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Official Organ of the Unit
Marketing System, the
Farmers’ Sales and Pur-
chasing Agency of the
Rio Grande Valley
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Devoted to the Advance-
ment of the Agricultural
and Commercial Interests
of the Rio Grande Valley
Subscription Price, $1.50
VOLUME IV
MERCEDES, TEXAS, HIDALGO COUNTY, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1917
NUMBER 22
FIRST LOAD NEW CORN ARRIVES ON MERCEDES MARKET
DRAFTBEGINS
lOa.mJRIDAY
Announcement Is Made
From Washington
RETURNS NOT ALL IN
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 18.—The
draft will be held Friday morning at
ten o’clock in the capitol building ac-
cording to plans announced tonight.
The actual time of the drawing hinges
upon reports from four states, Mis-
sissippi, Pennsylvania and New York.
Illinois is complete except one board
in Chicago.
--
Rules of Draft to Be Published
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 17. —
Rules governing the draft are being
printed and will be distributed
throughout the country this week. The
text of the rules will be sent to the
newspapers for publication the day of
stroyer which fired six shots at an
sue a proclamation containing the
rules.
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Suffragists Sentenced to Work
WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 17.—Six
convicted suffragists were committed
to the district workhouse at Occo-
quan, Va., thirty miles below Wash-
ington.
While all the sixteen suffragists ar-
rested yesterday while picketing the
White House are anxious to serve
their sixty-day sentences, the married
ones with families will pay fines, it
was said today.
THREE MERCEDEANS
ARE WITH THE FLIERS
Bob Brooks Is Now a Corporal in Avi-
ation Corps—He and Treon and
Crawford Represent Mercedes
Last week the Tribune stated that
“Mercedes stands to have two aviators
in the aviation corps of the United
States army” and mentioned the fact
that young Treon had gone a few days
previously to San Antonio to enlist in
that branch of the service and that
Dwight Crawford had enlisted in the
same service three months before. If
Treon got in, Mercedes now has three
embryo fliers in the aviation corps,
one of whom has already been promo-
ted from private to corporal. In April
last young Robert Brooks of this city
and Crawford decided that they would
join the army; the aviation branch in-
terested them more than any other
and they determined to apply for en-
listment there. Out of three thousand
applicants for service in this branch
but twenty met the requirements upon
examination, among the twenty being
young Brooks and Crawford. Both got
in, and are making good, Brooks now
being a corporal. The aviation corps
will likely be a separate and distinct
branch of the service, six hundred mil-
lion dollars having been appropriated
by congress to be expended in deve-
loping and maintaining the finest and
most effective army of flyers in the
whole world. It is a very important
work the aviator is called upon to per-
form and dangerous. We wish the
boys a full measure of success in the
profession which they have chosen.
BIG COUNTER
REVOLUTION
Russia Threatened with
Disintegration
GARRISONS ' INVOLVED
AROUND CANTONMENT
New Assignments
The following announcements of
assignment to duty have been made by
the adjutant general and are now ef-
fective :
Squadron Sergeant Major Drake,
Second squadron, Brownsville, to be
(Continued on page 5)
