The Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1949 Page: 3 of 6
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,jr 271 Elates Local Editor
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thrill from seeing a Job to which
he has sat his hand successfully
completed. That is also true of
a newspaper editor, and this one
has been “in high” since an-
nouncement was made that the
State Highway Department
would spend about $100,000 to
construct a modern bridge aver
Sulphur river on Highway 271.
Nearly twenty years ago there
were old, wooden bridges over
Sulphur river and Trent lake
slough on Highway 271, and be-
tween them the road wound
among the trees in the bottom.
Tbis editor kidded W. D. Dock-
ery, then Division Highway En-
gineer, about his fine state and
federal highway in that bottom
until he cut out the trees and
threw up a small dump.
But the editor wasn’t satisfied
—hC wanted to see new bridges
and a road dump above high wat
er built on 271. He had helped
foster the Choctaw Trail, Great
Lakes to the Gulf highway, and
knew it would never be worth a
tinker’s damn in this area until
we had an all-weather road thru
Sulphur bottom and surfacing for
three miles of blackland, unpav
ed road east of Deport.
This editor raved and ranted
thru The Deport Times and mail-
ed copies of his paper to county
judges and commissioners in Ti-
tus, Red River, Lamar, Franklin
and Hopkins Counties.
But it was the policy of the
State Highway Department at
that time to supply only half the
cost of construction, and Red
River, Franklin and Titus Coun-
ties at that time were broke. The
editor still thought it could be
done because it was both a state
and federal highway, so he tele-
phoned the five county judges
and called a mass indignation
meeting on Trent lake slough
bridge. And he timed that meet-
ing just after a rain when four
big mules of the State Highway
Department were dragging model
T Fords thru that bottom be-
tween the bridges.
Good roads enthusiasts from
all counties named above were
present, including Highway En-
gineer Dockery. Speeches were
made and a cbmmittee named to
go to Austin to ask the Highway
Commission for a dump and new
bridges and gravel on the three
miles of unpaved road east of
Deport. /
The project had the approval
of Engineer Dockery and the
Highway Commission appropri-
ated $90,000 to build the dump
and bridges, and gravel three
miles of road east of Deport.
A few years later the Talco oil
field was discovered and we have
often wondered how we would
have gotten along without those
Sulphur bottom improvements.
But those bridges and the
dump, only 16 feet wide, were
not built for the great boxcar
like trucks on the highways to-
day. Built to carry 10,000-pound
loads, many trucks today weigh
35,000 pounds. Numerous acci
dents have occurred on those
narrow bridges with cars plung-
ing through the wooden railings
and people being seriously hurt.
Highway signs now warn heavy
trucks not to use the bridges.
Our newspapers, The Talco •
Times, Bogata News and Deport
Times, again took up the cry for
more modern structures. The Mt.
Pleasant Times and Paris News
also helped.
So it was with a feeling of
elation this editor learned that
one of the much-needed portions
of this project was to become a
reality, with the other improve-
ments to follow. We salute the
Says Reorganizing the Government
Will Not Make Much Difference
Editor's note: Achin Al-
corn,, philosopher on his
Johnson grass farm on Sul-
phur is judging other people
by himself, which if you ask
us is a poor standard, but
we’re publishing his letter
this week for what it’s worth.
Dear Editar: I was out here
on Sulphur the other day tryin
to get a whiff of spring, noticin
mighty good rdadin to hear about
I plans for makin government
I more efficient, but I would like
| to suggest to them experts that
■ they shouldn’t forget that what-
| ever system they install, they
still gonna have about the same
I crew doin the operatin, and
1 there is some folks who just ain’t
subject to much improvement,
whether they’re on a hand-car or
a certain warmth to the sunshine a streamliner, they get about the
that means me and my cows just same distance. It don’t make
about has the winter whipped, • much difference in the quality
with one-fourth of a bale of of the politician whether he uses
Johnson grass hay still left to j a crank-type telephone or a dial
carry through a sudden March I system, whether he legislates in
blizzard, which is a great satis- | a office heated by a
coal stove
faction, and stumbled on a copy
of the Lamar County Echo with
the wrapper still on it and while
that paper makes better fire-
wood if you leave it rolled up, I
opened it anyway, putting intel-
lectual nourishment ahead of
physical comfort, and sat down
and read where Herbert Hoover
and his commission is gettin
or atomic energy run by a ther-
mostat. We still get about the
same kind of legislation, which
must suit most of us as we don’t I
make much change, don’t make
no difference how many elections
we hold.
