Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 21, 1931 Page: 4 of 6
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New Christian Science Publishing House
By F. O. MONTAGUE
County Agent
If this winter weather keeps up
much longer curtailing our farm work,
surplus of products will be taken care
of in great shape. One report last
week says this is the coldest May we
have had within the past thirty years
and that is a long time, .lust one dry
norther after another seems to be the
order of the day and a "norther" is
never worth much to a farmer except
at hog killing time.
But from all reports our section of i
the State is faring very well. A late
report from Central and East Texas
is that 90% of the cotton will have
to be replanted and other crops are
doing very poorly.
Architect's drawing of the building to be erected In
Boston for the Christian Science Publishing society at h
cost of about $.'1,000,000. It wjll stand opposite the Mother
church edifice and will be of the Italian renaissance type,
the lower stor.v being of granite and the upper stories
of limestone.
106,096 Chevrolets
Produced in April
What do farmers really want? This
is a question that is on the minds of
many these days and will so continue
until our economic structure takes on
a different hue to what it has been
now for all these years. It may be that
this state will not be reached for some
time to come and things may have to
get worse than they now are to 1 ring
this about, but we hope not. And any-
way, there is an end to this getting
worse idea too for a stopping place
can be found on most any question.
A great many farmers aro tired of
being told to raise their living at
home although a large number of
farmers are still depending on farm-
ers in other states to furnish them
with food supplies, our better farm-
ers everywhere have their farms on
a self sustaining basis to a large ex-
tent. What they are mostly worried
about is how to get a cash income that
will pay them for their labor and time.
Of course there is little difference be-
tween the farmers and many city
workers who happen to be out of jobs
at this time. The farmer who raises
his living at home has the edge on the
man who is walking the streets look-
ing for work. The cow-sow-hen-garden
way of farming still seems to be the
best plan in sight for most farmers.
Thirteen farms here in Texas this
Spring, out of twenty one interviewed,
showed that their average acreage was
115 acres total with 91 acres in culti-
vation divided about as follows:
30 acres in permanent pasture, 35
acres in cotton, 23 acres in corn, 13
acres in oats, 13 acres in sorghum, 4
acres in alfalfa. These showed a well
balanced set-up. On each of these
farms there was an average of nearly
five milk cows, five beef cows, one
brood sow, eleven sheep, one hundred
hens, and three turkeys. Each sold an
average of 42 pounds of butter and
42 dozen eggs per month. Each sold
on an average of two yearling beeves
annually, four lambs, and around 70
pounds wool, 14 market hogs, and
average one acre garden, 56 fruit trees
138 berry vines and 4 grape vines.
These farms have something coming
in through a large part of the year.
How can anyone find any very great
amount of fault with such a farm out-
lay? And doesn't it appeal to us being
safer than a one crop system whether
it be cotton, rice, corn, potatoes, or
what have you?
One Texas Tree Gives
1,053 Pounds Pecans
A pecan tree that has yielded as
high as 1,053 pounds of nuts in one
crop, that has given 5,000,000 of its
buds for the improvement of other
trees and that gave California alone
100,000 buds this year is described by
Will H. Mayes in his syndicated let-
ter. It is known as the Jumbo Hollis
tree and is located in San Saba Coun-
ty, whose citizens will vouch for the
truth of the story as related.
CARANCAHUA
Mr. H. F. Green and son, John, of
Houston spent Saturday in their cot-
tage here.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Feather and sons
were Sunday afternoon callers at the
Slaikeu homo.
Mr. W. C. Branurn and a Mr. Brown
from Houston were at Carancahua
Beach Saturday and Sunday.
A good many from this Community
attended the Commencement Excer-
cises at Palacios last Thursday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Whyman and sons
and Mrs. Mary Helmer of Ganado
were week end guests at the Slaikeu
home.
Rev. Ozment filled his regular ap-
pointment at the church Sunday aftei'-
off for four hours, keeping her awake. noon jyj,. j j-j Huffman accompanied
. him out from town.