REGISTRATION NUMBERS MERCEDES-DONNA
OFFICIAL LIST FROM WHICH ARMY DRAFT IS SOON TO BE MADE
MERCEDES
[| Rowland G. Treon
2|Jose E. Dominguez
31 Bennie Smith Zamora
4 jJacob Krummel
5 j Francisco Martinez
til Teodor o Pumarejo
7 Roman Longoria
8 Ralph Kinnan Rothrock
9 Barrett Jackson Brooks
10 Cyrus Brown
11 Robinson McKy-
12 Guy Riley
13 Justo Hinojosa
14 Joe Lawrence Hayness
15 Edward Stretcher Rothrock
J6 Harry Warren
17 Juan Lopez
18 Herman Franke
19 Francisco Castaneda
"20 Arthur Wilhelm Peterson
21 Byron Gus Allison
‘22 Cipriano Lopez
23 Otto John Ahrain
24 Oliver Joseph Schaeffer
25 Richard T. Herndon
27 Bartown Guy Dunson
28 Tomas Jefferson Fikes, Jr.
29 Panfilo Cortes
30 Santos Cano
31 Celestino Avila
32 Walter Fred Hoekstra
33 Alexander Hinoae
34 Eugennio Perez /
35 Victoriano Garza
36 Tomas Garcia
37 Walter Thomas Barnes
38 Demetrio Maris
39 Dionicio Sosa
40 Hilario Zamora
41 Scott Southmayd McKy
42 Adrian Leal
43 Juan Castaneda
44 Cornelio Jimenes
45! Jose Guzman
46
47
48
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103
104
105
105
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
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120
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124
125
126
127
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130
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132
133
134
136
137
Jose Zamora
Rosalio Guzman
Raymond L. Longoria
49|Geronimo Perez
50 Lauro Vega
51 Drue De Carno Christina
52 Jose Pumarejo
53 Margarito Ancisco
54 Barnnett Dudley Fox
55 Ernest G. H. Schrank
561Joseph Danul Brennam
57 iGuillermo Cano
58 George Valentine Cheever
59 Francisco Diaz
60 Gcraro Castaneda
61 John Jeny Adrian
162 Carlos Longoria
63 William Herman Weitkam
64|William Edgar Tillery
65|Abelardo Dominguez
66lJuan F. Dominguez
67 (Erie Charles Randolph
68|Leonard Riley
69 i Frederick Carl Lange
70!Pab!o Hinojosa
71|Francsco Moreno
72iGeorge Soi!=
73'Felipi Krummel
74|Robert William Weiting
75|Ben Hill Brooks
76|Juan Trevino
77|Florentino Zamora
781Chester Julius Olson
79|Bernhrud Schroeder
80iSegundo Villegas
Sljjames Blaine Christner
82 Raymond G. Hirth
83 Edmond Peter Segner
84|Robert A. Simmons
85!Roland George Boiler
861 George Cornelius Borchelt
87 j Ancieto Cano''-
88|Duncan Arthur Barter
89|Atamacio de los Santos
90(Catarino Abrigo
91 (George Frank Borchett
92!Thurmon Vaughn
93 i Albert Philip Schwarz
94|Juan Martinez
95|Thomas Harold Winter
96IWilliam Watson Harris
97jHenry De Witt Morse, Jr.
98!PauIine Vega
99 Christ William Schwartz
James Lathrop De Goche
Guadalupe Solis
Moises Hermandes
William Oliver Meredith
Juan Closner
Homer Roscoe Davis
David Lawrence Brown
Jose Antonio Garcia
William Henry Carlisle
Carl Wallace Riggs
George Vest Bear
Albert Fred Twenhafe!
