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Know Your
VALLEY
INVEST, BUILD AND GROW
_WITH THE VALLEY
-—' , - -- BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN YOU CAN DEPEND ON FOR COOPERATION -- ' ... -^=
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5001 Way* to Use Tile
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Wm. Cameron & Company, Inc.
Phone 490 , Harlingen
I
Jones Transfer & Storage Co., Inc.
Distributing, Storing, Moving, Crating and Shipping
Dally Motor Freight Service Between All Valley Points
Harlingen Brownsville Edinburg
DL Clean Pure Ice
rnOne Brownsville Ice Company
St. Charles and Belt Line R. R.
Plants at McAllen and Harlingen
Coffee Roasted Fresh Daily
DELTA COFFEE CO.
WHOLESALE ONLY
Phone 234 Harlingen
Brownsville Sheet Metal Works
Metal Work and Roofing All Kinds
Iron and Tin Work. Tanks. Cisterns, Roofing
ALL WORK FI LLY GUARANTEED
Phone 289 Brownsville
Guarantee Electric Co., Inc.
Phone 1050 — Brownsville
Electrical Layouts, Fixtures and Wiring
M. Garcia Gomez & Champion
Wholesale Groceries
Tel. 83 Brownsville 11th and Madison
D> For jns^a11^ <-*lean*n? an<^
M4 pressing service. Have
1 IILrllv' /O your clothes “Gloverized”
BROWNSVILLE TAILORING CO.
Phone 93 __1230 Elizabeth
PHOTOGRAPHS
Live Forever
THE SHELDON STUDIO
Portrait. Commercial and Kodak Finishing
Phone 805 Brownsville
PRIVATE DINING ROOM
101 Seats In the Flace
VALLEY WAFFLE SHOPPE
“BEST PLACE TO EAT”
Peter Govatos. Prop. — San Benito <
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 Supplies
Phone 797 Long Distance No. 1
Brownsville. Texas
DENNETT MOTOR SALES CO.
Fhone J*55 1022-1028 Levee Street Brownsville
GUARANTEED REPAIR WORK
DAY and NIGHT STOR AGE
Accessaries. Tires and Tubes. Gasoline. Oils
1 Valley Box and Crate Factory
Crate* — Backets — Hampers
San Benito Donna
ORNAMENTAL IRON WORK
General Machine Work
• Quick Service”
International Iron Works
Phone 1317 Brownsville Clyde A. Thorp*. Mgr.
Southern Mutual Life Association
iA Local Mutual Aid«
Ground Floor Fanners State Bank Building
San Benito. Texas
‘Service’ Guarantee Electric Motto
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FARMERS USE
NEW SYSTEM
Marketing Association Em
ployes Wolfe As Gen
eral Sales Agent
DALLAS. June 10. <a*i—The Farm
ers Marketing association has adopt
i ed a new plan for handling cotton.
W B. Yeary. president, has an
nounced. The program was agreed
upon at a meeting of directors of
the organisation here June 3 and 4.
The directors contracted with M.
H. Wolfe, cotton factor, to act. as
general sales agent for all of the
associations cotton and a director
of organization work was employed.
Under the new plan the organiza
tion. which has a state charter, will
contract with individual farmers for
the sale of thrir cotton, each snr'i
farmer automatically becoming a
memljer of the organization.
The contract which the farmer is
to sign reeds, in part:
• All parties who accept this pro
posal of the association hereby
agree to deliver all or a part of
their cotton to the association for
sale which cotton will be ware
housed at interior towns where own
ers reside, or shipped to the associ
ation at Dallas. Houston. Galveston
or other points designated by the
association. This may be done bv
local erganizationr or by individuals.
“The owners of cotton accepting
tlm proposal to agree to furnish
the assoc'ation promptly with sam
ples. which cotton will b~ sold or
held in accordance with and under
the instructions of the owners.
••Owners cf such cotton who wish
to borrow money against their cot
ton will agree to communicate with
the association and arrange fin
j ante ueon such terms as the assoc i
( at'on may set forth (••cm time to
i time.
