The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 324, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 9, 1923 Page: 18 of 76
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BEXAR COUNTY COTTON CROP
INCREASED 5282 BALES BY
; CLEANING UP FENCE ROWS
C. H. Alvord Prepares Chart Showing $700000 Sav-
ing to Farmers by Winter Campaign Against
801 l Weevil—Send Out Letters to Cotton
Planters Urging Co-operation.
There is no crop that means as much
to the farmers of the South ns does
the cotton crop and probably no other
•' crop is so uncertain according to
Charles H. Alvord county demonstra-
tion agent and manager of the agri-
• cultural department of the San An-
tonio Chamber of Commerce. Before
the advent of the' boll weevil the
Cotton crop in the Southwest was as
sure a* the seasons; but since this in-
Chart Showing Increased Production of Cotton in Bexar County Texas
Oue to Winter.Clean-Up of Fields and Better Cultural Methods
। _— . — —. iA'AA ‘
” 1 ... ...
I Averoae increase tn foun Count.es adjacent to Bexar Coutu
• Boar County exceeded this average bo 395-
» [This excess amounted to 5282 Bales . worth at present prices over fyOQwQw
»ect has infested the fields there is
always a doubt as to the final outcome
until the last bale is harvested.
The boll weevil has spread over the
entire cotton belt and is attracting
world-wide attention. The danger of
a cotton famine L.s caused manufac-
turers to join in the fight against the
weevil and this year every destructive
agency known will be used in an ef-
fort to control its ravages.
Mr. Alvord who was for many years
in charge of the development work on
the Taft ranch is one of the ‘best
informed men in the country on the
N — fl
Extra Special 1
1924 * A large |
Calendar VALUES i assortment I I
MONDAY AT WAGNER’S
Wagner “Extra Specials” are eagerly looked forward to by people who
appreciate exceptional Values. This list eclipses former efforts and af-
fords values in desirable articles you will appreciate. Mail orders filled.
Hytone Box Paper assorted
colors extra special 39c
Rubber Household Gloves. An
unusual good glove extra
special 79c
Gallon Thermos Jugs. Keep
liquids or solids hot or cold
extra special $4.75
Large Jointed Dolls extra spe-
cial $2.98
Large Mamma Dolls extra spe-
cial 32.98
Oneida Community Plate Sil-
ver Table Spoons extra spe-
cial per set of six $2.25
Oneida Community Plate Sil-
ver Tea Spoons extra special
vin> eat nf civ <1 fin
MONDAY ONLY a generout bag of
Kj Toilet Article samples with every
f fAA purchase of $l.OO or mor. in our Jd jTj
* * our Toilet Articles Department. *** A W
Gifts For Everyone On Y our Christmas Gift List At
. Th.
Toiletries of
Houbigant
Mary Garden Perfume in fancy
satin box large bottle extra
special $5.75
Coty’s Face Powder extra spe-
cial 79c
Dr. West's Tooth Brushes ex-
tra special 35c
Pepsodent Tooth Paste extra
special *... 37c
Woodbury’s Toilet Soap extra
special 3 bars for 55c-
Johnson & Johnson Baby Tal-
cum Powder extra special 6
cans for $l.OO
Hind's Honey and Almond
Cream extra special... 37e
Jonteel Black Vanities extra
special $1.39
Large White Ivory Combs ex-
tra special 79e
H. L. Wagner Drug Co.
Houston at
Ave. C
Cr. .358
SUNDAY.
proper cultivation of cotton nnd the
way to combat the pests that threaten
to destroy the crop. While on the Taft
ranch he worked out a system of fann-
ing that has been almost universally
adopted by the farmers of San Pa-
tricio and Nueces counties and has re-
sulted in these counties taking a front
nlnce in the -ranks of the cotton pro-
ducing counties of the state.
Mr. Alvord came to San Antonio in
1920 and has been endeavoring to
persuade the rarmers of this section
of the state to adopt mejhods similar
to those usep on the Taft ranch.
