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_________ THE VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN THE VALLEY—LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS—(IP) L 1 — II
THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 350 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1929 TWELVE PAGES TODAY • 5c A COPY
VALLEY - GROWN grapes are
luscious.
A large sized platter of them sent ‘
The Herald by Mrs. Margaret Me- ;
Allen Fairbanks proves they are.
Maybe a surprise to some Valley
citizens to know that the Valley
grows grapes.
Well, the Valley does—in limited
Quantities at present, but larger
Production is in sight.
I Two thousand vines planted on
the McAllen ranch 35 miles north*
west of Edinburg are bearing heavy
yields in this, their second, year.
Many of these same vines bore
large crops last year and thereby
established a record for early pro
duction.
Mrs. Fairbanks has 200 additional
vme6 which will bear next year.
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The grapes sent to The Herald,
sweet and of fine flavor, were of
the R. W. Ramsey. Delaware and
Muskat varieties. 8everal other
kinds are being grown.
Grapefruit trees planted on the
McAllen ranch—300 of them—also
l are showing remarkable growth and
Foster Pink grapefruit already is
■ beginning to show the pink color
through their skin.
The ranch is becoming quite a
show’ place and visitors from
Brownsville Sunday purchased more
than $10 worth of grapes.
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I GRAPES are being given suc
cessful tests In other localities. W.
A. Harding has a large vineyard
started near Hargtll and J. C. En
gleman reports a wonderful growth
of vines on his place north of Eld
couch.
I In the past there has been a
popular superstition that grapes
I would not grow in the Valley be
cause the soil was not suited to the
needs of the plants.
These vineyards are about to
1 prove that the more northern por
1 tlons of the Valley at least are ideal
| for grape culture.
TODAY is the day when the suc
cess of Brownsville's great Fourth
I of July celebration largely will be
determined.
L Fifty-three men combing the city
I for subscriptions to a fund with
f which to defray the cost of out
I «*a%Jing features contemplated.
7 jfee solicitors are expecting do
xiaJ£>na to mount to a total of $7.
OoO at the end of the day’s work,
and early reports indicate the hopes
will not be vain.
Committees working under Chair
man Faulk have outlined a senes
of events for the day calculated to
draw visitors from a large part of
Texas. And they need the money
I to carry out this program.
A secret attraction is being plan
ned which those **ln the know” say
' will attract attention throughout
the nation. Promise to break the
sensational news In the next day
or two.
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UP AT McALLEN another cele
bration Is being planned and there
will be great rivalry to see which
city will attract the largest crowd.
Boxing matches and bull fights—
to be staged on the further side of
the Rio Grande, of course, already
are included in McAllen's offerings.
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THAT ORAPEFRUrr FAD re
ported among women of the efete
East who would remain thin should
be a great thing for the Valley—If
[it only holds out until the next
crop down here.
a The Associated Press is author
* lty for the statement that women
are eating ‘‘grapefruit and olives,
grapefruit and tomatoes, grapefruit
and eggs, grapefruit and cucum
bers. grapefruit and grapefruit."
The smart thing now is for some
* friend of the Valley to arrange mat
ters so physicians and dieticians of
the metropolis will recommend that
Valley grapefruit be used in these
various and sundry diets.
Poesibly then that $100,000 adver
tising campaign we have been urg
Iing would prove useless.
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THAT TELEGRAM to The Her
ald Monday from Geo. L. Rihl, vice
president of Pan-American Air
ways. appears to just about settle
the future of the municipal airport
here, but there is lacking that
finality to be desired.
1 Missouri Pacific railroad offi- ■
cials have pledged their efforts to |
bring their trains into Brownsville
as early as possible and they as- |
sert approximately an hour can be
cut from the running time between
here and Houston—eventually.
LocMicitizens are hoping that Mr
.RihlfcrflH make a more definite
vstatenRnt when he arrives in a
’ day or two from New York City.
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CHURCH LEAGUE WILL
OFFER LAW SUPPORT
PHILADELPHIA. June 18.—i>5P>—
Appointment of a national loyalty
commission consisting of 17 min
isters and eight ruling elders was
announced today by Dr. Cleland B.
McAfee of Chicago, moderator of
the Presbyterian genera! assembly,
frotn the headquarters of the assem
bly here.
This commission is to assemble in
New York avenue Presbyterian
church, Washington, tomorrow, and
call on President Hoover and tender
to him the support of the Presby
terian church in his stand for law
observance. ,;
AUSTIN MAN KILLS WIFE AND SELF
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U. S. Officers Seize Liquor in Valley Gun Fight
HOOVER ASKS
CITIES’ HELP
IN RUM FIGHT
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Treasury Official Says
International Ring
Conspiring Against
U. S. Laws
WASHINGTON. June 18—c'P)—
President Hoover today called upon
the communities along the Canadian
border to help the treasury to pre
vent the systematic war being waged
by international criminals against
the laws of this country*.
