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pottages or Ukeleles-You Can Reach a Buyer with a ‘For Sale’Ad Below!
I AUTOMOTIVE_AUTOMOTIVE
High Grade Used Cars
. 1926 Buick, 7-passenger Sedan... $ 975.00
1927 Buick, 4-door Sedan.$ 950.00
1927 Buick Sport Convertible Coupe .. $1000.00
1928 Buick, 4-door Sedan.$1200.00
1926 Buick, 4-door Sedan.$ 700.00
1927 Chrysler Sport Roadster.. $ 950.00
1926 Buick Sport Touring.$ 550.00
Packard 4-door, 5-passenger Sedan .. $ 600.00
These cars in first class condition and sold on
sales contract guarantee.
Compare the above cars with medium price new
cars or any used cars in the Valley.
TERMS .TO SUIT
Wells Valley Motor Co.
(Sendee After Sales)
Packard Valley Dealers San Benito, Texas
■ _AUTOMOTIVE
m Used Cars And
B Trucks For Sale
■ See J. B. PUCKETT
If Delta Investment Company
B Phone 1066.
Bfff \ SALE: 1923 I-ord coupe. $30.
gyfofrAlAO.__N 13 $
I
Bl928 Chevrolet Cabriolet .. $585.00
■1928 Chevrolet Sedan .565 00
■ 1928 Chevrolet Coupe . 550.00
Hl928 Chevrolet Touring . 465.00
■1927 Chevrolet Landau . 465.00
Bl926 Chevrolet Sedan . 325.00
■1926 Chevrolet Coach . 235.00
■ 1926 Chevrolet Truck . 250.00
■1925 Ford Coupe . 135.00
■1926 Ford Touring . 195.00
BlMf Ford Truck . 100 00
■ 1926 Easex Coach . 65.00
■1927 Chevrolet Chassis . 50.00
W STEVENSON MOTOR C O.. INC.
I 10th and Adams 8treet
I Help Wanted
■ WANTED: Efficient housekeeper.
B Must aave good health id furnish
B reference. Address Mrs. A. £. An
Bderson, city. _ L'178
■ GET PAY EVERY DAY
BD>*tr>but« 15u necessary products to
B establish users in Brownsville. Ex-1
■ tracts. Soaps, Food Products, etc. !
Bworlds largest Company will back j
■you with surprising plan. Write The
Bj. R. Watkins Company, 70-54 West
■ Iowa Ave. Memphis. Tenn. Applica
I tiona also invited from hustlers in j
■ Weslaco, Harlingen, McAllen, Hi- j
^Halgo. _
BExperienced Kodak finisher.
■ Apply Sheldon’s Studio, 1240 Ellza
■ beth street._ N184 :
■FIK ST CLASS machinist for gen- j
■eral machine work. Also one Five i
■helper. Newman Machine Shop, ]
Y *th and 8t. Charles._N194
LIVE ~TOCK—POULTRY
FOR SALE—Pure-bred German po
lice pupa from prize winning stock,
priced right. See Paul Lane. 1 mile
south of the Stuart Place, 2 miles
west of Harlingen. N-140
SPECIAL on baby chicks; get our
prices. G. R. Sibson Co., La Ferla.
N202
BABY CHICKS— Now booking orders
for early delivery. Reds, Rocks, Leg
horns. Hatch every Wednesday. Bring
your custom hatching eggs every
Monday. Roy E. Clark Seed Co., San
Benito, Texas. M-137
BABY CHICKS—Hatches coming off
kvery Monday and Thursday. Cus
tom hatching a specialty. Write for
catalogue and price list. Cameron
County Chickeries, Box B, La Ferla,
Ttas.N57
Trees — Seeds — Plants
FOR SEEDS of all kinds, see Mason
Transfer and Grain Co.. 1105 Adams.
M-126
BUDDING I 1 Would like to bud
your sour orange seedlings on shares.
Will furnish buds. Fleet A. Lentz,
Mercedes, Texas, phone 9002F11.
M-288.
FOR SALE—800 Marsh seedless
grapefruit and some orange trees,
Inch calibre, 3-year root, raised by
San Benito Nursery. Non-resident
owner cannot get down here to use
them, so authorizes me, agent, to sell
same at bargain. Fred Hector, 278
North Bougham Ave, San Benito.
