Willacy County News (Raymondville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1924 Page: 1 of 14
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SEE US BEFORE YOU BUILD.
CHILDS & SCHLJFF,
Contractors
^aymttndviille, Texas.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST #F THE RAYMONi>VILLE. LYFORD AND SEBASTIAN TERRITORY
WILLACY COUNTY NEWS
Frontier Lumber Cof
Sebastian, Texas.
RAYMONDVILLE, (COUNTY SEAT) WILLACY COUNTY, TEXASj. THURSDAY MARCH 6th, 1924.
VOLUME 7. No. 10.
MORE COTTON ON FEWER ACRES
IS AIM OF CAMPAIGN
National Boll Weevil Control As“
sociaton Launches Drive.
RAYMONDVILLE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE HOLD MEETING
The Raymondvile Chamber of
Commerce met Monday night at 8P.M
at the Court House with the Presi-
“More cotton to the acre, not
more acres to cotton,” is the
grading! throught in the boll
weevil drive that has just been
undertaken by business men
and farmers. It is the exper-
ience of sucessful farmers that
with the methods of control
now. known and tested, if put
into wide practice, the United
States can increase production
sufficiently to maintain the in-
dustry with profit.
4 A yield of a bale to six or *
ten acres, without weevil con- '*
trol, will not be profitable even *
at 35c a pound. A yield of a *
bale-,to three acres, with wee- *
vil control, Will be profitable *
• * even at 20c a pound.
* ,The National Boll Weevil *
* Control Association, composed *
* of business men and farmers, *
* and the Association of South- *
* elm Agricultural Workers, *
* * composed of experts, have join- *
* ed. in appeal for state, county *
* and neighborhood support of *
• day by day fight against the *
fee vil.
*******
The Association of Southern Agri-
cultural Workers, consisting of ex-
perts from the Department of Agri-
culture and the Agricultural Colleges
of the South, together rvith the agri-
cultural representatives of the lead-
ing railroads and successful leading
farmers, in a meeting at Birmingham,
Ali., recently adopted definite recom-
mendations for cotton production un-
der boll weevil conditions based upon
seriences and testes at all the expe-
iment stations and on farms in all
jotton states. These., xaconimen-
datiiffi? urged- thorough preparation
ofNihe soil, planting after all danger
of fjfls't is past, one bushel or more
of seed to the acre, the use of im-
proved seed, cotton rows three to
four feet, according to the fertility
of the soil, spacing from eigjht to
twelve inches with one to three stalks
to the hill. Poisoning for weevils is
recommended at two stages.
' 1—Poisoning just before the
squares form when there is sufficient
emergence of weevils from hiberna-
tion to .indicate probable serious in-
festation. If as many as twenty wee
yils to the acre are found just before
the squares are formed, then poisoning
is urged. For this poisoning either
the home-made molasses mixture or
calcium arsenate may be used and
may be repeated as seems necessary
fore blooming.
-Poisoning with calicum arse-
iate when ten p'ercent of the squares
infested. This is to be repeated
lm as necessary during the
iigi period.
he recommendations indicate that
under boll weevil conditions a high
degree of fertilization is necessary
and that land that will not normally
produce as much as one-third of a
bale to^he acre can hardly be ex-
pected to yield a profit this season.
It is insisted that profitable cotton
production depends upon increasing
the yield of the acre rather than in-
creasing the acreage.
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY
INCORPORATED. COMMERCIAL
dent Ross Holloway presiding. About REPORT No. 13 ISSUED MARCH 1.
* 25 were present, the constitution and
+ bylaws which had been refered to the
* board of directors were again pre-
* sented and after discussion were ac-
51 cepted. Judge W. E. McCharen was
* elected as member of the Executive
* Board of the Valley Chamber of Com-
* 1 merce. O. S. V, Ross of San Juan
* and Sec’y of the Valley organization.
* was present and gave valuable assist-
* ance in perfecting the organization.
* He also made a very interesting
* speech on the value of a commercial
'* club to any town in advertising and
* in the aid such a club can give new
* comers and new enterprises.
SAN BENITO TEXAS
The Valley Gin Co. is having erect-
ed a $10,000 administration building
rof stucco and brick construction. H-
P. Boyd is Vi<?e President of the Co.
EASY MONEY
Inpector J. L. Fox who is employ-
ed in the tick eradication work, near
Edinburg, had three acres of land
out at his place south of town that
he didn’t want to see idle during the
winter, so after the cotton was gather
ed from the land last fall he hired
a man to disc this three acres and
remove the cotton stalks. Then he
spent about eight dollars for carrot
seed and hired the three acres plant-
led. Then he had the weeds pulled
from the rows after the carrots were
up, and had a man push , a hand plow
through it and when the crop was
ready to gather he figured up the
expense on the three acres and found
that it amounted to a total of $61.60.
