The McGregor Mirror. (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, March 20, 1931 Page: 2 of 8
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the McGregor mirror McGregor, texas Friday, march 20, 1931.
THE MCGREGOR MIRROR
Published by
THE MIBEOR PBINTING CO.
fJHAS. B. HALL
.OWNER
Published Every Friday Morning
Entered at the Postoffice in McGregor,
Texas, as second class mail matter.
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Three Months - .35
Payable absolutely in advance. Unless
fnbscriptions are renewed, names of
robscribers will be dropped.
CONTROL FLIES ON 200
SQUARE MILES IN TEXAS
and eight cubic centimeters of
nicotine sulphate in each trap for
bait and poisoning. They renewed
the bait once in 15 days during
the summer, once in 20 to 25 days
in the fall and spring, and renew-
ed in the water every 7 to 9 days
in summer and every 10 to 12 days
in spring and fall.
Test catches of flies, made from
time to time at various distances
from the traps, gave an indication
of the effect the traps had on the
number of flies in the region. On
the basis of these tests, the ento-
mologists estimated that the nor-
mal fly population of the 200
square miles was 234,531,000 flies,
or 1,172,000 flies per square mile.
A good way to get rid of flies,
the United States Department of
Agriculture finds, is to trap them.
Texas ranchers and entomologists
of the department reduced the fly
population 36 per cent on 200
square miles of ranch land with
fly-traps in one season.
A local fly-trapping association,
cooperating with the Bureau of
Entomology, Department of Agri-
culture, distrubed the fly-traps at
the rate of 1 to every 407 acres
and caught 8,533 quarts of flies
in seven and one-half months.
Many of these were screw-worm
flies, and fleece-worm flies, two
pests credited with a $10,000,000
damage to southwestern livestock
in a single year.
The trappers used 2 pounds of
fresh meat, 2 gallons of water,
GARDENS ON THE FARM
CUT LIVING EXPENSES
WEATHERBY, ROGERS & HOOKER
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
WACO AND McGREGOR
RATS SPREAD DISEASE
Circumstances surrounding a
recent epidemic of Brill’s dis-
ease among the residents of Bell-
ville, Texas, led, to the conclusion
that rats were responsible for the
outbreak. Brill’s disease is a mild
form of typhoid fever. All patients
suffering from it had worked in
old, dilapidated buildings infest-
ed with rats. As a consequence,
the Bureau of Biological Survey
of the United States Department)
of Agriculture and the city of
Bellville are waging war on rats
in that town. L. C. Whitehead,
leader of rodent-control work for
the bureau at San Antonio, Texas,
is directing the cooperation.
The Biological Survey has ob-
tained and prepared poison bait
for the city of Belleville to use in
its war against rats. As part of
the campaign, owners are re-
modeling and renovating some of
the older buildings to make them
less attractive for rodents.
Be sure to write for free cata-
logue of Ramsey’s Austin Nur-
sery. Austin, Texas. tf
DR. MINNIE ROSE SMITH
Chiropractor and Dietitian
King Hotel Annex
Telephone 41
Recently W. R. Beattlie, Senior
Horticulturist of the Bureau of
Plant Industry, United States De-
partment of Agriculture, in a
nationally broadcast radio talk on
the farm garden, stated that in
every economic crisis through
which the agriculture of any sec-
tion of the country has passed the
home garden and other sources
of home food supply have saved
the day.
When the boll weevil struck
the cotton growing sections, Mr.
Beattie pointed out, one of the
first steps taken was to start a
campaign for vegetables gardens,
poultry, pigs and cows on every
farm so that the land would at
least provide a means of liveli-
hood. Things haven’t changed
much and the same principles ap-
ply today. The farmer, however
hard times may be for him, who
plants and cultivates his own gar-
den has a form of insurance
against privation that is denied
the city worker. In this respect he
is far better off than the thous-
ands of unemployed in the cities,
many of whom left the farm at
the time of industrial prosperity
and are now looking wistfully
back at the land.
“If everybody engaged in farm-
ing,” Mr. Beattie said in his ad-
dress, “will produce plenty of
fruits, vegetables, milk and but-
ter, poultry and eggs, home
grown and cured pork, also fresh
meats to some extent, they can at
least have a good living at home,
and that is more than a lot of
people Avho are out of employ-
ment have today. “But.’ says the
pessimist, ‘that will only increase
the difficulty and reduce the mar-
ket for foods that are grown in a
large way for sale.’ Perhaps, pro-
vided the farmer has the money
with which to buy the food, but
suppose he does not have the
money, what then? As a matter
of fact, it is good business and
economy to produce most of the
living for the farm family and
the hired help right on the farm.”
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The New Chevrolet Convertible Cabriolet—Product of General Motors
Consider what yon get
for what yon pay
Today, especially, it is wise to consider
carefully just what you get for every dollar
you pay. lie certain that the automobile
you buy represents the latest standard of
motor car value. Quality never cost less
than it does in the new Chevrolet Six. And
in the long run, quality makes a big differ-
ence in the satisfaction you get out of
the money you spend for an automobile.
lew S.OW Prices — Roadster, $475;
Sport Roadster with rumble seat, $495;
Phaeton, $510; Standard Coupe, $535;
Coach or Standard Five-Window Coupe,
$545; Sport Coupe (rumble seat), $575;
Five-Passenger Coupe, $595; Convertible
Cabriolet, $615; Standard Sedan, $635;
Special Sedan or Convertible Landau
Phaeton, $650. Prices f. o. b. Flint, Mich.
Special equipment extra. Low delivered
prices and easy terms.
