The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 1, 1952 Page: 2 of 8
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Scientists have determined that, In Arctic rescue work, the Air
geolbgk-ally, the North American Force ha* successfully parachuted
continent extends far out under dogs in tests to aid “stranded”
the Atlantic. men.
THE HOPKINS COUNTY ECHO. SULPHUR SPRINGS. TEXAS. TUESDAY, APRTL 1, 1952.
Good Neighbor
VALUES
FOR
WEDNESDAY
100^ Virgin Wool
FAMOUS NAME
SUITS
USUALLY $79.
SNOW AT WAIKIKI—June Webster has the unique experience
of having her face washed with the first snow ever to appear on
Hawaii’s Waikiki beach. Rosemarie Huguenin applies the snow,
which was brought over a newly-constructed highway from 13,600-
foot Mauna Loa, world’s largest volcano.
Drouth Deals
Blow to West
Texas Ranchers
(Hu A*»0riatt'<kPrAM)
San Angelo — West Texas
ranchers are going into an ap-
parent dry spring with ranges
ill poor condition ami carrying
only a small per cent of cattle
and sheep they had just a few
years ago.
Drouth has forced a heavy sales
the last four or five years and es-
pecially during the last year.
A recent check of a number of
large i anchcs reflects the serious-
ness of the drouth.
One large ranch hack in 194f>
sold about 10.000 lambs annually,
bast year it had only about 2,000
Wednesday Only
Regular $79.50
Chrome Dinette
Refrigerator, Range and Dinette
*48520 Value
For WEDNESDAY Only
7.3 cu. ft.
Regular $235.75
FRIGIDAIRE
And That’s Not All!
FREE
With thi* Deal—We Will Give
48-Piece—$9.00 Value—Set of
Anchor-Hocking Glass Ware.
Regular $169.75
Crusader RANGE
Look What You Can Buy for Only
$64°° - $514
w” rinuin W Ufa
Week
“Known Brand Appliances”
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Phone 1183
Tower Nay Fall
In 2100 A. D.
Fisa, Italy — If you want to do
what thousands of other Ameri-
cans huve done and he photo-
graphed in front of the Leaning
Tower of Pisa, do it before
2,10(1 A.D.
Why? Because although the
Tower has shown no dangerous
new tilt lately, normal deteriora-
tion is expected to bring it
tumbling down in about 160 years
unless now restoration work is
done.
However, for the present it is
as safe as tl e Tower has been in
years. Reports had circulated in
the Italian press, after the recent
North Jatly floods that the Tower
had tilted further to a dangerous
point.
No Immediate Danger
“The old and solid tower is in
no immediate danger of collaps-
ing," said Dr. I. Noccoidi, sur-
veyor who daily checks the deli-
cate seismographs and inclino-
meters inside the tower.
Some years ago, an extensive
survey was made of the ground
on which the Tower is built. The
conclusion was that there is no
danger that the Tower, whose
foundations were laid in 1174,
would collapse for 150 years.
The Tower leaned dangerously
in 1175, when its construction
had renched 33 feet from the
ground. The ground gave way on
its southern side for about 5
inches in depth. Architect Bo-
nanno tried to correct the inclin-
ztion until the fourth order of
arches, but he did not succeed
and gave up the construction.
Sixty years later the construc-
tion was resumed by Wilhelm of
Innsbruck, who added another
three orders of arches (floors) to
the Tower. Like his predessor
he gave up.
In 1350, Tommaso Pisano com-
pleted the bell Tower, straighten-
ing it a little with respect of the
rest of the building. The com-
pleted building was 181.2 feet on
the northern side and 177.5 feet on I
the southern side. Its present in-
clination is about one tenth of its
height. Originally it was almost
three feet less.
The first scientific studies on
the inclination were made in 1817 1
by the English professors Gresjr
and Taylor. France's Prof. Fleury
conducted further studies toward
the middle of the last century.
In the same period Italian ar-
chitect Della (ieiardesca dug out
the baaement of the Tower, which
had been filled in by floods.
Concrete Injections
Studies on how. to consolidate
the ground around the Tower were
conducted in this century by Prof.
Giromctti and completed in 1932
by large cement and concrete in-
jections.
A complete network of tunnels
was dug. In the holes almost one
ton of liquid ceemnt was poured
to reinforce the Tower founda-
tions.
During the war, the U.S. 5th
Army faced the Germans across
the Arno River at Pisa for weeks.
Several sheila exploded near the
Tower, although allied soldiers
carefully avoided shooting at at
even when the Germans used it
for an observation post.
As a result of the explosions,
s slight tilt of seven-tenths of a
millimeter ' was recorded after
! the war.
Aji many as half a million men-
haden, n species of fish, have
been trapped in a single catch.
| lambs. Just south of this ranch
! was another large outfit which
; used to sell 12,000 lambs a year.
It is said to have delivered fewer
j than 5,000 lambs last fall.
Near Sanderson, Terrell Coun-
ty, one ranchman used to sell
4,500 lambs. Last fall he sold only
1,800. Another spread used to sefl
around 4,500. His last sales were
like his neighbors, only 1,800. ;|
In the Alpine, Halmorhea, Pecos
area ranchmen used to winter
around 50,000 lambs. Few or none
were held last fall. % j
Further to the west, near Kent,
one ranchman used to sell 12,000 |
to 15,000 lumhs. Only 3,000 were
sold last fall.
From Fort Stockton to Van j
Horn ranches that used to carry
up to 50,000 sheep have none to-
day. Few, if any, cattle have re-,|
placed the sheep.
“It sounds like too big a re-!
duction to say 50 per cent, but '
counting the abandoned places I
our total numbers have decreas- |
ed more than 50 per cent, while ;
the ‘good old ranches' are still j
carrying probably 00 to 70 per j
cent of their 1945-40 numbers," |
one livestock spokesman said.
And if the drouth is not bad j
enough northern feeders are fae- j
ing an uncertain market.
Loral iamb buyers usually have I
a pocketful of contracts at this j
time every year, but feeders are !
not interested. They still have the|r
lots full of lumhs received last
fall under contract.
The lambs are fat and ready to
go to market, but they arc not
going. The weak-priced market
would bring heavy losses to the
feeders. So they are'holding and
hoping the fat market might get
a little better.
The planet uranus is a mean
i distance of 1,785,800,000 miles
away from the sun.
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RUGS
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Reg. $4.95
$429
Two SPECIALS
IN CHROME DINETTES >
FOR WEDNESDAY!
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find this colorful extension
dinette is a big value. The
genuine micalite table top
is heat and bum resistant.
The bright colors will not
fade, duxan upholstered
chairs and table wipe clean
with a damp cloth. Table
measures 30" x 42" closed
and 30" x 52" with the
extension leaf.
EXACTLY
AS
SHOWN
89.50
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Gray Table with Choice of
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NOT
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Frailey, F. W. & Woosley, Joe. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 1, 1952, newspaper, April 1, 1952; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth780952/m1/2/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.