The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1930 Page: 4 of 8
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THE COTULLA RECORD
Entered the Post Office at Cotulla,
Texas, ns second class Mail matter
under act of Congress of March 3,
1879.
4 CU1IEMT CO
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MANLY & MANLY.
Pullishcrs.
Fuhscription $1.50 per Annum.
Outside Texas $2.00
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BOUNTY ON RABBITS. *
BETTER MILK.
HE DROVE THE FURROWS STRAIGHT.
A petition is in circulation ask-
ing* the City Council to pass an ordinance
requiring* all persons offering* milk for
sale to the public to have their cows test-
ed for tuberculosis, and to otherwise reg*-;
ulate dairies so that more sanitary con-!
ditions will prevail.
Such a move should be welcomed
by all concerned. Milk is generally
used by all people, and particularly
children consume a great amount of it.
If the milk is impure the health of the
people may be seriously affected. Very
few towns of any size these days allow
the sale of milk to the public except un-
der sanitary restrictions.
About a year ago the City of La-
redo passed an ordinance regulating
dairies and requiring all cows to be test-
ed for tuberculosis. This step was taken
after a survey was made which showed
that Laredo milk tested lower, in other!
words contained more bacteria than
found in any city in the United States.
It was stated to us that one herd,
of 100 cows tested for tuberlosis, 79 were!
found to be affected.
The Walker Industries, which contracts
for the output of milk from a number of dairies
in this county, were compelled to enforce the La-
redo ordinance before they were allowed to dis-
tribute the products in Laredo, consequently
several months ago, all herds in this county,
where the milk was going to Laredo were tested.
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Frio County Commissioners Court
has put a bounty cf 5 cents a scalp on
rabbits. Rabbits do a great deal of
damage every year to truck farmers
and out on the range an old jack rabbit
will destrov as much grass as a cow. It
looks to us like this is a pretty good
move on tVie part of Frio county as it not
only cuts down a menace but will put
a good many dollars in circulation just
at this time, when it is needed.
There is no way to estimate the
damage done by rabbits. We have seen
them destroy whole patches of truck, and
even seen stands of cotton materially
cut down by jack rabbits. Every ranch-
man knows what jack rabbits do to the
range, and there are thousands of them,
particularly in the open country to the
East of Cotulla.
It would not be a bad idea for ev-
ery county in this part of the state to
put on a bounty similiar to Frio. A con-
certed movement of this kind would
mean much to farmers and ranchmen.
SIZING ’EM UP.
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C. W. Goff, a Democratic editorial writer It?"----- ... , • wl cu-m^ino- i
since the early eighties, who cast his first presi-1 J,L, ‘t hU ,L»n.V
dentia! vote in 1880 for Gen. Hancock, writing-
in the Greenville Evening Banner on the pres-
ent political situation among other things says:
ed by Mr. Sterling, would certainly lose if sub-
mitted to a State vote and he will be judged by
, . . , | ‘Going directly to the point aimed at,
Now, all Ox the^e dairies are constructing milk Senator Tom Love is impossible as a candidate
sheds and milk houses, and adopting other meas-
ures required in order that sanitation might
have first place.
One dairyman told us this week that in
testing his herd one cow showed to be infected
with tuberculosis. This particular cow, the
farmer said, gave rich milk, and from outward
for governor. He boasts that he is 100 per cent
democratic, but his political actions do not
square with his preachment, therefore cannot be
classed as a Democratic candidate.
“In the senator’s town, there is another
candidate for governor in the person of Barry
Miller, long,associated with the politics of Texas,
appearances was a healthy cow, and just twoiput never considered a safe leader. He has
really worth more in the position he occupies
than if elevated to the chair of chief executive.
If he has followed far in journalism, he can
ill afford to mix in politics to a personal extent.
“The dear women counted as candidates
know with what slim favor other women candi-
dates have been shown heretofore ?n Texas, and #
can most discreetly remain out of running, ti
Filling the governor’s office is a man’s job and
well suited to the best man in the State. One
trial in Texas was enough to last for many
years to come.
