The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 190, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 11, 1927 Page: 2 of 6
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GOSSIP SAYS
CONG. GARNER
ML RETIRE
Writer Tells Why Gen-
tleman From Texas
Is the Ideal Con-
gressman
In the days preceding the last pri-
mary there were vhjcu* rtimors that
t or jretsmr.n John N. Garner of tM.i
district minor.tf leader yearned for
the dPiet lif’ -back home” and that
piolably his present two years in
congress would be his last.
These rumors are now current in
the nation.*I capital at Washington. ;
rMrton W. Gllbgrt. author of - Mlr-
10 i of Wr*3hir.(£ton.” a daily article !
« r th« jrr at and near trreat in W»»h-
" g’on. and ether topics in a recent
art a’e ln the Philadelphia *>oMlc
l o. ?er bended “Why Mr. Game* of i
Texas I* an Ideal Congressman ;
cavs:
* Th * gosrCp around the ( apito? is
Iht John N. Garner onthor of the j
Garner tax bill and ranking Dario- i
c.-at cn the House wavs an! means ■
committee it ge1ttng jired of Con- j
irre end is about ready to retire 1
f*<'*r. it. This is hard to b’lieve. No j
*>t •' s- ems to enjoy i on press r^ore
than Vr. Garner. ITe !o\es politics
lit* <'- lit 1 : in human companionship.
H •>iv.» the game as it is plajre 1 on
th . hill with nhvioos enjoyment. He j
has power. He ha3 had more to say ;
cv j jt the last two tax laws than any
< v - " nele member of Congress
anc while h:s ta.< bill this year will
not ; ess. *ha next time ther-* is c
t-x r» ‘tr-G n it will be along the
lines of hit present proposal.
't s h-'rd for a man to count for
SJipLlSf in t e Hous'. b'rnase there
are *r monv members that it is hard
to e%r from tho crowd; but when
ho ri't- to a piare of influent*.
h;* 'o«: 1 • *r.r i3 groster than that
« ’ .-■» one renter just <berne*« the
I*o • i *o !>:y that it Is capable of
I *• 6 an'aei Sa that a few won
r run
ner * not only one of the
t or *e mor. Influential Demo-
crat:- cong to; lent but he is the!
1 * »n • ’ i.xr be’vren th? I>e..ie-
rrats an the hontyworth nine .me.
i.e ' ss unusual talent for p *r-
SMkll re" r*r« i. He • i> r- .j'.- -
With the « Jfioop f R< ;• ;M e
ns b- * wit. ihe rombe'i »f nr
o t pa ty. J!n s rr* of breaker
Lon;w.> ! * .♦ f. r. - \ •
f ft-d. whfte-hairej man he
over w;th t; *rgy sn ! enthusiasm. Pe
has that most engaging of human
qualities vitality. He loves to talk
and talks rigorously and well. His
mind is swift and shrewd. He sees
the point instantly. He never g.*ts
lost in the mazes of logic for like
most successful business men he is
intuitive.
"Most senators and representatives
are lawyers and on the whole men
of legal training do better than busi-
ness men. They are more skilled in
speaking. But this in mors true of
the Senate than of the House which
is not a talking body. In the House
the business man does betttr pro-
vided be has ioui of the gifts that
•Mr. Gsrmr has the talent for per-
son*! popularity the knack of hand-
ling men. practical tense a f-ense of
organization a mind that retimes
co id..s;ors i.y shott cuts and a fair
ill ft of expression. Yh<* re.ee is really
to the swift ;n the House whteh is
not a deliberative body. The mm
with the business r;nns rtnse of
what is the practical thing to do and
how to do tt u the best House mem-
ber. And Mr. tinner is almost the
Mtfl congressman.
“He larks the patient attention to
detail tfeet made d m Mam one .if the
greatest of legislators. But h*» has
an ext.aord.ncry talent for getting
things done. If the Ilemocrata were
ever in power in th • House he would
be the ruoat efficient manager o! the
H«u>e machine that has been seta in
many a year.’*
FREE FACTORY fiJIBf!
TYLFR Jan. 11.— YA ith ihe tenta-
tive off* r of the removal and cstah-
li.ih::i»nt i f several factories in Ty-
ier i prop*' if of the Chamber of
ri>mm**rre that is m etinr favor with
the poop!; s the offer of free fac-
tory cite* to industrial plants mid
*>«?.'• ft ion from taxes for a term of
vears.