"In 1922 I realized that cotton pro-
duction in this county was on the de-
cline” said Mr. Alvord "not in num-
ber of acres but in rhe average yield
per acre. The low yield of less tty"
one bale to six acres that year was
undoubtedly caused by the increased
ravages of the boll weevil and other
cotton insects. We encouraged cotton
farmers last winter to follow the same
system that has proved so successful
«
Wagner’s All
Week
Specials
Will Be On
Sale Monday
As Usual
Large Pure Gum Rubber Balls
extra special 79c
Java Rice Face Powder extra
special ~. 35c
Mavis Face Powder extra
special • 35c
Woodbury's New Style Face
Powder extra special... 39c
Wagner’s
Two Progressive Rexall Stores
in the coast counties. Letters in
English or Spanish were mailed out to
every farmer who had ginned a bale
of cotton during the sea on.
“Altogether over fifteen thousand
letters were' mailed out to the farmers
in different sections of the coutny. We
hnd hoped to raise our cotton produc-
tion in this county from 13.000 bales
in 1922 to 20.000 bales in 1923 and
when the November 1 ginning report
was published. I will admit that I
was somewhat strpried tq find we
hnd gone 2000 bales over our mark
and Bexar county Ima produced the
third largest crop in its history.
"Realizing that this was unusual
and not wishing to claim any credit frfr
our campaign that was not entirely
justified for the purpose of onnipan-
son. 1 have studied the average yields
of cotton in the four counties adja-
^cent to Bexar county and made n
chart showing the trend of their pro-
duction for the five years from 1919
to 1923. inclusive. This chart hns
been made nn from the table which
has been compiled from official fig-
ures. published by the. United States
Bureau of Census. Taking the ave-
rage production of the various comi-
ties for the years 1919. IP2O. 1921
and 1922 nt 100 per cent we find
that in 1919 Comal county was 7 1-2
ner cent below its average: tri 1920
it-wns 10 per cent above its average;
in 1921 it was normal; In 1922. it
was 5 per cent below the average
and -this year its production is 40
per cent above normal. Guadalupe
county in 1919 was 30 per cent be-
low normal: in 1920 it produced in
excess of 20 per cent above the ave-
rage; in 1921. 10 per cent above the
average; in 1922. 10 per cent below
and this year 30 per cent above its
normal production. Wilson county in
1919 was 20 per cent below normrii:
in 1920 it was 30 per cent above the
average: in 1921 it wns 10 per cent
above; in 1922 it was 20 per ’cent
below and this y 'ar only 10 1-2 per
cent above its normal production.
Atascosp county on the south has
had the. widest flqetuation. tn 1919
falling nearlv 40 per cent below nor-
ma! - in 1920 is was 35 per cent above
normal; in 1921 12 per cent above: in
1922 7 1-2 per cent below nnd this
year 20 per cent above i.s average
production.
Weather Conditions Same.
"The average of these four counties
Cqr this year is 25 per cent above nor-
mal. The chart shows that weather
conditions and insect infestation must
have been nearly the same in these
various counties during the three
years for percentage lines show the
same general dinetion. Bexar coun-
ty production shows the same course
for "the years 1919. 1920 1921 and
.1922 but this year it shows a re-
markable change starting with a pro-
duction of 35 per cent below normal
in 1919 raising its production in 1920
Woodbury’s New Style Tal-
cum Powder extra special 21c
Burnham's Rcjuvenator Cream
extra special 98c
Milkweed Cream large size-
extra special 79c
Large assortment of Thermos
Bottles all sizes at reduced
prices.
Houbigant Quelqne Fleurs Per-
fume in fancy box extra spe-
cial $3.75
The
Toiletries of
Coty
Star Electric Toasters guar-
anteed for one year. extra
special ..... $4 99
Oriental Cream large size. eV
tra social $1.23
Huyler's Hard Candies extro
special 39c
Assorted Chocolates extra spe-
cial per pound box 39e
Assorted Chocolates extra
special 21-2 lb b0x...5t.29
Maxixe Chocolate Covered
Cherries extra 'special per
pouud 39e
All Gold Coffee extra special
per pound 39c
Maxwell House Coffee extra
special per pound 39c
Crystal White Laundry Soap
extra special 10 bars —45 c
Hou ton at
St. Mary’s
Tr. 309
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
to 25 per cent above notmnl. In
1921 it had declined to 10 per cent
above normal; in 1922. 7 per cent
below normal but in 1923 it has
been shoved up to 01 per cent above
its average production or 35 per' cent
above the average production of the
four counties lying nearest adjacent
to it <>n the nort) east east southeast
and the south.
