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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE RAYMONDVILLE, SEBA STIAN AND LYFORD TERRITORY
WILLACY
NTY NEWS
(FORMERLY THE MAGIC VALLEY NEWS)
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&AYMONDVILLE (COUNTY SEAT) WILLACY COUNTY, TEXAS.
RAYMONDVILLE, TEXAS THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1923.
VOLUME 6. NUMBER 20
REPUBLICAN LEADER OPTIMIS-
TIC OVER OUTLOOK FOR
MEXICO RECOGNITION
“I both hope and expect favorable
results from the conference which
will be held in Mexico City to estab-
lished a basis for recognition of the
Obregon government,” was the state-
ment made yesterday by R. B. Creag-
er, who has been prominently men-
tioned as the American ambassador
to Mexico in the event recognition is
tendered Mexico by the United States
In regard to the ambassadorship, Mr.
Cr eager had nothing to say.
Mr. Creager is personally acquaint-
ed with several members of both the
American and
TO STOP DRUNKS ON CONCRETE
ROAD
The best way to eliminate the men-
ace of drunken drivers oh the concrete
highway, is to shut them off at the
source of supply, and any drunken
automobile driver crossing the inter-
SUNDAY TRUCE IN VERBAL
KLAN BATTLE OBSERVED
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 13-^
Sunday brought a truce in the long
distance verbal battie of leaders of
the Ku Klux Klan over the opposing
policies in regard to the Kamelia; a
woman’s organization, said to be rrlhd-
JOSE GARZA, ALLEGED SLAYER
^ OF JOT JONES, CAP-
TURED THURSDAY
off the bridge,” was the announce-
ment made this morning by Sher-
iff Robertson of Cameron county. “It
is the old story of the ‘ounce of pre-
vention’” he continued. “If they are
permitted to enter Brownsville or drive
onto the concrete highway every drunk
Mexican commission i& a potwial car.wrecker, and if
and pronounced them men who are j th are taken from their cars un-
representative of the very highest mediately after cr6ssing fram Mata-
moros, Vgiven an opportunity to sober
up and. then fined for driving a car
while intoxicated, most of the acci-
dents on the highway can be elimin-
ated.”
Two men will be assigned to the
bridge by the Sheriff’s department,
and at least one man will be there
day and night, and it is understood
the city' police force will cooperate
with them. Every car in which the
driver shows symptoms of being in-
toxicated will be stopped and in the
event the driver can be classified as
“intoxicated” an arrest will be made,
and an effort made to secure the
maximum fine of $100.00
(Mercedes Tribune.)
Jose Garza, alleged murderer of Jot
Jones, United States -Customs Offi-
cer, was arrested by Customs Offi-
cer R. D. Brown and Chief Deputy
national bridge to the American ?de j ejed Qn tbe ijnes 0£ tbe klan Jja_ Mike Manalian of Cameron County at
will be arrested as soon as they get ular regaiia and membership 1111'.%- 1 Santa Maria early Tuesday morning
tjons. 1 after Garze had crossed the river in
Imperial Wizzard H. W. Evans,[at ^he neighborhood of Santa Maria.
Jones- was murdered at Mercedes
the long telegram sent out k-st on the night of Sunday, October 1,
of the
type of their respective nations. He
expressed great confidence in their
ability to arrive at a basis upon which
the Washington government could ex-
tend recognition to Mexico, and pre-
dicted that recognition would be fol-
lowed by unparalleled prosperity in
the border cities and that it would re-
sult in great development in Mexico
financed largely by American capital.
That Mr. Creager will be tendered
the appointment of ambassador upon
recognition by President Harding of
the Obregon government is apparent-
ly a conviction in Washington, accord-
ing to press reports, and in the border
country the suggestion has not lacked
strong endorsement from both repub-
lican and democratic leaders. Mr.
Creager’s many years on the border,
his intimate knowledge of Mexico and
the Mexican people, their customs,
characteristics and language would
make him the ideal man for the posi-
tion, leaders of both parties assert,
and it is evident that Texans will
. bring strong pressure to bear to in-
duce him to accept the honor if it is
tendered by President Harding.
i ~ ’"Mexico is a country of wondetfnl
‘Opportunities for development,” Mr,
Jreager $aid, “and I Relieve the time
wnl1 be "seiW
and Indus-
il;■'Interests of both countries will
/profit by reason of the closer bond.”
