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§fl)e Cotulla liectofft
VOL. NO. 55. NO. 23.
COTULLA. LA SALLE COUNT?, TEXAS FRIDAY, AUGUST 8,
1052
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
tai t"» to** |f- *. Srntir
iAeeidenlallj Shot
August 2, 1952
Convention met Saturday, August 2,
at the Court House in Cotulla.
The Convention was called to or-
der by Walter M. Manly, Precinct
Chairman of the La Salle County
Democratic Executive Committee, in
the absence of Roy E. Dossey, Coun-
ty Chairman.
On motion made by J. W. Martin,
Dove lluoling Season
Bales Approved
and Pastures Hurl
By Droulh
In Nuevo Laredo
City Sprayed By Plane
Again This Week
Austin, Aug. 6 Texas pastures and • F. W. Streuter was hit twice by
crop prospects were reported dateri- stray bullets as he was starting to
mating Wednesday under a continu-
ing drouth which has enveloped the
western two-thirds and is
Austin—The Executive Secretary
ol the Texas Game and Fish Com- state’s
- | mission has been notified of U. S. spreading eastward,
duly seconded by Geo. E. Cook, Walter ^ Wddiife Service approval The U- S- Department of Agricul
M. Manly was elected Temporary j f ( recommended mourning dove hunt-
Chairman of the Convention and Mrs. | • regulationa for Texas.
B. Wildenthal, Jr., Temporary Sec- j He aJs0 was advised by telegram '
his car in Nuevo Laredo Sunday ev-
ening when he walked into the cross-
fire of Nuevo Laredo policemen and
a suspect they were trying to ar-
rest. Six men were wounded in the
ture said the drouth was digging in shooting, and one a policeman died
retary
Motion made by R. 0. Gouger, sec
further in most areas except the up- later from the wounds he received,
per Gulf Coast, where good showers One bullet just grazed Mr. Streuter’s
that the fall waterfowl regulations maintained generally good to very shoulder, but the other from a .45
good growing conditions. automatic hit him in the thigh and
Scattered weekend showers in the went around his stomach, just under
- - | for Texas will be approved probably
ended by B. Wildenthal, Jr., that the ! on August g _________ _________
Temporary Organization be made j Th(; Federal ageucy has final au. northern high plains in West Texas the skin, the wound was not consid-
rermanent, motion carried unanimous. ! lhority over dove and waterfowl provided only temporary relief, the cred serious.
The following being present, J. W. j regulations since doves, ducks and USDA said. At present Mr. Streuter is in the
e°' ' 00 ’ ' ,* tn^ a’ | geese are migratory. | First bales of cotton were reported Mercy Hospital in Laredo and is ex-
r., a ter M. Man y, Roy G. Martin, j approve(j a 40-day mourning ginned as far north as the Waco area pected to be able to return home in
dove hunting season for North Tex- nnd grain sorghum harvest was start- a few days.
— *- ! ! " • ’ * ' ** ing in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. J. P. Johnson and N. W. Jennings
Thu killed In
Sliool iugal Pleasanton
Jourdanton, Aug. 6—A man follow-
ed a deputy sheriff from nearby
Charlotte to this small South Texas
town shot and fatally wounded the
(fficer, and was killed himself by a
single bullett fired by the deputy.
D. \V. Kinsel, L. E. Schulze, R. 0.
Gouger, Paddy G. Lann, Jr., Frank
Newman, Mrs. R. F. Knaggs and
Mrs. B. Wildenthal, Jr.
The following resolution was in-
troduced by Roy G. Martin.
Whereas, we the Democratic Party
of La Salle County, Texas, are as-
sembled in regular County Conven-
tion on this 2nd day of August, 1952.
And whereas, we believe in, sub-
as beginning September 1 and a 40-
day season for South Texas begin-
ning at October 1. Shooting will
be restricted to afternoons, begin-
ning at 12 o’clock noon and ending at
sunset. The limits are ten birds
per day and ten in possession.