"Assuming that Bexar county bad
the same climatic conditions ns the
adjacent counties we would have ex-
pected our iucrcase due to these con-
ditions to have been the same as th 1
average of these four counties or
25 per cent or at Ipdst we had no
reason to expect a higher average
than that of Comal county of 40 per
cent. This increase of 39 per cent
over the average production of the
counties lying adjacent to us. means an
increase in production of 5282 bales
which has been secured without any
material additional expense on the part
of those cultivating the cotton. The
only difference *s 'thnt some of the
farmers of Bexnr county were influ-
enced to clean their fence rows during
.the winter time nnd cultivate their
'land in such a way as to reduce the
probability of boll weevil cut worm
and boll worm infestation during the
summer.
Save Almost $700000.
“Measured in dollars and cents the
value of this increase in il.e field be-
fore the cotton wns picked wns not
less than $528000. But in addition
to this there was at least $150000
additional wealth created in this .coun-
ty by the labor an<F other expenses in-
cident to poking this cotton hauling
it to the gin. ginning it. and com-
pressing it ready for shipment to
market. •
"This is an object lesson” said
Mr. Alvord "worthy of the considera-
tion of every thoughtful man. It is the
most concrete and positive evidence I
have even seen of the efficiency of this
method of insect control except’ the
one worked out in San Patricio nnd
Nueces counties where those farmers
have practically solved the. problem
and nre producing from onc-linlf to
three-quarters and sometimes even n
bale of cotton per acre. There may
tie methods of poisoning cotton in-
sects thnt will be successful but nil
plans of poisoning adopted up to the
present time are so expensive that
the average farmer is not in position
to adopt them. Here is a plan of’
control thnt is so’simple tha„ a child
can understand it and so prwtical and
full of common scuse thnt every farm-
er should need no encouragement to
adopt it mid the beauty of it is that
it costs practi Lilly nothing in mo’ney
and the labor during the winter sea-
son can be done witbout interfering
with the handling of any other crop
on the farm. It will pay however
better returns in dividends than nny
other labor performed during the year.
The suggesten plan of handling the
land to control the cotton insects by
cultural methods is as follows;
Give Six Rules.
1: . Kill all the cotton stalks ah
early'as possible in the fall (do not
burn.)
2: Break the land early in the fall.
Flat breaking’is preferable on most
soils.
3: Keep down all weeds and grass
during the winter nnd spring months
by harrowing or cultivating the beds.
4: During the month of January
clean all fence rows roadside and
ditches by burning but if they will
not burn have them hoed and burn
the trnsh after it has been piled.
5: Do not allow any "careless”
weeds to grow in the cotton fields
either before or after the cotton is
planted.
(I: Ilnse an improved variety of
seed and plant as early as weather con-
ditions are favorable for germination
iffltl growth of the cotton plqnt.
ORDER RATE CHANGES
General Revision on Lumber and Ar-
ticles Taking Same Rates.
Austin. Tex. Dec. B.—General re-
vision of rates on lumber and arti.
cles taking lumber rates in South-
west Texas was ordered Saturday by
the Railroad Commission following
two hearings held on the proposition
one last March and the other in Sep-
tember.
The new rates reach a maximum of
12 cents per 100 pounds while under
jji’cscrt rates the maximum rate Was
aS high ns 26 cents.
In certain instances the commis-
sion has materially advanced pres-
ent rates while in others the rate wns
reduced during the process of re-
adjustment.
The rates apply to Galveston. Tex-
as City. Houston Beaumont Orange
Port Arthur West Port Arthur. Port
Neches. Sabine Echo nnif Sabine
Puss from various points in South-
east Texas.
These rates apply on the Gulf
Colorado and Santa Fc and tap lines.
