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THE DENISON PRESS, DGNISON, TEXAS
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1958
Narrow or prejudiced?
During election days a cross-section of the workings of
some of our minds, if given a close analysis, would make us
face whether we are prejudiced or just plain narrow.
As we see it, prejudice is something that makes one see
things ten years ago and down to the present date, his mind is
still in the same channel. If anything it is deeper, but rarely
otherwise.
On the matter of being narrow, it seems more a relative
term, and means no more than some of the claims of a certain
brand of cigaret— has less bla-bla than other brands. Invidi-
ous.
On the subject of politics or religion narrowness is such an
indescribable thing that such parties with such narrowness, do
not shout out about what convictions they have, but spend their
efforts in telling the other man what a blatant ignoramus he has
become.
Possibly some backer of Yarborough or Blakely has received
a note with a streak of near profanity in telling what they think
of the receiver of the note, because he has gone out for either
one of the two. Newspapers get this kind of letter often. Blood
kin makes no difference, nor when -eemed to be a dear friend
in the past—both are so prejudiced that "seeing they will not
see, and hearing they will not hear.'
One of those narrow folk, disagreeing with the editor of a
certain paper, ordered the paper stopped." As the irate reader
left the building he met the publisher and blotted out: I just
stopped that d--- paper of yours.
The h— you did. It was running when I left. The pub-
lisher went along his nonchalant way, not stopping.
Prejudice is something that arouses like passions in the
soul of a man who does not agree with you. He has already
tried the case in his own mind and pronounced the verdict.
It's too bad that politics and religion can so disturb family
relations that bitter seeds are sown, and those ties which should
be so deep with affection for parent and child, and conversely
child and parent, that even the worst impact against the family
ties that could be brought by any person, not barring in-laws,
could not break the tie. After all, even an in-law should hold
sacred the ties of love between parent and child. Prejudice or
narrowness carried to the extreme that breaks into the family
life does no one good but engenders a world of harm.
If Payne's philosophy of such matters was adopted, the
human rights of belief will not be marred, especially to the ex-
tent of family ties. And family ties marred by any intrusion
into the spiritual field, always end in unhappiness, and some-
times of the tragic nature.
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THE DENISON PRESS
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— - r T . .
DENISON and GRAYSON COUNTY
Grayson county, accredited by Texas Almanac 1955
of having the "most diversified economy of any Texas
county, with income from crops, livestock, manufacturing
and trade, oil, tourists and recreation seekers."
Blackland soils and terrain in the southeast, grand
prairies characteristics in the southwest, gray lands on
divide in central section; sandy lands and hilly topo-
graphy in north part along Red River. Drains to Red
River on north, Trinity on south. Post oak, walnut, hickory,
pecan, elm, bois d' arc. Oil, brick day, cement material,
silica.
Lake Texoma has six million acre feet capacity, many
bays for fishing, boating on large scale, lake 1300 miles
around perimeter, and declared the ninth ranking in
capacity among the world's reservoirs. Lake four miles
north of Denison.
County has a population of 79,500; 53.4 per cent urban;
90.9 per cent Anglo-Americans; 8.7 per cent negro,- .04
per cent Latin American. Annual rainfall 37.55 Inches;
temperature averages Jan. 43 ileg., July 84 deg., mean
annually 65 dag.
AUSTIN.—During much of the
lust century Texas was called the
great land frontier. Word got
around. From older regions came
the restless, the ambitious, the
• hopeful who'd heaivl there wa*
| plenty of room in Texas.
Today, the sod huts ai d free
land are gone from Texas. But the
frontier is regarded by economists
as greater than ever—rich and
promising beyond Moses Austin's
boldest dreams. A recent survey
by a national magazine (U. S.
News & World Report) described
Texas as destined to become "the
new powerhouse of the United
States ... an industrial empire
. . . built on a storehouse of price-
less natural resources."
Sounds wonderful. But Texas
leaders, in both government and
industry, have taken the position
that favorable circumstances
alone will not convert frontier to
empire. Other states are angl-
ing, too, for energetic men witii
capital and know-how to start new
factories humming.
And most states are not hamp-
ered, as Texas is, by a constitu-
tional provision prohibiting use of
tax money to advertise the state's
advantages.
Despite this hindrance, the last
legislature, at Gov. Price Daniel'-
request, reactivated the Texas In-
histrial Commission to start the
ball rolling. 15. B. Germany of
Dallas is commission chairman.
