The Timely Remarks (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. [10], No. [21], Ed. 1 Friday, March 25, 1938 Page: 4 of 10
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FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1938
THE TIMELY REMARKS
Page Six
DITTY’S PACKAGE STORE
Hunt Motor Co
Hunt Chevrolet Co
Woodsboro, Texas
Phone 50
Refugio, Texas
Phone 128
Conservation of range lands
through the elimination of destruc-
tive plants:
1. Prickly pear and cactus: Fif-
ty cents to $1 per acre.
2. Mesquite: Fifty cents to $2
per acre. Fifty cents per 100 lin-
ear feet.
VOTE FOR THE HOSPITAL BONDS
SUBSCRIBE TO THE TIMELY
REMARKS—$2 A YEAR.
On the Highway Ditty Perkins, Proprietor
100 Different Kinds of Imported and Domestic Liquors
Including Scotch and Champagne
We Handle a Choice Line of Moderately Priced Liquors
Refugio County H. D. Club News
MISS FRANCES BEASON, Home Demonstration Agent.
DOLLARS.
(BILLIONS)
D. CLUB
BONNIE VIEW H.
REPORT OF TIVOLI 4-H CLUB
REFUGIO H. D. CLUB
Dollar
source of
REFUGIO COUNTY COUNCIL
as
RICHARDSON 4-H CLUB
REFUGIO VISITOR
Snow Smothers
Fires in Canada
Machine
WANTED.'
GOOD USED CARS AND
Custom Tailors
TRUCKS - IN TRADE ON
for
Our used car stocks are low, following the
unprecedented demand of the last several weeks.
and get our
We want your car now! Bring it in
liberal trade-in offer on a NEW
CHEVROLET.
complete—and the new
THOMPSON’S AUTO SERVICE
Refugio, Texas
Garage Located Next to Sinclair Oil Station
GREEN LANTERN CAFE
General Motors Instalment Plan—Convenient, Economical Monthly Payments. A General Motors Value.
Home Demon-
at the Bonnie
ceased to
countries,
trade bal-
ELECTION PROCLAMATION
AND NOTICE OF ELECTION
Helen Boehm,
O. D. Williams,
O. F. Hartman,
and R. K. Mar-
a pro-
Dollar
decid-
one
Lee
U.S. SALES
US. PURCHASES
is
a
Wa-
Gon-
Ida
and
ALLRIGHT-
BUT-UNLES5
YOU BUY
FROM ME
I CAN'T
Mrs.
Fri-
Mrs.
Regina, Saskatchewan.—Nature
is saving valuable forests of north-
ern Saskatchewan, where men had
failed. Heavy snows this winter
are smothering dozens of fires in
the northern muskegs, which in
the past have smouldered through
until spring and started new fires.
In recent years snows have been
The Most Complete Stock
in Refugio County
those best suited to his
The Refugio County Home Dem-
onstration Council met at the of-
fice of the agent on Saturday,
March 19,at2:30.
All clubs but one being repre-
sented, a successful business meet-
ing was held. Those present were
Mrs. E. F. Gerstenberger,
Anton Strouhal, Mrs. C. B.
day, Mrs. R. K. Marberry,
O. F. Hartman, Mrs. E. S. Lyon,
Mrs. E. C. Cowell, Mrs. John Bar-
tow, Mrs. Lloyd Brown, Mrs. O. D.
Williams, Mrs. H. C. Boenig, Miss
Beason, Mrs. Carl Northcut, a vis-
itor, and Miss Helen Boehm.
The ranch operator should study
all of the practices carefullly and
select
ranch. The ranchman himself is
to decide what practices he will
carry out. However, no practice
will qualify for payment unless it
was approved by the county com-
mittee prior to its institution.
Bergamot oil equals carbolic
acid in its destructive action upon
tubercle bacilli, and a new disin-
fectant is being manufactured as
a result of this discovery.
VOTE FOR THE HOSPITAL BONDS
“Doctor:: “But the climate may
disagree with your wife.”
Henpeck (meekly): “It wouldn’t
dare.”
World’s Lightest
OUTBOARD MOTOR
El to Pal $Q/|50
New Evinrude $,/| /j
As low as________________ L1 1'
See the New Models at
La Rosa Service Station
J. E. BAUER, Refugio, Tex.
Authorized Dealer Refugio Co.
Phone 57 Refugio, Texas
so light that these muskeg fires,
stretching for miles, have never
been extinguished. But this win-
ter, with two and a half blanket
of snow on the ground, govern-
ment officials are confident these
dangerous fires will be put out.
