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< THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1959
THE BOWIE NEWS, BOWIE. TEXAS
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Here's a Helping
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ii(; 11.1■.d taxes fo purify what
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feet deep by flood
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TO FARMERS WHO WANT
TO HELP THEMSELVES
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CTfflANTS GROCERY CO.
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CUNGRATlTLATWrS
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To the 1959 Soil’ Conservation Winners, and
becomes
welcome to the West Fork Soil Conservation Dis-
FA J
trict as it convenes in Bowie, April 28.
ame
True conservation is the duty man owes to the
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THE BOWIE CLINIC
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CUT OF YOUR
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FARMING FUTURE!
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It's later than you think!
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WISE ELECTRIC CO-OP., INC.
Your State Representative
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conserve your land
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TTrif lire’ TTHfuinTi- 7ip.-riniTU! I'ki
. They All Depend On
.Few Inches of Soil!
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307 West Clay
CARROL ROBERTSON, Manager
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SERVING WISE. MQNTAGUE, DENTON. CLAY & JACK COUNTIES
HOME OFFICE, DECATUR. TEXAS
I tlic national
ion. bill than your city
muhter.
the :
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DRUG COMPANY
PHONE TRfMONT 2-2201 BOWIE, TEXAS
•tour farming, which gooa -with terracing, was
applied on 1.363 acres.
TAKE THE GUESSWORK
quit ruining Soil
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WHERE
DOE
and cities wire e tim.di d st
$17,415,000
ushiiwm1' 'yinr
"on ....
sippi and an
oh any 'otlu f ’ wati i-lied. YuTiTe
a city man.
more
j use'
lure
Soil conservation must be largely co-operative, ,
Olio hard-to-convince farmer often can retard
the efforts of a dozen of his progressive neigh-
bors (:m holo ruin a score of farms through
. faulty management and resulting erosion.
in a
ip
lural F
light A
The' III
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c Safety
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IgUe cou
I March
n akilow i
TSonal ii
nts 1.
In, in.ik i
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H'tcd ii
' $2.1150
rrrrr-ftHd-
crease of
me peril
Accordin
ings the
•uh in
59 to 22
i ■ 111 1 m
The sefg
:• deaths
hi' than I
nr hi it 1
He state
hat ••an-
il togethi
de and c
•»'souii flood plain and buy.!-', spent Eventually. the aauer .spills
b thousands of dollars during the '
| lust 25 year'; trying to keep drain-
ditches kipeh.
InJJie.. interest of your own future, we iitge_you
. to work with the Soil Conservation District, if
you have not already done so. What you give
in time; ‘effort and investment you get back
many fold. ——;
.1 Mr. D
Renders'
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Conservation
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TERRACES like these, near Graham, are needed on many
fields to give added protection against soil erosion. They
need to bte plowed each'year io keep them built up and to
supplmont the protection offered by soil improving cover
crops anc^ crop residues. District cooperators built 30
miles of terraces and 8 miles of diversions in 1958. Con-
-■ ne\yly .
-7----—■ ■-----------—— i- Hooding, your m igiihors’
■■ , . , , '. ■________ s , , | tom land.
You and your family pay a [ Tlu' gully which is gradually ;
lajgi i share of the national ero- jeutting /your best upland field
ion, lull than your city cousin.' in half is stealing your soil every :
Yop al.di pay ywtir part of the 1 time a hard rain falls, dumping
Eedi i d I mi ouie tax, from which | d down -on the bottoms. filliiiL1 1
come the million:; spent in keep- drainage ditches, clogging water- ■
ing diir'rivers and harbors open.
Both y<H4—aod—your city reliu-
tive like to fish. Probably both
<if you remember when the shal-
low, muddy creek which now
harbors a few carp and bullheads
iwa-ti- tet-4w a fine bu .i , t ream, j IHld. 1Q-5 out' Natkin.
Its waters were clear then, and
5-pounll Ifeauties lured in IKc
deep holes.
But thosi.Alays arc gone. Where
clear springs from yhxided hill-
sides and pasture land fid the
etrek m the old days, muddy
’ 11 ■"* * v.au-r now {H-iHr* inftr tf during
1,11 1,111 I sprmg freshets from fields of
that a ; ,, , , . . . ..
