Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 24, 1923 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME IX.
MERCEDES, HIDALGO COUNTY, TEX., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24, 1923
WILL OFFER TALLEY MAN AS
CANDIDATE FOR ROTARY GOT,
Sid Hardin,superintendent of the
Mission schools, was chosen by rep-
resentatives of all Valley Rotary j
FORMER SOLDIERS
ENTER CITY POLITICS
Six Days Remain In Which to Pay
Poll Taxes
In an “off” political year such as 1923, during which there
are non^ of the so-called important elections scheduled, citizens i ciSs^meeting* at^Donnllast Friday \ Friday Night Meeting Nominates W.
are liable to place a low valuation upon their right to the fran-! th unanimous candidate of Val
chise and as a result there is experienced a decided falling off in! Ly RotarJ for the offic* of District
the number of duly qualified voters That 1923 will prove no ex-|Governor of the 13th District> to be
ception to this geneial mle may oe seen from the lecoios o ! elected at the Distinct meeting in
Hidalgo County and of the City of Mercedes. Recent reports
from Edinburg state that only 1,500 poll taxes have been paid as
F. Powell for Councilman on Ex-
Service Man’s Ticket
compared with nearly 6000 last year. The records of the city
of Mercedes show that only about 75 such taxes hav been paid to
date as compared with a total voting strength of 376 a year ago.
While there will perhaps be no state or county election dur-
ing this year, nevertheless important matters of local concern
will arise to be determined by the qualified voters of the Mer-
cedes community. April will see an election for the selection of a
number of trustees of the Mercedes Independent School District.
Th payment of state and city poll tax is a prerequisite to voting
in this election.
April will also see an election for the purpose of choosing suc-
cessors to the members of the Mercedes City Council whose terms
expire at that time. Again the payment of a poll tax is the pre-
requisite to participation in the choice of those who will manage
the affairs of the city. '
The population of the city of Mercedes has been officially
declared to be over 5,000, making the city eligible to operate un-
der a special charter, the character of which will be determined
by vote of the qualified voters of the city. Should such a plan
be proposed it will be carried or defeatd by those who have paid
their poll taxes.
The last day on which poll taxes may be paid is Wednes-
day, January 31.
The right to vote is guaranteed every American citizen by
the constitution. The duty to vote is laid upon every American
citizen worthy of the name.
When all of those otherwise qualified to vote have paid their
poll taxes and VOTE, then our various political subdivisions will
be nearer that ideal of “government for the people, of the people
and by the people.”
PAY YOUR POLL TAX.
HEAR REPORTS ON
MEXICAN SCHOOL WORK
County Parent-Teacher
Considers Boy’s Educational Loan
Fund.—Next Meet at Weslaco
WESTERN UNION MANAGER
MAKES TALKS AT MEETING
Mrs. J. Del’ Buono, local Western
Union manager, is attending the an-
nual managers’ meeting of the Gulf
Association j Division now being held in San An-
tonio at the Gunter Hotel. These
meetings are held annually for the
' j purpose of familiarizing jthe mana-
The County Parent-Teachers Asso- | gers with the different classes of ser-
ciation met at San Juan last Saturday j vice and rates.
in an all day session with a splendid j Mrs. Del Buono was honored in
representation from the different j being selected by the officials of the
county organizations. Mrs. J. A. Card j Gulf Division to make sales talks at
of Mission, president of the organiza-! the meeting.
tion presided. There were excellent j o--
reports from the following towns:
Mission, Sharyland, San Juan, Alamo,
Weslaco, Donna,and Mercedes.
Reports were given from the Mex-
ican schools of Mission, Sharland,
Mercedes, South Palm Gardens, Don-
na Methodist Mission, Lutheran
Ex-service men of the city decided
Beaumont March 20, 21. j to take an active interest in city and
George Winsor of San Benito was county politics at a meeting held last
appointd chairman of a committee to j Friday night immediately following
work on the ‘ On to Beaumont” j the meeting of the local post of the
movement, and will meet with other American Legion. The ex-service
members of the committee at the reg- | men’s meeting was called to order by
ular luncheon of the Mercedes Chib j John C. Jones who was chosen ehair-
January 30. man. In 'a brief speech on assuming
the chair, Mr. Jones stated that the
meeting had been called to stimulate
an interest in political affairs among
those who had served in the army
and navy during the late World War.
