Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 64

12-E Corpus Christi CALLER-TIMES Sun 1953 LOST ART Pablo Pena Familial With Remedies score and tan yean he is still active in the cow outfit and ha can ride aa long and as hard aa many a younger vaquero Ha grew up in tha days whan home treatment was still an approved and accepted art and aa a youngster ha learned tha various species of wild vegetation that could bo used in alleviating pain and affliction Ha has never lot-gotten them Meet him in tha remotest part of a big pasture and ha can within a matter of minutes point a dosen different kinds of plants that provide treatment for aa many different kinds of ailments Ten From Leaves If it la tha stomach acha you have or diarrhea ha will fetch a few leaves of a plant called esta-flate Leaves of this plant made into a tea is said to ba very efficacious In tha treatment of diarrhea For toothache on suffering tha paina of this affliction may find relief and comfort in chawing the bark or a branch of palo da muela a tree that ia somewhat similar to what soma people called a prickly alh La Comanche is a plant that In the early daya when doctors were (Mr and (nr between and hoapttala and clinics warn found only In tarn centers of population paopla had to drpand upon thair resourcefulness in treating thair ailments Tha aituation gave tiaa to a grodp of paopla who in Toxaa cama to ba curanderoa Half a cantury ago thara waa probably not a community in tha country that waa without tha services of ona or mors' native madicina mm (and womag) who worked with tha material! at hand in alleviating tha paina of thair frienda and neighbor Through cloa obearvation and perhapa trial and tha cur-andaroa developed an apothecary of UiHr own growing many of their remediea right in thair front yard and depending upon tha gen-roaity of nature to aupply Uia raat The old-timera knew what specie of vegetation was afflea-cioua in treating practically every ailment that waa then bedevilling mankind Remedies Worked It is Intonating to note that waver much tha curanderoa may be bald in discredit by modem medicine many of tha treat-manta that wan used by pioneer now form the basis for modem medication Perhaps pioneers know tha reason why thair remedies worked but they knew that they were effective Many a HORNS sleek fat steer is proof that Santa Gertrudis cattle like their predecessors on King Ranch can grow fine sets of horns toq The steer shown above demonstrates the breed's ability to fatten on grass provides a remedy for fever while is del hue buelle can relieve swelling SYuIe Party for Children For curing and healing sores Pena has two Herbs da aoldado and Herbs el cancer Guera buena is recommended as a purgative and goido lobo is Tradition oil King Ranch A Christmas party for the rhil-l The Christmas dance is still on aa I a a-f la of parson went through childhood and'used 10 It0P coughing developed into rugged healthy A medicine for treating babies la adults without aver having bad mad from a plant known aa llarba benefit of a advice jde raballo while paaote ia a Unfortunately there ia (Unger P1111 that ia recommended for of many of these old remediea getting rid of tapeworm ring from tha knowledge of For treatment of venereal dl-manklnd for in a large part they aaea mslo raujer la recom-have been handed down verbaUy mended and the Juice of mesquita with no effort being mad to pro- foUg can ba used hi tha treat- ment of sort eyes them In writing With 'the dren on the King Ranch one its traditions Just aa it is traditional for tha Kleberg families to attend tha party at Santa Gertrudis when at home during the hoH- djr iMion i It's the one time of the year that rapid advance in medical faclll-Uaa tha ease of transportation J0 transport Uon fuU CAn toirancb-aponaortd party but tha trw Soma yrn muiiruuu hoepitala and nB Ulll number belongs strictly to the youngsters ranch get together as an Pjjoa now depend on 'people who art familiar with Gifts for tha adults are distributed to ploy for the annual madteaUM1 that kept their for-lm growing smaller each personally over a period of sever- when they don't form thi gets together for a 11 the tree party Some years musicians personally over a period of sever-when they don't