John Weston Herndon
Hugh P. Winter
Antonio Ramires Navaro
Frank Elliott Hadden
Oscar Orna Smith
Warnock Martin McClelen
Joe Ogburn Ward
Paul Gerhard Birkman
Fred Everett Bennett
Julian Hibarra
Julio Castaneda
Simon Nieto
George Byron Marsh
William Calhoun Dellaughter
Mechor Mora Jr. Vina
Teodoro Reyes
Paul Morse West
John Wilson Wilkinson
Creighton Douglass MacVean
Benjamin Clifton Freeman
Daniel Patrick Brennan
Henry Mike John Rickert
Martin Gonzales
Richard Bernard Keller
Clarence Bing Myers
138|Ray Merle Johnson
1391 William Bondurant Kennedy
140 Isaac Stokely Chadick
141|Patrick Joseph Hennessey
142|Justin Mendal Hughes
143iPedro Garza Garcia
144|.John George Birkmann
145|Antonio Cavazos
1461 Perry Warren Perkins
147!Donaciano Hinojosa
148|Indercio Reyes
1491 Ora Elmer Van Berg
150|Encarnacion Villanueva
1511 Jess Hodges
1521 Crawford Christian Mcllwain
153jOscar Johnston Cresswell
154'Lorenzo Sanches Garcia
155|Aurelio Olivares
156|Jose Ma. Mora Vina
1571 Clarence George Personivs
158|William Harold Brooks
159iWiilliam Davidson Chadick
160|Harrie E. Bennett
161|Henry Joseph Menton
162|Manuel Castanda
163!Allen William Cameron
164 Timoteo Solis
165|Alexander Wheless
166|Vincente S. de la Cruz
167|John Wilson Corby
168 i Joaquin Arguelles Saenz
169lPedro Cano
170!William Barton Allen
171|Walter Wistley Gowin
172IJohil Luther Longoria
173! Frank Glenn Tappan
174|Diceran Bullagian
1751 Francisco Arguelles
176 j Francisco Belica
177IFeliix Cardenas
178! Antonio Garcia Gonzales
179-Florentine' Rendon
180jBenito Cano
181 (Guadalupe Cantu
182|Ramon Castaneda
183|Ramon Salinas
1841 Vicente Ortega
185jThomas Huerta
186 j Jesus Cisneros
1871 Jesus Garza
188jLorenzo Guiterrez
189! Antonio Rico
190|Enrique Gibarra
191|Cerildo Ochoa
192IClemente Ortega
193|Simon Perez
194|Antonio Garcia Garcia
195|Jose Angel Barreda
198|Baldomero Cerna
197[Jose Arguelles
198 Cecilio Cano
199 Balentin Leal
200 Manuel Solis
201 Pedro Gonzales
202 Jesus Trevino
203 Elias Martinez
204 Manuel Medrano
205 Francisco Villanueva
206 Domingo Salazar
207 Enemencio Pena
208 Pedro Garza
209 Genaro Trevino
210 Domencio Silva
211 Pedro Hernandez
212 Pablo Arrate
213 Octaviano Castaneda
214 Jose Sosa
215 Guadalupe Cavazos <*
216 Fruto S. Cardenas
217(Manuel Cantu
2181 Armando de la Ho
219 Bartolo Pena
220 Rafael Hernandez
221 Modesto Alvarado
222 Leoneio Silvino Garza
223 Manuel Flores
224 Antonio Rodriguez
225 Evaristo Presas
226 Conception Sosa
227 Baltazar Rodriguez Aguiar
228 Antonio Samaripa
229 Epimanio Rodriguez
230 Jacinto de la Cruz
231 Jose Maroquine
232 Frederico Noriega
233 Juan Reyna
234 Antonio Saenz
235 Modesta Sarmienta
236 Victor Quilonia
237 Cresencio Trevino
238 Enrique Delgkdo
239 Marcelo Cantu
240 Joe F. Martinez
241 Sixto Ramirez
242 Eluterio Vela
243 Luciano Adame Salinas
244|Juan Pablo Garza
245|Genaro Gonzales
246 (Ramon Solis
247(Daniel Champion
248|Doinicio Leyva
249(Macedonia Olvera
2 50 j Jose Sanches Quintanilla
251|Pedro Cavazos
252|Juan Lopez Garza
253iMiguel Brillones
254|Jose A. Munoz
255 j Roman Quijas
256|Crisforo Duque
257|Esqiririon Cavazps
2581 Rafael Cavazos
259-Genaro Esarza
260(Ruben Vasquez
261|Anetcio Delgodo
262jAlfred Adame Salinas
263|Victor Caballero
264(Celestino Bustamante
265jjulio Hinojosa
266|Bonifacio Estrade
267! Amador Fernandez
268|Pablo Zamora
269jFlorentino Galvan
270(Manuel Solis
271|Donomiano Cornerlio
272(Frederick Drews
273iHenry Fred Peter Kruse
274|Paul Dietze
DONNA
275|Clark Watkins Norton
276jDalpa Samuel Rowland
277|Henry Evans Snow
2781Jose Ybarra
279]Lyford Callaway Mitchell
2801 Manuel Sousa
281!James Monroe Aven, Jr.
