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jWATER FIGHT "
4 IS FORESEEN
| Ifktd. to Finish Over Ap
L, Plication to Irrigate
88,000 Acre*
' , ®ENITO- M»y 11—A fight
hf , 1"® finish on the water question.
□ l-i ?rter that claims of Valley dis
Htrlcts may be established by court
^precedent, is foreseen in the coming
over aPPhcation to irrigate
l|JR3.000 acres of land In western Hi
m dalgo county.
I _ attltude was expressed bv
i' valley irrigation authorities who
I f!5ve. mum*d from Austin, where
f. the hearing set for May 9 on the
.(Hidalgo application was postponed
Ji!2L^une 11* an<* transferred to
dEd inburg.
Th* transfer was made in view of
2? . that Poetically all Valiev
Ej irrigation districts have indicated
. they will oppose granting of the per
mit. and it was thought more feas
. i“le for the board members to come
to the Valiev, than for the large
number of Valley people to go to
Austin.
j This is the second hearing of this
Kind scheduled in the Valley, a pre
vious one having been held about
two years ago on apolication of
Marvin Goodwin of the Goodwin
tract near Mission. Ooodwin was
victorious in soUe of the opposition
| of a number of Valley irrigation dis
tricts.
Possibility that the question of i
’ water rights will be carried into the
courts In case the new section in
J Western Hidalgo county, represented
8. by J. T. Franklin of Edinburg, is giv
E en a permit by the state board is
w being mentioned by the Valiev ir
rigation authorities who w-ent to1
Austin.
J “It is certain that there must be J
a stop sometime in the grantlnc 1
I of permits, where no provision is
I! made for storage.” one Valley irri
gation man said. ‘‘The new district
proposes to take 600 second feet oi
water from the river, making it one
' of the largest users of water in the
i section. The granting of permits to
take water from the Rio Grande
where no provision Is made fir
1 storage can not go on indefinitely
if the present users are to be guar
fcnteed water, and it seems likely
that the present case will be taken
into the courts.”
Prospects that the battle agalns*
I the Maverick county district would
be taken into the courts loomed for
j a time, but the fact that the district
has some storage facilities, and also
j possibility of agreements on the
[| time of using water held up action
If in this matter.
| La Feria Girl Is
Crowned Queen of
The May at Denton
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r* DENTON. Mav 11.—Miss Dor
othy Stevens of La Feria. presi
dent of the Junior class, was crown
ed Queen of the May by Miss Mary
Bryant of Plano, freshman presi
dent, in the annual Mayday ob
servances at the College of Indus
trial Arts.
1 After the ceremony, maypole and
folk dances were given for the
queen by freshmen, with individual
dances Interspersed between the
group entertainments. Following
the coronation program. ‘‘The
Piper.” a four-act play by Jose
phine Preston Peabody, was pre
sented by sophomore and Junior
speech majors as the first outdoor
/'lay In the history of the school.
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BERLIN POLICE, COMMUNIST CONTINUE MAY DAY FEUD
May Day demonstrations which developed into riots In which police and communists alike met death,
continued in Berlin, the communists barricading streets in their section of the city and repelling the po
lice attack. Photos show scenes from former May Dty riots: Top. police charging a crowd of demonstra
tors. and below, a tommunist barricar:?.
Watermelon Shipping
To Begin Around May
25, Willacy County
RAYMONDVILLE. May 11.—Mois
ture conditions have been excellent
and the present outlook to a bumper
watermelon crop is beginning to
loom In this section with only a few
more days left before the crop be
gins to move. Shipping is expected
to begin around May 25.
The Raymondville district is con
sidered one of the earliest water
melon producing sections of the
state. Railroad officials are prepar
ing to handle at least 1000 carloads
of the melons before the season
ends. A careful check of melon
acreage of Willacy county reveals a
total of 5.000 acres which is divided
into four groups: Yturria. 2.500
acres: Raymondville. 700 acres; San
Perlita. 1.000 acres and Lasara-Har
gill. 800 acres.
The 1029 watermelon acreage in
Texas is estimated to be 93 per
cent of last season, all districts with
the exception of Parker and Atas
cosa counties reporting decreased
acreage In 1928 approximately 6.450
cars of watermelons were shipped
-——
from 30.250 acres. In addition to
the carload shipments a part of the
crop is moved by truck.
In all sections except the south
ern. growth wp.s retarded due to cool
nights and wet weather but growing
conditions are more favorable at the
present time. Soil conditions are on
the whele over Texas, very good.
In Bee county the recent high winds
caused small melons to drop off the
vines and delayed the crop from one
week to ten days. Wilson county re
ports indicate that the crop as a
whole is in fine shape and from one
to two weeks earlier than last sea
son. In the Falfurrlas-Sandia dis
trict reports are that the crop is
suffering some damage from insect!
with the crop at present in fair
shape. Frio county Is getting dry
and rain will be needed in the near
future. The Bellville-Cat Spring
area reports that the crop is doing
well. Movement from the Poteet
section where an increase in acreage
is reported, should begin around
June 1 and from the Stockdale dis
trict about the middle of June.
In the Yturria section where at
present stretches a solid block of
more than 2,000 acres planted to
watermelons, only a few years ago
was nothing more than a cattle
ranch loading station, which few
dreamed would ever be anything
else. But It was found that water
melons would thrive in that deep
sandy loam soil, and three years ago
saw the first extensive planting of
watermelons.
