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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07
ADVENTURE IN MEXICO
HOW 4 PULLMAN CONDUCTOR
BRANED WRATH OF REBEL
CHIEF. YET LIVES.

The lives Of Pullman conductors
operating in the war sections III Mexico
during the past two years have been any
thing but long, sweet dreams. There is
not a Pullman conductor arriving i'll
Brownsville from Mexico who has not
his little tale Of adventure to tell. and
most Of them are thrilling in their de-
tails. Some of the fellows have literally
been snatched from the jaws Of death
through favorable situations-and still
they hang to their Jobs.
Witness the happening to one who was
in Brownsville in recent hours. 1t is
best not to mention his name. for he
still has his job. and when expecting to
return TO Mexico it is best not to tell
tales out Of school,
This conductor was running in the
ncighborhood of FL Paso 4 month ago.
when q man appeared before him and
gave in his charge a quantity Of ammu-
milton to be delivered to Pascual Orozco.
jr., a short distance south Of I'll Paso.
OrozcO had been notified of the sending
of the ammunition. and when the train
arrived ut his station he boarded it and
demanded the ammunition from the con
ductor. The latter happened to be a
Madcro man, and he refused to give it
up. The rebel general took him out,
stood him up against a fence and ordered
that he be shot.
Then it was that the favorable situa-
ton arose. As it happened, the con
ductor's wife was along with him. She
interviewed, pleading with the general in
behalf Of her husband. The general took
pity, and the Pullman conductor was re-
leased, and allowed to resume charge Of
his train. But. 50 he declares. he did
not turn the ammunition over to the
rebel chief.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07
THIRTY-EIGHT EACH WAY
RECORD MEMBERS OF MENICO PAS
SENGER TRAFFIC. ON OUTGOING
AND INCOMING TRAINS.

T~hirty-eight passengers, the largest
number To leave Brownsville on one train
since the inauguration Of the through
service to the City Of Mexico, left this
morning for Mexican points. Many Of
the travellers were oil men Of the Tampico
fields and there were also 4 number Of
railroad men on the list. Two SlccpcrS
were operate ont Of the city, both going
straight to Mexico City BY way Of San
Luis potoSi.
Yesterday afternoon by 4 coincidence
there were also thirty-eight come in
bound for various points from New
York to California. Among them was one
party Of eight on their way to Germany.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07
CANNOT SEE WHY VALLEY FARM
Frs GET ONLY - A TON FOR CAB
BAGE. WHEN 1T SELLS IN CHlCA-
GO FOR 500 A TON.

Nat Wetzel of Kansas City, general
sales manager for the Mercedes Land Cor
poration was in Brownsville last night.
Mr.. WetZel is the man who made Rocky
Ford cantaloupe famous, and is there
fore the man who put this brand Of IAN
taloupe ION the map" 50 to speak.
Thouh at present engaged in selling land
Mr.. WctZel is to return to the market
end Of vegetables, and stated that
to the marketing Of 125 carloads Of
onions that have been grown on lands
i'll the vicinity Of Mercedes, sold by the
company he represents.
Mr.. Wetzel has been keeping track OF
he onion growing situation III Texas, ana
stated that there will be about four
thousand carloads of this valuable veg
etable moving within the next two weeks.
The marketing Of this product, he said,
will become 4 serious proposition. and he
intends to makS an effort to see that the
people living on lands sold by his firm
have their onions marketed at 4 price
that will make a profit to them.
Speaking Of the marketing situation,
Mr.. WctZcl said:
"One Of the greatest necessities that |
can see in this section is q marketing as
ISOLATION. The Valley is fearfully lack
ing in this respect at the present time,
and farmers in the vicinity Of Mercedes
have asked me to aid them in marketing
their product. 1t appears peculiar to me-
that cabbage is retailing in Chicago at
11G0 q ton. and farmers in the growing
sections annOt get five dollars a ton for
their product. The government at an eX-
pcnsc Of $4,000 will soon put out a com
mission to investigate marketing prob
iCms-the problem where the grower gets
the small end of his labor-and ] hope
that the results will prove q benefit that
within the next few weeks some start
ling discoveries in this line will be made.
Mr.. Wetzel returned north with a
number Of his cxcursionists last night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07
KNOW PAINT

