The Blessing News. (Blessing, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1913 Page: 1 of 4
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Blessing Heins
VOL. 5, NO. 14.
Raterrd in the tataAa at Bleanina,
Team* at aauoud clana rate.
Blessing, Matagorda County, Texas, Friday, May 16, 1913.
$1 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE
Where do you buy
Your Shoes?
John fj. Logan Sr. went to
Bay City last Friday.
Will. Knowles made a business
trip to Bay City Friday.
-Miss Lou la Sanford returnee
Wednesday from Pear land.
Tejtas.
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If you are not wearing our line you are losing.
We have all the newest shapes and colors. A
look at our window will convince you that 'we
have the goods.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis returned
Tuesday morning from a visit at
Palacios.
Mrs. John L Logan Jr. visited
from Saturday until Tuesday a*
Cdllegeport.
Jim DeMoville, the Blessing
painter, made a business trip to
Francitas Monday.
Mrs. F. G. Cobb and children,
and Miss Emma Dunn were in
Bay City Saturday.
Miss Charlotte Grabil of Citrus
Grove, is visiting this week with
Mrs. John L. Logan Jr.
J. W. Bowers went to Bay City
Monday to attend a meeting of
the Commissioners’ Court.
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Farm Loan*
We have arranged with one of
the largest Farm Loan Com-
panies in Texas to place loans in
this couifty on improved black
land farms. Write or call for
particulars. W. B. Qaumer,
Midfield, Texas. 4 18 tf
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Keep The Soil Well Mulched
After a crop has been planted
>n well-prepared soil the chiel
consideration in keeping it grow-
ing is the conservation of moist-
ure. Proper efforts to prevent
loss of the moisture that ha>
been stored in the ground and in
saving that that comes to tht
soil during the growth of the
plant accomplish all that is nec
issary towards good cultivation.
The two ways in which moisture
escapes from the soil during drj
weather is by being pumped
through the plant and by evapor-
ation from the surface of the
soil. When it escapes through
the plant it is performing its
legitimate function and before
escaping in this way has supplied
the plunt with what food it con-
tains, but when moisture escapes
from the surface soil it Is a dead
los8 and the plants cannot derive
any benefit therefrom. When
the crop is small there is general-
ly an abundance of moisture in
the soil and the more moisture
present the more rapid is the
evaporation. As the soils dry
out it become harder for the at-
mosphere to wring moisture from
them. The earth, seeming to
appreciate the importance of
this subject, holds on to it hard-
er and harder as it grows less.
About the only practical way of
preventing or lessening this loss
by evaporation is by keeping
covering of loose soil over the
whole surface of the land. This
layer of loose, freshly stirred
soil acts as a sponge to drink up
and hold the moisture that is
brought up by the capillary
John H. Roach and Mits Vivian ‘ub*’- It »houW ber.momb.red
Ro»h Mendey ln» ^ ‘b£j*
B. W. Trull, cashier of the
Midfield State Bank, was in
Blessing Saturday on business.
I. H. Ansley came down from
the Markham oil fields Monday
fo^ a day’s visit with his family,
W. J. Rose of Edna, visited
Wednesday with his grand-
daughter, Mrs. Walter A. San-
ford.
Mrs. Stanley Baxter went to
Midfield last Friday to visit at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Smith.
Lieutenant Wyatt 0. Selkirk
went to Bay City Thursday morn-
- ing.
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Mrs. F. G. Cobb delightfully
entertained at 6 o’clock dinner
Sunday evening. The guests
were Maude and Nettie Harmon-
son, Emma Dunn, Clifford Clark
and Stanley Wright.
A Farewell Party
One of the moat delightful
social events of the season was
a dinner given Wednesday even-
ing, in honor of the Misses Har-
monson, by Mrs. James H.
Roach. The color scheme in the
dining room was orange, while
the air waa heavy with fragrance
from the pink roses banked in
every available nook and corner
of the parlor and halL
The following guests Misses
Emma Dunn, Maude Harmonson,
Nettie Harmonson, Vivian Roach,
and Messrs. John Walworth,
Paul Walwofth, Roy Roach and
John Roach found their places
at the beautifully decorated
table by dainty band painted
place cards, where each r did
ample justice to the carefully
prepared meal.
