Willacy County News (Raymondville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1924 Page: 1 of 14
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SEE US BEFORE YOU BUILD.
CHILDS & SCHLIFF,
Contractors
RaymondvSIle, * Texas.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF THE RAYMONDVILLE, LYFO RD AND SEBASTIAN TERRITORY
WILLACY COUNTY NEWS
Frontier Lumber Co
Sebastian, Texas.
RAYMONDVILLE, (COUNTY SEAT) WILLACY COUNTY, TEXAS THURSDAY MAY 8th. 1924.
VOLUME 7 No. 18.
County to Open Feedeer Roads
i
To build highways thru a county
is undoubedlly a very important
^ thin,gi if the country is going to pro
gress, but the highway itself will not
give the maximum returns in dollars
and cents to the local farmers, unless
feeder roads are opened up so that
the farmers can have good roads lead
ing to the highway and can get to
town, with their products regardless
of the weather.
For that reason the /announcement
of Judge McCharen, speaking for the
commissioners court, that the county
contemplates using part of the bond
issue money to open up feeder roads
east and west to the highway ought
to make every farmer, regardless of
how far he lives from the highway
enthused for the road. By opening
up, clearing and grading several 40
foot roads east and west between
Sebastian, Lyford and Raymondville
and perhaps also North of Raymond
ville, it will give this county the best
road system in the state. It will
also help to bring actual settlers too
much of the land located along or
near these feeder roads, where under
present conditions it is impossible
for land owners to get to their land,
except thru, old Mexican trails. One
real estate man informed the News
editor that he could have sold land
too and located many more farmers
this past year if it had been possible
for him to get to the land he had for
sale. People do not like to buy farms
without getting a chance to see what
they are buying. These roads would
especially heljf the farmers who live
in the south part of the county, who
last year were unable to giet to town,
without long detours on account cf
the flood water. ,
Immigration in Nutshell jPaved Road May Help to
flllilil Get Real Flood Control
House Bill.
62,558
45,229
4,689
Comparative table showing the immigration situation in a nuts-
hell as it affects the quotas of the principal foreign countries, as
follows:
Present Law. Senate Bill.
Great Britain.................................. 77,342 62,458
Germany........................................... 67.607 50,159
galy .................................................. 32,057 3,889
Poland.............................. 30,979 8,872
Russia...................................... 24,405 1,792
Sweden............................................... 20,042 9,561
Czechoslovakia............................ 14,357 1,873
Norway................................. 12,205 6’453
Rumania.. ....... 7,419 631
Yugoslavia........................................ 6,426 735
Hungary............................................. 5,747 488
Prance................................................ 5,729 3,878
Demmark.................................... 5,619 1,175
Switzerland...................................... 3,572 2,081
Netherlands................................. 4,602 1,637
Grece.......................... 3,063 ’100
Turkey.............................................._ 2,654 100
Lithuania.................................. 2,622 203
Portugal.................... 2,465 474
That the election, which has been where there would be (Sanger of the
called for Saturday May 17th, to vote floods washing out the road, they
8.972
1,892
9,651
1.973
6,553
731
835
588
3,978
245
2,181
1,737
135
123
402
574
$250000 worth of road bonds to build
a hordsurface road from county line,
to county line has a bigger and more
important signficance than just to
build a road for cars 0 travel over is
promptly took action and together
with county and city officials took
means to control the water so that it
would not damage the roa<% putting
up several thousands of dollars to
VALLEY CANTALOUPE SHIP
MENTS WILL BEGIN
t IN FEW DAYS
' >The movement of Valley cantaloups
will start in a few days, and there
is every indication of a record crop of
supjeTior quality. The Valley’s qan
taloupe acreage will exceed that of
last year, with the largest acreage in
the vicinity of Mission, where the soil
has been found especially adapted to
the raising of cantaloupes of fine
flavor an)d prolife yield. Growers
estimate that between 700 and 900
cars ^ill shipped from the Valley thi3
season^
£ABBAGE WEIGHING 25 'A
POUNDS IS GROWN IN VALLEY
JUDGE W. S. FLY OF SAN AN
TONIO, TO ADDRESS SAN
BENITO STUDENTS
San Benito, Texas.—There have
been several large heads of cabbage
grown in tne vicinity 01 mis city and
Harlingen during the cabbage season
One of the largest classes in the
history of San Benito High School
will be graduated May 20 when 33
students will be awarded diplomas.
Of the total, fourteen are boys and
nineteen are girls.
