Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1917 Page: 3 of 8
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postoffice at Mercedes, Texas, January 28,
1914, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1917
Liquor ads unlawful in 'twenty-
four states,” says a news head line.
Good bye Peruna.
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But, happily, no grain is employed
in the manufacture of mescal, the
eight-day beverage of the borderland.
Bears eat turkeys, but Turkey is
snuggling up to the Russian bear
without any 'apparent fear of danger.
Mexico has forbidden the shipment
of livestock or grain from that repub-
lic. It don’t take Tio Carranza long
to head off a famine or war time
speculators.
Mercedes has a fine city council—
representative in every respect—and
the citizens should co-operate in every
way possible with its suggestions —
and in a spirit of enthusiasm.
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It’s mighty hard for a man to real-
ize the patriotism of dieting himself
as a measure of national defense with
the cantaloupe, roasting ear and wa-
termelon season opening up just be-
fore him.
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It might he a good idea for Gover-
nor Ferguson to take that $250,000
ranger fund and employ laborers for
the farmers in the sections where
their help has left them on account of
its creation.
While sympathizing with the people
of Pharr in the property losses which
they have suffered by wind and fire,
we admire in unstinted measure the
spirit of the people of that communi-
\ ty. Sometimes the things we call
“.Misfortune” turn out to be great
blessings in that they cement more
closely the friendship and interest of
a community and develop the spirit
of perseverence that always wins.
Pharr is a winner.
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The case against James Busby and
J. M. Sturgess where they were charg-
ed with purchasing or haying in their
possession government property, came
up before the federal grand jury at
Brownsville today and that body,
after investigting the circumstances, J needed
promptly ignored the bill of indict-
ment and sent the defendants home.
Corpus Christi is to have a fish and
vegetable cannery. A franchise was
let by the city council Wednesday. A
charter has already been granted the
company.
The post office at Brownsville has
been advanced from the second to the
first class.
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Seven ocean going steamers are to
be built at Orange, Texas. Machin-
ery to be employed in the work has
arrived.
The demand for new potatoes keeps
pace with the supply and the price at
Galveston Wednesday was $3.50 per
bushel.
The price of wheat went off 19c per
bushel in Chicago Wednesday. The
decline in price is due to the fear, that
the government will take a hand in
the matter of food speculation.
The unsatisfactory condition of af-
fairs in Russia was given as the cause
af the sharp break in cotton Wednes-
day.
Now that practically the entire
world is looking to the United States j ^
for a very large part of its foodstuffs j J
and other supplies, this country is be- <$>
ginning to feel its responsibilities.
Likewise it is beginning to realize its
shortcomings and handicaps. So far
as men and money are concerned,
there is an abundance for war pur-
poses; but the big problem is that of
providing supplies, and an adequate
system for their distribution. How to
accomplish this end without disrupt-
ing business is the question of the
hour. Although the country has just
entered the war, and although trans-
portation facilities have not yet begun
to feel the demand that will be made
upon them for the moving of troops
and provisions, the railway systems of
the United States are today ex-
periencing the greatest car shortage
in their history. If this is the situa-
tion at a period of the year when traf-
fic is usually light, it is not difficult
to imagine what it will be like when
the crop-moving season is on, and
when, in addition to the hauling of
grain to market, the railroads will be
called upon to handle the enormous
government business, says The Chris-
tian Science Monitor.
From the beginning of the present
period of business activity the rail-
roads of the United States have shown
an inability to take care of the heavy
freight business that has been offered
them, in a way profitable to them-
selves or satisfactory to the public.
They were short of freight cars, and
were not financially able to buy as
much additional equipment as they
needed. The result was the restrain-
ing of industrial activity, higher
prices for coal and other commodities
needed by the public, and a general
hampering of business. Now the sit-
uation appears to be that, even though
the United States were able to pro-
duce all the foodstuffs and other sup-
plies its own people and those of Eu-
rope require, it is doubtful if the crops
could be delivered, unless some ade-
quate and speedy remedy should be
found to meet the transportation
shortcoming. It would not do to side-
track general business while the gov-
ernment’s requirements were being
disposed of, and the government
would not agree to such a policy.
It might be wise if the government
were to spend $100,000,000 or $200
000,000 in the purchase of freight
equipment, to be rented to the rail-
roads until such time as the railroads
could repurchase it from the govern-
ment. It would be an unusual proced-
ure, but it was also an unusual proced
ure for the government to undertake
the construction of 1,000 ships for the
purpose of providing adequate means
for shipping foodstuffs and munitions
to the allies across the Atlantic. The
construction of 100,000 or 200,000
freight cars would greatly relieve a
situation which promises to be ex-
ceedingly serious next fall. Work on
them would have to begin at once if
they were to be ready when most
Berlin (via London.) — The <*
socialist leader, George Lede- «
bour, declared in the reichstag <3
that it was impossible for Ger- <S
many to win a war of subju- 4
gation, and expressed the con- <*
^ viction that a revolution must ■€
^ happen in Germany as it has <S
^ happened in Russia. <S
^ “We shall propose a consti- <§
^ tutional committee,” he said,
“to take preparatory steps in <£
^ the direction of introducing a
^ republic in Germany.” <S>
8,000 AEROPLANES NEEDED
FOR U. S. ARMY
Washington, D. C. — The United
States has been forced to go to France
to obtain aeroplanes for its army. Ma-
chines of American manufacture have
failed completely to meet the war de-
partment tests, it was learned and as
a result contracts for supplying the
entire army of 1,200,000 men will be
placed abroad.
