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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-11
started the alteration and also that

started the alteration and also that
FREDERICK did the fatal stabbing.
This Is one Of the first Juvenile
cases to be tried under the new
jurisdiction OF Judge "A. MI. Kent's
civil district court. The legislature
recently authorized the district court
10 try Juvenile matters which here
tofore have been handled by Judge
O. c. Dancy.
Raphael Cowan. Jr.. and w. r.
Guerra. Jr.. we're counsel for the de-
Tense, while the states case vas
conducted by Assistant County At
torney BaScom Cox.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-11

MEMPHIS. Tex. June II. R-
Farmers I'm the territory about Ttnr-
key and Quitaque today awaited this
arrival OF Henry MI. Baker. Red
Cross official from Oklahoma. as
signed tO make n survey OF damage
done by a cloudburst Monday night.
J. Claude Wells. chairman OF tbs
Hall county chapter. estimated that
seed would be required for replant-
inR ID. 1000 acres.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-11
Three Killed In
Bandit Skirmish

MANAGUA. Nicaragua. June IL.
tPl-Three men of the Nicaraguan
National Guard were killed. another
was fatally wounded and a fourth
less SERIOUSLY wounded on Tuesday
in a brush with Insurgents six miles
from Jicaro. it was disclosed to-
day. Lieutenant Everett Ross, in
command Of the detachment, also
seriously wounded.
lnSurgent casualties were not
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-11
YOUTH Is

ELIASVILLE. Tex. June III. Up
II. ~. johnson, ~. was drowned yes
terday when he was swept over q
dam In clear fork creek. "A compan.
ion. e. ID. Williams. swan ashore.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-11
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. June IL. CPp-Grains
went lower early today. influenced
by additional moisture in Canadian
drought regions. especially south
ern Saskatchewan and by predic-
ton Of more. There also were Liv-
erpool reports OF increased offer
ings Of Argentine and Australian
wheat. Opening i-4-1 cent lower,
wheat afterward held near the mi
tial limits. Corn started l-e-i-4 off
ard subsequently showed but little
rallying power.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-11
X C. LIVESTOCK

KANSAS CITY. June IL. Up
CU. S. d. A)-Hogs 5000; 20-25
higher; practical top 6.45 on i80-
go lbs: packing sows 275-500 lbs.
4~.65-5-35; stock pigs 70-l30 lbs.
6!00-6.50.
Cattle 1000: calves 500; steady
to strong: stocker and feeder
steers 550-7.5.
Sheep 5000: killing classes
steady; top native lambs IT'S;
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-11
TODAY'S MARKETS
Associated Press Photo

lambs 90 lbs. down 6.T5-S.50; ewes
$50 lbs. down l.25-200.
CHICAGO. June IL. R)-CU. S.
d. A)-Potatoes: New stock strong
er; sacked per cwt. Alabama,
Louisiana Bliss Triumphs l.75-2.O0;
mostly l~.85-2.00; Cobblers LIS
100. Arkansas Triumphs 200:
North Carolina Dbl. Cobblers go
500; old stock firm; Idaho rus
sets 1880.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-11
YANK HEAD HERE

IBv StafI CORRESPONDENT
HARLINGEN. June l1.-Major
General Beaumont B. Buck. found
er OF the Junior Yanks Of Amer
lea. Is In Harrington and the Valley
today inspecting the various units
OF the organization.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-23
Agricultural Notes

Walter Pagan, farmer living in
Greenleaf township, Washington coun-
ty, Kansas, has killed practically all
the bindweed on his farm by spraying
with sodium chlorate in the last two
years.
The ensiling process may be car
ried on under weather conditions
which would make the curing of hay
impossible. The feed is stored In a
small space and in an easily accessi-
Bile place.
Sinking smut is costly pest Of
wheat. Treating the seed with copper
carbonate dust will insure a clean
crop. Thoroughly mix the grain with
two and one-half ounces of dust for
each bushel.
twenty-five tons of sugar beets per
acre was the yield obtained by the
Ohio state champion sugar beet grow
er in 1880. The beets were grown at
a cost of $2.93 per tone and the profit
realized amounted to 500 per acre.
Attempting to prevent pullets from
laying when they are ready to lay may
result in permanent injury to them.
For the second consecutive year the
hay crop of the United States is about
100000 tons under the average for
the past ten years.
One-tenth of all the hay harvested
in this country is destroyed by spon-
taneous combustion, says DR.. c. A.
Browne of the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture, bringing a loss of
S20.000.OOn TO farmers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-23
Clover on Soy Bean
Land Will Do Well
Seasonal Conditions Blamed
for Poor Showing.

