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

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Valley have ragged from the time
the first acre of land was cleared
and put in cultivation down 70 the
present day.
On n 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, II 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 one OF those
mysteries.
Probably no one bothered much
about it, just taking II for granted
that 1t was so and letting it 60 at
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
brasks, 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 II 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
ebcny land Is good and fertile
soil, 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 27 minutes.
This flying broker Is named
James Goodwin Hall.
He Is the son Of Major James q.
Hall, u. $. Medical corps, now sta
stoned at Fort Brown.
Like father like son.
Ask any man who ever served In
the 360th Inf, Goth Division about
Maj. Hall.
They'll tell you not 10 be sur
prised at 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 a Distinguished Ser
vice Cross.
AFFORDING PROPER drainage
facilities to Tucker Field viii pro-
vide better playground facilities
TO 1000 children Of the Browns
VILE public schools.
Did you know that Z teachers
spend their time on this out-of-
door playground?
That children so to the play
ground with the same regularity
as they go 10 classrooms7
And are given the benefits Of
supervised physical training and
play2
we didn't-not until Harbert
Davenport told US so.
And we are glad 70 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 coming regulations stated
their desire to build filling stations
on their property led &c city off,
cial 10 remark:
I'm afraid that Brownsville Is
departing from her status as .
city OF homes and is about 10 be-
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