The Naples Monitor (Naples, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1969 Page: 4 of 10
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VIEWROINTS
Another hazard
It took a while but the Texas High-
way Department finally got around to
accepting the fact some engineer had
goofed at the intersection at Omaha
and agreed to mark it with lights.
That was back in early September
and there hasn't been anything serious
happen at the intersection since. The
lights, we hope, removed the hazard
and may save some lives.
Now the Highway Department is fin-
ished with its overpass project in Na-
oles and the intersection at the east
■^nd presents another chance for em-
barrassment if not downright danger.
There are two dead-end roads at the
base of the overpass — one of them
at the end of Old Highway 77 where it
intersects with Highway 338 and the
other on Highway 338 where it runs into
New Highway 77.
The dead-ends are marked withrea-
other views
sonable signs but apparently it Is going
to take more than that.
Already, at least 14 vehicles have
run past the end of the roads and into
sharp dropoffs. Fortunately, no one
yet has been seriously Injured. Some
have escaped with so little damage
that they have been able to drive off
under their own power.
Nevertheless, it is a situation that
can be hazardous, particularly the dead
end on Highway 338. The other one will
have less and less use now that the
overpass is open to traffic.
We'd like to see the motorist given
the benefit of the doubt this time and
the intersection marked adequately be-
yond a doubt before someone dies
there.
One life ought to be worth a whole
lot more than some engineer's effi-
ciency record.
Nothing free
Numbers of people, apparently, be-
lieve the government gets its money
out of thin air or from some mysteri-
ous source that has little to do with
themselves.
This, basically, was the thought of
Congressman Lipscomb of California
when he said: "It should come as no
surprise to anyone that money the fed-
eral government spends must ultimate-
ly come from the people, though all too
often it seems that this fact is over-
looked or ignored,"
One reason for this is that except
for income and property levies, most
of the taxes we pay are hidden. Every-
thing we buy, from an article so small
as a loaf of bread to one so large as
an automobile, carries a multitude of
taxes levied at the raw material, manu-
facturing, processing, transporting,
COW POKES
retailing and other levels.
And those taxes, like all the other
costs that enter into the production of
goods and services, must be pa;d by
the consumer.
These are truisms that should be
known to every school child. But they
tend to become lost in the face of the
widespread belief that government
"gives" us things.
The truth is that government can
"give" nothing. It can only take the
money from the people, now or on some
future date, to pay the costs — and
also it tacks on handsome sums to
cover the administrative and bureau-
cratic overhead.
Nothing material in this world is
free — government least of all.
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NAPLES
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the son of Mr. and Mrs.
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Simms, was awarded a
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the commanding officer
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THE ANSWER—TO AVOID A PROBLEM
Sage of Sulphur Bottom
aining inflation
Real Estate Transfers
Warranty deed from
R. W. Ledeen to Octavia
Medellin et ux of the A. J.
Hines survey.
Warranty deed from
Alice Old to George T.
Brabham of the John King
survey.
Warranty deed from
Earl W. Tigert to Don-
ald L. Alberty et ux of
the Bradfield Park Ad-
dition to the city of Lone
Star.
Warranty deed from
Mrs. John Couch toThel-
ma Allen of the Connor-
Henley Heights Addition
to the city of Dainger-
field.
Warranty deed from
Jay C. Cantrell et ux to
Robert G. Bullard etuxof
the H. B. Lilley survey.
Oil, gas and mineral
lease from J. C. Brown
to Frank J. Budde of the
James Dollarhide survey.
Oil, gas and mineral
lease from Leo Connor
to Frank J. Budde of the
William Crowder survey.
Oil, gas and mineral
lease from Garland Floyd
et al to Frank J. Budde
of the R. Hamilton sur-
vey.
Oil, gas and mineral
lease from Sylvester
James et ux to Frank J.
Budde of the J. N. King
survey.
Oil, gas and mineral
lease from Dollie Jen-
kins et al to Frank J.
Budde of the John King,
H. S. Proctor and R.
Moore surveys.
Oil, gas and mineral
lease from Grace Jones
et Frank J. Budde of the
Robert Hamilton and Al-
len Urquhart surveys.
Oil, gas and mineral
The
Monitor
Page 4
Thursday, Dec. 11, 1969
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AT
NAPLES, TEXAS
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LeeNarramore, Publisher
Morris G. Craig, Editor
Entered as second class
mall at Naples, Texas
under Act of Congress of
March 3rd, 1879.
Notice to Public
Any erroneous reflection
upon the character, stand-
ing or reputation of any
person, firm or corpora-
tion which may appear in
the columns of this news-
paper will be corrected
upon being brought to the
attention of the publisher.
