The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 174, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1922 Page: 2 of 6
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TRACT DISCUSS
FUTURE PLANS
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Jersey Dairy Association of
Weslaco Hear Experts on
Many Important Agricul-
tural Subjects
W LSLACO. Texas Dec. 28.-»-West
Tract farmers turned out en masse here
Tuesday night to attend the monthly
meeting of the Weslaco Jersey L>air>
Association. County Agent J. W. Kirk
Patrick gave an interesting tulk on
stocking farms with registered Jersey
cattle for dairy purposes.
R. Cl. Risser representing the Co
operative Vegetable '‘Growers’ of Los
Angeles ( alif. explained the operation
of cooperative marketing us practiced in
California giving much valuable infor-
mation along this line. The association
will open a branch at this point.
V. J. Thomas of Becville Texas field
worker for the Texas >Farm Bureau
Cotton Association explained at length
the operations of the association in mar
keting cotton. The association is now
organized in 130 counties in Texas and
plans to sell all cotton for members
from a centralizing plant at Houston.
The plans in brief are to charge an
annual fee of $10 which entitles the
member to insurance on his cotton
from the time it is ginned until it is
sold. As soon as each bale is ginned.
$00 will be advanced and when gnidtd.
nn additional $15 is paid the member
and the balance when the cotton is sold
The selling is handled entirely by the
association officials at Houston. Mr.
Thomas explained that better prices can
be obtained because of the strict grad-
ing and filling of large orders from
mills for whatever length of staple i
called for. This is possible becauo oi
the millions of bales which are hand-
led through the association.
J. A. Hill of Corpus Christi Texas
>t«ti director of the organization also
spoke briefly on the plans of the bu-
reau and answered numerous questions
bv interested farmers. A committee was
appointed to further investigate the
matter and enroll members in this sec-
tion. . .
SCIENCE FINDS
NEW SYSTEM TO
. PRODUCE SUGAR
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(By The Associated Press)
LONDON' Dec. 28 Sugar may It.-
obtained from soda water the a-ratH
Leverage which flows from nickel pk:-
Ulod faucets in thousands of drug ana
candy stores throughout the country.
According to two English scientists
who for nearly three years have been
conducting laboratory experiments w th
the idea of duplicating artificially the
work done by plants in self-nourish-
ment.
It he* a'ways been a scientific mys-
tery bow liv'np n’an: build up th.
sugar. : e«e .a y for their g.owth. front
the enrl.ot r!.o < r carbo.ia* aci.l a
component part of th atm-mphe-e.
which they absorb by mixing it with
carbo-hydrates and the starch univer*
•ally found in plants. a
Their experiments convinced the
scientists. Professor E C. Bah and
Professor Ilcilhren. that not only is it
possible to produce formaldehyde from
soda water hv the action of very short
wave length light hut that it is also
possible to produce formaldehyde with
ordinary sunlight in the presence of
malachite green or other appropriate
coloring matter.
Carrying their investigation a little
further they succeeded by acting upon
soda water with ultra violet rays. In
building up sugar. They found that
formaldehyde turns directly into sugar.
The yield of sugar may be increased
by heightening the concentration of
carbon dioxide with soclium carbonate.
BANKER FARMS JUST
BECAUSE HE LIKES
! IT; HAS FINE STOCK
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DEXTOX- Texas Dec. 28.—J. R.
Christal. president of the Exchange
National bnak. who “farms because
he likes it and loves to have good
animals never exhibiting at any
show' or fair and does not rare for
publicity" according to W. S. Long
president of the Denton Chamber of
Commerce has created a new depar-
ture in live stock breeding in thrs
state. His plan is worth some thought
Among men who are trying to breed
better live stock “which is what we
all want.” Mr. Long declares.
Mr. Christal owns one of the larg-
est flocks of Rambouillet in Texas
and conceived the idea of buying
breeding rams from the flocks of the
various agricultural colleges of the
country according to Mr. Long.
“It is the practice of the agri-
cultural colleges to buy the best
rams and after one to two years
these rants are disposed of" Mr.
Christal is reported to* have told Mr.
Long. "The buying of breeding
stock from these sources might well
be invesitgated by breeder* of other
lines of live stock. Every agricul-
tural college in the country has bar-
gains to sell from time to time of
used animals that are disposed of
and that at very reasonable figures."
Mr. Christal has bought ram* from
Colorado Kansas Iowa Illinois
Oklahoma and Texas and from one
of these sheep thi* year he sheared
48 pounds of wool. Some of the
r*ms bought for reasonable prices
had been first prize winners at many
of the big shows of the country and
|H£ leaders of then breed he said
How Holiday Booze Irrigates
American Desert
These exclusive pictures of rum-running off Long Island N. Y.
show how the wireless and seaplane are used to elude enforcement
agents. Above is shown a boat putting off from the Bahama
schooner Mystery J. to take cases of booze to a seaplane (- hown
in background) which has conic out) in answer to a wireless call.
