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Preliminary Work
Has Been Done On
Mission Road Work
Operations Will Begin
In Earnest Oct. I On
$800,000 Program
When contractors begin opera-
tions October 1 on $800,000 worth
of contracts in Mission’s million
and a half dollar road paving pro-
gram, they will find important con-
necting links already well toward'
completion in the north and east.
From the six mile line north to the
seven mile line, and extending for
a distance of more than ten miles
east and west on the seven mile line,
from the Goodwin tract to Edin-
burg, which is part of the Edin-
burg district, important road opera-
tions are under way, while to the
east, contractors working under the
McAllen million dollar district are
busily engaged in converting coun-
try dirt roads into macadam pikes.
Operations to the southwest around
Hidalgo, which will bring continu-
ity to the surfacing of the old Mil-
itary Trail, are expected to be under
way about the time construction op-
erations are carried to that district
line. Hidalgo voted a half million
to improve roads tributary to that
community.
Two large concrete culverts are
being put in between the sixth and
seven mile line on Lomita, and much
of the road has been graded up pre-
paratory to the dumping of the rock
foundation. The east and west road
has all been rock ballasted and sur-
facing will be laid at once.
West from the county line on the
main highway to Rio Grande City
asphalt topping has transformed
the highway into a very desirable
drive all of the way to the Starr
county seat. From that place on to
Roma and within the next two years
the state will put in a primary road
extending to Laredo, affording the
Valley another direct connection
with San Antonio.
When the program is completed
in full some time within the next
two or three years Mission will be
in the center of one of the most in-
tensively paved sections in the
tire state.
Gap In San Antonio
And Corpus Road Is
To Be Paved Soon
New City Charter
For Mission Is In
State of Preparation
The new city charter for Mission
will be redrafted by a minority sub-
committee following a stormy bat-
tle between members of the general
committee after the document had
been prepared for presentation to
the voters and following an ad-
verse report filed by the minority.
Questions were raised over four
or five provisions of the charter, in-
cluding salaries, letting of work to
bid, hiring and firing of city per-
sonnel, filling vacancies by election
rather than appointment.
Members of the sub committee
are expected to analyze the charter
this week in an effort to find flaws
and a report will be made to the
charter commission again next
Tuesday at which time it is hoped
a final draft will be promulgated
and instructions given to proceed
with its submission to the voters of
the city for their approval.
Sinton, August 14.—One of the
few remaining gaps in the hardsur-
faced road between Corpus Christi
and San Antonio, the Portland road,
will be improved at an early date,
according to Judge J. C. Russell of
this City. The commissioners court
has accepted a proposal made by Gib
Gilchrist, state highway engineer,
whereby there will be two routes
through Portland.
One route, approved by the High-
way Department, will be alongside
the Southern Pacific tracks. The
county is to purchase the right-of-
way and the State is to pay for pav-
ing the road.
Another feature of the compro-
mise was that permission was grant-
ed the county to pave the present
route, which is a State highway. The
State had obtained an injunction re-
straining the county from spending
its funds on that road because the
route had not been approved by the
State Highway Department. Under
the terms of the compromise, how-
ever, the county will be permitted to
improve this road.
Bonds for the improvement of the
road were voted six years ago. There
is $20,000 in escrow. This wiU be
used to purchase right-of-way for
the state-approved route and to pave
the route which Portland citizens
prefer.
lMXivvo maoDAi, aubuai 14,
Willacy County To
Urge Importance Of
North Highway Outlet
Willacy, county is planning to
bring to the attention of the state
highway commission the importance
of completing the highway north
from Raymondville and the estab-
lishment of a highway through Ken-
edy county to connect with Kleberg
and thereby hook up Willacy coun-
ty’s roads with another route out
of the Valley. This matter will
probably be presented by officials
of Willacy county, Lyford, Sebas-
tian and Raymondville chambers of
commerce, and local clubs, to the en-
tire personnel of the state highway
commission when that body visits
Kingsville early in September for
the purpose of designating a state
highway route from Kingsville to
Alice.
