The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1920-06-20
BROWNSVILLE
CHAMBER SETS
WHEELS GOING
Progressive Program Made
and Steps to Be Taken
Without Delay

NfffiNiIp the Aktllfi
BROW NSVfLLE. Texas. juno 10 go
Another Dtep ~ progress has been
taken by Brownsville in ,hu reorEnni
zatiun oi 40 chamber ~ commerce Fui
almost two years this city has h,rn
without chamber az commerce. For
nation ~ one 10 IN keeping with other
nnpros cments which are going on here.
Tho Brownsville Chamber ~ Com.
morco atandu for everything that iI
progressive. u urges complete GO on.
GRAFTON between thu valley towns FOR
the development and uphuilding ~ tho
i.oWct RIO tdAndr Valley. iil mem
bcfs arc aoiidly for good roads. be
llcvinG that they are Indispensable "a
the prosperity OF ans Wide awake cum
mnniiy Plans are being made FOR
many improvements IN the city itself.
w. boauufication being tho chic,
Up TO the present, T23 members have
been aecurcd aud, according 90 bust
uosa men here. ware that 500 VIII soon
b" enrolled 'rhe Chamber scr out
to raise $40. 900 and this hna been
ovetsuhacrihed no difficulties what
ever have numbered lta work and ~
matters continue nH they are browns
Niilo'H Chamber ~ Commerce VIII np
one 81 the most progressive in Texas
pffirrrg elected are. " q w Imam.
president. G. l. Bishop first vice prna-
idnnt. ! = Rove. SECOND vice prcai
dent T. NJ. Lamhcrtnn The board ~
directors consists ~ Andres PachscI. u.
. CrcnEcr. " - clint W y. Mcpuv-
it, ! v grogg. a Ashhe'.r = r..
Howard $. G Tucker a Wayne
wood ! II Fernandez and Louis cuho-
iiui Eeyerai applications Tor scrrc
inry have boon received, nut. as get.
mona have been accepted
Peat DESTROYER tsfd
II the experiments now being ron
Quoted under the sur. 'y.i pa ~ + &
Barber ~ tho g. = eu'p'lp n,.it.d ata-
ton here prove successful. thnuaandg
~ dollars viii he saved annually to
corn and sugar cane growers all over
tia country For several wears efforts
have been made hy the government 20
work out mcthlI 81 control FOR the
destructive sugar cane boref. which
hns DOM so much damage To corn nnd
sugar cana In T.xas and Louisiana aud
cost planters large sums of money.
The insect does u.s. damage IN tho lar
val or worm stage. la which 70 hores
into he stalk at III" plant and feeds on
the nth and sap often. the stalk ia
~ weakened that the least gust OF
wind viii blow IL down The horer
also attacks sorghum broom corn
Johnson grass, aud Sudan grass; ia
fact all members OF tiiH class ~ planta
In Cuba q parasite has been found
which attacks and KILLS the pest ~ Ne
IT. is IN the lnrvai stage Experts are iu
cuba collecting these parasites and
| sending them 10 The station here. As
a rule. about thirty are received daily
The parasites bear o striking resam
blancr TO the common house fly. IL be
Ing quite difficult to distinguish be-
ween them.
As soon as tho adult flies have ON
etgcd from their chrysalos they are
plnced In screen covered box and re-
| leasrd ia corn or sugar cane tieid
that H. known To- be infested with the
cane borer Here they breed and die
hut their offspring attacks tho borer
SO far more than hundred adults
have been released ln fields ia tho vi
cinity Of Brownsville. aud Il the para
sites cam bc induced 90 breed iu largt
numbers. tho situation win soon be- un-
dor control
Many methods of control have been
| tried. but none has proved successful
several tynet of Hrfniei1l control ave
employed in Texas and Louisiana and
some have met with som" succeas nut
it seems TINT natural control rs tho
most rfficaciuus.
Nc caues for Alarm
The appearance of bubpnic plague at
Vera cruz mas caused mo- alarm here
Local health authorities. however. state
that they are prepared Tor any cmer-
gency Doctors declare there is little
possibility of "a quarantine In Mata-
moros vat killing campaign has been
started. ana authorities arc taking ev
cry prccaution 10 safeguard the health
of ciiizena Tampico Is now under
quarantine, traveirrs being able tx oo
only TO Monterey
a former soldier named Sapeccy and
Tom Cannon are undcr arrest and c.n-