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In ancient times. Greece, Palestine and China were rirh
farming countries. Deforestation and erosion bv wind and
—: wattT- made them-|XKjr.Our wAole American crvrtetrtton
depends on what we do to conserve our remaining land
and restore the mined-out fertility. A little time, money
and effort now can save the spending of millions of our
money later. k
ames Runaway Wafer
• Perhaps you live oh the Mis- river valley from all sides.
and another—matH-v-aliyy—I4oo<l
■ iusi 4i> yeui uyinR iv iM-vp uiuii,- makes headlines..
j age ditches upon.' Its fruitless , However, many of the llam-
as long as Hiiih floods gatilihue j aging floods on small ■ headwater :
.»•. cairy do**rr-’Ml out of tla> iidls,.'pftrt.airis are cau.v d by ,-imrt ruins ’
You are equally helpless it your i (j high inttmsity which do not '
I land is bi ing scouri d away by j produce seriquj overflow in the i
floodwaters or covered with grav- larger, lower vallevi;. Sin h floods.
el and subsoil. Thousands pf acus ! Witb few < xeeptkrps. are causecL
I ot once lei tile bottom land ueii heavy prfrig and summer 1
Las , th.'/ aIV now covered_.several [ ram.: AJthou|ih. the ^-floods-don't
feet deep by flood debus. And , ujniaten the level s at M-rnphi ,
the aeteage of the land thus dam- t) (.y d() h|-(VV tllJlrwt!+„
aggd i> increasing. ruuSe they usually'.occur dur,ing I
I But you may not be a farmer the rowing season lor crop: . Some
I of the vulli, >'^Jjind. Yours may ot the b< t farm land in the
I bi an upli nd l;?ffn which neithe: Limted State i: I amd .n_lhi -
I oyertlows nor swamps. In ‘ that 1 headwater valleys. " ' ' /
Lcu!iL _'alnl JJ.'l'Y.__i'1' the , Mm, ami.—4ht4r-~-wWfcs—■-htrxn-•
troublemaker f*ir your bottom- viiused ' tll{l,.h thl . local flood
land neighbors and the public-(|;ilna),(.. They hav7, logged <,f£
I generally it you haven t applied forests without planting trees, i
I conseivution meusun i,.____________i torn-ups Um nutive ki''‘- -es which i'
E.ii h rain which causes run- ones blot ted tip rainfall on ’th-
I off from your unprotected, ■ slo- , lulbidc . and have put the land,
"jUng TieTQs adits to the Natiofi's , into cultivated crops.
flood dainages. PTiih downpour, i They have invrea:i d r.unoll_|.
is carrying 'away pinny times : from these Jands- without’pro-
plant nutrients than you viding adequate water-disposal |
in growing erhps. The mois- J systems to handle it or slow it
you need for -growing ;nrn I huwn. . I,
- - - pot-
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courses and forcing taxpayers to
dredge it out, and Build higher
levees down in the cottof>. coun-
i fry-•
For when Ji nr topsoil Icavi
it becomes a liability, to you
It. ducsii’f
gr.ow corn any more because it
has bi < ni:ii h ted nafil'iiallv as '
‘'Flood damage.”
You, your city cousin and all
of America pay the bill.
What Breeds Floods
The flood control problem is
I twofold. Slepy-ixiuuE be-Taken t*>
reduce headwater flood damage
jticated because your stream ‘is l-
l„,j|N|, ' p.n f:.-iit;.i Iv With erll
mi nt ' r' * *--* '■•-t’7-- ■
. p-i.ving
to fii’li V'oil' (••••*»>« t
•How- VI I, you .might lw. even
. I more inten
suliment and pollution
-hilling yuiu capital mvi'sfmi'iit,
rAllei all, yom leservon was built
I with lax money <m<l you own an
n . < ■ ‘-.a ■.
U • Your re ei voir was originally .
I d' .,niii1 ■<I to hold a ■ pi e1111 quan
... lily of waler. enougn iH . iippFy
..... \.j,n iTt.v.even in Hu dric I-year.
Bid Imlay it probably holds irtuch
Ii . wider than -you thiiik.