M-218
FOR SALE: Tomato plants; Lon.
Pinks. Marglobe, June Pinks. Liv
ingston. Globe. G. R. Sibson Co.,
La Ferla. * N202
Pink Marsh. Foster Pink, and
Thompson Pink seedless, 5-8
and 3-4 inch caliper nursery
trees. Select buds. Certified,
and many other standard va
rieties. Guaranteed
W. P. Hauser
Nurseries
McAllen. Texas
Phone 201 -W
N201
SITUATIONS WANTED
"WANTED — Agricultural college
graduate desires employment In the
Valley. Experienced, industrious
and capable. Nine years county
agent experience. Best references.
Age 40. W. E. Hart, Harlingen.
Texas, general delivery._N-141
YOUNG LADY, experienced in book- j
keeping and office work, desires po
sition. Phone 830. N-134 i
WANTED—Position by lady book
keeper and stenographer combined. |
five years experience, good refcr
B furnished. Remington Book
g Machine experience. Address
Memo, Texas.^~171 :
talesmen — Agents
[MEN wanted to sell Chcvro- I
itevenson Motor Co., Inc., 10th
dams, Brownsville._N176.
□ED— Salesmen and sales
y. $10.00 to $20.00 a day easy,
ilous window washing inven
_Something new; no competi-1
tion Also direct manager wanted
Inquire Mr. Hayes. McAllen hotel.;
I Room 221. 3 to 8 p. m.. McAllen.
Texas._N178 j
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
_ — '11 —■'■■■ - I
FOR SALE—Hotel in good town;
good business, long lease, easy I
terms; a real buy. Address Miller
Hotel. Mission. Texas._N-78
FOR SALE
Fire insurance local agency In
Harlingen, doing good business. |
Reasonable cash payment will
handle Address N-191. care Her
ald. N191
ROOMING HOUSE for lease at a
reasonable rate; 18 rooms, fur
nished; ideal location: has two
fronts. Remodeling the entire!
building now. J. T. Spidle. La
Feria. _N179
FOR SALE—Fixtures and stock of a
cafe. Cheap. Good location. Big
business. Owners leaving town.
Call at Blaek Diamond Cafe. N-167
PERSONAL
L1ARN TO PLAY BRIDGE in ten
lessons from unofficial bridge cham
pion of Princeton university. Inauire
Apt. 5, 789 Madison street, N-143
Lost and Found
UJST Saturday or Sunday, in
Brownsville, small leather key ring
case. Finder return to McDonald
Howard Agency, phone 1090.
_N187
HAVE YOU READ the opportunities
and bargains offered to you in the j
Classified Section today?
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MISCELLANEOUS
PRESSMAKING wanted; children’s
clothes a specialty. Phona 9001F12.
N110
PRESSMAKING and plain sewing.
Call at house nearest Palm Blvd. on
Resaca Drive in Belvedere, or inquiie
at Herald office. M-255
HOSE RUNNER
. MENDER
REPAIRS INVISIBLE
DEMONSTRATION
SATURDAY
Amaya Millinery, 1235 Adams
N204
Articles For Sale
FOR SALE: One 5x7 McCrory, one
5x7 Viking meat cooler boxes suit
able for dairy or gracery fixtures.
M. System. La Feria, Texas. M99
LADIES HOSE mentled; runs, pulls,
and snaga. Valley Hose Mending Co.
745 Elisabeth.1-198
500,000 common mud bricks for sale
J. S. Ford, Brownsville. H-164
PIANOS repossessed like new. $1,350
Baldwin Grand, $400.00 paid; will
sacrifice; also used piano and play
er bargains. Carl Moeller Musie
Store, opposite M. P. Depot, Wesla
co, Texas.M-216
GOOD cane hay for sale. $15.00 to
$20.00 per ton, delivered within <5
miles of Brownsville. J. B. Kee, 1528
West Elisabeth St, Brownsville,
Texas. Phone 1393W. M-73.
BEAUTIFUL FIBRE living room
suite. Call at 912 Levee street.
N195
Buy or Exmange
FOR EXCHANGE—Sixteen
farm, fair improvsments, 5 1-2 miles
from Brownsville near good school
and pavement Want residence in
Brownsville or Olmito. Phone 842.