Perhaps the reader will ask, what is this
d:fS both 4**. *¥ ‘prohibition ‘question to discussion ^candidates for govern^ leading to
ed to keep jhis eov.-'s miHv for the family use. | ^fullest''and Th^eTs Toom ’TorTlurkinel0nly this and notKn* mole: Those mentioned
After the first test was made, and the proper j thouoht that ho mav he vp-enactinir tho vhIp of having been weighed and found wanting, it is
time elapsed, another test was made with the|formGr Senator Railpv qnd Oscar Golmiitt | up to democrats of the State to draft a man to
same result. Then the cow’s temperature wasj “The next gubernatorial candidate'to an-1™** the emergency and viewing the situation
taken, which showed a fever. i pear in this review is Hon. James Young of ^rom an impersonal point, the name ot Lynch
An ordinance as requested in the petition; Kaufman T-fe is a «-oon man and a mnn! Davidson is suggested. Mr. Davidson is not an
cited will cost the dairyman some money, but itLnd not a broken-down politician as some reek-1 avowed candidate, but he is too good a demo-
is worth the price and much more than it costs, j iess C1»itics have declared. Long service in €on-1crat an(* to° muc“ a patriot to turn a deaf ear
It is worth a great deal to know that the milkjgTe3S hindered his study *of State affairs and he'to the voice of the people whcih these make it
you drink is coming from healthy cows, and that j ca! mot possibly direct the State government with, known to him in no uncertain tone that they
the dairyman is equipped to nandle the milk in the consummate Generalship and ability that rtI want him for governor and tne State needs him.
a sanitary way after it is taken from the cow demanded during this disturbed period in State
until delivered to the customer. vVe have recent- affa;,s. Mr. Young is not widely known over
ly heard considerable complaint about bad milk.
and this operates against the dairyman. Under
sanitary regulations his milk is worth more and
he should receive more for it. A better product
should always command a better price.
the State and his support will be limited to a
rather small section of the State, so he will not
prove either a popular or winning candidate.
Some reference may be expected fn this
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GE0RGE AND THE CHERRY TREE.
Many historians have felt that the ancient
story about George Washington a!nd the cherry
tree is a myth. But now comes William E.
Barton, who has manifested historical ability in
his biography of Abraham Lincoln, and he
TTT , survey to Jim Ferguson, a perennial candidate
e believe the regulations asked 111j the| for sixteen years. The sweetest political morsel,__ -----------------------, -----
petition shou.d l>e put into toice by Cit\ autnon- j/a ail the world to Jim is the sweetness of hold-1 seems to think there is more reason in believing*
*ie?- j ing office. Always he is more anxious to serve | the cherry tree story than there is in dehying
die people as to assure his own self-aggrandize-: it.
ment and personal glorification. But Fergu-j Many of our critics seem to take pleasure
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THE SEED CATALOGS.
One of the traditional pursuits of February son’s candidacy need not be given serious con-! in demolishing illuminating incidents that gath-
has always been studying the seed catalogs.; sideration nor feared to any alarming extent, j er about the early history of the country. But
Householders and gardners love these brilliantly! Jim knows he cannot get his name o(i the ticket i while malny of these stories no doubt are fables,
yet it is difficult to believe in many cases that
they were fictitious.
The story of George Washington and the
illustrated editions, in which the flowers and and Ma will not again want to bump against
fruits are presented in such full rounded speci- the embattled hosts of Texas democrats,
mens. It is almost enough to make a young1 Then, there is the Earl of Meridian, lord-
couple join the Own Your Own Home movement, ; ly and arrogant. He is not responsive to the | cherry tree seems thoroughly consistent with the
to sit down with one of these fascinating books ideals and needs of the common people of Texas, truthful character of the man. Many of us will
and think how lovely that little home would be | nor to the democracy of Texas. In the Senate, prefer to believe that it is probably correct, and
with the roses and the vines and the honeysuck- Mayfield followed largely his own judgment and that if more of our people today would in the
les running over the porches. ' dictates and consequently fell into gross errors., same way frankly own up to the wrong things M
The instinct to plant something and see it; He would likely prove more of a dictator than they did, the country would be infinitely better
grow comes down from thousands of years. an executive in the governor’s office aiid would off.
Ik;ople who do not follow its suggestions miss one j n0£ jease people at all, hence his candidacy .. , * °J) ; f
of the pleasures of life. The gas you burn m . f f]v . th ublic Gar of the men! This kind of weather is getting the farm-
vour automobile never pushes your car again, , * a] * 1 ta ‘" 1 ’ ‘ ers all worked up about planting. Corn is up
but the perenial flower and clinging vines rise do mostol tne vo.ing in lexas. ; in some places, and some farmers can hardly
summer after summer to tell the world the “Robert Sterling, Virgil Arnold and others |keep from putting cotton seed in the ground-
story of beauty. said to have been in the grooming will cut only j but experience of the past is against it. It
—oo- a smai] figure in the primary, should they elect looks and feels like spring, but it is still Febru-
munitj is usuITly the*biggeV loafer. ^ C°m‘! «***• " The big highway bond issue sponsor-1 ary. Just remember that.
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The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, February 21, 1930, newspaper, February 21, 1930; Cotulla, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1162405/m1/4/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alexander Memorial Library.