The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, August 19, 1981, Image 5

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United Press International
AUSTIN — A sobbing woman
entifying herself as Mike Mar-
smother said today the legisla-
, who is embroiled in a bizarre
se over a shotgun attack, has fled
state because he fears for his
feand his family’s safety.
The woman, reached by tele-
at Martin’s Longview resi-
■nce, identified herself as the
ishman lawmaker’s mother hut
fad to give her name.
I’m not going to give that out
the phone,” she said. “We
iow our phone is taped and ev-
ything.”
“Mike is afraid for his life and
ir the safety of his family, ”
lartin’s mother said tearfully.
He’s out of the state or the bigger
art of it at least."
Spokesmen with the Depart-
icnt of Public Safety and the Au-
inPolice Department confirmed
that officers were unsucces-
in their efforts to serve Martin
second subpoena ordering
to appear today before a Tra-
is County grand jury.
The freshman lawmaker was
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wounded July 31 by a gunman
who fired four shotgun blasts at
him in front of the trailer home he
lived in during the legislative ses
sion.
Initially, Martin told police he
did not see the gunman and knew
of no motive for the attack.
However, he now has told police
he was shot by a member of a Sata
nic cult that feared the legislator
would have its leaders arrested.
Martin said he had been investi
gating the cult, called the “Guar
dian Angels of the Underground”
for some time and had once consi
dered infiltrating the group.
Leslie Smith, a campaign advi
sor to Martin, made Martin’s
statements about the cult public
Monday, but said he did not be
lieve the story. Smith and Jim
Beasely, another Martin advisor,
were scheduled to appear today
before a grand jury investigating
the attack.
“This is just a big game to Les
Smith,” Martin’s mother said.
“He should just leave it alone and
let the police catch the culprit.
This isn’t a game and we don’t
want the publicity.”
Martin’s mother accused Smith
of “chasing rainbows’’ and said he
was just interested in making
headlines.
Subpoenas also were issued for
Martin’s banking and phone re
cords and for Wayne House, the
Gregg County Republican chair
man. House was staying at Mar
tin’s trailer the evening of the
shooting.
Martin’s mother said that her
son was supposed to call her Mon
day evening but had not called by
late Tuesday morning.
“He was supposed to call and
everytime the phone rings I think
it’s him,” Martin’s mother said. “I
just wish he would call.”
Martin told a Texas Ranger and
others last Wednesday that he had
frequent telephone discussions
with a member of the cult. He said
the man he spoke with had a deep,
distinguished voice and claimed
“half the people in Austin” were
under the influence of the cult.
Banch hands from Texas 9
argest ranches to compete
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nee Group
n for Cafe AJCHITA FALLS — Together,
Irownjr.ak | C competitors in the Texas
the caitpa anch Roundup own some 2 mil-
ich has cam on acres of the finest and richest
in damajj ittle country in the state. The
I vegetables nj area is nearly triple that of
s demagog y e Island.
le’s disco Bigness is not their only claim
fexas coaii (fame. The ranchers and their
lys it’s (lisps nvboys also helped create
> governor 1 gends and history that shaped
ligate ourp! ie Texas of today,
imiaforao The glorious days, when it was
is enforced;! nportant for cowboys to know
city tosayik vhich end of the horse to put
ate because! ieir bridle on,” will be recalled
dangerous riday and Saturday at the Bud-
is Depart® eiser Texas Ranch Roundup,
specters 1® bich involves rodeo competition
eckingH! etween the hands on some of
: ter it arrives exas’biggest ranches.
>n, but be® The roundup, which also in
heck theC« tides a chili cooking event, will
it enters I "lermine which of the state’s big-
;st ranches own bragging rights
itart cutting! , the cattle country,
it’s about® The event is a serious one and
So what M icdern urban cowboys had better
do is fui# ay put in the spectators’ enclo-
lat are host! ire. Teams of cowboys from each
g out of Ci inch will compete in team rop-
g, saddle bronc riding, team
inning, team branding and wild
>w milking. A wild horse race
ill be a bonus event.
Points will be awarded to ranch
ams and individual cowboys in
ich event to determine the best
823-jll nch and the top all-around
iwboy.
Competing ranches will in-
■“ Tilde:
—The 60,000-acre R. A. Brown
inch in Throckmorton County,
ie ranching family which dates
ick to 1900, is credited with
eeding horses that developed “a
iwsense” where the animal anti-
lated acow’s action and was able
cut or herd the cattle easily.
A. Brown, who built the ranch
id passed it on to his son before
is death in 1965, founded the
— The Lewis Ranches, one of
the oldest ranches in the Panhan
dle, founded in 1878 by three En
glish brothers. The ranches even
tually were taken over by Frank
Derrick whose father worked on
the ranch for 65 years to become
the general manager, a position he
still holds.
— The 166,000-acre Pitchfork
Land & Cattle Co., founded in
1870 by two boyhood friends.
