Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, March 22, 1912 Page: 4 of 8
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Texas Industrial Notes
A charter has been granted the
Houth Tex no Commercial National
Bank of Houston; capital stock $1,*
000,000.
Plane are being perfected for the
erecilou of a sixteen*story office
building at £an Antonio.
It is reported that $100,000 will be
spent for civic improvements at
Brownsville in the near future.
The Texas & Pacific and Interna*
tional & Great Northern will run au
agr.culturial exhibit car over their
lines this spring.
The Crescent Oil & Gas Company
of Electra, Texas, and Thoenlx,
Arizona, has been granted a permit
to do business in Texas with princi*
pal office at Fort Worth.
TEXAS NEEDS Sp
2|S . GREAT MEN
PLANNING A [
PLAYGROUND.
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AGENCY : FOR
XXVII. CORRECTIONS
Put It Where It WIH Do the
Most 6ood, Not Look Best.
HAMMOND TYPEWRITERS the finest writing machine made and one
of the very few adapted to the coast climate
WONDER INCANDESCENT LAMPS. ur ns common Kerosene. Gives
a better and brighter light than
gasoline or electricity. Cheapest light made.
AMAZING DETROIT KEROSENE ENGINES. The Perfect Power for the
^— Home and. Farm.
HEN Appeles was exhibiting a beautiful painting a cobbler
directed his attention to a fault in the shoe and the master
immediately corrected it; the shoemaker then criticised
the shaping of the leg and Appeles said, “Shoemaker, stick to
your test.” The advice of the painter stands as good in govern-
ment as it does in art, but unfortunately many of our legislators
have no last and others insist on legislating the most on things
they know the least about. If our legislators would “stick to
their last,” we would soon have “fewer laws and better laws.”
FOR THE USE OF THE POOR.
BEACON OFFICE, Palacios
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TYPEWRITERS GIVEN AWAY
The Foily of Purchjning New Site*
Without Finding Out How Many the
City Really Owns—Make a Map
Showing Vacant Areas,
.Bonds to tire amount of $250,WO
have been sold in New York mai-
kets for the purpose of rebuilding
the Austin dam.
A Shippers’ Association has been
organized in Kirbyville.
The Commissioners’ Court of Sun
Angelo is contemplating the issu-
ancejof $70,000 in bonds for the
erection of viaducts across the Con-
cho river.
The Bronson Commercial Club
has appointed a permannent good
roads committee.
Plans are being made by the
Young Men’s League of Palestine
to erect a peanut factory at that
place.
Two hundred acres of land near
Clinton recently sold for $72,000.
Arrangements are being made by
the Galyeston Commercial Associa-
tion for a celebration in May upon
the completion of the causeway con-
necting Galveston with the main-
land.
The Houston & Texas Central has
received twenty new locomotives at
Houston and twenty-five more are
reported to be enroute to that city.
The Guadalupe Water Power
Company of Austin has been char-
tered with a capital stock of $000-,
000.
We are coming to see that piny Is a
uecessity to the child, that health and
physical development are no less Im-
portant than arithmetic and geog-
raphy, that the friendships and joys of
childhood come mostly through the so-
cial opportunities of play and con-
sequently that the playground must be
furnished to every child In the com-
munity no less than tho school, soys
Henry S. Curtis, Ph. D., In the Ameri-
can City. This means that playgrounds
must be so distributed as to be within^
a reasonable walking distance of every*
BROOM CORN
CULTIVATION
Discussions by Men Experienced
in Growing This Valuable Crop
PLANT PURE BROOM CORN 8EED
(By O. E. Lewis, Oklahoma City, Ok.)
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A field of Broom Corn
County Seed Farrrx
on Coles
While It Is conceded that Oklahoma
leads in the quantity produced, the
deplorable fact remains that the man-
ufacturers are forced to rely upon
central Illinois and Kansas for quality.
The average farmer-influenced per-
haps by the price his neighbor re-
ceived for his brush—decides to plant
some broomcorn. Without giving the
matter further consideration, he goes
to the nearest baler and procures sev-
eral sacks of trash and infertile seed
that was thrashed from his neighbor’s
laBt year’s crop. This done, he pro-
ceeds to set apart a few acres of land
perhaps a last year’s corn field yet
covered with stalks—and, after plow-
ing it once, plants It to broom com
(?) and awaits results. Under the
most, favorable conditions more than
half a stand could not be expected,
and if th<ysoil should be too cold the
pmall percentage of fertile seed ob-
tained in the “trash” planted would
not germinate; the results being dis-
couraging and should be.
