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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07
Rv C. T. REED

For those who inhabit areas in
tested with venemouS reptiles, this
great fear is a perennial kill joy
and the uncertainty in it only &C
centuates the horror with which we
anticipate the possibility that we
will be the next victim Of some Scaly
murderer.
The recent tragedy that was en-
acted near Edinburg is only another
gruesome reminder of the helpless
ness of such unwary and unpre-
pared victims. OF course there are
not many diamond backed rattle
snakes eight feet long with fangs
three-fourthS of an inch long and
capable Of expelling half a tea
spoonful Of venom from each of its
hypodermic needle-like teeth; how
ever, a much smaller specimen may
accomplish the same indescr:bably
horrible results.
For the benefit Of those who may
not know, what everyone who is
| constantly in danger Of snake bites
should know, this article is sent out.
The old adage "a pound of pre-
vention is worth a ton of cure" is
more valuable than all else when
advising on snake bite, and constant
! vigilance is the only way in which
to secure it. A little knowledge of
the snake and it's habits will aid
greatly in foiling the serpent and
escaping his merciless fangs. There
are about II different kinds Of dan
gerous snages in America. Forum
ately, for Texans less than ten Of
these are to be confronted in our
state, and for those who live OH the
plains of the south and west Texas
the famous diamond backed RATHER
is by far the most dangerous and
most frequently encountered ven--
nous snake. 1t may attain a length
of over ten feet when allowed to
live its full life time, which is not
certainly known but is estimated to
be between 80 and so years. 1t
continues to grow as long as it
lives. The diamond back is an cpl
cure in selecting its food and pre-
fers young animals, rabbits, mice,
rats, gophers, squirrels, and birds.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07
PRUNING OF
ROSES TOLD
Expert Explains How Flow
ers May Be Cut With
out Hurt to Plant
BY FURMAN LLOYD MULFORD
III. s. DEPARTMENT of AgricUlture)

by FUhMAN LLOID mOLE OUSD
CU. S. Department of Agriculture)
Climbing roses should be pruned
as soon as they are through flower
ing, or the long sprays may be cut
while in bloom for indoor decora-
ton, without fear Of injury to the
plant.
This years flowers have come on
shoots that have sprung from wood
of last years growth and likewise
flowers of the next year will be
borne on canes that will be formed
later this year.
Every possible encouragement
should be given to the formation
of vigorous new shoots this year.
At blooming time many of these
already have started as vigorous
young suckers from near the base
Of the plant. They may be stimu-
lated by cutting away all the wood
that has borne blossoms as soon as
the flowers are fading or before.
This should include not only the
shoots that have borne the flowers
but also the years canes from re-
moval Of this old wood all the
strength Of the plant will go into
producing new wood for Towering
next year.
Where a fence or other low sup
port is to be covered, encourage as
many shoots as possible; over a
gateway or other high support, re-
duce the number of canes permit
ted to grow to three or four.
Such strong growing varieties as
American Pillar, DR., w. Van Fleet,
Silver Moon, and Christine Wright
under favorable conditions will make
a growth of more than 20 feet in
a season when treated in this man
ner.
Some of the hardy climbing roses
known as pillar roses, do not make
more than six or eight feet Of
growth in q year so that even the
reduction Of the number Of canes
will not get the growth heretofore
suggested.
Occasionally a new vigorous shoot
will start from near the end Of an
old one. When this occurs it is pos
Sible to get Towering wood farther
from the root than is ordinarily the
case and then it is often practicable
to use the plant for covering a per-
COLA or other high support.
Climbing tea roses and climbing
hybrid perpetuals bear their flow
ers on wood of this years growth
that may shoot from that of last
year, or older wood, or eve from
growth of the current season, so
the pruning of these plants is sim
ply thinning out weak shoots and
surplus growth and should largely
be done in the spring.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07
BY H. L. EUSTACE