In the course of his remarks Mr.
Names to be Announced Later.—Edu- j J°nes S|1tated that jt had been th°ught
advisable by some to put forward a
INTERESTING PROGRAM TO BE
OFFERED AT MUSIC CLUB MEET
SELECT LEADERS OF
JOINT INSTITUTE
cational Policies of Gov. Neff
Favored in Resolution
A meeting of the committee ap-
pointed at the last session of the Hi-
dalgo-Cameron Counity Teachers In-
stitute to select leaders for the 1923
Institute was held in Mercedes at the
High School Building last Saturday
afternoon. Four department leaders
were selected by the committee to
head the high school, intermediate,
primary and rural departments of*
the institute, and salaries to be paid
fixed. The secretary was instructed
to correspond with the persons select-
ed and their names will be made pub-
lic as soon as acceptances are re-
ceived .
It was unanimously decided to
make “Americanization” the theme
of the 1923 Institute, and the problem
candidate for the vacancy on the City
Council to be filled at Saturday’s
election. On suggestion from the
floor a poll of those present was tak-
en which showed all in favor of such
a step.
The name of W. F. Powell was put
forward as ithe nominee of the meet-
ing. There being no other nomina-
tion, Mr. Powell was declared the
unanimous choice of the meeting, and
a committee was appointed by the
chair to arrange the necessary de-
tails of his candidacy. All present
pledged themselves to vote and work
for his election.
The nomination was accepted by
j Mr. Powell Saturday morning, and
| the necessary papers to insure the
placing of his name on the ballot have
been filed with the City Clerk. Mr.
Powel stated to the Tribune that he
At the regular meeting of the Mer-
cedes Music Club to be held on Mon-
day, January 29th, the following pro-
gram will be given:
Paper------------Mrs. O. E. VanBerg
Vocal Solo--------------Mrs. Knight
Piano Solo--------------Miss Taylor
Reading--------------_____Mrs. Stone
ocal Solo-----------Mrs. R. H. Kern
Reading ------------------Mrs. Pugh
Local Duet,—Mrs. Rouse, Miss Jones
Vocal Solo----Miss Maybelle Warren
Harp Selections—Miss Dorothy Bayles
Reading--------Miss Lorene Forrow
Piano Solo------Miss Mildred George
Vocal Solo------Mrs. E. E. Johnson
FARMING IN VALLEY
IS THE IDEAL LIFE
Question Settled by Debate at Legion
Meeting When Affirmative
Won
WESLACO CELEBRATES
CREAMERY OPENING
Crowds Throng Baby City of Talley
Third “Birthday Party” a
Success
The third anniversary of the found-
ing of Weslaco, “the baby city of the
Valley” in years but not in achieve-
ment, was celebrated on Tuesday of
this week in connection with the
openng of the latest industry of the
city, the Valley branch of the Falfur-
rias Creamery. Crowds from all
parts of the Valley thronged the little
city, and as the day’s program opened
at 10 o’clock, the streets were packed
with visitors.
The creamery was the center of
attraction, and owing to the crowds
which desired to inspect the building
and equipment it was impossible to
start the machinery, so that the real
opening of the creamery was delayed
until today.
In the absence from the Valley of
Harry L. Seay, president of the
American Rio Grande Land and Irri-
gation Co., Rev. A. B. Carlisle of Wes-
laco introduced William S. West of
Brownsville, representing the Ameri-
can Co., as the first speaker of the
day. Mr. West outlined the develop-
ment of the Valley from its earliest
of handling the large numbber of, was rulming for the oWce 0„ „ plat_
Spanish speaking scholastics will be form callin^ for the Strictest ee ,
thoroughly handled. to the administration of the financial
Following a general discussion of
state educational policies the follow-
ing resolution was adopted and signed 1 tb~ council
by all present:
(Continued on page 3.)
affairs of the city, and calling for
the widest publicity of every act of
VEGETABLE SHIPMENTS
REFLECT WEAK MARKET
It is understood that W. R. Mason
has been put forward as a candidate
by the present administration forces.