The two proposals are beginning
*o draw a corps of “nibbles’ from in-
dustrial concerns larre and small
owr *he country according to f ham
ber officials.
FRIEXfiftlllP REA 1*8 KKWAKII
SAN FRA\"'!SCO.—Forty years
ago J. 8. McCullough befriended Gus-
tav Siebeit a fellow miner wh.'n the
two were engag'd in minin' ven-
•e» at Virginia City. McCullough
now 62. and the proprietor of u Son
•• •« cm.e*ry shop has been
named with his wife ns the sole
be»ei teta: ies of b.Jbert’s entire es-
tate of $10800.
(Continued from page one.)
■••otsId be • xo< 11 d from tiie country
lie sent to bis homo for some per-
onol belongings.
Government officials refused to
• e any information as to his
he rrii bouts. but it is ‘.bought he is
on route to Vera Cruz under mill
tory guard.
r v Csi»»«Hee Arrested
It is known that there have been
r>.r«us arrests of Catholics
throughout tho r< public and most
MOTHERFletcher’s
cSastoria is especially pre-
pared to relieve Infants in
arms and Children all ages of
Constipation Flatulency' Wind
Colic and Diarrhea; allaying
revensnness arising there irom and by regulating the btomaeh
and Bowels aids the assimilation of Food; giving natural sleep.
To avoid imitation? ahvays look for th- signature o(
Absolutely T?-males* - No Opt .Ml Pr.yttcuss every*tiere reccnanrud it
Eveready
Layerbilt construction
is patented and exclusive
The Evcready Layerbilt “BM Battery No. 486
is the only successful dry battery ever built
using solid layers of current-producing mate-
rials instead of space-wasting round cells. Laycr-
1 building permits the use of a greater quantity
of active chemicals than can possibly be packed
into any other dry “B” battery of the same size.
On loud-speaker sets Heavy-Duty batteries
^ will outlast the smaller Light-Duty batteries
twice over. The Evcready Layerbilt gives more
actual service per dollar of cost than any other
Heavy-Duty “B" battery.
f NATIONAL CARBON COMPANY Inc.
New York San Francisco
I'mX Vmm Csrbtde smi Cmten
i Tuesday night is Eveready Hour Kight 9 P.31..
Eastern Standard Time through the WEAF
network stations.
STANDINGS OF VALLEY TOWNS 1
IN WINTER VEGETABLE LEAGUE
HARLINGEN. Tex. Jan. II.—Vegetables loaded from thin district Sat-
urday and Sunday. Jan. 8th and 9th and forwarded from Harlingen Sun-
day and Monday Jan. 9th and 10th. 1927. Total number cars fruit to date
and total number cars vegetables to date from each station aiso^tre shown.
Grand Grand
Total Total
Veg. BIT Bts. Cts. Tab. Ons. Bn-. Frt. Frt. Yeg-
Hnrlineen . 2 0 0 0 0 V 0 1 1**0 1C*3
Stuart Mace . 1 ft ft ft 1 ft ft 0 ft 2ft
La Fcria . 7 1 ! 1 3 o ft ft 11 1!S '
jMcreedee . 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 02 103
Weslaco . 9 1 1 2 4 1 ft 1 27
j Donna... 2 4 0 1 4 O 0 ft 22 126
! Val Verde . .. ft 0 0 0 ft 0 ft 1 4!» 6 j
i Alamo . 2 ft 0 ft l ft ft v ft 16 .