NEW CHEVROLET SIX
The Great American Value
See IToiup Dealer Below
(McGregor Chevrolet Company
ALSO DEALERS IN CHEVROLET SEX-CYLINDER TRUCKS, $355 to $595, f. o. b. Flint, Michigan
111 all parts of the country there
are farsighted agricultural lead-
ers who are in agreement with Mr.
Beattie in preaching the advan-
tages of making the farm as much
as possible a self-sufficing unit;
not only in these times of agricul-
tural and general economics de-
pression, but as a permanent agri-
cultural policy. In South Carolina
Virginia, Arkansas and other
states, statewide campaigns to
bring about the planting of
farm gardens are being actively
pushed. In the campaigns the
agricultural colleges and the
states’ home demonstration agents
are taking a leading part.
A well planted and cared for
half-acre garden will produce
more vegetables than the average
family can eat, during the period
when the crops are maturing.
Carrots, late cabbage, beets, onion,
parsnips, potatoes and turnips
can be grown and stored for use
during the winter, thus cutting
the winter food bills. One acre of
garden was worth as much as 65
acres of cotton on a farm in Texas
last year whose owner figured
that the acre yielded a profit of
$400.
It is not only from the point of
view of cutting the family food
bills, however, that the vegetable
garden deserves a place on every
farm. So much has been said and
written about vitamins during the
last few years that practically
everyone knows they are essential
to good health. Fresh, green vege-
tables are among the best sources
of these invaluable vitamins, but
entirely too frequently the farmer
busy with his money crops, feels
that he has no time to bother with
a garden even though his wife and
the older children may easily be
able to take care of it once it is
ploughed.
The result is that in many in-
stances the farm diet is too much
restricted to meat, potatoes and
bread. Green vegetables, one of
nature’s best preventive medi-
cines, have little place on the
menu. The various deficiency dis-
eases have a chance to creep in,
breaking down health and stam-
ina. Investigators have found that
a large proportion of ill health in
rural districts is traceable to the
absence of a well balanced diet.
No diet can be called well balanc-
ed that lacks an abundance of
fresh, green vegetables.
A vegetables garden planted
this spring will return ample
dividends in health and in help-
ing to make the farm family self-
sufficing, able to weather any
economic storm.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Butler have
as their guests this week Mrs.
Butler’s sisters, Mrs. Adeline
Morrison and Mrs. Minnie Konner,
of Wichita, Kansas.
CORN MILL AT
CITY GARAGE
Grind your corn into meal or
chops any day. We are also rar-
ing to do your auto repair work.
All kinds of welding, general
blacksmith work and horse shoe-
ing. Give us a trial. E. C. Yeager.
GOOD FOR DIZZINESS
Constipation Trocbles Relieved
By Black-Draught, Says
Kentucky Man.
Hopkinsville, Ky.—Hundreds of
people in Hopkinsville know Mi*.
Dale Harris, of 102 South Kentucky
Avenue. Mr. Harris knows Thed-
ford’s Black-Draught, from having
taken it a number of#ears. He says:
“I often come in from work with
a bad feeling in my stomach and
head. I have a dizzy feeling in my
head and am constipated, so I fix
me a dose of Black-Draught im-
mediately to guard off a spell of
illness.
“I have always found Black-
Draught to be perfectly satisfactory
in every way,- and would recommend
it to any one as a safe and wonder-
ful medicine when a purgative is
needed.
“It is a good idea to keep a box
of Black-Draught in the medicine
cabinet so at a moment’s notice you
may take some when dizzy spells
and constipation occur.”
Thousands of others have reported
that many disagreeable symptoms,
due to constipation, have gone away
after they had taken Thedford’s
Black-Draught.
This well-known medicine has
been in use nearly 100 years, and
its popularity is constantly increas-
ing, as growing sales clearly prove.
Sold in 25tf packages. nc.x«*
bIwk-draugJI
Indigestion. Biliousness /k
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
HONOR ROLL
High First—Mattie Lou Wins-
ton, Joe Hunter, Dorothy Cook,
Edna Earle Cook, Ray Hambrick.
Low Second—Lawrence Naler.
High Second—John Bennett,
Agnes Garner, Margie Luedtke.
High Third—Claude Slater,
Virginia Brown, Anita Jean
Harris, Leita McLeod.
High Fourth—Nick Andrew
Johnson, Ramona Dodson, Lyllian
Leonard,
Low Fifth—Louise Bailey.
High Fifth—Lois Hanover.
High Sixth—Lula Belle Mc-
Kentire, Lanham Connally.
Mallard Duck eggs for sale. 60c
per setting. Mrs. C. Julius John-
son. c
GLASSES NOW
v2 PRICE
SPECIAL
NOW $11.75 WAS
REGULAR $22.50
Invisable two focus for near
and far latest high arch nasel
rest shell frame. AS ABOVE
only with reading lenses.
NOW $7.50
DR. E. L. HARTLEY
503 Amicable Bldg.
Waco, Texas
Send the Mirror to a friend—
Men s Clothing Samples
Our line of spring and Summer samples for men’s Tailor
Made Suits has arrived. Before buying your suit see these
samples.
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EXPERT DRY CLEANERS
50c
50c CARS WASHED 50c
50c
KING SERVICE STATION
PHONE 8., FLATS 35c
WRECKER SERVICE
ROUND TRIP RATES
GREATLY REDUCED
between all points on
TEXAS ELECTRIC RAILWAY
(Examples)
FROM WACO
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To Ft. Worth_________
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To Waxahachie .....
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To Terrell _____________
_________$5.90
To Denison _____________
.......$7.00
To Denton _______________
_________$6.40
We also offer a low Sunday Round Trip rate and a New
Commuter Book at Pre-War Prices.
Ask Our Agent.
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The McGregor Mirror. (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, March 20, 1931, newspaper, March 20, 1931; McGregor, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth883543/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting McGinley Memorial Public Library.