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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-27
Standing Of the Clubs.


liaiterles: breeg and Cadv: Q
ham. casett and Stanaec.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-27
AN ORDINANCE.

An ordinance amending Sprrion Fourth ffthl
uf an ordinance fnr thr lryyinE mnd providing
fur tlir nx~r4HmrntH Hnl collection MN taxes MIN
hrfray thr current expenses uf thr city uf
Brownsville. Texas. fur thr Improvement nf
rtadH. streets unA bridges uf anih city nnd fnr
thr erection. construction unh purchase MIMI
public bindings. water works. electric lights
STREETS. sewers ANIL other permanent improve
mrntS within fhr limits nf wnfl city. for thr fiM-
cal year w 1913 nnA providing rnr nix prr cent
interest PER nnnum and "A penalty ~ ten prr
cent nn Am delinquent taxes
H. W ordained hy thr city council "a the city
~ Brownsville. Texas. that section fourth tfthl
OF said above styled nrdinancr shall be amend
Cd a. hereafter read rs follows. to-wit:
That an said taxes hereby levied and which
shall he assessed AMI imposed under and by
VIRTUE ~ this ordinance shall b. paid On or be-
fore the first tlrtl day "A September. A. u.
1911. and a penalty ~ ten per centHm shall
acr-rue on the entire amount uf aIi NJ said taxes
which arc met paid nm the first flHtN dav uf
September. IN. D. 1914. together with interest
thereon nt en- rate NM six prr cent Or annnm
which said penalty nnd interest shall hr raid
when the taxes upon which Samn shall have
accrued mrr paid. W
Passed Nv " regular srasiun VA en- rIsy roun-
tfl. fhfE fhe 10th hnv WIKI August, IN. n.y. 1911.
A<raii A- A- BROWNE. Mayer
trisanto Nillarrral- Secretary hlAlut
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-27

M
nurr. nhh WI virtue KIM. Anl nn HrAnFuanrn
aaufr thF iuW~ ul thr rAttt ei 1919 A AMrm
49, YA4. nhu rluAlnsu- .hhnn n4n IN nn
49, wv AnF tlAs runnrt. "a am~ NA4 NV
VII. Texas nInlr nt itS EeElAr session. "h
.r.i~rir,r aal rr,.-fiIt%1I r.r \ r,...#ni nIa. tis.m fa
|hA hWII in nri fr,r N. rtr sr i-sruu nMriIIm.
t..unHr WYATT NN1mrr..u ~fatm -F Tnw~u maIirn fM
hrtsTw r~uu~ rr~r wr,~.f.i nhar4'.r IN muI fnr
~rl WV, nf I,r,~ u~vfl. tsvr.r..n f.4mnfr- Trx-
w. v.rI hn hal .w tn. ri,5r.l Ttn4inr IN %anfrru-
'her l h fpft NV. r.,nr n~,nr I'M fifteenth
day uf said monfh. fnr the ID rlusr - submit.
hitting a. the qualified voters 81 said city ~
Br-Tnsvinr the question. shall a commission
be appointed 10 frame "a new charter. That
said election shall be held in each of the four
ga wards ~ this city Ina attrrdanee With. aud
ms urr>srihrd hy The laws ~ the State ~ Tex
as IA eurh eases nrsde aud provided. and ~
provided IN said orlrr "a said city council.
HI following places arp drsiennted ns rnll.
m ularra aud thr rnraunK hereinafter named
arr hereby appointed r~lrrtiun officers I'M ANA
fur rarh of thr respective wards TIKI this city.
fn.udr.
First Ward.
FnIHirr Tlnm-TMr unm STORY frmmr hnihlimE
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-27
INCREASE IN
? ATTENDANCE
is EXPECTED

