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BROWNSVILLE DAILY HERALD
VOL. XV. NO. 243
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, SATURDAY, APRIL 13.; 1907.
SINGLE COPIES, 5 CENTS
THE RIO GRANDE COUNTRY IS ALL RIGHT
YOUR RESULTS depend on the RIGHT
IMPLEMENTS and TOOLS in the hands
of the RIGHT MEN.
WE HAVE THE RIGHT OUTFITS UST OUR LINE
Birdsell and Old Hickory Wagons, Stand
ard All Steel S. C. Mattocks, Avery arid
Hancock. Disc Plows, Planet jr. Seeders,
Wheel Hoes and Cultivators, Tents, Wagon
Covers, Axes
E. H. CALL) WELL
AERMOTOR AND STANDARD WINDMILL
Our Catalog fo. 10 gives net cash delivered prices,
tells all about our goods and is free for the .asking.
Corpus Christi, Texas
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HALLAM COLONIZATION CO.
OVER MERCHANTS
Representing Lands From Corpus
Christi to the
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JtOm Clothes and Shoes 3
IL Have given satisfaction to everyone.
They must. They are guaranteed.
OUR CONSTANT REFEKENCE:
fet Your Friends. M B0f 111
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EVERY GARMENT in our BsSsIpL Jiff
clothes is made with the nMBAkL 'VVrf
P vSf neatest care and most ex. S8HE5lk
; (cA ccllenu finish, and have the SBjffl.
Style, Snap and Cut to -
Make You Look Well, jjj
om', ni'n Next Postoffice Elizabeth Street
D6 not return home
without investigating
MERC
The place yon have heard about, situated on the
LARGEST IRRIGATING CANAL IN TEXAS.
We positively liave plenty of land for sale in town
lots, 5-acre tracts, farms and large acreage tracts.
I Geo. S. Freeman
I MERCEDES, TEX.
I 14 M3es West,
NATIONAL BANK
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of Hastings. j
WITNESSES ARE
NOT REQUIRED
No Testimony from. Brownsville
In Macklin Trial.
Judge Advocate Fitch Notifies All that
Were Summoned to that Effect
Not Necessary to Prove Town
Was Outraged By Soldiers.
No witnesses from Brownsville
will be required to attend the court-
martial trial of Cant. Edsar A.
Macklin, which begins next week
at Fort Sam Houston. Nearly all
of those who went from Browus
ville as witnesses in the Penrose
case had been summoned before
leaving San Antonio as witnesses
in the Macklin case, being inform
ed that ther would be notified
when their testimony would be re
quired. All of these, however, have
received notification from Lieut.
Roger S. Fitch, judge advocate in
the Macklin case, that their pres
ence will not be required, as the
charges preferred against the ac
cused afficer do not make it neces
sary to prove that the soldiers com
mitted the outrage upon Browns
ville, or to prove individual in
stances of trouble between any sol
diers and townspeople previous to
the outrage.
Following is a copy of the official
notification which was received
Friday by the said witnesses:
Fort Sam Houston,
April 10, 1907.
Sir: In view of the fact that
the charges against Captain E- A.
Macklin, 25lh. Infantry, do not in
their present form make it neces
sary to prve that the "shooting,
up" of Brownsville on August 13,
1906, was done by soldiers, nor to
prove individual instances of trou
ble between any soldiers and any
townspeople prior to said date, your
attendance as a witness in the
Macklin case will not be necessary.
I send you this official notifica
tion, therefore, in order that you
may understand that the subpoeaa
I gave you is now null and void
and that you will hot be needed as
a witness in the said case against
Captain Macklin.
, Very respectfully,
Roger S. Fitch,
1st. I,ieut., 1st. Cavalry,
Judge Advocate, General
Court-martial.
Among the witnesses thus dis
pensed with is Toe Crixell, who is
considered one of the chief witness
es against Captain Macklin, having
heard the said officer predict the
outrage about eight hours before it
occurred. Captain Macklin said at
Crixell's saloon at four o'clock un
the afternoon of Aug. 33: 'If these
people don't look out, the soldiers
will climb the wall some night and
shoot up this d town, and
the officers can't prevent it."
This testimony was given by Mr
Crixell before Mr. Pur.dy, the as
sistant to the attorney general,
when he was at Brownsville, and
was thought to be strong evidence
against the officers of. Major Pen
rose's command. But Mr. Fitch
says it is not needed, and quite
likely he knows what he is talking
about.
