Brownsville herald. [volume], March 25, 1929, Image 7

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Know Your
VALLEY
I INVEST, BUILD AND GROW
_ WITH THE VALLEY_
-—- . — - BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN YOU CAN DEPEND ON FOR COOPERATION ...
Auto and Furniture Refinish- •
ing, Battery Service Floyd E. Bullard
The Van TieeSt Sheet Metal Works
Shops “N° Job To Sma,lr
114. c *: _4 None Too Large
Cor. Uth & Monroe Sts. r .■6. „„„
Phone 1047 Phone 32° “ Ldinburff
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Garcia-Gomez & Co.
Southern Pacific Tracks — Brownsville
Telephone 616
Wholesale Grocers
We cover the entire Lower Rio Grande Valley
like a blanket
FREE DELIVERY
To Any Part of the Valley
DESEL-BOETTCHER CO.
Wholesale Fruits, Produce
Grocers Sundries and Fountain Sunplics
Phone 797 Long Distance No. 1
Brownsville. Texas
DENNETT MOTOR SALES CO.
Phone [phone] Levee Street Brownsville
GUARANTEED REPAIR WORK
DAY and NIGIIT STORAGE
Accessories, Tires and Tubes, Gasoline, Oils
Valley Box and Crate Factory
Crates — Baskets — Hampers
San Benito Donna
ORNAMENTAL IRON WORK
General Machine Work
"Quick Service"
International Iron Works
Phone 1317 Brownsville Clyde A. Thorpe. Mgr.
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Southern Mutual Life Association
(A Local Mutual Aid)
Ground Floor Farmers Stale Bank Building
San Benito. Texas
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5001 Ways to Uze Tile
Ask
Wm. Cameron & Company, Inc.
Phone 490 Harlingen
Jones Transfer & Storage Co., Inc.
Distributing. Storing, Moving, Crating and Shipping
Daily Motor Freight Service Between All Valley Toints
Harlingen Brownsville Edinburg
New Ice Plant Open April 15th
Brownsville Ice Company
St. Charles and Belt Line R. R.
Plants at McAllen and Harlingen
Brown’* Draughon Business College
Burroughs Machine Bookkeeping and All Business Courses
Taught by Experts
POSITIONS FOR GRADUATES
Day and Night Sessions
McAllen Phone 547
Brownsville Sheet Metal Works
Metsl Work and Roofing All Kinds
Iron and Tin Work. Tanks, Cisterns. Roofing
ALL WORK FULLY GUARANTEED
Phone 289 Brownsville
Guarantee Electric Co., Inc.
Phone 1050 — Brownsville
REMEMBER THE 13TH
V M. Garcia Gomez & Champion
Wholesale Groceries
Tel. S3 Brownsville 11th and Madison
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EASTER SUITS
Now is the time to have your measure made for March 31st
Easter Suit
BROWNSVILLE TAILORING CO.
Phone 93 1220 Elizabeth
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Live Forever
THE SHELDON STUDIO
Portrait, Commercial and Kodak Finishing
Phene 805 Brownsville
i Bell Station Is Abreast of Time
I COOPERATIVE
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Farmers Now Begin to Band
Together For Purchas
ing Purposes
Agricultural cooperation has come
to be associated in the public mind
with selling operations, but selling is
j not the only function undertaken on
, a large scale by formers’ business
associations in the United States,
j Many such associations have en
i tered the field of cooperative pur
i chasing of farm supplies, according
to the division Of coopertaive mar
keting of the United States depart
ment of agriculture.
Though cooperative purchasing is
not likely to become so large a fac
tor as cooperative selling in Amer
! ican agriculture, it promises never
J! theless to become extremely import
! ant. In 1925, the division of cooper
! ative marketing obtained reports
from 10.803 ad ive farmers’ cooper
| ative asociations. Nearly half these
i associations reported making co
; operative purchases for their mem
, bers. In 1927. farmers’ associations
1 cooperatively purchased feed. seed.
A fertilizers, containers, and other
supplies valued at more than $300,
000.000. Two farmers’ business or
ganizations in that year each han
dled a total cooperative purchasing
business in excess of $10,000,000, an
other handled approximately $7,800.
000 of cooperative purchasing. Half
a dozen or more associations each
j did a cooperative purchasing busi
I ness in excess of a million dollars.
