Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 1928 Page: 1 of 8
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Elervedes Tribune
VOLUME 15.
NUMBER 43
PRESIDENT-ELECT
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There has been an unusual amount
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Legion Auxiliary
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F. Erwin, T. H. Poag, Henry Rickert, wil be dispatch clerk in the local
buyers, plan to ship a car of mixed
BOY SCOUTS
home.
American Legion Hall.
Tindel of San Antonio; Oscar
Seibert Is Appointed Manager
Mercedes Box Gives
Democrats Majority
Mercedes Dairies
Are Graded By
County Inspectors
Present County Administration
Returned To Office by Voters
Is Shown by Unofficial Count
Members present at this meeting:
included Mesdames William McClel-
len, H. C. Settles, George Rippert, C.
New Manager at
Valley Sanitary
Milk Co. Plant
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Stephens and Smith
Open Citrus Packing
Plant This Season
W. H. Schumaker, E. M. Spendiff, F.
N. Younie.
Grade "C" Pasteurized— Mercedes
Creamery.
Grade “D” Raw—F. Buehler, Ben
Drews, Eudora Dairy, E. F. McLen-
nan, J. H. McKiney, N. H. Newman,
Ferd Schroeder, G. Solis.
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Canadian Fruit Co. Representative
Here
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Biggs are new
arrivals in Mercedes for the winter.
They are living in the Cordova Apart-
ments.
Mr. Biggs is representing the Fruit
Importers, Ltd. of Montreal, Canada
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Plan To Ship Car
Of Vegetables from
Mercedes Saturday
It Pays to Advertise
in
“Your Home Town
Paper”
Set Saturday, Nov.
10 For Poppy Sale
and the two scout masters present.
George Cope Breeding was welcimed
into the troop as a new member.
After the usual number of games
and the patrol meeting the scout-
master called a meeting of the troop
at which time Rev. C. P. Owen spoke
to the boys using for his subject,
“The Scout Oath.”
The troop will enjoy a hike and
weiner roast Friday afternoon at 5
o’clock at their old camping grounds,
east of ‘Mercedes. There; wihberan
invest?tufe 0 promo Efon onew 9 mem-
bers. ebatT 30x01 o int od ..., .
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- Mr. and Mrs. Ed Olsen arrived in
Mercedes Tuesday morning. They are
No official announcement has been
made regarding the results of the
election in Hidalgo County at the
time we go to press. We. are unable
to give the official returns from the
county but the results of the Mer-
cedes box as reported last night at
the conclusion of the count gives the
Democrats a decisive victory.
The results announced were:
President:
Hoover, 533.
Smith, 642
Governor:
Moody, 760
W. H. Holmes, 416
Judge 7 9th District Court:
Hood Boone, 716 •
M. L. Drew, 229
Judge 9 3rd District Court:
J. E. Leslie, 610
Gordon Griffin, 304
Criminal District Court:
S. H. Wood, 785
County Judge.
A. W. Cameron, 747
E. C. Couch, 337
County Attorney:
A. F. Buchannan, Jr., 785.
Fred Bennett, 1.
District Clerk:
C. F. Fortson, 789
County Clerk:
Cam E. Hill, 755
C. F. Lemburg, 237
Tax Collector:
O. Em Jones, 762
H. Tarpley, 25 5
Tax Assessor:
J. K. Miller, 791
County Treasurer:
George Walton, 7 90
County Superintendent:
E. S. Hern, 7 62
Mrs. Fred Wright, 315
County Commissioner.
W. D. Chadick, 8 34
A. V. Williams, 2 38
Sheriff:
A. Y. Baker, 749
D. R. Handley, 312
Justice of the Peace:
Steadman, 816
Constable:
J. O. Ward, 8 23.
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New Postoffice Dispatch Clerk
G. F. Smith and family have re-
cently moved to Mercede's, where he
Mercedes Hotel Is Sold to R. P.
Park, L. A. Clark, H. C. Drawe, L. D..
Thompson, Frank Beale, Clarence?
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post-office. Mr. Smith succeeds Her-
man Roeper, who was dispatch clerk
here for four years. Mr. Smith and
Mr. Roeper exchanged places by mu-
tual consent.
Mr. Roeper and his family left
last week for their new home in San
Antonio. -
of the Governor and the people of । night at the high school campus for
Texas to the people of Mexico and an । their regular meeting, with 18 boys
H. C. Lawton of San Benito be-
came manager of the Valley Sanitary
Milk Company November 1st, replac-
ing Mr. Hughes, who will be actively
in charge of the sales department.