ATTENTION! CLUB WOMEN
Club women of Wilacy County,
Greetings:
The time for the Valley Home De-
rr. onstrataon Encampment has been
set for May 31st. and June 1st., to
be held at the Stuart Club House
ntar Mercedes. There “will be accomo-
dations for 300 women for' the nigoj
that we will be there.
Ai*v club i re
Hot Springs, refused to comment -ton
nigjht from Atlanta by Emperor V' * J.
Simmons, scoring Evans’ attitude^ in
opposition to the Kamelia, which u-
rnons founded, saying “on M<jthe ;s’
day his thoughts were on other
fairs.”
Emperor Simmons, awaiting i; re
answer to last night’s telegram, bjid
nothing- further to say today.
It is understood here that Dr. Evats
in conferring in Hot Springs over tile
■week-end with J. A. Comer, grand-
dragon of the realm of Arkansas, ex-
alted cyclops of the Little Rock ICtsn
and holder of other offices in the or-
der and with Clio Harper, kligraph «nd
kleagle. According) to Simmons, they
plan to support another woman’s or-
ganization instead of the Kamelia.
The latest open quarrel arose a f aw
nightg, ago when Comer,’ in announcing
his opposition to the Kgnuilia, declar-
ed it was his opinion it vP^a “money-
grabbing scheme.” Simx/ion's refe'-rc-o
to Comer’s remunerative connect
with the klan, and made the -
charge against the Arkansas drxgc.-
ROASTING EARS GO OUT IN (
LOAD LOTS
following an attempt on his part to
arrest Jose Garza for having intoxi-
cating liquor in his possession. In
the melee which followed the at-
tempt he was knocked to the ground
and shot while in a reclining posi-
tion. Ranger Jesse Barter, who was
with Jones, fired two shots at Garza
which are supposed to have taken ef-
fect. Garza, while reported to have
been badly wounded, had no difficul-
ty in making his escape to the Mex-
ican side of the river. His brother
Cevriano Garza, who was charged
with being an accomplice was acquit-
ed in the District Court of Hidalgo
County on April 12.
Jose Garza has been observed on
the Mexican side of the river in the
neighborhood of Matamoros for some
time, and was talked to by local
Mexicans who were in Matamoros on
Monday of this week.
At the 'time of the killing he was
cut on bond, having been charged
with bootlegging, in the Federal
Court at Brownsville. His case on
this charge is scheduled to- come up
next Monday at Brownsville.
Garza is at present in the county
j jail at Edinburg.
DUNCAN’S
STORE AT
LOOTED
WESLACO
One of the boldest robberies record-
ed in Weslaco for some time was the
looting of the C. L. Duncan store Fri-
day night of last weex, according to
the Weslaco News-.
A window on the west side near the
rear of the store was broken and the
robbers carried out what is estimated
to be between $20 and $50 worth of
groceries. The noise of the crashing
glass awakened Mr. Stephens, who
conducts a grocery store next door and
whose living quarters are nearby.
Lpon examining his gun he had but
one shell, this he discharged at the
intruders, but whetb r the culprit was
deaf or whether the noise of a falling
COLONISTS TO SETTLB
IN MEXICO
Five Auto Loads Left Monslay
Gonzales, West of Tampico
Five automobiles filled with Los
Angeles people, on their way to Mex-
ico to establish a farming colony, left
Brownsville Monday after spending
several days here, during which time
they took in the celebration in Mata-
moros. The colony is being organized
by the Verner brothers of Los Angeles
former Texas men, and will be at
Gonzales, Mexico, 215 miles down the
coast in the state of Tamaulipas.
“This group is only a small part of
the large number who are going to
the Gonzales district to settle and
, . , , . „ E.ake their home,” Mr. Verner said
box at the time, prevented him from |before leaving. «A tram load of Cal_
ifornia people will leave San Francis-
hearing the shot. At any rate, he pur
sued the even tenor of his way. Mr.
Stephens hesitated to approach the
robber without his gun and went in
quest of the night watchman. Not
co on May 15 for the same territory,
while many persons are going daily
by automobile. The project is fostered
by the Mexican Land Syndicate,
finding him he awoke Constable Hodge > iarge colonization company with head
and returned to the scene to find the j qUarters jn l0s Angeles and 25 offices
robbers had dqpaited. ■ all over the country.
