The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 12, 1926 Page: 5 of 8
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WLJ FEATURE
BATHING REVUE
Southwest Beauties To
Assist in Corpus
Celebration
CORPUS CHRISTI Tex. Aug 12.-
A bathing revue that will rival any
ever held in the South will be one of
the entertainment features of the
port opening celebration to be held
here Septemh*r 14 and 15.
The executive committee in charge
of the celebration ha* made it known
that the revue "is open to the
world.” Every city in Texas has
been invited to send an entry va-
rious clubs and organisations having
been urged to sponsor entries.
The-capital price of the r.*vue will
be $1000 in rash. The second price
will be $450. the third $300. Four
$100-prizes and a number of $50
prices all cash will be given.
Dewitt Reed chairman of the
bathing revue committee announced
a few days ago that a telegram ha*
been received from the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce advising that
an entry from that city would be
hare. Effort will be made to have
the winner of the Atlantic City revue
here for the competition. "It’s up
to Texas girls to show the world that
the feminine pulchritrude of the
Lone Star state equals any in the
world” said Mr. Reed in urging a
laige entry list. :
The re\ue will be but one of a
merry round of entertainment that
will continue the entire day Septem-
ber 14. In addition there will be a
water regatta offering $2500 in cash
prizes. The world’s fastest speed
boats will be here assurance of
* their cntiy already having been re-
ceived.
Three United States destroyers
will be here for the celebration. The
United States army in all probability
will participate although the details
are yet to be worked out.
A historical pageant of the Prog-
ress of Corpus ('hi isti will be pre-
sented. A gigantic street parade
combining the navy and army and
civic organizations will open the
event. The parade will end at the
port of Corpus Christi. where dedi-
cation ceremonies will be held.
PEDDLERS FIGHT
MODERN SYSTEM
PEKING. Aug. 12.——In China
the conflict between the old and the
■
new is continually going on. Now it
is the water peddler whose screech-
ing barrows are one of the common-
est relics of the old order making a
desperate fight against the modern
method of distributing water through
underground pipes.
Having failed to frighten consum-
eis into refusing to use the city
water by causing terrifying reports
to be published on the unsanitary
character of the Peking water works
the peddlers’ guild ha« taken to
sending gangs of coolies out to beat
up workmen engaged in laying the
pipes.
While the new system slowlv is
becoming extended the water bartow
with its big wheel flanked by two
wooden tubs still plies the streets
delivering water drawn from shallow
wells that dot the city’s thorough-
fares.
Although sixteen year* have elaps-
ed since piped water was established
the war goes on unabated.
Valley People Will
Attend Exposition
McALLEN. Tex.. Aug. 12.—A large
number of Valley people from Mc-
Allen Brownsville and points be-
tween. are expected to make the trip
to Monterrey for the international
fair and exposition to be held there
during the month of September ac-
cording to H. V. Pismukes secretary
of the McAllen Chamber of Com-
merce who is making arrangements
for the trip.
A short time ago several Valley
people went to Monterrey and while
there were urged to interest other
Valley residents in going to Mon-
terrey for the exposition. Special
railway rates have been offered as
an inducement and Mexican Con-
sul H. J. Trevino of McAllen' and
Consul A. C. Vasques of Brownsville
are working with the chamber of
commerce men in the respective
cities in getting a crowd of Valley
people to attend.
BLOWS Oir» -rilE GAS
CHICAGO.—Henry Elten. a down-
state farmer blew out the gas in a
lodging house here and was asphyxi-
ated.
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Mileage
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Stevenson Used Cars are a
safe investment
1925 CHEVROLET COACH—
Has four new’ balloon tires new’ Duco finish
in perfect mechanical condition.
1925 CHEVROLET COUPE—
Nearly new balloon tires new Duco finish
bumpers front and rear motometer and cap
A C air cleaner mechanically rebuilt.
1924 CHEVROLET SPORT TOURING—
New’ Duco two-tone finish new seat covers
excellent tires completely rebuilt.
1923 CHEVROLET TOURING—
Completely rebuilt new’ top new Bloomfield
grey pqint new seat covers good rubber.
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CHEVROLET LIGHT DELIVERY (Woodward
Body)—
Has four new’ cord tires and tubes new paint
in perfect mechanical condition.
1925 FORD TOURING—
New paint and top seat covers in good run-
ning condition.
1924 FORD TOURING—
Good paint and top seat covers motor over-
hauled.
