Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-24
OKLAHOMA TROOPS FACE RANGERS
IN OUR
VALLEY

the first acre OF land wes cleared
and put In cultivation down to the
present day.
On m point. however. all have
agreed.
Virgin land which Is dotted with
ebony trees Is invariably a fertile
soil, and any Valley old-timer will
tell you. If you ask him. that his
choice Of any particular tract Of
land would be that portion on which
are located ebony trees.
Why this land is so uniformly
fertile has remained OF those
mysteries
Probably no one bothered much
about II. Just taking II for granted
(1at it was so and letting IL 90 al
That.
However. during the present sum-
mer a very reasonable and con-
vincing reason for this fertility has
been advanced by Prof. william
Morrow Of the University OF Ne
braska, who was in the Valley as
the guest OF Clyde Tandy Of
Brownsville.
The ebony tree, says the profess
sor. Is a true legume.
Being a true legume It adds to
the fertility OF the soil In the same
manner as cowpeas. sesbania and
any other legume.
And naturally. land on which
ebony trees are found has bene-
fitted from the fertility added TO
its soil through all the years the
ebonies have been growing.
Prof. Morrow was first attracted
to the ebony trees by their pods,
one Of the signs by which the
legume is distinguished.
WELDING a spade, he and MI.
Tandy dug down to the roots OF
several ebonies and found the nj
trogen fixing nodules attached.
proof positive evidence that the
ebony is one OF the 10000 varieties
Of legume to be found in the world.
Examination OF the blossoms
under a microscope brought out
that they are Of the true sweet pea
type, another link In the chain OF
evidence.
SO old-timers who have main
tanned without knowing why. that
ebcvy land Is good and fertile
coil, may continue their champion
ship. backed in their opinion by
scientific data supporting their
argument.
THIS FLYING BROKER OF New
York City you have been reading
about in the papers.
Capt. Frank Hawks had TO stretch
his plane TO beat his time from
New York to Havana by ~ minutes.
This flying broker Is named
James Goodwin Hall.
He Is the son Of Major James G..
Hall. u. S. Medical corps. now sta
toned at Fort Brown.
Nike father like son.
Ask any man who ever served in
the 36Oth Inf, Goth Division about
Mai. Hall.
They'll tell YOU not to be ar
prised az anything a son OF Maj
Hall does.
They know the major, and when
his son proceeded TO break flying
records they said Just what we
would expect
Mai. Hall came out OF the Meuse-
Argonne with q Distinguished Ser
vice Cross
AFFORDING PROPER drainage
facilities to Tucker Field viii pro-
vide better playground facilities
to 2.000 children Of the Browns
Vile public schools.
Did you know that 4 teachers
t. spend their time on this out-ot-
door playground?
That children 60 to the play
ground with the same regularity
as they &C TO classrooms7
And are given the benefits OF
supervised physical training and
play2
We didnt-not until Harbert
Davenport told Us 50.
And We are glad 10 know
thought maybe you would be glad
10 know the same thing.
FACT THAT so many who APP
peared before the city commission
Of Brownsville regarding the pro-
posed city zoning regulations stated
their desire to build filling stations
on their property led ore city Off