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TRADE IN MARFATHE BIG BENThursday, January 3,1957 No. 44

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MARFAPrMidio County, T«xa»

1957 Hope: End To 7-Year DroughtOIL RUMORSFLOOD AREA

A fresh crop of rumors wereplanted in the Big Bend areaTuesday as .cULeens awakenedfrom the quietest year-end cele-bration known to Presidio Coun-tians.

OIL, OIL, OIL . . . was thebig topic of conversation hereas the New Year was usheredin.The sweet, ambrosia-type rum-

ors have been heard time andpast, there is no official word toagain in this area and as in thebaek them up and prospects are. . . well . . .

This time, though, the Vum*ors take on a triple-threat ap-pearance-First, it is predicted, a well-

known oil company will drill awell in the area early in 1957.

Second, the rumors say, threemajor companies are leasingmore land in the county. CourtHouse records do not discloseany new leasing, but it was point-ed out that recording of theseleases is usually three monthsbehind. Companies mentionedwere Pure, Gulf and Magnolia.

Third, a Mexican company willdrill a well just across the Pre-sidio county line in Chihuahua,and there is said to be leasingactivity along the Rio Grandevalley.

At this junction it mightbe well to point out that thearea's biggest New Yearsblowout, as usual, was at O-jinaga, Chihuahua.In 1956 there was some leasing

activity in Presidio county by thePure Oil Company and Gulf isalso known to have renewedleases in the eastern part of theCounty. In 1956 Pure Oil duga wildcat, Massey West No. 1,almost on the Brewster-Presidiocounty line and is said to have hita granite formation.

MARINE CORPSOFFICER WILL

-VISIT SUL ROSSAlpine, Texas, Jan* 1 First Lieu-

tenant Charles E. Thompson, re-presenting th? Marine (TTorps. willvisit the Su Ross State Collegecampus on January 7th and 8th.

Students interested in receivinga commission in the Marine Corpsreserve or obtaining informationon their present military obliga-tions, siiould contact this teamwhile it is on the Sul Ross cam-pus. '.

Marine Corps officer programs,offer commissions only to Collegegraduates. Members of the Pla-toon Leaders Class train duringtwo six week summer trainingperiods and receive a commissionupon graduation* Seniors andGraduates may apply through theOfficer Candidate Course and beoffered a commission after suc-cessful completion of a ten-weektraining course. Training as aMarine Corps pilot is availablethrough both of these programs.

ALIEN ADDRESSFORMS MUST BEIN BY JAN. 31Marcus T. Neelly, District Dir-

ector of the Immigration andNaturalization Service today urg-ed ail aliens in New Mexico andwest Texas who have not yet fill-ed out alien address report forms,to do so before January 31, atthe nearest Immigration Serviceor local post office.

The Immigration official point-ed out that the law requires allnon-citizens except persons indiplomatic status, foreign repre-sentatives to the United Nationsand Mexican national contractlaborers to report their addressto the Government each January.

Mr. Neelly added: "The parentor legal guardian of alien child-ren under 14 years of age mustfill out the address report formfor such children, in order tocomply with the law."

He declared: "We have tried tomake it as convenient as possiblefor non-citizens to meet the ad-dress report requirement, and inview of serious penalties for will-ful violation, all persons subjectto the address report law are urg-ed to fulfill this obligation beforethe end of January."

Mr. Neelly advised: "It is easyfor an alien to meet this require-ment. He just goes to the nearestImmigration Service office orpost office, fills out the addressreport form, and returns it tothe clerk. Any non-citizen who isill may send a friend or relativeto' obtain the card for him, andreturn it to the clerk after ithas been completed by the alien."

The Immigration official said9,000 aliens already have filledout address reports. He estimatedthat 50,000 such reports will befiled in west .Texas and NewMexico before January 31.

COMMISSIONERSTO APPO5NT NEWCITY ATTORNEY

Appointment of a new city at-torney will be on the agenda for,city commissioners at their meet-ing next week. The appointmentbecame necessary when the pre-sent attorney, W. H. Earney, took

attorney this week.

COUNTY ATTORNEY —

PARK TRAVELSHOWS HEAVYINCREASEVisitors travel to Big Bend Na-

tional Park showed an outstand-ing increase during 1956, Supt.George W. Miller said today. Totalnumber of park visitors during1956 was 89,709, and as comparedwith 3955 total of 80,990, an in-crease of 8,719 visitors.

Visitors totals during the lastmonth of 1956 also showed anunusual increase, primarly dur-ing the Christmas holiday per-iod. Park visitors during Decem-ber 1956 totalled 4,353 as com-pared with 3,214 during the samemonth last year, an increase of1,139 viistors.

Supt. Miner also pointed outthat all travel trends indicatethat Big Bend National Park willundoubtedly have another out-standing year during 1957. Thisfuture travel increase will be ac-celerated under the developmentand protection program as plan-ned by the MISSION 66 prospec-

NEW COUNTYOFFICIALS TAKEOVER DUTIESEight Presidio county officials

took their oaths of office Wednes-day morning in a special termof the County Commissioners'court. Mrs. Delia Bond, PresidioCounty Clerk, administered theoaths.

Only two new officials begantheir term of duty—William H.Earney, Presidio County Attor-ney, and Mack Savage, PresidioJustice of the Peace. Mr. Savagewas appointed to complete theunexpired term of Henry Olthoff,deceased. He will serve two years.The remaining seven men willserve four-year terms beginningJanuary 2, 1957.

Others starting new terms inoffice are Ernest W. Barnett,sheriff; Jim Freeman, commis-sioner Precinct 1; Clyde Vaught,commissioner Precinct 3; HomerMcCormack, constable Precinct 1;Severiano Catano, constable Pre-cinct 3, and Pedro Valenzuela,constable Precinct 4.

The officials were sworn inWednesday instead of Tuesdaybecause of the January 1st NewYear holiday.

CONCERT ARTIST—Frances Archer and Beverly Gilewil l present their international songs and ballads inthe second concert of the season arranged by the Tri-County Community Concert association. The programwill be in Sul Ross college auditorium Tuesday, Jan-uary 8.

Plans Shape Up ForJr. Livestock Show

Plans are in the making thisweek for the annual 4-H and FFAJunior Livestock show scheduledfor Saturday, January 12, at theEppenauer gymnasium.

Si Phillips is show chairmanunder the supervision of J. B.Steen, J-H supervisor, and DonEverett, FFA advisor. Othersworking on the event are Rob-ert. Humphris, secretary: ScottPeevey, assistant secretary; JimWhite, cattle superintendent, and** — -- • . . .<jr<xy

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William H. Earney began tu» f o r B lg " Nat ional Park-serving a four-year term Mr. and Mrs. Earl HoicombOS Presidio County Attor-^nd family of El Paso spent

. i . , KA c Christmas here with Mrs. Hoi-ney this week. Mr. Earney comb,s parents, Mr. and Mrs.was nominated in the July Jimmy Mills. Little Cynthia AnnPrimary and elected in theNovember general elec-tion.

Frank Jones issales committee,Pruett in charge of the weigh-ing of the lambs.

Two new classifications will beadded to the show this year, Mr.Steen said. The Junior Herefordbull class and registered Ram-bouillet.

Approximately 100 fat lambswill be entered this year, alongwith five Hereford steers, nineHereford bulls, and four head ofRambouillet breeding sheep.

About forty students areing part in the event.

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remained for a longer visit withMr. and Mrs. Mills, who tnnk herback to El Paso Monday for aNew Year Day visit.

JAN. 15 ISBIG TAXPAY DAY

"Put double rings aroundJanuary 15 on that new 1957calendar." advises Harry P.Gon/ales of the Internal Rev-enue Service in Pecos.

Here's why: January 15 isthis /ear's deadline , for pay-ing final installments of UncleSam'u 1966 estimated taxes.

So much for one calendarring; the other ring aroundJanuary 15 is to remind localtaxpayer* that the 15th is thedeadline to amend a priordeclaration of estimated taxto avoid possible penalties forunderestimation.

BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKIN PARK CALLED THIS WEEKInvitations for bids for the cons-

truction of 20 single family res-idence.-? and two apartment dwel-ling at park headquarters, Pan-ther Junction, Big Bend NationalPark, will be available for dis-tribution the first week of Jan-

uiva*uarvtions and bidding documents maybe obtained without charge fromthe National Park Service, 1000Geary Street, San Francisco, 9California.

All of this building construct-

will he one-story, with mason-ry block exterior wails, woodframing, asbestos cement shingles,metal sash, asbestos tile floor cov-ering, ceramic tile, plumbing,heating and electrical work. Thebids will be opened in the Nation-al Park Service Kegion Tnree oi-fice, Santa Fe, New Mexico onFebruary 14.

This is the initial start on theMISSION '66 development andimprovement program for BigBend National Park.

SHORTHORNS ENTER BIG LAKEINVITATIONAL TOURNAMENTBasketball is being rusumed in

the local schools this week afterthe holiday recess.

The Shorthorns and Coach BillBarker left today for Big Laketo enter the three-day invitation-al tournament."

The first home game followingthe vacation period will be withMarathon at Hunter gym Mon-day, January 7, with two morehome games to follow shortlyafter. Fort Stockton will playhere January 11, and Big Lake

the following Tuesday, January15.

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played away from home and in-clude Marathon; January 18; Al-pine, January 22; Fabens Jan-uary 25-26, and Sanderson, Jan-uary 29. Three -more home gameswill be played in February.

The Marfa-Blackwell JuniorBroncs have open dates until Jan-uary 17 when they play AlpineCentral there.

ARCHER AND GILEWILL APPEAR IN.SECOND CONCERTThe Tri-County Community

Concert association will presentFrances.Archer and Beverly Gilein the second concert of the cur-rent season at Sul Ross collegeauditorium Tuesday, January 8,at 8 p.m.

Miss Archer and Miss Gile, whowill bring their popular programof international songs and bal-lads, have added something newto the old and respected art formof folk music.

Their highly successful debutconcert in Los Angeles in 1955was heralded as a "departurefrom the small-voiced w*hisperingtype cf ballad singing" by the LosAngeles newspapers which ap-plauded them for thoir directhumor, clear diction and expres-sive quality. %

Firmly established today asparticularly bright stars in theirchosen field, the team is qu'^k-ly becoming a national favoriteThey have made television ap-pearances on the "Arthur God-frey Show", Dave Garroway's"To-Day," th* Ford Foundations"Omnibus," and Walt Disney's"Mickey Mouse Club" for whichthey are also recording stars.

Frances Archer is a native ofCorpus Christi and Beverly Gileis from Los Angeles. Their styleIs said to be very personal, fullof character and grace, and theirvoices clear, interpreting the soulsof different people in eleven dif-ferent languages. Reviewers saythey accomplish all of this withsuch simplicity of style that theyimmediately conquer their aud-ence.

Barton RenamedEl Paso BranchBank DirectorFrank W. Barton president of

the Marfa National bank, hasbeen re-appointed as a directorof the El Paso branch of the Fed-eral Reserve system, for a three-year term beginning January 1,1957.

The appointment was made bythe board of directors of the Fed-eral Reserve bank of Dallas.

Rain in grass-growing quan-tities would be Presidio County'sgreatest boon in 1957 and woulddo^most to promote a prosperouseconomy, most citizens agreed asthe New Year was ushered in thisweek.

Many optimistic Marfanslooked at leaden skies Tuet-day, Wednesday and Thurs-and believed that it signifiedthe end of seven-years ofdrought for the Big Bend.

The long drought began in 1949and reached its worst year in1956. Less than six inches of rainfell in Marfa during the year andmost o£ the ranch lands receivedless. The rains were scattered andfell at times whon they Gid theleast good.

Even so, ranchers generallyhave carefully left enoughgrass so that if 1957 provesto be the end of the drought,much of the land will blossomagain.

Marfa looks forward to theconstruction of a new 100-manReserve Training Center whichis scheduled for construction a*bout next June. But off-again-onagain Radar. Base is still a pos-sibility but no further word liasbeen received since it was learnedthat this' project has been placedin a suspense status for re-studypurposes.

A number of other projectshave good prospects for adoptionand word on these should be re-leased in February and March.

The Marfa Chamber of Com-merce is continuing its effortsto attract industry and there ap-pears to be some reason to be-lieve tbat 1957 will see the startof Marfa's first large factory.

Water, beneath the earth ratherthan above it, may prove to be-Marfa's best talking point, butsuperb climate is also an attrac-tion.

Many Marfans believe that fut-ure development will depend lar-gely on tourist traffic. Highway90 definitely appears likely todouble traffic volume and in theevent the much-promised Chihua-hua highway is built Marfa willbecome a busy tourist cross road.

Mr. and Mrs. George Jones hadwith them over Christmas, theirdaughters and families, Mr. andMrs. Reuben Evans and son Reu-ben, of Truth or Consequences,N. Ml; Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Har-ris and daughter, Michelle, offLubbock, and Mr..and Mrs. L. R»Wairiwright and family of VanHorn.

C V. MADRIDCOMPLETESLINEMAN COURSE

FORT GORDON, GA. (AH*TNO—Pvt. Catarino V. Madrid,son of Mr. and Mrs. Catarino V.Madrid. Marfa, Tex, recently wasgraduated from the lineman'scourse at the Army's SouthestemSignal School, Fort Gordon,. Ga.

The eight-week course trainedMadrid to construct and main-tain both open and lead coveredfield communication wires andcables.

Madrid entered the Army inJuly 1956 and completed basictraining at Fort Bliss.

The 20-year-old soldier attend-ed Marfa High School.

Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Crossonwere visitors in El Paso severaldays last week.

FFA AND 4-H MEMBERS MAKEFAIR SHOWING AT ODESSA MEETMarfa FFA and 4-H club boys

and girls made a pretty fair show-ing at the Sand Hills Herefordand Quarter-horse show in O-dessa the first of the week. J. B.Steen, 4-H supervisor said he wasparticularly pleased with the out-come of the lamb show.

Doris Doyal placed sixth in theheavyweight lamb class with Rob-ert Allison taking eighth placein the same class.

In the lightweight class BaileyWheeless took seventh and eight-eenth places, Robert Pruett, six-teenth, and Bobby Rawlings, sev-enteenth.

Marfa boys and girls won sec-ond place in the lamb show inthe group of five. Lambs shownin the group belonged to DorisDoyal, Bailey Wheeles, DabneyPhillips, Robert Pruett and Rob-ert Allison. .

In the Rambouillet show Rob-ert Pruett placed eighth and ninthin the yearling ram class; sixthin the yearling ewe class, and

ANNUAL LIBRARYREPORT SHOWSMUCH INTEREST

Marfa Public library received' seventh in the*, ewe lamb class.247 additional books during theyear 1956, according to the an-nual report issued by Mrs. M. A.Adams, librarian. Of that number50 were purchased and 197 weredonated.

The report further stated that1,519 visitors registered duringthe year, and 2,781 books wereissued.

During December, activity atthe library slackened due to out*side activities. 'Only 95 visitorswere registered and 199 booksIssued. Three books were donatedand {our purchased.

The library purchased a set ofBible storle* bringing the numberup to seven volumes, with threemore yet to be bought.

The Marfa group competedwith some 200 entries in the lambshow.

In the steer show Mary LaneMellards calf placed 27th in thelightweight class, and EugeneDoyal's calf placed 23rd in themedium weight class. About 125steers were exhibited in thatshow.

The boys and girls were ac-cdmpanied by Mr. Steen, DonEverett, FFA advisor, and Ken-neth Mellard. Mr. Steen and Mr.Everett returned wiTh the groupTuesday night and Mr. Mellardand son, Courtney, and EugeneDoyal remained for the week toattend the livestock sale Satur-day morning.

FIRST NEWAUTOMTICWARNING

Marfa may have the dis-tinction of having the onlyautomatic voice repeaterwarning system for airplanesin the belief of HaroldSchultz, electronic engineerwith the Civil Aeronotics Ad-ministration.

The system is currentlybeing installed by Mr. Schultzas ar experiment for theCAA.

