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^TATE BANK—GUARANTY FUND BANK
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Capital and Surplus over $32,000.00
We Want Your
Advertisements
CITATION BY PUBLICATION.
Legal Advertisements
The State of Texas.
To the Sheriff or any Constable ol
Hidalgo County, Greeting:
You are commanded to summon
Robt. L. Stahlnecker, F. L. Melville
and I. Shoudy by making publication
of this citation once in each week toi
four successive weeks previous to
the return day hereof, in some news-
paper published in your county
if there be a newpaper\ pub-
lished therein, but if not, then
in any newspaper published m
the 79th judicial district; to appear
at the next regular term of the
district court of Hidalgo county,
Texas, to be held at the court house
thereof in Edinburg, on the fourth
Monday in February, 1918, the same
k being the 25th day of February,
1918, then and there to answer a pe-
tition filed in said court on the 30th
JLv of June, A. D. 1917, in a suit
Fmimhered. on the docket of said corn
lN.o. 1720, and also the plea, of in-
tervention filed by C. V. Farmer,
American Rio Grande Land &, irri-
gation Co., a corporation, is plaintiff,
and C. V. Farmer, Robt. L. btam-
necker, I. Shoudy and F. L.\ Mel-
ville, are defendants, and said peti-
tion alleging that Robt. L. Stahl-
necker is indebted to Pj_aiut .
American Rio Grande Land & Irri-
gation Company, for the years 1916
and 1917, in the sum of $871.40 as
water charges on that certain lands
situated in Hidalgo county, Texas,
known as Lots Nos. 7, 8, 9 and 10
in Block -No. 68, containing 160
acres, according to the map of the
lands of plaintiff.
That according to a contract en-
tered into between plaintiff and C. V.
Farmer, December 6th, 1909, con-
cerning certain water and water
^rights for the irrigation of said land,
srhich contract is a part of the peti-
tion, and run with said land, m
phich a lien on said land is given
the payment of said water
Aaintiff prays for judgment for
amount /Af^ts debt due for
ter charges thereon, and for the
aclosure of the lien securing
le, and the sale of said land,
said cause, C. V. Farmer filed a
■pidh of intervention July 25th, 191*.
[claiming that he sold said land to
iRobt. L. Stahlnecker for the sum of
|$13,600.00, represented by seven
[promissory notes, numbered from 1
to 7 inclusive; that notes Nos. 1,
3 5 and 7 are for $2700.00 each, due
,12 3 and 4 years after date, are'
|owned by him; and that notes Nos.
2, 4 and' 6 aggregate the sum of
, $2800.00, are owned by I. bhouay
land F. L. Melville. That a lien was
\ retained on said land to secure the
[payment of all .of said notes, whic
[bear interest at the rate of six per
It nor annum, and provide for the
ritv of all of said notes in the
" default is made in the payment
[her of them, and also provide
J-xi per cent on the amount or
(pal and interest as attorney’s
lit' placed in the hands of an
ey for collection.
'defendants have failed to pay
said notes or the interest
and cross complainant has
all of said notes due and
and has placed the same
Lands of Jno. P. Gause, an
k for collectiton.
Jknplainant prays that F. L.
*md I. Shoudy bqpmade party
JTnts, and that they be cited
[Tear as required (by law; that
Indor’s lien be foreclosed.. That
Kites owned by cross complain-
"c V. Farmer, be declared , su-
-or to the notes owned by
fcdy and Melville, because the lat-
10ld their notes as commission
for the sale of said land to
L. Stahlnecker. That out of
roceeds of said sale plaintiff s
lor water tax and cost of suit
[d first, and the notes owned by
Farmer be next paid, and
kthere be any balance, same to
to I. Shoudy and F. L. Mel-
Ithe amount of their notes,
came the American Rio
uind & Irrigation Company
blemental petition, and asks
L; Melville and I. Shoudy
party defendants to its
etition and that the rights
Ihe defendants in said land
dated, and the foreclosure
\de as against said rights,
awing .plaintiff’s debt and
bmainqer of the proceeds
be divided among said
is their rights appear.
nott but have you be-
(uh, oV'said first day of
\n thereof, this writ with
in thereon, showing how
Executed the same.