N120.
FOR EXCHANGE: Small farm less
than six miles from Brownsville
near good school and concretn road.
W’ill exchanga for vacant lots or im
proved residence property. Address,
Owner, P. O. Box 831, Brownsville,
Texas.N64.
FOR EXCHANGE — San Antonio
apartment house for Brownsville
property. J. S. Ford A Sons. N-147
FOR EXCHANGE: Citnis land near
airport for city home Address N
193, care Herald. N193,
REAL ESTATE
LAND BARGAINS—152 acres—2S5
acres—Donna district, cultivated.
Nothing better. Priced low. Wire
write or call—C. H. Swallow. Alamo.
Texas. ¥-235
SUMMIT PLACE
Brownsville’s new business and
residential sub-diviaion. Just one
mile from Elizabeth Street, on
Fourteenth Street—the busy thor
oughfare leading to the proposed
ship channel and turning basin
—through the rich farming aec
tion of El Jardin—to the mu
nicipal arrport 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 $100.00 per acre, terms.
60 aeres Irrigated land in El
Jardin tract, all in cultivation
and rented; on concrete highway,
electric line; price $125.00 per
acre, cash..
40 acres all In cultivation and
rented; one mile from small
town and concrete road; price
$150.00 per acre, terms.
IT acres near Brownsville, all
in cultivation, good house, well
and windmill; about 3 acres
bearing grove, good citrus land;
price $15,000.00.
James-Dickinson
Company
Corner Travelers Hotel
Thone 450 Brownsville, Texas
M-162
REVENUE bearing property for sale
cheap; small investment; call quick.
Box N65, Herald.N65.
NOTICE discontendcd Valley farm
ers: Am selling 25 acres in 5-acre
blocks near city limits, San Marcos,
Texas, near good schools and col
leges. For particulars write J. C.
Tyaon, San Marcos, Tex. N175.
FOR SALE: Grapefruit orchard 2
1-2 acres with 7-room house on It.
On good street, adjoining McAllen.
$8500, terms. F. G. Collins, 912
Fifteenth St., Des Moines, la.
M208.
IT'S SO EASY to pick up your tele
phone and talk to a classified ad
taker.
For Sub-Division
160 Acres
Located 4 blocks from the high
school end closer to Brownsville
than the exclusive Los Ebanos
Subdivision. Winding resaca
running through property offer
ing natural lake front sites for
subdivision. This property la
for sale by owners and can be
bought et e very attractive price.
Henson-Lomax A Houston and
Brownsville Development Co.
SEVEN HOUSES
AND LOTS
Daplex, tri-plex and tri-plex garage
with apartments above. Modern in
every way. Will trade for property,
farm, lands or citrus land anywhere
in Cameron county. I can and do
handle property anywhere in the
United States.
D. B. MEADOWS CO.
Baker Bldg. Harlingen, Texas.
N-150
OWNER WILL SELL 30 acres good
resaca land, irrigated, in cultivation,
Harlingen district, only $75 an acre,
cash, balance easy. Need money.
Also 10 acres at paving, Rio Hondo
San Benito road, 5 acres citrus.
H. H. Parks. San Benito, Texas,
phona 6025F11* W264
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
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WHAT'S LOST TODAY can usually
be recovered tomorrow if you phone
a “Lost and Found” ad to the of
fice of this newspaper now.
Farms For Sale
OWNER OFFERS 10 acres west of
Brownsville on Military paving, ripe
for subdivision; also 10 acres, two
acres planted to citrus, at Olmlto.
1 need money, the price is right. H. H
Parks, phone 6025F11, San Benito,1
Texas. M263
HERE IT IS: A small payment
buys fine, well-located forty acres
in new irrigation district, one mile
from town and paved highway.
Only $55.00 per acre, most liberal
terms. S. P. Nielsen, Sebastian.
N190
HOME on bearing grove; 10 acres
of 4 year old bearing orange and
grapefruit. 4 1-2 miles from
Brownsville. 2000 feet off of hard
surface road. House, garage, and
other improvements on the bank of
a resaca. Must be sold at once.
$12,500. no more. Phone 1398-W or
call at 849 West Washington St.,
Brownsville. N188
FOR SALE BY OWNER—Sixteen
acre farm with eight room house,
five and a fraction miles from
Brownsville, near good school, about
200 yards from concrete highway.
