The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 51, Ed. 1, Friday, May 31, 1918 Page: 3 of 8
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MUCH IRRIGATION IN
WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
Austin, Texas, May 25 That
the people of Wiliamnon county
are interested in irrigation and
that the waters of the San
Gabriel arc being used ex
Pensively for that purpose, Is
Shown by the records in the
efflce of the board of water en-
gineers of the State.
Recently T. R. Spence, engin-
eer ,and hydrographer in the
Office of the board of water en-
gineers, made an inspection of
ie San Gabriel river in Wiliam-
$on county . His report shows
-'that the soil on all the irrigation
.tiroiccta in that county is i
jblack loam, fairly open. Not
only is it excellent larrn tana,
si DUt it is well auapteu iu lrriuu-
s tion. The San Gabriel is a
succession of water holes, with
$ small flow from one to the
other. In periods of continued
dry weather this small flow
stems at times. There appears
B to be VQry little underground
seepage, eacn water noie noiu-
ingits own water in periods of
no flow. The measurement
made by Mr. Spense at various
noints alone the stream' indicate
&, -& normal flow at the junction of
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f . xne norcn arm auum iuuy uj. me
f !. t.-l " i- f
I six cubic feet per second of time
fy ,1.1114 UUUIIUI UUVl UCIUH uuuw-
yf yille of 12 cubic teet per seconu
V- jf time. The source ot normal
supply is a large number of
jsf small spi'ings all up and down
the river. The river is subject
to floods of considerable extent,
the last high water being in
1915, at which time the stream
at one place measured 200 to
300 feet wide and 10 to 15 feet
deep. The following are the
irrigation projects now in oper-
ation: Irrigation Projects
On the San Gabriel.
H. T. Stearns of Circleville has
32 acres of land, of which there
are 27 acres included in his per-
mit. It is on the north bank of
the San Gabriel, about one mile
west of Circleville, the land
sloping away from' the river in
a northerly direction. He has
a 6-inch centrifugal pump, belt
connected to an 18-horse-power
gasoline engine. The pump is
sent in an open well 14 feet be-
low the surface of the ground,
and taking water from, a deep
hole, discharge it into a short
concrete lined ditch, emptying
into a short ditch along the top
of the river bank from which the
water enters the furrows of the
cultivated lands.
A. C. Stearns of Granger has
183 acres north of Circleville on
the north bank of the San Ga-
briel between the Circleville-
Granger road and the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Railway com-
pany track; sloping to the north
and east. He has an 8-inch
centrifugal pump, belt connect-
ed to a gasoline engine, taking
water from a whole which em
pties into an open ditch at the
southwest corner of the field.
." He also supplies water for a gin
which hd operates.
Cornelius Beard of George-
town has a garden plat live
and a half miles east of George-
v town on the south bank of the
."San Gabriel, which he irrigates
with a small pump run by a
small gasoline engine, using a
2 1-2-inch pipe to irrigate a
quarter of an acre.
Dr. C. C. Cody of Georgetown
has a 30 acre track about two
miles northwest of Georgetown
on the north bank of the San
GabrieL sloD.no: in a south-
-', easterly direction toward the
1 river from the northwest side.
He has a 6-inch centrifugal
, flump, belt connected to a ti-
' horsepower gasoline engine.
( The wafer empties at the top
' of the riverbank into a metallic
t Hned flume 10 inches square and
about 200 feet long which in
turn discharges into surface
ditches. This has been on
' irrigated' truck farm of a num-
'.,jier of years.
Water is Lifted
22 Feet Fro!m Creek.
E. N. Retlard of Georgetown
is located about seven miles
northeast of Georgetown on
the Georegtown-Lampasas road
He has 15 1-2 acres, whu'li is
irrigated with a No. 4 contri-
fugal pump, operated by a 0-
horsepower engine. The water
is lifted 22 feet from JJevry
creek, the land being waxy with
a clay foundation.
F. E. Rhodes of Taylor has a
plant on the south bank of the
San Gabriel, about one mile
west of Circleville, lying up
stream from the II. T. Stearns
32-acro track. It slopes up-
ward from the river, with a
ridge through the middle of the
track running east and wes,.
His installation consists of a 6-
inch centrifugal pump, driven
by a gasoline engine. The
water is taken out of a water
hole, lying above the H. '.