No trace up to this writing has been j -G<)nzales ^ be made into a real
found, although the sheriff’s depart-1 city> hid away in the Valley of the
ment has been making a diligent q»amegi riVer. Thousands of dollars
search. Although only one man wa& • be spenb on the streets, buildings
seen, it is supposed he had a lookout 1 and 0ther improvements. There are
nearby where the truck was being already railroad and water facilities
loaded behind the stoie. Fiom the and a paper -will be started in a short
HARLINGEN, May 12.—:
slight increase in the Valley ' rue
movement was noticed Friday wh-4
iliere were 23 cars, iefc
! i on^ Bet-
I BOLL WEEVIL FIGHT URGED TO
I » PROTECT BIG CROP
“lit... „. JjtfifiBlRlH
_t Uia. r-hil- Wiire^il men-.
fDEEP WATER PORT A GREAT
ASSET TO R. G. VALLEY
;eet in ___ ____
*one "'short oflu^day^ ship- MtfclilPM ■1 ^
anc! as many women from the 86'm- j merit had it not been for the ffcet'j V eneige xea y
munity as can come. We are very that the first two cars of roasting | ^mbatted, T. C. Richardson, editor ot
1 • , u • j -Du " „.i the Valley Farmer and Citrus Grower
ears were shipped riday. Pharr and 1 J . ,
GALVESTON, Tex. May 15.—Con-
Iditions in the Rio Grande Valley are
Jourishing and when deep water be-
comes a reality, the entire Valley as
-\\'pll as northern Mexico,, will see
greater developments, according to D.
A. '“O’Brien, president of the Rio
Grange railway which connects
Brownsville with Point Isabel. Mr.
G’BrienAs here for a conference with
government engineers and John Ja-
cobson, contractor, who will do the
Point Isabel channel dredging.
“There is hardly a cleared acre of
land in the entire Valley which is un-
cultivated,’ said Mr. O’Brien, ‘-and we
look for a greater prosperity with the
digging, of a channel at Point Isabel
as an outlet to the ends of the earth
via th.3 sea will then be had.”
The government recently awarded
Jacobson the contract for dredging a
three mile channel from the gulf to
the docks of the Rio Grande railway
at Point Isabel. This waterway will
be 18 feet deep over the bar and 16
feet deep through the channel termi-
nating in a 500 by 500 turning^ basin.
McALLEN PURCHASES MOWER
At a meeting of McAllen city coun-
cil on Monday night an order was is-
sued_ instructing the city superintend-
ent of streets to purchase a five-foot
McCormick weed mower. This mow-
er will be used by the city in cutting j
anxious to have every community in
the Valley represented.
Each person attending, is asked bo
bring her bed linen, dishes, and sil-
ver. Each person will pay $2.00 for
a meal ticket which will be punched as
meals are served. At the end of the
session money will be refunded for the
items not punched. The tickets ai’e
transferable and will read:
Lunch .............. 40
Dinner .......... 60
Breakfast ...................... 40
Lunch ........... •............. 40
Bed..........................25
The dinner meal is to be served in
banquet style but the women are ask-
ed to dress in simple house dresses
the entire time.
Each woman is asked to bring some
article to show that she has made
made by her club, or bought that has
been a great deal of help to her in
her home. It can be a time saver, la-
bor saver, money saver, an article A number of Ordinances have been
of dress, an article of beauty, or any- Passed by the new city council several
thing that would be helpful and sug- of whicb were Passed with a view to
festive to some one else. We want bftter the sanitary condition of the
the women to get ideas that they can 1 c^' Among those passed were two
take back to their home and commun- "hich we wish to Sive sPecial mention.
One pertains to cleaning of weeds and
M club represented is asked toibrnsh °" M ci*» Property and the
take part in the contest for selectins .0,her to hcefe °£ |°P of whlch th?re
•n encampment song. The song i kc several hundred, ft seems, running
to be composed and sung by the club j ke> “Clud‘^ % Ed*or i
or by an individual member and win | hound dog. The city needs the money
be judged with the other songs in
Olmito tied for honors in the ship-
ment of one car each of new corn.
Shipments in quantity shipments this
year are slightly later than last year
and will possibly not be as heavy as
the last year shipments, due to the
enormous decrease in the corn acre-
age planted in the Valley. The late
shipments of new corn this year was
brought about by the vf ry unfavor-
able weather during the early spring.
No cabbage was shipped Friday and
only one car of beets and carrots was
meved. The heaviest single days
shipments of beans was on Friday,
when San Benito and Bi ownsville each
shipped three cars. San Benito took
first place Friday v^ith a total of
eight cars.