Commissioner Sterling is said to
be very strongly in favor of the pro-
posed highway through Kenedy coun-
ty and it is thought that such a
delegation from Willacy county vis-
iting the highway commissioners in
Kingsville will have very much
weight in securing a north highway
out of the Valley to be designated as
a state highway.
Raymondville Pioneer
Resident Passes Away
J. F. Hardcastle, resident of the
Raymondville community for the
past_ 13 years, died at the Valley
hospital in Harlingen last Wednes-
day morning, following an illness of
several months. He was 73 years
of age and is survived by his wid-
ow and a number of relatives. Mr.
Hardcastle was manager of the Cor-
bett ranch.
Interment was made in the Har-
lingen cemetery.
Weslaco Commander
Is Given Place On
State Legion Body
Dr. D. K. Henry of Weslaco has
been appointed on the department
commander’s committee for the
American Legion national conven-
tion to be held in San Antonio in
October. Dr. Henry is commander
of the newly organized Milton Giles
Fort post at Weslaco.
The department commander’s
committee for the convention will
seive as a staff for the department
commander in handling the great
mass of detail which will call for
his attention during the convention.
McAllen To Have
Branch of Houston
Floral Establishment
acted thereunder. Whoever is chos-
en President has under his oath the
solemn duty to pursue this course.
“Our country has deliberately un-
dertaken a great social and economic
experiment, noble in motive and far-
reaching in purpose. It must be
worked out constructively.”
Common sense compels us to real-
ize that grave abuses have occur-
red—abuses which must be reme-
died. An organized searching in-
vestigation of fact and causes can
alone determine the wise method of
correcting them. Crime and disobe-
dience of law cannot be permitted to
break down the Constitution and
laws of the United Spates.
Modification of the enforcement
laws which would permit that which
the Constitution forbids is nulli-
fication. This the American people
will not countenance. Change in
the Constitution can and must be
brought about only by the straight-
forward methods provided in the
Constitution itself. There are those
who do not believe in the purposes
of several provisions of the Constitu-
tion. No one denies their right to
seek to amend it. They are not sub-
ject to criticism for asserting that
right. But the Republican Party
does deny the right of anyone to
seek to destroy the purposes of the
Constitution by indirection.
Whoever is elected President takes
an oath hot only to faithfully exe-
cute the office of the President, but
that oath provides still further that
he will, to the best of his ability,
preserve, protect and defend the Con
stitution of the United States. I
should be untrue to these great tra-
ditions, untrue to my oath of office,
were I to declare otherwise.
With impressive proof on all sides
of magnificent progress, no one can
rightly deny the fundamental cor-
rectness of our economic system.
Nohting, however, is perfect but it
works for progress. Our pre-emi-
nent advance over nations in the last
eight years has been due to dis-
tinctively American accomplish-
ments. We do not owe these ac-
complishments to our vast natural
resources. These we have always
had. They have not increased. What
has changed is our ability to utilize
these resources more effectively. It
is our human resources that have
changed. Man for man and woman
for woman, we are today more ca-
pable whether in the work of farm,
factory of business than ever before.
It lies in our magnificent educa-
tional system, in the hard working
character of our people in the ca-
pacity for far-sighted leadership in
industry, the ingenuity, the daring
of the pioneers of new inventions in
the abolition of the saloon, and the
wisdom of our national policies.
centralized authority, prevents con-
structive and consistent development
of broad national policies.
Our Republican presidents have re-
peatedly recommended to Congress
that it would (not only greatly re-
duce expenses of business in their
contacts with government but that
a great reduction could be made in
governmental expenditure and more
consistent and continued national
policies could be developed if we
could secure the grouping of these
agencies devoted to one major pur-
pose under single responsibility and
authority. I have had the good for-
tune to be able to carry out such re-
organization in respect to the De-
partment of Commerce. The
suits have amply justified its ex-
pansion to other departments and I
should consider it an obligation to
enlist the support of Congress to ef-
fect it.
