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VOLUME XXX
FALFURRIAS, TEXAS, FRIDAY. JAN. 22, 1937
NUMBER 32
SAN ANTONIO
LIVESTOCK MARKET
Oil Developments
In Falfurrias Section
ROOSEVELT TAKES OATH
OF OFFICE FOR 2ND
TERM WEDNESDAY
Just as Texas is commencing
to tret its unemployed back to
work in private industry, a
new unemployment threat
looms on the industrial and
commercial horizon.
Two recent court decisions,
interpreting the Texas Motor
Carrier Act to hold that a
manufacturer or merchant
transporting his own merchan-
dise in his own trucks over the
highways of Texas as the de-
livery incident to his business
is a “contract carrier”, and
must obtain a contract
carrier’s permit, have created
the emergency. Further provi-
sions of the law prohibit the is-
suance of this permit with the
result that literally thousands
of these delivery vehicles will
be taken from Texas highways
and merchandise movements
Alta Mesa Field
The California Companv No. I siderably dampened the spirits
1 Mestena Oil and Gas Co. in i of inaugural thousands Frank-
Brooks County, known locally bn 1). Roosevelt renewed his
as the No. 1 Jones-Hocker, was (oath of fealty to the nation to-
completed todav and is flow- day, and in so doing pledged
ing 16 barrels of oil hourly' himself to carry on with the
through three-eighth inch Ne''f I)1ea,\ ., , .
choke from sand at 3,574-3,- Much, he said, has been
588 feet the third producer in' done in the tour years since
the Alta Mesa field, but in a last he stood on the capitol
deeper sand and a far better plnza and took oath to pre-
well than the other two. The *e»ve, protect and defend the
No. 1 Mestena Oil & Gas Co. constitution. Much more, he
is nearly a mile west from the s«id, remains o be done—more
nearest of the other producers
Additional importance at-
taches to the new producer be-
cause it had 12 gas showings
in various sands above the oil-
producing sand. The new well
San Antonio, Jan. 18.—The
cattle and calf market at San
Antonio Monday was spotted
with price levels tending lower REASONS WHY PRESENT
on most classes after early TRUCK LAW SHOULD
rounds. Cows sold weak, spots re AMENDED
lower, calves weak to 25c low-
er, spots more, while bulls
ruled about steady as compar-
ed with last week’s close. Sup-
plies were fairly liberal and
consisted of 900 cattle and
1200 calves. Trading was fair-
ly active on most offerings.
Comparatively light supplies
of steers and fed yearlings
sold sharply lower.
The bulk o? good grade
calves cashed at $6.00 to $6.50
with a few choice creep fed
kinds up to $7.00. Medium
grade ranged from $5.00 to
$6.00 with common kinds
down to $4.00 with a few
“rannies” fo $3.50. Common to
medium grade cows sold most-
ly at $3.75 to $4.75 with a few
good fat cows up to $5.75.
Low cutter cows sold down to
$3.00 with a few shells below.
Medium grade steers cashed
at $6.00 to 7.00 with a few a-
bove and below. Medium to
good 764 lb. fed yearlings
cashed at $7.75 with 600 lb.
offerings at $7.50 and plain
grass kinds down to $6.00 and
below. A load of yearlings
held around $7.00 were unsold
late. Weighty bulls were
scarce with a few at $5.00
and down. Stocker calves were
weak and sold mostlv at $5.00
to $5.50.