The president said he deeply de
plored the killing of any persons,
but the treasury was making a con
stant effort to prevent- misuse of fire
arms.
BOOTLEGGERS GATHER
WASHINGTON. June 18.—(A*)—
Assistant Secretary Lowman an
nounced today that confidential re
ports from treasury’ agents indicat
ed an unprecedented gathering of
bootleggers and smugglers along the
Canadian border from Vancouver to
the Atlantic seaboard to smuggle
liquor into the United States.
Because of this, he said, the cus
toms border patrol across the entire
country had been straightened.
Lowman also said President Hoo
ver had not asked for any report
concerning the smugglnig or prohi
bition enforcement situation and
1 that he had not conferred with or
made anv report to the executive.
The White House, he said, had
transmitted to him a telegram of
Minnesota citizens protesting
against the killing of Henry Virk
kula by Customs Border Patrolman
White.
Besides this 150 other telgrams
against and approving the treasury
stand, he added, had been received
on this case.
Lowman declared the case would
be allowed to take its usual course
in the courts.
Lowman reiterated that the
treasury had no intention of dis
arming its customs border patrol
men. Yesterday, however, he or
dered that the armament of the pa
trolmen be confined to the service
revolver. Some agents had been
armed with shotguns and rifles
• Customs border patrol men deal
with a desperate class of men.” he
continued, ‘ and all smugglers we
have ever arrested except a few, have
been ehavily armed. To end our
forces out against such criminals
without arms would in fact be send
ing them to certain death or injury.”
DETROIT. June 18.—'/^—Charges
that a United States coast guard
cutter turned a machine gun on two
men and a woman in a speedboat
on the Detroit river were sent to
the Canadian government at Ottawa
today by Chief of Police James Proc
tor of Sendwich. Ontario.
The men in the boat, Carl Ray
mond of Monroe and James O’Con
nor of Newport. Mich., told Chief
Proctor the windshield of their boat
was shattered by the coast guard
fire. They and a Mrs. Johnson es
caped injury’.
Chief Proctor said:
“While I appreciate the very dif
ficult duties the American officers
are trying to perform. I feel a mat
ter of this kind should be brought
before your attention before more
serious trouble ensues."
VEIL REMOVAL j
OF M’KENZIE;
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Violence Feared As Man
Taken to San Antonio
For Sanity Quiz
AUSTIN. June 18.—OP—Gov.
Moody late last night granted John
M. (Petei McKenzie, who was to
have been electrocuted today for
the murder of Chief of Detectives
Sam Street of San Antonio, a stay
of execution until July 2.
The governor granted the re
prieve on advice of Ralloway Cal
hount. -:t assistant attorney gen
eral. after Judge W. W. McCrory
of San Antonio. i'.ad ordered execu
tion stayed until McKenzie could
be examined In his court on sanity
plea.
SAN ANTONIO. June 18.—
Fearing violence, not only because
of feeling on the outside, but be
cause of the hostility of other
prisoners. John M. iPete) McKen
zie. snatched from death in Hunts
ville penitentiary, will be brought
secretly to San Antonio and lodged
in the solitary death cell at the
Bexar county Jail to await a sanity
hearing in district court next Mon
day.
SKIPPER STICKS
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TO DOOMED SHIP;
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HIS CREW SAVED
ASTORIA, Ore., June 18.—<*3—
Determined to salvage half of his
ship if possible, Louis Johnson,
captain of the ill-fated steamer
Laurel, remained aboard the
wreck today playing a game of
••freeze-out” against a pounding
sea after spurning the pleas of
coast guardsmen to come ashore.
Wedged on Peacock Spit at the
mouth of the Columbia river, the
larger portion of the Laurel held
only the gritty captain after 33
members of her crew had been
taken off in groups, the last
yesterday. One of the crew, Rus
sel Smith. 19. of Worcester, Mass.,
was swept from the bridge to his
death shortlv after the ship ran
aground in a storm Sunday.
Coast guardsmen tried to take
Captain Johnson off yesterday
but he refused to go. The would
be rescuers left him warm and
dry with access through a skv
light to the gallery, where he
could obtain food and water.
LEGISLATURE
HITS HOOVERS,
—
House ‘Rebukes’ First Lady
For Reception of
Negress
AUSTIN! June 18—‘/P>—The house
of representatives today adopted
the senate concurrent resolution re
buking Mrs. Herbert Hoover fort re
ceiving a negro congressmans wife
at a White House tea.
The vote was 99 to 10.
Those voting againstlt were: Rep
sentatives Waiter Beck of Fort
Worth: W. R. Bounds. Hubbard; G.
C. Coltrin, Mathis; B. J. Forbes.
Weatherford: Julian Harrison. El
Paso; R. L. Kincaid. Crowell; G. Y.
