The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 240, Ed. 1 Monday, March 1, 1926 Page: 1 of 8
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i i Pine and Caiins
l 1-2 to 11 h. p. Fairbanks JBM^A . All sixes and kinds la
Centrifugal Pumps. 0dd /Aft stock for prompt ahir-
Morss sad Kreuger Atlas MH A A ^ ment at right prices. Sen 1
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^VOL^AXXNL^No 210__ ESTABLISHED 1M2 BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS. HONDAV. MARCH 1. 1T26 EIGHT BALES lOOAT BIVE~CENTB A COBv”
RS GET DEATF
IN OUR
VALLEY
--non ' - i
1 T ^ AT McALLEN fhe c>ther day they
carried out a successful one nigin
meeting in behalj of Carroll College.
McAllen has fixe<if an amount ol $j<>
POO as the goal to --omplete the college.
It is a large suy'» but in a community
meeting one n g/ i something like $12
POO was put u^rfin actual cash.
So the work goe0 on. t arroll < <dl<v
promises to..- play a b:g part in the con-
tinued grcy(vth of McAllen. Its comple-
tion will 'be the leaiixut on of a dream
to mak?: McAllen an education center
Pi importance.
7 • • •
February closed yesterday. The wea-
thep report for the month when it i
completed by Observer b’ehnurbu sch
Jyill show a nionth of wonderful wcath-
' And there was no rain w.th the ex
tception of a mist two weeks ;.go vester-
w tlay.
In many parts of the Valley rain
f probably was not needed. But the po
| tato growers in ( ameron county .ay
^ 4 they can do with seme natural moi.'ture.
Can use irrigation of course but .could
prefer rain if it can be had.
But these twenty eight days of un
shine have served t-> -show v.sitor - the
Teal weather the Valley can produce.
Wc do not get ail the northers.
Few of them penetrate thl- far south.
Note the snow and blizzards that
curred as far south as N’orth Texas dur
ing the past four weeks.
• * *
The Texas Central Power < pin;
owners of the Valley Electric A I e
Company is invent gating th*- powe
possibilities of Devil’s River a the
Pel R:o section.
It is not un re a >nable to expert th a*
Borne day Southwest Tcva will have
power produced from waters that I
been harnessed.
That's the cheapest sort of power.
The initial investment is great. of
course. But the results always mak«
It pay.
Cheap power helps jndu 'r\ in eve;
field.
* • •
The Ri<v Grande Sun. Pharr
**Lots of people have the dea tl ’
peaches don't do well n the Vu 11« * hut
Banker B. F. Johnston h-a- h ■ I a 1. mnv
contrary experience lie h« a tree f
the Florida kind railed the 'h • « . i
which bloomed heavilv thi- spring. and
there will be a tree full of pe t■ he b
May. They are delicous m flave.- a
sweet as fruit can be and rui'; i
heavy.”
* * *
Ba*’ii '.rr and Edinburg n*-e
enring extraordinary real »•». «• t
Ity.
(Each is an important point in eon-
tion with the proposal of the Southern
Pacific to extend into the Cover Rio I
Grande Valley.
A vacant earner lot a«t foot front
at Harlingen sold recently f >1V"
Which is a prettv fair indiration of what
Is going on in Harlingen.
• • •
Edinburg is bui'dinc. too. Don’t make
hny mistake about that Ju t ••!.•
■t tho activities there * tiff ent !
Uemahstrate what I happening
• •
The Corpus Christi t aller Sunda; ■ at
Tied a total of HR pages. Win -h i fmm
eiltht to twelve pages more than tb it pa j
per’s average.
Much of the additional pa e ref
the real estate activity that is going ■ i
in Corpus Christi.
There have been tnanv report of p
(Contmuued on Page Two. )
THE WEATHER |
For Brownsville and the Low r K
Grande Valley: Fair and somewhat .
cr tonight and Tuesday.
For fast Texas: Fair and colder to-
night. Tuesday fair; colder in outh-
east portion. Moderate to fresh norther-
ly winds on the coast.
Weather Conditions.
The weather was generally fair to
clear over the western half and part-
ly cloudy to cloudy over the eastern half
of the Fnited States at the morning oh-
aervation. Apparently no measura >
precipitation occurred anywhere in the
country within the last 24 houis. Tern- ]
peratures were seasonal.le to above nor-
mal practically throughout the i'r. ted
States and the Canadian Northwest this
morning.
