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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21
The Wild Onion School Teacher.

While II l. not good policy To laud any
public man nj less than regular advcrtiS-
inc rates, on account If the possibility If
jealousy arising. We feel it is our duty To
say something ia favor Of the Teacher
.ot the Wild Onion school. There are MANY
~hrewd men ia our midst. but none who can
hold 4 candle 10 the subject Of this sketch.
lie has gradually grown to Do 4 smart man.
and. like all other self -maGe persons. he
started out AT birth without knowing any
thing AT all. The teacher j. Il gentleman
of very keen foresight. and had he thought
about II in time. he might have become
a great detective. For an illustration. two
weeks ago he learned. through some mvs-
ferrous source that the school building had
become infested with ileas. Where they
come from he could not tell. but they prob
ably got IN one night when the door was
left standing open. Not To be daunted by
them or their determined conduct. the
teacher immediately launched a campaign
TO rid the premises of their presence. and
after having tried several kinds If patent
flea eXtcrminatorS with no apparent avail
he hit upon q very happy plan, which cnl-
minated in great success. The Wild Onion
school l. very popular over a large scope
of country, and the teachers plan was To
get the people aroused over some public
question. and then call a mass meeting nj
the school building. Fearing this might
cause arguments To arise, he dropped that
idea. and instead. arranged a big basket
supper to be held in the building on the
coming second Saturday night, and invited
everybody within several miles. The house
of course. was filled to overlooking, and
the evening passed off with the best of
order and when the throng departed they
took with them. not only the best wishes
of the Teacher. but also all the iieas with
out knowing it.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21
THE MONEY COST OF
PREvENTABLE DISEASE.


prepared for The Herald BY DIR. A. g..
Ellis, Director Extension Department Of
University of Texas.)
| hesitate to give the true figures with
regard To the cost Of needless disease lest
You should think that my Imagination has
run away with me or that am aspiring to
u position among those superlative liars
known "a statisticians. Seriously these los
.seS are 80 Stupendous that one finds il DIFF
fcult To take them in.
There are three million people sick IN
the United States every day in the year. A.
the productive capacity q. these three mil
lion people j. temporarily destroyed and a.
the energy of many others i consumed in
doctoring and nursing the sick. We can
see what mn enormous sum tins sickness
must cost. Irving Fisher conServatively
estimates the annual losses in the United
States trom preventabic disease alone ut
over one billion, five hundred million dol
lars. III Texas has her proport'onate share
of this sickness. then ire expense to this
state of preventable disease j. sixty mil
lion dollar per year. Omitting any con
Sideration Of the human suffering and ~or-
row. needless disease causes each year a
financial waste of over twenty times the
cost Of all the states higher educational
institutions. II i over four times the cost
Of the entire State government. it swallows
mp practically one-third Of 2 four million
hale crop valued at ten cents ner pound.
m L..
statement prepared BY DR.. Ellis. Other
numbers viii follow dealing with many
specific preventable diSeases.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21
MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF
"~SPITTFRS.

Why not enforce the ordinance for
dding splitting on the sidewalks? II
disgusting beyond measure to see men
liking along the streets deliberately
foul the sidewalks IN splitting upon
acm. 1t is worse than disgusting. il is
dangerous. Think of the disease germs
MS spread 10 infect our homes. for
loever may step on the vile germs
.nit upon the walks will surely convey
m, into their very homes. where
some innocent. helpless little babe may
pick them up in crawling across the
floor. If the city authorities would on
make an example Of some Of the Of
nders by arreSting and filming them.
"a doubtless would have the effect of
l~esScning the practice 10 4 considerable
extent. The news would oon spread
that the city was arreSting and filming
neoplr vino spit on the sidewalks, and
le Q tenders would soon learn 4 lesson
which placardS or lecturers alone can
never Impress upon that class Of people.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21
HidaIg0 for Second H0norS.
nIidalgo Advance.l

tlfltstlgp ADVANCE
We congratulate our nri2hbOrS over NJ
Lyford on securing the first bale of The
1915 crop of cotton. Edinburg, as usual
will take second honorS. but had our
business men aud ye editor been wide
awake like our Lyford n%cighborS we
would have beaten yoI 20 the Houston
Cotton Exchange fully \ week. aS the
fields in the northern part of the county
ere now white in feccv harvest. How
ever, we do not beerudge you Of the hon
ors, you rightfully deserve by your
hustling, il il just 4 reminder to our
citizens that they should get the same
degree Of huStling for themselves. 1t is
just such hustling rs this that lends I'M
Told advertising To any community.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21

HOGWAlLOW w

DUNK BOLTS, Regular Correspondent.

