The DeLeon Free Press. (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, July 24, 1931 Page: 3 of 8
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TINNER and PLUMBER
Plumbing, Gas Fitting^1 ^?Keet ;
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MOSQl ITO PREVENTION
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To hear the Call of the thrushes
some Late greer, plush after*
noon.
When broken, filling f hafts of
light go groping for the one
. last sight of songster#* in the
gloom. '
To ewing along a rugged trail that
spruce and hemlocks climb.
Till on the hill's high top you coma
to stand exalted in the sunl
Ah, this Is summer time.
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desert
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side ditches, street
covered cess pools, open we
Work promptly and neatly done. ;
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far, except the salt marsh mosquitoes ' ground cisterns
of the Gulf Coast. Our inland mos-
quitoes rarely travel over half a mile
from thefr birth places and will not
go that far if plenty of blood is near
at hand. Consequently, it is not the
creek or lake a mile or two away
which causes trouble, but the neglect-
ed water ip the townjmd on its im-
mediate edges.
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Arabian Desert
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I have a number
of Scholarships
in some of the best
known Business
Colleges which I
will place in the
hands of deserving
Girls and Boys
on terms which
you will find easy
to meet, if you
have a small
amount of cash.
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Oman, also a coastal territory, curves
around the eastern and southeastern
edges of the desert.
Both nature and man have guarded
NpfS- Roba el Khali against explorers.
Mountains rim It on the east and south
and secondary detects hem it on the
north. Before the main part of the
Southern desert—the vast waste cov-
ered with sand dunes—can be reached,
a six-day jKurney must be made in
ON NO. 10 TO BE
STARTED MONDAY
----— -4 the south and east, at least—over an
Work on the 3.9 miles of grading
and- -drainage on Highway 10 from
Dublin to the Comanche County line
is scheduled to start Monday. .
!£,. F. Bucy, Rising Star contractor
of the project, was here Tuesday mak-
ing arrangements for a camp site for
his crew and stated that his road
building equipment would be moved in
Friday and Saturday and work would
begin the first of the week. Mr. Bucy
plans to .start work on the Dublin
end of the project.
Most of the land owners along th?
route have set post to build their fen-
ces and no delay should be caused
by this source.
Contract for this work was let on a
bid of $24,031 at the June meeting of
the State Highway Commission.—
Dublin Progress.
riHILDREN will fret, often for no
Lz apparent reason. But there’s always
lastoria! As harmless as the recqve
m the wrapper; mild and bland as it
astes. But its gentle action soothes a
. youngster more surely than a more
Ktwerful medicine.
3-wire
„ house,
very good out buildings, nice young
orchard, some timber for wood, ever-
lasting well of water, windmill, ele-
vated tank, water piped over place.
School bus passes place.
In order to selL^iuick will put in
my entire crop consisting of 30 acres
CCtton, 15 acres corn, garden, truck,
etc., will give immediate possession.
Price $1600.00. Half , cash, balance
terms.—S. T. May, Rt. 2 Dublin,.
Texas. "
Miss Vera Roberson of Stephenville
was week-end guest of her mother,
Mrs. Josie Roberson. :
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Mosquitoes are an unnecessary nuis-
ance and_danger.Through the intelli-
gent cooperation of the householders,
business men and city officials, they
can be prevented from infesting any
town which' wants to rid itse]/.of
them. Mosquitoes carry jnalaria and
dengue and they merit destruction for
this reason, let alone for their pesti-
ferous activities.
MOSQUITO FACTS
Mosquitoes require water in which
to breed. They will harbor in long
grass, vines and shrubbery, but they
are not produced there. The female
mosquito must lay her eggs on water
and the eggs hatch into wiggletails Crete cover with pumps for the sake
‘(which must live and get their food
in the water. Wherever water stands,
therefore, mosquitoes are likely
breed. •-
Contrary to the I
160 acres land in Comanche county,
1 1-2 miles southeast of Cornyn, in
the CquyiR school district, on public
' roaji, .black valley land excellent qual-
ity, 50 acres in cultivation, 56 acres
in good grass, 15 or 20 acresjnore
can be put in cultivation,
fence. Has ope good 3-room
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inldren’s remedy! It may be given the
bniest infant — as often as there is
ieed. ' In cases of colic; diarrhea or
liniilar disturbance, it is invaluable,
k coated tongue calls for just a few dropa
» ward off constipation; so does any
Aiggestion of bad breath. Whenever
inldren don’t eat well, don’t rest well,
r have any little upset— this pure-
vegetable preparation is usually all
hat's needed.
