The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 33, No. 25, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 18, 1942 Page: 3
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THURSDAY JUNE 18 I9i2
Side Glances On
Texas History
By Charles O Mucker j
University of Texas Library
OF CONRAD ROIIRER
HOUSTON AND MRS M
in any formal history of Texas
many of thc incidents now famll
lar to all students of thc history
of revolutionary Texas
Ihlspcrcd if thats a big force
< > f them theyll whop us Rohrer
was quick to respond Shot tip
d n you he growled dont you
say theyll wip us youre wipped
already
Rohrer also saw action at San
Jacinto where he and a few
friends swam the bayou beforehand
and stole some of Santa
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ready to start Smithvvick continued
when up rode Madame
v ith kmfe and pistol belted on
Spurring up to Rohrer she commanded
him to unhitch her oxen
Kut Rohrer wasnt to be outdone
easily and explained that he hadlCOI l of NeRctnule insects is not
his orders and orders were difficult according to Cameron
ders That however calmed herSlddnU A nml M Collcse Exteii
iiot at all so he referred her to lon srvlcc entomologist
the exigencies of the case ac
cording to Smlthwick but the
Amazon swore she would have
them emphasizing her determln
assembled in that city He was
met at a short distance from thc
And hecitv v lnr ° l rty
Vegetable Insect
Control Easy If
Rules Are Followed
Follow a few simple rules and
Conrad Rohrer who seems never General Houston A ju ter may be obtained for a
to have belonged to any organ Houston attempted to explain foliar up but one may be made
ized company of fighting men but
somehow managed to get In on
most of the fun isnt mentioned
its done Next have ready a sup
and probably doesnt rightly ° wlth ° that took all the o msecjlcdes for ue at the
Itiilnrl rttil ill Generals sail
serve mention there Yet in alllwmd out ° u c
probability doesnt rightly deserve I though he was accounted a pro
mention thorn VH in nil proo iiclcnt in the art of bWearing
first sign of insect injury These
are cryolite for control of bean
beetles cucumber beetles cabbage
ability he will be remembered forThrowing up h U haodajxe ex orm3 nnd otjcr Insects which
many many years to come Claimed Take them my dcar fced Uon thc frult antl 0unRe of
Like so many others Rohrer woman take them for God Allthc piimts rotenone and sulphur
owes his secure place in thc folk mighty s sake take them And t0 controi tomato fruit worm flea
lore of Texas to Noah Smlthwick f ° beetles plant lice and leaf hop
whose little volume of memoirs jtch them herself for Rohrer was pcrs and concentrated pyrethrum
The Evolution of a State has disgusted dust tor squash bugs stink bugs
been referred to time and time Th Mrs M retrieved her nd hmicqum cabbage bugs Watch
again in this column as one of Precious oxen and rode off in Karden for lhc first sign of
the bestloved books in the cxtcn 111 having vanquished both y and dust both sides of
slve Texas Collection of thc UniiGcneral Houston and General lcaves
versity of Texas Library Smithn nras Smlthwick put it the A sol bnU ate in tht
wick devoted total of about two ° nv tlmc cl cr o them was
a uftcrnoon foP cotUri ot cutworms
pages to Rohrer and they have cvcr wnipped gras hoppers and adult wingless
made him immortal May bcctlc or Juno lnK poson
vKAim Ann iv mm
Though officially unattached 1 bait also will control mole crick
Imost of the time Rohrer had a General Houston reached Aus ut wcn frequent sandy soils
knack for being at the right place 1 ° Wednesday last and was J A bnt made of cryolite finely
at the right time to take part lnwnnny Erected by the citizens chopped cariots or turnips and
wheat bran will control the adult
vegetable weevil which attacks
roots and foliage of cat rots tur
f
has this ono real distinction He ind h ° Mnyor tendered him theinlpSi rndlshes and boots togethei
clambered up the church steeple osptnmies of the place in an ap wllh cabbage mustard and other
In San Antonio just after its fall PJopnnte address to which he vegetables This pest pie
