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pMBANKTO
I i DEVELOPED
|#an Benito Retailers
B| Give Support to
■ Project
^P (Special to The Herald)
BfcNlTO, Feb. 10.— Practical’y
PPPB ''cers of the S«.r * ii-» is
PPPBants a- w : re r
PPEP the annual meeting Friday1
^Pfrnt. *n,j announcement was made
H u *n industrial loan hank to i
H nr* the entire Valley is t'» he j
|HI 'ablished here as a branch of the
jH‘_nnization.
pH the meeting was in th« form of
pH banquet at tfee Stonewall Jarl. on
|H.rhe officers of the «rg inization ■
PH a Hoy E. t lark, president; J
pH e llanchry. vice president; Mrs.'
^H hel B. Finks, secretary ami man- j
l^l ei; M. F. Benson. E. ( . B-ced
|B’e, F. W. Colmery, T. R. (.ilbcrt, I
PH nrv Hartzog, V. H Hertz, M. B-i
liner, A. B. Riley, R 11. Ward, j
^H-'o Welch and J. M. Jones, di
pHctors. A. R. Etehison. director j
H t year, could not v>r\c nd
^^Lredlove was elected to succeed
^^pm. Palmer represent* the Los
pHernos community. and Hartzog
pH 'resents the Rio Hondo section.
Imprecision to establish the indus
||^P#I loan bank was reached after
^H| rionths of operation here of the
mmin department of the San Benito
^^|^ail Merchants association. the
Bin department being affiliated ,
I^Bth tho Citizens Industrial hank of
Bn Antonio.
^HJoe C. Nelson, president of the j
Bn Antonio institution, said that |
^Hpo plan a? adopted here was nic
H-Mr;. Finks reported that Sl't.nnn
H lonns have been made since the
PH an branch opened. Thu was part
|H the annual report of Mis. Finks
^Had at the meeting.
PH Mr. Clark in his repott told of
^Bearing the state convention for
Bn Benito, in May of this year.
^Bd said there will be a meeting of
|Bmmittecs on lhi« convention M>on.
^B ~ irk out the final details.
^P . French, new owner of the
|B- Mile Retail Merchants asso- |
M apvko at the meeting, trll
of the efforts at reorganization j
■ it are being ut forth at Browne- j
^Hile.
■ Interesting farts in connection I
with the history of thw Retail Mer
chants association hero wero
brought out ’ijr Mr. Clark. He said
the organization was started in
1924 with 35 members, and that it
now has 155, and is one of the
largest in a city this size in the
state. He also said the local bu
reau never lost a member except
in eases of removal from the city,
or going out of business. Mrs.
Finks was given a rising vote of
thinks for her work.
Vocal and * instrumental musical
entertainment was provided by Mrs.
George Poolan. Miss Dorothy Jack
son, Mrs. John Clark, Mrs. Fleming
Newton, Miss Willa Woodside. Fred
Werner, James Lauderdale and Mrs.
F. W. Colmery.
Harlingen Host
To Army Airmen
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, Feb. 16.-The four
army planes from Kcliy Field, San
Antonio, which flew here Saturday
morning, left in the afternoon on
tho return trip, a ftcr the four avi
ators had been taken on a tour of
the section around Harlingen.
The party was headed by Lieut.
F.. K. Partridge, and included Cadets
Bundy, Zimmerman and Goode. The
planes were single-seater Warp pur
mi*. machines, although one of
them, that of Lt. Partridge. wa>
equipped with a more powerful
motor and was capable is making
close to 200 miles an hour.
The fliers were met at the landing
field by the chamber of commerce
air committee, headed by H. J.
Goctzke, and were escorted to Har
lingen and entertained at a ban
quet. Later the ride around the
country was made, and the aviators
returned to their ships.
Danger of striking the ditch,
which disabled two army plar.cs
earlier in the week, was partly elim
inated by red flags placed along it.