of safety to the water. If- they must
be left open a few top water minnows
to will eat the wiggletails and any in-
I sects, worms, etc., which may get-in.
cisterns can be safe
same
made
water gets too warm for fish,
best method of control in this
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prov in. - s.
Arabi. V
most populous, Ims many arable
levs, producing col
and . dates. It has two |
Afoclia mid Hodeidn. Aseer province
lies north of Yemen, and north of
Aseer and extending to the Suez canal
stretches the province of Hejaz, where-
in lie the famous Moslem cities of
' Mecca, and Medina.
Tiie Ancients, for conventenee, or
from lack A geographic knowledge^' conserved time ami tieat.
divided Arabia into three parts—the
Stony, the Desert, ami the Happy,
pur knowledge of its map shows most
of its high interior plateau occupied
(except for Nejd province) hv four
great deserts, (he Syrian, the Nefu.l,
the Ahkaf. and the Roba el Khali.
'file Mahrah ami Hmlramaut prov-
inces, st retehing for hllll'lretls of miles
above Aden, are tmmappe.l ami prac-
tically unknown.
N-'jd. 'he gi.-.it interior province
north of Roba el Khali, is <!»•< lare.l bv
Arabs to be the birthplace of tliejr
most ch.-! Ishe.l institutions and'Tr.i
ditiolis. Nej.l is i'..l:ite.| from
outsi.ie world by a surrounding. d<
girdle.
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almost sterile sandstone steppe. Wa-
ter supplies are hardly anywhere in
reach for a final dasli into the sandy
desert.
Ail around the outer rim of the
desert area are tribes that have had
practically no contact with outside
civilization, and that are even inde-
pendent of control from t lie nearest
states. They guard their few wells
and water holes jealously and In most
cases look upon travelers from the out-
side world as meddlesome trespassers-
meriting death.
Physical Characteristics.
Tn physical character, flora, and
fauna, Arabia as a whole is more like
Africa than Asia. In shape, It is hJ-
most a triangle, and it runs from
northwest to southeast between 30 de-
grees and 12 degrees 45 minutes north
latitude and between 32 degrees 30
minutes and 60 degrees east longitude.
It is bounded on the east, south, and
west by the Persian gulf, the Arabian
sea, and the Red sea respectively; on
the’ north It joins Syria. As Josephus
of old wrote. "Arabia is a connfry that
joins on Judea.’’ And Roman geog-
raphers drew a map of Arabia that in-
cluded Mesopotamia and the Syrian
desert t»tck of Palestine.
The length of the peninsula from the
head of the Gulf of Akabah to the
Straits of Biih-el-llnndeb. near Aden,
is about 1.300 miles; its greatest
breadth, In latitude 23 degrees north,
from the Red sea coast on the west to
Ras-al Hadd on the east. Is about 1,500
miles.
As oqe sails atorg the Red sea
const of Arabia, with the low—2.ooo
feet high—dry and barrel mountains
lying Ju*< l«'<k «andy. empty strips
of aMMtry. he is reminded of the Pa-
clflc of Lower (Saltforoia above
Cape Rnn i.nras., Many small Islands,
hot and dry and uninhabited except
way. In over-
of metal the
The
case
i.; to put a cup full of kerosene on
the water once a week making sure
that a film of oij covers the whole,
water surface. Kerosene can be used
on ice box drips. Cess pbols should be
tightly covered, otherwise they require
weekly oiling.