Whitewing Season
The Washington agency also ap-
proved the whitewing season, rec-
However, the USDA emphasized were with Streuter when the acci-
lain is needed over practically the dent occured.
entire state. 1 ---
Cotton made fair to good progress ^ BEL BEE RIFLE
in most areas during the past week, ^ SHOOTING CONTEST
but a strip of the southern rolling
Edward Plocek, son of Mr. and Mrs.
beyond re- Malvin Plocek of Los Angeles, re-
... , . " , proven me wnitewing season,
scribe to, and arc willing to abide by i___ . . ,
,, ... , . _ _ . . ommended by the Commission, for
the majority rule of our National
Party Organization,
And whereas, we are fully aware
and conscious of the necessity of ab-
solute party unity during the Nat-
ional Campaign, . ... ......
. , , „. . „ , dove regulations are identical with
And whereas, our State Delega- ..., ...... „
tion, representing the Democratic i J‘ ° e.XLVp, la ? °u one
Party of Texas, at the 1952 National | mousn,n* Qpen'n* date was
r, .. ,, ... . , cnanged from November 15 to Octo-
Demccratic Convention has accepted ' , , ... , .
....... ... . , der 1 and the whitewing dates were
on the basis of majority rule, and , ...
I altered to provide for
plains from Abilene to Big Springs
was reported damaged beyond re-
covery. .... cently won a Bee Bee rifle in the tHCjr uul OI [neir C1
Damage in the Lower Rio Grande “W£e R*d Ryder Shooting Con- can was not wounded. at present plans are being worked
of seven boys Landrum fired two shots at Cow- out whereby interested citizens, by
aid, the third at Rogers. making a small donation, will keep
The City auu the City dumping
; grounds were given a thorough dust-
! ;r,8 Wednesday morning by airplane,
2 1-2 percent chlordane dust being
used.
* This is a continuation of the dust-
ing program made possible through
the cooperation of the City and the
Lions Club, who furnished the dust
and W. L. Reeves who furnished his
plane and services free of charge.
Warren Lewis, Chairman of the Lions
Deputy Sheriff A. B. Coward. 43, Club Dusting Committee has also put
and Frank Landrum, 50, of Charlotte in a lot of work and time on the pro-
were dead as the result of the gun ject.
euel in front of the sheriff’3 of- . The City was sprayed the first time
fic-e late Saturday night. around the 1st of July, and we have
City Marshal Marion Rogers of heard many comments on the amount
Charlotte was wounded slightely of good that was accomplished. Also,
when Landrum shot his pistol from at this time the City employed Troy
his hand- Howard, who sprayed all the outside
Coward and Rogers arrested a drunk toilets in the Mexican part of town
Mexican in Charlotte and were re- and followed up by disinfecting them
turning him here. Landrum, ac- with a 3 percent BHC dust—this
companied by three men and a worn- procedure was recommended to May-
an, followed in another car. or Keck by the State Health Officer,
Sheriff Ray Strickland said Lan- Dr. Geo. W. Cox.
drum fired on the officers before
they got out of their car.
j It is hoped that the dusting pro-
The Mexi- giam will be continued until fall, and
September 12, 14 and 16, shooting to Valley to cotton was reported “hea
begin at 4 p. m. and to last until sun- vy” Hom the boll weevil and pink
set. The limit is the same as bollworm, ancj showers brought some -------- -----
mourning doves. increase in insect activity in coastal shoot five times at an official target
Both mourning dove and whitewing counties^ "* e~'i'
test. He was one
from Texas to win.
The rules of the contest were
OIL NEWS
from a distance of 15 feet with two
witnesses present. Then finish in
twenty-five words or less “One should
be very careful with a rifle because
At the annual 4-H encampment at
Alto Frio last year Edward tied
Pits are being dug for a 6,000 ft.
has e-one on record pledging our sud- Ialcerca t0 Provide for a weekend, La Salle County wildcat at the Phil- * Fno last year Edward tied
port to the Democratic Nominees -for huntir>g I*riod beginning Friday and :ps Petroleum Co. No. 1 Mula on Clarence ^ane of Pearsall for first
extending through a Tuesday. Washburn ranch, 5 miles south p ace m tbe Junior Division of the
The Game and Fish Commission Fowlerton.
has recommended Texas be zoned for ~--—---
waterfowl, with a proposed north
The Sheriff believed that Coward the good work going on
and Landrum had had some misun- Every citizen is urged to clean up
derstanding in the past. He contin- his premises and get rid of the
ued to question Landrum’s compan- breeding places of flies and mosqui-
ions Monday. Landrum was a Char- | toes. There is more Polio in Texas
at the present time than ever before,
j We do not want to have a polio epi-
lotte resident but formerly lived in
San Antonio.
