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' Now
idSi Mr s 0ur Traffic Headaches .
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came to us recently teration that should have occurred to all
ve is a good suggestion of us a long time ago.
to be a partial remedy “Why not,r our reader suggested, “re-
>Mem. i route the busies that congregate in front
concerned with the of George’s jjo that they could pick up
Ivthat can beioui\d their passengers at a Idas congested spot?”
ijOrge’s confectionary any To us that suggestion rings true. It
ay, especially about eight in would be an easy matter to ask the bus
n km, and five in the even- company to change its stopping place, and
we believe they would see the wisdom in
r _ „ ^ the suggestion. Perhaps they cobld dis-
retaries, college employ- charge and load passengers on Lubbock
fourths of the people in * Street which connects Trail and Throck-
m to pick those hours morton street*, or on Lamar Street which
times that the traffic
ler is the heaviest. Stu-
Cjcf Jfge’s.
a mass of cars that is
of dormitories one anfi two.
alternate location is chosen,
runs In front
Whatever
ejijbus, but senseless when it just about apy change would be for the
inimized by a simple al- better.
ter to Our Favorite Lobby . . .
tjhe Oil Interests Lobby
Its really
I they 1 have, a
some lessons
quite a system of lobbyists
id maybe you should take
rom them.
krp either extremely subtle, As students, naturally our interests are
r'nlng a poor second in the not affected l y anything thajt happens off
^ In our state capital. the campus. We are sports-minded and
y neglect or ineptitude you like to follouj- all sorts of contests. Our
;|ki the Real Estate lobby to favorite contest is observing the activities
you. They are making you of you lobbyists, and we enjoy sometimesf
nch of roughnecks. These ! how you wodk together and other times
tioys are smooth. They appeal against each other,
tps! • rightism. In Washihgton We know you are looking out for our
fice got the matter of rent interests. Maybe you will be able to ar
islfcalte hands. •* ;i range it so we can pay higher prices for
hq ability of masters they the gasoline your employers sell us.
have ietj f^ij tiieir current lobbying cam- And maybe you can help the Oil companies
paigns th cjecontrol rent in Texas. You make more profit by getting their taxes
know rent coiltrol is one of those vile war-
bMI
Student Ento,
‘.By BEE
MtUM
The abplc
The cafes
pies that Mon would make
here can’t duplicate,
aste mo flat and crust so hard,
time expe
pie who 11^(|
property
could bOj
j ' Elect!
br the-
lUl
pttssed sfevera'
m failifoti
require
(gnd Chilido
us ndicu
ed;citizm
testing
lowered.
hjees which protected the peo- As you ahe our favorite lobby, we had
apartments and held down to write you because we don’t like to see
era’ returns. If rent controls any: lobby gelt ahead of the oil lobby,
miinated, the Real Estators Yours fot better roads and education,
can chait|eAny amount rent they choose. The Battalion Editorial Staff
I Whistlestops in the Dark
.. Tile geo: i tizens of Elect^a and Chil- ablp enterpri se. The towns Woijld not be
Uepthearth ] quite a stir over prospects of completely denied passenger or freight
their th^kiag west Texas communities service. Only when there was no business
becoming IT :re “whistle stops” on the rail, would the Z<;phyr pass through without
line betwlper Ft. Wprth and Amarillo. stopping. T£i insist that the Zephyr stop
A< corfc i • f' 6 a ruling passed Saturday whether thers is business or mot does not
by tlell^clja Railroad Commission, the seem reasonable.
fast inovii; Zephyr, which has been un- While the citizens are forcing the train
profitably H ppping at eight of these small s ^ 0 p ^yerv day to cater to their few
tqymH b<jMcn Cowtown and ArnariH^ passengers, they fail to consider the.trai»i-
may di«(|oii|iinue regular stops in these load of peopld they are needMsly delaying,
townti. Iijist4ad of regular stops, the train
would stdp -ion y when passengers desired
ijh ^ne of these towns,
pity Council (and seconded
Council of Chillicothe) has
this week ijt3 prevent this grave affront by 01 ^ riec ^ n In 0Ul Iorm 01
m railed rlnmnanvJ The nrHin»nPP« If the progresses to the point of
atl5 miles pelr hour and during their time . . v ,
in town subrilit to a "sanitary ^ tickete-j-not. i^isance laws against
Hoilse Trims Appropriations
Bill by One Million Dollars
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By iBO BYERS $622,00ft in action rammed through
. TTonn^r/J. 1 ,, . o, , ^ m. so tael by Speaker Durwood Man-
ALSTI^, Jex., May 12 A 5 The f or( } man y represektatives did
House tmanned ts two-year de- no t know what had happened,
partmental appropriation bill from The House, in Tuesday action,
f? •o'ihon to l40 n ill ion dollars and ji, a( | abolished one other agency,
finally passe 1 ; it last night, 1L4 the State'Aeronautics Commission.
^J” 1 , |- , ! , The moiiey saved would be $64,000.