Austin. Texas. August IA decided
increase in attendance is expected AT
the University Of Texas this year by f.
j. Matthews. registrar. who says indl
cations are that the university enroll.
ment viii reach 5000. Last years reg
isiration o. 1:lss students placed Texas
seventeenth IL 600 colleges III the United
States. Mr.. Matthews says many poor
bows md girls ARE inquirinr for means
~ stlf-aid. Last year asG students
worked their way through. Practical
~ MI school funds now available are
exhausted.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-27


Houston Texas. August IA hnag.
referendum vote ~ being pulled ~ ~
members ~ the Chamber WI commrrr,
On the proposition 81 The city 10 levy 4
wheel tax.
The result up 10 Tuesday evening &c.
Feloped about onc-Sixlh opposed to five
sixths favorine such a tax. Despite tht
fact that autoiSts and owners of truck.
are the one a. bear the brun. Of such
n tax Il j. interesting 10 note that mans
~ them voted III favor Of The application
Of the wheel levy.
The vote Il just beginning NJ COME In
and ~ the end NJ the week III II expect.
XII the full membership ~ the chamber
viii have been heard from IN \ l.ncraI
way. When tlr votes are lll ia The ~
suit will ~ communicated "a iiic may
~ "a aid him In arriving tt priiir SEN.
t'ucnt regarding tho prupw n AK.
The Chamber Of CONNER ii>-is has
taken no position in regard 'u IL tax
leaving that to the membership To deSie-
nate By referendum vote.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-27

ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE SHALL A
A NEW tHAg1ERr~


Whereas. Artrlr 1noGl; ~ the Revised riril
statutes ~ the State ~ Texas vests II The
legislative or governing authority ~ any incur
pofatcd city having more tlau five Thousand
iuh1'itants the rigtt o. provide hy ur1inuner
u h. submitted o. the qualified voters. the
question. shall 8 commission ~ chnsen a. frame
4 new charter. aud Whereas said section further
provides that a special ricttiNn fpr the sub
mission az Haih question hc hnll nnt less
than thirty dayS ur more than ninety days after
thr paAssage uf sAll ordinance. and also fur thA
publication thereof MA nunir newspaper puh
ishrA in HHil rify.
NOM. therefore. I'M nrnrprlfnrr with anii
above nnHlri n~rtirir. hr it ordained hr thH nffY
council uf th~ ciry W.T. brownsville. Texas. thaf
there shall he submitted tu th~ qualified voter.
M said city at w special election to ~ h.Alrn
WI the fifteenth hay of September. A. nv. 1914
Che question -~hnll " Commission hr Chosen
a. Frame " New IIartrrt" The ballet EN-
tanning said question Az hr printed in arsvti1i
ancr with tho aforesaid section M. ftfHiis
which provides that same shall esntain ma fnrty
designation. aud provision shall b. made there.
tn Tor the election from the city at i1ree ~ !.
charter committee ~ NOT less than fifteen mems
hers or mor. than one member for each three
Thousand inhabitants.
pns~cd at a regular session a the city cuun
iii IL The rity al Brownsville. this the 10Th uas
~ August A. ~. 19li-
g~enih "A. N. HltNNNE. Mayor.
Attest rrisanto Niiiarreal, Gifts Secretary.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-27
NEW ORLEANS HAS
MEETING TODAY
ON MARKETING

Dallas, Texas, August ..-Farmcrs,
merchants and bankers Of every cotton
growing stale will meet in New Orleans
today 10 devise systematic plans for
marketing the 1911 cotton crop. The
meeting WAS called Nv ~IIarvic Jordan.
president ~ the. Southern Cotton Assn.
Citations ~ TesaS. Oklahoma. and Ar.
kansas among others Robert Gillian. ~
Ar'imarc. j. one III the oklahoma dele.
aatfS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-27

Batteries. Harlem and Wilson.
Branda ANIL Belts. tGamc called at end
Of Sth on account ~ ~darkncSS.l
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-27

london has only y factory inSpec-
tor 70 protect The rights Of 1880 WON
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-27