‘•Owners of cotton accepting thir
pronosal agree to leave on deposit
with the association the sum of 12
ner ba'e nip of the proceeds of -acb
■ ba'e sold by the associet on. with
j the under?,atudine that the actual
rest of handing and selling will bp
peid rut of that $2. and the balance
I placed to the credit of the owners
of the cotton on the hooks of the
association, to b«* used, at »li** dis
cretion of the director.'., for the
purpose of creating n permanent
financing and mark-tine system for
the handling of cotton."
Slump Cuts Value
Of Seata on N. Y.
Stock Exchange
NEW YORK. June 10 —.awrhat
excellent financial barrni"ter. the
I price of feats on th* New York
j stock exchange, reflected th" recent
| drop tn the volume of trading bv
j decreasing In value Jtino.oon
The last membership to he tram
: ferred brought $525,000. oipnarrd
' with the peak price of *62 VOOO ob
tained last February. In the early
; part of the year, when the average
daily volume war, approximately 5.
i 000.00 share*, the exchange mem
bership was increased bv 150
The present volume of trading is
around 2.500.000 shares daily. This
decrease, together with the in
crease in the number rf member
! ships, has made the business of
floor trading less profitable
The nrices naid for memberships
since 1869. when one could he ob
tained for $3,000. are an accurate
picture of the uos and downs of
American prosperity.
The era of big prices began in
1919 when seat* first sold at six
figures. In 1921. 1922 and 1973 th*
* highest recorded prices wrr* $inn.
000 Beginning with 192?. the fig
ures leaned uoward at an average
o' lioo.noo yearly.
CUTS EOINDRY rngTF
CLEVELAND. June 10.—l/Ft—A
statement fflpm th** Midland hank
cn the foundry industry says that
a new process is being perfected
which cuts the time reoutred for
• h»ating maMeahle castings from 103
down to 33 hours The effect of
this will be to reduce costs of pro
duction. says the statement.
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Ventilators ^nd Skylight* a Specialty
General Sheet Metal Contractor*
Turner Sheet Met»! Worhs
Phone [phone]th St
Brownsville
Special Notice to the Public
New Ner*’-0-Meter and
El Vlbra System l sed
M. K. COOK. n. r.
Chiropractor
COOK and WILLIAMS
1715 Grant St - Tel. 1228-J
Valley Storage & Transfer Company
Moving, Storage, Crating, Distribution
Warehouse Equipped With Automatic Sprinkler 8ystem
Telephone 117 Mercedes, Texas
RADIATORS 11 I > p* j;
Repaired TlOim 8 otUQlO
General Welding _ . . , _
O. P. HACKER Portrait and Commci •
Phone 239 cial Photography
Cor. 13th & Washington Phene 337 - Brownsville
Brownsville
New Border Printing
Service is Started
By Holm Studio Here
Holms Studio. 1123 Elisabeth
street, one of the oldest and best
known photographeic firms in the
Valley recently has installed a bor
der printing machine for use on all
i kodak films.
"This new service materially en
| chances the appearance of snap
I shots." A. Holm, owner and pro
prietor of the studio, states. “This
I addition was in line with our policy
of turning out the best work pos
sible"
The photographic shop -lias l*»en
in continuous operation here since
190B Its quarters were recently
renovated and new equipment tn
| stalled. We have added to our shop
to eu*»h an extent, that we feel that
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our studio is now on a par with the
best in South Texas." Holms says. I
All types of iJortratt work is done
by the concern ano in addition, ,
a commercial service is maintained.
Eight-hour printing service is done ,
on kodak films. A slot for these
films can be found outside of the j
shop by those arriving before or
after work hours.
A staff of five, including a re
toucher. finisher and framuig ex-!
pert, is employed by the studio.
“With our recent improvement*
and present staff, v*e are now able
to quality work in quantities. Holms
states
Samples of the portrait work done
by the studio are on display in the
show windows of the shop.
