The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1958 Page: 3 of 8
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About ten years ago on this very
typewriter I penned a piece for
my outdoors column about the
passing of the Pacemaker. In it
I shed a tear, along with thou-
sands of others, for the discontinu-
ance of the hand gun that helped
to carve civilization out of a rug-
ged west.
The Colt factory had decided that
the market for its famous old sin-
gle action Frontier model revolver
was gone. Instead, they were sell-
ing ACPs and double action 38
specials and snub nose guns.
The price of used single action
Colt revolvers jumped. Many of
them that once cost about $16 were
sold for as high as $100. Collectors
began gathering them. Classified
ad pages of gun publications of-
fered to buy or sell these valuable
keepsake revolvers.
It was only natural that some
other manufacturers came along
with facsimiles. They ranged in
price well above the last retail
^selling price of the Colt.
Then came TV. Quick triggered
mmen gave so much publicity to
[>ng barrel Colt pistols that they
fnade a comeback.
.But here is the big news. Colt
fas just announced a new 22 cali-
“fce version of the world-famous
fcigle Action Army Colt. It will
at a price below7 $50 — brand
lere are many of us who
Fe early memories of these won-
fful guns. There was something
>ut them, their feel, their ap-
?arance, and the way they hung
'on the hip, that w7e can never for-
get.
To our w7ay of thinking there has
been no advance in hand-gun manu-
facture in recent years, greater
than the return of the Colt Single
Action.
It’s a great gun.
Check Your Gun Sights
Speaking of guns, on a trip through
West Texas recently we were talk-
ing with a party of hunters. One
of them had shot at his buck seven
times before he finally connected.
“I checked my sight AFTER I
came in and found it was two feet
off,” the hunter said. ‘‘The shot
that finally got the buck was pure-
ly an accident.”
The rancher where these men
were hunting then told how one
time he had walked up on two
big bucks standing just below the
rim between Marfa and the Rio
Grande.
“I shot at them 34 times with
my saddle 30-30 and never touched
a hair,” he said. ‘‘When I finally
got around to checking my sights
I found the front sight had been
accidentally knocked over and I
was missing these bucks by 37 in-
ches at 100 yards.”
Most hunters know they should
zero their guns before taking a
trip. But it is a little hard now
to find a place for sighting in.
About the best way is to join a
good club that has a shooting range.
If your home town has none, then
how about organizing one?
Building Brush Shelters
We often hear someone talk about
building brush shelters in fishing
water, especially in known crappie
waters. Some very intensive re-
search work has been done by a
number of biologists to determine
whether brush cover in water real-
ly is beneficial both to fish and
fishermen.
A test run on a Virginia lake re-
vealed a definite increase in ang-
ler-success for black crappie. Ov-
erall fishing pressure in this parti-
cular lake increased 15 per cent
between 1955 and 1956. But the
harvest of black crappies in-
creased 40 percent in 1956 after
installation of the shelters. . Al-
though only 22 percent of the fish-
ermen used the shelter areas, they
harvested 57 per cent.
If you plan to build one of
these shelters, ^talk with your-game
warden, area biologists of the
Game & Fish Commission, or your
county agent. They can give you
some good advice.
BOOKLETS AVAILABLE — An
18-page illustrated Farmer’s Bul-
letin on the construction of farm
ponds for bass and blue gills has
just been published by the U. S.
Soil Conservation Services. You
can get a copy by sending 15 cents
to the Superintendent of Docu-
ments, U.S. Government Printing
Office, Washington 25. D.C. If you
plan a farm tank this year the
bulletin will be most valuable.
For those of you interested in
wilderness areas, in National Parks
there is a free bulletin. It is call-
ed the National Park Wilderness
and was printed with private funds.
You can get your copy of this
38-page booklet by writing to the
U. S. Park Service, Washington,
D.C.
