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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-02

could not find n skip IN the field we trcatcd
| told him To KEEP an account ani see how
much more corn per acre he would make
on the treated block than he would make
on the %untrcatcd. The result was he made
10 bushels per acre where the bird- were
poisoned and he made only IL bushels per
acre on the plot on which he lost his stand,
making a difference Of 81 bushels per acre.
! can hardly 20 10 a farmer and ask him
about hi~ corn. but what he viii reply that
he had to r%eplant. sometimes n many a
three or tuu times.
Then | went TO find the results of late
and early planting. asked the farmer
how their late paintings compared in yield
with their early paintings. They would say
they made 10 bushels per mere on their
early planting and p on the late planting,
or the same ratio Of 3 10 1.
Now the figures. lind that there were
about 10000 acres IN corn IL Cameron
county IN 1914 aud there will b. planted
at least 10000 acres in 1913. Practical,
all the land that was grown 10 cotton III
1911 will be- planted To corn TINS year The
truck acreage has been cut IN half which
also will be planted to corn. Now. | ana
convinced that We lost al least 20 bushels
per acre on the corn that was planted IL
Cameron county by having To rcplant and
IN poor stands. Increasing the yield on the
10000 acres only II bushels per acre gives
IN increase ~ 6S0.O00 Tor he county. o.
the increased acreage Of 2n,00n we must
make y Yield - 81 bushels per acre. which
" considered only an ordinary yield for
corn that J. planted on time and tended
right. "a make one and onc-half million
bushels of corn more in 1915 than was
made IN 1914.
want % ~ay a few more words about
the birds. am q friend OF the birds and
do not advise wilful destruction ~ them.
Ne should begin now Ia poison and get ria
of the Bird. but advise You not 70 10 80.
BY poisoning Just AZ the corn u coming
up kills \ few and IA least ~ per cent
that eat the poisoned corn get we'll. hut
they viii not return a. your field "a pull
mp corn. 80 that with 80 little trouble and
Expense Won have no right ~ Kill them wan
tonly. but net in self defense. ! know they
destroy thousand, of bushels 90 kaifir
rorn. milo, %ictcrita. etc, III the heads and
corn from Inc roasting ear stage until II J.,
harvested bat ! believe they 40 more good
by eating weed seeds and insects than they
destroy mature grain. When ! came here
eight years ago YOU could only raise the
native ~huck small corr, for the birds
would eat Il an up before vel could har-
vest il. Where there was ore acre of corn
planted then. hundrcd- are planted now.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-02

butcher knife and talk ABBOT \ holy war.
By good fortune. AN old Turk formerly
employed M the mime recognized Caldwell
H. Nh American and let him free. Tie REL
turned 10 the mine. boarded up the camp.
and then worked III way ~ Trcbizonde.
Here he was arrested n a Spy and served
eighteen day IL y Turkish prison. lie oh
tanned release only IN the mere chance ~
signalling ! passing American. who hap
.pcncd nv Ia the United State consul. From
IIrcbizondc he took a Greek steamer for
Con>tantinople. which made the trip in six
teen day. instead Of the usual three.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-02
FARM AGENT TELLS HOW TO INCREASE
CORN PRODUCTION IN CAMERON COUNTY