Batterics: Adams. k~ani'lchcncr an
Coleman; Gibson. iiascn ana M~cast,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-27

Batteries: Davenport and lIaurn-
stein: Glen and Kitchens.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24

cattle ultimately eradicate the dis
ease. The federal guarantees are ac-
companied by state and local quaran-
tines Of individual infected farms
From these no produce whatsoever
can be sent out In many cases chill
dren are not even permitted to go 10
school, and the farmer cannot drive
his horses On the public highways
Stock Raisers Should Help
The chief obstacle in the way of the
successful prosecution of this cam
paign of isolation and determination
lies in the danger that there may be
concealed sources of infection. AL
though the farmer receives the ap-
praised value of his herd, it is in
evitable that the summary slaughter
OF all his stock should cause him con
siderable inconvenience as well as in
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
EXCELLENT POINTS
CONCERNING SWINE
Alfalfa Recognized as of Greatest
Value in Hog Feeding
Care for SoWS. Z
(By c.. S. MILLER }

If you intend to pillow your blue
grass and clover pastures next spring,
let the pigs have free range over them
until the snow falls.
No other feed for small pigs ranks
as high in value as skim milk. Ii
you do not have plenty of it on your
own farm, better arrange to get some
from a neighbor, even if it takes
trouble to do it.
In the West alfalfa is now recog-
nized as of the greatest value in
hog feeding. Give a brood SOW plenty
of cut alfalfa with small ration OF
corn. say not more than two pounds
Der day. and she will come through
the winter in fine condition.
A slop made of shorts and hot wa
ter, fed every other day, is an excel
lent thing for brod sows.
A good many men will tear them
selves from close proximity to a hot
stove, dash out into the storm. shovel
few bushels of corn on the ground
for their hogs, and then leave them
tn shiver and freeze without adequate
shelter during the night. These men
are the fellows who are always sure
there is no money in hog raising.
Since Doctor Moore's discovery OF
the hitherto unknown QUALITIES OF
copperas, it has been used with great
success to preserve the health OF
hogs. A very small portion, say a
teaspoonful in a barrel of drinking wa
fer once or twice a week, is recon-
mended
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
SOME POINT IN OBJECTION
Chunky Applicant for Army Service,
Rejected, Had Proved Superb
GRITTY Over Accepted Man.

General Arthur Murray said at a
dinner in San Francisco, apropos of
the height of soldier:
THE British army has raised the
height limit for volunteers to five feet
five. Short Britishers object to this
and with reason
For consider the Japanese. They
are Incompatible soldiers. Yet the
five feet five limit would bar most
Of them out
Consider the Gurkhas, the Hill
Tribe soldiers of India. They are as
valiant as the Japs, yet their height
runs from four feet eleven to five
feet four.
AT one of the London recruiting
stations, just after the establishment
of the new rule, a short and chunky
East Ender who had been rejected
by the examining surgeons pointed
with scowl towards taller East
Ender, who had been accepted, and
said:
Aw, look at i'm: an | knocked
is cad off lawst Saturday night"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24

yards before they themselves revealed
any symptoms of the disease Once
this had taken place, every shipment
of stock from Chicago to other parts
of the country was likely to spread
the infection. For this reason fed
eral inspectors have for some time
now been engaged in tracing, by the
aid of bills OF lading and other rail-
road records, each of these shipments
to its destination and inspecting the
stock there. This accounts for the
discovery of cases in states as far re-
moved from each other as Iowa and
Massachusetts. The various quaran-
tines already imposed have been de-
signed to prevent the continued move
ment of cattle from infected or sus-
picious places Once these move
ments have been halted and all the
exposed cattle brought to a standstill,
it will be possible for the federal au-
thorities to locate all suspicious cases
and by the slaughter of all exposed
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
Drove Back British Raiders.

