Brownsville herald. [volume], February 28, 1929, Page SIXTEEN, Image 16

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TRUCK SUPPLY
General Decline Noted In
Both Vegetable And
Fruit Markets
PORT WORTH, Tex., Feb. 28.
The United States Department of
Agriculture market news service, in
its summary of market conditions
states that the liberal supplies of
most fruits and vegetables coupled
with a rather limited demand, re
sulted in generally lower prices
during the third week of February.
Nearly ail products declined slightly
in price, except northwestern boxes
apples, which showed a consider
able advance at shipping points.
Celery and tomatoes registered no
material change. Unsettled weather
conditions still affected trading to
some extent.
Movement of citrus fruits con
tinued heavy. The total of 2.370
ears of oranges, 820 cars of grape
fruit and about 200 lemons was ex
ceeded only by the 4,430 carloads of
potatoes. Apples required 1.830 cars,
and iettuce about 1,500. The only
other products that approached a
thousand carloads each were cab
bage and celery. Chiefly because of
the lighter forwardings of old pota
KISSES SPEAK
plainer than
r YfORDS
When your little ones are half
slck, out-of-sorts. they can seldom
tell you what is wrong. You have
to read their symptoms in order to
choose the right medicine. If.
when you kiss them, you detect un
pleasant breath, you have a sure
sign that the bowels are sluggish;
that the stomach is sour and bil
ious
For a child constipated, feverish,
languid, fretful, wakeful at night,
lacking appetite and subject to
colds and sore throat, you will find
a reliable remedv in California Fig
8yrup. It is the finest laxative in
the world for children. Little ones
previously always half-sick, fretful
and backward through sluggish
bowels and poor digestion, take a
wonderful turn for the better and
thrive amazingly wlicn the bowels
have been helped back to healthy
regularity by an occasional dose of
California Fig Syrup. Millions of
mothers have proved its merit and
have been relieved of figrther worry
and anxiety from their child's con
stipation.
If you have a child bothered like
this or one who Is subject to fre
quent bilious Attacks and sick
headache, save the little one this
suffering, und yourself co'istant
anxiety by giving California Fig
8yrup. Get a bottle today. All
drug stores.
California Fig 8yrup has been
trusted by the World's mothers for
over 30 years. That is why the
word “California’’ should be em
phasized when buying.—Adv.
MRS. LINDBERGH ENGAGED, RUMOR
A report current in New York, but unverified, is that Mrs, Evan
geline Lindbergh, mother of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, would
soon announce her engagement to wed Captain P. E. Anderson of the
S. 8. President Wilson. Photo shows Mrs. Lindbergh with Captain
Anderson aboard the President Wilson at Naples recently. She is
returning from Constantinople via Italy. The rumor started when
an Italian photographer labeled this photo "Mrs. Lindbergh—and her
fiance.”
toes, the combined output of twen
ty-iwo fruits and vegetables de
creased during the week of 16,470
cars. For the same period last sea
son. the total was only 14,560.
Early Potato Acreage Reduced
Growers In the early potato states
apparently will carry out their pre
vious Intentions of reducing their
combined commercial potato acre
age about 30 per cent so tliafc the
plantings in these early areas may
be only 192.000 acres, compared with
284,000 last season and 240.000 acres
in 1927. Sharpest reductions are
noted in Alabama. Mississippi and
California, though Virginia, the
largest state shows a probable re
duction of 23 per cent and the Car
olinas about 40 per cent. Florida
has about 22,000 acres in potatoes
this year as against 30.350 last sea
son. Hastings section reports a re
duction cf one-fourth and first ship
ments are expected by March 20.
Severe weather in some of the
northern regions and the weakness
of the market tended to reduce po
tato shipments sharply last week.
Only 4,400 cars moved, of which
Colorado furnished 400. Idaho 770.
the north-central region only 1000.
New York and Pensxlvania togeth
er 365 and Maine 1200 cars.
Only slight enanges of prices oc
curred. but the whole situation
showed little strength. Western
New York shippers still got SOc per
100 lbs. of round whites and sacked
Green Mountains returned 75c in
northern Maine. The range in the
north-central states was 65-70c but
western Nebraska advanced a bit on
Bliss Triumphs to 70-75c. A wide
range of 55c to $1.00 prevailed in
Colorado shipping districts. South
ern Idaho strenc’henect slightly on
Russet Burbanks to 65-80r. Florida
potatoes were moving more actively.
23 cars were rerwrtrd during the
week. Cleveland dealers quoted beat
Spaulding Rr*e at $12.00 per barrel.
NexJ York dea!ers reported Cuban \
crates at S? 75-3.00 end Bermuda;
barrels at $3.00-9.50. Old stock ad
vanced slightly in the Chicago car’ot
market to 80c to $1.00 per 100 lba.
of northern round whites and $1.65
1.75 on Idaho Russets.
Fewer String Beans this Spring
The Intended planting of string
beans in three early shipping states
are only 18,600 acres compared with
25.000 last season. Most of the re
duction is in Florida where only
12.600 acres arc being grown this
spring. Shipments from Florida in
creased rapidly the ptfst week to
130 cars or four times as many as
a year ago. Jobbing prices were
$2.00-4.00 per seven-eights bushel
hamper.
Onions Slightly Lower
Though shipments of onions were
very moderate, only 390 cars com
pared with 520 during the same pe
riod last year, prices began to show
a slight weakening in some sections.