TROUT FISHING — A very in-
teresting letter has just come in
from a man who read a story on
trout fishing which we sold to one
of the national publications some
time back. He writes: ‘‘I have
been trying to fish for salt water
specs and red for the last couple
of years. I don’t have too good
luck catching them, no matter how
hard I try. I sure would like to
catch a good mess of them one
time. Tve fished for them when
they were as thick as cordwood
in the water, yet they wouldn’t
hit a bait or lure. ...Any help you
can give me will be appreciated.”
Some of .you salt water fisher-
men might want to give this man
an assist. He signs his name Frank
Siegel, Route 1, Wing, Ala.
Speaking of salt water fishing,
Jimmie Yett, who runs Jenson
Sporting Goods of Austin, has de-
veloped a “crawdad” lure which
he says is making a real name
for itself among Gult coast fisher-
men. And sales tripled when he
dropped the price from $1.25 to an
even buck.
ODDITIES — A curious froglike
fish of Africa, called the Goby
climbs trees to feed on wood ants.
Often one Goby will climb while
other's stay below to nab dislodged
victims......In India there is a “Win-
dow Oyster” which has- a flat,
translucent shell that can be used
as window glass....Horns of the Af-
rican rhino are not attached to its
skull. They grow out of the skin.
Among the Chinese the rhino’s horn
has high commercial value. They
use them for medicinal purposes.
Right now most of us are putting
our rifles away for a long time.
We’ve been through a successful
big game season with more deer
antelope and javelinas killed in
Texas than for many years. All
have been in good condition.
Chances are you have a big bore
rifle. It may be an ordinary lever
action, a converted military model
or a new model bolt or semi-auto-
matic. Whatever it is it deserves
the best treatment you can give
it.
If you’ve already sacked it away
without a good cleaning job then
for your gun’s sake stop reading
right now and clean that fowling
piece.
While it is true that today’s am-
munition is loaded with non-corro-
sive primers there still is residue
in the barrel and sweat marks
on the outside. All must be re-
moved. Run a good oil patch
through the barrel then give the
gun a rubdown with a good gun oil
like Hoppe’s or with a silicon
cloth.
If you store your gun in a case
be sure there is no moisture in
the case or that no sweating is
possible. Otherwise you may come
up with a ruined gun. Finding rust
flecks on a favorite gun isn’t a
comfortable feeling.
Store for Safety
Storage of your gun is just as
.important. Every man would like
to have a good metal or even a
knotty pine gun cabinet. But not
every man can. Some keep their
guns behind the bedroom door.
Others keep them sitting in the
corner. But mostly they are stor-
ed in closets.
All this is dangerous especial-
ly where there are children.
If you are one who keeps a gun
in your closet then be sure it is
cased and that no ammunition is
left around. A child simply cannot
resist the temptation of playing
with a gun or trying to insert
cartridges in one.
For safety’s sake it is best to
give your child a good gun educa-
tion. Take him (or her) out into
the hills or onto the target range
and let him learn just exactly
what a gun is for and what it
can do. Explain that children must
not handle a gun themselves until
they have had enough experience.
Most children taken into your
confidence will respect your wish-
es.
There are thousands of homes
where guns sit around the house
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or are thrown around in automo-
biles and children pay little or
no attention to them. Generally
speaking however a little gun
education for the child is very
wise.
Crow Shooting Is Fun
Ever try crow shooting? This is
fine sport after the regular hunt-
ing season is over. These black
rascals do lots of harm both in
the field and to the young bird
and animal life. They probably
destroy more pecans and peanuts
every year than are eaten by peo-
ple.
There are many interesting forms
of crow shooting. One of the simp-
lest is to hide in the brush around
a known crow area with
a call. A good call can be bought
for a dollar or so and very little
practice is required to lure in the
crows fighting mad. As they soar
in blast away.
This is a mighty good way to
use up old ammunition. Most hunt-
ers have a box or two of old
shotgun shells. Why not burn yours
up on crows this year?
Get a group of kindred souls
together and contact some far-
mer who is pestered with crows.