In operation only four months,
with a piggy bank budget of vol-
untary donations, the commission
is, neverthless, making itself felt.
Its showpiece is a 68-page, two-
color brochure called "A Plan of
Action to Win New Industry for
Your Community." This do-it-
yourself manual was mailed to ev-
ery Chamber of Commerce, may-
or, county judge, industrial foun-
dation and legislator in Texas.
Letters of commendation and
requests for extra copies have
"poured in," according to Bob
Bray, member of the governor's
staff assigned to the commission.
Said a letter from the Huntsville
and Walker County C of C, "Nev-
er have I seen any publication so
full of excellent guidance material
for communities . . ."
With the letter came a contri-
bution to carry on the commis-
sion's work.
Next big goal is passage in No-
vember of a constitutional amend-
ment to remove the legal shackles
on financing. "Failure of the
Amendment," said Bray, "will
handcuff the commission. Our big
job now is selling Texans on the
need to sell Texas, both industry-
wise and tourist-wise."
With funds and staff, the com-
mission will be ready to go ahead
on an extensive effort—already
mapped out—for research, infor-
mation, advertisements, films, aid
to local organizations, etc.
Says Germany, "Disastrous
droughts, the alarming loss of ru-
ral population and the stark real-
ization that the state 110 longer
can depend 011 its oil revenue, all
emphasize the need for developing
our industrial resources."
Schools "Bust Out"
Some seam-splitting front Tex-
as' expanding population was re-
flected in the reports of Texas
Education Agency .-urvey teams
on conditions 111 the state's public
schools.
As a result of the reports to the
State Commission 011 Accredita-
tion, nine schools were removed
from the accredited list, and ac-
creditation was withheld from six
others. Fifty-one were warned
they face loss of accreditation un-
less they improve standards.
Most of the schools' troubles
seemed to stem from pupil popu-
lations and needs that outran
community leadership and financ-
ings. Samples from the unfavor-
able reports: not enough text-
books, .few or 110 library books,
no laboratory facilities for science
courses, unsanitary or outmoded
facilities, use of condemned or
"miserably overcrowded" build-
ings, teachers instructing classes
in which they had had no college
study.
Actually, the number of schools
having trouble meeting standards
was only about 3.5 per cent of the
total—or 00 out of Texas' ap-
proximately 1,800 school districts.
New Roads Ahead
Better driving days are seen
ahead as the state highway depart-
ment unveiled it.; plans for 1959
00 interstate highway building.
A $260,000,000 program has
been authorized to add 507 miles
of controlled-access highways t >
Texas' portion of the national net-
work.
Of this, $210,495,300 is ear-
marked for construction,$ 10,272,-
100 for right-of-way buying an-l
an additional $33,322,500 for ad-
vance right-of-way buying.
Eventually, Texas is to have
Oil:) miles of the interstate sy.
tem within its borders.
Freth Start
National Bankers Life Ins. Co.
of Dallas may continue in busi-
ness, but without the control of
its founder and majority stock-
holder, Pierce Brooks.
This was the effect of a ruling
by State Insurance Commissioner
William A. Harrisin after a three
day hearing on NABLICO's af-
fairs. State officials conceded
the solvency of the company,, but
objected to certain investments
and management practices.
Result: Brooks' controlling in-
terest has ben signed over to ■'
trustee. Brooks has said he will
sell the stock as soon as the trans-
action can be arranged.
Still Need A Jury
Before going into .summer re-
cess until Oct. 1, Texas Supreme
Court knocked down a portion of
the state's now mental health
code.
It declared unconstitutional the
part which denies a jury trial to a
mental patient seeking to have a
court declare he is sane again.
High court also closed the door
to any further consideration as
to whether price advertising of
eyeglasses is legal. In a ruling
last month the court held that a
new state law does not bar optom-
etrists from advertising prices as
long as the ads are not fraudulent
or misleading. It's definite now
that optometrists can advertise
and quote prices in their ads.
Short Snorts
Any truck operating for hire
between two cities, even if it nev-
er gets outside the cities, needs a
permit from the railroad commis-
sion, according to an attorney
general's ruling. Opinion applied
.specifically to trucks on the Dal-
las-Fort Worth turnpike, never
actually ''out of the city." ... A
bit of Texas will go to England in
the form of a plaque to be placed
on the building in London which
served as the Texas legation to
the Court of St. James during the
years of the Republic (1836-45).
