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More Building Now Per Dollar-
WHY WAIT?
Thos. W. Blake Lumber Co.
Lyford—Sebastian
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE RAYMONDVILLE, LYFORD AND SEBASTIAN TERRITORY
WILLACY COUNTY NEWS
More Building Now Per Dollar-
WHY WAIT?
Thos. W. Blake Lumber Co.
Lyford—Sebastian
VOLUME 8
RAYMONDVILLE, (COUNTY SEAT) WILLACY COUNTY, TEXAS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1925
No. 35
CONSTRUCTION WORK STARTED ON CUT OFF
Work of Clearing and Opening up
Right of Way on Raymondville-
Edinburg Extension Begun Mon-
day Morning at Edinburg
March first, 1926, will witness the ;
first train operating over the Ray-
mondville-Edinburg-Monte Christo
cut off, according to contractor J. A.
Walker, who with E. H. Elder, has
the contract for the construction of
this line.
Active construction work started
on this cut-off Monday morning when
sub-contractors went to work on the
Edinburg end of the line and started
clearing and opening up the right 6f
way preparatory to grading.
A force of fifty-odd men were put
to work on the Edinburg end Monday
morning and are working toward
Raymondville. On next Monday morn-
ing a similar force will be started
from Raymondville.
J. A. Walker, of San Antonio,
arrived in Raymondville, Sunday
afternoonto be on the job while R.
Owen, assistant chief engineer of
the Gulf Coast Lines and his assist-
ant, D. A. Fogleberg, are here in the
interest of the railroad and will be
stationed on the job permanently.
Mr. Walker stated to a represent-
ative of the News that it would re-
quire a force of approximately 150
men and 100 teams to carry on this
work and complete the construction
of fifty miles of rail road in specified
time.
Raymondville will have as muck
trackage to take care of the rail-
road’s business at this point as there
is now in Harlingen. This means that
several miles of track will be laid
within the city limits and will en-
courage many new industries such as
wholesale distributing houses, manu-
facturing plants, etc.
SECRETARY C.C.
OUTLINES WORK
Publicity Work Launched—Highway
Signs To Be Erected—Program For
Next 90 Days Is Promulgated
PUBLIC SCHOOL
Raymondville and Willacy County
will be greatly benefited by the pro-
gressive program outlined by Secre-
tary C. 0. Harris of the local Chamb-
er of Commerce who is giving his
entire time for the betterment of con-
ditions in this city and county.
Many things are on the program,
according to Secretary Harris, that
will not be long in materializing if
the citizenship of this community will
show their willingness to get behind
the movement and do their share to
help bring them to pass.
Temporary quarters of the Chamber
of Commerce have been established in
the lobby of the Tourist Hotel, new
stationery and membership cards
have been received by the secretary
and active work of advertising Ray-
mondville and Willacy county has
i been launched on a scale never before
attempted by this section.
Already the secretary has created
a favorable state-wide impression of
this section by sending out a number
of boosting articles about this county
and is just a forerunner of real
valuable information that will be
broadcasted in the future,
i Every visitor to Raymondville, be
he traveling salesman or a prospect-
ive investor, will be sought out and
wherever possible these visitors will
be presented with the chamber of
dTHTHTHiTO TI/ff/WTY\ A \J commerce stationery and requested
Ui liilO IflUlwM USe it in writing their letters from
| this point. On the reverse side of the
--- j letterheads appears a large map of
Bright Outlook In Store For AILthe entire county, showing in detail
Schools In Willacy County—In- I every city and giving brief informa-
creased Scholastics In Raymondville.! tion concerning the county.