CITY PASSES ORDINANCES
urged San Benito rotarians, at the
Thursday meeting to do every
thing possible to make the boll wee-
vil fight Valley-wide, according to the
San Benito Light.
Mr. Richardson said a recent tour
of the upper Valley showed the wee-
vil emerging in serious numbers con-
sidering the lateness of the crop and
that planters should realize immed-
iately that they had a fight on their
hands.
“There never was a time when
prospects for a cotton crop were so
bi’ight or when so many hopes and ex-
pectations are being centered on cot-
ton. The weevil situation is not ser-
ious but it easily can become so un-
less there is a concerted and ener-
getic effort made against it,” he said.
41,681 FORD TRUCKS DELIVERED
dim light Mr. Sephens was not able
'to get a good outline of the robber,
but is of the opinion he was a Mexi-
can.
It is going to become necessary for
a watchman to remain on the streets
in the business section if further loot-
ing is to be prevented. It is only a
short time'since the Weslaco Mercan-
tile store was robbed, and the safe
“jimmied.” A watchman patroling the
bujsiness section during the entire
night should preyent further depre-
dations of this kind. Mr. Duncan
states imposg&le^ for him
to even' rcu^hy asGYiiate' the less,
conservative estimates place it Be-
tween $25 and $50.
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVER-
NOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS
WHEREAS, many years of ceas-
less. warfare have laid waste vast
areas in the Near East, decimated
these countries of their men, destroy-
ed agriculture and commerce, and
left countless thousands of helpless
Christian women and children desti-
tute and without means or method
of .earning a livelihood, resulting in
the unprecedented suffering; and,
WHEREAS, the organization
known as the Near East Relief, chart-
ered by our national Congress and
having a State Headquarters in every
State, including Texas, has undertak-
en the great work of administering
relief to those unfortunate people,
thus affording a channel through
which we may individually and di-
rectly share in the alleviation of the
while, as a Los Angeles newspaper
man is making plans to go down and
establish a newspaper.
“The Valley has an ideal climate as
it is below the frost belt. All kinds of
truck and many kinds of fruit can
be raised at any time of the year, as
the frost does not mark off definite
seasons, and the colonists who settle
in the Gonzales district will be able
tc get their products on the market
far ahead of any other district-.
It is the plan of the Mexican Land
(Syndicate to settle 10,000 Americans
In they'district hv "he end of this^year,
and from thenffS^i^w-ho are^ufn
over constantly the plan may materi-
alize. The Mexican government, and
particularly President Obregon, have
given out statements to the effect that
the American colonists are more than
welcome. In fact, so anxious is the
president to get American farmers of
the better class that he has agreed
tc remove all duty from the household
goods, cattle, horses and farm imple-
ments of settlers, and even to pay their
transportation from the point of en-
try into Mexico, to the colony. There
are already 200 American families in
the district who have gone there from
different parts of this country, and
this number will be increased rapidly.”
It is mentioned also, that the set-
tling of a colony such as this, will
strengthen the friendly relations be-
tween the United States and Mexico,
and will help to bring about recogni-
tion of Mexico, which is expected
within the near future.—Brownsvilie
Herald. 1
IN FIRST QUARTER IS RECORD rectly snare
__! suffering of our fellow Christians;
DETROIT, Mich., May 15—Sales of j and,
41,681 Ford trucks during the first j WHEREAS, Texas, a land of peace,
quarter, setting a new high record, blessed with the produQts from hei
bear out predictions made earlier that fertile fields and valleys and in fuller
the use of the one-ton truck in haul-
ing and delivery systems, will be great-
this year than ever before.
the contest. Each club is also to sug-
gest a number that could be used in
the program, music, singing or read-
ing. If you can do the latter, please
let me know real soon.
We are planning to have several
the weeds on vacant city property. All j good speakers and the entire Valley
pioperty owners desiring to have the | will be represented; so it will be a
city cut their weeds will be charged meeting that will be worth while for
$1.00 for every fifty-foot lot. In this
way it is believed that a great many
property o./ners, both resident and
non-resident will be encouraged to
ha-Je the weeds cut on their respec-
tive places.
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SETTING UP NEW GIN AT
LYFORD
Work is now-progressing nicely on possible,
the new gin being installed by H. H.