An aroused public can stop
the drive toward socialism
launched by bureaucrats.
* * •
A recent event In Minnesota
proves this to be so.
♦ • *
Only a few weeks ago it was
reported in this column that one
Byron G.Allen,
who holds the
job as Minne-
sota'sCommis-
sioner of Agri-
culture, sent
out a letter on
official state
stationery to a
reported 210,-
000 educators,
teachers, and
state employ- C. W. Harder
ees urging them to use credit
card enclosed at some 83 coop-
erative service stations.
♦ * *
Commissioner Allen took the
stand that it was his duty as
agricultural commissioner to aid
and abet the growth of coopera-
tives, despite the fact they com-
pete with the lax paying free
enterprise system of business.
♦ *
Quite a storm of protest broke
over this unusual situation where-
by a state official, paid by taxes,
used his office to promote busi-
ness for a cooperative enterprise.
* • *
The upshot of It all was that
Allen has resigned from the co-
operative outfit which he had
been promoting with the use of
state offices.
* *
In so resigning, Allen used ex-
cuse which seems to be getting
all too common usage by public
officials when caught in unwhole-
some practices. He allegedly ad-
mitted he had been "indiscreet."
« * *
Thus, there appears to have
crept into the lexicon of bureau-
cracy a new word. The official
unpublished regulations for the
code of conduct of bureaucrats
must have a section which per-
© National Frd«ntlon of Independent BttilBWg
By C WILSON HARDER
haps read* like this "No bureau-
crat, worthy of drawing a sal-
ary from the taxpayers, when
and if caught red handed, will
ever under any circumstances,
admit he was dead wrong. In-
stead, unless he can wiggle out
somehow by attributing his ac-
tion as one taken to ward off
an Immediate Russian blow at
the interests of the American na-
tion, he shall then admit to In-
discretion. But at no time will
any reply be given that can be
construed that In the flrst place
said bureaucrat holds views,
philosophies, or Ideas that are
not compatible with the Amer-
ican free enterprise system."
• • •
It is interesting a public offi-
cial, even at state level, can take
the viewpoint that a blow at
independent free enterprise was
merely an indiscretion.
* ♦ ♦
Yet, this Illustrates the feeling
that Is so common In the bureau-
cracy of Washington.
* * *
Years ago, even Lenin wrote
that the difficulty of ever trying
to establish communism in the
United States is largely due to
the vast number of small inde-
dependent business enterprises.
* * *
Yet, American statesmen
seemingly ignore this statement
by one who was enough of a
statesman to organize the over-
throw of the government of one
of the world's biggest nations,
and set up a form of government
which unfortunately, has lasted
forty years.
* * *
And perhaps, not the least of
this wonder is why so far Con-
gress has not seen fit, despite the
consistent expressions of the na-
tion's Independent businessmen,
voting through the National Fed-
eration of Independent Business,
to take action on the tax struc-
ture which gives cooperative en-
terprise such a big competitive
edge over free enterprise.
Economic
Highlights
Mark Twain once said that ev-
everyone talks about the weather,
but no one seems to l>e doing any-
thing about it, and the witticism
has become immortal. A para-
phrase is in order now: Everyone
talks about crime, but very few
of us do anything about it.
There's good reason for the
current emphasis on the crime
problem. Crimes of all sorts—
including crimes of violence—
have been increasing in number
and severity at an ominous rate.
The juvenile crime situation has
become especially bad and in some
i.reas it is all but out of hand.
'1 he bare facts, as periodically
published by the FBI and othc
organizations, are enough to make
anyone shudder.
Yet, as said before, compara-
tively few of us do anything about
it. We take the attitude, con-
sciously or otherwise, that the
prevention and punishment of
crime is the business of the police
and the courts.
It is their business, of course.
Hut H is evident that the best pol-
ice 1'orceR and the most efficient
courts on earth enn do only a part
of the job. A successful war
against crime demands the knowl-
edge, support, cooperation and
participation of enterprises and
individuals. Crime, in other
words, is a community responsibil-
ity.