I Statistical data as to the com
| modities most commonly purchased
! have been obtained for 1925. In that
! year 62 per cent of the reporting
associations bought feeds. 47 per
! cent bought fuel, 30 per cent bought
I fertilizers. 15 per cent bought build
I ing materials. 13 per cent bought
| fencing. 11 per cent bought imple
! menfs and machinery. 7 per cent
bought hardware, and 30 p«r cent of
I the associations purchased miscel
laneous commodities.
One of the most recent develop
ments has been the formation of
farmers’ associations handling gas
j oline. kerosene, lubricating oil. and
| other petroleum products. Many of
; the oil-buying associations have
i been extremely successful. Forty
’ j such associations in 1927 made an
I average saving of 10.3 per cent of
sales, according to a study conduct
ed bv the University of Minnesota
in cooperation with the division of
cooperative marketing of the de
partment of agriculture.
rnocREss shown
EL PASO. Tex., March 25.—Pros
perity of the southwest was reflected
in the facts brought out at the an
nual chamber of commerce meet
ing and banquet here Monday night .
Total investments in El Paso are
approximately $23,000,000 in new en
terprises. completed, under con
struction. autl definitely planned for
I construction within the next few
months.
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McAllen Branch of
Concrete Pipe Co.
]\ow in Operation
The official opening of the McAllen branch of the Mercedes Concrete
Pipe Company was held just recently, at which time residents from all
parts of the Valley visited and inspected the new plant which is one of
the largest and most up-to-date manufacturing plants in the Rio Grande
Valley.
me McAllen brancn, now in ruilj
operation, represents an investment
of approximately $50,000. It employs
from 30 to 60 men and is fully as
large as the parent plant in Mer
cedes. The machinery installed
was designed by the engineers of
the company and built especially for
them. The large pipe making ma
chine turns out all standard sizes
up to 30 inches in diameter, and is
the first machine of this type ever
manufactured that will make this
large size pipe, the largest heretofore
being 24 inches.
The main building of the plant
is 40 by 260 feet, with an addition
of 50 by 50 feet both constructed of
corrugated iron. An office has been
constructed at the westend of the
building.
A concrete platform and material
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bins occupy a space of 50 by 110 feet,
thus giving 18.400 square feet of
floor space in addition to the im
mense plat of ground to the north
where the concrete pipe will be
stored for curing.
“The demand for our high qual
ity pipe in the West end of the Val
ley was so large that we could not
supply the necessary amount from
the Mercedes plant,” one of the of
ficials of the company stated yes
terday. “The new branch will take
care of all our territory west of
Alamo and already we have several
extra large contracts to fill. The
plant is in full operation, and it is
probable that we will run day and
night shifts in order to make im
mediate deliveries on our con
tracts.”
U. S. Again Freed
From Outbreak of
Hoof, Mouth Ills
The United States is again free
from foot-and-mouth disease and
an official order of the U. S. depart
ment of agriculture, effective March
18. removes the quarantine placed
upon the limited affected area in
California. The outbreak was of
the shortest duration and involved
the smallest number of premises
and animals of any of the outbreaks
that have occurred. It also caused
the least interference with agri
culture and industry in the sur
rounding territory.
Extensive inspections indicate that
the last ccstige of the disease was
destroyed four weeks ago by the
slaughter and burial of infected
herds and the cleaning and disin
fecting of the premises. But as a
precautionary measure the premises
on which the disease was found are
being held under veterinary super
vision pending the outcome of the
customary tests in which numbers
of susceptible livestock are used. As
a still further safeguard the depart
ment will maintain an adequate
force of trained veterinarians in the
locality to deal promptly with any
recurrence which past experience
has shown to be possible in deal
ing with this treacherous malady.
BEAUMONT. Tex.. March 25.—UP)
—W. A. Smart, dairyman, says a
winter oats pasture has increased
the income from his herd of 43 dairy
cows by S12 a day. One hour a day
on this pasture, he explains, adds
20 gallons to the day’s production of
milk.
BETTER PORK EXPORT
PREDICTED FOR U. S.
WASHINGTON, March 25.—<*»)—1
Exports of meat3 and fats from the
United States In 1928, amounting to
1.263,806.635 pounds valued at $160,
234,125, may be surpassed in 1929.
The federal outlook report says
“factors affecting the foreign de
mand for American pork products
have a more favorable aspect for
the 1928-29 season than a year ago.”