Lee. Eden: M. E. O'Neill. Frisco; E.
P. Shelton, dipping springs, and
Alex Brice. Sulphur Springs.
Representative Reno Eickenroht
of Seguin. only republican member
of the house, before the vote, ex
pressed his intention of voting for i
the resolution. He said he was born
in the district he served, that his
father before hi mwas born there,
and that both of his grandfathers
served on the side of the confed
eracy In the civil war.
"I mreely want to express the
hope that this resolution passes" he
said.
Repu. George C. Purl. Dallas, and
Representative Forbes made an ef
fort to obtain a diivsion of the res
olution. but were ruled against by
the speaker.
They sought to have stricken from
the resolution last resolving clause. '
which called attention "of the voters '
of the south that such incidents 1
are the natural outgrowth of the ac- 1
tion of many pretended democrats 1
of the south In being led away from i
the faith of their fatners and that
they be warned that a continuance :
of such alliance with the party <
which since Civil war days has been 1
the traditional enemy of the south 1
will likely further shame and muml- *
lation to southern men and wom
en."
The resolution proposed that !
members of the senate and house <
“bow' our heads in shame and regret i
and expreas in the strongest and i
most humiliation at said conduct, if
true, on the part of the mistress
of the White House, and her asso
ciates."
200 HOMESEEKERS IN
VALLEY MORE DUE
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. June 18.—'Two hun
dred homeseekers arrived in the
Valley Tuesday morning and a like
number were scheduled to arrive
Wednesday morning, according to
officials of the Missouri Pacific and
Southern Pacific railroads.
The visitors were gathered from
widely separated sections of the
United States and were brought in
by a number of land companies.
ONE MAN HELD,
AIDE ESCAPES
AT LOSFRESNOS
Border Patrolmen
Bring Back 2 3 2 j.
Quarts of Mes cal
After Encounter
After a running gun battle last
ing approximately five minutes, of
ficers of the U. S. bonier patrol
about 1 a. m Tuesday captured
Francisco VUlareal and 232 quarts
of mescal and a light sedan, the j
largest liquor haul of the year. The j
fight occurred about four miles j
north of Los Fresnos.
Officers engaging in the battle, j
all of whom are members of the |
border patrol service, were Ed R.;
McNabb. R. L. Campbell. A. A.
Champion and W. E. Thompson.
According to first reports, the of
ficers. who were lying in wait, or
dered a light sedan to halt, and at
this juncture, two men leaped from
the car and firing was started.
Villareal fell and was captured.
The car kept moving down the road,
and officers, believing the object
of their search in the car. pursued it
but found that he had escaped.
The sedan driven by the two men
was brought to Brownsville. It car
ried seven bullet holes in the right
front door, and three in the hood
One glancing bullet had cracked
the windshield.
No one was injured in the fight.
Preliminary trial before U. S.
Commissioner E. K. Goodrich was
scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.
Villareal was convicted and sen
tenced to two years on an assault
to murder charge after a gun battle
with Police Lieutenant John Arm
strong of Brownsville come time ago.
Jose Trevino, arraigned before V.
8. Commissioner E. K. Goodrich
Tuesday morning, was bound over
to the action of the federal grand
Jury under bond of $250. which he
made on a charge of possessing and
transporting liquor. ]
Customs Officer James Collins, 1
who made the arrest, testified he
halted Trevino near Santa Maria -
last night and found 24 pints of
mescal and other liquor.
HARLINGEN IN
CLOSE ELECTION
I
Opposition Develops In Vote
On $100,000 For
Schools
HARLINGEN, June 18.—With
about 175 votes cast in the SI00.000
school bond election being held here
today. It was unofficially reported
that the vote was very close between
those favoring and opposing the is
sue.
At 10:30. when little more than
100 votes had been cast, it was un
officially reported that opponents of .
the issue held a considerable lead,
but it was believed this had been
overcome.
If the bonds are voted the money
is to be used along with about
1250.000 now available from a pre
viously voted issue to construct one
of the most modem senior high
schools in the South.
Bids for construction of the build
ing were received sometime ago by I
the board of trustees and it was
found that the money then avail
able was insufficient to pay the cost.
It was decided to call the election
being held today rather than alter
the plans.
LOU GEHRIG HITS
EIGHTEENTH HOMER ]
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NEW YORK. June 18—Lou i
Gehrig hit his eighteenth home '
run in the first inning of the first
Yankee-Red Sox game att he Sta- i
dium this afternoon, retaining the
major league lead- I
Ed Morris was in the box and i
Earl Combs on base.
HOW FLYERS REACHED PARIS WITH STOWAWAY j
Map shows how the Yellow Bird went south somewhat in order to
land in Spain to refuel, due to the extra weight of stowaway. Arthur
Schreiber. Portland. Maine, boy, shown at right. An aero digest dia
gram of ship shows it was possible for stowaway to hide before the
start.
