Brownsville Herald. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 246, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1912 Page: 3 of 6
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ORDINANCE.
An ordinance to regulate the run-
Tl>ng of automobiles and motor ve-
hicles and the requiring of the own-
er of such machine to register his
name and the number of his machine
w»th the City Clerk of the City of
Brownsville Texas.
Be it ordained by the City Count il
of Brownsville Texas:
Section First. That each and
every owner lessee- manager driver
or any otiier person In control of any
automobile or motor vehicle shall be-
fore using such vehicle or machine
upon any of the streets alleys drive-
ways or public places of the City of
Brownsville Texas shall register
with the City Clerk of the City of
Brownsville Texas his name which
name shall be registered by the said
Mclty clerk in consecutive order in
a book to be kept by him for that
purpose and shall be numbered
in the order of their registration
and it shall be the duty of such own-
er or owners to display in a con-
spicuous pla< c on said machine the
number so registered which number
shall he in figures hot less than six
inches in height. The said City
Clerk shall be paid by such owner or
owners a fee of fif y cents for each
machine registered.
b Section Second. No automobile or
motor vehicle shall he driven or op-
erated upon any of the streets al-
leys driveways or public places of
the City of Brownsville Texas at
a greater rate of speed than 10 miles
per hour provided the speed limit
shall not apply 'to race courses or
* speedways used for the purpose of
holding automobile races.
Section Third. No person in
charge of an automobile or motor
vehicle on any of the streets alleys
driveways or public places In the
City of Brownsville TeVas shall
drive the same at any speed greater
than is reasonable and proper hav-
ing regard to the traffiic and use of
■the said streets alleys driveways or
public places so as to endanger the
life or limb of any person thereon.
Section Fourth. All drivers or
operators of automobiles or m itor
vehicles are prohibited from racing
upon any street alley driveway or
public place within the City of
Brownsville Texas.
Section Fifth. Any person driv-
ing or operating an automobile or
. m motor vehicle shall at the request or
signal by putting up the hand or
by any other visible signal from a
person riding or driving a horse
- or horses or any other domestic ani-
oial cause sin h vehicle or machine
Bto come to a standstill or complete
stop as quickly as posHiblo and to
remnlu stationary Ion.'; enough to al-
low* such animal to pass.
Section Six h. Every driver or
operator of an nmomobile or motor
vehicle shall have attached thereto
a suitable bell horn whistle or otiier
. appliance for giving notice of it* ap-
proach so that when such attach-
ment is rung or n\ her wise operated
** it may be heard a distance of three
hundred feet and upon approaching
any cross street said driver or opera-
tor shall be required to distinctly
sound such horn hell whistle or ap-
pliance.
Section Seventh. No automobile
or motor vehicle shall be run or op-
erated at night that Is between the
hours of t> o'clock p. in. and 7 o'clock
a m. along or ui»on any of the
streets alleys driveways or public
^ plai eg of the city of Brownsville
Texas without at least two lamp® of
at least 15-candle power each show-
ing white lights in front and one
red light suspended on rear of such
automobile or motor vehicle.
Section Eighth. Nr> automobile or
motor vehicle shall turn the corner
of any street alley or driveway
within the city limits of the City of
• i Brownsville. Texas or on any street
which a street railway runs at a
speed greater than six miles per hour.
Section Ninth. It shall he urtlaw-
- ful for any person to employ or per-
mit to he employed any minor under
the age of twenty-one years to ope-
rate any automobile or motor ve-
hicle used for hire upon or over any
of the a'reels alleys driveways or
public places within the city of
Brownsville Texas.
Secttoji Tenth It shall he unlaw-
ful and a public nuisance for any
person who is incompetent and is not
familiar with the operation and man-
agement of any automobile or motor
vehicle to run or operate he same on
^ any of the street* alleys driveways
or public places of the City of
Brownsville. Texas and it shall be
the duty of the City Marshal or any
policeman of the said city to grrest
and de ain any person whom they
deem incompetent who is found run-
ning or operating any such machine.
Every one who violates any of
these seitions shall lie punished b>
a fine of not less than five dollars
nor more than one hundred dollars.
%* ^"\jl ordinames and parts of ordi-
SaiMn conflict herewith are here-
«~iled.
irdlnance to take effect and
* guex alt'e from and after its pub-
time a*
Passed by the City Council of
Brownsville Texas in regular ses-
sion this the 3rd day of June A. I).
1912.
A. P. COLE
Mayor.
Attest:
CRISANTO VILLAREAL
City Secretary.
