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1 EVERYTHING} ?—■-■-. — For the ■—-—-- — £ fMEN FOLKS} 1 ?— 4 ^ See Our New Arrivals of £ fr_ BATH ROBES A Jf EDWIN CLAPP SHOES J ¥ MEN’S AND BOYS’ OVERCOATS. A ? -- I tOur Styles and values in Men’s suits and hats are hard to beat. v 4 The Boliack Store T | Where QUALITY Counts | SB *4 —rl* __ ' _ .——To You The Consumer of Ice We are manufacturing a high grade pro duct of absolute purity. Ice which you can safely use in any way with the assurance of no risk to your health- Our ice is made of distilled water, which is reboiled and passed through two filters. We believe it pays to give the best and solicit your patronage. THE PRICE 30c AT THE PLANT AND 40c DELIVERED CONSUMERS ICE AND COLD -STORAGE COMPANY L, B. PUENTE, Manager. ■■-———> I I II CARNIVAL HOUSTON, TEXAS NOVEMBER II TO 16, 1912 RATE A Tickets on sale Nov. 10th to 15th inclusive. Final limit returning November 17th. $1312 RATE B I Tickets on sale Nov. 10 returning Nov. 12 $6= Tickets on sale Nov. 12 returning Nov. 14 " ..-... THE MODEL LAUNDRY. We have recently Installed in our Cleaning and Pressing department a “Hoffman Steam Pressing Machine.” in pressing cloths with this machine, live dry steam is brought, in di rect contact with the m: terial, the garment is pressed uniformly, set and sterilized at one operation. Scorching is utterly impossible. This procesn is more sanitary tban the old method and the work is bet ter. Our operator* are skillful and oi’r prices are slightlr lowe- t.han merly. Coat and pants, steamed and pressed $.50. Coat and pants, cleaned and pressed $1.00 Skirts, steamed and pressed $.50. up. Other garments in proportion. Tf« s PHOU* No 1 —_It——-1 __1-U...i!gB!!ag-l!il!lLl_JLI"- U_”_i. .■!1. mi . SEAMSrCHANNtLS, ANGLES.TEES, PLATES, STEEL a CAST LINTLES, STEEL a CAST COLUMNS, TRUSS CS. Gl ROE RS, ELI PROMPT SHIPMENTS, * • 7-4 A*' * jr CITY NEWS .—.—.. •< * >r . i Featured Sn«ke Farm—San An tonio Expre-s contained an illustrat ed feature story concerning the life and work of W. A. “Snake” King, and Mrs. King, the well known snake and wild animal dealers of this city. This was another of the large num ber of feature stories gathered by Express staff writers during their vi sit to Brownsville this summer. i Apple Sale now on—Fine juicy Arkansa- apples only $1.25 per bush el. Call at apple car foot of 10th street by People's ice factory. These | apples will keep a month. Phone your l I grocer. 11-8-41—W1 j Filling Tires—R L. Lewis, the lo- i cal agent for Essenkay tire filler, con tinues to report large sales. Mr. Lew-j is went up the valley yesterday af-; ; ternoon for the purpose of equipping several automobiles with the filler. Home-made mince meat pies for sale at the Woman’s Exchange Sat urday afternoon. ll-8-2t Auto 149—County Attorney E. K. Goodrich yesterday obtained an auto mobile license from the county clerk. His number will be 149. Wanted to trade small, well equipped farm in the town of Ricardo, Tex. i(near Kingsville) for residence pro 1 perty in Brownsville. Has artesian well, irrigation ditches, pumpHig plant, etc. Address, Jacob H. Schultz, j San Carlos Hotel, City. Licensed *o Wed—County Clerk Josspli Webb Sunday and Monday is sued the following marriage licenses: Emilio llinjosa and Manuela Hinojo sa; Jose Tamez and Irene Cortez; Rafael Garcia and Josefa Delgado. Street Railway Progress— The street railway men are rapidly build ing the extenisons on Levee street, and have already completed more l*han three blocks of track laying. At j the present it is expected they will complete the contemplated work i within two weeks. I Everybody Is U*ing It Now— The Imperial Self Heating sad iron. Sells in every home. $50.00 per week to good hustlers. Write B. F. Gilbert, First National Bank Bldg. Ft. Worth, Texas. - Learner*’ Club — The regular meeting of the Learners’ Club will be held at the residence of Mrs. Jas. W. Hoit on Levee st., this afternoon (Tuesday) at 3:30 o’clock. I " , • ■ Arf good*, crochet and embroidery materials, for ‘■ale at the Woman's Exchange Wednesday and Saturday mornings and afternoons. Free cro chet lesson with 50c. purchase.) Improvement—Dr- C. H. Thorn is i weatherproofing his two-story brick building at 1311 Elizabeth street. _ Th<* bu'lding ia:?2 Elizabeth street is undergoing a remoneiing of the interior. When the work is col pleted the building wlil be occupied by Mr. Reed, a candy uaker. -* THE NATIONAL MEAT MARKET Offers to the public and dis tinguished familie s in particular, refrigerator and fresh meats of all kinds, and at reasonable prices. Phone 191.