Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 30, 1930 Page: 3 of 4
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—AT—
BRANDON'S
CASH DRY GOODS STORE
YOU WILL FIND A NICE ASSORTMENT OF—
—MEN'S DRESS SHIRTS
—MEN'S DRESS PANTS
—MEN'S WORK CLOTHES
—MEN'S ALL-LEATHER SHOES
A FINE LINE OF SHOES FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY
DON'T FAIL TO SEE OUR VARIETY OF—
WASH DRESSES
—HIGHEST IN QUALITY AND LOW IN PRICE—
Better Cars
Are in Need of
Better Roads
PAVEMENT WILL BRING GREAT-
EST IMPROVEMENT IN
MOTORING
WARS MAIN ITEM IN U.
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By E. E. Duffy
Competition is bringing the motor-
ing public, which includes about 125,-
000,000 citizens of the United States,
almoBt unbelievable value.s Eight-cy-
linder cars are coming within reach
of those who because of worldly cares
must conserve the contents of their
billfolds. Automobiles are being made
better and better, and of parallel im-
portance, cheaper and cheaper.
But there is one thing wrong with
the motoring picture. More has been
done in creating speed and comfort in
vehicles than in providing highways
over which they may best operate. To
3ay that automobile manufacturers
have done all they can in the way of
making cars efficient would not be
quite true, for mechanical improve-
ments are to continue. But the great
betterment that is to come in motor-
ing cannot be accomplished by motor
car manufacturers. More well paved
highways must be built and by John
Public.
The saturation point of automobile
ownership is as elusive as a bootleg-
MONUMENTS
dSd
Seventy-two cents out-of every dol-
lar received by the Federal govern-
ment goes to pay for wars, past or
future, according to the current budg-
et bill. The stupendous annual total of
$2,733,213,283 includes $1,254,342,000
on the public debt, $579,799,895 for
pensions and veterans' care, $719,089,-
3H8 on the army and navy.
Congress, Federal courts, foreign re-
lations and other routine operations of
government consume 8c of the dollar.
Aids and subsidies including expends
tures for public health, education,
farm relief, public buildings, etc., takse
up 13c and tax refunds, veterans' in-
surance and District of Columbia ad-
ministration, the remaining 7c of the
dollar.
The most expensive Federal agency
is the Veteran's Bureau ($589,755,000
a year) and the most expensive depart-
ment is War ($446,624,332).
Congress' support totals $28,345,066
and the White House $442,320.
"First Lady of the Land" An
Inspiration to Women Entered
in Yard and Garden Contests
1810-1820
GRANITE—MARBLE
—OR—
ART STONE
- WORK GUARANTEED—
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EUREKA ART
STONE WORKS
BOX 42 PALACIOS, TEXAS
E. E. BURTON
ger's address. In audition to the re-
placement of some two million worn
out cars each year, the total vehicle
registration is being increased by a
million and a half. There are now some
26,000,000 cars on the highways and
byways and by the end of 1930 the
registration will have mounted to 27,-
500,000.
It is difficult to visualize the im-
portance of such large figures, but
they do show that the motoring appe-
tite is far from being appeased.
Must cars are owned in population
centers—but they do not stay there.
Hence the highway problem is not
only statewide but nationwide.
Few states have really made an at-
tempt to serve the motorist but those
that have made any commendable
headway have done so through the aid
of the bond issue plan which enables
the state or local community to pur-
chase roads in installments, as homes
and cars are purchased by individuals.
To meet the highway problem most
successfully it is necessary to make
use of assured future income. Plans
of various states indicate that greater
use is to be made of the bond issue
plan. In the meantime motorists in
those communities evidencing little
road building energy will continue to
be deprived of true motoring comfort
—at a greater motoring cost than
their neighbors.
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50 horsepower
six cylinder engine
Not until you drive the new Chevrolet
Six can you appreciate what a won-
derful improvement has been made
in its famous six-cylinder valve-in-
head engine. With its capacity in-
creased to 50 horsepower, it has great
reserve energy for sweeping up the
steepest hills—for swift acceleration
—and for sustained high speeds. Ita
power flows evenly and smoothly.