With passenger-laden tri-motored
planes looming off the airport with
clock-like regularity and the city one
Of the most "air minded" in the
United States, few people know that
a local man built and placed in
the Wright brothers made their first
flight here planes shortly after
successful heavier a n-air ma
chine.
The man is p. A.. Newman who
now owns a machine shop at Eighth
and st. Charles streets.
The flights were made in 1909
the year that Bleriot startled the
world by flying from Etamps to Or
leans, Is miles. Later in the same
year he again astounded the world
by flying the English channel. At
this time experiments were being
made by Wright, Vosin and Far
man, names now famous in the an
mails of aviation.
Newman's operations here were
hampered by lack of funds but he
succeeded In making three success
full flights in planes Of his own
making. His power driven machines
never got off of the ground for
more than 100 yards or so. but he
made three long flights towed by
automOpueSs
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07
FARM MEASURE
/, EXPLAINED
Editor Tells Operation OF
New Law Designed to
IL Aid Agriculture
BY ARTHUR I'll. JENKINS
ES;&or the Farm Journal


~ you have not bothered to read
Che text of the new farm bnl-ano
af 30 I do not blame you In the
ieast-I can tell you in a few SEN
fences what 1t says. 49,.
The president appoints eight
men. all of whom are familiar In
one way or another with the mar
keting of farm products, partlc-
ularly through cooperative selling
organizations. These eight, with
the secretary of agriculture, make
lp a federal farm board OF nine
men. There will be no tie votes
in the board.
The board is handed $780, 00, 900,
ef which $50, 5000 for its work,
and 81, 500, 900 for expenses, has al
ready been appropriated.
Then the president tells the
board: Here's your appointment
and half a billion dollars, and more
If you show you know how to take
care of this much. Now go ahead
e what you a do to improve
the marketing of the farmers
crops, so that the farmer will get
more income without putting any
noticeable load on the consumer.
Do this, as far as possible, through
cooperative selling organizations
and methods. Don't waste the
money; don't lend any without a
reasonable prospect Of getting it
back; don't lend it in spots where
the result is sure to be a large in
crease in the SURPRISES of certain
crops"
That is the farm bill, or 'agricul-
tural marketing act" to give it its
right name, j ne nutshell.
What Is the board going to do?
Nobody knows. Whom will it lend
money %? Nobody knows. Will it
lend any money at all? Oh, yes,
bzt.most likely on very good secur-
ity Will the $500, 000, 900 be all
spent and diSsipated in a couple of
years? Possibly not. Will coopera-
tive selling organizations and the
sterilization corporations" they
set UP gain in size and importance?
I think so. On the whole, what
will be the result? Nobody
knows.
We must remember that this new
scheme is totally untried. No gov
eminent has ever set I'D such a
piece Of machinery for the benefit
of its farm population, and what
viii come Of it is impossible for
anybody to say.
What President Hoover wanted
was q farm board equipped with a
wad OF money, and turned loose to
do whatever could be done for agri-
culture, within the limits of good
sense and economic law.
That is almost precisely what
congress gave him, though they
tied on a few more or less orna-
mental and useful frills.
OF course, it is the board. itself.
and the wisdom it displays, that
win be the determining factor In
its success or failure.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07

H. w. Adams, general freight agent;
w. I. Church, auditor; Ben F. Will
son, assistant auditor; John d. Fin
negan, local treasurer; G. B. Chase,
superintendent of motive power; w.
j. Canadian, Stephen DAILY. and H.
A. Loines, construction supervisors.
And of date, November 1, 1904, MI.
Miller added to the official family,
by appointment. the name of VIM.
Doherty as general passenger agent.
Offices in Box Cars
Temporary headquarters were eS-
tablished in box cars, at KingSville,
awaiting completion Of a general Of
flee building, located on a plot of
ground known as Miller Park, which
had been donated by Mrs. H. M.
Continued on Page III
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07
Loue IS Born
In Height of


