The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, May 15, 1925 Page: 4 of 8
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All parties who have made verbal requests for water
for irrigation purposes during the 1925 season will please
make these requests in writing, showing the number of
acres, location, survey, league, block number, owner, out of
what canal water is desired, and present or mail these re-
quests into the office of the Markham and Gulf Coast Irri-
gation Company’s offices in Bay City, Texas.
of the man or concern that
believe in it.
of you when they think of your breed
and you will profit thereby.
SUBSCRIPTION BATES:
WEEKLY
Colds Cause Grip and Influenza
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove
the cause. There is only one “Bromo Quinine.”
E. W. GROVE’S signature on box. 30c.
eggs,
from
hours.
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By Miss Betty M. Hart.
Advertising is the life of the poul-
The hen is the first
When she lays an egg
MARKHAM IRRIGATION CO.
GULF COAST IRRIGATION CO.
COLORADO CANAL
MATAGORDA CANAL CO.
TEXAS IRRIGATION CO.
BLUE CREEK CANAL CO.
LANE CITY CANAL
is the slogan and COMPLETE CONTROL OF
MITES AND LICE POSSIBLE
BY PROPER METHODS
cotton fields.
law deal with the resultant pauper-
ism? Those reformers who are ad-
vocating the sweeping and immediate
abolition of child labor are most of
them actuated by the highest and
most sincere motives. But, like most
reformers, their absorption in the ob-
jective makes them oblivious of the
logical means leading up to it.—Gal-
veston News.
No Worms in a Healthy Child
All children troubled with Worms have an u»
healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as t,
rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance
GROVE’S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly
for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, im-
prove the digestion, and act as a General Strength-
ening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then
throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child will be
in perfect health. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days
druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails
to cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
Piles, Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and yon
an get restful sleep after first application. 60&
MATAGORDA COUNTY TRIBUNE
By TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY
World Peace
purpose of the advertising clubs of
the world now in convention at Hous-
ton. Well, if anything can bring
universal peace, advertising can — it
gets everything else, even to the goat
doesn’t ■
CAREY SMITH
Entered at the Postoffice at Bay City, Texas, as second class mail matter
under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879
Any erroneous reflection upon the character or standing of any person or
business concern will be readily and willingly corrected upon its being
brought to the attention of the publishers.
The paper will be conducted upon the highest possible plane of legitimate
newspaper business. __
Individually and in the aggre-
gate there is no instantaneous solu-
tion. We must get at the effect by
That is to say,
The Bay City Rotary Club had as
education (ing so
them, that they will call for their
product when they go to buy.
Think of the successful breeders of (talk by the president, David Watkins,
standard bred poultry whose names and each responded with a few
Other speakers were Sam
How did they be- Sholars, E. N. Gustafson, W. O. Steph-
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Saturday evening about twenty-eight
members of the graduating class of
J. D. H. S., and the members of the
school board.
During the dinner the members and
visitors were entertained bp Presi-
tdent Gus, after which the meeting
son and during the dull months he i _ , ______________ „„
cuts his ad down to a smaller size, its honor guests at its open meeting*"**
but keeps his name and business be-
fore the public aot all times.
Notice the ads of the big compa-
nies on the billboards along the pub-
lic highways. None of these people
oither law.
| The report of the National Child
ting the introduction of no insects Labor
later or by semi-annual treatment to
destrop the pests.
Of the treatments for lice, none
has been found more effective than
sodium floride, w’hich is a white pow-
der resembling table salt. One
thorough application of this insecti-
! cide will kill all lice on the chickens
! treated from from the eggs. Chemi-
cally pure sodium floride may be
bought but commercial sodium floride
is pure enough and costs less. Be
sure to get the name right when
calling for the substance at the drug
Applying Insecticide.
There are two ways of applying the
One of these is the
1 pinch method and the other is the
' dipping method.
I The Canal Companies are now ready to make water
contracts covering the 1925 season. The acreage is going
to be limited during the coming season and priority will
rule in regards to contracts.
Committee makes no recom-
mendation. But to one familiar with '
the work of the committee it is not
hard to guess that if a recommen-
It is perhaps not a matter of gen-
eral knowledge, but Texas produces
65 per cent of the world’s sulphur.
And, possibly, as much as three-
fourths of that 65 per cent is pro-
duced in this, Miatagorda County.