4er my hand and official
[office in Edinburg, Texas,
day of January, A. D.
V. A. ALBERS,
^ourt, Hidalgo Coun-
ty A. N. VELA, Dy.
CITATION BY PUBLICATION.
The State of Texas.
To the Sheriff or any Constable of
Hidalgo County, Greeting:
You are commanded to sumtnon
A. B. Clow by making publication of
this citation once in each week for
four successive weeks previous to
the return day hereof, in some news-
paper published in your county, if
there be a newspaper published
therein, but if not, then in any news-
paper published in the 79th judicial
district; to appear at the next regu-
lar term of the district court of
Hidalgo county, Texas, to be held at
the court house thereof in Edinburg,
on the fourth Monday in February,
1918, the same being the 25th day of
February, 1918, then and there to
answer a petition filed in said couit
on the 30th day of June, A. D. 1917,
in a suit numbered on the docket of
said court No. 1730, wherein Ameri-
Rio Grande Land & Irrigation
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Company, a corporation, is plaintitr,
and Paul G. Graf and A. B. Clow, are
defendants, and the cause of action
being alleged as follows: Plaintiff
owns and operates a system of ca-
nals in Hidalgo county, Texas, and
the nature of its business, among
other things, is to sell water rights
and water to land owners for irriga-
tion purposes. That on the 27th day
of April, 1909, plaintiff entered into
a contract with Dr. ,J. G. Fife, the
.then owner of said land for a watei
contract to run with the land, in
which contract there should be paid
annually $3.00 per acre as minimum
charges, and $1.00 per acre for each
separate irrigation. Said • contract
further provided that all indebted-
ness on the land owing to the com-
pany should bear interest at the
rate of ten per cent per annum from
the time the same shall become due
and shall constitute a lien upon the
land and crops raised thereon. Said
contract was made to water, among
other lands, the west V2 of Lot No.
3 in Block No. 45, containing 20
acres, as shown by the survey and
platted map of the lands of the
American Rio Grande Land & Iri 1-
gation Co., situated in Hidalgo coun-
"ty Texas. v
" That under and by reason of said
contract the defendants are indebted
to plaintiff for the minimum irri-
gation charges for the years 1914,
1915, 1916, and 1917, ending June
30th of each year, with interest
thereon, the total amount of $276.00
Plaintiff prays that A. B. Clow
be cited to appear, as required y
law, and answer this petition, the de
fendant, Paul G. Graf, having alieady
been legally cited, that it have judg-
ment for its debt, interest and cost
of suit, and for the foreclosure and
sale of said land, as provided by law,
and for such other and further relief,
as it may be entitled to.
Herein fail not, but have you be-
fore said court, on said first day of
the next term theerof, this * writ, with
vour return thereon, showing how
you have executed the same. _
Given under my- hand and official
seal at my office in Edinburg this
15th day of January,
Clerk District Court, Hidalgo Coun-
ty, Texas. ^ A N. VELA, Dy.
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Evolution of tlie Apple.
Apples are new in the economy of
the world’s use and taste. At the
beginning of the last centuiy few
varieties were known, and we can go
back in history to a time when all
apples were little, sour and puckery
—crab apples and nothing else The
crab apple was and is in its wildness
nothing but a rosebush- Away back
in time the wild rose, with its pretty
blossoms that turn to little red balls,
apple flavored, and the thorny crab
had the same grandmother.—The
Kindergarten Magazine.
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lent and anger in
lwillingness of
to play the part
BE BUD OF THAT ACHE
If you are a sufferer with lame
back, backache, dizziness, nervous-
ness and kidney disorders, why dont
you try the remedy that thousands of
grateful users recommend?
Mrs. L. Chase, 1021 Railroad Ave-,
Corpus Christi, Texas, says: “Doans
Kidney Pills have always helped me
and I highly recommend them. I suf-
fer occasionally from pains across
the small of my back. Doan’s Kidney
Pills never fail to remove the trouble
and make me feel better and stronger
generally. They are the finest medi-
cine I know of for backache-”
Price 60c. at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Bills — the same that
Mrs- Chase uses. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
When we plant a tree we are doing
what we can to make our planet a
more wholesome and happier dwell-
ing olace for those who come after
us^ if not for ourselves—Oliver Wen-
dell Holmes.
