The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, October 11, 1935 Page: 3 of 4
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THE COTULLA RECORD
Uncle Sam Moves to Bring Electricity
to the ‘Forgotten Farmer’
K'OR years, most city dwellers
and a handful of farmers
have bad at their command the
"genie of the switch" to bring
them many of the comforts ol
life.
To them this great, powerful
Servant has brought light: It
lias preserved and cooked their
food, washed and ironed their
clothes, carried their messages
and obeyed them In Innumerable
other ways
But. of the 54.000.000 peoplt
dependent on agriculture foi
their living, an estimated:
80 per cent have to carry
water from wells or other
sources of supply.
75 per cent have to gel
along with outdoor toilets.
08 per- cent have neither
bathtub uor shower.
82 per cent have to put up
with kerosene or gasoline
lamps.
48 per cent heat their
homes partially or entirely
with fireplaces; 54 per cent,
with stoves.
02 per cent have to do their
laundry work outdoors.
• • »
fpHESE estimates are provided
by Morris L. Cooke, distin-
guished Philadelphia engineer
and chief of the Rural Electrifi-
cation Administration, which Is
swinging Into action In Its pro-
gram of bringing electric service
to American farm homes.
With an initial $100,000,000
work-relief allotment, Cooke ex-
pects to make electricity avail-
able to 1,500,000 more farm
people, and lend Impetus to a
movement that eventually will
bring complete electrification to
rural America.
The REA will lend money tc
power companies, public and
private, to finance new electric
lines to farm districts Where
power companies are unwilling
to extend their lines, and farm-
ers group to buy power frem
them and build lines to convey
It, such co-operatives will be
aided financially by REA.
In any event, how-ever. It will
be up to the farmer himself to
get tbo money to wire his house
and buy appliances — refrigera-
tors, pumps, stoves, lights, farm
equipment, etc.
For this purpose, the Tennes-
FARMS WITH FARMS WITHOUT
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ELECTRICITY
WATER PIPED INTO HOUSE
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(EACH SYMBOL REPRESENTS 10 PER CENT OF ALL FARMS)
The REA, under the direction of Morris I,. Cooke, above left.
Is launching its campaign to electrify rural America. The chart
below illustrates the surprising scarcity of electric service on
American farms.
see Valley Authority’s "Electric
Home and Farm Authority" Is
being expanded into a nation-
wide organization to finance in-
stallment purchase of such
equipment by farmers.
* * *
IT has been pointed out that
*- many European nations sur-
pass America in supplying elec-
tric power for rural areas Thus,
more than 80 per cent of all
French rural communities have
electric service available. The
same applies to 40 per cent of
Sweden’s farms; and nine out of
10 Japanese homes.
At last, the American govern-
ment has come to recognize the
U. S. farmer's right to the per-
sonal and economical advantages
which electricity brings, and fs
taking steps to see that he get?
therm.
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THE GREAT AMERICAN HOME
NO UPSETS
The proper treatment
for a bilious child
THREE STEPS
1 TO REUEVIN6
j]-1 CDHSTIPAT1SH
y
A cleansing dose today; a smaller
quantity tomorrow; less each time,
until bowels need no help at all.
\ NY mother knows the reason
■a* when her child stops playing, cals
little, is hard to manage, ('.onstipation.
But what a pity so few know the
sensible way to sel things right!
The ordinary laxatives. > I even
ordinary strength, destroy all hopes
of restoring regularity.
A liquid laxative is the answer,
mothers. The answer to all your
worries over constipation. A liquid
can he measured. The dost can be
exactly suited to any age or need.
Just reduce the dose each time, until
the bowels are moving of their own
l,‘ -'ord and need no help.
This treatment will succeed with
snv child and with any adult.
Doctors use a liquid laxative.
Hospitals use the liquid form. If it
»s best for their use. ;t is best for
home use. The liquid laxative they
generally use is Dr. t. Idwell’s ISyrep
vepsin. Any druggist has it.
joh^itahtYouto meet aunt luct,
she UJ’ED TO Be a J£HOOLT£ACHE!2.
THU1 IS'AAV FATHER —-TVS |S BRoTHeR
Bill, you mu/TStaYFoR ciajneRa-
IN THE COURTCF DOMESTIC
Relation vi? €
October 6th to 12th
Fi
ire
Prevention
Week
.See that your Flues and Chimneys
are cleaned; see that your fli.es
are all in good shape. Do every-
thing you can tc prevent a fire—
but don’t take u chance. Protect
your home with reliable Insurance.—
!
The Manly Agency
The SMITHS are
Building a Home . ..
and so can YOU !
How can the Smiths afford to build this year?
They aren’t of “means.” Mr. Smjith earns a mod-
est salary. But this year, thanks to the Insured
Mortgage Plan, the Smiths can build that home
they’ve been planning and talking about for sq
long\
This is the first time in history that such an op-
portunity has presented itself. This Government
believes in homes. So it devised (through the
National Housing Act) a new plan that makes it
safe and economical to borrow—for building
new homes—up to 70 percent of the appraised
value of house and lot.
In one simple transaction you can secure up
to $16,000 on this new type of loan from any fi-
nancial institution cooperating with the Govern-
ment in your behalf. An Insured Mortgage
leads to real, debt-free home ownership! Month-
ly repayments are figured to include interest,
charges, principal, taxes and insurance prem-
iums; and are spread over such a long period
(up to 20 years) that it’s just as easy as paying
rent. Only so much better than paying rent, be-
cause each payment brings you closer to owning
your home.
Anyone with a regular income, good credit
standing, and with cash or a building lot equal
to 30 percent of the total cost of the property
can build a home this new way. Or you can buy
a house or refinance your present home on the
same attractive plan. Ask any architect, builder
or approved financial institution.
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The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, October 11, 1935, newspaper, October 11, 1935; Cotulla, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1162947/m1/3/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alexander Memorial Library.