Locating . Permanent Line
From Civil Engineer in Chief
E. L. Burgess of the St. L., B. &
M., The Herald learns that his
surveying corps made the prelimin
ary survey for the track which the
company will build from Nopalita
which is five and a half miles from
Brownsville, to the site of the
sugar mill on the Blalack place.
and the permanent location of the
line was being made today. The
preliminary survey is 13,036 feet
long', Mr. Burgess says, but he
thinks the permanent survey "may
cut the distance down a little.
Paint Your Buggy for 75c
to $1.00 with. Devoe's Gloss Car
riage Paint. It weighs 3 to 8 ozs.
more to the pint than others, wears
longer and gives a gloss equal' to
new work. Sold by
Frontier Lumber Co.
PLANT 100 ACRES
OF MAGNOLIA FIQS
And Secure a Fijg Preserving Plant for
Brownsville Will Pay Large
Profits.
If the planters near Brownsville
will plant and insure the success of
at least a hundred acres of Mag
nolia figs, the J. C. Carpenter Fig
Company of Houston will contract
to put in a fig preserving plant and
buy the- entire crop from such
orchards for a term of at least five
y:ars. This proposition The Her
ald learned of today from R. W.
Holbert of Arcadia, Galveston
County, Texas, who is here repre
senting the company referred to.
Mr. Holbert has been making an
investigation of the country all
along the Brownsville road, to as
certain whether it is adapted to the
species of figs- named. While he
has found varioui other varieties
grown very successfully, no plan
ters, visited iave yet tested the
Magnolia. This particular variety
is especially desirable for commer
cial purposes, the fruit being quite
large and of a yellow clor when
ripe.' The company represented by
Mr. Holbert will handle no other
kind.
As other varieties of figs grow
so successfully here, yielding
abundantly in the second and third
years, there is reason to believe the
Magnolia species will thrive here
as well. The Carpenter company is
anxious to establish the fig indus
try here on account of the rare oc
currence of killing frost in this sec
tion. THK Herald learns from Prof.
Stiles that about fifty acres of these
figs have beeu planted at Rayraond
ville this season, and hence a test
of this particular variety is already
under way there. The pYofessor be
lieves they will do as well as any
other fig here and says he feels
sure that owners of fig orchards in
this section could clear about $250
per acre the second year. Mr. Hol
bert informs Thk Hkrald that
from $150 to $400 per acre is made
by successsul producers of the Mag
nolia fig in the Galveston aud
Houston country.
The J. C. Carpenter Company
has been established at Houston
since 1900 and now has six branch
plants in the fig region. If the fig
crop should give sufficient promise
here, the company would agree to
establish a plant at Brownsville the
second year.
Young trees for planting would
cost not over 15 cents each in thou
sand lots, and it would not cost a
great sum to plant 100 acres. The
Griffin Nurseries at Kingsville have
made a success iwith . these trees,
and it is to be hoped that land own
ers here may take up the idea and
plant the required acreage in order
to establish an industry which
prove so profitable.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications, as the3' cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness-,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed com
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus
tachian Tube. When this tuheisinflam
ed you have a rumbling sound or imper
fect hearing, and when it is entirely clos
ed, Deafness is the resnlt, and unless the
inflammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condi
tion of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Onre. Send for circulars Jree.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo) O.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
A woman writer says that wo
men do Jnot spend as . much time
shopping in a store as many men
do shopping in a saloon.
A man with a bad reputation
seems considerably less, likely to
idse it than the man with a goed
name.
Little drops cf water.
Liule trains of sand,
cTtfake the farmer wealthy-
On the Rjio Grande.
San Benito Land & Water Co.
A Q0ING CONCERN.
Eleven cTVliles of Canal completed.
(Any quantity of Land you want from a Town Lot
to a thousand acres.
WE cARE ON THE JHAIN LINE tf T& St. U. B. & JH.
At SAN BENITO, formerly BESSIE.
OFFICERS: Alba Heywood. Pres.. W. IT, Steneer. Vice Pres. and Gen. Manager.
E. F. Rowson. Treasurer; Sam Robertson, Secretary,
DIRECTORS: Alba Heywood. O. W. Heywood. W. Scott Heywood. W. H. StenEer
Sam Robertson, E. F. Rowson. R. L. Eatts.
THE VALUE OF
WINDBREAKS
A Timely Reminder o
Texas Planter.
South
Proieciion From Wind Promotes Much
More Rapid Growth, and Saves Soil
From Shifting Varieties and
How to Plant Windbreaks.