—FRED VILLARREAL. (Adv.lO-24-24t RUTLEDGE CURIO STORE A. E. Leston and Son, Props. Indian and Mexican Pottery, Blank ets, Opals, Carved leather goods, etc. Fine Vera Cruz Cigars and the larg est assortment of post cards to select from in the city. THE SCHOOL TEACHER AUD THE WAIF. AFTER MANY DAYS. THE POLO SUBSTITUTE 11200 bushels to the acre. The mar ; vel of this generation. Will you please send me your address for full I v * » | particulars? M. C. McGEE. SAN MARCOS. TEX. i _ * «. '■ • *'« i ' « Madame Carlos PALMIST Hours 10 to 12 a. m. 2 to 5 p. m. 505 ST. CHARLES ST. FIRST INSTAIXMEKT ~ : OF SAUTENA HERD Nineteen Carloads of Big Herd Pass ed Through Brownsville Yesterday en Route for Houston. • - * Nineteen carloads of cattle, 346 head, were shipped out of Browns-1 ville last night by Jennings, Mit chell & Russell, the purchasers of the 40,000 head of cattle formerly owned by the Sautenia people, at Colombres, Mexico. Th,e shipment is to be divid ed, part going to market and part to range at Aguilares, Tex. , I. i. This is the first shipment of the enormous number of cattle, and sev eral thousand are to be imported to the United States until the entire number have been brought over, part of the cattle will be sent to market and part to range In various sec tions of the Southwest. The Mexican cow punchers who brought the cattle to Brownsville from the ranch at Colombres, or Rio Bravo, paraded the streets of the city la-t night, creating some curiosity among the people on the street, as well as amusement. They are to re turn to Colombres this morning for another bunch of cattle. -* CITY SCHOOL BOARD MAKES APPOINMENTS A short session of the school board was held yesterday morning in the offices of R. B. Creager, a member of the board. The board appointed Miss Lula Rich, teacher of the West Brownsville school, which, after be ing transferred to the central high school building, has been reopened in West Brownsville, in a building ow'ned by S. C. Tucker. Mrs. May Davis, formerly teacher of the We?t Brownsville school, has been given the seventh grade in the city school, succeeding Mrs. K. D. Hamilton, who recently removed to Kingsville. Mrs. Olivia Yznaga has been ap pointed a supernumerary, and has as sumed her duties in the city school building. Mis« Rich, the newly appointed teacher, holds a state teacher’s cer tificate, as required by a ruling adop ted by the school board at a recent meeting. The members present at yesterday's meeting of the board included Presi dent J. L. Wortman, Frank Pierce, R. B. Creager* J. T. Canales and Sec retary C. M. Garza. v#/ A MISSING COLLECTOR FOUL PLAY FEARED A man named Alvarez, a collector for the company which is pushing the' irrigation project a' Rio Bravo, in the f.tate of Tamaulipa6, Mexico, dis appeared Saturday and an active search for him or some news of him is in progress. The man is said to have had about $2,000 of the com pany’s money, in his possession. Ac cording to report, he had been sent out to make some collections for the company, and has not been seen at ' the company's headquarters since. It is thought possible that he was way laid, and robbed and possibly killed, by highwaymen, but up to last night no trace of the man dead or alive had been found. -5ft Realty Transfer*. The following deeds were filed for record in the office of County Clerk Joseph Webb yesterday: C. H. Pea’e, trustee, et al to Rio Grande Land and Product Co., lot No. 5 in Section No. 2, Lyford tract No. 2; consideration $150. Domingo Garcia and wife to Tori bio Rodriguez, three acres out of "El Calaboza ranch", located in the San Pedro de Carricitos grant; consid eration $110. --- FOR SALE OR TRADE. 