This is not an Impractical con-
cept. It has been put try the test
and it has worked. An outstand-
ing example is a chain store sys-
tem — Acme Markets-American
7PRESS ASSOCIATION
mtrsss
Store—with headquarters in Phil-
adelphia. Eight years ago the
system, through its public safety
department, embarked 011 a pro-
tram of close cooperation with
tie Philadelphia police depart-
ment. The results have been tab-
ulate,;) and they are striking by
any standards. Between January
Li, 1949, and March 24, of this
year, the stores suffered 92 gun-
point holdups. As of a recent
date, convictions had been obtain-
ed in 85 cases, there have been no
acquittals, and three cases were
still pending. It is particularly
significant that 88 of the 92 hold-
ups occurred during the first 69
months of the joint anti-crime
campaigns, and only 4 in the suc-
ceeding 41 months. Many po-
tential burglars, it is clear, read
the handwriting on the wall and
thought again.
This chain has also issued a
number of leaflets for general
circulation over the years, deal-
ing with various kinds of crime
and fraud and what the citizen
may do in self defense. Simple
precautions are often effective.
It is wise for women, for instance,
to carry a police whistle. They
should never pick up hitch-hik-
ers or accept lifts from strang-
ers—and that goes for men, too.
Be on the alert is someone jostles
you in a crowd-—it may be a pick-
pocket. Take a dim view of
strangers who come to your hom*
v.itli glib sales talks for merchan-
dise or services. They may be com-
mon thieves—and even violent
ones. And if they aren't the un-
wary customer usually gets junk
merchandise or worthless repairs.
Don't cash checks for strang-
ers. Keep your home and car se-
curely locked. And if you are
going to be away from home for
an extended period, tell a local
law enforcement office.
One of the system's leaflets,
issued years ago, says: "Crime
today is big business, bigger and
far more serious in its effect upon
our collective well-being that most
citizens realize . . . May it be that
our national crime prevention pro-
gram desperately needs a fresh in-
fusion of the vitalizing blood of
GOOD CITIZENSHIP?"
Since that was written, the
crime rate has continued to soar
f—and the infusion is needed more
desperately than ever.
Canada has been much in the
news of late, and not only be-
cause of the state visit of Princess
Margaret. Canadian - American
friendship is a great tradition,
with 3,000 miles of totally unde-
fended border lying between the
two nations. Yet troubles, some
deep and difficult, have been aris-
ing between these old friends.
And they have been arising at a
time when their need for each oth-
er : greater than it has pver been.
A feature article in U. S. News
& World Report begins: "All of a
sudden, Canada is taking on new
and growing importance for the
United States. An awareness of
that fact lay back of the trip to
Ottawa ... by President Eisen-
hower and Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles." This growing
importance has several facets-
economic, military, political.
Canada lies between the old 48
states and the new 49th state,
Alaska. The Distant Early Warn-
ing .System (DEW Line) is in
Canada, and was a joint U.S.- Ca-
ns lian achievement. And Cana-
da, like Alaska is, so to speak, a
gold mine of unexploited raw ma-
terials of many kinds.
U. S. News discusses both the
links that join us to Canada and
the causes of difficulties. For ex-
umple, more than 12 billion Am-
erican dollars are invested there
—more than half of it in industry
and resources. As a consequence,
Americans dominate many basic
Canadian industries through own-
ership. This ownership, the mag-
azine says, amounts to 51 per cent
in chemicals, 68 per cent in oil,
45 per cent jn pulp and paper and
an overwhelming 95 per cent in
automobiles. Canada could never
have been developed without that
investment—yet, as U. S. News
puts it: "Canada's prime minister
has asked how a country can re-
main independent when so much
of jts wealth is owned by people
ouside its borders."
Both countries have a tremen-
dous stake jn trade with each
other. Canada, last year, bought
some $4 billion worth of U. S.-
produced goods and we bought
about $2.9 billion worth of hers.
But the trade situation has pro-
duced problems too. Canada is
concerned about the fact that she
sells less than she buys and has a
trade deficit. She is opposed to
certain of our tariff and quota
policies, affecting such products
as aluminum and oil. She is a
major producer and exporter of
wheat and objects strongly to the
U. S. policy of disposing of sur-
plus wheat at low prices abroad.
These problems, naturally
enough, are not easily solved.
1 The President defended our poli-
cies when he was in Canada, say-
ing, in effect, that they would
work to the long-run benefit of
both countries. At the same time,
he took steps to iron out certain
frictions. Most important of
these was the agreement to set up
a joint cabinet committee on de-
fense, including our secietaries of
state, defense and treasury and
their Canadian opposite numbers.