The government can be of invalu-
able aid in the promotion of bus-
iness. The ideal state of business
is freedom from those fluctuations
from boom to slump which bring
on one hand the periods of employ-
ment and bankruptcy and on the
other, speculation and waste. Both
are destructive to progress and
fraught with great hardship to ev-
ery home. By economy in expendi-
tures, wise taxation, and sound fis-
cal finance it can relieve the bur-
dens upon sound business and pro-
mote financial stability. By sound
tariff policies it can protect our
workmen, our farmers, and our man-
ufacturers from lower standards of
living abroad. By scientific research
it can promote invention and im-
provement in methods. By econom
is research and statistical service i
can promote the elimination of
waste and contribute to stability in
production and distribution. By
promotion of foreign trade it can
expand the markets for our manu-
facturers and farmers and thereby
contribute greatly to stability and
employment.
Test of Business Is Honest
Competition
Our people know that the produc-
tion and distribution of goods on a
large scale is not wrong. Many of
Hunter Fined $50
And Loses License
Forfeiture of his hunting license
for one year and a fine of $50 and
costs was the result of a county
court case in Willacy county last
week when Grover C. Harris was
charged with shooting white wings
out of season. Mr. Harris had pre-
viously been fined in justice of
peace court and had appealed the
case to the county court. The costs
of the case brings the fine up to
$105.
The Southern Floral company of
Houston has purchased three acres
of land south of McAllen for the
purpose of growing asparagus
plumosis to fill their orders for this
commodity.
It has been discovered that the
Valley is especially adapted to the
growing of this asparagus plant.
There will be an office and store
houses with two-third shade built
over the tract.
McAllen Installing
Park Drinking Founts
Two drinking fountains are being
installed in the city park at Mc-
Allen. The fountains are controlled
by foot pedals, thus eliminating
waste of water by having them
run continuously. Excess water is
carried to nearby trees for irriga-
tion purposes.
McAllen Athletic'
Fields Has New
Grass Covering
Members of the football teams of
the Valley having games scheduled
with McAllen high school will be
glad to learn that the athletic field
there has been covered with a vel
vety cushion of Bermuda grass,
which will be such a distinct im-
provement over the bare and sandy
field used for the past several years.
Grass also makes a beautiful lawn
for the two high school buildings,
o
Thieves Make Haul
At Raymondville
Two ten-gallon cans, 35 gallons of
gasoline, two pistols, a rifle, and
ammunition was the haul made by
thieves who entered the Texas Com-
pany’s wholesale station at Ray-
mondville last Tuesday night. Of-
ficers are working on the case.
Weslaco Schools
Open September 10
The Weslaco schools will open
September 10, according to an-
nouncement of the superintendent,
E. E. Chamness. Notice has been
mailed to all teachers to be present
in time to begin school work.
Teachers are requested to be pres-
ent at an informal reception ten-
dered by the Parent-Teachers asso-
ciation, September 7.
Relations of Government and
Business Increasing
With the growth and increasing
complexity of our economic life the
relations of government and business
are multiplying daily. They are
yearly more dependent upon each
other. Where it is helpful and nec-
essary, this relation should be en-
couraged. Beyond this it should not
go. It is the duty of government
to avoid regulation as long as equal
opportunity to all citizens is not in-
vaded and public rights violated.
Government should not engage in
business in competition with its citi-
zens. Such actions extinguish the
enterprise and initiative which has
been the glory of America and which
has been the root of its pre-emi-
nence among the nations of the
earth. On the other hand it is the
duty of business to conduct itself so
that government regulation or gov-
ernment competition is unnecessary.
