The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 307, Ed. 1 Monday, February 5, 1923 Page: 4 of 12
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General Improvement
Shows in Markets as
Week Comes to Close
"" Associated PreM Report. th business representing profes-
i w. . . atonal transactions with tha general
NEW YORK. Feb. 4. New bond of- p rtowjnj nttl. inclination to buy
ferine tor th past week totaled only or sell stocks at present prices. Rall-
U00O.0O0 compared with SO.MS.M0 road shares enjoyed a temporary pa-
m . ... rlod o( strength on the appearance of
for the previous week and W.1W.W0 fnmh buyln following pub-
two weekaaco. Nearly half of the past licatlon of the December earnings
week's offering was an Issue of the statements which in the main were
Fisher Body corporation and a. asu oouu"? 'vorabla.
of (6.000.OOO State of Oregon Vetereas .v: ''her Bsdy Trade Wld.
BUta aid bonds. th first of Its kind One of the Eldest fluctuation dur.
. . - . . . . ln( th week occurred in Fisher Body
to be offered this year by local bankers. wch drepp(d to 150 .jainst this
The purpose of th loan was to make year's high of 21114 recovering later
cash payments and loans to the gtstel to 16. Other motor stocks partlo-
' uv.. ularly Chandler and th Durant issue
soldier. "Rhere was no new financing cti ympatb.y but
in the foreign or railroad Held during au made good recovery later.
the week. The opinion was expressed Th United States Steel corpora-
-bv investment bankers that the mar. tion's report for the last quarter of
ty investment banksr that the mar- whCh .bowed that only 87 per
ket is heavy because of the larg eent of m l u quarterly dividend on
amount of last month's financing that the common had been earned was dis
is stin to be digested. New offerings appolnUng to the speculative ""I
. . . . " nlty which had counted on a surplus
In th next few weeks win ant b so abora dividends aad th steel shares
laxe aa they were In' the past month war temporarily depressed as a re-
It Was said. ult. Chairman Gary explained later
. . k ' however that th seemingly poor
French Bonds Waver. . howlng result from the fact that
The sodden break and rapid recovery th plants of th company had been
In French government and Continental at work on low-priced business placed
. j . i in thS spring and aummer and that
bonda during the week was the out- e0 per cent wage increasa
atanding feature of the market. Weak- added $4000000 monthly to the pay
ness in foreign exchange and th d- roll. Higher price for steel products
velopment. tfie Rub valley attue- 71
" tlon caused many small holders of oil shares developed strength on the
those securities to become uneasy and announcement of further increases In
there was heavy selling and sharp the price of crude oil. Coppers ban.
. . . " ... ft ted by the resumption of dividends on
break In price the first part at the utu 'ul Buprlor and sales of th
week. The announcement that th red metal at 10 cents a pound the
British cabinet had decided to accept highest pries In soma time. On of
the United States government's debt th significant features 'of the railroad
refunding terras teadad to steady the. reports was th steady lessening of tha
market on Wednesday and marked dependence of Southern roads on th
support of the French government cotton crop th loading of general
liens turned the quotations upward merchandise showing a marked In-
the following day. Moat of tha Issues crease.
which were under pressure had re- Grain rtoa Advance
gained a larg proportion of their losses ' toward enactment of farm
at the close of the week many of them credit legislation has aided in giving
gaining ( to 10 points over their lowest a moderate upward tendency to grain
quotations. A Armor tendency In rice. y week compared with a
: foreign exchange and a partial reoov- wwk agt. wheat was to 1 cants
ery of the frano also save confidence hlgtl with corn showing an advance
to tha market and it was aald that ot 1'to 1 cents and oau H to
many of the sellers of th first of th MltU Ia prorlitons there was a set-
week had re-entered the market to bacK ranging from i cents to 21 cents
buy back their foreign bonds at higher . Tha npward slant ot the wheat mar-pri!-
. . . ket became especUUy evident after a
There waa good buying of low-priced oeflnlu Um haa beenrset for a vote
railroad Mens mostly of the convert- oa tna Lenroot bill in the senate all
ible and debenture types. Sugar steel doubt blng then practically removed
and copper rnrtgaa-a were also " as to the passage of the MIL Decided
demand reflecting higher commodity famn off in th amount of wheat ar-
. price and Increased confidence. The rirlns at primary terminals together
" ""
than It waa a week ago.
