Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 178, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 2, 1916 Page: 6 of 6
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25 DEATHS DUE
TO LA GRIPPE
OF 32 DURING LAST MONTH ONLY
SEVEN DIED FROM SOME
OTHER CAUSE.
The mortality records kept.by the city
secretary show that during the month o?
January then* wen* '.VI deaths o«-urring
in th* city of Brownsville. Of tins** IV
deaths the r**rtificat(* on tile show that
25 of them wen* directly caused by eitb
er grip|*c or pneumonia.
These two disease* have lH*«*n epidemii
all «»ver tin* t'niied Stales thi* wlntet
anil lw»th have been unusually fatal it
* their results. It is only recently that tin
grip|M» ha*. Im*mi discovered to is* a eon
fagioiis disease. State officials have
lieeu urging tin* |**sfd** to Is* more car**
f*;’ in th**ir handling <•! the disease.
Tin* illness it ha* l*«*«*n discovered. i>
spread by sin*ey.ing and <l*ntors say that
if it iv ticct***arv j.* sn«*e/e for tin* * «k*
*»f the general h**alth ii should In* covered
up.
• SEWER RATES TO
BE DECREASED
CITY WILL BE SOLE OWNER OF SYS
TEM AF7ER TOMORROW—ALL
PAPERS SIGNED
After tomori w morning ih< «• 11a o
Brownsville will IC.\ II *t ' sew«-r*:*■ • -x-
•'■in. The papers making tin* liansle'
have aSI been -igmsl by the city niana
g**r and tin* city sc**t**tary and are u*>v
only awaiting ill** signature of Ma\o*
A. A. Rrnu-tie. \
I’ln* city u paying f«»r tin* entire sis
tem t«»*ibis will In p.iid in an
Huai insta'lmeiiis o| -toon. TIi** p-ir*li*>*
was made without the issiwi.-c "I bon I
and *he city iui«*uds !• p;n im- the p’.in
with the earnings • • l tin* sewer tdan
and water and light plant. In udditioi
t*» tin* amount taid i.i «*as|i tie eit
agn*es to furnish tin* «*<nnil\ court lums*
ami jail wi*fi sewerage connect i«»n> fm
ever. When the sewerage * *»i poiatim
"ah orgwu/«*l several veais ago tie
county gnu* it .-otltMl w *|» l!n* "n*l**i
standing that sewerage c miicciions wen
t*i be made an«| maintain •*!.
When the * ity assumes the niaiiag**
ineiit of the plant the sewerage rat** w iI'
Im* mlin-etI from $1.5tt |M*r mouth to -i
]M*r month ami the discount allow**! foi
prompt scttl*'m«‘iii of tin* water • 11«.
light accounts will Im* allowed. When this
diKciaint is *>l‘» lined the sewerage rat*
will Im* only !Hi cents a m*»uth. Tin*
managi-mcm *>i the -cw* r-igc *\-i* n. will
Im* under tin* *oi*tr*»! <»t tin- water ami
light department. Mr. Williams who i>
K|M*r^*len I* at *•( tin* *l**p:irttnent. > i\-
tliat it will ii* t In n**»*s ;in to > icr**a s«
his office folia* to hamlle tin* plant.
Tin* city is L«* '< for tin* sys'en b\
warrants. Ill** Harr m- h \e b*eii pur
i ha isi| by J. I.. \ i litt of \iistin ■ml
th** st*x*kho|dcis «•• il*e < * it' »n will
receive cash ft •timat« i that th
nt«H*klioUle* will * ■ i\i* a!*.on i>. ht pc
*■*•111 inter**>• on ii.. .eiL'Mil invc-ti cut
Twu fhiirrbfy Merge.
I l»\ \ «• *1 t I I'll- •
I OUT W MM’li. r.-v.s | * l». •_*. The
merger of lw. thu-ln—. the Tr h.r
sll<et • liiii h. ;mi| I *;. - * i i mu
' tilllilll— wjiv Iii In \t i -f .ri tin! »\ t>\
Hie iiu’IuInm of ill* iMiy.iiiinti. her*'.
IVmliii” tl»i• inn •_! i s"M . jin»i a!:!-'
IIMtfsi | II Mil 111" • l« l| Tt-ll : |‘ il l lint
ill" 1*1-0111 V 1*1 I. }*• ease (ill' IMOI gi j- I
o(t|«rte*l fill II:" Illl'l’li " 1. Mil \V 11ll |
iuiimIhi n|ii in l JiHM1
Graduation d fori Wotih
1 f ’ 1 \ -m . I i ’ i
I ol?r wot:Til. I .a. . i. ; ha-
ft till* high *i hu’l v.-ijitir wen p w
gl nlnnled In*t i l- • lose «»f »he
ttiutet term of tin* |tuli|i< *i-a. .•!>.
