The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1925 Page: 1 of 8
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THE BASTROP ADVERTISER
SKV EXTV-SKCOND YEA K.
THF BASTROP ADVERTISER. BASTROl'. I I.XAS, FFBRl ARY 12. 1
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New Farms For Old Ones in Bastrop County has a busy week
Dirt Farmer Tells Way to Bigger Crops
County Agent Shows Them the How
Largely through the earnestness
„f County Agent king. the farmers
of Bastrop county art- being awaken-
ed to t In- necessity and the profit of
conserving their soil and of restor-
ing fertility to the fields wheh have
become washed or exhausted of their
<rop-ninking powers.
For many years, the farms of this
action have heen planted mostly in
the same old crops, cottonn and
corn. Plenty of fields are fifty
ye til's old and some more aged than
ihat. Abandoned fields are numer-
ous ami others that might as well be
abandoned are probably still more
common in the county. Nothing has
ever been done to replace the fer-
'"11 i" be restored through a sys-
tem of crop rotation. For several
years it will be planted in soil fer-
tilizing crops, same to be plowed uti-
tler green. After about three years
oi ihis building up, so Agent King
asserts, the field will be good for
half a bale of cotton to
the acre, the gulleys will be smooth-
ed down to where there will be com-
paratively level and thereafter there
The Basketball
Championship
to Smithville
(Contributed )
The first basketball tournament in
Bastrop county was held here Febru-
ary "ill tu determine the county
championship in boys I ■« ..IjsiI i.
The attendance at the tournament was
Mr. Ingram is very poor, due largely to the lack of
will be no washing.
giving the field a full and fair trial | support by the local people,
of what the expelts assure him will
bring the desired results.
Fertilizing Pays Well
In many other fields terracing has
been done and there is constant dc-
tilit\ of soil which in the beginning mand of the agent's time to lay out
gained the lead in the first half and
substitutes were sent in. From then
on the game was an exhibition of
fumbling and bad passes. Keithei
side Could score with an) ease.
\t two, Paige and Jeddo played and
Paige won by a large score, though
the ginnt was hard fought. Paige
out passed Jeddo badly but could not
ring the basket.
Smith*ille-Bustrop Finals
The tournament finals were played
lilt three thirty, and this game proved
! to be the best played and most excit-
: ing one of the whole tournament.
. Bastrop started off with a rush and
by superior passing, peppered the
I goal but could not count often enough
Smithville led at the half f> to 4. In
the last half Smithville held a small
lead all the way, though at no time
did they have a comfortable margin.
The game ended 13 to K in Smithville's
favor. Perkins, Reynolds and Chal-
mers played well for Bastrop. Hale
and Donnell, of Smithville, featured
by their passing and follow up shots.
Byrne got the booby prize. He pass-
t
general news oe the courthouse
The district court
slon all the present
going to press
has been in ses-
week to time of
In the clearing of the
•,vhs not overly fertile and what with
the winds blowing away the cream of
tin- surfiu'c. what with washing rams
carrying the rich particles into the
streams and what with pulleys form
aig across the acres of red clay ex-
posures, there has been a giadual
going down of the ability of the soil
lo make good yields of planted
crops.
County \gent King has been, and
i- now making a vigorous fight to
-top the waste and to rebuild the de
pleted fields. Through terracing to
prevent further washing thr "igh
fertilization to restor* fertility anil
through crop rotanor . . *•• i •>
tions and cultural met h : i.* '>'.•
to the soils, he is demonstrating that
Bastrop county can r° ond ti its
former productiveni and tr> th' pre-
vention of loss of i. 'M.i in tl.e lu-
ture. In the terracing program
unite a numlwr of farm-is aie tak-
ing the advice of th ■ jigeni ;i <1 aie
following in the lead of fawner in
ether sections who have fully prov-
en that temicine i-- all that i claim-
ed for it. Splendid work in tin line
lias been done by a number of pro
i:m --:vi land owners over the < i-■ 111
ty and the system is "catchin \ •• o
report- Mr. King. A late work in
this line and one which Mr. King is
very proud as well as hopeful of
bringing best results is the farm "I
Marinn Ingram, at High drove.