port to the Democratic Nominees -for
-President and Vice President in the
approaching November election,
Be it hereby resolved that we -ear-
nestly urge that action be taken at
the State Democratic Convention to
twenty-two rifle contest.
zone season beginning October 31
be held September 9, 1952, to assure and a proposed south zone season
that the Democratic Nominees and beginning November 21. On the
1 theory that a longer season than the
50-day 1951 season may be allowed
that the Democratic Nominees and
the National Democratic Party Plat-
form receive the wholehearted sup-
port of the Democratic Party of
Texas,
And be it further resolved that the
.delegates from this, the La Salle !
County Democratic Convention, who 1
shall represent this body at the Sept- j
ember 9, 1952, State Democratic j
Convention are directed to act in ac- |
cordance with the spirit of this reso-
lution.
Motion made by Roy G. Martin The local B<W Scout Troop re
that this resolution be adopted by turned home last Saturday from In-
Dus La Salle County Democratic dian Creek Scout Camp near Ingram
Convention and seconded by B. Wil- and r®P°rt a successful week. There
denthal, Jr., and voted unanimously vvere 207 B°y Scouts there for the
“ * -• • " - - week. Cotulla Scouts won three
1 if the zoning request fails, the Com-
mission asked that statewide water-
! fowl hunting begin October 31.
I
—
Boy Scouts Return
From Indian Creek
Scout Camp
y5
v': y' •
BUI
Soil Builder
Confusion
By John C. White, Commissioner
of Agriculture
demic in Cotulla. Do your part. It
I is a well known fact that flies carry
the polio virus. Remember, a clean
; town is a healthy town.
Null Hall Lamp
II Carrizo Tcuiglil
The recent boom in synthetic soil ’
conditioners is one of the most inter- i
esting commercial phenomena in
many years. i —
Ever since last December, when e Uions Club Soft Ball-
one of the world’s largest chemical lceam W,U J0Urney over t0 Carrizo
companies announced the develop- i^piln^S *or a £ame
ment of a synthetic organic soil con- a™*Z° E'on;- Club,
ditioner, the number of alleged “con-i e Carrizo Spiings Club will be
ditioneis has rapidly grown. Ciaims
DISTRICT SUPERVISORS
J. M. Burkholder, Chairman
Will Nagy
E. R. CotuUn
Louis G. Pcrsch
Clifton Wheeler, Jr.
The Carrizo Springs Club will
uiauneu nas rap.my grown. Claims t!ieSSed in Ladies Dresses a!ld the
and countei claims for these conflict- Cotul,a Cll,h vvi11 wear cowb°y re%-
ing brands can easily confuse the aha’ W’ W‘ Wlmlwrly is urging all
Lions and others to drive over to
thgl Carrizo for this game. The game
will begin about 8 p. m.
red sandy land over 50,000 pounds
other events, having won first
Place in the Treasure Hunt, the soft ‘c- *reen peas were harv«ted the
ball tournament and conduct and f,rSt Plck,n*- although the stand was
A. B. Alexander of Cotulla has re- and will be checked following their
that this Convention go on record ad'- , week. Cotulla Scouts won three “ntl,y disked in a xank *rowth of completion by technicians of the Soil
opting this resolution. 1 ^t P^ces and placed second in two Blackeye peas. From this 60 acres Conservation Service,
Nominations made by B. Wilden- ......— ---- — °f red Sandy 1
thal, Jr. and seconded by L. E.
Schulze that D. W. Kinsel and Roy
G. Martin be delegates from La Salle
County, representing La Salle Coun-
,ty .at .the State Democratic Conven-
tion to be held in Amarillo, Texas,
September .9, 1952.
Chairman Walter M. Manly called
for vote, Convention voted unanimous
that D. W. Kinsel and Roy G. Mar-
tin be .delegates from La Salle Coun-
ty
purchaser.
A “magic chemical” to treat
the soil has long been needed. It is '
a well known fact that soil may be
well limed and have an abundant sup- (
ply of fertilizers and yet not be
very productive because of bad crus- £^EST X-RAIS WILL FEATURE
ting on top and poor physical condi- MEETING AT
-KINGSVILLE
ball tournament and conduct and
placed second in camp cleanliness.