OaM Festwre Popular.
Th. claus. in th. government".
wir debt. wklchwoukT allow ti.
United States bond Issued April (
lDlT. to be accepted at par and accrued
Intereat fur th. nIln.. ..1..
ih. Mn.in.!' th. Wi..! " .
the principal of the British debt was
ta!d by bond dealers to be aneouraatng.
si lr vainailsw wstwajt asa flis... .k. MK IBM IUV Villi U DMtra vwum
!m.rt iht r Ply was great for the first time than
srsL hm.arvoi.n4;tth.
.'pa7Th0othUr luot wewKlnTea'by"0:.
.nV'f.I ..!! !l . tlmate. th.t the actual exports of
?oo vinV United State wheat for January would
Statistics or J.n.r thl. ... .h- ch 11.OW.000 buhela
thXt TJrUSLtSZ-- m 'P dependent stpngth
fcV th. ntt!i2? .Si rwsrult of apparently weH-fdtinded
ri ?h.. 1' ' "U. uIvIcm that th probable yield of corn
tV.J.. .' . w. m Argentina had been sharply enr-
tJSU ZLSS T0". i 5 tailed by drouth. Oats were respon-
relattvrry easy with plenty of funds A. -t. . nd wh.
avaUabla for commercial credits and cUon wBeU
tock market purposes. Although com- . Provisions . ..
modity prices and labor costs have Slackening of -export demand waa
risen In many industries and mora to explain broadly the sag in the
funds ara needed tha banks appear pavtsions market
able to handle th aituatlon without ; without exception th past week's
taking svmntag of Federal reserve trading in th four leading butter mar-
discount privileges. Th large amount kata- showed a- weaker ton than had
of corporate financing recently trans- pre railed for many months due to
acted Is believed to have been a large heavy production and current exces-
. factor In bringing about the .present .Ire prices th bureau of agricultural
easy situation In the money market .conomlca said. .
ad the needs of the large borrowers Early In the week buyers withdrew
have been supplied for the present by their support except for urgent needs
the investing public and th banks and receivers started a campaign of
have been relieved. In part of the frantic selling. As a result price.
""V nave oeen carrying I or
wo years or more.
Flshar Body Offering.
Th principal new off oritur last vulr
was 120000.000 1 par cant one to five-
V5d notta JZSt tSSJT
V:!??. H rti
per cent.
WW! UU HUB rUl W3T
15 004000
J ITS "
aid aoM honrfa IJr!? With all afforta directed toward flnd-
I .! tnJUZL ? 41f tar receipts of fresh but-
n.map.T iit"r!.Ala " foreign butter and storage stocks
an refunding gold bonds offered at '
T." - ' ir::i":
. VSiSH" LS?.
wm.0.7t..ort.'mf?-ld.
cVnt: miS. KZ
cents and gl.M7.00 per cent it-
year Eart.rn Wisconsin Electrio com-
pany first Hon and refunding mortgag
gold .ixmas. ottered at 2ft to yield
more than
fial market nmtar.it h. .k. J
j reclation and quick recovery of
v loreign exchange rates aad the price
of foreign bonds which reflected the
shifting sentiment of speculative in-
terest in thia country and abroad.
Stock price generally moved within
a narrow era ding area the bulk of
BACK UP TONGS
StancliffVireScrccn&r.1fg.Co.
R. W. WIER LUMBER CO.
Distributors Wter-Leng Leaf
.umber Company's
SOUTHERN YELLOW PINS
Mills Wl.rg.te Texas
Houston Taxaa
t
CONSOLIDATED NURSERIES
SUCCESSORS TO
Sa H. WEAVER & COMPANY
Everything" for tho Orchard Lawn er Psrk. Expert Landscaae ArcM- .
toot snd Experienced Planters at Ysur Service.
General .Sale Off toe tilt Mala Street.
Telephone Hadley S670. Houston Taxaa
Attenforv Lsmber CaenpaMse
-V RAILS RLAY
1-s Tons 0-lb Relay RaH
at a (jargsia
-N A STEEL CO.
it I eink Sidg Pr. 4s3
with fears that aero weatner wouia
damag winter wheat unprotected by
snow counted also aa incentives to
J-? . 5'
J?' """J "2 BHtain
W VI 13 avillVVJU DWl
LB ""Zr." " . .STl-
"rapv Iran.
cPl bearish influence ln the wheat
t?!Vt. .'"a JT
dropped flrst a half cent later I cent.
finally declining from 1H to S cents.
