Brownsville herald. [volume], May 30, 1929, Page THREE, Image 3

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Borer And Bacteria
Killing Palms, Says
Stiles; Tells Cures
(By HARVEY STILES)
A good many palms, here and
throughout the Valley are dying And
as palms of the many species and
varieties adapted here are and al
ways will be the greatest charm
tt&VaHey landscape, it behooves
1 us MpVrotect them and treat and
'ui▼such of them ms possible be
fore it is too late.
First, as to the cause. This is
usually from the tunnelling of a
huge borer, the worm form of the
palm beetle, frequently seen three
inches long, with shining, armored
shells and sugar-formed head. En
tering the palm trunk near the
ground. It tunnels and eats of the
sweet center till decay or starvation
of the foliage kills the tree.
If discerned before too late, as
the condition can be by noting the
yellowing, dropping, or diminished
| size of the current new leaves, these
borers can be removed with a
1 curved, hoked wire, or killed with
eyanogas poured into the tunnels
and the tunnelled cavity disinfected
with coal tar and filled with ce
ment. But if such injury has been
done that the central bud < which is
the only "life point'* of most palms
except dates' is dead, there is no
hope for that palm, and it should j
be at once removed and replaced,
using some variety less affected by
the beetle.
And I will say here that I have
seen no palm of much size killed by
them, except tlje two varieties of
California palms, Washmgtonin Fil
ipia and the so-called ornamental
date. Phoenix Canortensus Robust a
Neither our splendid native or river
palm. Sabal Mexicans, that was
once so common in the extreme
lower Valley that the lower reaches
of the river was designated on old
maps as Rio de las Palmas, or the
true date palm. Phoenix Dactviifera.
of which so many noble specimens
b-arlng huge crops of splendid dates
each year that I have attended to
their pollenlzatton here and
throughout the Valley are affected,
except in small nursery trees.
Another cause for dying palms of
the two Washington species is a
bacterial infestation in the bud well
down to where it emerges from the
branches. If your palm shows yel
low and drooping leaves or terminal
bud it is more likely this trouble
than the borer If not too far pro
gressed. the colony of bacteria caus
ing it can usually be routed with a
handful of fresh slaked or dehyd
rated lime thrown dowm into the
bud.
But if the yellowed or leaning bud
will pull out it is too late to do
anything for that palm, and It i
should at once be removed, the hole j
heavily limed and replanted with a I
date palm or one of our native
palms, neither of which are affect
ed by either borer or disease un
less when quite small.
Occasionally a large palm or other
tree is “electrocuted’ from the light
or power wires. And this occur
rence. noted several times here and
in other towns in the Valley, indi
cates that it is time to decide
whether the roadsides and street
parkings are to be devoted to the
beauty, shade and charm of trees
or to unsightly disfiguring life—en
dangering wires and posts
This is a problem "right up to'
now" for settlement. For there is
today scarcely a sidewalk or road
side tree of any size in any Valley
town not mutilated or planned to
be mutilated by linemen whose only
concern is to keep the line clear of
trees.
Occasionally, too. a gas mam or
pipe will leak and kill a palm or
other tree; and now. with so much
crete. a leak of this sort will
follow underneath for a long dis
tance and kill trees, flowers, etc.
most mysteriously, until it is found
that gas was seeping and poisoning
the roots.
It should be kept ever in mind
that one well grown tree on street
or road is worth hundreds of dol
lars to the public, the citizenry,
who are the only actual owners and
rulers of this Valley, besides, and
wholly apart from the ownership
that may today control the land
abutting.
Associated Press Photo
Michael Strange, authoress and
former actress, who was di
divorced from John Barrymore
last year, was married to Harri
son Tweed. New York lawyer
and an old friend.
Stolen Horses Are
Returned; One Man
Held Here In Case
Katanno Lerma has been lodged
in the Cameron county jail charged
with the theft of horses from J W
Pruett of Combes and Jim Maize of
Harlingen.
The horses disappeared on hte
evening of May 22 Officers of the
sheriff's department received in
formation that the horses were
smuggled across the Rio Grande
near the La Paloma ranch.