Her. the at n tract being treat mI
was so worn and >o broken with
was litis and gulleys that it could not
lie plowed. This field has at c. t of
much labor, been terraced and tin
fertilitv of the dav and little sand
« Ol VI \ HE\l l II M BSE To
ridi i\ xeh iord c vr
•i"
The po;-i
ion to ii<ii
>11: < •, io be
minus: ioiie'"
;ls heretofi i
i i th ' hi ifv
untv lied <'
\ Tailcc of
" . 111 :i: i '.'c'tlc:
• Red Crop t
"lied ii. irvl 'I
an iipnroprint i
'iii .onei at II
■ iiunvy
i he aitivitie
■ iring the w el,
mod fot tin
hild health
• ■ i Friday, :i like
trill Wednesday '•!'
follow-up work at
health nur c is
and new ■ r< i
ir count
in a b
furnished her by th
' 11 The i i' wh ' !
I to can- her a!
• property
and superintendend this class of
work He is also bus.ly engaged in
preaching the value of fertilization.
A sample of what fertilizing and
proper cultivation will do are shown
in a statement prepared by Sylvester
I Seek, who has been raising sweet
and it'-li potatoe Mr. Beck's farm
i deep, blowing sandv soil, from 10
to inches to the clay. It has been
m lultiva'ion for •'!.'! years. Note
what Mr. Itiik has to say regarding
ii cultural methods in telling of his
• weet potato crop of last year "Va-
riety ..f potatoe Porto Rico yams;
thi land was not flat broke but was
laid off m four foot rows with a
middle 1 iii • r, on April 11th. Fertili-
zer was put in the furrow- by hand.
G pounds to the 100 yards which i
'ion pounds to the acre. The rows
wen bedded back with a turning
plow. The kind of fertilizer used
was Km pounds of nmonia sulphate
with 200 pounds of acid phosphate.
The rows were 7o yards long and
plan! set out Is to 2 I inches apart.
"The fertilized row- each produc-
ed I pounds of potatoes to th"
i' w, which i 210 bushels to the acre.
I hi < rt lied : • i\\ of >nine length
oai il prod .i' d 112 pound '.O I tie
acre, nearly lOo p und- more for
the fertilized rows."
Mr. Beck signed report teiis al-
■ of In- •ucce s with irish potatoes.
In tin part of his statement he says:
"Black sandy s >iI, flat broke in Feb-
i :r.\, laid off in rows in March,
w . 1-2 teet apart. Propped seed
• < to 2 I inclu' apart. Planting
March 25th. Varitt) of potatoes.
Irish Cobbler.
"Fertilizer supplie d by hand was
100 poll, d. Ammonia Salpha'o, 200
p • i ml - of acid phosphate rows 100
ound t c(.w whic!:
to the acre. Fertiii-
111 •. on
Mr. Aaron, a Southwestern confer-
ence official, and a letter man from
Syracuse, refereed the contests. He
is b> far the best official ever s-.'on
in these parts.
The preliminaries began at ten
o'clock. Smithvilk and Elgin played | ed the ball well and broke away fre-
while Bastrop d>ew a l.ve. Siiiithville | quently by dribbling; but though he
criminal docket several convictions
have been had, a follows:
Antonio Aguillar, transporting and
selling liquor, 1 year in penitentiary
on each charge.
Lester Hall, burglary, 2 years in
penitent iary.
Charles Wallace, transporting and
selling liquor, I year in each case.
Nish Mackay, trans|>orting and
manufacturing liquor, 1 year in each
case.
The case of .1. M. Ellis charged with
arson, continued until July i'th.
In the civil docket the only case of
any public interest was that of the
j Triangle Oil Co., vs. J. II. Greer et al.
This was ordered transfered to Harris
county for trial.