B the close of tha week price had
been reduced 1 to !Vi cento'
Ono of tha causa of ths decline was
to be the excessive shipments
ereumur operators who were
anticipating a break In th market
aad war attempting to obtain high
prices before tha drop occurred.
had Uttl Innusnc on tha markets.
A certain degree of confidence waa
ored to th-nrk.t by speculator.
would be widened by th drop.
Export of dairy product for tho
. J
"2? fE!f.m TZ ZFl. ?.?. "
manrarina. . IT HI pounds; chseso
MT.lSaV pound.; eggs l.WO.tSl dosen.
Th range of prices on M-scor stock
butter St the four leading butter mar.
beginning Monday and ending
Saturday was aa follow: Chicago
Pn close 4Vt loss IH cents; New
Tork. open 41 close 4H. loss 1
cents: Boston open 61 close 47 loss
ltt cents; Philadelphia open SO. close
47 loss t cento.
PATRICK
TRANSFER CO.
rOMtaROIM
Wasehsaee. Rleble
mmd niniiH a
4M1-4 Cyare. Ave.
Boykin Lumber Co.
Wheleeale Dealere lit
LONG LEAF YELLOW PINE
Mllla Fullerton La.
Carter Bldg Houston Texas
THE HOUSTON POST: MONDAY
Valley Cotton School
aOUn W 111 DC VLICI1CU .
Houston Post SpeclaJ. '
SAN BENITO. Texas. Feb. 4. Th
Rio Grand Valley to to have a cotton
school in th vary near future. This
school known aa th Rio Grand Val-
ley cotton school ' will start about
February I with classes at Harllngen
and Pharr. Th pharr ciasa will prob-
ably ope'n first and th Harllngen
class will open February 18.
W. D. Trueblood and W. B. White
who will Instruct are said to be ex-
perienced cotton men. with a practical
aa well as theoretical knowledge of the
business. Mr. Whit wss Instructor at
th Agricultural and Mechanical col-
lege short course for a few year
which with his practical cotton expe-
rience fully dualities him to instruct
In all phase of th business. Mr.
Trueblood who la now In the govern-
ment service also 1 rated' aa an ax-
pert in cotton stapling and classifying
and is fully conversant with th many
details of the cotton business.
The course taught by th school
embraces buymg. selling shipping In-
polnts and otAirdetalla of the -u.1-
name that ara neoaaaaiv tn knaw h
for engaging In th business and A
knowledge that will prove valuable to
the cotton farmer In assisting him to
get top prices for his crop.
Valley Chamber Meets
Tn Flprt Of firr
Houston Post Special.
' BAN BENITO Texas Feb. 4. An
important meeting of the Valley
chamber of commerce la set for to-
morrow In Harllngen election- of of-
ficers for the ensuing year to be held
at this meeting. Efforts are being
made to Increase -the membership ot
the Valley chamber . of commerce to
Include all business houses In th Val-
ley and aa many Individuals aa pos-
sible. -
To Insure the success of this move
It Is necessary .that all members of
the organisation take an active Inter-
est and see that Officers are elected
who will carry on tte faithful work of
ih frw. . 1 . ir. 77 . yl
aiaaTJa thl
organisation for tho past year.
1 '
Individual Reports
Available for Landowners
Houston Post Special.
; BROWNSVILLE Texas Feb. 4.
land owners will be able to obtain In-
dividual soil surveys. If so desired
was announced by B. H. Hendrlckaon
soil expert of th United State bureau
of soils who Intends taking a short
vacation during which time he will
analyse the soil giving a full report
of Its -nature and adaptations. This
will prove of undoubted benefit to
either the owner or prospective buyer.
This service will be furnished at a coat
of 12 per acre on a minimum of 40
acres..
YalleV Packinj? Plant
J I Ci J.
cjcarnineu Dy tDruaents
Houston Port Special. ' '
"; BROWNSVIUaE Texaa. Feb. 4.-
The entire class in civics numbering
. of th High school accompanied'
h ..- iMtnwM vr vr- T-vjt .
and Superintendent T. J. Toe visited
th. Valley packing plant t Harlln-
gen Friday In order to learn. first-
hand how tha citrus fruit of ths Valley
Is. packed and prepared for market.
