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VOL. XIX. NO. 279. " BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS. WEDNESDAY. JULY 17. 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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YOU HAVE LOOKED, I
YOU HAVE SEEN '
Now Then Move
Where To?
PHARR
The Eureka of the Valley
WANTS
Men with energy
Men with brain and money
Men willing to make tilings go
Men with character and intellect
Men that are not “Has beens”
Not “Going to be”, but “Is’ns” and “ares”
FOR SUCH AS THAT
1 he Latchstring is on the outside
Buy you a home with what you save in II
doctor bills
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Terms are such, that you will not
know you are buying
II W. E. CAGE,
Sales Agent.
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While In the Valley
DON’T FAIL TO VISIT
MISSION.
Elevation, 14o feet.
Irrigation, unexcelled.
Drainage, natural.
WE PROVE IT
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\ To be the most progressive, high- !
ly developed, prosperous, thriv
ing proposition in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley.
A personal investigation will con
it ►
j; vince you of the greater advan- ,
tages and opportunities offered.
MISSION UNO IMPROVEMENT COMPANY |
MISSION, TEXAS
JOHN J. CONWAY |
President W Sole Owner ,
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Cotton Market. !
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Atsaocint express.
New Orlehys, July lfi. —Cotton fu
tures closed steady with a net ad- *
vance of nine to&jxteen points .Spots '
steady and unchanged 1
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S>rae towns are small in size but
latMc in sentiment..
Don t let the roar of the factory (
furuace become deadened through
lack ot support.
Cattle Market.
Associated Press.
Kasas City. Mo.. July Id.—Cattle
steady to fifteen rents lower: export
steers $S.:it>$h t.o. hogs .*> and 10
cents lower: heavies $7.2."ifi
Sheep steady to fifteen rents loner.
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A town without a newspaper and
commercial organisation is like a hu
man derelict—no visible means of
support.
SENATE PASSED
! BAILEY RESOIUTIOI
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CONDEMNING PRESIDENT'S MED
DLING IN SENATE.
Resolution Modified by Making II
Geneial in Character. So As to
Apply to Any President—No Nam
es Mentioned.
Assoc iatcd Press.
Washington, July id.—After it
once had been kept from a vole by
tiie Archibald impeachment proceed
ings tlie senate today amended the
Bailey’s resolution censuring presi
dent Taft for his a titude and public
expressions on the Loritner case so
las to make it impersonal and passed
it by a vote of thirty-live to rwenty
t h ree.
The passage condemning the course
of the president was stricken ou and
the resolution was made to express
the senate’s disapproval of the “in
terference of a president” in its af
fairs.
Bailey in the debate denounced
the course of Taft as described in a
letter which the presidnt wrote 'o
Roosevelt and which the president
made public in a recent speech dur
ing the Massachusetts’ primary cam
paign.
Senator McCumber offered an am
endment making the res ilution Im
personal. The amendment was a< copi
ed by Bailey.
Senator Cummins wanted the re
solution amended so as ;o apply al
so to the use of his office to influ
ence votes for or against a hill.
I!*- spoke or reports that the presi
ident had warned the sena'ors if they
do not vote a certain way they would
lie considered ou’ of the party.
Senator Burton defended he pres
ident.
McCumber in offering t.ie re.-tui
tion declared that the presidential
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(office It ad been used lor ten years to
! abuse ihe powers of congress.
Not a democrat voteed against re
solution but six republicans voted for
it. They are senators, Bourn, Clapp,
Pall, Gallinger McCumber and
V -ks.
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| A Man Implicated in Killing of Ros
enthal the Gambler. Said to Have
Confessed. x
Associated Press.
New York, —July 1 f».—Through j
the alleged confession of a man un- j
der arrest the names of several men
are believed to be in the hands of the
police as participants in the sensa
tional killing of Herman Rosenthal,
a gambler early today.
Rosenthal when killed was pre- ;
sitmaldv about to make important ad
ditions so recent disclosures of an
alleged partnership between the po
lice officials and gamblers.
Additional arrests are expected.
District Attorney Whitman, who
is personally directing the investi
gation of the death of the gambler
told today that threats were made
yesterday that Rosenthal would far*' 1
ill if he pressed the charges.