The lowest temperature last night at |
Texas stations ranged from ‘>6 at Ama-
rillo to 60 at Corpus Christi and Galves-
ton
KWWG PROGRAM
Tune in at 278 meters.
Tuesday noon: Market weather and
news reports. Music hy the Sunshine
Girl of the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Tuesday 6 p. m.: Weather and market
reports news bulletins and music by
J>d Toothman. “Irish Melodies.”
%
Declares Isolation Is
Prevented by Pacts
Signed by Nations at
London Parleys
< Rv The ' i:it 1 I’n . .1
PARIS. Mar. 1.—If Kran< •• had i d
siered the Locarno security pat l and .
arbitration treaties site would te day1
have found herself isolated in the fa v
of an alliance lx tween Soviet R . :a and
Germany premier Rriand told the cham-
ber of deputies today during debate on
the Loearr. > ratification bill.
‘‘Locarno was imposed by events*’ th"
premier said.* He emphasized th t
France’s security was in no wise dimin-
ished by the Locarno accords and add** i*
‘ France has given proof of h**r peace-
ful spirit. Fran.*' has suffered over-
much from calumnies on her alleged mil-
itary intentions. She he paid dcaily
for them When a country i .bie'dod
fr >m all suspicion. Just *»r un'*.;st. i*.
o*i rht to profit th<vreh>
“If we had not had l^rearno yen 'o 11
know what would have happened‘ l.ri
and said.
Peputy Marin defied thp t -er.* *r '■>
<■*1! the chamber wh.it h<* »’« int.
M. Rriand replied: ‘‘You know we i
who* was I cing prepared—what nc^otia
1 io" were under way.”
“I I now” M. Martin returned and
I think Fnglard was wrong: to tr!. * that
attitude.
"» know u hat was in t!i>- w.iv of prep-
aration with Moscow and ! am sure
Finland will realize. hu* * o late that
she did wrong in acting the way she
did.”
Later in defending the governt cot'
policy at Locarno the premier said:
“Me had to choo e between mihtn'
operations and tranquility of the coin
try. When one smokes ones' pipe 1>« id*
a powder barrel one doe. n’t want it 'o
explode.”
Two of the deputies exchanged Dar-
winian amenities when M. Mart n leav-
ing the topic of Russia branched off t.*
a discussion of the “danger" front (.»r-
many.
Deputy I’hry interrupted th
4
whereupon Deputy Franklin Mniillon
ejaculated "Silence you descendant of i
a monkey.”
"We all have the same origin' wr
M. I hry' quick retort "but if ! de < etui
from the monkey you are going ba.\t to
that state.”
The chamber broke into laughter r<-
lieving the nervous tension of he de-
bate.
Backing of Bankers Fails
lo Stop Decline in
New York Pools
NKW YORK. X. Y.. March I. Violent
fluctuations in stock prices today re-
flected a struggle between opposing |
speculative forces for control of the j
market.
At armed by last week's drastic dc- j
dines in several specialties ranging !
from about 2"> to 5 points in American j
Brake Shoe. Foundation company an ! ■
New York Fanners banking groups tie-
over the holdings of distressed pools
and brought about temporary rallies
which bolstered the rest of the market.
With the marking up of the call money j
rate to T> 1-2 per cent however bear !
traders launched another savage attaek. j
dri\ing many prominent industrial stocks j
down five to thirteen points to low :
levels for the year.
Among the i sue- which were hardest 1
hit were Woolworth. Remington Type-
writer Commercial Solvents “A”. Sear- ;
Roebuck. Kelsey Wheel. Case Threshing
Machine I’nitod Prug. Coca Cola Allied i
Chemical and C <stui.i Cereal. Early |
gains jn American Can. General Electric
I n te l States f art Iron Pipe and ether
pivotal issues also were cancelled.
Farmhand in Oklahoma
Gets Life in Slaying
EE REN'P. Okla. March 1.—Vernon
Huntley. 22 year old farmb | >d. v
sentenced today to life imprisonment
for the murder last Wednesday of
Charles MeCloakey his 60 year old
neighbor.
Huntley pleaded guilty. He told
county authorities that he killed Mc-
Closkev a hermit blacksmith while try- j
ing to steal the latter's new motor car.;
Federal In
in Osage M
Quashed; ;
OKLAHOMA (MTV. Okla. M
\V. K. Hale ami John Ramsey eh
Roan an Osage Indian was heid
States District Judge LotteraL
lederal government’s effort to pi
connection v\iiit its ine.uiiy into ;
lives and wealth of Osage Indian:
Judge Coiteral ordered Hale
the announcement of the plans «
take up the murder prosecution.