and unfurled the Texas flag there P01 very eloquent and dig vnls in 30 or > 10 colties ndja
for the first time Otherwise n cd nddrc 1Ie was then c cem to College Station
his 01 lod Ji0 Ebc iy Il0US whl > 10 To the
however the story of career control bluishgray pill
hangs on the outermost fringes of
history
RORRERS PHYCHOLOGY
One of thc anecdotes Smlthwick
told for instance lives on because
of its psychological value having
no historical value at all
an excellent collation was
must have been extremely gratifying
to him and hs friends We
i can only soy wo humbly hope his
bugs or sow bugs which damage
pared The reception of the Pie lomnto pnnte s1inke
dentelect such to call forth
was
mlxturo ot lwo pnits fImiri tWo
thc admiration of all present and
between tills and
mtiK ety
focds btncnth th fllst
ton carrying Tcxinn produce away
cnvos dut Wlt cllbo or
and bringing goods for our
domj donis ur lf f t
estic The stores of
consump on
rotcnone conlclU or Wllh cryoMto
full of
our city arc goods of
every
t t d intervals as long
descripton and prices are for thcibcotlC8
ibcotlC8
mc plcscnl
many articles even lower thaiii
in New Orleans The Tclegiaph
and Texas Register Houston
Dec 15 1841
Annas horses But what people
remember best about him is thc Business Should
story of his encounter with the
Contlnuea from page 2
fabulous Mrs M who also had
Farmers Should
Abide By Recent
ODT Truck Orders
HARMAN and McGLAUN
PHONE 207
THE TUUA HERILD TULl i TEX IS
at home with a tin can a stick
and a piece of chcvM cloth Ak
the county extension agents how
parts sugar and one part parls
green throughout tiio beds Flea
beetles also dangerous to these
plants may be controlled by dust
IB
her troubles with General Hotis Plus at the end of the ycai then esempt under lecent ODT orders
ton C0Uld i educe taxes for the next cstrlcting truck shipments Tex
When the army was in retreatyear or apply that surplus toward as fnrmers atc uKcd by the State
to San Jacinto Smlthwick re ebt reduction
lated General Houston issued an As this is being written almost
order for work oxen to bo takenfive months of 1042 have gone by
wherever found Now Rohrer and still business does not know
General Rohrer they called himwhat its tax rates are to be It
was wagonmaster with the lis too late to rectify this injus
army at the time and In his to business for 1912 but lets
ficial capacity began rounding up see tp it that when January 1
all the oxen he could fnd Among 1943 rolls mound business will
them were two belonging to thisknow exactly what its tax expense
Mrs M an old woman who for 1943 is to be Lets not ask
Although faun trucks arc
USDA War Hoard to abide by the
spirt of the orders in so far as
possible
Farm products must get to the
markets if American Agrlcultuie
is going to supply the needs of
her own pcopli > as well as the
needs of hoi Allies B V Vance
board chairman decloied this
week Vance explained thrtt it
would be impractical in most eas
had a farm on the Brazos business to conduct Itself next es for farmers to carry a icturn
MRS M AND HER OXEN year or in any future year in such load of 75 percent after carrying
The teams were all hitched up a hitormlss haphazard manner produce to market but he said
A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A f A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
t A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A J J
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eady For Delivery Now
MASSEY HARRIS
7FOOT STRAIGHT THRU
COMBINE
Only O Left
GRAIN OR ROW CROP
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many unnocrss i > tups could or
uvuuird by hiiulltift mil
hl ir who nimh ei inu
thing m town
We urge that farmer makt th
fullest possible u < c of their trucking
facilities thc board chnr
mnn aid They should eliminate
all unnecessary drlvng and > hmiUI
follow all rules for conservation
of equipment especially tires I
Vance warned that unless farmers
voluntarily restricted the use
of their trucks to the minimum
necessary or extension of compulsory
restriction to agriculture
mght be necessary
Plans must be woikrd out In