282 j Arndt Chropher Hagen
283|Chas. August Christeson
284|Paul Hayden Hannum
285|John Arnold Smith
286|James Preston Welmoth
2871 Thomas Munoz
288 !J. T. Moye
289|Pablo Yanez
2901Alberto Gutierrez
291 Melchor de Leon
292] Andres Munoz
293 Manuel Muguia
294 Everardo Vera
295 John Harold Nathan Vertress
286|Baylor Houston Vaughon
297! Evaristo Reyes Avila
2 981 Lester Lyon Bernard
299iBuel Charles Ruthven
300|Robert M. Harris
301|Roger Roy Hooks
302|Altgeld Edd Brown
303 Rodsego Alegois
304 Ciprian Mora
305 James Homer Bryson
‘306 Thomas Edgar Anderson
307 Walter Herbert Moye
308 John Clifton Boren
309 Louis de Leon
310 Jesse Grover Rowland
311 Candelario Munoz
312 Lowber DeBaun Snow
313 Isaac LeRoy Beard
314 Dionicio Salazar
315 Jose Santana Avila
316 Hugh A. Mahon
317 Solas Turner Ferguson
318|Joe Leon Holloway
319[Thomas Benton Hooks
320|William Bradford Dickens
3 21 j Conception Mora
322|Fernando Balli
323jThomas Wiess Hooks
3241 Forrest Edwards Hester
325!Hayden Halt' Muray
326|Edwin Watson Vertrees
327(Eugene Arch Rowland
328|Lee Rutledge
329|Joseph Clarence Denham
330|Bernabe Gonzales
33 lj Albert Estapa Collins
3321Edward Champion
333|John Earnest Norwood
334|Jose Bueno
335|Baltazar Balli
- 336|Seron Peter Christensen
337|Ory Collier Moye _
338|Emery William Watts
339!William McCune White
340|Thomas Ignicious Hester
3411 Raymond Ralph Brown
342|Faeundo Yanes
343!Florencio Sosa
344jJuan Benitz
345|Guadalupe Bueno
346|Leem Marion Davis
347 Dacotah Carmel Wilson
348|John Rufus Spillmen
349[Peter Cerapio Champion
350|William Marshall Hill
351|John William Briggs
352!Andrew Sterling Price
353|Jesse Johnson Hooks
354|Eugine Munoz
355jTomas Ramirez
356|Manuel Torrez
357|Nicholas Martinez
358|Roberto C. Alvarez
359|Joe- Allen
360| Gregorio Allen
3621 Miguel Hernandez
36ljLadislao Martinez
363|Santiago Villareal
364|Ambrosio Ynfante
36o|ManueI Suniga Mora
366(Gregorio Davila
367|Jose Maris Anzaldua
368!Candelario Nieto
369|Secundino Guerrero
3701 Carlos Ailguero
37l!Epigmenio Ramirez
372lManuel Gonzales
3731 Felipe Carpio
3741 Felipe Torres
375| Felipe Garza ’
3761 George Chaires Morales
3771 Dionicio Martinez
3781 Vicente Ynaez
379|Pablo Canas
380|Alfonso Valli i
38l|Roberto Montemayor •
382|Mauricio Garcia
383|Severo Garcia
384|Damacio Rios
385|Feliciano Velez
386|Jose Silas
Movement of Staple Crops
on Mercedes Canal Begins
PROFITABLESHIPMENTS
STILL BEING MADE
Vegetables Continue In Good Demand
at Attractive Prices—Preparing
For Winter Crops
PETROGRAD, July 18. — Counter
revolutions of terrific proportions are
said to be brewing in the army garri-
sons of the larger cities, w hich threat-
en to plunge the country again into
chaos. The provisional government is
desperately attempting to meet the
impending trouble with force inxorder
to prevent complete disintegration.
