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AUTOMOTIVE
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1927 Chevrolet Landau Sedan .*465.00
1827 Chevrolet Coach . 345.00
1926 Ford Tudor Sedan. 265.0<t
1926 Essex Coach . 85 00
1926 Essex Coach . 6o.00
Buy With Confidence
STEVENSON MOTOR CO., INC.
10th and Adams_Brownsville
FOR SALE CHEAP—Used Ford truck,
fair condition, license paid. Address
N-42 care Herald. N-42
LATE 1927 Ford coupe. Reasonable;
leaving. Ask for Ben Hirth, Friend- j
1y Doorway Apts., Olmito._N74.
Help Wanted
_ — - —
WANTED: Efficient housekeeper.
Must have good health -ad furnish
referenca. Addresa Mrs. A. E. An
darson. city._ L-178
WANTED: An elderly white lady
who would appreciate a comfortable
home and moderate wages to keep |
house and cook for an old couple. No
washing. Write S. Crosby, La Feria.
Texas, or phone H. O. Wyland. N69
MIDDLE-AGED or elderly woman
with references, wishing home, to
assist in housework and care of six
months old baby for couple living
in modern home, electrically equip
ped, in Point Isabel. Moderate wag
es. Write Mrs. C. H. Holcomb, Point
; Isabel.N70.
WANTED: A housekeeper. Apply
to Mrs. Mendenhall, 114 Washington I
St_ N71
Situation Wanted
EXPERIENCED STENOGRAPHER
deairea permanent position. Best of
references can be furnished. Phone
Mt M-2P9.
TOUNO MAN. 25, wonts job on farm.
Keep books or work outsido. Small
aalarv. Write Box N-58, Herald.
N-58
LADY BOOKKEEPER. 15 years’ ex
perience, able to close out books
monthly. Best references. Work
any place In Valley. Phone S07-J,
Harlingen, or Box N-67, Herald.
N87
Lost and Found
LOSTt Female English Pointer
abest 8 months old; lemon and
white and ticked. W. A. Ross, phone
904. N68
FINANCIAL
I BUY ALL KINDS of mortgages.
What have yon? J. Scher, 612 Gun
tejyFdg., San Antonio, Texas. N31
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
FOR SALE OR TRADE rea«onahle,
food rafa with adjoining hotel rooms
upstairs. Best proposition in town.
If yon want a real money making
bunaees, investigate. Will sell cafe
•lone or eafe and hotel together.
Doing good business. Reason for
selling, want to retire. Address ]
■ N-52, care Herald. N52
EXCEPTIONAL opportunity to en
t«T T»dio merchandising of the three
outstanding radios on the market to
day. n one of the most progressive j
Vallay towns. Experienced radio i
man now controlling franchises ;
wants active partner to invest and i
manage finances and store. No j
radio experience necessary. For in- )
terview. address Box X-56, Herald.
y-56;
True* Seeds—Plants
FOR SEEDS of all kinds, see Mason
Transfer and Grain Co.. 1105 Adams.
_M-126
BUDDING ? ! Would like to bud
your sour orange seedlings on shares.
Will furnish buds. Fleet A. Lents;
Mercedes, Texas, phone 9002F11.
_ M-2SS.
LIVE STOCK—POULTRY
—;SACRIFICE 9 German police pup
pies. Take your choice and carry
one home. See Mrs. Florence Staf
ford, Hayes A 17th Streets, next to
center; Victoria Heights. Phone
1075-31.
Uj|8 OF LOTS are offered for
•fC*! very reasonable trices in the
Classified Section from day to day.
PULLETS, laying; Rocks and Reds.
*1.25 each. White Leghorns. *1.00
eaeb. Also incubator. John Mer
rill. near Gulf Breeze Filling Sta
tion. El Jardtn. Route i. X60
MISCELLANEOUS
DRESSMAKING and plain sewing.
Call at house nearest Palm Bird, on
Resaca Drive in Belvedere, or inquire
at Herald office. M-255
Articles For Sale
FOR SALE: One 5x7 McCrory, one
5x7 Viking meat cooler boxes suit
able for dairy or grocery fixtures.