A number of farmers this year have
reported extremely poor stands OF
clover on land that grew soy beans
last year. In one case clover was
seeded In a field that last year pro-
duced soy beans on one-half and corn
on the other. A fair stand was Sc
cured on the corn land, but there is
no clover at all on the soy bean land.
Keller Beeson, soy bean specialist ut
Purdue university. states that he has
had number of similar reports. He
believes that the dry weather last year
is responsible for the condition. since
no complaints have been heard in pre-
vious years. Mr.. Beeson says that
last year there were many soy bean
fields in which nodules did not appear
on the roots in any large quantities,
which means that the plant was forced
to get its supply of nitrogen from the
soil, instead of taking it from the air
as it will normally do when incubation
is good. And since the plant Is
heavy feeder on nitrogen, the drain
on the soil nitrogen would be rather
heavy under such circumstances. With
soil nitrogen seriously reduced, 1t is
not surprising that the clover should
have hard time of 1t this year.
On the Purdue plots accurate rec
ords Of the stand of clover have been
kept for many years. These records
show clearly that clover has usually
done well following soy beans. and so
the Purdue folks are convinced that
this years unsatisfactory experience
is the result of seasonal conditions.
and not to any harmful effect of the
soy bean itself on the following crop.
It is well known that wheat on soy
bean ground usually outyields wheat
following other crops.-Prairie Farmer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-23
Pink Eve

The Ranch experiment station, near
Sonora, Texas. has found that pink eye
in sheep is infectious and can be COM
municated by passing swab from the
eye of diseased animal to the eye
of a healthy one. resulting in a typical
case of pink eye within three days.
Attempts to transmit pink eye in sheep
to goats BY the same method have thus
far failed. A healthy eve confined in
a fiy-proof stall with diseased an.
imal developed typical pink eye after
seventeen days. This ready transmits
sion of pink eye by contact is in line
with an observed flock of 1000 head of
sheep which were found to contain four
cases Of pink eye, and which three
weeks later showed 200 infected cases.
Pink eye in sheep is not a very COM
mon trouble in the Edwards plateau
region. but in the event that cases ap-
pear in flocks, they should be isolated
as a precaution against further spread.
Exchange.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-23
Danger Signal in
! Fading Of Soils
Natures Warning That Land
May Shortly Become
Unproductive.

prepared by the United states Department
Of Agriculture. l-WNU Service
When the color of soil beings to
change from dark to light, the farmer
should look out. A change in the other
direction-from light to dark-usually
indicates Improvement, more organic
matter. But a fading soil In most
cases means fading crop returns In
central Texas the rolling black lands
uniformly black-have faded in many
places to gray, yellow. and even al.
most white, as if something had drawn
the life blood. And erosion has done
juSs that.
Erosion. speeded up by cultivation.
has profoundly altered soil conditions
in the Texas black lands, the bureau
of chemistry and soils of the United
States Department of Agriculture has
found. This land in !. virgin condition
produced from one-half to one bale Of
cotton per acre without manure or
fertilizer of any kind.
Now the region is mixed black.
gray, yellow, and white area, SO rap
idly has erosion skinned off the sue
cessive layers Of soil from black. al
most superproductive clay on top,
down to white. comparatively unpro.
ductive subsoil This change has oc-
Cured in 40 years of cultivation.
This damage has been caused chiefly
by sheet erosion, scarcely noticeable
as it takes place, but which carries off
a portion of the essential topsoil every
time there is rain.
Twenty-three tons of topsoil were re.
moved from each acre by single rain.
Measurement on an average slope
showed. This single rain affected
100000 acres Of Texas land.
Department soil specialists warn
hat unless vastly more is done in the
future to protect the erosive slopes Of
Texas than has ever been done In the
past the rolling areas of this great
cotton-producing belt are doomed to
destruction.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-23