Floods in Cruiral Java Continue.
i IV' N *•*«•• I I' ■; ''n ss I
! o\im>\. r i. i .ifiii .fisp. iw-
fru i n Itatavi t ro|H*ri ihu ft nnN ate • m
tinning in t’entral -Fata. Four hundred
ami twenty thousand naiite Iihiivi have
l*eon t\ i•*i'Ui'i|. and M int »’i»5i x ui rail
way line* ill's!rot !
No Favoritism (?)
“Oil. no.” s. lil<M|iti2i <( .Itihnnx loiter
It. “there ain’t ant fat irite in ilii- lam
i’y. Oh. no! If I bile mt ringer nails 1
got rat* over the knm kit's but if the
l*nl*\ oats h v t* !.* : > i ih< * think it *v
rule. ” Umui .toiinial
Two Sit’es.
llnshnml—You ^pend allege! her too
Ittitoli Money.
Wife- Nit at all. Tha trouble is you
don't make enough. New Orleans Times
l*ioayune.
C/ k« 1 .1. ‘ ; i
'''‘'"'■'YTieoTfoiT' YfhTtb Trvr being
together tor a*oiue >uiuiuery sjK»rt dre»«-.
i
*
.:}l £ .
' Texas anti Pacific Receivership.
j I lu* application * ioi* receivership for
the Texas & Pacific railway was filed bv
th« Bankers Tru-t Company of New York.
Deeenfl**r 27 1915 alleging default -met
1907 on interest on the $25000000 second
mortgage. The jn-tition charges that the
net income has been diverted to other pnr-
jm>—e— and a-k- that the road he restrained
from applying to any other purpose th-
net income applicable t«* the-e bonds. Ot
I)eeenii**r 31. at Monroe i*a. B. F. Bu 1 !
J for the Mi'-ouri Pacific and the Iro:
Mountain line.- tiled suit aguin-t the Texa-
& Pacific to enforce payment of $842.0"
n projai.--ory notes.
The Texa- k Paeifie railway was a f.
'or in the race between Jay Gould am! Col
ii- P. Huntington for tin* fir-' -onth. *\
tran-continental route to the Paeifie.
which Huntington v.on. It figured al-o i?
i race between Chicago. vt. L*»ui> and NV.
Orleans for commercial -upreniuey in t!
southwe-t. It- authorized capital t<
$50000000 ot' which only <fs7(> !.•’•>
ba- bc. n i--iied. The line never ha- ■■
t. -lock dividend. It was chartered
1871. and reorganiZ'd during a receive!
-h‘p in Is-* to 1 ss—. when it i--u*d tw
-et- of bond- on* a .*. [M*r cent fir-t niort-
.n.ge ot $2.'>JMH».*MMI. and »!;♦* *»ti* r -25-
•10(1(1110 in -i coi I mortgage nit onc ■ : • 1 —.
1 ;•*.ji ilu -> co nl 111* t hum! --»?*■ t!*c
['•resent recojv r-lup applicni'nn wn- ha-c*l.
! be receivei i: j of tin SO’- M ;■ « i j . ^
m* in the road*- It ioj . d'- i>| -< „» j •
on- * \ii'i ii fro a \rw * *rl- i<» r* . > F-
I Pa-i inai.rg ;* great arc ano— No h
! Font »i*na am! Vo-cld Texa . with a -'cut
along. al o oi An u -. ft- f of a! main
j un nnleav* 1- 1.952
• Th** original pa no-* cn- a hn» acros-
»!n N.irft -Vi i * it *la p; ■ • -1 »- at — c
* '■«!.. the ft. d re. civil ; ;. ‘id Jr.I chart- i
I or tin o' ■ a • *:-d< r ihe name ot the Te\a>
(Pactfic l.ailroad < '011. r\ . The following
vt iv t Ii * * : lit* «a- ••’».*;.ped the Texa-
<& !’ac*li« !*i i nit-any. TJonia.- A
'scott and "dale . a. i**1\ ti* whom
• I•• in 1*1 nl; iWphia. w it t!*. ongh d
i Olltolt I . | Ii |:t W i'i'c it Cl lit It* i >•
• i - i*ic Mempl i-" FI Pu o a
ihidroi.d i it.m\ ami of th*1 South *n
i ran ■-< >nttn*Mal If;tli• *:«•! f otiipanx a >1
-1 si> -ix uni* ot track from Shrcvcpo i.