A wealth of romantic his
tory, revolving about one Of
the best known surgeon
generals in the United States
army, within the quiet,
whitewashed walls of the
old post hospital at Fort
Brown, has been recalled
here.
The hospital had its Goth birth
day in 1928, but for all Of its six
decades, it still is n of the most
picturesque structures along the
lower Rio grande and ranks with
| the most modern hospitals in the
army posts of the United States.
The romance centers around the
late William Crawford Gorgas, who
during the war was Surgeon Gen
eral Of the United States and who
exterminated Yellow Fever in the
Western hemisphere.
Gorgas, then a first lieutenant,
came to Fort Brown in August,
1882. That was when Yellow Fever
was rampant in Matamoros and
Brownsville and there also were sew
eral cases at the fort, which was
quarantined against the city. DIR.
Gorgas never had seen a Ease Of the
disease when he arrived here, but
he was undaunted even though
there we're 1900 cases in this section
at that time.
And 1t was here that he met the
girl to whom he later was married.
She was visiting her sister, Mrs.
Lyster, wife of Col. VIM. J. Lyster,
in command Of the post.
And it was here, too, that Gorgas
met and became a lifetime friend
of General Enoch Crowder. appoint
ed by Pres. Harding in 1921 as his
personal representative in Cuba.
The two men lived in the same
! quarters.
Called to Bedside
The romance between DR.. GorgaS
and Miss Doughty was carried on
under the most peculiar of circum-
stances. He was called in to her
bedside after she had been stricken
with the disease.
On the fifth day, the young lady
| apparently was in the last stages
of the sickness and hopes for her
recovery had been abandoned. The
| cemetery in those DAYS was on the
island | nthe Rio Grande. Com
m~unication with the post was in
row boats, and in order that there
might be no delay in burial. an open
grave was kept constantly in readi-
ness for the next victim.
At that time. DR.. Gorgas and DR..
Melou, Contract doctor from
BROWNSVILLE not only attended the
sick but also conducted the services
for the dead. In burying a young
boy earlier in the day. DR.. Melou
said to the young surgeon:
This is Miss Doughty's grave.
Will YOU read the burial service for
her this afternoon?"
Eyes" replied DR.. Gorgas. II viii
read her burial service"
Receivers
But he didn't. To the amazement
of all, she began to recover. 1t was
then that he himself was stricken.
but this was not a serious case, and
they saw a great deal Of each other
as they convalesced together, DR..
Gorgas' quarters being adjacent to
those occupied by Col. Lyster and
family.
Soon Col. Lyster and the regi-
ment he commanded were stationed
at Fort Clark, while DR.. Gorgas re-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07
RAILROAD REVIVES
OLD GHOST TOWN

GUYMON, Okla, July 6.-(P1-
Out here north O. &c." the ghost
town of Hardesty, first on the Ok
1ahoma panhandle, is being reborn.
A new railroad line has brought
a boom to spur Hardesty from its
grave on the historic COW trail be-
tween Texas and Kansas. New
stores, homes and "Vol. ], No. 1"
Of the HardeSty News have appear
ed near the old towns site.
The first Hardesty took its name
so years ago from a pioneer Texas
county ranchman. Until railroad
tracks pointed south recently, it
had reverted to its native prairie.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07
{ Snecial to The Heraidl

Z SpUCIdI 10 11IG
SAN BENITO, July 6.-After be-
ing postponed three times, the
hearing before the state board of
water engineers on the j. II. Frank
lin irrigation application in Hidalgo
county promises to get under way
Monday, July 8, at Austin.
The hearing was set for Monday
of this week, but was postponed on
account Of the death Of the wife
Of Chairman Norris of the board.
Twice previously the hearing had
been set, once in Austin, and an
other times at E%dinburg. The Edin-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07
By JEFF N. MILLER

A syndicate consisting Of Col.
Samuel w. Fordyce, B. F. Yoakum,
Thomas H. West, Robert S. Brook
lngs, w. K. Bixby, Edwards Whit
Rker and John F. Shepley, was
formed for the purpose of securing
a charter from the State Of Texas,
and organized a corporation to be
known as the st. Louis, Browns
vile & Mexico Railway company, to
construct a line Of railroad between
Brownsville, Texas, and the city OF
Houston, Texas, and a branch line
from Harrington, Texas, to Sam For
hyce, Texas, and either an indie
pendent branch line, or trackage
arrangement, from Robstown, Tex
rs, to Corpus Christi, Texas.
This charter was secured and ap-
proved by the secretary OF state,
sarly in June, 1903. and Immediately
thereafter Col. Uriah Lott was
elected president, and undertook to
secure the necessary right Of way
and donations of land, ETC., IN ad-
vance of construction Of the line.
On May 1, 1904, the board OF d.
fectors. in q meeting held In Kings
vile, Texas, elected the following
officers:
Col. s. w. Fordyce. chairman OF
The board; B. F. Yoakum, president
(succeeding Uriah Lott, resigned
Jeff Miller. vice president and gen.
eral manager, in charge OF con-
struction and operation; Robert J.
Kleberg, vice president; Edward G.
Eliot, general counsel, and H. W.
Adams, secretary.
Mr.. Miller assumed immediate
charge of the property and COM
pleted his organization by making
the following appointments: Duval
west, general attorney; Robt. J.
Mcmillan, assistant attorney gen.
eral: w. p. Hoffman, chief engineer;
T.. A. Guerenger, resident engineer;
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07
GOES
C FOR TESTS