Tne device is operated elec-tronically and a pilot issuinga warning to other airoraftin this vicinity will have hitwarning recorded and repeat-ed automatically by the newtype warning system.

Mr. Schultz is expected tocomplete the installation w'th-\n tffti'Niwif' few weexs. Atfar as he is aware this is thefirst such warning system ins-talled anywhere.

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'56 Texas' Newsiest YearAUSTIN, Tex.—Conflict, com-

plications and suspense made 1956one of Texas' newsiest years.Many of the biggest stories didn'truft out with the calendar. They'remar**d 'to be continued in 1957."

These were some of the head-line-makers:POLITICS wore everyone to afrazzle. Gov. Allan Shivers tookhis first political tumble whenSen. Lyndon Johnson won controlof the May Democratic conven-tion. Price Daniel won over Ralphr«rborough for, the. Democraticgubernatorial nomination In anarrowest-ever margin of a littlemore than 3,000 votes. Danielgained shaky party control bygetting a mostly-friendly executtve committee at the SeptemberDemocratic convention. But heheld on to the Senate seat toolong. Governor Shivers wouldn'tbuy the election-now, resign-laterplan. And Shivers came to theend of his historic seven-yeartenure as leader of the againtriumphant Democrats for Eisen

hower.DROUGHT, in its seventh year,

grew steadily worse. Crops burn-ed up. Streams stopped flowing.Reservoirs dwindled. State WaterBoard had its hands full tryingto referee squabbles over waterrights. Agricultural groups band-ed together in the Texas DroughtEmergency Committee finallygained expanded federal relief.All but five of Texas' 254 countieswere designated disaster areas.Texas Water Resources Commit-tee, a legislative study group,put a lot of overtime readyingi statewide water program forthe next legislature. Suggestions:a $100,000,000 bond program tohelp finance local projects, fish-ing and boat taxes to buy waterstorage space in federal reserv-oirs, "rainmaking" research atTexas colleges.

FEDERAL LEGISLATION hadTexas repercussions. Eisenhowersupporters groaned when he vet-oed the natural gas bill. But thefederal highway building bill pass-

ed. It means $57,000,000 a yearmore for Texas road building.Texas Highway Departmentstarted using It at once, predictedan era of unparalled progress.To move things faster, it reversedits long-time policy, Is now buy*ing right-of-way for interstateroads. This brought a new head-ache—a hue and cry from countyofficials for help in buying landfor state highways.

INTEGRATION VS. SEGRE-GATION made news on manyfronts. Voters owwhslmtngfor ap-proved three pnuegregation In-terposition referendums in theJuly primary. But no one wassure what would come of them.At Mansfield and Texarkana cit-izens blocked efforts at federalcourt-ordered school integration,and Governor Shivers sent TexasRangers to maintain order. Atty.Gen. John Ben Shepperd took onthe NAACP in a Tyler districtcourt and won a temporary orderbanning the organization in Tex-as.

INVESTIGATION by ; legisla-tive committees into US Trustand Guaranty Co.'s $7,000,000downfall brought demands fornew lobby laws, controls on legis-lators' dealings with state agen-cies. US Trust's many creditorsare still unpaid. It's all tied upin their numerous lawsuits forpriorities.

INSURANCE INDUSTRY un-derwent a statewide solvencycheck. Seven * per cent, out ofmore than 1 3 0 , failed to qualifyfor new Hetntm

POLIO VACCfNC restrictionswere completely removed in latesummer. But with plenty foreveryone, an indifferent publiclet vaccine supplies stack up.Some 80 per cent went unvaceinat-ed. Unless interest increases, Tex-as will have to return nearlyhalf of the state's $3,000,000 fed-eral vaccine allocation when thefiscal year runs out next June.

BUSINE8S LEVEL HOLDS—Capital expansion, the building ornew and growth of old industries.

has kept Texas' 1956 businessindex at its 1955 high.

University of Texas Bureau ofBusiness Research reported the1956 11 months total as. the sameas 1955. Rapid industrial expan-sion has kept the average up,says the bureau.'

It offset declines in residen-tial building, consumer spendingand farm employment. .

CROP VALUE DOWN—Valueof Texas' 1956 crops is estimatedat $1,100,000,000—nine per centbelow last year and the 10-yearaverage. •

U. S. Dept of Agriculture saidreduced production is due todrought, acreage restrictions andthe soil. plan.

Increased irrigation accountedfor some bright spots. Per-acreyield of cotton was the higheston record—278 pounds. But dry-land farming reached new lows.Corn crop of 27.4 million, bushelswas the shortest since 1873. Sorg-hum, with half the total acreageirrigated,^ produced 124 million

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bushels, fourth largest crop inhistory.

Other reports: rice, smallestcrop since 1949; wheat, doubletost year's crop, but half the 10-year average; peanuts, smallestcrop since 1Q34; oats, 19 per centunder last year; barley, aboutaverage; hay and forage, abouttwo-thirds of average; commer-cial vegetables, up 16 per centfrom last year.

OIL RECORD PREDICTED—An all-time production peak in1956 and continued heavy de-mands for the first quarter of '57are foreseen for the Texas oilIndustry.

THEM Railroad Commissionpegs 1956 production at 1,075,829,-000 barrels, an Increase of morethan 54 million barrels or 5.3per cent over 1955.

A Commission report said clos-ing of the Suez Canal seems like-ly to be reflected in two ways:(1) decreased importing of oilinto the U.S. and (2) increaseddemand by other countries forU. S. oil. Both would mean heav-ier demands on the Texas indus-try.

But, it noted, above-ground stor-age of gasoline stocks is still"quite excessive."

WHODUNIT?—Austin city of-ficials promise every effort tofind out who, if anyone, set fireto O. Henry's Honeymoon House.

People over the state and na-tion took sides in the local fightover the house where the famedshort story writer took his bride.History-lovers moved it to a resi-dential-area park, planned tomake a shrine.

But nearby homeowners howl-ed. They called the 80 year-oldframe cottage a "pile of junk."Suit was filed to have it removedfrom the neighborhood.

Then a swift, nighttime blazecompletely destroyed the house.It wasn't likely accidental, saidAustin's fire marshal, but proba-bly set by some mischief-makertaking advantage of the already-heated controversy.

8HORT 8NORT8 — LeonardMohrmann has been named infor-mation officer for the Texas Lea-gue of Municipalities. For thepast four years Mohrmann hasbeen administrative assistant toLt. Gov. Ben Ramsey TexasEmployment Commission's latestreport shows many of the state'sindustrial workers taking homebigger pay checks. Some weeklyaverages: in apparel and fabrics,$41.06; stone, clay and glass,$69.97; metal products, $76.43;chemicals, $98.52; petroleum andcoal products, $106.27 AustinState Hospital has improved tre-mendously in the past six months,reports Dr. David C. Gaede ofWashington, D. C.r president ofthe American Psychiatric Associa-tion. He made an intensive surveycf the hospital's operation lastApril. His follow-up report notedsubstatial increases in trained per-sonnel and many added services.

This reminder from the TexasFarm and Ranch Safety Council:Safety is the business of everycitizen who desires to live and dowell in 1957. Resolutions for im-proving-our accident record arenot enough. Action speaks louderthan words so act, think and bea salesman for safety on thefarms and ranches of Texas.

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LOTTA FOLKS wanted to knowwhat happened to the man withthe polecat problem.

W e l l . . . for a time the entiresituation looked very, verygrave. There were, of course,the usual suggestion, some hum-orous, some in a spirit of sym-pathy and helpfulness, and somedownright ingenious.

But somehow none of themseemed to fit the situation, andthere was fleam in the house-hold. -

The gloom became thickerwhen the report went out thatinstead of ah adult and threebabies, there were five fullygrown polecats under the house.

And right before the holidayswith all that company coming,too!

But some men are equalto any occasion, and ourfriend hit upon the Idea offighting fire with fire . . .or at least you get the idea.

HIS PLAN EVOLVED afterreading in a metropolitan news-paper about police using teargas to force a couple of humanvarmints out in the open afterthey had robbed a bank.