--<3>-
U-Boat Repulsed
AN ATLANTIC PORT, July 18. —
Passengers of a big liner which has
just arrived at this port believe they
were ^aved from the torpedoes of sub-
marines while the liner was off the
Coast of Ireland by the convoying de-
at the initial step in President Wiil-
attacking submarine, presumably re-
pulsing the U-boat.
----^>--
Berlin Admits Reverses
LONDON, July 18.—Berlin admitted
reverses today to both the British and
French on the western front. To the
British the Germans lost a sector west
of the Duvrt woods and the French
on the Verdun front penetrated the
German lines, retaking grounds they
recently lost. Artillery fighting on the
coast of Flanders is reported.
If we were in any other section of
Texas than the Lower Rio Grande Val-
ley, we could truthfully say the busi-
ness season opened this week, for in
any other part of the state, when the
cotton and corn begins to come in, the
busy season starts. And this week the
cotton season is on in full swing and
the corn season opened Wednesday.
But here it is different, for we have
not yet emerged from the vegetable
shipping season, which was certainly
a busy and profitable period. And the
oriees paid for vegetables now going
from here to market at distant points
are bringing higher prices than they
did two weeks ago. Two weeks ago the
writer went over to the office of Wete-
grove and Company and was told that
the concern would maintain their ship
ping department all summer if the
price of okra continued at the level
that then prevailed.
’ Wednesday of this week he was told
that the price was still good and ship-
ments of this vegetable have been sup-
plemented with hot and sweet peppers
which are in fine demand at good fig-
ures.
The shipments of okra have been
increased from 35 hampers per day 2
weeks ago to 50 this week. Okra will
hear all through the season without
any attention other than gathering
the pods as they form.
- .And to give the "man who expects
to go into truck growing some idea
of how the start is made as well as
the proper time for starting, we might
say that the Wetegrove syndicate, the
most successful concern of the kind
that we have any knowledge of, has
already planted seed beds of cabbage,
eggplants, peppers and tomatoes.
These will be transplanted for the
winter crop. Also just as much of
the land as possible is now being put
under the plow and gotten in fine
shape to receive the plants from the
seed beds.
Breaking Land
Quite a number of farmers on the
Mercedes canal are breaking their
land right now. This is good news,
for usually we have been behind some
of the other valley points in starting
this important work. So far as a man
can foresee fall and winter vegetables
will bring fanev price again this year,
and the man in on the ground floor
will reap a rich reward.
VERY BAD DAY FDR
BLOCKADE RUNNERS
American Destroyers Participate in
Important Action
LONDON, July 17.—Late advices
state, that out of seventeen German
small ships attempting to run the
British blockade from Rotterdam four
were sunk, four were captured, four
stranded, two fled badly damaged and
one escaped unharmed. British suc-
cess was made possible by the pres-
ence of American destroyers in Brit-
ish waters.
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Russians Continue Success in Galicia
PETROGRAD, July 18. — Reports
reaching Petrograd tell of the con-
tinued success of the Russian forces
on the Galician front. Violent fight-
ing between the two armies is report-
ed in this sector, where the enemy
has been forced to retire. The Rus-
sian lines are now south of Novica.
-<s>--
To Ascertain What Is Fair Profit
CHICAGO, 111., July 18.—Auditors
of the federal trade commission today
began auditing books of the big pack-
ing houses to determine the cost of
producing and marketing meats and
other food products. This action is
the draft, President Wilson will is-
son’s order to ascertain what will be
a fair profit to allow on food.
Students Killed In War
WASHINGTON, D.^C., July 18.—Six
of 42,000 German university students
called to the colors up to the conclu-
sion of the last fall and winter sem-
ester, 6,000 have been reported as
killed, according to advices received
here from Berlin.