by A. n. Tandy, Farmers Cooperativ,
Demonstration Agent in Cameron County.
How one million and onc-half NOR,
bushels of corn can be grow in Cameron
county in 1915 than was grown in 1914
This ! am sure can he done. | will first
give how 1t can be done, and then prove
1t by actual experience and figures.
The best varieties OF white corn are
Tuxpam for all main crops, rnd the Laguna
on the truck lands that can not be planted
10 corn before April /. The Bloody Butcher
Strawberry. Boone County White, Okla
homa Wonder, are all good ii You get home
grown seed, that has been grown IN the
county for at least three years.
Treat the seed corn with co-i or gas tan
before planting. This j. done by dropping
a few drops of the tar at = time on the
corn, until every grain Of the corn j.
lightly coated with the tar II takes only
about q tablespoon Of the tar for one bush
el of seed. Should the seeu have a ten
dency to stick together and not work well
in the planter, stir in a handful of lime,
ashes or dry dust. This is important IN
getting a good stand. but keeping the stand
after the corn comes up J. generally the
most difficult.
After the ground has beer well prepared,
lay of and open a good deep furrow. and
plant in the bottom about two inches deep.
Press dirt well after planting, and the
simplest method that know j.. ret 4
12-inch board about four Feet long and
attach a singletrcc 10 one end. Hitch Il
mule 10 the board and LET a boy stand on
II 20 that the front will not drag but press
firmly on the ground. which should be dry
enough - that II will not stick to the bot
tom of the board. Land painted IN the
forenoon can generally BE- dragged in the
afternoon OF the same day.
| believe the large hlackbirdo, known a.
iackdaws and the lark cause more re-
planting and poor stands, than all else
combined. They can and insult be con
trollcd. This j. how il can bc done AT \
cost of less than ; cents per acre: Take a
quart of shcllcd corn for each ten acres
to be treated. Put in one half OF n 15c
bottle of strychnine with Just enough wa
ter. 80 that the corn IN swelling will take up
about al the water. This mdst be pre-
pared Just a. the corn begin, to peep
through the ground. Go out In the field
early in the morning and sow WI. corn nm
over the field. Do not let any two grains
taQ close together. but scatter well. Watch
the corn close and ii YOU 49, any ~gn- Of
the corn being pulled up The next day. re
peat the treatment. Birds never pull ~
the corn after it il i've OF six days old
When the corn II IN up Ia a stand and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-02
Can Restore Rheims Cathedral.

Correspondence ~ the Associated Prc~~.)
Paris. Mar. l.-Iuillaumr Trunchttr ~,
chief ar, Infect ~ the government. dcclar
- that N will W. possible AZ store Inc
Cathedral II Rheims. Casts have been
long agn taken NJ nearly All thn details
of urnamcntation that were DESTROYED.
hc saws. and mathcmatirallv pr'riS' doe
umcnt> exist from which the jewel a ar'
rhitrrturc may W. Reconstructed ~ every
deail.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-02

unrnSe IN our French allies shooting
parties have lngn organized behind our
lines and pheasant preserves rhitch. ~
CANINE shooting IN Frame 4 prohibited
during the war: 80 IN. thr Frrigh Sec
English officers indulgine ga The sport
which W not ont. un~tvmls hui also act
u.lly illegal : . far a. the, are concern
we feel Euf that thi. Spcr. ~ mt IN
obliged with the knowledge ~ con
sent either w The Commander inrh-rf ur
At Lord Kitchener. and h should CIR
tainl, Nv prohibited IN the future.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-02

Geneva. Mar. l.-Swis> newspaper re-
pcrts of 4 meeting Of iron manufactu-
rcr> "A Dusseldorf Feb. q say that \ mr..
SINISTER stated "a the meeting that the
Lack ~ metal was becoming 4 grave pues
iion in Germany. and suggested. the re-
ports adj. that il might IT, ct>ilv solved
ii all the bronze monuments raised 10
he honor ~ the Emperor and other MN
hrs Of the rovai family were melted
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-02

The average man displays u lot ~ en-
thu~ia~m when a. gets a chance "a talk
about himself.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-02
Metal Shortage Problem in Germany.

Correspondence oi the Associated Pres.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-02

Said election shall ~ held IN the first war,
~ said city. AZ i frame house belonging a. X
H.. Garcia. on the north side If .A,x ms street
corner ~ Fourth street. used g. n bakery.
Presiding oiiccr-C. IA. More.
Judge Frank SlaYitnh-k.
.IUdgc-Amas Rich.
IlI..- Ill IIullnuI
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-03-05
BELL AND WATSON
SEE EMILE LINE
GROW TO 3,4OO
INVENTOR OF TELEPHONE AND
EARLY ASSISTANT TALK OVER
ANSCONTINENTAL CIRCUIT.
PRAISE BELL SYSTEM
FOR RAPID PROGRESS
Conversation Between Pioneers Marks
Dramatic Moment In History
of Science.

There have been few more dra-
matte moments in the history of sci
ence than when Alexander Graham
Bell, who invented the telephone,
spoke from New York on Monday,
January 25, to Thomas A Watson, the
friend and fellow workman of his
youth, in San Francisco, over the new
Transcontinental Telephone Line.
Few men have seen so great a
dream come true, probably no two
men before, in all the history of the
worlds discoveries and inventions,
ever lived to see such magnificent re-
suits from work in which they had
been the pioneers. Hardened tele-
phone users as all of those present
were, and accustomed to big events
as most of them were, hush that was
tinged with awe, an almost solemn
silence, fell on the assemblage as the
great inventor talked to his associate.
Every one felt that he was taking part
in an epOchmaking event, that, in the
future, school children would be made
to learn January twenty-ffth as one
of the big dates in the worlds scien-
tifc, commercial and political his
tory, one that ranked with that other
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-03-05
NEW YORK GREETS
SAN FRANCISCO BY
BELL TELEPHONE
ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS
JOINED BY NEW TRANscON-
TlNENTAL CIRCUIT.
EVENT is CELEBRATED
IN TWO COAST CITIES
Great Engineering Feat Makes 1t
Possible For Human Voice to
Span Continent.

