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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-22
FREE ZONE IS
PLAN PREVENT
INTRODUCTION
OF BOIL WORM
FUND IS ASKED
(By Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON, ID. G.. June p. - An
emergency appropriation of S500,O00 to
prevent the introduction Of the pink boil
worm into the United States from Mexico
by creating cotton free zone fifty TO one
hundred miles wide in Texas next to the
Rio Grande, was asked of congress by the
secretary of agriculture.
Secretary Houston informed the COM
mittee chairmen that the establishment of
n cotton free zone will be done in coop
Grafton with the state of Texas. while sur
veys in Mexico 10 determine the distribu-
tion Of the pest will be made oc-o operative
IN with Mexican authorities.
Fifty thousand dollars was made immed-
lately available in the regular agricultural
appropriation bill for 1918, approved
March 1, 1917, TO prevent the establish
ment of the pink boil worm in the United
States in inspecting and safeguarding ter
ritory surrounding ten cotton seed oil mills
in Texas. which had received considerable
quantities Of seed from Mexico before i'm
portation Of seed was prohibited and in
is~zzyrti-fr. IF BORDER scc1nrrrrre and the
enforcement Of the cotton seed quaran-
fines
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-22
COTTON MAN SAYS STEP SERIOUS.

S. C. Tucker. president of the Peoples
Ice and Manufacturing Co, which owns
the only cotton oil mill on the border, when
informed of the proposal of the secretary
lof agriculture this afternoon, said that
In free cotton zone on the border will
prove serious 10 a large number Of far
mcrs in this section.
"IIowever,' said Mr.. Tucker. II have
been looking for something Of this kind.
The pink boil worm j. known 10 be In many
cotton growing sections of Mexico. and If
iit l. introduced across the Rio Grande it
means another destructive pest for the
American cotton crop. There is nothing
we can do. Ii i serious, of course, and
expect that farmers and cotton growers
generally in this section Of the state will
take some action, but what il will be |
can't say now"
The valley produced about 5000 bales
of cotton last year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-22
Free Print Paper to
Pro-German Papers
(By Associated Press.)

MEXICO CITY, June 22.-Every possi-
BILE pressure. including financial offers, it
l. reported have been brought To bear by
Mormons and pro- Germans To stop the
campaign of FL Universal for the sever
ance of relations between Mexico and Ger
many. Charge ars Ilaae, lhaI Ibe r.,
Gcrinan papers are beng secretly aided
IN their campaign against the United
States BY free print paper supplied by
firms in the United States.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-22
LOWER RIO GRANDE HAS UNIVERSITY CLUB
JUDGE. JAMES ABRAHAM NAMED PRESIDENT

House Committee-W. =. West. ID. -
Perkins ard Miss Bernicc StelI III
Brownsville.
Membership Committee ID. n. Perkins
Of Brownsville, W. r. Thomas III San Be
nito, Mr. Bennett Of San Bcnito, Mr.
Strickland of Mission and Miss Fanny
Mullen of Brownsville.
Entertainment Committec-A Albert
Browne Of Brownsville Miss Pearl Clear,
Of llarngcn, Miss Annie H. n Craig. Mr.
y. q. Wheeler and NJ. y. West N Browns
vile.
The charter members are: Mise lone
Walton, Bcrnicc StclI. Fanny Mullen. Liz
zie NJ. Barbour. MAY Ill Dickcn-. Anna
X. n. Craig. Ro~anna Howard. f1orcnc,
Bell. Rita Clearwater, George :. Stcll, A.
VI. Kent, ID. = Perkins, $. II. Bell, james
\. Graham. W. B. Walton, r. Webster. II
l.. Yates, Mrs. IL. l.. Yates, T.. Il. +. How
ard. +. W. klbbe, Mrs Luclla Il. kihbc
William :. West. s. H. Bell, ir., Mrs. J. O.
Wheeler. Mrs Allen Archer, Mrs II. ID
puicgnat. Mrs Katherine Hamilton, Mrs
II. II. Holland, Mrs. ". n. CLANCY. Mrs
~ r. OIm9tcad. j. III George, alI oi
Brownsville; H. IN Beckwth NJ IIarlingcn
W. q. b. Morrison and Mrs WI a. Il
Morrison, both Of San Benito; Lon v
Hill, ir., and Gordon lIill Of IIaringen
Edgar G. Cannon and Mrs. Edgar q
Cannon of Harrington: Miss Mamie Mel
Buck of Mercedes. aud w. +. Thomas ot
San Benito.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-22
Texas TenderIOinS
Wither Overnight