Texas is the third state- in oil pro-
duction, first in cotton, first in gen-
eral agriculture, first in size and in
Tailroad mileage. Extensive deposits !
of potash, kaolin, gypsum, iron ore, I
lignite, natural gas, quick silver and
building materials are being discov-
ered land put in shape for large com-
mercial uses. Is lit any wonder,
therefore, that the world is begin-
ning to look to Texas as the greatest
industrial possibility ever known?
Is it any wonder that capital is flow-
ing into Texas for investment? An
empire within itself, the state will
soon be able to clothe and feed the
world.
The year 1924-1925 of Jeff Davis j
High School is nearing its close and
the program will be as follows:
Grammar School Commencement
will be Thursday evening, May 28,
at the First Baptist Church. Mr. G.
A. Moore will address the graduates.
Sunday, May 31, Bishop Quinn, of
Houston, will preach the Baccalaure-
ate sermon at the First Methodist
Church at 11 a. m.
Monday evening the Graduation of
the Class of 1925 will be in the Bap-
tist Church and Dr. E. E. Oberholt-
zer, of Houston, will deliver the ad-
dress to the class.
Remember the dates and show your
pride in your school by your pres-
ence at these graduation services.
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SPECIAL RATES APPLY MONDAY
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THE VALUE OF CONSTANT
ADVERTISING
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“The constant drops of water.
Wears away the hardest stone,
The constant gnaw of Towser,
Masticates the toughest bone.
The constant cooing lover,
Carries off the blushing maid.
And the constant advertiser.
Is the one who gets the trade.”
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bay CITY 3: HOUSTON 2.
When the feathers <
parted the lice may be seen running ‘ necessary. Legislative assistance can ! are in business and producing a good ■ who acted as toastmaster for the oc
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! why a flock of chickens can not be ■ given in the compulsory
kept entirely free from lice, ivlLLcx
by starting them free and permit-1
hand and dip her into the
while ruffling her feathers
Quickly sub-
her head and pull her out,
and after letting her drain a moment
set her free. The cost by either of
these methods per bird is but slight.
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COTTON FIELDS COMPETING
WITH SCHOOLROOMS
In an
played here yesterday, Bay City de-
feated the W. C. Munn team, of
Houston, 3 to 2.
The game was called at the end
of the 7th inning on account of rain.
Confederate veterans, sons and
daughters and others who might wish
to attend the Confederate Re-union
in Dallas next week, are advised that
the special rates apply next Monday.
Those going will leave Bay City on
Monday morning to join the Dick
Dowling Camp, at Houston, for spe-
cial train excursion to Dallas that
evening.
Let
a few
months, and they are going to gradu-
ally forget him. Some other con-
stant advertiser is going to usurp his
place in their thoughts. So remem-
ber folks, if you are going to make
a success with your poultry business,
advertise constantly.
You never heard of Armour & Co.,
Hart. Shaffner & Marx, or The Texas
Company, just advertising three or
four months during the year. They
advertise all the time and their busi-
The same will apply! National Insurance Building,
in TZnA-rt HAMr VI O W A ' A.___ rm ___ ___ -ir___ no___3 •« A c
One of the big ones attending the
advertising convention a t Houston
suggested to his co-workers that, “we
cut out brass bands and get down to
brass tacks.” That would be a good
slogan for everybody to adopt. Cut
out the blare, the show, the noise,
the bombast, the bigger-than-you, the
pomp and glory and settle down to
the serious work of life. Do thjs
meekly, unostentatiously, sincerely,
and the world will move along faster,
better, and more profitably. In coun-
cil and organization there is always
to be found much that is good land
entertaining, but the powers that run
the business of the world are seldom ,
heard in the furore of the times. The
“powers” are those men who silent-
ly and unseen, and rarely are ever
heard, solve the great problems of
the times in the solitude of their own
offices. Thev are the men who are
invariably and constantly “down to
brass tacks” and at work while ora-
tory flows and big horns blow.
and the silvery skins discarded by
growing mites.
How Red and Gray Mites Live.
The most common of the chicken .
mites is the red and gray mite. These
mites are gred without interuption
throughout the summer months and
in the South, all the year round.
Within from twelve to twenty-four ■
hours after the female mite receives
a full meal she lays from three to '
seven pearly white eggs singly in J
cracks in the roosting places. The
operation of engorging and then lay-
ing may be repeated as many as
eight times, the* female depositing in
all from twenty-five to thirty-five
In summer the eggs hatch in
twenty-four t o forty-eight
In less than one week the
life cycle js completed and the fe-
male has begun again the round of
blood-sucking and laying eggs. From
this it is evident that poultry houses
can very quickly become infested, and
from a start of only a few mites.