Some Timely Suggestions.
Having decided on the type best
'adapted" to your soil, the next step
The Emerson Typewriter Com-
pany of Woodstock, 111., have recent-
ly given away oyer 400 of the highest
grade, wholly visible Emerson Type-
writers made in the world. They have
gone Into every stale and territory in
the United States. There may be
some in your town. They are giving
them away everywhere to men, wo-
men, boys and girls, over 18 yeurs of
age, on surprisingly liberal conditions.
11 you could make any use of a #100
typewriter, providing it did not cost
you even one cent, then in a letter or
on a postal card addressed to Frank
L. Wilder, President, Woodstock, til.,
simply say, “Mail me all your Free
Offers,” and by return mail you will
receive their Free Offers, the names
of over 400 have recently received
typewriters free, and you will learn
on what easy conditions you can get
one of their typewriters free right
away.
The Emerson Tpyewriter Is one of
the highest grade, wholly visible type-
writers made in the world. Many
who have used the “EMERSON” and
other makes pronounce the “EMER-
SON” superior to any #100 typewriter
on the market. It is a wholly visible
machine, has every new, up-to-date
feature, looks like other high grade
#100 typewriters, though it, solla
regularly for less and on terms of #1.00
down and 10 cents a day until paid
for. The “EMERSON” has every
new improvement, universal key-
board, back Hpaeer, tabulator, two-
color ribbon, everything the best; is
the ideal machine for beginners as
well as for the most expert typists
and stenographers; just the type-
writer for the smallest or largest of-
fice.
RECREATION PARK IN NEW YORK.
APPELES EXHIBITING A PAINTING.
The Kansas City Southern and
the Frisco railways are contemplat-
ing the erection of a new depot at
Beaumont.
The Sherman Real Estate Ex-
change has appropriated $500 to be
used for the purpose of advertising
Sherman and Grayson county.
Kingsville will have a “City
Plan.” The Commissioners have
Let those who aspire to write our laws struggle with their
subjects like a soul working out a plan of salvation for the human
race; soar in the bright crisp atmosphere of the practical and
light on the mountain peaks of progress with the unerring ac-
curacy of an eagle in its flight; rise from the low dusky horizon
ot suspicion to the star-lit heights of genius and kneeling at the
feet of the ruler of the Universe study nature’s laws from divine
demonstrators. Texas Needs Great Men.
ground and received the prize offered
by the Beaumont Chamber of Com-
merce and tbs Southeast Texas Fair
Association to the farmers of South-
The Latest In Ocean Haiaces.
A German company is planning to
build tho greatest passenger carrying
steamship In the. world, tho idea be-
ing to provide luxuary rather than to
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extensions and park areas and fbake
estimates for paving and sewerage.
A Civic Welfare Commission has
been organised at Beaumont.
It is reported that approximately
400 acres will be planted in grapes
near Fort Stockton this spring.
A contract has been let for the
construction of dams above Brady
to impound water for the city’B use.
The C. B. Livestock Company of
Chicago, 111., has been granted a
permit to do business in Texas with
principal offices at Crosbyton; capi-
tal stock $1,250,000.
A Business Men’s League has
been organized at Lockhart.
The People’s Oil and Gas Com-
pany is the name of the new $250,-
000 oil dompany of Wichita Falls.
The company, which is composed of
TexaB and eastern capitalists, will
develop leases in Wichita and Clay
counties.
It is reported that the Cotton Belt
railroad will extend its line from
Hillsboro to Whitney.
The Fort Worth Chamber of Com-
merce has offered a handsome lov-
ing cup, valued at $250, for the beet
serload of Texas-fed cattle. This
to encourage the raising of good
beef cattle in Texas.
A Fruit and Truck Growers’ As-
sociation has been organized at
Green Brier, Smith county.
le acre.
Alice is to have a concrefe Btone
factory, j
The Markham Irrigation Com-
pany, headquarters in Matagorda
county, has been incorporated; capi-
tal stock $50,000.
Five hundred cattle were receutly
sold near Plainview for fifty dollars
each.
Tt is estimated that lettuce from
San Benito during the three spring
months will total over $175,000.
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The city well at Lubbock has a
capacity of $2,000,000 gallons every
twenty-four hours.