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1923 FORD ROADSTERr-
Hassler shock absorbers good rubber’ in good
mechanical condition.
FORD ROADSTER (Slip-on Body)—
New paint good tires fair running condition.
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REO XPEEDWAGON—
Almost new tires in excellent running con-
dition.
1924 CHEVROLET TRUCK—
(Woodward body and cab) new tires in ex*
cellent mechanical condition.
STEVENSON MOTOR CO. INC.
1207 Levee Street Phone 789
Brownsville Texas
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Notice the
Trucks!
calls for SWEENEY’S Grape—Orange—Cream—
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Most every time a customer makes a comparison he
Strawberry—Lemon Soda.
Brownsville Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
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MEXICO ARRESTS CATHOLICS URGING BOYCOTT
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Three members of the Young Men 's Catholic board in Mexico have been arrested by
authorities enforcing President Calles ’ anti clerical legislation and charged with
refusal to obey the new laws regulating the operation of churches and for invit-
ing the people to disobey them. The men Senor Rafael Villareal (left) Rene
Capistran Garza (center) and Luis G. Bustos (right) are accused of distributing
circulars urging an economic boycot of the government. Each is shown carrying
a bag full of the circulars and Garza has some under his arm.
South America Will
Be Developed Fast
WASHINGTON D. C. Aug. 12.—
“We may expect that in the future
much of the marvelous development
that has taken place in the United
States during last half century
will be duplicated to a considerable
extent in the temperate regions of
South America." Leon M. Estebrook
formerly agricultural commissioner
for the Department of Agriculture
and now director of the world agri-
cultural census to be taken in It»:tO
by the International Institute of Ag-
riculture at Rome thus sums up the
tesults of nearly two years* study of
South American agriculture during
which time he was engaged in reor-
ganizing the crop and livestock re-
porting service for the Argentine
Republic.
The purpose of Mr. Estabrook's
study was to determine the impoit-
a nee of South American agriculture
in the world markets and as a com-
petitor of the United States in the
marketing of crops of which this
country produces a surplus.
Argentina Mr. Kstabrook says has
a cereal iegion as fertile and as
large as the corn belt of the United
States but only about 16.2 per cent
of it is in cultivation. Except for
limited areas that are too wet the
whole region is ideal for crop pro-
duction and can be brought under
cultivation merely by bre »king the
sod. The wet areas can easily be
drained.
Great Cereal Area.
“Since the potential cereal area
is now used as alfalfa pasture" he
says “livestock production will
probably' decrease with the expan-
sion of agriculture. On the other
hand the quality of livestock may
I improve and dairy production may
be expected to increase gieatly in
quantity quality and value." 1
Mr. Eitabrook believe# that nat-
ural conditions arc favorable to the
development of a prosperous cotton
and tobacco industry in northeastern
Argentina.
"The future of the sugarcane in-
dustry" he says “will depend al-
most entirely upon incieasing popu-
lation and the domestic demand.
Highly special ized crops such as
wine grapes fruits and alfalfa un-
tier irrigation in the North and West
may be expected to increase when-
ever freight rates are reduced and
market conditions are favorable.
“The production of high quality
apples and pears in the Rio Negro
country to the South should develop
into a profitable industry. The pro-
duction 01 t il seeds such as cotton
seed peanuts soybeans and castor
beans in addition to linseed ma;. !>»•
expected to increase greatly wth in-
crease in population and facilities
for crushing the ifed.
“Land is abundant fertile easily
brought under cultivation anti prices
are about one-third to one-half those
in the I'nited States. For present
crop areas and production the supply
of labor is ample and wages are low.
The average size of farms in the
cereul region is laige modern ma-
chinery is used and the management
of labor equipment anti farm oper-
ations is economical so that the av-
erage production is large per ma ’
anti per farm organization but is
small per unit of land. Cost of pro-
duct ion of crops livestock .;nd live-
stock pioducts is low and distances
to ports are relatively short. Hail
and water transportation facilities
are good but country roads an 1
schools are poor.
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MAKE NEW RULING
MEXICO PASSPORTS
—
Mr ALLEN Tex. Aug. 12.—No j
more temporary passports will be is- |
sued for Hidalgo county except from i
the McAllen Chamber of Commerce |
according to H. V. Ilismukes. sec-
letury of the Chamber.