In the same words-but they would
not enjoy themselves nearly as much,
however great the strain they put
on their listeners With them 1t is
clearly case of talk for talks sake,
which, as far as my observation goes,
Is an incurable affliction.
It. has been said that conversa-
tion is good in proportion as it is i'm
personal, and perhaps it is; but I
would say that better statement of
the case is that conversation is scarce
in proportion as it is impersonal.
Those who don't talk too much about
themselves are few. and, think, are
generally regarded as reticent. which
always has tendency to arouse sus-
picion. So it would appear that In
our social relations we have the diff
ficult choice of either boring people
or causing them to distrust u.s.
indianapolis News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-23
INTEREST IN SELF
CAN BE OVERCOME
In Some 1t Seems an Incurable
Affection.

at is wholly legitimate. and it may
even be commendable, for us to take
an interest In ourselves" said Mr..
Cato Ninetails; "but it may be over
doSe. The common, and rather face
tious, argument that if we don't take
an interest in ourselves nobody will
take an interest in us is not well
grounded; for. in the case of some of
us. other people must take an inter-
est in us as matter Of self-protec-
ton. If for no other reason; and, fur
thermore. SO many of our actions
more or less directly affect others
that an interest in us is inspired by
circumstances; SO we cannot charge
even an excessive interest in our
selves to the shortcomings of other
people.
I'm the case where interest in our
selves is overdone, one of its greatest
attendant evils is lOquacity. AS an
incentive to a how of words, l doubt
whether anything equals it. ! have
noticed that, those who are the most
garrulous talk mostly about them
selves, their relatives and their af-
fairs in general. 1t is not at all like
ly that the question Of whether their
listeners are interested in such things
ever occurs to them. They are inter
ested in them, and that is enough to
stimulate prolixity that goes STUN
blingIy. exhaustively and exhausting-
ly into the minutest unimportant de-
tails. They may even have a notion
that they are highly entertaining
conversationalists, and so wonder
why they do not enjoy greater pop
ularity.
"One thing that is certain is that
people who talk as much about them
selves and their interests as some
people do are not always-and. in
fact, seldom-worth listening to; and
another is that they could say all
they have to say in one-half or one
quarter. or even one-tenth, the num-
her of words they use if they would
quit repeating themselves. sometimes
in different words, but more often
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-23
Good Feed for Hogs

A mixture of one part linseed oil
meal to three parts of tankage proved
to be the best high protein feed for
hogs In the 1928 summer tests at the
Nebraska experiment station. The
pigs were settled on shelled corn and
a high protein feed and were on sweet
1Aclover pasture. The addition of a
little oilmeal to the tankage gave the
pigs q better appetite, made larger
daily gain, and produced 100 pounds
of pork with less feed than was used
in the corn and tankage lot.
Tankage was valuable addition to
the ration of pigs on corn and pasture.
This is especially true If the pigs are
rushed for an early market. Hand
feeding of limited corn and tank
age ration will make the pigs eat
more pasture and produce cheaper
but slower gain. This method is to
be recommended to men who are short
of corn and want to make use of the
new crop.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-23
Warm Up Lambs

Ii your lambs come in the severe cold
weather and become chilled give them
a bath in warm water. immense all
but the head in warm water. Keep
tho water warm by adding fresh. Keep
lamb in warm water until 1t becomes
active, according to recommendation
of j. c. Holbert, Iowa State college.
When removed from water, rub briskly
with warm towel until dry.
If lamb is not chilled enough to re.
quire hot bath it may be revived by
wrapping in a wooden cloth and giving
it stimulant. Return to its mothe.
as soon as it shows signs of life.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-23
Tells How Straw Can Be
Made Source of Profit

1t Is difficult to get. rid of the old
idea that straw is an encumhrance to
be burned or left to spoil on the
ground. Straw has not high value
as feed and should not be fed alone.
It is, however. true economy, whether
In the East or West, to turn 1t back to
the soil in some fashion. The chemist
Of the Ohio experiment station points
out that each ton of straw contains
about ten pounds Of nitrogen, four Of
phosphoric acid and twenty Of potash.
Mixed with the stable manure 1t be-
comes an absorbent for fertilizing ele.
ments, that would otherwise be. lost.
Where live stock are not Kept in
sufficient numbers recently discov-
cred method makes it possible to turn
straw into manure by the addition of
small quantities Of chemicals and
water.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-23
Man.Made Morality