Hogs, 800 head. The mar-
ket was active at around 25 to
30 cents higher than last I in^i^sser'wirhout'these trucks!of Texas’ and fur0™ so™e
weeks close. Packing sows thpv wjn h forppd tn t.\n<0 sources we deem highly reh-
held steaffy. A top of $9.80 their doors and release their able, the production of the
was paid by packers and ship-1 emniovee ’fr «ervice- thu<J Mestena Oil & Gas Co. No. 1
^ ^A^ not only the truck operators, estimated to be 600 barrels
but the salesmen, the ware- a day. Tuesday four new loca-
Washington, Jan. 20—In a ______ ___
cold driving ruin dint liout coil- coiitm ppntrai
tinually into his tace and con- p|R£MEN’S CONVENTION
HELD HERE SUNDAY
Garland Lasater
Appointed Sheriff
for the millions who are still
Tuesday the Hrooks County
Commissioner’s Court appoint-
_ ed Garland Lasater Sheriff,
With representatives from Tax Collector and lax Asses-
Raymondville, Bishop, Robs- sor, Mr. Lasater having ie>ign-
town, Alice, Sinton, Kings- ed his position as Commission-
ville, Aransas Pass and Fal- er and Dick Cage succeeding
furrias, the South Central Dis- him in that capacity Monday,
trict Volunteer Firemen s As- Th r were quite a ‘number of
sociation held their tifth quar-
terly meeting here Sunday.
At the business meeting held
Hiat morning in the'' High | matter many days, decided
School Auditorium the follow- that Gariand Lasater would
come nearer meeting the pres-
ent needs for a painstaking
and frugal official in the three
highly estimable aspirants for
the position, but the Commis-
sioners, after weighing the
ing officers were elected:
under-privileged, despite bet-1 ^l*vde Ash of Bishop, Presi-
ter times dent; C. A. Garrison of kings-
Bad Condition Y»lle, 1st Vice President; O. G.j office of sheriff "tax col-
“I see millions whose daily I Glngrtcli of Robs town, -nd (lector and assessor tTTa'n any of
lives in city and on farm eon-j\u‘° I resident ; and B. <). oGler applicants, tendered
.. j!4s__i..Ua11aj C,n < thorn of A ice Secret arv- . i. _ .............< , in., i .. ...
producing saiu. tne mu wei. . j01‘. onditions labelled Goldthorn of Alice, Secretary- annointment to Mr Lasa-
TTrsr,p~
tirougnt m dj tne company in millions denied edu- quet which had been prepared j'ice h*e would be making in ac-
ona™Tto S Rre ”r°dUC,nr i cation rareittoS and the op- '» U» Brooks County Homo t7eoffic*,felt,I hit for
The No. i Mestena Oil & I portunity to better their lot f/r3Tv“\'he 4-H ^fuh KWs ‘A16 b,l5‘th inthere?‘a of ,Br.°"ka
Gas Co. is 4,840 feet from the I and the lot of their children. “r'c‘‘ V h,,,wlre.l hu,,^rr- f t-e-: C°Uni>' »hould aceept After
north line of Tract 5 of the W 1 I see millions lacking the|to ONtr anu.’a. n. i, weighing the matter some time
, . , .. , W. Jones subdivision of the means to; buy the Products of | g«n *nc thenMr. Lasaier accepted the poel-
returned to the railroads. Mestein v Gonzalena Grant in farm and factory and by their **ldKe; »nss neaince Mor.v tion. jt ap,)oars that the re-
Not only will elimination of southwe.stern Brooks County, j Poverty denying work and pro- ^/^enghtHd" musica'l act.iofn to (Jarlamll L?sat*r’s aP;
these shipper-owners trucks| gome reports caiTV this well ductiveness to many other mil- pointment is such that he will
mas mma -
sands of other workers, em-
ployed by these firms, seek
new employment.
Ill-Housed
“I see one-third of the na-
tion ilj-housed, ill-clad, ill-
nourished.”
In these striking phrases,
Mr. Roosevelt summed up his
The above was clipped from
the San Antonio Express. How-
cuijriu^i uiciii. pyp.. <incc Tanmirv 1 the I Air, Roosevelt summed up nis
u.^manufacturer^tmd ’whtfle-' nan,c of the California Cm has (estimate of the work that lies
as manuiacturers and whole- b changed to the Standard ahead in his second adnunis-
salers cauuot o,.erate thetri J frnm aom„ tration-a good beginning has
choice 180 to 250 pound
butchers cashed at $9.50 to
$9.80; 140 to 160 pound offer-
ings $7.50 to $9.00; 160 to 180
pounds, $9.00 to $9.50; 260 to
300 pounds, $9.50 to $9.80.
