The Ennis Weekly Local (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 18, 1946 Page: 3 of 14
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Soil Conservation Guarantees
Us Against Future Want and Hunger
ELLIS COUNTY
FARM and LIVESTOCK
NEWS
Ellis County’s Farm Lands
Is Its Greatest Source of Wealth
^ Upstream Flood Control on
1 Trinity Watershed Necessary
For Soil Conservation Plan
(Editor’s note: This the second in a series of nine articles discussing the Trinity water-
shed flood control program authorized by Congress in the 1944 Flood Control Act for post-
war operations in soil conservation districts with federal assistance provided through the
Soil Conservation Service of the Department of Agriculture. The articles were prepared by
Douis P. Merrill, regional conservator of the Soil Conservation Service, of Fort Worth.)
v Upstream flood control on the
i Trinity River watershed by the
’ Department of Agriculture will
, supplement the downstream pro-
jf gram of reservoirs and other major
T structures proposed by the War
MMt Department for Trinity flood con-
Bk trol.
The plans of the Departments of
I .Agriculture and of War fit to-
j gether weli. They call for starting
1 at the top of the hill, where the
first trickle of water begins, carry-
ing the water in orderly fashion to
j the streams, and thence on to the
| Gulf. Thus floods, erosion, and
i sedimentation in reservoirs and
channels will be held to a mini-
* mum.
> Agriculture’s part in flood con-
trol, recognized for the first time
ir. the Nation’s history through the
1936’Omnibus Flood Control Act, is
to assist farmers in the application
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Brunswick Tires
Bicycles
Battery Radios
Oil Filters and
Refill Cartridges
Spark Plugs
Batteries - Long life
rater Bags
Babcock
Auto Supply
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uiaixi river cnannei xorms Uie
uuntf; tne principal uibuianes are
tfie urancnes; aim tne creeKs anu
crooKs are me twigs. Lets take a
look at the tarm lands along the
streams whicn are shown on the
map in broken lines.
The area above Palestine, whcih
is as far down as agriculture will
work under the 1944 Act, amounts
tc- 8,260,000 acres. Here small but
destructive floods arise from sud-
den, heavy rains concentrated over
a rather small area, sometimes only
50 to 100 square miles. Quite often
such rains occur when the soil is
moist, and it can’t soak up the
water. The excess water rushes off
the slopes, collects in brooks and
creeks and overflows in “flash”
floods. An average of 46 such flash
floods occur in the watershed an-
nually.
The farmers’ main flood problems
are from flash floods. They don’t
hurt the city folks or even the
farmers for very far along the
main streams because their force
ip lost rapidly as they go down-
stream, but they are very destruc-
tive in the area immediately con-
cerned.
A study of reports prepared by
the Agriculture and War Depart-
ments shows flood damages in that
part of the Trinity watershed
abov'S Palestine—excluding erosion
losses—amount on the average to
$2,270,000 each year. Of this total,
$1,133,000 occurs in the tributary
streams whose watersheds would be
protected by the agricultural pro-
gram, and approximately $1,137,-
000 occurs on the main stem of
the river which vould be protected
j by the Army’s program of reservoirs
and other major structures.
Of this total damage of $2,270,000
| only 62 per cent is caused by the
j spectacular floods which make the
headlines. The remainder, or $855,-
| 000, is caused by the.“flash” floods
j with heavy local damage.
Although soil conservation and
water retardation measures applied
on the uplands by farmers will re-
duce damage by- flash floods on the
small tributaries and reduce the
crests of major floods, such meas-
ures alone cannot control damage
caused by these floods along the
main stem.
The Corps of Engineers is con-
cerned with flood control measures
along the main stem and its major
tributaries. In contrast with the
40-50 flash floods that occur an-
nually in the small tributaries of
the Trinity, an average of only one
or two floods occur along the main
streams.
Such main stem floods are caused
by rainstorms quite unlike those
which manufacture flood trouble
farther up the stream system. Big
floods on the Trinity usually deve-
lop in the winter or spring when
rain falls for a long time over a
wide area—often over the entire
12,000 square , miles of the water-
shed. The ground becomes soaked
and as rains continue, soils take up
the water slowly, even with proper
conservation measures on the land.