Lerma was arrested later in Har
lingen and brought here The horses
were recovered from the southern
side of the Rio Grand* and have
been returned to their owners Mex
ican authorities co-operated in re
turning the horses
Juan Nava, who is alleged to
have been an accomplice in the
horse thefts, has been arrested and
is in the Matamoros jail. He is
charged with a shooting at the Ro
sita ranch.
Deputy Sheriffs R. L. Longaria
and Frank Gay had charge of the
case.
BLOODHOUNDS WILL
GUARD TRAVIS JAIL
AUSTIN. May 30—IP—Escapes
from the Travis county Jail will be
come more difficult as a result of
the announcement of Sheriff Coley
White that two trained bloodhounds
will be kept in the jail yard to
thwart attempted breaks
The dogs will be brought from
the state penitentiary at Huntsville
Sheriff White also will use the
bloodhounds to trap burglars who
leave houses or stores on foot.
MAY ELIMINATE
ROTARYSLOGAN
Foreign Delegates Against
‘He Profits Most Who
Serves Best’
DALLAS. Tex.. May 30.—(fr— J
Resolutions which would take the
1931 Rotary convention abroad, j
eliminate the slogan, “he profits j
most who serves best.” and reduce
the per capita taxx were placed be- j
fore the twentieth annual conven
tion of Rotary International here
today.
The 1930 convention already had
been awarded to Chicago, and Mem
phis made a strong campaign for
the 1931 event. The resolution to
take the 1931 convention abroad was
supported by foreign delegates who
also asked that it become the policy
of the beard of directors to hold at
least every fourth convention out
side e? North America.
The move to eliminate the slogan
also was sponsored by foreign dele
gates who argued that when the slo
gan Is translated into many foreign
language* it lost the connotation
which it nad in English and sound
ed very commercial. *
Considerable sentiment for a re
duction in Rotary revenues was
evident, and delegates from New
castle - on - the - Tyne In England
framed the resolution seeking a re
duction of fifty cents in the per
capita tax. The organization at the
present moment is enjoying a
$50,000 surplus amnecessary.
Most of the other resolutions
dealt with purely internal matters
concerning the manner in which
elections were held and members ob
tained. One of these would make a
Rotary membership an interna
tional membership so that the mem
bership so that the member, moving
from one town to another, would
retain his membership in his home
culb. but would attend the meetings
of the club where he lived. At pres
ent a membership lapses when the
member moves
During the morning session Ar
thur Larkin of New York urged the
clubs to do their advertising through
pood words rather than through di
rect advertising mediums He said
that a study of various methods of
advertisin. Including newspapers,
electric signs, pamphlets and bill
boards had convinced him that the
indirect advertising which Rotary
receives through hospitals for
crionled children, social service work
end child welfare work is more ef
fective than direct advertising.
C. E Buchner of Tulsa described
a series of fireside metings held in j
th® hemes of members at which a !
school was start d. Th* school made j
a fareful studv of social sendee
nrniiects which th® club was fos
tering and increased the efficiency j
of the organization materially he
said.
ST. EDWARD JUNIORS
HONOR WESLACO BOY
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AUSTIN. May 30— John Dick
mann. Muskogee. Okla . has been
elected president of the next year s 1
senior class at St Edwards univer
sity; Harold Jans.ng. Lott, has been
chosen vice president: and John
Finn. Denison, secretary treasurer.
Junior officers will be Ed Ott.
Waterloo. Iowa, president: Thomas
Young. Corpus Christ!, vice presi
dent: Roland Blackwell. Weslaco,
secretary and Tony Burger. Aber
deen. Wash . treasurer.
Leading the sophomore class will
by Walter Beach. Oenaville. presi
dent: Charles Trefflich. Corpus j
Christi. vice president, and John!
White, Uvalde, treasurer.
BIBLE SCHOOL STOPS;
WILL REOPEN MONDAY
There will be no classes held in !
the vacation Bible school at the
Presbyterian church through the re- i
mainder of the week because of the
flooding of the basement in which
the classes met during the rains of
the past few' days No classes were
held on Wednesday
Classes will be reopened on Mon
day of next w’eek, and children from
4 to 14 years of age. of all denomi
nations. are invited to enroll. The
number limit in the classes has been
removed. The three days lo6t this
week are to be made up by con
tinuing the school through Wednes
day of the third week
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