The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1925 Page: 8 of 8
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GRASSHOPPER CONTROL
GENERAL RAINS AT LAST
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No Rain in Texas Except in West
Panhandle; Wind and Dust
Discourage Farmers.
DROUTH GROATS SERIOUS
OVER ALL OF THE STATE
lowering skies
whole section.
Most pas-
green
The
Many
MASONS TO HOLD
REUNION MONDAY
Scottish Rite Bodies of Houston Will
Initiate Class of More Than
One Hundred.
LOWER LIVE STOCK
RAIL RATES SOUGHT
the
the
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‘COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION NEWS NOTES Schools.
State Aid.
Leader: L. D. Borden.
Chief Rural School Supervisor.
Second Day—9:00 a. m.
The New Law.
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IRRIGATION PUMPS
AT RIVER AND LAKE
START THIS WEEK
' Service
Insurance
for Your
car*7
What greater
pleasure can you.
buy for the price
of a gallon of
gasoline, which
takes your whole
family fifteen
miles or more,
for the cost of
one ticket to a
“movie”, or for
the price of one
plateof icecream?
is called to the following item
during August and
months, furnish an
eggs were being
the small hoppers
BATTLES AND KILLS
SNAKE NE AR INFANT
Some of the Rice Fields are Being
Flushed to Enable Farmers
To Plant Rice Crops.
Figures Presented at I. C. C. To
Show Roads Are Eeming
Sufficient to Cut.
and a few other'
invitation and that Matagorda County
will have a strong representation at
the meeting on May 4-5.
The following program
used:
All city superintendents.
All trustees interested in any
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Humble Oil & Refining Compan
Houston,Texas £
For more than two years the sun’s
heat at the tropics has been from one
to two per cent below normal, but
at present it is up to normal again.
A cemetery for noble horses in
which lie buried ten regal, history-
making rulers of the turf has been
established by John E. Madden at
Lexington. Kentucky, in the hope that
this may be the “Westminister Ab-
bey” for great horses.
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Cisco. Texas, April 27.—Mrs. Rob-
ert Heron saw a big diamond-back
rattler crawling within three feet of
her baby, sleeping on a pallet in her
bedroom here. Seizing a mop, she
got between the reptile and the baby.
The reptile coiled and struck sav-
agely at her several times, but she
managed to kill it.
Another rattler poked its head in :
the door, but escaped under the house
before she could kill it.
Almost exactly ia year ago another
baby here was bitten in the night by
a snake and died before morning.
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A radiator cap painted with a com-
bination containing metallic iodides
that will change color at least fifty
times with heating and cooling of the
engine has been invented.
THE BRIGHT FLAME
OF SUCCESS
in the welding line is ours, be-
cause we undertake each job as
though our very lives depended
on it. We aim to send forth each
finished welding job from our
plant as a permanent advertise-
ment for our knowledge and
skill.
BAY CITY MACHINE CO.
Geo. A. Wainner, Mgr.
Other of the rice
are not having
the state. Houston is to be the i
meeting-place for all those who can '
attend from this section of the ptate. ■
A cordial and urgent invitation to
attend this conference is extended to
the following:
1. All County Superintendents and
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JI Neu) Guide
Jlotorists /
A man could earn several dollars
with the energy he generates in try-
ing to borrow one.
No woman ever entered a depart-
ment store without pricing some
things she didn’t want.
Some people spend half their time
seeking (advice and the other half in
dodging the consequences thereof.
When one woman tells another
about the trouble she has with her
dressmaker the other woman always
has a tale twice as long to tell in
return.
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Several infestations of grasshop-
pers have already been reported in
this county. Farmers should keep
a close look-out for grasshoppers and
should any assistance in controlling
them be necessary, L. A. Pierce,
County Agricultural Agent, will be
glad to assist you.
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Theta was sometimes called the un-
lucky letter because it was used by
the judges in passing condemnation
on a prisoner, it being the first letter
of the Greek word “death.”
Industrial Training in Rural
Reports on First and Sec-
ond Years’ Accomplishment.