VOTE FOR THE HOSPITAL BONDS
Sonny Patterson of Scotts Bluff,
Neb., has an alarm clock encased
in tin fastened to the front of his
tricycle. Each time he starts on
a trip Mrs. Patterson sets the
alarm for the time she wants him
to return.
eigners to American tourists and
gold sent to the United States from
abroad. With the exception of
services to tourists, none of these
items is a permanent
money.
America has almost
lend money to foreign
That was the way our
ance was maintained during and
immediately after the war, when
the United States changed from
a debtor to a creditor nation. And
foreign countries can not indefi-
nitely continue to ship their gold
to us.
Even in the case of services to
tourists, the amounts involved
have never been enough to substi-
tute for imports of goods into the
United States. During the 1920’s,
when our tourist expenditures
reached a record level, the net
amount of money spent in foreign
countries did not, in any one year,
reach as much as 15 per cent of
our payments for imported goods.
The tremendous demand of the last
' several weeks has reduced our stock
of used cars to a point where we’re actually short
of certain popular makes and models! We need
good used cars and trucks! We’re making liberal
trade-in offers to get them! So now is your oppor-
tunity to get a new 1938 Chevrolet on very
favorable terms! ...
Visit our showroom and inspect the new Chev-
The Bonnie View
stration Club met
View school building on March 15,
at 3:30, with the president, Miss
Helen Boehm, presiding.
After the business session,
gram on “Spending the
Wisely” was given. It was
ed at this meeting that the club
give a bridge, 42 and scat party
on the 19th of April to raise funds
for expenses.
Those answering roll call were
Mrs. Emil Walzel, Mrs. Anton
Strouhal, Mrs. Herbert Pfullman,
Mrs. W. G. Keilers, Leona Boehm,
Mrs. C. E. Korff, Mrs. Edwin Kei-
lers, Helen Boehm and Mrs. H. E.
Boenig.
The next meeting is to be at the
home of Mrs. Herbert Pfullman.
NEW 1938 CHEVROLETS”
BILL SITTERLE’S
PACKAGE HOUSE
Across from Bank
Rag Rugs for the Bedroom
“Old materials that are not good
for anything else will make a bed-
room rug that will last a long
time. The colors of old materials
have become soft from use, mak-
ing a rug of this king fit almost
any color scheme. If a rug is be-
gun with cotton, old hose, silk or
wool, the same materials should be
used in the entire rug. For braid-
ed rugs strips should be cut on the
length of the weave. For cotton
prints cut the strips about two
inches wide and braid three to-
gether. Select a round or oval
shape and whip the braids together
with heavy thread. In order to
keep the rug fullness should be
added as the braid is whipped on.
The softer the material of these
rugs are, the easier they are to
wash.”
The girls agreed to buy 50 to-
mato plants for each member and
pay for them from the cl^b money.
These are some of the statements
made by Miss Frances Beason, the
home demonstration agent, at a
meeting of the Richardson Girls’
Club March 18, at the Richardson
school.
Those present were: Lillie
tipka, Helen Watipka, Aurora
zales, Anna Mae Strouhal,
Cavitt, Juanita Galbreath
Odetus Dawson.
OUR FOREIGN SALES ARE LIMITED BY OUR
FOREIGN PURCHASES
ONE ON FIREMEN
To give the fire men something
to do, Chief McCain of Brook-
hay en, Pa., set them to burning
weeds on the station lot. When
they went to lunch the firehouse
caught fire and burned to the
ground.
DAD YOUNG
^Located at Refugio Plumbing Co.
On Commerce Street, Three
iBlocks North of Business Section
Telephone 171 -- Refugio, Texas
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF REFUGIO
TOWN OF REFUGIO
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
in accordance with law, that an
election will be held in the Town
of Refugio, Refugio County, Tex-
as, on the first Tuesday in April,
A. D. 1938, for the purpose of
electing officers for the Town of
Refugio, Texas, for the ensuing
term. The officers to be elected
at such election are:
THREE ALDERMEN.
The tenure of the officers to be
elected at this election will be for
a period of two (2) years in ac-
cordance with Ordinance adopted
by the Town Council of the Town
of Refugio, Texas, at their regular
meeting on the 7th day of Feb-
ruary, A. D. 1933, and which is of
record in Minute Book Three (3),
page thirty-one (31), of the Min-
utes of the Town of Refugio, Tex-
as.
Said election will be held, as
aforesaid, at the Town Hall (com-
monly known as the City Hall), in
the Town of Refugio, Texas, from
eight o’clock A. M. until seven
o’clock P. M., on said 5th day of
April, A. D. 1938. R. R. Kolb,
J. Dan Linney and Mrs. Mamie
Adler have been appointed by the
Mayor to be the judges of the said
election; the said R. R. Kolb being
designated as presiding judge, said
presiding judge being authorized
to appoint competent and reputa-
ble clerks, as provided by law.