D. M. Velasco Jr. immigration
officer at Reynosa across the Rio
Grande from Hidalgo has given or- j
ders that the Chamber of Commerce
issue no passes to tourists unless |
personally applied for at the office j
of the Chamber of Commerce unless
the tourist has means of identifica-
tion showing that he resides more
than 40 miles from the border.
Minors will not be given passes un
less they have the consent of their
parents.
At Brownsville the situation has
been reversed recently and several
other points in the city than the
Chamber of Commerce may issue
passports during the hours that the
chamber is closed.®
The McAllen office has issued a
total of about 0500 passports to
tourists during the past month Mr.
Pismukes said. The latest figures
out of the Brownsville office showed
that approximately 40000 passes or
more have been issued there show-
ing that the tourist traffic through J
these two cities into Mexico is larg-
er even during the hot months.
DEMAND DANGER
POINT CLEARED
DONNA. Tex. Aug. 12.—The city
commission 4»f Donna at a recent
meeting took action on a petition of
residents of Donna asking the Mis-
souri Pacific to remove all buildings
from a spur track on the north side
of the railway track declaring the
building* a public nuisance.
The order was in the form of a
demand that the building* be moved
and action is expected shortly.
This action is the direct out-
growth of the accident a short time
ago in which Rev. Ewing father of
Mayor S. Finley Ewing of Harlingen
and Flank Rowland were killed.
If the Missouri Pacific does not
take immediate action a court order
will be sought to remove the build-
ings. The old buildings make it
practically impossible for persons
crossing the tract to see trains ap-
proaching and nuki the crossings
dsnterous. ___
Starr County Hears
Address On Storage
RIO GRANDE CITY Aug 12.—
C. H. Pease secretary of the Low-
er Kio Grande Valley Water User's
Association of McAllen addressed
the Chamber of Commerce of Rio
Grande City recently on the subject
of a treaty with Mexico and storage
of water of the Rio Grande. The
question of water concerns Starr
county at this time as they have or-
ganized a water impiovement district
and ma :'e application to the state
board of water engineers for the
right to take water from the Rio
Grande with which to irrigate .‘10000
acres.
Fred Guerra presided at the meet-
ing and assuied Mr. Pease of his
support and the support of the
Chamber of Commerce. “Kio Grande
City offers uonderful possibilities
for development*' he said. “The Mis-
souri Pacific is now running two
trains each way daily which afforos
adequate transportati<vn facilities.
With the application of water on the
fertile lands of Starr county there is
certair to follow a period of rapid
development. Fort Ringgold joins
the city on the north and this is a
great asset to the social life of Rio
Grande City as well as being a fi-
nancial asset to the city.”
CALL CONVENTION
FOR SEPTEMBER 7
HOUSTON Texas. Aug. 12.——
Arthur E. Eidson of Hamilton chair-
man of the state democratic execu-
tive committee Tuesday Issued the
official notice of 'publication of the
place of meeting of the democratic
state convention which he asks all
Texas newspapers to publish in
compliance with the law. The of-
ficial notice said:
“I Arthur R. Eidson chairman of
the state democratic executive com-
mittee in behalf of said committee
do hereby publish that the state con-
vention of the demociatic party in
the state of Texas ill be h**H «n
the Tuesday after the second Mon-
day after the fourth Saturday in
August 1926 to-wit: September 7
1926 in the municipal auditorium of
San Antonio Bexar county Texas.”
Publication of the notice Richard
T. Fleming of Houston secretary of
the committee said here today was
considered necessary as there is an
ambiguity in tha statute with ref-
erence to it.
HOUSTON PAYS
PART OLD DEBT
Days of Carpetbag
Government Are
Recalled
Houston T-xn. Aug. 12. 4»>
The harass.1 British taxpayer who
currently memorialises the House
« ommons to enforce payment of
• -udmted obligations incurred bv
ZZ?‘ *®Utht:“ *®d muni.-r
1 . l ies immediately following th
! . '' *ar VUld ‘'ro*ab> be inter
1 t'cj In at least one instance where
j a compromise was affected by which
the outside investor retained a tirl
*"* T”ey' -‘‘bough the debt wa-
dijtowned.
A payment of $28000 has just been
m«de by the municipal trea.surr oll
.. cmipromise m.Ue of refunding
! oncis which were the u-sult „f the
2 * of tile carpetbag
post-bellum $a00000 loan voted by
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Get Rid of
Roaches
They crawl up water pipea and through
Cracka but V“u can atop them forevei.