Medium sired yellows in western
New York returned $4.70-5.00 per
100 lb. sack with large stock at
$5.25. Western Michigan sales were
few in number and held around
$5.30 whiie the western slope of
Colorado report'd a range of $4.50
4.70. Most jobbing sales of New
York yellows were within a range
of $4.50-5.00 as against midwestem
stock at $5.25-5.75. Western Va
lencia tvpe onions brought $5.00
6 00 in terminal markets and white
stock sold at $5.50-050. Imports
ware limited, only 18 carloads from
Holland. 16 from Chile and a few
from Snaln and Italy. The 110 lb.
sacks of Dutch onions ruled $5.25
5.35 in a-fpw cities; Italian stock in
100 lb. sacks brought $5.49-5.57 in
New York and the general level for
Soanish onions was $2.59-2.75 per
crate.
New Cabbage Active
Movement of new cabbage con
tinued to increase. About 780 cars
were shipped of which 510 came
from Texas and 265 from Florida.
The f. o. b. price in southern Texas
fluctuated considerably. After reach
ing top of $200 the market sagged
again to $16.00-18.00 per ton, with
barrel crates at SI 25-1.59. City
dealers got mostly $40 00-50.00 a ton.
Barrel crates from Louisiana were
jobbing in Cleveland at $2 25-2.50
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They are pedigreed seeds!—in
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Doesn’t this mean something
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PENNSYLVANIA MEET
TO BE FRIDAY, MAR 8
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, Feb. 28.—An
nouncement of plans for a meeting
of former Pennsylvanians now liv
ing in the Valley has created wide
interest, according to Judge G. Lor
imer Brown, who is ansisting in
plans for the dinner.
The meeting is to be held at the
Womens chamber of commerce
building here on March .8 A dinner
will be served at 6:30 p. m. and this
will be preceded by a get-acquainted
session.
These who intend to be present
are asked to communicate with
Judge Brown. Baker building, or
with Rev. N. Schaffer. 610 E. Jack
son street. C. B. Richey. Box 832,
Harlingen, also iflay be notified.
MERCEDES HAS NEW
TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
(Special to The Herald)
MERCEDES. Feb. 28 —The Rio
Grande Valley Telephone Co. has
cut over the local exchange to a
common battery system, giving
Mercedes one of the best and most
modem exchanges in the Valley, of
ficers state.
Offices of the company also have
moved to a new building erected at
the comer of Fifth and Missouri
avenues.
A formal opening will be held by
the company in the future.
and the general range of 1 1-2
bushel hampers of Florida pointed
type cabbage was $1.00-2 00. Only
110 cars of old stock moved and
nearly all of them were from New
York state. During the same week
last season shipments were 330
cars. Too few sales were being made
in western New York to establish a
market price, the f. o. b. range on
Wednesday was lower at $35.00-39.00
per ton. City sales of New York
and northern Danish type were
mostlv at $40 00-50.00 per ton or
$175-2.75 per 100 lbs.
ROTARY HEARS 1
SCHOOLPLANS:
Harbert Davenport Tells of
Need For Buildings In
Weekly Meeting
The plans of the Brownsville
school board for enlarging the
school facilities to care for an un
usual increase in scholastics under
the new school age limit of 6 to 17
instead of 7 to 17, were outlined be
fore the Rotary club Wednesday
by Harbert Davenport, member of
the school board.
Mr. Davenport said that a bond
issue of $75,COO Is proposed, to be
used in the construction of a one
story building on the site of the
abandoned grammar school at
Seventh and Madison streets, and
for a new six room building in the
extreme eastern part of the city.
The material of the old grammar
school would be salvaged and used
in the new construction. The old
building has been condemned as
unsafe.
B. K. Gersdorf of the San Antonio
Rotary club, representing the Inter
national Exposition and Livestock
show to be held In San Antonio, in
troduced H. Hassell. 22-year old ma
gician of San Antonio. Mr. Hassell
entertained the Rotarians with a
number of mystifying tricks.
M. L. Love explained to the Ro
tariam the proposed $10.00.000
foundation of International Rotary.
A. Wayne Wood and Charles
Burton were elected delegates to ihe
forty-seventh district convention,
and George White and M L. Love
were named alternates. The con
vention will be held in Houston
March 22.
WHEN THE LAW ERRS
HULL, Eng —Pour-year-old Janet
Stavue was summoned “for not
sending her child to school.” When
she anoeared In court the case was
indefinitely adjourned.
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POTATOES S- 17c
| COFFEE SJST.45c I
j FLOUR aaaa, 89c I
1 SHORTENING .14c I
I SALMON M,' .35c f
BAKING POWDERS^25c i
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I PEAS iSitr.25c|
LIMA BEANS 25c I
PICKLES gn„;;tJ-.24c I
COCOA .25c I
PEACHES £££?,.16c I
MARSHMALLOWS Z.15c|
| GINGER ALE P°rr,gt,y.16»|
j TOILET PAPER ^ 5c |
| Our Quality Markets Offer the Following Attractive Specials: 5
I SLICED BACON, per pound.28c I
I PORK SAUSAGE, per pound .18c I
I STEW MEAT, per pound. 15c I
I BABY BEEF ROAST — Kansas City, per pound. 21c I
I PORK ROAST, per pound .21c I
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