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Tide Turns in Germany’s Favor
LONDON, July 18.—After several
days of successive victories, the Ger-
mans have wrested the initiative from
the Russians in Galicia. Today’s re-
port from Petrograd shows that the
war office is conceding temporary re-
verses to the Russians twenty miles
below Kalusz.
THE COTTON GIN HAS
BEGUN SEASON RUN
FIRST LOAD OF CORN
MARKETED TOESDAY
many Mercedes Planters Will Get In
On the High Price Now Prevail-
ing for the Fleecy Staple
Henry Lienemann Opens the Season
With Cereal That Grades No. 2
and Sells at $1.50 Per Bushel
Ten wagons loaded with the fleecy
staple were parked at the Schwarz
gin Wednesday.- The gins were hum-
ming and all was activity. The sea-
son proper has opened now and the
scene around the gin will be one of
greatest activity for several months to
come.
The gin is equipped with three gin
stands besides the auxiliary machin-
ery necessary to the operation of the
plant and Mr. Schwarz believes he
will be able to handle expeditiously
the crop as rapidly as it may be
brought to him.
As a separate item of news the Tri-
bune may say that extremely heavy
bales are in bad taste this year, the
desire all over the country being to
make them of more even uniformity
as to weight. The uniformity makes
their handling at compresses and ship
side more easily done and also the
smaller bale reduces the strain on the
local gin machinery and lessens the
risk of break downs.
For this reason Mr. Schwarz has
placed a limit of 550 pounds on the
hales which he wifll gin except in
cases where a heavier package can-
not be avoided. A break down at a
gin now while cotton is at its present
high price might prove costly not onlv
to the gin owner but to the cotton
grower as well.
Cotton still brings an attractive
price, the highest the producer has
ever realized. The Galveston spot
market Tuesday stood at 26.30 for
middling with the contract market for
early months at practically the. same,
figure.
A grower who visited the Tribune
office Wednesday morning stated that
he was expecting to gather a bumper
crop from his land and that no insect
pest of any kind had yet bothered it.
October contracts on the New York
cotton exchange sold down to 25.10
Tuesday, the decline being attributed
to more favorable growing weather
over the cotton belt. 0
NEW ORLEANS, La.—The cotton
market moved over a range of some-
thing more than a cent a pound last
week, standing at its best 65 to 80
points over the previous week’s close,
and its lowest 20 to 50 points under.
The close was at a net advance of 33
points to a net loss of 6 points.
Drouth in Texas and high tempera-
tures over the western belt, generally
were the main stimulating influences.
Prices were lifted moderately on
the week-end by the census bureau re-
port showing consumption among
American mills during June of 658,836
bales of cotton and linters combined.
Increased interest will be taken this
week in the new crop because of the
movement of new bales and the likeli-
hood that this week will witness re-
ceipts at several points in Texas.
Cloth Tradding Remains Quiet
NEW YORK.—The persistent quiet
period in cloth trading for civilian
purposes has led to a desire on the
part of a few buyers of staple print
cloths for converting to realize some
of the profits on gray goods contracts
they own.
Toward the end last week late con-
tracts of 38%-inch, 69x60s, were of-
fered at 10%c, %c a yard down from
the top figure and four-yard 80-square
goods were offered at 14c, which was
half a cent below the recent top.
Brown sheetings and drills remain
unchanged. Wide sheetings are ex-
pected to be advanced to a new list at
any time. Ginghams for the new
spring trade are being shown. Some
lines of white goods and wash fabrics
for the new spring season are also be-
ing ordered. Colored cottons continue
very firm. Prices quoted are as fol-
lows :
Print cloths, 28-inch, 64x64s, 7%c;
60x60s, 7%c; 38%-inch, 64x64s, 11c;
brown sheetings, Southern standards,
16c; denims, 2.20s. Southern indigo,
27%s; tickings, 8-ounce, 35c; prints,
10c; staple ginghams, 13c; dress ging-
hams, 17c. The only change in prices
quoted in Tribune last week is dress
ginghams, which show an advance of
l%e per yard.
