The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 44, Ed. 2 Friday, August 16, 1929 Page: 3 of 12
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WATER EXPERT
GOES TO MEET
Xalley Man Will Make Rio
Grande Report Before
Body In Mexico City
'Special to The Herald)
BAN BENITO. Aug. 16—W. E.
Anderson of this city member of
the International Waters Commis-
sion. and irrigation expert of that
body will leave the Valley Satur-
day for Laredo to meet other Amer-
ican members of the commission 'or
the trip to Mexico City where the
next meeting of the body will be
held.
Anderson Is to make a report at
Mexico City before the entire board
of a survey he has completed of the
Rio Grande looking toward stor-
age on the river to enable the two
countries to work out a treaty gov-
erning use of waters of this inter-
national stream.
Members of the American half of
the International Waters commis-
sion. and several engineers and as-
sistants of the commission will gath-
er at Laredo and proceed to Mex-
ico City.
Mr. Anderson said before leaving
that several forces have entered i.t-
to the situation all looking toward
a quicker agreement on the inter-
national waters question here and
cn the Colorado river situation.
He said that ambassadors of both
countries are interested in a solu-
tion of this problem and that the
present Mexican government has
taken an active interest proir aing
results soon.
With the Boy
Scout Troops
6 At Rio Hondo
(Special to The Herald)
RIO HONDO. Aug. 16—The
first period of the Boy Scouts’ camp
is drawing to a •close after a most
successful session. There will be a
Court of Honor ceremony on Fri-
day evening. Aug. 16. at 7:30 p. m..
when the candidates for advance-
ment will be passed on by the board
of review and the badges and hon-
ors awarded. At this time there I
will also be awarded Eagle badges
to several scouts who have qualified
for this highest award that a scout
can earn. Harry Turpin. San Be- '
nlto; Carl Griffin. La Feria. and
Walter Sibsr«\ Santa Rosa are the i
scouts who will receive the Eagle
badge at this time.
The boys at the camp have been
working faithfully on the advance-
ment requirements and have pass-1
ed successfully about 500 tests so
far. There will be many more com-
pleted before the close of camp on
Saturday. Aug. 17.
Go On Hikes
Last Tuesday evening the several
troops went for hikes each troop
by itself. The boys cooked their
own suppers in true scout fashion
over camp fires. They voted this
event one of the best features of the
camp. No doubt the ramp cooks
agreed because they have been
working overtime preparing the
“eats.” which have been plentiful
and wholesome.
T. N. T. (The Nakt;d Truth) the
official camp daily newspaper notes
the fact that the scouts and scout-
ers were given a most delightful
treat for Tuesday dinner in the
form of pie—a generous serving for
everyone—the gift of Mrs Emma
Leonard of Matamoros. It was
fllkrh appreciated since scouts are
normal boys and scouters just
grownup boys John Rowe. Jr. of ;
Brownsville. Troop 3. is editor of
T. N. T.
Inspector Tralses Camp
During the past week the camn
was inspected by Mr. V. M. Ehlers
inspector for the slate board of san-
itary engineers. Mr. Ehlers stated :
that it was the cleanest camp he
had seen and one of the best He;
approved all the sanitary arrange- 1
ments.
Ths first period will close on Sat-
urday and the second camn will
jk onen on Tuesday. Aug 20. with sun-
| per the first meal to be served.
pCounty School Head
Back From Vacation
Mrs. W R. Jones county superin-
tendent of schools has returned
from a Joint vacation and business
trip that took her through cas*
Texas.
She attended the conference ot
county superintendents h-ld at A A
M. college recently. She visited
friends and relatives in several east
Texas cities also.
The school head stated that she
was pleased to get back to the Val-
ley. The weather here is consider-
ably cooler than in the places she
wished she said.
The county school system is
practically ready to reopen Mr-
Jones says. The buildings have
been placed in condition and sevei-'l
add*' s made
16 INJURED IN
BRITISH BLAST
NEWCASTLE - ON - TYNE. Eng
land. Aug 16 —An explosion re-
sounding like ► bursting shell caused
extensive damage in the business
section today injuring 16 persons
some of them seriously
District Auxiliary
Meet In McAllen
Alamo is to have the next meeting
of the fifteenth district of Ameri-
can Legion auxiliaries it was decided
Thursday afternoon at a quarterly
meeting of the district representa-
tives in McAllen. Thirty-eight
members from the various auxili-
aries were present. • The session
opened with a program of songs
followed by the transaction of rou-
tine business.