• «•.. to Four mow i -x: -. Fxt -in 'on «>t
'ho Inti w* -tward hecan in |s72 with the
\j" t i tioi th. t it would rapid I \
.a lied jo ihi coa-t hut will: was halted
\ flic panic •>! Isf.'t. Scot I and In a-
■ Ant’- old fin ir liohliog |o_.fa\ Co|;|d
tic c|d* i and lili -ell Sago and a oeiat —
! n Ncy Wh. I'm (ioidd intcre-l- have
on|| lied the line ever since.
fn l-i.» extension of tin* line was r*—
iinied. < hi .1 nl\ 1 ls7(i. tin- Texa- A; l'i-
*«♦•** reached Fort Worth. Texas Ihe tir-t
railroad into that city. Mark in ISsO
♦ hers* yyu- a neriod ot rapid extra-ion ;vo-t-
vard over the great territory toward FI
fb'-o. lull ii 1Ss J _ at Sierra Blanc. T**\io .
• ifcT> mile- c; - I id Kl Pit-••». the Texa- %
fti•* met the cast hound trnn-couti-
>ert il line ot ti e Southern Pacific* whieh
b— pu-l ed ;>«*ro-s the country from th ■
fir-t. At tin- lime it -aid. Mr. Hurling-
|f| ipfeins Ciocker and Stanford The Tex
- iV PaciFe already had graded the ninetv
•n ‘c til:.a lit: ng to FI Pa hut the S.mt'*
rn Pacific iutere-t- had 1 ten ten them I-
iii ’dtai'i a \ grading a*id laying re '
had train- running to S«*j*ni B1..
!'*r-t. A: tin- time i- ;■ -aid Mr Huntin’’
(•rn call .1 o Jay (ioidd in New Yoik. a-k
tig him \v ‘tin r lie IimI • cii tlie barren
'!•■'•- *d fant no ’I enla r ni e*v nab -tret* b
• 1 *u i;rd v 1 • ■ * Iter he did hot think j|-.
. m* ' t;c " rail- world earrv all (!•• trai’
' a 'Ii file I T - the vent-. V .*; .. | ;•; ;tj.
i c *01*11 v a- • . d* * ■ 11 e Ter;*- \ t«
1 - if |
• > *:m . ... .
* I i a <*. I'ti- Mon ment - i • \ l t
Th T< • 1- Pai fie h.d a ». d-r •! * I •• J
ter all the wax the P: citic hut t'
Southern Pacific operating under state
charters as it advanced had occupied the
territory first.
About 1880 the Texas & Pacific ac-
quired the New Orleans Pacific Railway
Company which under Louisiana charter
ha«l some -lxty-five miles of rails lai
westward from New Orleans to Donelson-
ville. This line extended to Shreve
port in 1 ss:* practically completing th
Texa- •*. Pacific iniuu line-. The origin
stock of the Texas 4 Pacific has r*-ma»n
intact as i—u-.-d. Touring the reeeiverslir j
of PHo -to« khoider- paid a 10 j**r cer4 ;
as-e-ment to make their -took good.
CHrese Praverfcs.
i Ir-m the WiiiM Ouilo ik.'
Think twice .md do not -jnoik at all.
Kaisy to o|h*u j shop: hard to keep it
OJHII.
Of all ini|H<rt tnf things tlic first is
not to cheat consi ien •**.
All pursuit- are mean in oniparisea
with learning.
In a united family happiues^ spring-
up of itself.
lie bought a lricd fi-h to -pare it- lit.
Win your law -nit. lose your money.
ltd ter < !< kindle-"- rear In nu- than g »’
far to burn incdis.*.
It 'on >ii-|N-d a mail dolt t employ
him: il you employ him don't sttspert !
him.
Cu-kil’-d fo I" quarrel yyjrh tlieii
fools.
IP \- I t ».\ The W*tine'i *- Munieip.il
I.•• opined today ;r unique exhibit
of its " o>-k foi r’vic improvement. !Mio
ii graph- -hoyy- r lit- exact i-ondii ion of
the limi-iug of th*- poor. Onportutiiti»>
for ■ ational training are catalogued
and i a Id M -1 -o ’list «•' orvi lie inter---’ •• !
may gain ini ••mat ion wanted. The yy-oi k
for itd; at - <• • -ervirs*. household nut*
-in" hygiene of oieupatinn and the
al* it* -incut of noi-c are at-o -hown b\
an exhibit.