( Ol Ml I Ml In
KI MODFI ED
BE
\M IMPROVED
I'F.'I
Jl'ROBS—Kth WEEK
eliminated IClgin by tl. ■ i-coi
to 2. The super.oi passing ;
shooting ability of the I'ger
sponsible for th" ietory.
fense was fair, but tie y
fense.
The first rural cotnbiiai
at eleven o'clock. Ret.
enieru d \ ict irious over
ot
14
nd g al
\.m> re
lie-
got more shots during the day than
any one man, he failed to count from
the field.
Elgin'. He- Bastrop had the best passing com
had no of- ' bination, but inexperience and multili-
sts to dent the bucket led to their tlc-
lllgll il ! lent.
, | 'o, ill 1 ^n \ll-Count\ Team
I .,jii . b\ the ' Ml County team selected by Bas
sc ri of ;i i,i s. Jeddo woulil probably
have won the game had her nguh's
r> mained the whole game.
\; one o'clock. Batsrop
cniram d in a hard fought
•vhid". Bastrop won to
and Fig in j
vtrugfft (
Bastrop j
trop coach;
Ke nolds ( Bast rop i ( uanl
Hale (Smithville) Gunrd.
I 'erkins t Hast rop) ('enti r.
Honnell (Smithville! Forward
Brau ( Smith- ille I Forw ard.
TEXAS NEWS
Jack Simpson, J. A. Cook, E. E.
Burnett, Will Davis, A. M. Hilliard i
Jr., A. It. Alexander. A. M. Moore,
K. A. Sawyer. W. A. Smith, W. T
lliggins, E. J. Bobbins. T. B. Main,
Oscar Carlson, I . < arhell. W. R. Gil
1 nin. <). F. Arhuckle. J. A. Cottle, C
W. Cockrell, I.. B. Oden. J. P Fit/,
william, .1. 11 Bailev (' ( Cole, 11.
Freilrickso:i, II. M. Bahn Earl C.
Erhard, Fred ('raft, O. W Prcwitt,
Geo. McElroy I,. I! Dickey. \\- '*•
' i ulp. Jr., Will ( ildwell. W F. Mob
ley, J. T. Flint W. D. House. E F
llatherly. J. II. Fleming
( <>M MISSION F.BS ( (>l HI
HOLDS :< I) \ V s SI:SSI0\
In keeping with the recent report
of the Bastrop county grand jury
which in punitive terms comlemtiet
the county jail as a "«er\- unsanitary
condition, and also lelnpid'ited and
unsafe for the ke >|.i:i,' of pri. ontrs"
a:id which body re. iciium" di d "taat
the jail he thoroughly r<- lov. ted, that
the sewerage be put in more s.-.nilarjs
condition arm that there ..•• tot w.i;
provided for the p moi r heatii.r, * l
the building and that the r". idem e
part of the hui!din</ l.e re.ia; <-dt paint-
ed and |iut in eondi'im more decent
for the residence ot lite Jailer," m
keeping with this ioni1"!'nation the
county comniii siotvrs have laken ae.
timi. If the commisdorers Ji'-uVI
subject to adverse criticism, whirh
j they surely should not be, there i*
the further expression of the KranH
jury that "the jail part of the build-
ing is a disgrace to a civilized com-
munity." Bastrop citizens do not
want to continue a "disgrace to a
civilized ■ rnmunity' that condemna-
tion being pronounced riot by an em>-
niy but by twelve of her own foremost
eit izens.
In another column will be found an
official notice calling for bid. for th -
iniprovement of the i.iil building.
may l«e seen
and safe t'i
considered
yar
was
Ir l-ng, 0 |
.'100 pounds
vas put on
drill, April
>P alter plan'
lit then
gg«
n.
.f the
V. th
the
: h
of
with
pollllll
lie!-
i he
Th.
itilized
act i
the
1 Ml
eh
Th
inli
n
rati
tar
on
rt ilize.l
of : •#;
Snn \nton:o voters will he called
Upon ii nout April ! to express tllell
opinion of the proposed purchase ol
the water works by the city
The Stale of Texas Is credited with
4,701 ITS bfiles of cotton for the sea-
son to date, hs compared with ClMih
24:t for ihe I'.'L''' season
At ii meeting In liallas W D I'arrl*
of Funis was unanimous!) reelected
preshb'iit of the Texas Farm Bureau
reiteration toi Iil2f>
Harris count) made a record yield
of cot i on lasi year with 11,22:! hales
compared wltti 8288 bales for thf
19211 eason.