There's a paint education in this adj
vertisement.
Buy by the job, 0 gallon. Buy by
the paint put on; that's the job.
The price Of paint is 50 much a gallon;
that can't be helped, but amounts to
nothing.
The price Of painting is 80 much i day;
that can't be helped, but mounts to
nothing.
Put them together. How can you TO
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07

it? You've got to or lose perhaps half
of your money.
Devoe. 10 gallons enough for the aver
age job; an average paint 10. Now
reckon your costs. Count labor Il day for
a gallon. DevOe 10 days; the other ID.
Devoc about $50: the average paint
about $40 or $50; the dearer the labor
the bigger the difference, always that
way.
But that's for the job. How long il
it going to last? One twice IN long az
the other.
DEVOE.
Frontier Lumber Co. sells it.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS.

Property owners are notified to make
their renditions on or before the last
day Of April, 1913. Otherwise I shall
list such as unrendcred.
GEO. CHAMPION.
State and County Tax Assessor. Cam
eron County. Texas.-Adv. 4-1-tf.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07
GIVES INSTANT ACTION

q. +. LeRay reports that A SINGLE
DOSE Of simple buckthorn bark, glycer-
inc etc. as compounded in Adlcri-ka, the
Geman appendicitis remedy, stops con
stipation or gas on the stomach IN
STANTLY. Many Brownsville people arc
being helped.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07
WENEED FIRE PROTECTION!

We need 4 stand pipe and a good fire de
rartmcnt, which we will have some day.
However. YOU can protect yourself at
once BY investing 4 small amount in 4
fire insurance policy. Fire is a good
servant but 4 hard master.
Elmore S. Order, Agent.
At B'yllc. Blk. & TT. Co. Phone Do.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07

Ice bOres from %675 to $500: Re
frigcrators from 5000 to $500. We
have the best bargains this season that
have ever been seen in the Valley. Let
rs show You how much the saving really
is.-Walker Bros Hancock Co.-Adv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07
OH! YOU ELKS.

There will be Installation Of officers
tonight. Come up. Lots Of good things
70 eat. Soiourning brethren invited. $
y. IN. at the club rooms.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07

w. NJ. Gardner, a mining man Of near
Saltillo. Mexico, passed through the city
today en- route to his headquarters. Mr..
Gardner 4 week ago brought his wife out
Of Mexico for safety. believing this
would be best under the conditions that
were in cxictcncc IN the Saltillo ncighbor-
hood.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07

A. T.. HoltSchncidcr and his family Of
eight. Of S%altillo Mexico, were among tho
passengers arriving from Mexico ycster
day. They are en- route To their home il
Germany. Mr.. IIoltschncider is a veal
Thy cotton man and banker.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07

WE WISH representation on commits
sion basis. on our fancy hams, bacon.
etc. Address Waldcck Packing Com
pany. MOntrosc and La Sale streets.
st. Louis. Mo. list
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07

Try 3-in1-that home made bread.
Fresh rye and graham bread daily.
Union Bakery. Phone 1ll-free delivery.
-Ady321-2G oct
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07

Mrs. W. u. Clements and Miss Nina
Bishop of Hallcttsvillc, sisters Of
Sherwood Bishop Of this city, are here
visiting their brother. Miss Bishop will
remain here with her brother, but Mrs.
Clements will return to IIallettsyillc
after a visit here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07

NdrrigC licenses were issued yesterday
by the county clerk to Todd Nelson and
Miss Rosa Halter Of H%arlingen, and Com
undo Gomez and Amparita Garcia.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07
CITY NEWS


housekeeping - Mr.. and Mrs. r.. NJ.
in the cottage On the corner of Levee and
Sth streets, having moved III the past
week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07