Texas and New. Orleans Railway and
tap lines. Houston East and West
Texas Gulf Const Lines • Cotton
Belt Waco Beaumont. Trinity and
Sabine Railway and Texarkana and
Fort Smith Railway.
Commission Issues Ruling.
Austin. Tex. Dec. B.—Rates on nil
shipments of freight carload and less
transported between Englo Ford
Gates Oriental or Harry's. Texas
(stations on the Texas &. Pacific)
and other railroad stations in Texas
(except Dallas including Love Field
district) shall not exceed the rates
contemporaneously applying on the
same class of commodity between
Dallas ami such other railroad sta-
tions in Texas according to rate rul-
ing issued Saturday by the Railroad
C<>mm : ssion. Regular mileage or spe-
cific rates to or from Engle Ford.
Gates Oriental or Harry's to apply
wh-m lower rates result from the use
of such mileage or specific Ates
This order is effective December 10.
REQUISITION MIX-UP
Contest Develops Here Over Ne-
braska Governor's Extradition.
Austin Tex. Dec. B.—Requisition
issued by the governor of Nebraska
and honored by Governor Neff of
Texas for the return to Dodge coun-
ty Nebraska of Mrs. Gaquira Crag-
olla charged with larceny by bailee
and Mike Chalbs charged with abet-
ting and procuring Mrs. Cragolla in
committing larceny by bailee are be-
ing contested at San Antonio at
which place Cragolla and Chalbs are
in custody according to the papers
and a phone message from C. J.
Matthews attorney for these persons.
Habeas corpus proceedings were in-
stituted at San Antonio to prevent
Nebraska officers from taking Mrs.
Cragolla and Chalbs back to Ne-
braska. Matthews phoned for the
record and complaints on which the
Texas governor honore<t the requisi-
tion. according to C. W. I’ayne. chief
clerk of the Secretary of State De-
partment who added he will send
certified copies of the papers.
The hearing on the writ of habeas
corpus was to have %een heard Satur-
day but was postponed until next
Monday it was stated so as to wait
arrival of the papers. Tbe amount
involved is SIOW. .
UVALDE BANKER
NOW IN PRISON
SEEKS FREEDOM
Asks Habeas Corpus From
U. S. Court in
Topeka.
Efforts of J. F. Rbeiner sentenced
to the federal penitentiary for ten
years following bis plea of guilty be-
fore Judge W. R. Smith at Del Rio
in 1920 to an indictment charging
him with embezzling more than $lOO-
000 of the funds of a bank at Uvalde
Tex. of which lie was former cash-
ier to secure his release before the
expiration of bis sentence on the
grounds thnt the judgment and sen-
tence did not conform to the statutes
will result only in the defendant be-
ing brought back to Del Rio for a
correction of his sentence according
to United* States District Attorney
John D. Hartman. •
According to reports • received in
San Antonio. Rbeiner has filed a suit
in the United States district court
at Topeka Kan. in which he seeks
to obtain his release from the fed-
eral prison by a- writ of habeas cor-
pus. The suit alleges it is reported
that lie received a gross sentence of
ten years. The statute provides a
maximum penalty of five years on
each count and make^no provision
for a gross sentence. The defendant
wns convicted on twelve counts Mr.
HartmAn explained.
'J^lie defendant alleges that since he
has served one-third of the maxi-
mum sentence of five years he is en-
titled to appear before the parole
board for a hearing.
Recent decisions by the Eighth’Cir-
cuit Court of Apeals received by
United States District Attorney Hart-
man have been forwarded to the
Kansas court. These decisions in ef-
fect hold that a defendant may. be
brought back to the court from which
he was sentenced for a correction of
the sentence.
In this instance Mr. Hartman ex-
plained. if the ten-year sentence had
been the aggregation of the‘sentences
imposed under the several cotfnts
there would have been no basis for
the habeas corpus proceedings. The
sentences lie said could bo corrected
by the court allotting a certain period
of imprisonment ’not to exceed five
years on each of the counts. The to-
tal years of imprisonment in the cor-
rected sentence however must not ex-
ceed the sentence originally imposed.
