The Brownsville daily herald. [volume], April 13, 1906, Image 1

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VOL. XIV, NO 243
3ROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1906.
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for a combination of remedies which your case requires. He
cannot rely on the result unless the ingredients are properly
compounded .
Be fair to your doctor and to ourselt by bringing your
i rescriptions here. They'll be compounded only by registered
pharmacists, who are aided by the largest stock of drugs in this
part of the state. Everything of the finest quality that money can
buy or experience can select.
J. L. Putegnat & Bro.
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Special attention Eiven to land and ab
stract business. Will do collectins
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Cameron County
Abstract Company
Choice Lands and City Property.
D. B. CHAPIN
ATTORNEYAT LAW
HIDALGO, TEXAS
SODA FOUNTAINS
Show Case, Bank and Drug
Fixtures, Carbonators, Charg
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F. W. Seabury
ATTORNEV-AT-LAW
Rio Grande City, Texas
Will practice in the District Courts of
Starr, Hidalgo, Zapata and
Webb Counties.
Special Notice!
N. Landrum & Co.
Architects and Builders
Plans and Specifications Furnished FREE
If Work is Awarded to Us
CALL AT THE HERALD OFFICE
Union Bakery
John Thielen, Manager
Bread, Biscuit, Cakes, Etc., Made
From Choicest Brands of Flour
Elizabeth Street, Brownsville, Tex
JAMES B.WELLS
cAttorney
at Law
Successor to Powers & Maxan,
Powers & Wells, Wells & Reutfro
Wells, Rentfro & Hicks, Wells &
Hicks, Wells, Stayton & Kleberg
I buy and sell Rem Estate and
investigate land titles. A complete
abstract c. all 'itles of record in
Cameron County, Texas.
Practice in all state and federal
courts, when especially employed.
Land' Litigation and corporation
practice.
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DEALERS IN
Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
The Best in the Land.
Always Ready to Accomodate Visitors.
Information as to Boats, Etc.
r Cheerfully Furnished.
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Constaritine Hotel
W. A. FITCH, Proprietor
Traveling men's trade solicited.
! Free sample rooms are provided
Nothing too good for our guests
if to be found in the market. Z0
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It's Coming, Friends! "
No, it's here. What do ) ou
mean? Why, I mean the time to
screen your doors and windows,
thus keeping flies, mosquitoes and
'Other germ spreaders out of your
houses and the only place to get
titese screens is trom
fine Frontier LumbenCompany
BODY SHIPPED TODAY.
Remains of J. D. Cochran Taken in
Charge and Sent to Garrison Texas,
for Interment.
J. D. Garrison, of Garrison,
Texas, arrived in the city yester
day afternoon to-take charge of
and accompany home the remains
of his brother-in-law, J. D. Coch
ran, who committed suicide at the
Miller hotel Wednesday morning:.
Kind hands had done all that could
be done in the case of the un
fortunate young man, and Mr.
Garrison was verv grateful for the
many kindnesses bestowed and
duly appreciated all that had been
done.
J. D. Cochran was for many
years deputy county clerk at
Lufkin, where he was very favor
ably known, enjoying the entire
confidence and esteen of all who
knew him, and was from one of
the most prominent families of the
eastern portion of the state. His
father is engaged in the mercantile
business at Garrison. After leav-
ing the clerk's office at Lufkin
Mr. Cochran .accepted a position
with Maverick-Clarke Litho com
pany at San Antonio, and had
been in their employ something
less than a year. He was regarded
by his firm as one of the brightest
young men in their employ, and
one from they expected great
things in the future- He was
usually of a very jovial disposition,
but was giverr to occasional periods
of despondency, and it is supposed
that during one of these the bur
den became too great and he de
cided to forever end it all.
The Herald extends its heart
felt sympathy to the heart broken
mother as she awaits iu anguish
the arrival of what was once .the
gay and happy first born son. May
the Creator who tempers the wind
to the shorn lamb, make the moth-
er's sorrow easier to beat
The ladies of Brownsville, with
characteristic solicitude, presented
many beautiful floral tributes for
which the relatives and friends
will ever hold them in "kindly re -
mernbrance.