Business is practical, but it is
founded upon faith—faith among our
people in the integrity of business
men, and faith that it will receive
fair play from the government. It
is the duty of government to main-
tain that faith. Our whole business
system would break down in a day
if there was not a high sense of
moral responsibility in our business
world. The whole practice and eth-
ics of business has made great
strides of improvement in the last
quarter of a century, largely due
to the effort of business and the pro-
fessions themselves. One of the
most helpful signs of recent years
is the stronger growth of associa-
tions of workers, farmers, business
men and professional men with a
desire to cure their own abuses and
a purpose to serve public interest.
Many problems can be solved
through co-operation between gov-
ernment and these self-governing as-
sociations to improve methods and
practices. When business cures its
own abuses it is true self-govern-
ment which comprises more than po-
litical institutions.
Unnecessary Government Bureaus
Herbert Hoover—
(Continued from Page 2)
“I do not favor the repeal of the
18th Amendment. I stand for the
efficient enforcement of the laws en-
One of the greatest difficulties of
business with government is the
multitude of unnecessary contacts
with government bureaus, the un-
certainty and inconsistency of gov-
ernment policies, and the duplication
of governmental activities. A large
part of this is due to the scattering
of functions and the great confu-
sion of responsibility in our federal
organization. We have, for instance,
14 different bureaus or agencies en-
gaged in public works and construc-
tion, located in nine different de-
partments of the government. It
brings about competition between
government agencies, inadequacy of
control, and a total lack of co-ordi-
nated policies in public works. We
have eight different bureaus and
agencies charged with conservation
of our natural resources, located in
five different departments of the
government. These conditions exist
in many other directions. Divided
responsibility, with the absence of
the most important comforts of our
people are only possible by mass
production and distribution. Both
small and big business have their
full place. The test of business is
not its size—the test is whether
there is honest competition, wheth-
er there is freedom from domina-
tion, whether there is integrity and
usefulness of purpose. As Secre-
tary of Commerce I'have been great-
ly impressed by the fact that the
foundation of American business is
the independent business man. The
Department by encouragement of his
associations and by provision of spe-
cial services has endeavored to
place him in a position of equality
in information and skill with larger
operations. Alike with our farmers
his^ is the stronghold of American
individuality. It is here that our lo-
cal communities receive their lead-
ership. It is here that we refresh
our leadership for larger enterprise.
We must maintain his opportunity
and his individual service. He and
the public must be protected from
any domination or from predatory
business.
I have said that the problems be-
fore us are more than economic, that
in a much greater degree they are
moral and spiritual. I hold that
there rests upon government many
responsibilities which affect the
moral and spiritual welfare of our
people. The participation of worn
en in politics means a keener real
ization of the importance of these
questions. It means higher political
standards.
One-half of our citizens fail to
exercise the responsibilities of the
ballot box. I would wish that the
women of our country could em
brace this problem in citizenship as
peculiarly^ their own. If they could
apply their higher sense of service
and responsibility, their freshness of
enthusiasm, their capacity for or
ganization to this problem, it would
become, as it should become, an is-
sue of profound patriotism. The
whole plane of political life would
be lifted, the foundation of demo-
cracy made more secure.
In this land dedicated to tolerance,
we still find outbreaks of intoler-
ance. I come of Quaker stock. My
ancestors were persecuted for their
beliefs. Here they sought and found
religious freedom. By blood and con-
viction I stand for religionus toler
ance both in act and in spirit. The
glory of our American ideals is the
right of every man to worship God
according to the dictates of his own
conscience.
In the past years there has been
corruption participated in by indi-
vidual officials and members of both
political parties in national, state
and municipal affairs. Too often,
this corruption has been viewed with
indifference by a great number of
our people. It would seem unneces-
sary to state the elemental require-
ment that government must inspire
confidence not only in its ability but
in its integrity. Dishonesty in gov-
ernment, whether national, state, or
municipal is a double wrong. It is
treason to the state. It is dectruc-
tive of self-government. Govern-
ment in the United States rests not
only upon the consent of the gov-
erned but upon the conscience of the
nation. Government weakens the
moment that its integrity is even
doubted. Moral incompetency by
those entrusted with government is
a blighting wind upon private in-
tegrity. There must be no place for
cynicism in the creed of America.
fice, both North, South, East and
West, must be based solely on mer-
it, character, and reputation in the
community in which the appointee
ik to serve; as it is essential for
the proper performance of their du-
ties that officials shall enjoy the
confidence and respect of the peo-
ple with whom they serve.
