Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, September 23, 1955 Page: 4 of 12
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M Anvil HsraM, Hondo, Toxot
** Friday, Sopt. 23, 1*53
LEnER TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor:
Since I’ve been on my ranch,
working at this Job of getting com-
pletely well, I have been doing
a lot of reading and a lot of think-
ing about the farm situation. I
regret to say that nothing I have
learned has made me feel good
about the outlook for the average
farmer.
ANOTHER PRICE DROP: In
its August price survey, the De-
partment of Agriculture reported
a drop of 2 per cent in prices re-
ceived by farmers for the things
they raise. This continues the
trend that, has been under way
for three years. .
Farm prices, as reported for
August, are 6 per cent below pri-
ces a year ago. They are 12.5
per cent below prices on January
1, 1953.
FARMER’S SHARE LESS: It
is bad enough that farm income
continues to. drop. It is even
worse that the farmer’s relative
share of the national income is
declining steadily.
From 1946 through 1950, farm
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Sat., Sept. 24
BLACK’S
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income averaged 15.2 per cent of
the national income. Even in
1952, when farm prices had re-
ceded from their high point, the
farmer had 12.6 per cent of the
national Income.
But in 1953 the farmer’s share
dropped to 11.6 per cent. In 1954
it went down still more - to 11.3
per cent. And the unpleasant
truth is that this year, with cor-
porate profits heading toward an
all-time high, the farmer’s share
of the national income will be
even less.
EFFECTS SPREAD OUT: Now,
you know and I know that the
effects of lowered farm income,
bad as they are on the farmers
themselves, are by no means con-
fined to the farmers. Already,
even with big corporation profits
climbing, bankruptcies of small
businesses are increasing. Many
retail merchants in farming areas
have been badly hit by the loss
in farm income. Farmers are
leaving the land, and their sons
are going into the cities.
This is bad - very bad - for
Texas . . . and for the Nation.
NO POLITICAL FOOTBALL: I
am not trying to make the farm
situation a political football. What
I want is a farm program that
is good for the farmers and good
for the country. Politics or no
politics, I don’t believe we have
such a program at the present
time. I think the constantly fall-
ing farm prices are a direct and
predictable result of the agricul-
tural policies of the present Ad-
ministration.
What do you think about this?
I will be very glad to have your
ideas.
Sinderely,
Lyndon B. Johnson
ANVIL HERALD CLASSIFIEDS
GET RESULTS
Real Bargains Offered
To Close Out Summer Items!
“ZIP AIR"
PORTABLE COOLER
Was $89.95
TO CLOSE OUT AT
Was $59.95
TO CLOSE OUT AT
$59.95
$39.95
METAL
LAWN CHAIRS
Regularly $6.95
YOURS FOR
Regularly $24.95
TO CLOSE OUT AT
$3.95
CHAISE LOUNGE
$17.95
_______ , Touring Russian Farmers
Fletcher Davis Query “Where Are Workers?"
CITES SOME HISTORY
OF VITAL IMPORT
“SUPREME"
POWER MOWER
Was $87.95
TO CLOSE OUT AT
$79.95
Check On Our Christmas
Layaway Plan
On Gifts and Toys!
FREE!
Reg. $49.95
CARVING
AND
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In attractive laatharetta case
with separata drawer for the
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CHEF
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GAS RANGE
$179.95
FREE!
Rid-Jid, Knee-Room
Adjustable Height
Ironing Board
With Wringer-Type
KELVINATOR
WASHER
Priced Only
$129.95
FARM and HOME STORE
NEXT DOOD TOWS
THE INITIAL SETTLEMENT
AT CASTROVILLE
(Continued From Lest Week)
Sept. 9 - Arrival of three colo-
nists. One of my mounted men
reported having seen a trail of
fifty Comanches, Indians. Infor-
mation sent to Capt. Jack Hays
and precautions taken against a
surprise from the Indians. Built
a guard house.
Sept. 10 - Cut timber to con-
struct a large shed to shelter
every one temporarily. Discov-
ered the kind of grass for roof-
ing proper. Our camp abounds
in game and fish. Arrival of Bish-
op Odin, Rev. Oge, Capts. Hays
and Chevalier.
Sept. 11 - Departure of Capts.
Hays and Chevalier. Today my
table was set on the banks of
the Medina River under the rich
foliage of the pecan and walnut
trees. Besides my customary
guests we had the Bishop Odin
and Rev. Oge whom I did my best
to please. Amongst the novelties
we had for our fare we had sever,
al bottles of wine made from
the mustang grape by one of the
colonists from the Renish prov-
inces. Without dodbt it was the
first wine manufactured on the
Medina and it was considered
very fair.
Sept. 12 - An election was held
by the authority of the County
Judge (of Bexar Co.) for two
justices of the peace and one con-
stable to constitute the authori-
ties of our new precinct, I acted
as pr„oident of said election.
Messrs. Louis Huth and G. A.