9 i Do You Know a Good Thing When You See It? To avoid moving them I offer for sale, at moderate prices the following at my residence on St. Charles St., from one to six o’clock p. m. on Wed nesday, Nov. I?,, 1012: McCray Re frigerator, Round-oak extension din ging table, oak dining chairs, ward robe, dresser with plate glass mir ror, bed steads and springs, mat tresses, settee, steel folding bed, tab les, chairs, carpet, matting, linoleum, cook stove, dishes, wash kettle, Sin ger sewing machine, fine Bush and Gerts piano in first-class condition; nearly new surrey with extra fine upholstering, steel automobile bed with steel tires: large very gentle fine looking bay family combination carriage and saddle horse, harness, Texas saddle nearly good as new. and many other things too numerous to mention. Would trade for desirable lots or other real estate. A fine op portunity to secure a furnished house cheaply. WILLIAM S. HAWKINS. Brownsville, Tex. .Toe Kowalski left on the afternoon train yesterday on a business trip to Dallas. He expects to be gone only three or four days. Julge Noah Allen went to Hous-; ton and Galveston yesterday after-! noon on legal business. He will re turn the latter part of the week. H. G. Posey of San Rntonio is in Brownsville. | A. P. Turner of San Benito was a visitor in Brownsville Monday. I C. W. Wilkes of San Benito was a visitor in Brownsville Monday. J. C. Draper of Hebbronville is a guest at the Miller hotel. Mr. and Mrs. George J. Haberer, E.! F. Lehman and Mrs. Heagle, all of Chicago, 111., are visitors in Browns ville registered at the San Carlos ho-j tel. Mr. Haberer is a real estate op erator in Chicago, and is in Browns-! ville on buisness. ..!’ E. S. Munoz of Kingsville is a visi tor in Brownsville. Mr. Munoz is at the San Carlos hotel. C. J. Jennings of San Antonio is a business visitor in this city. C. T. Harvin of Houston is in the city for a few days. Major John B. Armstrong of Kath erine is in Brownsville for a few days. H. L. Dunham of San Benito was in Brownsville yesterday. — James W. Holt went to Mission yesterday afternoon on business. From there he will go to Lake Charles, La., for a few days. _' # ■ , NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Sealed bids will be received by the City of Brownsville, Camero i Co. Tex., until 4:00 p. m. Wednesday, Nov. 13th, 1912, at office of City Sec retary for the construction of a storm sewer on 9 th St., between Levee and Adams. Work to be composed of the fol lowing items: 960 ft. of 18-inch sewer pipe either of tile or concrete, 12 inlets and 1 manhole. Plans anc specification! can be seen at the office of City Engin eer, Merchant's Xt. Bank Bldg. Seal ed bids will also be received for the lowering ol the water connections in Paving D's: ‘.:t No. 3, and replacing s^me with lead oonneo'ions. Bids on above mentioned work will be received at same time and place r.s mentioned above. Specifications for the lowering of the water con nections can be obtained from the superintendent of the light and wa te" department. Each bid must be ac companied bv a certified check for $100.00 which will be forfeited to the City of Brownsville shoo'd suc cessful bidder fail to enter into con tract and bond. The city reserves the rijht to reject any or all bids. J. W. DAVIS, City Engineer. -* Mid-winter Fair New*. The Brownsville Mid-winter Fair Association, through Manager Wil liams, ha< closed a contract with the H. L. Ixickwood Carnival Co., and this concern will 'bring their shows to Brownsville for the entertainment. The Lockwood company is one of the best in the business, it is said, and is giving satisfaction every where it shows. They are now showing at the No-Tsu-Oh carnival at Houston, and every attraction that is now in that city will be brought to Browns ville in January. The Rjo Grande & Coast Associa tion has engaged an exhibition space ‘12x100 feet in the fair grounds, where it will exhibit products grown In the Valley. It will not be an exhib it from any town in particular, but will have