Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 134, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 7, 1981 Page: 1 of 34
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THREE SECTKHlS
Jail site purchase
back before county
Staff Special
Consideration of a contract to purchase
land for a new jail will be on the agenda for
the Hopkins County Commissioners Court
when it meets Monday at 10 a.m. in the
chambers of County Judge Joe R. Pogue.
The agenda was posted at 10 a.m. Friday
and gives no indication of the location of
the property, the owners, or possible
purchase price.
However, several county officials told
The News-Telegram that consideration
will be given to purchasing a tract smaller
— and at less cost — than that originally
proposed in a transaction that has been the
focal point of Court discussions in recent
weeks.
A contract to purchase about 6 acres of
land adjacent to Rosemont Street was
approved and signed by the county in
March, the purchase price set at $275,000.
After county voters turned down a
proposed jail and courthouse bond issue in
April, however, members of the Com-
missioners Court were faced with what to
do with the contract.
Commissioner Arnold Alsobrooks said
late Friday afternoon that he has been told
that Home Development Company —
which hold? the contract on the sale of the
six acres — would agree to selling three
acres for $125,000 and canceling the
original contract.
“They will sell us frontage on Jefferson
Street and it goes back three acres and
includes that shop and the motel,”
Alsobrooks said.
“If it’s a lie, well that’s what was told to
me,” Alsobrooks said.
Commissioner L.T. (Son) Martin said
that his understanding of the agenda item
was about the same as what Alsobrooks
had told The News-Telegram.
“That's they way I understand it,”
Martin said, “Everytime you think you’ve
got something done, something comes up.
That’s about all I can tell you until Mon-
day.”
Precinct 3 Commissioner T.M. (Mervin)
Chester was contacted by The News-
Telegram Friday afternoon and was asked
about the property.
Chester’s answer as to the location was,
“We’ll talk about it Monday.”
Asked if he knew the purchase price,
Chester replied, “I'd rather not talk about
it."
Judge Pogue, who was on vacation all
week, returned late Friday evening and
told The News-Telegram, "I told them (the
commissioners) before I left, ‘If you can
work out some kind of compromise while
I’m gone, go ahead.' Evidently they got
something worked out.”
Pogue said that he still felt that the
Home Development Company-owned
property was the only place to build the
jail.
“It just almost has to be there," Pogue
said, "unless you go out on the perimeter
of town.
“I think we have enough money for this
year since we’re on a nine-month budget.
I’m going to recommend that we not
budget any revenue sharing money for
anything other than capital improvements
of some type. We could use some of that
money for cleaning the site and so forth.”
As to when- the jail would actually be
built, Pogue said, “I don’t know. I feel like
it’ll have to be as soon as possible. We need
to protect ourselves against law suits that
could cost us two or three times what the
jail would cost us.”
County Auditor Marvin Stubbs said late
Friday afternoon that three com-
missioners (Precinct 1 Commissioner J.D.
Hatley, Chester and Martin) met in
Stubb’s office Thursday and agreed to buy
the three acres of land for $125,000.
“There’s some sort of stipulation about
the owners keeping possession of the
property for two or three years for tax
purposes,” Stubbs said.
He said that the commissioners are
considering the property owned by Tim
Kelty and Gene Watson that has been a
factor in recent meetings — a portion of
the same five acres that Judge Pogue
signed a contract on March 13 to purchase
at a cost of $275,000 after the com-
missioners had approved the matter on
March 9.
The commissioners have since said that
they thought that they were only ap-
proving an option for that property, net a
purchase contract. - -
“I got the $1,000 deposit back on the
other land over there,” Stubbs said in
reference to the Sellers Estate property
that the county also approved taking an
option on at the same March 9 meeting.
“As far as I know, that’s what they’ve
got planned to do,” Stubbs said, “It’s on
the agenda to buy it, not to consider buying
it and that would supposedly cancel out the
other contract.”
As to the prospects of actually building a
jail if the land is obtained, Martin said,
“We'll have to go back through a bond
election and I don’t know if it’d go or not.
“Whatever John Q. Public wants, will be
the best,” he said, “Maybe we can thrash
it.otit Monday morning.”
Commissioner H^tey could not be
reached for comma) ts,1’ although The
News-Telegram atterript^d to contact him
several times.
Other items on the agenda include ap-
proval of burial of telephone cables along
county road right-of-way, opening and
awarding bids for a used fork lift for
Precinct 1 and approval of bills.