DUNK BOLTS, Regular Correspondent
All Rights Reserved.
While business j. - duh, Dock Hooks
our tonsoriai artist, has been endeavor-
ing to induce Tone NIoscly To have his
whi>kerS cut III.
The corners 81 The foundation under the
Hog Ford church are missing and Column
bus All~op and Atlas Peck( two pillar.
OF the church, have been appointed a com
mittee to held mp the building until the
foundation can be replaced.
Ms Rosyola Moseley came 10 the post
office yesterday expecting a letter and was
Ky disappointed al not getting I hat she Ict
her male 20 in 4 slow walk all the way
home.
The protracted meeting at the Dog Hill
church has wrought a wonderful change
in this community. Even the Ash will not
bite on Sunday now. and u movement has
been started to stop Gander Creek from
running ON the Sabbath.
Sickness has about died out in this com
munity.
Tobc Mo~eley has been hauling dirt and
putting it in the bottom of his pond this
week. u order 10 make the water rise high
enough for his geese 10 swim.
Ellick Iiellwanger has snapped for "A
new pistol and il j. believed that he j. pre-
pairing 10 shoot q man a. soon a. he can
Get his witnesses together.
Little tidity Flinders got hold Of Mrs.
Isaac lIellwanger'S hat the other day M
church and devoured several lunches Of
artificial cherries.
Staying with 4 thing may tend to make
something out of that thing, but Mrs. Sim
Flinders does not believe 50, n she has
remained with Sim now for going on thirty
wears.
The congregation of the Hog Ford
church was thrown into 4 spell Of nervous
excitement last Sunday morning through
the carele-Sness of the preacher. During
the sermon a fly Iii 81 the preachers nose
and the congregation expected any min
ute To see him shoe it off. but he neglect
cd to do - and very soon the crowd rose
up IN 4 tit Of nervousness and the preach
er was not allowed 10 continue anti the
fly had moved.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21
Mills Run Full Time.
Fort Worth Record.

Il h''CA'
News comes from he manufacturing
sections Of New England that cotton
mills are running ia some instances
three shifts a day and many more are
running double shift The whole indus
fry seems to be %pcrmcated with life. ~
decided contrast with the conditions
prevailing a year ago.
This j. good Jews for the cotton rails
ing sections of the south for ii in
dicates that Il large mount of cotton
being worked up in this country that
has been going abroad.
The cheering new has also leaked out
that every cotton mill in Texas is run
ming full time, and that orders are pilipe
up. Now, if the cotton raiser will keel,
his head, and not allow himself to be
stamped, there may be good times, SURE
enough. in Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21
(BY WILLIAM BRADY, NJ. d.

to healthy young horses minute doses Of
diphtheria toxin or poi>on-not the diph-
iberia germs, but their filtered poison-and
by easy steps increasing the dose. until
in time the animal can withstand 4 tremer-
dous overdose, which would Kill an unim-
munized or normal animal. Finally the
blood j. withdrawn: il contains the anti
dote substance. the diphtheria a%ntitoxin.
IL l. carefully filtered, concentrated and
placed in sterile containers for use.
Anyone who eats meat, sausage or milk
can scarcely c%oniure up a bogie in anti
toxin. unless he be ore Of these paper am
tIXIyl~ertioul~tS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21

ANOTHER TRAGIC CHAPTER IN
LEO FRANKS LIFE.