Experiments indicate that the adult
can live even four or five months
without food in case all of the chick-
' ens are removed.
As Ted mites hide in the crevices
of the roosts and walls of the chick-
en house, the work of fighting them
is much simplified if the roosts are
made detachable from the walls and
not nailed to the wall, as most chick-
en houses are built.
To destroy mites remove all loose
material and spray good with some
good insecticide. Among these, com-
mercial carbolineum has proven ef-
fective and its effectiveness lasts for
several months.
1 Crude oil does not kill the mites
so readily as carbolineum, remains
only effective for a few weeks and
may soil the feathers of the birds
meantime. Arsenical dip, such as is
used in cattle dipping vats, is also
' effective against mites.
Should Spray Well
Whatever the substance used, roosts
and walls should be sprayed well, the
■ nesting material removed from the
nests and burned, the nests sprayed
and fresh material substituted and
. brood coops and other places fre-
quented by any of the chickens coat-
• el with the spray.
Care should be taken not to get
any of the insecticide directly on the
chickens which may be loitering
■ around as some are irritating and
others poisonous.
[ Another important mite is the scaly
i leg mite. Control of this pest is
l simple and cheap, but rathed time
: consuming. The scales on chicken
legs are caused by a mite which
l burrows beneath the skin. Catch
: each bird affected and stand her for
• some seconds in crude oil or kero-
: sene up to her knees. In thirty days
the scale should drop off and the
legs become smooth.
All of us are in a position to .ex-
tend sympathy to fowls suffering with
i red bugs or chiggers, another kind
i of a mite. On chickens they gather
■ in groups beneath the wings on the
i breast and neck and even around the
; areas above the yes. Older fowls
’ are merely annoyed by them,but the
• chicks often succumb to thef. The
: best remedy here is prevention. The
chickens should be kept off weedy
places as much as possible after the
And they ad-
Did they *
soon in the matter of 1
Wm. H. Cannon, Bankrupt.
Creditors Take Notice:
That the Houston Pipe Line Co.
has filed an application for request
to lay pipe line across the property
of Wm, H. Cannon, Bankrupt, situat-
ed in Matagorda County, Texas, and
described in de-ed recorded in Vol.
63, page 326, of the Deed Records of
Matagorda County, Texas, land offer-
ing therefor the sum of $125.50.
A meeting of creditors is hereby
called to meet at the office of the
undersigned Referee, 718 American
'T " ’ - " , Galves-
Keep your name 1 ton, Texas, on May 23rd, 1925, at 10
and breed before the public constant- i o’clock A. M., at which time land
ly and before long they will think place said application will be consid-
-i, j ere(j an(j confirnie(i or rejected.
J. W. LOCKHART.
Referee in Bankruptcy.
May 12, 1925.
George Butte, made famous by his
from oceian to ocean candidacy for1
governor of Texas last year, has been
appointed attorney general for the
province of Porto Rico. He i____
—and that shouldn’t cause any sur-
prise. Now, we nominate for his
assistants the Hon. Zeke Marvin and
the Hon. Thos. Love, both of Dallas.
Nomination seconded! Carried by
acclamation! Free passes if neces-
sary.
try industry,
advertiser.
she cackles to tell the world she has
laid. If you want to sell eggs you
advertise it, and some one buys them.
When the egg hatches, the chick is
the living advertisement for you and
your hen. Its progeny keeps ad-
vertising you and the original hen
from year to year. This is constant
advertising.
The summer months are coming on
and the average breeder does not
have much to sell. The hatching
season will soon be over, and he
thinks there is no use to advertise
any more till his young chicks are
old enough to sell in the fall. But
his is a mistaken idea.
Constant advertising is the kind
that pays. The successful breeder
who wants his business to
the chickens are on the roost.
Small areas
look like you had sprinkled pepper
and salt, indicate their presence. ■
I these spots are the excreta of the.
j mites which are hidden in near-by, and
I cracks and crevices. Careful exami-
I nation will disclose masses of mites , powder,
i hidden together along with their eggs '
History was made at San Jacinto
Battleground Monday. When the
United States Revenue Cutter Co-
manche gave a salute of 17 guns
for Governor Miriam A. Ferguson, it
was the first time in the history of
the United States navy that an Amer-
ican woman ever received such
salute.
■ are by-words with the people who | words,
raise their breed. I’— ” ’ x’“ ________
dation had been made a legislative ' come so? They produce the highest ens and G. A. Moore, who delivered
edict would have been the method J quality birds and service, naturally, an address to the class,
approved. True enough, the law (but they first built up their reputa-
could decree that no more children tion by advertising.
should be permitted to work in the vertise the year round.