The class sermon will be preached
by Rev. Dr. E. M. Todd, pastor of
the First Christian Church. The
graduation exercises will be held in
the school auditorium. Ruth Reed is
valedictorian of the class and Maurie
May Booth is salutatorian. Richard
Cooke is the first honor boy.
Judge William S. Fly of the Circuit
Court of Appeals of San Antonio, will
deliver the address to the class.
Total inmigration, including
these and all other countries 357,801
v-.
161; 390
169,802
A glance at the above table shows that the Senate bill amended
by Pat Harrison, would permit only 161,990 aliens to enter our
gates annually, while the Johnson bill would permit approximately
890 more to enter. Both bills are almost identifically the same in
all important features and the conferens will be able to reach an
agreement without much difficulty]
Cameron County to Connect
With Paved Road at Sebas-
tian Says Judge Oscar, Dancy
State Will Maintain Highway When Completed
Since the first of the year the State , pie of Hidalgo county, about 16
FALIiv^Soix^K^l>1 a j designated and compictfca
will do likewise, besides putting up
Ws vear but what is believed to be Falfurrias, Texas.-Sale of 154 re
t! and the heaviest head entered Jersey cows and four bulls
the largest and
ever grown _ , ,
to this city last week by A. A. Hign
barger.
This head was grown by J. R-
Clifton. The head weighed 25 %
pounds and measured 51 inches
around. Cabbage of such size as this
are worth nothing for shipment.
With this head Mr. Highbarger
brought two others weighing 21 and
21%. pounds, respectively. The large
head completely filled a bushel basket
and will be sent to Kansas City as a
■ • Vqllpv was brought has been made to John M. Bennett by
ever grown in the VnUey was brouent,^ ^ ace01.ding t0 an
announcement just made. This herd
will be used to operate a dairy at
Falfurrias. They will contribute to
the Falfurrias creamery^ and the dairy
will be managed locally by Otto
Feenstra and brother.
highway department has taken over'1 months^ ago voted between one and
and is maintaining all designated two million dollars for paved roads,
highways in Texas. When Willey ; v.^hn’t remember the exact amount!
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way systems in the state of Texas'.
Cameron county has also voted thous
ands of dollars worth of bonds and
at present have a fine highway sys
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concaded by county officials, tho little help pay for the eost of such protec
has been said about that face of the tion. Is it not reasonable fb suppose
pioposition. that the state highway department
It is now a well know fact, that the j will use all its influence to help us
State Highway department since [giet flood protection. We believe it
January 1st., has taken over and is j is Neither the State nor the federal
maintaining all designated highways government can afford to spend a %
or is having them cared for at their J to % million dollars in the building
expence. In order to properly main = of a hardsurface road across Willacy
tpin such highways it is also neces j county, without getting proper protec
sary for the state to protect such tion for the road after it’s build. The
roads from floods ’and inundation News believe we can kill “two birds
otherwise the state would be losing with one stone,” by voting for the
millions of dollars The floods ^ issue Saturday M fiet
waters of the Rio Grande m yearsI. „ ,
past has caused a great deal of dam!a flrst road aeross m c0_"nt3r and
age to roads near Mercdes, When i s^a^e sufficiently interested
the highway engineers in charge of j here financially to give the people
building the paved road from La Fe of Lyford and Sebastian the flood
ria to Mercedes reached the point! protection that they should have.
$45-000 STRUCTURE TO SPAN AR
ROYO COLORADO NEAR
HARLINGEN
ty. That it will carry is practically
assured. The people of that county
BAND TO PLAY AT ROAD
MEETINGS
Saturday at Raymondville
win ue sciiv tv, _________ —-j Monday at Sebastian
sampTe'of'thr^ze cabbage will attain I Thursday at Lyford
in the fertile soil of the Valley,
at 7:30 P. M.
Five Dollars a Year for Every Resident
Owner Estimated Cost to Build Roads
VALLEY CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORS
CLOSE THREE DAY CON
VENTION
The tllree day convention of the
Christian ’Endeavors of the Valley,
held fit Rio Hondo, closed Sunday
night, and was the most successful
meeting of the organization ever held
in the Valley, over 100 delegates re
gistering.
Miss Lola Robertson of Mercedes,
was elected president of the Valley
organization for the ensuing year.
Other officers elected are: Mrs. Kent
S. Manning of San Benito, first vice
president; Earl Streber of Alamo,
second vice president; Bessie Rich
mond of McAllen, secretary and Her
man Jeffries of Rio Hondo, treasurer.