Th. process wsa fully explained to the
students by tha manager from the
first operation to the final boxing of
the fruit- for shipment.
Rain and Cold Weather
Stop Drilling at Orange
Houston Post SpeclaL
' JORANQE. Texaa Feb. - 4. The
heavy rains and cold weather put
practically every drilling rig In the
Orange field out of commission Sat-
urday when a number of wells had
reached an Interesting stage..
Th Sun company Is prenarins- to
make a test in No. Gunstream at a .
depth around 4000 feet in what ia aald
to be 25 feet of excellent aand.
SHOW CASES STORE
AND BANK FIXTURES
BURGE
MANUFACTURING CO.
Piona Preston 94
W2sb!nttOBindS.P.Cross!n
52SB
We new carry a fall line et Cosneettent an otlftllaa Initios PyrajaM
Braehr. Empire Oils and Battery BupaUW Parts and Shop E.ulsment -Is
addition tw eur Eleetrleal aapplle. aad Apparataa Oat our arloes aad try
ISmfrt Hettxlc Svii &taxwm&
DIMribetan fer Teas. Cheariml fjsaisaay'. ChmiesOly rare Battery AcM.
Preston 4s2 ana 410. an William. St.
WHY NOT ENJOY THE BEST SLEEP ON A
Al our
VARD-GRISSOM &
CRAWFORD
Audits Sretema Cset Aeeountlng
' Tax Service Consultation
SS7 West Bldg. Pnon. P. 44t
Crystal Ice
Wholesale and
ICE AND COAL
N. L. CASPERSON.'Seery.Troa.
McK.ee st ?-dg
mm
SHOE RETAILERS
ENTER FT. WORTH
FOR AMlAL MEET
T c x a s and Oklahoma
; Travelers Planning
' Convention
Houston Post Special.
' FORT - WORTH Texas Fb
4.
More than 1600 aho men are expected
to attend tho Joint convention of th
Texas and Oklahoma She Retailers'
aaaociaUba and th Southwestern Shoe
Travelers' association her February
12 12 anr 14 at which South Texas
will be represented by a delegation
beaded byH. C Scogglns nrst vice
Praldnt of tha 'Texas retail and
Louis r. Tufflv. hew national director
both of Houston.
Feature of this "brass tacks" con-
vantlan. at which mare than 100 lines
. of shoes hosiery and acceeeorles wiU
. .
do on oispiay to d aaaresses irom
representatives of the United States
chamber of commerce at Washing
ton irom in narvara oureau 01 ousi-
nsss research from th National Shoe
Retailers' association and from lead-
ins shoe manufacturing concerns of
the North and East. -'
Convention headquarter Witt be th
new 14-story Texas hotel.- of which
more than als floors already hava been
reserved by delegates and-- traveling -men
while manufacturers are mak-
ing specs reservations for booths daily.
John Slater of Fifth avenue. New
York will be th featured epeaKar at
tho noon luncheon February 12 at
which the convention will be formally
opened and will bring a message from
" organisation the National fihoo
Retailers' aeaociatlon. of which he la
pnSd.nl toUe Texas-Oklahoma
body wjtlch la next to th national In
als and larger than any- other aho
mens organisation In the United
Statea.
Alvln E. Doddd manager of the
domestlo distribution department of
the Chamber ot Commerce of the
United States will speak on "Th Na-
tional Chamber and th Unrest To-
ward the Cost of Distribution." He is
recognized as an authority on distri-
bution problems and bring a wealth
of statistics to Illustrate his points.
Mors figures will be submitted by
Cecil E. Fratsr of the Harvard bureau
of business research which has made
a 'comprehensive study of the retail
shoe 'business for the hurt U year.
Fraser will offer a detailed report and
analysis of tho actual net profit on
L. E. Lans-ston of Fort Worth la
president of tho Texas association Ia
.'Lyons of Tulsa 1 president! of tho
Oklahoma retailers and J. Vi McAl-
uster of fok woid is prosident ot the
? JfSSTSJiS
h. nnicoTvl tlon last
jn t which M.000 aho men were
BMMnt. 1
Inspector liVams v 4
Against Moving Herds
- Houaton Post SpeclaL
CORSICANA. Texaa Feb.
