The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, September 11, 1931 Page: 2 of 7
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Ik State Fairs Biggest Year
Make Fire Prevention'
Permanent
A Civilization Choked By Mud
1Ym*> Weekly
The Forty-Fiftn annual State Fair of Texas opens in Dalian Octob-
er 16 and for the two week* following will offer to the people of thint
Stat* and neighboring 8U*e . the mo*t e*t«-n*ive, interesting, and in-
teractive exposition of the ajrrlcultural and industrial product* of
Twaa and the Southweat of Ita long and useful career. Ince*aaM
and wall directed labor on the part of the director*, officer*, and de-
partment head* of the Pair Association ha* iiwurod the lMl exposl-
tksn by far tha fwotent notnber of wel'-planned exhibits in ita his-
to*jr, and inters* being shown in all part* of the State i* expected to
remit In a greatly increased attendance.
The ftnt State Fair of Texan opened it* gate* In the fall of 1886.
"Under the leadership of the late Captain W. H. Gaston the present
«H* was (elected aa the home of the Exposition and eighty acre* of
ItitHl pvtrhoaed. This alU wa* then "out In the country" and ex-
dVWlen train* ware run from the city during the Fair over the Texa*
A Pacific Railroad, the fare being ten cent* for the roundtrlp. Des
g>He numerous ©brtaeles the Fair has *hown a steady growth practi-
dlty every year since the first exposition. The attendance ha* in-
Fire Prevention Week is to be
observed thin year from October
fourth to tent'n.
A* in the past, a comprehensive
program of education on fire pre-
vention activities ha* been de-
vised. Member* of fire depart-
ment* will conduct inspection*
and make talk* to school children.
Public officials will take part in
the program and call upon citi-
cens to participate. Ncwapaper*
will jive the week publicity, in
both news and editorial columns.
Theatre* will make announce-
ments concerning the week from
the stage and In printed pro-
grams. Insurance agents will
make addresses, prepare window
exhibits, conduct e**ay and poster
contests, etc. Business men,
A new explanation of why the tfneat Maya civiliaation of Central
America, undoubtedly the highest of prehistoric America, suddenly
faded and vanished without any obvious reason wa* suggested recent-
ly to the Washington Academy of Science* by Dr. C. Wythe Cooke of
the II. S. Ccological Survey. Say* Dr. F.. K. Free, in his Week'i
Science (New York):
"The Maya civiliaation choked itself to death. Dr. Cooke believea, ^ _
with mud washed from Ita own hillside com patctiea. The formerl believes, the entire Maya
Maya country is marked to-dny, Dr. Cooke reports by many small, | famine to migrate to new home* in
of theee plains, he bstteVM, <
i-onnected by streams or by short |
highways as the lakes of North America once 4K£ 1
the Indiana. The Maya dttoa, he hotter** '
highways, and maintained by this easy form of
near-by hillsldea, the theory continue*, the
corn, which was their chief food. In ao doing they
natural hillside vegetation. The reauK was that V
storm washed a port of the MIMde soil down M* *
the lakes filled up and the hfBsides grew bore. The
lakes blocked the waterways, wMte erosion of the1
the farms and lowered the nation*■ —of !
fareifci Wm
"W swivw® By
which hi whM i
flat plain* of sticky clay soil, almost impassable in wet weather. Each j ^ tIMj recorr)t ^ ^
mmamm
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creased from 5,006 in 188« to 1,006,600 in H «0 and on October 20, chupphci( rivic organisations
1980 an all-time record for all fair* in this country for one day's at- . . ... . .
tendance wa* set at 214,000 person*. The area of the ground* has
increased to 166 acre* and exhibit* are housed in commodious] If lhp ,,XpPrjoncr of oth,,r yoan
permanent building*. While many of the fair* and exposition* over jH dup,|catw, thp wcok w,„ b(. ,uc.
United States have been forced to suspend, the Texas Stite Fair CMHf„| „0 fHr aH |oworjng fire
continued to prosper and today it I* the largest fair held in Am- ' Huririfr that brief period
goes. Citisen* absorb the lesson*
taught them during the week and
then return to careless, fire-
breeding habits, although each
year this educational week cause*
some advance in permanent fire
prevention activity.
It should be the aim of every
individual to make fire preven-
tion an ever-present, personal
duty and thus help save the
greater part of ten thousand lives
and half a billion dollar* worth of
property each year.
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with the exception of the one at Toronto, Canada, and the only-
one in the country which I* self-supporting The-premium list for
1981 will be something over $00,000
Perilap* no institution ha* done more to develop the latent resour-
ces of Texa* and o Improve its agricultural condition* than has the
State Fair. What little advance we have made in diversification and
■elf-sufficiency on our farm* ha* been due in a large measure to this
worthy institution. All of the labor and time expended in preaching
and extolling the virtue* of any plan or movement, no matter how
worthwhile the plan may be, i* but wasted unles* It can be and is
ahown that the thing proposed can be done and done profitably. To
tell a man that to do thi* or do that would be to his advantage is not
nearly so effective a* to *how him that his neighbor ha* made money
doing it. The Texas State Fair ha* done and Is doing just that thing.