And it is extremely flexible in traffic.
In fact—it does everything you could
possibly want a motor to do. Yet it is
remarkably economical in its use of
gasoline and oil. Come in today for a
demonstration.
—at Greatly Reduced Prices!
The ROADSTER
The PHAETON
The SPORT ROADSTER
The COACH
The COUPE
The SPORT COUPE
495
The CLUB SEDAN
*625
*495
The SEDAN
*675
$525
The SEDAN DELIVERY
*595
*565
The LIGHT DELIVERY CHASSIS
*365
*565
The 1'/, TON CHASSIS
*520
*625
The 1 Vi TON CHASSIS WITH CAB
*625
All prices f. o. b. factory, Flint, Michigan
The New CHEVROLET SIX
Bay Chevrolet Co.
PALACIOS, TEXAS
A SIX IN THE PRICE RANGE OF THE FOUR
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J ONLY WAY TO SOLVE HIGHWAY
PROBLEM IS TO BUILD
BETTER ROADS
MRS. HERBERT C. HOOVER
Enthusiasm for gardening among
American women has received a decid-
ed impetus thruout this country since
Mrs. Herbert C. Hoover moved into
the White House and became "The
First Lady of the Land."
Mrs. Hoover is not a recent convert
of the garden movement. Everywhere
the Hoovers have lived, the President's
wife has always seen to it that they
have had a garden. She has worked in
her garden a good deal with her own
hands and enjoys this most agreeable
and healthful pastime.
It is quite natural that this enthusi-
asm of Mrs. Hoover for gardening has
given garden lovers everywhere much
encouragement. Many prominent wo-
men, leaders of women's organizations
and members of exclusive social circles,
have been led to join the ranks of
those who find their chiefest joy in
planting and beautifying their home
grounds.
Those who have talked to "The First
Lady of the Land" about gardening
say she partticularly admires the old
fashioned type of garden. It will t'nere-
By E. E. Duffy
There is but one way to solve the
rural highway problem and that is to
formulate a plan whereby every avail-
able cent of highway income can be
devoted to pavement construction that
will best serve the car.
What a state can do when it places
its mind on the job is well illustrated
by Maryland. During the road build-
ing season just ended, Maryland con-
structed 225 miles of new roads and
of this total all but GO miles were of
concrete.
Although Maryland is among the
smaller states, she has a total road
mileage of 14,810. Of this, 3,062 miles
compose the state system. At the be-
ginning of 1929 Maryland had some
1,450 miles of concrete pavement,
which together with the new construe-
tion of last season gives about i ,600
miles. This reflects a real attempt to
serve the tax payer.
Further recognition by Maryland
that the automobile is a device that
demands space and freedom is indicat-
ed in three other features of the con-
struction program. One hundred and
forty miles of shoulders were construc-
ted to widen existing pavements for
additional safety and convenience.
Included among the 39 bridges com-
pleted this year, or nearly so, wero
seven grade crossing eliminations. The
troubles usually encountered in secur-
ing rights-of-way and cooperation in
building separated grade crossings
prevented Maryland from adding 12
more to the 1929 program. Herein is
pointed out the necessity of early plan-
ning. Several states have found it ex-
pedient to lay their plans for struc-
tures even some little time ahead of
the period in which money would be-
come available. It may be said that if
work on all the projects held in the
paper stage were to proceed, no one
need worry over labor surpluses for
some time to come.
Another forward looking step taken
by Maryland was the widening of
eleven miles of the Washington-Balti-
more Boulevard to 40 feet, complet-
ing the work between Baltimore and
Laurel.
Only through such effort as this will
the : tntes be able to declare that they
are ci ing ail in their power to meet
the motor problem.
for will not be surprising if the honey-
suckle and the rose come into partic-
ular favor among American women
during the next four years.
TEXAS
GULF SULPHUR
COMPANY
LARGEST
SULPHUR MINES
IN THE WORLD
GULF, Matagorda County, TEXAS
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