And as he was busy at his regular
job he had no time to harvest the
three acres so he sqjd the crop in the
field this week and let the buyer
harvest it. When the harvesting
was finished the” buyer reported that
Sealed proposal will be received at
the office of the County Auditor in
the Court House at BrownsUlle, Tex-
as until 2 o’clock P. M. on Saturday,
March 15th, 1924, and then publicly
opened and read, for the laying of a
re-inforeed concrete pavement 18 ft.
wide from the city limits of the Har-
lingen northwardly for approximate-
ly three miles on the Harlingen-Ray-
mondville Road. Material to be,
furnished by the contractor. Plans i
seen andi
of carrots from the three acres which,
at 40 cents net per basket amounted
to $501.60, and handed Mr. Fox a
check for that amount. Then Mr.
Fox did some figuring) and found that
above all expenses he had cleared ex-
actly $440.00 on the three acres, or
right at $150 per acre.—Valley Re-
view.
Coming Back to Raymondville.
Breckwalker, Texas.
February 29th, 1924.
Willacy County News,
Raymondville, Texas.
Enclosed find cheek for $4.00 for
my last years Subscription and for
this year coming. We are always
glad to. get your paper and read with
much interest each step of develop-
ment in and around Raymiondville,
and why should’nt we be interested
for all we possess is our little 40 acres
near Raymondville. One of the great-
est mistakes of our lives was when
we left Raymondville. We loved
her people* and knew her soil was
100 per cent fertile but we are coming
back one of these days and remove
some of the shades off of our 40
acres which is as yet virgin mesquite
side of the road and we want the race
of men to pass by.
, Yours very truly,
W. E. HICKEY.
Subscription Blank
Enclosed find-money order-check
for $2.00 for one years subscrip-
tion to the
WILLACY COUNTY NEWS
Raymondville, Texas
To________
News From Townspn
The Rio Grande Delta
BIG SHIPMENTS OF CITRUS
s STOCK FOR VALLEY PLANTERS
J. C. Beck has contract for the
erection of two new appartmients
here. These two buildings will be
strickly modern.
H. D. Taylor Lumber Co. is erect-
ing a 120x40 ft. lumber shed. This
will have concrete foundation and
creos’oted timber. J, C. Atchinson,
local manager.
An attractive Church building is
to be erected by the members of the
St. A|lban’s Guild, some of which will
be of brick and stucco.
HARLINGEN, TEXAS.
Chris Diamonts and Joe Hauft are
new proprietors of the City Bakery
and Candy Kitchen here.
Oils:
D. Dawson is opening a whole -
oil distributing business. He
carry a large stock of St. Clair
j Thousands of citrus trees are ar-
riving in the Valley from California
and Florida, the stock of home-grow
trees having proved inadequate to
meet the demand. Valley nurseries
! report that over 200,000 trees have
1 * | already been sold this - season, and
Contract has been let for the con- j ^ese wjp be supplemented by many
^traction of five mercantile build- j thousands shipped in from other dis-
ings to be erected here. The owners -----
of these buildings are Y.P.Yarbrough
J. J. Gibson, C. H, Marshall, B, L,
Graham and J. S. Moore.
F. M. Scott is opening a barber
shop here.
Clifford Scott and Jimmie Wilson
are opening a “Quick Tire Service
and Filling Station”.
A blacksmith shop is being! erect-
ed for Mr. Potter. The building con-
struction is of sheet metal. ~
Mr. L. Dew has opened a law of-
fice here.
E. R. Riggs has opened a nursery
sale yard at Weslaco. Mr. Boles has
charge of orders.
DONNA, TEXAS.
Dr. W. E. Wigham is opened for
optical work here.
tricts. Last year 143,000 trees were
supplied by Valley nurseries, and
about 100,000 shipped in, but this year
200,000 Valley trees have alieady
been planted, and experts make no
pretensions of offering an estimate
of the number that will shipped in be-
fore the planting season closes. In-
spection reports show there are more
than two million seedlings in the Val-
ley which will be available for the
seasons of 1925 and 1926.
WORK ON POINT ISABEL CHAN
NEL MAKING PROGRESS
J. W. Busby is now owner
Arp Variety Store here.
of the
Ground has been purchased and
plans are underway for a modern
Country Club.
ALAMO, TEXAS.