All qualified electors under the
laws of this State, who shall have
resided for six months immediate-
ly preceding said election within
the limits of the Town of Refugio,
Texas, shall have the right to vote
at such election to fill said offices.
WITNESS my hand officially
and the seal of the Town of Re-
fugio, at Refugio, Texas, on this
the 1st day of March, A. D. 1938.
L. R. JETER, Mayor.
ATTEST: :
J. C. HEARD, Town Secretary.
The Tivoli 4-H Club met March
15 at the home of Darlene and
Mary Nell Duncan. Curtains for
the bedroom were discussed and a
picture show of different kinds of
curtains and also a picture of fur-
niture suited to the children. Dif-
ferent kinds of materials for mak-
ing curtains were shown by Miss
Beason.
We were very sad because
of our old members, Angel
Rabenaldt, has moved away.
DORIS RICKAWAY,
Reporter.
CAN REPAIR YOUR AUTOMOBILE OR TRUCK
AND GUARANTEE THE JOB
rolet—the car that is
Chevrolet trucks—the thrift-carriers for the nation!
Convince yourself that Chevrolet styling, Chev-
rolet performance, Chevrolet features—and Chev-
rolet’s low prices—all combine to make these new
models the best investments in motordom! Come
in—bring your car or truck with you—get our
liberal trade-in offer . . . today! "You’ll be ahead
with a Chevrolet!” i
“Spending the Food
Wisely” was the subject of the pro-
gram given at the Refugio H. D.
Club, which met at 3 p. m. Thurs-
day, March 10, at the home of
Mrs. L. A. Brown.
The program was in charge of
Mrs. John J. Bartow and was
follows: “Under the Round Purple
Stamp,” Mrs. L. A. Weiss Jr.;
“Filling the Farm Storehouse and
Reducing the Food Cost; “The
Buying Habit,” Mrs. Milton Lock-
wood, and “Source of Vitamin C,”
Mrs. O. D. Williams.
A delightful social period was
directed by Mrs. Mike O’Donnell.
Refreshments were served by the
hostess, Mrs. Brown, to Mrs. O. D.
Williams, Mrs. John J. Bartow,
Mrs. Milton Lockwood, Mrs. Mike
O’Donnell and Mrs. L. A. Weiss Jr.
On the Highway Tom Land, Manager
SHORT ORDERS AND SANDWICHES
ICE COLD BEER —SOFT DRINKS
Of Course, It
Fits Perfectly
s . . it’s a suit that has been
tailored to your meas-
urements. It’s a suit
that has been made es-
pecially for you. That’s
why a tailod-made suit
fits better and looks bet-
ter on you. Come in to-
day and arrange
your Winter suit.
MOSS
Range-Building Allowance
The range-building allowance
will be fixed by multiplying the
number of acres in the ranch by
two cents and adding to that $1
times the number of animal units
indicated as the grazing capacity.
The grazing capacity item, for the
purpose of computing the range-
building allowance, shall not be
calculated on more than one ani-
mal unit for each 10 acres, and the
acreage item shall not be calculat-
ed at more than 60 acres for each
animal unit of grazing capacity
established for the ranch.
1. Natural reseeding by deferred
igrazing: Sixty per cent of the
range-building allowance.
2. Artificial reseeding: Twenty
cents per pound seed sown, but not
in excess of $2 per acre.
3. (a) Contour listing, furrow-
ing or sub-soiling (chiseling): Fif-
ty cents per acre.
4. Spreader dams and terraces:
Fifteen cents per cubic yard for
material moved in building the
dams. Forty cents per 100 linear
feet of terraces constructed.
5. Earthen tanks or reservoirs:
Fifteen cents per cubic yard of fill
or excavation.
6. Concrete or rubble masonry
dams: Six dollars per cubic yard
of concrete.
7. Wells: (a) Wells with casing
not less than four inches in diam-
eter, $1 per linear foot, (b) Wells
with casing less than four inches
in diameter, $1 per linear foot.
8. Development of natural wa-
tering places: Forty cents per cu-
bic foot.
Choice Liquors
and Wines
TAILOR SHOP
Phone 83 Refugio, Texas
Our volume of exports, or the
things we sell to foreign countries,
is limited by the volume of our for-
eign purchases, according to econ-
omists of the Texas A. & M. Col-
lege extension service. This is one
of the things which influences the
unit price as well as the total in-
come of our agricultural commod-
ities.
The chart shows that while we
have consistently sold a slightly
larger volume of goods to foreign
countries than we bought, we sel-
dom are able to sell much more
than we buy.