JOSEPHUS DANIELS
VISITOR AT AUSTIN
SATURDAY MORNING
Short Talk by Former Sec-
retary of Navy Is
Broadcasted. •
Austin Tex. Dec. B.—During his
brief stay here Saturday Josephus
Daniels former secretary of the
United States navy visited the Uni-
versity of Texas ^Jiere he made a
brief talk in the radio for broadcast-
ing purposes.
In this talk he said he was glad
to be in Texus qnd in the heart of
Texas the university where the peo-
ple must look for leadership.
He also declared that before the
World War the people charged that
the government was being administer-
ed from Austin due to the number
of cabinet officials in the Wilson
cabinet who lived here but since the
war he said he found that tbe op-
portunites for Texas were even great-
er in time of peace.
That its opportunities extend even
beyond the bounds of the oceans.
The former navy secretary was ac-
companied to the university by Chief
Just’ce C. M. Cureton of the su-
preme court Associate Justice T. B.
Greenwood and Dr. Walter Splawn
member of the railroad commission.
While at the university. Mr. Dan-
iels wns shown the Wrenn and
Garcia libraries nnd he also hnd an
interesting talk with I’resident Sut-
ton of the university.
OIL CONCERN SOLVENT
Receivership Petition Dismissed By
Federal Judge.
Oklahoma City Okla. Dec. B.—
The petit*-.• to throw the India-
homa Refining company $5000000
corporation into receivership was
dismissed by Federal District Judge
R. L. Williams here tonight follow-
ing the report of Grant Foreman
special investigator exonerating com-
pany officials from charges of ir-
regularities in their direction.
Foreman was appointed November
20 to investigate the company's
finances after Missouri stockholders
entered a petition to place the or-
ganization in the hands of receivers
alleging irregularities in n decision
payment of excessive salaries to em-
ployes and tbe interests of the stock-
holders were endangered. In his re-
port Foreman did not deny that the
company’s books showed a straighten-
ed condition but declared the com-
pany was solvent and with no evi- (
dence of mismanagement.
“I found the company in a serious
financial condition” said Foreman
“but it is undoubtedly solvent.
“I foun. no evidence of misman-
agement. The affairs of the company
appeared to have been bandied as ef-
ficiently as could be expected under
the circumstances. The poor condi-
tion of the Indiahoma affairs is simi-
lar to the general low status of the
many oil companies resulting from
the recent drops in oil prices” he
declared.
Bee Industry Profitable.
Alice Tex. Doc. B.—Honey pro-
duction is becoming an industry of
considerable importance in Southwest
Texjs. due in a large measure to the
fact that Northern bee keepers find
it more ^onomical to destroy their
bees at tbe beginning of winter nnd
buy new swarms in the spring than
to feed them through the long Cold
period. The finest honey is derived
from native Texas bushes those of
probably the most importance to the
honey industry of Southwest Texas
being Huajio (pronounced wargeco)
Chaparo I’rieto (black brush). Sienesa
(white brush) and Vara Dulce (sweet
brush. A local bee keeper has in-
vented and applied for patent rights
on a new apiary which it is claimed
solves numerous perplexing problems
heretofore encountered in the produc-
tiou of honey.
91 ANSWER ROLL CALL
Cuero Knights of Pythias Ijodgc Ob-
serve Annual Custom.
Cuero Tex. Dec. B.—Ninety-one
members of the order attended the
annual roll^aU meeting of the Knights
of Pythias in Cuero oh Thursday
night and all present seemed to get
a thorough enjoyment out of the oc-
casiop.
This lodge hnd long observed the
annual roll call .custom before the
Pythian Grand Lodge made the prac-
tice compulsory and the dny has al-
ways stood out prominently in the
successful undertakings of the Py-
thian order here.
The program Thursday night ’in-
cluded several numbers by the
Pythian orchestra of sixteen pieces
an address by Mrs. Jolin M. Green
in behalf of tlte Pythian Sisters lodge
addresses by leading speakers of the
Cuero lodge and short talk responses
by each member as' his name was
called by Keeper of Records and
Senl Paul Dombhitb.