Owners of fig orchards In Jefferson
nnd adjoining counties ar*' nppcal'in
to Heaunioiii huntors to help rid the
orcli u l-. of tho Increasing ineniu e at
rahhlts
Wheat exports from C.alvestoii dur
lnt J miliary totaled 1.7 ■ • 1.0 K ' hush
nls, us rompnred with none
iiry. and 4.455.SHU
Iieceiaber, 1024
T"X s last )ear prodiK'i .i n rIy
one tenth of mi the farm crop value>
jn io> t idled Stales, leadinn hIi oin*
m Hiaies I he total \alin of all pro«t-
lie he f i in w as
1 hundr-'d negro fainiei are
co-operating In extension work I it
Twciity-iwo ji iioi
lubs nun
milt) all
Iti .1 aim
bushels lu
great damage being done hv the anl
nials Several young caivi's have heen
killed recent I) as lia e huiulieils of
chickens, turkeys and pigs The
wolves go iii droves and uru aeemingly
in a starved condition
Grasshoppers, which for the last
four ve'irs have eaten up thousands
of acres of cotton and grain and iia\o
even damaged trees In West 'I exas,
hove .lnall) l > ii eliminated by the
unprecedented cold weather of this
winter From all sections come re-
ports that the giasshopper eggs have
heen Killed h) the in day freeze
l'p to 1924 Texas had no stite
parks .lust before (Jovernor Pat M
N'eff retired from office, in January.
1925, lie sent a message to the statu
legislature, stating that H2 park site#
had be.>n offered lo the state, the
p:\rk* ranging from 1" to Hioo acres,
and worth about iriimjiOu. Of these
4i have already Ii • n deeded to tho
state for park purposes now and far-
ever '
The governor - of ul\ States have
n ree I to attend the joint conven-
i.on of the I'iiited Sta • (i''.,c Koads
\s nidation and the Hankhiad Na-
tional lluliw.r Sssociatlon at llous-
ron \|i!il to 25. inclusive, and tha
a ii1 i nors of ehout a dozen other
tates have been Invlti d, arcordinn
The county commissioners have had
'plenty to do this February term of
then court. Convening Monday, they
were still in session Wednesday even-
i ing.
The record of their actions in the
i many matters considered cannot he
j given until after adjournment \mong
'he item- passed upon have been the
acceptance of plans foi remodeling
I the jail and the advertising for bids
j on same; the selection of a county de-
| pository and the purchase of a car
j for the county health nurse. It is
j bill paying time and man) accounts
have been presented for payment. As
j to the subject of paying a portion of
the rent on the rest room, the court
has so far declined to make the ap-
j propriation for this year, although
$25 a month was paid last year.
SM I I II \ I I.I I II \ M\
< oi vn
FOB
hi I'osi idin
What the plans call for
by any interested eiti/ci.
say, the commissioner
carefully the need of n • .i?u<tuv<v
the financial ability of h ■ Mxpaye.t*
to meet the cost anil ;ie chostinn
duty of a civilized conuiKinity toward
its portion of the eit i/.enship w!ie ar#
prisoners.
It satisfactory bids ar • recti.' td
for the improvements th" contract
will be let at the M.rrch ieim of th>
eoinmissioners -ourt.
Nlarriage l icenses.
Permits to wed have been issued to
the following couples, covering the
week ending February 11th.
Atanacio Flore and Martina Cas-
tillo.
Trinidad Zapata and Aucensia
Juarez.
Elmo Jones and Clara Picket.
Anuiilo \ els and Maria Salasar.
Frminio (larcia and Eusabia Mar-
tinez.
Marcus Harden and Bettie Morgan
Kuelien Powell and .leannette Mat-
t hews.
