Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, August 13, 1920 Page: 3 of 8
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Ill DAY, AUGUST 13, 1920
MERCEDES TRIBUNE
PAGE THREE
Sleeting Farmers'
Requirements
Is an important part
of our business
Our officers and employees
see to it that our customers
from the surrounding terri-
tory are given
he Best Possible Service
at all times, and we extend
every accommodation con-
sistent with sound methods
We invite new accounts-
both checking and savings
— and are always glad to
explain our 'complete fa-
cilities
lank of Commerce and
Trust Company
MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
|VALLEY NEWS NOTES
The San Benito Irrigation district
| has let contracts for extensive im-
| provements and extensions to the
' water system there. The contracts
involve the expenditure of more than
$150,000 and call for the installation
of two 300 horse-power engine^ and
two 42-inch centrifugal pumps 'hav-
ing a capacity of 100,000 gallons of
water per minute. $30,000 will he
expended in river protection work
and $25,000 in dredging operations.
It pays to buy the best, no difference
in the price
Organization of the new chamber
of commerce at San Benito was com-
pleted last week with the election of
Jas. C. Bowie, president, H. C. Jesup
first vice-president, Geo. A. Toolan,
second vice-president and Mc-Murry
Richey, treasurer. The new organi-
zation has nearly 1000 members and
a budget of more than $15,000 annu-
ally. It will be incorporated and will
employ an experienced secretary-
manager.
First Street
Texas Avenue
MERCEDES, TEXAS
The work of constructing that part
of the Cameron county highway ex-
tending from Harlingen south be-
yond San Benito was commenced
this week. Thfe construction will be
of concrete and the work .is being
done under the supervision of the
state highway department. This part
of the new highway extending north
from Brownsville towards San Be-
nito was commenced some weeks
ago hut has been delayed on account
of the scarcity of material. The work
on both ends of the road will be
prpsecuted at the same time.
,ook Out for the Milk Strike!
Milk production steadily
runs down during the sum-
mer because pasture does
owj-'/ } not supply the balance re-
quired for full milk produc-
tion. Purina Cow Chow
balances summer pasture
and keeps cows at top pro-
duction. The extra milk
much more than pays for
the Chow.
Green feeds lack protein.
They are largely water and
it takes many pounds of
green feed to equal one
pound of concentrates. It
would take twice as much
' roughage as a cow’s stomach
can hold to make her produce to full capacity, without
draining her system.
As grass dries out a slump in the milk flow is sure to
come, unless you balance the pasture with a grain
concentrate.
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NERO FIDDLED
WHILE ROME
BURNED.
He was the only man on record who got
pleasure out of a hire
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FIRE is a serious matter
Use every precaution
Carry enough insurance to
protect yourself
The annual meeting of the Texas
Truck Growers Association was held
at the A. & M. College, College Sta-
tion, Monday and Tuesday of this
Week. Several well known Valley
growers were on the program,
among whom were the following:
‘Successfully Growing and Shipping
Lettuce,” by Noah > Shafer, San Be-
nito; ‘How Best to Build up Our
State Truck and Fruit Associations’
by Will G. Fields, Harlingen; “Co-
operation Between Selling'Agents and
the Benefits to Be Derived,” by A.
L. Brooks of Harlingen, and “Suc-
cessful Growing of Irish Potatoes in
South Texas,” by James Minter of
San Benito.
You can get the insurance of the Hart-
ford Fire Insurance Company through
this agency. ^Let us explain it
The City Commissionerg of San
Benito are preparing to ask for bids
for the construction of four blocks
of reinforced concrete paving, two
blocks to be constructed on each
side of the railroad tracks north and
south. The pavement will be seven
inches thick and the work will /be
completed before fall.
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MEMBER
'.OF THE/.
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jassociatk
OF r
NSURANCEj
.AGENTS/
N. P. BARTON,
* AGENT
Mercedes, Texas
njif
ant
will build a grist mill later.
San Benito having obtained' a
requisite 5000 of population, an elec-
tion has been called for September
22 for the adoption of a city charter.
the next crop. There is a substantial
increase in acreage over last year,
Delmar Garden, a new amusementespecially in Louisiana, where nearly
park located south of San Juan, was
opened to the public Sunday. There
is bathings boating, chute the chutes,
target ranges and other concessions.
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Purina
Cow Chow
is rich in pfrotein and min-
erals that balance pasture
and forage crops.
The extra milk will pay
for the Chow and net a
large extra profit.
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Sold Only in
Checkerboard Bags
MASON PRODUCE CO.|
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Mules
Sale
;ig stock on hand at all times in new, permanent corral and
^afes yard in rear of city hall. : : : *•: : :
GUARANTEED TO BE AS REPRESENTED
Mason & Herring Mule Go.