D.B. Gardner, one of the found
ers, was a man of great compassion
and gave refuge to several lost
souls. One of them was Quanah
Parker, a white girl whose mother
was kidnapped by Indians before
the Civil War and who later mar
ried an Indian chief.
— The Scharbauer Cattle Co.,
founded near Midland by a Ger
man immigrant. Clarence Schar
bauer, the founder’s nephew, took
over the spread in the 1930s and
worked on it until his death in
1942.
— The Renderbrook-Spade
ranch, established in 1881 by Col
onel Isaac Ellwood, one of the two
inventors of barbed wire. Ellwood
also pioneered such modern in
novations as providing piped wa
ter to the cattle.
— Tongue River Ranch near
Dumont, Texas, which has a long
tradition of fine quarter horses. Its
original foreman, August Holm-
berg, owned a horse named Old
Cabby who worked until his 22nd
year and it was said that once his
rider roped an animal, Old Cabby
wouldn’t let him go. Kid Bacot,
who succeeded Holmberg, refer
red to those who couldn’t ride
horses as “drugstore cowboys”
and detested pickup trucks. At a
function honoring him for 50 years
of service on the ranch, Bacot said,
“Old cowboys never die; they just
take to riding pickups.”
The winning ranch will take
home a traveling trophy and a
bronze sculpture by cowboy artist
Lex Graham. The winning cow
boy will receive a hand-tooled sad
dle. The chili cookoff winner will
win a trip to the California version
of the world championship
cookoff.
Gate collections will benefit the
North Texas Rehabilitation Cen
ter in Wichita Falls, the West
Texas Rehabilitation Center in
Abilene and West Texas Boys
Ranch in San Angelo.
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AGGIES!
Douglas
Jewelry
merican Quarter Horse Associa-
m.
— The 45,000-acre Cowan &
in Circle Bar Ranch, founded in
eymour County in 1886 by
others Sam and Charlie Cown.
he legend says the brothers
laid sit in the same room without
(changing a word and reach a
mtually agreeable decision on
une business transaction.
a
10% AGGIE DISCOUNT
ON ALL MERCHANDISE
WITH STUDENT ID
(Cash Only Please)
We reserve the right to limit
use of this privilege.
Downtown Bryan (212 PI. Plain)
and
Culpepper Plaza
COOLT
$9.99
Chick ’Nic Cooler
Special
8-piece Chick Vi Pak with
a family order of fries, a
pint of cole slaw, 6 rolls
and a Boss Bird cooler!
If bought individually,
cooler is $3.99.
Expires 8-31-81
1905 Texas Ave.
Chicken ’n rolls 693-1669
Warped
By Scott McCullar
SEE THIS? THIS 15 A CAMPUS
PAAKIN& SPACE. THE'fKE
RARE, BUT THE'I DO EXIST.
THE FACT IS THAT THIS
CA/APus IS MADE FOR VAUUVG,
BUT THEKE'-S LOTS Op
VV USE D OFF-CAMPUS park I y&,
Avy New buildivgs are
GO/W& TO TR'i TO BE KEPT
ON CAMPUS. MORE BUILDINGS
MEAN LESS PARKINS, WHICH
MEANS YOU HAVE TO WALK.
But X- THOUGHT You MIGHT
LIKE TO SEE WHAT A PARKIV6
SPACE LOOKS LIKE, JUST SO
YOV COOED
FANTASIZE.
P P1ZZA
LAJVET
... is ready to serve you!
During Hurried Lunch times or Sunday Eve
ning We Have a Buffet to Fit Your Schedule
and Your Budget.
Mon.-Fri.
11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
$3.05
Saturday
11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
$3.35
Sun. Evening
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
$3.35
When We Say Buffet, We Mean All The Pizza,
Spaghetti and Trips to the Salad Bar You Want!
PiTza Planet isn’t just another pizza
place... it’s the place to eat Pizza.
303 VILLA MARIA (Between College and Cavitt)
Open Sun.-Thurs. 11:00-11:30
Fri.-Sat. 11:00-1:00
8
Saturday^
August ^
1981
8:00
More lanes.
Less waiting
Now open
Saturdays.
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
12:00
1:00
Q/iMtV'f*'
1:30
2:00
2:30
3.-00
Now Brazos Savings’ drive-
thru lanes are open on Satur
days from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
to serve our customers.
Weekday hours at the motor
bank have been adjusted to
7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Now it’s
even more convenient to
make a deposit, cash a
check, withdraw savings or
make payments from your car.
3:30
4:00
4:30
5:00
220
Saturday, August 8
145
We have 8 lanes in the middle of town
(2800 Texas Avenue) and 4 lanes in
College Station (Texas Avenue at
Southwest Parkway) and 1 in down
town Bryan (114 S. Bryan Street) —
more than any other financial institu
tion in the area. All are open on Satur
day (except downtown Bryan).
For fast, convenient banking from
your car, come to Brazos Savings. We
have more lanes and less waiting.
And now we’re open on Saturdays.
BRAZOS
Savings
Home Office Bryan, TX