Tacking sows sold mostly at
$8.00 to $8.25 with a few to
$8.50. Butcher pigs mostly
$6.50 to $7.00, few stocker
pigs to $6.00
No sheep or goats were on
offer. The market was quot-
ably steady with last sales.
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house men, the office forces, Gons were made in that field
etc., of these concerns will be and as Facts has repeatedly
thrown out of work. ! stated, oil developments on a
It is because of the rapid, | "ide front are going forward
economical distribution of
merchandise by private truck
that a great many retail stores
are able to stay in business.
Forced to pay the high 1. c.l.
freight rate or buy in large
quantities to obtain the advan-
tage of the car-load rate, thou-
sands of retailers will close
their doors with the result that
they too, will have to release
THE PRESIDENT’S
BIRTHDAY BALL1 heir employees.
Mr. H. M. Goldberg, chair- , With the shipper-owner’s
man of the President’s Birth-1 trut ks taken from the high-
day Dance to be held here "a.'a* Barm products must a-
Wednesday, January 27th, an- j £ain move by the slow, round- t ^ ^ ^ -re-
nounces that the net proceeds j ^udequate railroad ‘a_ < Ex-Governor Sterling lea-ed
of the Ball will be.divided be- c“lljcs. 1 his mean that such ag pavjng $840,000 for this week.
in Brooks County during 1937.
Premont Section
Wednesday the Laughlin
well at 2200 feet depth in the
Premont section cored twelve
feet of oil sand and reports
from “there Thursday were
highly encouraging. This
Laughlin well is one mile north
of Bennett No. 1 and widens
the field of possible production
An off-set to Bennett No. 1
was spudded in this week.
Hidalgo County
Equipment has been going
south to the Hidalgo acreage
been made, and the New Deal
will go forward. The under ly-
ing philosophy of the New
Deal is to diminish the gap be-
tween the “haves” and the
“have nots.”
“It is not in despair that 1
paint you the picture,” he said
with reference to one-third of
the country being “ill-housed,
ill-clad, and ill-nourished.”
“I paint it for you,” he con-
tinued, “in hope—because the
nation, seeing and understand-
ing the injustice of it, proposes
to paint it out.
“The test of our progress is
not whether we add more to
the abundance of those who
lections throughout the meal. 1 enter on his duties with the
In the races at .{;( 1. M * hearty approval and well
. intoni carried oft honors, "in*i wishes of the vast majority of
nia£ l*urP1ed Ibise race Rrooks 'County citizens. As
" l1*1 “ time ot 4 seconds, am manager for many years of the
the Mystery Race in 23 and
two-fifths seconds. Alice an-
nexed the Paris Rule with a
time of 18 and three-fifths
seconds.
Organized in 1935, this or-
largest mercantile establish-
ment in Brooks County, the
Falfurrias Mercantile Co., Mr.
Lasater has evidenced a capa-
city for leadership and at the
same time demonstrated abili-
ganization has steadily grown T., Business nvin that
in strength and membership ‘h'.V ^TinThS fore!
and is now behind some impor- [ fron, as „ comi„g leader in
taut legislation beneficial to | Southwest Texas Those who
firemen throughout the state. , . , , ; contacts
TJ1S "r "i™ ^ "ill. Mr. Lasater are a unit in
ship of the newly organized
Orange Grove Department
was accepted. They are pur-
chasing $5,000 worth of equip-
ment and will open their new
water works system there
soon. The next meeting will he
held in Alice in April.