Yh.ii .and .other city people of
city water consuiner. the topsoil
which was washed from the
farms aroiHid your town do. ■ not uma
all float hurriedly down the riv . ih<>|
er until it H‘itehe < tin" wm) II .»
your city has a reservoir some' Ceitamly. a short cQin clop is pi nxim.dily $20 each
of it settles thei'e. t reflected ih higher pm. . on beef | w|rcthei mhi live on a
If you are one -of mure than ;oid pink. l,.k p,.. \ ,i||ev
75 million American citizen., v ho i • But poin r, light, water, < n n ! Farm Losses Are Greater
drink wider that i-orm s from the : the food you cat Ate'lidt j'mif only 1 TTuf p'<..rlki||; Vim' don't li.ve in
surface streams, the chances are . items wlrtrh carry a price tag' lhevitv Perhap voti’ie a farm
rC your city used a lot of ihenjiiah ! set in part by floods. I er l.ep see lioii Hood ":'u‘e hurt
HL—io, remove all the unpin itu s LLsJ. So laf. youi county has spent ' im1. \ mir pneketbuok.
Wliv does this concern -you
personally? You’re-‘a taxpayer
and tax mimey pays the bill
Siu one knows for per Cain how
large the *NrrtK'n’s annual bill
might bc-Uur both—uiaiti vallfy
floods and headwater flood F.s
rimge trom 100
xiitlkilT-tiLJ 1 '.1 ' '1 11"ji nrii ■ nlhvated no and .dowh the I whic|> isJargely agricultural, and
----------—, !!l.'.'.'llll-----i - - -h.ii hum, icnli ni tilli -1 ■!. ■ j adenuHti• measures must be an-
•stablishiup. Hie I |)r Hugh II Bennett, chief of r - " ...... - - i v-...j
, ■ ,. ..... ...,, p-liLiJi__with .sediment winch has
till s.-il t un ciA lil IIill . S| r.i lex- Is ! V’ ...
■ •.polled ‘HW fishing, r
| If you- are a- bottom land farm-
. .. i er In im! in a valley on the head-
11 ftlKlIV. t'XiTdt a billion t--------- - ———J---------ln UM
. I waters of the Mississippi you may
remiqnber when Hint sw’ampy
nieadow liordermg the creek was 1 river’s watershed, or perhaps by
one of your best' fields. As ttm | the rapid melting of deep snow
ground. Usually, it is
"a driving rain which piles i
rose higher amt higher ^.WYiter up inches on a local weather _
seeks its ow.n level. Small wdn- 'gage In ’ar’shwt' period’■'oT'tlhie.“ ~~
der the adjacent- field- Ims* be : Instead, it,itf a dnwnpmtrwr-a-
come swampy.. jwidy.area which may continue
Or peili.ips your trouble is hot for days until the soil iS corn- *
sw.impmi:i It rrray' ho tfiat • mr | pietely .soaked and rail takg lfp"'
i-i'eek now oveiTToivs-yriur lanu. i uo more moisturei
Ils channel is half full of soi\j Many small streams . 'over
and cannot carry away as' much thousands of square miles pour
water as it. handled 25 years ago. | water tor days into the main
the cost of build
But : ticli I’O’ktk I timates
unpany’s le I ,
"'Tiindfi
irisidered m establishing. Ihe I
■ safe fiomT.iyefflow iate y’otr piiy. for electricity. I
Agalii \ im "ai<■ > "tow'' man nh'j aTdh<>1 i^' I7>T1lM<mTincnTeiit: 'TTh'
the lultzHj pole” when Hood wip< cost of our annual erosion dam
opt ttmuAnds of acres Ot I'urn Tn I age WTt
Iowa, Illinois and other Corn , dollars in measurable physical I
Bell states. You own no corn ; damages alone
land yoursi lf but you < at pork i Your share in this loss, if you]
ps and tile ix inie steak you | pay the
Bowk
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’all. d’_1.
I", bv pr
rie Tm .
, .You may ju>l: Jjy<
house by the side of flu Mi
pi. You may Hol lx mU.ir.Ud in ,t,
the p6Wer of navij ation liu inj
’ You may not ivvn like
and hunt.
But, whether you are a
or 3 city jnan. Hood dm
feet you. Because you etit, .Ii ink
water, use elect)icily anil pay1
elops/whoever youfnt . ’I'.l'k y i •
_ i.....ybif < V<1I tlu.iii h : \ ud
have built your huu i on
highest hill. ’' ' "—------
Floods .are con num. For thal
reason, you and other iu pap' i
leaders an prettv f. liuliai . ith
the subject. . . .Tin Hood., that
sweep down' Hu; MV- VMM. flu’ ||ui S|.,|es .have- u,v<»:ted
Columbia, the < mm .ml o ,.i. ( (| ( (| |Jtjj1(1|1 d(,||:n-,
rivers are 'peelaeula! TluA H. .ki ||( n| U1 ;,pp,:„xlllll(te|.v
'. the newspaper lu adlrn'e:: all ovm (11 |)1(, N)1Jj()lli. I,,, ,.r
the country. Actually. Jmw<’ " :v,(ll . s- dm,. m. oh-i .,i em , i<.<|
they cause'only 25 p- iwid , rmndrtr Aviptrir-
Natioii’s total losse . due to flood ou| y(iU|. t|U(||i ()||||(j1i ln '
waters. Tlu- *■■•• -------c,.i.i..