The newest chapter IN the life story
1F Leo Frank II a blood one. Hi hp be
0n0ccnt man. he surely must have
been 5orn under an mlucky star, or
some wicked fairy perhaps was there 10
pronounce 4 malcdictiou when he made
his entrance into this world, which
looks like a real vale of tears for hmm.
After escaping the gallows only ~ the
closest shave. and saved by officers of
the law from a bloodthirsty mob, which
surely would have hung him had ii got
ten hold of the wretched man. con
demned 10 the ignominy Of the neni-
tertiary. for 4 crime of which he claims
to be absolutely innocent. he has been
almost assasSinated by Il fellow con
Wet. Had he been killed IN this muir
uerouS attack. doubtless there would
have heen plenty To say that it was
,ssrr ,-.--l.tr rrnnc. But, since he
NJ. food this attempt upon his
Il, l. twice before escaped death
not accept it rs u sign that some
cn influence has protected him,
iSp h. is innocent Who can say (.
rhapS Leo Frank may never be able
prove his innocence before the world.
rhaps he may, indeed. be guilty.
rose who have plead than he should
least have a FAIR hearing would be
"a if he might have had another
airing. rather than the alternative Of
n Imprisonment for a crime which de-
res death. if he he guilty 4 punish
ut which they feel. on the other
al. If he be innocent, is almost as
feat a wrong a. would have been death
II the gallows. An Imprisonment
hich exposes him Ia the fury a mad
How convict j. Scant Justice for a man
40 may be innocent Of any crime.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21
The Itch is All on the Outside.

Some time ago Won commended grand
ma'- old time sulphur and lard ointment
for the itch. Should it ~ taken Internal
~ or rubbed on the skin? Aud how much
at n timee
Reply-The itch never gets deeper than
the skin. Rnb it on. using about 4 pound
of freshly made ointment the first sitting.
If the skin j. properly scrubbed with hot
soap and water first, and the ointment rub
bed IN thoroughly. one treatment ought 10
clear mp the trouble, that j.. ii You're sure
III /, the itch (Scabie~.D
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21
ANTITOxiN AND THE NEIGH8ORS

One reader writes that the family doe
tor wished To administer antiioxin TO Il
child with diphtheria, but the neighbor~
advised him that antitoxin Is dangerous
when the heart l. weak. lie asks our
opinion. Neighbors viii please take 10 heart
the following:
What III ~tarnatIon, TO use a polite word.
do the ~neighbors Know about antitoxil
more than you Know yourself, may We ask,
Why do you employ a doctor! Why not
place the child under the care OF The neigh
bors and save the differencei
What is antitoxini
When 4 patient rccovers from diph-
iberia without the aid Of a%ntitoxin, H. hap
pens in certain mild eases, what brings
about the recovery? Nature. How? BY
producing something III IL patients hood
to neutralize the diphtheria poison. What
is this substance, this natural antidote?
produced no antitoxin or too little of it to
completely neutralize the diphthcria poison
toxin, the termination would BE- fatal
or else there would remain some serious
weakness of heart, or paralysis or other
unfortunate effect Of diphtheria poison.
Surprising a child or weak adult j. not
able to produce enough antidote, or not
able TO produce il rapidly enough to cope
with the tremendous dose of poison the
disease throws into the blood in severe
cases. Isn't il a God-given Blessing that
We can utilize healthy horses, sheep or
other clean animals to produce the antidote
in unlimited quantities.
Antitoxin j. obtained by administering
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21

The watermelon 4 Iur most i'm
posing of all fruits and Ne.tta-
bles. 1t begins with \ small seed.
and in a few months runs up 70 100
pounds.outgrowlEg everything else
on earth; and keeps sweet all the
time-GalvcSton News.
We move 10 amend: After the word
''keepS IN the next 10 the last line.
cut out the word sweet and insert
"growing sweeter.' I'm the Magic Val
lev. AT least. the watermelons keep
growing Sweeter as they grow bigger
sweeter and Sweeter. until they are
ISL. ard disposed Of in the way that ma
nr aus-uai they should be disposed
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21
The Tax Dodger.