.San Juan .....1 0 0 ft 0 0 0 0 3 U \
I harr . 1 0 6 1 0 ft ft ft j 32 '
Sharyland . 0 0 0 ft ft ft ft 2 61 0
■ Mission . 0 ft 0 ft ft ft ft l i» 4 i
McAllen . M 0 ft ft 0 ft ft o ift 4 j
i Edinburg.... 00000000 ft 4
1 ^ara Ferdyce . ft 0 0 0 ft ft 0 0 ft ft
G ombes ... 00001000 ft 7
I Lyfotd . u 0 0 u ft o « ft o 0
Sebastian . ft 0 ft ft ft o ft 0 u ft
Ldteeuch . 0 0 ft u 0 u o u n 3
.Raymondvilie . 0 0 0 ft ft 0 ft 0 u y
Brownsville . ft 0 0 0 0 0 y y 21 i.j
Oimilo . y ft u y 0 y y « 0 le
San Benito . 6 0 0 ft 2 ft 1 1 92 107
Rio Hondo . 0 ft 0 ft 2 ft ft ft 2 22
i S. it. A R. G. V.0 ft ft y 0 j o 0 1 ;-i
Totals Today .36 9 2 6 26 2 1 H 4C 1134
To date this year.Yegts.1134 Fruit ...4R2 Total.... 10!fi
I To dalt: •’»*! .Yegts. 479 Fruit 230 Total 70s*
i of the seven archbishops ard twenty- ^
| three bishops in the county ate re->
| ported to fce incustody. j
.The five prelate* taken with;
Ei hop Diar are held without speci-
i fied charges.
Tr'-op movements under direction'
lot the war department continues.!
Most of the details are kept secret I
I but it is known thr.t strong rein-
forcements are being scut to the
.northern state*.
j Every railroad train in the repub-1
lie carries a heavy military guardo.
i ilowover the burning of bridges and
: disruption of traffic by outlaws
| :»•••’.* of wham call themselves rev- j
olutioniats. continue.
SEVERE EK.RTINti
NEAR GUADALAJARA.
MEXICO CITY Jan- 11.—f>P.—
; Special dispatcher from Guadala- !
; >»rn mate that 21 person.; have been j
killed and ten wounded in a cla>h
I between the Catholics and the mu- j
I m ipei authorities in the town of:
| < ecula state of Jalisco.
Thr* Mayor of Coculn and the lo- ;
cal deputy riostene3 Castillo were
among those killed.
'.he dispatches vyhich »erc luck-
1 ins in details reported that the mu-
nicipal authorities offered oppo-
fition to reiiglous demonstration
whereupon the Catholics attache*!
municipal officials employes and J
policemen c battle ensuing.
The agrarians it was announced'
today have decided to support Pres- I
idem Caltcs and Mexico City head- I
quart.'r; has irstructed all agrarian'
orgnrir..tions throuphiSit Mexico to
cooperate with federal troops in j
pursuit of rebels wherever found.
Dispatches from Torreon state
tha* an official renort has been |
made by Colonel Salvador • Valdez
aving that his troops overtook a
group of rebids who began hostili-j
t'es at Pi.r*as de la Fucnte state of
f otohila. kill n** two .ird capturing
ten in a clash at Palo APo.
The report states that n>nc of tho
♦an cartured were summarily execut-
ed. the only one spared being Jesus j
Eos lies ag“J eighty.
The rebel leader Ar.tonio iiunez
r.a* amonr Vis e executed.
Of Course! Just
Phone 346 j
Well deliver your
IV:e?.t order to the
kitchen door
SPIKES
MEAT MARKET
1117 Wjrkrt Square
veil jo V . -.»c»ie &.iati«m%
•pen doll* fmm 6 a. m. to 11 a. m.
St*' ir.j». *i> r.. 7 - an p n
f ..vi . . /.< from H a. m.
fa i):M a. m.
Advises That Mexico
Be Left Unhampered
MEXICO CITY. .Ian. 11.—<A’> -M* v-
ico should Ur given a rharce •«>
work out her own program without
^interference. in the opinion of Hu-
bert C. Herring leader of n group
of forty Americans whs have been
studying conditions in Mexico.
1»oving for New York last
night Mr. Herring said: “The M-«-
’rin I'overnment has a program. It is
idle to attempt any upj:rn.ral of the
• nnd oil or church situation without
first attempting to understand the
entire program. 1 believe that Mex-
ico should be given a chance to work
out her program in her own way ;md
without interference/*
Mr. Herring is head of the social
relations department of the congre-
gational churches of the United
States.
fContinued from page one.)
home or at the koujo of Harold
Jones the r.ight Shaw was killed. He
testified Monday he had stayed at
home.
Teresa Nunez was grilled for two
hours by the defense attorneys and
Tomasa Nunez a sister of Teresa
stated she had found bullets with
hair on them and pieces of bone «.t
the i.eene where the five prisoners
were kilted. She could not remember
when it was s he went there.
