Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 141, Ed. 1 Friday, June 13, 1980 Page: 6 of 14
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6—THE NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Friday, Jun# 13,1980.
Rent-a<ow debuts
in dairy business
DALLAS (AP) — Dairy farmers who find expensive cows
are milking them dry can now hoof it on down to Last Texas-
and rent a whole herd for about a buck a cow per day.
Quality Holstein leasing, Inc., a division of machine tool
company Borg-Wagner, rents out the bovine food factories-
for $31 per 1,000 pounds of cow-on-the-hoof — about $1 per cow
per day.
“It’s a unique business," says Dave Marler, general-
manager of Quality Holstein. “I'd be pretty safe saying we’re
the largest in the United States.”
When Quality Holstein was founded two years ago, it had
two employees and a one-room office, he said. But now the
company, located near Tennessee Colony, Texas, has 24
workers and leases 5,000 cows to about 300 dairy farmers in
25 states — mostly in the Southwest
leasing can keep farmers off the horns of a credit
dilemma, allowing them to save their borrowing power for
other purchases. A single dairy cow can be a hefty in-
vestment, easily costing $1,200 or more, Marler said.
“This is very attractive, because everyone has only so
much borrowing power," he said. “It keeps the local credit
line clear, and that's extremely important to the farmer.
“It makes a lot of sense. In leasing, you don’t have a big
outlay out front. You just have your monthly lease payment.
So you let the cow pay for herself.”
A healthy cow can pay well over the life of the five-year
lease, Marler says. He estimates milk from a “good average
cow” totals 50 pounds a day, worth about $6.75 at the dairy
plant. Costs total about $3 a day — $1 for the lease and $2 for
food. So each leased cow can boost a dairy farmer's herd
income by $3.75 daily.
At the end of the five-year lease, the farmer can buy the
cow for 20 percent of the original purchase price. Otherwise,
It's sold as beef cattle.
The farmer also gets a tax break, Marler said, writing off
the leasing costs as an operational expense.
A bonus to the farmer is that he may keep any calves born
during the lease period.
Most of Marler's cows are young Holsteins that have had
one calf and are raised on two farms — in Circleville, Ohio,
and Bowling Green, Ky. The farmer chooses the cows
himself and they are trucked to his farm
But if you like milk fresh from the spigot, so to speak, or
want a cow to go along with your home garden, forget it.
Marler said a farmer must lease a truckload - 30 or more
cows.
Cable franchise
*
struggle takes
new convolution
DALLAS (AP) - The
struggle for the Dallas cable
television franchise took an odd
turn with the arrest of two East
Texans accused of trying to sell
stolen city documents to one of
the competing companies.
A 35-year-old accountant
from Paris and his suspected
accomplice, a 36-year-old
businessman from Clarksville,
were arrested in Dallas
following a two-week in-
vestigation of an alleged offer to
sell "stolen trade secrets” for
$250,000.
A spokesman for Warner
Amex Cable Communications
said the company notified
police after receiving a call
from a man claiming to have
inside information that would
help Warner Aincx win the
lucrative contract.
Warner Amex is one of six
cable television companies
competing for the Dallas
franchise, estimated to be
worth $200 million. A city
council decision is expected
later this summer.
Police said the company
played along with the man,
Our Daily Bread
Scripture Reading for Today: john 21:15 25
DOES THE LORD HAVE FAVORITES?
Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of His
disc iples, whom Jesus loved. |ohn 11:23
F Al l Jesus’ disciples, John is the most appealing to
II me. My soul is blessed by the warmth of his rela-
tionship with Christ, and the unique emphases of
his divinely inspired writings. He concentrates on faith,
love, witnessing, and new life in Jesus John's familiarity
with the Lord and his insight into His deity are reflected
in his epistles, as well as in every narrative and miracle he
relates in his gospel.
Our text’tells us that John leaned “orf Jesus' bosom."
This is better understood when one knows that the cus-
tom of That day was to recline while eating the main meal.
As John took his place beside Christ, he would lean toward
Him so that he could question our Lord and catch every
word that tame from His holy lips.
At a Bible class I conducted, a lady who was not well
acquainted with the Scfiptures was surprised when we
read th.it John was the disciple “whom lesus loved " "I'm.
disappointed to learn that He would be so partial that
He'd show special favor to one individual,” she said. "I
thought Jesus loved everybody." I told her she had mis-
understood our lord, and then I reminded her of what
Vance Havncr once said, "God has no favorites, but He
docs have intimates!" I quoted James 4 fi, "Draw near to
God, and He will draw near to you." Our Lord was close
to John because he practiced this principle.
Christian, do you want to be one of Jesus' intimates?
Tlien drrfw closer to Him by reading His Word, praying,
and worshiping Him. That's the way to know the full
warmth of Fiis fellowship and love. —H.G.B.
Rear h out to the Savior now reigning above,
Anri trust in Him fully, reteiving His love;
New secrets of grace you will learn at His side,
As in sweet communion you always abide. —Bost h
THOT: Keep no secret* from the lord, and you will enjoy the
"secret of the lord."