An initial order of 1,800 machines
has already been placed, it is under-
stood and further contracts are to be
made which will run into the tens of
thousands.
These facts became known in con-
nection with the first open move of
the government to put the air service
on a war footing.
Arrangements have been concluded
with six universities, selected to cover
all sections of the .country, where a
month’s course in theoretical aero-
nautics will first be given. Practical
training will then begin. Out of the
'3,000 enlisted in the corps, 600 have
been selected to begin these courses
immediately. Each college will be as-
signed a class of 100.
The schools at which these courses
will be held are Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology, Cornell Universi-
ty, Ohio State University, University
of Illinois, Texas State University
and State University of California.
As soon as the first 600 have receiv-
ed their month’s schooling, a second
group of 600 will be sent into the class
rooms.
For the selective army alone forty-
eight aero battalions of twenty-four
men each will be needed. Each man
has two machines with a third in re-
serve. That is a total of 3,156 aero- j
planes as an initial outlay for this
force alone. For a force of 700,000
including regulars and national guard,
at least 5,000 machines will be nec-
essary. This makes a total of more
than 8,000 aeros which will be requir-
ed from France within the next few
months, together with vast reserves
of aeros and engines. The machines
will be both monoplanes and biplanes.
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her own allies were detached from the
fight.”
Oh the front in France, the British,
after da5Ts of fierce fighting, have tak-
en in its entirety from the Germans
the village of Roeuv, to the east of
Arras and north of Bavrelle have
pushed their line forward. No infan-
try engagements have taken place be-
tween the French and the Germans,
but their artilleries are still roaring
in the great duels which always are
the forerunners of attacks.
From April 9 to May 12 Germans to
the number of 49,579 have been made
prisoners in France by the British
and French. In addition, 444 heavy
and field cannon, 943 machine guns
and 396 trench mortars were captur-
ed.
The sixth Zeppelin to meet with de-
struction by the British and French
since the war began has been account
ed for by British naval forces in the
North sea. The airship, the L-22, was
completely destroyed and it is believ
ed that most of its crew perished.
That Great Britain is to adopt a
more aggressive attitude in the war
with her navy is shown by the ap-
pointment of a naval staff, headed by
Admiral Jellicoe, one of her best sea
fighters and naval tacticians. The
staff also will have charge of speed-
ing up shipbuilding and carrying out
other details necessary to the naval
conduct of the war.
Germany’s submarine campaign so
far as France is concerned has not
been as successful as against Great
Britain’s commerce and neutral ship-
ping. In the three months since the
intensified campaign began only sev-
enteen French merchantmen have
been sunk.
The German authorities have refus-
ed passports to members of the soci-
alist minority party who wish to at
tend the Stockholm conferences, ac-
cording to the Hamburg Fremden-
blatt.
In l epiy to a question in the house
of commons Chancellor Bonar Law
said no treaty had ever been contem
plated with Japan under which that
nation would overrun Siberia if Rus-
sia relaxed her efforts in the war.
The food debate in the reichstag
ended Saturday when Adolf von Bato-
cki, president of the food regulation
board, announced that a committee
representing all parties in the reich-
stag would make a fortnight’s tour of
inspection so as to learn food condi
tions throughout Germany.
The Dutch government has instruct-
ed the grain vessels held up in Ameri-
can ports for some time to proceed
homeward, calling at Halifax for ex-
amination by the British authorities.
H A S SLER
SHOCK ABSORBERS
AND
SEAT
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COVERS
FOR
FORDS
In Mercedes
Crawford’s Garage
The farmer also, should believe in
“repairedness” and see that his fences
are kept in good repair.
The farmer who does the usual thing
unusually well, and the unusual thing
92,000 TEXAS FARMS
- E WITHOUT A COY j fairly well, is doing well enough
I A tail hold is better than no hold
From the many inquiries that have
been made by investors, the pros-
pects are that the forthcoming gov-
ernment bond issue will be a success.
There is a strong opinion in some
quarters that, instead of it being a 3%
per cent nontaxable issue, the bonds
should be taxable and the interest
rate increased. The reason given for
this is that the low rate of interest
will attract chiefly the wealthy ele-
ment and large estates, which there-
by will escape taxation, whereas, the
small investor may not feel that
could afford to dispose of holdings
paying a better return in order to
purchase the bonds.