VALLEY’S WINTER
CLIME APPRECIATED
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, Feb. 16.—Misse-s
Lola and Margaret Plott of Malta,
Montana, left here Saturday night
after spending a week visiting Mr.
and Mrs. John C. Plott here. Mr.
Plott is an uncle.
Coming here from the cold'coun
try within 35 miles of the Canadian
border the two young women were
enthusiastic about the Valley, Mr.
Plott said.
CABBAGE GOES'
T0S12PERT0N
Beileve Production In
All Sections Over
estimated
After dropping from $15 per ton
Wednesday to $10 Thursday and Fri
day, the price of cabbage staged a i
partial come-back Saturday, when
growers at all Valley points were re
ceiving $12 per ton. The price went
as hii.h as $15 per ton where desir
able grades for mixtures was want
ed.
Shippc a are taking a .nore optim
istic view of the situation than at
any time since early in the week.!
"cather eondtiions in northern een- j
ters are improving, and the retail de
mand strengthened Friday and Sat-j
urday. Many injuries were received <
by Valley shippers Saturday.
Surveys inaugurated by Valley1
shippers to ascertain the amount of'
cabbage that will be available indi
cate that the yield will fall short of'
the estimate, not on'. in the Valley I
but also throughout the Gulf coast)
section. Florida also is reducing ori-;
ginal estimates, due to crop damage.
The extreme cold weather the first
of the week will cut the upper Gulf
coast production 50 to 75 per cent, it
is c .imated.
In view of this condition, shippers
are confident that caobuge will
again attain $20 or better within a
two weeks. The movement from the
Valley the past week was only 60 per
cent of the estimate, or 376 cars, as |
compared with an estimate of 600.
The cold weather, which checked
cabbage from maturing rapidly is be
lieve responsible for the reduction in
shipments, but whatever the cause,
it has contributed to improving the
market situation, shippers assert, and '
will aid materially in cleaning ac- j
cumulated stocks and stabilizing the
markets.
Carrots and beets are moving out
in greater volume at very profitable
prices to growers, and curtailment of
shipments of spinach from the Win
ter Garden area, due to the freeze,
has created a good market for that
commodity of which Valley growers
are taking advantage.
IZZY ISN'T:
LONDON.— Fsndorc Cohen tried to
encourage a firo by pouring on it
gasoline from a five-gallon can.
Hypocrisy Wet Drys
Denounced By Reed
In Senate Address
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—</P>—'
Scorn and derision for prohibition |
and its disciples was shouted in j
the senate today ly Reed of Mis- >
souri.
Delivering one of the few extend- i
cd speeches of the session which
is seeing the Missourian bow him
self voluntarily off the stage of
public service, Reed turned on :
those who “vote dry and drink wet” ;
with a fury which even he has sel- j
dom approached in the years of his j
turbulent career.
So scorching 5as his attack that j
the long-awaited Recd-Borah debate 1
on prohibition became a possible i
oratorical treat for next week. At j
the request of Borah the senate
agreed to remove the limit on dc- j
bate, b>»t whether the Idaho in will j
decide to reply to Reed Monday was
not disposed.
The Missouri democrat contended j
that the United States is in a !
“reign of hypocrisy and cent, of
violence, chicanery, false pretense
and fraud” and predicted the time
would come when the American ;
people would awaken to the view
that “the prohibitory law is the
worst crime that has ever taken 1
place.”
He shouted'that a man who vot- \
ed dry hut nevertheless drinks is
“a coward—a knavish coward” and
said he might in time make public
the names of members of congress
whose personal habits are contrary
to their sentiments as registered by
their votes on prohibition proposals.
The Jones bill to increase pen
alties for prohibition law violators j
was the order of business in the j
senate and under a previous agree
ment debate on the measure would !
have been limited after 4 p. m. to- !
day.
Reed predicted that in time the
country would ses the prohibition
law come “to an ignominious end.”
“The day will come,” he thunder
ed, “when the man who votes for
prohibition and who himself violates
the letter and the spirit of the law
will be held in that kind of con
tempt which ought to be visited
upon the knavish hypocrite who
masks himself behind pretended vir
tue, and who seeks to hold office by
virtue of his false pretense.