_ I While the response to the member-
The 1925-26 term of public schools ; SiflVpha^bef satistafor^
will open in Willacy county next Mon- j President Lochrie, yet an
day morning when between 2500 and ^ v Campaign Wl11 pat on *°
3000 children will be trudging their ZZ a/% T Wh?, haS th-6
way to the school houses of this !^7terfe?t of**ls sectionandcommuni-
county for the opening day. |ty. at h^art to ahgn .Wlth th®
Every school district in the county!^10?' Farmers’ business and Profes-
norts increased sehnlast.ies over ! fi°nal ™en are aurSed to get into
the band wagon of progress and help
put over a development program for
this city and county.
Following is a proposed program of
work to be accomplished by the Ray-
mondville Chamber of Commerce
within the next ninty days:
1. Secure a BIGGER and BETTER
market for onions for local growers.
2. Advertise the OPPORTUNITIES
of RAYMONDVILLE and WILLACY
COUNTY through citizens and fore-
ign land owners and otherwise.
3. Bring MORE people to Ray-
mondville and Willacy County.
4. Secure assistance of railroad
industrial agents in various ways.
_ 5. Get more COWS and CHICKENS
on EVERY farm in the county.
6. “A” Secure cleaner streets aftd
keep them clean.
7. “B” Secure a BIGGER and
BETTER phone service for Raymond-
ville and community.
8. “C” Improved Ice & Electric
Service for Raymondville.
9. “D” A “White Way” from one
end of city to the other—without a
break.
10. “E” A series of TRADE DAYS
for Merchants of Raymondville.
SPECIAL
Secure a CHAMBER OF COM-
MERCE BUILDING FOR RAY-
MONDVILLE including an exhibit of
Willacy County products.
reports increased scholastics over i
former years and is indicative of a
bright outlook for the coming school
year. It also shows that Willacy
county is being settled up with a
thrifty class of people.
The Independent School Districts
of Raymondville, Lyford, Sebastian,
Willamar and LaSara have been pre-
paring the past three months for a
busy session of their schools and have
anticipated increased patronage by
making numerous improvements to
their buildings and equipment in addi
tion to supplying a full corps of able
instructors to carry on the work of
creating good citizens among the
young people who will be under their
charge during the coming nine months
During the week practically every
instructor in the county has been
spending the time in Brownsville at-
tending Cameron-Willacy counties
institute and preparing for the stre-
nous nine-months school work. These
instructors will be at their respective
schools bright and early Monday
morning.
The opening exercises of Raymond-
ville schools will take place at nine
o’clock Monday morning in the High
School auditorium when it is hoped
that all parents interested in the wel-
fare of their children and the school
will be present. Especially is it urged
by the president of the Livrite Club
of Raymondville that the membership
of this organization be present at the
opening exercises and show to the
students that this club is interested in
their welfare.
The faculty for the Raymondville
Independent School District for the
coming term is composed of:
V. H. Tumlinson, Superintendent,
High School Instructors.: Miss
Kathryn Hyland, John Paul Jones, L.
Graham and Wm. G. Woods.
Grade Teachers: Miss Myrtle Hil-
lard, Mrs. Zillie Hunter, Miss Lennie
Tuesday evening September 8th
will be remembered for a long time
in Raymondville, the Chamber of
Commerce will hold an open meeting
in the Auditorium of the High school.
In addition to certain business to be
transacted, the program will consist
of musical and other numbers ren-
dered by the best talent in the Rio
Grande Valley. Secretaries of other
towns in the valley have promised the
lard, Mrs. Millie Hunter, Miss Lenme local secretary their whole hearted
** thhe°Ltheea„rt“
Mexican Grade Teachers: Misses
Lillian Mayfield and Mary Lou Martin
tainers in their respective towns and
bring them over to Raymondville. If
you mant to enjoy an evening and at
the same time find out just what a
Chamber of Commerce is and how it
up your city—be there—
can build
EARLY.
From Arkansas.