Our friend drove to El Pasoand after a great deal of tear-ful urging finally persuaded thePolice department there to turnover a few bombs.

There upon he drove back toMarfa in avery cheerful frameof mind . . .jind well he might. . . because""fighting fire withfire really works . . . or, at anyrate, you got the idea . . . .

•TN TIIK MAIL . . . Glad to hearfrom Emmett Hodgkins lastweek. He will long be rememb-ered when the VOCT convene-that is, Veterans of th'i Chihua-hua Trip . . . Here's a cheerynote from Reynaldo Camposwho sends greetings from NorthAfrica . . . One of our callersduring the Holidays was Ran-dall Gould, automotive editorof the Denver Post. He wasdriving a Porsche, and talk a-bout WOMEN BEING POUREDinto a DRESS! He writes. "Ijust want to say thank you foryour friendly attitude, and lotsof luck which I can see you arebusily making for yourself."Randall, that word "busily" justdoesn't meet the situation . . .Here's a letter from Rex Shanksof Laredo who wants to sell ushis column "Brainstorms" . . .good stuff, too . . . For example:

"It's funny how at times alawyer will get so technical, evenin a friendly conversation. Forexample; if you use the word"permanent" in his presence,he is liable to tell you that itmeans, abiding, changeless,constant, durable, fcixed, immut-able, invariable, lasting, perpe-tual, persistent, stable, stead-fast, unchangeable, ceaseless,continual, endless, enduring, e-ternal, incessant, interminable,semiternal, unceasing, unending,unfailing, uninterrupted,. unitvtermlttent. Now wouldn't thatcook your goose, just imaginehaving to remember all theways you might say "perma-nent" or any other word, andwhen they write you a letter oran opinion, it is filled with suchexpressions as ipse dbcit, (mean-ing, you're another one) or Cor-pus Juris, (meaning you're thenuts) or Habeas Corpus, (mean-ing we've got 'em by the napeof the neck). Prima Facie meansyou've been caught with thegoods. Mandamus means justwhat it says.

ALL THE COMMENT we heardon the bigr outdoor ChristmasEve program was favorable . . .Next year, we hope, many of thedifficulties that plagued thesponsors will be met even moreeffectively. But for now, considerthe fact that a great many peoplejoined in an outdoor dramatiza-tion of the great Christmas mes-sage . . . and that Marfa wasprobably the only place in theworld where this happened onChristmas Eve . . .

WANT TO POOH-POOH?Here's an item clipped from

the Honning (Minn.) Advocate:"The same night that a truckdriver near Graceville saw aflying saucer, -Wardens PaulKrueger, Al Schmid and O. B.Olson looked one over from 10p.m. until 2 a.m. Parking in afield near Henning in hopes ofspotting deer shiners, Paul sawwhat he thought at first to be.a star in the east It rose rapidly,from the horizon for severalhours while the Wardens observ-ed through field glasses. Theycould not determine its size. Thesaucer seemed to be round, look-

> ed like red flares were shootingfrom its perimeter, and appe&i-ed to be under low-hangingclouds. The bottom of the &UJ-cer looked brighter than the top.It would dim, then brighten togreat intensity, the latter beingabout the same color of the arcof an electric welder." v-

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FOR SALE

. ELECTRIC Nechi Sewing Machine, desk model, lor sale. Phone42 after 5 p.m.—X91.

GE Light Meter. Sale or makedeal'on slide projector. Phone 273,Marshall Kelley.—X79.

DESK CALENDAR refills andbases for 1957 at Sentinel office.Get yours while they last.

BUG PAPER—The shelf paperyou have been needing for solong is now at the Sentinel of-fice. Comes in psstti 5

TAMALES — home-made, 60cents per dozen. Every Saturdayat Mate's Cafe.—X35.

VENETIAN BLINDS — Repairsor new installation. Phone 9for estimates, K e l l e y Ap-

pliances. —M77

SCOTCH Permanent MendingTape, 180-in. roll 39c, or 1296-in.roll $1.70, at the Sentinel.

FOR SALE—4-bedroom house,baths, furnished or unfurnish

ed. Phone 346 after 5 p.m., H. O.Biediger.—X30.

REAL ESTATENeed a Ranch Business or Home?

See Dr. A J. Hoffman.

FOR BEST in foods, steaks,Mexican dishes, sandwiches, ham-bucgers, well prepared, chickenfried or broiled, home made pies,at Mata's Cafe, open 11 a.m. to2 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.—V34.

NEWS FROM FORT DAVISBy Miss Callie Holt

WANTED

WANTED—Used piano, mustbe good condition, reasonablypriced. Phone 488.—X86.

MAN' OR WOMAN—to takeover route of established custom-ers in Marfa. Weekly profits of$50.00 or more at start possible.No car or other investment neces-sary. Will help you get started.Write C. R. Ruble, Dept. J-l, TheJ. R. Watkins Company, Memphis2, Tennessee.--X85.

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Mrs. Laura-Lillie had as guests I of Sanderson were itiI Fori Davis'last week two sons and their families: Sgt. E. G. Lillie, Mrs. LUlie,and their two sons Don and Timfrom El Paso; also Mr. and Mrs.Jimmy Lillie from.Barstow, Calif.Lester Townsend lives here wjthher.

Leon Miller, Los Angeles, Calif..

with relatives Christmas.

Ben, Sr , and Leo Martin fromTexas Western, Ei Paso, spenttheir holidays with their parents,Mr. and Mrs. Ben Martin, Sr.,and other relatives and friends.

Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Duncan. Jr..grandson of Mrs. L. C. Miller, ar- and Tommy went to Pecos to meetrived Monday night to spend afew Christmasgrandmother.

Days with his

Mrs. Mary Kingston of Balmor-hea spent Wednesday visiting herfriend, Mrs. L. C. Miller.

Mr. and Mrs. John Williams ofDryden, Texas, were here sev-eral days last week— guests ofMr. and Mrs. G. C. Williams.

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lovett ofEl Paso, Bill's mother, Mrs. Madge

bro-Big

i Lovett of Albuquerque, hisIther Charles Lovett from(Springs spent from Sunday toTuesday with Maxine's mother,Mrs. J. R. Cook. Also Mrs. Cook'sson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Hor-ace Cook and children from Pecos

l spent Monday and Tuesday with

GOOD NEWS-~$2.00 an hour—Spare or full time for Men andWomen booking orders for Scotch-lite SIGNS and SHINE at NITEfor top of mail boxes—also housenumbers and Door Plates—No . h e r . a t Stone Village,deliveries—Pay daily—Ideal forretired persons on pension. Plea-sant interesting work—Free de- Kathy from Van Horn spent Fri-tails. Illuminated Sign Co. 2942 j day in Fort Davis.1st Av. S. Minneapolis, Minn.—i . .X84.

Mrs. Myrtle Stewart who was re-turning from about a three-months stay with her daughter'sfamily, Dr. and Mrs. Tyrel DeVolin and children in StarkvilleMississippi.

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Espy leftthe day after Christmas for a stayin California.

Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Miller spentFriday in Midland visiting their

ughter's ,jfainHyv ,Mr, .and- Mrs;'Leon Byerley -, and children. '

attending school in San Antonio.

Mrs. Marvin Adkins of El Pasoand Mrs. Stuart Jones and child-ren of Visalia, California visitedseveral days last week with theirparents, the Rev. and Mrs. S. M.Mims. They left Monday.

Mr*. B. C. Neill and Johnnywent to Fort Worth Wednesday,December 26, to visit her d?ugh-J

ter, Mrs. Charles Brandon, andfamily. • • "-'*•** •'•"' '

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Webstervisited t.heir daughter, Mrs.Hartnett and Willie in El PasoIrom Sunday to Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCallickfrom Corpus Christi (both tea-chers) spent the holidays withRobert's mother, Mrs. J. P. Pottsand Mr. Potts.

Mr. and Mrs James Jarrat ofRoscoc, Texas were guests lastweek of his parents, Mr and Mrs.L. L. Jarratt and family.

