The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 1616, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 25, 1909 Page: 4 of 4
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The Lampasas Daily Leader
J. E. VERNOR J. H. ABNEY
Proprietors.
J. E. Vernor, Editor and Manager.
Entered at the postolhce at Lampasas, March 7,
1904. as second class mail matter.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE
One week ........................
. 15c
One month............................
. 40c
Three months........................
..$1.00
One year...............................
. 4.00
Life of Heel Fly Traced.
Prof. Glenn W. Herrick,
state
entomologist and professor of
entomology of the Agricultural
and Mechanical college of Texas
at College Station, who is soon to
go to Cornell in a similar position,
has contributed an interesting
document to the discussion re-
garding the heel fly, in answer
to a question by the editor of the
Stockman and Farmer . of San
Antonio. Prof. Herrick says:
“Your letter, accompanied by
a fly in a bottle, received. Yes,
indeed, there is a heel fly, more
properly known as the bot fly or
ox warble fly, because it is this
fly that causes the so-called ox
warbles or wolves along the
backs of cattle. This fly lays its
eggs sometimes upon the heels
of cattle, but it does not bite the
latter, as is the popular notion.
A similar fly lays its yellowish
eggs upon the front legs and
shoulders of horses, attaching
them to the hairs. No doubt
every farmer has seen these eggs
which are very conspicuous on
horses in the summer time.
These flies do not sting or bite
the horses, although when they
are flying about, the horse will
stamp and throw up its head,
as though it were being injured
by the fly. As a matter of fact,
this movement of the horse is
evidently instinctive to prevent
the fly from depositing its egg,
rather than from any harm the
fly actually does at the time. Ex-
actly so with the heel fly. Cat-
tle stamp and run when these
flies are trying to deposit their
eggs, not because the cattle are
actually stung by the flies, but
evidently as an instinctive move-
ment of protection against the
deposition of the eggs.
“These flies have a very curi-
ous and interesting life history.
In the case of the horse, the eggs
are licked off and hatch in the
mouth, where the grubs or lar-
vae pass to the stomach and
attach themselves to the lining of
the stomach and constitute the
so-called bots of horses. When
these bots have attained growth
they pass out with the dung,
bore into the earth a short dis-
tance, and in thirty or forty days
come out ready to deposit eggs
again in a short time.
“In a similar way the eggs of
the heel fly are deposited on the
hair around the heels of cattle
and are licked off by the animal
into the mouth. Here they
hatch into grubs or larvae, which
actually pass through the walls
of the gullet, and get just under
the skin of the neck. From here
they actually work their way be-
tween the skin and the flesh,
through the loose blubbery tissue
to their position along the sides
of the backbone of the animal.
Here they are known as wolves.
Each grub has an opening
through the skin for air, and
they may be killed by stopping
these openings with grease. Af-
ther the wolves complete their
growth they come out of the skin,
pass through the pupa stage and
eventually develop into an adult
fly, thus completing their life
history. Glenn W. Herrick,
“State Entomologist. ’ ’
At The Villa.
A farewell supper and dance
was given Saturday night at 8:00
o’clock by the senior class of St.
Dominic Villa. The ball room
was artistically decorated in
green and white, and a buffet
supper of club-house sandwiches,
a variety of salads and accom-
paniments, was served. During
the dances ices, cakes and frozen
punch were also enjoyed. The
students were most exquisitely
gowned for the event at which
Misses Nelson, Wilson and Bea-
trice McDermott acted as hostess.
Others assisting were Misses
Nellie Cahill, Carrie Cartmell,
Lee Gilmore, Florence Buckman,
Ruth McDermott, Berenice Cle-
ments, Mary Moore, Beatrice
Guerrero, Sallie Newsum and
Mary Desmond
22 Minutes From Field To Biscuit.
That is the record made in the
little town of Waitsburg, state of
Washington, where in this short
space of time growing wheat was
cut down, threshed and sacked,
conveyed two miles by auto,
ground into flour and made into
biscuits. No special machinery
was erected to make the test,
every step proceeding by the
same methods as an ordinary
consignment of grain, except that
an automobile was used to carry
the grain to mill instead of the
interurban cars or two horse
team. The details of this record
are as follows:
At 9:04 in the morning the
first head was clipped from the
straw; at 9:08 the grain dis-
appeared through the capacious
maw of the thresher, sacked,
and the sacks sewed up and load-
ed into a thirty-horse power
automobile, which set off at a 40
mile an hour rate. In exactly three
minutes from the time the last
sack was sewed up in the field
the grain was weighed and
dropped into the receiving hop-
per, and the flour appeared in the
packer, when a baker seized upon
it, and at 9:20 the dough was
hurried into a well heated gaso - -i
line oven, and at 9:26 biscuits
baked to a beautiful brown were
passed around for the spectators’
approval.—Success. 1
Believes no Strike Will be Inaugurated.
Dallas, Texas, May 22.—No
developments took place here to-
day in regard to the anticipated
strike of the Texas and Pacific
firemen. The president of the
Brotherhood of firemen today de-
clared that the relations between
the road and brotherhood is not
strained and he believes that
there will be no strike inaugu-
rated.
Mayfield Still Wants Suit filed against
Road.
Austin, Texas, May 22.—Chair
man Mayfield of the State Rail-
road Commission today stated
that he directed the attorney
general two months ago to file a
suit against the International and
Great Northern for forfeiture of
charter but no action has ever
been taken. Mayfield says he
still wants the suit filed.
GETTING TO BE A NUISANCE.
“When Gelett Burgess wrote ‘Are
You a Bromide?”’ remarked some-
body, sadly, “he left, out one ‘bro-
mide,’ which I hear wherever I go.
