New Ulm Enterprise (New Ulm, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, March 30, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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Volume 7, No. 25.'
NEW ULM, TEXAS, MARCH 30, 1917.
$1.50 Per Year
Important Bills of the Session.
A Proposed Road Law.
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Grapes are one of nature’s
best gifts to men. Laake’s wines
are made from the best varie-
ties.
To Rural Route- Patrons.
You are hereby -informed to
meet the carrier at your box, or
come to the postoffice, when you
wish to purchase a money order,
register a letter, or insure a par-
cel. As per amendment to the
Postal Laws and Regulations.
Gus. R. Voigt, Postmaster.
Saturday, April 7tb, is election
day and the people of the New
Ulm Independent School Dis-
trict will have the privilege of
voting for four trustees to serve
them during the next two years.
Those whose terms expire and
who stand for re-election are C.
A. Dorbritz, C. W. Howe, H. L.
Voskamp, and A. G. Aurich.
There will be no opposition to
the election of the members
above, for during their term of
office the New Ulm School has
made more progress than was
done in ten years previous to
their election. They stand for
progress and every citizen of
New Ulm who is progressively
inclined will support them; be-
cause they know that whatever
is for the best interests of the
school, the trustees named above
will always be found supporting
it. Come out and vote so they
will know that you appreciate
the service they have given you.
S. W. Bilsing, Acting Professor of
Entomology, A. and M. College
of Texas.
Some Common Insets Affecting
Garden Vegetables.
Bekanntmachung.
Sonntag den 6ten Mai, Nach-
mittag 2 Uhr, findet die Jahres-
versamlung des New Ulm Fried-
hofvereins in J. J. Frnka’s Halle
statt.
Der Graeberschmuekungstag
ist auf Sonntag den 15ten April
festgesetzt worden.
P&s Qomitee.
STRIPED CUCUMBER BEETLE.'
There are two insects which
attack cucumbers and melons
soon after they apppar above the
surface of the ground. One of
these is called the striped cu-
cumber beetle. It is about two-
fifths of an inch in length, and is
of a bright yellow color with a
black head and has three black
stripes on the wing covers.
These insects live over winter
near where they have been feed-
ing the previous fall. They
emerge early in the spring and
are ready to begin feeding on the
young cucumbers as soon as they
are above the ground. After
feeding a few days the beetles
pair and the female commences
to deposit eggs. The eggs are
deposited singly and are dropped
in the crevices of the soil. Each
female deposits about 100 eggs
and they hatch in about 8 days.
These eggs hatch into minute
slender larvae or worms, which
mine into the roots of the cucum-
bers. The injury by the larvae
is seldom noticeable. The worm
or laval stage becomes full grown
in about a month and then chang-
es into a resting stage below the
surface of the soil. The resting
stage is whitish in color and lasts
from one to two weeks. The
main injury is done by the adult
beetles which feed on the leaves
of the seedlings.
Where one has only a few
plants the insect can be controll-
ed by making small rectangular
boxes and covering the top with
wire netting and leaving the bot-
tom open. By placing these
boxes over the hills of cucumbers
they can be protected. Another
way of making a similar contriv-
ance is to cut a barrel hoop in
two parts and nail them to an-
other hoop. The whole is then
covered with wire netting.
The best remedy is to spray
the plants with arsenate of lead
at the rate of 1 to 2 pounds of
powdered arsenate of lead per
50 gallons of water or 3 pounds
of paste arsenate of lead per 50
gallons of water.
The beetles can be kept off the
plants by dusting them with air
slacked lime mixed with sulphur
or tobacco dust.
TWELVE-SPOTTED CUCUMBER
BEETLE.
Another insect which attacks
cucumbers is the 12 spotted cu-
cumber beetle. It is bright
green in color and has 12 black
spots on the wing covers. It is
very often confused with the
lady beetles, but should not be
mistaken for them since they
are beneficial insects while this
one is injurious. The 12-spotted
cucumber beettie feeds on a
great variety of plants, besides
cucumbers. Here in Texas it
flies almost the entire year and
may be found in the garden al-
most any time. Its life history
is similar to the striped cucum-
ber beetle. The eggs are also
laid on corn in the case of this
insect and from that fact it is
often called the Southern corn
root worm.