. Rudolph Geiser, representative
of Mavenck-Clarke Litho compa
ny, came down and took charge of
the samples, order books, etc., of
his firm which were left by the un
fortunate young man.
Several of the young man's fel
low traveling men took especial in
terest in him, and assisted very
materially iu the last sad rites here,
notable among them beins Leon
J. Mook, representing Gast, the
St. Louis stationer, P. H. Cald
well, of the Dor.sey Printing com
pany at Dallas, and Rudolph
Geiser, representing the same
firm as Mr. Cochran. Thefe gentle
men were doubly appreciative of
the many kindnesses shown by the
people of Brownsville to their un
fortunate fellow traveling man,
and words fail to express their
gratitude.
If You Are a Lover
Of goocl bread, pies, cakes and
rolls call at Clay's bakery. Sixth
and Levee streets. I also sell
Fleischmann's compressed yeast,
the best in the world for bakers'
or famile use. I endeavor to sell
nothing but the best that money
and skilled labor can produce, and
extend to the public a cordial in
vitation to inspect my bakery and
methods of bread making at any
time. -I am here to serve yov and
must have your trade. Call br
phone No. 97. Mail orders receive
mv personal attention.
T. J. Clay.
Notice.
Inobservance of the Sunday law
the drugstores will be open from
7 to JO a.m., and 5 to S p. m .
for the sale ot drugs a d inedicints
onby. No cigars nr toilet article.-
will be sold.
W. G. WiLOiAX.' '
J. L. Putegnat. &. Bro , J
F. J. & J. K. VOMJBE. J
ALKALI TESTER FOUND
Prof. Tracy Made. Discovery of Value to
the Irrigating Farmers.
Houston , Tex April 10.- Prof.
Tracy, with the Agricultural "De
partment of the Goverment, head
quarters at Biloxi, Miss., and one.
of.the most scientific men in his
line in America, was here today
en route to the Rio Grande coun
try. He had spent a couple of
days in Galveston with a business
friend of his. Upon being ques
tioned closely as to his plan of
procedure when he reaches the
Rio Grande country, he replied
that he could tell better after he
he came back than at present,
but, added that he had made a dis
covery that certainly would prove
very valuable to the people of that
section.
Continuing his remarks, he said:
"u know the farming element
of that section has had no little
trouble in their endeavor to raise
crops by irrigation, from the fact
that the water obtained from wells
sometimes had too much alkali for
irrigation purposes. The trouble
in the past has been that the farm
er planted his seed and applied the
water before he was able to tell
whether or not the water contained
too much alkali. I have, with me
the appliances for detecting the
vital condition that will settle this
trouble before the seeds are put in
the ground. I have not given it a
name yet but I think it should be
called the alkali tester. , It is simple
in its application and perfectly re
liable. To make it easily under
stood to the public, I will say we
use a telephone receiver to make
the test. With it is a battery, one
that you can carry in your hand,
and of course they are attached.
The resistance wire in the receiver
tells the story. To a wire you at-
Jtach a vessel, say, for illustration,
a tin cup with the water to be test
ed in it. A simple device resem
bling the face of a clock with only
one hand is also used. It is a bit
j difficult to describe, but simple be
; fore the eyes. When you apply
the electric current through the
wire to the cup containing the
water, you will hear a buzzing
sound through the receiver held to
your ear. By means of the thumb
screw you begin to turn the needle
or hand on the face of the dial.
The buzzing sound first heard
through the receiver would grow
less as you turn the thumbscrew
and solitary hand. Keep turning
it until the buzzing sound is not
heard at all, look then at the in
dicator hand and it - will point to
the figures on the dial face, giving
the part of alkali in the water.