Firm stance planned in
dealings with Soviets
By CLARKE KEYS
News-Telegram Staff
A policy to convince the Soviet Union
that there is no alternative to restraint is
being adopted by the United States
government in what a State Department
official describes as a “new vision."
John D. Scanlan, deputy assistant
secretary for Soviet and East European
Affairs, said that this government’s
position is designed to match what Russian
leaders understand most.
“The Soviets respect reciprocity,”
Scanlan said. “We’ve been too permissive
with them.
“Wg don’t blindly seek a confrontation
with the USSR,” he said, but added that
American officials believe that the
Russians better understand nations that
adopt firm positions.
The first priority in the government’s
program is to restore an acceptable
balance in military power, Scanlan - a
Foreign Service officer for 25 years — told
a group of editors and broadcasters.
This nation will continue to be com-
Happy ending
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Texas after floodwaters raged
through wide areas of the State. The
full account is carried on Page 11 of
today's News-Telegram.
mitted to consideration of arms control, he
said, but added... “not as a substitute to a
strong defense.”
Scanlan said there are many alter-
natives to military might in the area of
international dealings.
“Trade is among our most potent levers
and the West has great technological and
economic advantages," he commented.
He noted that Russia is much more
seriously interested in importing high
technology items from the West than grain
or other agricultural products.
Asked to describe Russian government
today, Scanlan said, “If Karl Marx
returned today he might not view the
USSR as strictly a Communist country.
But the Soviet system is still a state con-
trolled and state directed system.”
Scanlan said Americans should expect to
see a stepping up of political intimidation
by Russia against Poland in the next few
weeks. There has been no indication of a
military invasion buildup along the Polish
border by the Soviets though, he added,
and with modern intelligence Scanlan said
he doubted such a buildup could proceed
undetected.
The United States has a policy against
the intervention in Poland by any outside
force, t£s£tate Department official said,
and hfcs indicated to the Russian govern-
ment that such intervention would be
made only at a high cost to the USSR.
The rebuilding of Allied solidarity in
Western Eur ope also will be a key goal of
this administration, Scanlan said.
Scanlan said the new administration has
not taken an official position on the
resumption of SALT talks, describing such
consideration as "still under review.”
— News briefs-
Monsoon eases
but doesn't end
The monsoons of 1981 seem to be
slowing down a bit. Only .27 of an inch
of rain was recorded in the 24-hour
period ending at 8 a.m. Saturday, the
smallest amount of moisture recorded
in the last several days.
But the rainy season is not over yet,
according to the National Weather
Service forecast. The chance of more
rain continues to dominate the
outlook.
Weathermen Saturday morning
were calling for widely scattered
showers and isolated thunderstorms
during the afternoon and evening
hours and for a slight chance of
thundershowers Sunday.
Skies should remain mostly cloudy
through Monday with temperatures in
the 80s and extremely high humidity.
Overnight lows throughout the
period are expected to be in the upper
60s.
\ Equalization board
schedules session
The Hopkins County Board of
Equalization will convene Monday
and Tuesday at the Hopkins County
Tax Office on the downtown square.
The Commissioners Court will go
into session as the board of
equalization on both days at 1 p.m.
and continue to meet with citizens
who feel that their property is in-
correctly valued until 5 p.m.
Wal-Mart plans major store here
BENTONVILLE, ARK - plans to open a
56,350 square foot Wal-Mart Discount City
■tore in Sulphur Springs have officially
been announced by Sam Walton, chairman
Md Chief Executive Officer of the
Wal-Mart la to become one of the anchor
■tons in a shopping mall complex an-
lor a tract at Interstate M and
. preside* of. the
tie Sulphur Spring* *Urf<
approximately 71 asm
residents. Additional help will be hired
during peak seasons. No date for the start
of construction of the Wal-Mart store or
other occupants of the shopping center has
beenaet.
Prior to the store's opening date, in-
terview dates and location* will be an-
nounced locally, Shewmaker said.
Wal-Mart currently employs man than
*•* people throughout an U-atato ana.
At ymmand 1W there were 3» Wal-Mart
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founders Sam arid J.L. “Bud" Walton.