COLORADO SPRINGS. July g.
R)-Mountain sickness-which af-
flicts persons who suddenly enter
high a1titudes-is being studied
scientifically this summer by Ar
thur Grollman, associate professor
of physiology at Johns Hopkins uni
versity.
With Mrs. Grollman as his as
sistant he took quarters at the
summit house on Pixies peak, bring
ing with him tanks Of gases, masks
and many laboratory articles used
in testing effect of altitude on the
heart.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07
TELEPHONE POLES TESTED

OTTAWA, Canada, July 6.-(P)-
A row Of poles, standing in an open
air pit six feet deep and filled
with water, is being observed in
strength tests by scientists Of the
department of interior. Untreated
red pine, cedar, and the ono de-
spised jack pine with creosoted red
pine and jack pine poles, are test
ed for usefulness as telephone poles.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07
Rail Official Clues
History of the First
Line to Brownsville

EDITORS Note: The following
Yrticie by jeff N. Miller, executive
head Of the st. Louis, Brownsville
B. Mexico railroad at the time the
line was completed into Brownsville
On July 4, 1904, was published in a
recent issue of the Corpus Christi
Caller concentrating the twenty
fifth anniversary of the completion
of that railroad. Mr.. Miller was
elected vice-president of the COM
pany when construction from Cor
pus Christi to Brownsville was well
underway and was actively con-
nected with that work.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07
SWEDISH
BUYS CHROME MINES

STOCKHOLM, July 6.-F1-A
syndicate representing the leading
ironworks Of Sweden has pur-
chased important chrome mines In
Asia Minor. The transaction Sc
cures for Swedish ironworks the
worlds chief supply Of crome, which
is necessary for the manufacture Of
ruStless steel.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07

manned here until the autumn Of
1884. However, he kept up a regular
correspondence with his future wife
and they soon were married at the
GorgaS home in Tuscaloosa, Ala
bama.
Mrs. Gorgas, in speaking of the af-
fair said, "it would be untrue to say
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07

that Yellow Jack was the best man
at u wedding-but it would be per-
fectly true to say that in a sense he
was an usher"
DR.. Gorgas' quarters at first we're
on the second floor Of the hospital
in what is now the isolation ward.
The old post hospital was aban-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07
Valley Growers AIRS
Urged to Organize
For Tariff Benefit
Nv r l.. SEXTON

If the Lower Rio Grande Valley is to secure any measure OF profit from
the new tariff rates on vegetables and the farm relief measure, it Is very
apparent that the growers must be organized, not only to assure orderly
marketing but also to hold production to the point where they may, to
some degree at least. control the movement.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07

PARSON TURNS FIREMAN
STROUD, Eng.-Rev. A. r. Bray
brooke, the parish minister, has
Joined the fire department for
active duty.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07

Upper right, the late DR.. William Gorgas, who found romance during
his hospital work in Brownsville. Upper left, Major Gardner, who is
now post surgeon and who brought to light the interesting story Of
Major Gorgas' romance. Upper center photo shows the interior of a
ward hospital. Center is a exterior view of the historic building;
and lower picture is Of one of the restful arcades which make the
structure picturesque.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-18
BARRETT LAW CHANGES
TO BE ASKED IN HOUSE
Property Owners Would be Helped
in Assessment Fights.

A change in the Barrett law to
give property owners contesting as
sessments opportunity to avail
themselves of the ten year-pay plan
within thirty days after a court
hands down its decision will be pro-
posed in a bill to be presented Tues
day by Representatives William b.
Calvert and Albert R. Bernhardt,
of South Bend.
The bill is intended to prove OF
particular benefit to property own
ers in South Bend, who plan con-
testing assessments made in con-
nection with construction of ST.
1000, 900 sewer.
Under the present law, persons
filing contests are unable to take
advantage of the ten-year pay plan
because of the time involved in the
suit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-18
FACES TRIAL
FOR KILLING OF
GENES GUIDE
Man Who Was Tunney'S
Aid in Woodland Slain
for His Money.