While the 19£8 exports were about
13 per cent lower in quantity and 19
per cent lower in value as compared
to the 5-year average. 1924-1928.
they showed a gain of 60,000.000
pounds over 1927 exports and a
slight increase in value. Lard ex
ports made the largest gains over
1927. adding 13 per cent in volume
and 7 per cent in value. Bacon ad
vanced 11 per cent in quantity, but
the value was about the same.
Temporary lambing sheds, built
of light frame material and cov
ered with canvas, are excellent K>r
sheep in sections of the country
where the snowfall is not exces
sive. This type of shed is ideal
from a sanitary standpoint as the
canvas can be removed to iet
plenty of sunshine inside, and if
necessary the shed can be easily
moved.
Skinning an animal is most eas
ily done before the carcass has
cooled. Avoid cutting or scoring the
skin, but at the same time ie
move all the flesh from it. Defects
from scores and flesh lower tne
quality of many country hides.
PLANES SERVED
WITH RAPIDITY
Old Concern Carries Com
plete Stock For Val
ley Motorists
Keeping pace with the times is
what the Bell service company,
Brownsville filling station and ga
rage, is doing as they have institut
ed and are maintaining a rapid air
plane service with their Amalie oils
and high test gasoline for transient
planes landing at the Brownsville
airport. At the present they are
serving more transient planes land
serving more of the transient planes
landing atthe field than any other
service company.
George W. Bell, proprietor of Bell
Service company, has been in
Brownsville and the Valley for the
past eight years and has learned
the needs and demands of the low
er Rio Grande Valley public. His
place is located at a very conveni
ent point on the main highway
leading to Harlingen and up the
Valley.
Mr. Bell believes that the motor
ing public Is entitled most for its
money. He carries In stock only
proven motor oils and gasoline. He
has in stock a complete line of
Fisk tires and other leading lines
of motor accessories.
Eight years of serving the
Brownsville and Valley motorists
gives Bell Servioe company the title
of being the oldest established serv
ice station in the city of Browns
ville. The garage is manned writh
only skilled and experienced motor
mechanics who are capable of turn
ing out satisfactory jobs. The shop's
wrecker service is complete and
ready at all times to meet the de
mands of stranded motorists.
MODERN COW RUSTLERS j
OUTDO JESSE JAMES,
HELENA. Mont., Marrh 25.—(.^F)—
Efficiency and invention have put
cattle rustling on a production basis.
Charles M. Dowlin, president of
the Montana Livestock association,
says losses from stolen cattle are
mice as great as when the range wtu
open and rustlers depended upon
the night and fast horses. The mod
ern cattle thief butchers the ani
mals where he finds them in the
pasture and hauls the beef away in
motor trucks. He has no trouble in
disposing of his loot among street
peddlers and established dealers.
Dowlin. also a state senator from !
Rosebud, recommends closer inspec
tion of hides, heavier penalties for
stock theft and a tax on stockmen
to finance investigation and prose
cution of rustlers.
It is important to use good-sized
eggs for hatching to get larger
chicks. Choose eggs weighing at
least two ounces. Continued use of
small eggs for hatching results in
lowered vigor of the laying or
breeding stock and a decrease in
the size of eggs for market.
Ventilators and Skylights a Specialty
General Sheet Metal Contractors
KyJer Sheet Metal Works
(Phone [phone]th St.
Brownsville
Valley Made For Valley Trade j
Work
Clothes
Valley Wholesale Dry Goods Co.
Brownsville
USE THIS PAGE AS YOUR SHOP
PING GUIDE
PRIVATE DINING ROOM
101 Seats in the Place
VALLEY WAFFLE SHOPPE
• REST PLACE TO EAT”
Teter Govatos. Prop. — San Benito !
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COUNTRY HOME WORK A SPECIALTY
QUINN AND DERRICK
PLUMBERS
Heating, Septic Tanks, Sewering. Estimates. Jobbing
847 Elizabeth Street Phone 913
Brownsville, Texas
Best Equipped Mechanical Shop in the Valley
Expert Mechanics Phone 656 — Brownsville
WHOLESALE — RETAIL
Bell Service Company
Fisk Tires and Tubes — Free Road Service
Gas and Oils
I RADIATORS I
Repaired Holm t otudlO
General Welding
! v O. P. HACKER Portrait and Commer
I Phone 239 cial Photography
Cor. 1.-th & Washington | Phone 337 — Brownsville
Brownsville |
Valley Storage & Transfer Company
Moving, Storage, Crating, Distribution
Warehouse Equipped With Automatic Sprinkler System
Telephone 117 Mercedes, Texas
We Do All Kinds of Glass Work
AUTO GLASS A SPECIALTY
Let Us Have Your Glass Business
Brownsville Plate Glass Co.