WASIIlNTON, u. ~, June 12-That the
federal government in cooperation with To-
cal officials Is removing the moral hazards
in cities where new cantonments Will be
located l. shown IN the statement by tho
public information committee, issued to-
day.
The statement says in part:
"The tcndcrloin in Texas cities, the old
fashioned red light district which \ few
weeks ago seemed a~ permanently planted
IN their towns a~ the city hall, have with
cred overnight w gone on their way. III
Pa-o. Fort Worth and Waco are now sur
prisingly free OF the easy money estab-
hshmenls which once made the night hid
eous and filled police courts in morning
hours. The world in these parts has grown
safe for democracy
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-22
JAPAN OFFERS HELP
new RUSS REPUBLIC

COPENHAGEN, June 22.-Finni>h pa
pers say that Japan has offered to support
the Russian government in organizing a
democracy and reorganizing the army.
The papers say Japan expresses the wish
that Russia would soon resume its place
in the ranks of the combatants.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-22
DENIES BR0T RAIDER PRISONERS.

AN ATLANTIC PORT. June 22.-The
British vice-consul at this port says there
j. no truth in reports that a British steam
er arriving here had aboard prisoners from
a German raider sunk or captured at sea.
The steamer in question arrived yesterday
with only the crew aboard
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-22
COTTON PRODUCTS REPORT ISSUED


WASHINGTON, ID. G., June 22.-Thc
cotton seed and cotton seed products re-
port Of the Census Bureau for the period
from August ] to May 81 shows the seed
received at mills to he 6,46l ,402 tons
crushed. Si,369, 100; on hand May 81,
105.97l tons.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-22
CONSTANTINE ARRIVES AT THUSIs

THUSIS, Switzerland, June 22-For-
mer King Constantine arrived here last
by special train with a suite Of thr-
tv persons.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-22
40 Anti-Draft Texans
Of 55, Under Arrest

ticialS announced today that forty Of fifty
five men recently indicted in connection
with the anti con-cription activities have
been arrested Several of those indicted
are said to have fled the state.
Among those arrested yesterday and to-
day are z. 4. Risley Of Leuders, Texas,
and W. H. Webb. state secretary of the So
clall-t pnriN. Of Cisco.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-22
MINISTRY RECONSTRUCTION FAILS
lRy Associated Press.l }

AMSTERDAM, Holland. June 22.-
Count Henry Claim MARITIME, the premier
of the Austrian cabinet which recently re-
signed, failed in his attempt to reconstruct
the ministry. Vienna dispatch says the
count has asked Emperor Charles to in
yite some one else 10 undertake the task.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-22
NOW KEEP SUFFs FROM CAPITOL
lRv Associated Press. l

WASHINGTON, u. c., June 22-De-
tailed To keep Sufragists away from the
capitol the police arrested two women who
carried banners and refused 10 leave when
ordered 10 DO 80.
AT police headquarters the women were
informed they were arrested for blocking
traffic. They were released on their own
recognizance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-22
BELIEVES HIS STEAMER
SUNK GERMAN U-B0AT
(By Associated Press. !

AT AN AMERICAN ATLANTIC PORT.
June 22.-Captain Foster of the Garland
line steamed Norlina expressed the belief
today that the Norlina sunk submarine
June near Liverpool. lie would not
comment on il.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-22
RAN DOWN A BOY, EIGHT ARRESTED
(Ry Asaociated Press.l

COURTNEY, Tex, June 22.-Eight ne
groe, from Houston and Hampstead were
jailed here today as the result of their au-
tomobile running down and killing Allie
Goodrum, l3. late yesterday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-22
Inquiry Into Coal
And Metals Decided

WASHINGTON, ID. C., June 22-An in
quiry into the production, prices and trans
portation of coal, steel, copper and other
basic material over which government SUI
pervision may he proposed during the war
was decided upon by the senate Interstate
commerce committee. Coal will he the first
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-22

