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VOL 89
NO. Is
The itlataqoroa Count Tribune
F.H.A. Representatives Address
Bay City People Friday Night
BETTER HOUS’G CAMPAIGN OUTLINED
TO THOSE ATTENDING
Federal Housing Administration'
representatives from Houston, Mes- |
srs. Benbow, Walter Sayers, 1. M. Wil- I
ford addressed interested parties at
the city hall last evening and out-
lined to them the FHA set up and
how those who are interested in re-
pairing or rebuilding or building may
get long time loans from the local
banks.
The entire program of Title 1 and
Title 2 was explained to those present
and a plea that a canvas be made and
followed up by those in the building
trade and all of its branches. Much
work is in the city if it will just be
brought to light and those who have
for many years wanted to repair can
now repair under the monthly pay
plan with the low rate of interest.
Following the addres sat the city
hall My, Benbow and Mr. Wiliford
gave another talk to the Home Dem-
onstration Clubs of the county at the
high school building.
Old-Age Pension
System Adopted
By House Vote
AUSTIN, Texas, March 30.—The
House voted, 126 to 3. Monday to sub-
mit to the voters Aug. 24 a consti-
tutional amendment to authorize an
old age pension system.
The joint resolution by Jasper N.
Reed and E. Harold Beck, however,
was not adopted until restrictions
thrown about the proposal had been
stricken out. Roy Hofheinz made a
successful plea to leave the legisla-
ture free to set up a system of its
own devising without age and other
restrictions. His amendment, which
was adopted by 109 to 15, eliminated
[provisions that would have denied
pensions to persons less than 65 years
y. old. persons convicted of a felony and
inA ev@umONT persons who own property worth
AVU I UA I CIVIRECEN L Late mendment w |
8 adopted with the approval of the u- |
HILAL BIthors limiting the pension to $30
STATPARTS Y P I E month. W. O. Reed sought without
SuSRl ECELU am V 1 W success to gain acceptance of a sub-
Agents To Issue
stiute to strike out all limitations ex-
WASHINGTON, March 30.—Agents| cept $15 a month
of the agricultural adjustment ad- its of the original resolu-
ministraton will be placed at Hous-tom nousinsC
ton and Beaumont Monday to issue argued thatconstitutional amend-
tax payment warrants covering the men leaving the legislature free to
processing tax upon rough rice pro-lchange the pension system would
duced in Texas in 1935 and 1934, and was ' r- . ,
still in the hands of producers, pro-50EV/on the part of candidates for
cessors and other persons. Secretary he following allowances are made in
of Agriculture Wallace announced :
n 1 , 1.1:1 1. ..: various stale: Calliornia, W ISconsin,
Saturday as he made public provis-- . New Jersey S1day:
ions for the collection of the tax re-Deninwa e and 1 ieano S300 af star:
cently authorized by congress Th Montana and Utah, $25 a month; Wyo-
act becomes effective in April. Lmins S30 , month nd Massachu-
These warrants must be secured bymi%.amont
the holders of the old rice and will be
accepted by the bureau of internal!
revenue in payment of the processing
tax. Secretary Wallace explained. !
Forms for making application may
be obtained from the agents.
The agents will contact the various
mills at periodical intervals so as to
be available for the issuance of tax
payment warrants. The procedure for
issuing and handling tax payment
warrants has been designed to elim-i
inate the possibili y of fraudulently j
securing or illegally using tax pay-
ment warrants before issuing tax
payment warrants on rough rice in
the possession of processors on March
1934, it will be necessary to establish
the weight of such rice held by each
"THERE IS NOTHING TOO GOOD FOR OUR FRIENDS"
BAYS ITY TEXAS THURSDAY, APRIL 1. 1935
Astor Goes to Work
PAS
NEW YORK .
. John Jacob
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
Resodding to Grass is Urged
To Save Topsoil From Blowing
In the following article written for the Associated Press, L.