For many years I have been as-
sociated with efforts to .save life and
health for our children. These ex-
periences with millions of children
both at home and abroad have left
an indelible impression—that the
greatness of any nation, its freedom
from poverty and crime, its aspira-
tions and ideals—are the direct quo-
tient of the care of its children. Ra-
cial progress marches upon the feet
of healthy and instructed children.
There should be no child in Amer-
ica that is not born and does not
live under sound conditions of health
that does not have full opportunity
of education from the beginning to
the end of our institutions; that is
not free from injurious labor; that
does not have every stimulation to
accomplish the fullest of its capaci-
ties. Nothing in development of
child life will ever replace the so-
licitude of parents and the sur-
roundings of home, but in many as-
pects both parents and children are
dependent upon the vigilance of gov-
ernment, national, state and local.
I especially value the contribu-
tion that the youth of the country
can make to the success of our
American experiment in democracy.
Theirs is the precious gift of enthu-
siasm, without which no great deeds
can be accomplished. A govern-
ment that does not constantly seek
to live up to the ideals of its young
men and women falls short of what
the American people have a right to
expect and demand from it. To in-
terpret the spirit of the youth into
the spirit of our government; to
bring the warmth of their enthusi-
asm and the flame of their idealism
into the affairs of the nation—is to
make of American government a
positive and living force, a factor
for greatness and nobility in the life
of the nation.
States Foreign Policy of Peace
I think I may say that I have
witnessed as much of the horror and
suffering of war as any other Amer-
ican. From it I have derived a deep
passion for peace. Our foreign pol-
icy has one primary object; and
that is peace. We have no hates; we
wish no further possessions; we
harbor no military threats. The
unspeakable experiences of the
Great War, the narrow margin by
which-civilization survived from its
exhaustion, is still vivid in men’s
minds. There is no nation in the
world today that does not earnestly
wish for peace—that is not striving
for peace.
There are two co-operating fac-
tors in the maintenance of peace—
the building of good-will by wise
and sympathetic handling of inter-
national relations, and the adequate
preparedness for defense. We must
not only be just; we must be re-
spected. The experiences of the
war afforded final proof that we
cannot isolate ourselves from the
world, that the safeguarding of
peace cannot be attained by negative
action. Our offer of treaties open
to the signature of all, renouncing
war as an instrument of national
policy, proves that we have every
desire to co-operate with other na-
tions for peace. But our people
have determined that we can give
the greatest real help—both in
times of tranquility and in times of
strain—if we maintain our indepen-
dence from the political exigencies
of the old world. In pursuance of
this, our country has refused mem-
bership in the League of Nations,
but we are glad to co-operate with
the League in its endeavors to fur-
ther scientific, economic and social
welfare and to secure limitation of
armament.
We believe that the foundations
of peace can be straightened by the
creation of methods and agencies by
which a multitude of incidents may
be transferred from the realm of
prejudice and force to arbitration
and the determination of right and
wrong based upon international law.