each community and county to
obtain the greatest use of available
farm trucking facilities Vance
said Including pooling of facilities
and elimination of duplicating
trips
The USDA official emphasized
that few new trucks would be
available in the future and that
best possible care must be taken
of equipment on hand
IMPLEMENT COMPANY j
TUUA TEXAS
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SOUTHERN
WILD LI
Wy rm fry
h h
PretU Good Army at That
Old von kivvv tliil more than
twelve million sportsmen in the
United Stated luiv e bought fishing
Incuses in a smelt < mi It
is said that approxiloiti In this
many more do not have to buy
licenses for one icanon uniihci
How does that leave anybody to
play golf and Imo the garden
Ierhaps Its an Air Raid Ilceaiition
Trappers from over the South
U II us that opossums cem lo be
deseitmg then hollow trees foi
gioind holes to an Inei easing
extent Ten yeais ago it was
something shoil of a believeit
ornot to find a possum denning
up in the ground Maybe thc wai
has them seined too
Glad They WVienl Tut lies
Just about thc time you decide
that this old world is going
along fairly rational and that you
know a few things after all
something smacks you on the chin
so hard you fall back In the old
rut of believing black Is while
and while Is yellow
Latest shock to thc uninformed
fisherman is that the white or
silvci bass i a true bass all
tight but the large and small
mouth buss ate not they helo ng
to the honflsh family
How You Fish For Them
Ily Airplane
The shape of the California
flying fish has been likened to
that of the boll of the Hcllancti
plane It has bi ii estimated that
in taking oil this fish attains
a speed of 35 miles an limn While
it can remain in the air for 30 to
U seconds most flights last for
only 2 or 3 seconds It icaches afoot
or mole in length and lives
In the open ocean from off Southern
California to Ilnja California
llrntlicis Outside of tile Skin
The whitenosed whlteeated
Southern fox squin el and thc
black fox squirrel commonly occur
in tile same litter
Ret He Killed It wtll a Itottle
News item Flslicunan kllta
hawk with his fishing lod when
bird attacked him while fishing
The papei even had evidence it
said Maybe so After all Its
quite possible Thetes Just one
little point were worried about
Pel haps there were snakes in that
country Maybe the fisherman
wanted to make sure he was protected
by taking a little snake
medicine in advance The mote he
took ptobably thc scaredor he
got Piescntly a fly buzzed at
him and he swung at it with his
rod
I Same Old Dove
The accepted common name of
thc dove which is growing in
i popularity as n game ipuclei l
mourning dove In many states
it is locally called turtle dovo
1 In most of the South there is
l another species of dove consul
crbaly smaller which Is seen most
frequently on the ground from
which It gets Its name of ground
dove It is not migratory and Is
protected by most states since it
is not considered a game bird
And then of course there Is the
whitewing dove of our border
country which reports keep pointing
out are straying a little farther
north from the border each
season They are great game birds
Keeping Track
Dont let anyone kid you when
It comes to how big certain cat
jxacks were they saw in the dim
jight of the dank swamplands
You should know
spicy herbal
A TOPSELLING LAXATIVE
ALL OVER THE SOUTH
The timk of i lull grow n txilMit
t r i i ehalf
mountain
nu i moaiuret about
four Inches long t
Shooters ItlMc
For several years now sports1
men hvac called Stoegrrs 512
page catalogue and handbook thc
Shooters Rlble Its got everything
In It a gun crank could
want The appeal of this book
seems to match or If possible
surpass the lure a fur coat display
has for the feminine mt
ThTerc are 16000 items and 0000
pictures Just to list what this
book covers would take a couple
pages Guns archery fishing I
tackle gun books clothes Rolf I
radios accessories pardon the
list Is too long
A Soldiers Letter
Australia May 10 lim
Dear Mother i
I will write you a letter for a
Mothers Day ptcsent because 1
have not gone to town lately aiuL