BASKET BALL SQUAD
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
After losing to Benavides
have much, it is whether ''[ last Friday in a heart-brQak-
r those who | injf Battle 'in which they lead >8 entering on a new threshold
provide enough for those
have too little/
ascribing to him a winning per
sonality, ability to iqdge from
a mass of details, essentials,
that must be given precedence
and the courage of his convic-
tions. And his acceptance of
the office has given the
thoughtful citizens of Brooks
County occasion to commend
him highly for the sacrifice of
his own personal business he
is making. All of which is a
good omen that Brooks County
tween the National Organiza- 1/cH*tural P^0<-Iuct« as poultry,
tion and the local Rotary Club dai!7 Products, vegetables,
REVIVAL MEETING
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
by a score of 12 to 11 at the “f efficiency in the administra-
h'alf, only to be on the small Gon of its county’s affairs,
end of a 21-12 score at the' °
finish, the High School basket ART EXHIBIT AT HIGH
CLOSES SUN. NIGHT Bull team came out strong
j Wednesday and polished off
to go into their fund.to provide
somewhere in tffe 47th Dis-
trict a “warm spring” like the
one in Georgia. Those who at-
tend the President s Ball this
coming Wednesday night can
feel assured that 70G of the
fruits, etc., cannot be trans-
ported to market with suffi-
cient speed and at a low trans-
portation cost that will allow
Texas producers to compete
with other markets. This will
result in the closing down of
Production in that new field
The revival meeting at the
xee! assuit-u uwu i«. • ui m ,)acking sheds, poultry
net income from the Ball will i dreVsi' tdanfs Ptc These too
£f. ased to further the wHMbfow thousands of men
blishment of a hospital simihar out of employment.
to the one at \\ aim Springs, i Unfortunately, these work-
Ga. somewhere in tlj® 4<th Djs1
trict of the Rotary Clubs.
Which will enable the unfor-
tunate children in this section
of Texas to get the same kind
of treatment furnished them at
Warm Springs, Ga. The local
Rotary Club is making a spe-
cial effort to forward the
movement and ijt__i« expected
tTiat the wide attendance as-
sured the President’s Ball to be
held at American Legion Hall
here this coming Wednesday
will enable them to make their
efforts more effective.
Mr. "Goldberg is widely ad-
vertising the dance and since
Steve Gardner’s Orchestra is
to furnish the music, a record
crowd is anticipated. Tickets
for the Ball are on sale now.
ers will not he readily absorb-
ed by the concerns who take
the place of those forced out of
business for two reasons:
First, self-directed transpor-
tation facilities have allowed
industries to establish them-
selves in smaller towns. Na-
turally their employees live in
these towns, and will not move
to large industrial centers.
Second, increased business
of firms located in rail centers
will not be sufficient to absorb
all the workers.
at 8000 feet depth has been ! ®f.pt,ist CpkrCThi 'Ts' thl° la^t
discovered ami it is understood |,h^ *f ^ ^eetin*. Lot u!
the Sterling interests expect to | , j
start .iriliing right a'vay. | JJJ*
last days.
many
these
NEW CITIZENS SETTLE
TN FALFURRIAS
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Padg-
ham of Chicago, this week
completed the purchase of a
These good people have
surely been a great blessing to
our Church and community.
Brother Aldrich’ messages
have been informational, in-
ten-acre tract of land, being spirational, spiritual. and
one half of the Margarita ci- powerful. Mrs. Aldrich’ work
trus grove owned by Mrs. E. as soloist and choir director
W. Dickey, a few miles east of i has been wonderful.
Falfurrias. They plan to erect
a residence on the property
within a short while and make
their home here.. Mr. and Mrs.
Padgham have been spending
several weeks here, visiting and fifty.
By all means, hear the ser-
mon Friday nigivt. The subject
will be “The Second Coming of
Christ.” Our goal for Sunday
School Sunday is one hundred
with the Dekle, Dickey and i The subject for Sunday night to lose to the Juniors and the
the Premont Coyotes by the
same "score of 21-12. In the
Pretuqnt game, Dono Moore
was high point man with 8,
Porter next with 7, and Ron
Callahan third with 6 points.
These three boys made all the
Falfurrias counters between
them.
The squad has shown much
improvement, notably in shoot-
ing the basket, and give pro-
mise, of developing into a hard
team to beat in the future.
The Juniors showed the
Seniors how the game should
be played Monday when they
piled up a total of 20 to their
opponent’s 4. This game was
featured by some hard playing
on each side as the Seniors con
sider it somewhat of a disgrace
SCHOOL IN FEBRUARY
Erickson families, and decided will be the “Clanging Gates
that the Falfurrias section is
good enough for them.