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uy at home. Tribune advertisements will tell you
where you can find the goods.
Edinburg is very proud of its new
band which is fast developing into a- 000
splendid musical organization and
attracting large crowds from nearby
towns to its weekly Saturday night
concerts.
The Edinburg Chamber of Com-
merce has just completed a new
building which it dedicated as the
first Commercial Home in the Val-
ley at a big housewarming Saturday
night to which an invitation was ex-
tended to the entire Valley. The new
organization was born about three
months ago and is a live one, strat-
ing out with a budget of some $12,-
000 contributed by the progressive
business men of that
town.
A stock, company is being organ-
ized in McAllen for the construction
of a fifty ton ice plant to cost $75,-
Announcement is made that the
new plant will be completed by the
1st of next January.
k a library of 400 volumns has been
received at McAllen for the use of
the local post of the American Le-
gion. *
ail the cane sugar of the United
State?/ is made. The grow-ng condi-
tion of the cane in Louisiana is much
better than last year but consider-
ably under the average for the past
nine years. The Department of Ag-
riculture. which has carried on a
number of projects looking toward
making this country self-sustaining
from a sugar standpoint, is eo opera-
ting with other agencies in protect-
ing the crops from insects and dis-
ease and otherwise promoting the
production and utilization of a bump-
er sugar crop. It should be borne
in mind, however, that th< forecast
for 1920 is based upon conditions on
July 1, and the actual outturn would
be above or below this forecast ac-
cording as conditions between July
1 and harvest are better or worse
than average.
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About the hardest crop to raise
on a farm is the children.
The Alamo Oil and Gas Company
has been organized on a $200,0001
capital stock basis. Its promoters
have some 5000 acres under lease
near Alamo and expect to drill in the
near future.
John C. Jackson, recently of Me- j
enterprising Allen, has opened an office in Donna j
for the practice of law.
flour
for ^oo
&
A census just completed reveals
Plas are under way to taance tte McAil&J thas ,017 ^
proposed new railroad from Falfui-i
a gain of 326 over last year.
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rias to Edinburg. The road has been
incorporated for $70,000. It is pro-
posed to capitalize for $1,100,000 and
sell the stock. Edinburg will be ask-
ed to take $300,000, Falfurrias $200,-
000 and other towns including Alice,
Yoakum, Houston, Waco, the other
$5000,000.
CROP CONDITIONS PROMISE
MORE SUGAR FOR NEXT FALL
F. Z. Bishop, a big land man ope-
rating at Harlingen had on his ex-
cursion last week a party o& 17, amounting to,a pproximatc!
People who have soT-ped’od the!
sugar howl for six years may he j
interested in the statement that crop j
conditions on July 1 promised ,r: j
increase in next, fall’s sugar produe-1
tion in the United States; an increase j
!
bankers from -North Texas and 5
from Oklahoma and announces that
he sold land to every one of them.
Mr. Edwin Hobby, vice president of
the Security National Bank, and
brother to Governor Hobby, pur-
chased a tract of 400 acres near Har-
lingen at a consideration of $319 per
acre.
Mr. G. W. Day of the Wilson tract,
north of La Feria, while baling hay,
had his hand so badly injured that
amputation of a part of it was nec-
essary.
The Valley Grain Co., a new or-
ganization is erecting an elevator
and corn sheller at Harlingen and
tons, or enough to load a train o'|
freight cars 70 or 75 miRs long, j
allowing 40 tons per car. This pros- j
pective crop is equal to move Than j
22 pounds of sugar for every man,
woman and child within the Unitedj
States, and the increase o*£r last |
year equals more than six pounds
per person. The sugar-beet crop
this year covers almost a million
acres as against the 5-year average
of about two thirds of a million; and
the growing condition on July 1 was
above the 10-year average. There is
more than half a million acres of
sugar cane this year, about half of
which is intended for sugar and the
other half for sirup, after deducting
considerable amounts for planting
When you have a day of baking
before you, good reliable flour is
worth a great deal. You can rely on
the outcome; you can be sure that
the results will be worthy of your
efforts.
Marechal Neil is good, reliable
flour.. For years housewives all over
North Texas have been depending on
it. It is the flour for good pastry,
you may be sure, if they rely on it
like that.
Remember the name, Marechal
Neil, the next time you order flour.
Your Grocer Has It
coLlin county mill and
ELEVATOR COMPANY
McKinney, Texas.
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Hoyt, L. T. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, August 13, 1920, newspaper, August 13, 1920; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1017566/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.