Judge Graham. Of the law firm Of Ora
ham, Jones. West and Dancy, left ycstcr-
day afternoon for IIallcttSvillc to assist
i'll the trial.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07

Charles 4. Grudcr, 4 prominent hotel
man Of san Antonio, who for the past
two weeks has bccn~thc guest Of Or. and
Mrs. Fairbanks, has departed for home.
He will leave san Antonio in a few
DAYS for Kansas City.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07

Buy the Guaranteed Lines-They are
always superior to unknown makes
Automatic RefrigcratOrS. Detroit NapOr
Stoves. Globe Wcrnicke Filing Cabinets
Mattresses, Hodge Fibre Rugs, insured
Brass Beds will not tarnish.) These
cost no more than most other makes and
YOU are absolutely sure they are the
best. We pay the freight out Of town.
Walker Bros Hancock Co.-Adv.
Thc LcdrRcrS' CIub viii meet tomor-
row afternoon ut four O'Clock with Mrs.
L. ID. Putegnat.
FridGy crcHiRg, april 18th. the ladies
Of the Catholic Church Choir, will give a
concert IN the Niyicr Opera House for the
benefit Of the organ fund. Of the new Sac
red IIcatr church. Local and Out-oftOWn
talent will assist in the program.
that Will be fall Of fun from start to fin
iSh. The SeXtettc from Florod0ra parti-
cipatcd in by six young girls and boys is
one # The charming numbers. Mrs. ]. w.
Scriyncr has kindly consented Il deco
rate the stage for the French Milliner.'
The ladies in charge look forward and
hope for a packed house. ADV. 475t.
EMS IRst0IidtjoR- The Brownsville
Elks viii hold their installation Of Off
GERS ut the EIks Club rooms tonight. The
| officers were elected several weeks, and a
royal evening is promised All the mem
berS who attend the meeting tonight. =
Bcacft COHccFt-On Friday evening a
concert Will Dc given ut the NiyicT Opera
House. the proceeds from the entertain
ment going to the organ fund Of the
Church Of the Sacred Heart, which is
about completed will be used for worship
on the 10Th. The concert Will have several
numbers that will be unusually fine,
among which will bc the ScXtcttc from
Florod0ra. participated i'll BY Browns
Vile ladies and young men. III the talent
for the evening there will also be Il mum
her Of 0utOf-town people. accomplished
musicians. The concert Will be under the
direction Of the ladies Of the Catholic
Church choir.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07

Mrs. Davis Adams Of New York has
been the guest Of Capt. and Mrs. VIM.
Kelly the past week. Mrs. Adams cX-
poets to be here several days longer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07
MARKETING Is
VALLEY PROBLEM

KANSAS CITY MAN WHO PUT
ROCKY FORD Giants" ON MAP
SAYS MARKET ASSOCIATION is
OUR GREAT NECESSITY.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07
PERSONALS

W. NJ. McGratt Of Pharr IS a visitor
i'll Brownsville today.
b. n. Rodgers Of Dallas is a business
visitor in Brownsville today.
j. L. Cunningham of Houston is regis
tered at the Miller hotel.
=. Ii. Bethge of Detroit, Mich, is a
visitor in the city today.
Joe Mitchell Of Fort Worth is a visitor
in the city today.
j. G. McGin Of Alice is in Brownsville,
a guest at the Miller hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry May Of Mission
are visitors in Brownsville today.
NJ. q. Kendall Of San Antonio is a
business visitor i'll Brownsville, 4 guest
at the Miller hotel.
j. ID. Scrivncr Of Mission is in the city
today.
-
Frank Rabbi il in san Antonio on a
short business visit.
-
Mr.. and Mrs. j. J. Young and daugh-
tor N;ss sarah laft Yesterday afternoon
for San ,~rtonio
Tohn crocr nagbior If tbn Nnrcb,nts
terday on d business mission.
~ N"Ni II
bceh the guest ol 'aPt. ana MIS- WIN
Kelly the past week. MIS- ADAMS eA-
poets 70 DC mere SeVeral Gays longer
#
Charles = "r"oer' 7 prominent ho'el
MAJ" " ~ rI
'',- q, KANSAS r.. 5::5: I, w.. w.,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07