TETON HEIGHT
BY
GERMAN FORCE
lBy Assncinted Press. }

PARIS, June 22.-After violent artillery
preparations last evening the Germans at
tackled Teton Height. The official state
ment says they penetrated the advanced
French post, but were elected after sharp
fighting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-22
DANISH STEAMER is SUBMARINED

NEW YORK, June 22.-The Danish
steamer Orion was torpedoed by German
boat June in the North sea, according
to officers of Dutch ship arriving here.
They picked up the crew.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-22
OF
NATL GUARD
TO THE FLAG
(By Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 22-Na-
tional guard engineer companies of fiji
teen states, including Texas, were ordered
mustered into the federal service today to
work on army cantonments.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-22
NORWEGIAN STEAMER CEDRIC SUNK

LONDON, June 22.-The sinking of the
Norwegian steamer Cedric j. reported
from Copenhagen. The captain and twelve
men are missing
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-22
ROUMANIAN MISSION ARRIVES.
tBy Associated rress.l
AT PACIFIC COAST PORT, June o.
The Roumanian mission to the United
States arrived here today.
CONTRACT FOR NEW FLYING FIELD

Wy
WASHINGTON. ID. a.. June Coon
tracts were let today for the fourth Of nine
government flying fields at BelIevilIe, IL
linois.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-22

Leading Hardware, Plumbing and Flee
trical House of Brownsville, Texas.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-28
New Mexico.

Articles of incorporation were filed
by the Linda Vista Oil Company, of.
flee at Arthur N. M.
According to figures that are being
compiled for the government and for
publicity use, the output of the mines
in the Lordsburg district for 1917 will
total about $2,250,OOO. The eighty-ffve
mine was the biggest producer, with
the Bonney second
Two thousands five hundred tons
Of coal day. This figure was reached
by the combined output of the princi-
pal mines in the Gallup district. It is
the largest coal production in years
and it is expected by mine operators
that 5000 tons day will be reached
within the next few weeks.
An inspection Of the extensive alum
deposits on the Gila river, twenty
miles north of Silver City, is being
made by Gerald T. Hill OF New York.
The deposits are said to be the larg-
est alum deposits on the American
continent. and their development
would give Grant county still apother
mineral resource.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-28
OWED BOY SCOUTS A DEBT

A boy scout courteously asked
woman worker In a Kansas City, Mo-,
office If she would buy Liberty bond.
II have already bought about as
many as can afford" said she. "Still.
you are the first boy scout who has
asked me to buy, and l owe something
to the boy scouts"
"Would you mind telling me why
you say that?' asked the boy. Il
would like to tell my scoutmaster."
'Three years ago" said the woman,
Il didn't have a regular job, and neith
er did my husband. l used to go to
the market Saturday nights to take
advantage of the reduced prices in
vegetables. One night bought good
many and was struggling under the
load when boy in khaki uniform in
sisted on taking the heavier bundles.
This is our work, you know he said
proudly to me.
II could only thank him, but never
forgot" said the woman, "and today
I feel l must buy one more bond to
help save America for such citizens
as these boy scouts are going to be-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-28
MORE EAGLE SCOUTS IN TEXAS.

San Antonio now has four Eagle
scouts, and this noteworthy achieve
ment was reached when the court of
honor completed tests that qualified
three scouts as Eagle scouts.
Lewis Kayton, who is in the first
Eagle scout in San Antonio, was pre-
sented with his badge In the summer.
The three new Eagle scouts are
Charles Henning, Zay Smith and Sell
don Nye.
The court of honor compels each
test to be thorough in every way, and
it has taken weeks and months of hard
work for the scouts to attain this
honor.
In order to get the Eagle badge, a
scout must take 21 merit badge exam
nations and several of these take
months of preparation. The Eagle
scouts won these honors only by the
hardest work and by deep study and
practice.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-28
Arizona.

Data hastily gathered indicates that
price fixation on silver will directly
affect several hundred metal produc.
ers in Arizona and probably 5000
workmen.
The Shattuck-Arizona Copper Com.
pany has declared quarterly divi.
dend of twenty-five cents share and
twenty-five cents extra, payable Jan.
ls Three months ago the payment
was fifty cents and seventyfive cents
extra.
A dispatch from Miami. from the
Gibson Consolidated Copper Company,
states that following the strike sew,
eral years ago Of thirty per cent ore
another leaser has broken into an
equally rich streak Of high-grade cop
per In another section of the mine.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-28
STATECAPITOL,
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COLORADO FOOD PRODUCTION.
Plan for Increase to Be Considered at
Conference.

