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The time of year is just upon us when "the frost is on the
pumpkin and the fodder's in the shock" and what a beautiful
time it is!
I have done a bit of motoring about the countryside lately,
observing the beauty of God's world as I drove along.
Starting along the highway on a dew-fresh morning with the
sun setting up diamond-sparkles in every droplet clinging to
grass and brush is one of the most soothing experiences I know.
JkSCS NEWS
SET-ASIDE: Farmers are reminded that announced changes
in set-aside requirements for 1974 farm programs in no way
change farmers' responsibilities for maintaining 1973 set-aside
acreage. You are urged to maintain 1973 certified set-aside acres
and to comply with all program requirements throughout the
remainder of the year. Farm inspections may be conducted at
any time so remember, no grazing or harvesting of set-aside
befor October 1S, unless prior approval has been obtained from
this office.
COMMUNITY CHANGE'. As you know, the eight communities
in Donley County have been consolidated into one community.
Your farm number will be changed for 1974. There will not be a
prefix (A-B-C-etc.) connected with your new number.
ELECTION: County farmers will elect in a mail election in
November one county committeeman to replace A. B. Spalding
who has served three consecutive terms and is ineligible for
re-election. This committeeman will serve for a three year term.
Two alternate committeemen will also be elected to serve for one
year each.
All eligible voters will receive instructions on nominating by
petition. If you are an eligible voter and don't receive a petition
blank, please let us know. The final date to return a petition will
be October 29. The last date to return completed ballots, to be
mailed to you on November 23, will be December 3, 1973.
AGRICULTURE is bigger than farming alone. The number of
people employed in farming - owners and others working on
farms - totaled 4.4 million in 1972. But jf you add people working
in farm-related industries, agricultural employment totaled
about 16 million workers, approximately one-fifth of the entire U.
S. labor force!
HOLIDAYS: This office will be closed October 8 in observance
of Columbus Day and October 22 for Veterans Day.
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Mary Ann Bromley Brodie has completed the nursing program
at Amarillo College and is presently working as a Respiratory
Therapist at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo.
She is the daughter of Mrs. Ruby Bromley and the late Bill
Bromley.
The fresh smell of earth and vegetation, the clear sweet air,
the sight of cattle grazing contentedly in the meadows and
pastures, this year's bountiful crops, the maize red and heavy
with grain, the cotton with more load than the stalks are able to
uphold--these things lift the spirit and take away some of the
burden from the troubles of life.
For a tree lover like myself a trip to Graham and across to
Anson was a special treat. True, their trees are not
awe-inspiring, but they soften the harsh contours and impart a
feeling of quietness to the land. They "trim" the blue lakes like
ruffles on a sheer blue dress, and the rivers and creeks interlace
them with lazy grace.
Having some time to kill before reaching Anson to meet
friends, I cruised along at 40 to S0 miles per hour. 1 met few cars.
The day was one of those golden fall days we all dream about and
poets extol in rhyme, and the land looked in its "Sunday best."
I had never made that particular drive in all the years I've lived
in West Texas, and Hubbard Lake and the surrounding hills
were a lovely sight to me. The lake was a surprise--I was just
skimming along among the knolls with clumps of trees in all the
right places, and suddenly it's there, blue and shimmering, set
like a jewel among the hillsl
Beyond it the road cuts sharply through rocky slopes more
steep than I would have expected in our part of the world. It
occurred to me that the grades and curves prompt an interest in
driving that the straight roads and sameness of the plains
country lack!
When I meditate on the beauties of the land and what a
blessing they are, I am sure that urban dwellers must feel a deep
yearning--and are not aware of its quarry, for men have a natural
kinship with the soil. We are made of one substance: the trees
and grasses, the very dust of the life-giving earth, the animals
and birds--and we!
All of us have a feeling for the soil. Millions today must
content themselves with a potful or two of store-bought potting
mixture, or at most a backyard to till with a spade! But the
sounds of cars and trucks intrude, the screech and whirr of sirens
and tires drown the quietness that a man should feel as he turns
the soil. Neighbors peek over and shout and children and dogs
scream and bark and invade the premises.