Little direct evidence is being te-
cured and the case mav continue sev-
eral day*. Judge Cunningham in
warning officers fhat witnesses were
not to be molested stated that he
was roing to protect his jurisdiction.
It is understood that several addi-
tional witnesses will be placed on the
stand after court convenes at 2
o’cioek but the complete list could
not he ascertained.
After convening court Monday af-
ternoon hearing on the application
for writs of habeas corpus was re-
You Know a Tonic is Good
when it iaake3 you ent like a hungry
hoy and brings back the color to your
cheeks. You can soon feel the
Strengthening. Invigorating Effect of
GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC
MV. __
HUNTING and
FISHING
Good on Padre and
Brazos Islands
Ferry tro'dfi autos from
roint Isabel on the odd
hour every uay.
Get tickets at Bed Arrow
Inn at Point Isabel
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MISSION TEXAS BOX 554 I
THE SPOT
msmmr
What Is It?
Where Is It?
DON’T MISS IT!
I___
4gfppM||if kr».y |y i'p ■
The Markets
POULTRY
CHICAGO III.. Jan. 11.—UP)—
Poultry alive steady; fowls 27;
springs 10 Q 25; turkeys 30; roost-
ers 1»; ducks 20 <p 30; gee e 21 (p. !
[2*.
NEW YORK COTTON
NEW YORK N. Y„ Jan. 11.—wl**—
Cotton show-’.I renewed steadiness
at the opening today first prices .
being 3 to 7 points h.gher on :t re- j
r.cwiil of yesterday’s buying move-
ment which seemed t»> find addition-
ai eiicouidgeinv.it n Liverpool cable
adt ice* and report* of continued
trade buying to fix prices.
The advance extended to 13.18 for
March and 13.55 for July in early
trading new high ground for ihe
movement and net gains of a-out 5
to 8 points. A good deal of realiz- ;
ing and some southern sgtllng on
the upturn was absorbed giving the
murket a very steady undertone
during the first hour.
CircsIstittMf January noi.-e* rep-
resent itg about 4.thru hales appeared
to bring out sum* near inor.’h* li-
quidation in the forenoon. Trading
was quiet with the market steady lit
midday when January was veiling at j
12.5ft* or ! point net lower. Later i
months were 1 to 4 point* higher.
Match -eliing at 13.12.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
•NEW ORLEANS. La-. Jan. 11.—bPi
—t otton opened steady mid first
trades showed ;'->ins of 4 to 7 points.
1 'vi rpo »i cables were »yt as good as
I due but spot sal<*s there were again!
reported as large. Prices improved
further after the start. Mar.h trad-
1 in«r to 13 1*J. May to 13.32 and July
j to 13.4*5 or 5 to h point* above yes-
: toiday’s clo e. Realizing was at-
tracted by the advance and prices!
; soon cased off 2 to 4 points.
t ■ ■ - ■ i ■ —i I. . .. . _
The market turned easy during the j
morning due to lack of sustaining i
support and sailing by ling trader-; j
to bring about a reduction. March .
traded down to !3.0t May to 13.21 1
and July to 13.33. Around noon th
market showed n slight reactionary
tendency with prices at or near the
lows.
POTATOES
CHICAGO III.. Jan. 11.—<JPl- Po-
tatoes steady; Wisconsin sacked
lounti whites 2.25 'ci 2.40; Idaho
sacked ruaacts 2.75 3.00.
CHICAGO GRAIN
CMC AGO 111. Jan. 11.—iJFh-
Wheat advanced today after a wav-
t ring start that was associated with
a decline at Liverpool Opening un-
changed to 3-8 off. wheat soon
scored gains. Corn oats and pro-
visions developed firmr.es? corn
starting unchanged to 3-be up and
continuing to ascend.
BI TTER AND EGGS
CHICAGO. 111. Jan. II. 4*1—But-
ter highei ; creamery extra* 40;
standards 47 3-4; extra first* (a
48; firsts 48 '» 48; second* 40 (a 43.1
Egi*; higher; firsts 38 1-2 & 3d 1-4;
ordinary firsts 35 $ 37 1-2; refriij-
crator extras 32; refrigerator first-
31.
KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK
KANSAS CITY. Kan.. Jan. 11.— |
Itfb— Cattle 10000; calves. 1.&00;
steady; choice heavy steer* 10.40;
chi'ue long fed ste*»* 12.10; bulk
fed offerings 8.25 <fi 10.00; top veal?
12.00.
Hogs 11000; higher; top *11.85; I
packing rows 10.25 10.75.
Sheep 5.000; high r; lambs 12.00
12.25; top ewes G.7;».
•uimed with Doctor F. T. Dodd jus-
tice of the peace of Precinct No. 2
• on the stand. The witness gave a
detailed aceount of the killing cn
| September 5. of Officers Leslie R i
.Shaw and Iouis May. and testified
j trat a car was seen to drive away i
from the place where May and Shaw.
! *hot »«on after the killing j
In regard to the condition of the'
nlace where the five officer* had
; hern ambushed he Hated that u
looked like a regular battleground.
i with bullet mark* on the tree*.
K. W. Howell special detective
from the Burn* Agency who had
been retained by the Mexican govern-!
ment. testified he had visited the'
Place where the five prisoners hnd i
'been killed three month* after the
killing. He war accompanied by J.
P. Cogsdaie. John Curry and Luis
Puente. He testified he had dug into j
the ground and found three bullets
and that at least one bullet had en-
tered the ground at an angle of 15
di-grees. He also found one shell on j
the ground and sonic bones in the
soil. He admitted this was nothing;
unusual in a hunting country and j
might hare been done bv someone
I_
SC • z** •
S. H. Compton testified he did not
see any marks on trees to indicate
a battle but found one bullet in ni
tre- ut a distance fiom the scene.
Considerable acrimony between the
defense attorneys and the prosemi-l
ti-*n developed .luring the hearing i
the defense contending that the rom-
plaints were insitpied l»y malice:
and several passages occurred be-1
tween A. B. Crane one of the at-
torney for tV« Anions* and M. Gon-
zalez Sr.ti Anton.«> lawyer who has
been retained by the Mexican gov-
ernment to assist in the prosecu-
tion.
Cnnxr'les replied to charges that a
political factor entered into the case
with trie statement that ne was not
interested in Willacy county poli-
tics; that he had been retained by
the M. Xicun government to bring the
siayers of Tomas Nunez to justice i
Judge Cunningham finally interposed j
and ordered the defense to cease its
line of questions and comments j
which tended to allow animus.
Teresa Kur.fi daughter of Tomas j
Nunez one of the slain prisoner:.
stated that she knew what the com-
plaints wft.e w hen she signed themJ
and that she hud evidence which 'ed
her to believe her father and broth- j
ers had been shot by the men desig-
nated in the complaints.
The girl had made the charge that
effort* had been made to effect a
settlement of the case and a deposi-
tion to that effect was taken by Mex-
i ice.n Consul A. S. Vasques of Browns-
ville
j ^ } -7 j
I ~ ..^ — ■' " :
*
(Continued from page one.)
I 131*? to July 1917 in th™ prnctic? «.f
law. In J-.tly 1917 he became a
. member of the firm of Hicks Hicks
j Dickson & Bobbitt with offices In
Stn Ar.tonio and Laredo aud ha*
lean ’v:th that firm sine' that time.
Knterirtv the military service in
j October 1917 as a prwate Bobbitt
was discharged ns captain of ftc-12
| it liery i el*. 4. 1919 at Camp
i Jackson. South rarolina. He served
! with the 90th Division until it w-mt
j (.verve**. He was detailed during
I the war as defense counsel on a
number of cates including the trial
of 23 men at Camp Jackson jointly
tried for mutiny in tim* of war.
Fpon his return from the military
service. Bobbitt organised and was
the fir.it post commander of the La- !
redo poll of the American L«‘|fion!
and hr.a since be»*n an active member
of that organisation.
From 1920 until nominated to the
LcgLletcrc in 1922 Bobbitt was a
nember of the state Democratic Ex-
ecut v* committee. During thr Sftth
Legislature Ire was a member of
the Mtdie:ary. education ar.d other
.ommiltH-s and during the 3»tb was
chei * man of the judiciary and ai
-» tuber r* the ai nronciationi bank- j
lag end other eomrrifttce*.