A half million automobiles can be
brought into valuable requisition, in
the United States, during the coming
season in transporting and distribut-
ing garden vegetables and fruit, thus
supplementing the work of the rail-
roads, and, in many cases, releasing
their rolling stock for tasks of a
heavier character. The service which
the motor cars can perform in this
way will have a permanent value, for
it will show what can be done through
adequate distribution, in peaceable, as
well as in war times, toward cheapen-
nig the cost of food stuffs laid down
at the doors of the consumers.
Wlould Send Corn and Cotton Seed to
Europe in Order to Have Hot
Biscuits at Home
I JUST ARRIVED' 1
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1 Another shipment of Buicks, both Fours and
5 ^lxes- f Our advise to prospective buvers is
I ^ PlaC® ^°Ur °Ider now- as we are expecting
! to heai of an advance of prices soon. €We
I ^ cor?ply with your request for a
I booklet giving the descriptions and all specifi-
§ cations of all late models of Buick cars.
Texarkana, Ark. — More than 92,-
000 farms in Texas are without a cow,
16^000 without a hog and more than
60,00 without poultry, while Texas an-
nually is sending out of the state for
more than $10,000,000 worth of butter
and $52,000,000 worth of meats. These
figures were contained in the report
of C. C. Waller of Fort Worth of the
he ^lve stock, poultry and dairy commit-
|SrR I tee of the Farmers union of Northeast
Texas, read before the Farmers union
convention of four states—Texas, Ar-
kansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma _
here.
It was argued that the figures de-
monstrated the need of increasing con-
sumption of Southern food to meet
demands of the war.
The farmers adopted a resolution
calling on the secretary of agriculture
to, aid in the introduction of corn and
cotton seed meal as a substitute for
flour in European countries. This,
the resolution said, “would permit a
part of the wheat to remain in this
country so that American families
may at least have hot biscuits for
breakfast.”
In his annual report, D. F. Lyday
of Ravenna, Texas, president of the
organization, advocated the introduc-
tion of corn pone and hoe cakes into
Belgium as a means of reducing the
cost of living.
MEN’S WEAR
A Complete Line of Samples of the latest styles of Men's Clothes
SUITS MADE TO ORDER
PERFECTHFeVARANTEED
Come In and Let Us Show You
Harris & Herndon
Two doors east of Postoffice MERCEDES, TEXAS
at all.
DIFFERENT SALAD DRESSINGS.
In making salad dressings it is most
important that all materials should be
of the best, eggs,
olive oil, vinegar
and seasonings.
Salad dressings
should be a pleas-
ing contrast to
the salad. It is
not possible to
use the same
dressing on all
kinds of salads without sacrificing the
zest of a salad.
French dressing is the easiest to
make and one of the most popular
ones. It may be varied by using dif-
ferent combinations with it, such as
American cheese, Roquefort, minced
hard cooked eggs, chopped olives,
onions, pimentos, chili sauce, green
pepper, parsley, chives, tabasco and
Worcestershire sauces. Fruit juices
such as pineapple juice makes one
of the most delicious of salad dress-
ings, used as a base.
Pineapple Dressing.—Mix all of the
following in a double boiler: two table-
spoonfuls of sugar, one-half tablespoon-
ful of flour, two egg yolks, and one-
half cupful of pineapple juice. Cook
over water until thick, add the juice
of half a lemon and a half cupful
of whipped cream. If the cream can-
not be obtained use condensed milk,
dropping it slowly into the mixture:
beating all the time.
Whipped Cream Dressing__Take
one-half cupful of whipped cream, add
two tablespoonfuls of
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Made from pasteurized cream; vanilla, straw- I
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Also bottled soda water at 65 cents per 5
case assorted flavors.
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For imitating engraving with a bIesP°onfuls of sugar, one teaspoonful
printing press an electrical process °f mustard- and salt and pepper to
-u-r--- , . .. taste. Shred a cabbage very fine and
pour the vinegar over this, mix well,
has been invented that bakes into the
freshly printed ink a powder that
raises it to the height of engraving.
Experiments made by French elec-
tiicians indicate that it is possible to
increase the light from ordinary arc
lamps by increasing the pressure of
the current through the carbons.
A photometer adjustably mounted
on a staff marked along its length
with certain standards has been pa-
tented by a Philadelphian for easily
determining the candlepower of street
lights.
when ready to serve pour off all the
liquid possible and fold in the cream
beaten stiff.
Chili Dressing.—Use three table-
spoonfuls of olive oil to one of vinegar,
add a few drops of onion, juice and
salt and pepper to taste. When ready
to serve add finely chopped green pep-
per and enough thick chili sauce to
color the dressing red. Serve on cab-
bage or any desired vegetable combin-
ation.
Fruit salads are delicious to serve
as a dessert or with a heavy dinner,
as they are lighter than the ordinary
salads.
Don’t overlook our
GROCERY
Department
The most Complete in the Valley
Mercedes Cash Grocery
0. SEIBERT, Proprietor
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Hoyt, L. T. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1917, newspaper, May 17, 1917; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1063068/m1/3/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.