form thoir of the high spots on the entertainment calendar for the year Tea-ry said To avoid conflicting with the children's fun on Christmas Eve the dance la held either the night before or the night after on tha own al days jhrehestra tho ranch employs ona Each diviaon holds the Christ- 'to pity for them bean active and healthy Further-! I r- is only among people like more the medical profession 1 Fablo Pena thst this sort of know lodge Is available and their number is growing mighty small Pena waa bora and raised on Xorias frown rather menacingly at anyone who either uses or recommends once accepted treatments that sprang like mushrooms from the ground ml! around a remote farm or ranch house Then nr however still a few RicIurd King ona of tha throe thtloun surviving grandson of ChpL Rich-abundantly ia the native eoil of ard King operates tha Santa Fe RamSTwhichle not naTof the I of Oi youngster in etch I TeT fi King Ranch RcoreralSoTooo sere I snd TOO packe were Pablo mas Eve party at the school houae Practically everyone around a headquarters et Santa Gertrudis I 10 1 1 JJ lit AlWillS has a hand in decorating tho tree a process that consumes two or three days Cy Yeary said hs doubts th foremost concerns the wherever ho operates The King is no exception and tho a i1 Kllocl1- unn 190000 acres I and TOO packages era uwnouiea r- tenacious for instance is south and West of the Norlas dl-at the Santa Gertrudis tret last Peaa a mu who hasqicnt vision it Is Teary said owned Jointly with his year Vnd Australis timt ob tlM Korfiaa DIvMm mimtmvm vm Mmm PnHi vTntii stout thro vMn in Ihi activities to Clioi ana AlWirailBi Division sisters Mrs Patch and Mrs EatH Until about three years ego the Kinesvlls ofKinc Ranch Firm and foremost land their children King chairmen ranch had a Christmas barbecue Ed of The Kine ta Pena is a cowhand as good as! of tho board of tho Corpus Christi for th employes That custom QuPPd 10 Robert Me-they come In his jroungar days National Bank waa on of the1 has been discontinued but beev- berg Jr Bitch tor Um tntctecc named in Mrs Kina's willies end hogs ire still killed as be 'What are you trymj to oo Bob staer end nosq although he Is to administer the King Ranch es-tare and distributed to indivi-ifind someptaca in the world where mighty close to tho allotted three itate alter her death Iduel famUiee 'It MEDICINE IN THE Pablo Fens a member of there's a wild plant for every aQmentl Pena has spent a the cow outfit at Nonas is an authority on the medicinal lifetime at Nonas and has long been one of the top cow- qualities of wild plants and herbs For those who know hands on that division Builders of SOUTH TEXAS Prosperity PARTNERS 111 PROGRESS Sincere Good Wishes to KING RANCH On Their 100 Anniversary The two great twin industries of cattle and oil in Texas lead in production throughout the United States This is a record which means greater prosperity a higher standard of living for each individual citizen of Texas We as a firm allied with the great petroleum industry are proud of this record and we join them in extending our congratulations to the famous King Ranch on the completion of 100 years of progress CONSTRUCTORS ENGINEERS LAND and MARINE CONSTRUCTION Industrial Comm Bldg Foundations Pila Driving Equipment Rentals Bridges-Piers-Docks Excavation Marina Rentals Dredging TH GOLDSTON CO The 100-year history cf King Ranch is a hisory of research and progress in the semi-arid rangelands of South Texas they developed the first artesian wells they introduced end improved upon new grasses for livestock grazing they introduced silo storage of foodstuffs in goad seasons for feeding during drought ond they developed an entirely new breed of cattle that is heat and insect resistant ond fattens quickly for market on the range as well as in the pens This breed is the gigantic Santa Gertrudisa type adaptable to any conditions comparable to those of South Texas We stock Santa Gertrudis on our ranch and look upon them as the greatest contribution ever to come to the livestock industry LEOPOLDO BETANCOURT Magnolia No 1 Colonia Moult Alegre Tempice Tempt Mexke Rancho tn la Hoafiaca Vtra Cruzana 10000 acres Petreres Guinece GOLDSTON GOLDSTON Davis Mayfield Jr Zachry Supt 918-E PORT Phone 3-9383.