Plan for Increase to BE Considered at
Conference.
Denver-A state conference OF all
leaders in Colorado's work of increas-
Ing the states food production Is to
be held. Gov. julius c. Gunter and
the Colorado Council of Defense have
determined upon a conference and the
governor has appointed four members
OF the State Council a committee to
arrange it. The time and place will
be announced later. President Charles
A. Lory of the Colorado Agricultural
College, chairman of the councils
committee on food production. con-
servation and marketing, is chairman
of the conference committee. The
other members are: Food Administra-
tor Thomas B. Stearns, L. G. Carpen-
ter and John Morey.
Farmers organizations are to be
represented and their members will
rightly play large part in the gather
ing. The chairmen of the county
councils and of the county committees
on food production, faculty members
of the Agricultural College and state
and federal officials will be others
asked to attend. The farm problem
of the coming summer, including the
labor problem, will be discussed and
plans laid to solve them.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-28
SCOUTS ASK FLAG RESPECT.

The San Francisco Ad club, with the
cooperation of the San Francisco Boy
Scouts of America, has launched q
movement to make expressions of re-
spect to the American flag more gen.
eral in that city, particularly on public
occasions.
According to President Samuel p
Johnson of the club, some men fall
to remove their hats when the flag
passes in a public parade.
Asked by the club for assistance, the
boy scouts promised to conduct q cam.
paign to ask men to doff their hats
when the national banner passes. AT
the next parade to be held in that city
the boy scouts are to march in ad.
vance, distributing cards asking men
to do this reverence to the flag.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-28
Record Set in Land Taken Up.

More public land has been taken up
in Colorado in the last year than ever
in the history of the state, according
to the annual report of Clay Tallman,
commissioner of the General Land OF.
flee at Washington. The report
shows that there were 1908 applica-
tions for land, for total of 1,11S,110
acres. There are G6,341 ,120 acres OF
land in the state, over one-fifth Of the
entire area being in national forests,
OF the latter there are 14,S55.966
acres. OF unappropriated and unre.
served land in the state open to en-
try there are 1O,416.317 acres OF this
acreage S,479.934 acres have been sur
veyed, while 1,936.3s3 remain unsur.
yeyed. Considerable of the land lends
Itself to farming, while a large per.
centage OF 1t is good for grazing pur-
poses. minerals and coal abounding In
other sections.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-28
Colorado.

Near Silverton the Highland Mary
is working three shifts at both the
mine and mill and shipping each
month
From Silverton comes report that
work is going right along and ship
ments being made regularly from the
Pride of the West mine in Cunning
ham gulch
The flotation of minerals dates
back to the accounts of Agricola. who
tells us of the virgins who dipped
greasy feathers into the stream and
drew forth gold
At Telluride, in San Miguel county,
the ore shipments for November were
very large, the number of cars of con.
centrates shipped totaling 1872 as
against 116 last year.
The Coming Wonder property which
has been among the shippers of the
Silverton district all year is ready to
do considerable amount of develop
ment work during the winter months.
The Ariadne property situated on
Storm peak in the Cement creek Sec
tion of San Juan county, which is be-
ing operated by Alfred B. lies, is rap
idly getting into shape to enter the
shipping list
The Red Mountain shipping season
now drawing to close proved the
three leading shippers of the district
to be the Congress Leasing, with 1900
tons; the Barstow, with 300 tons
crude and $50 tons concentrates, and
the Summit Mining and Milling Com
pany, with 1,775 tons. Miscellaneous
small shipments from the smaller pro-
ducers in the vicinity bring the total
for the district up to between 5000
and $500 tons.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-28
Wyoming.

The Pioneer Company is reported to
have struck good showing of oil In
S6-S4-77. Big Muddy, at depth Of 612
feet.
The Virginia Oil Company is new.
conner which is preparing an active
drilling campaign on the Virginian
dome, Emigrant Gap.
Thirty new wells have been finished
In Wyoming during the last thirty
days, with a production estimated 1t
about $4,000 barrels.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-28
Would Tax All Official Salaries.