The fisvori were cunning little
traveling bejs, filled with sweets,
suggestive of the girls’ early de-
parture for their home in Kan-
Later in the evening several
the
Burned By Gasoline
Thursday of last week while
working at the pumping plant on
the Bowers rice farm west of
Blessing. Ira Bowers Was badly
burned by the explosion of a
bucket of waste oil. The bucket
of gasoline had caught fire and
Mr. Bowers was carring it out of
the building when it either ex-
ploded, or in being bumped
against the door, splashed and
flared up, completely enveloping
him in flames. Mr. Bowers ran
to the canal near by and jump-
ing in the water, the flames were
extinguished. His father, who
was with him at the time,
brought him to town immediately
Mrs. Bion Gill and Mrs. A.
Percival went to Bay City Thurs-
day morning.
Miss Elsie Lindner returned
Monday from a visit at Blooming-
ton and other points.
Chas. E. Duller, cashier of the
Blessing State Bank, was in Bay
City Mgnday on business.
Postmaster Geo. W. Walker
Jr., had the postofiice building
repaDered and varnished last
week, adding much to its appear-
ance.
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Mrs. Brown and children, who
were here visiting Mrs. Brown’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
and Dr. Curtis was summoned, powers, returned to their home
to give medical aid. While Mr.
Bowers’ burns are very painful
they will not result in any per-
manent injury and the patient is
getti.bg along as well as might be
expected under the trying cir-
cumstances.
Train Caught Fire
A freight train on the Browns-
ville road canght fire three miles
west of Buckeye Tuesday about
2 o’clock and six can loaded
with merchandise were destroy-
ed. The origin of the fire is un-
known. The north bound pas-
senger was sent over the South-
ern Pacific in order to get by the
witjek.
J. J. Holmes of Palacios, was
was in Blessing Tuesday looking
for some stny livestock. His
stray notice will be found in our
want column.
Mr. and Mn. M. Eickelberger
and children of Palacios visited
Sitnday with J. T. Harmonson
aijd family.
[u. F. Stephens has purchased
tk e dairy herd of >Chss. Shoe-
M alter and will go into the dairy
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Irene, went
y itiflyiiincy
at Edna Wednesday.
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Mrs. J. T. Shoemaker, who
has been visiting at the home of
her son, Chas. Shoemaker, will
leave Saturday for her home in
Raton, New Mexico. She Will
be accompanied as far as Galves-
ton by her son, and Mr. and Mrs.
Milo E. Wilson, of Midfield.
Miss Mammie Burkett enter-
.tained a number of her young
friends Saturday night at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Bentley. The following were
present: Misses Daisy Millard.
Gertrude Duller, Alice Duller,
Kathryn Pefcival, Mammie Bur-
kett: Messrs. Clifford Sburtz,
Robert Brunough, Hal Ansley,
Hubert Speed, Herbert Houston,
and Grady Pickle.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Shoemaker
entertained a number of friends
at their home two miles south of
Blessing Thursday evening of
last week. Refreshments of ice
cream and cake were served.
Those attending were: Mr. and
Mrs. S. J. Korf, Mr. and Mrs.
F. N. Dyer, Mr. and Mrs. H
Gebors, Mf. and Mrs. Chas. E.
Duller, Mr. and Mrs. WHl
Knowles, Mrs. L B. Parkins;
Messrs. John Knowles, Wm.
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Markham where they attended a
week end houfte party.
Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Dyer left
Tuesday morning for Galveston
and will probably remain over
Sunday to see the battleships.
Stanley Wright, who had been
visiting Here for several days,
returned to his home at College-
port Monday, by way of Palacios.
Mrs. Wyatt 0- Selkirk arrived
Tuesday to join her husband
Lieutenant Selkirk, at the gov-
ernment surveying camp in
Blessing.
Chas. E. Duller, cashier of the
Blessing State B^nk, and son
Eathen, went to Galveston Wed-
nesday morning to attend the
State Bankers’ Convention.
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three inch mulch or, in exception-
al conditions, one of four inches,
will be as deep as is ever neces-
sary. What we wish to guard
against is simply scratching the
surface of (he soil in the early
stages of the plant life and then
having to establish a mulch so
much deeper that it is bound to
destroy foots. With the mulch
properly established and main-
tained from the beginning there
will be no reason for the practice
that is prevalent in some sections
of cultivating only every other
middle at a time The reason
given for this is that by so doing
the roots of the plants are dis-
turbed on but one side at a time;
but the deep mulch from the be-
ginning obviates this. Then
every other middle cultivation
only half does the job and while
evaporation is checked from the
the middle that has been stirred
it really goes on more rapidly
from the one that has been un-
disturbed. To be most effective
the mulch should be established
and maintained over the whole
surface. The dryer the weather
the more important it is to keep
the surface as flat as possible, as
ridges serve to expose a greater
J. A. Selkirk, an uncle of Lieu-
tenant Wyatt 0- Selkirk, who is
in command of the government
surveyors located here, visited
the first of the week with his
nephew.