Less than forty years ago, Alexander
Graham Bell, standing in little attic
at No. Exeter Place, Boston, sent
through crude telephone, his own in
vention, the first spoken words ever
carried over a wire, and the words
were heard and understood by his as
sociate, Thomas A. Watson, who was
at the receiver in an adjacent room.
On that day, March 10, 1876, the
telephone was born, and the first mes
sage went over the only telephone line
in the world-a line less than a hun
dred feet long. The world moves a
long way ahead in the span of one
mans life. On Monday afternoon,
January 25th, this same Alexander
Graham Bell, sitting in the offices of
the American Telephone & Telegraph
Company, at New York, talked to this
same Thomas A. Watson in San Fran
cisco, over a wire stretching 3,4O0
miles across the continent and part of
a system that includes 100000 tele-
phones, connected by 21,000,000 miles
of wires.
East and West United.
In that same memorable year of
1876, Dom Pedro de Alcantara, En-
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-03-05

President Wilson was one of the
first to send his voice over the new
Transcontinental Telephone Line. He
spoke from the White House to San
Francisco, and later was given con-
nection with Theodore N. Vail, presi-
dent of the American Telephone &
Telegraph Company, at Jekyl1 Island,
Georgia, whom he warmly congratu
lated on the Bell Systems great
achievement.
President Wilson talked first to
President Moore of the Panama-Pa-
cific Exposition. He said:
1T appeals to the imagination to
speak across the continent. 1t is
fine omen for the exposition that the
first thing it has done is to send it's
voice from sea to sea. I congratulate
you on the fine prospects for sue
cessful exposition. | am confidently
hoping to take part in it, after the ad-
journment of congress. May 1 not
send my greetings to the management
and to all whose work has made it
possible and has made it the great
event it promises to be, and to convey
my personal congratulations to your"
Clear as bell came back President
Moore's reply:
eve are looking forward to your
coming here. l think you will be
pleased with what we have done. (
assure you, Mr.. President, that you
will never receive a welcome that will
be more cordial and more enthusiasts
TIC"
Talks to Watson.
President Wilson then talked to Mr..
Thomas A. Watson, in San francisco.
with DR.. Alexander Graham Bell list
ening in on the line at New York.
President Wilson said:
81 consider it an honor to be able
to express my admiration for the in
ventive genius and scientific knowl-
edge that has made this possible, and
my pride that this vital cord should
have been stretched across America as
a new symbol Of our unity and our
enterprise. Will you not convey. my
cordial congratulations to Mr.. Bell?
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TRANscoNTINENTAL LINE MANY OF
THE WATER THREE FEET DEEP.
Company in New York, talked to Wat
son across a continent.
Voices Heard Clearly.