SI rt has indicated the state v
federal government was found wi
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ROBBERS THROW
MARSHAL IN JAIL
< By The \ nria.cd fre .)
ATLANTA. T< x«-. March I.
Rubert ran will in Atl nla this
ir'irninu and after rut* ’ting tin*
sit re? an I hmr trying the r. jrht
marhal. I*»-krd him up n hi- jail
and escaped in a lirjre autoino!> le
loaded w ith loot valued at ■* !.(> M>.
The a! .rm was nit spread until
Lee Wirt:.'* nijrhf. marshal aroused
residents I y cho'its after he had
Wen locked up hy two heavily
armed bandits.
Rally of Friends To Be
Missed by Attorney
General
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(By Tin' A • seriated !’• <• •*.)
AUSTIN. Tex. March 1 \lthongh
rt>r( r*»d to his run at a downtown
h* tel i.. ■■•i .• of a attack of the I
“flu” Attorney General Han Moody
who n.v. attracted attention because of
hi- att; *-k i on highway contract•»••.. and
who i being urged as a candidate for
governor ordered his mail sent fro * j
the cap tail to him.
Moody Has been under eons derahli j
-train since he .. a:to off ce January
a year ago and ha taken little reerea
t:on. He has imhea ed he will not at
tend a rally to be given is his native
county of Will am son at Georgetown
Tuesday where li friends ay. they
will draft him f< r the govenor’s laec.
More than the average number of
prisoners arc being lb in the county
jail today with the t1 til running up
to 1-0 the te-iilt of arrests over the
week-end. 1* gltt arrests were made
Saturday* and twenty one Sunday.Nine
t> -eight of the prisoners come under
the jot i*.diction of the count** ten are
held on federal charges ten by the im-
migration authorit es and two by the
city.
Deputy Ted Teel IPope* and
Miguel Pena in .< t on lunatic
charges to the San An* >nio State Hospi-
tal Friday ti ght am returned to
Browns.illc Sunday evening.
FIRE IN OKLAHOMA
FATAL TO WORKER
fBy The Asociated Tress.)
DUNCAN. Okla.. March 1. — Edg.it
Bend 22. employed by an o I company
here wn burned to death early today
;»y fire that destroyed the Bush hotel.
Beard was asleep on the second floor.
V • cmen heard his scream- but were un-
able to get to him before the building
collapsed.
Sever i other guest left the hotel in
their night clothing. Origin of the
f re it unknown. The hotel was an
old frame building.
NOTED I..UV) FR DIES
(By The Associated Tress.)
NEW BKRFORD. Mass.. March 1. —
W i!Bam W. i'r:nn died last nirht at the
as > of P' years. Among the many fam-
us case< in which he was engaged dur-
ing his career a* a lawyer was the pre-
paration and collection of the “Ala*
“ am i claims" aris ng out of the destruc-
tion of many New Bedford ships during
the civil war bv the Confederate cruis-
er Alabama.
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diciments
urder Plot
State to Act
arch 1.— The indictment aj uirv-'t
myed with the murder of Henry
invalid here today by United
The action brings to an ct.1 the
*<>>ecute charges of murder in
in alleged conspiracy against the
! in Oklahoma.
and Ramsey held in jail p.ui ling
»f Oklahoma state nip.h'n itics to
Attorney Genera! Ge >rge 1'.
ould renew its activities if the
thout jurisdiction.
r ■{
Railroad Labor Board
Abolition is Being
Considered
—
W ASJHNC.TOa. M .r. 1—T . \V t
tor '-Parker bill to set up nee method>j
of setting railroad labor disput
passed today by the house.
The measure which now goes to the1
-enate. would provide for abolition of
the railroad labor board.
Final action was taken after the hou«c
had defeated to ’ft a motion by Rep- j
re*.-illative Blanton lb mo. rut Texa . to
send the bill back to the commerce com-
mittee with m«*ru trnns to provide for
»*nlarging the powers of an emergency
1. v. hich tb« in*--!ur<* provides u
a last report in settlement of disputes.
The vote >.v:;s :i■* 1 to 13. Those .olios
against the bill included Blunter l’-m
o rat Te\:i -; darner Dcmoe-at Texa-
and Gnrr-’t 1» -mocrat Tennessee.
Representative Blanton moved *•> re-
commit after the Democratic leader1
Representative d nr ret*. Tennessee had
decided such a move would be useless
on hi- part because it would vo* achieve
the end desired of inear' -rating an
amendment “protecting the public
aruit t unwarranted rate increases.”
