On a recent Monday, light winds from the south blew a burned grass smell over Mertzon town-site. Fierce gales flamed a big fire across asphalt barrier Highway 160 between Barnhart and Ozona yesterday.
That we’re living in a more or less “managed economy” that is becoming more managed all the time is hardly to be doubted by anybody capable of reading the daily papers. Industries not completely regulated by the federal government and its bureaus are nevertheless subject to government influence to an extent which occasionally brings a sharp gasp of realization.