Barbers Hike Price
The Raymondville barbershops
announced intention of rasing the
price of hair cuts from 40 to 50 cents
and all other 40-cent barber work ac^
cordingly went into operation Tues-
day morning. In defending this raise
both Messrs Bostic and Ballow state
that they were forced to higher prices
on account of greatly increased cost
of supplies from their wholesalers and
that Raymondville was one of the
last cities in the entire valley to
adopt the higher scale of prices, the
others having raised prices many I with conditions as they found
months ago. . jhere,
Mrs. Mary V. Lemahan, M. A. Mc-
Kinzie and Messrs. Jackson and Gray
all from Smackover, Ark., are among
the late additions to Raymondville
citizens. They have come to make
SPANISH ACRES
TOURIST PLACE
Most Attractive Private Tourist
Camp And Pleasure Spot In The
South Now Being Prepared by
Ross Holloway
$30,000 INVESTMENT HERE
Thached Houses With Native Sur-
roundings And Modern Ideas Trans-
forms 20 Acres Brush.
Within easy walking distance from
the Raymondville passenger depot,
and located right on the popular
driveway to Red Rish Bay, stands
twenty acres of densely wooded lands
that is now being transformed into
the most attractive private tourist
camp and pleasure resort in South
Texas.
•This tract of land was recently
purchased by Ross Holloway from A.
A. Lindahl for the purpose of estab-
lishing one of the most unique and
at the same time the most attractive
camp and pleasure grounds to be
found in the south.
Here young and old can mingle
with sefety for everything possible
is being done looking for the comfort
and pleasure of the patrons of this
place, which Mr. Holloway has
christened “Spanish Acres”.
Care has been taken to see that as
much of the native trees and shrub-
bery as possible is being left on the
grounds, while beautiful drive ways
curve around the entire place and
leads to the several camp sites, the
commissary, filling station, band
park, swimming pool and community
center house. In addition to the
native growth that will be left an
expert horticulturist has been en-
gaged who will plant in an artistic
manner the various flowers and
shrubbery that will thrive in this sec-
tion and add beauty to the grounds.
The native trees will be shaped up
and bermuda grass planted where
ever possible.
Work of preparing Spanish Acres
was started last week and will be
carried through to a full realization
of Mr. Ross’ dream of a perfect
tourist camp and city p4ay ground
where the inhabitants of this section
may gather in their many and varied
occasions and enjoy the pleasures of
a real picnic grounds.
A wide and attractive forty-foot
drive way has been planed for the
entrance to Spanish Acres. This .will
lead directly to the two story filling
station and comissary to be erected
of concrete and native mesquite wood,
giving an ideal rustic appearance to
this structure. In the rear of this
building will be a large patio with
coble stone floor. Just to the rear of
the comissary a large oval shape
band park will be laid out 144 feet
long with the widest point in the oval
of 60 feet. This will be parked and
planted tp flowers and made into one
of the attractive beauty spots of the
park.
The familiar “old Swimmin’ Hole”
with its atti’active island in the center
will be the chief attraction to the
grounds. The island will be 30x60,
while around it will be the swimming
pool twenty-five feet wide, tapering
in from either side from two feet to
ten or twelve feet deep:'This swimm-
ing pool will be fed by a stream of
salt water furnished from a nearby
well while the bath houses will be
equipped with fresh, sweet water.
Just to the rear of the swimming
pool will be located a large building
which the owner hopes will be used
freely as a community center where
many events can be held, including
the annual chatauquas. This particu-
lar feature of Spanish Acres will
doubtless prove a big drawing card
for all local affairs and one that will
enable Raymondville to bring many
conventions and gatherings to this
city which are now denied this place.
On the outer edge of Spanish Acres
have been planted 104 convenient
camping sites, each 50x100 feet. Fifty
two of^ these camp sites are located on
each side of the one-way drive way
around the grounds and are so
arranged to give ample shade to the
campers as all native trees will be
left. Mr. Holloway plans on the erec-
tion in the near future of two or
three three-room cottages and as
many one-room cotages for these
sites. He hopes in time to have cot-
tages constructed on each camp site.
Fire places and other conveniences-
will be put up immediately on all of
them.