( . .. _. I
Playing Field tc be Re-
modeled; Bleacher* to
Be Erected
—
The' Brownsville will have one of the j
'.<•>1 ball parks in the Valley was stated
this morning by President. Bob Wells
of the Hrown.-viile I n' phall club of the
Valley league.
The pai k will he enclosed w ith a rey: j
ulation size board fence and the grand*
stand will be remodeled and bleachers '
erected.
Mr. Wells believes with these im-
provi merits along with the relaying of '
the playing field will put Brownsville in
n eta -s by itself along this line.
‘'This is one of the first things we
had in mind” said Mr. Wells “wh**n
we started out to put Brownsville on thej
baseball map. The playing field will *»-• j
broti -ht closer to the grandstand and
otherwise remodeled.”
Work <>n thc-<e improvements will be ■
started sometime this week.
MERCEDES Texas. Mar. 1. A!umni|
and ex-student# <*f -the University off
Texn<. residents of Hidalffo county will
rather in M«*r»edes -.n Tuesday nisrht.'
March 2. for ’he annua! observance of
Texas Independence day. which is cele-
brated by ex- tudent. of the universit !
in all uarts of the world.
A banquet will he hell at # o’clock)
according to Fred K Bennett of Mer c-■
des president of the Hidaltro county-
asociation of Texas exes and all former
students of the State University are ex-
pected to attend.
Dr. Parian dean of freshman at the
uni'ersity and on" of its most distin-
guished faculty Members will he pres-
ent at the meeting and will tell the for-
mer students of conditions at the uni-
versity at prcsprit.. Other speakers
scheduled for th<- occasion include Judjrej
D. F. Strickland of Mission Mrs. A. A. j
Hughes of McAllen and >K. M. Smith of
Edinburg-
0
ANDREWS ASKS |
INVESTIGATION
—
Dry Enforcement Chief
Believes Non-Political
Inquiry Would Quiet
Controversy
't This A • ■•'!*«• I I’rr■> '
n sii?v;von l> < M.r. j. r r«*.
r*ion of a rntnmi - stoii t*» U*iy the tfoti-
• ■ T"■ I | rohihiltnn qu »♦•>’»• in *<!1 its v.
•f**i w!i ?• ro|><i'• i ty |iv t -i.-aii*
S*rn*;tr; A Miron <*f the treasury •*
if f|r* la*« op|Vt»‘i
VS i*H filth *tn*ti and hni*p pronar*
tnv to tnkc -t*‘r»« to jrijuii • into neili
i< r tinder prohibition and with wo* I
drv Optra nutation* erroffod ir. !**t- ■
• I. • t'"u- ■ o i t. \1 And revi s (J**-
‘‘lari* hi- hrhov* ! the tirr*«* had <o*v*
f*»t a th*'»-ituh study of the question ir*
it ■ •' •*.* n ir y*k »l and o' her ?>' i
I rw.llitur *o r***.Vc a;» estimate of th-;
vniiou effect** of th** law himself. the
• • ■ • • if • •
"i* * • in i i>oil with *s»j -re • * some ret ion
"iC't !»♦* t:*!.<*u to n*ju-t thr *i*i!ilir min !.
First Official Reqg> »
Tn the si* years -.t:.-♦* ’he eighteenth
arr f»vi -nor. t Jo the constitution w»>
ad* r.to-J no move of a similar r a'ure
ha been ma'c bv authorized ; dm in is
t rat ton officails although emigre*' ha*
Iteen asked on numerous <#c- a-»«>n* be
various groups to order such a pro* t*d
ure
Mr Andrews empha- »< I tl ; it w;
hi* bus;ne** to enforce law rather than
judge its benefit* or arivnntn :es. an*
he suggested that the stud;. 1 e lert t - .1
commission to be »p»v<inted bv th •
pre - ident. which w old hav trained o-
perts and wide inquisitorial power*. IF*
thought the investigations being pro-
posed in tongres* would be helpful but
believed they woo'd res'u.t ul‘*ri«»tel- i”
th** r< mendation for appointment < (
a general commission to ire composed *f
men of high standing and which would j
be outside of the polideal tiebf.
l aw \*»t Tested.
Enforcement of the law so far h**
s a id. ha- r<'t been a fair te*r of the
working of prohibition and a fa * r test
cannot be made until i. judiciurv ami .
a tw.'xv uffit tent r*» carry out the law
is available.