Tell them what cultivation of any | \ seven and one half pound baby
girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
In their divorce suit, Mrs. Laura
Scott of Chicago was charged with
painting black stripes on her hus-
band's brand new grey suit and he was
charged with switching lights on and
crop is and why. Do not let them plow
deep in cultivating and do not let them
plow their corn any more after a good
percentage of tassels begin to show in
the field.
Some men plow so deep and close
Abraham Sunday Morning. The little
maiden has been named Gladys Lor-
raine, and all concerned are doing
nicely.
Several from Houston enjoyed
to the plants that the feeder roots are | outing at the Turner cottage over the
cut loose and of course the yield for
that crop is very materially decreased.
We want to teach these young folks
how these things are done and why.
If we can't give a reason for doing a
thing we shouldn't do it and vice versa.
One big thought in this club work is
to get these young people to do some
constructive thinking. We want them
week end. Those in the party wnre:
Mrs. Chrisman, Mrs. Turner, Mr. and
Mrs. James Taylor and two daugh-
ters, and Mr. and Mrs. Bagby.
A surprise party on Mrs. Turner
Friday night and gotten up by Mrs.
Bagby, was thoroughly enjoyed
by several neighbors and friends in
this community. The evening was
to begin early in life to get ideas about; spent in playing games and delicious
things. These young folks are our only
hope for the future and we need you (
older folks to help us in realizing
refreshments of iced punch and cakes
their
ties.
opportunities and responsibili-
Many of our folks will be disap-
pointed in their cucumbers, cante-
loupes, watermelons, etc, because they
will let the striped cucumber beetle
ruin the plants, soon after they come
up. These beetles are easily controlled
by the nicotine sulphate dust route.
It is made up by mixing one ounce of
nicotine sulphate with three pounds
of slaked lime (builder's lime). Place
the lime in a small keg or box and
slowly add the nicotine until all is
thoroughly mixed. Then apply V* to
bounce per hill of plants. It acts as a
repellant to these beetles.
Our young people all over Mata-
gorda County, who belong to our
Boy's and Girl's clubs have some prom-
ising projects. Especially are some
of their corn acres good. You Dads and
friends who want to see these young
folks do a good job have your oppor-
tunity to council with them.
We notice that quite a few men over
the county who plow too close to the
plants and too deep. The object of cul-
tivation is to simply keep down weed
growth and mulch the top inch of soil
in order to consei've soil moisture. You
can "plow off" a crop as well "plow
one on."
Within a couple of weeks now plenty
of clover seed can be had for the ask-
ing. These seed can be easily gathered
with a garden rake and brush broom.
Plenty of burr, white Dutch, buffalo,
and yellow sweet clover seed can be
found on vacant lots, alongside the
highways, especially from Bay City
to Pledger, around country school
yards, and railroads rights-of way.
These seed can be gathered vine
and all, just as soon as the seed are
matured and can be immediately scat-
tered over the land where you want
to get seeded to clovers and grasses.
It is a very easy and sure way to get-
ting a start of clovers without any
cash outlay. Think it over!
One large Georgia bank in one of
its advertisements states: "we expect
to extend credit to those farmers who
are careful to grow ample food and
feed crops to meet the needs of their
farms. There must be grown on the
farm those necessities which hereto-
fore have been bought with money
realized from the sale of Cotton."
Georgia bankers believe it is sound
business for a farmer to farm for a
living as well as to have something
to sell. The banker realizes he is pro-
tected when the farmer produces food
and feed crops and the farmer is like-
wise protected. May this ruling take
effect over other sections which will
result in sound diversification.
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were served.
Mr. and Mrs. Severt Swenson and
son Ralph and Miss Allie Wilson of
Olivia and Miss Gladys Swenson who
has been attending school in Palacios
the past year visited at the Elmer
Abraham home Sunday afternoon. Mrs.
Abraham is a daughter of Mr. Swen-
son. Miss Gladys stayed with her sis-
ter to help care for the new baby.
(Too Late For Last Week)
Mr. and Mrs. Bagby spent last week
end at the Turner cottage here.