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It is common knowledge that the
higher the temperature, the quicker
meat will spoil, but the family’s
supplies are not absolutely at the
mercy of the thermometer. Ice and
cleanliness are, two great weapons
of defense.
FROSTED CITRUS TREES
The Coldest Winter—With Proper
Care, Tree Damage Light—How to
Care for Frozen Trees—Next Sum-
mer Buy Firepots.
(By ELTWEED POMEROY.)
“We have had the coldest winter I
have known in the 58 years I have
been in the Delta,” said a Mx. Smith
of Hai-lingen, who has bested my
nine winters in the Valley., considera-
ble and that is my opinion. I have
never seen such semi-hardy plants
as the Canariensia palm burnt at the
edges as they are this year. Of
course, where unprotected, it has
killed all young citrus trees to the
ground. If they were not banked,
they had better be plowed up as a
one or two-year-old root is not worth
the extra trouble it is to rebud and
work over. If they have been weak-
ened by lack of water .last summer,
the die-back has jlrobably gone to
the ground and throw them away
and learn by experience not to do it
again. , ,
But where good trees were plant-
ed, given sufficiency .of water during
the summer and early fall and good
cultivation and then at the end o
October or early dn November, al-
lowed to become dormant by the pro
pre neglect and then banked, eigh
teen inches or two faot, the damage
has been very slight.
Toward the end of February, take
away the banking, looking out for
the weather bureau warnings so that
if we have another cold spell as we
had on March 4th last, you can
pull them up again in time. Then
cut off the dead wood with a clean
cut even down to a little of the live
wood and paint the end. A good
thing to paint with is vaseline with
just a little crude creosote mixed in-
tC>Then in March, water and culti-
vate to the limit and your tree will
commence to bud out and glow rap-
idly. Rub off all the buds but the
two strongest nearest the top. Stake
these and tie with raffia or soft
twine, tieing first a loose loop
around the stem and then tie this
tight to the stake. Tie these up
about once a week as they will *ufteii
grow six inches in a week. Rub off
all the side buds which come out
on these till the shoot gets to be
30 inches high, then pinch the ter-
minal or end bud and it will send
out side shoots. Rub off all these
but the top four or five and keep the
ones which make a symmetrical
heading. Remember to keep a few
more shoots on the southeast as the
wind will blow them the other way
This means a little work on each
tree, nearly every week, but when
this is done regularly and well, you
will have a tree whose size and
shape will well repay, you and you
will find that the loss by freezing
is almost unnoticeable.
If you let your tree alone and do
not give it this attention, it will
grow up as a bush and a bush ,will
bear much less fruit than a tree
and be dififcult to care for and not
handsome.,
If you have larger trees, cut off
the dead limbs early in March and
if the bark has cracked, cut off be-
low the cracks if they are a half-
inch across. If a quarter-inch
across, you can save by rubbing m
a mixture of beeswax, rosin and tal-
low. You can use parafine though
it is not quite as good. Soften a lit-
tle and rub into these splits in the
bark with the finger and do it as
quickly as you can. This prevents
rot getting into the heart wood and
lateral evaporation from the barks.
I am told that even half-inch cracks
can be healed if taken shortly after
they are made.. Often if this is done,
you can have some ,of the secondary
fruit buds come into bloom in June
and give you fruit from trees which
looked in February as if they could
not possibly bear for another year.
Next summer buy oil and fire-pots
for your tress for next winter.
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THE FARMER’S IF.
(With Apologies to Kipling.)
If you can raise a crop when all
about you,
Are Losing their’s and don’t know
what to do;
If you can trust your yields when ail
men doubt them,
And raise enough for stock and
family too;
if >011 can wait until the market
suits you,
And not be forced to make a sacri-
fice,
If you can live at home while you
are waiting
The time when you may get the
proper price.