We have been and we are partic-
ularly desirous of furthering the
limitation of armaments. But in
the meantime we know that in an
armed world there is only one cer-
tain guarantee of freedom—and that
is preparedness for defense. It is
solely to defend ourselves, for the
protection of our citizens that we
maintain armament. No clearer ev-
idence of this can exist than the
unique fact that we have fewer men
in army uniform today than we
have in police uniforms, and that
we maintain a standing invitation
to the world that we are always
ready to limit our naval armament
in proportion as the other naval na-
tions will do likewise. We earnest-
wish that the burdens and dan-
gers of armament upon every home
in the world might be lessened. But
we must and shall maintain our
naval defense and our merchant ma-
rine in the strength and efficiency
which will yield to us at all times
the primary assurance of liberty,
that is, of national safety.
ly and almost imperceptibility, this
nation has added a third ideal al
most unique to America—the ideal
of equal opportunity. This is the
safeguard of the individual. The
simple life of early days in our re
public found but few limitations
upon equal opportunity. But the
crowding of our people and the in<
tensity and complexity of their ac-
tivities is takes today a new im-
portance.
Equality of opportunity is the
right of every American—rich • or
poor, foreign or native-born, irre-
spective of faith or color. It is the
right of every individual to attain
that position in life to which his
ability and character entitle him. By
its maintenance we will alone hold
open the door of opportunity to
every new generation, to every boy
and girl. It tolerates no privileged
clases or castes or groups who would
hold opportunity as their preroga-
tive. Only from confidence that this
right will be upheld can flow that
unbounded courage and hope which
stimulates each individual man and
woman to endeavor and to achieve-
ment. The sum of their achieve-
ment is the gigantic harvest of na-
tional progress.
The ideal of individualism based
upon equal opportunity to every cit-
izen is the negation of socialism,
is the negation of anarchy. It
the negation of despotism. It is as
if we set a gace. We, through free
and universal education, provide the
training of the runners; we give to
them an equal start; we provide in
the government the umpire of fair-
ness in the race. The winner is he
who shows the most conscientious
training, the greatest ability, and
the greatest character. Socialism
bids all to end the race equally. It
holds back the speedy to the pace
of the slowest. Anarchy would pro-
vide neither training nor umpire.
Despotism picks those who should
run and those who should win.
Conservative, progressive and
liberal thought and action have their
only real test in whether they con-
tibute to equal opportunity, whether
they hold open the door of opportu-
nity. If they do not they are false
in their premise no matter what
their name may be.
It was Abraham Lincoln who
firmly enunciated this ideal as the
equal chance. The Sherman Law
was enacted in endeavor to hold
open the door of equal opportunity
in business. The commissions for
regulation of public utilities were
created to prevent discrimination in
seivice and prevent extortion in
rates—and thereby the destruction
of equal opportunity. Equality of
opportunity is a fundamental prin-
ciple of our nation. With it we
must test all our policies. The suc-
ces or failure of this principle is
the test of our government.
Mr. Chairman, I regret that time
does not permit the compass of
many important questions. I hope
at a later date to discuss the de-
velopment of waterways, highways,
aviation, irrigable lands, foreign
trade and merchant marine, the pro-
motion of education, more effective
administration of our criminal lawTs,
the relation of our government to
public utilities and railways, the
primary necessity of conservation
of natural resources, measures for
further economy in government and
reduction of taxes—all of which af-
ford problems of the first order.
Expresses Appreciation of Pres-
ident Coolidge
I would violate my conscience and
the gratitude I feel, did I not up-
on this occasion express apprecia-
tion of the great President who leads
our Party today. President Cool
idge has not only given a memor
able administration, but he has left
an imprint of rectitude and states
manship upon the history of our
country. His has been the burden
of reconstruction of our country
from the edstruction of war. He
has dignified economy to a princi
pie of government. He has charted
the course of our nation and
party over many years to come. It
is not only a duty but It is the part
of statesmanship that we adhere to
this course.
No man who stands before the
mighty forces which ramify Ameri-
can life has the right to promise
solutions at his hand alone. All that
an honest man can say is that with-
in the extent of his abilities and his
authority and in co-operation with
the Congress and with leaders of
every element in our people, these
problems shoull be courageously
met and solution will be courage-
ously attempted.
Our purpose is to build in this
nation a human society, not an
economic system. We wish to in-
crease the efficiency and productiv-
ity of our country but its final pur-
pose is happier homes. We shall
succeed through the faith, the loy-
alty, the self-sacrifice, the devotion
to eternal ideals which live today in
every American.