Miss Sophia Lubben of Francitas
was in the neighborhood Monday.
Mrs. Kier Smith was a Tuesday aft-
ernoon visitor at the Slaikeu home.
Clarence and Alen Schicke left last
week by auto for Milwaukee, Wise.
The Maynard Frankson family were
Sunday visitors at the Nels Bengston
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Frankson
and sons visited at the Slaikeu home
last Wednesday night.
Several of the neighbors enjoyed
two tables of bridge at the Elmer
Abraham home Saturday nighf.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Frankson and
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Abraham attend-
ed the Baccalaureate Service in Pala-
cios Sunday.
Mrs. Emil Peterson and sons re-
turned Sunday from Olivia, where they
spent the week with kin folks. She
attended the funeral of her brother's
little boy, who was burned when a
gasoline lantern exploded.
Ladies Aid Society met at the A.
Frankson home last Thursday after-
noon. After a few hours quilting, a
Out With The
Old-Fashioned
Washboard!
You seldom see them any
more.
The modem laundry has
taken its place.
For real expert laundry
sex-vice, patronize our loun-
dry. We are prompt and ef-
ficient . Only modern methods
used. Don't be behind the
times!
This is the laundry of no
mistakes!
We turn out work that it
it a pleasure to look at—just
try us.
PEOPLES
LAUNDRY
BAY CITY, TEXAS
—Leave Phone Calls at 32—
Enda Tomato Deal
to Open This Week
Edna, May 12.—A. J. Schofield,
Jackson county farm agent, announces
that the tomato packing shed in Edna
will be opened the latter part of this
week. The old ice plant building, near
the railroad track, will be used. Work-
men representing Newton & Wallace,
Jacksonville produce brokers, who
will handle the local crop, have been
here this week putting in grading
tables and preparing to handle the
125-acre tomato crop that will be
produced in the Edna section. It is
reported sheds at Ganado, La Ward
and Francitas will be opened about the
same time.
The county agent says nine cars of
potatoes in the La Ward section have
been harvested and sold. The crop
yielded from 50 to 80 bushels per acre
and sold for $1.65. It is estimated
that the crop will net the growers
about $80 per acre.—Houston Post-
Dispatch.
delicious lunch of cake and coffee was
served by the hostess. The next meet-
ing will be with Mrs. Slaikeu the first
Thursday in June.
Manuel Casillas of Miami, Ariz.,
who was haled into court for driving
over a fire hose, insisted that he be
excused as he was rushing to his burn-
ing home.
Mrs. E. V. Tuells of Cambridge,
Mass., was granted a divorce when
she told the judge that only three
times during seven years of married
life had her husband taken her to the
movies.
April production of the Chevrolet
Motor Company was 106,096 cars and
trucks, more than 20,000 units above
the original schedule for the month
and within a few thousand units of the
output in May, 1930, the biggest pro-
duction month of last year, W. S.
Knudsen, president ami general mana-
ger, announced today.
The April output falls only 4,000
units below the comparable figure for
April, 1930, which was one of the two
biggest months of 1930, and com-
pares with 79,603 cars and trucks built
in March this year, Mr. Knudsen said.
The output for the month just end-
ed was the first in eleven months that
crossed the 100,000 mark. Repeated in-
creases in schedules had to be made
during April to keep production in
step with the demands of the sales
department, as dealer commitments
were increased to meet the opening up
of retail outlets.
While no schedule for May was
announced, it is understood that the
company expects to maintain the pre-
sent high rate of output for at least
the current month, with prospects ex-
cellent for running ahead of last
year's production during the later
spring and summer months.
As a result of the schedule increases
during April, a full six day week, in-
cluding Saturday afternoons, had to
be maintained at certain assembly
points. All plants of the company are
now operating a normal average of
five and one-half days a week. Em-
ployment increased 1,500 men in the
month, bringing the current payrolls
to above 35,000 men, working on an
average week of fifty hours.