THE COTTON LEAF WOBM
I
Farmen Should be Prepared—Direc-
tions for Fighting Peit.
To The Herald.
J want to call the attention of
the fanners to the necessity of being
on the look-out for the cotton leaf
! worn) since the rains. Showery wea-
ther is jjmkularly favorable for
their appearance arid multiplication
! and since we had them last year
they are likely to reappear this >ea.
son. It behooves us therefore to be
ready; because if the first infestation
is successfully controlled the sub-
sequent broods are not likely to ue
so serious.
Farmers who had cotton damaged
Last year need scarcely be advised
as to the first evidence of the peat;
but for others 1 may say that the
adult is an olive colored miller and
that one female deposits about 300
eggs; but only 2 to :• eggs to each
'*•1 the under side. These *>ggs
hatch in 3 or 4 days if the weather
is warm into a slender white worm
or caterpillar not more than one-
fourth of an inch long.
Watch the Under Side of the Leaf.
making your observations every 3
or 4 days. As soon as worms appear
in any appreciable numbers the cot.
i ton should be poisoned. The worm
i feeds from the under Bide of the leaf
! eating and growing very rapidly;
finally destroying all the leaves and
young tender extremeities of the
plant if not checked by poison. In
2 or 3 weeks the worm will “web
up" in a cotton leaf in a reddish
brown lasing where thev remain
from 10 to 2» days depending upon
the weather and emending as a mil-
ler it will begin laying eggs in 3 or
1 days. ;
Keep Poison on Hand.
Poison Is an absolute specific if
applied at the right time and in the
rig'ht manner. A little delay after
the worms appear is dangerous.
Therefore have at least some poi-
son on hand. Paris green or arsenate
of lead may be used; the former is
I slightly cheaper per pound and a
somewhat less quantity is required
per acre; the latter is less liable to
“burn" the cotton and sticks to the
leaf better; stays on the cotton long
er. Paris green should always be
applied as a (powder; a cheap grade
of flour Is the best thing to mix it;
2 to 3 parts of flour to one of Par-
ig green about 1 1-2 ^pounds of the
latter 1o the acre. Some use lime:
but if you do it must be well slack.
1 ed lime not the so-called “hydrated
lime" commonly on the market; be-
cause it is caustic and sometimes
burns worse than the Paris green it.
self. Any contrivance may be used
that will dust the powder on the cot-
ton. Some rip up a frame back of a
I cultivator from which two or more
small sacks are suspended in a way
to be shaken or agitated by a lever
in order that the poison may be dis-
tributed. A common way and the
simplest is »o suspend two sacks
from the ends i f a pole 8 to 9 feet
n length and a rider or horseback
takes this po'c- in front of him. strik.
ing It against the pommel of the
saddle agitating and distributing the
j olson. In this way 4 rows at a time
may he treated. After applying the
roison the rider should take a bath
and change clothing and swab off
the horse. Cheese (loth doubled
makes a verv good sack for the poi-
son. Arsenate of lead may be applied
either as a spray or as a dry powder;
2 1-2 to 3 pounds to the acre should
be used. It will not burn the cotton
in greater quantity. If cither ooison
is applied as a dust it is preferable
to put it on while dew is on the cot.
ton and when there is not much
wind; but tils is not absolutely ne-
cessary; only more roison must he
used in the absence of dew and the
presence of wind.
.The main purpose of this article is
to urge the Importance of having
some rois-on on hand and if not sun.
plied to get it as early as possible.
You thua '"otoct yourself in price
and transportation rctes as well as
being prepared to protect your crop
in an emerrrency. Either poison does
not deteriorate when kept under shel-
ter and may be stored for years.
JUST A PLAIN BOX.
•That’s queer." said Headrick.
Everybody stopped talking and look-
ed at the small wooden box which
the maid has just brought imo the
library.
• Why queer?" asked Horwatt.
idly. He had just had a very good
dinner and was entirely at peace
with the world. ‘ Just a plain box."
Headrick looked at Horwatt stern-
ly and the whole dinner party-
caught its breath. Headrick edged
away from the box which had rope
handies. This morning." he an-
nounced. "! had to discharge my man
and th‘N proceeding was not marked
with what you might call grace and
ease. In fact. I had to throw him
out. He departed vowing vengeance
i expected nothing by express—‘the
maid says the driver said it was
hilled as some kind of machine
What if it is an Infernal machine?”
i
Every woman screamed. Two or
three of them at once set on their
feet. The bride crossed the room
and held her husband's hand.