I had a expert out here lookin
over my farm recently and he
made a lot of suggestions on how
home of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Mc-
Donald Sunday.
Jerry and Ned Westbrook were
guests in the home of their sis-
ter, Mrs. Clyde Hammond and
family at Biardstown recently.
J. L. Short has started work
on the East Lamar gym.
Mrs. Jessie Anderson's brother,
Fred Hulett of Minter,' had his
car taken recently. It was park-
ed in front of a Paris theatre. It
is hoped that the car was only
borrowed by someone. Fred is
noted for his bad luck. While he
was in service he received seri-
ous back and neck injuries. Af-
ter receiving his discharge he
purchased a car and while car-
rying a 5-gallon can of gas in
the car it spilled and ignited the
car. He was burned at the time.
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ready to reorganize the Federal ] I could improve it, and I admit
government, to make it more ef-
ficient.
Then a little further on I read
where some legislators has some
plans to reorganize the state gov-
ernment, the school system, tbe
prison system, and a few other
affairs, to make them more effi-
cient.
Now I don’t care much what
they do to the federal and state
governments, even imagine the
county government could stand
some improvement, it makes
if I followed his recommenda-
tions I’d be a lot more efficient,
but what he don’t take into con-
sideration is that at the same
time I’d be a lot tired-er, and the
truth of the matter is whatever
system I use, this farm ain’t gon-
na produce no more than I’m
willin to produce, and I’m al-
ready workin right up to the
limit of my willingness, the same
as you and about 95 per cent of
the rest of the folks I know.
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Mr. and Mrs. Adron Westbrook
and children of Lone Oak, were
guests Sunday in the home of
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Westbrook.
Lawrence, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil McDowra, has been ill.
The East Lamar girls basket-
ball team with their coach, Mrs.
Dodson Hanes, attended the re-
gional meet at Kilgore Friday
and Friday night. The following
girls went: Capt. Sara Ann Skid-
more, Co-Capt. Yvonne Young,
Mary Alice Westbrook, Robbie
Jean Pomroy, Bobby Nell Stan-
ley, Margaret Wilson, June
Rheudasil. They were guests of
Mrs. Weldon Keeling, aunt of
Mrs. Hanes, and Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Hadaway, aunt of Robbie
Jean Pomroy.
Mrs. I. B. Nicholson of Paris,
a former resident of this com-
munity, is reported ill.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Short were
guests in the home of their dau-
ghter, Mrs. Albert Woodson and
Mr. Woodson at Shady Grove on
Sunday.
State Highway Department for
its action and Division Engineer
F. M. Davis who recommended
it. Thank you, most sincerely,
gentlemen!
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Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Anderson
and daughter, Carol Ann, Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Nash, and child-
ren, Mr. and Mrs. Buddy North-
ern and daughter of Paris, were
guests of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Wylie Anderson, Sunday. It
was Mr. and Mrs. Wylie Ander-
son’s 37th wedding anniversary.
James Day and J. R. Pettit of
Dallas, spent Saturday and Sun-
day with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Chappell
visited Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Chappell and other relatives in
Dallas recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bolton of
Lake Creek, visited her sister,
Mrs. Elmer Sparks and family
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Rant Stone and
son of Clardy, were guests in the
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The Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1949, newspaper, March 4, 1949; Bogata, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth911324/m1/3/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.