April output is believed to have led
the industry, and placed Chevrolet in
the position of the world's largest
manufacturer. A comparable position
has been maintained in the domestic
passenger car market, where for the
past four months for which registra-
tion figures are available Chevrolet
sixes led all other makes of passenger
cars.
After playing bridge for 60 hours,
Miss Jessie Skelsie of San 1' rancisco
walked home and sat down to do some
sewing.
Monte Cochrane of Ridgefield,
Wash., drank a mixture of rat poison
and moonshine whiskey in a suicide
attempt.
his! Use of a cane on the head of a
af-1 neighbor woman to emphasize that
of he did not want the floor before his
Chicago, went home the next day to a-artment door scrubbed, caused Rev
investigate and found the dream en- R. P. Doss of Alanta, Ga„ to be put
tirely true. I under a $20° bond"
After dreaming that he saw
wife and James E. O'Brien in
fectionate embrace, Louis Jur
For 57 years Harrison Lumpkin of
Moultrie, Ua., has been shaving him-
self with a meat cleaver.
Mrs. lone Potter of Tulsa, Okla.,
was recently granted her third di-
vorce from G. C. Potter, oil royalty
dealer.
THE COLONIAL
HAY CITY, T E X A
FRIDAY, MAY 22—
"CITY STREETS"
GARY COOPER AND SYLVIA SIDNEY
Lovers who Play a Dangerous Game to Win a Great Prize LOVE!
DO THEY WIN ?
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SATURDAY, MAY 23—
"WOMAN HUNGRY
LILA LEE AND FRED KOHLER
With Men as Rugged as the Mountains in a Stirring Drama with
the beauties of the Western ranges brought to you in natural colors
SUNDAY AND MONDAY. MAY 24 AND 25—
"WHOOPEE"
THE WONDER OF WONDERS!
Ziegfield's Greatest Show at Popular Prices!—Girls! Laughs!
Action! Color! Romance!—More Lavish! More Dazzling! More
Ravishly Beautiful and Entertaining than Ever Shown Before!
—Whee-e-e-e!—What Fun!—What Excitement!—
TUESDAY, MAY 26—
"OH FOR A MAN"
A New Farce with REGINALD DENNY as the Burglar, who Falls
in Love with a Grand Opera Singer—JEANNETTE MAC-DONALD
Also Added Attraction—
JACQUELINE
IN PERSON—"The Girl Who Sees Tomorrow!"
Bring her your Troubles—she would like to Help You!
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27—
"UNFAITHFUL"
RUTII CHATTERTON with PAUL LUKAS
"UNFAITHFUL"—BUT—There's a Reason! See What It Is
That Probes the Hidden Depths of this Woman's Heart!
THURSDAY, MAY 28—
"MAN OF THE WORLD"
WILLIAM POWELL is Mysterious!—Cunning!—Dangerous!
Bue Ho Wasn't Smart Enough to Escape His Past!
73 of America's
business concerns
have bought 27.00.1 Chevrolets
Prominent among the
thousands of concerns
using large fleets of Chevrolets are
many of the leaders of American
industry. In fact, 73 outstanding
business firms have purchased a total
of 27,605 Chevrolet cars and trucks.
And the list is growing every day.
The reason for thin preference lies in
the unexcelled economy of Chevrolet
cars and trucks, as proved by official
cost records. These records show that
20 miles to the gallon is a common occur-
rence among Chevrolet cars. That oil
expense is practically negligible. That
Chevrolet cars and trucks require only
u minimum of service attention. That
they give satisfactory low-cost service
over exceptionally long periods of time.
Naturally, an automobile with such a
fine record of economy represents an
extremely wise investment for any
buyer! Especially so, when you consider
the many advantages that Chevrolet
offers above and beyond economy. Come
in and learn what these advantages are
—what they mean in terms of style,
comfort, safety, reliability and value.
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Coupes $545; Sport Coupe (with rumble Heat), $575; Five-Passenger Coupe, $595i
Convertible Cabriolet, $615; Standard Sedan, $635; Special Sedan, $650; Convert-
ible Landau Phaeton, $650. Special equipment extra. Chevrolet truck chassis,
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