One hundred years ago one of the
marauding parties of British that con-
tinued making depredations along the
shores of Chesapeake bay after the
departure of the British fleet for the
South, landed at Deep creek, Is lhiles
below Annapolis, with view to hav
ing "a frolic with the Yankees as
one Of their officers expressed it. But
the Yankees were on the watch and
gave the invaders a warmer reception
than they had bargained for. Snail
attachments of cavalry and infantry
attacked the enemy as soon as they
had stepped ashore and drove them
back to their boats, with considerable
loss. No American was killed in the
engagement though Captain Burd of
the cavalry was seriously wounded
and narrowly escaped being made
prisoner.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24

direct financial loss. To those who
can see no further ahead than this
and who do not realize what it would
mean to the entire country if the dis
ease were once to gain firm foothold
here, there is a natural temptation
not to report suspicious cases to the
authorities. This, however, is simply
to cut off ones nose to spite ones
face The disease cannot be stamped
out by ignoring it. The only possible
way in which stock raisers can save
themselves tremendous losses in the
future is to cooperate now with the
authorities by reporting every sus-
picious case of sore mouth or lame
ness among their stock and by as
sisting in enforcing the guarantees,
both federal and local, which have
been declared.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
THE COUNTRYS WAR AGAINST
The FOOT MOUTH DISEASE

the lime and partly to remove any
sell them. The entire farm premises
ere the thoroughly disinfected and no
stock allowed upon them for period
of approximately sixty days.
Appraiser Values the Herd.
In order to compensate the owner
of his property thus condemned in the
interest of the public welfare, an ap-
praiser is appointed by the state au
thorities ~ value the herd. The sum
thus fixed is divided equally between
the state and the federal authorities
In the last outbreak in 1908 in New
England it cost the federal govern
ment. which was then paying two
thirds Of the appraised values, ap-
proximately 100000 for condemna-
ton, slaughter and disinfection. The
more serious.
The inspectors engaged in this
work are equipped with a complete
rubber outfit which can be thoroughly
disinfected after each exposure to in
lection. Persons who have not the
advantage of this equipment should
vigorously refrain from exposing them
selves to the least risk of Infection.
AS has already been said. the disease
is frequently transmitted by human
beings, and it is really a crime for
any one to crafty his curiosity at
tho nf hic oh a6-
dition to this danger there are also a
number of cases on record in which
both children and adults have become
infected themselves. Ordinarily the
disease is not serious in men, but
weakly children who drink contami-
mated milk suffer SO severely that in
few cases death has been known to
result. With adults the malady usu-
ally takes no more serious form than
slight eruption in the mouth similar
to fever blisters and possibly a SINH
lar eruption on the hands and fingers.
There may be also some fever and
nausea, but there is comparatively lit
tie danger. In countries where the
disease is prevalent many authorities
believe that it is fairly general in
human beings but that the consequent
disturbances in health are so slight
that they are not brought to the at
tention of physicians
Started In Michigan.
The present outbreak originated in
southern Michigan but how the germ
found it's way there is not yet def
nitely known. 1t seems probable that
some cattle became infected, that
their milk was sent to creamery
and the skim milk then returned to
be fed to hogs A herd of these in,
fected hogs was then shipped to Chi
cago where they infected the stock
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
FIND PLEASURE IN POULTRY.
Woman May Find as Much Enjoyment
With Flock of Birds as She Does
on Shopping Expedition.

The woman who finds herself pos
sessed for the first time of a flock of
poultry will soon learn that she may
spend an afternoon working with her
birds and be just as much amused as
if she spent her time shopping, nor
will she be nearly so tired as if she
had been walking around on hard
sidewalks.
Instead of being out of pocket-for
most every woman will buy things that
she does not need if she chances to
see them-she will find that she has
added to the possibilities for gain.
To be out in the open air and sun
chine is to see more real life than
does the woman who is always i'll the
house.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
Center of British Industry.