FEW POUTAXES
Farming iin the Rio Grande Valley
is the ideal life, judging by the debate
held by members of ,the local post
of the American Legion following the
regular business session last Friday
night. Upholding the affirmative of
ithe question were C. W. McVey and R.
J. Drysdale, while Levi Greenwood
and R. L. Buell handled the negative.! days to the present time, mentioning
The decision of the judges was unani-1 the factor which the American Co.
mous in favor of the affirmative. j had been and assuring his hearers
Routine matters were disposed of i the company would continue its wil-
during the business session. It was j l’”g cooperation in the future. . He
announced that the Legion, assisted {touched briefly upon the prospects
by the Ladies Auxiliary, will hold a j for the future held out by the dairy
Box Supper tonight, Wednesday, at industry and congratulated Weslaco
the Kozy Kozy Kitchen, the proceeds J upon securing ithe Valley Branch of
of which will go to the posh treasury.! the Falfurrias Creamery.
The radio outfit which the postj Ed C. Lasater, proprietor of the
has taken over from the Boys’ Radio i Falfurrias and Weslaco Creameries-
Club has- been overhauled and placed j was introduced by Mr. West and brief-
in good shape, and will be installed, U outlined the development of the
in the post club rooms before thej dairy cow and of the creamery in-
next meeting night, February 2. ! dustry, taking as an example the
The Post by unanimous vote, j Falfurrias community and showing:
passed a resolution thanking the | 'll0w tbe farmers in that section since
Mercedes Tribune for the services it jtbe introduction of the dairy cow in
had rendered the county and the Val- jtbe’’* neighborhood had always relied
dy in placing the facts of the road j on tbeir cream checks for regular and
situation before the public.
SAYS CORRESPONDENT
A weaker tone has characterized!
the local vegetable situation during j
Despite the fact that city and
ithe past week, following the extra- school district elections will be held
! ordinary high prices prevailing pre- j during the year 1923, poll taxes are
j vious to that time on carrots and i being paid very slowly both at Edin-
: beets. Today carrots are weak at j burg for the county tax and at Mer-
In ynnr « Jannnny Bj„ .... „M|. ... ..... .......
PAID TO DATE WILL HOLD SERIES
INSTITUTES IN HIDALGO
The Mercedes Tribune,
Mercedes, Texas.
for the city tax. Reports
Some cabbage i from Edinburg two weeks ago stated
school at Pharr, Weslaco Mexican
Work, Donna Public School and Ala- „___VKJJ „
mo. 1 (there is much food for honest thought, j stronger at 50 cents.
Mrs. G. K. Riess gave a report of; 'fon hl* the ’mil squarely on the j is being shipped from Mercedes and j that but a trifle over 1,500 receipts
the state meeting at Waco. i head- I wish to commend your pa- j Weslaco,-the price ranging from $20 | had been issued at that time, as
A motion was made and carried for i Ifr ^ tko bold stand it is taking m jto $22.50. Lettuce has been shipped against nearly 6,000 a year ago. "
each local P. T. A. to take up the]th® m e’es of the Tax Payers. iin rather large quantities for this} The polling strength of the city
matter of establishing a loan fund l The arbitrary Government that is section> one solid car being reportedi of Mercedes stands at present at 375
in the county organization, enabling j bemS carried on by public officials,, out. 25 cents per dozen heads is j ,nt will be reduced materially bv the
a boy graduate of one of the county lf not checked will bankrupt our ; the prevailing price. lend of this month unless there'is a
high schools to attend any institute | Cltizens and will soon lead to mtoler-j Due to the unsettled condition of'sudden rush of poll ta xpayments be-ilng’ malang S°0(L bread> illustrated
for one year, a report to be given at j able conditions m our fair land. ‘ the market, shipments of carrots and fore the 31st when the time limit I demonstrations of better schools and
the nexc meeting. j The pen is xni^er than the sword j beets bave been very light, hut are expires. To datl but 76 po " tax ^'
was decided to write for in-j anc publicity is what is needed moi e, eXpCted to increase as the market ceipts have been issued.