Albaugh has opened a Garage
was ““r. “* ----and specifications may be se.eii auuu
_ js *1.^ ^ the of£ice 0£ tjie County Engineer
in the County Court House at Browns
ville, Texas. All porposals shall be
submitted in sealed envelopes marked
“Big for Construction of Concrete
Road North of Harlingen” and shall
be accompanied by certified check
for 5 per cent of the total amount of
the bid made payable to the County
Judge of Cameron County, as a
guaranty that the bidder, if success
The dredge Velasco is making good
progress on the channel at Point
Isabel depite the fact it is still work-
ing in the heavy clay with greatly
delayed dredging on the turning
basin. The dredge is now working
from the turning basin toward the
bar, and excellent progress is being
made. Three shifts are employed
and the dredge operates on a 24-hour
schedule.
“Point Isabel will have the best
harbor on the Gulf coast when the
channels are completed,” was the pre
diction of an engineer who recently
inspected the work. “The clay en-
FIVE THOUSAND PER ACRE PAIX>
POMEROY FOR CITRUS
ORCHARD
* (Weslaco News)
The nursery and home place of
Eltweed Pomeroy, located two miles
west of Weslaco, was this week sold
to Barnett L. Hoffman, a wealthy
building contractor of Kansas City,
for $112,000. said to be the highest
price paid thus far for Valley prop-
erty.
The property consists of one tract
of 6 3-4 acres with 971 citrus trees
and small house. This tract brought
$12,000. or a fraction under $2000.
per acre. The other tract of twenty
acres, which also contained the beau-
tiful Pomeroy home and upon which
there were 2420 citrus trees, 600,000
flower bulbs, and two wells brought
$100,000, or $5000. per acre.
Mr. Pomeroy had planted his citrus
trees double-thick or 200 to an acre,
taking up every other one about the
eleventh year of the orchard. This,
he states, is an advantage from sev-
eral standpoints. First: increases
production of the acreage during the
early years, second: keeps the orch-
ard warmer in winter *and protects
from the hot winds of summer.
OIL WELL IS STRUCK NEAR
SALT DOME
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., March S
—Union Sulphur company’s well near
Benavides, Duval county, was brought
in at about noon Sunday with an
estimated flow of five hundred barrels
daily, according to word received in:
,, - Corpus Christi Sunday afterm?o2„
countered by the dredge.has delayed oil was shootingi over the derrick for
operations to some extent, but it;nearly two hours, it was said, before
practically assures a small main- ! wag choked off. It will require
tenance cost, an that is what counts
in the long run.”
MISSION, TEXAS.
ful, will enter into a contract and
furnish a bond as is required by law,
to complete the paving in accordance
with the plans and specifications.
Checks of unsuccessful bidders will
be returned' upon awai’d of contract.
The right is reserved by the County
to reject any and all bids and to
waive technicalities.
RAYMONDVILLE, TEXAS.
Contraction work will begin the
first of March on the second Valley
cotton compress to be built in San
Juan by J. K. Cain of Corpus Christi.
The Compress will rank aiming the
largest in the Southern part of the
state. Same is to be completed by
cotton season. Capacity of r empress
1,000 to 1200 bales every *,venty four
hours.
A canning Factory is to be erect-
ed in San Juan ready for operation
in 90 days. The Factory is being
put up by a company composed of
Dr. G. W. Taylor, of Cardin, Okla,
Dr. J. B. Hampton of Commerce,
Okla. Dr. J. H, Black of Pitcher, Okla
and R. P. Cochran of Zinc, Ark., and
will do business under the name of
the Rio Grande Valley Canning and
President
J. B. Watson is having erected a
$6,000 Hardware and furniture store
and"we*'bun/rur'house* by" the building South of P. O. Building.
Packing Co. Dr. Taylor is
C. H. Thompson has contract for of the Company and Mr. C. Cochran
the construction of a 5 stand cotton js Sec’y and Treasurer.
gin here. --*-
__j G. E. Flohre has opened a whole-
sale Station here for the sale of oils.
The company will be known as the
Valley Oil Co. and will be distribut-
ors of the Universal Motor Oifc.
BouhteoiFlS ad-
dition to the Rome Service Station
which will be used as a battery room.
a short time to put the well in good'
shape for steady production, it was
said here last night.
The well is situated on the Piedras
Pintas salt dome, about two miles
kfronj- Benavides, add was at a deptix
600 feet.„ ft is
the* Duval7 sh^l^vrtieS
GENERAL
COVERED WAGON TO VALLEY
“That scenery looks familiar to
me,” said an old-time native Texan:
as he gazed at a covered caravan ox:
five horses and mule-drawn vehicles
on the Robstown’s streets a few
County Commissioners of Cameron
Caunty have voted to build a high-
water Steel Bridge over the Arroyo
Colorado at Santa Maria and to con-
nect that community with highway1 ...
_ T . _ , . .. , , weeks ago. The caravan container.
No. 12- by means of a firs class dirt . ° ........