Within two or three hours by rail
and linked to the River Humber by
a network of canals, live 10000, 900
to 100000 people, mostly engaged
in manufacturing and mining, and
largely exporting their products to
foreign lands and receiving from
abroad the bulk of their raw material
and food supplies. Seed crushing.
flour milling. oil refining, and the max
ing of paints and other goods into
which these oils enter. are the special
industries of Hull. England.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24
Superior KNOWLEDGE.

Little Walter and Gerald had
ceased to wonder at the arrival of an
other baby brother after a few weeks
had elapsed since that eventful oc-
casion. Their attention was now di-
rected to an Importation of baby kit
tens.
Where do you s'pose those kittens
came FROM" queried four-year-old
Gerald Did the stork bring them
just like baby brother?"
Seven-year-old replied with ponder
Gus precision:
"Of course not, silly. Storks couldn t
bring kittens. God made them. God
said, Let there be kittens and there
was kittens. '"-Harper's Magazine.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24

Marjorie, aged four, was in the Ii
brary with her father, while her moth
er was experimenting the preparation
of dinner. The attention of the head
of the house was attracted by a
scratching sound. and he looked up to
find his daughter at work with a pair
of scissors on the top of polished
table. Marjorie" he said, sternly. go
tell your mother what you've been do
ing" Il won't do it, papa" she said.
DO you think I'm a tattletale?"-
Judge.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-11-24

seriously interfere with the supply of
meat for the people.
The foot-and-mouth disease affects
particularly cattle, swine and sheep.
1t is characterized by sores in the
the mouth which make swallowing
painful and frequently cause the ami
mails to refuse all food, and by sores
on the feet which cause lameness and
in severe cases, occasionally result in
the hoofs dropping off. The animals
lose flesh with extraordinary rapidity
and in the case of milk cows the milk
supply is so seriously affected that it
frequently dries up altogether. The
first evidences of the disease are
chill followed quickly by fever, the
temperature sometimes rising as high
as 106 degrees Fahrenheit. Small
vesicles or blisters about the size of
a pea appear shortly after in the
mouth and spread rapidly. AS the
disease advances ropy saliva hangs
from the afflicted animals mouth,
which is opened and shut with
peculiar smacking sound. In short
time similar eruptions appear on the
feet, which are red, tender, swollen
and painful In consequence the ami
NAL persists in lying down and bed
sores soon develop. The udders of
milk COWS are also susceptible and
the sores interfere with milking
Most Contagious of Stock Plaques.
Although the mortality is, except in
very severe outbreaks, comparatively
low, foot-and-mouth disease is prob
ably the most contagious of all stock
plaques. The germ which causes it
is SO small that it is invisible under
the microscope and passes through
the finest filter known to science 1t
can be carried in any one of a hun
dred ways. In addition to direct con-
tact with affected animals, the disease
can be communicated by hay, straw,
bedding, harness, ropes, in fact, any
thing that has even indirectly came
in contact with diseased animals
Cats, dogs, and poultry have been
known to carry the germ from farm
to farm, and in particular this is fire.
quently done by human beings Al
ready in the present outbreak cases
are on record where the curiosity of
farmers has led them to visit infected
herds. On their return to their own
homes these men have given the dis
ease to their own animals. For this
reason the authorities are urging up
on every one the duty Of refraining
from such visits and of keeping
strangers from visiting their stock
The contagiousness of the disease
indeed is such that when one animal
in herd becomes infected it is con-
sidered useless to attempt to save
the remainder of the herd. For this
reason the federal authorities have
adopted the only practical method of
stamping out the disease, namely. the
slaughter of all cattle, sheep and
swine on an infected farm When a
case is discovered a deep trench is
dug, the animals led into it, slaught-
cred, their hides slashed, and the car
casses treated with quicklime and
then buried under at least five feet of
earth. 1t is advisable to slaughter
the animals in the ditch itself in order
that the ground may not become af-
fected by dragging the dead bodies
over it. The hides are slashed part
ly in order to facilitate the action of