Young Walter had heard the express
sion untold wealth. and was conSi-
derably puzzled as to its meaning. That
evening when his father came home.
however, az became enlightened a. X
the definition.
Father said he. what is untold
wealth.
The property YOU keep from the
income tax list, my on.'-Harpcrs
Magazine.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21

Corpus Christi will send one Of her
%faireSt women TO Galveston as the Pearl
.of the Gulf, seated in 4 big oyster shell.
But whoever saw n pearl in an oyster
shell without an oyster? II looks To us
rs if Corpus should send an oyster
along "a keep the pearl safe in that big
shell.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21
Stamped, Addressed Envelope.

a lady describes her ease frankly
enough, and in her own language, closing
thus: "llopping to see the answer in the
paper soon, | am, etc,
Reply-lf we should print the answer
a lot OF people would be hopping, we fear.
II You put personal questions. don't for
get to enclose the well known ". ". !. for
personal reply.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21

When YOU 20 to buy butter, ask for
butter made by the Brownsville Cream
cry. This is one way in which Browns
willie people can show their belief in
the Buy-It-At-IIomc- Made-AtIIome doe
trine. Brownsville should be proud of
its creamery. should boost if and sup
port il, and help to make il the big
gest success in all South Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21
Hard Times. What?

College boys are again wearing THEN
trousers turned up. and many Of them
by the way, are wearing the same old
trousers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21

take aIa hold warsaw. - she -.tn riail-
tain her hold OF that part of dlSm"n-
bcred Poland, perhaps the next Dis
posltionsof that unhappy country may
cut o II Russia entirely. and make it
all German Poland. The Poles OF Rus
sian Poland. il il recalled. were pro-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21

missed autonomy by Russia, if they
would aid her in the war against Ger
many. If Russia should be- defeated by
Germany the outlook for the Poles of
Warsaw is rather disannninting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21
Names Is Names.
(~lIouston Post !

Don't be misled by names Governor
Brewer ofMississppi who threatened TO
cut a state senator throat from ear 10
ear, is a militant prohibitionist. Just AS
Governor Rye Of Tennessee is.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21
NAV Dine On Cow.

One editor wonders what will be-
come of all the horSeflies when every
body owns an automobile. lie ought
10 know that a horsefly has no obiec-
ton 10 eating \ COW Toledo Blade
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21

Black though the berry yet sweet il
may be;
Dark is my Lassie. vet bonny 10 me
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21
Different View Point.

Beggar-I haven't tasted food for
a month";
DySpeptic-'You haven't missed any
thing. It's the same old taste. San
Francisco Star.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21

The raw food fad goes the ~firelcss
cooker one better. II Is cooler and less
work not 10 cook thc food AT all, of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21

Resignation is Iiore IN . cataleptic
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-21

Ii looks now as if Germany would
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-06-10

ter carries solid matter during part
Of the year. Another good feature
Of the Grimes Is that It will lift any
amount OF water furnished it--from
cupful UP to Its maximum "apac.
ity-as long as power is furn shed to
turn 1t, and the speed-from 81 to
IS revolutions per minutes SO slow
that 1t cannot possibly run hot evan
though 1t is carrying no water at all
The only oiling necessary Is to Al
the oil cups on the head with hard
oil and screw them down two or three
times O week.
A model of the Grimes pump was
exhibited at the recent Roundup a
Logan, and received the unqualified
endorsement of all who saw It.
There has not been a single objsc
ton found with this pump and avery
thing goes to show that 1t will flll {
long felt want.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-06-10
WILL RECLAIM THOUSANDS
OF ACRES OF ARID LAND
BY Paul Burkhalter

The general conditions Of dry farm
ing in the West are being done away
with, more and more, every year, as
the increase in irrigated areas will
show. Irrigation has been the saliva
ton of the farmers of the West, and
more especially OF the states OF Ida
no, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New
Mexico and California as well as
parts of others west of the Missinpi
At times the rainfall in some locali
ties has been sufficient to grow verV
small crops, but t is imposs bic Ia
obtain the full production from any
land unless water is supplied in some
manner to make up for the lack Of
rainfall,
When the West was first settled
and irrigation first started, the only
source of supply was from the rlv
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-06-10

