Eagle Pass News-Guide. (Eagle Pass, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1910 Page: 4 of 19
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DR Y FARMERS
ARE IN SESSION
SECOND ANNUAL MEETING
A Large Attendance and Very Successful
Meeting of Agricultural Experts,
It is a success. Delegates from j Alpine, one of the vice-presi-
aH over Texas are here. Nine- dents of the Congress, responded
fy arrived Wednesday afternoon j on behalf of the delegates and
besides many visitors. The Eagle [ visitors. Dr. Berkelev is one of
Pass Automobile Club met the the most eloquent orators in
delegates at the depot, took them Texas, and on this occasion he
to the court house where they even exceeded his customary ex-
registered, then all were properly cellent delivery. As President
located at hotels and private resi- Martin stated,' the association
dences.
The exhibits are good. One
from Uvalde and one from Kinney
County Dawson farm, being
especially good. The Uvalde
exhibit consists of excellent
samples of broom corn raised
by W. H. Smith, white corn by
G. H. Brigman, red corn by G.
W. Carter, millet by S. 0. Booth,
seeded sorghum and cotton by
I. N. Hall of Knippa, corn and
kaffir corn, G. E Rylander, and
red top sorghum, by G. H. Brig-
man. Also some healthy corn
fourteen feet high, with numer-
ous well formed ears of corn,
raised by John Gibbons. The
Uvalde exhibit is really a credi-
table one and shows that Uvalde
is a good country for a working
man to locate in.
The Dawson farm on Las Moras
creek, Kinney county also has a
good exhibit. It consists of well
formed cotton, corn, broom corn,
sorghum, and mil© maize.
Joe Kerr of Sanderson brought
down some fine corn and cotton,
well formed, raised right there
at Sanderson under “dry farm-
ing.” This is very good,
Wiley Tucker, of Bowie has on
exhibition some fine Duchess pear
and splendid specimens of
peaches.
The tobacco from the Rohleder
Bros, farm near Eagle Pass is at-
tracting favorable comment.
The Dolch and Dobrowolski
farm near Eagle Pass have some
fine specimens of hay, corn, oats
and sugar cane.
FIRST SESSION.
The district court room was
crowded at night for the first
session. President G. A Martin,
of El Pci so, called the meeting to
order, after two excellent selec-
tions by Mr. Jos. DeBona’s or-
chestra. For the benefit of the
visitors we will state that this or-
chestra is not a regular organiza-
tion cf professional musicians,
but is composed of the citizens,
business men and ladies of Eagle
Pass, who always heartily re-
spond to a call from Mr. Jos. De-
Bona to help give a musical treat.
had some men who could tklk and
some who could say things and
Dr, Berkeley was among those
who could and did say things—he
also knows how to talk. This
was an excellent number.
Mr. R, L. McKibbin, passenger
agent of the G. H. & S. jA. at
San Antonio also delivered a
short response and stated that
the railroads were always 'will-
ing and ready to lend assistance
to such moves as this that tend-
ed toward the industrial develop-
ment of the country.
The orchestra then treated the
large audience to another excel-
lent selection, and so much ap-
preciated was it, that they were
compelled to respond to an en-
core;
President Martin then deliver-
ed an excellent address on the
origin and objects of the dry
farming movement. Stated that
his attention was first called to it
by attempts made in the El Paso
section to farm, and that if it
could be made a success in that
section, it could be made success-
ful anywhere. He wanted all to
take part, and fry to get all put
of the meeting possible By ex-
changing experiences, discussing
different conditions, etc., much
good would result.
Mr. T. J. Barron, special
agent of the United States Agri-
cultural Department, was called
upon and told what he was doing
by dry farming methods. lie
answered many pointed ques-
tions and gave his experience
with different crops.
After another selection by the
orchestra the meeting adjourned
till 9:30 Thursday morning.
