The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 13, 1956 Page: 2 of 7
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1956
THE ARCHER COUNTY NEWS
NATIONAL EDITORIAL !
THE ARCHER COUNTY NEWS
Chaa. Martin, Publisher
Entered ns second-class nutter Oc
tuber 11, 1945, at the post oflict
at Archer City, Texas, under tb*
Act of March S. 1879
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Archer and adjoining Counties
$2.50 year; elsewhere $3.00 yeec
Any reflection on the character at
any person will be gladly corrected
If called to the attention of the
publisher.
Advertising rates nude Known up
on reouest
Sworn Circulation 1100
Patrolmen Seek
New Legislation
For Hiwav Safety
QUAIL AID PUSHED
AS RAIN HELPS
AUSTIN, Texas—Drought in-
flicted paralysis of the state’s
quail restoration program has been
eased in some areas as showers
have stimulated fall “catchup”
work, according to the assistant
executive secretary of the Game
and Fish Commission.
He said “now is the time” for
A meeting recently of Texas
Highway Patrolmen of the 16th
District was captioned “Legislation
for a Safer Texas.” Endorsing the
proposed legislation were the Tex-
as Safety Association, Texas Police
Association, State Bar of Texas
Traffic Regulation Committee, Tex
as Congress of Teachers and Par
ents Association. Texas Federation
of Women’s Clubs, State Firemen
and Fire Marshals' Association,
American Automobile Association,
Texas Municipal Police Association,
Sheriffs’ Association of Texas. Tex-
as Medical Association, Southwest-
ern Insurance Information Service,
Junior C of C and others.
Significant is the fact that so
many safety-wise organizations are
underwriting the proposed legisla-
tion which is as follows:
Point 1: That the Legislature
be requested to provide a monetary
increase in the salaries and bene-
fits of the Texas Department of
Public Safety Personnel and an in
crease in the size of the Texas
Highway Patrol.
Point 2 That the Legislature be
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Texas hunters to pledge time that |
might have been devoted to their requested to establish a county
favorite sport of quail hunting un- wjtje traffic court system,
der more favorable conditions. Point 3: That the Legislature
Quail hunting in Texas is justj be requested to amend the Gilmer-
another one of the many victims | Aiken School Finance Laws (Sen-
of the devastating drought. Out- j at€ gill 116, Chapter 334, Acts of
side of the Panhandle and parts tbe 51st Legislature) to provide
of East Texas, the popular fall j for driver education teachers,
pastime has been reduced to a I Point 4: That the Legislature
fraction of former facilities. be requested to enact a law to pro-
The Game and Fish Commission bibit the sale and use of fireworks
has spearheaded efforts to begin | jn Texas.
restoring quail as soon as the dry j p0jnt 5; That the Legislature
spell yields to conditions conducive
to providing food and cover. As a
part of the program, the commis-
sion this year established an ex-
perimental state quail farm at Ty-
ler which is designed to provide
brood quail for areas where native
stock has disappeared.
The assistant executive secre-
tary said the first year’s produc-
tion has been only partly distribut-
ed simply because lack of rainfall
and the unprecedented heat balk-
ed habitat establishments efforts.
“Now we’re. beginning to get
some rain,” he said, “and the peo-
ple really interested in personal-
ly helping bring back the quail
have their chance. After all. fall
is the ideal time for plowing and
for planting at least some of the
needed cover anJ food plants.”
All vailable fir’d •'•'rsonnel, par-
ticularly game wa 'dens, are avail-
able for consonant services for
individuals and croups eager to
have an actua' part in ‘he greatest
be requested to enact chemical
testing law.
Point 6: That the Legislature
be requested to pass a resolution
directing the Legislative Council
to make a study of the over all
traffic problem, including existing
traffic laws.
Point 7: That the Legislature be
requested to enact laws making
juveniles amenable for their ariffic
violations.
Concerning Point 1, it is an ob-
vious fact that in order to proper-
ly enforce even the present safety
laws, a much larger number of
enforcement officers is needed and
the need will continue with the
annual rise in vehicles operated
on the highways. In order to ob-
tain efficient personnel, salaries
My phone number is.