H. D. Smith and daughter

BOUND Ledgers, both singleand double entry, large and mi-niature sizes, also account booksat the Sentinel.

j Mr. and Mrs. Walter RinehartI and children came over from O-) dessa Wednesday and visited herparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fisherand other relatives for a few days.

MISCELLANEOUS

WESTERN Mattress Co., up-holstering and; renovating, inyour city twice'monthly. Leavename at Toltec Motel for pickupand delivery. Phone 351. —T56.

FINISH high school or gradeschool a.' home spare time. Booksfurnished. Diploma awarded.Startwhere you left school. Write Col-ombia School, Box 1545, EJ Paso.

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Entered as Second Class matter atthe Postoffice in Marfa, Texas,under the Act of Congress ofMarch 3, 1879.

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Mr. and Mrs. Jess Fisher, Jr.,

Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Johnson'sguests from Saturday throughTuesday were their daughter, Mrs.Joe Midkiff and her daughter'sfamily, Mr. and Mrs. TrumanJones and children all from ElPaso. The guests spent Saturdaynight with Mr. and Mrs. JackJohnson in Alpine.

' Christmas Holiday guests of theW. G. Pattern family were Mrs.

Mr. and Mrs. Louie Johnsonvisited in Pecos and Ft. Stockton.They returned Monday accompa-nied by Mrs. Johnson's twinnieces Viki and Niki Casner ofFort Stockton.

J. C. Walker returned from Vic-toria Saturday, but Mrs. Walkerremained for a inrmpr ''Islt withrelatives.

Mr. and Mrs. Worth Evanswent to Sanderson Monday to beaway for a few days.

CARD OF THANKSWe wish to express our deep

appreciation and thanks to ourfriends who were so thoughtful,kind and helpful in our recentbereavement.

Prudes EscapeSerious InjuriesIn Car AccidentOn their way to Snyder last

Saturday ihe car in which Mi.and Mrs. J. G. Prude, Mrs. A. GPrude, and Martha were ridingwas run into by another oar nearRank in Both cars were badlydamaged, no one was seriously in-jured. Johnny had a tough knockon the head and a painful leg in-jury; Iluth received a blow that,not quite broke but bent of line,t\.c libs; Mother Prude's neckwas made somewhat stiff; Marthawas not hurt at all. They contin-

The Ft. D. Swarte family.The George Merrill family.Mrs. R. K. Merrill

CARD OF THANKSWe wish to thank our friends

for the many kind and thought-ful things they did for us in ourrecent sorrow and loss of a lovedone.

Mrs. J. Ft. BrandonJ. Ft. Brandon, Jr.Charles W. BrandonMrs. Charles Bailey

Mrs. J. Fred LaLanne of Marfawas at Canyon Lodge one daylast week.

The Edgar Fisher family hadas Christmas Day guests Mrs.Fisher's sister, Mrs. Roy Kelly,Mr. Kelly, end their two daugh-ters, from Valentino.

Corme Arnoldof Houston.

and son, Stevie,

FOR RENT

HOUSE for rent—6 rooms andbath, 520 N. Austin St., $50. permonth. See or phone 37, C. G.Cooper.—X78

APARTMENT for rent, fur-nished. Phone 317—, Mrs. J. J-Franklin.—X74.

FOR RENT—Completely fur-nished 5-room house with garage,211 W. Columbia, Phone 305.—X40.

FOR RENT— Four room houseon Texas street. Gas stove andFrigidaire. Excellent condition,$30 a month. Mrs. Mary M. How*ard, Phone 662.—X33.

STORAGE space for rent, 40 X60 feet, $60Bros.—X22.

per month. Webb

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Thomson-MatsonRites Dec. 27In Fort DavisThursday P. M. Dec. 27, on the

46th anniversary of her parents'wedding, Dr. Cecilia Thompsonand Dr. Lowell Matson wereimarried in the homo of her par- ients, Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. |Thompson. The bride was givenin marriage by her father, andthe double ring rites were readby Justice of the Peace, BarryScobee, a close friend of the fam-ily. Both Mr. and Mrs. Thompsonstood with the couple as theytook their vows in front of thelarge fireplace. The mantel wasbanked with Christmas greens,jiant chrysanthemums, and whitetapers. Cecilia wore a misty bluecoatsuit, a white-feathered cloche,and other accessories of white.Her corsage was a white orchid.Mrs. Thompson wore brown taf-feta and her corsage was abrown orchid. The decorationsthroughout the reception roomswere white mums and greenery.Refreshment table from whichthe three-tiered wedding cakeand punch were served was cover-ed with a white clothwith a centerpiece appropriatefor the season. Mrs. C. E. Caritonand Mrs. Pete Cariton presidedat the cake and punch service.

Dr. Cecilia Matson is Directorof Theatre, State Teachers Col-lege, Sippery Rock, Virginia. Shewas a former teacher in Sul Ross,and in Lubbock.

Dr. Lowell Matson is AssociateDirector of Theatre, Purdue Uni-versity. Lafayette, Indiana. He isthe son of Mrs. Paula Matson,Lafayette, Ind., who telephonedcongratulations to the couple ontheir wedding day. Immediatelyafter the ceremony and receptionthe couple left by plane for Chi-cago. They will visit briefly Dr.Matson's mother before return-ing to their respective teachingpositions.

Out of town guests were: Dr.and Mrs. W. Lockhart, Alpine;Mrs. Mary Mclntosh, Austin; MissRuth Cariton, Crystal City; Mr.and Mrs. Don Cariton and sonDon, Jr., San Angelo; Miss Kath-erine Cenevieve Thompson—sis-ter of the bride—Denver, Colo-rado.

Fort Davis guests: Mrs. E. H.Cariton—bride's aunt; Mr. andMrs. Pete Cariton; Mrs. C. E.Cariton and daughter Ellen; Mr.and Mrs. Barry Scobee.

YOUR PRINTING.

Bill Fisher, son of Mr. and Mrs.Edgar Fisher is visiting his par-ents and other relatives duringhis holidays which are from Dec-ember 22 to January 6. Bill is

STORY NO. 3

ued «.heir journey, after ?. fehours of car repair in Rankin—Mother Prude and Martha toTaylor and Johnny and Ruth toSnyder and all enjoyed Christmaswith Mr, and Mrs. J. H. Longbotham and baby. Thursday, Mr.Lingbotham and baby and Mrs.J. G. Prude arrived at the PrudeRanch, but Johnny and Libo didnot arrive until early Fridaymornmg. They had to take itslowly in the brand new carJohnny had to get. Mr. and Mrs.Longbotham and baby returnedto SnyJer Tuesday.

CARD OF THANKSTo the many, many iriends of

John Ralph Brandon in FortDavis and surrounding territorywe wish to express our deep ap-preciation and thanks Jor yourgracious thoughtfulness of us atthe passing of our son and bro-ther. Our hearts are full of grati-tude *or the expressions of yoursincere esteem and friendship.

Mrs. S. V. BrandonW. W. BrandonW. T. BrandonMrs. M. M. AllenMrs. R. C. Rancier

CARD OF THANKSMrs. Hord and I are very grate-

ful to the many friends who havebeen so thoughtful and kind dur-ing my illness. Thank you somuch.

H. L. Hord

PAY YOUR POLL TAXESWhen You Pay Your COUNTY TAXES

Ernest Barnett, Tox Collector

Mexican Border Troubles of 1915-17Hatched in Parr Capital San Diego

By-FREDERICK HODGSON

SAN DIEGO, TEX.-Like hisfather, George Berham Parr is asmall~man as Texans go. In him'.here is a curious touch of PanchoVilla, or Robin Hood.

A psychologist could explain^arr much better than I can ex-lain his sometimes baffling be-

lavior.Unlike his father, George Pan-

is trigger-tempered, often to thepoint of rashness. For example,there is the incident of a fewweeks ago when a Duval Countycommissioner, Tomas H. Molina,angered him. Parr grabbed arifle and raged out of his officeand into the Courthouse acrossthe street, shouting for Molina.He was cornered in the basementby Ranger Walter Rowel anddisarmed.