Richer, superintendent of the Fort Hays (Kan.) agricul
ural experiment station, discusses this year’s unprecedented
ust storms and presents the conclusion that much of the
■ dowed-up western Kansas sod land must be returned to grass
Cl Monitor How to Avoid Losses.
HAYS Kan Dust storms this sea- If the soil blowing hazard is to be
son ha their roots the “get ich-overcome the general practice fol-
gU ’ * that followed the owed must be revised to include the
World War adoption of suitable tillage methods
At that time the world demanded United action of entire communities
more wheat and at prices that stimu-is necessary.
lated ,1.1!' ed production. The short. Several counties are now taking
New RFC Director
Cedar Lane Resident Dies Of Injuries
Recived When Struck By Auto
S. M. Myrick Struck By Automobile Near
Cedar Lane Bridge Sunday 8 P. M.
Mr. Samuel Matthew Myrick, age
59 years, 5 months and 16 days died,
of injuries received Sunday night at
8 p.m when he was struck by an a-
tomobile driven by Mr. D. B Bran-
om. The accident happened on the
highway near Cedar Lane.
Mr Myrick is survived by one son.
Guy, of Cedar Lane and a brother,
John of Warrior, Ala. Several years
ago three of the Myrick children lost
their lives in a fire near Cedar Lane
and prior to that Mrs Myrick died.
Funeral services, under the diree-
tion of Taylor Bros., were held Mon-
day at 2 p.m. from the school house at
Cedar Lane Burial will be in Cedar-
vale Cemetery. Rev Odis Rainer of
the Baptist Church will officiate.
Club Members
ArgueQuestion
Internationalism
grass prairies were the last virgin advantage of a Kansas law making it
oil are i vailable o in character- mandatory upon a farmer to protect
Am erican fashion these valuable his soil from blowing onto the high-
.■ az . lands were turned under to way or damaging his neighbor’s land
,' 2.......: ,'„, .... 2:1 Application of the following chan-
in plant food and generously supplied ges in the general farming practice
for • veral seasons, these will greatly reduce soil blowing:
ductive new soils added greatly to. Use tillage machines which do not
the wheat supply, pulverize the soil, thereby developing
Then lowered rainfall reduced yield a cloddy, roughened surface.
and diminishing prices forced aban-
donment of considerable acreage and
caused much of the remainder to be
Astor, 3rd, (above), has landed a de and for w beat Rich
job and gone to work. Though heir
to millions he has taken a job at
the bottom of a shipping business
at the salary of $25 per week. He
says he intends to learn, “from
the bottom up”.
Rice Industry
Starts Under
New Program
AMENDMENTS TO AGRICULTURAL
ADJUSTMENT ADMINISTRA-
TION IN OPERATION NOW.
Crowley Signal.-
Warehouses of mills were being
processor. The appraisal work will be checked here Monday April 1 the
directed by experienced warehouse in-
new rice control program, which was
spectors from the bureau of agricul- adopted by congress by amending the
tural economics. It will also be neces-agricultural adjustment act, goes in-
sary to check the prices received by to operation.
producers for the rough rice in the' The program brings to the rice
possession of each processor on March industry a new program, which is
31, 1935. in order to establish whether [ controlled by the rice section rather
or not the processor is eligible to re-than by anv committee either pro-
ceive tax payment warrants. The act ducers or millers, of the industry,
as amended provides that warrants
It provides for a processing tax for
can be issued on such rice only if the the first time for rice and pays the
producer has received the price pre- farmers benefit payments for reduc-
scribed in any marketing agreement, tion of their crops. The new program
license, regulation, or ruling appli-
cable to the sale of such rice. In or-
der to comply with this requirement
a thorough check of the processors’
record will be made.
In the case of rough rice held by
producers and other persons which is
delivered for processing or sold to a
processor on or after April 1. 1935.
the warrants may be issued either to
the Producer or other persons to
the processor, depending upon the cir-
cumstances of the sale and the nature
of the application. In order for any
rice producer to qualify for a tax
payment warrant covering the rice
he has produced he must participate
in the 1935 rice production adjustment
program.