Fortenberry district cattle Inspector
here ha warned th people of th
county not to move cattle from quar-
antined pastures to 'clean pastures.
There are mora than 4000 herds In th
county and of these only 71 ars under
quarantine.
WILL BUY NIV TRUCK.
Houston Post SpeclaL"
BROWNSVILLE Texas. Fab. It
was decided at a meeting ot the city
commissioners to purchaas another
fir truck similar to the one now In
which ia of th La Frano . type.
Advertisements for bids for th engine
will be posted. With this addition the
fir department will be fully equipped.
ft
as imr
Mm' f l M M s Sk v.
"MATTRESS
Dealer
& Fuel Co.
Retail Dealers I
MORNING' FEBRUARY 5. 1 923
liiiiiiiiiffl!
Low Water Bridge
Omtract Awarded
r. Houston -Post Special
SAN BENITO Texas Feb. . The
commissioners court Saturday after-
noon' awarded tha contract for the
construction of low water bridge
do to low bidders Drivers A Downs
of tos Freenos 1 whose bid was
it.i25.te.
Th completlort of this bridge which
Is to be a 11-foot one-way structure
built On pilings driven into the arroyo
will give residents of the Rio Hondo
and tha surrounding territory an out-
let to LA Ferla and Harllngen without
coming through Ban Benito.
ValleV Officers
k Wwrn A O J
1 . Will AlTeSt Speeders
Houston Post Special
i . n mc .-i
SAN BENITO. Texas Feb. 4. No
tv&Mliit stakela la 4II au. aniwilnf.
ww v w-
ed' Sheriff Bam Robertson said today.
but tha sheriff and hla deputies wil
oompoee a fore which will alwaya bo
on tha iMknut tor violators of traffic
laws.
ci i v... . . .1 t .
. rT.rS. 1
.uiu v. .
prosecutions for criminal carelessness
will h. mda. Th. deirtmant la it-.
MUt f the
tM rl iytV
. '
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A. and M. Indian Student
. ' CLrL- I I ir 1.
njtniDiis nanaiwoiK
Houston Post Special.
BRTAN. Texas. Feb. 4. M. Bahadur
""'""""
textile department of A. and M. col
. a. on u.epiay w Dryn . cw ary. me wth ntUB.l of dealer to
lection of embroidery and other goods additions to their stocks
of th most elegant hand work fromSoma 0f them sav thelh WsWhoness
his native country. It ia very greatly 7. .? ln'm elP aren0UB
admired by all who ee It. It was
lately on exhibition at the store of
tiarris-Hahio Jn Houston where It at-
tract ed much attention and was the
mean of a number of orders being
placed. ;
11
O r . ' . r '
Dan tSemtO tOt5UV
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ii . n . . -
""""" VBl "fewai.
SAN BENITO Texas Feb.! 4. A
larg Ruth dredge for the cleaning of
all canals In tha San Benita district
will be purchased Immediately ac
cording to the directors of the Irriga-
tion company. ' The directors of ths
district have been watching a similar
dredge and after seeing ths work
done by it at Mercedes and La Feria
decided to purchase one for San Be
nita All rtni frftm w M ea ...
Resetting Piling oii
oan oenito rviver rronr
I J o '' """"" """P" . tlon in their behalf this year. Iaw-
Large Lredge OOat Bae" t0 merchants in Oklahoma were makers' are agreed that some leglsla-
. tw much below normal In the latter part "on relating to the rlghta of those ae-
tv.. ai.t Wheat buying marked the slow pacf
; Houston Post Special. cf fiour and feed buying. . It-was a
vUAN BENITO; Texas Feb. 4. Work hand-to-mouth business. Some grain
of resetting piling on the river front dealers who have enjoyed . the Aest
above the San Benito pumping plant business In recent ' year with Texas.
Is progressing rapidly. Ths old piling mills' say that the latter scarcely en-
set to deflect th.' current which was tered the Oklahoma market mat week
eating Into the bank toward the high . Feed millers declare that stocks of
line canal of the district wss upset or mill and mixed eeds are lower than
washed out during the two high water usual for the season In th Southeast-
.fac aumnier. new protection
to being set just abovs tha pump and retarded by general business depres-
4. T. J. n" r8r.. " en constructed slon even though there have been de-
Kao TVutJ. A vr jm . "
by Dodds A Wedegartner contractors
' We Make Prompt Delivery on V . '
ICE COAL WOOD OR COKE'
Polar Wave Ice & Fuel Co.