Phone 1277 Brownsville 1259 Levee St.
Coffee Roasted Fresh Daily
DELTA COFFEE CO.
WHOLESALE ONLY
Phone 234 .. - Harlingen
SAN BENITO HOTEL
In the Heart of the Business District
European Plan Rates Reasonable
Make this your home while in the city
Mrs. Lola Paine, Mgr., San Benito
ARBUCKLE MACHINE SHOP
D. M. Arbuckle, Prop.
11th and St. Francis — Brownsville
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^ Special Notice to the Public
I. GROSSBERG New Nerv-O-Meter and
Piano Tuner El Vibra System Used
Tuning. Repairing. Regulating M. K. Cook, D. C.
Player Pianos and Pipe Or- Chiropractor
gans. Refmishing Phone 703
802 Elirabeth — Brownsville 405 state Nat 1 Bank
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Furniture Remodeling
And
Refinishing Read This Page
J. R. FROST Every Monday
Brownsville
900 Adams Street |
Valley Bueine.. College MONUMENTS
Brownsville Brownsville Marble and
Offers all high grade courses. Granite Works
Graduates In demand. Enroll 941 Levee Street
any time J A. Wigington, Prop.
G. M. Moothart. Pres. Brownsville
Mercedes Concrete
Pipe Co.
PLANTS AT MERCEDES AND McALLEN ,
General Offices — Mercedes \
Makers of Quality Concrete Pipe for
Irrigation and Drainage
SILVERS BOX CORPORATION
t-apital Stock $500,000.00. Growers and Shippers Supplies Harlingen, Tex.
Main Office: Dallas. Texas. Night Phone 172-W. Day Phone 616. P. O.
Box 1323. Valley-wide distribution of Growers and Shippers* Supplies,
Quality, service and fair dealings our motto. Your inquiries for car
load or truck load orders solicited.
We Specialize in Staple Wholesale Groceries
E. DE LA GARZA
Phone 984 Brownsville 634 Fronton St.
American Maid Bread
ALWAYS FRESH
Ask Your Grocer
Made by
GATEWAY BAKERY
Brownsville
Canners “S. S.” Brand
Vegetables and Grapefruit
SCHMIDT CANNING CO.
San Benito
AVERY FARM IMPLEMENTS
Specially adapted to Southern Farming
Wholesale and Retail
Investigate Our Liberal Credit Terms
PHILLIPS HARDWARE
San Benito
RIO GRANDE NATIONAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
olfl Line STOCK COMPANY Legal Reserve
Harlingen, Texas
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Serving the Valiev
Phone 892 p. o. Box 485
BRISCOE MOTOR PARTS, INC.
126 W. Harrison WHOLESALE Harlingen, Texas
Replacement Parts For All Cars
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L. A. RAGAN
TRANSFER AND STORAGE
Bonded Warehouse
Crating — Shipping — House Moving
All Kinds of Heavy Hauling
Office Phone 178 Weslaco Res. Phone 160 Black
When You Visit Brownsville
Don’t Forget to Eat at
BLACKSTONE CAFE
Across from the Travelers Hotel
Gasoline and Motor Oils
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Velvorene Motor Oil Co.
Phone 568 Brownsville 2nd & Fronton Streets
CLARK ELECTRIC SHOP
SPEEDOMETER SERVICE
STARTERS BATTERIES
GENERATORS RADIOS
MAGNETOS
Phone 432 Brownsville, Texas 836 Elizabeth
Dependable Prompt
BROWNSVILLE TITLE COMPANY
Phone 353 — Brownsville
Complete abstracts of title to lands in Cameron
County, Texas
Manufacturers of All Kinds
Chicken, Stock and Dairy Feeds
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SAN BENITO FEED CO.
£1 Jardin Garage — Brownsville
FIREPROOF STORAGE
Washing — Greasing — Auto Service by Skilled
Attendants
Satisfaction guaranteed with all transactions
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