Stearns 32-acre track. There
is a spring just above this
water hole which runs continu-
ously. He irrigates 24 acres.
R. H. Polzin of Taylor. His
plant is located on the south
bank of the San Gabriel
river at Circleville, about
1500 feet east of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Railway com-
pany bridge. He has a No. 7
centrifugal pump operated by a
2G-horse-power crude oil engine
and the water is lifted 30 feet
from the water hole to theland.
He has a tract of 145 acres that
lies highest next the river and
has a steady gentle slope in a
southeasterly direction.
H. E. Richardson, adminis-
trator of the W. L. Mann estate,
Georgetown. This project is
on tHe south bank of Berry
creek on the west side of the
Georgetown-Corn Hill road,
about four miles from George-
town and the application is
pending before the board of
water engineers.,- The land con-.
sists of approximately 13 acres,
is highest at the river bank and
slopes evenly to the southwest
The proposed installation is a 5-
mch centrifugal pump, driven
by a 6-horsepower coal oil en
gine, pumping against a 27-foot
head and delivering water into
surface ditches.
Damned Stream Runs
Grist Mill.
R. F. Young Georgetown.
This project is to be presented
to the board of water engineers
as soon as the papers can be
prepared. Mr. Young's property
lies about four and a half miles
northwest of Georgetown, and
he has been operating without
making an application to the
board of water engineers, as he
was not advised of the laws on
the subject. He is now pre-
paring his surveys so as to com-
ply strictly With the irrigation
statutes. By means" of an earth
and rock damj the flow from a
large and continuous flowing
spring has been impounded and
a pond of about four-acre feet
capacity is created' in Berry
creek. At the east end of this
pond a grist mill has been in-
stalled and has been operating
for several years under a max-
imum head of 12 feet. The tur-
bine discharges into Berry
creek and when the grist mill
is not running the overflow
from' the pond also dscharges
into Berry creek about 200 feet
farther west and up stream.
The m;Il ordinarily runs 100
days per year. The surface of
the pond covers about an acre
of ground. Mr young has 75
acres that lie down stream from
the mill pond and about one-
half of it lies less than three
feet higher than the water sur-
face on the mill pond, and the
balance lies lower than the mill
pond and could be served by
gravity flow.
Taylor Water and Ice Com-
pany pumping plant and pipe
line. This pumping plant is lo-
cated on the south bank of the
San Gabriel, about one-halt mile
west of Circleville. The pipe
line runs in. a southerly direc-
tion to Taylor, a distance of six
miles. The installation con-
sists of a 10-inch centrifugal
pump with a capacity of 750
gallons per minute, taking
water from a large hole in the
river, and delivering into a 10-
inch water m,ain which runs
about three miles toward Tay-
lor, and is then reduced to 8-
inch into the town. This plant
was in operation until 1913, at
which time the city of Taylor
discontinued its use and has
been getting water from a
3200- toot well. Some of the
farmers along this pipe line
have been considering the prac-
ticability of tapping this pipe
line to irrigate their lands in
tracks of five and ten-acres, or
as much as the available water
will permit. While it is under-
stood that the management of
the plant would be willing to
allow this use of it, Engineer
Spence does not think it would
bo economical or practible with1
a small acreage, as the irriga-
tors would have to bear the ex-
pense of operation and main-
tenance of the large pumpiiy
Inm wmwat rrmn
IN NORTH TEXAS.
Fort Worth, Tex., May 25.
Reports of the Wheat and oats
harvest received by the Fort
Worth Grain andCoton exchan-
ge from scatered sections in
Wise, Denton and Cook counties
all boarding on or near the Red '
river indicate that wheat in I
in those sections will average
about twenty bushels to the
acre and oats about forty bush-j
els. This is considered an opti-
mistic estimate of the yield in
the rich bottom! lands. The
yield in tarrant county is likely'
to be much less. Experienced
grain mpn believe that Tarrant
county wheat will not average
more than ten bushels to the
acre, the dry weather of early
spring having retarded groth of
the plant and kept it from
spreading, thus reducing the
number of heads.
On the basis of these reports
and from other information ob-
tained by grain men an esti-
mate of the north Texas wheat
crop is placed at not exceeding
about six million bushels. This
does not include the panhandle
territory where weather condi-
tions have not differed materi-
ally from, other parts of Texas
and where an outside estimate
of the wheat crop is placed at
about 3,000,000 bushels. These
estimates place tne total wneat
production in Texas this year
at not exceeding 9,000,000
bushels. '
The oat crop in all sections is
reported in a fairly flourishing
condition and good results are
expected.