M. System, La Feria, Texas. M99
LADIES HOSE mentfed; runt, palls,
and anaga. Valley Hose Mending Co.
745 Eliaabeth.1-19*
500,000 common mud bncka tor sale
i. S. Ford, Brownsville. H-164
FOR SALE: $75 gas range for $45;
used only a few months. Phone
955-J or call at 1330 W. Washington.
N55
PIANOS repossessed like new. $1,350
Baldwin Grand. $400.00 paid; will
sacrifice; also used piano and play
er bargains. Carl Moeller Music
Store, opposite M. P. Depot, Wesla
co, Texas. M-216
GOOD cane hay for sale. $15.00 to
$20.00 per ton, delivered within 6
miles of Brownsville. J. B. Kee, 1523
West Elizabeth St, Brownsville,
Texas. Phone 1393W. M-73.
FOR SALE: Contractors buildings
and second-hand timber and lumber
for sale at La Palma Station of the
Central Power and Light Co, San
Benito, Texas. See Mr. Cheek at La
Palma Station. N76.
Buy or Exchange
FOR EXCHANGE: Small farm less
than six miles from Brownsville
near good school and concrete road.
Will exchange for vacant lots or im
proved residence property. Address,
Owner, P. O. Box 831, Brownsville,
Texas. N64.
WANTED at once: Well located lot.
West Brownsville. Must be cheap.
Address N-54, care Herald. N54
REAL ESTATE
FINE 12-ACRE tract on Banker Road
half mile from Brownsville. Con
crete canal and good drainage. $850
per acre. Carlos G. Watson, owner.
_M-21
SUMMIT PLACE
Brownsville’s new business and
residential sub-division. Just ona
mile from Elizabeth Street, on
Fourteenth Street—the busy thor
oughfare leading to the proposed
ship channel and turning basin
—through the rich farming sec
tion of El Jardin—to the mu
nicipal airport and on to South
point. Easy terms. Investigate
TODAY. Office 14th and Hays
Sts, J. J. Dallas, Sales Manager,
phone 336, Brownsville, Texas.
M-285.
FOR SALE
20 acres good Irrigated land In
El Jardin Tract, well drained;
price 1100.00 per acre, terms.
80 seres Irrigated land In El
Jardin tract, all in cultivation
and rented; on concrete highway,
electric line; price $125.00 per
cere, cash.
40 acres all in cultivation and
rented; one mile from small
town and concrete road; price
$150.00 per acre, terms.
IT aerss nesr Brownsville, all
in cultivation, good house, well
and windmill; about 3 acres
bearing grove, good citrus land;
prica $15,000.00.
James-Dickinson
Company
Corner Travelers Hotel
Phone 450 Brownsville, Texas
M-162
HAVE EXCLUSIVE salt on 20 acre*
LI Jardin district. $300 aera. P .ont
1075-M. L-«4
LAND BARGAINS—152 acres—135
acres—Donna district, cultivated.
Nothing better. Priced low. Wire,
writs or call—G. H. Swallow, Alamo,
Texas. Y-2S5
FIVE ACRES, good houss. resaca
land set in tress, tools and atock in*
eluded. If you want a bargain from
owner, writs P. O. Box 1180. L*127
For Sub-Division
160 Acres
Locaied 4 blocks from ths high
school and closer to Brownsville
than the exclusivs Los Ebanos
Subdivision. Winding resaca
running through property offer*
ing natural laiko front sites for
subdivision. This property is
for sals by owners and can be
bought at a very attractive price.
Henson-Lomax A Houston and
Brownsville Development Co.
FOR SALE—60 acres irrigated land
ready lor cultivation; well drained;
4 miles from town, in El Jardin.
Must be sold to close estate. In
quire L. D. Jones, Glenwood Hotel.
M-25C
FQR SALE—By owner, 96 3-4 acres
fine citrus and truck land adjoining
Edeouch and paved road. All culti
vated. good drainage, water and Im
provement*. Will divide; priced
low; no trades. Geo. R. Carter. Ed
couck, Texas. M-171
OWNER WILL SELL 30 acres good
resaca land, irrigated, in cultivatiea.