Bourgeois were elected justices
and George Louis Haass consta-
ble. On the morning of the same
day we proceeded to the cere-
mony of laying the cornerstone
of the church of St. Louis (King)
by the Rev. Bishop Odin accom-
panieu by his grand vicar Rev.
Oge and followed by all the little
colony. Discharges of musketry,
bonfires were built and the usual
libations ended the well occupied
day.
Sept. 13 - Departure of Bishop
Odin, whom I accompanied part
of the way. The bishop was
pleased to deliver to me the fol-
lowing certificate. “I, the under-
signed, Bishop of Claudiopolis, af-
firm to whom it may concern,
that upon the invitation of Mr. H.
Castro, who has received from
the Gov. of Texas a large grant
of land in the County of Bexar,
I visited accompanied by Abbe,
Oge of my diocese, his settle-
ment situated on the Medina Riv-
er, 25 miles west of San Antonio
de Bexar, to lay the cornerstone
of the first Catholic church to
be constructed in the first settle-
ment of the said Castro and that
we placed the same under the
invocation of Saint Louis. -We
have seen a good number of colo-
nists at work building their houses
with a view of forming a solid
and ' permanent settlement. In
faith of which I signed and af
fixed mv Seal to these presents
Odin, Bishop of Claudiopolis. Cas-
troville, Sept. 12, 1844. Seen for
legalization of the signature of
Odin Bishop of Claudiopolis, P.
Gilbeau. Fr. Consular Agent at
San Antonio de Bexar.”
The document signed by Bishop
Odin and dated Castroville, Sept.
12, 1844, is no doubt the first
time that the name Castroville
was ever signed or printed as it
came into existence at that time.
After the colonists had become
settled in their new habitations
and their town named after its
founder the following document
was drawn up and signed by
those who had remained with
him:-
“Prosess verbal of the posses-
sion taken of the lands situated
on the concession made to Mr.
H. Castro by the Texas Gov. on
the 15th day of Feb. 1842, situated
in the county of Bexar and of
other lands belonging to him’
“We the undersigned colonists
engaged in France by Mr. H.
Castro to participate in the ad-
vantages of the grant above men-
tioned within the limits assigned
by the Gov. of Texas the terms
of which are more particularly
set forth in a contract passed be-
tween us and said Mr. H. Castro
do declare:-
“That the said H. Castro having
assembled us at San Antonio de
Bexar as our leader, conducted
us on that which has been as-
signed and given us by him in
consequence of which we left San
Antonio on the first day of Sept,
to go to the Medina River 25
miles west which place we reach-
ed on the 2nd instant. We de-
clare that independently of our
contract and without any obliga-
tion of his part Mr. H. Castro
has made us the following ad-
vantages hereafter expressed in
order to facilitate to us our
speedy settlement.
First - To each of us forty
acres of land of his property on
the Medina.
Second - The necessary trans-
portation and our rations secured
until our houses shall be con-
structed.
Third • Horses and oxen until
next crop.
Fourth - Bacon and com to
those who may want it until the
next crop is gathered.
Fifth - The use of his milch
cows.
“We declare that Mr. John
James, Deputy Surveyor of this
district came and surveyed the
lota assigned to us in the town of
Castroville. We declare since
twelve day* that we have reached
our deaUMtion, our labors being
wdl conducted promise to give
a comfortable shelter for our-
selves and families within seven
or eight weeks, we are satisfied
by the experience that we have
acquired that the climate of Bexar
county is among the most salu-
brious, the water exceedingly
timber sufficient and that the 1
appears to unite qualities needed
for a great fertility. Such is the
protection under which we have
established ourselves and which
forms the base of our hopes.
We have unanimously resolved
to name the town of which we
are the founders - “Castroville”.
Done at Castroville, on Hie Me-
dina in the County of Bexar, Sept.
12, 1844.
Signed: Jean Batiste Lacomte;
Joseph Haguelin; N. Rosee; The-
odore Gentihz; August Fretel-
liere; J. S. Bourgeois; Xavier
Jung; Louis Huth; George Cup-
pies; Charles Bouibund; J. Favre;
N. Forgeaux; P. Boilet; C. Cba-
pois; J. Macles; Leopold Mene-
trier; Michel Simon; Theophile
Mercier; Antony Gully; Louis
Graff; G. L. Haass; Joseph Bader
Bertold Bartz; Charles de Mon-
tel; Sax Gaspard; J. Ulrich Zur-
cher; George Spani.
"Certified to at Castroville Sept.
12 in the year 1844. G. L. Haass,
Constable, Louis Huth and J. S.
Bourgeois, Justices of the peace.”
Republic of Tex., County of
Bexar, I the undersigned do here-
by certify that Louis Huth and
J. S. Bourgeois are justices of
the peace and G. L. Haass con-
stable of Castroville in this coun-
ty.
'Given under my hand and
seal at San Antonio de Bexar
this 5th day of October, A. D.
1844. David Morgan, Chief Jus-
tice of Bexar County.