Senate Has Plan
That South Probe
Cotton Situation
e Process
Tax S
tem
Is Announced
farmed in a haphazard manner.
Cultivate the soil at the proper time
to conserve moisture.
Urges Replanting to Grass.
Use machinery which will aid in in
PAS
WASHINGTON ... Herbert D.
Stephens, former U. S. Senator
from Mississippi, has been ap-
pointed a director of the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation.
WASHINGTON, Apr 2.1-
tions for administering the in-
becomes effect ive Monday und
proved by President Roosevelt.
The regulations it forth the best -
ning f the first marketing Fe-F the
be applicable to rice, the conversion
to determine the amount of tax im-
No. 1 may be had fr m the chief hear-
ing clerk. Agricultural Adjustment
Administration, Washin st on D. C. |
At the same time the AAA an-
nounced termination of the marketing |
agreement for the southern rice mill- |
ing industry. The termination order 1
was signed last Saturday by Secretary
Wallace and became effective Monday. I
This action taken as a result of the
inauguration of the 1935 production i
adjustment program in accordance
with the Derouen act, does not in any
way affect the carrying out of any
incompleted obligations of he parties j
to the agreement. In order to liqui-
date incompleted business. Secretary
Wallace appointed the present mem-
bers of the millers’ committee as trus- |
tees to receive all property held or
, . orporatnig stubble and other plant
- Idler Land First to Blow. residues in the surface soil.
- tment program re- Soil blows when it has become dry.
acreage 13 per cent Much of loose and finely pulverized and when
5 retired from produe-there is not enough decayed vege-
in received little or no attention table matter present to hold it to-
We no on ’ the frstlgether. A rough, cloddy surface will
* 2105 sgravated sou not blow.
I The Fort Hays experiment station
followed, with an has been anticipating a back-to-grass
5 1 in ue u in id-movement and has developed econ-
uffered omical and practicable methods for
i business men the resodding of buffalo grass. Exper-
it-iments with grasses from old World
countries have not been promising to
i by non-residentMuch of the sod land plowed up
Many of themog-in their during the "more wheat" hysteria
t-and-cover style of . va 5 rought land which should have
• acreage been left for grazing. The most eco-
but poorly - il blows nomical thing to do with these rough
' rts no one is on er ded areas is to put them back to
Bell County Solon
Affirmatives won the debate held
Friday evening, March 29, at the Bay
City High School Auditorium in
which members of the county home
demonstration clubs argued the ques-
tion, “Resolved that America should
choose the path of internationalism
rather than of natilonalism" in her
foreign trade and agricultural ad-
justment program
Take off our high import duties
and encourage other nations to trade
with us so we shall have a marked
an
Mayor Smith is
Would Limi
BEVEATU LEltl!
I for our agreultural products," urged
Mrs 1. D. Chappell, leader of the
affirmative side. The other two mem-
Rural School Aid
Of 510,000,000
Y bars of
A Mr W K Keller of Midfield and
the affirmative side were
$2.50 Per $100
AUSTIN, March 27. Substantial
and permanent tax reduction and re-
lief is in sight for the overtaxed own-
ers of homes, farms, ranches and
other forms of real estate in Texas.
Senator Roy Sanderford of Bell Coun-
ty has introduced a resolution in the
Texas senate calling ror an election
in November, 1935 to write into the
Mr Ray D’Orsay of Prairie Center
who also presented strong arguments
in favor of free trade.
"Foreign trade has proven unprofit-
able in the past for our nation." re-
joined the negative side in which a
strong team was formed by Mrs.
Philip Johnson, Van Vleck; Mis Elo
Werlia of Cedar Lane and Mrs. M. S.
Watkins of Markham
Preceding the debate a bountiful
dinner of barbecue, baked beans, bak-
ed brown bread, salad, cake and cof-
fee was served by Mrs. Leola Cox
Passel
House
MEASURE IS ATTACKED, BUT
GOES TO SENATE ABOUT AS
IT WAS INTRODUC ED. i
Returned To Office
Frank Carr Re-Elected City Marshal; Ed. C.