Harlingen district, only $75 an acre,
cask, balance easy. Need money.
Also 10 acres at paving, Rie Hondo
San Benito road. 5 acres citrus.
H. H. Parks. San Benito, Texas,
Phone 302SF11.M264
12 1-2 ACRES near Brownsville, near
school, near railroad loading station,
near gin and on pavement. All in
rultivation and possession at once.
Only $2£00.00 A dandy location for
s store in connection with farm.
Phone 179 or P. O. Box 364, Browna
rilie, Texas. 11-291.
REAL ESTATE
A UNIVERSAL MARKET for every
thing—the Classified Section.
MUST BE SOLD at sacrifice at once,
fifteen acre four year old bearing
eitrua grove, four miles from
Brownsville, one thousand feet from
new hard surface road tj the bank
of a beautiful resaca irrigating
ditch running through property;
electric highline end telephone. Sev
en thousand five hundred cash. 848
West Washington. Phone 1398-W.
N46
FOR SALE—Grapefruit orchard 2 1-2
acres, with 7-room house on it. On
good street adjoining McAllen, $8500.
terms. F. G. Collins, Des Moines,
Iowa. N53.
REVENUE bearing property for sale
cheap; small investment; call quick.
Box N65, Herald. NOS.
Farm* For Sale
OWNER OFFERS 10 acres west of
Brownsville on Military paving, ripe
for subdivision: also 10 aeres, two
acres planted to citrus, at Olmito.
I need money, the price is right. H. H
Parks, phone 6025F11, San Benito,
Texas. M263
SACRIFICE FOR
CASH
Fifty acres finest citrus land, just
cleared and plowed. Canale and
drainage ready. Rented for pota
toes, beans, corn and cotton, but can
arrange to plant and care for grove
if purchaser desires. Similar !and
to trees one year old being sold for
$500 to $1,000 per acre. For quick
sale, my price for the fifty acres,
$15,000. Terms 1-3 cash. Also
small home, 20 acres with five acres
in 4-year-old grove; concrete canal,
tile drained, alj finest of citrus land
except about three acres suitable
for grasses or pasture only. For sale
quick at $8,500; half cash. For ap
pointment to inspect land, address
Box N-23, care The Herald. N-23
20 ACRES good citrus and truck land,
1-2 mile from highway, all in culti
vation, good house and garage. Dis
tress cash price on this tract. Upde
graff, Ea Feria. Texas. N-41
HAVE EXCLUSIVE sale 4 acres
Ebanos Estate. Phone 107S-M.
L-64
40 ACRES or less finest Valley land,
near San Benito; irrigated; in culti
vation; a sacrifice. Owner, Box 1323,
Edinburg. N28.
40 ACRES improved citrus fruit
land near Harlingen city limits, near
paved road to Raymondville, and on
road designated to be paved. Only
$10,000.00, with $4,000.00 cash and
balance easy terms. S. C. Graham,
Box 864, Brownsville, Tex. N63.
FOR SALE BY OWNER—Sixteen
mere farm with eight room house,
five end a fraction miles from
Brownsville, near good school, about
200 yards from concrete highway.
Reasonable price end terms. Address
P. O. Box 831, Brownsville, Texas.
N64.
Houses For Sale
WILL SACRIFICE my last two beau
tiful hornet. Better hurry; only
two left, o rooms and bath; textone.
two-tone finish; beautiful light fix
tures; automatic water heaters. See
Mrs. Florence Stafford, owner. Hayes
and 17th streets, Victoria Heights,
phone 107S-M.K-170
BARGAIN FROM OWNER. Must sell.
Two-story house, choice corner,
citrus trees, paved streL Can be
used for apartments or home. Fur
niture included. P. 0. Box 1180.
L-127
FOR SALE: 4 rooms, garage, and
bath, on Elisabeth street. West
Brownsville. Bargain. Phone 1333-W
or address P. O. Box 976._N6
For SALE OR RF.NT: 6-room house.
new, never been occupied. Victoria
Heights. See Pete Paloehe, Elira
beth street. N66
2-ROOM HOUSE for sale, 1264 Mon
roe St, Alfonso Gonzales. NTS.