2203 McGowen
FLAXMAN DRY GOODS
ft NOTION COMPANY
' Wholesale Dry Goods
Fresh Clean New Stock Always
' CommarM and Main Street
Phones: Pre (ton 427-48S
i
i
Kent H. Easter WT
i
"GET EASTER SERVICE"
Sklllad and careful workmen. ' Hauling packing shipping and
storing; merchandise' furniture piano automobile household
good; 40000 feet of absolute fireproof storage space In our
new plant '
"GET EASTER SERVICE' '
Phones Preston 6785 and Preetori 9251
- Corner Live Oak and Walker Streets v
i
CONCRHE PRODUCTS CO.
FOR THOSE POURED BLOCKS
Velsso ana Leckh.rt ata.
Phone lrssts 4028
td Ward near Meueton slacking Co.
Soutlfern Sash & Door Co.
SETTER MERCHANDISE
BETTER SERVICE
. Wholesale Only
Phones Preston 10M-1237 -Corner
Rusk and Ennla St.
Oxy-Acetylelne
Magnolia Gas
PreetenM
us
" . ....L.mmmmmmmmmm"' 1
Texas-Oklahoma Mill
Mo
Optimism Prevails Gner-
ally Over Better
; Crop Prospects
' y W. F. KKRR . '
' Houston Pest Csrrspondnt
OKLAHOMA CITt Okla. Feb. 4.--While
port reports show shipments of
flour corn and. feedstuff. : in father
l "
countrie. during the. lattoy .half of
unusual volume to . a few European
January me movemenL oi uiose oroa-
January me movement moss proa-
uctM nrot southwestern mui to ports
reached one. of the lowest levels re-
. . i . .
CAraed in muv months. At th. urn
tm thto decrease In move-
to port; of goods destined to th
atuuiucaiianai ana central (Muui
American countries. At the same Mm.
'
. '". reported 'th poor.t
mestto business for many months.
. What miners hops may b called the
u.a ..... '
.: T I J
breaking of a long drouth over the
Souttwesk and when war In the Near
nd ad' restrictions lit Mexico
W playing ;havoc with' th vo.ume
of exnorts. SI "J
. .
TJ(pxpectedly Urge stocks' of flour
and ' feed have been found hath 'In
Soudakstern 'and Southwestern States.
MlHbjrs tn their eagerness to flU orders
made fer January nd February deliv-
" luu lo roor ana mat tne con-
sumer will not buy. On dealer 111
tho -Southeast reported that material
- - . - .
? . I . ? V'
" ww """era navo naa oraers
uuiuqiibu mr January ana Jeoruary
ahlDtnents.
- . "
-1 -- ofliim rvormai. . ' '
mut-u oeiow normal in ine latter narc
t T. d.i... -
th.t nhi.t h- IT...
and will not entertain a thought of
buying. At the .same time th move-
m.nt f m h.in J.i hi.h
. .
mai one aaiea buumt ia vnnnar ir
country consumer are not eating flour
Dreaa or meal bread what they are
eating. .
Bakery buying also has been' abnor-
mally ipw due to baker having' fair
stocks on hand a decreased demand
.-..a...- V . . L . .
bakers report bread having an un-
expectedly slow) sale. Bakers with low
stocks ara buying sparingly 'believing H
that oeror long th price of floar will
b lower. j
enf terrltorv hut that Kntin i. tin
-vi-.s "lM0n UlfJIO 1IO.TO a Ig UP
cllnes in prices. Hay and alfalfa meal
Hadley 6882.
frOS-610 rsnnln Btraat '
.Houston Tsxsa
tatlon.r .
Engravers
Vlntor
OWes Outfitters J
DORMAN HARDWOOD
LUMBER CO. .
HARDWOOD LUMBER
Wagon and Truck Material .
aemmea and Lee Sta.
Preston 5s2 ..Houston Tsxaa
Houston Construction Ccnrpany
Standard Building ISM' Capitol
P. O. Ba 181 Houston Texas
Permanent Roads Sswerage Plants
and Heavy Construction
Ti
Welding Unit
This unit I deelfoed. paxtie-
ularly for railroad work. It
may "be either portable or
stationary it Include the
S0-lb. generator and tna No.