“The day will come in this coun
try when organized groups will no
longer conduct tho government, but
onco more tho voice of the people
will be heard, and that voice will
pronounce the knell ©r those who
have yielded that thrift might fol
low fawning.”
The senator asserted he had no
criticism of those men who them
selves observe the doctrines they
would force on others, but, he de
clared:
Contempt for Hypocrite*
"I hold in an abhorrence and con
tempt that cannot be painted in
any tongue that man has ever pos
sessed any creature who. to keep
his place in this body or in the
house of representatives, will make
that a felony which he himself
connives at in his personal prac
tice.”
Acidly the senator told of drink
ing at the republican and demo
cratic conventions last summer at
Kansas City and Houston. lie said
just prior to the convention at
Houston a boat was seized and groat
quantities of liquor were confis
cated.
He described what he said were j
“wet” conditions at the G. O. V.
Kansas City convention, then thun
dered :
“Then the: e sniveling hypocrites j
adopted a plan in favor of prohibi- j
tion enforctment. I have sometimes
been tempted to write a list of the
names of men who vote dry and i
drink wet. I do not know but I
shall do it yet.”
Herds Graft Record
Reed read amounts alleged to have
been paid Philadelphia policemen to
shield bootleggers.
‘Bribery, graft,” he thundered,
pounding his desk with his fist. Just
then the time of Senator Reed ex
pired.
“Mr. President.” called se\eral
senators, eager to seek permission
for the Missourian to go on.
“It won’t be long,” pleaded Sen
ator Bruce, democrat. Maryland, “be
fore we will hear that entrancing
voice no longer.”
Time was granted after Borah
gave notice he had something to
say. The senate settled down to
listen to more although the hour
was growing late.
“Bribery, graft.” Reed thundered
■ ■ n ei m R3 i
again. ‘More profit can be made
from distilling liquor in a wash
•oiler than c;*n be mr.ie in hank
ihg.
Urges More Temperance
* You haven't heard a temperance
lecture since the Volstead act was
passed. You have heard only de
mands for stricter enforcement and
observance of the lar.
"They don’t say now ‘We'll rc&cuo j
the perishing', but ‘We'll shut 'em
up in the penitentiaries*.
"Once men believed the law was
made for punishment and not re
demption. Witches were burned,
nun were pulled apart by the j
strength of horses. Then came the j
day of greater humanity and it was '
decided that laws should bo made !
to reform culprits.
"But this law. What a roon- '
»Irons thing it is! As it stands,;
for a sii gie violation penalties can
be piled up ns greu as those for I
manslaughter and homic’de and J
that are altogether in disharmony !
with the penalties for other crimes.” j
Then the Missourian c:-te his eol-'
leagues a receipt for making home j
brew end sat down with an an- f
nouno«*ment he would have more to
say Monday.
TO INAUGUR\U
Dallas, rex., Feb. ig.—-ian—The i
Simmons college cowboys’ band of j
Abilene will accompany the Texas j
delegation to Washington for the !
inauguration of Herbert Hoover ns
president on March 4. it was an
nounced h"rc today by Fred L. Has
kett, in charge of the special train
that will leave here on February 2i 1
Aged Veter an To
Make Home With
Valley Relatives
(Special to Thi- Herald)
HARLINGEN, Fet* 16.—J. B. Her
rell. Civil war vet»ran who came
here to meet relatives whom he
could not find, has been united with
his relatives through efforts of the
Harlingen police department and
the Salvation Army here.
Lieut, of Police lage Johnston.
Chief of Police Bob Johnston, and
Capt. L. F. Monk of the Salvation
Army helped the old veteran get in
touch with his nephew by marriage,
Frank Casons, who lives near La
Frria.
Herrell came in from May. Trxas,
and was taken under care by Lieut.
( age Johnston, as the old man can
hardly see, and was practically
helpless.