Mrs. Harvey Hixson president of
the McAllen auxiliary read a paper
on the activities of the “Sidac." a
peace association formed among
women of the countries participat-
ing in the world war. The next
meeting of the association is to be
held in Belgrade. Mrs Hixson gave
a review of its activities since its
formation.
Mrs. Lee D Rowe another mem-
ber of the McAllen club gave a fas-
cinating account of her experiences
during the war. She was caught in
Belgrade at the opening of hostili-
ties. and later served as a Red Cross
nurse in Russia. *
Mrs. Miller and Mr. Rowe assist-
ed Mrs. Rowe in presenting several
examples of Serbian Polish and Uk-
rainian folk music.
Mrs J. S. Spikes. Mrs. George T.
Hamilton. Mrs. W. O. Washington
and Mrs Harbert pnvenport at-
tended from Brownsville.
• • • '
Comings Goings
Of Local People
Misses Edith and Louise Bauer
are away cn a vacation trip to Cali-
fornia.
Mrs. Everett Tucker and Miss
Caroline Tu^-er are home after a
visit with lelatives In Mississippi.
A definite reason
for extra value
in our
USED CARS
WliEN you buy a used car you
should be sure the price is oo*
put above the actual worth of
the car to allow the dealer to
recoup an excessive trade-in
allowance.
Under the Ford policy there
is no incentive for this sort of
practice—for the price of tha
new Ford car is so low. and tha
value so high that unreason-
able trade-in concessions arc
hardly possible.
We allow the buyer of a
Model A |ust what his old car
is worth—and we offer that
used car for sale on the same
basis. Model I Fords are re-
conditioned throughout and
guaranteed. Prices for other
makes of cars are based on the
service you will get from them;
Right now we are offering un-
usual bargains in unused trans-
portation. Stop in today and
look over thtsc and others—
1 J2j Lincoln Phaeton new rubber
good paint probably the best buy
in the Valley at .$650.00
Model A Fordor. everything like
new .$575.00
Model A Tudor looks and runs
like new .$550.00
Model A Tudor a real bargain
at .$525.00
Model A Sport Coupe new paint.
new tirrs.S450.00
1927 Roadster pickup good con-
dition .$150.(»0
1927 Ford Roadster .$125.00
1927 Ford Coupe .$150.00
Six Ford trucks ranging in price
from $75.00 to $250.00.
We have a listing of other makes
now in the hands of owners that
are willing to sacrifice them in or-
der to get a-new Model A Ford.
FATTTS0V MOTOR CO
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Group Asks Funds
For Bugle Corps
A committee was named Thurs-
day morning by Z. A. Rosenthal
president of the Brownsville Cham-
ber Ci Commerce to conduct a cam-
paign to finance the trip of tire
American Legion drum and bugle
corps to the national convention at
Louisville Ky.
The legion has asked $2100 to de-
fray the expenses of the trip.
On the committee are W. B. Sel-
lers chairman. Harry Nunn. John
Fanning. W. R. Kiekel and Tom
Stevenson.
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! Messenger Boy
Strike Is Ended
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO. Aug. 16 —Intermit-
tent strikes by the messenger boys
of the Western Union here have
been brought to an end. temporarily
at least by the discharge of the en-
tire force.
Several times in the past the
youths all of them Texans have
gone on strikes in sympathy with
some member of the force. Recently
they struck because one boy was
fired.
The entire group was fired and
replaced.
POULTRY SITUATION
IN VALLEY REVIEWED
(Special to The Heraldl
HARLINGEN. Aug. 16.—Detailed
information on poultry and livestock
situation in the Valley is being
sought by the Southern Pacific rail-
road for use in encouraging indus-
tries allied to these undertakings to
come to the Valley it was announc-
ed in a communication received
here.
listen
to it
POP!