Glenn .Matthews scored second high-
est score on the rifle range of the
entire camp. They also received
honorable mention for being prompt
uneven. Alexander applied 100 lbs.
of high nitrogen fertilizer (13-39-0)
per acre in the bands, at time of
an
last
_______ tion underneath. Small wonder,
Sam Turner, district cooperator then, that the announcement of
has harvested approximately 750 effective soil conditioner late
pounds of Bufflegrass seed from a year caused such a stir.
1 1-2 acre plot on his farm near Co- Many people swamped agricultural
per acre in ine Danas, at time of tulla. The grass was planted in agencies with requests for this new "lu De Klven cnest x-rays as a fea
planting, to insure a good growth on April of this year and has been ir- product even before the discovering ture of the annual Texas Hom<
this sandy soil. A $400.00 profit rigated. The seed were hand strip- company was ready for full produc- demonstration Association convention
and attentive in all activities these WaS reaiized above the expenses of ped. Turner is still harvesting seed tion. It was only natural that other •'Irs- R- Almanrode of Munday.
b*ing in .competition with all' other fertilizer> seed and labor. According and has several hundred pounds more companies rushed to “get on the band THDA president, announced today
troops including explorer and first t0 pea ^uyers Held of peas had a that is mature and ready to be har- "’agon”. the x-ray bus of the Texas Tubereu-
and second class scouts. better growth than any in this section vested. But a good soil conditioner is not llsis Association will be stationed at
- 4
Kingsville, Aug. 4—Almost a thous-
and women of rural communities
meeting in Kingsville August 26-28
will be given chest x-rays as a fea-
Home
A wonderful time .was had by all.
On July 7 and 8 a one-way plow
Was used to disk this rank growth
sun cuuuiuoner is not ----- -------..... .’.uLUMivu a.
as easy to produce as it might seem. tke Student Union Building on A. and
An earthen reservoir for livestock The original company’s research College Campus where the delega-
There ,being no further business, > Those attending from Cotulla were Was ,used to disk thia rank growth An earthen reservoir for livestock The original company’s research _
motion made by B. Wildenthal, Jr., Glenn Matthews, Ned Lann, Paul °f vmes and Sleen Peas into the top water has recently been completed by staff has been working on its pro- tes from over ihe state will hold their
seconded by JR. Q. Gouger and voted Curtis, Charles Graves, Jimmy Dau- S'X inches of the soB- “I<; is bard Ezra F. Alderman on his ranch south- duct for niany years before any men- three-day session,
unanimous .to .adjourn. j ghtrey, (George Terry Riddell, Dick tUr" back a11 of the *ood Srazin&- w’est of Artesia Wells. The reservoir tion was nlade to the public. When The mobile X l a-V unit " ill be staff-
~ ’ out it is worth more for soil im- was constructed with the assistance was announced, they had a fully ed by Texas TB Association techni-
I provement and for protection from of the La Salle County Agricultural tested organic substance whose char- cians and niembers of the Kleberg-
the dry blowing winds” Alexander Conservation Program. It was stak- acteristics were known. This sub- Kenedy TB organization and reports
P. M. A. EL**;TION AUG. 2&NP
.All producers .«# JLa Salle Co«snty
hereby adviced that on Augatat
22nd, 1952, an deetfMU will he held
•t tbe La Salle Coujrtjr P. M. A. Of. |
fice for the purpose of electing the I
following community officials tor the Graves ar-d
year I#53: »
Delegate and Alternate Delegate
of County Committee
Community Committee Chairman
Community Committee Vice-Chair-
man.
Community Committee Member
First Alternate Community Com-
mittee Member
Second Alternate Community Com-
mittee Member
The poll will open at 8 A. M. and luck,
close at 5 P. M. | big figh
ghtrey, rtJeoijge Terry Riddell, Dick
McComfca, MiRon West and Scout
Master Q. 8. Vickers.
We were joined Thursday by Mrs.
O. R. Vidhftns and Mrs. N. W. Jen-
nings, who remained ®uer until Sat-
urday.
1 stated. Alexander has bees co- ed out and cheeked by technicians of
operating with the Dos Rios Soil the Soil Conservation Service.
