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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-06
GROWING CACTUS TO SELL.

"a Wild eyed rage has taken hold o.
snmc sections OF Cal fornia in produc
ing his plant for the purpose If grow
ing cuttings Of il to sell III 80 much per
Joint 10 some one else. he to sell To some
other enthusiast and - on al iniinitTm
Bat there j. no data. even there. ~ e.
its actual feeding value per acre. After
I'll these dozen years since Burbank
ir>t discovered his type of IL. there i
still not enough grown - that il can
hc afforded for forage. Surely if il grows
and mnltiplies 80 rapidly. il would need
MI uf California and part IF Mexico be
fore now 10 contain the Increase.
n am wondering if ii il not history re.
peat ~ Itself: the latest repetition Of
the tulip bulb craze Of a century ago: the
mulberry silk work craZc of twenty wears
past: the Belgian hare craze of 4 few
wears since; the gin>cciHr craze, etc. But
~ least people of Texas cam avoid add
INC a. the half million dollars il j. claim
~ has already been pad ont for pieces
~ cactus ~ H. PLANTED! not fur use. hut
u sell ~ some other person.
In the compete absence ~ any
proof whatever as 10 the resistance of
any Of the exotic types of SpiuclcSs cac-
'uS ia this climate. and ia the face ~
the hundreds ~ failures of All the var
irticS - FAR tested Ia The Jnitcd States
government tnd other agencies. this Ger
"a MS the part ~ conservative common
~rnSe to enter on the 'SpinclcSS' cactus
planting strictly in IN experimental
way. Aud this conclusion j. particular
In plain. in view Of the practical prov
"n value ~ our own >p'nv onc-the Tex
No., prirkly pear. which j. moreover ca
pahlc pf improvement hv the selection nf
types ~ indicated ~ still greater. MANY
times greater value"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-06
ROB ROY WILL ARRIVE SOON

term ol selection and tests 10 prove con
illusions. develop a spincles> type of
equal luxuriancr aud rap.dity If growth
and equally IA resident To cold. n onr
native prickly pear. But | doubt il: for
| believe the myriads Of woody spines
actually have the effect of Withdrawing
after a freeze. much of the fcrmcntei
sap which would otherwise poison and
Kill the entire plant. 1t l. more probable
that W shall develop greater value from
selected valuable types Of the Spinclc>S
varieties than will endure this climate
and not require fencing AMI extensive
handling. At any rate w have ~ Vet
absolutely me- proof Of the resistance In
tn climate Of any Of the so-callcd spine
less varieties except the native one DIES
crihed above. ~ least in any section ~
South Texas where il has any practical
application for forage production.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-06
less" CACTUS NOT FOR
SOUTHWEST TEXAS SAYS STILES
|~culturist Declares 1t Cannot be Grown PrOfitably
Forage and Says Common PriCkly Pear Is Better
fn With Expense of Buring Spines Off.

& information concerning the
! of the sO.callcd "sp,nclcSS
Texas has been So called by
|. Stiles, ihc Fan Antonio hur.
|, after several years spent in
Judy OF the plant Mr.. stiles
FIRST place there H. nO such
speaking. - spiuric>,
least. | have never been
y variety. either ~ those
originated IN Burbank
and sent ont ~ the Uni
|rHmcnt. or those called
Mexico. that ~ entirely
iborns az ~Sliculcs. But
sources come varieties
j. that the plant y with
on necessary % ITS per
natural conditions. and
~ projected hN strong
)rieties soon become *
( that these 50 clllcd
lStcd ia 80 many local
lom2. Mr.. Burbank ha,
setting up the claim ~
lthiS plant. This h. hard
ation. ! IN nk there l.
he originated one. or
by hNbridizrtinn. using
aren't for his new spc
brought from Mexico
N. that was already
lnr SpinciCSs az are
sons now being sold
YER. apart from The
L truthfulncS~. this
further objected To-
varieties. from All
that are So nearly
ncnt Of the spine.
however. constitutes
Tactical drawback, a.
I'm Texas. II ~ uccr>
rongly and safely. and
II ia stock and pro
a. ia Which a. feed il
white being m%aceratrd
that III being maulcd
or sand the accumula
does injury "a The
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-06