--------------The Cheats Lumber Company at
.. -—Livingston baa been incorporated
with a capital stock of $100,000.
The district supervisor for the
government in derrtonstration farm
work has arranged with the county
commissioners to put fifty demon-
stration tarms in Denton county.
Arrangements are being made to
build a new railroad from San An-
tonio to Fredericksburg.
Construction work on the roads
at Brady has now begun. The
general supervisor of read construc-
tion from Boston, Maes., is there
under orders from the government
to aeeiet in the work. He expresses
himself as well pleased with the
system and method employed there.
A Boys’ Kaffir Corn and Milo
Maize Club has been organized «»
Dalhart.
Market Review
Houston, Texas, March 14—The
growing scarcity of potatoes is
causing some alarm in Houston
produce market, Good potatoes
are hard to get and prices are
steadily advancing. Farmers with
any supply of the staple on hand
are advised to follow the market
closely, for if the approaching
famine is not abated record prices
for the spud delicacy will be paid.
Potatoes that sell for $1.50 per
bushel in Houston today can not be
bought by the jobbers for that price
in the Northern markets and the se-
quence is scheduled advances. Some
Oregon potatoes are on the market,
but the supply is far below the de-
mand.
Because of the shortage of po-
tatoes demand is turning to other
staples and Texas vegetables are
moving rapidly. The stock is very
fine and is coining from the lower
coast country. Lettuce is plentiful,
while beans, squash and eggplant
are coming in from the Mexican
Green VCgctau'co uppcar m
rled floating palace, will carry 5,000
passengers and will have engines of
80,000 horsepower, exnctly twice as
powerful ns those of the new White
Star liners. On (he promenade deck
one of tho now features will bo quiet
summor houses In old English rustic
style for ten and coffee parties. An-
other new feature will he a huge mar-
ble swimming bath running through
two decks. Tho hath Is to be an ex-
act copy of one found in Pompeii, ami
Its mosaic pavements are to be copies
of Roman pavements discovered at
Treves.
child. From a number of studies in
different cities this has been found to
require the playground to be within a
quarter of a mile of the younger chil-
dren and m>t more than a half mile
from tho older children.
One of the two ideals in the develop
mont of the park systems of this couu
try has been to secure- landscapes mid
scenic effects through the development
of large parks and boulevards. These
have been used for the most part bi-
people with carriages and automobiles
who have the leisure for driving dur
ing the day. They have added greatly
to the beauty ot the city and to the
value of real estate, but have served
iu the main the wWtWhier people only
There Is n second idea, which has
| cJme'Tnto' prorefffihr'e
Fresh Air.
A calendar published by a manufac-
turer of a ventilating novelty bears in
conspicuous type under every date the
words, “Good air—the best doctor-
costs nothing.” For every day there
Is also a short hint on the volume of
good air. Among the little essays are
these: “Once upon a time hot poul-
tices and tightly closed rooms cured
(?) pneumonia. Now It’s fresh air.”
“In 1812 consumptives died In stuffy
rooms; in 1912 they live in fresh air.’’
“Ten full inhalations of good air be-
fore dinner do more good than the
best cocktail.” “Fresh air In your
bedroom will make you cheerful at
breakfast.” “A doctor for mind and
body—always or? call—never sends a
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bill—fresh air.”—New York Tribune.
A farmer of Liberty county made
tiro bales of cotton on one acre ot
abundance.
The egg market is declining.
With present prices on the down
grade dealers anticipate lower prices
this week. Receipts are heavy and
storing of eggs is under way.
Business generally throughout the
Houston territory has shewn de-
cided improvement. Spring goods
are arriving on the market, but the
movement is a little backward on
account of unseasonable weather.
The cold wet weather is delaying
farming operationc. Building is
progressing rapidly. Cotton is mov-
ing freely. Some shipping interests
report slow movement of freight by
railroads involved in the strike.
Town building in the majority of
instances should begin in the coun-
try. Wiibout me support of a
strong agriculturial community no
town can grow with any degree of
permanency.
Keep Off tne Track!
More than half the persons who are
kUled on the railways each year are
trespassers who walk on the tracks.
In ten year* 50,708 such trespassers
have been killed and 54,183 Injured.