The data should be mailed to the
Game and Fish Commission head-
quail restoration program in Tex-, quarters in Austin, which will have
as history.
The assistant e-er-riva secre-
tary said persons desiring a share
in the effort will b- contacted if
they will simply notify the com-
mission. He asked news media,
which have been the backbone of
the quail restoration information
facility, to pass along this basic
bid for identifying potential parti-
cipants.
“I want to help bring back quail
to Texas. My name is--
-My address is:
the names processed through local
game wardens or other field per-
sonnel.
“I have a hunch,” said the as-
sistant executive secretary, “that
many a Texan who sorely misses
his quail hunting will slow down
long enough to send us his name.
They may have some land or know
somebody who has some land suit-
able for quail propogation. Our
men will work with them, and,
where conditions are at all pos-
sible. the ground work will be laid
for definite action.”
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and benefits should be in accord-1 sibly furthering a better high-
ance with the training necessary, way safety program in our great
In other words, a ditch-digger does j Lone Star State and it would be
not need a great deal of education i proper and fitting for every tax
and training—his chief need is payer and driver of a motor ve-
brawn and a shovel. Not so with hide to contact our legislators and
a professional such as a teacher, urge that such legislation be pass-
doctor, jet pilot or highway patrol-
man. And education and training
—and living at the same time—
require money.
Op Point 2, a county-wide traffic AUSTIN, Tex.—The best dressed
court would enable enforcement 1956 hunter never completes his
HUNTING SAFER SO EAR IN '56
officers to keep records that would
help the court determine the de-
gree of penalty to assess on a
nineteen-time traffic violator as in
ratio with a one-time offender.
Officers and educators alike be-
lieve that compulsory driver edu-
pre-shoot routine until he deter-
mines whether he looks like a
bird or beast, dryly observed the
Executive Secretary of the Game
and Fish Commission.
"That is being facetious,” Jie
said, "but it’s getting that time of
cation courses would benefit the. the year when people actually are
drivers and decrease accidents, (mistaken for fair game. One man
death and destruction. j shot another and explained later
Anyone who has seen physical, that the target looked like a squir-
injury that resulted from use of ’ rel; another mistook a man for a
fireworks will agree that there fox. The more common mistakes
should be a state law against the 1 occur during big game hunting,
sale and use of them. I of course, when ‘sound and motion’
In fact, each of -the proposals ( hairtrigger people bang away pro-
seems to have great virtue in pos-j miscuosly.
The executive secretary said he
would risk offending Texans with
such ludicrous reminders “if we
can help save a life or so.’* “After
all,” he went on, “safety involves
constant prompting aljout the sim-
plest precautions. Guns and hunt-
ing are here to stay but we have
to keep harping on the fact that
weapons are dangerous and must
be respected as such.”
He cited the seasonal statistics
as showing fewer hunting acci-
dents “than usual” but emphasized
that all four fatalities to date in-
volved “the oldest anfl most com-
mon violations of safety.”
- A 14-year-old boy killed _a 17-
year-old companion when his shot-
gun went off a$ he took the load-
ed weapon from their car; a 16-
year-old killed himself in pulling
his shotgun toward himself from
a car; a 16-year-old was killed
when he poked his head into line
of fire of a companion’s rifle; a
man driving a can was fatally shot
when a loaded rifle being handled
in the back seat by two teen agers,
was discharged.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF
ESTATE OF WADE H. SIMPSON
DECEASED
Notice is hereby given that on
the 6th day of September, 1956,
I was appointed Independent Ex-
ecutor of the Estate of Wade H.
Simpson, deceased, by the County
Court of Archer County, Texas,
and qualified as such on the 8th
day of September, 1956.
All persons having cfaims
against said estate are hereby re-
quested to present the same to me
within the time prescribed by law.
My residence and post office ad-
dress are Holliday, Archer County,
Texas.
H. M. SIMPSON
Independent Executor of the Es-
tate of Wade H. Simpson, de-
ceased. 39-ltc
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The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 13, 1956, newspaper, September 13, 1956; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth708346/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Archer Public Library.