III sn,- here that 4 man ic,l iut" a
yui ol boiling ril said Mr.. Gahh.
Tint must have Isvu Y terrible death
~Oh. I don't know. replied Mr. tahb.
uurp heard of n man who Was talked
fn Gruh Cincinnati Enquirer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-06

conditions. terms. restrictions. rcScrva-
iinn> aud exception, that The same may
hc .uhicct H..
Witness my hand ~ San KcniIn. Texas,
On thi. the 18th day ~ December. 1915.
INO. II LGMA\.
Trustee.
Dee. lG ~. aN. Jan H..
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-06
lIING CACTUS

n no donht "A field
covered with it> ripe
pNcral times a. vain.
the pear plant alone.
Hpply equally ~ thr
.~piuplr>> cactus some
r. cactus called tuua>'
I'd, valuable. being rich aud
vcr, nouriShing aS human
~ the varieties pro.
az such excellence viii prof.
kch results.
\rsicrn port on of the coastal
xas. the prick, pear cactus
-. b. found a most Naluall,
lon. i~usiif,ing values ~ go
here for land on which 4,
forage H. conjunction viii
,ountrv grain crops.
k,est difficulty If the 50 call
variety Of cactus for TrNa'
Of them are A. yet proven
he climate 1T amy portion n
except. possibly. If a Ncr'
kct i'm the Brownsville terri
n land values are such tha.
tIy cactus culture viii II
any great extent.
mas. my HaNmondNill'
klt ~ miles north z
lartcd TWO of Burbank
! United States Depart
are varieties. These III
badly three winter
lnlantS were killed out
lh:ch survived were =
growth the succeed
han alf tai oi IN
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-06

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IN
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culture.
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sninc.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1914-03-20
Fire Companies Lost Money.

Special to Independent.
Little Rock, March 20.-The
annual returns of the fire insur-
ance companies for 1913 demon
strate that Arkansas is a very
improbable field for their oper-
alton. During the year the COM
panies received in premiums a
total of $3,O66, 22S.42, and dur
ing the same time paid to the
insurers in fire losses a total of
S4,233, 768.16, the loss ratio be-
ing 1856.
In addition to the losses. the
expenses exceeded the premiums
by a total of $2,304,154.
For the five years from 1908
to 1918 inclusive, the total pre-
MUM receipts for the state have
been $11, 298,993 and the losses
have been $10,747,172. The ex-
penses for that period were $4,-
18O,567, showing balance of
$3,628,746 of losses and expens-
es over premiums.
An analysis Of the records
shows that for the entire "a
years since the establishment Of
the Insurance Department, the
premium receipts have amount
ed to $39,981,797, while the loss
es and expenses for the same pc
riod have been $4O,709,742,
showing that fire insurance has
always been conducted in Arkan-
sas at an actual loss.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1914-03-20

ed African chief TO the gOld
coast of South Africa, are in a
sad plight. The African chief,
who is a veritable Sam Slick,
got their money, and pictured to
them a land flowing with milk
and honey. 1t was the Promised
Land, and all they had to do was
to follow one who would be their
Moses. The unfortunate gave
him their money and their con-
fdence, and he has made away
with both. A good many follow
ed him to New York, only to be
left there stranded, while others,
who were to meet the gallant
ship that was to bear them on
ward at Galveston, have gladly
accepted such work as they
could find for the purpose OF
making a living. It is strange
that every now and then some
one can come along and rob in
dustrious negroes of their mon
ey; but it seems that there is a
fixed periodicity in which these
predatory Migrants travel, and
they never leave empty handed.
The leading negroes of the
south. as we'll as the white peo-
pie VINO are friends to the negro,
continue telling them that here
is where they are better off than
they can be anywhere else. A
few of the smart ones may sue
coed in lettering their conditions
in the north, but for the masses
of the negro the South is the
natural and most hospitable
home, and here they should re-
main.-Memphis News-Scimitar.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1914-03-20


thein&as side of the city,
though Arkansas fans contrib
ute largely to the support of the
team. This condition is rather
for the good of the game in the
state, Little Rock being the only
city of the state which will sup
port a team of class higher than
what is known as D in minor
league circles.
Nothing so hurts the sport as
making it a losing venture, and
no one has ever made a cent out
of league ball in Arkansas. 1t
has been repeatedly tried in
state leagues, and every venture
has been disastrous. Team after
team has blown up in midseason,
and the fans had by that time
lost interest in the sport.
Little Rock has a flourishing
city league, with other smaller
leagues to care for the surplus
material. The various leagues
are now filled with graduates
from this organization. Van
!
Buren, and Fort Smith maintains
Twin City League, with teams
representing enterprises of the
two cities having membership.
Interest is so keen in these or
CARNATIONS that other towns are
asking admission, and in this
manner a number of leagues in
which amateur baseball is play
ed, will probably be formed. In
these every player is a home
boy, and he is known to every
follower of the sport. Rivalry is
so intense on this account, and
the fans turn out in greater
numbers than they would if they
were watching professionals who
had no interest in the town, 9TH
er than to draw their salary
there.
There has been suggested a
plan by which a number of these
sectional leagues may be formed,
and at the end of the season,
have the pennant winners of the
various leagues meet to contest
for the championship of the
state. With such leagues in
Northwest, Northeast, South
east and Southwest Arkansas,
with other leagues in and around
the larger cities, a tourney could
be arranged for fall, with the
games played in Little Rock,
which would bring thousands of
people to the city to watch their
heroes contest for the state flag.
It would be the state track meet
on a larger scale. This event
brings annually thousands of in
terested adherents of the teams
to Little Rock, but it would be
trivial to the crowds the state
baseball contest would bring.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1914-03-20

at Least Knew His Value.