Lot* For Sale
THREE BEAUTIFUL terraced Fts
on Levee street corner. One of the
best apartment house sights in
Brownsville. Must be sold at on©*.
15.000.00. Owner leaving town. 848
West Washington. Phono 1398W.
_ NflO
FOR SALE
Two lots in Edinburg; three lots
in San Bsnito; S3 lota in Browns
ville; seven lots outside Browns
villa city limits; twenty per cent
cash, baiance in one. two, threo and
four years; or monthly payments
if preferred. B. E. Hinkley, Bro n.
fills. H-60
FOR SALE—Improved 2-3 of lota 9
and 10, block 94, Adams 1111. J. B. I
Hoyt, Box 211, Monterrey, N. L., i
Mexico. M-266
RENTALS
FOR RENT—Store rooms In Steg
man building. Bart Cromack. MSS.
STORE BUILDING for lease. Now
occupied by the Cloetta Hardware
company. 82 feet of beautiful ahow
windows on 12th street and 67 feat
deep. Suitable for any kind of bus
iness. Possession April first. Also
store space 16x28 located in the
Travelers Hotel building. See Mrs.
C H. Mote, Travelers Hotel or phone
122. M267
FOR RENT—3-room house, 4-reom
house. 6-room house. 6-room house, a
fine apartment on Palm Blvd„ and
a duplex in West Brownsville. South
ern Realty Co- phone 914. N29
FURNISHED HOUSE, every conven
ience; on pavement; five rooms,
sleeping porch, garage. Also two
room house, sleeping porch, garage.
Alto two single sleeping rooms.
Phone 1228-W, N62
Apartments
FOR RENT: Two furnished apart
ments, 1400 Adams, phone 274.
KITS
RENTALS
Apartments
NEBRASKA APAltrMENTh — Fur
nished, every convenience, /rlgidsire,
end gas ranges. Jefferson and Four
teenth Streets. Phone lli.4. W-42
FOR RENT—Four-room apartment
equipped with raa range. Frigidair*.
automatic water heater and modern
plumbing. Garage. Apply on prem
ises at Fourteenth and Garfield.
M-39
ROOMS and apartments. 701 St
Charles. Tei. 1017. E7i
FURNISHED apartments and duplex.
Phone 351. Y-3.
TWO SMALL apartments at twenty
dollars and one 4-room apartment at
thirty-five. Clean; close in; on paved
street. Phone 175. N-39
NICELY FURNISHED 1-room apart
ment with gas. Garage furnished.
*10. Telephone 946-W. N51
FOR RENT—Apartment, upstairs;
private bath; all conveniences. 1517
Madison St. N-38
FURNISHED APARTMENT in new
Duplex, 1114 West Elizabeth street.
Every convenience and garage. Tele
phone 1013-W. N-37
NICE ROUR-ROOM unfurnished
apartment with garage. D. L. Welch,
phone 470. N-17
FURNISHED APARTMENT, gas. ga
rage, pavement. $30. 1248 W. Wash
ington street, phone 820-J. N61
FOR RENT to couple: Newly fur
nished apartment in duplex, phone
1273J. NTS.
Furnished Rooms
FOR RENT—Well furnished sleep
ing room; twin beds, meals if de
sired; also housekeeping apartment,
cloae in. Phone 189. —L-45
NICELY FURNISHED ROOM. Call
at Delta Hotel. 808 1-2 Elizabeth St„
one block from postoffice. Phone 804.
__ M-68.
BEDROOM with gaa. $3.00. Phone
995-J. L-162
ROOMS, one block from poatoffi:e
one block from El Jardin hotel;
large, aouthern exposure; reasons
bl*. Phone 1226W or 1317. M-215
FOR RENT: Large bedroom ad oin
ing bath, hot nnd cold water, gas.
Ill Elizabeth street. MHO
SLF.EP1NG ROOM and apartment.