It is impossible to list all of the I
places around a town where mosqui- I
tqep have been found breeding. Only! i <ji nmmanun ctcij <j
an inspection will uncover them. These ! must do his or her part or the c
are some of the most important. Road t must arrange to put an inspector
culverts, poorly find all of the bwveding places
Ils and cis- ; oil or otherwise tn at them. Therefore,
terms, tirg casings which have caught \ every one is urged to
water, refrigerator drijes which - mises carefully, and follow the direc-
fiie I tions given above. Remember the
mosquitoes do not, live long and that
» sheds, open flower vases in litrtnes will . doing away with their breeding places
I causes a Noticeable reduction in their
: number within a week. Your Boy
‘ -Scouts are doing a good turn by mak-
t ing house to house inspections for
is to kill them in the wiggletail stage | breeding places. Please give them
or eliminate the water in which they j your cooperation.
till*
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A' cojlfusion of pl.int life is spread [
over .Vriiltiti’s ninny ri<lt uadis (vai-'
leys) orftvmtiTisr niuch "mitini'lied bus!- I
Hess" for eaL’er bolard<ts. Besides the'
friendly palm, such trees ns the sy<-:t-|
more. alm<-..d, tliestnut. jtomegrttmtle.
4he "gum Arabic." the acacias, and a!
Jong list of bushes ami shrubs- ate I
scattered up ami down the peninsula. ]
Then there is the "samb" or oatmeal I
..plant of tiie Arabs-; from its smad
grain they make a‘ porridge called
sapib. the naJiiUial breakfast food or
Arabia.
Hut.' with tiie eveep'ioll of dates,
ykrubia proilm es -few crops of any Im-,
portame. Good coffee, in limited
quantities, comes from 1 emen. Millet,
barley, ami wheat'are all grown, but
owing to drought (tie crop Is small and
restricted to limited areas. Wherever
water amt soil permit, sm h products
as rice, inelci’.’. rourds. cm timbers,
cabbage, garlic, and onions are raised.
The Indian fig. the banana, the
papaya (imported from India), the co-
conut. ant? the betid nut are also grown j
In Nej.l,
For complete eradication every one
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to
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form ^puddles under buildyigs,
barrels in cotton gins ami storage
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breed. It is the duty of every-tenant
or property owner to see that--ihe»-+s-..
producing no mosquitoes on his place
and he can do this by allowing no
useless water to stand around. Mos-
quitoes develop from eggs to adult in
about six days so that stock watering
troughs and tubs should be completely
emptied every,three <y four days. Re-
frigerator drips should be caught in
pans and emptied, empty cans and
old casings should not’be allowed to
collect rainwater. Kain barrels if
absolutely necessary ^nd cannot be
done away with can be covered with
cloth or oiled once a week with -kero- --
sene.
Open shallow wells should have con-
they had their own feed hnd livestock: ; way who has been trying out
at the price of cattle and hogs and ! new feeder says “that it is
with feed as cheap as it is that gains ' good one
v rY I The idea as so stated in the free self-
i choice feeder is that in one petition
1 is placed protein supplement and in
the other either ground or whole grain, i
This method allows the hog to eat I
whenever he wishes and also allows
him to balance his own ration.
Blue prints and other feeding for-
mulas can be obtained at county agent
L office.
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the HIGHWAY WORK
Crude Agriculture.
Agriculture Is crude, like tlmt of our [
old Aptericnn IndltiTis. A .-rooked I
sfirdt -jn'l-Uti hes the ground. Httd seed |
Is broadcast by hand.
fertilizing, rotating < rops, pruning, and
cultivating receive scant .'onsi.T'ei'Hc
tlon. Hand sickles are used for reap-
ing; oxen tread out the graiq. anil it
is winnowed by being thrown into the
breeze. In brief. Arabia's agriculture
Is almost nil—barely sufficient to fur-
nish a meager supply of food to tiie
tpsrse- population.
A peculiarly drab looking
grouse called "kata" lives
edges of desert wastes
' eneil they alight on the sand and
sprawl out to hide, lhetr color blend
ing with the sand so perfectly as to
render them urinotfeeable to a man
standing a few yards aw>|y.
Eagles, vultures, bustards, and vari-
ous hawks, to say nothing of the
awkward old ostri.lt, are common
enough.