3. Providing High School Advan-
Dis-
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Rev Hugh Leith of Wilhinsburg,
Pennsylvania, has received a letter
from the Transvaal, Sou,th Africa, in
which the writer told of enjoying the
Thanksgiving service in Dr. Leith’s
church, although 10,000 miles away,
through . a receiver of his own con-
struction.
Texas is a big state. It is also a
wonderful state, and it offers a va-
riety of attractions to the motorist.
To fully appreciate your own
state, you should see and know
every section of it. Texans should
"See Texas first!”
- Texas has made wonderful strides
in modern road building, and now
smooth highways link every com-
munity in the state.
To assist you in always taking
the right road in seeing Texas, the
Humble Oil & Refining Company
-has issued a booklet which con-
tains a handy arrangement of sec-
tional maps showing how each and
every point in the state can be
most easily reached.
Get A Copy Free
From Any Humble Dealer
These booklets are being dis- /
tributed free of charge to their /
customers by all HumbleDealers. / <
Get your copy. If your dealer’s / j
supply is exhausted, write us, / j
giving his name, and we will see / “
that you are furnished a copy
immediately. _______________
after they are watered as is
possible to do so.
farmers, however,
their lands flushed to put them in
shape for planting, but are waiting
for a rain.
There are about 1600 acres of rice
up on the canal, approximately 1000
acres of which is rice planted by Mr.
O. J. Wintermann.
The irrigation company has receiv-
ed application from Waldo Terrell
for the flooding of 300 acres of cot-
ton land, to be put in shape for
planting of cotton.
This year, more than any year
j within the history of our section, has
’ shown us the necessity of irrigation.
(With irrigation for cotton, corn, rice
; and potatoes, there would be no crop
| failure for lack of rain, and with ir-
rigation which could be furnished at
the proper time, this section of the
country would become a great corn
producing country. It is a known
fact that corn must have moisture
just at certain periods during its
growing season. If irrigation were
possible and water could be turned
down the corn rows at these times,
I there would be no corn crop failures
here.—Eagle Lake Headlight.
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The greater part of Texas was tho- J
roughly drenched Sunday, Sunday i
A. & M. College night land Monday, according to the
| weather bureau reports, thereby end- '
a small portion of Months County Schools
Varipus
(Reproduced by Request.)
(By R. R. Reppert, Entomologist,
Extension Service,
of Texas.)
(CHp this out and keep for future (ing for all but
The spring reunion of the Scottish reference.)
Rite bodies of Houston will start at
the whole state was in the same pre-
dicament as their ov n neighborhood, ,
In West Texas the cattlemen were! state Superintendent, S. M. N.
still feeding their cattle on full ra- Marrs, has planned to hold six sec-
tional conferences in various parts of
i tages for One-Teacher Schools.
■ cussion and Results.
.The New Law on Consolidation,
and i Transportation Costs.
Standard School Equipment and
1 its Proper Use.
Certification Requirements and
Registration of Teachers.
School Libraries and
Get Them.
High School Conference.
Leader: A. W. Evans.
Chief High School Supervisor.
Second Day—2:00 p. m.
The High School Library.
2. College Entrance Examinations.
The Admission and Transfer of
Students.
4. ' The
Schools.
5.
this •
grasshoppers., are for grain, and will greatly delay the Uine pleasure to participate in these
social and educational affairs and to
meet the parents of the school child-
ren whom we are attempting to serve. ,
We note that the “clean-up” cam- j
is not confined to Bay City. ;
Most of the schools in the county ‘
appearance
of school-house and school-grounds. .
A Regional Conference.
State Superintendent, S. M.
Intc^resting Items of Happenings
With County Schools.
The Seven Months and the Eight •
are closing
i the state the longest and most men- this week. Varipus exercises ___,
It now seems certain that in some acing drouth Texas has had in many demonstrations are held in the sev- I
9 a. m. Monday in the Scottish Rite > sections at least, a grasshopper fight ‘ years. i :€rai communities. We wish that we
will again have to be waged this ■ Eeven now the rain comes too late could attend every one, it is a gen- ’
year. Already i
hatching and damage has been re- cotton crop and
ported in some localities.