The plane which came out to meet the Mystery .1. outside the
three-mile limit off Long island N. Y.f i- shown here beinp load-
ed with liquor from the small boat which put off from the booze
carrier.
Rum Ship Poses for Picture
The aptly named rum smuggler Mystery J. is shown here a** she
arrived lrom the Bahamas with her cargo of booze for thirty New
^ ork. The Mystery J. is one of the' best known craft in “the
trade and up to the present has been a phantom shin as far as
prohibition agents are concerned.
OVERLOADED MOTOR TRUCK
A MENACE TO THE HIGHWAY
(Galveston News) I
If The News or some one else in j
like circumstances should say that the;
motor truck operators are doing an
unnecessaary damage to the roads by
overloading their trucks and thereby
generating a spirit of resentment
which threatens injury to them it
would be pretty sure to bring forth
an angry retort. For one thing the
statement would in all likelihood be
branded as false and for another
the author of it would be accused of
having been moved by prejudice to-
ward the truck transportation* indus-
try.
The motor truck sales manager of
the International Harvester Company
is well armored against such retorts. ;
It could hardly be said that he is ig-
norant of the facts and less could
it be said that he harbors a preju-
dice against the truck transportation
industry. And that gentleman O.
H. Browning was quoted not long
ago a* making the declaration which.:
if made by a newspaper would be apt i
to bring forth an angry retort from!
the truck operators.
“Motor trucks." Mr. Browning
sai»l. “are designed and built to
carry specified load* it is the over-
bading of motor trucks which is
causing action by a iiufltber of the
states in order to protect their high-1
ways. This overloading not only
ilanmge* the highways but shortens!
the life of the motor truck and in-
cr#a.-es beyond reason the cost of op-'
pration. In building a motor truck
the manufacturer specifies certain.
<ir.es of tire* which are large enough |
to cushion the load and protect the
tiighway under a maximum rapacity
load. When »u overload is placed on
a truck it not only damages the
highway for the heavy load causes
the tires to break into the highway
but >t also increases the operating
cost of the truck.”
The hundreds of millions of dollars
that have been and are being spent
to build hard-surfaced roads have
presented an inviting business oppor-
tunity to motor truck operators an
opportunity for the exploitation of
which they pay a small price mea-
sured by its value. Whether they are
to keep that opportunity unimpaired
or not depends on whether they shall
be content to make an intelligently
selfish use of it or whether they will
succumb to the temptation to make
a greedily selfish use of it.
This is the opinion of The News
and has long been and it lias the in-
dorsement of one whose knowledge
and interest give it an authority and
admonitory value that The News
could not pretend to invest it with. (
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BERLIN IMPOSES
TAX ON GLUTTONY
i Bv The Associated Press)
BERLIN Dec. 28. A tax on gluttony ^
is the latest method of raising funds
to he devised by tile municipality oi
Berlin.
(•luttony is defined in the regulations
as excessive consumption of food or '
drink and the fact of excess is deter- I
rained by the cost of the meal. The .
figure in marks at which the gluttony
begins is to be fixed ur.d announced 1
monthly. The eost of eating in excess |
of this amount will be taxed at the
rate of 2f» per cent.
All work an duo play shows Jack a
blame fool j
COLLECTION OF]
WAR RECORDS AT]
HARVARD LARGE1
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Will Have One of the Most
Complete Libraries on the
World War Subjects in!
Existence
CAMBRIDGE Ma«s„ Dec. 28.—
The Harvard University Library ha
made effective progress in accum-1
ulating data of the World War which
will enable the historian of the fu- i
ture to determine the exait disposi-
tion of the opposing military forces
at all times throughout the period
I of activ** fighting. Detailed maps
and airplane photographs form an
important part of the collection.
An official of the library explain- j
ing the collection recently pointed
out that the fighting in France was
in a region of which the French gov-
ernment had prepared detailed mapn
j showing houses woods fields brooks
i contours and every other feature.
“For the most part" he contin- 1
ued “the trench warfare was suf-
ficiently static to make it possible
for the intelligence department ot
l each army to prepare exact maps re- j
! vealing the precise layout of enemy
trenches and to a great extent the
disposition of machine guns artillery
j etc. The mechanical processes of
j making such maps from week to
week or from day to day reached
1 during the war a perfection hither-
to unknown.