Such people partially fulfill their longing for the land, but it
cannot be the same as riding horseback across one's own wide
acres or walking among long rows of crops heavy with harvest or
seeing the grasses wave in the wind among the cattle one has
tended with his own hands on the part of God's earth which he
tenants for the years he is privileged to use it.
Here there is space to breathe! Here there is.quiet in which to
meditate without interruption, to hear birds singing, to see the
serenity of the sky vaulting above and to feel--really feel-- God's
earth!
There are so few such places left! The encroachments of
"civilization" are eating them up little by little and desecrating
them like a cancerous growth. May God give us more wisdom to
preserve the beautiful and the soil from whence we sprang with
its lovely and majestic adornments!
Imagine the heartbreak
of this tragedy.., the bss of
home, business, farm, forest.
Guard what you cherish. At
home: remove trash and
litter, check wiring, hold fire
drills. At business: obey fire
laws. On the farm: check
home and barns for safety.
In our forests: snuff out camp-
fires, cigarettes, don't litter.
Let us protect you from the disaster of
fire. See us today for an estimate on a fire
insurance program for your home, farm or
business.
KNORPP INSURANCE AGENCY
Phone 874-3521 Clarendon, Texas
Hit or Miss
by DAVID EVERMAN
Last summer, President Richard M. Nixon signed treaties
favoring "cultural exchanges" with the People's Republic of
China and the United Soviet Socialist Republics. Many
Americans were in favor of this move, as were many Soviets and
many members of what we call Red China.
In these cultural exchanges, both sides will send an
outstanditig member of its society to the other country in
exchange for a member of the other society equal in value.
However, the Russians are not too picky about the other country
sending an equivalent, as you may have noticed in their massive
cultural exchange.wit etern Europe infi¢diately after World
War II and thetr exchange with Czechoslovakia in 1968 when
they sent an enormous amount of weapon power and received
nothing in exchange but the country.
China is also fond of having cultural exchanges with foreign
countries, as exemplified by its exchanges with Tibet - China
gave Tibet the Chinese culture and Tibet gave China Tibet in
what the Chinese regarded as an even swap. China also had
quite a cultural relation with North Vietnam a while back. China
gave North Vietnam several million dollars worth of Chinese
cultural machine guns and rifles in exchange for several million
dollars worth of Vietnamese monetary culture.
The first of the many coming cultural exchanges is the
exchange of authors between the United States and the U.S.S.R.
America is going to receive the services of Russia's top two
novelists while the Russians will get to enjoy the writing of
Harold Robbins and Paul Crume. Also, in what would have been
a history-making study of criminology,Russia proposed sending
two mass murderers and one bank robber to the United States in
exchange for America's top criminals, but the deal fell through
when Congress would not let any Nixon aides out of the country.
China and the United States have an agreement drawn up in
which the People's Republic of China uses the Astrodome to
televise a ping-pong match between their top male player and
their top female player, with the whiner taking home thirty
thousand bowls of Lonislana rice. ABC wm get live television
rights."
In the last exchange agreement, China agreed to send
Choo-en-lai to America in exchange for the American leader who
best exemplifies the American qualities of Initiative and
accomplishment . Spiro Agnew.
Speaking of Mr. Agnew, and l will ff I want since it's my
column, many Americans are of the opinion that the
vice-president is not as innecent as the proverbial lamb. ! don't
really hold too much of an opinion on the matter, but ! do not
think he should be hung or even accused until he is Indicted.
However, ff he is indicted, he should resign from office at least
temporarily but I don't think he should resign or even consider
resignation until indicted. Also, a little bit more help from the
president might not hurt him, especially after the time the
president told the press that Agnew had been of unimpeachable
character since he was elected as vice-president, which is a
two-way statement. One wonders ff Nixon believes that Agnew is
clean or ff he has been clean only since taking office. With his
friends giving ambiguities to the press, Agnew doesn't need
many enemies.
