The Cross Section, Volume 21, Number 10, October 1975 Page: 4
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Page 4 THE CROSS SECTION October, 1975
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tative, visited with 110 fourth and fifth
grade students at Stubbs Elementary
School in Lubbock, September 26.
In a slide presentation, Seale pointed
out the areas in West Texas where the
water is stored underground (in the
Ogallala formation), and explained the
reasons farmers originally turned to
irrigation (after the Dust Bowl days of
the 1930's) and how modern-day tech-
nology is being applied to conserve the
remaining supply of water.
He also discussed with the students
how some farmers waste water and
ways they can learn to conserve it for
their children-the future farmers of
America.
One of the subjects in which the
students displayed the most concern
was abandoned wells. The slides re-
vealed the dangers to children playing
in a field where an open hole may be
camouflaged from view. Seale pointed
out that, in the District, no lives have
been lost but that the danger is still
present, and the District is searching
out these abandoned wells and ensur-
ing that they are properly covered and
made safe.
The Cross Section would like to
encourage other educators to contact
District personnel to make a similar
presentation in their area.ter Conservation
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Dan Seale, District Field Representative, answers questions following a slide presentation before more than 110 fourth
and fifth grade students at Stubbs Elementary School in Lubbock. The District's Board of Directors believes that this
type discussion is an excellent means of furthering the message embodied in the District's creed, "Dedicated to the
Principle That Water Conservation is Best Accomplished Through Public Education".QUESTIONNAIRES ... cont. from page 3
selected proportional to size of opera-
tion.
"The small producer sampled repre-
sents many others of comparable size,
while the very largest producers will
represent only themselves. It is equally
important for all farmers and ranchers
receiving a questionnaire to complete
and return it promptly," said Caudill.
The individual report is confidential
-available to no other government
agency or anyone except those persons
required to process the data. The State
and county estimates published will be
made available for everyone at the
same time.
County statistics for 1974 and Janu-
ary 1, 1975, are available on livestock,
poultry, dairy, field crops, small grains,
cotton, vegetables, fruits and pecans,
and cash receipts from the sale of
Texas farm commodities. Bulletins
can be obtained from the Texas Crop
and Livestock Reporting Service, P. 0.
Box 70, Austin 78767.HAVES . . . continued from page 3
new or old constitution, would author-
ize an additional $400 million in Texas
water development bonds.
If approved, the amendment (Sec-
tion 3[c] [2]) would provide that "an
implementing law under this section
must further provide that no state fund
established for purposes of water de-
velopment may be used for the devel-
opment of water resources from the
Mississippi River."
Therefore, if the voters adopt the
new constitution or the proposed
amendment to it (Senate Joint Resolu-
tion 49), they will be diminishing West
Texans' chances of receiving State
funding for bringing surplus East Tex-
as or Mississippi River water to West
Texas. And, it causes one to ask the
following question: If West Texans
cannot convince their own State Legis-
lators of the importance of "sharing",
how will they be able to convince any-
one on the national level to bring water
to the High Plains irrigation complex?DIRECTORS... continued from page 1
words to the effect, "as authorized by
the Legislature", "as provided by the
Legislature" and "as authorized by
law", were replete throughout the pro-
posed Constitution.
Comparing the present form of the
Texas Constitution to the Ten Com-
mandments, in as much as both docu-
ments are written in the restrictive
sense (what one, and the Legislature,
shall not do), Rayner said the proposed
Constitution takes the form of what the
Legislature "can do", "may do" or
"shall do".
Regarding annual sessions, Smith
opposes the idea because they are more
costly than a session every other year.
Mrs. Anderson claimed that the last
three Governors have approved an-
nual budgeting and that "we cannot
have annual budgeting without annual
sessions." She added, "Texas is the
third largest State and it is imperative
that we deal with public problems be-
fore they become crises."The two speakers agreed, however,
on a provision under the article on the
Executive which allows the Governor,
with consent of the Senate, to remove
appointed officials of boards and agen-
cies, before their terms expire, when
they neglect or abuse their responsi-
bilities.
Finance Article Discussed
Governor Smith and Mrs. Anderson
also noted some provisions in the
Finance Article that are of special con-
cern to West Texans. The new Consti-
tution prohibits sales taxes on agricul-
tural machinery and parts, as well as
taxes on food and medicine. It also
mandates the Legislature to provide,
by law, a separate formula for the ap-
praisal of farm and ranch land.
It also provides for equal and uni-
form ad valorem taxation of all prop-
erty that realistically can be subjected
to property taxation, for taxation in
proportion to market value and for
new procedures for taxpayer suit of
arbitrary or unequal taxation.GO6L SVX3L ')13088Al
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T HE CR O SS SE C TIO N
October, 1975
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High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Tex.). The Cross Section, Volume 21, Number 10, October 1975, periodical, October 1975; Lubbock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1533007/m1/4/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.