Harvesting of grain in North
Texas wil be in full swim early
in Jupe. Already it has been
begun in several sections at-
tached to the Fort Wdrth terri-
tory. Every possible effort is
being made to ohtain labor for
the harvest fields and with the
help of many high school boys
who have enlisted for the servi-
ce it is believed that harvest
will not be delayed.
That Government Seed.
Up to the first of May practi-
cally none of the 16,000 bushels
of seed of kafir, jniJo, feterita,
cane and sudan grass in the gov-
ernment seed supply stored at
Clinton, 6klahoma, had been
sold to the farmers of Okla
homa. More orders had come
from eastern Oklahoma than
from the southwestern part of
the state, where the shortage
of these seeds was supposed to
be very great.
If the season is at all favor
able this year, there is plenty of
time yet to get some of this seed
to grow a patch for seed to plant
tne crop with another year,
There seems little chance, how-
ever, for it to be taken by farm-
ers according to the plans pro
vided by those in control of its
distribution so far. The price
tor these seed are, per bushel
Black hulled white standard
kafir, $2.85; dwarf kafir, S3;
feterita, $3.25; dwarf milo,
ij2.yo; cane (sumac, orange or
black amber), $4.85; and sudan
grass seed for 21 cents per
pound. Farmers who can still
use any of this good seed, in
two-bushel lots or more, can
send cash, postofike money or-
der with their order to B. E.
Rothgeb, government seed
house, Clinton, Oklahoma. Ok-
lahoma Farmer-Stockmen.
Extra good grade wide Per-
cale going at 25c per yard.
Farmers Mercantile Company,
Schwertner.
plant.
Old Georgetown numnin.T
plant is located on the south
bank of the San Gabriel, a puar-
ter of a mile east of the i unction
of the north and south fork.
1ms plant takes its supply from
a walled in spring on the bank
of the river, and stream is tho
motive power. At the present
time Georgetown gets its supply
from springs located off the San
Gabriel but durinjr a Dart of
each year when the springs- are
low, the old pumping plant is
used.
Two railroads, the Houston
and Texas Central and the Mis
souri, Kansas and Texas, have
numnincr nlants an Williamson
county to get water ftr locomo
tives.
This indicates that irrivat.rn
nla.vs an important naart in the
crop production in Williamson
county, an dthe Sa'i Gabriel is
important to the nceda if the
farmers ot that avituni,
' ' -'... T- JHM
WHAT YOUR
DOLLARS DO
One Hundred Cents' Worth
of Mercy and Relief for
Every War Fund Dollar.
Your Red Cross dollars every cent'
of every lied Cross dollnr actually
relieves suffering nctunlly goes as
jou give It, for wnr relief. Not one
cent of any contribution goes Into
lied Cross administration expenses
Hip overhead of War Fund adminis-
tration Is more than covered by Hie
Interest accruing from the banking of
the funds. All relief work not per-
taining: to the vtnr Is amply covered
by the normal revenues of the lied
Cross through membership dues.
Your answer to humanity's cry
your donation to war relief includes
not only the care and restoration of
the wounded. It Is n mission of merey
to the famished, the homeless and
helpless, the Innie, the halt, and the
blind all the victims of war that ap-
peal to the henrt of mankind.
The lellef of Invalided soldiers, re-
lief of the mutilated and blind, train-
ing of crippled soldiers for useful pur-
suits relief service for the care and
reival of soldiers on furlough from
the front relief of children through-
out devastated territory relief of de-
pendent families of soldiers relief to
prisoners In German relief among
repatriated people returning to France
children's leftiges and hospitals
these are among the divisions ot or-
ganized work that carries practical aid
to Its cery object In a wide Held of
activity. Its scope embraces Ilussln,
liouninnin, Seilila, Italy and Armenia
besides the great Ueld of France.
Your donation makes this great mis-
sion of mercy your own.
The Red Cross carries 100 cents
worth of aid for every dollar donated.
THIS IS THE TRUE
RED CROSS SPIRIT
A Little Story With a Big
Thought in It.