Laws prescribing safety appliances
for the protection of persons engaged
In hazardous occupations are on the
books In all the states. There are
also laws forbidding trespassers upon
railroad rights of way. People who
walk’ upon railroad tracks simply
tempt providence.—Leslie’s.
years, that the purpose of the park Is
to furnish recreation and exercise to
the people. This means that the
grounds must be purchased in the
neighborhoods where the people live
Inasmuch us the chief recreation time
of working people Is at night, the
grounds must be open and available
for use during the evening. So far as
these recreation grounds are play
grounds for children, Ihoy should be
fenced, should be without shrubbery
and should be well lighted at night.;
If the park Is seeking landscape and
scenic effects its Use as a playgryuml
is merely incidental to Its general pur
pose. If such a system of parks should
furnish the needed facilities for play to
the children this could be only an accl
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IN THE CONGESTED DISTRICT.
PREFERS BROOM CORN TO ANY
OTHER CROP.
(By John Furnes, R. F. D. No. 1, Box
25, Sullivan, Illinois.)
My experience in broom corn dates
back to 1886, when^ we used the old
hand cylinder, round poles for slates,
old fashioned racks, and had to bale
the com old fashioned band balers.
I differ from most growers, as I
would rather raise and take care ol
a orop of brom corn than any other
crop raised on the farm. Money can
ho made raising broom corn if man-
aged right, as I have cleared as much
as $100.00 to one acre, with the brush
and seed.
Beginners should not plant too
large a crop the first year.
Beginning with the seed, we raise
our own, and for several years secur-
ed the best I could secure, and then
used the seed on the very nlcst and
finest Ti—rti This is given my per-
SB-broom 'com- ram fro,7F~gr6wiff of TBr' young plants.
out very easily. By using the beat
of care in the bad Reason, we are
likely to have some inferior corn, but
if we do not use care, it will all be
Inferior. Like raising stock, select
the best sires, and you will have
scrubs enough. The seed planted
should all be subjected to treatment,
and use one pound Formaldehyde to
thirty gallons of water, wet through-
ly, stir until dry. This treatment
kills the smut germ.
For nice color, broom corn should
be cut as soon as the seed la well out
of the dough, and when the stem Is
louglr at the first Joint and will not
snap off. If the weather is settled,
It should be seeded the next day.
The corn Is carried from the seeder
to the shelves, and shelved at once,
about three inches deep, more or less
according to the conditions, dry or
wet, and should be left on the shelves
until the sap Is all out, which requires
from one to two weeks.
Do not believe there is any variety
of broiu corn better than the Austrian.
Have an improved Evergreen that is
about three weeks earlier than the
Austrian, but the quality, while better
than the old Evergreen, is not as
good as the Austrian.
CAN AFFORD TO PAY TOP PRICES
FOR BROOMCORN.
Not since the period of it Hated cur-
reacbed the price level at retail
ter
quoted recently. In some large market
centers this retail price was 50 cents,
which means that the fellow who owns
the cows was getting from 40 to 42
cents per pound for his butter fat. The
unusual price seems to be in part due to
the excessive cold which lias prevailed
for weeks past through the northern
dairy states and lu pftrt to shortage
and high price of feeds. The result of
the high prices is that n good many
folk are doing without butter on their
flapjacks, while others are giving but-
terlne a tryout.
dent. In the second ideal of park de-
velopment play and recreation become
conscious aims.
Any random effort Is sure to be costly
and Inadequate. When a park board
sets out to secure a system of play-
grounds it is apt to overlook the pres-
ence of school grounds that are large
enough to be used. Likewise the school
board iu the purchase of sites is apt to
disregard available places in the parks.
Considering nroapnf l-onl f»atnte vnlnou
no city can afford to duplicate sites or
to purchase where property already
owned would do.
The desirability of a study of condi-
tions and a plan of work to be done
seem to be reasonably self evident.
The doctor must diagnose his cuse be-
fore he treats It; the lawyer must gatl: ’
cr the facts before he makes bis brief;
the architect must make bis design be-
fore he erects the building, and we
have come to see what a great mistake
our cities have made in laying out their
streets, parks and public buildings
without drat, having a comprehensive
pian for the city.