• I h«vr t »wer boon » <» h of an *in- I
trodaevr’ of bills and resolutions J
'and nab* it». cU*m to an*1 particular
bills »*r ic.obit ion* put arrow to j
•fve the stole ’ I have always tri d
•o support of a general
nicest fi d benefit to the si »e at
!a?ge. and have tried consist ntly to
<r*po*e «H character of freak or
V nre-all' leg'slatted.
“f am what 1 like to term a ‘Jack-
sonian. Jeffersonian and Wiiaofiiew
Democrat* and believe fundamental
ly. in th- prin*ipals of the ramtw. I
era for the League of Nations under
reaper rese-rationv. end Lei:ev that I
th* general principles of that plan j
nnst come *n have a place in our j
fc v#*nment.**
Babbitt was ma-ried April 70 j
twig re Belle Wwbrook of Laredo.
They have one child. Robert Lee Jr.
four vests old.
Bobbitt is a member of the First
Presbyterian Church of Lar -do. and
has been for s-vera! years chairman
of its board of directors.
I
CHAPLIN
(Continued from page one.)
Mrs. ( fcapiain eeh- the custody of .
her two son1 ( harles Spencer Jr..1
2 and Sydney Earle. 1. alimony at-
torn*; V fees and :i division of the
community property. The actor's
fortune is estimated by her at $10- '
(‘00000 of which amount $10000000 (
is said to be community p*eperty.
His salary is said to i.* $250.0o0 an-
nually and his income irom other
sources is estimal -d at an addition-
al $300000.
The complainl details the marital
life of tht comedian and his girl
wife from the date of their mar-
riage on November 2f>. 1024. at Cm- j
palm'. Mexico up to their repara-
tion last November when Mrs. Chap-
lin and her two children left the ;
actor’s Reveriv Hill# mansion for
the modest cottage of her grand-
parent# a short distance away.
ENTRY OF NEW
M ontinued from page or.e.>
inp contiRjvai* fi .in .'an Antonio j
Dallas. For* Worth Victoria and other
• «*ints in no'then. and eastern Texas
arrived at 7. and the Houston * pedal j
loaded to the guards with cheering
citizens of that city pulled in at I
U:4S.
Each of the specials constated of
trn cars and brought a total of near-
ly a thousand visitors to the city.
The Southern I’acific official train
'teamed into the city at 10 ocioek.
Stopping a :.hoit distance frent the
"bari icaiir" the Southern huific
band alighted and moved to a posi-
tion near the point vvh're the special
would break through. Executive
Vice President II. M. Full and Sher-
iff A. Y. Baker were assigned places
oil the front of th' engine and th*n
amid the clanging of hell:. the
fhiieki of whistles and the cheers
of the crowd the train slowly bore
Rupture Shield
Expert Coining to
PROWNSVILLK •
on
Wed. Thurs„ Jan. 10—20
at
Travelers Hole!
from 10 a. m. to *1 p. m.
Evenings by Appointment
TWO DAYS ONLY
No Charge for Consultation
Mr. C. F. RHlirh • he Mirrtisful
expert soys:
t‘h •• Perfect Retention Shield*."
the rnnture pc-fe-ily no matter
•vhat position the body os*nines or
b-'w heavy s *e~ht vou lift They
Five Instant relief contract the onen*
en the nve-s-e rut* in ten da
and strengthen the wr*l< t*;«»ue« i the
r**al r«*. • of rapture' .*> that «hev
frequently -eeover their nreviotts
••stiM-al retaining nowrr needier no
further outsid" support. Stomach
trouble backache ard constipation
often caused by Rupture promptly
disappear.
Truly remarks hi* result* have been
obtained with recent and not vet ft»«-
lv deve'oncd ruptnres and wary old
one* also.
Vo le~stratw or elast-e belt* are
us**d. fan h* worn while bathing
and are highly sanitary being im-
pervious to sweat.
Lexers frsm highly satisfied
client* available.
Advertised mail order contentions
as well as elastic belts with chafin^
filtbv lerstraps and all salves and
Medicines are r*bsoluteJr worthless.
Tall on me and I will show you.
Results on children are 9i per cent
favorable
Business engagements prevent vis-
iting any other city in this section.