a native, named Appu, of Kotahana,
Ceylon, recently attacked his father
and mother with a mallet while they
were asleep, and nearly killed them.
The excuse he subsequently gave
was that he was Disguised with his
miserable parents for having such O
low down SON."
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1914-03-20
Moon and Volcanoes.

1t is evident that if the earth's i'll
teEnal mass is liquid it must obey the
law that governs fluids. Scientists
have tried, therefore, to find some re-
lationship between volcanic eruptions
and lunar attractions. - Harper's
Weekly.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1914-03-20
Calling Down tho Nurse.

Little Franks nurse, when finding
him In mischief was in the habit Of
exclaiming: what in the name OF
common sense are you dogng?" Ono
morning, while she was bathing him,
he asked: what in the name Of cop,
per cents do you mean By getting soap
n ny Gyesf"
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1914-03-20
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

) kize1 to make the followil
ssuncements Of candidate
sdbiect to the action of the Del
cratic Primary.
-or Congress-
w. A. OLDFIELD
For Railroad Commissioner:
T. J. RANEY
T. E. WOOD
sor Prosecuting Attorney
EARL C. CASEY
II. u. WILLIAMSON
JOHN S. GIBSON.
T'or County Judge
w. d. McLAIN
JAMES H. JOHNSTON
John A. MELVILLE
o. w. SCARBOROUGH
Or Sheriff
F. INCLUSION
ABE BALLEW
VI Representative
}. M. MAPDIS
W. M. SHAVER
J. u. ARD
K. r. SIMMONS
qr Treasurer tn:
iOHN H. CAMP
Jesse w. SHUFORD
IN. IVY
J. I. Tasting
or School Superintendent
II. L. LAMBERT
Il. H. BOWMAN
!. NJ. BALCH VS.
G. E. LAND -4
or Coroner
HENRY GRANT
:. T. CRAFT
w. H. NOLEN
For Surveyor
!. H. ATHENS.
UNION TOWNSHIP
Sor Justice of Peace
L. B. HARRIS
H. C. NUCKOLLS
J. M. BELL
Cor Constable
TERRY GUM 7%~'a ,~.'
CLYDE WOOD
=. NJ. IVY : %
For Road Overseer-
GEORGE FOUSHEE.
j. u. HOGAN
W.F.HURLEY
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP.
Tor Road Overseer-
CLARENCE PENIX
CLAY ROBERTS
J. B. THOMPSON
BIRD TOWNSHIP
For Road Overseer, Western Z
R. L. HURLEY
G. A. CHURCHMAN.
For Road Overseer-East. Dist
l.. G. PEMBERTON.
JOHN F. DUNN
Eor Constable:
R. L. DANDY,
BRECKENRIDGE TOWNSHIP
For Road Oyerseer, No. III Soutl
WILLARD F. HARDIN.
GLASS TOWNSHIP.
Cor Road Overseer, Eastern Dis
R. j. JOHNSON.
MUNICIPAL TICKET.
: IT Mayor
4. T. Hubby.
r Recorder
BRADLEY GRAHAM
! E Marshal
Gus c. MARTIN
r Treasurer
GARLAND HURT z
/ r Aldermen
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1914-03-20

Deluded Negroes.
Those deluded negroes who
left good homes and an easy way
of making living in Oklahoma
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1914-10-23
Strong Words From Woolley
Selected by T. Alex. Cairns.