All buildings will be constructed of
native timber and adobe or congrete
while all benches, chairs and other
furniture in Spanish Acress will be
made from the native mesquite
branches, combining genuine old time
scenery along with modern ideas
that is certain to be attractive to
visitors as well as home folks.
In order to encourage the organiza-
tion of Boy Scout troop and Camp
Fire Girls organizations in Raymond-
ville, Mr. Holloway has offered to
give each organization ample grounds
for the erection of suitable quarters
as well as the free use of the entire
Spanish Acres.
It is the hope of the owner to have
this private tourist camp in operation
by the early part of the coming year.
It will take several months to get the
Highway Designated Through County
State Highway Commission Grants Request of
County Judge to Extend Designation to
Balance of County to Kenedy County
Paving Program to be Launched
State Highway No. 16, which up
until the early part of last week
stopped in Raymondville, has now
been extended eight miles farther
northward according to the latest
concessions of the State Highway
Commission.
Judge W. H. Mead, upon instruc-
tions from the Commissioners’ Court,
journeyed to Austin last week and
met with the Highway Commission
for the purpose of securing designa-
tion from that body of the highway
frorn Raymondville to Kenedy coun-
ty line and also to see if designation
could be secured for the west road
leading from Raymondville to the red
gate to connect with the Edinburg-
Falfurrias highway.
Judge Mead states that he had no
trouble in securing the designation
from county line to county line, runn-
ing north and south, to Kenedy coun-
ty, but was flatly turned down on the
west road proposition.
The extension of State Highway No
16 from Raymondville to Kenedy
county was granted on the condition
that the voters in Willacy county
would make use of this designation
by constructing a hard surfaced high-
way to Kenedy county. The State will
assist in the construction of this
highway, declared Judge Mead .and
urged that the citizens of the county
take steps looking to its accomplish-
ment.
A move is now on foot to request
the county commissioners to call an
election to authorize the issuance of
8300,000 in bonds with which to con-
struct this highway from county line
to county line, a distance of 18 miles.
The state and federal governments
to add a like amount which it is
thought would be ample to construct
the highway in this county.
Kenedy county, it is said, will start
a good roads program just as soon as
they are convinced that this county
willcarry out their program. This
will then give a direct route to Kings-
ville, Robstown, Corpus Christi and
all points north and east and cut off
approximately 45 miles to the Lower
Rio Grande Valley.
DISTRICT COURT
their home in this section and express j heavy growth of cactus off the
themselves as being highly pleased | ground as well as erect necessary
them | buildings and improvements as out-
! lined above. Just as soon as possible
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A number of cases were disposed
of during the three-weeks term of the
28th Judicial Criminal District Court
which was brought to a close Satur-
day afternoon.
During the closing hours of the
court habeas corpus proceedings
were heard when attorneys for O. C.
King unearthed additional testimony
and were successful in securing bail
for Mr. King. He was granted bail by
Judge Cunningham in the sum of
$5,000 with Chas. R. Johnson, Ira
King, Leonard King and Abundio
Garcia as sureties. Bail was perfected
Sunday afternoon and the prisoner
released^ from jail to appear in Cor-
pus Christi in November for trial.
Change of venue was ordered in
the case of Juan Mesa to Cameron
county and bail fixed at $750 with
Juan Vela and Domingo Courea
sureties.
Governor Drew pleaded guilty to
charge of aggravated assault and
fined $100 and costs.
Geronimo de la Rosa found guilty
on charge of bootlegging and sentenc-
ed to one year in the penn. New trial
was refused, where upon attorneys
for defendant gave notice of appeal.
Jose Maria Cantu and Emilio Poses
charged jointly with bootlegging.
Case dismissed against Poses and con
tinued for trial against Cantu. Cantu
admitted to bail_ in sum of $500.
Divorces:
. Avis Manning vs. Albert S. Mann-
ing, granted.
Teresa G. de Serna vs. Leonardo G
Serna, granted.