Facts family takes pleasure
in welcoming these good
which will close the meeting.
Reporter
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HARLINGEN TO HAVE OIL
MILL
Juniors hold a like opinion of
their adversaries.
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BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Art lovers will he glad to
hear that the first we^TW Fe-
bruary they will be given an
opportunity to view some of
the finest examples of paint-
ing which have ever hean
brought to this city. Under the
direction of Mrs. Blake, some
150 fine art masterpieces from
the French, Italian, Flemish,
English, Dutch, Spanish and
American Schools will be ex-
hibited at the High School
Auditorium. A small admission
charge will be made which
will be used to purchase pic-
tures for the various rooms in
the school.
JANSZEN SALES CO. OPENS
NEW STORE HERE
Western Union has placed
its nationwide system of tele-
The Janszen Sales Co. who
have been operating in Alice
many years were recently
made Electrolux Dealers for
Brooks County by the Nueces
Hardware Co. of Corpus Chris-
ti. In announcing their appoint
ment as dealers in Brooks
County, Mr. M. A, Compton,
Jr., Field Supervisor of Nueces
Hardware Co., wrote “In a
BAND CONCERT TO BE
HELD AT HIGH SCHOOL
AUDITORIUM FRIDAY
Friday at 10:00 A. M. thf
Falfurrias Jersey Green Shirt
Band will give a concert at the
High School Auditorium to
which the public is cordially
invited. The "band, under Band
master Butler, has been work-
ing faithfully and listeners axe
promised a treat at this con-
cert. Admission free.
Bill., will be introduced in 1 pP'f ‘o o“r community, and
eislature'to "t///. Mo otnewcomers /il/b/fullv j Last week Facts stated that! its nationwide system of tele-
for rMtriir I justified and that the longer Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Dryden graph offices at the disposal
o',^ ar : they stav the more pleased had moved to Harlingen where' of the President’s Birthday . _
tfw.flvrv nn nffu l Ghey will he with the “Land of Mr. Dryden waT supervising Ball Committee for receiving, sense this added territory is
in* the n ic" fpw vparT lit’ Heart’s Delight. the construction of a gin. Mr. 25 cents from each person who a reward for the splendid job
that therVVuji t L' i.Vhlin J, Mrs. Padgham, who is a Dryden and his associates are places his signature on a mul- Janszen Sales Co. have done in
sistanrp B .u thp i-iiin ml life long friend of Mrs. Dickey, erecting an oil mill at Marlin- tiple signature birthday greet-1, Jim Wells County.”
becoming e*i'pi t ^ !eG Saturday for Chicago, but gen, not a gin. And it should j ing which will appear on blank In addition to Electrolux
to h '
Mr. Padgham will remain here be a highly successful under-' Signatures from every city, they have on display at Uieir
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to look after his orchard, and taking since Harlingen needed
superintend the planting of an oil mill very much.
such products as he may de-
sire. He will try his hand with
tomatoes this season, and here
is hoping he may be successful.
The Falfurrias section needs
such people as the Paghams to
help develop its many re-
COLD WAVE COMING
The United States Weather
Bureau said freezing weather
would extend nearly to the
coast, and temperatures in the
town and hamlet will he mail- business place in the McKown
ed to New York where they building Butane Gas Systems,
will he hound ipto what pro- for cooking, heating, hot wa-
bably will be the greatest, ter. etc.; Philco Radios, Easy
central and southern parts of
sources, and again we welcome | the state would drop as chill
them. I winds swept toward the Gulf.
birthday greeting in history.
One hundred percent of the
money will be turned over to
the National Birthday Ball
Committee who will arrange
washers and Chambers Gas
Ranges. Mr. Berry Trask will
be manager of their Falfur-
rias Store.
Miss Tommy Masters has
proper credit for each commu- accepted a position as sales-
nity.’ lady for the Janszen Co. here.
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