The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 24, Ed. 1, Friday, March 5, 1937 Page: 2 of 6
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THE BAPlTLETT TRIBUNE
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THE BARTLETT TRIBUNE
AND NEWS
Published Every Friday in Bartlctt Texas
By-
W. W. FOX Editor
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AN OBJECTIONABLE PRACTICE
Attention has been called to the fact that per-
sons have been using the ditches along the road
leading to the cemetery as a dumping pace for rub-
bish and junk and that even dead animals have
been dumped along this road.
While such practice indulged in on any road is
objectionable the using of this particular road as
a "dumping" place is for obvio.us reasons highly
objectionable.
State Laws For
Soil Conservation
Address by Henry A. Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
over the National Farm
and Home Hour
"WANTED: FORESIGHT
tt
The Tribune recommends reading of the follow-
ing thought provoking editorial which appeared in
the current issue of Holland's Magazine:
"The inevitable perfecting of the mechanical
cotton picker is going to create within a handful of
years one of the most serious problems the South
has been called on to face: the release from present
.seasonal employment of at least a million farm
workers.
"We can take two courses in our handling of
this problem. We can as we have in the case of
so many other vital questions smugly shut our
eyes to it and deny its existence even when it ex
ists. Or we can face it squarely and do something
about it. And if we decide to do Something about it
we can begin doing that now or wait until the un
employed thousands have poured into our towns
and cities swelling the job-demanding population.
I o Holland s mind there can be no question
about whether we shall face the problem and do
our best to solve it or about whether we shall face
it now or later. The only question is what shall we
do?
"And the answer we believe is to be found in
Arthur Coleman's series of articles on the status
and possibilities of industry in the South. This series
clearly indicates the almost limitless opportunities
in the South for small and "medium-sized industries
that utilize the natural and other resources of this
region. Industries that have every justification for
existence in the South. Industries that can be fin
anced established and operated by people and
money here in the South. Industries that if we will
bring them into being will create at once both em-
ployment for every Southern man woman and
youth who wants to work and by reason of the
money thus distributed in "wages profits and pur-
chases an ever richer and more prosperous mar-
ket for their products.
"If we act now the South can and will have a
sound and flourishing stratum of these smaller in-
dustries in good time to absorb the people who. will
leave the fields of the South. If we continue blindly
reactionary in our attitude toward these manifold
opportunities if we continue to regard only the
branch factory of a national industry as worth
while we will find ourselves burdened to a grave
extent with an ever-growing stream of agricultural
unemployed.
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XI
Last Saturday I was talking
with Hugh Bennett Chief of the
Soil Conservation Service and
found him rather discouraged be
cause farmers had riot taken
more interest in his work. His
service in the past three years
has set up 54Q demonstration
areas and ways to stop wind and
water erosion are being demon'
strated on these areas in every
part of the United States. Nev-
ertheless the farmers living out
side of these areas have n used
the improved methods as fast
as Bennett believes they should.
He spoke of the dust storms this
year in Oklahoma and Kansas
and of how these storms could
have been prevented in large
measure if the farmers had fol-
lowed the recommendations put
out by Mr. Bennett's organiza-
tion. I told him not to become
discouraged but to remember
that with any new idea it takes
about seven years before the
dembnstratioins' "become suffi
ciently talked about so that
they begin to influence the av
erage man s action. At first peo
ple are very slow to change but
when the new factors demon
strate their soundness and peo
pie think about them from every
point of view it is remarkable
how rapid the final progress be-
comes. Bennett is a soil conservation
scientist and evangelist who be
came convinced ten or fifteen
years ago that if the people of
the United States did not stop
mining and exploiting their soil
in a shortsighted selfish indivi-
dualistic way the time would
cOme when' water and wnd ero-
sion would make of the United
States another China.
Evangelists who give their
life to a cause sometimes become
momentarily tired and discour-
aged. That is why I am asking
that iose farmers of the United
States who are really concern-
ed about erosion write to Hugh
Bennett Chief of the Soil Con-
servation Service at Washington
D. C telling him what they
think of the efforts of the Ser-
vice and offering to do all they
can to helD Bennett's organiza
tion succeed by keeping the soil
on their particular farms from
washing into the rivers or blow-
ing into the air. Or if they have
constructive suggestions to
make by all means send them
along to Mr. Fennett. Probably
some farmers still dont' know
just What to do to control ero-
sion hut T am sure they will be
glad to act m a practical way as
soon as they know how.
Last summer the United Staes
Department of Agriculture
reached' the conclusion that it
was foolish to spend large sums.
of money setting up soil conser
vation projects unless we could
be certain of more unanimous
cooperation by farmers and land-
owners in the different localities.
Of course this .more unanimous
cooperation could be obtained
only by invoking state authority.
The Federal Government can
however withhold benefits and
services from those states which
do not pass laws making possible
the right kind of cooperation.
buon proposed laws are now
before a number of state legis
latures. They provide fpr letting
up sou conservation districts
provided the majority of farm-
ers and landowners in a given
area vote that they want a soil
conservation district. These pro-
posed state laws provide furth
er that land use regulations may
be established within the dis-
trict by the vote of a substan-
tial maioritv. Some states mav
Wish to require a 75 per cent fav
orable vote.