I sling it. You sling it. Sulphites
one and all, sling it.”
“What is it?”
“This: ‘Doesn’t he look like a
character out of Dickens?’ By Jove,
I think I’ll get a job as a special
policeman with authority to put
characters out of Dickens back in
again!”
IS HALF AMERICAN.
Miss Moncheur, daughter of the
Belgian minister, Baron Moncheur,
who made her debut in Washington
society this winter, is as much
American as Beige. Her mother
was a Miss Padelford of Baltimore,
and she has passed a great deal of
her time since the death of her
mother with her maternal gand-
mother in Baltimore. The Padel-
fords are very wealthy and quite
handsome, and little Miss Moncheur
resembles them in appearance very
much.
It is declared with some show
of authority that the census of-
ficials in the south will be divided
equally between republicans and
democrats. This is progress; it
shows that at last we have a re-
publican administration that is
willing to admit that a democrat
1 can count.—Dallas News.
Don t use a scarecrow to
drive away the mail-
er wolf.
You can drive him out quickly if you use
the mail order houses own weapon—advertising,
hdail order concerns are spending thousands of dol-
lars every week in order to get trade from the
home merchants. Do you think for a minute
they would keep it up if they didn t get the busi-
ness?
Don t take it for granted that everyone with-
in a radius of 25 miles knows what you have to
sell, and what your prices are. Nine times out of
ten your prices are lower, hut the customer is in- *
fluenced hy the up-to-date advertising' of the
mail order house. Every article you advertise
should he described and priced. You must tell
your story m an interesting way, and when you
want to reach buyers of this community, use this
I - —
paper.
Tke Home Beautifier
\
9 We have just received a shipment of JAP-A-LAC,
» and we are anxious to discuss its merits with you.
If you are undecided what to use on that chair, set-
tee, stairway, door, Base-board, window-frame, cup-
board, floor, etc., allow us to suggest JAP-A-LAC,
the home beautifier, and the most economical cover-
ing for floors ever produced. JAP-A-LAC is made
in 15 beautiful colors, and dries with a line lustre.
| Call and let us give you further information.
| A Suggestidsa
§ We have everything needed in Kitchenware, tableware, etc., to gladclen
a the heart of. the housewife. Avoid the excessive heat of the wood
| stoves—keep your kitchen cool this summer—get a Quick Meal Gaso-
9 line stove. We have Charcoal, Charcoal Furnaces, Lawn Mowers,
a Sprinkling Hose, Freezers, all kinds of summer hardware.
Goods delivered free to any part of tire city.
FOX & MILLS
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IOE E. DILDY
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Lion Drugstore
Lamoasas - - Texas
j. D. Dorbanclt
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Schwarz & Hoffmann’s
Drugstore
Phone at office and residence
Lampasas - - Texas
R* O. Smith, ML D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Cassefl’s Drug Store.
Diseases of women and children
a specialty. Phone at office and
residence.
J. W. ELLIS
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Lion Drugstore
Lampasas - - Texas
Dr. A. M. ANDERSON
Office over Schwarz & Hoffmann
Telephone at office and residence
W. D. Francis
Physician and Surgeon
Will do a general practice in Lampasas
and surrounding country. Special at-
tention to deseases of the eye. Office
over Schwarz & Hoffmann’s.
Walter McCauley
Veterinary Surgeon
Permanently located in Lampasas,
M ill attend calls for sick or diseased
stock in town or surrounding country,
S. W. and Rural telephone connection.
Eugene Townsen
Barber and Hair Dresser
Shop 1st door north of Peoples National Bank
Good Workmen, and.Courteous Treat-
ment. Your patronage solicited.
CHURCH DIRECTORY
BAPTIST CHURCH
H. B. Woodward, pastor. Preach-
ing every Sunday morning and evening.
Sunday school at 9:45 a.m.: J.H. Dick-
son, superintendent. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evenings.
METHODIST CHURCH
T. F, Sessions, pastor. Preaching
every Sunday morning and evening,
tunday school at 9 :45 a. m.; W. B. Ab-
ney, superintendent.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Ernest J. Bradley, pastor. Preaching
every Sunday. Sunday school at 9:45
h. m ; J. W. Moore, superintendent.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
I. N. Clack, pastor. Sunday school
at 9:45 a. m.; W. E. McLean, superin-
tendent. Preaching every Sunday morn
ing and evening.
Prayermeeting every Wednesday night
at 7:30.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST—SCIENTIST
Sunday school at 10 a. m. Sunday
services at 11 a. m. and Wednesday
evenings at 8 o’clock. Reading room
over the Penny store, open 2 to 6 p. m
on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
The public is cordially invited. No
charges.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev. Jas, B. Snowball, rector. Sun-
day services: Morning prayer and ser
mon at 11 o’clock. Eveniug prayer and
sermon at 7:30. Sunday school at 9:45;
litany every Friday afternoon at 5.
COUNTY DIRECTORY
County Judge—M. M. White,
County Clerk—J. E. Morgan.
District Clerk—A. F. Baker,
sheriff and fax C o 1 1 e c t o r—A.R.
M ce.
Assessor—E T. Jordan.
Treasurer—G. W. Tinkle.
Attorney—John Mackey.
County Court meets third Monday in
tun ary, April. July and October.
District Court meets first Monday in
April and October,
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Precinct 1—W. H. Simmons.
*2—R. B. Parker.
“ 3—Frank Kirby.
“ 4—Luke Ligon,
Commissioners Court meets second
Monday in February, May, August and
November.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 1616, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 25, 1909, newspaper, May 25, 1909; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth910573/m1/4/?q=EARTH: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lampasas Public Library.