Mr. Lawton has been in the Val-
ley for two years living on a farm
near San Benito. For the past 15
years Mr. Lawton has been actively
engaged in the dairy business and is
thoroughly experienced in this line
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No definite announcement has
been made regarding the future plans
but it is generally understood that a
new building will be erected.
A new hotel has been a long felt
need of Mercedes and the assurance
that one will be built soon means
much to the city.
Mr. McSween, the former owner, is
leaving the last of the week for San
Antonio where he will remain for the
present, however he has made no
definite plans for the future.
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Fruit Cannot Be
Taken From Valley
Unless Inspected
matoes for the same concern.
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Chairmen Named
For 12th Annual
Red Cross Roll
With the naming of the chairmen
for the various towns of Hidalgo j
County, final plans are completed for
the 12th annual Roll Call of the
American Red Cross, which will
Stephens and Smith, Inc., cash
Officials of the Valley Mid-Winter
Fair have planned a booster trip to
every town in the V a alley for Mon-
day, November 12. The trip is plan-
ned to acquaint all Valley residents
with the splendid exhibits and
amusements that are being planned
for this year’s fair. Never before
in its history has the fair met with
such hearty co-operation from every
town in the Valley and the officials
and citizens of Harlingen are taking
this opportunity to insist that every
Valley resident pay the fair a visit.
The booster trip will be composed
of a large cavalcade of cars from
Harlingen, headed by a crack band
and the Kilowatt Four, the famous
Central Power and Light Company
quartett. A short program will be
rendered by both of these organiza-
tions. The Boosters will arrive in
Mercedes at 1:30 o’clock.
m
“YOUR
HOME
TOWN
PAPER”
of work.
In making connection with the
Sanitary Milk Company Mr. Lawton
stated that he planned to retire from
the dairy business but he felt that
there was such a wonderful oppor-
tunity in this section for a high
grade pasteurization plant that when
the opportunity presented itself he
could not refuse.
other early crops. A heavy move-
ment of tomatoes is expected next
week and within two weeks many
vegetables will be ready for market.
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EXECUTIVE BOARD OF BUS.
AND PROF. WOM. CLUB MEETS
Scout Troop No. 2 met Friday
The executive board of the Busi-
ness and Professional Women’s Club
held a meeting Thursday evening in
their new club room in the Central
Office Building. Plans for raising
the budget for the coming year’s
work were discussed. It was decided
that members of the club attend the
Harligen Tuesday evening,
whena representatives of the other
clubs of the,Valleywof attend,
and the group will dine and visit the
sights of the Fair together.
The regular meeting of the club
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Fruit Shipments Continue Slow
Fruit shipments up to yesterday
morning over the Missouri Pacific-
show that 142 cars of citrus have been
shipped this year from the Valley-
over their lines. Last year for the
same period of time 170 cars were
shipped.
Yesterday six cars were shipped
from the Valley, one was vegetables,
one was mixed grapefruit and or-
anges and the rest solid grapefruit.
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Mrs. Regan Caraway Mercedes /
Visitor
Mr. and-'Mrs. George Markham re-
turned to Mercedes Tuesday night
from a visit in North Texas. Their
daughter, Mrs. Regan Caraway of
Miss Mary Anne Makens left
Thursday night for Pasco, Washing-
ton, where she will visit her sister
Mrs. John Sullivan for a short time.
Miss Makens will go by way of Fort
Worth through West Texas to Den-
ver, where she will visit one day, go-
ing on to Pendelton, Oregon and
Pasco. She will spend a couple of
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return about December 1st, 2001
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Walden Haynes, Owen Stone and
Ross Beamer attended the S. M. U.
much difficulty was encountered dur-
ing the election by backers of the in-
dependent ticket who carried marked
balolts, and slips of paper with the
names of their candidates on them
into the polls and attempted to use
them while voting. Other irregular-
ities of even more serious nature
have been reported.
This paper hopes that an election
contest is filed and that a federal in-
vestigation is made as no doubt many
interesting facts will be brought out,
but mst of all so that the name of
Hidalgo County will be cleared.
This paper has taken no active
part in this campaign before the elec-
tion and does not intend to start
now, but it is necessary following
a campaign such as has been waged
here to clear the air before business
can be resumed in a normal manner
and it appears that a federal investi-
gation is the only thing that will ans-
wer the purpose.
