The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 14, 1929 Page: 3 of 8
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Saturday, September 14, 1929.
BIG LAKE WILDCAT, BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS
PAGE THREE
Capital Weekly News
By Special Wildcat Correspondent
Tfitt pride stub* it* toe for a hard
^fall when we learn that our prison
B'ystmi i» "the worst in the United
^stales—100 years behind the time*.”
A six thousand mile prison in*
spec-lion tour led the Texas Prison
Relocation Commission, composed of
the |Mrrsonnel of the Stale Prison
Board and members of the list Leg*
islalurc to the number of nine, to
many dismal conclusions. Ori the oth-
er hand the trip furnished the mem-
bers of the commission with enthusi-
astic ideas for the rrfor" at ion of
1 risen conditions.
bama ami Oklahoma was voiced by
tlie members. They learned that Min-
nesota has not had an escaped con-
vict in sixteen years.
CAPONS PUT PUNCH
IN POULTRY PROFITS
TENTATIVE SKETCH
Dr. K. E. Giesecke of A. & M. Col-
lege, arcitect for the C mmirsinn,
has drawn up a tentative sketch for
a centralized prison system costing
$4,563,GOO. It would provide for a 1
30 ncr«< plot enclosed by a wall 32!
feet high; eight industrial buildings, j
hospital, 10 cell blocks, two admin-
istration buildings, and other neces-
sary buildings. This plant would1 fha'rr ***ddened slightly and shook
house 3000 comids, leaving some
2,600 to uiisc food products for elee-
mosynary ins itutions. ,
Financing the project will be the'"' "
■ • .i.ii e , , | As , he customer went out. the hut
biggest obstacle m the reform. It has I ■ . . . ... . .
i — akni.N—• ------ shaking with
Demand fur Capons Always Exceeds
Supply mul Much Greater Demand
Could Easily He Created.
“How about a nice capon?” in-
quired !he huh her in an effort to
eb helpful. The prospective pur-
least d'-sirable ones is just a few
cents after all. The extra profits on
one capon that would have been lost
with inferior instruments will repay
the added investment many times ov
er.
Alnni't any breed of fowl may be
used, although there would Is- little
gained in capon i/ing the small
breed-. The best Joi medium sized
capon- are Plwnntilh Hocks, Rhode
Island Beds and others running abou
the same average size. I hese, when
caponr/ed. will run from 2 to I
CH ANGE OF ATTITI HE
It now remains for the Commis-
sion to visit the prospective si cs for
relocation, ami to draw up n detailed
report of recommendations for pris- „ ,r ,,, ,, , ,
on reformation to In- submitted to the been suggested that the plant lx- built " 1 , ^ ^ ,H , . . ....
C., .ml »< *»>«. of th* |jy unl,n p,rhl|»moki% nml.ylf”";,1.? —l*e«*»W «••«»•-
' f iiiiMT 11 fmm'immi sultmun aim mihok t . . , . . ,
his head. After brow sing J l-mi.l- hcav ,er than th^.v c, age low I
■ . , i . not so treated. Larger meeds “•
j around for *■"•>»«•■■ *•***■" |*',,« 1
; time, lie
. ■ | , not so treated. Larger breeds ol the
.. T. •«..»»»•,I> ....... Vml„. ........
Iinnllv compromised on a ; ... . . ... .
'will rival tuikeys in size i 12 to H>
pounds i hut oh, what a difference!
There never was a turkev half so
.endei and toothsome as even an av-
fimtCi
Vk&bk
If a fuse blows out and you have
neglected to providt yourself with an
extra one. wrap a piece of tinfoi!
around ll»e blown-out member. It w ill
work that wav for a while but get a
new fuse as »oo» as possible, A park
age of cigarettes, a Inn of chocolate
or a cake of vea-t will furnish the
tinfoil.
When an engine is new and stiff
it hea s up more rapidly than when
it is thoroughly broken in. Therefore,
watch the water in the radiator, and
the oil in the crankcase, when you
drive the 1929 model for which you
traded Old Faithful.
Under-inflation of tires inaerially
increases the consumption of gas and
oil. Soft tires impart a rolling mo-
tion to the car that make the resist-
ance for the engine to overcome.
Therefore it need* more fuel and lu-
brication.
Come in and lei's trade your ice
box in on a (ienerai Electric Refiig-
erator. Metcalf Plumbing Shop.
Wildcat ads gel results
legislature. This work probably will
be completed during December, and
Governor Moody will call a January
session of the Legislature.
Here: of ore, prisons have l«*en
looked upon in much the same light
as a funeral parlor no one want*
such an establishment in his neigh-
borhood. A great change has been hat r MAwT
wrought. There is going to be keen „ ' ‘ ‘
rivalry to secure the prison by sev- be I,one Mar flag was dropped
oral counties. Huntsville has already half-mast over the Capitol Satur-
put in its bid. A majority of the «»v. J. T. Robison, veteran I-and
Commission, however, are believed .Commissioner had passed on. Hr was
to favor a relocation within 25 miles stricken at his son’s home in New
of $2,(X)0,000 to start it off. A star
wide bond issue is frowned upon.