The same control methods may
be us«4 as for the striped cu-
cumber beetle.
SQUASH BUGS.
The well known "squash bugs”
is an enemy of squashes, melons,
etc. This insect is a dull grayish
brown and is about three-fourths
of an inch in length. It is very
often called "the stink bug” be-
cause of the offensive odor which
it emits. The squash bug lives
over the winter under rubbish,
in trash piles and around squash
vines. As soon as spring comes
on these insects emerge from
their hiding places and as soon
as the squash plant has attained
sufficient growth the commence
to lay their dark brown eggs on
the surface of the leaves.
The eggs are laid on both the
top and bottom surfaces of the
leaves and hatch in from ten to
fifteen days into brilliantly color-
ed young bugs. These at first
have no wings but after they
have molted or shed their skin
five times the wings become
fully formed.
The eggs of this insect are
easily seen and can be picked off
the plants and destroyed. This
insect has the habit of crawling
under clods of earth to spend the
night. If pieces of board are
placed around in the squash
patch they will crawl under these
at night instead of seeking a
place among the clods of earth.
By going around early in the
morning and removing the
boards the bugs can be collected
and dropped into a bucket con-
taining water to which a
amount of kerosene has
added.
Burning up the vines or
ing them under in the fall of the
year will materially reduce the
number of insects,
trash and rubbish will also
considerably.
miles and 18 miles in the cities.
Authorizing cities and towns
of over 200 population to incor-
porate.
Fixing a uniform date for
county and precinct officers to
qualify and naming the date as
December following the election.
Providing that the history of
the State shall be
history course
schools in Texas.
Providing for
ment of two colonies for the
the treatment of persons suffer-
ing from tuberculosis.
Requiring county tax collect-
ors to deposit funds collected as
soon as collected.
Allowing the working of short
term convicts on county roads.
Amending the State libel law
so as to restore the common law
defense.
Permitting a person under in-
dictment to plead guilty when
court is not in session and begin
serving his sentence.
Reducing tax collectors’ bonds
fixing the maximum at $100,000.
Bellville Times of last
issue carries a copy of
bill for Austin
Representative
to have enacted
Burning
help
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The efficient and quick work of
the New Ulm Volunteer Fire De-
partment, was all that saved the
residence of Mrs. Pille from dis-
astrous ruin, on Tuesday.
At about eleven o’clock the
call of "Fire” was heard and the
alarm bell quickly sounded. In-
stantly every man in town left
his place of business, and soon
had the fire extinguisher at Mrs.
Pille’s home. Quite a strong
north wind was blowing, and the
flames from the roof spread
rapidly, but quickly men were
on top of the house, others get-
ting supplies of water from Hugo
Frnka’s and in a short time the
flames were under control. The
fire started from a defective flue
in the kitchen, and burned quite
a great deal of the roof.
used in the
of all public
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the establish-
Among the general bills of im-
portance finally passed by the
legislature during the regular
session are:
The State highway department
bill, creating a commission of
three members, the companion
bill which gives the assent of the
State to the federal appropria-
tion for aiding the states in the
construction of highways.
The wolf scalp bill carrying an
appropriation of $200,000.
The rural school law, carrying
an appropriation of $2,000,000 for
aiding rural schools.
A bill amending the law relat-
ive to county depositories.
Extending the material man’s
lien law to apply on oil well drill-
ing outfits and leases.
Appropriating $70,000 for the
State health departmedt to carry
on intensive rural health and
sanitation work.
Conferring upon corporations
the power to borrow money in
excess of their capital stock.
The county library bill, author-
izing the levying of a special tax
for the support and maintenance
of county libraries.
The child labor bill, which
makes more stringent the law
on this subject and adds a num-
ber of employments in which
children are not permitted to
work.
The federal farm loan bank bill
which permits the investing of
Texas securities in the bonds to
be issued by this bank.
The bat bill, prohibiting the
killing of bats.
Making it unlawful after Jan-
uary, 1920, to sell vehicles with a
capacity of more than 2,000 lbs.
which has tires less than 3 15-16
inches wide.
Mothers pension bill,
granting pension to widowed and
indigent mothers.