Hidalgo County is one of the most
prosperous in the state and its?
growth must not be retarded by rum-
ors and slanders, let’s have the facts.
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Grading of the dairies and Milk
Plants supplying milk to Mercedes
has been completed. The grade of
milk supplies have been determined
by Dr. J. R. Mahone of the Hidalgo
County Health Department in accord-
ance with the Standard Grade Speci-
fications of the United States Public
Health Serivce, Standard Inspection
Code.
Consumers are urged to purchase
milk on the basis of grade which will
appear on each bottle cap and on
B. Yoder, Ray Barrel, J. C. Deyo,.
Clarence Archer and R. R. Talbert
and Miss Grace McClellen.
An announcement has been made
that the Mercedes Hotel has been
purchased by R. P. Tinder, building
contractor of San Antonio, at a price
of approximately $115,000.00. The
new management took charge of the ’
hotel on November 1st.
Oscar Seibert, local real estate |
dealer, has been made manager of
the hotel by Mr. Tinder, and is now
actively in charge.
MISS MARY ANNE MAKENS
LEAVES ON TRIP TO COAST
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of interest in the County election
this year and the County has been
heard of from one end of the nation
to the other. Federal investigation
was asked by both sides before the
election. Rangers were sent to pre-
vent disturbances. It is now stated
that there will be an election contest
filed. Whether this action is taken
remains to be seen.
The charges made by the indepen-
dent ticket leaders that corruption
and fraud would be practiced at the
polls by the present administration
appear to be only rumors, since no
specific instances have been reported.
Election judges, however, report that
MERCEDES, HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1928
will be held Thursday evening at the Breckenridge accompanied them
According to P. A. Hoidale, in
charge of the quarantine on account
of the Mexican Fruit Worm, reports
reaching him indicate that consider-
able number of people, both tourists
and Valley residents, are carrying
small quantities of loose citrus fruit
in their cars when they leave the
Valley and are having this fruit con-
fiscated at the Traffic Inspection
Station maintained by the Depart-
ment of Agriculture at Eunice on the
Edinburg-Falfurrias highway. Mr.
Hoidale points out that under the
regulations of the quarantine no
grapefruit, oranges or kumquats can
leave the regulated area unless it is
boxed or crated and has a Federal
permit tag pasted on the container.
Anyone planning on leaving the Val-
ley and carrying cut fruit for them-
selves or as a present for friends is
advised to see that the Federal in-
spector in charge of the district
where the fruit was grown and have
it properly tagged. This service is
without charge and will pass the
fruit through the inspection station
where, if it is not accompanied by
such a permit, it will be confiscated.
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Valley Mid-Winter
Fair Booster Trip
Planned for Nov. 12
Stephens & Smith, Inc., who last
year opened a packing shed and have
been operating as cash buyers and
shippers of vegetables, have this
year installed citrus packing equip-
ment and are now operating this new
department of their business.
The new equipment was installed
at a cost of $5,000 and has a two
car daily capacity. A crew of pack-
ers are working and several cars of
citrus have been loaded. It is ex-
pected that the plant will be in oper-
ation day and night as soon as the
heavy movement starts.
This in no way will conflict with
their regular vegetable business,
which will start in a short time.
The unofficial returns from the
election in Hidalgo County shows
that the present County Administra-
tion has been returned to office by a
nice majority and it is expected that
the official returns will make the
Victory more decisive.
The real contest seemed to lie be-
tween J. E. Leslie and Gordon Grif-
fin but it appears that Leslie has the
election.
Good Will Ambassador to Mexico
Fred L. Johnston of the Panchita
district will leave in a few days for
Mexico City where he will deliver a
letter from Governor Dan Moody to
President Calles. The letter is an
expression of appreciation and good ।
will and friendly feeling on the part I
start Monday, November 12th.
All collections should be mailed to
the County Treasurer, Mrs. J. J. Mur-
urray, Mercedes, Texas. When the
Roll Call of the County is finished
the money will be apportioned ac-
cording to the national regulations
as follows:. 50% to National Head-
quarters, 45% for the County Chap-
ter, and 5 % for the town chapter. If
any question arises in your mind, or
that of the local chairman as to this
five per cent to the home chapter,
it is not of material import-
ance because the county chapter will
assist in local matters whenever
needed.
Following is a list of the names
of the chairmen for cities and towns
of Hidalgo County.