I can only wonder if this guy knows that there are
countries that do not tolerate minor government officials
criticize governmental procedures. One of them, and the
that comes to my mind, is Chile, where the military
Marxist president and set itself up in power. Now anyone
criticizes the government in Chile promptly finds himself
down in the river, floating to the sea, if he can still float
twenty bullet holes in him. Another country where the
government officials are not criticized is Russia, the
jestingly mentioned at the start of this column. However,
Russians are much neater about it than the Chileans,
Russia anyone who criticizes the government is simply
found. I know this fellow has a right to his opinion, but I
think he is dead wrong.
Glen H. [Bud] Day
has purchased
AUTO SUPPLY
renamed it
CLIFTON
and
CLARENDON
AUTO SUPPLY
He invites you to come by
a cup of coffee to
acquainted. He will conl
serving Donley County in
auto supply business.
Doyle Mooney will serve
as assistant manager.
CLARENDON
AUTO SUPPLY
114 S. Kearney
Phone 874-2240
However, neither Nixon nor Agnew can hold a candle to
another president I know of but who will remain anonymous in
the corruptiondepartment. You ail may not know it, butthis Viola Graham
president was the only president to run a house of ill repute, he
was the only president to run illicit gambling games and he was
also the only president that I know of who practiced the fine are
of bootlegging. Of course, he did not do all this alone--his cabinet
helped him. Assistant Cashier
Speaking of cabinets and such and presidential aides, I read
something in a newspaper today that got to me a bit. Some guy
was advocating that Nixon fire all his aides who spoke against
him and that Nixon get rid of all presidential appointees who
disagree with him. This got to me so much that I almost
swallowed a cup of scalding coffee when 1 read it.
Introducing......
State Fair of
opens at Dallas
Texas
The State Fair of Texas opened yesterday at Dallas' Fair Park
and will run through October 21.
Texas will be saluted as an emerging commercial center by
exhibits from several countries, including Mexico, Japan,
Romania, Denmark, South Africa and the Phiilipines.
This year's fair musical production will be Sigmund
Romberg's "The Student Prince."
Musical groups, multiple circus performances and parades
will provide daily entertainment.
The Pan-American Livestock Exposition will last from October
6 to October 14, as will the Texas Horse Shows.
Highlights of the show will be Fashion Shows, Food
Demonstrations, displays and the Automobile Show. A mile-long
midway will also be a feature. Gate admission is $1.50 for adults
and 75 cents for children under twelve.
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Hillsboro democrat
announces for state
comptroller
Former Secretary of State Bob Bullock has become the first
Democratic candidate to announce for office by throwing his hat
in the ring in the race for State Comptroller. The 44 year old
Hiilsboro native has his work cut out for him since he is running
against an incumbent of twenty-five years.
The 1958 graduate from the Baylor School of Law has served
two terms as a member of the Texas House of Representatives,
one as Chief of the Anti-Trust and Consumer Protection Division
of the Attorney General's office and the second as Chief Legal
Counsel for the Governor. However, Bullock is best known for
his tenure as Texas Secretary of State, where he went far in
cleaning up campaign financing and developed an elections
system both fair and economical.
Bullock maintains that the State of Texas is losing
approximately $82,500,000 yearly in tax monies due to some
retailers pocketing the tax money they collect instead of
reporting it to the comptroller. He is also against taxation of
foods and medicines since the lost tax money, when gained,
would eliminate the need for the taxation of foodstuffs and
medicines.
Since the present comptroller is not widely known, the general
Viola Graham serves as assistant
cashier for The Farmers State Bank.
She has been associated with the bank
for 14 years. She has lived in
Clarendon all her life. She is $
Methodist. She is married to Doyce
Graham, a local farmer, and they have
three sons, Doyce Jr., James and
Mike. She is active in church and civic
work in Clarendon.
Viola Graham is
here to serve you.
FARMERS STATE
public is unaware of the importance of the office. The
comptroller interprets tax laws and collects taxes on natural g TRUST COMPANY
resources, utility companies, gasoline, automobile sales and
cigarettes, plus sales taxes and corporate franchise tax. ._ I,"'::-::--- "'-""=wm==
The comptroller also decides the amount of money placed in
the Foundation School Fund and has the final say on all spending
bills passed by the Texas legislature. GLARENDON, TEXAS
