be-done,
in talking with.dif-
rom widely separat-
e state, the above
concensus of opin-
a majority frowned
tate-wide bond issue
y in favor of a tax
a amount that will
xx NEW CAR is coming. It is a six. It has
bodies by Fisher. It is bringing new luxury, new
beauty and new performance capabilities to
its price field. Who are the people this great
new car will attract?
Most typical Americans of today are pro-
gressive. They are demanding more beauty,
more luxury and finer performance than ever
in their automobiles.
The Oakland Motor Car Company has been
building the Pontiac Six for this progressive
group during the past three years. And now
Oakland has created a new car especially, for
them—not merely a refinement of an earlier
model, but a brand new car from beginning to
end. It brings new standards of style and lux-
ury to its price field. It offers them perform-
ance they can tell their friends about. It will
enable them to make a long step tip the ladder
of motor car quality with only a slight increase
in investment. Watch for the
into this subject
that representatives
were widely apart
some favoring the
method, and the
tsae, while others,
•rc conservative and
( training, disfavor
would not be sur-
» bills introduced at
k bouses in an ef-
irdcn of expeditures
department in the
re commission, and
s to an amount that
^ that his^idea, and
Plan Now For The New
Right now is the time to start pianniit
home and out buildings, in order to start
them the first of
spring. Let us figure
the lumber and hardware. You will i
prices are right.
We wish to commend Brother
Travelstead, of the Val Vered Coun-
ty Herald for calling the hand of
an editor of a San Antonio paper down
when the aforesaid editor made an ef-
fort to belittle or.e of the most out-
standing and broad-minded gentle-
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