El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-19
BIC SPRINGS Has
GREAT GROWTH
FOR YEAR
Public Schools Indicate Pro
gress; Some Exhibits
for the Fair.

Big Springs, Tex, Sept 1s--The peo-
pie Of Big Springs and Howard county
viii on september &c vote on propo-
sition to bond the county for 100000,
the money to be spent on the improve
ment Of the county roads leading into
this city. It is very generally believed
that the bond issue will be endorsed
by a goodIy majority of the property
owners and taxpayers of the city and
county.
Work of Commercial Club.
The commercial club of Big Springs
has long appreciated the value to
trading center of good roads and since
its organization has worked TO bring
the voters of the county to look at the
situation as the members of the CLUB
did. The money derived from the sale
of the bonds IF the proposition carries
will be spent. not on any one particu-
lar road, but rather in making passa-
BILE the bad places in every main ROAD
in the county. 1t is believed that when
the farmers and merchants begin to
realize the benefits Of the improved
roads in the way of larger loads,
coupled with a greatly minimiZed wear
and tear on wagons. horses and other
equipment. they will be more than will
ing to vote another issue of bonds In
time to improve more roads or to bet
ter the roads already improved.
Melons For East Texas.
Big Springs has the peculiar dis
tinction this year Of furnishing east
Texas with watermelons. The Mer-
rick brothers. who live a few miles
ont of town. have 200 acres of melons
al
only Big Springs but have shipped al
ready about 90 carloads TO Fort Worth,
Dallas. Waco and other east Texas
markets One of the Merrick brothers
is authority for the statement that
their melon patch will net them 500
per acre or a total or $4,000. The
melons were grown in sand. without
irrigation and with but one rain.
The cotton crop in the vicinity OF
Big Springs this year viii be snort
owing to the drouth, averaging about
eighth of q bale to the acre This
loss to the growers Will however, be
at least partially made up through the
high price being paid by cotton buy
ers.
No Fair Exhibit.
While Big Springs and Howard coun-
ty will not send an agricultural ex-
hibit to the FL Paso fair this year, be-
cause the commercial club does not
believe material can be- found for such
an exhibit OF farm produce as the
people Of the county would be proud
Of the county will not be altogether
unrepresented
Chickens Coming.
DR.. 7. f. Smith, of the Big Springs
poultry ranch. a chicken fancier OF
statewide reputation. is getting ready
a number Of pens of his best birds to
send to FL Paso. AS his flOcks num-
Der many birds which have brought
Dr.. Smith the big bunch Of blue and
other colored ribbons and medals
which adorn the walls of his ONCE,
he feels confident that he will be able
to add to his collection after his re-
turn from the big west Texas show
DR.. Smith breeds Rhode Island Reds,
Barred Rocks, White Rocks and White
Wyandottes. and he hopes to be able
to show prize winners of each strain
Automobile Exhibit.
In addition to DR.. Smiths chickens,
Big Springs will be represented in the
machinery department of the FL Paso
fair By an automobile equipped with
wheels invented by DR.. ]. G. Wright
and \. R Wiley. of this place. The
wheel. which Is known as the wiley
Wright" wheel. is calculated to do
away with the pneumatic rubber tire.
II IS fitted with nard rubber tires
and shock absorber," consisting Of
a series of springs set around float
ing hub in such manner as to take up
every jar. whether lateral or otherwise.
Nessrs. Wiley and Wright have equip
ped a heavy taxicab in Dallas with
their wheels and automobile experts
there. so it is said. pronounce them
easier riding" than the pneumatic
tired wheels. and the tire cost is re-
ducad to a minimum The exhibit is
sure to attract the attention of all au-
tomobile users who attend the FL Paso
fair.
BrOOncOrn Good.
It is among the probabilities that s.
T. Rowland may be induced to make
an exhibit OF broOmcorn. He viii, If
J. l. Ward, the druggist, can have his
way. Mr. Ward is such believer in
broomcorn as a wealth producer that
he last spring at his own expense fur
nished broOmcorn seed TO a number OF
farmers with which TO experiment.
Mr.. Rowland is one Of Mr. Wards dis
cipIes ami on 20 acres raised $4,000
worth Of brOomcorn, said by experts
to be as good as the best grown in
the famous brOOmcorn belt of Illinois,
which furnishes most OF the brooms
used in the United States. Mr.. Row
land was offered 1925 q ton for his
crop on track al Big Springs. but he
Will install a broom making plant on
his ranch and manufacture and sell his
own brooms. brushes, etc. believing he
can find a profitable market for all he
can make
When It is considered that Mr. Row
lands crop was grown without irri-
cation and no rain, a yield of $40 to