Wal-Mart is now headquartered in Ben-
tonville, Ark., where general offices and
three of the company’s distribution cen-
ters are located. Another distribution
center is in Searcy, Ark., and a fifth such
center was opened in March of this year at
Paiaatine, Tex
, Company official! said the Sulphur
Springs More will include a garden center,
ttoo, battery and accasaary center and a
Moving with the cow
Ed Reed (right) uses an esatz cow, “Old Bessy," suspended on a
cable in his arena as a training aid for his cutters, while his
trainer, Cindy Price, puts the Quarter Horse through its moves
during an afternoon workout. With the use of two small pulleys,
Reed can turn the cow back and forth or run it across the arena,'
forcing the cutting horse to react to the movements. The piece at
equipment helps cut down on the use of cattle needed far
training a cutting horse, e process which takes two years. "Then
you have another two years to showing before a cutler will he
good and a consistent winner," Reed said.
Laid-back ears and athletes
By KELLY J.BOLDAN
News-Telegram Staff
RIDGEWAY - To Ed Reed, there’s
nothing prettier than a quick turn on the
right lead, a pair of fox-ears laid back
along a muscular neck and a cow that
can’t get back to the herd.
Reed likes to watch that scene from
astride a specially-built saddle strapped
on a fine athlete. Reed is a cutting horse
trainer.
Reed’s fascination with the horse goes
all the way back to when he was a six-year-
old helping out on his father's farm and
ranch near Decatur.
Following high school graduation, Reed
began working his own farm in the
Decatur area and remained in that area
for over 30 years. In 1967, he and his wife,
Theola, moved to Hopkins County and
began their 100-head of dairy and 200-head
of stocker cattle on the Reed Jlanch, two
miles east of Ridgeway.
Throughout the years, Reed continued to
Mse horses for various purposes in his work
and developed a love for the athletic
ability of a good cutting horse.
Leaving the dairy business in 1972, five
years ago Reed and Theola maijg a
decision to start raising purebred Quarter
Horses and training cutting horses. “My
wife and I have always enjoyed horses. We
had developed an interest in the Quarter
Horse business and decided if we were
ever going to do anything in that line, we
had better grt stirted,” Reed said.
After two years of breeding horses, Reed
knows where he wants to go.
Reed is Intent on getting "a band of ‘Doc
Bar’ brood mares” for his ranch. He has
several granddaughters of the famous stud
as two-year-old fillies now. “Doc Bar is the
leading producer of cutting horse winners
in the nation at this time,” Reed said.
Doc Bar, originally bred for racing,
turned out to be a bit slow on the turf—and
a cutting horse dynasty was founded. His
owners started showing him a halter and
Doc Bar became a “Superior Halter
Horse.” Later, he was used as a stud for
some Quarter Horse mares and the
combination worked. The stallion gained
the rating of “Superior Sire”, producing
over a hundred winning Quarter Horses.
Reed has started showing his cutting
horses throughout Texas and brought
home several placings He is working hard
in his breeding program and training
“toward getting some top winners in the
cutting horse circuit.”
“The most important thing in the cutting
horse business is your bloodline. You have
to consider the athletic ability and the
disposition of the horse and the cow
knowledge or cow sense the animal has.
Then you breed with those characteristics
in mind,” Reed said.
After the colt is foaled, the fiat two
years are devoted to growth, exercise and
halter training. Then breaking the horse te
ride begins' and only after that is dawe as
the cutting traiidRfStart.
It takes over two year* to prape# trail
a catting horse and then two years of
showing before the catting' bone has
reached his full potential in lha art,’Reed
says- - *.... - 4 ' !
“In the breaking stage, you teach the
horse to ride quiet, then yoa can teach it
what you wart ft to do. Then when showing
a cutter, if be gets excited yea can pall on
the rein slightly and the horse will return
to the quiet stage. If a cutter gets too ex-
cited, he'll run off or throw you.
“The cutting horse is probably the
greatest athlete in the world because they
have to make so many moves so qukfcly ia
so many circumstances to keep the cattle
separated. And they are doing it while
carrying a pretty good size man, not a
smaD jockey,” he said.
For their work on their ranch with
cutting horses, Ed and Theola Reed will he
the recipients of the Progressive
Agriculture award presented by the
Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce
Agriculture Committee. A brief award
presentation ceremonies along with a tour
of their facilities will be held at M ajn.
Monday.
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 103, No. 134, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 7, 1981, newspaper, June 7, 1981; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth816668/m1/1/?q=technical+manual: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.