Transferring to board of coun-
ty school trustees all jurisdiction
in school matters now vested in
the county commissioners.
Allowing the formation of
mers co-operative societies.
Allowing condemnation
property for school purposes
and burial grounds.
Extending the mechanics lien
law to newspaper workers.
Making it a crime to coerce
girls from the Girls Training
school at Gainesville.
The compulsory tick eradica-
tion a measure.
Providing a penalty for the
desecration of the American flag.
For purchase and lease of real
property by school trustees in all
common school districts.
Amending the employers li-
ability act.
Directing the State superinten-
dent of public instruction to re-
quire county judges to make re-
ports relating to the condition of
the school funds.
Establishing a bureau of vital
statistics.
Requiring legal notices to be
printed in a newspaper of gener-
al circulation instead of being
posted as at present.
Requiring automobile repair
shops and garages to keep a
record of cars repaired, so as to
to keep track of cars stolen.
Revision of the speed laws so
as to limit the speed of motor
cwrsqn public highways at 251
The
week’s
a road
which
wishes
law at the Called session
legislature in April. The bill, as
written by Rep. Miller, proposes
the creation of an office of Coun-
ty Road Superintendent which
officer is to have entire control
of all the road work in the coun-
ty as well as the power of ap-
pointing and discharging all road
overseers. He is given control
of all machinery, equipment and
materials used in working the
roads. A bond is required for
the faithful performance of all
duties pertaining to his office as
well as the care of all property
used in the construction of the
roads. A salary not to exceed
$125 per month is proposed.
However, the present system of,.
having a Commissioner’s Court
would still remain in force and
the Road Superintendent would
be under the direct control of
the aforesaid court. This court
is given the power of appointing
the road superintendent to serve
for a term of two years and the
power of discharging such officer
is left with the court that makes
the appointment.
There seems to be a conflict in
the following sections of the pro-
posed law—Section 9 reads: “He
may contract with any person
subject to road duty for the use
of teams; and permit such per-
son to discharge sush road duty
by the use of such double teams
but he shall never allow more
than two dollars per day for any
team, nor more than three dol-
lars per day for any hand and
double team.” While Section 11
reads: "No laborer shall be
paid exceeding twenty cents per
hour, for labor performed, nor
shall any one be paid exceeding
thirty-five cents per hour for
double team and driver, and then
only for the time actually engag-
ed in the work.” We are of the
opinion that the law sets eight
hours as a day’s work on all pub-
lic work; but it really makes no\;
difference whether it is eight or
ten hours the conflict would ex-
ist; as in one instance the wages
would be below the scale set, and
above it in the other.
It is not for us to say whether
the bill would remedy any of the
defects now existing, but we will
say that it has been tried in more
populous counties and proved
very satisfactory. We should
imagine that its success would
depend entirely upon the man
who was selected to act as super-
intendent.
There is one feature in the
bill that appeals to us and that is
where reference is made to the
working of convicts on the coun-
ty roads. It would be of benefit
to our little town in that it would
put a stop to disturbances of the
“loafing negro” element. Hardly
a week passes by but what there
is not some ki»d of a row in the
negro quarters, and it appears
as if it will continue until some
white man has to clean up things
so he will be sure of being able
to go to and from his work with-
out having to listen to their rack-
et,
No,
through ..New Ulm Monday was
not loaded with dynamite, al-
though the boxes resembled cas-
es of that explosive. It was,
however, a sign of preparedness;
for they were beehives that were
being taken into the timber,
where the bees can gather the
pollen from the huckleberry
bushes.
Mr. Krueger is getting ready
to meet the high cost of sugar
by having honey to offer as a
substitute to the trade. He has
been in the apiary business for
several years and is one of the
most successful honey produc-
ers in this section. The output
of his apiary goes up into hun-
dreds of pounds each year.
The honey he offers to the
public is clear and very palatable,
consequently he always has a de-
mand for his products.
There are other apiaries near
here, but none have gone into the
business on an extensive
like Mr. Krueger.
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Brown, O. M., Jr. New Ulm Enterprise (New Ulm, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, March 30, 1917, newspaper, March 30, 1917; New Ulm, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1193535/m1/1/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Nesbitt Memorial Library.