* thirty-seven persons with origin at
roa * . Paul’s Valley, Okla., and their desti-
nation the lower Rio Grande Valley"
The construction of the paved high- -where they will seek their fortunes,
v/ay in Cameron County completed The. sight of the covered
March 1st.
Sealed proposals are called for the
Construction of a Steel Span Bridge,
Substructure and Aproaches across
the Arroyo Colorado near the city of
La Feria. Plans and specifications
at the Conty Engineer’ office, court
house Brownsville.
wagon
caravan is becoming so rare, even in
Texas, that their passage receives
about as much comment from onlook-
er s as the advent of automobiles
which have supplanted them.—Robs-
town Reporter.
S. Lozano and Son have opened a
grocery store here...
H. H. Hardin is owner of a new
$10,000 Lumber yard here.
Plans are under way for the con-
struction of a new up-to-date picture
show here, by the Reasonovers.
W. J. Reasonover and Sons are
having erected two residences and
one 150x50 ft. tile and stucco build-
ing, which will be cut into busi-
ness rooms. The Reasonover’s will
occupy one room with a general mer-
chandise store.
MERCEDES, TEXAS.
The First National Bank of Merce-
des has changed from the hands of
J. E. Haynes, John P. Sewell and W,
D. Chaddick to Harry L. Seay, Pres.
H. B. Seay, Vice Pres, and W, W,
Collier first Vice Pres. The new
directors are W. W.. Collier, Harry
L. Seay, H. B. Seay, John C, Jones
and S. H. Collier.
PHARR, TEXAS.
W. G. Travis has opened a dry
Goods Store under the name of Travis
Mercantile Co. He handles dry
goods, men’s furnishings and a sir.aJ doubled the acreage according
line of Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear. |Governmen Reports.
According to Brownsville Herald
estimates of acreage planted to cit-
rus, shows 23,000 acres at the present
time and it is expected that by the
end of 1924 there wilp-fco-*> total of
MUST HAVE CARD TO CROSS
RIVER AT BROWNSVILLE
Persons crossing to Mexico at this
port must hereafteV have indent!fi-
cation cards, unless they are personal
•ly known to the immigration office,
on duty, according to an order reeeiV-
succeeding year from then
EDINBURG, TEXAS.
Edinburg brick Factory .has fc<
purchased by A. J. Ross and same 1 apioximately 15 per cent of the total
will be open for business at an early 1 acreage which will be bearing within
date, |four years.
end of 1924 there w.U * ■ «*al or „y the immi Uon offld
•r rrrr b*
wanted in the entire VaHey and each
to ! ky the immigration officers.
| No charge is made for the card but
n epoi s. the applicant must have two photo-
Only a small percent of this large I g % on(J
acreage was m beating.this year. of which is afixed * the identilic;tgB
card, and the other to be retained iut
"the immigration office files. Orders
have been received at border ports te.
“tighten up,” and all inspections-
must be 100 per cent thorough.
■ The three hundred cars of citrus
n shipped from the Valley representing
Leon Henderson is opening a feed , An average of one train load of
store here, and will carry a full line I vegetables is leaving the Valley each
of feedstuffs.
McALLEN, TEXAS.
WESLACO, TEXAS.
Woi’kmen are erecting a wooden
store building for Ghas. Bnglek own-
er of variety store.
Pete Motor Company has leased a
building and will ope» a complete line
of Star and Durant Cars, togtether
with a full line of parts. Mr. T. Tate
manager of the concern.
Claude Swindle and wife are now
owners of the White Kitchen Cafe in
this city.
A second story Is to be erected on
the Bowie Building te be occupied by
the
day, largely consisting of Cabbage,
Carrots and Beets and some cars of
mixed vegetables.
Reports have reached this office
that San Benito contemplates erect-
ing a new municipal auditorium in
the near future.
The United Irrigation Co’s at a
meeting held at San Benito last week
agreed to finance a preliminary in-
vestigation of the Valley looking to-
ward Flood Control. One Enginner
to be employed by the Valley and one
by the U|M States Reclamation
Service. **
Back to His Childhood
-O--
Pat and Mike walked into a drug:
store and said they wanted something
to make them, feel young. The drug-
gist gave them a well Jcnown reme-
dy. and Pat and Mike each took a
swallow and started out.
A block down the street they took,
another swallow.
“I feel five years younger*” aaic8
Pat.
Begorra, I feel like a boy,” said
Mike.
A few blocks farther Pat said:“Be-
jabbers, Mike, don’t drink another
drop of that stuff. I’ve gone back
to infancy.”
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Johnson, Charles R. Willacy County News (Raymondville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1924, newspaper, March 6, 1924; Raymondville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth874141/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed May 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reber Memorial Library.