The passage of such legislation
really means that state author-
ity is provided to the district to
enforce participation in a soil
conservation program on any
minority of non-cooperators. The
Federal Government can then
spend money on a district set up
in this way with some assurance
that a real job can be done to
rihe'ck and absorb heavy rains at
the headwaters before Vigy have
a'clhance to- loin the swollen
fream. In like manner dusfe
storms can ultimately be control.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
DIRECTORS MEET AT
CITY HALL TUES. NIGHT
(Continued from Page 1)
committee composed of Adolph
Steglich. H. S. Skinner Robert
SpSiKelhauer. Clyde Richards.
Rudolph Persky and Clarence
Seale will meet" at the city hall
nt 1 p. m. Saturday to formu
late plans for their drive it was
announced Thursday.
H. A. Dalton was elected chair
man of the road committee. The
personnel of this committee will
be ahnbuhced at the conclusion
of the membership drive.
Utner committees will be an
nounced at a later date.
Miss Bblbbie McGlothlin was
elected assistant secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce.
Directors attending the meet-
ing Tuesday flight were: Hollis
Dalton presideht; E. M. Steg-
lich vice president; E. E. Lin-
deman treasurer; Roy E . Huds-
peth secretary; John Lawrence
R. W. Miller A. Gersbach Fred
Blair Dr. 0. J. Koepke Walter
Fox Frarik Fischer Walter Steg-
lich and Doc Powitzky.
CARD OF THANKS
We Wish to express our sin-
cere thanks and appreciation to
the many .kind friends and neigh
bors for their kindness and
thoughtfulness shown us during
the illness and death of our son
and grandson Ralph R. Jr.
And we also wish to thank
those for the many beautiful
floral offerings. Each and every
one of you will be. gratefully re
membered by us all.
Ralph R. Puckett
Mr. and Mrs. IL. Puckett
and family.
M. L. White
and family
W. C. Puckett
and family
WE ARE OVER THE 700 MARK-
WILL YOy HELFlTSEACH
THE hiQOd mark?
Central Texas Insurance Soc-loty
(UNDER SUPERVISION OF STATE INS. DEPT.)
HOME OFFICE: BARTLETT TEXAS
Across Street From Czarowitz
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Mr.
Mr.
ing on the areas most likely to
control the trouble. P.ut in no
case Will the work be started
until the majority of the people
have given their assent and have
said that they want the help of
the Government.
In' the old days neither farm-
ers nor city people were inter-
ested in this kind of thing. Farm-
ers could then wear out a farm
and move onto another one.
Neither floods nor duststorms
caused so much damage. The
Great Plains had not yet been
overgrazed or plowed up. But
now it is different. The good
farm land! is fully occupied and
much of it is overgrazed and ov-
erplowed. Trees have been cut
off of land which should have
been left in trees. Grassland has
been plowed that should have
been left in grass. The water the
winds and the droughts have all
become more violent. It is time
for farmers state governments
and the federal government to
work together in the most con-
structive manner possible. I hope
that the governors and the leg-
islators of those states in which
state legislatures are now in ses-
sion will give the most serious
consideration to this problem.
ba'rtlett high sc8o6l
graduates making
splendid records
(Continued from Page 1)
highest school is 42. Other
scores range from this figure
down to 6. The general average
for all schools is 29.8. The score
made by Baxtlett High School on
the basis df her graduates is 40
only two points below the second j
inynuau scnooi in tne sunt: ui
the 386 high schools represent
ed 18 have a higher rating than
the Bartlett school Bartlett out-
ranks 378. This is a record that
any town can be proud of.
"In. addition to the many peo-
ple from Bartlett who are mak-
ing good in the larger colleges
and universities there is a num-
ber in business schools and
nursing schools taking training
for vocations. It is not possible
to get as complete data on' these
pupils but what reports that can
be obtained are to the effect
that Bartlett ex-students are
leading in class work.
"Another source of informa-
tion used for the determining of
the standing of the Bartlett
schools is the reports sent in to
the State Department of Educa-
tion by the visiting supervisors.
Quoting from the report sent in
concerning the entire school sys-
tem by the most recent super-
visor it reads A well organized
and managed school system is
evident. The high school library"
giyes good service. An enthus-
iastic school spirit in the stu-
d'erit foody is manifested. The
supervisor appreciates the many
courtesies shown him by Super-
intendent Bentley.'
"Data frbrtl 'wHich all Of
above information was drawi
on file at the office of the hlf
school..
"Bartlett can be proud offcher
school system. This achievement
has been made possible by the
faithful and cooperative efforts
of the citizens taxpayers board
of trustees and city officials"
SUperintendent'Beritley stated.
MRS. LUCAS ROWNTREE
RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL
Mrs. Lucas Rowntree who has
been seriously ill jn a Temple
hospital for the past two months
returned to 'her home on Clark
Street Saturday.
Mrs. Rowntree desires to thank
her friends for their many kind
and thoughtful expressions dur
ing her recent illness.
"Their visits flowers lettei
and cards of cheer that
so much to one in a hospitf
deeply appreciate Mrs. w&
tree said.
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Fox, W. W. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 24, Ed. 1, Friday, March 5, 1937, newspaper, March 5, 1937; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth76462/m1/2/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.