ers and streams. Rude canals, dug
with the ordinary road scraper, or
substitute for 1t, were the first re-
suits Of the struggle against the
lack OF rain. AS the country be-
came more thickly settled the farm
ers began to form associations for
the purpose Of running canals to
certain localities, SO that the water
could be brought to larger area and
the expense Of maintenance distrib.
uted among several, thus making a
less amount to be paid by each indi-
vidual. From this the large canal
company finally developed. BY this
means large sums of money, which
1t would have been impossible to
raise in a community of farmers,
have been expended in constructing
canals to carry the water to large
areas. These companies have been
the means Of settling parts of the
country, which, except for something
OF this kind, would be totally incap-
able of cultivation to any great ex'
| tent.
With the advance of civilization,
however, the farming communities
have come to rely upon another
source of water supply besides the
rivers. In a number of places 1t has
been found that a canal for irrlga'
ton Is not as desirable as 1t might
be, because there IS always a certain
| loss of water which cannot be pre-
vented, and the cost of maintenance
is at times quite a burden, Then
too, at just about the tine that the
farmer needs water most for a par
ticular part of his crop, the chances
are that the water will be low in the
river, and he cannot get the neces
sary amount when it is needed. This
condition has caused the sinking o.
a number of wells for tho purpose
of obta ming a supply from the un
derground streams, The worst fea
lult VI Nhlo anu VI Nht pADNN'
streams that are found in differen
parts of our country Is that when THU
water is struck, although there Il
an abundance of it, 1t does not have
pressure on 1t sufficient to raise /
to a height necessary to make l
available for irrigating the farm.
To overcome these conditions an,
to get away from expensive canal
the idea of pumping water to the Lane
has been largely resorted to Of late
The only trouble has been to get
pump that would operate without to-
much attention end without too mucl
expense. When conditions are RICH
and when it is running with a full
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-06-10

supply of water, the centrifugal pump
has filled the wants of the farmer,
except that the cost Of operation is
high, and the great need at the pres
ent time In this line is a pump that
will be positive in its acton and still
run at low cost.
In 1914, Mr.. ]. N. Grimes of Den.
yer, Colorado, obtained a patent on a
spiral water lift which will raise wa
ter to a given height with less pow
er than any other pump on the mar
ket. 1t having an efficiency of better
than 80 per cent, against from 80 to
Is per cent for a centrifugal pump.
This gives a saving of about one
half OF the cost OF operation Of a cen
trifugal plant, and figuring on g
seasons pumping, this amounts to 9
considerable saving in a years time
The pump is as simple as any piece
Of machinery can possibly be, as II
consists OF a single revolving bar
rel with spiral lift inside. The bar
rel is carried in a steel frame which
carries the whole weight of the pumI
suspended from the top of the frame
by means of a roller bearing which
practically does away with any fric
ton. This makes the great saving
in power possible.
The accompanying illustration
shows one Of the 900 gallon capac
ity Grimes pumps in operation, ele
waiting the water to a height Of II
feet vertical from the river bed. Thi:
pump is installed In the Gunnisor
river, about ten miles west of Delta
Colorado, and is giving the best o.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-06-10
PUMP APPROVED
AT BENSON Ward
Kicks Brothers Have Installed One of the
Grimes Pumps and 1t Gives
Entire Satisfaction

The Kicks Brothers Of Benson ward
recently installed one Of the spiral
pumps as shown by the above cut on
their farm for the purpose OF elevat.
ing water about seven feet, and they
report their entire satisfaction with
this new device for irrigating lands
of high elevation.
The Grimes Utah Pump Company
is manufacturing these pumps al
their plant on South Main street,
this city, and as 1t is the cry to fos'
ter manufacturing industries which
spring up In our midst, persons in
need of pumping devices should aot
overlook the fact that the local con
Germ should be called upon before a
decision is made in what is best for
the problem In hand.
The following article recently ap
peared In the Mountain States Farm
and Livestock Journal and we com
mend 1t to our readers:
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-06-10

attack of kidney trouble and grew
worse until I could hardly move, be-
cause OF the pains in my back and
sides. Different kidney medicines
failed to give relief until / got Doan's
Kidney Pills. One box removed the
aches and pains and three boxes cur
ed me-" Statement given May rs.
1907
Over two years later Mrs. Nelson
said: Whenever my kidneys need
strengthening and my system re-
quires toning up, Doan's Kidney Pills
help me as nothing else can"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Nelson had. Foster Milburn
Co.. Props, Buffalo. n. Y.-Adv.