Parr's white hair is dyed rod,a mahogany red. In contrast toboth the "Anglos" and the Latins,ng!

drhe a Ways dresses iMatly in abusiness suit He it deep-tanned,soft spoken and there is much

:ne. "If he'dtorneys when

about him that is charming—anddisarming. He lives high and,among other things, loves fasthorses and bull fights.

"And he wont listen to any-body," one of his top lawyers told

listen to his at-they flash a red

light on him he wouldn't get intohalf as much trouble."

George Parr, age 55, is a law-yer himself although his onlyclient is George B, Parr.

I watched Parr on the night ofthe July 28 primaries. The pollswere just about to close when Italked to him. He was a verybusy man, issuing orders rightand left in rapid Spanish, givingfollowers crisp green bills andsending them on errands. Heseemed harassed, even wistful.The scene was the Mexican-styleplasa in front of the church ofSan Paolo.

Parr's people, hundreds of then,milled around in tin-dusk underthe trees. Across the street fromthe Parr forces was anti-Parrheadquarters—and between thetwo groups armed Texas Rangersunder Captain Alfred Allee movedquietly. The atmosphere was tenseand electric. San Diego police,often called Parr's pistoleros, un-der Chief Manual Amaya, cir-

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ciliated through the two groups,ms slapping against theirighs. The street in front of the

City Hall, across the plasa fromthe church, had been roped off bythe Rangers.

I was watching Parr when thesoft bell of the angelus rangfrom the Church of San Paulo. Hestopped talking and stood quitestill. Around him his people be-came silent Hats came off. Hereand there a woman lifted hermantilla, nun-like, over her darkhair.

the last echo of the Angelushad long gone when the spellwas broken by juke box musicfrom a cfeiniy store.

It was difficult lust then toimagine San Diego, Texas, as the

the scene of plundering, of mur-der—sixty three murders in justover a dozen years according toAttorney General John Ben Shep-perd.

Yet the story of San Diego,of the Parrs and of Duval is onthe record. Beside my typewriteras this is written is a long list,three foolscap pages, of men andwomen who met sudden death inDuval in recent years. Duval fromthe first has been a county of vio-lence. The man whose name thecounty bears, Capt. Burr H. Du-val, was massacred with Fannin smen at Goliad.

That frightening list of homi-cides, most of them unsolved andunpunished, might be doubled ifthe truth were known about manycases listed officially as suicideor accident . l *

For example, the death of Bor-der Patrolman Ed Wheeler wasfirst listed as accidental. Wheelerwas, to use his own words, "aboutto blow the lid off DuvaT in anarcotics report when his carwent off the road and his bodywas found in the flaming wreck.Then the undertaker found asmall bullet hole at the base ofhis skull.

Just for the record here are afew of the cases officially on thebooks as homicide:

Horacio Garza, knifed to deathin San Diego; Jacinto Gutierrez,shot, San Diego; Ricardo Esco-bar, shot, Freer; Juan Elizondo,shot, Benavides; Rolando Ruiz,shot, San Diego; John F. Gil-bert, shotgun. Freer; ThomasBanks, shotgun, Freer; RodolfoMunoz, shot, San Diego; GuyHastings, shot, Freer; Frank Lot-to, shot, San Diego.. .but whygo on!

There is nothing on the recordto show that these murders werepolitical. Certainly the wantonslaying on September 9, 1952, ofJacob Floyd, Jr., was political.

January 20, 1915, wheif GeorgeBerham Parr was in his 'teens,that a man named Basilio Ramos,age 24, was arrested in Me Allen,Texas, with a copy of the utterlyfantastic "El Piano de San Diego"'on his person. Ramos, alias Gar-za, promptly became a celebrityand the Federal Governmentmove-i fast to take over jurisdic-

So wereyw, •*•» woo HVUHMUI

the killings of radionewsman Bill Mason and of Ed-win Wheeler.

Assistant Attorney GeneralSidney Chandler puts it this way:

"Before Shepperd came here, ifa man committed a crime in Du-val, including murder, it depend-ed on which side of the fence hewas on whether he got punishedor not.The evidence didn't mat-ter. It was how the jury votedIf the machine wanted you ac-quitted, you were acquitted.

"It worked another way, tooIf a man killed another man, ina fit of temper or for any otherreason, and he was acquitted,then the machine could count onhis loyalty and the loyalty of hisfamily from then on."

No matter how the figures forviolent death in Duval are inter-preted, one fact is grimly dearthey are far higher than the na-tional average. The suicide rate,for example, is more than fourtimes that for the United Statesas a whole — and Latins, beingCatholic do not cwmmit svfctteThe Mexican-American i* h^ly religious and to himA mortal sin, punishable by aneternity of damnation.

, r , . . __ It was just fortyrone years ago

plan was for revolutionion.

Theagainst the United States

In San Diego today they'llshow you the sun-blistered build-ng where the plan was hatchedn August, 1914, and they'll tell

you of the furtive comings andgoings of mysterious Germans,supposedly agents of the Imper-ial General Staff in. Berlin.

The San Diego plot wasn't tak-en too seriously at the time, butin 1917 when the famous Ziro-mermann note, a document thathelped put the United States intoWorld War I, was intercepted as-tonished officials in Washingtonsuddenly realized that the planwas real and not the product; ofraving crackpots. The mysteriousstrangers who conferred in SanDiego with Mexican-Americansand with Huerta agents fromMexko were what they seemedto be.

Huerta, it will be remembered,was violently anti-American be-cause President Wilson had re-fused to recognise his "govern-ment by assassination." Ameri-cans had captured Vera Cruz andMarine snipers had killed manyMexicans. Feelings ran high onboth banks of the Rio Grande.

Under the plan Mexicans infive states—Texas, New Mexico,Arizona, Colorado and California—were to revolt on February 20,1915, and declare an independentMexican republic. A "liberating"Army would then "free" six statesto the north and set up a Negrorepublic as a buffer state. All"Anglo" men—except Germans-were to be killed.

The whole insane idem fromGermany's point of view was tokeep the United States so busy onthe Mexican border that she'd beunable to join the Allies in fight-ing the Central Powers in Europe.

Certainly the plan was mad andJust as certainly it did have partof the effect the plotters wanted.The border area, including Duvri,seethed with excitement and kilt-ings, with raids from both sidesof the Rio Grande, with trainrobberies and the flames of burn-ing ranch houses. More than 600Americans lost their lives in thefighting before General Penning'and his troops restored a sem-blance of order.

A curious fact in the bordertroubles just preceding-Americansentrance into World War I wasthe deference paid to the wo»l"Aleman"—German—by partis*of raiding Mexicans. More thmmone "Anglo" saved his Hfo lnrproclaiming himself "Alemaa"when guns were leveled a t hithead.

It is against this backgroundthat the Parr political empire waserected and it Is against tkfebackground that it still lives, toVten*)* on iU last leg ender thecontinual legal slugging; of At-torney General Shepperd, but stillalive.

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LIONS SPICEPECOS SHOOTAUSTIN. Dec—The Black Gap

game management area was cred-ited with the most successful ofthe three public big game huntsthis fall and also produced themost exciting report when a

juth Texas hunter encounteredvo mountain lions on consecu-

days.

ie Director of Wildlife Res-in for the Game and Fish

sion, who helped super-far west. Texas harvest

deer and javelina, saidicident "really set thetthe rank and file of

old pros partici-t Black Gap shoot.

fifty-one hunt-lotted hunting

rawing bag-deer and

hog.to

hunter first reported the lionsince the !VJ» cats inhabit themanagement are* in sufficientlumbers to justify almost cons-ant trapping operations.

He said the hunter was perchedon a ledge on Horse Canyon whenthe lion ran out from a creviceabout two hundred yards belowhim, but quickly retraced its stepsbefore the gunner could get ashot.

That night in camp, the stirringtale "set the nimrods buzzing",according to the Director andeverybody was a ,'potential bigcat hunter from then on in."

Next day, the same man cameback with another mountain lionreport. A smaller cat also appear-ed in the Horse Canyon area butagain lingered too briefly to per-mit a shot.