Reasonable price and terms. Address
P. O. Box 831, Brownsville, Texas.
N64.
FOR SALE—By owner, 96 3-4 acres
fine irrigated citrus and truck land
adjoining Edcouch and paved road.
All cultivated, good drainage, wa
ter and improvements. Will divide;
priced low; no trades. Geo. R. Car
ter, Edcouch, Texas. M171
BARGAIN for quick sale. Five-room
house with gas, hot water and gar
age. 1410 W. Elizabeth. J. Halti
ner, owner. N-98
WILL SACRIFICE my last two beau
tiful homes. Better hurry; only
two left b rooms and bath; textone
two-tone finish; beautiful light fix
tures; automatic water heaters. Sae
Mrs. Florence Stafford, owner. Layes
and 17th streets. Victoria Heights,
phone 1075-M.K-170
FOR SALE
Two lots In Edinburg; tnree lots
in San Benito: 33 lots in Browns
ville: seven lots outside Browns
villa city limits; twenty per cent
cash, balance in one. two. three and
four years: or monthly payments
if preferred. B. E. Hinkley. Bro -
ville. H-60
SACRIFICE well located Elizabeth
street lot. only $2,600. Also well
located trackage lot on Fronton
street, only $1,500. S. C. Graham &
Co. phone 179, Brownsville, Texas.
N-148
FOR SALE1—Improved 2-3 of lota 9
and 10, block 94, Adams 1111. J. B.
Hoyt, Box 251, Monterrey, N. L.,
Mexico. M-256
WILLACY COUNTY farm lands
for sale. Choice Victoria loam
soils, cleared. $90 per acre and up.
on easy terms. No trades. If In
terested write or call on Isadore
Moritz, Raymondvllle, Texas.
_N182
18 ACRES 3 year old orchard, well
located, at real bargain price. Come
and examine it. Updegraff. La
Feria. Texas. N199
FOR SALE or will trade for land
in valley: ninety acre farm in Le
flore county. Oklahoma, two miles
K. C. S. railroad; seventy-five acres
in cultivation, two houses, fine wa
ter, and good range. Land will
grow cotton, com and ail kinds of
truck. Title clear. Price $3,000.
What have you to offer? J. R.
Pope. Clarksville, Texas. N200
FOR SALE: 40 acres on the main
highway between Edinburg and
Pharr. All in cultivation and irri
gates perfectly Choice fruit land
Price $285.00 i>er acre. You can't
beat it. Good six-room house, elec
tric lights and telephone service.
Water rate $1.00 per acre. Not a
foot of waste land. OWNER. Miss
C. M. Flinn, 2055 N. 14th St., Mc
Allen. Texas. Phone 105. N126
Houses Fop Sale
TWO 8-ROOM residences in Okla
homa City, fastest growing city in
the South. Will sell or exheange
for choice citrus land or orchard.
Comer Lake Drive and Madison.
P. O. Box 359, Brownsville. N196
Lots Fop Sale
THREE BEAUTIFUL terraced lot*
on Levee street corner One of the
best apartment house sight* in
Brownsville. Must be sold at once.
$5,000.00. Owner leaving town. 848
West Washington. Phone 1398W.
__ N30
OWNER must sell at once beauti
ful comer lots on Elizabeth street.
Best apartment house site In
Brownsville. $3500.00. Phone 1398
W. or call at 849 West Washington
street. Brownsville. N188
RENTALS
FOR RENT: 4-room office suite
upstairs over Seferino Perez at
comer of Elizabeth and 12th
streets. Will rent for $40.00 to
permanent party.
Rov Sethman Co.,
Inc.
Opposite El Jardin Hotel
1117 Levee St. Phone 1166
N192
ROOMING HOUSE. 14 rooms, all
furnished; $75 a month. Phone
956-J, St. Charles and 12th street,
1115._ N203
FOR RENT—Store rooms In Steg
man building. Bert Cromack. M56.
FOR RENT—3-room house, 4-room
bouse, 5-room house, 6-room house, a
fine apartment on Palm Blvd., and
a duplex in West Brownsville. South
ern Realty Con phone 914. N29
FURNISHED HOUSE, every conven
ience; on pavement; *ive rooms,
sleeping porch, garage. Also two
room house, sleeping porch, garage.