The next Valley wide meeting of the
organization will be held at La Feria
CIVIC CLUB ENTERTAIN
SHRINERS
The Minstrel Show of the Alzafar
Shriner Temple of Houston stopped
at Raymondville this morning at 6:30
|A. M. and were served hot coffee
id© by W. Swayze and 600 dough
_Jh«derby Mrs. Ira J. Dutton and
Ir""daughter Constance and Mrs. C.
R. Johnson. Rev. Leslie Boone awoke
one in at six o clock by
shooting off powder between two
anvils and a large crowd turned out
to greet the Shriners who entertain
ed with music and speeches. The
boys left at 8 o’clock for Harlingen
where they will put on a show tonight
Fudge J- P- Cogdell paid the cost of
ae douglmuts which was $6.00.
“What will it cost me in taxes if
this road bond, issue carries.* That
is the question, we believe thr people
are more interested in than anything
else.
D. A. Colp, manager of the Glacier
to Gulf Highway, after gettin the
county valuation, figured that it
would take about 42 cents per hund
red over an average of 30 years.
Judge McCharen figures it will take
about 50 cents tyax for every 100 dol
lar valuation, at least the first few
years, till the county increase more
in population. Taking the high
figure it will cost you as follows.
For the people who live in Sebas
tian, Lyford and Raymondville from
the west Stillman fence to the coun
ty line of the west and Raymondville
Tract No. 1 and (Gulf Coast tract at
Raymondville 25 cents additional to
what you; are now paying, as follow:
$500 Valuation $1.25.
$1000 do $2.50
$1500 do $3.75
$2000 do $5.00
$5000 do $12.50
If you live on the Stillman ranch
or east of their land or North of the
Gulf Coast tract at Raymondville or
on any of the large ranches it will
cost just twice that much per hundred
dollar valuation. The reason for
that'it that the ranches have not been
paying anything toward the $45,000
road bonds voted ten years ago.
Look up yo
and figure, fj«/ourself how little this
bond issue’^^Meost you.
dollar for dollar to build the road.
From all present indications Willacy
county has an excellent change to
get a federal designation, because of Item. A movement is now underfoot
the importance of this road, not only j there to call another road bond elec
from a tourist and pleasure stand j tion to build hard surface roads to
point, but from a military standpoint, connect every town in Cameron coun
It is well known fact ,that the army
has for years been desirious of seeing
this road opened up as it would mean j have realized long ago hard surface
a much shorter route between San j roads bring big returns to both farm
Antonio and Brownsville over which j ers and business men. One reason
to move supplies and men, to the , that this election has mot been called
border, in case of trouble. The move j sooner, we are informed by one of
ment to build this road is ten years j the county’s officials is that they are
old and was started at the time Judge j waiting- to see what Willacy Co. is go
Yates was county judge of Cameron ing to do Saturday May 17th. If the
County. At that time engineers were j people of Willacy county vote in favof
employed to investigate and see if j of the bond issue, the people of Cam
the route direct from Brownsville to j eron county will include the cost of
Kingsville was feasible and the re
j port as far as we are able to learn
was favorable. At that time their
were but few people in the Valley
-d very little travel and the move
ment was permitted to die out. About
four years ago the state highway de
partment designated this road and
promised aid if the people would call
an election and vote bonds, but noth
ing was done at that time and the
highway department then designated
a highway from Falfurrias, thru Ed
inburg to the upper Valley. The peo
Construction of a new highway
bridge across the Arroyo Colorado,
near Harlingen, was assured last
week when the county commissioners
voted to appropriate $15^00 to match
an offer of 30,000 recently made by
the state highway ccj^^ission.
The present stru^
coming unsafe,
the immense
the bridge _
FEDERAL OFFICERS AREST MEX
ICAN AFTER RACE FOR
BORDER
tawoT4*' ^
BROWNSVILLE, Texas.-^ose Mer
cado who has been wanted on numer
ous charges for several months and
who recently forfeited bail In connec
tion with' a criminal action, was ar
rested last week by federal officers
•in the brush hear his home. He at
to escape through the brush
vio Grande. He Is now held
ln the Cameron county jail on a
charge of transporting intoxicating
^~XconStriir.tod ! K^ors» with several other charges
' spending.
WINS POETRY CONTEST
The Weslaco Chamber of Commerce
San Jacinto day poetry contest was
won by Miss Robbie M. Powers of
Brownsville, whose poem entiled A 2
Dream of Old Texas,” was read at ,3
the San Jacinto day celebration in ^4
Weslaco. j®
Mrs. Geneva Riggs of Mercedes (6
was awarded the second prize, her ;7
contribution being entitled
Texas.”