Conservation District since 1948 in
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stance, a grayish white powder, was on tbe W*B be mailed directly
We wish to thank rtbe Lions Club, * conscrvat>«> j. T. Maltsberger, Jr. has recently
r helping sponsor this trip and t«. ,mprovement of h». cropland and harvested several hundred pounds of
"ntsve range. [native grass seed on his ranch east
------ ,®f Artesia Wells. Most of the seed
Dolph Briscoe has completed the is from the two-flowered Trichloris,
recommended for use at one pound to
100 square feet of soil. It worked
in the soil, doing away with crust-
ing and gave the treated area the
to the women after their return home
Mrs. Almanrode said. The survey
is part of the TB association's pro-
gram of finding and controlling tu-
also want especially to thank Mrs.
Mrs. M. V. Curtis
W their assistance in faffing us
get to camp.
Boy Scout Troop 150
O. R. Vickers, SeoutaMntfer.
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characteristics of good garden loam, berculosis in Texas which is financed
" ‘ ’ ‘ by the annual sale of Christmas Seals
bearing the anti-TB emblem—the
bouble barred cross. , „ • a
More than 900 women, represent-
manufacturers said.
In the first few months after the
initial announcement, the Soil Dep-
------ vciocjr fjApun* ' ---
ment Station tested more than two [ng 4'3,000 club members Texas,
have registered to date for the con-
SOME CATFISH
That was some catfish that Tal- .Cotulla.
madge Harris was showing around
construction of five earthen reser- a native grass whose natural range ---------------.........
voirs for livestock water on hia ranch extends from South Texas west into artment of the New Jersey Experi-
south of Fowlerton. The reservoirs 'Arizona and on South into Mexico.
were designed, laid out, and checked f The two-flowered Trichloris is a dozen possible substitutes that were
by technicians of the Soil Conserva- strong, drought-resistant and verv hrmio-M „ . . . ,Tentl0n- —
tion Service with headquarters in'palatable range grass. It is one of ,•* \Pf° UCerS for exatm' I Rl'oms are available to the dele-
te most desirable grasses found in " thuSe’ °nly three were g8te,S !" the colIe^e dormitories and
this district and is one which the lo- f°Und to be effect>ve. Some of the meaIs Jn the cafeteria, the THDA
_, , . - -------j ....... uistrici ana is one wnich the lo- -------- «■*** .,
Thursday mornmg-lt caused a \ Joseph L. Grosa, Jr. is construct- cal ranchers strive to increase thro- *luickly developed products were de- prf*,dent a™ounced.
f people to »et the fishing fever inr annrnvimntolv 1 1.9 .,o.u . _____a_______________ Li___j workshops and sti
lot of people to get the fishing fever ing approximately 1 1-2 miles of ugh a sound range management pro-
land head for the river to try their channel-type terraces on his farm 'gram. Maltsberger is the first
, southwest of Cotulla. The La Salle iancher in this district, and probably
PlMintv A irriotiltiivnl .... J1 — a. 1 .a 1. 1 . . • •
This i* an imnortant me»tin<r »nd ^ tipped the scales at County Agricultural Conservation in any district, to harvest this seed
;3Tuk. “rt7„ T1. epzkr„* *ti"v; Br“°h °r th' v. ,.r,r H. Pu„, »«,.
Franklin L Crawford I . ?v1 v- l" * * y ro,*'~<*own be- and Marketing Administration will seed much of his range by broad-
tween e highway and railroad brid- assist in paying the cost of construe- |casting the seed after the land has
Ml, • ti.n TL- *______ ______ , ,, . ,
Secretary, P. M. A,, La Salle County get.
tion. The terraces were laid out been chopped.
dared to be virtually worthless '* 'Vorkshops and study sessions will
I Othprs mi»8t • u* . *orm a major part of the program,
Others might or might not have Mrs. Almanrode said, and new offi-
some value. , cers will be elected.
Until these products get thorough I A visit to the famed King ranch,
trials by qualified agencies, the Tex- ,*:llmaxed by a barbecue supper is
as farmer or g.rdner should realise ^ the'lfrt^ °pefnifn*d,y « part
th.t up j • of the entertainment to be provided
that HE is doing the experimenting, for the visitors
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