Over thousands of square miles the
run-off from such storms drains
into the twig-like streams, then
into the principal tributaries. The
small tributaries may or may not
flood, but when this tremendous
volums of water reaches the main
] stem all at once, there’s a flood.
Control of such floods in the
lower basin of the Trinity is the
responsibility of the Corps of En-
gineers. Their plans call for the
construction of four new reservoirs,
the enlargement .of Lake Dallas,
the improvement of the levees and
floodways at Fort Worth and Dal-
las and other similar improvements
downstream.
BUY YOUR MEATS
From a Home
Killed Market and You Will Have a
Better Market for Your Livestock
Right at Home.
JOE ALEXANDER
Home Fed and Killed Meats
Phone 373 Brown St.
Ennis, Texas
*
EVERYTHING Y0UH
Striving to meet your needs in every way, Raymond
Jones Feed and Seed Store gives you well-balanced
feeds in . . .
N-S Feeds contain the needed minerals for the
health and productivity of all animals.
Hen Scratch
Lay Mash
Hog Fattener
Dairy Feed
We are in the market for your—
CORN
OATS
MILO
OTHER GRAINS
Raymond Jones Feed Mill
Raymond Jones Feed and Seed Store
Cecil Crowe, Mgr.
Waco Man Named
President Texas
Pecan Growers
Waxahachie, Tex., July 11, (UP)
—The Texas State Pecan Growers
elected J. C. Patterson of Waco
president and selected Brownwood
as next year’s meeting place at the
close of their 1946 meeting.
Other officers chosen were Ro-
bert C. Carter, Luling, vice presi-
dent and Andrew Winkler, secre-
tary.
Pecan authorities from Texas,
New Mexico and Oklahoma were
among the speakers on the two-
day program which closed yester-
day. •
Ellis Countians to
Attend Annual
Legume Field Day
Ellis County farmers and busi-
nessmen are invited to attend the
annual Legume Field Day on the
Denton Experiment Station July
18th, according to word received by
County Agent W. M. Love.
The program will start on the
Station at 9:30 a. m. according to
the announcement. The morning
w'ill be spent on the Station seeing
the various legumes as they are
growing and hearing them explain-
ed by Supt. P. B. Dunkle. Then at
1:30 the group will assemble in the
Denton City Hall for a general dis-
cussion of this subject. Madrid
sweet clover will receive special at-
tention, it was stated.
Over 800 attended this Legume
Day in 1944, it was stated. Sev-
eral from Ellis County were in at-
tendance at that time, and it is ex-
pected that a large delegation from
the county will attend again this
year, it was stated by Mr. Love.
Black Medic Seed,
Popular Pasture
Clover, Grown Here
The first Black Medic seed ever
to be harvested in any quantities
in Ellis County have just been har-
vested by Milton Wakefield of near
Waxahachie. Using a combine,
Mr. Wakefield got some 2,000 lbs.
of these seed from approximately
five acres, he stated.
Black Medic is one or the most
popular winter and early spring
permanent pasture clovers accord-
ing to County Agent W. M. Love ! much
and has been in great demand for January,
planting in astures over the county
the past few years. These seed
have been very hard to get during
the war period, and this local sup-
ply is expected to help out the
pasture program of the county.
These seed were planted last Oc-
tober with a drill on well prepared
land and leveled off in order to
have the land smooth for combin-
ing. The seed were grown in co-
operation with the Experiment
station to determine ways of har- i
vesting with a combine.
as people, • the officials said,
three of the business
j months, they plucked 667 lots of
citrus insects, 930 deciduous fruit
pests, 233 cotton bugs, 55 sweet po-
tato pest and 364 miscellaneous in-
sects form California-bound cars.
Awnings for standard size win-
dows. Heavy stripe material, met-
al frames. Price $2.95. ALLEN
FURNITURE CO.
There are about 96 million acres
of sagebrush lands on the Western
ranges.