Also two single sleeping rooms.
Phono 1328-W. N62
YOU DON’T HAVE to be in bus
iness to profit by classified adver
tising.
RENTALS
WANTED TO RENT—Modern 10 or
12-room house, close in, furnished
S unfurnished. Responsible people.
ust be reasonable. Address N-156.
Herald office. N-15C
Apartments
FOR RENT—Four-room apartment
equipped with gas range. Frigidalre.
automatic water heater and modem
plumbing. Garage. Apply on prem
ises at Fourteenth and Garfield.
__ M-39
ROOMS and apartments. 701 St.
Charles. TeL 1017. £71
FURNISHED apartments and duplex.
Phone 351. Y-3.
FURNISHED APARTMENT in new
Duplex, 1114 West Elizabeth street.
Every convenience and garage. Tele
phone 1013-W. N-37
NICE FOUR-ROOM unfurnished
apartment with garage, also 4-room
furnished apartment. D. L. Welch,
phone 470. N17
FOR RENT: 3-room apartment and
bath, gas and lights. Call at 247 St.
Charles or phone 90. N123.
NEW APARTMENTS and rooms, ev
erything furnished. 1022 West St.
Francis, phone 957-J. N121.
FOR RENT—Apartment, upstairs;
private bath; all conveniences. 1517
Madison St. N38
NICELY FURNISHED three-room
apartment, with gas. Garage free.
$30. Phone 946-W. N164
FOR RENT: Three room apartment
with bath and gas stoves and lights.
Phone 90 or call at 247 St. Charles
St N165
3-ROOM APARTMENTS, furnish
ed or unfurnished. 912 Levee St.
N195
FOR RENT: Two furnished apart
ments, 1400 Adams, phone 274.
M173
NEBRASKA APARTMENTS - Fur
nished. every convenience, fngldaire
end gas ranges. Jefferson and Four
teenth Street* Phone 11.4. W-42
FOR RENT to couple: Newly fur
nished apartment in duplex, phone
1273J.N73.
Furnished Rooms
BEDROOM with gas, $3.00. Phone
995-J.L162.
FOR RENT: Bedroom suitable for
two men, close in, next to bath. Sep
arate entrance, reasonable rent. Ap
ply Black Diamond Cafe. N177.
ROOMS, one block from postoffice
one block from El Jardin hotel;
large, southern exposure; reasons
ble. Phone 1226W or 1317. M-215
SLEEPING ROOM and apartment.
1022 St Charles, phone 928-J.
M-159
FOR RENT—One of three big fur
nished rooms; gas, electricity, cast
front, double garage. Call 171-J or
1052-J; 332 Washington or 340
Washington. N-154
FOR RENT—Well furnished sleep
ing room; twin beds, meals if de
sired; also housekeeping apartment,
close 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.
ONE OR TWO ROOMS for rent,
furnished or unfurnished. Call
1149-J. N186
FOR RENT: Twro bedrooms. See
Mrs. Oardner at San Carlos. N197
Houses For Rent
HOLLOW TILE and stucco 6 rooms
just completed. On West Levee,
near Pita. Phone 325, after 6 p. m.
N-24
MODERN 6-room house with gas,
garage. Phone 911. M28.4
FOR RENT—5-room furnished house.
12th and St. Charles. Phone 722.
M-251
TO PENT—5-room house, beautiful
ly furnished, hot and cold water, gas
electric lights, double garage. Has to
be seen to be appreciated. Call 703
or 1P75M.N26.
FOR RENT: 4-room cottage and
bath. Apply 709 Fourteenth street.
N118
5 ROOM MODERN house with large
sleeping porch; hot water, garage,
on pavement. 1524 West Elizabeth
street. Call any morning. $45.00
per month. N170
TWO HOUSES for rent, 5 and 6
rooms: completely modem, paved
street, garage, $35 and $37.50. D. L.
Welch, Phones 470 and 848-W.
N183
ONE 6-ROOM modem residence.