But how would the, not their popularity would
wane. The public is fickle,
lany breeder stop advertising
(By Miss Betty Hart)
The arrival of warm weather means
that poultry raisers have begun to
suffer from the yearly forays of mites
and lice. The presence of parasites
means more than mere discomfort to
chickens. In all cases their presence
i means lowered vitality for the fowls,
■ — — ; in many cases lowered egg produc-
accepted > tion resuitS) anj in not a few cage3
4 particularly among little chickens
and hens death results from, blood' store,
loss or constant irritation caused by
the pests.
Mites are blood-suckers, and their j insecticide,
mouth parts are not adapted to
chewing. They do not remain on dipping method. The second is the
the fowls to any great extent in the ' cheaper and the quickest of the two,
daytime, but do their feeding when . hut the first can be used in the win-
ter or on windy days when the dip-
on the roost which , Ping method could not be used wiith -
out danger of giving cold to the
fowls. To use the pinch method,
seize the hen by the wings or legs
__1 hold her over a dish pan or
' other receptical while applying the
1 put one pinch of the so-
dium floride on the head, rubbing it
in well with the fingers. Follow by
putting another pinch on the neck,
two on the back, one on the breast,
below the vent, one on the tail,
I one on each thigh, and one scattered
along under each wing spread.
To use the dipping method, meas-
ure tepid water into a tub untill it
is only a little less than half full,
'and for each gallon of water pour
' one ounce of commercial sodium
! floride. Catch each fowl by the wings
i with one L---—— --
solution
with the other hand.
merge
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' son as convenient. Applications of would be simple. But every family uses large ads during the heavy sea-1 ------
j sulphur ointment or kerosene and that is forced to rely upon the labor
Oowner and Editor lard to chickens suffering from clus- of children presents a separate prob-
ters of red bugs will give the fowls lem.
relief.
Three Groups of Lice.
Lice are grouped roughly as head ’ removing the cause.
lice, body lice, and feather lice, but ’ the task before Texas is to raise the
the insects pass about to some ex- economic status of the class among' expect direct results from these bill
tent fro mone part of the body to which child labor prevails until the ' boards, but they know to keep driv-
another. When the feathers are * labor of children will no longer be (ing hom| to the public that they. was turned over to C. A. Erickson,
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There is no good reason ’ be given here and there, as it was , line, will result in the public becom- ’ casion, and the program carried out
-kQ > mvan in artfir education (ing so accustomed to thinking of , was enjoyed by all present.
i Each member of the graduating
| class was called upon for <a short
All of us who are familiar with
conditions in Texas know that large
numbers of children miss time from
school on account of work in the
cotton fields. Enactment of the com-
pulsory education law prevented the
children from being entirely deprived
of schooling, and, particularly in ru-
ral districts, greatly increased the
average number of days spent in
school. But the law does not com-
pel attendance except for a mini-
mum period, usually about half the
school term. The schoolroom still
has to compete with the cotton field
during the fall land spring.
Investigators for the National Child
Labor Committee have been in Texas
surveying the rural child labor sit-
uation with respect to its effect in
retarding schooling. The report pub-
lished as a result of this survey is
briefly reviewed in The American
Child, a monthly bulletin devoted to
fostering the aims of the committee.
The survey took in 998 families, to-
taling 5,121 persons, insix represen-
tative cotton growing counties of
Texas. In these families were 1,561
children between 6 and 16 years of
age. It was found that of the white
children over two-fifths were retard-
ed in their school work as a result of
labor in the fields, while the propor-
tion for negro children was more
than two-thirds. The figures do not
seem at all incredible. It would be
idle to pretend that rurtal child la-
bor does not present a serious edu-
cational problem in this and other
cotton growing states. But condi-
tions are as they are, and not as we
would have them. There are cer-
tain facts that must be faced.
The most stubborn fact is econo-
mic. In most families where children
are kept out of school to work in
the fields their labor is necessary to
keep the family going financially. It
is a meat and bread proposition. For
the children it is very often a ques-
tion of working and eating or going
to school and not eating. Educa-
tion does not thrive on lan empty
stomach. Admitted that an econo-
mic system is imperfect when it com-
pels little children to sustain their
bodies at the expense of their minds.
But few things in this world are,
perfect. We can only strive . to ■
straighten out the imperfections with
the best means at our disposal.
Texas could do without the wealth
created by these child workers, If
red bug season begins and hatching were onjy’ a question of producing
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