BUG PESTS AND TOURISTS
FLOCK TO CALIFORNIA
Winterhaven, Cal. (UP) —Bugs
and tourists still are streaming into
California, a check at this border
inspection station discloses.
The station clocked 13,000 cars
passing its gate in April and May.
That’s a low for the year so far.
A high of 27,000 was registered in
January.
Plant pests are traveling just as
during November, December and
J. P. Griffith
Asks Consideration of His Platform
and Qualifications for the Office
°f I
County
Superintendent
The endorsement of friends and
neighbors of J. P. Griffith for the
Office of County Superintendent
appears in another section of this
paper. These are axpressions of
people who have worked with him
for more than twenty years, and
you are asked to consider them
carefully.
We give here a brief summary of
his qualifications and his platform.
QUALIFICATIONS AND
EXPERIENCE
—Graduate of a Teacher Training
College.
—A Full Year of Graduate Work
at S. M. U. With a Major in
Education.
—More than Five Years of College
Training.
-Twenty-Six Years Experience in
School Administration in Ellis i
County.
-Twenty-One Years in One School
System in This County.
—Eight Years in Rural Schools.
—Eighteen Years in Independent
District Schools.
J. P. GRIFFITH STANDS FOR:
1. More Sympathetic Coopera-
tion of Every Unit of Ellis County
Schools.
2. More Uniformity of Grade
Placement of Texts in Elementary
Schools.
3. An Adequate Curriculum Re-
vision to Meet the Needs for a Bet-
ter School System in Ellis County
for This Post-War Era.
4. Economy and Effeciency of
the Office in the County Superin-
tendent.
5. Fair and Impartial Treat-
j ment of Every District.
! 6. An Earlier Distribution of
Transportation and Tuition Funds
to the School Districts to Save In-
terest.
J. P. Griffith was reared in the
Ennis-Palmer vicinity and has
proved that he is worthy of a pro-
motion. Let’s give him a big ma-
jority on July 27.
(Pol. Adv.)
JUST INSTALLED A NEW
“MOBILSTATIC”
TIRE BALANCER
Have your tires balanced the new modern way
with rubber instead of balancing wheels with
weights.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
RED MOON PETROLEUM CO.
WE PAINT ANYTHING
We have just completed our new Paint Shop
Auto and Tractor Painting — Our Speciality
RED MOON PETROLEUM CO.
Live Stock Spray
and Dip
Free Your Livestock from
Ticks and Flies.
Raymond Jones.
Feed & Seed Store
Cecil Crowe, Mgr.
So Soon?
Almost before you1 real-
ize that your clothing
has been taken to the
Cleaners, they’re back—
delivered to your home, bright and clean with
creases restored.
YOU, too, will be satisfied with the cleaning
and pressing done at . . .
Harkins Cleaners
POLLAN FURNITURE AND
TRADING POST
New and Used Furniture
We pay Highest Cash Prices for your
Used Furniture
We buy anything of value
Furniture Store Trading Post
107 W. Brown
Phone 31
1009 S. Kaufman
Phone 1084
Are You Making Full Use of
THIS?
Let Us Check
Your Wiring
Now!
W’hy let inadequate wiring
rob you of the convenience
of your cheapest, most de_
pendable servant — Elec-
tricity? For a surprisingly
small cost you can have
plugs installed in all those
strategic places and double
your home’s livability!
117 S.DALLAS - ENNIS
Phone 32 for Free Estimate
v.. .
Let’s Elect
J\} , • • • y • ‘ '• ■ ,/ J \* : , • ' ‘, '• ■’ • ..
I0E THOMPSON, Ji.
As Our Next
County Cleik
We feel that he deserves your vote and influence for
he is—
• Qualified by Education and Business Experience
• Has successfully operated His Own Business
• A VETERAN of World War II
(This ad Paid for by Friends of Joe Thompson, Jr.)
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Nowlin, R. W. The Ennis Weekly Local (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 18, 1946, newspaper, July 18, 1946; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth799333/m1/3/?q=wichita+falls: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ennis Public Library.