mates show that 75 peicent of our
annual damage from overflow
and sediment is caw ed by 'Hood
in the smaller headwatei valley;.
But this damage seldom gel: moie
than local attcntiim. -
1 J^hen rivers in tin ijpper Mi
sissippi Valley Stales broke out
of their bunks in 1917. the Soil
Conservation Service was asked
to make a flood survey. This sur-
vey showed that in Ihe time
States,, Iowa,,.. Ilhonis and Mi
souri, the l!Mt7-*Wv iod <1.0 >I ill)‘ T7T
agriculture was 153 million .dol
lars. Furthermore, the storm
which caused this, fiiiod waslu d
away nearly 500 milium tons Tf
topsoil . . .not inchidi'd in this
estimate . . from the rich fields
. Cf the Corn Belt
IT- .If the soil IT I from the
farms of thbse three States in
One month were value’ at only
$1 per ton, then the agricultural
damage done by this storm and
resulting flood would stand at
^approximately 644 million dpi
No . . . we’fe not suggesting that you con- •
suit a fortune teller or crystal ball gaxer to
discover what the future holds for your
farm. What we do suggest, however, is that
you consult your Soil Conservation District
or SCS technicians. They will help you plan
most effectivRmethods for saving your soil
and for farming scientifically and profit-
ably.
and per-
lum ehold
IS ■ an v; timaled $3.2<M>.O(H>;<I<H> on
waterway ihiprovement ’ : ut4r,a ■
| dredging, improving channel ,,
1 and building, level We Amcri-
’••;/:.....: 11i ll:I■ 11an i .ImmleiL
| $ 11,1)01),000 every year before the
I lab War in removing new i:edi
, [ men! a nd In epmg. jlu ■ mtamt
I w.'delways ami hai liors open lo
tl.llllc Each ye.ii; Wi dredge ollt
| two thuds a., much earth as We
moved m con: ti uct'iug the I’ana
....... .,, — , limiti. billiim 'dollar
.• bust .P. .ill,'lib. 1L'LVI..,|I,|I.||| I,, the—Hine, of an e:;H-
tliat 7.) iieiToiit ol our |(1ai, <| ;,|) million dnllai:: .mnii.dly.
There ,'m- many other reasons
why Hood ,’m- lour pelsonal
pioblem.
Electricity is
_ yt 111, 11 I
washes your clothing
forms inqiiy other
chores. Bui even electricity
not immune to floods. For A
I.H l u a gets One third of its elee
fi n ily iroiu w.’iu r (lower. And |
like your city lake, power r< er j-,,,,,-,
von- ■ are Ii< qu< ntly flu Yictim
of si dimentation.
A .suiAiy of power leservon .
in only four Southeastern States
during (tin- <lry smnmi r recently
showed a los.s'of approximately
90 million kilowatt hours due tn |
sediment which hud reduced re
i serve storage kjiacr In ttu1. riTfcs ’ Vdlltth
Tarn—pay. this-represeTifcd ;i loss
ot $ 1 .(>0(1,0(10 in I hose four Stall's
during a single season.
You yourself jntiy nut own any
electric company ..bil k find '(nay
not share irt the loss from depict
lars. The flood d.imag, t^ TowTT T-iTTe oryoli .’>
ing new' one:
*• l,;1,1 "I the
'tis’sumi' yi*rtTTfh’ tnif—-gift
headwat.-’rs of the Missi’T* are
Jip-. !
plied to pioti ct our huge capital
myestnjent from mum .valley,
floods, ... !
The great floods irT tKe n.am
valleys ate caused by widespread
rain covering much or all of a -
. best fields. As thru the rapid melting of deep
' u'i'.o'i.i^ L* ‘im <I||'i ;t|n gradually filled up on frozen
< n i i.l. v. on inr—iin1 ap w jUj kedimeni the . wati'v level j not
higher ami higher .^jyLter up
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