Seen for the legalization of
David Morgan signature, the con-
sular agent for France and in-
terim. Fautrel Aine.
Recorded by Thos. Addicks on
the 7th day of October A.D. 1844,
in the records of Bexar county,
Texas.
The county of Median was or-
ganized and created by an Act
of the second Legislature of Tex-
as, Feb. 12, 1848, with the eastern
boundries the Medina River. The
town of Castroville, on the west
bank of the Medina River, was
established as the county seat of
said county of Medina.
(See DAVIS^ Pag# 10)
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The Russian farm experts had quite a time dur-
ing their much-publicized tour of lu$h Iowa. The latch-
strings were out in the traditional American way, and
they found friendliness and hospitality everywhere.
They also received some big surprises.
' , , pie whose aim is to
Apparently our methods of doing the work or fanner he can ride
the farm are beyond the Russians’ ken. Writing in
Newsweek, Russian-speaking journalist Leon Volkov
said: ‘‘To Russian eyes, Iowa, U. S. A., is a fabulous
land of plenty in which nobody has to work.
“They tried to hide their amazement but they
never quite succeeded. At first, the Russians kept ask-
ing each other where the farm workers were. They
had a hard time believing that one man could work a
150-acre farm all by himself with the aid of machin-
ery."
Now there's human work to be done on even
the most advanced American farm, and plenty of it.
But farm equipment has greatly reduced the amount
of arduous labor required, even as it has vastly in-
creased farm efficiency and productivity. We all know
the story of mechanization of industry, and we are all
hearing about the newest step along that road —
automation. But many of us don’t realize that a
mechanical revolution has been taking place in ag-
riculture as well.
There are no push-button farms. Maybe there
never will be. But the machine has made it possible
for both farm and factory people to get far more re-
turn for their work than their forefathers would have
believed possible. That's what the visiting Russians
learned in envious amazement
SECO PHILOSOPHER DOUBTS
Machinery People Will Be Able
To Take Fatigue Oat Of Farming
Editor’s note: The Seco Philo- ergy than plowine th. , °
jopher discusnea tiredoe** this though I’m likP H i
Ttsspats,^
Dear editor: lfaoT »s the same th.,3
I read in a farm magazine the,11**®* the more experience! 1
other night, one of these mage- of a tractor, with me nn (U c
*ines edited moatly by city peo- tor, umbrella ud
>le whose aim is to convince a a. a ,
iarmer he can ride a tractor t- tter of fact, 11
all day and never lose the crease ~*re ** a lot of misumJc-,
in his trousers, where equipment “8 over the place of the m.*
manufacturers are working on i- *" *—•— ■
deas to take the fatigue nut of
farming.
I think this is fine, and my only
regret is that they haven’t been, _.
able to hit on any yet about as tired as he ev».
Now. I know that farming lan’t'The only way I know how to u
as tiring as it was 50 years ago,; the fatigue out of famine il
or at least that’s what they say,'rent your land out and m0..l
but just from observation I’ve town.
noticed that a man doesn’t fall
asleep any faster at night after
he's plowed four acres with
• ,t Ms !!*7H.i
he’s plowed four acres with a <jf the work load in all SJ *
walking plow than he does after white-collar jobs from h.Sz'
he’s plowed 40 aqres with a trac- jerking soda to’ maktt?
with an automatic cash red
but nearly every worker I
in town almost invariably
home dog-tired every day
Machines may be simpiv,
smarting us, getting us to
out more work with the »
amount of fatigue. That is t™
may be outsmarting you, buu
me. When I find mvself'worki
harder for a machine than
works for me, I drain its radiate
and let it stand where it s
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
tor.
When equipment makers say
they’re taking the fatigue out of
farming, they mean actually they
are increasing the amount of work
a man can do in a day, with the
amount of fatigue remaining con-
stant. I ain’t never seen a farm
yet that couldn’t take all-the en-
ergy out of a man he has.
I’ll admit it takes more energy
to chop 40 acres by hand than it
does to plow 40 acres with a trac-
tor, but I’m not sure chopping
40 hours takes up any more en-
Justice Court
JUST GOOD INSURANCE
COMPLETE PROTECTION SERVICE
N. P. (Paul) POPE AGENCY]
Following are the cases tried
in the Justice Court. The amount
of the fine only Is given and the
court costs are an additional
charge.
Santos Cuellar, disturbing the
peace, fined $5
Judge C. Jones, speeding, fined
$10.
Roy Boyd, speeding, fined $10.
Francisco Escanilla, drunk in
public place, fined $5.
A. E. Burrows, driving on left,
fined $5.
C. Reyna, no operators license,
fined $1.
D. B. Reyes, speeding, fined $15.
Rita Proper, speeding, fined $15.
G. D. Gomez, no tail light,
fined $5.
James Kendle, speeding, fined
$15.
Frank Perez, permitting unli-
censed driver to drive, fined $5.
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Berger, Jerry June. Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, September 23, 1955, newspaper, September 23, 1955; Hondo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth811068/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hondo Public Library.