He’ll be glad to let you shoot
crows in the woods at the edge
of his field. That is if you’ll as-
sure him you won’t shoot his live-
stock.
Many hunters like to kill off
crows with scope-fitted high-speed
rifles. This is fun. Also danger-
ous. Extreme car'e should be used
in this type of shooting. These
highspeed bullets fly to pieces easi-
ly upon contact with anything.
But if they don’t happen to hit
the target at the right time they
may continue on to hit something
they shouldn’t.
Anyway help the farmers get
rid of crows this year with your
spare ammunition. It’s really fun.
If you don’t know where to find
them ask your game warden.
Game Warden Can^ Help You
Incidentally the game warden
is a good friend of the outdoors-
man.^ He can be of great help
to you in finding good places to
hunt and fish.
Usually he and your county
agent will know landowner's who
don’t object to reasonable shooting.
They’ll even let you fish on their
places if you ask them the right
way.
Tlrese game wardens are very
human persons. They are good ci-
tizens of your community and will
be glad to help you every way
they can.
You can help them too. If you
know someone who is killing game
illegally tip off the warden. If
you have a question about the game
laws talk with him about it. That
way there will be a much better
understanding all around.
Time for Trotlines
If you are a catfisherman now’s
the time to begin getting your
lines ready.
If your line was used much dur-
ing the last season it may be
pretty rotten by now. More than
likely most of your stageons have
become rust rotted. Perhaps your
hooks also are dull or rusted. Clean
them up and put on new stageons.
There are not many new ways
of attaching hooks to your trot-
lines. You want to check on some
of these. Anyway get the lines
ready. There should be good cat-
fishing this spring.
REMINDER— Don’t forget the
suggestion made in this column a
few weeks ago. Take out a pack-
age or two of flower seeds and
scatter them on the banks of the
creek. We can have a beautiful
countryside this year with mil-
lions of beautiful flowers in the
great outdoors.
Old Firearms
To Be Featured
On TV Program
The art of rebuilding old fire-
arms will be featured on Humble
Oil & Refining Company’s TV pro-
gram, Texas in Review, the week
of January 13.
This interesting film on firearms
shows how two Houston men clean
the weapons and make new parts
when necessary. And through the
magic of the motion picture cam-
era, a Colt Dragoon assembles it-
self.
Another feature pictures the
growing and harvesting of an im-
portant Texas crop, the avocado.
Other items include a trip down
the 600 mile Colorado River from
Dawson County to Matagorda Bay,
a visit to Stephen F. Austin’s only
Texas home, and films of a Bible
that is handed down by Governors
of Texas.
Monday Set As
Tax Help Day
HOW TO FILE
Mr. John W. Hernandez revealed
that Taxpayer Assistance Day,
every Monday, is the best time to
take your problems to Revenue
when absolutely necessary.
Revenue also suggests that every
farmer should have a copy of the
comprehensive but free book pub-
lished by IRS, the “1957 Farmers’
Tax Guide.” This official publica-
tion may be obtained from Revenue
offices, and county agricultural
agents.
IT'S THE LAW
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With every wedding, birthday,
or holiday season, there comes the
day-after-the-day-before— the re-
turned gift headache. The season
for returning Christmas gifts to
stores for exchange is now upon
us.
Most business establishments are
as cooperative as possible about
this annual American pastime, but
before getting into any arguments
with a reluctant clerk or mana-
ger, better take a look at the
legal situation involved. You may
find that persuasion is more in
order than demands for adjust-
ment.
Department stores are under no
legal obligation to take back a
purchase and refund your money
or deliver other goods in exchange
just because you changed your
mind. Most stores do make re-
funds and exchanges, but that is
because it is their Roliccy to do
so—not because they are required
to.