Upon completion of the regular
program members gathered in the
banquet hall for refreshments of tur-
San Antonio’s
Leading Dentist
'THIS title is no idle boast but is one I Have fair- .
ly earned during seventeen years of con-
scientious dental service- to the people of this
city during -which time I have benefited thous-'
. and by giving them high-grad^ workmanship
at the lowest possible price.
Quality Plates
al-e but further evidence of the sincerity of my practice
and intentions. •
I offer you one of the most complete and modernly
equipped offices in the Southwest the skilled workmanship •
service and personal attention of graduate and licensed
dentists at common-sense prices in keeping with your
pocket book. *
All Work Guaranteed
Consultation and Examination Free
"Obey That Ever Insistent Impulse and Visit Dr.. Zucht Today”
DR. A. D. ZUCHT
“THE DENTIST WHO KNOWS HOW”
~ * *
31O’/2 W. Commerce St. . Phone Travis 5389
Hours: 8 to 6. Sundays 9 to 12
Laredo Office: Corner Lincoln and Convent Streets
• •
Praeger Hardware Cqj
; ■ ' \
ROSTON
;I^SHOE STORES I
Children’s Shoes
112 West Houston St.
High grade shoes in patent vamps
grey white or field mouse kid tops
lf W ^ Um so ^ es » s P r i n £ heels*
54.65
THE “CORSET’ SHOE ?
It certainly is a boon to children with weak
ankles for it gives the much nee.ded support where
needed and by the use of the Corset shoe OF
weak ankles will be strenghtened. Special
BOSTON SHOE STORE
key saudwicbcß and coffee and in the
club rooms for games of dominoes
billiards and pool.
The Pythian order here owns its
own two-story building with club
rooms banquet hall and lodge rooms
while the lower floor rented to a
local garagg brings iu a tidy month-
ly revenue.
May Move to Dallas.
Dallas Tex. Dec. B.—Removal of
headquarters of two farmers’ organi-
zations from their present locations to
Dallas may be accomplished by the
first of the year according to W. W.
Fitzwater president of the Farm La-
b<r Union of America. The two or-
ganisations are the Farm Labor
Union of America and the Texas
Farm Labor Political Conference the
former with headquarters at. Bonham
and the latter with its offices at Fort
Wor|h. The moves are favored by
some’ of ihe members for the sake of
convenience. Fitzwater said.
Texas. Pioneer Dies.
Corsieana. Tex.. Dec. B.—T. Don
Dickson 75. died here today. He had
been a resident of this county since
HB7O eoming here from Tennessee on
horseback.
320-322 East Commerce St.
At Store No. 2
112 WEST HOUSTON STREET
DECEMBER 9 1923.
2$ Years in Active Service
17 Years Here
FREE
This beautiful six-piece set
consisting of 1 Bread Box 1
Cake Box k 1 Sugar Box 1
Flour Box 1 Coffee and 1 Tea
’Cannister FREE with each
Detroit Jewel Gas Stove
bought during our Christmas
Sale of Jewel Stoves.
$5.00 Cash balance easy
terms. Your old stove taken^i
in. * * fl
Sizes 8U to 11. In
same style d*!
and quality.. v 1• • D
436 ACRES It) CHURCH
Hunt County Land Owner Gives Land
Worth $30000 For Orphanage.
Greenville "Tex. Dec. B.—With
signing of deeds here W. F. Boles
Hunt county land owner transferred
to the congregation of the Church of
Christ 436 acres of ground valued at
$50060 south of town.
The consideration is that five elders
of the Church of Christ art Pearl and
Bryan street Dallas named as p’us-
tees eshall qiuse to be erected thereon
an orphans home and shdll have tqade
at least $lOOOO improvements by
December 31 1924.
Construction must begin before
April 1 of 1924 according to the
terms of the contract.
The home according to the deed is
to be used for the receiving main-
taining educating and spiritual in-
struction of orphans and other de-
pendents. '
Beautiful Roselawn Cemetery not
a graveyard a beautiful well kept
burial park. Crockett 1688.—(Adv.)
JUST
RECEIVED
Another shipment of
these wonderful shoes
in brown kid solid
soles school heels with
rubber top lift. Sizes
111/2 to 1. nr
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