Anderson Only City Official Defeated
Heavier Vote Than Was Ex-
pected Was Cast As Inter-
est Keen Throughout Day
Warm springlike weather prevailed |
Il day Tuesday as city voters, their
terest growing keener as the day
w re n, dropped in at the voting box-
es in numbers to vote their prefer-
in one of the warmest, a
Girls To Organize
Softball Teams
likewise gives the millers an oppor-
tunity to export rice on the world
market.
The suceqis of the program of
course is unknown at this time, but
leaders point out that this will be
determined by the cooperation giv-
en by both growers and millers and
by the administration of the act.
Its intent and purpose is to elim-
inate chiseling, both on the part of
millers and farmers and of discon-
tinuing doing acts which may not be
in the strictest sense a violation of
the agreement but on the other hand
decidedly unfair, unethical and con-
tributory to hte failure of the general
program.
Abandoning the old rice marketing
agreement as only partially effective,
the AAA will inaugurate today a new !
control plan for rice, third largest RUBIN FRELS Wil l BEGIN KI
" " MODELING PARKER BUILDING
I WITHIN THREE WEEKS.
controlled by the milers' committee,
to collect all sums owed the committee
and liquidate all property held by the The intensely interesting contest
committee. After paying all outstand-centered around the mayors race, in
ing obligations the trustees are direct- ich there were two worthy contest-
ed to distribute equitably all remain-ants Mayor Paris Smith, who was
ing funds held by them in accord-running for re-election and Sims
ance with the agreement. Doughtie laundryman, twice Mayor
Charles G. Miller, rice administra-Smith's opponent. While there was no
tor. and Charles B. How senior agri-defined issue at stake between the
cultural economist of the AAA. were tw gentlemen the partisans of each
appointed by Secretary Wallace to be worked feverishly and earnestly all
his agents in supervising the liquida- | day
tion work. The mayor retained his office by a
Members of the millers' committee 41 vote majority, the total being 340
appointed as trustees, are F. A. Farda t the 299 received by Mr. Doughtie.
and P. F Pritchard, both of Houst In the marshal‘s race, a three cor-
J. E. Broussard. Beaumont; F. A nered affair, some ardent work was
Gorchaux Jr. Abbeville, La. P M | done by the supporters of the three
Lyons, Crowley La. George Smith candidates resulting in a clear ma-
DeWitt, Ark. and C. R Walton
SEVERAL TEAMS BEING PLAN-
NED FOR NIGHT PLAY.
Stuttgart, Ark.
New Theatre
though good-natured elections seen
in Bay City for years.
of jority
for the re-election of City
Marshal Frank Carr over his two op-
| ponents. Capt. Joe Bean and Constable
(Continued on Page 8.)
I The boys can't put one over on the
ladies and they are up and about to
see that they too get to enter team
in the softball league that is being
formed and will begin play in the
very near future. There are several
Sunday school classes that are an-
xious to enter iKtten Ball teams and
they will be able to take the boy's
teams for a cleaning after a few
practice games
The entrance of girls into the lea-
gue recently formed was not antici-
pated but it will probably be brought
up at another meeting and the girls
may form a league of their own. The
games now scheduled are for three
nights a week. With the entrance of
the girls teams it will probably neces.
sitate another night of play.
constitution of Texas a provision that
the total amount of state, county, mu-
nicipal and district real estate taxes
levied and collected for general pur-
po es shall never exceed $1.25 per
$100 valuation. The average rate now
is $2.47.
The limitation proposals does not
change or limit the property tax lev-
ied to take cure of the interest and
sinking funds on outstanding bonds
but it provides that in the future a
two-thirds, instead of a simple ma-
jority if the vote cast in a bond elec-
tion. will be necessary before addi-
tional bonds may be issued by a coun-
ty or any subdivision.