C. F. Kedlich. Rupture Appliance Ek-
pert. Home office. &13 Boston Block
Minneapolis Minnesota.
down o« the barricade which bore
th? legend: -The entry of the
Southern Pacilic Marks the Begin-
ning of a New Era for Edinburg and
the Valley/'
Lull Deliver* Addrca*
Following the iftticial opening of
thi road. County Judge A W. ( im-
eton introduced dr. Lul! to the
crowd and the latter detailed some
of the difficulties the Southern Pa-
cific had encountered in th * 21 years
it has been enoeevoring to get a line
into the Valley. He stated that the
first surveyor* sent into the Valley
it*4 year* ago. r -ported that it was an
[••impenetrable wild tness." and that
bo on*- fit that tim • e'«r visioned the
tremendous development which *ai
to come to this section. He assured
the Valley that th* program of the
Southern Pacific had just started
and that every resource of the or-
ganization would he bnek of Valley
development.
Moving pictures of the event wire
taken by I nth* and International
New* photograph* ts. and a* the train
broke through the "barricade" an
army of camera: click’d.
Big Barbecue Dinner
A barbecue dinner was served the
city’s visitors near the court house
at nucn. arrange in -nts having been
made so that all wer»* served in the
minim.dm of tin e. Mask was sup-
plied during th. dir.ii* r hour by the
i Southern Pacific and Edinburg i
hands ami several vocal numb-t* '
were also featcred.
An address of welcome was deliv.
cied at t:SH by Dave Ktrgan. who
expressed the opinion that the open*
. ing of the Soothe; n Pacific Valley
I line would be followed by an era of
! intensive development such as i„
i part of the South ha» ever witnessed
and assured the Southern Pacific of’
! f*cials they would have the full
. operation of Valley residents in <>-
> velopu cnt programs.
Will Make Auto Tour
i The special trams are not -che<i-
i uied to leave Edinburg until tute
j Wednesday night railroad official*
stated and Wednesday will be ce-
vottd by the visitors from distant I
I points to a tour of the Valley. Auto. -
mobiles have been provided for the I
entire party and the tour will n. I
elude all Valley towns from Mission I
to Brownsville with it trip to Mat.- I
moms. Dinner will b' served th* I
visitors at the Rctsc-Wil-Mend hotel I
in Harlingen. ' 1
Citizens of Edinburg arc rescuing ■
many compliments on the manner in fli
which they prepared for the occasion fl
The city is a mass of rolv". w tl ■
flags flu Meting from every mn< y. I
able pl:ue. Rows of flags st >*.. I
tween the sidewalks and curt are ■
part of th * decoration sober..•• whid 1
have a very pleasing effect. *
SAY “BAYER ASPIRIN’*-<&muie
Unless you see the “Bayer Cross” on tablets you are not
getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by mil-
lions and prescribed by physicians over 25 years for
Colds Headache Neuritis Lumbago
Pain Neuralgia Toothache Rheumatism
DOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART
_ 1
Accept only “Bayer" package
/Ywhich contains proven directions.
# 3 Handy boxc$ uf 12 taM'U
w A 1m* bottles ui 24 . fid luO—Dnj(rj*i*t»
Amt*ria * :W iratk* mark ut Htyvt ftla<tafacu.ru of Uumcriku'MMtrr of Kalkflfc a..» A
Falfurrias Texas
has the cheapest land in the Rio Grande
Valley. I am from Missouri and can
“show you” that it has the best pedi-
greed Jersey Herd in the United States
with a Creamery producing about two
thousand pounds daily of the highest
priced butter in the United Staten. With
an unlimited supply of good water for
irrigation from shallow wells. Good
Schools Churches and people. On the
“Kings Highway ” and “Old Spanish
Trail."
One of the finest orange and grapefruit
groves in the Valley seventeen years
old to prove its value for citrus fruit
anti gardening. 1 can sell you town lots
or acres in any quantity from twenty-
five ceres to five thousand at thirty-five
dollar ; to one hundred dollars per acre.
Need one thousand farmers to raise
feed and produce butter-fat for the
Creamery to supply the increased de-
mand for their butter and ice cream.
*
Come and investigate or write me for
further particulars.
. JOHN A. KKRR
First National Bank Building
• Falfurrias Texas
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