Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, June 24, 1921 Page: 4 of 10
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■PAGE FOUR
MERcBbES tribune
FRIDAY- JUNE 24, !’
MERCEDES TRIBUNE
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY
TRIBUNE PUBLISHING COMPANY
W. D. HOLLAND.............Editor
5LALPH L. BUELL, -Managing Editor
Entered as second class mail mat-
ter at the postoffice at Mercedes,
Texas, January 23, 1914, under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
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MERCEDES, TEXAS, JUNE 24, 1924
(Copyrlcht)
A GOOD LAW
The law passed at the last session of the legislature which
became effective June 11, by which ail persons engaged in the
handling of food products which are offered for sale to the
public, must pass a physical examination, is one of the best
pieces of legislation that has ever been devised for the protec-
tion of public health. In effect it says that no man shall handle
food stuffs of any description without being duly accredited
as to his freedom from contagious disease by a physician, and
having in his possession a certificate to that effect.
The state, county, and city health officials are serving notice
that' this law must be complied with in every particular. The
county health officer, Dr. H. Garst, writes to the Tribune that
"'the County Health Department will assist in the enforcement
«>£ and will insist on a strict compliance with the law, not only
an incorporated towns, but also throughout the county.”.
The law applies to employes of eating houses, ice cream dis-
pensers, employes of bakeries, or of places where baked goods
:.sare sold. Proprietors of such places of business should at once
communicate with the city health officer and secure the infor-
vnation necessary for compliance with the law.
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THAT TRUCK LAW
The fact that the new Truck Law does not become operative
T until the first of. the year, instead* of June 11 as was thought,
does not in any way lessen the emergency. This bill will mate-
rially increase the cost of living of the people of the Valley if
.allowed to stand in its present form- If you have not already | seems to have been so nearly won British soldiers stationed there dm
done so, write our representative, J. E. Leslie at McAllen, and j the valley should no,t forget that it
our senator, Archie Parr at Duval, and tell them that they are has another just as hard a fight on
expected to be very active in securing the repeal of this law.
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WEEKLY DIGEST
Of THE
VALLEY NEWS
Kingsville.—The remains of two
Kleberg County World War heroes
have arrived in this couatry and
were buried by the Kingsville Post
of the American Legion with full mil-
itary honors.—The rains of last week
greatly benefitted the corn and feed
crops of ,the Kingsville country, be-
sides helping the pasturage.—The
Dairy Products Company entertained
50 or more dairymen and their fami-
lies at Santa Gertrudis. After the
meeting considerable discussion en-
sued relative to all sides of the dairy
business.
Harlingen:—Contract for the new
high school building has been let to
W. F. Liston and Son. The cost of
this building will lA approximately
$48,000.
McAllen:—Louis Gerlts has taken
over the Clark Hotel and will operate
it in the future. Mr. Gerlts was for-
merly proprietor of the McAllen Ho-
tel, located where the First State
Bank and Trust Company now stands.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark have leased the
Anseria Hotel in Monterrey, Mexico.
H. H. Rankin has sold the McAllen
and Edinburg telephone exchanges to
F. M. Fresby of Prescott, Ark.
Mission:—Mission’s first Trades
Day is reported as an unqualified suc-
cess.^—J. W. Thrower of Mission has
shipped 15 carloads of canteloupes
and 14 carloads of watermelons this
season.
Edinburg:—The Edinburg Equity
Exchange is endeavoring to establish
a direct market into Mexico for the
corn crop of its members.—A Red
Cross Home Hygiene Class is to be
organized by Miss Ponder, County
Red Cross Nurse.
Weslaco:—The Chamber of Com-
merce is to erect an electric arch
welcoming visitors to the city.—11 he
crop condition around Weslaco is re-
ported as very promising.'
FIGHT MUST CONTINUE
(By C, H. PEASE)
Now that the fight for deep water
so
The End of a Perfect Day
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Where Nobody Pays Taxes. j outside world. If you could stow J ance of everything that there’s no
There still remains one place on ' away abroad that cruiser, you d find, I reason foi committing, theft or.rothef
earth, inhabited by white people, [at Tristan:
Valley farmers are suing’ the Gulf Coast Lines for damages
resulting' from the car shortage. In this connection it is re-
called that one of the reasons for the strong attachment exisL-LgritTe Irrigation
ing between the Gulf Coast Lines and Dave that
O’Brien once made them pay Valley Tsimers^ some $63,000
Tor failing to furnj^T-^Fs~to^send cabbage to market.—Browns-
-Olfe^enHnel. > .