To my fine colleagues in this modern crusade I
want to say that the very finest dividend-producing
investment possible for you is a set of John G. Wool
ley's Civic Sermons" They are not only far and
away the master literature of the great reform, but |
am only passing on to you my own word %ampliied by
that of hundreds of others whom I meet all over
this country, when I say to you that undoubtedly our
own comrade, Woolley, is the greatest living master
of the English language in the United States.
| am not in the advertising business when | ad-
wise you to pawn your shirt if necessary to get a set
of Woolley. That bee tree called Westerville has
much honey, and sweetest of all are the volumes of
this man.
Just listen:
'The most concentrated and dramatic moment in
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1914-10-23
THE AMERICAN ISSUE
October e, 1914.
Fire Prevention and Other Things

On October 9 occurred the anniversary of the
great fire prevention day. Here and there the people
over the land met together not to express sorrow over
a catastrophe which occurred nearly half a century
ago, but to draw some lessons from that horrible oc-
currence that might be of benefit in 1914 and the years
to come. Governors of states issued proclamations
calling for the observance of fire prevention day, and
mayors of cities helped to arrange programs, while
fire laddies lent themselves to public drills, all in the
interest of fire prevention.
That was a mighty good idea. The waste of life
and resources because of fire is appalling. It is high
time that America gave herself over seriously to the
subject OF preventing this needless waste. 1t is one
OF the hopeful signs Of the times that men every
where are turning their attention to conservation.
But
How much attention is paid to the prevention of
another sort of fire, beside which the Chicago con-
fagration was the mere faring of a parlor match?
The most destructive fire is that of the liquor traffic.
1t destroys vastly more in physical resources than all
the fires kindled by incendiaries or flaming up as the
result Of careessness. Not all the worlds holocausts
has taken such a toll of human life as this great de-
stroyer takes in less than a lifetime.
Against fires there is Insurance., and against the
death of individuals there is also insurance. But the
liquor business gives no insurance whatever. A.
mans house may burn but he has not lost all, for the
insurance adjuster comes and helps him to build again.
The widow of the man who loses his life in a fire
has reparation if her husband carried life insurance.
But the waste OF thousands Of dollars of property and
the destruction of human life, human health and hui
man morality by the liquor business is irreparable
There is nothing paid back.
Some day the wise people of America will hold a
national observance day, and the thing to be COM
memorated will be the passing out Of Americas
liquor business.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1914-10-23

of earthly gravitation, it exercises the divine right of
choosing between the two theories of existence-the
temporary and the eternal, runs up the flag of its in
dependence and bolts to the minority"
X x
"An ounce weight of brooding-wren power, fed
high on the ambrosia of maternal love and sacrifice.
will thrash a pound of crow, loggy with stolen eggs
and carbon"
"a Christians principles, like his legs. ought to be
long enough to reach the ground.
x = y 4 x
"The first plant was a cell that separated from
the tepid world of ooze and proclaimed a new law Of
existence. The rest said, Your lame is mud, Just the
same, and you will have your labor for your pains
But it persisted until it Numbered its opinions from
the top of Lebanon"
"Wouldn't it be strange if thrushes were to or
ganize for mutual protection and development, and
having taken sovereign possession of the continent
and published a Monroe Doctrine against Eastern
thrushes nesting in the Western hemisphere. should
license lice and hawks and minks and skunks and
weasels and cholera microbes, and then sit around
among their dead and dying, roll their eyes, and twit-
ter the usual daily anthem about Our Heavenly
Homer"
"The liquor traffic is condemned by all Christian
people. 1t involves more money than the money CUES
ion, more protection than the protection question.
more war than the wa question"
x x X X
1T is easier for a whole menagerie to go abreast
through the eye of a needle than for the Kingdom OF
God to hold its own in any scheme of material pros
~perity.'"
The decent man who drinks two gallons of beer
a day, does not do it because he likes the bitterish de
coction of sulphite of lime, and tartaric acid, and citric
acid, and benzoic acid, and glucose, and juniper Der
ries, but because the alcohol hooks his nerves viii d
barb and plays him like a fish until it lands him. This
is the natural history of all drunkenness"
X x x y
1--WE cannot all play the same instrument, but we
can all be in the right key
x x X X
Remember election day to keep it holy"
X X X X
TOO long have we employed the church as all
ambulance and deployed ourselves for stretcher ser
The Holly chieftain., 1914-01-30
MORRIS HEADS STATE GRANGE.
President Lory Of Agricultural Col
Iege Addresses Colorado Farmers
at Yearly Session.

Denver.-President Lory and Pro
fessor Gillette of the State Agricul-
tural College. addressed the state
grange at it's annual session in Fra
ternal Union hall.
The following grange officers for
the ensuing year were elected: John
Morris, Jefferson county, master; o.
V. Perkins, Montrose county, overseer;
c. w. Swayze, Jefferson county, lee
turer; X. S. Ray, Jefferson county,
steward; J. F. Giraredot, Aurora. as
sistant steward; P Ricketts,, Fort Col
Inns, chaplain; G. H. Peterson, Den
yer, treasurer; Rudolph Johnson, Nj
wot, secretary; Frank Potts, Arapa,
hoe county, gate keeper; Sarah Nor
ris, Jefferson county, Ceres; Amelia
Buckman, Jefferson county, Pomona; ;
M. A. Tobey, Boulder county, Flora !;
Clara Hulbner, jefferson county, lady
assistant steward.
]. NJ. Reynolds, Montrose, and r. j.
Altig, Boulder, were named on the eX'
ecutive board, and Moses Hoover OF
Boulder was named a member of the
legislative committee.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-01-30
The Lincoln Day Banquet.