The limit, ition amendment, spon-
ored by those who want to see a
material reduction all property taxes,
was weighted down with an amend-
ment by Senator Ben G. O Neal of
Wichita Fall , providing for the clas-
sification of property for tax pur-
poses. The O’Neal amendment, ac-
cepted by a close vote of the senate
committee on constitutional amend-
ments, is the same proposal defeated
at the polls last November. Its pur-
pose is to confer almost unlimited
taxing powers upon the legislature,
commissioners courts and other taxing
agencies. Sponsors of the resolution
to limit all state and local property
Sides, county home demonstration
agent.
A S. Benbow, district agent for
the Federal Housing organization for
forty counties spoke briefly on the
Federal Housing loans. A round table
of questions was held covering the
varid y of improvements allowable
under the housing loans.
Following the debate, the guests for
the evening indulged in ring games,
and folk dancing under the leader-
ship of Mrs. Joe Lucas and Mrs. O
F Havelock of El Maton, who recent-
ly returned from the recreation meet-
ing of the home demonstration clubs
it A & M. College, where they went
as delegates from the Matagorda
clubs.
AUSTIN, Texas, March 30- The
Traylor-Russell $10,000,000 school aid
bill with some omnibus features pass,
ed finally in the house Tuesday after
withstanding a‘succession of siege.
The bill that now goes to the senate
is not changed in any material partic-
ular from the measure on which de-
bate was begun more than a week
ago. More than forty amendments
were proposed and a majority was
promptly rejected. A number of them
sought to reduce the amount of the
appropriation and the final action be-
fore engrossment of the bill prepara-
tory to suspension of the rule and
final passage was to vote down «n s
amendment by Clarence E Farmeries *
make the appropriation $4 250,000 in-
stead of $5,000,000 a year. /
Section Is Restored.
As the measure now stands it would
appropriate $4,000000 a year for the
biennium for aid of rural school;
appropriate $4,000,000 a year for the
home economic education and $154,4
000 a year for rehabilitation of crip-
Rotary Club Has
Boy’s Program
HOWARD BRAWN, BOY St OUT
EXECUTIVE, GIVES TALK ON
WORK IN BAY CITY
taxe
$1.25 per hunderd dollars
valuation will make a determined ef-
fort to eparate the limitation and
classification proposals when the
Mrs. Leola Sides, county home dem-
onstrator, left Sunday to visit a few
days in Arkansas with her brother.
To Start Soon FARMERS AND STOCKMEN MAY MOVE TO
COAST LANDS BECAUSE OF DUST STORMS
AUSTeJ, Texas, March 30.—The
senators moved quickly Monday to
adopt a resolution by John S. Redditt
and W. D. Page looking to a pact be-
tween the eleven cotton-producing
states to bring about a return of for-
eign markets, some lost and others
about to be. All senators asked that
their names be signed to the resolu-
tion and it was amended to urge an
immediate report instead of waiting
until the next legislature
Among the several preambles to the
resolution, one states that "the main-
tenance of a foreign market affording
a fair price for the cotton produced
in this state is of vital concern to all
the people of Texas." Another says
that from Aug. 1. 1934. to March 1.
1935. the exports of American cotton
were 2,231,000 bales less than during
the previous corresponding period and
another what probably is not so well
known but which is of much signifi-
cance that American gin manufactur-
ing companies during 1934 sold to - i-
eign cotton-growing countries more
than five and one-half times as much
gin machinery as in any previous
year.
CRIMINAL COURT
Cases set for trial in court to-
day are Elijah Hamilton and Dave
Jones, chicken theft; Ernest Gray,
burglary in private residence.
pled children. Of this last amount
approximately $51,000 a year is al-
lotted specifically to the hospital for
crippled and deformed children as
Galveston.
During Tuesday’s consideration, the
house restored to the bill a section
that had been stricken out Monday
relating to the number of pupils in a
school district. As it was written
and as it now stands only districts of
not less than twenty scholastics and
not more than 500 are eligible to re-
ceive rural aid funds.
Use of Funds.
The chief debate was an an amend-
ment by Alfred Petsch, Fred K.