1022 St Charles, phone 928-J.
_M-159
Furnished Room*
BEDROOMS, gas, heat, 1023 St.
Charles. M-75.
BEDROOM in private family. 904
Adams St., $2.50 per week. N23.
THREE FURNISHED modern rooms,
east front, good location, gas and
electricity. Phone 171-J or 10.52-J
or call at 332 or 340 Washington
street._ N50
Houses For Rent
HOLLOW TILE and stucco 6 rooms
just completed. On West ]>ree,
near Tits. Phone 325, after 6 p. m.
_ N-24
MODERN 5-room house with gas,
garage. Phone 911. M28.4
FOR RENT—5-room furnished house.
12th and St Charles. Phone 722.
_M-251
REAL REAL ESTATE bargains may
be found among the classified ads.
_RENTALS
Houses
TO RENT—6-room boost, beautiful
ly furnished, hot and cold water, gas
electric lights, double garage. Has to
be seen to be appreciated. Call 703
er 1075M. N26.
FURNISHED MODERN apartments
in San Benito, private bath*. Also
furnished tourist cottages. Phillips
Store. San Benito. N75.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed bids will be received ad
dressed to the Honorable A. B. Cole,
Mayor, so until 10:00 a. m. March
1, 1929. for the laving of monolithic
concrete floor at the Airport. Speei
ficatins are on file at the City
Manager's office.
A certified check to the amount of
2 per cent of the bid will be re
quired.
The city reserves the right to re
ject any and all bids.
A. E. MU NT) AT.
City Secretary.
2-9 to lR-10t-3327
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed bids will be received ad
dressed to the Honorable A. B. Cole,
Mayor, up until 10:00 a. m., March 1,
1929, for 1200 sacks of cement de
livered to the Municipal Airport.
A certified check of 2 per cent of
the amount will be required. The
City reserves the right to reject
anv and all bids.
A. E. MUNPAY.
City Secretary.
9 to 1R Inc. 10t-3326
NOTICE OF HEARING TO APPRO
PRIATE PUBLIC WATERS OF
THE STATE OF TEXAS—No. 1188.
Notice is hereby given, to whom
concerned, that A. E. Jones, the
postoffice address of whom is
Brownsville, Texas, did on the 23rd
day of January, A. D. 1929, file his
application in the office of the
. Board of Water Engineers for the
' State of Texas, in which he applies
j for a permit to appropriate of the
unappropriated waters of the State
of Texas, from the Rio Grande in
Cameron County, Texas, sufficient
water for the irrigation of not to
exceed 2200 acres of land, said unap
propriated water to be pumped from
the Rio Grande into the two reser
voirs located on land belonging to the
said A. R. Jones, the pumping plant
to be located at a point which bears
North 58 deg. 13 min. East 12,559
; feet from the Southwest corner of
! the San Martin Grant on the left
bank of the Rio Grande, in Cameron
County. Texas, and is distant in an
easterly direction from Brownsville,
Texas, about ten miles.
You are hereby further notified
that the said A. R. Jones proposes
to increase the storage capacity of
two reservoirs previously authorized
to be constructed under application.
No. 1162, in the name of A. R. Jones,
from 13,000 acre-feet to 17,500 acre
feet, creating an additional storage
capacity of 2500 acre-feet. The said
A. R. Jones proposes to pump the
1 unappropriated water from the Rio
Grande, by means of three pumping
plants, each with two Centrifugal
pumps, operated by three, 150 horse
power electric motors, having a
height of lift of 12 and 14 feet, into
the reservoir above mentioned, for
the irrigation of not to exceed 2200
acres of land.
A hearing on the application of
ths said A. R. Jones, will he held by
the Board of Water Engineers for
the State of Texas, in the office of
the B^ard at Austin, Texas, on Mon
day, February 25, A. D. 1929, begin
ning at ten o’clock A. M. at which
time and place all parties interested
may appear and be heard. Such
hearing will be continued from time
to time, and from place to place, if
necessary until such determination
has been made relative to said ap
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
plication at tho said Board of Water
Engineers may deem right, equitable
and proper.