Of the 2.000 acres In that section
planted to watermelons, about 1.200
are on the estate of Hftrry Lancia
of San Antonio, under the manage-1
ment of H. E. Briscoe, and 800 acres
are cn Howard Craig's property.
The Yturria district is probably!
the most famed section of Willacy t
countv as a wntermelon producer.
The Tom Watson Is the variety
mostly grown there as well as in
other sections of the county.
Last year a total of 329 cars of
watermelons was shipped from Ray
mond ville. and it has been estimated
that about the same number cars of
melons was hauled out by truck.
Besides Yturria. Sen Perlita. La
sara and the Hargill district each
have large acreages planted in
watermelons, and the crop through
out the county is thriving. Plenti
ful rains have fallen, and with a
good season in the ground, this year J
promises to eclipse anything hereto- ;
fore in the production of water
melons In Willacy county. The vines
now’ have long runners, and small
melons in large numbers have set.
In addition to the above. Faifur
nas. but little farther north, has
2.500. Sandia. another ?>0 miles far
ther north has its usual acreage in
watermelons. Until the Raymond
viMe-Lyford d*al came into promi
nence. Falfurrias was locked upon as
the earliest Texas field, with the
Sandia district almost coincident.
Over and around San Antonio, the
Poteet district, which Includes
Pleasanton. Jourdanton and Char
lotte. and some other points, there
are between 10,000 and J2.000 acres
in watermelons. They start ship
ping melons in the month of June,
with their heaviest movement to
wards the close of the month. Aft- {
er this the deal shifts farther north
into the Bellville and other outlying i
districts. Then comes east and w’est
Texas and into the far reaches of
the Panhandle, with melon produc- :
tion running sometimes well up into
October.
Common Districts
Have Funds Left
At End of Terms
All schools In the common dis
tricts of Cameron county closed
their doors for the summer holidays
Friday.
A number of the schools had a
fair amount of cash left on hand.
This will more than probably be
used for needed equipment, ac
cording to word in the office of
Mrs. W. R. Jones, county superin
tendent. It wras also said that the
Anacuitas district, with a balance
of $4700. would probably have a
lowered tax rate next year.
The districts and funds at the
close of school follow:
Palm Grove. Dist. 3. $317.
Landrum. Dist. 3. none.
Anacuitas, dist. 10. $4700.
Villanueva, dist. 11. $2300.
Briggs-Coleman. Dist 10, $80.
Hardin. Dist. 20. none.
Nogales, c’.ist. 12. $980.
Retail Merchants
Signing Readily to
Attend Convention
—
The drive of the local R. M. A.
men. aided by W. W. Housewright
of San Benito, to obtain registra
tions for the San Benito state con
vention to open Mondav. was 100
per cent successful Friday.
Bam Perl, president. J. W. Ains
worth. John R. Harris and House
wright. obtained registrations from
43 local merchants—every one that
wrs approached.
The efforts begun by this group
were being continued Saturday
morning by telephone. It was be
lieved that almost the entire body
of the R. M A. would leave here
Monday for San Benito. There are
65 members in the local bod}’.
TARIFF VOTE
DUE NAY 23
Houae Gives Up Saturday
Recess To Continue De
bate on Bill
WASHINGTON. May 11.—OP*—
The house gave up its usual Sat
urday recess today to continue gen
eral debate on the tariff bill, with
the large republican majority not
yet in agreement on the procedure
under which the measure is to be
considered in later discussion.
Under a tentative plan which
emerged late yesterday from
the first of a series of republican
conferences looking to such an
agreement, the general debate of
amendments will be in order for
one week. The tentative date for
passage of the bill was set at May
23. but indications are the final vote
will not be reached until several
days later.
An approach toward satisfaction
of the republicans from 10 western
farm states who want some of the
agricultural rate changes was indi
cated after the conference. Repre
sentative Dickinson of Iowa, their
spokesman. Indicated he would be
willing to let their proposals for
amendment reach thg floor through
members of the ways and means
committee in view of sentiment fa
voring certain changes he had found
in that group.
The rule under which house action
on the present Fordney-McCumber
tariff act was expedited while it
was under consideration in 1922.
gave precedence to amendments
proposed by the members of that
committee without regard to regu
lar rules. This and othf special ar
rangements under which tariff leg
islation has been considered In the
nast were called to the attention of
the conference by Chairman Snell
of the rules committee, but no ac
tion was taken to govern procedure
with the new bill.
Representatives of 12 organiza
tions Interested in the proposed ag
ricultural rates, meanwhile, have
joined hands in addressing a state
ment of their objections to members
of the senate and houje the bill as
it stands, they hold, "generally will
not satisfy farmers because it does
not provide adequate duties on ma
jor porducts of the farm.”
DIES AS TOOTH IS PI LLED
CHICAGO. — Miss Ethel Ryan
collapsed and died as her tooth
was being extracted.
KINGSVILLE SCHOOL TO
CROWN QUEEN MAY 15
—
KINGSVILLE, May 11.—At a :
student election held in the audi
torium of South Texas State Teach
ers college this week Miss Beryl
Barber was elected Queen of the
May. She will be crowned next j
Wednesday, May 15, before the east
entrance of the administration
building as a part of the ceremony '
of the May Pet* being conducted
under the direction of Mini Fannie
Woodson, 'physical director for
women.
Mr. Carl Huser. Donna: and Mr.
Bert Hargrove. Woodsbottv will be
attendants. Mias. Bailie Purnell.
Brownsville, will be one of the
duchesses.
CWICAOO.—Burglars accidentally
set lire to a store they had entered
and had to flee without any loot.
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