Knetsch and Harry N. Graves limit- *
ing the uses to which rural aid funds
may be put. The amendment which
was adopted intact, provides that the
funds may be applied only to pay for
school transpor ation, to supplement
teachers’ salaries and to supplement
federal aid. It provides also that no
school may receive rural aid if its
trustees shall budget or contract for
expenditures from local maintenance
funds more than $50 for improvements
or equipment for a one-teacher school,
$100 for a two-teacher school and
$150 for a more than two-teacher
school. A final provision is that no
financial aid shall be withheld from
a school because of any alleged de-
ficiency in teacher certificates or be-
cause of any regulation sought to be
imposed by the state superintendent
or the state board of education un-
less the deficiency or the regulation
expressly is provided for by the stat-
utes.
The Rotary Club, whose primary
purpose this year in its work, is boy’s
work, had the pleasure of a most in-
teresting and instructive talk from
Mr. Howard Brawn, scout executive
of Galveston, Brazoria and Matagorda
counties, yesterday noon at its reg-
ular luncheon at the BayTex Hotel.
Mr. Brawn’s talk was supplemented
with several important facts from Mr.
W E Eckles, principal of the high
school here, who has for several years
been in important factor in boy scout
work in communities in which he has
resided.
The program was in charge of W. C.
Lloyd and Mrs. Lloyd had Ml. Brawn,
Mr Eckles and Mr. George Wainner.
local boy scout master present to put
on the program
Mr. Eckles told the Rotary Club
of boy scout work its place in the
community, its influence and char-
acter building of the youth of today.
He generously offerer! his services in
the city in scout work
Mr. Brawn was flattering in his
remarks of George Wainner who has
for the past few years been working
alone with the scouts. He stated that
George had accomplished much with
the little assistance he had had and
urged the cooperation of the civic
clubs of the city. Mr. Brawn brought
out potent facts of the scout work. He
gave interesting accounts of the work;
he told true instances of his life with
the boys of the boy scout age and in
the many years he has been in the
work he has been able to see these
scouts grow into men, better men,
men of higher ideals,
E J. Crofoot, chairman of the boy's
work committee offered the assist-
ance of the club in the boy scout
movement and stated that the club
would get behind another troup in the
city and assist in every way possible
The soft ball team was formed. Toad
Crofoot was elected captain and prac-
tice sessions began yesterday after-
noon with a game with the Kiwanis
Club. Various accounts have been
given as to the score. The Rotarians
claim the game and the Kiwanians
claim the game. Real scheduled games
begin soon.
measure comes to a vote in the sen-
ate.
In discussing the overall limitation
proposal. Senator Sanderford said,
"Real estate in Texas has already ex-
ceeded its ability to pay the enormous
taxes required of this clas sof prop-
erty. Staggering tax delinquencies
abundantly prove this. This amend-
ment will automatically take about
one-third of the burden off real es-
tate and the legislature can find oth-
er unoccupied tax sources to make up
the replacement revenue. If the prop-
erty owners of Texas will get in be-
hind their representatives in Austin
and urge them to work and vote for
thi tax limitation amendment to the
state constitution, then we can get
tax relief and reduction and save
Texas property owners $40,000,000 each
year."
The importance of the tax limitation
amendment and the saving in prop-
erty taxes it will afford owners of
real estate in the counties of this
senatorial district are indicated by fig-
ures on file in the office of the state
auditor and efficiency expert show-
ing the rather high rates which pre-
vail in this group of counties.
The following table shows the rate
of taxation per 100 valuation in each
of these counties and includes state
county, municipal, district and all
other taxes levied at the ad valorem
rate. The figures are for 1932, the
latest available here
agricultural industry in he South.