Except for the lizard family, reptiles
are rare, and no poisonous raakre, tugva
the "aXai” ttnd the ‘‘rukta,” both gf
tine viper family, tire found In all
Arabia. There are no scprpinua« liow
ever, and centipedes; and In old
house* on the west coast a very dan-
gerous sj.ider ("Abu Hahekin") makes
life miserable for the Arab tired busl-
new man. .
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How One Woman
Lost Twenty
Pounds of Fat
Lost Her Prominent Hips—
Double Chin—Sluggishness
Gained Physical Vigor—-
A Shapily Figure.
If you’re fat — first rem.-ve
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KRUSCHEN SALTS in a glass of
I hot water every morning—in 3 weeks f That’s the beauty of this special
Such arts ns ! get on the scales and note how many ]
pounds of fat have vanished. '
Notj&e also that you have gained I
in energy—your skin is clearer—you 1
feel younger in body- KRUSCHEN
will give any fat person a joyous
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Get an 85c bottle of KRUSCHEN
SALTS from T.' P. Weaver & Son or
any leading druggist anywhere in
America (lasts 4 weeks). If this first
bottle doesn’t convince you this is the
easiest, safest and surestwav to lose
fat—your money gladly returned.
(Pr«l'»red by the National Gborraphtc.,
So. t(SV. Waat>in*ton. D. C.)
NE of the most outstanding ex-
plprationa of recent years out-
side the Polar regions was
made recently when Bertram
Thomas, British traveler, journeyed
from south to north across the Roba el
Khali desert of southeastern Arabia,
an area never before penetrated by a
tWesterncr. Tiie world's geographers
and map-makers knew nothing what-
ever of.tiie Roba el Khali ev<-H by re-
ports from natives, for it is doubtful
whether Arabs have been able to pene-
trate the sandy wastes for many era-
turios.
The central part of the desert was
found to be covered by mile upon mile
of great sand dunes, blown into gigan-
tic waves by the wind. Near tiie ceil
tei a sizable salt-lake was discovered.
The Great Southern desert covet <
approximately 34X).odO. square miles of
j territory. It is a vast ellipse which is
roughly 800 miles across from east to
.west, and 600 miles from north to
south. This area, since the penetra-
tion of Central Africa, the Sahara, and
central Australia, has constituted the
largest blank spot on the world's maps
outside tiie ice-covered wastes near
the poles.
All around this Arabian no-inan’s
land, the forces of civilization > Itave
• played: steamers traverse the Red
sea. the Indian ocean, and the Persi.an
gulf; airplanes plying between Egypt
and India have flown for years a few
hundred miles to the north; great pil--
grim caravans and desert armies have
crossed tiie peninsula near its center
— but always north of the dread -amdy
waste. Loosely organized political
units hem in tiie desert area, with
boundary lines tnrz.v. On the north
and west is the territory of tiie great-
est Arabian state, the Iflngdom 'of
Hejaz and Nejd. (tn the southeast is
Yemen. Tiie Hadramant, a narrow
costal strip under British protection,
touches the deserf on the south. The
I crescent-shaped, independent state bf
Union 1 yjz, -x /-/nictul t I.l'i'i t/irt- .
A Negro Family in the Outskirts of Jidda, Arabia.
t for half wild bands of tramp fislte¥-
men, dot the map along this coast.
One of these, called I’erim, near the
mouth of Bab-ei-Mandeb straits, Is oc-
cupied by a British garrison.
1 he southeastern coast, similarly
empty and marked by sharp'. Jugged
rocks thrust up from glistening sand
beds, is hrol,en by several good har-
Dcrs. like, that at Aden. This hittbr
port is a British possession, not unlike
Gibraltar, it is heavily fortitied and
is t lie 'entrepot of commerce bet wee
India ami Europe.
Three Important Provinces.