S welding torch with their
superior and exclusive fea-
tures and. haa proven itself
to be the moat versa ti.e all-
around outfit for light and
haaw work. Wa recom
mend It .highly for tha oom4
pany that- wishes to save!
money oa th. initial instaila-1
tlon th upkeep coat the1
operation cost and oa ' th.;
costliest of all costs TUiK.
Distributed by
Products Co.!
. Houston Tsxast
wements Are Slow
were reduced t ton last week. Brok
era and wholesaler bought slowly.
Bouthwsst Optlmlstle.
The Southwest at the outset Of Feb'
ruary Is optimistic however. Rains In
the early part of January brought tern-
porary relief to We
areas but those in me iawer pan
the month virtually were a guarantee
of many food and feed crops. The pre-
cipitation in many places amounted to
1 and inches. Only a few areas re
ported less than ltt Inche. Surveys
show that every county tn the grain
belt of Oklahoma Texas and New
Mexloo had heavy ramsiv The outlook
r.n? i7N.w Mexico has not
JgJ Sa M 'pori.
- . iA.a
from peT(lral jwHor points lndicads
that both bank and
have loosened and
WSSir?:
th sources of an
.M-w wl.l th.
' - " -
easy money supply say tner u no
reason why tha flow of money into
rural districts should not make good
f"
" " " ""
lnroorts. some ox wnicn vinuauy uruvo
do-.flour from the border and Increased
Vrelglit rate on som of th lesdtng
Mexican railroads Mexican omcials
have Inaugurated anew campaign for
business In Southwestern States. M.
EHaa Mexican consul general at New
Orleans says that trade with Mexico
'"on 1 . i V
- rXantlhtow'lnT'M?
k.m.n. - . 7
-
Msxloo Sends flush Order.
MatIm u mn wmi4 tn If Mnre-
senUtivea m .thia territory to "stir
They are advised that
Zf"?"'" .
hlM.ll.nl MBMIlfkHMM Aft-
Jva to Mexloo. Consul General Ellas
says that political conditions In that
bountry are mbre stable than before in
ner'tto and h prrtlcU that 'nce
President Obregon can not iucceed
himself v
himself when the campaign comes on
next year there will be no serious fac-
uoImu P auturoancas. .
It seems to be a foregone conclusion
-optIve aasodatlons In touch
witn tn production storing ana mar-
.s-m-uiiuim ihwuuu m mo
Southwestern State will either dii
rectly or indirectly. Influence leglsla-
nn in th1 h.h. f thl. T.w
anrlatinna la n.reaarv. In Okl.hama
it ia nredlcted that a warahouae and
terminal-elevator bill will pass -but.
that . 11 will provide specifically that
'tha State's interest will be aa a monev
i. jt i ... ...
mm ...u mimvvimir .u uui a 1 1
operator. Reports from Texaa ssy that
thia is tha program of conservatives in chased the big stock barn and : feed
that State seed and hay-buainess of th. Conyers
Flour and mlllfeed quotations were corporation in Bryan. This deal con-
the same as the prevlou. week hard' atituted a transaction of considerable .
wheat patent flour selling at 11.80 and magnitude. W. Q. Reynolds wilt- con-
soft wheat patent at 11.00 1 . tlnue as manager of the busines
SBMOSMBSSHMWnHWSSHSBMH
BAIIIi'iAIlD; STORE FIXTURES
war.q '"y"'" "' r
N L 1TM E88SIMI VtMW CIS!
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HOUSTON TEXAS
WEDDING INVITATIONS
. AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Out-of-Tewn Orders Olven Sam
Courtseu Treatment. .
MINOR PRINTING CO.
1114V a-rsnklln Av.
BAUGUSS LUMBER .COMPANY
LUMBER SHINGLES SASH DOORS BLINDS AND MILL WORK
Everything Kept Under Shed Estimates Cheerfully Furnished
1400 Maury Street v ' ' 4 . Phone Preston 2897
RICE & BELK
Insurance
' 797 Chronicle Bldg.
Phone Preston BOO-158
POLAR
WHITE
Th. scsrclty of Part Orson I Inorsadng th pries rapidly: W urg'. you
t. pises ysur erdsr new fer Spring delivery. We protect you against a
decline in Brie. Jt- .."..