Denver-Senator Albert B. Cum
Minis of Iowa will be the guest of hon
or and speaker CT the evening at the
Lincoln Day banquet to be held under
the auspices of the Republican State
Central Committee at Ell Jebel Tenn
pie, Denver, at $50 p. M, Feb. IL.
There will also be two local state
speakers, Hon. Clyde c. Dawson and
Hon. Halstead l.. Ritter. Judge John
Campbell will act as POSTMASTER, Hon.
Jesse F. Mcdonald will preside and
DR.. VIM. F.. Slocum will deliver the
invocation. Arrangement have been
made to seat 1000 diners at Ell Jebel.
The railroads of the state will give
half rates from all points in the state,
half rate tickets will be on sale Feb.
10, II and - and are good until Feb.
IA. Hon. James c. Berger chairman
of the committee on arrangements. has
completed all arrangements and prom
ises as fine banquet as has ever been
held in Colorado.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-01-30
KILLED BY HEAVY LOG
WIFE, WITH AID OF
DOG, FINDS BODY.
Forrest Dill Crushed to Death While
Trying to Load Heavy Timber
Upon Sled.
Western Newspaper Union News Service,

Western Newspaper Union News Service,
Canon City, Colo.-Forrest Dill, a
prominent rancher, was crushed to
death in the woods near his home on
Thirty.one Mile creek near Guffey by
a log he was trying to load on sled.
His young wife found the body with
the aid of the family dog which fol-
lowed the trail of its master through
the heavy snow.
Mrs. Dill was unable to extricate
her husbands body because of the
great weight Of the log and was com
PEELED to walk three miles, over an
unbroken road to the home of her
father. d. w. Hammond, who returned
with her and removed the log.
Dill went out with a sled and horses
to haul to his home a log he had cut
previously. He was trying to get the
log on the sled when it fell upon him.
crushing him terribly. Apparently
death was almost instantaneous.
Dill was thirty years old and was
married on Christmas, 1912, to Miss
Mary Hammond.
His home formerly was in West Vir-
ginia. The body will be sent to that
state for burial.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-01-30
RECORD CATTLE PRICES
SALES FOR FOUR DAYS AT STOCK
SHOW TOTAL s5,ooo,o0o.
High Marks Of Former Years Are
Equaled and Surpassed BY Cham
plon Stock This Year.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-All records for feeder cat
tie were broken in the sales at the
Denver Union stockyards Thursday.
Twenty Angus calves, averaging
COZ pounds, raised by w. l. Harrison
OF Roggen, Colo. were sold for $13 10
hundred to A. w. Bragg of Tuscola,
Ill. This is the highest price ever
paid In any market and excels the
record Of $12.25 made at the Denver
stockyards last year. These cattle
were reserve champions. Another
lot of twenty-five of the same kind
were disposed OF through the same
parties for $11.10 per hundred.
The highest price paid for cham
pions also went on record when the
II. Jones Cattle Company OF Krem-
mling, Colo, sold a carload Of twenty
three-year-old Herefords averaging
1,045 pounds to Anderson, Clark &
Weeks of Tarkio, Mo-, for $10.60 per
hundred.
Still another record went by Tho
boards when the first eleven carloads
ooAN AVA oA eNChd6S VI Po.sSb 40
the highest average price for first
carloads sold.
The Jones Cattle Company sold a
carload of third prizes winning year
lings to b. F. Meyers of Dexter, Iowa,
for $40 per hundred.
The breeders sale, which was con-
Quoted by the American Hereford
Breeders Association, resulted in
some record sales. Three pure bred
Herefords sold for over $1,000 each.
while the average price paid for sixty
head was $441.5O. Many Of the ami
mails were purchased by Eastern
buyers, thus marking the movement
of pure bred cattle from the West to
improve the herds OF the East.
Governor Ammons. who lost none
of his interest in the livestock indus
try when he became the states chief
executive, proved himself capable
auctioneer when he conducted the
sales of dressed carcasses.
Thursdays business through the
Stockyards bank aggregated $780,
900. The day was one Of the heaviest
in the history of the yards. TIansac-
tions, it was estimated, exceeded the
| $4,000, 1000 MARI.