Complaining again! the continuous
.••gitat on gainst the law. the assist-
ant secretary said this was resnonsible
!»*r the social trend of drinking. He
said h<- hoped for the *ime when host-
esses would apologize for serving
liquor * ther than for not serving
which latter condition he said now ex-
ist to a more or le-.- *bg*'"e.
II* nd'led that if improvement or en-
forcement continue* on it- present ba-
sis time soon would come when the host-
< would apob*p re for the quality of
the liquor at le i t.
Former Senator Editor
of Houston Post
Dies Sunday
HOUSTON. Tex. Mar. ! Funeral ser-
vice- for < olonel Ricnzi Melville John-
ston former United States senator and
for many years editor in chief of the
Houston post who died Sunday will
! <• held this afternoon after the body j
Ti-t - laid in state in the /;r * Pre byte-
ria-> church for four hours.
Brief private services for relatives
and active pall bearers will be held at
noon at the house after which the body
will be taken to th- church where public
services will be held at 4 "o’clock. Burial
will be in Glen wood cemetery.
Hundreds of messages bearing expres-
sions of sorrow’ and sym athv have beer
received by members of the family from
friends throughout the Un;t«d States
including newspaper men leaders of
Democratic party senators. congre s*
men governors and men in ail walk
of life.
New Rural Route is
Granted at Harlingen
HARLINGEN. Texas. Mar 1 Advice-
to the Chamber of Commerce state the
efforts to secure an additional ru’al
route out of Harlingen had been sue-
ceisful. the new route to serve 3<W fam-
ilies. being scheduled to start May 7.
This will assist materially in relieving a
\eyr congested condition in the local
postoffiee which has been pushed to
the limit to serve local patrons with the
inadequate facilities available
MANIAC KILLER j
'***•-Mtr
Frank Carter 46 transient
farm hand faces a speedy
trial for the murder of two
persons the seri< us wounding
of another and the imperiling
of a score of others while on
a maniacal killing rage that
kept Omaha Neb. and Coun-
cil Bluffs la. in terror for
days. New photo was taken
iti jail.
~
Boca Chica Right of Way
To Be Secured by
Be Group
The county commissioners this mnrn-
rk appointed a committee for the pur-
t» se of securing the right of way for
the road project to It. a « hica and it
will go to work immediately on this
bu sines Appo t ted !•;. the commis-
sioners were S. t’. Tucker Harbert Dav-
enport. R. It. Renttro ant J. it. Scott.
I and will be c u r d for a part of the
twenty-two mile stretch and bids will
be asked soon fcj tne construction of
•he road.
District Clerk John Scanlan was voted
an ex-officio salary of $12."» a month
th’s remuneration being retroactive in
that t to I effect January 1. This sal-
ary will continue in cf nitclv.
County Judge Oscar C. Dancy was
back m the job Monday morning after
hi recent attack of influence and pre-
sided o'er the'commissioners’ court.
FARMER HANGS SELF
IN IOWA JAIL CELL
(By The Associated Press)
I AlRIlKI.O Iowa. Mar h 1. -Rather
than to face a fir » degree murder m-
d'.ctn ent for the alleged slaying of Sam
McNccsc Is. named by hi daughter
i- her betrayer. I.>uis Buoy *o. fart;
er. welcome death yesterday by hang-
ing himself in his cell.
Trial ■ f Itruey wa to have started
tomorrow. He hud been brooding since
hi- ind ttni.nt last Friday said his s:s
ter Mrs. Fred K ind. who vis ted him
a few hours before his body w s found
suspended by two knotted towels in the
county jail here.
The machinery of justice is at rest
and attorneys f r both defense and
prosecution can lay aside events of De-
cember 6 last when MeNecse was sum
nioned t» the Brucy home an i shot to
death > - he .at ir. a chair and admitted
that intimate relations had existed be-
tween himself and Bruey’s 14 year Aid
daughter.
Bruey's plea \v.» *.■> have been tem-
porarv insanity. After hi- w.fe’- death
a year ago members of his family said
he hod shown sign: of a breakdown.
Neighborhood gos-.p of the relations
between McNeese and his (laughter
reached Bruc; on the r ght of Decem-
ber '» and led directly to the shooting
the next morning itruey notified auth-
orities and McNeese’s parents of th-.f
slaying.
Laborites in Mexico /
Meeting in Capi^i
MEDICO CITY. March 1. The J ith
annual convention of the rerinjfs eon-
feder.i* on cf labor the domin 1
organixat'on in Mexico. or>-< j %
1 t Li Mot ones minis? r
taking inert part m i-
tives of the A me- . 1 t.