Meanwhile, deep South Texas,which also knows about big cats,set up a trophy shot for a CorpusChristi deer hunter. He bagged ayoung mountain lion in LaSalleCounty, while trying to rattle upa buck from a tree blind.

The most hilarious scratching, biting and kicking free-for-allever staged by a flock of ferocious females »s a highlight of:M-G-M's "The Opposite Sex/* sophisticated comedy-tiramashowing up the ladies as men seldom see them. Scrambled upin this no-holds-barred scene are Ann Miller, June Aliyson andAgnes Moorehead, with Dolores Gray at the bottom of the pile.

YOUR HEALTH

AUSTIN, December 27—Ter-ence, a Roman slave-poet oncesaid, "You believe easily thatwhich you hope for earnestly."This statement of fact is the credoby which modern medical quacksoperate.

Unscrupulous malefactors, mas-querading in the guise of scrupu-lous benefactors, have preyed onthe willingness of cancer victimsto grasp at the flimsiest strawin their search for a cure.

One such case is that of theHoxsey Cancer C'.inics of Dallasand Portage. Pennsylvania. TheU. S. Food and Drug Administra-tion has succeeded in obtaininga federal injunction against theinterstate transport of cancer"medicine" used by the clinic for"treatment," now under appeal.

In addition most of the doctorspracticing at the clinic are un-der state injunction to cease thepractice of medicine, but conti-nue operations pending appeal ofthe case.

About two generations ago, oldHarry Hoxsey, grandfather ofHarry M. Hoxsey, operator of theDallas clinii, allegedly disrovereda "secret" cure for cancer, whenhis horse grazed on certain herbs,and was thereby cured ui cancerof the leg..These herb ingredients which"cured" the horse, plus potassiumiodide with some licorice or elixirof pepsin added, comprise thetonic and pills used, by the clinicfor "treatment" of allegei cancerpatients.

Trail records show that patientsto the Hoxsey clinic are givena sketchy, very general examina-tion, asked a few questions andperhaps x-rayed. Each patient isthen interviewed, diagnosed, and"treated."

For internal cancer, treat-ment" consists of either the tonicor sorre pills. The patient is thensent home and advised to checklater after linishiny the "treat-ment."

There is absolutely noscientific

proof that any of the ingredients*id in the cure of internal cancer,oither singularly or in combina-tion. In fact, potassium iodide isknown to accelerate the growthof some forms of cancer.

Accepted scientific weapons a-gainst cancer are surgery andradiation with x-rays, radium, andcertain radioactive isotopes.

Further, the only certain proofof existing cancerous tissue isby the surgical removal of a sam-ple for microscopic study. In nocase was such an examinationperformed.

The costs to victims at $400 per"treatment" have been enormous,and one can only guess at themisery and useless care that havebeen the result.

Doctor Henry A. Holle, com-missioner of health, asks Texansto join forces with health author-ities by refusing to be taken inby quacks and others who engagein medical chicanery.

If any doubt arises about thevalidity or reliability of miracul-ous-sounding cures, check firstwith the Texas State Departmentof Health, your loc?il health au-thorities, or your family physi-cian.

The ever-increasing importan-ce of fertilizer to the agriculturalindustry of Texas will be stressedfrom many standpoints during theannual Texas Fertilizer Confer-ence scheduled for A & MTs Mem-orial Student Center. January 8-91957.

Romantic Triangle

Of M-G-M's Love

Comedy, The SwanGrace Kelly enacts a Princess

on the . . . screen in M-G-M'scaptivating romantic comedy,"The Swan," based on FerencMolnar's celebrated stage success.Filmed on an elaborate scale, inCinemascope and color, the newpffering co-stars Alec Guinnessand Louis Jourdan with a big-name supporting cast featuringAgnes Moorehead, Jessie RoyceLandis, Brian Aherne, Leo G.Carroll. EsteUe Winwood andyoung Van Dyke Parks. '

"The Swan" has as its settinga castle in Hungary, at the turnof the'century. Although the fam-ily living in it is a royal o n e -all of its members, including twoprecocious youngsters, are either"Her Highness" or "Hi* Highness"—its problem is essentially fthesame as that of any'other Xam-ily, that ol marrying off a daugh-ter to best advantage. .- - s

In this case, the daughter isthe lovely Princess Alexandra,who at the mercy of a match-making mother determined tomake her a Queen, sets out tocapture the fancy of the visitingCrown Prince Albert. Howevor,when the tetter spends the firstday of his l:-nited visit in bed, thesecond inspecting the castle dair-ies and the third in duck-shoot-ing, emergency measures arecalled for.

Alexandra's mother, the Prin-cess LJoatrix, hits on the tried,and true formula of making Al-bert jealous. And the man calledin to create this jealousy is Pro-fessor Agi, Alexandra's youngand highly personable fencingmaster. The inevitable happens.Alexandra starts out by makingbelieve that she is in love withthe professor and then discoversto her dismay that she is in lovewith him. But, of course, shecannot have her cake and eat ittoo. How this royal romantic di-lemma is finally resolved to thesatisfaction of all (well, almostall), makes for a deicious comedyof manners, sly, witty and sophisticateti with an imprint of ten-derness and poignancy.

T I M E W A S . . .

Interstate movement of all cat-tle except steers, spayed heifersand calves under 8 months oldcomes under Federal control,starting January 1, 1957, to curbthe spread of brucellosis.

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In B B. S. December 25, 1936,when Highland cattle won sevenplaces including Grand Championcarload in Hereford Feeder steersin the eleventh annual GreatWestern Livestock show in LosAngeles. It was the first timethat Highland cattle had everbeen entered in the coast exhibit.Grand Champion carload was aload of Hereford feeder steersexhibited by the Fischer CattleCo., and sold at 8.25, the highof the show and a good bit above

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Thursday, January 3, 1957

others in the same class.

New directors for the MarfaChamber of Commerce were elect-ed by secret ballot and includedS. M. Swearingen. Ray Norwan,Henry Ooffield, B. H. Davis, W.B. DeVolin, R. E. Petross, Dr.John Peterson, J. C. Thompsonand J. W. Peevey.

In B. B. S. December 27W1946,when Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Hancockspent the holidays with relativesand friends in. Los Angeles andLong Beach, Calif. • t

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Harper andchildren, Tana and Amy, returned^from a trip to Aiken, South Caro-lina, where they went to delivera Palomino horse to a buyer.

Gene Blackburn returned toMarfa from Florida and again ac-cepted employment .as watch-maker for the Robinson Jewelrystore. Mrs. Blackburn had leftiiere in Juno, 1945.

In B. B. S. December. 29, 1955,when Miss Billie Lit liurson,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. C.Hegy, represented Marfa as prin-cess to the annual SouthwesternSun Carnival in El Paso.

Miss Xanna Williams, daugh-ter of Mr. and. Mrs. E. T. Williams,became the bride of Lt. ElmerR. Ehrlich in a ceremony inSacred Heart Catholic church Fri-day, December 23.

The Marfa Chamber of Com-merce declared Monday, follow-ing New Year's Day on Sunday,as an official holiday, and allstores and offices were closed inobservance of the day.

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Dude Ranch was constructed onone of M-G-M's largest iots forscenes in the all-starr comedy-drama, "The Opposite Sex."

Based on blueprints and photo-graphs vOf a number of Nevada'smost popular "divorcee hostel-ries," the ranch set covers tenacres complete with a boatinglake. And to insure the authentictouch, set designer Daniel B.Cathcart'imported truckloads ofdesert sand, 75 desert-type treesand 45 varieties of shrubs naturalto the Nevada landscape? /'"..

The luxurious ranchhbuse 'in-teriors feature, pony-skin uphols-tery, band-tooled leather saddles,silver accessories and Tndisr; de-signed rugs. • ..„.

June Aliyson, Dolores Gray,Ann Miller and Agnes Moore^head are four of the. ladies, in'''the Opposite Sex".of who liveat the ranch while awaiting theirrespective divorce decrees, andthe setting is a scene for a no-holds-barred, hair-pulling, nail-clawing and shin-kicking battlebetween the Misses Gray andMiller over- natch—a man.