If you grow cotton and it’s not your
master,
If you grow food and feed and
these are not your aim;
If you can usg_your soil to best ad-
vantage,
And live at home and raise some
crop for gain;
If you can bear to hear the truth
plain spoken,
And choose the good and leave the
bad alone;
If you can stand to see the ways
you believe in crumble
Accept the best and make them all
your own;
If you can make a heap of your old
i elects
And pitch them from your mind at
one grand toss,
And learn, and start again at your
beginnings,
And never breathe a whimper o’er
your loss;
If you can force your heart and
nerve and sinew
To serve your turn and follow the
new way,
And so hold .on when there is doubt
within you,
And live at home, and raise a crop
for pay;
If you can raise a crop in drouth and
panic,
And farm with failure stalking by
your side;
If neither loss nor worldly gain can
turn you,
When a clear conscience says that
you have tried;
If you can utilize each acre and each
minute
With sixty seconds worth of dis-
tance run,
And use your head for everything
that’s in it,
You’ll be a useful patriot, my son!
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CALL SPECIAL SESSION
FOR END OF MONTH
Ford Service;
LABOR
PARTS
PRICES
Legislation to Make Texas “Most
Helpful State in Winnig War”
is Desire of Governor.
MAYER and TOOLAN
H. B. Noblett Mgr.
**
Mercedes, Texas
ROB T. B. LEDBETTER
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
M ../
Estimates Cheerfully Given
On All Kinds of Work.
DONNA and MISSION, - TEXAS
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Austin, Texas, Feb. 3.—“To make
Texas the most helpful and the most
useful of all the states toward win
ning the war,” Governor W. P. Hob
by yesterday officially announced
that he would call an extra session
of the Texas legislature before the
end of February, probably the 25th
or 26th.
Regulations of saloons around ar-
my camps in Texas is one of the
subjects which may be submitted for
consideration. The various subjects
^rowing out of the report of the
state legislative investigating com-
mittee also will be considered
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Do Not Shoot Pigeons.
Washington. — The army signal
refrain from the shooting of pig-
eons. Numerous complaints have
been made that carrier pigeons of
the racing home type have been shot
by hunters and the important work
of training the birds for military ser-
vice has been seriously interfered
with. Army pigeons are labeled “U.
S. A.—18.”
The Hidalgo & Starr
Counties Abstract Co.
. (INCORPORATED)
Its extensive experience in the Lower Rio Grande Valley
and complete abstracts of Hidalgo County lands enable^t
to turn out work in its line promptly, correctly and**
reasonable rates.
WRITE OR PHONE
Stedman,
Scientific
Watch
Repairing
JEWELER
EYES EXAMINED
FREE
MERCEDES, TEXAS
Notice.
This is to notify all interested per-
sons and the public in general that
I have disposed of my interest in the
partnership business of Kasey &
Evans, formerly composed of E.
H. Kasey and Henry S. Evans, said
business having been conducted at
Mercedes, Hidalgo County, Texas.
Having disposed of my interest in
said business, I will not, after the
publication of this notice, be respon-
sible for any debts or obligations of
any character whatsoever incurred
by Henry S. Evans or any one else
purporting to represent him or the
partnership firm of Kasey & Evans.
The publication of this notice is to
protect me from the possibility < of
any future .obligations in connection
with said business.
Witness my band, this the 1st day
^February. A' D' KASEY.
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There is nothing in the fuel order
of January 17 to prevent the opera-
tion of automobiles, motor vehicles
of all classes being considered as
coming under the head of public
utilities. In keeping with this ruling
garages- Lave been exempted, \
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The entire wheat crop in France
has been requisitioned by the French
government.
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The New York Evening Post sug-
gests that Secretary Baker’s chief
blunder may have been too free con-
sultation with the military expeits.
But it is not on record that a war
was ever won by armchair strategy.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, 1
Lucas County, 1 , . . .
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he 19
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney
& Co., doing- business in the City of To-
ledo, County and State aforesaid; and
that said firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and ev-
iry case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
ijy the use of HALL’S CATARRH CURE.
y FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 6th day of December,
A. D. 1886. . _ „TTnl„..T
(Seal) A. W. GLEASON,
' Notary Public.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and mu-
r:oKs surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, free. _ , , _
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall’B Family Pills for constipation.
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<♦> Architect ^
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Building Contractor
MERCEDES, TEXAS
See me before you build.
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Delicious
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