By amendment to the agricultural
adjustment act, a processing tax of
one cent a pound or 51 62 a barrel has
been placed on rough rice to supply _
funds for the two-sided purpose of was in Bay City Monday with his ar- indirect benefit
paying growers to reduce acreage and chitect and other interested parties of Texas, in the upassos .. . quaes --------...-----~ .....-
making up to them a fair exchange for the purpc e of making prelimin-Craddock, assistant county agricultur-its fertility.
price for their crop. ary arrangements to begin the work al agent. ‘A farmer of reasonable diligence
Growers will come into benefits of of remodeling the Parker building “Undoubtedly," Craddock said, “the can prepare a plot, with fertilizer, to
about $9,000,000 from the processing and converting it into one of the farmers mi stockmen in the regions supply the family vegetables the first
tax if they co-operate in keeping this classiest moving picture houses to be which have most suffered from the year, but he could not expect to har-
season’s acreage down to 642.000 acres found in South Texas, layer of finely ground dust will be Vest much of a yield of staple crops
in the south or 5 per cent less than Mr. Frels announced on his visit compelled to look elsewhere for an the first year. The second year offers
last year and 20 per cent less an here Monday that work on the the-opportunity to live on a satisfactory;,, chance to more than double the
five years average. The farm valueof ater will start this month possibly basis There is no more hopeful out-first year’s yield and by the third
the last crop Was placed at $29,000,000, within the next three weeks. While
two vears ago at $28,000 000 and three the plans have not been quite com-
years ago at only $15,000 0000. | pleted, it is all far enough along to __________________________
L .. Results Uncertain:. n. uaie justify the prediction thatuthe new seekers in the coast country."
In some of the dust-covered regions, that a farmer in making a change to
according to Craddock, the fertility a new section of the country needs
of the land will have to be rebuilt outside help, unless he has put aside
This will take several years, in o her some savings. Land owners should, on
regions where there is only a com hs account, be wling to make spe-
paratively thin layer of dust, he add-cal concessions to homeseekers the
ed, it will be necessary to plow suf- | first year. Certainly, the prospect of
ficiently deep to have new dirt with securing many competent farmers on
which to work But this will lower idle land is worth the fullest consid-
the fertility of the soil, because mix-eration."
ture of the deist isinevitable Harris County, according to a gov-
. 1- Better tive 1. ernment census, has 1,129,000 acres. At
Craddock thinks he ar better al-present, 80 per cent of the area is in
ternative would be for those in the pastures and woodlands. Of the latter
worst affected regions would be to in Craddock’s opinion, half of the land
locate elsewhere, , A "Ihor.. » suitable for farming The rest al-■......- ..............~~ ----------------- ------ ------ ..... — ... ------
“In my opinion he continued ready is used more or less for stock I amendments as two separate measures Cemetery under directions of Taylor
is no better change that could be " ... ........
made than to move to Harris and
other Southeast Texas counties, when
everything is taken into considera-
tion Southeast Texas has ample mois-
ture, almost at all times; the soil can
be made fertile with a reasonable
amount of drainage and cultivation.
"I am not ‘saying that the situation
in Southeast Texas is a readymade.
(From Houston Chronicle.) lideal situation. Farmers settling on
, The disaster of the dust storms of new land will find new conditions,
Rubin Frels of Vicotria, who has the Panhandle and other secitons of and it will be hard to dig out of the
entered Bay City's amusement field Texas asd Oklahoma may result in an soil more than a livelihood the first
..It to the coastal region year. The soil is a type which re-
n the opinion of T. D quires working in order to stimulate
Whether the plan will acutlly raise place will be „ distinct credit to Bay
the returns to the southern growers City a|11) one equipped with every
by $9,000,000 to provide the fair ex- modern device for the comfort and
change" value, remains doubtful. It pleasure of patrons
depends observers contend on whether The theater will be so constructed
the 1 dy" se in for expert rice for the accommodatio of va leville
result din suffice, f r rn ales to performances, legitim ate stage plays
prevent any surplus accumulation in band concerts and other forms t
this country, amusement as well as for moving pic -
On exports the government will re- tures One of the finest orchestra
fund to the mills the processing tax pits is called for in the plans
Until July 31, all of the tax assets The remodel ng of the Parke build
is being paid back to the holders of ing will add anothe .....,, po
rough rice in the form of tax war- to the wholesale improvements which
have been going on around the square
for the past two months and will af-
ford quite n lot of work for car-
penters, painters, decorators and oth-
| er workmen.
rants. The government must absorb
out of its present agricultural revolv-
ing fund the loss of the tax on ex-
ports, amounting to possibly as much
as $500,000 by the end of the old sea-
son, July 31.