A month ago the lied Cross chapter
In Hay City, Mich.., lecelved a hurry
up call for IfiO dunnage bags. Troops
i were about to move, and through un
oversight their equipment was not
complete. The bags bad to he made
and sent within IS hours. A tequest
for help was sent out the town, and
the stores were searched successfully
for the tight materials. Among those
who quickly lesponded and canio to
the chapter workrooms to help were
two little girls, sisters, about ten aud
twelve yeais of age, each eager to lend
n baud and do something for the boys
who were going to the front. All day
long the lingers of tho women and
Uie little girls were fairly Hying. l!ag
after bag received the last stitch un-
til scores were piled up ready for
shipment. Closing time came, and the
woman superintending tho making of
tho hngs counted those completed aud
announced that If every one ot the
workers could come early the next
morning mid work all day the bags
would surely bo finished In lime for
shipping by evening. Two crestfallen
little girls, the little sisters, were wait-
ing for her at the door as she de-
parted. Red Cross Dunnage Bags.
"We am awfully sorry, ma'am," said
the older of the two, "but we can't
come back tomorrow. You see tomor-
row we have to" And, without flu-
Ibblug tho sentence, she looked buck
wistfully at the pile of bags.
"It Is too had you can't como back,"
said the superintendent, "but I want
to thank jou, and we all thank you,
for the work you've done today. You
two have teen n wonderful help, and
that pile of bags wouldn't be nearly so
big If you hadn't been here. Good
night."
The next morning when the super-
lutHiulent came down to unlock the
workrooms for tho day she was aston-
ished to see the two little girls stand-
lug In the cold by the locked door.
"Oh, I'm so glad lo see you I" she
said. "I thought you said you couldn't
come?"
"Oh, we knew those Rsd Cross bags
just bad to be finished for the sol-
dlers," exclaimed the little one, with
glistening eyes, "and wo got up at
three o'clock this morning and got the
washing done early I"
SUPPLYING FRENCH HOSPITALS.
Tiio Red Cross hospital supply serv-
ice In Fiance has 10 warehouses tilled
with drugs, medicines, surgical instru-
ments and dres-.u's It series 3,4:48
Freiub lullitinj hosplulo.
Public Speaking and Expression Recital
and Gefti Medal Contest
BY PUPILS OF
Mrs Charles C. Swarason
On last'.Thursday evening, at the tabernacle, the cit-
izens of Bartlett and vicinity were very highly entertain-
ed by a recital given by the pupils of Mrs. Chas. C.
Swanson's expression class; Mrs. Swanson has been
teaching here for sometime and with pronounced success,
as evidenced by the manner in which her class executed
their work on Thursday evening. Following is the pro-
gram rendered:
PART I.
Japanese Garden.
Revel of Japanese Fan Maids.
Tekla Nowotny, Jessie Mae Moore.
A Maiden Fair in Old Japan Jessie Mae Moore
America the Beacon Light of Peace Ernest Hardin
A message cabled to Washington by Gabrielle
D'Annunzio, the Italian Poet, upon learning of the
entrance of America in the world's conflict.
Kinder"Polka Franklin Knight, Arnold Schofield,
Mansel Randolph, Francis Czarowitz.
Unappreciated Methodism Francis Czarowitz
The Price of Greatness Mansel Randolph
Uncle Sam's Young Army Arnold Schofield
Hoover's Pledge Franklin Knight
Tambourine Fantasie Julia Brown, Ernest Hardin
Malibran and The Young Musician Helen Tipton i
From a Far Country Florence Sartor
A Few BarsJn the Key of G Tekla Nowotny
The Death Disk Julia Brown!
My Country Tis' of Thee Pantomime
FlorencegSartor,
"Award of
WOMEN'S WORK
HI WHAT THE B !:
AND WHAT YOU CAN DOi
One of the most important branches of Red Cross work which has been
undertaken by the Woman's Department Is that of providing clothing for
the hundreds of thousands of refugees in the districts that have been devas
tated by the war. At present It is the French and Belgian refugees for whom
the appeal Is being made. Tho various pattern companies have published
patterns of the gnrments, and many of our Red Cross Chapters have taken up
ihnWnrlr nf miikinir tho clothlnc.