The citizens of Mercedes’ “Mexiquito” are to be
dated on the desire manifested by them to improve, the property; ^yrn^St^nd^nTiew.^ The^organi-
its hands. Gravity irrigation means
as much to the Valley as does deep
water.
There are forces accumulating on
every hand,AbA'SeiTruHjGhiehace om
structure. Some-,
thing must be done and done proper-
ly. There is no question in the
minds ofevery right* thinking man that
the only solution to our irrigation
problem is to place' the entire ques-
| tion in the hands of the United
COngratll- j States Reclamation Service, and steps
have been taken and are being taken
where there’s no work—and no taxes, An island 21 miles around. A snow-
no law's, no police, no tax days, no i clad extinct volcano rising in the
strap-hanging, no alarm clocks—and | center. A small village on a fertile
nothing to worry about., | green peninsula. Nothing to make
Tristan da Cunha is the place. j people work. Nothing to pay taxes
It’s an island in ,the South Atlantic j for. The inhabitants eat fish, wild
Ocean, 1-500 miles southwest of St. fowl, birds’ eggs, clams, fruit and wild
Helena, where the imprisoned Napo- potatoes. When they want meat they
leqai died. The Tristanites are de-; go out and kill wild sheep or cattle,
scendants of the relief garrison of j Clothing and ammunition are obtain-
ed from the crew of the# cruiser by
ing Napoleon’s captivity. j bartering skins of the • seals that
Only about }00 people live on Trip- i sport no- Tristan’s rocky'shores,
tan, but they boast that no one eyei’l ' Tristan is said to be the only white
wanted to leave.
The only ship .i&at’ever visits them
Js -a BritlslT cruiser that drops in once
a year. No other contact with the
settlement in the world that has no
organized government. Inherited dis-
cipline from the people’s soldier-an-
‘ cestors, along with such an abund-
crirnes, has made laws and organized]
government unnecessary..—Ex.
Love for play is the cause fo/ most
of the crime which lands men and
wone inside prison walls.—O. F. Lew-
is, seereetary, New York Prison As-
sociation.
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dumber of divorces granted in the
United States is more than* twice asj
great as in all the rest of Christen-;
dom combined.—Prof. J. I. Corrigan, l
Boston College.
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Income taxes are (taking too much ]
money from those who otherwise
would utilize these funds in making
necessary improvements and exten-
sions.—Judge E. H. Gary.
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Cutting out superfluous bureaus is!
all right, but it’s mighty liable
wind up in the creation of a bureau
on investigation.—Ex.
on the north of the railroad tracks. We venture to state that
there is no other city, in the Valley of the approximate size
of Mercedes having more cement walks in the Mexican portion
of the city, and less in the American portion-
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We observed the street grader at work upon the city streets
immediately following one of the recent rains. This is good
business, the maintaining of improvements,
money of the tax payer, careful attention saves it.
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J. C. Nolan, general superintendent of the Gulf Coast Lines,
says that the farmers of the Valley “are spending as little as
possible.” We did not know that the Gulf Coast Lines had left
them even that much to spend.
zation of the Lower Rio Grande Val-
ley Water Users’ Association as has
been pointed out by Reclamation of-
ficials is necessary and necessary at
onc.e Every land owner in the Val-
ley that wants to see this Valley
saved and its prosperity assured
should realize that he must co-ope-
rate with the other land owners with-
out delay, and go to the Reclamation
Neglect wastes the Service with our problem.
The movement for gravity irriga-
tion has not had the active interest
and support which its importance de-
mands. It has not had the same ac-
tive energetic interest on the part
of the lan downers of the Valley or
citizens, which brought the move-
ment for deep water to a successful
cclose. It should be said right here
---o----- j that there is going to be strong, bit-
What the military authorities have done towards eliminating j ^,,3°oriSS-
the mosquitoes at Fort Brown, can be done by every Valley | tion just as insiduous as that which
met the efforts of those who were
struggling for- deep water.
Unless the people of the Valley
take off their coats and fight foi
gravity irrigation it will be smothered
out by the poison gas of propaganda
and false rumors- which are today
being circulated on every hand by
those who are professedly friends of
the cause, but who are to all intents
and purposes wolves in sheep’s cloth—(
ing. It matters not how innocent the
purpose or intent of those who are-
carrying these rumors from mouth to
mouth, they are in reality enemies
because they are doing the things
that block the efforts of those who
are trying to bring about the build-
ing of this project.