$35 per month. Paved street. Vic
torla Addition. Call 183. N187
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO
the St. Louis. Brownsville & Mex
ico Railway Company the right,
privilege and franchise of con
structing. maintaining and op
erating a railroad lead track
across, upon and along Third
street, the alley In BIock Twen
ty-three and across Fourth street,
In the City of Brownsville. Cam
eron County. Texas, and prescrib
ing the terms and conditions of
said right, privilege and franchise.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City
Council of the City of Browns
ville. Texas:
SECTION 1.—That the right,
privilege and franchise shall be,
and the same is hereby granted to
the St. Louis. Brownsville <fc Mex
ico Railway Company, to construct,
and thereafter to maintain, repair,
operate and use a certain railway
industrial track across, upon, along
and over Third street, the Alley in
Block Twenty-three (23) and across
Fourth street, in the City of
Brownsville. Cameron County, Tex
as, the location of said track being
indicated by yellow color on a blue
Erint attached hereto, marked Ex
tbit "A” and made a part hereof,
said track being in a location par
ticularly described as follows:
An extension of what is known
as the St. Louis, Brownsville «Sr
Mexico Railway Company’s Alley
Track, over and across Third street,
the Alley in Block 23. and across
Fourth street, in Brownsville. Cam
eron County, Texas, and the center
lire of said proposed track is de
scribed still more particularly as
follows;
Commencing at a point In the
center line of the said Alley Track,
located in the Alley of Block 24,
said point being in the Northwest
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
erly line of Third street for the
point of beginning;
Thence. Southeasterly, over and
across Third street, the Alley in
Block Twenty-three and 4th street
entering Block Twenty-two very
near the North comer of Lot Seven
(7), Block Twenty-two (22).
Section 2.—This ordinance Is
Earned for the purpose of reach
S and affording; railway facili
ties, connections and loading and
switching privileges to owners and
users of industrial plants or busi
ness enterprises located near or in
the vicinity of said track or near or
in the vicinity of such other and
additional tracks which may in the
future branch or spring from said
track, and for the purpose of af
fording railway facilities, connec
tions and loading and swtlching
privileges to the general shipping
public.
Section 3.—That said railway track
above mentioned may be used by
the trains, engines and cars of the
said The St. Louis, Brownsville &
Mexico Railway Company, its suc
cessors and assigns, and such trains,
engines and cars shall be so op
erated thereover as not to inter
fere unreasonably with public trav
el upon, along or across the streets,
avenues or alleys occupied by said
tracks or any portion thereof; and
except so far as may be reasonably
necessary in the switching, move
ment and handling of cars, the
said streets and alleys shall be kept
clear and no cars shall be permitted
to remain standing on such streets
cr alleys, except as aforesaid.
Section 4.—That said Railway
Company shall construct said tracks
In such manner as not to interfere
with the drainage along or across
any of the above mentioned streets
or alleys and shall at its own ex
pense install, maintain and keep in
repair all ditches, drains and cul
verts made necessary for the proper
drainage of such streets and alleys
by the construction of said tracks.
Section 5.—In consideration of
the rights herein granted the said
Railway Company shall pay to the
City of Brownsville. Texas, upon the
acceptance hereof, the sum of $1.00,
and in addition thereto shall pay
said City of Brownsville the sum of
$1.00 per annum so long as this or
dinance shall remain in force, and
so long as the said track shall re
main in said streets and alleys, the
payment to be made upon accept
ance as aforesaid to constitute the
first of such annual payments.
Section 6.—Upon the passage, ap
proval and acceptance of this ordi
nance the same shall become and
thereafter be. a contract legally
binding between the said City and
the satd Railway Company. Within
twenty (24) days after the passage
and approval of this ordinance the
said Railway Company shall file
with the City Clerk of the City of
Brownsville. Texas, its acceptance
in writing of all the terms and pro
visions hereof.
Passed this 15th day of February,
A. D. 1923.
. A. B. COLE.
Mayor of the City of Brownsville,
Texas.
(2-21-28—7—3t—3343.)
AN ORDINANCE
Vacating, abandoning, closing and
relinquishing all rights of the City
of Brownsville in that portion of the
Old Alice Road within the City
Limits extending from the West side
of Palm Boulevard and running
Northwest to the City Limits line.