Chipman Chemical Engineering Co. Inc.
401 Yale St. - Houston Tsxss. ' Tsylor (498
j Frank B. Hurley 4 DeWittJLJcnes
wpsrsting as Mrnnth nv
i INSURANCE
Thirty-five Yssra Continuous
ServlM
204 Wootworth Bids. ' Preston lie
TEAS NURSERY CO.
i asKu. Aalreeivd.
bsas Piestea ISSlft
ELECTRIC POWER
FOR HOUSTON'S INDUSTRIAL DEVITOPMENT
SEE OUR COMMERCIAL DEPART HENT f
HOUSTOfi LIGHTING' & PO VER CO.
v Phone: Preston 4140 . . " ' ' ''
SKinDine 'Activity
. livens at Orange
Houston Post Special.
A-Tn'
ORANOH; Texs FOB.
ataamshin Lake no nan wnn nan
eargo of lumber rice and box ahooka
loaded for Porto Rico has ton to
Beaumont to finish loading. Tha
schooner M. J. Thompson th second
vessel en route to Orange with a
ot asphalt for the Barber Aa-
oomD.nr Philadelphia la sev-
' . In oort Her '
- "
Th. anhooner Peter Mclntyr I due
to arrive her February 15 from Trin-
idad. It Is thought that this ship may
be engaged In handling asphalt rom
Trinidad to Orang. The steamship'
Lake Slavl Is due to arrive for a oarg
for Porto Rloo February 20. . The
steamship Kumiey is uuo vu wn
her. February 15. to rece
cargo for South America.
to receive m tuiuuer -
i
A. and M: Exhibits Large
".. 1:f1.r-.
Houston Post SpeclaL ' . ';
: BRYAN Texas Feb 4. The hortl-'
cultural department of A. and M. col-
leg 1 giving visual demonstration of .
the work of tha experiment garden of
the department by exhibiting at the
office of th Bryan Eagla th largest
cauliflower ever seen in thin section
of Tsxaa The specimen measured 12 .
Inches In width and SI inches In cir-
cumference. These measurements were
around tha heart of tha head anddid
not include th leafy ring surround-
ing it. Miny other varieties of Tg-
tables are grown in this garden and
With very gratifying results.
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PrainV 1 J Oil Flftltl ''
DevelopsRapidly-
Houaton Post SpeclaL : . -
LOCKHART. Texaa Fete 4. A re
port from the. Prairie Lea oil field
states that the Merrlwather No. I haa
1been spudded In and work 4s going on
as well aa expected. Tne upper tor
matlon of the earth tn this section Is
hard and slow progress will "be made
as far down as 1000 feet. Thia well
ia set In 10-Inch casing aad Is being '
drilled by Bryant A Dauchy th same
firm which drilled the No. 1 well and
they have - aeveral other wells that
they will put down.
Bryan Grain Company t
'
Changes Ownership
Houston Post SpsolaL
nnviv it... a-.K l w a
w... ... . . v. ... ...
MlaL
a Brasos bottom planter haa pur-1
CASES
School
Equipment
' and
Supplier .
Phone Taylor
609 and 700
Incorporated
1901
& Kit. Ci. i
w--r
w. a JONES
W. hava inat
stall) d
knew. ihamiMMlM
nwei
tlo. ta so Cesnrmnl
teanlns. O
; Mattress Renovating
' befetlnsesa BhImh for M Tears
Paoa Pieatea 40 gill Leelaad Ave.
GARLAND PIPELESS FURNACE
ate Every Type t a Horn
Economy Durable
4NVESTIQATB
Writ or Cell .
mm't Tii and Sbntsiita! Works
Prsstsn 1244 404 Capitol Avenue
A VEGETABLE PRODUCT
Healthier and More Suiftary Than
Animal Fat -
FRESH ALW.YS.
MADE IN HOUSTON. ''
Bakers nd Cindy Makers
Supplies and Machinery
BoostsB Woleu'i CeafBctiooeij Co.
Houston Taxaa 1
"Insure nos That Inauras"
Painter Rslchnaa & Co.
'Ire LIsbMlty Bonding
Automobile loeuranee
rs-ns kress buildino
Office Phone Preston Ss '
Res. Phonssi Preston 1aUa-16za-S2gr
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