President Martin called the
meeting to order at 9:30, and in-
troduced Mr. J. L. Quicksall,
special agent of the U. S. agri-
cultural department, in charge
of the demonstration work at
Waco, who spoke at length on
the subject of “Forage Crops for
West Texas.” Mr. Quicksall
was thoroughly conversant with
his subject and his address was
of direct benefit to every one
[agent of the U. S. agricultural
department at Oklahoma, was
the next speaker and spoke on
“Farm Management in Dry Land
Regions.” This was a good ad-
dress and valuable to all.
I. N. Hall, of Knippa who had
some fine cotton, sorghum and
milo maize on exhibition, was
called upon to tell how he raised
it. He did so in a clear way and
was intently followed by the
audience.
Ralf Balzen also raised some
fine cotton at Knippa and told
about his method of farming
along the same lines.
Jno. D. Beck, told of what he
did on his. farm ten miles from
San Antonio.
J. C. Damron, of Stockdale,
Wilson County, gave the Con-
gress the benefit of his experi-
ence and proved of great value
in imparting information.
T. J. Martin, of Kinney County
told of the success of dry farm-
ing along the Las Moras creek
in Kinney County and showed
some excellent samples of de-
monstration of the methods
used there. His talk was inter-
esting and instructive.
The Congress adjourned for
lunch, and at 2:30 the delegates
were tsken in charge by the
Eagle Pass Automobile Club and
given a ride out to the Coal
Mines where they inspected that
industry, then to the irrigated
farm below town, then to the
roping contest in C. P. Diaz.
Tonight Prof. Attwater will
deliver his famous lecture on
“Undeveloped Resources,” and
Prof. Dominguez will deliver an
j address.
The selection of the next place
will be made tomorrow, Friday
morning.
Following were among the del-
egates in attendance:
A. M. Pyron, San Antonio; H.
P. Attwater, Houston; L. H.
Haker, Bob Gray, A. Lehmann,
Hugh Hobbs, J. 0. Boehmer, W.
E. Miller, Maverick county; F.
W. Malley, Austin, state agricul-
tural department; F. F. Vander-
voort, Carrizo Springs; Gus Mc-
Cracken, Floresville; John R.
Sanford, T. C. Carrington, Eagle
Pass; Rolf Balzen, Knippa, Uvalde
county; J. L. Crawford, Dr. B.
F. Berkey and wife, Alpine; I.
N. flail, Knippa, Uvalde county;
F. M. Getzendaner, Uvalde; S.
H. Barton, Val Verde county; H.
H. Harrington and wife, and Ross
Harrington, College Station; Ed.
R. Kone, state agricultural com-
missioner, Austin; J. T. Snelus,
Valentine; B. Youngblood, Okla-
homa City; W. D. Hunter, Joe
Kerr, S. B. Hudson, F. N. Har-
rell, W. H. Lemon, W. H. Mans-
field, Sanderson; Zeferino Dom-
inguez and son, Victor, and sec-
retary, Amos Caleri, Mexico; J.
L. Quicksall, Waco; G. A. Mar-
tin, El Paso; J.C. Damron, Stock-
dale; Levi Baker, Goliad; T. Y.
Hardin, J. 0. Berryman, Stock-
dale; Benj. F. Berkeley, Alpine;
W. Y. Davidson, Zavalla county;
T. J. Martin, Spofford; R. L.
Dawson, Abbott; J. H. Fletcher,
M. D., H. Frerichs, C. W. Gil-
liam, Hondo; J.T. Barron, Worthy;
A. S. Smith, R. E. Potter, Del,
Rio; H. E. Scott, Des Moines,
Iowa; C. A. Luckenback, Emil
Beck, Asherton; B. Brown, Del
Rio; John C. Beck,Bexar county;
J.W.Musgrave, Maverick county;
Wiley Tucker, Montague; Asher
Richardson, Asherton; Stanley F.
Morse, agricultural expert of the
National Lines of Mexico; E. R.
Rice, Corpus Christi; N. W.
Holmes, Zavalla county; H. A.W.
Frick, Geo. Herring, Theo.Wipff,
Jos. Wipff, Maverick county;
Richard Fatsch, Felis, Kinney
county.
NOTES.