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idle, waiting for rain. Cotton plant- ■ g
ed a month or more ago had come ouesfjOn touching school administra-1
up, but much of it had died or shriv-
eled. No corn was growing over the
greater part of the state, and fruit
The big pumping plant of
Lakeside Irrigation Company on
Colorado River was started up last
week and is now flowing a stream
of water, from the river into the
lake.
The company’s pumping plant on
the lake was given a try-out on
Wednesday, and was started up yes-
terday.
These pumps are furnishing water
for flushing approximately 5000 acres
of rice lands' on the canal,
will be planted by the farmers just
as soon after they are watered as is
tains a
and teachers
should make
Teachers are
and school officials are put in touch
with teachers. No attempt is made
to guarantee the efficiency of the
teacher. School officials are expect-
i ed to make necessary investigation of
the record of applicants.
MRS. CLAIRE F. POLLARD,
County Superintendent..
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A baby crying continuously for a
day and a night, would develop
enough energy to lift himself to the
top of the Washington Monument.
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More than 30 per cent of the pau-
pers in American almshouses are over
seventy years of age.
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There are 21. living’ sons of Presi-
dents of the United States.
tained.
is:
Wheat bran (avoid shorts), 25 lbs,
White Arsenic (or Paris Green), 1
ib„ Amyl Acetate, 1 ounce, Cane Mo-
lasses (avoid cane syrup). 2 quarts,
Water in quantity as suggested be-
low.
Thoroughly mix
bran dry.
materially reduce
With the the production. But still it was worth
great number of eggs found in the. untold millions of dollars to Texas,
soil, extended damage, especially if , It is doubtful if the average citizen :
warm showers occur during April to ' realized how desperate was the plight paign
hasten hatching is expected. It is ' of Texas. Residents in different lo-
calities probably did not know that take pride in the cleanly
ter will ooze
gers, but should
streams.
It is important to thoroughly mix
after each addition of water, to se-
cure an even distribution of all the
materials. After one or two batches
have been mixed, the farmer will
learn how much water to use, so
that no further additions need be
made.
tions for want of grass and weeds,
when in ordinary years the cattle
have, by this time, oegun to put on
much grass fat. The shortage of wa-
ter was making it necessary for
to ship all their
(Houston Chronicle)
Texas went through the first San
Jacinto Day in its history Tuesday i
When not a drop of rain fell any-
where in the state. Officials were ’.
confident that the gathering of 35,000 ,
people in the open lair at the San j
Jacinto Battleground Tuesday would i
bring forth a good downpbur and
there was not a celebrator at the
field but would have been glad to get
«oaked to the skin for the sake of a
good rain, but nothing happened. A
good wind blew, dust was plentiful
and rain was absent.
“We see no promise of rain in
Houston for the next 24 hours,” the
weather bureau reported Wednesday.
“Only cloudy weather with winds off
the gulf is the forecast.”
The western portion of the Pan-
handle was visited by showers Wed-
nesday morning, varying from a trace
to three-quarters of an inch, with
reported over the
Only a few drops of
tain have fallen in Amarillo, but the
skies have been leaden all morning.
Cattlemen and farmers are jubilant
over the prospect of moisture.
Meanwhile correspondents’ reports
from the agricultural sections begin
to have a desperate note if one reads
between the lines. Here are a few
of many sent in daily:
Weimar,. Texas—Extreme dry wea-
ther prevails in this section,
fruit crop will be a failure,
trees have died while large numbers
have shed their fruit,
tures are barren of anything
land stock water is scarce.
Dallas, April 22.—North Texas was
hotter than South Texas in the 24-
hour period ending at 8 o’clock, the
daily cotton region bulletin issued by
the weather bureau said. Maximum
temperatures in Northeast, Northwest
and West Texas were well above 90.
At the same time Brownsville re-
ported a high of 86. Corpus Christi
82 and Galveston but 78.