Nicolasa C. Clark vs. C. C. Clark
granted.
Mary E. Ingraham vs. Clyde F.
Ingraham, granted.
Callie Mae Wells vs. Doyle F. Wells
granted.
Elizabeth A. King vs. O. C. King,
granted by jury, new trial over ruled
and notice of appeal given.
TEMPLE RESIGNS
COMMISSIONER
Leaves This Week For New Home
South Dakota—Judge Mead To Ap-
point Successor This Week.
Young Men Were
Guests of Club
Between fifteen and tweny young
men of Raymondville enjoyed them-
selves at the LivriteClub luncheon
last Wednesday when under the lead-
ership of Leslie Boone the club was
host to the sons of its members and
many other young men.
Perry Holder, who has just return-
ed from an interesting trip to Austra-
lia and other Pacific points as a sailor
on one of the Government boats gave
an interesting account of his voyage
and experiences.
Cisneros, a student of the local
high school, made a short but Yjointed
talk when he told his listners that
“this life was just what we made it”
and that he intended to put his whole
soul into his work the coming year.
Kermit Lindahl voiced the appreei-
. ation of himself and comrades for the
• interest shown in the young men of
the community and for the splendid
luncheon.
The day’s program was enlivened
by several selections from Mr. Faulk-
ner, the blind musician, who rendered
and vocal
Pete Temple, county commissioner
of Lyford Precinct No. 3, handed his
resignation as commissioner to Coun-
ty Judge Mead Monday morning. The
resignation was accepted and Judge
Mead is now considering a number of a number of lively^ piano _ ___ ------
applicants for this place in the Lyford ; numbers to the delight of his listners.
community.
Peter Temple was elected to this
place last November over his oppo-
nent, Mr. Stanford, by a small mar-
gin. Since then he has been giving
practically his full time to the duties
involved upon him through that office
and has made an efficient and trust-
worthy county official. His constitu-
ents learn of his resignation with re-
gret and are trusting that Judge
Mead will be able to select a man to
fill the unexpired term who will be
as conscientious in his work as was
Mr. Temple.
Mr. Temple and wife will leave the
latter part of this week for their new
home in South Dakota. However, Mr.
Temple says that he will not forget
his many friends in Willacy county
and hopes to be able to return some
day and pay them a visit.
A short radio program was also
enjoyed when Harry Snodgrass, King
of the ivories, was heard over the
Super Hetrodyne set from WOAI,
San Antonio.
CONDEMNATION
PROCEEDINGS
Local Attorneys Have Filed Suit To
Force Right of Way Over Fred C.
Wilbur Property.
E. B. Baldridge, Appointed.
After dilligent inquiry and investi-
gation as to the qualifications and
objections to eight different men sug-
gested for appointment as County
Commissioner to fill the vacancy
existing because of the- resignation of 0 Fhe property in question is in
Peter Temple, I have .appointed E. B.! Section 7) lot 3 of the. Raymondville
Baldridge, the only man suggested f-^act No. 1 and comprises 3.3 acres of
against whom there was not a word •land to 1)6 used as rigbt of way for
of criticism offered by anyone in 1 the new rail r°ad.
The first and probably the only
condemnation proceedings to be had
in securing the right of way for the
Raymondville-Edinburg-Monte Chris-
to extensiou of the Gulf Coast Lines
was filed in Raymondville last week
when the local attorneys of the Gulf
Coast lines filed a suit for this rail-
road to cross the property of Fred C.
Wilbur.
Prec. No. 3.
W. H. Mead.
Miss Lucile Gillispie, Annett and
Laura Robinson came over from
Pharr, Friday, the Misses Robinson
returned the same day, and Miss
Gillispie returned Tuesday. They
were guests of Miss Clara Thompson.
Newell Jernigan purchased G. W.