Mr. L. H. Haker came in with
four large stalks of well formec
cotton which he raised on the
Burk ranch in Maverick county,
twenty-eight miles from this city.
Mr. Haker raised this cotton un-
der a system of dry farming that,
if generally practiced, would
convert this entire western sec-
tion into a prosperous farming
country. The cotton is of the
very best. It averaged over half
a bale to the acre, and Mr. Haker
had about fifty acres of it. It is
such demonstrations that convert
skeptics. Cotton of this sort,
raised right here in Maverick
county with the unusually short
rainfall, is sufficient demonstra-
tion of the value of dry farming
methods.
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Mr. Hugh Hobbs, of the east-
ern part of Maverick county, has
on exhibition a fine sample of
cotton about the same as that of
Mr. Haker’s. Mr. Hobbs is a
true dry farmer and does not
object to work. He also has on
exhibition a fifty-pound water-
melon raised on his ranch in this
‘ ‘arid west” without a
irrigation.
These Shoes are as far superior to the old
fashioned boiler-plate work shoes as the
electric light is to the tallow=dip.
The uppers are extra-plump weight Chrome
Calf; thoroughly tanned with oak hark which makes
them as soft and easy as kid. The soles are solid
leather, Goodyear welt and will “wear like wire.”
For all working purposes this shoe is a leader
and is in line with modern ideas of 2©th Century
comfort.
If your dealer does not have this shoe please write us
" feda ‘
«T. LOUIS.
AL. A. SWITZER
Wholesale and Ketail
GROCERIES
Mi and Feed Stulls. Pioneer Mills Flours. Frills.
Particular Care in Prompt Delivery to Family Trade. Phone 66
STAPLE and
FANCY
article on Maverick county which a cross between the luscious froc
will be issued by the Agricultural and the lizzard, discovered by
Department.
Roy Miller, secretary of the
Corpus Christi Commercial Club,
wired to the Congress a warm
invitation to hold the next Con-
gress at Corpus Christi and ex-
tending regrets that he could not
be present.
Prof. H. P. Attwater, indus-
trial agent of the Southern Paci-
Fc, from Houston, got in on
Tuesday and has been busy ever
since doing all he can toward
making the big meeting a success.
The Professor always makes
good with the ladies and on this
droV'of occasion he brought with him a
supply of pretty calendars issued
by his company which he gave
to the ladies as souvenirs. He
was awfully sorry he did not
bring more.
Greetings from the National
Dry Farming Congress and from
C. K. Dunlap, General Passenger
Agent of the Southern Pacific
and many others were wired to
the Congress.
Fred W. Malley, of the Texas
Agricultural Department, arrived
on Tuesday so as to get acquaint-
ed with the natural resources of
the county, and is preparing an
Eke orchestra on this occasion who heard it. At the close of
was composed of Mr. Jos. De-|his address he was plied with
fAina, director; Mrs. F. V. Blesse, j numerous questions bringing out
pimm: Miss Florence Grove, 1st important information for farm-.
violffi;; Mr. R. C. DeBona, 1st
violin;: Sh. Rafael Cabrera, 2nd
vMi'n; Miss Emma Grove, viola;
Sr. A. Tamayo, cello; Sr. Isaac
Garcia, flute; Mr. Geo. Cheek,
clarinet; Mr. C. F. Pilgrim, cor-
net; Mr. Otto Ziegler, horn; Sr.
Rodriguez, trombone; Mr. Denal-
sanp, drums.
President Martin then intro-
duced Mr. John R. Sanford, pre-
sident of the Eagle Pass Indus-
trial League, who delivered a
warm and cordial address of wel-
come on behalf of the city of
Eagle Pass. He said it was cus-
tomary to turn over the keys of
the city to guests, but in Eagle
Pass there were no locks, there-
fore no keys to turn over, that
neither keys nor locks were need-
ed here, that everything the
guests could want would be pro-
vided if they let their wants be
known.
Dr. Benjamin F. Berkeley, of
ers in this western section. He
showed clearly that milo maize
of the finest quality can be easily
raised here as well as other for-
age crops.