,That clear?q the way for the gjj Gregory of Gatesvihe
House to take up the 58 million j ei j ^ fight to eliminate the Vet-
dolldr money hi 1 for state-sup- erans Affairs Commission.
poi*tfed collego today. It is the last (irr , .. ,
of the four b g spending measures .‘. Th 1 ls 15 the niost unnecessary
r - ^ • - ridiculous commission m the state,
he told the House. “It’s just a big,
fat pork barrel. Everything it does
Three big ^troty* accounted for a |£^«” d ° ne by ' private
Reps. Billie Jobe of Putnam and
Abraham Kazen Jr. of Laredo de
fended the VAC.
“We know there’s considerable
animosity between private organi- ,
zations and the VAC. I say the
VAC has served a useful purpose,”
Jobe said. 1
age of excess 1 *!
/ m . i, the hive cental ft
s a codmon hobby wh ich
world, but a novel dation coinb fl
form of the 7 practice is earned; on to build tin.
here at A£M by a senior entomo- Hogue bo««
logy student Ralph Hogue of E observation h
Veterans Company keeps a colpny e r*s supply
in his/room. $3.50, and th
No, he does not get stung, be- co * o:
cadse he keeps them In a glass- *h° u t two r*
sded hive with only one opening Hogue said
which leads out through the win- have cost, hint
/ dow screen. The glass allows Hogue bought them
to study the actions of the Wees •P**’’?* .. m
{as they perform their natural T} 10 number
functions of feeding the yoluiig, workers in the
emerging from the comb, and fitor- , by Hogue Up
ini[ honey - issrstss
The hive presents a fascinating frame. Only a
picture .Behind the plate of ^glpts,
the bees go busily about their Wdrk
unconcerned about the peering hu- ■ j 1 ,
man beings. Thu broftn brood comb u|ldrK, 11
at the bottom of the Hivei Is par- /.g
tially covered with hundred* of the clllttlll
yellowish-brown insects. Voting t w ^
I porkers and droncij cin be seen •• W.StaM
! emerging from the oomb. morlaJ Stuoe
Hogue says that i four or five ( /,.v
! (lays after the worker* emorgd attended the-4l.
they will move up to the top of the L, u j BU|)ll jj
hive and build comb for the stwr-
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as Hotel As)
Official Notice
Mj’IIOOl, (IV AfiKU t I.TI KK j ActfOUntMipl ,fO
i! h , Company, flta
Avrlmilluriil who palryf . ' ..
ihinlmmlry 202 In tho flrut sml ! rusillv
unmp M>i<hom<iri‘it who it re now NkinK.OUS idea* on
p. il, 202 i»r«* ••ii«ii>i<; o> t'lHiiimw lit ih« plies were ootl
Snplinniot# Onlry Cotin JiSTkIitii . ('OjuiMt'l iV i *T ill!
SntnrHay mrirnlnu, May 21, b««innln{K a( ' V
I a.m.
H will akt in th« oitKanUatlnn hfj the
ilonlint If <raeh xtiKlcnt wbn la Intarliili'd
l*i the rentint will Iratw hO nniha With
tin* wi'nanry of thi* Dairy Doimrttnrnt
In Koom 21* Airrirnlturv i|)utl<Un|t i any
time prior to May ,4*. I *
A. L. OAKNhl.f.
frofaaaor of Dairy Miinbaimlry
the major portidn of what was
lopped from the departmental ap
propriation.
The Houses decided by a slim
majority that thb state veterans
affairs commission is a useless
agency and Wiped out its entire
appropriation $4j49,728, for the
next two years. !The amendment
was approved: 63-11.
Maintenance funds for the State
Health Department Were slashed
The departmental bill followed
two other major money bills to
the Senate. Those were the meas-
We still
cratic principles to believe that the line
is operating
few people
“emergency ordinances”
company. The ordinances
passing through Electra
inconvenienci
iave enough faith in demo-
PALACE
Bryan
T<)DAY THRU SATURDAY
to benefit the majority. If a
are inconvenienced for the
good of the group, it is the perennial lack
of perfection in our form of government.
Fi
at rue
majority of its pas-
h«) to creep through town 9cngcrs ' we bclicve those paase "* ers wil1
force a correction by a normal refusal to
inepeiti^t’ » City plumbing and sanitai the railroad ,,nd «* other
tiqn inaphc:jn. \ ■] ! ' M | The City Council of Electra and Chil-.
«• rer-say-die attitude seems to ; licothe seem to be trying to hobble and
4 jjk one sided. The well intend-; hog tie the^ron horse and Watch him pant
of these small towns are pro-: in thir stations while passengers’ time is
i fepntinuance of an unprofit- 1 wasted. V
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herfein.
• EnUMd
OffiM St CSI
Dm Act of
ures taking care of state hospitals
and courts. The only appropria
tion of consequence, 6thhr than that
for higher education, now await
ing House action, is one for state
supported junior colleges.
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