John Gregg, cashier Of the Merchants
National bank. wen. to San Antonio yes
tcrday on a business mission.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-07

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. J. Young and daugh-
ter, Miss Sarah, left yesterday afternoon
for san Antonio.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-07-03

as 600 acres of western land could
produce and which in a few years
will sell for more than western
land per acre. Crop by crop
Florida will average higher than
nearly any other state, and the
crop compared is the only one in
other states and only one OF a
number grown ON the same land
in this state. When these facts
become fully known the rush to
Florida will be greater than ever
was the rush to Oklahoma.-Flor-
ida Times. Union.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-07-03
GREEN FRUIT LAW
Passed House and Senate Now on
Florida Statutes

The long agony is over and the
"green fruit" law has passed the
house and senate and 10 now on
the Florida statutes, says The
Packer.
The "green fruit" bill provides
a standard by which the law may
be enforced and this standard Is
that which was set up by the three
different fruit conventions and
acted on this spring.
II provides that no citrus fruit
shall be shipped before November
5 unless it can be shown q content
Of acid not in excess of 1.30 for or
anges 1.75 for grapefruit. After
November $ there is no restrictions
except that fruit must show one
half color en- the trees, but will
require no acid test. The infer
ence is that after that date that
the fruit will be ripe enough for
shipment.
Last August at the meeting at
Gainesville the standard for or
anges set by the convention and
which the agricultural department
tried to enforce though without
strict legal authority was 1.25 for
oranges and no standard fixed fol
grapefruit, the only restriction
being made that no fruit should
move before October J..
The Florida Citrus Exchange
has been the principal factors ir
passing the new law, while those
opposing the bill are some IF tht
largest growers and shippers il
the state. The opposition is prin
cipally from the growers in some
of the most southern counties whC
claim that their fruit natures ear
Continued on last page)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-07-03
FlOrida's SOila1nd Climate

produced $50, 900 bushels OF oats
worth $435,OOO. The United
States produced 992, ,29S,Ooo bush,
els worth S414, ,663, 900 on 81
1853, 900 acres. The average value
of the produce per acre in Florida
was Sl0.12, and in the United
States $10.9S per acre.
Florida produced an average OF
ninety bushels of potatoes worth
$13O.50 pea acre. The United
States produces an averages OF
eighty-one bushels worth So4.oO
per acre. Florida beat the aver
age of the country little more
than two to one.
Florida averaged 1.3 tons OF
hay worth $23.67 per acre. The
United States averaged IL tons
worth $16.15 per acre. In nay
Florida averaged nearly SO per
cent more in value per acre than
the United States.
Florida produced on an acre an
average of $40 pounds of tobacco
worth 1868. 90, against an average
for the United States of S94
pounds worth $S4.13. Florida's
tobacco yields more than three
times as much per pound as that
of the country taken as a whole.
Florida grows cotton-a little
less per acre than that of the 9th
er states the figures are not Civ
en-, but it is of the Sea Island vari'
ETY. worth about twice as much
per pound as the uplands cotton
grown in other states,
The average farmer Of the mid
die west could sell 100 acres ol
land and with the proceeds by 300
acres in Florida which would
Weld him at least as much value
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-07-03
SWEET POTATOES
Grown More Profitable in Florida
Than Any Other State