However, a promise to refund
or exchange merchandise made by
the store or the salesman should
be honored. Similarly, if a store
misrepresents the quality of cer-
tain goods or if the goods-are de-
fective, you are justified in expect-
ing a satisfactory adjustment. But
you have no more legal right to
expect a store to refund or ex-
change because you change your
mind about a purchase than the
store has to ask you to give back
the goods that were sold to you
because it didn’t want to sell them
after all.
Suppose you buy a coat in one
store and find that another com-
pany has it on sale for five dol-
lars less. Must the store where
you bought it take back the coat
and give you a refund, or refund
the difference in price— The sell-
er is under no obligation to re-
fund tlje difference, any more
than he could make you pay the
difference if he discovered that
a competitor offered the same
coat at a higher price than he
had charged for it.
Much the same rules apply to the
refund of deposits. Unless it is
the policy of a store to refund
deposits on articles, or at least
apply the amount on the purchase
on some other item, the buyer is
obligated to go through with the
terms of the contract, even though
he has changed his mind about
the purchase.
When one selects, orders, and
deposits money on the purchase
of an article, the store is under
obligation to deliver the article
in accordance with the terms of
the sale. If the buyer refuses to
accept the article or pay the re-
mainder of the purchase price, the
seller can take legal action against
him, according to the terms of
the contract.
The same principles apply to a
trade-in allowance on used mer-
chandise towards th.e^ purchase of
a new article. Such ei trade-in al-
lowance is considered the same
as a deposit.
(This column, prepared by the
State . Bar of Texas, is written
to inform.*—not to advise. No per-
son should ever apply or interpret
any law without the aid of an at-
torney who is fully advised con-
cerning the facts involved, because
a slight variance in vacts may
change the application of the law.)
Friday, Jan. 10, 1958, Mathis, Texas — THE MATHIS NEWS — Page 3
Procedure On Farm Income
Tax Outlined By Tax Man
Farmers and ranchers are also
required by law to pay their share
of the F e d e r a 1 income tax
for 1957. The “who,” “when,”
“where,” and “how” of it are out-
lined here by John W. Hernandez.
Administrative Officer of Internal
Revenue Service, in Corpus
Christie.
If the farmer or rancher had
gross income of $600 or more
during his taxable year and is a
citizen of the United States, he
must file a Federal income tax
return, even though no tax is due.
This even applies to minor chil-
dren who are farm operators. If
the farmer or rancher is 65 years
of age or over at the end of his
taxable year, he is not required
to file a return unless his gross
income is $1,200 or more.
Mr. John W. Hernandez emp-
hasized that requirements for fil-
ing a return for self-employment
tax purposes, which may lead to
social security benefits later, are
different from filing the usual
income tax return.
If the farmer receives at least
two-thirds of his gross income
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from farming anu his taxable year-
started January 1,1957, he has two
choices of when to file his income
tax. He may file his return and
pay the tax on or before Feb-
ruary 17, following the close of
his taxable year; or file as esti-
mate of his tax and pay this
amount by January 15, following
the close of his taxable year.
He then must file his return and
pay any balance due by April 15. '
When the farmer’s business year
doesn’t begin January 1, he may -
file his return and pay his tax
on or before the 15th day of the
second month of the succeeding
taxable year. If he chooses he
may file an estimate within 15
days and his return within three-
and-one-half months after the end j
of his taxable year.
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Revenue urges farmers to file
their income tax returns for 1957
“as soon after January 1, 1958 as
you can conveniently do so.’ Here’s
why. By filing early, the tax-
payer usually saves himself money
by avoiding costly errors due to
the last minute scramble. By
filing early the taxpayer saves
his own tax money in the long
run by making it easier for Re-
venue to process his return. Last,
but not least, - by filing early the
taxpayer stands less chance of
forgetting this vital chore al-
together, thus making himself li-
able to penalties for being delin-
quent.
Mail that return to the Dis-
trict Director of Internal Revenue
Service for the district in which,
you live. The instructions accom-
panying the return forms lists dir-
ectors’ addresses and should be
read carefully. Checks or money
orders should be made payable
to “Internal Revenue Service.”
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