U. S. News says: "This co-opera-
tive approach <0 defense is ex-
pected to set a pattern for future
joint action in solving the other
problems that confront the two
governments."
One thing is certainly true and
notable. The difficulties between
the U. ,S. and Canada are dealt
with in an atmosphere of respect,
friendship, and confidence in the
agreements that are made. This is
just about unique in this disor-
dered world.
The small tree farmer makes
up a dominant part of the total
number of farm and other private
ownerships of commercial forest
lands. According to a review of
the nation's timber resources by
the USDA's Forest Service, hold-
ings of less than 100 acres ac-
count for 86 per cent of all pri-
vate holdings.
Don't bet your life on the oth-
er fellow'i brakes.
Why was Precinct 51
abolished, Layne and
Hyde Park precinct
messed up?
Owing to heart condition I put
off voting 'til 4 p. m. when Mm.
Seaman and I drove to Golden
Itule school to vote.
We arrived and after making
circuit c." building found all doors
locked. A gentleman across the
street told us we would have to
go to Joe Newcomb's store on
south Armstrong avenue.
On arriving found the polling
place at Brigham's shoe shop, pre-
sented poll tax receipts. Mrs.
Seaman's No. 14826, my own
3406, exempt, and clerk said see
Mr. Brigham, which was done.
He informed us that his precinct
extended to 1100 south and that
we could not vote there; and that
we belonged in the precinct vot-
ing at I'arkside Baptist church.
Drove out there and presented
poll tax and was informed by Mr.
E. Jones that we were not on his
poll tax books and that he was
not going to jail and would not
permit us to vote.
There were several people who
trailed after us from Brigham's
shoe shop, but we did not learn
their names.
A' I'arkside church were Mr.
and Mrs. F. H. Clark, Mr. and
Mr* C. Cunningham, who were
-efu ">d the right to vote.
V.'e hurried home and I called
Deir'son Herald and I was inform-
ed by Mr. Easterly they knew
nothing of the matter, and when I
informed him I had been disfran-
ehised, he informed me to try and
do something about it.
We then tried to contact Mr.
Bob Slagle and was informed he
was in Austin and then finally
got Judge Dickson on the phone,
who tol l us to go back and tell
E. Jones that he said tq let us
vote. I looked at the clock and
we could not make it by the time
the polls closed.
We contacted Mr. Horton Eyer,
who bad come from McKinney
Vet. Hosp. to vote. He decided
there was no use to go as he would
not be allowed to vote.
According to Mr. E. Jones'
statement; all the rest of the pre-
cinct boxes who allowed outside
precinct, poll tax holders to vote.
The U. S. Constitution is sup-
posed to guarantee the right to
vote and the recent law enacted
bv congress guarantees civil lib-
erties. If 100 colored people were
denied the right to vote, the press
from New York to San Francisco
would have it in banner head-
lines. I will be 72 years old in
November and was brought up in
Kansas City, where Pendergast
really played dirty politics, but
this skins them all.
Are Denison voters mice or
real red-blooded Americans. Let's
see?
Geo. L. Seaman,
No. 3 Clark Drive
l'lione HO 5-1772
Firecracker
craze cripples
total of 100
Approximately 100 children and
several adults were maimed or
wounded this spring as a result
of a sweeping new firecracker
ciaze—"amateur rocketry," ac-
cording to F. U. Minis, regional
manager for the Allstate Insur-
ance Companies.
"The National Fire Protection
Association reports that the
youngest casualty was a 4-year-
old who walked out the front door
of her home to be struck with a
rocket fired by neighborhood
boys," Minis said. "Most of the
children were of the 13 to 10-
year-old group,''
The danger extends to property
as well as to lives, Mims said. He
cited the policy statement of the
National Safety Council to sub-
stantiate this claim.
"The Safety Council is em-
phatic in expressing the danger
faced by amateur rocketeers," he
added. It says that rocket devices
and fuels are extremely danger-
ous, even in the hand of highly
qualified scientists, working under
the strictest of controlled condi-
tions."
Minis urged that parents forbid
the purchase of explosive material
by children, because these chemi-
cals are a fire hazard to the pub-
lic as well as a danger to the life
and health of the child, Huch im-
plements in the hands of an ex-
pert are useful to science, but in
the hands of an amateur they be-
come the tools of destruction, ha-
voc, and catastrophe.