Foreign countries must have dol-
lars with which to purchase our
goods. The principal way they
get money is by selling goods to
us. That is why the value of our
imports and exports have followed
each other so closely.
Other ways foreigners can ob-
tain dollars from the United States
include loans by Americans, serv-
ices such as those rendered by for-
7909 1919-20 2l'-22 -----------
/VOT-FIGURES ARETWO-YEAR AVERAGES OF ALL COMMODITIES AND SERVICES WE
SELL TO OR PURCHASE FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
COOKING SCHOOL HELD
A very interesting cooking school
was held at the office of Frank
Patty by the Refugio Home Dem-
onstration agent on Saturday,
March 19.
Miss Beason demonstrated the
cooking of one dish vegetables or
casserole dishes, these being tasty
as well as economical.
During the demonstration, Mrs.
Ethel Hunley of the Chambers
Company explained the many in-
teresting features of the lovely
Chambers gas range on which the
dishes were cooked with the heat
turned off.
Those present were: Mrs. W. A.
Andel, Richardson school; Mrs. E.
C. Cowell, Mrs. E. F. Gerstenber-
ger and Mrs. E. S. Lyon, Bay side;
Mrs. Anton Strouhal, Mrs. H. E.
Boenig and Miss
Bonnie View, Mrs.
Refugio and Mrs.
Mrs. C. B. Friday
berry from Tivoli.
VOTE FOR THE HOSPITAL BONDS
SUBSCRIBE TO THE TIMELY
REMARKS—?2 A YEAR.
R. Y. Secrest of Georgetown
spending this week in Refugio,
guest in the home of the Rev. Den-
nis Macune, Methodist minister.
Mr. Secrest also is spend much of
the time visiting with his friend
of many years, G. C. Wilbarger of
the Missouri Pacific station force.
VOTE FOR THE HOSPITAL BONDS
1938 Conservation
Range Program
The main purpose of the range
conservation program is the con-
servation of soil on range land. It
has been found that grass is the
best conserver of soil. Land cov-
ered by a sufficient stand of grass
shows constant improvement and
only on rare occasions is it seri-
ously affected by erosion.
The range-building practices as
prescribed in the range program
have been determined by experi-
ment and actual practice to be of
value in helping to maintain a good
stand of grass and restoring grass
on depleted areas, either by elimi-
nating competition from range-de-
stroying plants, or by preventing
erosion, or by the conservation of
water in the more arid regions.
Selection of Practices
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Wild Life Killed
By Tenant System
Dallas, Texas.—The future of
wild life in the southwest depends
largely upon changing tenants to
land owners, or at least upon giv-
ing tenants a longer and more se-
cure tenure, it was stated by C.
M. Evans, Texas-Oklahoma direct-
or of the farm security adminis-
tration, as “Wild Life Conserva-
tion Week” was being observed.
Evans said information from the
soil conservation service shows
that conservation of the soil and
wild life are found to the least
degree upon land farmed by the
transient tenant who has no writ-
ten agreement with the landlord,
and who has no interest in the
land other than to get all he can
from it in one cropping season.
The soil conservation report was
based on observations made at
eight projects in varying types of
soil—rolling sandy land, black
land, west cross timbers and roll-
ing plains. The number of farms
surveyed, 1,345, were divided ap-
proximately half and half between
tenants and owner-operators.
Evans quoted P. H. Walser, state
co-ordinator of soil conservation,
as saying that the survey showed
“probabilities of maintenance of
the conservation program are the
greatest when the land is being
operated by the owner. Probabili-
ties of maintenance are still good
when the farm is operated by a
tenant who expects to become a
land owner, and who realizes that
success in farming depends upon
maintenance of the soil and its
productivity. Probabilities are also
good when the land is operated by
a tenant who may not be ambi-
tious to own land, yet expects to
earn his livelihood by farming and
realizes the necessity for conserva-
tion. This is especially true when
the tenant enjoys the security
brought about by a definite under-
standing with his landlord and a
rental agreement covering a period
of years.”
The farm security administra-
tion program is assisting a limited
number of tenants to become own-
ers through loans to buy land. A
campaign is also being carried on
to promote leases which will give
the tenant more security, through
a larger tenure of years and com-
pensation for improvements.
SAW FILING
Any Kin^of Saw Filed by One
Wh.^ Knows How
AU Wortols Guaranteed
Repair Work on Almost Any
Ki«d of Machine and Odd Jobs
O’Brien
SIGNS
EIG AND LEASE SIGNS
TRUCK LETTERING
Temporary Location
Henry’s Garage
Refugio, Texas
YOU’LL BE AHEAD WITH A CHEVROLET
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