Dock (Jreen and Carry Jones.
I'e'er Meuth and Eliiora l.ehman.
The I ii i National haul of milh-
ville was the best bidder for the selec-
tion a count) di po i try, -o d ter-
mini il by the lonmii.s -ioners court
< hi Wei k. t )p> 11 i 11 g of bid far this
Estate Transfers
of real e tnte, as rec >rd-
past week were as fol-
(; r ■ • i: •.
ti nd i1.
groes •
niutv
111. :I 1
■■ :! at
!!■
i iv I
Itolill I "
pui
1 in
or
inra
low'
po it ion 11 veille
I '! tl. 111 i Iered t
d: • 1 \ b mulct
t hat
pay
tin
w
.in i'
it,
a ■
11 .
pit
Mi -
t and
week to (.im i
atio'i rent e at
conft rein
11. i • ■ '.vet
Stan * ,
I.N
1 >.ide
Fl-
w ;:h
. in i> y
the
nd other communities !u i
first days of the week.
Future appointment: are for lied
UiH'k on the lltli. Sacred II art
school on the 2.'lrd, Smithville on the
-11Ii and Bastrop on the 25th, all
'In - e being for child health conferen-
ces.
•Miss McCoinh.s mailt' verbal report
of hei work to the commissioners
court Tuesday and it was decided that
she should make similar report to
that hotly monthly. The court is back
iiU her up ami the people of the coun
t\ are becoming more ami more in-
terested and with increasingly large
turnouts to the conferences and calls
upon her for advice and assistance in
their homes nnd eommuniti s.
'I lit
lion will
ev'el '!•"
V' him
-how n.
III!
I) made i
• t rat c 'i oi
o for pot.
o ether or
and just a
a Mr.
I land and
for fami-
(
loads
> arum *
re.. . I ■
decision
i • 1 on Ina
from 11
ion were tout
■ or tit her w he m
b\ the inti'istuti
Ipp d
lei-tin
, in i ar-
poll • ■ to
nu inn un
* n a
con '. • e
oil h\
\t
It
COIll 111! >s| ill I ei ell I)
am! no
1 e bvau; > of th Is
t iv i and woo |u
i on both sidt-s
I with lake. tna'l
u i ml
what fcrtil
it oe might
lie- also.
gotltl
n
17,11 -
be
say
suits
lu w s> a re t o he
\ lift c I "lilt ) .
FEW I I P. SI
c no\
Feb. II. Study
Xl'STIN, Texas,
of the growth and distribution of the
peanut is the subject of the latest
film which will lie distributed through
out the various schools of Texas
AI .Si.ue high\vii>
enforced rUadl) in
according to un edict which we it
forth r «> til' i) I roin S!i' ill! Ben i'
l.«t. rim aherlfFa iipp.u' meni and
motorcycle offlc' rs are to to opt r e
In tile elifoii i III' III
\ iAtg" outfit of teams and trac-
tors ttr> at work preparlna the sround
for 1OO0 ki rm of rlcM to bf planted
on the Walker tract five milcn souln
of Angleton. This will b* the larg
est single agricultural undertaking lu
th Vngleton district this yeai
ATI 11'
hundrt d
are clad
winter h
caii id '
\ riverside pai .i, aloii the low T
San .la I'Uo I* I v • I f lie a I 'rosby to
Uynchbtirg, is proposed for Harrii
i cunt \ a lit! lb..i 'on by s Herbert
Hare, l irk • i 1
< inner can show
nine uiile si i tch >
The primitive ft
(if tl|l fl\ e Is l|o
nd lar..e. the re-
duck hunter
Thirty heepmeti In cruel i a conn-
t\ luive formed a pool ot 1112•"> long j 1.200'000 piet i
st dug wool that is expected to total
51)0,01)0 pounds The> have named I*
It Cox. Joe Fierce. .11 . and I'aul 1'er-
ner us a sales tamimlttee Tin* clip
w ill likely he offered at auction t ti It*
month. In aduinct af shearing.