State Treasurer Robert H. Higgins
is of the opinion that state and nation.
al officials OF every department should
pay war tax the same as any one else,
Recently he drafted telegram to
Colorado's representatives and sena.
tors and took 1t around and had every
state official sign it urging upon each
and every member OF the Colorado
delegation to lend their hearty support
to all measures which shall have for
their object the eliminating of all ex.
emption from war taxes of the sal.
aries Of federal and state officials,
whether they be executive, legislative
or judicial.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-28
Montana.

The two last survivors of the dis.
coverers of gold in Montana met, af-
dedication of monument at Gold
creek, near Butte, recently, to Capt.
James H. Mills, Montana's S first news
paper publisher. They were Granville
Stuart, a member of the party which
discovered the first placer gold in the
state at Gold creek in 1850 and David
b. Weaver, member of the
prospecting party which, in 1864,
made the fifth discovery of placer
gold in the Yellowstone valley.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-28
Push Reorganization Work.

An appeal to the chambers OF com
merce of Colorado to get behind the
Colorado Council of Defense. help in
the reorganization of the county coun-
ellis Of defense and push Colorado's
war work has been made by H. H.
Hartman Of Fort Collins, president of
the Colorado Association of CONNER.
cial Executives and secretary of the
Fort Collins Commercial Club. Gov
ernor Gunter and members of the
State Council are confident the appeal
will give an impetus to Colorado's war
accomplishments and will aid mater
tally in the systematic organization Of
the entire state.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-28

Brazirs coffee crop, 1t IL estimated,
will exceed In size the crops Of other
years. AS difficulty has been expert
enced in shipping coffee to former buy
ers in Europe, indications are that
prices will be low.
American manufacturers have built
one-handled plows for use In Latin
America. Tests have proved the
worth and popularity Of these imple-
ments. Farmers In these countries can
not be induced to use 4 plow having
two handles.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-28
Pupils to Help In Food Saving.

Officials of the Colorado food ad.
ministration, assisted by Mrs. Mary C.
c. Bradford, captain Of the Hoover
Legion of Life for Colorado, began a
survey OF all public schools prepare.
tory to sending out series Of ques-
tionnafres on food conservation and
production. It is intended to include
not only the $4,000 children who &C.
tually attend schools but all those be-
tween the ages Of and 21 in the
state, numbering about 225,0OO.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-28
GOOD TURNS BY SCOUTS.

A Cory, Pa, scout, named Harold
Machines, saved the life Of little
boy who had severed large artery.
Scouts in McBain, Mich. gave first
aid in a gasoline explosion when two
men were badly injured and no physi-
clan was to be had.
Boy scouts in Buffalo are proud Of
one patrol that Is expert in signaling.
The patrol is equipped with electric
and oil flash lanterns, field buzzers
telegraph instruments, flags, etc.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-28
CONVERSATIONS

The Filipinos are asking ior 'nior-
nation about how to build American
barns.
The head hunters of Formosa are
making It extremely didicult to take
camphor from the forests.
Mrs. Harrison L. Smith Of saco.
Ne has a Killarney rose bush which,
:, mite Of freezing weather. continues
to bloom.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-28
More Work for the Women. Council

More than one hundred women's or.
ganfzations were represented at a
meeting of the Denver Women's Coun.
ty Council of Defense held for the
purpose of enlarging the council. The
city has been completely districted for
the registration of women for service
that Is to be held soon.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-28
stevens Prize includes Thrift Stamp,

stevens Prize includes Thrift Stamps
Believing that the year 1918 will
probably be one Of the most moment.
GUS in human history and that every
effort should be made to stimulate
patriotism among school students and
the general public. !. N. Stevens, who
founded the annual Stevens oratorical
contest In the four Denver high
schools more than a quarter Of q cen.
tury ago, announces that this year he
will give an additional prize Of a ,25
United States thrift certificate to the
winning contestant.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-28
Mrs. Campbell Heads Committee

Mrs. John Campbell Of Denver has
been appointed chairman of the public
speaking committee of the Colorado
Women's Council Of Defense and is
seeking lists Of women's speakers in
all counties from the chairmen Of the
Women's County Councils.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-12-28

LESSON TEXT-Read Psalms 1:23; ia
GOLDEN TEXT-With Jehovah there Ii
loving kindness. and with him is plenteoui
redemption.-Ps. 1907.