Within the next few weeks a series
of institutes will be held in Hidalgo
County by Miss Amanda Stoltzfus of
the Bureau of Extension of the Uni- hecued meat, flanked by plenty
steady profits.
The two Lasater herds of dairy
cows now at Weslaco attracted con-
siderable attention, the one a grade
herd and the other a young show
herd. Mr. Lasater called attention
to these herds as an evidence of what
could be ■ accomplished by selective
breeding of dairy stock.
At noon the crowd adjourned to
the dairy shed and feasted upon bar-
of
versity of Texas, according to an
Austin announcement. The institute
will be informal in character, with
no long lectures, but with particular
attention paid to demonstration.
The program will include seed test-
formation as to what the expense | ^ban else. I say turn on the light. becomes firmer.
would he to maintain a play super-
visor for the County schools. It was
also moved and carried that each
local P. T. A. appoint a moving pic-
ture committee to investigate and en-
courage beitter class of pictures. Mi's.
Rolinson, of San Juan gave a splendid j continue
address on Woman Voters. The next i
meeting will be in Weslaco the third j
Saturday in March.
and keep it turned on and this arbi-
trary Government will soon dis-!
appear. It is like the thief in the
dark, and until more of onr papers
come out boldly for ithe Right, just
so long will arbitrary Government
B. H. Brooks.
PRIZES OFFERED
GIVE DEMONSTRATIONS
OF CITRUS SPRAYING
Citrus orchard pruning and spray-1YYVT ““““s '•‘““'“S'' for that district in the Texas Feder-
ing demonstrations are being given in Lrni° ,6 ,Hlgh 100 > ation securing the most membership
______ ________ . i enrollment to the contest. An admis-! ,•„
I CLASS TO ENTER SCHOOL
ON FEBRUARY FIRST
! According (to a recent ruling of
^ m ■« a ■ Boatd of Education, children six
lUH KuAUWUKK years °ld September 1 may enter
, the grammar grades on February 1,
! on the payment of tuition at the rate
Announcement has been made by ot ?2500 per year_ unti] , years Qf
iuiss D. C. West of the Good Roads' age. Children five years old on
Division of the Texas Federation of September 1 may enter the kinder-
| Women’s Clubs, through Mrs. J .C.
teaching methods. Community and
playground singing and recreation
will also be featured.
bread and coffee.
The afternoon program included a
talk by Prof. C. M. Evans of the Ex-
tension Dairy Service of Texas A. M.
College, who gave the farmers present
many valuable pointers on the care
and feeding of dairy cows. Rev. O.
C. Crow of Donna also addressed the
assemblage on the “Development of
the Valley.”
Baseball games and other sports
concluded the day’s program.
SOPHOMORE SPELLERS TO
CONTEST CHOSEN FIFTY, „ T _ j earten
. _ i Women’s Clubs, through Mrs. J .C.; garten.
An o d fashioned spelling bee Will j jviyrick of Harlingen, chairman of the j School authorities advise that it
be 'held on Friday night of this week j Good Roads Division of the Fifth; woukl be well for children to enroll
at the Harriet Claycomb School audi- j District, that a prize of $25 is offered' as soon as possible as the work of
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State Highway Commission
with County to Financial Limit
___ —M’CRORY
Renewed assurances of the interest j thusiasm has been manifested con-
of the State Highway Commission in! cerning the route through Kleberg,
Hidalgo County’s road building pro-1 Kenedy and Willacy Counties into
gram were given the Tribune in an 1 Camron County by way of Kingsville,
sa.r term wm ^on “ - =
Cameron County this week by A. P. .
on , A m „ Y | sion fee of 10c will be charged.