Keene, the seed house being complet-
ed the first of the week.
every home maker. It will afford the
house wife a short vacation and give
her an opportunity to hear some good
lectures and get acquainted with other
women of the Valley. Get up 1
, crowed from your community and go
j and share the good things and good
j times that we are going to have,
j Please let me know the probable num-
ber from your community as soon as
an d it is a good way to raise rev-
enue. It may be that you did not vote
for the present city council, but let
Not only is the Ford truck coming
into more general use in the commer-
cial field, where it is dependability,
of operation and a1>’ ui ility to
all requirements make it the most
OPENING
OF NEW
DELAYED
BUSINESS
Saturday was a bad, bad day for
the business prospects of three Mex-
icans wrho had evidently made careful
j and comprehensive plans for the open-
mq^sure than most lands, has ever
responded to the call of need from
those less fortunate. ^ j ing jn tbe immediate future of a first
class “Saloon, not V e new fashioned
NOW, THEREFOR®, I, PAT
NEFF, Governor cf the State of Tex-
as, in the keeping with the Nation-
wide movement, bespeak for the Near
East Relief call, a kind and sympa-
popular but throughout the agricul- j tbetic hearing by the people of Texas
tural sections of the country it is J to the end that they maj! evidence
not that fact prevent you from giving | fast being adopted by the farmer as | their sympathy and generosity by eon-
thern your hearty co-operation. They p<ie best means for solving his problem : tributing clothing and supplies for
are to be complimented in passing
these ordinances and fhe News sincer-
!y hope that the people will assist
them by co-operating with them in
every w’^y. No officer can do his
best v/ith people nagging and criti-
ior quicker and cheaper transportation
of his. products from the farm to the
city.
March sales for Ford trucks, which
reached the new high mark of 18,717
exceeded by more than 1,000 the sales
cizing all the time. Be a booster and 0f the first tihree months of 1922, tot-
help things along, and you will • feel jaling 17,5'86, and were 50 per cent
a whole lot better.
WORK BEGINS ON NEW SCHOOL
AT LYFORD
Gravel, sand and lime have ar-
rived and are being transferred to the
higher than the sales in February
this year.
WEATHER REPORT
Yours very truly,
. .MYRTLE LOVELACE, j is hoped to complete it before
Cameron County Home Dem. Agent, next term of school opens.
May
10,
Max.
T.
86.0,
Min.
T.
59-0
May
11,
Max.
T.
90.0,
Min.
T.
70.0
May
12,
Max.
T.
89.0,
Min.
T.
75.0
May
13,
Max.
T.
95,
Min.
T.
73.0
j May
14,
Max.
T.
92.0.
Min.
T.
76.0
May
15,
Max.
T.
95.0,
Min.
T.
72.0
May
16,
Max.
T.
96.0,
Min.
T.
63.0
the relief of conditions in the Near
East. In keeping with the plan ad-
opted by various States, I hereby name
Hon. S. M. N. Marrs, State superin-
tendent of Public Instruction as the
proper person to direct the organiza-
tion of this work among the schools
in order that the teachers and pupils
of the public schools may be given an
opportunity to join in this effort to
secure and make available the articles
kind of a saloon in vogue since the
passing of the 18th amendment bub
the old fashioned saloon, where one
purchased intoxicants of all kinds
v. hen the desire was accompanied by
the necessary wherewithal.
Customs Officer Marcus Hines and
H. B. O’Neil were the direct cause
of “this untimely blighting, of what
had promised to be rosy colored busi-
ness prospect^ when they,- without
ceremony, seized upon and confiscated
a truck load of quarts of various in-
toxicants-. Included in the haul were
63 quarts of tequila, 16 quarts of cog-
nac, 5 quarts of plum brandy and
106 pints of beer. Dionicio Villareal,
Jose Zamora and Luis Dominguez
were captured with the loot and en-
contributed by respective comrnumtica ^
rr.d thus ffjve to every district was turned over to the Brownsville
ously YespTndtag to'thisTppeal ! c“stoms house.-Mercedes Tribune.
WITNESS my hand at Austin, Texas, i —^ ‘
this the twenty-seventh day of Auril, I Really, it does seem that thirteen
A. D., 1923. i is an unlucky number. An Illinois
(Signed) PAT M. NEFF. 'woman shot her thirteenth husband.
I
SCREEN YOUR DOORS AND WINDOWS
Keep the deadly, disease-carrying fly out of your home. It is one of the greatest steps you can take to insure the comfort and health of your family this summer.
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