Hedricks 40 acres of land three miles his land, others have
The hearing on this proceedings
will be held in George Loehrie’s real
estate office on Wednesday, Septem-
ber 9th, with George Lochrie, Geo. W.
Musgrave and W. T. Holder, acting
as a jury of view who will appraise
the value of the land.
According to those in position to
know this is the only man on the en-
tire line who has refused to grant the
rail road company permission to cross
had amicable
southeast of town Saturday. Mr. j understanding and no further trouble
Jernigan and family will move soon,
to their new home.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodman Dodd were
dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mi's.
Jack Fuller.
Earl and Cleo. Gililand, Paul
is anticipated in securing
way along this new line.
rights of'
Moved To Bevens Farm
I. N. Chandler and family of Boone-
Jacobson and V. H. Tumlinson are all ville, Ark., arrived in Raymondville
driving new Dodge cars. _ i the latter part of last week and have
W. W. Stocking last week visited moved to the Bevens Farm two miles
his neices Mrs. Geo. Curry and Mrs. east of town where they expect to
Howard Curry and their families. . make their home.
THREE HUNDRED-TWENTY ACRES ONIONS
TO BE PLANTED HERE BY ROY CAMPBELL
Laredo Onion King Will Make Heavy Invest-
ments In Onion Industry In Willacy County
A. Wise Now On The Ground Preparing
Land For Planting Last of This Month
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Key returned
Saturday from spending a few days
in Corpus Christi and in Kingsville
with Mrs. Keys sister. Mrs. J. W.
Boyd and family.
a general invitation will be extended
the general public to see how Mr.
Holloway has transformed a tract of
twenty acres heavily laden with cac-
tus, trees and brush into one of the
South’s prettiest and most unique
camping and pleasure spots.
The improvements, states Mr. Hol-
loway, will run better than $30,000
and will be the means of attracting
hundreds of tourists to Raymondville
and Willacy county.
One of the largest single acreages
to be planted to onions in Willacy
county will be that of Roy Campbell
& Company of Laredo. This firm has
leased a tract of 320 acres of land
anjpining the Glover farm and said to
!be the best onion land in the entire
section.
A. Wise, representative of the Roy
Campbell & Co., is now on the ground
making active preparations to get
this land in condition for planting
the latter part of this month.
With the coming into this territory
of Roy Campbell and associates for
onion planting also comes with it the
recognition that Willacy county bolds
the banner for early production of
this crop. These people are in; the
onion business to make money' and
see in this industry in this county a
favorable opportunity to realize their
highest ambitions.
/‘From reports it appears as though
Willacy county will have a total of
about 1500 acres planted to onions
this year. Most of the growers are
getting their land in condition ready
for planting the latter part of this
month or the first of next month.
The seed is planted directly in the
fields and then thinned to a proper
stand. In this way Willacy county
onion growers are able to get on the
market from two weeks to thirty
days ahead of any other onion grow-
ing section.
Investigating Conditions
John E. Harkins and daughter, Miss
Anna E. Harkins, arrived via the
motor route the latter part of last
week from their home in Oxford, Miss
Mr. Harkins came to Raymondville
to spend several days making investi-
gations before investing in a perma-
nent home. He is well pleased witfe.
conditions and expects to locate some-
where in Willacy county.
. From Mississippi
W". G. Swayze, of Yazoo City, Miss.,
arrived in Raymondville the latter
part of last week to spend several
days the guest of his cousin, C. H.
Swayze of this city. Mr. W. G. Sway-
ze made the trip overland from
Yazoo City accompanied by David
Younger and son, Clifton, of San An-
tonio. In the Alamo City he was also
joined by Miss Octavia who had been,
visiting friends there and in Kerrville
From Seatle
Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Watson and
family are enjoying a visit from their
daughter, Mrs. G. W. Heyde of
Seatle, Wash. Mrs. Heyde motoredi
from her home in Seatle to Raymond-
ville and states she enjoyed the trip
south immensely. She will spend
several weeks at her parents’ home
here.
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