The matters which I have dis-
cussed directly and deeply affect
the moral and spiritual welfare of
our country. No one believes these
aspirations and hopes can be real-
ized in a day. Progress or remedy
lies often enough at the hand of
state and local government. But the
awakening of the national con-
science and the stimulation of every
remedial agency is indeed a function
of the national government. . I want
to see our government great both
as an instrument and a symbol of
the nation’s greatness.
The presidency is more than an
administrative office. It must be
the symbol of American ideals. The
high and the lowly must be seen
with the same eyes, met in the same
spirit. ^ It must be the instrument
by which national conscience is liv-
ened and it must under the guid-
ance of the Almighty interpret and
follow that conscience.
—- ...
Civil Service Great National Boon
Our Civil Service has proved a
great national boon. Appointive of-
Ideal of Equal Opportunity
There is one of the ideals of
America upon which I wish at this
time to lay especial emphasis. For
we should constantly test our eco-
nomic, social and governmental sys-
tem by certain ideals which must
control them. The founders of our
republic propounded the revolution-
ary doctrine that all men are cre-
ated equal and all should have equal-
ity before the law. This was the
emancipation of the individual. And
since these begininngs, slowly, sure-
DID YOU
SWELTER
SUNDAY?
Was your “Day of Rest”
marred by the terrific heat
so that you were a trial to
the wife and a grouch with
the children? Or were you
far-sighted enough to pro-
vide an electric fan for just
such hot days and nights as
we are experiencing and will
continue to be annoyed by
for some time ?
If you have not installed
a fan for your own and your
family’s comfort, call us up
or come into our show rooms
today and select the proper
fan to suit your needs.
MERCEDES
ELECTRICAL
COMPANY
Phone 131
Why
Are
Simon’s
Seeds
Sold
Only
In
Packages?
.J
The fact that Simon’s Seeds are
always sold in sealed packages is
your protection against unfortu-
nate mistakes and deliberate fraud
. . . either of which would probably
mean a crop failure for you.
Grown in the largest seed gardens
in the world, and surrounded con-
stantly with every safeguard to
insure germination and trueness to
type, we have yet added another
valuable service in making abso-
lutely certain that Simon’s Perfec-
tion Seeds will reach you in the
same condition that they leave
our shipping department. When
you buy SIMON’S SEEDS you
have a right to know that you are
getting only the best that money
can buy at ANY price . . . and
you’ll be surprised at their low
cost.
We are exclusive agents in this
territory for Simon’s Seeds. We
buy them direct from the Simon
Company and sell them to you . . .
there is no jobber or broker ... no
gamble regarding quality ... no
guessing about results.
See us for your fall planting seeds and remember that
quality seeds are alw;ays cheaper in the long run.
J. R. Barry Feed & Seed Co.
_i
MERCEDES
Red Owl
In the larger produce markets of the country, the
Red Owl trade-mark is rapidly forging to the front,
because buyers have learned that the vegetables
shipped under this name are uniform in pack and un-
varying'in quality. The Rio Grande Valley Vegetable
Growers Exchange is to be congratulated upon the
progress which they have made during the past year
and upon the optimistic outlook for the ensuing season.
It is a source of pride to us that nearly one-third of
all winter vegetables and fruits produced in the Valley
are grown upon the American Company tract. Elsa,
“the planned Valley town,” located in the northern part
of this tract, has consistently led all towns on the
S. P. R. R. in vegetable shipments. The productivity
of the soil, and the splendid system of irrigation, com-
bine to make land in this section of special interest to
practical farmers who desire to settle in the Valley
and make their living from the soil.
Real Estate Department
American Rio Grande
Land and Irrigation
Company
Mercedes, Texas
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The Mercedes News (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 76, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 14, 1928, newspaper, August 14, 1928; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth651713/m1/3/: 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.