Also starring in "The OppositeSex" are Joan Collins, Ann,Sher-idan and Joan Blondell, with Les-lie Nielsen and Jeff Richards asthe film's male leads. Sam Leveneand "guests stars" Harry James,Art Mooney, Dick Shawn andJim Backus corriplete the featurednames.

B-824, Wheat Poisoning, is thetitle of a new publication releasedby the Texas Agricultural Ex-periment Station. It is availablefrom the Agricultural Informa-tion Office, College Station, Tex.

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Oliver Harper returned to theoperation of his harware storeThursday morning of last weekfollowing a trip to Brady, Decem-ber 25-26, where he joined Mrs.Harper, who is spending the holi-day season with her mother, Mrs.J. L. Barnes. Mrs. Harper plansto return to i'residio later.

Mrs. W. D. Petit is spendingthe holidays in Marfa as a guestof her sister. Miss Lela DellHysaw.

Lt. and Mrs. Leroy W. Hansen,San Antonio, spent the Christ-mas holidays in the home of herparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Nieto.Lt. Hensen is with the U. S.Airforce.

Presidio NewYear's Eve QuietThe new year was ushered in

quietly by Presidio citizens Mon-day at midnight In lieu of thecustomary annual New Year's Evedance, members and friends ofAmerican Legion post 176 gath-ered at the Legion building tocelebrate the incoming year witha party which lasted from nearmidnight until 3 a.m. New Lear'sDay.

For diversion, the veterans and.their guests danced to recordedmusic.

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Tho-mas plan to leave Saturday forSalina, Kansas, where he is sta-tioned with the U. S. Airforce,after spending tho holidays withher parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. A.Nieto.

Lt. Thomas has recently com-pleted a course in the AirforceSurvival School in Stead AirForce Base, Nevada.

Large ShipmentHerefords ComeThrough OjinagaOne noteworthy shipment of

Mexican cattle through Presidiothe latter part of December wasthe 1,450 Herefords purchasedfrom a Chihuahua ranch by Ed-win Tapp, Jr., of Boise City,Oklahoma.

The shipment was mostly steercalves and yearlings. However,a number of 2-year olds wereincluded.

As Roisp c\ty ic jn a dry are?*of Oklahoma, most of the cattlewill be shipped farther east tobe fattened on oat pastures.

The cattle were inspected uponarrival in the Ojinaga rail yardsby Dr. Fred Major, veterinarianfor the U.S. Bureau of AnimalResearch, whose headquarter's of-fice is in El Paso.

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley W. Cas-ner spent last week end as guestsof the Keesey Kimball ranchnear Alpine.

James Parker, Jr., who speniChristmas in Alpine with his par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. James Parker,Sr., joined Mrs. Parker and child-ren in Presidio, who are spendingthe holidays with her parents,Mr. and Mrs. Fernando Daly.

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Mi\« T. C. Orosson and nephew.IRobert P. I'uiicr, J}., of \'ovv'York city, returned Jasf Frlri tynighJ from Aibuquej-que, N. M.,where they spent Christmas withMr. Porter 's brother awi family.

Mrs George F. Crosson return-ed lasi Friday from El Paso,where she was a holiday guest inrhe home of her sister-in lasv. Mi's*.William Caples.

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Marfa, Texas

Thursday, January 3, 1957

two daughters of San Angelospent Christmas here wiih Mrs.

I Harris' parents, Mr. and Mrs. JoeRector.

MARCH OF DIMES PROCLAMATION — Governor Atlin Shivers is shown center, above, signing theofficial proclamation designating January as March of Dimes Month in Texas. Looking on is MajorGeneral K. L. Berry, Adjutant General of Texas and 1956-57 State March of Dimes Campaign Chairman,and Kaye LaGrone, 10-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gregory LaGrone, 1507 Preston Avenue, Austin.Kaye has been a polio victim since September, 1955.

EXPLORATORY TEST WELL NEAROJINAGA PROBABILITY SOONA persistent rumor in Ojinaga

is that Petroleos Mexicanos, thenationalized oil producing agencyin Mexico, plans to drill an explo-ratory test well near Chapo. about15 miles southwest of Ojinaga,in the very near future. The dir-ector of the corporation, betterknown as Femex, is Antonio J.Bermudes of Juarez.

A number of test wells weredrilled by the agency near Cu-chillo Parado, 70 miles west ofOjinaga, several years ago. Al-though all of these perforationswere deep tests, they were report-ed to be dry holes.

Exploration of the Chapo areawas attempted by a U. S. wildcatdrilling firm about 1914 but wasabondoned at the start of theFrancisco Villa Revolution.

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Mr. and Mrs. Arturo Ochoa ofLos Angeles California, spent theholidays visiting relatives in Pre-sidio.

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Mr. and Mrs. Royce Gottholthad with them during the holi-days, their daughters and fam-ilies—Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stier-man and two children of Austinand Major and Mrs. George R.Blair and son of Fort Worth.

Mrs. Molly Lowther and child-ren visited v/ith Mrs. Lowther'sparenis in Eagle Pass from Sat-urday until Tuesday evening.

Walter Polsky will leave tomor-row for Los Angeles, Calif., tojoin Mrs. Polsky who has beenvisiting in the home of her daugh-ter, Mrs. T. L. Gershun, and fam-ily for several weeks. After abrief visit he will be accompaniedhome by Mrs. Polsky.

where Mr. Hord had been conval-escing after undergoing majorsurgery.

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pigmon andfour daughters of Pecos and Mrs.Pigmons mother, Mrs. SidneyBennight of Georgetown, formerMarfa residents, were brief gueststhe latter part of last week in

hor.u? of Mr. and Mrs. GeorgeMimm.->.

George Lee and Rosemary Sut-on. children of Dr. and Mrs. C. R.

Sutton of Uvalde, visited severaldays this week in the home ofMr. and Mrs. George Mimms.

Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Bunton andChildren returned Tuesday aftera week's visit with Mr. Bunton'smother, Mrs. Avis Bunton in SanAntonio, and Mrs. Bunton's par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Carseyin Houstpn.

Mr. and Mrs. George Jones leftlast Friday for Los Angeles, Calif.,where they went to attend theNew Year's day Rose Bowl foot-ball game.

Mrs. Margaret Mills left yes-terday to take her son, Emery,back to San Marcos academy toresume his school work afterspending the holidays here. Sheplanned to return immediately.

Mr. and Mrs. Wert E. Loveand daughter left last Thursdayfor Washington, D. C, for a visitwith Mr. Love's brother-in-lawand sister, Capt. and Mrs. Rich-ards Vifimer. They planned to begone about a week.

Miss Lou Nora SpUler returnedto her home in Houston Saturdayafter a holiday visit here wiuiher sister. Mrs. J. W. LawhonJr., and Mr. Lawhon.

Capt. and Mrs. J. H. ('ass, Jr.,and family of Fort Huachuca,Ariz., were Christmas guests herein the home of Capt. Cass' par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cass,and other relatives.

Miss Kathcrine Schur^e arrivedby plane from Indianapolis, Ind.,during the weekend, and leftMonday with Miss Edith Flyntand their aunt, Mrs. Julia Hart-mann, for San Antonio, whereMrs. Hartmann has entered anursing home. Miss Flynt, whohad been here for a holiday visitwith her parents, Mr. and Mrs,D. A. Flynt, went on from SanAntonio to Dallas.

Lt. and Mrs. James Harris and

Mrs. Esther Crook returnedlast Friday after spending Christ-mar, with relatives in Houstonand other South Texas points.

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Pvt. Ruben Salgado, who hasbeen spending tho holidays herewith his parents, Mr. and Mrs.Frank Salgado, left Sunday for.El Paso from where he went'by plane to his new army sta-jtion af. Campbell, Ky.1

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Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Swearingenreturned last Friday after a holi-day visit wivh Mrs. Swearinrjen'sbrother-in-law and sister, Mr. andMrs. George B. McCamey.

Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Pructt spentChristmas week with their daugh-ter, Mrs. C. P. Peavy of Sander-son. Mrs. Peavy accompaniedthem back to : Marfa last Fridayand spent the weekend here.

Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Hord re-turned last week from El Paso

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