Be it ordained by the City of
Brownsville that that portion of the
Old Alice Road extending from the
West side of Palm Boulevard and
running Northwest to the City Lim
its line be and the same Is hereby
vacated, abandoned and closed, and
the city of Brownsville does hereby
grant, and relinquish to the owners
of the property, through which said
portion of raid road now runs, all
rights of the City of Brownsville in
and to said portion of said road.
Passed and approved this 15th dav
of February, 1929
A R. COLE. Mayor
of the City of Brownsville
A. E. Munday. City Secretary.
2-21-28—2t—3344.
Pipe Plant W01
Open Feb. 23; Is
Third In Valley
MISSION. Feb. 21—The Mercedes
Concrete Pipe company has an
nounced the formal opening of its
plant in McAllen, for Saturday.
February 23. At this time visitors
will be permitted to go through the
plant and witness the malting of
concrete pipes, according to J. C.
Shaw, vice president of the com
pany and plant manager of the Mc
Allen plant.
The McAllen plant Is a branch
of the Mercedes Concrete Pipe
company at Mercedes which has
been making concrete pipe for some
years.
The first pipe made by the com
pany will be used in the McAllen
Development company's first sub
urban citrus grove addition. Nu
merous orders have already been
booked for the construction of pipe.
Inasmuch as the manufacture of
concrete pipe Involves a very in
teresting series of operations, visi
tors have been Invited to attend
the opening at any time on Satur
day at which time these operations
will be shown and explained.
The Mercedes Concrete Pipe com
pany is the second concrete pipe
company now doing business in
this section of the Valley. One is
located at Mission and one at Mc
Allen.
Orowing Interest In the develop
ment of concrete lined canals and
concrete pipe laterals as well as
the installation of numerous pri
vately operated irrigation systems
of concrete pipe has led to the In
stallation of both these plants.
Concrete pine Is used almost ex
clusively for laterals and under
ground distribution of irrigation
waters in modern Irrigation sys
tems.
CASHIER OUT-SMARTS
SHORT CHANGE ARTIST
_
MISSION. Feb. 21—He outsl«cked
a “slicker” and together with Mar
shall Ross A. Marcus sent a would
be short change artist, on a fast
move out of town. Thafs what
Harry Hannes. cashier of Hayes
Sammons did.
The stranger sought change for
a ten dollar bill from one of the
clerks after making a small pur
chase. Then he changed money
and his mind so often that the
clerk knew he was "out” but did
not know how.
Hannes checked up and found
the drawer was short. He called
A
for the clerk to “Bring me that
tape." and the slicker evidently
thinking he was going to be held
and tied shelled out the five dol
lar bill he had previously denied
knowing anything about.
HOUSTON AD MEN TO
VISIT RAYMONDVILLE
(Special to Th. Herald)
HARL.-w-triN. Peb. 21.—Prepara
tions for entertainment ol members
of the Houston Advertising club,
who will come here from Raymond -
ville Saturday of this week, are be
ing made by chamber of commerce
officials.
The advertising men will spend
part of the day Saturday In Ray
mond vine, and will then make a *
tour of the Valley.
TO OPEN AUTO AGENCY
HARLINGi.-.'C Feb. 21.—Au auto
mobile agency is to be opened soon
in the new Hubbard building here
by Victor Nave of Victoria and his
brother Tye Nave, of San Benito.
Tye Nave will be manager of the
agency.
PROFITABLE RIDE
CHICAOO—When Robert Den
nison arrived home after riding in
a crowded elevated train he found
in his pocket a woman’s parse con
taining $175.
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Architects
BEN V. PROCTER
ENGINEERING CO.
Architects — Engineers
208 Merchants Sank. Bldg.
Phone 617
Brownsville. Texas.
E. G. HOLLIDAY
Architect and Builder
109 State Nat. Bank Bldg.
Phone 906
R. NEWELL WATERS
Architect
9-12 Security State Bark Building
Weslaco, Texas
A. A. Callaway & Co.
Architects and
Engineers
41* Merchants Bank
Building
Brow; ville, Texas
Builders—Contractors
G. E. Miller
TILE DRAINAGE
CONTRACTOR AND ENGINEER
P. O. Address R. P. D. No. 1.
San Benito
Telephone 6005 P 12 H-69
PROCTER & DUDLEY
General Contractor
528 Washington St.
Brownsville, Texas
Phone 627
Cash Registers
NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CO..
Registers bought, sold and exchanged.
