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Newspaper
Harper Herald
Location
Harper, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1975
Page
3
Hummingbird Hill reports a fatality and local services with details on Elgin Ellebracht's death, funeral arrangements, and survivors. County actions include road plans, tax adjustments, and personnel hires. The Cosper Cottle reunion and Hill Country Cowboy Camp meeting are noted, plus church revival updates and local social events.
The Gillespie County Livestock Exhibition Building Committee met July 22 in the County Courthouse. Dr. Daniel Fritz was unanimously elected chair, with Billy Roeder, Robert Sifford, and Tommy Grona named co chairmen of building, pens shows arena and sales ring, and utilities. Roeder appointed four members to the building subcommittee. The group plans a new livestock building on 85 acres, to be funded by Federal Revenue Sharing Funds, with expectations to be usable for the 1976 Fair and related activities.
Amoco Oil sponsors a See N Save contest to promote gasoline conservation by urging travelers to vacation in their home state. Entrants submit a 50 word description of a favorite in state spot with why it’s best, and may include a photo. Contest ends Oct 15 1975. winners notified by Nov 30 1975.
A free pamphlet titled Poultry Recipes offers instructions for Pecan Stuffed Chicken Breasts and Texas Style Barbecued Chicken. For copies, write to Commissioner John White at the Texas Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 12847, Austin, Texas 78711.
The article recalls John Rolfe beginning tobacco experiments in 1612 and Virginia colonists prioritizing tobacco over food, spurring a two acre rule for corn. It notes tobacco’s English demand and how overproduction affected prices and inspection, plus a nod to presidents who farmed. It also mentions cottonseed hulls in oil drilling mud and an advertising notice.
The piece contrasts early American ideals of hard work with modern shifts from farming to mechanization. It notes Benjamin Franklin and Col Landon Carter as believers in labor, cites 18th century farming methods, and discusses 1975 unemployment near 8.5 million while labor shortages hinder hand harvests, suggesting Carter might have a stroke at today’s contrasts.
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