(Editor's note: The Sage of Sulphur
Bottom on his Johnson grass farm takes
a look at Inflation this week, but it's
hard to tell what he sees.)
Dear editar:
I had to make another trip into town
the other day to pick up another 5-cent
tractor bolt now costing 17 cents and
that's if you tell them it's for a trac-
tor and not for a lawn mower because
the lawn mower bolt isn't tax exempt
and you have to add a penny to the cost
of it and since I was throwing money
around recklessly anyway I hauled off
and bought a newspaper.
In it I ran across an article that
said the cost of a college education
is up 68 per cent since 1957, and this
got me to thinking about inflation.
Now you take that 17-cent bolt. It's
true it costs three times as much as it
did 10 or 12 years ago, but at the same
time it's still just as good a bolt as the
earlier one.
Now with a college education, well,
I don't want to get into an argument,
uh, I don't want to compare bolts and
nuts with college kids, but are you
positive the product is as good today
as it was 12 years ago?
Or are they just televising the wrong
ones?
As I understand it, inflation hits us
in two ways. In one, the quality stays
the same but the price goes up, like
in automobiles.
Cars are as good today as they were
12 years ago, they just cost a lot more.
In the other way, the price stays the
same but the quality comes down, like
in a nickel candy bar. You can still buy
a nickel candy bar, you just don't get
nearly as much candy. Mostly wrapper.
But when inflation really hurts is
when you pay a lot more but don't get
as much.
Take Congress for example, Con-
gress costs over twice what it did 12
years ago, but can anybody prove . . .
well, I'd better not get into that.
It's an odd thing. Politicians are
always saying if you raise salaries
you'll get a better quality of office-
holder, but what happens? We raise
the salary and the same people turn
up running for the same offices.
There's just one way to whip infla-
tion, and if I knew what it was I'd say
so.
Yours faithfully,
J. A.
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lease from Lusta B. Mor-
ris to Frank J. Budde of
the Robert Hamilton and
Allen Urquhart surveys.
Oil, gas and mineral
lease from Dock R. Nance
et ux to Frank J. Budde
of the William S. Fultz
survey.
Oil, gas and mineral
lease from Martha H.
Nicholas to Frank J. Bud-
de of the William S. Fultz
survey.
Oil, gas and mineral
lease from C. L. Pratt
et ux to Frank J. Budde
of the William Crowder
survey.
Oil, gas and mineral
lease from R. R. Pratt
to Frank J. Budde of the
William Crowder survey.
Oil, gas and mineral
lease from Bluford D.
Scott et ux to Frank J.
Budde of the William S.
Fultz survey.
Oil, gas and mineral
lease from Arthur R.
Smoak et ux to Frank J.
Budde of the I. T. Bru-
ton survey.
Oil, gas and mineral
lease from Dorothy Speed
et al to Frank J. Budde
of the William Crowder
survey.
Warranty deed from
Minnie Lee Bunting to
H & R Construction Co.
of the Daniel McKinney
survey.
Warranty deed from
Nelline Lambert Beasley
et al to Ernest McDaniel
et ux of the Lavina Win-
ters survey.
Warranty deed from
Lockie Russell to Hix M.
Knleff of the F. J. Starr
survey.
Warranty deed from
Van Webster et ux to
Robert A. Wood et ux of
the Hillcrest Addition to
the city of Daingerfield.
R AILROA HS PAY
ANNUAL TAXES
TO COUNTY
Railroads paid Morns
county $20,507 in curi ;nt
annual taxes.
That was the amount
which went to all of the
local taxing agencies at
the county level and low-
er.
Those include city and
county governments, road
and bridge funds, and the
schools.
POLITICAL
CANDIDATES
(Subject to the action
of the First Democratic
Primary in May).
MORRIS COUNTY
COUNTY CLERK
Audrey Mae Connor
(For re-election)
COUNTY TREASURER
Helene Parsley
(For re-election)
COMMISSIONER
Howard Hawkins
Willie Aubrey Page
Willie Giles Smith
DISTRICT CLERK
Olen L. Smith
(For re-election)
COUNTY JUDGE
Peyton C. Evans
(For re-election)
CASS COUNTY
COMMISSIONER
B. W. Tomberlain
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DECEMBER 13
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DECEMBER 14
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Dorothy Fay Hackney
Jeffery Scott Mc Michael
Patricia Lynn Hackney
DECEMBER 15
Billy Gene McCoy
Mrs. M. B. Hampton
William Donald Coker
Mrs. Preston Moon
DECEMBER 16
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Lynn Kirk
Larry Kirk
DECEMBER 17
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James E. Carr
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