Swallow and Dr. M. Tanquary of the
Extension Service of Texas A. &
EX, STATION BILL
REPORTED FAVORABLY
I in the Association during this week,
, , which has been designated as High
The contest is being held to stimu-! w Week>
M. College. On Monday, Tuesday and i gprijjn^^vent ^ interscholastlc j
Wednesday the demonstrations were I ’ ° _ Q_
given in the western end of ,the conn-1
ty, the orcahrds covered being those
of J. E. Clark of La Feria, H. C. |
West of Stewart Place and Mrs. H. i
E. Summers at Harlingen.
On Thursday the demonstration will House Bill No. 4, authorizing the es-
be given at the orcahrd of J. A. Hick- tablishment of an agricultural and
man of Rio Hondo; on Friday at horticultural experiment station in
the orchard of Fred Barge at San Hidalgo or Cameron County has been
Benito and on Saturday at that of H. reported favorably by the committee
H. Banker of Brownsville. j on agriculture, according to advices
According to County Agent Louis' received in Mercedes Tuesday morn-
Alsmeyer bf Cameron County I. C. ing, from representative A. L. Lewis.
Webb of Harlingen found that by The committee recommended the final
spraying his trees the past year he passage of the bill,
made a profit of $1.35 per tree on, Mr. Lewis stated that he would
the 17 cents invested by him for give notice when the bill was on the
spraying. I legislataive calendar for final action.
COLP SAYS NATIONAL
PARK PROSPECTS GOOD
W. McCrory, member of the Commis- I In speaking of the type of road to>
sion. Judge McCrory^stated that the be built in Hidalgo County under the
Commission intended to cooperate new contract, Judge McCrory stated
in building the hardsurfaced high- that the final selection of the type
way through the county to the best' was a matter for the Commissioners’'
A $25 prize has also been offered j 0j ^ fiUUU of abil’ty, and that they had ex-1 Coxirt to decide from types approved
to the individual club which makes; pressed themselves at their regular by the Higlway Department. He
the best showing during this week Prospects are good for the selec-1 meeting ]ast week as being in favor1 did state, however, that members of
in good roads work, such as the tion of the Rabb. palm jungle and of giving this county the maximum the Commission and engineers of the
beautification of public highways, adjoining tracts near Brownsville as! state and federal aid up to the limit i Highway Departmnt were unanimous
the placing of information signs, etc. a National Park, according to D. E. imposed of $625,000 which now , in favoring a 6 or 7 inch concrete base
The Arbor Day committee of the Kolp of the Old Spanish Trail Asso-1 stands. Such aid will amount to about with curbs one or two inches higher,
Valley federation is also cooperating ciation, who is giving the matter con- i $14,000 per mile on the hard surfaced topped with one or two .inches of
in this work. , siderable attention. Mr. Colp states! road. 1 rock asphalt. It is understood that
—-°--- | that Mr. Rabb has agreed to donate Judge McCrory further stated that j such a type was recommended by the
RECEIVES APPOINTMENT ' 150 acres with the only stipulation 1 had the Commissioners’ Court not | Department at the time of the letting
agreed to the cancellation of the last j of The Edinburg-Val Verde contract
Pearson contract, all state and fed- as being the cheapest and the type
AS COURT STENOGRAPHER that it be maintained by either the
I state or federal governments.
Ira L. Brown, for several years em-, jje states that the legislative corn-
ployed locally as stenographer, will mittee considering the proposition
leave Thursday for Plainview, Texas, appears to be favorable to the acqui-
where he will make his future home, sition of this property by the state for
Mr. Brown has been appointed court gift to the national government, and
stenographer of the District Court of that Governor Neff is very' favorably
that district. ! Inclined toward the proposition.
eral aid would have beer, withdrawn
and a new route designated into the
Valley which would not have touched
Hidalgo County.
Just what. route would have been
designated was not stated, but it is
mosjt fitted to this county. The
gravel, crushed stone and asphalt top
type was selected on this contract.
Work on the first section of the
road has started, and drains and
concrete culverts are being placed
know that considerable highway en-| between Pharr and Edinburg.
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Holland, W. D. & Buell, Ralph L. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 24, 1923, newspaper, January 24, 1923; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1002739/m1/1/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.