Company in New York, talked to Wat
son across a continent.
Voices Heard Clearly.
There was no hitch in the pro-
gramme, or any doubt as to the imme-
date success and practica bility of the
new line. Those who talked over the
telephone did not raise their voices
above the usual conversational pitch,
and the replies came bacEafrom across
the continent, clear and instantaneous.
There was no more effort, delay or
indistinctness than in talking across a
table. Professor Bell says that he
thought out the telephone in Salem.
A fitting place for it's conception
there is witchcraft in it, and the most
blase of business men in the offices of
the American Telephone & TELEGRAPH
Company on Monday, January 25th
felt something akin to uncanniness
at the thought that his voice had
gene across thirteen states, shot
over prairies and through forests,
hurtled through cities, climbed the
Rockies, skinned across the des-
ert and reached the Pacific coast, and
the answer had come back to him in
an eye-wink.
All of the distinguished guests
present agreed that the achievement
was a scientific triumph that would
be of incalculable benefit to the ma
ton, and warmly praised the Bell
System for bringing it about.
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And l want to convey to you my per-
sonal congratulations, sir"
The President then said to the in
ventor of the telephone, Doctor Bell,
at New York:
MAY I not congratulate you very
warmly on this notable contamination
of your long labors and remarkable
achievement? You are justified in
feeling a great pride in what has been
done. This is a memorable day, and
I convey to you my warm congratula-
tions, sir"
congratuIates Vail.
Mr.. Vail was then announced, and
the President Immediately placed the
receiver to his ear, asking: SIS this
Mr.. Vail?" Mr.. Wallis voice came over
the wire so plainly that the President
held his receiver lightly away from
his ear, and then said:
"Mr. Vail, it is a great pleasure to
hear your voice. / want to send you
my congratulations on the consum-
nation Of this remarkable work. l
am very sorry, also, to know that you
are unwell" A pause ensued, the
President listening to Mr.. Wallis re-
ply. The President then said: "Well,
1 envy your ability to get off. Good
by, Mr.. Vail"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-03-05
SINGLE TELEPHONE
SYSTEM JUSTIFIED
Transcontinentai Line Demonstrates
Efficiency of the Bell
System.

The new Transcontinental Tele-
phone Line is concrete exemplifica-
ton of the possibilities of universal
service and justification of the argu-
ments for a single telephone system.
Under no other plan would such
line be possible. This line, 3,400 miles
long, and joining the Atlantic and Pa
cific is part of the great Bell Sys-
tenn of 100000 miles of wire, con-
Meeting 100000 telephone stations
located everywhere throughout the
United States. Comprising this sys-
tenn are the American Telephone &
Telegraph Company and its associated
and connecting companies, thousands
of them, giving instant and perfect
communication among 100,000,000 peO-
pie.
The opening of this line is the Gull
mination of the Bell idea of universal
service-in presenting it for the use
and convenience Of the public, the
American Telephone & Telegraph
Company renders an account of its
stewardship. 1t has fulfilled its prom
Use and, not only in itself, but as an
earnest of what is to follow in future
development, this nationwide line
proves that it is the inta9tion of the
American Telephone & Telegraph
Company to make it possible for every
man who can talk, to talk over the
telephone to every man who can hear.
The telephone was born here and it
has reached it's greatest perfection
here: under no other conditions, ex-
cept such as exist in the United
States, could it have come to it's high
est development. With it's dozens of
telephone systems, Europe has no
long distance line to compare with
this.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-03-05

day when What wonders hath God
wrought" was flashed over Morse's
wire
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peror of Brazil, visiting the first tele-
phone exhibition of our first great ma
tional show, the Philadelphia Centen-
NAL, picked up the receiver, listened as
Professor Bell talked at the other end
of the room, and, amazed at the won
der Of the thing, cried out: "My God
1T speaks" Had Dom Pedro lived to
see the Pan-American Exposition he
could have heard Professor Bell talk
ing to him, not merely from the other
of a continent.
The Pan-American Exposition it
self, planned to celebrate the compile
ton of the Panama Canal and the
joining of the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans, will mark still closer weld
ing Of the East and West. When it's
gates are thrown open on February
Goth, San Francisco will not only be
nearer to New York through a short
ening Of it's waterways, bat will be in
constant and instantaneous touch with
1t through the medium of speech It
is curious fact, too, that this second
great feat of engineering, this other
canal, this even more intimate connee~
ton between the two seaboards, has
been completed in the same year.
Overcome Great Obstacles.
Quietly, almost unnoticed, bat stead
lily and bravely, while the gigantic
steam shovels were cutting their way
through the earth in the South, the
engineers of sound and electricity
were weaving their magic webs
through the air and pushing on to-
ward the Golden Gate. Their work
has been less spectacular, it has ex-
cited little attention, but these men
have met obstacles as hard to over
come as the Culebra slide, and they
have conquered them The long
dreamed-of Transcontinental Line is
no longer a dream. New York can talk
to San Francisco.
Monday, January 20, 1915, has taken
its place among the momentous dates
in the annals of science and human
progress. On that day, in the pres
ence of groups Of prominent men on
either coast, the TranscontinentaI
telephone wires were given their first
public test, and the completion of the
line was formally celebrated. Distin-
guished men in the offices of the Pa
cific Telephone & Telegraph Company
In San Francisco conversed freely
with distinguished men on the Allan
tic seaboard, and one more great chap
ter in the history of telephony was fin
ished as Bell, sitting in the offices Of
the American Telephone & Telegraph
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In the Space of a Lifetime.