Henry O. Bo*ch) Copyright I960. Radio Bible Clau,
Grand Rapid*, Michigan. Used by permission.
Indictment clouds Clayton career
By LEE JONES
Associated Press Writer
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -
Speaker Bill Clayton’s in-
dictment — even if he is
acquitted later — ruins his
chances for higher office and
probably will light new fires of
legislative reform.
Many believe Clayton also
can forget about an un-
precedented fourth term as
speaker, even if he is acquitted.
That would leave a 1981
Speaker’s race in which the two
leading contenders are con-
servative Rep. Gib Ix/wis, D-
Fort Worth, who apparently has
Clayton’s blessing, and liberal-
to-moderate Rep. John Bryant,
D-Dallas.
Only Bryant now opposes
Clayton for the speakership.
One point in Clayton’s favor
was that he declared well ahead
of time that unless a jury
acquits him before the 1981
legislature meets in January,
he will quit the speaker's race.
It would be hard for many
House members to vote for a
speaker who had been indicted
— even though acquitted - and
then try to explain that to
voters, many of whom consider
an indictment tantamount to
guilt.
That popular assumption is
the reason judges take great
care to explain to jurors that an
indictment is only an ac-
cusation and not proof of guilt.
Regardless of the verdict in
his trial, Clayton, 51, can be
expected to feel heavy pressure
from supporters to quit the race
and spare them that hard
choice.
Merely his implication in the
FBI’s Brilab (bribery and
labor) investigation kills his
chances for a statewide elective
office such as lieutenant
governor, comptroller or even
governor.
Clayton’s decision to drop out
of the speaker’s race if his
name is not cleared this fall
“before it gets too cold” was
made with full recall of the
tumultuous Sharpstown session
in 1971. Speaker Gus Mutscher
spent the entire session fending
off accusations his influence
was bought by banker-promoter
Frank Sharp the previous year.
Legislation suffered, and
wounds from that session were
long in healing. Two dozen
representatives, mainly loyal
Mutscher supporters, were
defeated in the next election.
Mutscher later was indicted
and convicted and served a
probated sentence. He is now
county judge in Washington
County.
Regardless who becomes
speaker in January, there will
be new cries^for political
reform, such as those that
followed the Sharpstown
scandal.
The 1973 “reform” bills dealt
mainly with greater openness in
government and with forcing
politicians and the
organizations that support them
to disclose the sources of their
money.
This time, however, the
reform surge can be expected to
attack the speaker’s vast array
of powers, which some
legislators and political
analysts regard as the root of
the problem. '
Similar powers are held by
the lieutenant governor, but
there is a significant difference.
A lieutenant governor is ac-
countable to the voters and
must face election every four
years. But a speaker is elected
by his fellow state represen-
tatives and is accountable only
to them and to the voters in his
district.
Gov. Bill Clements made the
point clearly when he said the
speaker's race is so important
that House candidates should
let their voters know before
election day whom they sup-
port.
The fate of a bill, or
categories of bills, often is
decided from the moment the
speaker appoints House
committees and assigns various
piePes of legislation to them.
Once a bill is out of com-
mittee, the speaker-controlled
Calendars Committee decides
when — if ever — it reaches the
floor. A House member's in-
dependence is limited by how
badly he wants the speaker’s
favor in such matters as
committee assignments.
A legislator, no matter how ’
talented or dedicated, is limited
in influence if assigned to a
relatively obscure committee
instead of a major one such as
Appropriations, Ways and
Means, Redistricting or State
Affairs.
A speaker retains such
control as long as his fellow
representatives think he will be
back in charge the next session.
Meanwhile, a speaker can
collect advance commitments
of a vote for another term in the
job as long as he can put the
squeeze on House members’ pet
legislation. i
Because of his influence on
legislation, a speaker also holds
tremendous sway over state
agencies.
IF YOU DIDN’T
BUY FROM ABBOTT’S
YOU PAID TOO MUCH!
ABBOTT’S FURNITURE
in Paris
is selling
NATIONALLY ADVERTISED
NAMEBRAND
FURNISHINGS
at
40 % B E LOW
Manufacturer’s
Suggested Retail Price.
“All we ask is that you shop and compare!'
ABBOTTS
26 North Side Plaza
later identified as Paris ac-
countant Gary Annis, who was
arrested Wednesday in Dallas
hotel where he allegedly met a
company representative to
accept a down payment and
turn over the stolen documents.
Officers said an undercover
agent witnessed the tran-
saction.
Annis' alleged accomplice
was arrested after he appeared
voluntarily at the police
department to talk to in-
telligence division officers.
Annis appeared before
Municipal Judge Daniel Solis
and was released on $10,000
bond on investigation of theft of
trade secrets. Formal charges
were not immediately filed.
Police Capt. Richard Horn
said the man who called Warner
Amex originally wanted
$500,000, but settled for $250,000
after several negotiating
sessions on the telephone with
Warner Amex.
Officers said they confiscated
papers Annis carried
representing work done for the
city in connection with the
television franchise.
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 141, Ed. 1 Friday, June 13, 1980, newspaper, June 13, 1980; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth824099/m1/6/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.