"Let's not fool our e'ves into
thinking that we are deve'np'-ig
scientists by giving children the
ingiedients which destroy lives
and property," Mims said. "Scien-
tists are made in the classroom,
not on the sandlot."
DENISON
81-71-54
YEARS AGO
a - v. ;
EDITOR'S NOTE—The fol-
lowing accounts of incidents in
the city were taken from the
files of the old Denison News by
Misa Dulce Murray, whose fa-
ther, the late B. C. Murray,
established the first newspaper
in Denison.
July 4, 1877
The one hundred and first na-
tal day of American Independence
was ushered in by the boom of
cannon at sunrise, and by 7 o'-
clock visitors began to pour in
from the surrounding country. As
early as nine o'clock Main street
was crowded with men, women
and children, while hundreds were
already congregated in the park.
At 11 o'clock the .southern train
arrived with live coaches loaded
with visitors from Sherman, Mc-
Kinney, Howe, Bonham, Dallas
and other points. At noon a low
estimate placed the number of
persons in Forest Park at 3,000,
and it is gratifying to say that
nothing happened the entire day
to mar the festivities.
At nine o'clock the procession
formed at the school building and
took up the line of march down
Gandy street in the following or-
der: Denison cornet band; pupils
of the public school on foot head-
ed by Prof. Summerville; temper-
ance societies; members of the
Hook and Ladder company in uni-
form, with truck handsomely dec-
crated with evergreens and flags;
city and county officials; car-
riages; citizens on foot. Following
the temperance societies was a
wagon, on which had beep erected
a platform, witli seats rising in
the form of a pryamid, on which
were seated thirty-eight little boys
and girls, representing the thir-
ty-eight states of the union bear-
ing flags. The wagon was decor-
ated very prettily with evergreens,
banners and streamers. At the
summit of the pyramid floated the
Lone Star of Texas. On the truck
were Misses Cora Lingo and Net-
tie Bennett representing the God-
dess of Liberty and Columbia. The
j'rocession moved down Gandy to
Houston, up Houston to Main, up
Main to Burnett, south on Bur-
nett to Forest Park where the
procession broke up. At 11:15
Gen'I. Maxey arrived and pro-
ceeded directly to the park where
he was introduced by Mayor
Grubbs as orator of the day. His
address was historical in charac-
ter and was jistened to with mark-
ed attention and freequently ap-
plauded. Judge Maxey was fol-
lowed by Judge Hare of Sherman
and Major Woods of Denison.
Dinner was announced and soon
the long tables spread beneath
the nqble forest trees were lined
with the hungry multitude. Not
less than two thousand men, wom-
en and children were fed at these
tables alone, and yet there was
enough and to spare. Besides the
public tables, a large number
from the city and country partook
of basket dinners under the trees.
At 3 o'clock the committee an-
nounced it was ready to announce
the winner of the baby show. Nine
girls and thirteen boys were en-
tered. The gold necklace was
clasped around the chubby neck
of little Miss Jennie Hanna, age
11 months, daughter of Council-
man Sam Hanna, while Eddie Al-
len, also ll months, son of Coun-
cilman Ed Allen, was trundled off
in the prize baby buggy in high
glee. The committee declared their
inability to decide between Ellie
Allen and Johnny Cole, age 4'/
months and an umpire was called
in who cast the deciding vote for
Eddie Allen. A special premium,
made by the committee, was be-
stowed upon Miss Maggie Ken-
nedy. The mother did not arrive
in time to enter her, but she was
considered one of the prettiest on
the stand.
The big balloon that Prof. Cot
traux spent so many weary hours
constructing for the Fourth, did
not go up. Unfortunately it took
fire just as it was turned loose
from its moorings and in a few
minutes had disappeared in ashes
and gas, much to the disappoint-
ment of the crowd.
Agriculture has a highly shift-
ing nature, and mnny changes arc
occurring, says Alvin B. Wooten,
extension economist. For exam-
ple, farm population is decreasing
and farm size is increasing; farm
values are rising; morn farmers
and their wives are seeking off-
l'arm employment; and the farm
population Is getting older.
Scientific tests will soon be con-
ducted in the U. S. Department of
Agriculture's Beltsville, Md., re-
search center to see if hybrid
dairy cattle are better producer.1
than purebred cattle, says A. M.
Meekma, extension dairy hus-
bandman,
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Anderson, LeRoy M., Sr. The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1958, newspaper, August 1, 1958; Denison, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth329089/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.