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AIRWAYS GROW
IN THE SOUTH
Liner. Now Operating Will
Be Extended Fn Near
Future
ATLANTA, Jun* 10, «T—Th
south has become ptr minded, 'Hie
hum of commercial airplane,, over
mail or passenger lines is a routine
occurs nee and airports are consid
ered ii prerequisite of every com
munity that aspires to the title of
•:*city."
Airport construction v;a > given
impetus nearly a year ago when tlie
first a.nnail lines from New Yo~k
to Atlanta and from Atlanta to
New Orletir. were inaugurated mid
i todav tour line make Candler field.
1 le~al rirport. their terminal.
From Miami. Fla., the Pun-Amer
ican Airways. Inc., has linked 21
countries oi South and Central
t America closer to the United St at *-•;
Tli'’ first air mal routes tt» the
South from New York to New Oi
leans hr.\r from the Mart enjoyed
poo l patronage Busin? * firms
turned to them os a medium of
speeding up deals in the m:<kir.g
and others have found the air mail
useful i*i iu>—ding persona! corre
spondence.
No* long ago airmail lines from
Chicago to At lani'i hi id from Al
lants to Miami wore inaugurated
rod like the two first lines in tb"
! south, they found an eager public
I awaiting them.
I The Miami route connects v.ith
the Pan-American service, wit lr the
: New Orleans roll " connects with a
’ route having IL* terminus in Hour
! ton. Tex., another leg on the plan
tied New York to Mexico City route.
With the rapid growth of the air
I tines has come increased demand
' for modern municipal airports, and
fhere is scarcely a city in the south
with 10.000 or more population that
doc:, not have an airport and many
are making large expenditures to
modernise their fields.
Growth of airline* has stimulated
interest in New Orleans where for
several years sea plan** have met
incoming mall steamers at Po-t
Fads the mouth of the Mtmtsaipnl
i river, and brought first class mail
in 24 hours in advance of steamers.
: New Orleans with three airports
! now plans one of the mor-t modern
fields in the south, situated on Lake
Pont chart rain, with facilities for
both land and seaplanes
More than $500,000 for the tm
! provement of Candler Held here has
been planned.
ROEINC. IN CANADA
SEATTLE. June 10 The Bov
ine Airplane company plans to
start production the latter part of
July in a new plant at Vancouver.
B C.. to supnly the growing Can
1 adian demand for airplane*
HOMESTEADERS At ilVF
MONTREAL. June 10.—(AL -The
colonization department of the
I Canadian National railways reports
! that 400.000 acres nf government
land in northern Alberta have been
I taken up by homesteaders in the
first quarter of 1P20 This is an
, tnc reasr of almost 100.000 acre!
over the same period last year
MEXICO BUILDS
IRRIGATION DAM!
Don Martin Project Soon to
Take Rio Snlacto Water;
R;o Grande Tributary
LAREDO. June 10.—Water* of the '
Rio Salado. a tributary of the Rio
Grande, will be turned Into the
great reservoir of the Don Martin
irrigation project by the end of this
year, according to Enrique Silva, an
engineer of the J. G White En
gineering Construction company. J
constructor of the works. Silva
ioa^e this statement while a visitor
here.
•When rprins comes, the great
S6JHJ0.0P0 project ml! provide irri
gation for l"0.of)0 acres of land and
make a veritable garden of Edan of
thal section of Mexico,” !hc en
gineer said.
It was explained th: t while the
present system will reach only no -
POO acre by extending canals ai it
laterals, it will be po*s-bie to Irrl
: gate 509.000 a "re- Fruit and vege
i fable:- will be the principal product*
of the land
i This pro *rt. .farted by Flutarco I
| Tiltaa Caller, during his retgn a-,
president. i’ pronounced one of the1
greatest. eng neerlng f-ats on the
American rontineii*
Preliminary survey*, of the pro
iecl were made three year* ago. by j
authority of an art of the Mexican 1
; congress, passed on recommend a - )
tion of President Caller.