Mrs. J. Graves of El Campo,
visited Tuesday at the home of
her mother, Mrs. I. H. Ansley.
Mrs. Aqsley accompanied her
daughter to her home Tuesday
afternoon for a few days visit.
H. F. Loeschner was here Sun-
day visiting with friends. Mr.
Loeschner is now foreman of a
large farm near Collegeport, and
says although rain is needed,
crops in that locality are still
looking good.____
The Tennis Club met Monday
night at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Pierce. There was a
good attendance and after the
transaction of business, the even-
ing was very pleasantly spent in
a social way.__✓__
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Heflle-
tinger of Minneapolis, Minn.,
and Mr. and Mrs. J. Allen Smith,
of Philadelphia, Pa., returned to
thair home* Wednesday, after
visiting a weak with Mr. and
lira. A. B. Pierce and Col. J. E.
porary action of loose Soil, and if
left undisturbed sooner or later
the capilary tubes will be con-
tinued through the loose soil to
the surface and then the loss of
moisture goes merrily on. The
length of time that is required
for the re-establishment of these
tubes to the surface varies some-
what with the soil but is pretty
well completed in all soils by the
end of a week or ten days. If a
shower of rain intervenes then
it is established immediately.
So to save the maximum amount
of moisture it is well to make it
a rule to stir the soil at least
every .ten. days in the absence of
rain and immediately succeeding
a shower as promptly as the con-
dition of the soil will permit.
The best depth at which to main-
tain this mulch varies somewhat
with the soil and climatic con-
ditions. In coarse grained soils
and in the dryer sections it
should be several times as deep
as in other soils or sections. Re-
member also that the finer the
soil particles of the mulch are,
the more effective it will be; so
every effort should be made to
destroy even the smallest clods.
The constant stirring of the soil
to maintain this mulch will, of
course, prevent the formation of
the roots of the plants within
this area and so force a deeper
root development. Sometimes it
is the practice to maintain a
shallow mulch in the early 'hart
of the season when moisture is
abundant and to deepen it later
on as moisture becomes scarce.
This method is bad, as it is man-
ifestly impossible to follow it
without destroying the roots of
the plants. Learn the maximum
depth that is necessary for the
mulch to prevent evaporation
during the dryest weather and
establish and maintain this depth
from the very beginning of cul-
tivation. By so doing the roots
are already ’• established deep
down in the soil beyond the dan-
ger of injury and where they are
assured of a maximum supply of
moisture. This deep mulch does
not mean deep cultivation. A
surface to the evaporating effect
of the sun and air. Keep the
soil as nearly level as possible
and constantly stirred to the cor-
rect depth from the beginning
and with the amount of rain that
most sections have enjoyed this
winter and spring there should
be very little complaint about
dry weather this crop season.
Texas Industrial Congress, Dal-
las, Texas.
Frisco Demonstrator Visits
Theodore Kreuz, field demon-
strator of the Frisco, was here
Tuesday on his regular trip of
inspection and reports the. crops
on the demonstration plot under
his direction on the Gebera’ farm
as growing nicely. Mr. Kraut
brought a camera with him and
took a view of the field of corn
as it now stands.
In talking with a News report-
er, Mr. Kreuz said that he ex-
pected much good, in the way of
better and mors profitable farm-
ing to result from the demon
stration work now being carried
on by the Frisco along ' ths
Brownsville road.
Touching upon the marketing
problem, Mr. Kreuz said that it
was his belief that eventually
(he railroads would have to take
it into their own hands the mat-
ter of finding a market for the
producer, which could be more
easily done by them, as thsy are
in a better position to learn the
condition of the markets in the
large cities at all times: and an-
other thing that would help in
this direction is the keeping of
more live stock on the farms to
consume the crops and lessen
the danger of over-production.
’ Mr. Kreuz carried with him
some samples of Irish potatoes
grown on his own farm at Kings-
ville this spring, which were a
fine demonstration of what cen
be expected of this crop. They
were of the Irish Cobbler variety,
as large as a man’s fist and nice
and smooth. They were grow
on land where cowpeas had been
plowed under last fall, without
irrigation, being simply kept in
a good state of cultivation at
times. Mr. Kraut
is no better f
tatoes, as well W
things, than cowpeas
der green.
W. K
Ward, and C. J,
Red Bluff, two pr
men, wen here T
acting business wi
ner. ' >
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