BIZ United Press
SPECTATOR, N. Y, Jan. 18.-
The new county courthouse here
early next month will be the scene
Of the trial Of Ernest Duane, IS,
charged with violating the wood
land code and numbering Ula Da-
Wis, so, the man who trained him
as a guide.
Hamilton county, which is New
York states only county with a
district attorney and county judge
who are not lawyers, expects one
of the most sensational trials in
years.
Assistant District Attorney B. w.
Kearney of Fulton county viii have
charge of the prosecution. Chris
topher ]. Heffernan, supreme court
Justice, of Amsterdam, will preside.
Gene Tunney's Guide
Davis, the murdered man, was
personal guide for Gene Tunney
when the champion trained here
last summer for his battle with Tom
Heeney. Davis friends say he
knew every tree in these neighbor-
ing forests.
Davis body was found in his
Whitaker Lake cabin on the night
of Nov. Is, with a bullet wound
through his body. His friends
searched several days for the slayer.
Duane was arrested by state
troopers who said they found
wallet, containing 5000, sewed in
one of his pockets. Each bill and
the wallet had a bullet hole, it was
said. The bullet which killed Da-.
Wis, police say, entered the guides
hip and penetrated the pocket where
he carried his wallet.
Killed for Money
After being questioned for hours,
Duane is said by Kearney to have
confessed.
at needed the money" Duane is
quoted as saying. II knew Davis
had some for working as guide last
summer. I don't know why 1 killed
him. He was such a good fellow"
An extraordinary session OF
grand Jury has been called for Feb
ruary / and the case will be given to
that term.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-18
STRIPES FOR CoNvICTS
Louisiana Prisoners to Wear New
Uniform After Ten Years.

BATON ROUGE, La, Jan. 1S-
Corvicts in Louisiana state prison
institutions once more will don the
tell-tale striped uniform after
having gone without the charac-
teristic prison garment for more
than ten years.
The restoration of the striped suit
was ordered by Governor Huey P.
Long, who was influenced by the re-
cent killing of Herman Baker during
a robbery in New Orleans. Baker,
shot to death while robbing an aged
storekeeper, was "furloughed"
convict and had been at liberty
several weeks prior to his death. The
Governor also ordered all fur
loughs" discontinued unless ordered
by his office.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-18
STUDENT RELIEF ASKED
Bill Would Eliminate Payment of
Tuition Fees.

House bill 81. which relieves stu
dents by various counties to scholar
ships at Purdue university from
payment of matriculation and tut
ton fees, was reported favorably
today by the education committee,
which, however. made some minor
changes in the phraseology. Rep
resentative j. Frank Smith OF Lay
favette introduced the bill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-18
HEARING is SET FOR
VERMILLI0N VOTE WAR
Election of Representative Douglass
Contested by Hughes.

Public hearings in the suit con-
testing the seating of Louis A.
Douglass as representative from
yermillion county, brought by
John A. Hughes Rep) former rep
resentative, will be held Monday
afternoon and Tuesday morning by
the elections committee, Represent
alive Harold r. Donnell, chairman,
announced today.
Hughes, in his petition contesting
the election, declared that there
were gross irregularities and frauds
and that the Vermillion county Off
Gals having failed to take up the
case, he went direct to the legis-
lature.
DonnelI declared that he had not
decided whether the committee will
20 to Vermillion county and inspect
the records or have them sub
poenaed and brought to Indian
apolis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-30
GAS SALE SUIT
DELAYED BY WEST
Assistant Corporation Coun-
sci to Prepare Case Against
New York Interests.

Filing of a suit in District Supreme
Court to set aside the recent sale of
majority of the stock in the Washing
ton Gas Light Co. to New York finan-
cial interests, authorized yesterday by
the District Commissioners, will be de-
layed until the return to his desk of
Vernon E. West, principal assistant to
the corporation counsel.
Mr.. West underwent an operation
earlier this month and has not re-
turned to work. He is expected back
early next week. Corporation Counsel
William w. Bride said that Mr.. West
had had experience in this kind of law
and that he would intrust the pres
entation of the case to him.
The suit will be based on an alleged
violation of the terms of the La Fol-
lette anti-merger law, which forbids
the purchase by foreign holding or
utility corporations of more than 20
per cent of the stock of Washington
utilities. The gas light stock is now
held by the Seaboard Investment Trust
for the beneficial interest of five large
New York securities and utility holding
concerns, who claim that by this
method of holding they remain within
the letter Of the law.
The form of the action to be
brought has not yet been settled, but
the matter will be decided shortly aft
er MIR. Vests return, Mr.. Bride stated.