It there should be three quarters
of one per Cnt, there is too ranch
alkali to be used for irrigation pur
poses. The farmer will then have
to try another place for water.
This invention will save thousands,
perhaps millions to the farmers of
the Rio Grande country, who have
for years been searching for such
a protection."
Card of Thanks.
In behalf of my self and the fam
ily of J. D. Cochran, I desire to
express sincere thanks for the
many kindnesses extended. Spe
cial' thanks are tendered the ladies
for the floral offerings and other
acts of kind solicitude.
J. D. Garrison.
We, as traveling men, desire to
express our sincere gratitude to
the people of Brownsville for their
solicitude and kindly offers of
sistance extended on- the occasion
of the sad death of our fellow sales
man, J. D. Cochran. The feeling or
brotherly kindness which prompt
ed these offers is deeply appreciat
ed. Especially do we thank the
ladies for the profuse and beautiful
floral tributes.
Rudolph. Geiser .
P. H. Caldwell.
L. J. Mook.
BELIEVE5 IN TEXAS.
J. R. Black of Council Bluffs Will Operate
Big Farm Near Cotulla.
A practical farmer of Iowa and
a farm land owner in. five other
States,-J. R. Black of Council
Bluffs, has invested iw 23,000 acres
of Texas land, which he declares
he will use for the purpose of de
monstration. He says he will try, in connec
tion with his business associate H.
H. W. Binder," also .of Council
Bluffs, to make out of the tract he
purchased on the House ranch east
of Cotulla, a model farm for grow
ing almonds, olives and other fruits
and vegetables which are yet in an
experimental stage in this sec
tion. 'That is what the Business
Men's Club should do." said Mr.
Black. You would find the town
advertised to a great' extent if that
organization were to maintain a
model experimental farm where all
new things could be given a fair
and impartial trial." Mr. Black
was asured by a representative of
the club that such work was done.
"I have traveled over and have
farmed in many States, but I place
Texas a head of all as a possibility.
I thought of investing in land in
British Columbia in the now po
pular Alberta territory, but I found
land was selling there at $25 an
acre notwithstanding the winter
handicap. In Texas all is different.
There is no handicap of cold
weather.
"What is the matter with you
Texans?,' exclaimed Mr. Blaek.
"Why don't you wake up and
realize what you have here. You
should spread abroad the story of
your resources and get more people
to the Southwest."
Mr. Black says he does not in
tend to sell his recently acquired
property but will farm it in small
pieces under his own personal di
rection. He has the backing of
large financial interests and shows
a large number of letters from re
sponsible Iowa banks and business
houses.
He declares he has Slun,0itn to
put into Texas, the safe outcome
of which he has guaranteed to his
partners by a personal liability of
S25.0OO, which, he says, he will
lose before allowing them to suffer. .
He says he will have no occasion
to draw on this fundas he expects
to make great returns from his
Texas lands San Antonio Ex
press. Not an Easter Bnonet.
Dr. R. A. Torrey, the evangelist,
was dining at Philadelphia house
when the talk turned to Easter
millinery.
In his ready way, Dr. Torrey
used this topic as a pes whereon
to hang a little lesson.
"Some people,", he said, "can
plant a sting in the pleasantest re-l
mark. Most' of us only care to,
wound when we are angry, but
these folk, the bane of social life
are continually inflicting causelev1
stabs."
"One of these people, a woma
met another woman, who is eldf
lv, yesterday.
'Now this is pleasant,' s
the elderly woman, after a 1
minutes' chat. 'You haven't se
me for eleven years, and yet y
knew me at once. I can t ha
changed so dreadfully, can I?"
I recognized your bonnet
said the first womrfn."
The use of the frm "Webfoo
State is,as bad form in Orego;
that of Frisco" is in San F-
icirsco. The Oregon Ds
league and the State Press
tiou have solemnly decid
henceforth Oregonians ar
r
ers," not "Webfooters."
It makes a woman awf
jto have sqtnebody ask hejj
Tchudren arerwhen it is ofl
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