Along the Red sea coast lit* three
the most
I emeu, tiie most southerly ami. |f coats tin- spoon add one half ten-
i spoonfu) of vanilla to flavor. Eor the
Island, beat tiie whites of the eggs
until stiff. aiTtl four tablespoonfuls of
sugar ami drop by spoonfuls on hot
water in a shallow pan. Cook until |
firm or set in the oven to brown. Re- '
move (lie islands to the custard, ehill
and serve. Our grandmothers used to '
cook the egg white on top of the cus- I
tard while it was cooking, lhus~they
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Caraway of Cornyn at i jn the feeding of hogs stated Mr.'
feeder meeting held at Comanche, ! Smith the Experiment Station records
both expressed their faith in the feed- ‘ show that the quickest, most econo-
ing of-irte'stock this year. mical.and best method thru the free
Mr. Caraway raid, “that jie did not I choice self-feeders. A blue print of
why one would lose this year in I this self-feeder can be obtained at the
feeding cattle and hogs especially if j county agent office. Mi . C. M. Cara-
way who has been trying out this
new feetier says “that it is a ■ real
good one and will give real service.'*
There are grown-ups who are fusay
about their food, but sometimes they
are hopeless; however
with children a firm hand
and eternal vigilance will
accomplish wonders. Chil-
dren are naturally imag-
inative and keenly enjoy
a fairy tale, no matter
what it is about. Why
not use this method in
teaching him to eat the
things he should. Every
woman should be h good story teller,
able to picture interesting things out
of the ordinary. With really ill peo-
ple In bed, one may use about the
same story for even grown ups, they
get pleasure out of the things that the
child will, if presented in a whimsical
manner.
A dish of floating island, so good
for children who will not eat custards
and refuse milk, may be presented in
a glass dish with the cooked white of j
eggs on top. It may be. a treasure ]
Island, an iceberg with a “nut’’ to he I
rescued or a raisin will do. If it Is [
not real enough luake legs and arms |
of cloves, a Iteat] ,>f a large clove. The I
rescuer will eat his way to being a 1
hero.
Floating Island.—This old fashioned
dish X our gratidniuLlier's day will
I, ( never g> out of sl\ ie, for it is so I
| wholesome ami good as well as pretty. |
4 To prepare the custard take three egg I
yolks, four tabiespoonfuls of sugar, a j
' pinch of salt, one ami one half cupfuls ,
important ill j ,,f scalded milk and when cooked until
it coats the
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people, mosquitoes do not travel very , guarded in the
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on live stock could be made at a vvt.
low cost.
Mr. Smith, .majle some very inter- '
esting points in regard to feeding.
Saying, “that tests show that older
steers could be fed out from 30 to
60 days quicker than calves.” Mr?
Smith also urged farmers to grow
their own cattle and hogs. In beef
c^ves said Mr. Smith “the practice*
of creep feeding is being more
more brought into use, by
means of self feeders.
Due to so many oats in the country
Mr. Smith made the following . sug-
gestion in the use of oats in the fat-
tening of 60 lb. lambs:
First 30. days, 2-3 oats, and 1-3
wheat or corn, for the grain mixture
15 lb. cottonseed or peanut meal per
head per day. This Will take 15 lbs.
oats and 9 lbs. wheat or com. For
the second 30 days 1-2 oats and 1-2
wheat or corn, and 2j lbs cottonseed
or peanut m^al, this will account for
15 lbs. oats, and 15 wheat or corn.
For the last 30 days feed 1-3 oats
and 2-3 wheat or corn and 25 lbs.
cottonseed or peanut meal this will ac-
count for 15 lbs. oats and 30 lbs. wheat
or corn.
For the 90 days feeding period of
the 60 lb. lambs the allowance would
be 45 ib=. oats, 55 lbs. wheat or corn
and 18 lbs. cottonseed meal. ’ This
amount of grain together with hay is
the amount ordinarily required to fat-
ten a lamb.
OATS FOR BEEF CALVES
Starting with 400 lb. calves. For
the first 60 days use 1-2 oats and 1-2
wheat or com by weight as a grain .
mixture and feed 1 lb. of cottonseed
meal per head per day. For the second
60 days, use 1-3 oats and 2-X wheat or
corn and 1 1-4 lbs. cottonseed meal.-
For the third 60 days feed as much of
the grain ration as will be consumed,
limiting the oats to two pounds per
day gnd the cottonseed meal to 1 1-2
lbs per day. This mixture will be
about 1-6 oats and 5*6 com or wheat
The total amount of grain per head
used by the above method will be
about 15 bu. oats and 20 bu. corn or
• wheat. This amount of grain uath hay
and cottonseed meal as indicated will
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