-<S>-
Claiims Record Wheat Yield
SHERMAN, Texas.—Oscar Gunter,
county commissioner from the Gunter
precinct, this county, reports what he
believes is the record wheat yield this
season. On three acres of land, on
which he pastured a sow and seven
pigs all winter and early in the spring,
he threshed 135 bushels.
The corn season opened in Mercedes]
Wednesday morning when Henry Lie-J
nemann brpught in the first wagon1
load weighing something over 3,00(
pounds, which he sold to the Ric.
Grande Grain and Milling company atl
$1.50 per bushel. *
The grain was well matured and Mr.
Poag, president of the company that
bought it, declared it to be not only
of strict Np. 2 grade, but much better
than some corn which has been shipped
out of the North to him and claimed
to grade No. 2.
According to Mr. Poag, the crop on
the Mercedes canal is fine this yea
and the crops that he has looke<fovL.
promise an exceptionally good grain.
Anticipating a very busy shelling sea-
son, he had a large number of men
at work early Wednesday morning
getting all the machinery in shape to
handle the crop which he is prepared
to not only shell, but will also buy.
There are very nearly four thous-
and acres planted to corn on the Mer-
cedes canal besides that grown in the
“dry land” district and the company
will be in position to handle all of it.
Mr. Poag also states that his com-
pany has made preparations to shell
and also buy the corn crop ffrtrwfUon-
the LaFeria proposition.^-There are
something more than two thousand
acres planted to cordon this tract
and early Wednesday morning his big
tractor engine andjrortable corn shel-
ler was made.»feady to send down
there. The crop on the LaFeria pro-
position, according to Mr. Poag, is
good this year, in fact, is perhaps the
best ever produced on that canal.
• The Chicago market Tuesday quot-
ed cash No. 2 corn at $1.94% @1.94.
The contract market, §alne date, clos-I
ed as follows: September, $1.58%;]
December, $1.09%, May, $1.08%.
Under pressure of immediate neces-J
sity cash corn touched $2 at Chiqagor
Tuesday, but the price later receded.
PRESIDENT CHRISTNER
TO UNIT MEMBERS
The annual meeting of the Unit
Marketing System has been postpon-
ed until later in the summer in order
to enable the officers of the company
to get all outstanding collections in.
and make a final and definite report
covering the year’s business.
On account of defective equipment
furnished by the railroad company ^
during the latter part
when the car shortage prevailed, there ^
are an unusual number of claims out-
standing for improper handling by
the railroad company and the collec-
tion of these claims necessitates con-
siderable investigation on the part of
the railroad company before they will
pay the same. These aggregate sev-
eral thousand dollars. There are still
to be made a few outstanding collec-
tions which should be adjusted in the
very near future.
As previously advised, the unit is
prepared to handle corn this season
at such stations as it may be possible
to operate this business profitably.
The directors take this opportunity
also of notifying the members that
they, will be in position this coming
season to assist in financing their
members for the growing of some of
the more staple crops. They are pre-
pared to advance the seed for plant-
ing potatoes on, a reasonable acreage
of the best ground most suited to the
production of this crop.
They are also prepared to finance
the production of a crop of onions
to the extent of approximately the
labor cost of the growing of the on-
ions. Any member.who desires to plant
potatoes or onions and who may wish
some assistance in financing the grow-
ing of a cron, will please write the
head office at Harlingen, stating how
many acres they wish to grow and
these applications for assistance in
financing will be handled in rotation
as received.
Seed
Regarding seed, cabbage seed has
already advanced a dollar per pound
in price over the price at which we
contracted for the seed which we have
purchased. The people from whom we
bought^ are only going to be able to
deliver to us approximately fifty per
cent of our purchases and as soon as
this seed is gone, we will have to ad-
vanced the price from $1 to $1.50 per
pound. We therefore strongly urge
you to place your order for your seed
for fall planting immediately so ‘ ‘ "
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