Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1897-11-17

lFulcdtlOH nOW Vildl iuNIe VIII tOlhN
cars to haul away the lumber that
Is waiting Loading crews were all
actively engaged loading all day and
the number of loads sent out Satur-
day afternoon testified to the disposi-
tion of the millman to ship, and ship
at once. Manufacturers appreciate
the efforts of the railroad men to fur
nlsh transportation and will not hold
emptes long.
a mass meeting of farmers will be
held in the court house at George
town Saturday, November 10, for the
purpose of discussing pans for in
creasing the price of farm products,
and especially cotton. All and own
els, rs well as tenat farmer, are urged |
ITO he present, and merchants and |
business men are also invited as all |
Classes are vitality interested in the |
matter. John JEFF johnson, commits |
sloner of agriculture, is expected to |
be present and address the meeting, |
which will be under the auspices of
the Williamson County Cotton Grow
els' union, recently organized
G. II. I. Townsend. an entomogist |
from Washington, ID. O., is in Beeville |
on an investigation tour of the Next
lean cotton weevil. His mission is
mostly to ascertain the amount of ter
rltory they have spread over since last
year, at least this is the principal re-
port he is expected to make on this trip.
The destructive pest began its devas-
tating work but few years ago down
the Rio Glande and has continued
eastward ever since. Last year they
did no damage to amount to anything
farther east than Bee county, but this
year Mr.. Townsend says great injury
was done the cotton by them as far as
Gonzales county. The scientist spent
the summer at TObasco, southern Mex
leo, trying TO learn what the weevil
originally fed upon, and if there was
any other plant on which it subsisted
He reports that it lives exclusively off
OF the cotton boil
Houston was honored Sunday by q
visit from Hon. Horace Chiffon OF
Tyler, Texas, Junior senator, and Hon
Thos. H. Ball of Huntsville, represent,
ing the First district in the national
| congress. They came in from their
respective homes and were en- route tc
Beaumont and Orange, where they
| Cooper and with him will make q
trip to Sabine Pass and up the Sabine
and Neches rivers for the purpose OF
| looking into the claims of the people
of that section regarding some i'm
| provements in the waterways men
| toned. The improvements sought fol
consist of deepening the two rivers
at certain points near their mouths
This, it is claimed, is necessary to the
successful carrying on of water traf'
fic, for although the two streams are
navlgable to uhe saw mills, a consid
cradle distance up, the shoal points
mentioned make the navigation Of
heavy vessels impossible. The work
already done at Sabine Pass will also
be inspected and two or three days
may be spent ON the trip.
The long season of dry weather of
the past summer was very severe or
nursery stock and the upply around
Alvin is cut very short this season. y
great dead of the propagation at that
place is done by cuttings which gen
orally grow from fifty to seventy-hve
per cent of the sets and the seasons
have generally furnished an ample
amount of rain to nourish the plants.
In consequence there has not been any
irrigation plants put up Several
paintings round here of from 100000
to 100000 cuttings have not grown
10 per cent, the loss would have paid
for the irrigation plant. r. I'll. Bush
way is now having one put up as he
sees that even i'm this section the sea
sons are too uncertain to depend ON
Nursery stock that can be grown from
the cutting can be sold here at much
lower figures than where budding and
grafting has to be used. For Instance
pear trees few years ago were sold
by nurserymen at so cents each, bui
when the propagation was undertaken
here the price was much lowered and
now good pear stock can be had from
fine coast nurseries at 10 cents each
The nurserymen are preparing to hee
In for the winter market and the
stock as long as it lasts will go to the
farmers at much lower figures thar
interior or northern stock can be sold
for. In fact some of the interior nur
serymen buy part of their stock here
in quantity for their trade, as 1t iS
cheaper tlsan they can grow 1t. 1t Is
orrs matter of short time when thest
Facts via be fully realized and this
caast country will produce vast