Today 3 arrests were made. One be
lieved to he the man w:»o drove the
ear which brought the party who
killed Rosenthal to the scene of the
shooting.
Another is held as a material vvit
j ness and the third man's identity is
\ kept secret.
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HERBERT K. SMITH
RESIGNS OFFICE
Ha sDecided to Join New Party and
Fight for "Progressive" Principl
es. oucce^or Probably Selected.
Associated Press
Washington. July 16. —Herbert
Kitox Smith resigned today as com
missioner of corporations. For several
'days his name has oecn iinki*d in
gossip wi h.the new party movement
.hnder Roosevelt, l.ufher Conant. jr..
of* Mass., deputy commissioner of
cotVorations will probably succeed
Smi\h. Sm-ith told Taft he intended »o
support the "progressive movement
and ti\e new progressive party,” in
ciudlnfSk'' he prim iples ! have ear
ned!) tt\cd to further so far as I
could.
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GARDENERS CONCLUDE
1 . PROFITABLE MEETING
! ELECTED OFFICERS AND ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS. SOME
VALUABLE PAPERS WERE READ, RAILROAD AND EX
j PRESS SERVICE DISCUSSED. ASSOCIATION OFFERS
TO SUPPORT THE MID-WINTER FAIR
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With the election of officers the
South Texas Gardeners early y.-ster
dav completed their sixth annual
meeting and adjourned to a date next
year vet to be selected. As in the
!case of the firrt day. .Host of the se
cond day was given ..ver to talk on
truck growing, packing, shipping and
marketing. Secretary Waters said it
was >ne of the most educational
meetings yot held by the associa
tion.
The New Officers.
The election of officers resulted in
the < hoic© of J. W. Bray of Browns
ville as president, and l). I*. Gay of
Olmito, first rice-president, and J. H.
Arhenz of Sarita, second vice-presi
dent. By resolution the offices of sec
retary and treasurer were merged,
and Secretary Lindsay Waters was
unanimously elected to the office of
secretary-treasurer.
The executive committee is always
appinted, one man from each of the
more important towns in the valley.
In accordance with this custom. .'
S. Duncan was appointed from
Brownsville, E. E. Morgan from Lit
tle Indiana, A. X. Tandy from X’opo
lita, John R. Box from Olmito, B. R.
Foley from San Benito. E. E. Gordon
from Harlingen, ('has. Volz from .Mis
sion, O. W. Banks from McAllen. Mrs.
Plum from San Juan. D. H. Barr from
Donna, Frank Emerson from Merce
des, R. H. Kern, jr., form Santa Ma
ria, (’. E Craig from Lvford, W.
B. X’ewhall from Raymondville. L. J.
Barber from Santa Margarita. L. E.
N'iblo from Riviera and Theo. Kreuz,
from Kingsville. Executives commit
teeman from Pharr, La Feria. Sebas
tian anti Sarita arc yet to he ap
pointed.
MesaNge From President Green.
Vice-president J. H. Arhenz pre
sided again and read from a paper
what he believed the president, E. C.
Green, would have said had hp. the
president, been able to be present.
The message in part follows:
“It is a matter of keen regret to
me to be unable to meet with you at
this sixth annutl session. At every pre
vious meeting I have had the pleas
ure of two days' association with
the men who are the real builders of
the properitv of South Texas. This
association has maintained a steady
growth since its inception. It has nev
er been torn by dissension or strife
nor injured through jealously or mis
understanding. but on the other
hand, has enjoyed to a remarkable
degree the heartiest and most-kindly
co-operation among its members.
“The two days given to the annual
meeting are filled with the most help
ful type of discussions. Facts a1
experiences are exchanged and hour
are filled with opinions of a most
practical nature. The reason for the
continued prosperity and helpfulness
of the association conei.-ts in its hav
ing avoided from the first all en
tanglements with commercial prob
lems, and has held firmly to its first
ideal—-that of being an educational
institution. It is true that at our
meetings committees have been form
ed that have investigated market
ing problems, and as a result of their
work and partly because of it, suc
cessful marketing associations have
been formed. It is my hone tha the
policy of the South Texas Gardeners'
Association will in the future, as in
the past, continue to he purely educa
tional. It has a Itrge an l purely.*dura
I.et the farmers meet once a year to
talk over the practical problems of
their business, get the views of other
successful planters, and aid in set
ting on foot such movements as may
be necessary to tile agri. ultural de
velopment of this section.”