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ORDERS OIL
OUTPUT CUT
Oklahoma Company to
Adopt New 6-Day
Schedule
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 16.—</p)—
The latest development in a move
ment to curtail Oklahoma's oil out
put to 650,000 barrels daily came
today in an announcement of the
Bamsdatl Oil company that its pro
ducing wells in the state would be
placed on a six-day week schedule.
The company issued an order that
its Oklahoma wells be shut-in for
the 24-hour period beginning at 7
a. m. tomorrow. The shutdown will
be repeated each Sunday for an in
definite period.
Pioneering the petroleum indus
try in carrying out a proposal made
a year ago by T. B. Slick, Oklahoma
City independent operate*, the com
pany. through K. P. MacArthnr. vice
president and genera) manager, t-:
olained that it was "merely showing
the way and testing out the sugges
tion."
The Rarnsdall order will affect 125
Oklahoma wells with a daily average
production of 19.000 barrels.
The only objection so far encoun- ,
icred by the plan is the chance pro- j
duction of individual wells might be |
retarded or killed bv the shut-in.
In th* face of the curtailment
program, how ever, came the re-open- J
ing of the Mission pool of Seminole \
county, which had been closed down I
by an operator's agreement. Drill- !
ing operations were resumed in the j
pool ufter the state corporation I
commission last night had acted fa- I
vorably on an application of W. L. !
Kistler, lease owner, for a lifting
of the ban. Royalty owners and a j
few operators supported Kistler’s ]
petition, saying thry were losing,
money because of the shutdown. '
MEASLER "FUNERAL
TO BE HELD SUNDAY
(Special to The Herald t
HARLINGEN, Few. 16.—Funeral
services were held Saturday Morn
ing at 10 o’clock for Mrs. Hattie
Pearl Measeler, "9, who died at her 1
home in the Rriggs-Coleman tract |
Friday morning.
The deceased i« survived h.v her
husband. W. J. Measeler. one son.!
Paul, and one daughter. Vera.
Interment was made in the '
Combes cemetery. •
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'Kiwanians Leave
Sunday For Two
Day Valley Visit
(Special to Tha Herald!
SA.V BENITO. Feb. 16.—Seventy
five Kiwanians of Chicago and adja
cent sections leave on a special
train Sunday on their tour of the
Souta- which is to terminate in a
two-day visit in the • Lower Rio
Grande Valley, according to Jamie
Heron, of Chicago formerly of tho
Valley, who arrived here Saturday.
Heron spent some time here, an-l
siin Brswn ..ill:, conferring with
members oi Kiwanis clubs in th*
Valley regarding plans of the tour,
which he has been instrumental m
directing fo the Valley.
He will leave the Valley in time to
j«It the party at some point along
the road.
Heron said this is the largest num
ber ever taken on one of the tour*,
and is Cue to the widespread interest
i in the * >wer Rio Grande Valle;.*.
Tho Illinois Kiwanians will rrsch
the Valley a week from Monday, aft
er stopping at various points tn the
' state.
JOINT MEETING TO
DISCUSS CITY PLAN
fEpec.al to The Herald*
SAN* BENITO. Feb. 13.—The long
delayed city plan for Sar Benito
is scheduled to come up for con
siderable discussion at a joint meet
ing of city eosnmijsloners and chan* ■
her of commerce directors here
Monday night.
The meeting was scheduled for
last Monday, but was put off be
cause several were unable to be •
present.
The chamber of commetce budget
for the year also i* expected to bo
discussed.
SAN BENITO SCOUTS
ASSEMBLE SATURDAY
fSpec**! to The Herald •
SAN BENITO, t’cb !«—Boy
c.f San Benito held their anniver
sary week program Fatuiday. o*tng
among the last in the Valley tn ob
serve the occasion.
The troops assembled at the cham
ber of commerce upon instruction*
of John Prentiss, scoutmaster, and
were assigned to vinous p< *ts and
duties by J. F Bell, secretary of
the chamber of commerce.
A first aid station was maintain
ed during the afternoon.
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