Rebecca West, the novelist, said
at dinner in New York:
Morality, most Of it. reminds me
of a young man who was the answer
to-correspondents editor on a news
paper.
"a question came in to him one
day:
ado you think it is right for a
/, girl to sit in mans lap even if she
is engaged?'
His answer to the question was
Eyes, if it were our girl and our
lap. Yes, again, If it were some other
chaps girl and our lap. But If II
were our girl and some other chaps
lap, decidedly no, no. no. We don't
approve of all this modernity.'"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-23
Grain the Spring Pigs

Careful experiments in Ohio prove
that fulfilled pigs require less feed.
less care. less risk and get to market
seven weeks before those getting only
alfalfa pasture are ready for the
butcher. Present low feed prices and
prospects for fair hog prices early
this fall make this suggestion most
valuable for Michigan hog feeders this
summer and fall. This full ration pro-
gram gets the pigs to market before
prices take their seasonal dip. AS a
consequence of this fact last year the
slow developing animals were sold for
$1.35 per hundredweight less than did
those getting a full feed of grain with
their pasture.-Michigan Farmer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-23
Lined Corn Worth More

Limestone and clover on farm land
improve the protein content Of corn,
says Farm Advisor V. ]. Banter of
Stephenson county, Illinois. DR.. W. L.
Karcher, Freeport. had samples of
corn from lined and clevered land
tested and those from land that had
not received the soil Improvement.
The oil content of the corn on the
lined land was 14.4 per cent greater,
the protein content was IL and the
mineral content was "a per cent great
err than that grown on unlimed soil.
The yield of the corn was also great
~ increased by the lime and sweet
clover.-Prairie Farmer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-23
When You
ca NJ 7
QUIT

Fatigue is the signal to rest. Obey
It if you can. When you can't, keep
cool and carry-on in comfort.
Bayer Aspirin was meant for
Just such times, for it insures your
comfort. Freedom from those pains
that nag at nerves and wear you
down. One tablet will block that
threatening headache while it is
still Just a threat. Take two or
three tablets when you've caught q
cold. and that's usually the end
of it.
Garry Bayer Aspirin when you
travel. Have some at home and
keep some at the office. Like an
efficient secretary, it will often
Save the day" and spare you many
uncomfortable, unprecedented ours.
Perfectly harmless, SO keep it
handy, keep it in mind, and use it.
No man Of affairs can afford to
ignore the score and more of uses
explained in the proven directions.
From a grumbling tooth to those
rheumatic pains which seem almost
to bend the bones, Bayer Aspirin
is ready with its quick relief-and
always works. Neuralgia. Neuritis.
Any nagging. needless pain.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-23
Ky, Warm Quarters Needed

Every good hog man appreciates
that it doesn't pay to be extremely
careful and conscientious about one
thing, such as good ration, and at
the same time neglect other Important
MATTERS. Water is really a part of
the feed and hogs should have an
abundance of it, with chill removed in
winter. Suitable shelter should be
provided and it doesn't need to be
expensive. An important thing to
keep in mind is that hog house
should be dry and free from drafts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-23
Merely Out for a Night

Princess Patricia. African lioness,
escaped from her cage in a city park
at Ely, New. Children were kept in
doors, innocent dogs frightened hys-
terical people, and posses searched
the hills all night. And in the morn
ing the princess was in her open
cage where she had slipped in un-
observed after a night out.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-23

Get the genuine tablets, stamped
with the Bayer cross. They are OF
perfect purity, absolute uniformity,
and have the same action every time.
Why experiment with limitations
costing few cents less? The saving
is too little. There is too much at
stake. But there is economy in the
purchase of genuine Bayer Aspirin
tablets in the large bottles.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-23