Prof. Malley, of the state ex-
perimental station, delivered a
good talk, and advised all dele-
gates to get the bulletins issued
by the department, which would
be furnished free. He also was
plied with questions and told how
to raise crops by dry farming
methods in the dry districts as
learned by actual experience. He
thought seed selection the most
important thing to consider and
believed the commercial clubs
centered too much on city build-
ing and omitted the encourage-
ment of agricultural industry.
The commercial clubs should put
a part of their bonus money into
the country and especially should
every county have a seed farm.
Prof. B. Youngblood, special
To the Visitors:
We extend to you a hearty welcome
to our city and sincerely request
that, if there is any thing we can do
that will add to your pleasure or
comfort, you will command us.
Very respectfully,
T. Y. Hardin, J. C. Damron
and J. 0. Berryman are here
representing Wilson county, and
are valuable delegates in many
ways.
Just as was expected that fel-
low Getzendaner came over from
Uvalde with an “eye opener” in
the way of exhibits. When Get-
zendaner overlooks a chance to
push Uvalde county to the front
it will be time to close up shop
and go home, for there is nothing
doing anywhere.
Mr. Asher Richardson and his
son came over to attend the Con-
gress, and Mr. Richardson has
some valuable pointers on dry
farming that will prove beneficial
to all.
J * Vi vu
Geo. Rohleder, and thrive in “dry
farming” districts. Fred Raw-
son is the owner of the animals.
Mr. A. H. Allen, of the Indio,
came in to attend the Congress
and learn how to make things
grow without water. He is
learning.
Judge F. F. Vandervoort* of
Carrizo Springs, is here with a
big delegation from that section
and will be able to tell those who
could not come many valuable
things that will rebound to the
benefit of that already rich
section.
T. J. Mays, of Sanderson, has
on exhibition some fine pumpkins
and squash. W. J. Banner has
some fine onions and some peach
preserves; and J. B. Ross has
some fine peach preserves on ex-
hibition. All of these were
raised at Sanderson.
F. J. Carle, the hustler from
D’Hanis, has some fine D’Hanis
red brick on exhibition.
Sanderson came down in great
shape. That horned toad Jesse
McKee sent the Secretary of the
Congress was an all right exhibit
from Sanderson, and is only a
forerunner of the rough time
those who do not attend the
press convention at Sanderson
next month will have.
The court house decorations
surprised the visitors. They
thought they were coming to
“dry farming” country and did
not expect to see so many pretty
live flower and palm decorations.
This was the work of Mrs. Dena
K. Graves, Mrs. Cate and Mrs.
J. A. Harvin, of the Civic Im-
provement League. If the ladies
could hear all the nice things'
that were said about their work,
they would think they were well
repaid for their effort.
A couple of Rohlizzards, from
the farm of Geo. Rohleder at
Monte Seco, are attracting atten-
tion. These delicious animals are
Dry Farming in Southwest Texas
Hard work and poverty goes hand in
hand,
Trying to farm on this arid land,
And many a lie the real estate dealers
will tell,
In order that there worthless land to
sell.
They tell you that farming is all very
nice,
And whatever you raise you can sell
for a big price,
That you can raise two crops in one
year,
And it takes fifteen acres to pasture
one steer.
They tell you the climate is so mild
they never have frost,
And it never does rain unless a
cloud gets lost,
I have plowed, harrowed and planted
in vain,
But nothing won’t grow because it
won’t rain.
My corn is all dried up and my cotton
is turning brown,
And my clothes are so shabby I am
ashamed to go to town,
My neighbors all their bad luck does
bewail,
As for myself, I am going to hit the
trail.
I raised nothing this year, last or the
year before,
And now it is all off, I won’t farm
any more,
The truth is terrible, but it I must
tell,
If you don t have on a big jag you
can't even raise Hell.
G. W. B.
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Boehmer, Joseph O. Eagle Pass News-Guide. (Eagle Pass, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1910, newspaper, August 19, 1910; Eagle Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1098700/m1/4/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.