Given cnder and by virtue of an
order of the Board of Water Engi
neers for the State of Texas, at the
office of the said Board, at Austin,
Texas, this the 23rd day of January,
1929.
[(Seal),
JNO. A. MORRIS,
C. S. CLARK.
A H. DUNLAP,
Board of Water Engineers.
Attest:
A. W. McDonald, Secretary.
(1-26-2-9-16—It—3316.)
SHERIFF'S SALE
Real Estate
THE STATE OF TEXAS )
COUNTY OF C AMERON )
!, By virtue of an execution and or
der of sale issued out of the Honor
able District Court of Bexar county,
73rd Judicial District of Texas, on
the 5th day of February, 1929, by
the clerk thereof, in the case of
B. F. Dittmar Company vs. L. S. Tor
rans et al. No. B-52, 03, snd to me
as Sheriff directed and delivered. I
will proceed to sell to the highest
i bidder, for cash, between the hours
of 10:00 a. m. and 4:00 p. m.. March
5, 1929, it being the first Tuesday
in said month, at the Court House
door of Cameron county, Texas, in
■ tho dity of Brownsville, the follow
ing described reel estate: to-wit.
Lot number three (3) in block
number four (4) of the Taylor Sub
division to the city of Harlingen,
being a subdivision of block number
thirty-nine (39) of the Harlingen
Land and Water company’s subdivi
sion, Cameron county, Texas, situ
ated in the city of Harlingen, Cam
eron county. Texas:
Levied on the 7th day of Febru
ary, 1929, and to be sold to satisfy
a judgment dated January 24. 1929,
and recorded in the minute* of said
court in volume 23, pages 405-40*,
in favor of B. F. Dittmar company,
a corporation, against defendant,
Hallie Torrans, for the sum of three
thousand five hundred fifty-seven
and 67-100 dollars ($3,557.57) with
interest et the rate of ten per cent
(10 per cent) per annum from Janu
ary 24, 1929, until paid and all costs
of suit, and the further costs of
sale, together with a foreclosure of
a deed of trust lien on the shove
described reel estnt# as said lien
existed on the 20th day of Bfnrch,
1928, against defendants, L. S. Tor
rans, Hallie Torrans. Sam B. Willis,
W. K. Henderson. C. W. Brown, E.
R. Ratcliff and L. G. Braden, the
said L. G. Braden Individually and
as trustee for W. K. Henderson, C.
W. Brown and E. R. Ratcliff.
Given under mv hand this 7th day
of February. 1929
W. F. BROWN. Sheriff.
Cameron County, Texas.
2-9-16-23-3t-3328
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tiles is expected by tome experts to
make possible the erection of build
ings more than 100 stories high.
Professor George A. Bole told the
American Ceramic Society of ex
periments with it. Compared with
that in general use. it is lightsr
and offers more resistence to fire
and has greater durability.
NEW YORK.-Alfred E. Smith is
now entitled to receivo $5,100.51 an
nually from the state of New York.
| He hag been sent a certificate based
on service of 25 year* and ten days
.Automatic
telegraph
transmission
has replaced
the
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JP means TrulktoU interesting,
in city, county and state officaa.
While in office he contributed to
the retirement fund.
LOS ANGELES.—Ruth Roland of
the screen is to bs a Valentine’s
day bride. She is to marry Ben
Bard, motion picture producer.
MIDDLETOWN. Conn. — There’s
euphony in this name. In fact Miss
Sonia Osius was voted to have the
post euphonins of the 250 girls at
tending the Wesleyan prom. She is
a student at Bryn Mawr.
SLEEPING SICKNESS KILLS 63
VIENNA.—Death has claimed 63
victims of sleeping sickness in Aus
tria during 1928, most of them boys |
and girls under 18. <
SOCIAL SCIENCE MEN
TO MEET AT TEXAS U.
AUSTIN. Texas. Fab. Members ,
of the Southwestern Political and
Social Science association will toC
the guests of the University of Tex
as department of political and social
science at the next annual conven
tion, to be held in Austin March 29
and SO, according to Charles A.