“That happens only in stories"
said Meagle. “go on and open the
obx.” V
“Mr. Meagle’’ said the hostess in-
dignan ly “you may not care if my
husband is blown through the ceiling
but I do.’’
"Yes." chimed in Deadrick “she’s
just got a new rug in the room above
and naturally-"
“You are a brute" said his wife.
“Only please don't open it!"
“I'm dying to know what's in it!"
“I always thought lie was queor."
i pursued Deadrick “and if you had
seen him this morning! What arc
you doing?" he ended as Horwatt
laid his head tenderly on the box In
an attitude of rest.
“Listening for the tick-tock"
Horwatt explained. “All these up-
to-date bombs are attached to an
alarm dock set to go off at a cer-
tain hour aad:-"
“Ha-a-arveey!" Mrs. Horwatt
shrieked grabbing him. “Come
away! Why it might be set to go
off this minute! What on earth—"
“Do they really do such things?"
begged the fluffy girl of young
Meagle.
“Yes" he admitted. "Come let
us go and sit in the conservatory
which Is far enough away to be quite
safe if this thing does go off!”
“That's what your infernal ma-
chine has done" Horwatt hissed at
his host. “He'll propose to her in
there as sure as guns and her father
will see you further! He has a well-
preserved millionaire in storage for
his daughter. Put the thing out of
doors before it docs- further dam-
age!"
“Truly" said Deadrick “I am sus-
picious of it! How am I going to
get it opened?"
; “Call a policeman" suggested
Mrs. Berker. “ That’s what they are
for isn't it? And you could give
him some coffee and sandwiches aft-
erwards!"
“Assuming of course" said Dead-
rick. “that there was enough of him
left to drink the coffe! Haven't 1
heard that they put suspected in-
fernal machines in water before
opening them?"
“Hooray!" said Horwatt. “To the
bath room!" He grabbed one side
of the rope handle.
Deadrick took the other handle
and trailed by all the protesting
women and other men they marched
to the bath room. Tenderly deposit-
ing the box in the tub Deadrick
turned on the water.
“Turn that off at once and turn
on the cold water!" cried his wife.
“You don’t know what hot water
might do to a bomb! It would cook
it or something! 1 told you not to
hire Joseph in the first place for 1
never did like his nose!”
"It is perfectly awful!" said Mrs.
Horwatt. “To think you can’t sit
peacefully in your own house with-
out beting attacked by dangerous
anarchists! Anyway isn't it time
we should be going dear?”
“Not until I see how far Deadrick
flies when he gets blown tip’ said
her husband. “He is a heavy man!"
"Pl-pl-plcase don't" begged Mrs.
Deadrick as her husband pushing
back his cuffs began prying the
cover loose under the water. “Don't
be rash! Remember Willie and me!"
Everybody jumped at. every rip of
the nails. The box proved o contain
excelsior. Gingerly Deadrick picked
it out.
“Here it is!" he panted as he
struck something hard.
There was a wild exodus from the
bath room into the hall. Pale but
heroic Deadrick undid the wrapping
holding the parcel as far from him
as possible. A »ard tumbled out.
“For Willie's birthday from
grandpa” Horwatt read just as
Deadrick finally brought to light—a
dripping train of cars! — Baltimore
The Free Ride to the Pole*.
One feature of the new corrupt
practices act which was tried out at
the primary election in New' Jersey
was the prohibition" of transporting
the voters to the polls.
The bill fnr carriage hire at elec-
tions and caucuses has been a heavy
burden on candidate*. The Republi-
«an wagon and the Democratic
wagon sent over the same streets and
roads and a third of the hill would
have been saved If a non.partisan
vehicle could have been hired to
"over the ground without duplication
if travel.
Of course if the supporters of one
'andidate live close ;o the polling
place^ and if the supporters of the
other live at a distance the Inability
of the latter candidate to rally hit
strength constitutes a serious handi-
cap. In some war this handicap
should be equalized.
The community suffers from the
light vote so frequently cast at elec-
tions. An ambitious politician will
hustle about to the saloons and other
loafing place* and assemble a blrt'k
of voters who may swing a nomina.
fk>n or an election while substantial
| and thoughtful citizens are placidly
reading articles at home on “How to
secure good government.”
Many of our most intelligent citi-
zens live a long distance from poll-
ing places on remote country roads.'
Some way ought to be found of get.
ting their vote without imposing on
the politician candidate the erpense
of sending a wagon to their front
door for a round trip.