The highest in the state was 96,
reported from Spur. Abilene and Lam-
pasas. Paris had the lowest tem-
perature, reporting 64 decrees as the
minimum. No precipitation was re-
ported any place in the states cotton
belt.
Thrall, Texas.—Paul Streich, who
(Owns a farm seven miles south of
here planted 25 acres in corn which
came up with a good stand although
it has not rained since it was plant-
ed. The corn grew nicely for awhile
but it looks smaller now than it did
two weeks ago. It can not stand
the drouth much longer.
Taylor, Texas.—Taylor was visited
by a dreadful dust storm all day 'on
Tuesday. It resembled the sand
storms of West Texas. It is so dry
in Taylor the dust storm was very
disagreeable.
Flatonia, Texas.—The Catholics of
this community held an all-day pray- i
er service at the Sacred Heart Church j
Tuesday, praying for rain.
Malakoff, Texas.—The wind has
been blowing here for the past week
and the sand has sifted into every-
thing. The ground is very dry and
farmers are at a standstill. They
say they have done all they can do
until rain falls. Some of the little
stuff in the gardens is dying and some
is being watered, but not doing very
well.
There have been reports of many
farmers quitting the farms and mov-
ing to the cities where any kind of
work is sought. Many have gone to
the oil fields, their families living in
tents nearby while the father strives
at work unfamiliar and dangerous to
him.
Surely this wind will blow up j
something in the way of rain, many |
state, but the weather man says
has nothing to do with it.
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Kansas City, April 27.—figures pur-
it I porting to show that railroads are
j making enough money from live stock
1 freight rates to justify a reduction
were presented at an interstate com-
verce commission hearing Monday by
A. M. Corp of Topeka. Corp is stat-
istician for the Kansas public utili-
ties commission. The hearing, which
is before W. A. Disque, examiner, is
on complaint of the National Liv5
Stock Association and cattle produc-
ers of the West who are seeking a
return to prewar rates on live stock.
R. P. Parks, traffic manager for the
Chicago Stock Yards Company, was
the second witness for the complain-
ants. Harvey Allen of St. Louis, as-
sistant general freight agent for the
Missouri-Kansos-Texas Railroad, was
one of the railroad men who testified.
Judge S. H. Cowan of Fort Worth
is acting as chief counsel for the
complainants.
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What Supervisors' See:
(a) High Spots.
(b) Low Spots.
6. Question Box.
Round table discussion expected on
each topic each half-day session.
Teacher Placing Bureau.
The attention of trustees iand teach-
ers
from the State Department:
The Department of Education main-
free teacher-placing bureau
and school officials
use of its service,
notified of vacancies
necessory.
watched however, and
found attacking valuable crops.
Last year farmers would have sav-
ed much more had they commenced
fighting the hoppers sooner. This
year, being prepared by warnings and
profiting by previous experience, they
should be able to save all of their
crops and at a less cost. Instead ■
of fighting them as they attack the
cotton and corn, farmers should poi-
son them where they are found
hatching in low grass land and talong
stream banks. The places where
they were observed congregating in
large numbers
through the fall
indication where
laid and where
will hatch this spring.
During the first three or four
weeks after hatching, the small hop-
pers range onyl a fe-w feet from’the
place where they hatched. Because
of this fact, and because the hatch-
ing period will be extended over sev-
eral weeks, poisoning should be de-
layed some time. Farmers are ad-
vised to watch closely the places just
mentioned where hatching may be ex-
pected to occur, and to poison oyer
these restricted areas about three
weeks after the first small hoppers
hatch in any considerable numbers.
If all farmars cooperate in this poi-
soning promptly and if all hatching
places are found and poisoned, it is
believed that one or perhaps two
such local applications will protect
the cultivated crops for the remain-
der of the season.
Poison bran mash is advised in
the control of the hoppers. In spite
of some reports to the contrary, this
gave excellent results last year
where properly mixed and applied.
Failures were found due to the de-
parture from directions in some par-
ticular.
Experience last year indicated that
amyl acetate used in place of the
lemons, gave better results, and it
is advised this year if it can be ob-
The formula recommended
Professional Supervision.