Timm, associate professor of gov
ernment at the university and sec
retary of the association.
Approximately 125 delegates rep
resenting the leading colleges - nd
universities of the southwest will
attend the meeting. The program
will be in charge of Dr. J. A. Fits
gerald, dean of the University
School of Business Administration.
I Classified Business Directory
Architects
BEN V. PROCTER
ENGINEERING CO.
Architects — Engineers
208 Merchants Sank. Bldg.
Phone 617
Brownsville. Texas.
E. G. HOLUDAY
Architect and Builder
409 State Nat. Bank Bldg.
Phone 906
R. NEWELL WATERS
Architect
9-12 Security State Bank Building
Weslaco, Texaa
A. A. Callaway & Co.
Architects and
Engineers
41/ Merchants Bank
Bu i ML. g
Brow* ville, Texas
Bu il ders—Contractors
G. E. Miller
TILE DRAINAGE
CONTRACTOR AND ENGINEER
P. 0. Address R. P. D. No. 1,
San Benito
Telephone 6005 F 12 H-59
PROCTER & DUDLEY
General Contractors
628 Washington St.
Brownsville, Texas
Phone 627
Cash Registers
NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CO..
Register* bought, sold *nd exchanged.
W. E. Sander*. Representative,
r'hone 29 Harlingen Tease Bos 906
Dray—1 ranxter
Mason Transfer &
Grain Co.
BONDED WAREHOUSE
SEEDS OF ALL KINDS
Light end Heavy Healing.
WE MOVE ANYTHING
1105 Adam*. Phone iS9.
AUSTIN
TRANSFER AND STORAGE CO,
Phone* 421 and 619
1126 Washington St.
Jones Transfer &
Storage Co.
Storing, moving, crating and
shipping. Local and long dis
tance hauling. Daily motor
freight service between all
Valley points. Harlingen,
Brownsville, Edinborg.
Office 1259 Levee
Phone 787
Truck leave* Brownsville 11:16 Dally
Florist*
THE FLOWER SHOP
Cut flowers, pot plants,
funeral designs and
bouquets
1254 Elizabeth SL
Phone 1388
BOWYER THS FLORIST, flower*
sad funeral designs. *8. Charles
sad Pita streets. Phase 7T1.
HOTELS—CAFES
WHITE KITCHEN
Feaees far Ua
Cooking—I mmaculacy
and Service
The popular place for
business lunches
ISth between E1t«y»o*h sad
Washing!**
Hotel Hollingsworth
American Style.
Day, Week or Moathly Sate.
^ 08 4 * J •
McDonald-Howard
Agency
Loses - Insurance - Real Estate
Booms 1 and L Arcade Bldg.
Insurance
W. B. CLINT
INSURANCE
SURETY BONDS '
208-9 Merchants National
Bank
rHONE6
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Mattress Kenovatiag
Let Us Renovate |
Your Mattress
W* make maurestaa to order. All
repair work guaranteed.
SOMMERS
12th *and Adams
Phone 674
OFFICE EQUIPMENT
ART METAL'
FILING
Equipment
Maverick-Clarke Lit ho Co.
<08 Merchant# National Bask
Phono 617—Brown#villa
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Office Equipment and Supplies
HARGROVE’S STATIONERY A
BOOK STORE
Brownavillt, Teaaa.*
Funeral Directors
Hinkley Mortuary
Complete Funeral Service
Phonea 128—800
St Charles and Eleventh
Street
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DAVENPORT Typewriter Exchange,
(Brownsville’* Typewriter Bouse)
Distributors, New L. C. Smith “Si*
writers. Also sell Royal* P*o rubles
and “Factory” Rebuilt*—all makes.
We repair all makes typewriter and
adding machines. 1112 Elisabeth St*
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Attorneys at Law 1
207-303 ^Merchants National Baal ,
H. B. GALBRAITH
Attorney at Law
Merchants National Bank Bldg.
J. T. Caaalos C. 8. Cidaaa, Ja
CANALES AND flDMAN
Attorneys at Law
^Beal Estate ^a Specialty
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Brownsville, Teaa#^^* ;jl|
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