Rev. Wm. LeMay, Hidalgo County,
chairman Red Cross Roll Call, Wes-
laco.
Mrs. A. Cling, Mercedes.
_________________ Weslaco.
Harry Carroll, Donna.
Rev. Travis, Alamo.
Rev. J. H. Jones, San Juan.
J. T. Hensley, Pharr.
Miss Mary Comb, McAllen.
Judge J. Q. Henry, Mission
Mrs. Wm. George, Elsa.
Mrs. D. I. Squyres, Edcouch.
Mrs. J. E. Pate, Hidalgo City.
Mrs. O. Em Jones, Edinburg.
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Location Group
Has Full Outfit
Hollywood was moved to San An-
tonio and “Wings” was made there
with practically the same facilities
that would be available in the Cali-
fornia center of film activity.
“Wings”, Paramount’s air story-
woven around the aerial phase of
the St. Mihiel offensive in the World
War, will show at the Empire Thea-
tre Mercedes, November 11th and
12 th.
Not only was a complete company
of principals and supporting players
property men and all the personnel
of a fully organized producing unit
operated in San Antonio but in ad-
dition to all of this, for the first time
in the history of motion picture pro-
duction, a fully equipped film labora-
tory was established on location.
Full credit for the development of
the laboratory was given to Harold
Ensign, superintendent of the studio
laboratory of the Paramount Famous
Lasky Corporation in Hollywood.
They said it could not be done, but
Ensign did it.
“Few people realize,” said Ensign,
“the number of operations a reel of
film has to go through after the ac-
tion of the players has been photo-
graphed. That is a side of motion
picture production of which the thea-
tre-going public hears but very lit-
tle. ’ All the crux of the problem lies
in the laboratory.
“When we first came to San An-
tonio to analyze the situation, we
found ideal production conditions.
We found a location that so closely
resembled the "topography of St.
Mihiel as to be almost uncanny. We
found weather conditions favorable
to production. We found an horizon
banked with fleecy white clouds that
make for composition and eliminate
that bane of all photographers the
dead flatness of a cloudless sky.
“We found all this and, in addi-
tion found splendid facilities for the
development and printing of still pic-
tures, but there was , the: same old
location problem of vno facilities for
handling motiow opictureymegatives
the same old 1 locationnodrawback of
not being able to know what we had
gotten until we could- ship our ex-
posed film to Hollywood, have it de-
veloped and positive print returned 1
to us. ]
this winter in the Valley. Mr. and - - - - ah g
Mrs. Biggs have been in Mississippi,! vegetables from Mercedes Saturday, ashe and J. C. Deyo,
where Mr. Biggs has been buying to- according to an announcement made
by Mr. Smith Thursday.
The car will obtain egg plant, pep-
pers, beats, barocoli, to matoes and
I placards in every restaurant, soda
fountains or similar establishments
where milk is sold.
Grade “A” is the safest grade. The
grades are determined by inspection
’Of the dairy barns. Milk houses
and utensils. Producers of Grade
“A” are required to comply with 25
items of sanitation covering equip-
ment and methods.
Grade of the following distribu-
tors based on inspection made prior
to November 1st.
Grade “A” Pasteurized — Valley
Sanitary Milk Co.
Grade “A” Raw—Ebonyhurst, P.
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Texas football game Saturday after- ed the S. M. U. football game in
noon in Austin, Austin Saturday afternoon. . 1 at home in the Chadick apartments.
Saturday, November 10 was named
by the local legion auxiliary for a
poppy sale and plans were perfected
for the sale at the regular business
meeting of the Auxiliary East Friday
at their club rooms.
Plans were completed for the con-
vention of the 15th district, which
will meet in Mercedes on November
14th, with the local auxiliary as hos-
tess.
Nine new members as follows were
added to the membership: Mesdames:
D. A, Barton, Dewey Acker, J. E.
expression of good wishes to Presi-
dent Calles, whose term of office ex-
pires the last of this month.
This letter is a reply to a letter of
good wishes from President Calles,
which Mr. Johnston delivered at A.
M. College in August.
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Miss Genevieve Dawson spent the
past week-end in McAllen with Mrs.
Kelly Elam. . 1190 , . 02,
GSRalph&reenlee, who had his ton-
sils oremeved oMondayomornins was
able to be taken home Tuesday-morny
ing. - ... -
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stuart attend-
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Weimer, Charles B. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 1928, newspaper, November 8, 1928; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1454108/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.