'•or in attendance. __i"”'.'.
he re A
f
PAIR CONFESSES
FATAL SHOOTING
OF DALLAS MAN
Separate Courts Reach
Verdicts in Two Min-
utes; Electrocution
Set for April 2
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§
'Ry The A -ociated Press.)
DALLAS. Tex.. March 1.—
Sentences of death in the electric
chair were imposed on S. A. and
“Snap ’ Robinsin negro broth-
ers who pleaded guilty in simul-
taneous trials here today to mur-
dering Officer M. Isbell Dalle-
motorcycle officer whom tF
confessed to shooting
automobile load of. s» Tii I
negroes February 4. ^
Only two minutes were retftred to.
I a vercict in the S. A. Robinson rase
while the trial of his brother was near-
• 1> is brief. There was no threat of
I vi-rlen -e. Isbell's w idow a bride of
five months was one of the witnesses
j in the S. A. Robinson rase. The state's
m tin te-timony wrss from Officer Wof-
ford. Isbell’s liding partner who said
he saw Isbell chasing a red car and
I heard h in order the driver to the curb.
V -h<>‘ came a moment later and he
saw Isbell fall from his motorcycle he
. said.
The negroes were sentenced to be
electr-ruited early on the morning of
April 2.
School Bonds Sold
At Raymondvifle
■ Special to The Herald.)
RAYWOXDVILLE. Texas. Mar. 1.—
The $500 to school bend issue voted by
Rayrnondville independent school dis-
trict or Feb. Id was sold Saturday to
E. A. Toblcman of Galveston for par
ai d a premium of $5810.
l*l.ir to construct the new 1^-room
building in tine for the opening of the
I nest term are being made.
H"nd bu> ers from several -ections of
the state were present for the sale Sat-
| urday.
Alcohol Manufacture
To Be Cut Two-Third*
fRi The Associated Press.)
NEW YORK. N. Y. March I .—John A.
Foster recently appointed to take
rtinrgo of the supervision of the school
industry throu'h'ut the country said
today that he plans a sweeping cut in
the output of alcohol manufactured un-
der government permit. It is his aim.
he •!. r "educe the present output
fr i • v million gallons to two million
a year.
COMEDIAN PREPARES BATII.
NEW YORK. With Countess Cothcsrt
in a hn\ at :» theater last night a corn-
el; »r to >k a bath tub on the stage and
pretended to fill it with champagne.
TRUCK MARKETS
Itv Naval Radio to The Herald from
r. S. and Texas Agriculture Depart-
ment*.
Shipments of cabbage: Alabama 3 car-
loads; Florida 17 Ne e York 18. Texas
52. Wisconsin 2 others I: total 109 in-
complete.
Cabbage: Kansas City $4^0 4.25 per
cwt oulk to ton. $85 to $90; ordinary
$5 > to $7."; banel and crate few rales
at St. Louis weaker; Texas bulk to
to- . $50 to $7 *; mostly $55 to $70.
Beets: X-.-w York—Texas specials
$2.50 to $2.VS; poorer as low as $2.00;
Garisas City -Beet- firm. Texas $2.25 to
$2 50. St Louis—-.Beets steady; Texas
$1.50 to $1.75: few at $1.85; poorer
87 1 2 rent* tc $1.25.
Car* ota: S I.ouis Texas specials
j $1.55 .New York—Carrots Texas spe-
cinl .. $1.75 to $2.00; few at $2 25 poorer
a . low as $1.50. Knnsas City—Carrots
T- is specials $1.35 to $1.50.
Pa-sing* at Houston up to 10 a. m.
1 Stt'id y. February 28th:
C pbage: A total of 79 cars destin-
ed t lollows: St. Lrtuis 17 Chicago 11
Vem;-hiH 7. Pittsburgh 3. Two each
Louisville Kansas City Little Rock.
( :ncinnati Boston Ft. Worth. Dallas
Toledo B;rmingham; One each Jackson.
Dallas. Cairo Minneapolis Monroe Pen-
sacola. Evansville Scranton. Clarks-
ville. Philadelphia! Toronto. St. Paul
Atlanta BlueLeld Detroit Cleveland.
New Orleans. Topeka. Baltimore. Du-
luth. hNcannba. Johnson City Ooldboro.
Carrots: A total of 9 cars destined as
follows: Chicago 3. New York 2. One
each St. Louis. Wdkesharre. Milwaukee
(Continued on Pwge Two.)
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