wrought" was flashed over Morse's
wire.
In the Space of Lifetime.
Most wonderful of all, perhaps in
the minds of those present at the open
ing of the new line was the fact that
this achievement, the browning glory
of so vast and complex a system, had
taken place within the space of a
mans lifetime. On March 10, 1876,
Professor Bell, working away at the
simple telephone he had invented,
called to his comrade, "Mr Watson,
come here, 1 want you,' and Watson
heard that first of all telephone mes
sages over the wire. In New York
on January 25, 1915, the same voice
was talking and, in San Francisco,
the same ear was listening, as on that
spring day thirty-nine years ago, but
under what different conditions!
Not many men have seen so great
a fulfillment of their early ambitions,
no other invention has ever taken so
great a stride in so brief time.
Bell and watson ] ak.
The conversation between Bell and
Watson over the new Transcontinental
Line marks another interesting chap
ter in the history of the telephone,
and as such is worth recording here.
"Ahoy! Alloy! Mr. Watson, are you
there? Do you hear me?" asked Mr..
Bell in New York.
eyes, Mr.. Bell, hear you perfectly.
Do you hear me well?" replied Mr..
Watson at his end of the line in San
Francisco.
Eyes, your voice is perfectly dis
tinct," said Bell. cit is as clear as IL
you were here in New York instead
Of being more than 5000 miles away.
You remember, Mr.. Watson, that eve
ming, 80 years ago when we conversed
through the telephone on real line
for the first timer
eyes, indeed" answered Watson,
that line was two miles long, running
from Boston to Cambridge. You were
overioyed at the success Of the expert
ment."
I'VE are talking over o,4VV HlIoo do
easily and clearly as we talked over
two miles SO years ago." said Prof.
Bell.
"The telephone men have certainly
done wonderful things with your in
vention since thatsfirst outdoor test
said Mr.. Watson "We must not for
get that the circuit we are talking
over is really $500 miles long, as OF
course, the earth can not be used for
Continued on Page g.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-03-05
DRINK HOT TEA
FOR A BAD COLD

I Get a small package of Hamburg
Breast Tea, or as the German folks
call it, Hamburger Brust Thee" at any
pharmacy. Take tablespoonful of the
tea, put a cup OF boiling water upon
1T, pour through sieve and drink a
.teacup full at any time during the
day or before retiring. 1t is the most
effective way to break cold and cure
grip, as it opens the pores of the skin,
relieving congestion. Also loosens the
bowels, thus driving cold from the
system.
Try it the next time you suffer from
a cold or the grip. 1t is inexpensive
and entirely vegetable, therefore safe
and harmless
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HEAD STUFFED FROM
CATARRH OR A COLD
Says Cream Applied in Nostrils
Opens Air Passages Right Up.

Instant relicf-no waiting. Your
clogged nostrils open right up; the air
passages CO yo'rr head clear and you can
breathe freel. No more hawking, snuff
fling, blowing, headache, dryness. No
struggling fer breath at night; your
cold Or catarrh disappears.
Get small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
little of this fragrant, antiseptic,
healing cream in your nostrils. 1t PEN
etrates through every air passage of the
head, soothes the infamed or swollen
mucous membrane and relief comes in
stantly.
It's just fne Don't stay stuffed-up
with cold or nasty catarrh.
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RUB BACKACHE AND
LUMBAGO RIGHT OUT
Rub Pain and Stiffness away with
a small bottle of old honest
st. Jacobs Oil

+. When your back is sore and lame
or mmbago sciatica or rheumatism has
you stiffened up, don't suffer! Get a
Is cent bottle of old, honest "St.
Jacobs Oil" at any drug store, pour a
little in your hand and rub it right
into the pain or ache, and by the time
you count fifty, the soreness and lame
ness is gone.
Don't stay crippled This soothing,
penetrating oil needs to be used only
once. 1t takes the ache and pain right
out of your back and ends the misery,
1t is magical, yet absolutely harmless
and doesn't burn the skin.
Nothing else stops lumbago, sciatics
and lame back misery SO promptly!
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PRIVATE money to loan, $50 to
$1,000, no commission. Payments
to suit. Call 5s;S So. Fife. Felix
Dubois.
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FOR SALE-Two dozen Leghorn
pullets, ready to lay. John Gillian,
So. 6Sth and j.