Perhaps some day instead of all
this expense to bring the voters to
the polls the polls will be brought to
the voters. sProposftibns to allow
voting by registered mail have been
suggested and might form the basis
of a system for getting out the dis-
tant voter.
Perhaps the thing could be worked
out bv a voting cart to go about the
country roads. Representatives of
both faitics and candidates could
le taken along to assure fairness.
Anyway in these days when a man
needs to be almost a 'plutocrat to run
for office there is need for cutting
out a lot of crstly bills like fhat of
carting voters.—Exchange.
In The District Court of the United
States.
For the Southern District of Texas.
In the master of Robert U. Bark-
ley jr.. Bankrupt.
In Bankruptcy. No. *>.
To the Honorable W. T. Burns. Judge
of the District Court of the United
States for the Southern District of
Texas.
Robert U. Barkley jr. of San Be-
nito in he County of Cameron and
State of Texas in said District re-
spectfully represents:
Tbat on the eleventh day of “De-
cember. 1011 last past he was duly
adjudged bankrupt nnder the Af ts
of Congress relating to bankruptcy;
that he has duly surrendered all his
property and right\ of propexty. and
has fully complied with afl the re-
quirements of said / eta and of the
order* of the court touching h!s
^bankruptcy. '
WHEREFORE HE PRAYS that he
may be decreed by the court to have
a full discharge from all debts prov-
able against his estate under said
Bankrupt Acts except such debts as J
are excepted by law from such dls- i
charge.
Dated this eighteenth day of Jan-
uary A. D. 1912.
ROBT. U. BARKLEY JR.
Bankrupt.
(h-der of Notice Thereon.
Southern District of Texas ss.:
On this 10th day of March A. D.
1912 on reading the foregoing pe-
tition it is
ORDERED BY THE COURT that |
a hearing be had upon the same on
the 1.1th day of July A. D. 1912 be-
fore the said Court at the office of
Referee in Bankruptcy TT. S. Court j
room at Brownsville in said District
at 10 o’clock in the forenoon; and
that notice thereof be published in
The Brownsville Daily Herald a
newspaper printed in said District j
and that all known creditors and
other persons in interest may appear
at he same time and place and show
cause if any they have why the
prayer of said petitioner should not
be granted.
Ant# it is further ordered by the
Court that the Clerk shall send by
mail to all known creditors copies of
said petition and 'his order address-
ed to them at their places of resi-
dence as stated.
WITNESS the Honorable Waller
T. Burns Judge of said Court and
the seal thereof at Brownsville in
said District on the 20th day of
-May A. D. 1912.
< SEAL J C. DART. Clerk.
By Frank A. Creager Deputy.
A man who has lost his jaw hone
through disease has been given an
artificial one. made of gold by a
* New York hospital.
' ’ J »
Imitating Precious Stones.
The makers of imitations gems
copy nature with remarkable success.
Syircoiis are composed of silica
and zirconia. 'Ihelr luster is decep-
tive a means having been dis.
covered of extracting rne color thus
leaving them diamonds to all ap-
pearances although their falseness
promptly proclaims itself under test.
Precious stones are frequently
dyed with suob thoroughness that
it is said the stone may be broken
without discovery of the process—.
that is by the uninitiated.
The village of Ohcrsiein in Ger-
many. devotes itself to the making
of imitation jewelry and the dyeing
of chalcedony and other stones. The
onxy carnelian bloodstone and
agate may be enriched in color by
immersion in the dye pot. The stone®
are placed in vessels containing the
coloring matter and are then sub-
jected to great heat for periods vary-
ing from a few hours to a week or
more. In the case of chalcedony
which shows bands of different de-
grees of intensity certain of the
bands take the colors and others do
not. The stone then receives a fur-
ther stewing in pots containing other
dyes.
Fluorspar is capable of great im-
provement In tint wthen subjected to
a heating nrocess and crucidolite is
given a hue of blood red by a simi-
lar method.
The emerald and the cat's eye are
of ail stones the most imitated. One
family at Oberstein is said to pos-
sess the secret of converting cruci-
dolite into cat’s eye. Cat's eye may
also be made of aragonite some of
the horn.blendes and even of ttb-
erous gypsum.—Harper's Weekly.
.— - ..
INFORMATION wanted concerning
the whereabouts of George
I Mitchell last heard from at hos-
pital at Galveston. Texas 2 years
one month ago. Direct all in-
formation to Mrs. fupe Mitchell.
Brownsville Texas. 6-5-2t
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