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Tomato Growing.
A. L. Broks of Harlingen, speak
ing on the subject of “Tomatoes,"
said that lie was a tomato enthusiast
when he came to the valley las* fall.
He believed that the tomato can he
grown successfully with success. Oth
er sections have systems of tomato
growing which may not he best here,
for instance, staking and pruning,
whic h are objected to here, hut he
believes that to be the proper me
thod until proven otherwise.
Mr. Brooks safe the tomato is ne
cessarily a small acreage prajoa
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tion. In other tomato growing sec
tions, he said, four acres are consid
ered a one family crop, but down
here they want to plant fifteen, twen
ty or even thirty acres.
I To be marketed profitably, the
South Texas » rop must be completed
before East Texas conus in, said Mr.
Brooks. He laid stress, on the neces
sity of getting the tomato to mar
ket early, before competition is pos
sible from other sections.
Mr. Brooks went into the market
ing problem at length, and said that
lit could lie finally solved only by ex
perience.
Some interesting questions con
cerning tomatoes were brought out
following Mr. Brooks’ talk. Methods
| were suggested for try-outs in this
‘secions, and E. .1. Barbour of Hav
mondville offered the Bonny Beef as
a good tomato for the valley. A. X.
Tandy suggested systems that are
used around Jacksonville. Fla., ow
ing to tlie similarity of cUjnot’c con
ditions.
Cabbage. Queen of th.? Va’Iey.
J. W. Bray, of Brownsville rea l
a very interesting paper on be sub
ject of “Cabbage" one of the import
ant crops in this region. Extracts
from his paper follow:
“If cotton is king in the valley and
cabbage is queen—and they are
then the queen exhibits the proverb
ial feminine qualities of variability
and flippancy in the face of unex
pected circumstances, and it is up to
us to help make the family relations
of the king more de]woidable.
“The causes which are always op
erative in determining the price of
our cabbage may he classified under
four heads: first, tlie fall crop in the
northern states: second, how well
that crop keeps through the winter:
third, the crop in the Xew Orleans
region, and, fourh, our own crop.
Three of these causes lie beyond our
control, but we can adapt ourselves
to them. When the northern crop
fails, we can plant half or more of
our crop early. When the northern
crop is frozen by Christmas, we still
have nearly a month in which to
put out plants profitably. And when
the Xew Orleans crop fails, we can
plant still later.
“The fourth determining cause of
cabbage prices, the crop in the val
ley, is mostly within our control and
is is high time that it wore sub
jected to some sort of rule or regu
lation."
Dr. Harrington, of Kingsville, agri
cultural director for the Frisco linos
in Texas, and formerly president of
the Texas A. & M. College, read a
letter fdilfn L. S. Ross of Harlingen,
on the latter’s experience with long '
staple cotton. Dr Harrington does
not believe that the question of long '
staple cotton in the valley is over -
with. He said it is more subjert to
the boll weevil than is the short <
staple. He believes, however. that ]
long staple can be grown here as sue- '
oessfully as in the Red River valley '
in Xorth Texas. ]
Soil Preservation.
■ Dr. Harrington read a paper on '
“Soil Preservation." which, In part,
follows:
“Our total farm products. from
year to year, are not keeping pare
with the increase of our population. ;
which, at the present rate, will be
doubled in fifty years. Xot only this,
but in spite of the pressure incident
to the high price of improved lands
in the older settled portions of our i
country, the ac tual farm a< reaee is j
not ineerasing rapidly. Frdlh IftbO to
1!Hft it, showed, according to the
census, only about four per cent.