W. E. Sanders Representative,
rhono 29 Harlingen Texas Box 905
Dray—T ransfer
Mason Transfer &
Grain Co.
BONDED WAREHOUSE
SEEDS OF ALL KINDS
Light and Heavy Hauling.
WE MOVE ANYTHING
1105 Adams. Phono 139.
AUSTIN
TRANSFER AND STORAGE CO,
Phones 421 and 519
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. Edinburg.
Office 1259 Levee
Phone 787
Truck leaves Brownsville 11:30 Daily
Florists
THE FLOWER SHOP
Cut flowers, pot plants,
funeral designs and
bouquets
1254 Elizabeth St.
Phone 1388
BOWYER THE FLORIST flowers
and funeral designs. Ft. Charles
and Pita streets. Phone 771.
HOTELS—CAFES
WHITE KITCHEN
Famous for its
Cooking—Immaculacy
and Service
Tha popular place for
business lunches
12th between Elisabeth and
Washington
Hotel Hollingsworth
American Style.
Day, Week or Monthly Rate.
Phone 1037-J.
Insurance
W. B. CLINT
INSURANCE
SURETY BONDS
208-9 Merchants National
Bank
PHONE 6
Insurance
1 *
McDonald-Howard
i
Agency
Loans - Insurance - 'Real Estate
Rooms 1 and 2. Arcade Bldg.
Phone 1090
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Mattress Renovating
Let Us Renovate
Your Mattress
We make mattresses to order. All
repair work guaranteed.
SOMMERS
12th and Adams
_Phone 674
OFFICE EQrjIPMENT
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ART METAL
FILING
Equipment
Maverick-Clarke Lithe Ce.
2C8 Merchants National Banh
Phone 617—Brownsville
OfDce Equipment and Supplies
HARGROVE'S STATIONERY A
BOOK STORE
Brownsville, Taxes.
Funeral Directors
Hinkley Mortuary
Complete Funeral Service
Phones 123—300
St. Charles and Eleventh
Street
Typewriters
DAVENPORT Typewriter Exchange,
(Brownsville’s Typewriter House)
Distributors. New L. C. Smith “Si
lent" 8 and Late Corona 4 type
writers. Also sell Royal Portables
and “Factory” Rebuilt*—all makes.
We repair all makes typewriter and
adding machines. 1112 Elizabeth St
Phone 1106.
WOODSTOCK TYPEWRITER
SALES CO.
Typewriters—Adding Machines
Supplies—Repairs
Phone 60S—Harlingen Z-1I
PROFESSIONAL
Attorneys
Davenport, West mad Bumbo
Attorney* at Law
307-308 Merchants National Baak
Brownivilla. Texai
H. B. GALBRAITH
Attorney at Law
Morcbante National Bank Bldg.
Brownavillo. Taxaa.
J. T. Canaloe C. S. Kidman. Jr.
CANALES AND ElDMAN
Attorney* at Law
Real Estate a Specialty
803 Merchants Nations) Bank
Brownavillo. Texas
H. L. TATES
Attorney at Law
State National Bark Bldg.
Brownsvilla. Texas
RALPH A. DUNKa.EERO
Attorney at Law
Commercial Collections a Specialty
106 Seabury. George and Taylor
Building
Brownsville. Texas
N180
Chiropodist
FOOT SPECIALIST
Dr. E. Hillinger on highway between
San Benito end Harlingen All foot
trouble* treated D-168
Chiropractor
M. Cook, D. C.
CHIROPRACTfT
Nerv-O-Meter Service
State National Bank Bldg.
Brownsvilla. Taxes
Room 405 Phono 70S
EL VIBBA SYSTEM P8EP
DR. C. RAN ZELL
Chiropractic—Electro—Thorapy
Message and Bath
Cromack Bldg. Brownsvilla.
_M-118.
REAL ESTATE
LOS EBANOS
Brownsville's Supreme Residential
District, csrefnllv restricted corn
pietely improved. Home eitea from
812(10.00. assy terms. James Dickin
son Co.. Realtors, corner revelers
Hotel Bldg- Brownsville. E-l.
TAILORING
~ BETTIN’S ~
Tailoring and Haberdashery
The Home of
Bonch Mado Clothes.
1210 Elisabeth Photo 525
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