Which?
11; Mutiny s ”it!i hay the b* i looking
ami tin- iioiindii'-t people m flu- l nit d
Stall- . >! • n-kl.oiiMiillllali ill Itidialiapoii
Star.
Lxnctlv. in am! old .ludil !.ey\ -. 1 »• x.»•. I
Merritt in X.- divide Tcniie-seun.
Tltaid- . it \. We wanted to sav that bin 1
W eis* a f • aiii you might In i n-It i\e.—Judd
M. I.ev.i- m I b ill -1«if I !*«• t.
Auto Parts
For Sale
"hat ! o You Nded?
Buick 1<> and 17 2 eylinder.
Keo 2-eylinder l-eylinder (left
hand drive.)
Moline Itreadnauyht.
Ki joihlie.
daekson Continental M«»tbr 24-
uieh rim.
White Steamer. 7 and 5-passenger.
! landers. three -jieeit.
Overland Mod'd 31.
Af '
Mio^neios roils and parts of al-
most any make.
Coils repaired. $5.
Magnetos reeharired $3.
W< huy old tar- for parts.
Any lartiw* <v t<>in repaired or
no pay
Oet our prim*. on house wirinjj.
( W ii in' ia atl\ done.
! MISSION Mil()
! W. A. MeCtH.l.l’M Bmp. ;
MISSION. TEXAS. |
THE QUICKEST ROUTE
TO ANYWHERE
Nuitli. S.uith. East nr West—the BHI
Telephone is the quickest road to any-
where.
Pick up alony the BHI wire ways your
shaiv of the orders that are just waitin •
fer a telephone quotation from the man
who has the goods.
Try it today.
$100 Ton for Broom Corn.
Wednesday afternoon C. A. Doty ami
s«Mi. G. L. Doty who live on the Santa
Cruz Plantation four :n U s north of Ld
inburjr. were visitors in McAllen. Each
one accompanied a ton of broom corn
from their home place which represented
onD a small ]*ereenta*:o of their second
crop of this rollUllodity
The broom **orn was put up in five
hundred |Hiund bales and was traded
titst-elass by a Mr. Kdwatd*. represent-
inir a Philadelphia lions#*. The broom
eorn was s.dd to Mr. Kdward* and a
cheek for jiiven father and son in
Me A Men \V«*diu‘>day afternoon for the
two tolls.
Oil the lii sf crop of fifty acres til
Messrs. D« t.\ received a net income of
•Tl.otNi.jn after paying a!i e\;«cnst*. of
lai'Uiy h it vesting: and shipping. The
second crop did not pan o u is uell as
»■ ■■
' ike first on account of lark of c\pcr
iiilce- McAllenMonitor.
—-
The Hickeyvilie Clarion.
Of course there are argyiinot* f .■
ami again' the celluloid collar but 11* ■
remains that the feller* wear 'em
seldom get higher than rongr»***sn * n.
l*!z Timmins has got :* In.e job on *
news’!i.ijm• r and ain't v ivt#* !•* a • *
money during the past mol’d m«uv Ilia
three limes. His father fvls quite t
eoaraged.
Hod Peters *s( n Bushtvd. wlc let
home about nine years ag * i* d uj.;-
quite well down in N'w Orleans wlei
he is cashier in a bank. Those .u e
here who believe in heredtiv nre » ■
to bet it iN a f ir * bank .
Ii's a little tli’*: to sin re to death! !’
a serious matter to lose out *v ‘ i 1
__#
EVERY THREE MINUTES
ONE DIES M THE». S.
1 he Anti-Tuberculosis Society illuv
Irates the frightful toll of consumption
by extinpiishing a light eveTy three
it.mutes and show s tlut it is the man
i r woman girl or l*»y who neglects
t olds whose 1>!.mh1 is impure who feels
weak and languid who is the very
wh' to contract tuberculosis—ami
none are immune.
During changing seasons or after
si. kness likjodtpuiity is most
tmt. .md if y»*u and your family wifi
take S-aitt’s f muLsun after mraU it
will charge v.iur bk«*J nilh lu tth»
sastataing richnm*. (fwwkca ciKuUu»a'
at. i j»trcugtlu-n both tunes au<l tlmuC
Scott's is irw Iroui .kcoBol- rasy to
Ud it cm not hsrm ♦ t* buttle
icutt >. w Uwu.acul. N j ia-il
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