Bee UiaiH1 inarct Powder will kill evrry
One. Sprinkle or blow it into every
irrTicc —- »ii arouiN] your
kitchen and pantiy. It's
( kcimltw to mankind. dc»
9 men tic animals hud* and pels
|f nl all kinds but death to
’ loaches. "
__ It also kill* Ants Fleas.
I lies. hdnani.ituea. Vr'atrr
Buf*. Bed Bu|i. Moths. L»ce on Fowl and
Many other how* and (ardrn insects.
Cat Bea Brand in rad sifting top cars
at your tracer'* or druggist's. Household
sises. I a snd 25c. Other sicca. 50c and
$1 00. Pudsr tun. lOe.
»/ your atattr tmn f Bisppiy
«om. «ni ui for lor t* /
koutoholJ i(m Give dealrr'e L
name and aek for free bonk* I
fat. ’ itOCilU Them”* guide j
for killing kuuie and garden '
peeU.
McCormick £*. Co.. Baluaora. M4
ANIMAL LIFE
IS EXHIBITED
| Specimens Are Placed
On Exhibition In
Window
|
Another selection of snecimens
from the wild animal life of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley has Keen
placed in one of the windows of the
Chamber of Commerce by R. D.
Camp local naturalist who has
maintained previous exhibits at this
place.
This window with its specimens
of stuffed birds animals and in-
sect* scarcely ever fails to hold the
gaze of the visitor or the Browns-
ville citizen who has not seen it be-
fore. There Jare specimens from
many “walks” of animal life in the
new window arranged by Mr. Camp.
Small and Large
Among the representatives of the
feathered world are birds from the
small quail and rail on up to the
tall sand hill crane. The*** are
shown in all manner of natural pos-
tures. From the feathered realm
the window has the t'e-kling Goose
Baldpate Duck Sora Rail. San Do-
mingo Grebe. Chestnut-bellied Scaled
(Blue I Quail. Blue Winged Teal
Cardwall iflray Duck) Cinnamon
Tetl Meragnser Wood Duck Green
Winged Teal Sand Hill Crone Great
Horned Owl Baldpate Duck Black
Bellied Plover and Wilson or Jack
Snipe.
Outstanding in the animal world
specimens represented is the head
of a Collared Peccary known here
as the Javtiina hog. mounted and
hung from the rear partition of the
window. The head present* the
traditioral ferocity of thi* animal
vividly the mouth with its cruel
teeth being expo-ed in a snarl such
as must have been displayed by the
dog when cornered or at bay. Small
Animals represented are the arma
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dillo black naped jack rabbit and
Chapman’s cotton tail rabbit.
Rodenta Are Shown
There also is a small cage of ro-
dents. This exhibit includes a rare
specimcnt of the rock squirrel with
one of his natural homes which had
been fashioned out of solid stone.
#
The more familiar fox squirrel to-
gether with the less frequently see*
Rio (Jrande rice rat. the kangaroo
rat^and the cotton tail rabbit also
are in this exhibit.
„ Two pairs of White Tail Deer
horns locked together are mount-
ed on one of the boards. They tell
< a mute tale of battle in which the^e
arimals engaged to the death.
Part of the window’s contents are
contributed by a youngster Richsml
Armstrong. He has a penchant for
preserving every specimen of insect
life that he can find and he has quite
a collection in the window. very
neatly mounted. A great variety of
insect* are shown in this display.
CLAY PIPE SUICIDE
ST.' LOUIS Mo.—Edward .Ziegler
committed suicide by attaching a
i g is tube to a. clay pipe and breath-
ing the fumes. . I
DRIVE ADDS tyANY
NEW C. C.
McALLKN Texas. A or- «42..-Thai
| ( ham her of CnmmeA# announcM thp
addition of fill members in the mem*
: bership drive which we* started •
I short time ago actbr«iinff-Mb H.
iJismuke*. secretary brupfing the
i total membership to 2(Hfc rtg
The goal at the present tip^j is 30®!
according to the ec retargJind thp
: drive Will b<* continued uuiil that
number is se< ured.
It is expected the McAllen Chant#*
her of Commerce will he fflnineed fa
the future hy the taxatioftHbnethoil.
as is ths Brownsville < nwnbfr since
provision for « iwo-miit itsafor the
maintenance of a chfinber of coin*
merce is*included in the nedt charter
which has been worked out.'/or Mc-
Allen by the Chamber of• Cpfnmeret.
This charter will probabletbe sub-
mitted to the voter and adapted in
the next few weeks as the work of
the commission has been practically
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