“As a rule, the richest land'and,
,that most favorably situated has ■'
been appropriated. This means that
the American frmer, and partlculrly
the Southern farmer, must raise pro
ducts on a given acreage of land. To
do this th^re must he more Intensive*
cultivation better drainage, better
prepara ion of the seed Iced, more care j
in the application of water, better
cultural methods, and more consid
eration miis^ be given to the rota
tion of cro It is true of con* so,
that here in he valley we have an
l< xeeedinglv r h soil an alluvial one
|composed of e cream of other soils
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SAN BENITO
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THE
BIG CANAL T< »WN
The livest and largest new town in Texas in the
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY
San Benito has grown from nothing to over four thousand population In
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four years and today offers best location for commercial aad In
dustrial nterpric.es in Southwest Texas. Natural advanage*
and improvements already made insure city . f iauportauce
The growth and development have only started.
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NEARLY HALF A MILLION
Dollars railrc; d business on St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Uni way
at San Benito, in one rear. Sixty-seven per c-'iit in*.** use over hi sines*
of previous year.
year ending April 30th 1011 1912
Freight received 112.819.44 233.8X0 20
Freight forwarded 4 2,839.33 96,100.31
Express received * 1 2,339.64 13,426 23
Express forwarded IS,098.34 19,023 44
Ticket sales 31,460.93 43,960 66
Excess Baggage 292.23 478.70
Switching, storage, and
demurrage No record 3,204.1 1
Total Value of Business 248,030.93 414,073.63
Above represents only the amount paid to the St. L. B. & M for hand
ling business shown and NOT THE VALUE OF PRODUCTS HANDLED.
EIGHTY THOUSAND ACRES OF RICH DELTA SOIL
irrigated from the big San Benito Canal surround the town of San Be
nito. Twenty-five thousand acres already In cultivation.
INTERUR8AN RAILROAD NOW IN OPERATION
over- 40,000 acres of this tract serving every farm with convenient
freight and express service. Extension being made on the balauce of
the trac t. Rio Hondo, Santa Maria, Carricitos, Los Indios and La Baloma
on interurban road out of San Benito. Convenient schedule.
IT WILL PAY YOU TO INVESTIGATE SAN BENITO
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before engaging in farming, commercial or industrial enterprises else
■Sphere in Texas.
BENITO LAND A WATER COMPANY.
SIM BENITO. TEXAS.
ransported l*y the river hut even
I SC:I like this will not p< i i. .in Mit
v endure, unless it receives cans'tl
■rate treatment.”
Express Company and Truck Grower.
N. Campbell, San Antonia, sui>
•rirtendent of the Wells Far to E>
iress company, read a paper entitled.
Relations of Express Company an 1
rruek Grower.” Extracts from the
>aper follow:
“The truck grower must have as
surance that his product, sueeessful
y produced, carefully selec ted, pro
>erly packed and marked, will he
>romptly transported and delivered
n marketable condition to its destln
ition.
“ In order to admit of this, the
Irst essential requirement is the se
ection of a product in condition to
withstand handling incident to trans
foration. the next is packing so as
o avoid bruising or injury of con
:ents and securing same with rivets
ind eleated nails, using staples for
:he hampers and nails of sufficient
ength for crate*, so as to withstand I
>rdinary handling.” j
Systematic Marketing.
J. S. Duncan of Brownsville dis
-ussed “Systematic Marketing.” A.
L. Brooks and Lindsay Waters also
cpoke on this subject, following Mr.
Duncan.
Mr. Duncan compared proper mar
keting to a full grown cotton »tallc——
it must have a good root and growth.
He believe** there should Ik* a sys
tematic variety of seed The eomnals
don man, he said, is only able rtf j
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As played throughout the country
by the various leagues.
Associated Press.
National League.
Philadelphia .7; Cincinnati 4.
Pittsburg 5; Brooklyn 4.
Chicago 3; New York 1.
American League.
Washington 7; Chicago 2 (eight
innings by agreement, i
Phila. 5; Cleveland 2.
Boston 7; Detroit 2.
St. Louis 3-3; New York 1-1.
American Association
Kansas City 3; Louisville 1.
Coin minis 4; St. Paul 2.
Toledo 1-5; Minneapolis 3-6.
No more eheduled.
Southern League.
Nashville-Montgomery called lu
third rain.
Mobile 6; Atlanta 4.
New Orleans 6; Chattanooga I.
Memphis-Birmlngham. off day
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Texa
San Antonio 10; Austin 3.
Waco 4; (Jalveston o.
Beaumont 4; Ft. Worth 3.
Dallas Houston, rain.