This is work that can be done in
ters, or it can be done at home, as the
The garments made must above all
else be durable. It lb useless to send
over articles made from flimsy mate-
rials that cannot stund tho very bard
wear they will get. For this reason
we are not asking for secondhand
clothing. Partially worn garments
should be kept for the poor in this
ftountry, and we should send abroad
flnly things made of new strong ma-
ler&ls. Materials for outer garments should
be of dark colors. They niayHe fig-
ured, triped or plain colors, prefer-
ably blagk, gray or navy blue never
red and Wy Httle green. 'The French
people haVe a dislike of bright colors
In clothing, pnd at this time, when
every family Is In mourning, they
leem particularly Inappropriate. Even
the clothing fox the little children
ehould be dark, Mjpepting, of course,
that for the babies'. Jt Is almost im
possible to get laundry work done
properly. There is no 9MP to be had,
md little hot water. Alltjiese condi-
tions must bo considered In selecting
the materials for the clothing.
There Is need for about twice as
much underwear as outer cainvsnts,
nnd this holds true In all ages. 'Chere
Is a special need for clothing foi1 the
children from 1 to 8 years of age. If
your local stores do hot have the Real
Cross patterns they may be ordered,
thiough your Red Cross chapter, of
our supply service at 817 North Broad-
way, St. Louis.
Among tho most wanted articles
ire the following:
Glrlb' petticoats, made with a waitt
ittached. MeCall pattern 103-A is tho
plzo for a year-old child, 10S-B is for a
t-ycar-old, 103-C for i years-old, and so
n up to 103-H for a girl of 14. The
RMY CAMPS ORDERED TO
MAKE USE OF RED CROSS
ileallzlnsr the great force for good
unbodied in the Red Cross, and like-
wise realizing that the Red Cross is
the most Important agency outside the
ipldler himself foj winning the war
tor America Rnd her allies, Secretary
if War Baker has issued a mandator
rder directing the commanders of
camps and cantonments all over the
United Sttii's to make ue of the
,ervj ei- una upjdii- oi' the Ameucaij
tied Cuihii
PART; II. .
Medal Contest.
Helen Tipton.
Medal."
DEPARTMENT.
the central sewing rooms of the Chap-'
workers may prefer.
material should be flannel, outinff
flannel or flannelette, ancLthe colot)
preferably gray. '
Boys' blouse suits, mado of serge orf
any very sjrong warm mateilal, la
gray, black, brown or navy blue. Mc4
Cair pattern 105-A Is for a 4-year-old'
boy, and the sizes run up to 105-E for
a 12-year-old.
Pinafores, MeCall pattern size 99-A-j
ior a 4-year-oia enna ana yy-n ror a
6-year-old. Material black sateen or
checked blue and white gingham.
Girls' lhpmif Mi-fnll nnltom
110-A for a 6-year-old, size running uy.
to liu-G ror an 18-year-old. Women a
chemise, MeCall pattern 152-A for r
36-inch bust and 152-B lor a 3S-lnclv
bust. The materials should be heavy
unbleached muslin.
Girls' draweis, MeCall pattern lllAI
for an 8-year-old, size running up to
lil-B foi 18 years. Women's drawers,
frPnll nntlnwn 1 CI A A t not W
waist. 151-B for a 28-lnch waist, 1G1-G
for a SO Inch waist and 151-D for a.
34-incb walbt. Materials, heavy unJ
uiencheu rauslm.
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or uie mue ones at the cri epingi
age there are two dress patterns
wanted, MeCall pattern 90-A being a
6-month sizi, 90-B for 1 year and 90-C
for 2 years, while 91-A. Is the ulse fer
1 year and 91-B for the 2-year-old'
child, this pattern having no provision
for a binaller slzo.
nease order uy numDers, and re-
member that all orders phould tome
through chapter headquarters to th
Bureau of Supplies.
MRS. EDMUND F. BROWN.
Director of Women's Work, South
western Division A. R. C., 1617 Rail
way Exchange Building, St Louis
Mo.
This means that conmandors gen
erally will avail themselves of the
Red Crosb whenever necessary. The
Secretary of War's order has boeiM
in.Ba.lilicu lu nil WUILU'iUQlHI
throughout thf Vnited States.
Greet Dct .onstration in Turin.
The uijuim i f im fourth sec'iuo
of b A lit i iii IvPi' n.'-'i, made up
o! .i un 1 i u, u . occasion of
a grtu Uliul uiiun tor tbt Cmid
States in Tut in Italy Flowtu m k
heuped on Un ..inbuli.nt.e8, m vmIm,
In (lid, b;iCQ- i ivii! inn t ..!.'
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