This is a question of infinite im
portance to ereryone engaged or
interested in horticultural or agri
cultural development in South
Texas. And as it is being largely
overlooked in strenous operations
in every section, I wish to place it
earnestly before all those having
the ultimate good of this peerless
section at heart.
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Probably few aF aware of the
actual growth value of wind con
trol to assort of ascending plant.
It hasten demonstrated by most
careful observations and measure
ments that even to properly stake
a young tree or sapling will insure
fully 25 per cent more growth
not height alone, but actual aggre
gate wood and tissue growth even
where the plant has no protection
from the wind itself. The con
clusion is that the mere necessity
for resistence to the wind's force
uses up 25 per cent of the energy
of the plant.
And very careful, comparative
tests have shown that the tree or
plant actually shielded from wind
by some adequate barriers gives
nearly 50 per cent greater results
in growth.
These percentages are too great
for us to lose.
But there is au added injury
from severe wind action more
serious thau this. It is to the soil
itself. Our choicest soils", all
through South Texas, and partic
ularly those best adapted by their
light, friable mellow and sandy
nature to fruit and choice truck
crops, are so exceedingly fine of
texture that they sometimes drift
under the steady spring winds
which occasionally become quite
strong. Particularly in this the
case, if. the land is brought under
the intensive culture incident to
proper care; for thereby is destroy
ed the fine grass roots that would
otherwise safely bind it. This
drifting, besides exposing or else)
smothering tender crops, also dis
turbs the grades, slopes and levels
so carefully prepared by the thor
ough cuftarist for easy irrigation
and care.
besides, the drying.eSec. . of harcK
winds is very serious, and the chill ;
of the late "norther" on tender
vegetation is greater than if its
force-is deflected by windbreaks.
THE REMEDY
for all lies in windbreaks of tall
trees (preferably evergreens, for
they give off actual heat in times
of low temperatare) that deflect,
aot stop, these keen, dry; hot,
cold, or beatiag winds.
NATIVE WINDBREAKS.
In very many sections, the native
growth, has, in comparatively re
cent years become quite an efficient
protection. In all such cases,
strips or belts of this growth should
be carefully preserved, running:
easterly and westerly, or at right:
angles to the strong north anfil
south winds.
These belts should occur at iar
tervals of about 330 ft., more or
less, aud should be 50 ft. or so
wide. If cleared of the low-lying,,
needless, shrubby . undergrowth-,
cactus, etc., and particularly if put
under some cultivation and irriga
tion, these belts will gain rapidly
in height and efficiency,.
The ideal and most rapicFmetEoeT
would be to plant at once, in the
leCof this natural break a row of
suitable tall and rapid-growing:
trees to displace it as soon as these
planted trees are tall enough. Its
protection'' would allow them to
grow rapidly.
vVith characteristic Anglo-Saxon
short-sightedness, we re are fail
ing to save even a sheltering row
of this growth that Nature has set
beneficently given this country..
And, as in the heedless destruc
tion of the lumber forests, we shall!
agonize for that which we careless?
ly destroyed. There is plenty of
land at present, so why not allow
part of it to carry these protecting;
belts for a time? For, with the
total destruction of this mesquite.
growth, there may also come to x&,
in a few years a very serious fuel:
famine, that will also extend; to
post and tie material, for which,
mesquite is so valuable
ARTIFICIAL WINDBREAKS'
are at our call, however, far quick
er than in any northern clime, by,
planting suitable trees. Thisshonli
be done promptly both -.where no
natural growth is present; and also,
where natural belts have been .sav
ed (being Jailer anefmore effectual,,
as well as occupying- much less
land) and should be-systematically
replanted and protected, until a,
perfect stand is secured'.
VARIETIgSi
For the farthest: south, semP
tropic section, certain eucalyptus
varieties are available, and are far
quicker and more valuable than:
anything else. I. secured a growth
in height of over, fifteen feet last
season at Kingsville from eucalyp
tus rostrata, planted in May- Ab
Laparra are four-year trees that
under conditions far from favor
able have grown ovc-r forty feet int.
four years. Perhaps they may be-
tnn tpnflfr farrrtr north "Rn If
michancei
bad even fo the ground, they
spring up at once from the roots
with wonderful rapidity, often
growing to 'thirty feet in one sea
son. . The native" Seutb Texas pains,.
Sabal Mexicana, will make a quick:
and excellent break, if given irriga
tion and good soil, and is hardy
anywhere south of San Antonio..
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