“The historian of the future will
be able to take |he French maps of
j their own nad ^>f the enemy’s lines
' in a certain sector and the German
maps of their own and of the French
lines nil of which were prepared at
i frequent intervals and by comparing
them will be able to see exactly how
the warfare in that sector progress-
ed. He will not have to depend as
the historian of former wars depend-
ed partly on personal recollections'
and impressions of where such and
] such a charge took place and where
’ the lines ran during such a week.
“We already have a large collec-
tion of such maps in addition to hun-
' dreds of hooks and documents relat-
ing to military economic and political
! conditions in the warring countries
i ranging from complete file* of Tar-
. ole" the German army publication of-
j ficial casualty lists and files of air-
plane photographs to collections of
war posters and official memoranda.
We have complete set of the offi-
; cial proclamation* issued by the Ger-
man government from June 1914.
to the armistice and are now acquir-
i 'tiff the German confidential review
of the foreign press. In getting ma
terial from Germany we lutv* been
I greatly aided by Ellis L. Dresel for-
mer American commissioner at Ber-
lin who is a Harvard graduate.
“We are trying with the assist -
i ttiicc of friends of the university and j
other.* who have valuable material at i>
t!>t w disposal to build up not merely ;l
an entertaining assortment of war
documents but a working collection
of source material which will he of 1
positive value to those in the future I
who may wish to study the precis** i
progress of events and their underly-
ing causes throughout the war.”
MYSTERY OF HERMIT
CRAB IS SOLVED BY
FAMOUS BIOLOGIST
|
i By The Associated I'rcsj.)
LONDON Dec UK. The mystery u! ■
th«- hermit crcb. and the rca-oti wh\
1 he always lives with * messmates'' o!
i other species has at last been cleared
| up.
I Dr. J. II. Orton of the Plymouth
Biological Laboratory whose pet
' oyster became famous by revealing to
j science the power of the mollusc to
change its s^x hn< studied the rela-
tionships of the common hemit era!
to the anemone and certain a<|uatic-
wurnts which live communely with it.
The conclusions reached by Dr. Orton
are that both animals are benefitted by
■ their habits. The anemone derives ad j
) vantages from the hermit crab by being >
dragged about with its tentacles on thu . j
ground and being given opportunities
I for picking up food left or lost by the '
crab. The crab obtains protection from I
lish attacks owing to the unpleasant- *
ne<s of the anemones as food.
In the case of the worm one was ob-
served to crawl alongside the body of
the ciah and literally take with impu-
nity a piece of food from between the \
nabs jaws and bolt it an action to!* !
orated by the wormn's landlord.
CRIME WAVE STRIKES
PEACEFUL AUSTRALIA
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' Hv The Associated Tress.1
SYDNEY Australia Dec. 28.- So ae-
cUMora.-d Australia to having a law-
i abiding citizenry that a total ©f 664
persons charged with crime in s.x !
months in a city of 800.00;) - Sydney—
is considered a crime wave and the
I premier of the state ha- railed a co.- |
ference to deal with the problem.
It is proposed that the minimum jail
sentence be six months. Although all
but 181 of the G.‘»i persons arraigned!
wole convicted or pleaded guilty it
is felt that the judiciary ha shown un- I
due leniency in d aling with criminal
cases.
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S >n«- men say they have no kb-k r-otu
ittg when it crimes time •«.» ki k in.
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of these wiseacres. * \
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first payment has been made attractive and the installments or
monthly payments placed so reasonable that the most humble fam-
ily can now afford to ride in automobiles. In addition to the con-
venient payments we charge no interest. Look over the bargains
listed below.
Oldsmohile truck $650
Terms—$250 cash and ten
notes of $40 each per month
without interest.
Dodge 5-passenger $450
'Perms—$150 cash 10 notes
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out interest.
Dodge Speedster $350
Terms—$125 cash 10 notes
of $22.50 each per month
without interest.
Ford Sedan $350
'Perms—SI25 cash 10 notes
of $22.50 each per month
without interest.
Ford Truck $150
'Perms—$50 cash 5 notes of
. $20 each per month without
interest.
Ford Truck $175
Terms—$50 cash 5 notes of
$25 each per month without
interest.
Buick Roadster $550
Terms—$150 cash 10 notes
oi* $40 each per month with-
out interest.
Buick 5-Passenger $400
Terms-—$150 cash 10 notes
of $25 each per month with-
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Dodge Touring $400
Terms—$150 cash. 10 notes
oi* $25 each per month with-
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Chandler Chummy Roadster $375
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oi $25 each without interest.
Overland $100
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interest.
Stutz 7-Passenger $1000
! erms—$350 cash 10 notes
of $05 each per month with-
out interest.
These car* have all been thoroughly inspected ard placed in good mechanical condition. 7 iie repu-
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few days to insure getting just what you want.
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Used Car Department
Washington Street—Near Twelfth. Brownsville Texas
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Figure how many steps how much needless walk-
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