exhibits from all portions of the Ix>wer Rio Grande Valley. This is an association of truck grow ers, used for the purpose of shipping •their products in the most profitable and advantageous, as well as most convenient manner. The membership is made up from truck growers from all over the Valley. -o C0TT0H. Associated Press. New Orleans, Nov. 11—Cotton fu tures steady. May decline 17@19 points; spots steady revised shows middling 12 1-4. I p spend it in convincing pourself that the silent. Vanadium built Ford is the car von ought to have—and can afford— ; fl right now. We’ve shared profits with you by reducing the price. Every third ear a Ford—and every Ford user a Ford “Insistcr.” New prices— n| runabout $505—touring ear $t»70—deliv- Ijj ered with all equipment. (Jet particu lars from Whittlesey Garage and Ma chine Co., San Benito, Texas—or direct ] from Detroit factory. - --II i AN INTRODUCTION to our line of fine confectionary will convince you of the supremacy of our luscious chocolates in nut candies, chocolate cream mint drops, marsh mallows, caramels. They are the acme of dellclousness and make a most ac ceptable offering to wife, sweetheart or babies. ELITE CONFECTIONERY PHONE 188 F. W. SEABURY ’ ATTORNEY AT LAW. BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS Practices In all State and Federal Courts. Specializes In the Investiga tion and litigation of land titles, and water rights and contracts. Offices: First Nat’l Bank Bldg. Phone: 316. HUDSON, MAXWELL, OAKLAND CARS FIRESTONE AND OOODRICH TIRES Hinkley Auto Company Brownsville, Texas . 1 ' ■■ ■ ' 1 " ■■'■■-JL-LM'JL'UJE-’J.ai—mi” JSB-llLB—a— TWO CUPS OF TEA IN ONE I Is what you will have if you use the usual quantity of our tea when you make it. The strength of our tea Is such that you neet only about half the usual quantity in order to make tea of fine flavor and fragrance. That is on account of the purity and (fual tty of the tea. Try a pound; you’ll like the flavor and also the economy of using it. The Brownsville Grocery Co. PHONE 3. THE FERN DELL STORE PHONE 136 L t r . ^2 * .. .. .'.I . . ,L-1 - — _... . ■ ■. r _l.- i . * .... ■ HIDALGO AND STADR COUNTIES ABSTRACT CO. I INCORPORATED! Edinburg, Hidalgo County, Texas JOHN CLOSNKR JAMKS II. HOWARDS W. H. IBBKTSON President. Vice Pres, and Gene ral Mgr. Secretary and rreasuret live Abstracts of your land. situated in Hidalgo and Starr Couai*««, prepared by this Company. A paid up Capital Stock of flO.OOo IS YOUR GUARANTEE OF RECEIVING PERFECT WORK. f AN UP-TO-DATE SOCIETY WOMAN Knows how to appreciate an up>to> date stationer. He saves her both time and trouble, by providing her with the latest and most correct styles in cards, paper, envelopes, etc.. In all the newest colors, textures and and shape. We call ourselves that In every sense of the word, afid ca/i give you an outfit for your writing desk that you will be proud of. VALLEY BOOK STORE ► * -j. * gi t ** *7 , •*-. Merchant Nt. Bank Bldg. (W. W. Webster.) PHONE 8Si . BIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS J. R. MONROE J. 8. MONROE Attorney at Law Surveyor and Civil Engine*! J. R. MONROE 6 SON Land agents and abstractors. Have complete abstract of lands In 9t*rr county; and the part of Brooks taken from Starr county to the date of its organization, Oct. 11, 1911. Also family histories by which we can trace title to each grant back to original grantees; To complete which we have complete record of births, marriages and deaths from church records of Carmargo and Mier, the homes of the original grantees of these grafts. Over twenty-nine years in business in Starr County. INSURANCE FIRE * • 4% p — ... ... ' TORNADO ' ACCIDENT T,1 t*]j | W. K. MENDENHALL ! • •. ■> ;; t f* Brownsville, Tex. Phone 42. I SHALL TRACTS OF LAHD HEAR CITY Now is the time to purchaM small tracts of land near the city at rea sonable prices. Hars recently pur chased the R. A. Lleck land near the city; hare subdivided same Into tracts of from ten (10) to forty (40) acres. This land is located on Canal and Is strictly first class In every particular. Apply Direct to . E. K. GOODRICH . _ t