One of the most deadening bi(ts of
propaganda that is being circulated
is the story that is being carried
from mouth to mouth, that it will be
a generation before Hie government
will do anything on our project, that
the government takes years to build
what private capital can do in
months, that the government never
will act. These statements are false
fend absolutely misleading. There are
no facts to justify any such state-
and town, but it means cleaning up and staying cleaned up.
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Yes, and the Gulf Coast Lines are also “spending as little
as possible” on the necessary precautions for the service and
-safety of the people of the Valley.
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The United States mint has started coining silver dollars
after a lapase of seven years. Get your sack ready!
: MR. BUSINESSMAN:
Did you know that 90 per cent of the C. O. D. Parcel Post and
Money Order Business is a Mail Order Business ?
Is there any reason why you shouldn’t have this business
: yourself ?
You can handle the same goods that Mail Order Llouses do.
You CAN meet their prices when express or postage are
concerned.
You CAN beat them on delivery.
WHY not tell some of the 15,000 people in Mercedes’ Trading-
Territory about it?
RAGLAND’S
Pre-Inventory Sale
Prices
Have attracted much attention and many of the original
lots on which prices were reduced have become very limited.
New items and other real attractive Bargains have been
added from day to day.
It will pay you to see the many special offerings in
every department; We know you’ll appreciate the
Substantial Savings, as well as the quality and the
style oh the merchandise.
SAN BENITO
TO VOTE
ON BONI>
San Benito will have the chance to
; spend lots of money if the bond issue
as proposed by the city council, (to
be voted upon July 28, carries. The
proposal is to issue bonds to the
: amount of $145,000, the proceeds to
Vj if- -expended on water and sewerage
system? and for street paving.
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A strong citizenship must depend
‘-chiefly upon the protection of the
\ IVY F I!T ISTVO .
icfiru ' dur xmv iv i?n?prT ments, and their repetition can have
1SS1K! LA" M)" IA EFFECT!^ otjier pm.pose or effect than to
destroy confidence and discourage
Healtli Hints for the Week.
1. Examine premises for all bot-
Among the laws enacted by the last j the putting forth of that effort which
session of the Legislature which went j js necessary to make success proba-
into effect June 11, is the Pure Ad j ble. There are numerous other ru-
vertising Law, which makes any soF : mors afloat, which we have not
of misrepresentation in an advertise- ] Space to mention,
ment illegal. The law assesses . Every citizen who feels that wc
penalty of $200 for each separate of- need tJhe aid of the United States
Reclamation Service to improve out
water situation should help to stamr
out the false rumors that are put b
ties, tin cans, pails, barrels, etc., that 1 circulation against the gravity pro-
lives and health of the children. This may be holding a half pint of. wa- jec. The first man that you meet
is -far more important than efforts to ter’ and EMPTY THEM.hp j that says anything derogatory or de,t
• encourage immigration, or to defend ] 2. SCREEN all cisterns and tanks j rimental regarding gravity irrigation
- adults from harm. The hope of the ] 3. Keep all trash and refuse fpod : or the steps that are being itaken to
future rests in the children. j BURNED. I secure it, challenge him to furnish
-0- j 4. Any rats caught will be im- j proof of what he says,*and if he can
The real reduction will come when j mediately sent to Health Officer. j not furnish proof demand that he |
the Shakespfeare clubs and the mis-j 5. Clean up and keep clean is the cease to circulate these rumors 01
sionary circles take up the Irish 1 price paid for civic health. I avow himself an open enemy of the
“REAL BARGAINS
In WOMEN’S WEAR
CHILDREN’S WEAR
MILLINERY
PIECE GOODS
SHOES
(LOTH ING
UNDERWEAR
SHIRTS
HOSIERY
BUY NOW
Reduced Prices Continued All Next Week
This
Advertise-
ment is
our Signed
Contract
THE JOHN gi RAGLAND MERCANTILE QO,
McAllen, texas.
Where The
Dollar
Has Its
Biggest
Value
.question.—Ex.
CITY HEALTH OFFICER. cause.
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Holland, W. D. & Buell, Ralph L. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, June 24, 1921, newspaper, June 24, 1921; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth637819/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.