havent anything to send you but
v ill get you something soon and
end it t you I wrote ds a lot
tot thc other day I do out know
muth to write >
Well 1 finaltv got assigned to
he nintnipool ind am i incchanu
on the tuuks I hat is what I
amtcil to he when I Joined the
mm so I am pictty wl pleiiisl
iftct all Hitt I would lathei have
staved ncai my shMum linilhei
Hu aie you nil geltuiM in
> I I hope and hopt > the u luii
i xtill looking good I im mint
daddy is icnlly busy now I I now
how he is when a busy tune
comes but tell him to take it
easy till I get back and I u ll
take his place Boy If I evei i i
back homo I will never leue
again I did not know 1 did h- <
it so easy Dont get me wnim
though because I do like the
limy bu I dont like the ele
of leaving my mother and del
and my brothon and slutti l
my girl ft lend and not memn
them for so long I suro hope tlnl
will still glvo mo the chance In
used to If he doo I will bet vmi
my life 1 will mnko good
Mother tell uvuiyouu hollo loi
me nud hoping to seo you all by
Chiistmas and wrlio mc soon
Willi all my love
Your Min
Morris 15 Peto Lumpkin
I S Tell dnd to uiko good cure
of himself and I am still vetiinn
linger This In my nddiexs
A S N A P O 027
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More Civil Service
Examinations Arc
Announced
The United State Civil Service
Commission announces omm com
petitive examination for lhc po
sition of Under Engineering Aid
1200 a Year for employment
with various Federal agencies In
the States of Louisiana and Texas
The maximum age limit for
this examination Is 35 year This
do s not apply to persons granted
military preference
Competitors will be notified
when and where to report for thc
written examination
Applications must be filed with
the Manager Tenth U S Civil
IlCrl THREE
pniif Dirnrt u f < > mhoiis r
NC > Ortriryi iM on h > frp the
business on July ll IU12
I Fmther Information and application
blanks may be obtained
from the Secretary Hoard of U 3
j Civil Service Examiners at any
first or secondclass po t offic
i hi thc States of Louisiana and
Texas or from the Manager Tenth
U S Civil Service District Customhouse
New Orleans La
Life is full of ups and dovvwr
but the most difficult of all l tm
keep appearancei up and experts
down
Tell only gossp about othnr
that you would have others ttl
about you
Soldiers of Production
Am rlc iotilltfi of production m n ml womin workln In th
pttnti of Am rlc n Induitry h vt thttlr uniforms too Somt uniform
worn by Q 1C work r on vitl production Job r ihown b low
I Nit a Kn mat It hut u jprrid 1 Iikr n man 1 an Nfnn the
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in utir < llir liiidil f > tin ttntnitniMili l ir iylt nl < > > i if per
Ilnnt fiirmaittr in 1 < i L Iiilirji i
1 Fritnlif nffinN Jtui niulhir I Tlir helmet lie wenri it to
CI K wtitkrr IIn i ili ii inn llilintini piotect him from lllitl Tlio ntyt
hiK turbine i iittiiiK fir IJntlr from weldcri arc could cou
Hnma itupi ut one of the General till mine If he did not weir tbla
Itlectric plant itmnite liendicear
Gennritl l l clrlc lint In vn that It Ant duty
Kootl cltUen I to bit a gnnd oldlar
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Gtntrut FUctrie Company Schn ctaity A Y
GENERAL
fehphone
army
Weve been mobilizing recruits too
thounancls of irls coger and cheerful
of right temperf meat aid aptitudw ij
become telephone operators
Veterans of out service have trained
them for todays allimportant duties
to 3pced more telephone calls to more
peopleto stand guard at vital communication
centers in time of war
Soemployed by Bell System telephone
companies to meet the nations
growing war demandsmore women
than ever before courageously and loyally
arc helping to give you the best telephone
service its possible to get anywhere
in the world
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The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 33, No. 25, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 18, 1942, newspaper, June 18, 1942; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth42704/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.