For the coming season, however, the
tax refunded on exports will be sub- |
tracted from the total proceeds of the 1
tax before the grower is paid his
benefit. It has been estimated that
About $11,000/000 will be collected
from the mills for processing and that
(Continued on Page 8.)
Appreciation
1 wish to express my thanks to
those who voted for me and sup-
ported me in my race for assessor-
collector of Bay City.—D. B (ack)
Hinton.
County
look for them than in the coastal re- year the land should be in first class
gion. But that is not all. There will condition under normal conditions.
ive to be aid in establishing home- Farmers Need Help.
"Of course, I am aware of the fact
raising purposes.
The average rainfall in Harris Coun-
ty is 46.22 inches, which is one-half
to two-thirds greater than West and
Northwest Texas. The average grow-
ing season is 281 days, whereas the
growing season of the northwestern
part of the state varies from 150 to 225
days.
Blanco
Hays
Comal
Caldwell
Guadalupe
Gonzales
(Average)
Tax Rate for
General Purposes
$1 75
2.85
2.28
2.25
1.63
201
$2.13
The Sanderford limitation amend-
ment would reduce and limit these
rates to $1 2.5 per $100 valuation and
it would mean a reduction of 41 per
cent or a saving of $556,000 annually
to the property owners of this sen-
atorial ditsrict. Proponents of the
limitation amendment admit that it
cannot obtain a majority vote in an
election if tied up with the property
cl ssification provision and have call-
Funeral Rites 'To Be
Held For Joe Simpson
The funeral services for Joe Snip- 1 the bridge,
son who died March 26 will be held.
Crofoot Unhurt i
In Wreck, Sat.
-1
Mr. E. J. Crofoot miraculously es-
caped injury Saturday afternoon
when his Chrysler sedan was de-
molished in a wreck betweeen Bay City
and Van Vleck Mr. Crofoot was alone
returning from Houston. Another car
was approaching him and Mr. Cro-
foot stated he could see that the
man was looking back at a negro
who was walking down the middle of
the road and he continued to force
Mr. Crofoot’s car off the concrete.
Crofoot left the concrete and sue-
ceeded in missing the backwards
driver but in attemp ing to right the
car onto the concrete again he found
himself astride a culvert The ban-
isters of the bridge plowed into the
right side of the car and the car ca-
reened to its right side and skidded
several feet. The car was complete-
ly demolished but Mr. Crofoot was
I not scratched The driver’s seat was
i the only part of the car that ap-
Iparently missed some of the impact of
ed on taxpayers organizations and I Thursday at 2.30 p.m. at the funeral
citizens over the state to urge their chapel of Taylor Bros., Rev. E G.
senators and house members to sub. Cook of the Methodist Church offici-
mit the limitation and classification I ating. Burial will be in Cedarvale
and on their individual merits.
Card of Thanks
To those who have returned me to
office for another term. I wish to ex-
press my deepest appreciation. Al-
though 1 was unopposed in my race
I thank you all —Myrtle Smith.
Bros.
TODAY’S MARY
] Wife reading) It says here they
! have found a sheep in the Himalaya
Mountains that can run 45 miles an
hour.
Her Hubby. Well, it would take
a lamb like that to follow Mary now-
adays. Montreal Star.
Marriage Licenses 1
Calvin Beverly and Mks Fred Ab-
bot.
Mr. C V. Bomar and Miss Joyce
Gillet.
Mr J. F Stanford and Mrs. Leaie
Watson.
Mr Carl Ackerman and Miss Emily
Kopecky
Mr Louis Nelson and Miss Nora
Mae Underwood.
Mr J. Maney Fisher and Miss Cor-
dis Velmer.
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1935, newspaper, April 4, 1935; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1696364/m1/1/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.