JUST pour milk or cream
in a bowl of golden brown
Rice Krispies and your
own ears w ill tell you how
crunchy every toasted bub-
ble is. So crisp it actually
crackles out loud!
Try the recipes on the
package. Rice Krispies are
delicious in dozens of ways. {
At your grocer’s. Made by
Kellogg in Battle Creek.
Ou
RICE KRISPIES
m OBLIGATION
$ instaut response
to your roue/?
—
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you touch a switch you
expect—and get—-imme-
diate action. There can be no compromise and no
d<*ydy. Public Service carries with it an obligation
to serve instantly.
To fulfill that obligation we have evolved an
efficient organization of machinery and men—ma-
chinery reflecting the best and most modern knowl-
edge—men imbued with the thought that irrespec-
tive of conditions despite obstacles difficulties that
must be surmounted—“Service must go on”.
Planned Dependability
.
The territory we serve is growing rapidly. To
parallel that growth and to provide for the in-
employe creased demand made by it for public utility
about service we are constantly investing large sums in
oar6% additional equipment and training additional
Preferred' 0 mcn to recognize and appreciate that our watch-
Stock word must ever be “Service must go on".
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STARR COUNTY SHIPS
1500 BALES BY RAIL
(Special to The Herald)
ROMA Aug. 16.—The Missouri
Pacific agent at Rio Grande City is
authority for the statement that 1.-
500 bales of Starr county cotton had
been shipped from that station. 1-
000 bales having been ginned at Rio
Grande City. Roma's gin has turn-
ed out to date 535 bales of cotton
and it is estimated that this is two-
thirds of the local crop falling be-
low earlier estimates at t 1000
bales. Worms tr.d dry weather cut
the crop in the last days of July.
VALLEY ACREAGE IS
CHECKED BY EXPERT
(Special to The Herald
SAN BENITO. Aug. 16—H. H.
Schutz statistician of the Texas
department of agriculture stationed
at Austin was a visitor here this
week checking on acreage pros-
pects in the Valley.
Cchutz makes several trips to the
Valley annually. He toured the sec-
tion with K. H. Townsend of the
federal inspection office in Harlin-
gen.
3 Valley Bands To
Enter Fair Contest
(Special to The Herald;
HARLINGEN. Aug. 16.—Large
delegations of Valley people on the
special train to the State Fair at
Dallas are assured from cities in
the upper part of the Valley ac-
cording to John T. Floore. Valley
Fair Manager who made a trip
through that section this week.
Floore also announced that the
Mission High school band will Join
the Weslaco and Harlingen bands
in making the trip to Dallas to en-
ter the state high school band con-
test. and that the McAllen munici-
pal band may make the trip.
NEW MANAGEMENT
OPENS DANCE HALL
The Colonia Mexicans dance hall
will be re-opened Saturday under a
new management it has been an-
nounced.
It is planned to hold dances at
the hall on the Los Fresnos road on
Saturdays. Sundays and Thursdays
of each week.
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I WORTH THINKING ABOUT ■
Piggly Wiggly will save millions of dollars for its patrons this year by I
giving them the benefit of the economies inherent in the Piggly Wiggly meth-
od of shopping. Many of these saved millions will find their wiy into prop-
erty that will constitute added taxable values in hundreds of cities and
towns all over the United States.
These prices good at Piggly Wiggly Stores in Brownsville San Benito
Harlingen Mercedes McA’len Edinburg and Weslaco Saturday August
17th:
CjlftAD 10 Pounds (with $3.00 R "I P Bj
l#Uw**l* Purchase other merchandise).V I U j3
QFFEE zt 45c I
COFFEE 59c j
*1™ |jw^ JJk Maxwell House | Cm#|
IesmjVwL 1-4 Pound. ■
SNOWDRIFT ;pZddc“
GOLD DUST Li.". 10c |
CRAPE JUICE23c ■
||^ CORN FLAKES 11 c j
| Rice Krispies kk- 10c I
| Facial Lotions 35c I
STEEL WOOL jx. 5c I
|Flit r- 31 c|
I ORBIT GUM u..10c"
j BLACK BERRIES 55c I
| PRESERVES 25c I
CLOROX 19c 1
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