It seems probable that the Comrnis-
sion will |>e unanimous in agreement
over prison plans despite its large
membership. Favorable action of the
Legislature i> also antic ipated.
of Austin.
PRISON PLANS
In general the Commission favors
the abandonment of large-scale farm-
ing and thp substitution of manufac-
turing industries to supply certain
needs of State Institutions. A brand
new escape-proof prison would lie
built.
Proposed items for prison manu-
facture; automobile license plates;
furniture and equipment for State
departments and institutions, print-
ing and textbook rebinding; shoes
and clothing for eleemosynary wards.
The Comrnisnion opposes the idea
of comptition with free labor and
industry in the manufacture of any
“articles. Consumption of prison
Ixmdon, Conn. Many public men are
admired, but there i> a deeper feel-
ing for Robison.
POLLARD
Persistent rumors point to the
resignation of Attorney General
Claude Pollard on September 15th.
He will enter the private practice of
law, having arranged to become
counsellor for Texas railroads, it is
said.
tool!” be chuckled, “llet ten buck-
that guv didn’t even know what ca-
pon meant. Did’ja notice how he
blush'd when I sir*nested it?”
I bad to agree with inv friend the
butcher that the gentleman probably
did not know what n capon was and
that he chose something else in a
vain effort to hide bis embarrass-
ment. I knew him to be a successful
business man and one who rather
prided himself on his knowledge of
fire foods. Nevertheless, it was plain
that capon was something entirely
outside his experience. I would have
lieen willing to wager, too, that this
man’s case was n ypical one.
That was nearly two years ago- J.RANCH FOR SALE. 3400 acres.
Today, although the market is caps- (wo am, a mj|P, Devil* River
ble of absorbing far inure capons | jnint Yal Verde County, rought, hut
erage capon.
It i- maniti stlv impossible, in an
article of thi- kind, to deal exten-
sively-with the habits, ui method*
of fredi g an. handling capons, nor
j should it be necessary. It. however, j
I I can nrous sufficient interest in the •
i subject to get poullrymen amateur
and professional thinking and talk
ing about capons, it will not be long j i
before the public i* much better sup- j'
plied with a wonderful viand that
they ought to know more about.
Editor’s Note—If you are inter j
ested in instruments for caponiztng.il
write to Dr. LeCear in care of thi
newspaper.
WOMEN OVERWORKED
The drastic vetoes of appropria-
tions for the eleemosvnarv institu
I tions by Governor Moodv has caused
femnle attendants to work in 12 hour
shifts which is n violation of the 9-
54 hour female labor law. according
lie institutions. Present competition I to Labor Commissioner Charles Me- ■ , , . . r ,
Ml. in mp .......*' swM ! «™y. Sm. » -..fern. of ft, in- j ton** ***** M
<nde goods would be 1’mitcd to pub-
crop
be eliminated.
Some of the memlters favor a lim-
ited use of conviots for public road
work, having seen -uch practice fav-
favored in o'her states. I nanimou*
praise of the prison systems of Ala-
|han ar<- being offered for sale, it
would still be safe to say that a
great manv people do not know what
a capon really is. Here, in short,
is a virgin field with -uch tremend-
ously rich possibili ies that one must
ga-p in amazement on realizing that
it is practically unworked.
I believe that poultrymen are j
themselves to blame for this Mate of
affair*. Many of them refuse to
practice esponizing at all and those i
who do so merely produce capons as
a side line. For that reason, the sup-
ply has always l*een tor* small to
just if v any attempt at educating the
general public into appreciation of
this old
earth litis ever known. At least there
a damlv sheep and goat ranch. Some
deer, tine-t f idling in lexas. Price
8R.5U per acre. Some ' ash and good
terms PAYNE A PAYNE, Bo*
1144, Del. Rio, Texas. 51-3
Wibleat ad# get results
BIG LAKE SERVICE
STATION
\! MX S I R LET AM) NORTH
RAILROAD AVF.MJE.
(THE PLAZA)
GULF GAS and 0115
DAYTON TIRES AND TUBES
Expert Car Washing and Greasing—Both jj
for this month onlv................$2.50 |j
JOE BECK, JR., Operator
.Vi> v.., -J *i
stitutions affected have resigned he- ... . .. ,
cause of the longer hours of work. R. j has been nothing better since the ca -
R Walthall. Chairman of the State >img establishment on Mount Olym
Bm.nl of Control, said. Heretofore | po* -eased serving
provision has been made for three! Of course thi# condition wall no
f , _ Hast forever. Poultry raisers are not
Alii, of mployet..___ ..............,
______ nothing once they realize that capons
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EXERCISE TOR CHARACTER
BUILDING
Many people think that the pur-
pose of exercise is for body-building
tain .hat it is almost literally the
truth. In all probabililty that man’s
lack of stability is due to a weak
backbone. In a good lively scrap hr
knows he would get the worst of it.
If somebody’s life depended on his
1 .1 , • I , .1 .» II MHuriHlUl 9 IUC urwiiuru SMI iiii»
generally. The truth however is .hat
one cannot build up his budy with-
out at the same time increasing his
mental powers and strengthening his
«haraelrr.