One year later the contract va:
1 let and work ha:, been underway
since shortly after that time
Many acre? of land on all side:
of the great irrigat on ptanf are;
owned by the Mexican government
and will b? :-cld to farmers.
HIGHEST ROAD BRIDGE
DEDICATED IN JUNE
PHOENIX. Arlx, June IP. </T*
Dedication of the Grand Canyon
bridge. 467 feet above th? water
\ ne?r lees ferry, where for 5P year*
a ferry i>ost was the only means.
of crossing the stream along a
■ course of 600 miles, has been set
for June 14-15.
The new structure. «.aid to be the
highest tn the world, is an import
ant link tn U 8. highway 89. tra
versing the Rocky mountain states
from Canada to Mexico. It opens
up a north-south route between
Utah and Ariaona and gives access
to some of the most scenic regions
of both states.
Gov. John C Phillips of Arizona
has visited the governors of Cali
forrr' \ Colorado. Nevada. New Mex
ico Mild Utah to attend and pre
parations are being made to care
for several thousand visitors
SAUSAGE CASINGS PROP
WASHINGTON. June 10.—on-- I
New Zealand's exoorters of sausasre
casings have felt ihe first effects
of the development of an artificial
covering for sausage in the United
States. The volume of exports In
creased by 250.000 pounds but price*
• were somewhat lower.
CONTRACTING I
IS SPECIALTY
Repair Work Done and Ap
pliances Sold By Lo
cal Concern
A staff of four electricians is used
by the Guarantee Electric company,
437 Tenth street, in maintaining
their moito of Service.” This
group is heeded by G A Pepple,
who has had much experience in
electrical contracting and general
repair work. Pepple got his early
experience as a radio operator and
maintenance man From this be- ;
ginning he branched out into other)
electrical lines.
Another former radio operator.
Don Bartels, also is employed by
the same concern.
All electricians of the Guarantee |
Electric are union men.
The hulk of the company's work
consists of wiring contracts. Bids
are made on all jobs in the city
offered in open competition. These 1
bids are figured by Pepple Two j
contracts recently completed by the I
company are the McCmry storp In !
Galveston and the Valley Properties j
hi Harlingen While the Guarantee !
Electric does not sees outside work. I
U obtains numerous job; of this
kind. A specialty is made of j
Brownsville and otlvr Valley cities
In addition to contracting, a roe- j
u'ar slock of electrical goods is re
tailed by the company. Only na-j
♦ onally-known products, such »•>
Madza lamtr are sold From their
line of electrical appointments. {
numerous harmonious lay-outs can!
be obtained
Repair work also Is done under i
the supervision of Pepple. • Wr re
pair almost anything electrical.”
Pepple declares. T may be working
on a flash light one minute and a
20 horse nower motor the next.”
A specialty is made of household
articles such as . ;*ercu'ators. fans,
rowing machines, vacuum chanfC'
ct** Heating elements arc rcdac-H.
I d tie radio and automobile wer?:
are do;v by the shop
Tlv Guarantee Electric is an in
corporation owivd and operated b
legal business interest.
VETERAN BALLOONIST
NOT KEEN FOr* PLANES
ST LOUIS. June !0 i.p. Uapf. H ^
K. Honeywell. dean of Amer.cen bel •
Ironist***, who has ho*»i flying in ha I - ’
lr-vr. for more than « <pt*rt*r of >
a cmtruv. has taken hr. first ridel
in an c*irTrlaiit**. I
‘I was thrilled.” Cs*tf. Honey* *11
•aid. 'It was fin* to ; pp**d along
under the big wing h:if t rHit he
ll— p f !»«• balloon—the dir gib'e ; 1 i
lb* practical and economi' ol form i
of air transportation ’*
Cant. Honeywell Who liar, made
about fiOO balloon flight? vas lakeu
aloft in a huge tri-motored plane •
• They fell me It coats MSS an hour j
to operate it” the veteran balloon- |
iat commented Non a dirteibl* <
rculd carry a great deal more mid 1
wouldn't ro-t so much lo operate ”
He cxi'ccts to sc* • rans-Pacific j
dirigibi* .*crvlce In o;>*rit'oji b«~
forc many year*. The Pacific h*
said would be the logical body of J
water over which to inaugural* i
such service because there ere few
er storms than over the Atlantc. j
LEAGUE AGREEMENT
AIDS FOREIGN TRADE
GENEVA. June in -.vr»-A con
vention for the execution of for
eign arbitral awards in commer
cial contracts, says a league of na
tions announcement will co Into i
fo*ce in July.