A Dougherty county farmer
grew sweet potatoes this year for
commercial purposes. He plant
ed twenty acres with yellow yam
variety which classes as choice in
the market. From the twenty
acres he will get at least 5000
bushels says the Albany Herald.
He has sacked and sold 1000 bush
els. for which be received 65 cents
a bushel f. o. b. cars. The larger
part of his crop he will bank until
the spring when he is sure of $l a
bushel or more. At the lowest
price, here is u net profit per acre
of more than three times what the
same land would have produced in
cotton. Sweet potatoes are but
little, if any, more trouble to cul-
tivate than cotton, and require no
more fertilization. They are es-
sentially u south Georgia crop,
and produce even better on sandy
loan soil than in the red clay soil
of Dougherty. The crop never
fails, and the thing to be wonder
9 | at is why more south Georgia
farmers do not raise potatoes for
market.-Savannah News.
Otto Mueller, of Elkton, has
just finished digging his fall crop
of sweet potatoes and it certainly
was bumper crop. The net pro-
fits per acre were about $400, and
the land is in good shape for the
spring crop of potatoes. The ex.
pense of the sweet potato crop is
practically nothing and Elkton sol
is particularly adapted to them,
and, with a good market, this
ought to prove coming crop. =
st. Augustine Record.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-07-03
Copper Found in Celery

The Department of Agriculture,
acting on the complaint of DIR. w.
9. Woodward, Health Officer of
the District of Columbia, and the
health officers of other states, has
found by careful analysis that a
great deal of table celery which
came to the market during the
last season contained slight
amounts of copper in the form of
dried Bordeaux mixture Qime and
copper sulphate) which farmers
have to use to spray celery plants
to prevent the destruction of the
crop by blight. Celery not spray
ed with Bordeaux mixture during
its growth, according to thu Coy
ernment specialists, is liable to
reach the market in a state of par
tial decay.
The use of salts of copper in
food products was decided by the
Referee Board to be deleterious to
health. Under Food Inspection
Decisions 14S and 149, the impor-
tation of canned fruits and canned
vegetables greened with copper
has been stopped. This is parallel
to the laws of France, where the
use of copper vessels is forbidden
in packing food products.
The proof of the presence of
copper in raw celery was obtained
by analysis of samples of celery
offered for sale in the markets of
the District of Columbia and other
cities. Analysis of four different
samples of celery showed that be-
fore washing, the edible part of
the outside stalks contained from
81 to 1912 parts of copper per
million, or less than 1-6th to 1-2
grain of copper per 3 IA lbs. of
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-07-03
HOW FLORIDA
HAS DEVELOPED
South More Prosperous Than
Ever Before in its History

No one with eyes to see Will say
the South is not more prosperous
than ever before in its history,
and that Florida has not in natur-
al resources and in soil, products
and climate, all the elements of q
great future. Today the industri-
al development of the South de-
ties adequate description.
We recall the South as 1t was
nearly half q century ago. For
ty years ago we spent four months
in Florida. Desolate places every
where where mansions had occu-
pied the land. Fortunes had vanish
ed as in a night; the best men had
died In fields of battle; its civiliza-
ton was gone; its labor system
was destroyed; its affairs were ad-
minlstered by dishonest strangers,
known in history as carpetbag-
gers; and there appeared to be no
prospect of a revival of industries.
Ten times richer now in all ma
tepial things which 90 to make a
people great and powerful, be-
cause it lost nothing in heart and
hope, the South is now the fairest
and most inviting land in all this
great country, and is growing more
and more self-dependent every
day and year.
The working out of their own sal
walton by the people Of the South,
added, of course, by people and cap,
ital from other sections, in a
way that has been almost as sur
prising to themselves, when they
think of conditions as they
were thirty-six years ago when
the troops were withdrawn and
they were left to control their
own affairs, as it has been to those
who have looked on from the ont
side, is one of the marvels of a
single generation Of men. The
recovery from conditions which
would have caused a less seif-re-
liant and courageous peopleto give
up in despair has never before
been equalled in history.
Talking politics in the South,
one seldom, if ever, hears. Party
is in reality combination of the
intelligent forms of good govern
ment. In the course of events the
party name happens to be democ'
racy Southern democracy as it is
called. In the far south 1T Is q
one sided affair, dishonest carpet
baggers having made it such. And
in the wonderful change for the
better that has taken place, Flori
da, in the development of its agri
culture, the expansion of its com
merce, and the growth of its cities
with a cosmopolitan population
representing every state, all ma
tions of Europe, Canada and tht
West India islands, has just en-
tered upon a new and marvellous
career. jackson (Mich.) Patriot