May
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“Our I .51 of an inch of rain fell during
I the week.
building an 18 foot paved road from
Ccmbes to Sebastian, in their big
county wide road bond election. If
we don’t vote for it, Cameron county
will only build to Combes. This is
a very sensible position to take. Are
the people of Willacy county less pro
gressive than the people of the other
Valley counties. We think not. We
believe that this county will roll up
the largest majority for the election
a week from Saturday that has ever
been cast in a road bond election in
Texas. Boost and do your bit.
Cost of Highway and Feeder Roads
to be Prorated over the Whole County
IT CAN BE DONE
Somehow or other we cannot agree
with the people- who say “I would be
for the paved road across the county
and for the feeder roads, but don’t
think we can get thru the county on
the North and for that reason am Everybody who have been treating
good town, if we will show our faith
and put up a business block, people
shook their head and said every mer
chant would go broke if we had any
more stores. ’What has happened.
One very important feature of the
road bond election, which will be held
a week from next Saturday, is the
fact that the cost of this road will
be distributed equally and faiily
among all the property owners of
the county.
Heretofore the property owners
who lived from the west Stillman
fence to the county line on the west
and those who live in the Gulf Coast
tract Raymondville tract No. 1, El
Chapote part of Narciso tract, Ray
mond Hallam, R. T. & Co. E. B. Ray
mond, Raymond subdivision Beise
Huibmer, part of share 64 and San
Matias have been paying from 25 to
50 cents per hundred valuations to
for the $45,000 bonds voted 10
MEXICAN WHOSE LEG WAS CUT
OFF DIES; FILE CHARGES
AGAINST THREE
Brownsville, Texas.—Jesus Alvara
do, Mexican vaudeville actor whose
leg was cut off when he was run over
by an automogile near Bareda Wed
nesday morning, died at Sail Benito
Thursday ps a result of his injuries.
Charges have been filed against
three men in connection with the case
AWARD PAVING CONTRACT
going to vote against it.” While
these who believe that may be sincere
in their conviction we believe they
are taking the wrong attitude. Noth
ing was ever accomplished by saying
it can’t be done. Men who /accomplish
things do not say that. When it was
first suggested that we cut off the
north part of Cameron county, to
make the new county, people said it
can’t be done, but it was. When the
movement started to build the road
to the bay, people said Kleberg’s will
never concern to let you go thru, but
right this very day men are grubbing
a new road and the grading outfit is
following up building a fine road. If
we , had said “It can’t be done , it
last years tax receipt would not have been. When a few
men got together e, year ago and said
Raymondville will and should make
the people right are doing more busi
ness than ever and the town is enjoy
ing a building boom undreamed off
12 months ago.
With ever town in the Valley, every
newspaper, worthy of the name every
chamber of commerce, with Houston
San Antonio, the highway commis
sion the Government of the State, the
Army at San Antonio and all the
counties on the north, working and
fighting for this road from Harlingen
to Kingsville, IT CAN BE DONE.
We have right and justice on our side
and cannot believe that one or two
men are going to defy the whole state
or evenoppose this road,
wh<^^^^^HHPy understand what
years ago. The balance of the count j
has had the use of these roads, with
out any cost to them $44,000 has
been collected on these bonds and it
will only take $1000. to raise enough
to pay these bonds off. However,
there is enough money coming in do
linquent taxes to make up this thous
and dollars, if it was not taken care
off in the road bond election.
It is figured that it will take about
50 cents tax to pay for these bonds,
the first few years. This will mean
an additional tax of 25 cents for the
people living within the old districts
and towns as they already are paying
25 cents, and 50 cents for those living
outside the above named subdivisions.
As the county develops more taxable
values, in the form of improvements
and personal property, will come here
and a smaller tax will care for it, it
is said. „
Brownsville, Texas—A contract for
the paving of seven blocks, the last
in the city’s paving program, war
awarded to the W. L. Pearson Cum
pany, the firm which had the contract
for a large portion of the paving re
cently completed. The contract cov
ers the paving! of jeveral short stretch
es to connect up the paved section in
the business distri.t cf the ci'y>
BROWNSVILLE MAN DIES
Brownsville, Texas.—T. R. Tumlin
son, a well known business man of
this city, died at his home'here Mon
day morning, death being due to heart
trouble. He was general manager of
the Trevino Grocery Company.
More land has been sold, more deals
are on, more buildings has been start
ed, hundreds of people are eontemplat
ing moving here to farm and go m
business and will come here if we
vote in favor of the paved road.
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Johnson, Charles R. Willacy County News (Raymondville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 8, 1924, newspaper, May 8, 1924; Raymondville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth874410/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reber Memorial Library.