Every year it lay* before it* fanner visitor* concrete evidence that
diversification and self-sufficiency on the Texas farm is not only
possible but profitable to those w'no follow the teaching and advice
Of our capable, trained corps of Federal and State agricultural agents.
Such convincing evidence i* having h strong effect on our agricul-
ture! life, for it is revealing to our fanner* the fact that the shackles
which have bound them to the drudging slavery of export cotton for
ao many weary years are hut imaginary and have
minds.
Give me
and the papers every ti,
County Gas Taxes
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The realization of this truth is breaking the hold of cotton on the
farmers of Texns and resulting in increased interest in live stock and
diversified crops.
Coming as it docs this year with the low price on cotton and a huge
surplus which promises to make its production unprofitable for some
time to come, the State Fair will he even more valuable than it 1ms
been in the past. Reduction of cotton acreage is a uniformly recog-
nized necessity but our farmer* must have something to take the:
place of cotton or they will be no better off. The most important
question, therefore, facing u* today and demanding an answer is,
"What can we produce profitably on our farm lands left idle hv the
reduction of cotton acreage?" Recognizing the importance of that
problem the State Fair directors have expended their best efforts to-
ward placing a solution before the farmers of the State. With that
thought in mind the greatest stress has been placed on the agricul-
tural and live stock features of the Fair for 1981.
As a result of intensive work since the close of last year'* exposi-
tion the Live Stock Show will be the largest and most extensive ever
shown here. Famous breeders of live stock all over the country have
been attracted by the liberal premiums offered and by better pros-
pects of sales due to the increase of interest in live .stock in Texas.
These breeders will exhibit their very best animals and visitors to the
State Fair this year will be able to see the country's best specimens
in all classes and breeds of beef and dairy cuttle, sheep, hogs, and the
like.
The Live Stock Show will he divided into two parts this year as
last. The first week of the Fair—October 10th to 17th--—will be
Beef Cattle Week during which will be shown beef cattle, sheep,
goats, jacks, mules and heavy horses. The feature of this week's
program will he the thirrl annual Breeder-Feeder Show and Auction
Sale of heet cattle and lambs. T n< stock exhibited in thi.-. .-mo1'
need not he pure bred but a sifting committee will eliminate all but
high grade animals and the premium list will he the highest of its
kind in America. On tie last day of the show, animals shown will
be auctioned off to farmers and stock raisers for feeding and finish
ing on Texas farms. The main purpose of the Breeder-Feeder Show
and Sale is to induce breeders of feeder cattle and lambs to offer
their best stock tor sale in Texas instead of shipping it to the corn
belt as they have formerly done. This the leaders of the Breeder-
Feeder movement hope to accomplish by providing a profitable mar-
ket for feeder stock Heretofore the Texas farmers did not have the
opportunity to see or purchase anything except the culls which had
been rejected by feeders in Iowa and elsewhere but the Breeder-
Feeder Show is changing this condition and the .sale offers Texas
farmers t'nc chance to purchase the best of the herds
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On October 6, voter* of Mont-'
gotnery, Alabama, will decide
xisted only in their' whether a county-wide gasoline
tax of one cent a gallon shall be
levied to raise revenue for public
schools.
One wonders just what the
county will gain if t'nc voters fav-
or the proposal. Alabama already
has a five-cent state gas tax—
and the additional cent will work
a hardship on thousands of citi-
zens. Local gasoline dealers will
suffer, as all who are able will
buy ga.s outside the county line
before entering the city. If Mont-
gomery must have more money
for schools it should raise it in
the regular manner—and not by
class taxation. Every citizen,
whether he owns a car or not,
equally benefits from educational
facilities and should support them
accordingly.
The public will eventually rebel
against a sales tax of twenty or
more per cent
commodity.
on
a necessary
Local Governments
Eat Taxes
Every citizen should pay closet-
attention to local government
units.
(rovernor Meier of Oregon rc-
"entiy said that in 'nis state out of
$50,000,000 raised for taxes, loss
than ST.000.000 goes for state
purposes whilp the r'-maining
S48.000.000 represents local lev-
ies.
We will not have lower taxes
until we demand efficiency- and
economy from every local offi-
cial, as well as from United
States Senators and high state of-
ficials.
Jno. H. Sadwicli
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•xpert service on all lands and town lots in this County
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McCarty, Richard H. The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, September 11, 1931, newspaper, September 11, 1931; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth401980/m1/2/?q=central+place+railroads: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.