Crockett county's wool production
this year Is certain to hp hea\!«r
than ever befoie
Smit h ville
Ii rcent on
tain! ao-
llcal
Transfer' o
oil during the
lows:
' T. Taylor nnd wife to W. E. Gil-
Ion nnd wift, lot 7 anl x, block '.'A,
Smithville a id. >a i n s:',.000.
I.i >'i 111 ino.'.mo I.I.I i I, EES
i Brannon, 2T
in league- con,
wife to Fritz
. Smithville,
,\s, Cnit'i Feb. 10 Three
tie a) i ; i t i . i n t;recce
in Vniericnn old clothe this
a rt .-nit oi' disi rihutions
nit by N'eai Fast Relief, The
American organization has given out
of clot lung this win-
ter t hrough lot) <list ribnt in. -tations.
W thin the pa-1 fortnigli. it ha - be-
gun. to supplement it. clothing sta-
tions with cliiltl-feeding in the target
refugee camps.
Sir Fd'.vard Boyle who has just
completed a study of the refugees
situation for the British government
II K. 'Ii iraih to S.
acre out of S. F \
; it-rat ion
\oah I d'Vii d and
I Schroetlt r, Ii't '■ Itlc-cf;
t on- lei at >'2oo.
VNalti • I;, ii ind wife to Frank
' iralian Ji m7 acre out of S. If. K i<l
survey, unit claim, consideration $1.
^d. i'iIi I- Rosank and wife, same
i- aboii, consideration $1.00
J. M. Casey and wife to W. A.
Schroetler, 1-2 acre Johnathan Burles-
on original survey, consideration $100.
W R. Searc) and wifi to Joe Sha-
fer. I line out of I. T Sauntlers tract,
onsideration $200.
Tignal Jones to J. F. Burch, 2 tract*
containing _.'15 acres out of John
Litton heiidright league, consideration
*.",.520.
The flr«t organization of oounty
hlghwuy engineers In Texas was form
The housing problem Is becoming
from the visual instruction division *«rl<>ut m Bastrop \t present there
ot the I'niveisity of Texa« Extcn Is not a business house vacant In the
am Bun an. according to Mrs. < . J. city ami rent houses are scarce
.loon-, acting head of the divisiot. j
U ,ruining with a circus scene show !
ing the culture, planting, gathering,
ant! milling of the peanut. I in- nu- 1
trition value of the peanut is illus-
'd in the A
last week
and M
It was
reported to the American Minister
as follows "Twent) five percenti of tiHAND.ll RN (Ml.I D
College of Texas il'l the refugees in Crooo
..ill
IN SFEt lVI. SESSION
named tlo v«so
(rated
meat.
and compnred with that of
This
is salt! to be the first time In several
years thai all business houses are
occupied The Hcarclt) Ir caused by
many newcomers to liastrop to make
thalr homes
Wolf hunting parties are being or
edition of Conn'> Hlahway F.ngine. r«
Officers elect ed were O \ Mracher, !
Washington count) president, T W
Huffman Webb count), vice pr^sld^nt,
and A F Mitchell Milam count). %>c
retary On the executive committee,
betides the offl- ers. are M B llodgoa.
i:\alds, S J Tread way. Kaufman,
compi'lletl to live Under
the remainder of the
seems almost impossible
be j
canvas for I - ■
winter. It To investigate a transaction at El-
that people tfin in which prominent peoples'
itinected and which ru-
are
■anltwd throughout the Oak Hill com
utimlt. Klein ot tb. "O «atltt.,m. Ro, ..ll
suffering the privations und hard- I namt
ships they are called upon to .'iuli.1 mors give an ugl) flavor as regards
will ever be aide to lie a real asset the principal in the case, the grand
ii tlustruilly or agriculturally, to tho \ Jl,r.v vsa 'n session Tuesday. That
Mtuntry. Every possible resource bod\ made no report and it is posxihle
should be called in to alleviate
sufferngs."
their that a further sitting will be had wher
other witnesses will be heard.
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Perry, J. S. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1925, newspaper, February 12, 1925; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth206422/m1/1/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.