Why is this so?
Because tIk* brain and the hotly are
so closely related that when you im-
pair or improve one you cannot help u#rj
but affect the other. Many a serious
illness has been cured through men-
tal science, and many a weak mind
has been strengthened by lirst build-
ing body streng.h. The most notice-
aide effect body building has on the
mind i* the self-confidence and cour-
age i gives.
No ore- man or woman can get
very far in this world without a
plentiful supply of courage. 14ie
courageous person depends on him-
self. He make« his own decisions
and can put up a good fight if nec-
essary whether it is o put <hrough
a big business deal or simply a fight
.agr.l in defense of some principle
will bring 50 cents a pound or more
when ordinary poultry i- going lor
little better than half that nun h.
Sooner or later they will get tired
of seeing his golden stream slipping
by them and they will start raising
capons in earnest. In the meantime,
if all poultry men everywhere who
have never before attempted raising
capons will give it a fair trial. juM
once, there is no question but what
they will l>e confirmed converts for-
ever afier.
Incidentally, capons make excellent
foster mothers for babv chicks, that
is, they can easily Ik* taught to cate
for and brood a hunch of newly
hatched babv chirks and do it a*
well or better than a hen will. A
capon, being larger, will hover from
twrntv to thirty chick# and they «an
protect ■ heir chicks from hawks, etc.,
much better ban a hen. The capon’s
feathers are longer, softer and more
that person would probably die. He
ha# no confidence in himself and he
follows the line of least resistance.
He is an object of pity or contempt
Exercise could make a new man of
him.
It make little difference what the .—...... „ .
character of the exercise is that you ahum ant than that of a lion ami n*
take so long a# all the muscles are wing spread considerably greater.
vigorously without overstrain- Hi# amiable disposition fi # b*m ad
ing. mirablv for the task and releases
---- the hen for laying.
Come in and see the new General (.agonizing, which i- simplv u
Electric Refrigerators. Thr lie-t m# movirg tb*- reproductive organs
Controlled Servo Enclosed
unrivalled for smooth, sure, silent
operation in any weather • • •
chine on the market,
bing Shop.
Metcalf I’lurn
| believes to !*e right.
^ On the ol Ik
On the other hand, men who are
powers in the business and finan-
cial world have l»een known to make
serious mistake* and to “go all to
pieces” when lomr body wraknews
overtakes them. They begin by va-
cillating and end by making s deci-
sion too late or else making wrong
decision. They lose their judgment
and perspective, and they lose also
the confidence of their business as-
social**
When you hear ii sahl of a man
that “he is no good he hasn’t any
backbone,” you can be fairly err-
imple
1-ould
City
convenience*
on tlie (arm
piped to farm
I bar
Is
Running t
kitrbena and bathrooms
means that the liouid wastes
sus* l*e nmed out to a place
of safe disposal. Build a con-
crete septic *arik to handle
rites* daoyjerrHia wastes safe-
ly. Com nothing to opwrate
—requires jo attention.
In/ormmtimn Fee*'
PORTLAND CEMENT
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DALLAS. TEXAS
CONCRETE
Oh MIMANINCI
young male birds, i* a very
operation. A ten vear old bov
soon Irarn to do it qui< klv nod mu -
,-cssfulIy and failure* arc practir allv
unknown once the trick i» mastered.
Moreover, learning need not entail
any apj rrciable lo**. The first | ra<
(icing « an In- done on dead birds ami
even if one or two should bleed to
death, thrv are juM a* go»nl for the
table a* if killed intentionally. Even
if #u< h bird* represented n total
loss, however, the sacrifice would
he wiped out bv nd<led profits on
llhe fiiM few successfully caponiied
[Not only does the capon wrivh mu<b
more (ban a cockerel of correspond-
ing age. but i s flesh is »o nrut h finer '
in qualitv a» to command a far high-
er price per p«>ur.d.
It would l>e useless for me to give
detailed instrur-tions here. They could
hardlv be made clear without cx en- 1
*i*e illustrations and, l>e»ides, ex-
••client instruction# are furnished
with all set* of inslMiments But ju*i
• word about instruments buv the
|m*«i The difference in rost twtween
the very be* instruments and the
To Thiick, pioneer of four-wheel brakes,
now (.ills the dixtinctusn of another major
achievement in this same viral held: the
develorpmcnt and introduction of Buick
Contrail led Servo Enclosed Brakes — the
most effective four-wheel braking system
ever desjved for any automobile!
Buick’# new brake# are of the highly effi-
cient internal-exparuling type. They are
fully enckivcd — fully protec ted against duvt,
d;rt and water—and thu* assure maximum
braking effectiveness under all weather
condition*.
They repre-ent the highest development of
the self-energizing principle, svhuh makes
the car * own motion provide part of the
brak ing effort.
They reveal un-
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siveness to the
And the
try are so
perfectly controlled that “grabbing"* is en-
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as the smtKnhrst and most silent action you
have ever experienced in any automobile!
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Hibdon, John. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 14, 1929, newspaper, September 14, 1929; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth633754/m1/3/?q=%22~1~1~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.