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THIRD YEAR. The school offer- instruction in Academy Courses,
in the Literary, Horticultural and Musical Department#;. Opportn*
l8_0”Pre , k°, earnest students to pay for the major portion of
—C.r crr.r,,s- r- !,j (heir iabor. For further Informatlop address
W. H. TRAVIS, President
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(By C. C. Carson of Central Broom
Co., Jefferson City, Mo.)
should be to procure seed of the var-
iety wanted—and right here I wish to
cay that too muck stress casfiot «>w
laid on the importance of planting
PITRE seed, a- this is the prime re-
quisite. You would not expect to
raise thoroughbred Poland China
from a pair of broken-down “Ten-
nessee ridge-rooters,” would you?
Well, it is as wed within the realms
of possibilities to do this as it, is to
produce a good quality of brush from
poor seed.
The preparation of the soil and the
time for planting should now claim
your attention. Next in importance
to good seed is getting the soil in
proper condition to receive them.
Needs Frequent Cultivation.
Tho first atep in this direction
should be to clear the field of all
stalks, sticks and other obstructions,
as these will greatly interfere with,
cultivation if not removed.
Before breaking the field should be
disked both ways. This, when turned,
under, forms a loose bed which con-
serves moisture and favors the rapid
Regardless of all other conditions,
pure broomcorn seed is the most im-
portant, and too much attention can-
not be given to broomooru growing.
There is not a broom manufacturer
who is not attracted by and will pay
the top price for broomcorn that has
a smooth fiber, fair length, green
color, wen Heeuea, and "nicely BaieOL
Two cross wires fastened to the top
and bottom wires on. each bale is a
matter of insurance that the bales
will remain in good condition, and we
can afford to pay the top price for
such corn, because there s no waste
and no expense for rebaling. The
farmer who has such broomcorn will
always get a lot more than the top of
the market.
During the last few years, general-
ly speaking, the quality of broomcorn
has been poor, and it Is absolutely
necessary for the farmers in the coun-
try to take some measures to insure
a better quality and better handling
of this crop. It will pay them as it
is evidenced 'by the high price that le
secured by the grower who uses pure
seed, handles his corn properly, has
it well seeded and baled.
During the 1910 crop when prlcee
were lower there was never a time
wliou good broomcorn did not bring
a good price; as manufacturers are
only too glad vo avail themselves of
the opportunity of securing brush of
this kind.
which is very essential. When the
plants are just coming up it is con-
sided advisable to harrow the field
lengthwise the rows to prevent weeds
getting a start. Cultivation at fre-
quent intervals is neccaasry until the
plants have attained a height of
twelve or fourteen inches, at which
time they will grow rapidly and
thrive with the samo cultivation as
does Indian corn. Level culture
(that Is, no banking the soil to the
plants) seems to be most satisfactory,
and Is therefore recommended.
Give Immediate Attention.
Another fact that should ever he
borne in mind is that broomcorn that
has stood in the field until the seed
matured does not bring the top mar-
ket price. It follows that broomcorn
raised for seed should be entirely
separate because you cannot raise
both seed and brush on the same
stalk.
When broomcorn is ready for har-
vesting it should be given immediate
attention, as a delay of two or three
days may eause damage that would
decrease the value 50 per cent. Anoth-
er common cause of loss to the raiser
of broomcorn is brought about
through ricking the brush in the field.
To do this Is in the humble opinion
of the writer, to invite serious results,
as broomcorn thus handled is almost
>ure to heat especially so if there be
any moisture. The heat thus generat-
ed destroys flexibility of the fiber,
rendering it brittle and discoloring it
to such an extent that no amount of
“treating” will restore its natural
color. The manufacturer can use
this brush only in the very cheapest
grade of brooms, therefore it does
not command a good price.
Warm, dry weather should prevail
at narvesi time (and in this locality
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usually does) otherwise extreme cau-
tion must be used. Conditions being
favorable brush may be gathered,
placed In small piles and left In the
field twenty-four to forty-eight hours,
at which time it should be {liken
directly to the seeder and seeded
WELL. It should then be placed in
the curing shed on the shelves pro-
vided for that purpose, and when
thoroughly cured should be will and
securely baled.
Care In Baling.
Great care should be exercised in
baling, however, as corn baled while
green will heat and reduce the value of
the brush to practically nothing.
Tho curing ahed may bo construct-
ed at. a small cost; in fact, the shed
used for this purpose may be uSbd for
storing Indian corn later on, sr broom-
corn Is out of the way before the
latter cron if! harvaatiul Pa-honu u
very small outlay of cash would con-
vert an old stable or barn into a suit-
able curing shed, and in this manner
make the old iuie building pay for the
space it occupies.
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