This 1*. the remit of th* ralift- !
ration of thp conven*ton by New-;
Zealand and Denmark.
Americans took part in the fram- j
lug of this document, which is or
special int*rest lo burine-s men en
gaged in foreign trade. By It? terms j
the judgments of arbltrr.l tribunals
in one count ry will be respected in i
another.
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CHRISTOPHER A MAJOR
WASHINGTON. June Id. ar>
Luke Christopher, chairman of th*'
contest committer of the National
Aeronautic association, former army
flier and former test pilot for the
national advisory rommittee for
aeronautics, has been commissioned
a major in the air corps reserve, j
Serving the Valley
Phone 832 P. O Box 485
BRISCOE MOTOR PARTS, INC.
.'36 W. Harrison WHOLESALE Harlingen. Texts
Replacement Parts For All Cara
L. A. RAGAN
TRANSFER AND STORAGE
Bonded Warehouse
Crating — Shipping — House Moving
• All Kinds of Heavy Hauling
Dll ce Phone 178 Weslaco Res. Phoue 160 Biack
When You Viait Brownaville
Don t Forget to Eat at
BLACKSTONE CAFE
Across from the Travelers Hotel
Gasoline and Motor Oila
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Velvorene Motor Oil Co.
Phone S63 Brownsville 2nd A* 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 i
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Manufacturers nl All Kindi.
Chicken, Stock and Dairy i'ee^t
SAN BENITO FEED CO. 1
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Cl Jardin Garage — Brownwille
FIREPROOF STORAGE
Wrrhlng — Greasing - Auto Service by Skilled
Attendants
Bat tr fact inn guarani reel with all transaction!
m.*' ■«. J" awry
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Floyd E. Bullard I
She*! Itfeial Wnr»n
"No Job To Small—
None Too Large"
Thnnr .12.** — Edinburg
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Monuments
Our work permanently e*- *J
pre*« v our devotion. J
1 BrownsvMr Marble <fc Granite
IVVorkJ 1
941 L?ve« Street
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Mercedes Concrete i
Pipe Co. |
PLANTS AT MERCEDES AND McALLEN
General Offices — Mercedes
Makers of Quality Concrete Pipe foi
Irrigation and Drainage
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81LVERB BOX CORPORATION
Capital Stock IMJ0.000 00 (Mower* and Shipper* supplies HarllnitK le
Main Office: Dallas. Texas N:rIU Phone ITJ-W Day Pboa* «1s P ' I
Bo* 1323 Valley-wide distribution of Orovei and Hhlppet* 8upr ?
Quality, eerrlee and fair dealing* our motto Your inquiries tor ».*
load or truck load orders noimt'-d
We Specialize in Staple Wholeaele Groosrrea
E. DE LA GARZA
Phone 984 Brownsville fy34 I ronfan St
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American Maid Bread
ALWAYS FRLSH
Ask Your Grocer
Made bv
GATEWAY BAKERY
Brownsville
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Canners “S. S." Brand i
Vegetables and Grapefruit
SCHMIDT CANNING CO.
San Benito
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AVERY FARM IMPLEMENTS
Special!v adapted to Southern Farming
Wholesale and Retail
Investigate Our Liberal Credit Terms
PHILLIPS HARDWARE
San Benito