Occasionally a good man makes
bad break.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-23
Stronger Tougher Safer

lHEpatented construction fea-
lures, explained here, make Firestone
Tires stronger, tougher and safer.
You get these extra values only i'm
Firestone Tires but you pay no
more for them because of Firestone
economies in buying, manufacture
ing and distributing. sse
We do not ask you to just take
our word for these extra values. We
invite and urge you to go to the
Firestone Service Store or Service
Dealer i'm your COMMUNICATIONS
pare sections cut from Firestone
Gum Dipped Tires and special
brand mail order tires and others.
Check them for yourself. You be
the judge.
Drive in today!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-23

Why isn't a boil in the pot worth
two on the neck?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-23

To accept a favor is to sell ones
freedom.-Syrus.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-23
"No Sale'

eNo Sale"
He-What would I have to give
you for just one little kiss?
he-Chloroform.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-10
Coot, Properly Cooked,
Makes Excellent Dish

Many hunters find the common
coot, or mudhen, real gastrOnomic
treat, and where ducks and geese
are scarce the coot can very well
take their place. For that matter
biologists of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture say that the
coot is not to be despised as food
under any circumstances. An eX.
cellent recipe for cooking coot is fur
nished by George g. Mushback, SUI.
perintendent of the Bear river mi
gratory bird refuge, maintained by
the biological survey in the northern
marshes of Great Salt lake, Utah.
Mr.. Mushbach says that cooked in
the following manner coot is equal
to any duck we have:
Skin the birds and cut off legs and
breast. Split breast in two parts.
Wash all parts thoroughly in cold
water and, If desired, soak them a
few hours in salt soda water, but
this is not necessary, as skinned coot
has no strong or unpleasant flavor.
Roll damp meat in -four and place in
frying pan over slow fire. Cover
pan and allow to fry slowly In either
bacon grease or lard. Keep pan Gov
cred and after meat has cooked for
about thirty minutes add generous
lump of butter. Get pan hot and
then pour in half to one cup Of
cold water Quantity to be gagged by
size of pan and number to be served).
Replace tight cover and allow to
steam about minute or two. Re
move meat, add sufficient flour to
thicken gravy, and serve.
Sounds mighty temptingl
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-10

er another of the great lakes Of
North Holland were drained of their
waters and the lake bottoms con-
yerted into flourishing fields. The
greatest Of them all, HARLEM lake,
was drained in 1852 and $4,000 ar
able acres added to Dutch territory.
But the Dutch were not yet through.
There lay the Zuider zee, constant
challenge.
Finally came the greatest project
of ALTO cut off the inland sea and
reclaim the land swallowed up seven
centuries before. For nearly 100
years it was talked over and many
plans were discussed. Finally it was
decided to run great dam from the
island of Weiringen, Off the shore Of
North Holland. across the mouth Of
the Zeider zee to Friesland, shutting
out the North sea. This would en-
able them to pump off the water and
reclaim about two-thirds Of the land.
The great scheme was finally ap.
proved in 1918, and started after the
war. Now the great dam. the key TO
the whole plan, is nearing compile
ton. Once it is finished. and the
waters of the North sea shut out,
the other phases of the work can be
accomplished. One-half million acres
will be added to the Netherlands by
the project, which is expected to cost
close to $5O0.OOO,0OO. The land re-
claimed will hardly be worth that
much, but Holland is land hungry
and constantly increasing popula-
ton must have somewhere to live.
The great dixie, twelve miles In
length, has been built simultaneously
in sections, and at present only a
few gaps varying between 200 yards
and about one mile in length remain
The current is increasing In strength
as the gaps become narrower and to
prevent the deepening of the sea bot
tom strong submarine dixie Of boul-
der clay has been laid in these
places.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-10
Motor Buses Supplant
Ancient Railroad Line

Motor busses have supplanted the
service provided by the first steam
railroad line operated in the United
States and its abandonment has been
recommended to the interstate COM
merce commission. The line, % miles
long, was constructed by the Della
ware & Hudson railroad in 1928 be-
tween Carbondale and Honesdale,
Pa, to transport "stone COAL" as
anthracite was then known. The
Stourbridge Lion, first steam locomo-
tive operated in the United States,
was taken for trial run on the line
in August. 1929. The test run showed
that the rails, wooden strlngers
capped with rolled iron strips, were
not strong enough to sustain the loco
motive and the steam engines were
abandoned until the roadbed was
strengthened several years later.