Leader: S. M. N. Marrs.
First Day—9:00 a. m.
The relation of the County and
City Superintendent to the State De-
partment of Education.
2.
perintendent.
3.
er in the service.
4. The Certification of Teachers.
School Finances and Methods of
Accounting.
Leader: T. P. Walker.
Auditor State Dept, of Education.
First Day—2:00 p. m.
County Permanent Fund and the
County Available Fund.
! 2. County Administration Expense,
lor Account.
3. Transfer Accounts, Methods of
Settlement. Classes of Transfer.
4. Local Funds, Local Maintenance
Sinking Funds, Building Funds.
5. Special Funds, Rural Aid, Voca-
tional Aid, Funds for Negro Educa-
tion.
6. Depositories, County,
dent District—Requirements.
Evening Session—First Day.
Address: “School Legislation En-
acted by the Thirty-Ninth Legisla-
i ture.” State Superintendent S. M.
N. Marrs.
It is ( of Texas,
believed that the infestation will ex- '
tend over most of the territory dam-
aged last year, and into adjoining
sections besides, where the hoppers
migrated in late summer and fall for
egg-hatching.
Our “differential” hopper,
when full grown, does the most dam-
age, except in localities where the
“jumbo” is a pest. These two may
be expected to commence hatching, many ranchmen
about the middle of April, iand dam- stock to ranges out of the state or
age to cultivated crops will occur! to sell at a big sacrifice,
about the middle of May and there- j Over the agricultural sections of ex-officio superintendents,
after. Numbers of grasshoppers the state the farmers were virtually i
have already hatched, but most of
these are species that ordinarily do
not damage cultivated crops, it is
thought control of them will be un-
They should be closely
poisoned if ' and truck had suffered severely.
It is not too late yet for cotton,
maize, sorghum
crops in the greater part of the state,
but the cotton crop will be very late
in Texas this year, with the excep-
tion of the coastal output, where a
| heavy rain fell four weeks ago.
; Not until next fall will the
effect of the drouth be known,
there is a general shortage of cotton
over the South and prices go up to-
ward the close of the picking season;
Tekas farmers may get ias much
money out of a short crop as they
would have gotten from a big crop
sold early at low prices. And with
the deterrent effect the drouth has
had on the boll weevil and weeds, the
cotton farmers’ two main enemies, he
may have cause to be thankful
the drouth.—Houston Chronicle.
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tion.
j 4. Any other citizen who desires
information on any matter pertaining
j to the public schools. j
We trust that any and all trustees
will consider this notice a. personal
the poison and
Dilute the molasses land
amyl acetate with about two gallons
of water and thoroughly mix with
the bran. Add more water _and
mix, until a thoroughly wet mash
has been obtained, yet not sloppy.
It should fall apart easily when sow-
ing so that it breaks up into par-
ticles not larger than the small fin-
ger nail at the larglest. A good
test is to squeeze a handful tightly;
if of the proper consistency the wa-
out between the fin-
not run out in
occur ! to sell
Over
Cathedral, Polk Avenue and Caroline
| Stree. It is expected that the re-
i union will be opened with a class of
I more than a hundred candidates for
i initiation, and this number probably
' will be added to during the week as
the higher degrees are reoched.
The sovereign grand commander of
the order, John Henry Comles, will
reach Houston Monday morning from
Washington. He will be joined by
Samuel P. Cochran, of Dallas, who
i occupies the position of sovereign
grand inspector general of Texas.
The two distinguished visitors will be
met by a committee of Masons of the
city who will escort them to the Rice
hotel, where they will make their
headquarters. This will be the first
time that the Socttish Rite bodies in
Houston have been visited by
highest official of the order.
The degree work will be done in
l the auditorium of the new Scottish
Rite Cathedral. Degrees from the
fourth to the fourteenth will be con-
ferred Monday and Monday night.
Visiting degree teams from Bay-
town, Lufkin and Wallis will confer
some of the degrees.—Houston Post-
Dispatch.
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