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Yellow Bird Crew Will
Get High French Honor
PARIS. June 18.—i/P)—The crew of the transatlantic monoplane Yel
ow Bird will be received at the chamber of deputies, the senate and the
iotel De Ville tomorrow, the highest honor that a Frenchman can re
vive.
Of all honors, a reception today by M. Laurenteynac. air minister, is
SNOW FALLS IN
CALFIORNIA AS
EAST SWELTERS
NEW YORK. June 18.—<A>
Snow in California and swelter
ing temperatures in the mid
west and east were shown by the
weather map today.
Snow that fell throughsut
Sunday at Truckee and Lake
Tahoe. Cal., covered the ground
to a depth of four inches, while
the temperature hovered around
the 34 degre mark.
The difference between the
two coasts was shown further by
the maximum temperatures of
the two Portlands. Yesterday
the Oregon city reported a high
of 62 degrees while at Portland,
Maine, the day's maximum
was 89.
MOTOR BLAZE
PERILS FAMILY
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Jarely Escape With Lives
As Car Burns At Red Fish
Bay; Lose $160
<Special ot The Herald*
RAYMONDVILLE. June 18— Dr.
ind Mrs. P. M. Jansen lost an au
omobile. $160 in currency, and
rarely escaped with their lives late
Monday when their car caught fire
>n the beach at Red Fish bay 22
niles east of here. The automobile
vas completely burned.
The money was under the back
seat of the car.
Wr. and Mrs. Jansen and two
grandchildren had spent the week
?nd on the beach at Red Pish bay
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, prcoaDiy one mat gives me iners
' the greatest satisfaction. The min- j
ister had refused to recognize the
Yellow Bird's attempt. The ministry
had frowned on all such attempts
with machines not fitted with floats.
It was at the last minute that
the minister decided he could no
longer refuse to give official recog
nition of the magnificent success.
The minister now will recommend
to President Roumergue that Jean
Asaolant and Rene Le Fevre. pilot
and navigator of the plane, be
awarded the decoration of chevalier
of the legion of honor.
The crew of the plane today re
sumed their round of receptions and
visits while Arthur Schreiber of
Portland. Me., their stowaway, went
out to get measured for a full dress
suit. He still is treated more or less
as a member of the crew though
by force of circumstances his share
in the festivities is detached.
The airmen themselves continue
to treat him with great kindness. |
but other people are less Inclined ]
to consider that his proper place
is alongside them when receiving
honors they won at the risk of
death.
11-Year-Old Shot
While At Play By
Guard In Chicago
CHICAGO. June 18.—UP*—An 11
year-old boy.-playing w}th a group
of children about a school building
under construction, was shot and
seriously wounded late yesterday
when the children refused to obey a
watchman's commands to leave the
building.
The watchman. George Meservey.
was arrested and charged with the
shooting. Police were told he had
fired one shot into the group.
After the boy. Gus Kezios, had
fallen with a bullet in his neck,
the watchman went to a small shed
on the grounds. When police ar
rived. a crowd of 200 persons was
moving toward the shed where Me
servey had barricaded himself.
COUPLE FOUND
BY NEIGHBORS
i SMALL TENT
Questioning Shows
Man Had Been In III
Health And Out of
Work
AUSTIN. June 18.—John
Sanders. $2. was found dead from *
gunshot wounds, and his wife, about,
45. in a dying condition, today when
neighbors.. aroused by the sound of
shots, entered the tent in which the
couple lived near here.
Sanders had been shot through
the neck by a single barrel shotgun
found nearby, and the woman had
been struck in the stomach by a
charge from the same weapon She
died at a hospital without making a
statement.
Officers who questioned neighbors
said Sanders, who formerly engaged
in farming but had not worked re
cently. was in ill health.
Coroner Bryan Blalock said he
would return a verdict of death
I from gunshot wounds fired by
Sanders.
HINT DOPE PLOT
IN C0-E9 DEATH
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Reports Circulated That
Murdered Girl Had Been
In Traffic
COLUMBUS. Ohio. June 18.—W)
—Federal authorities were drawn
Into the The or a Hix slaying today.
Assistant United States District At
torney Bartels announced he would
start an Investigation to determine
if traffic In narcotics formed a
background for the slaying. His
announcement came after reports
were circulated that Miss Hix had
been engaged in drug traffic with
Dr. James H. Snook, former uni
versity professor, held for Investiga
tion. Detective Chief W. G. Shcl
lenbarger denied today drugs play
ed any part In the slaying.
QUESTIONED AT MIDNIGHT
COLUMBUS. O.. June 18.—
Intent upon their hunt for evidence
in the hammer slaying of Theora
Hix. 23-year-old co-ed. authorities
today predicted sensational devel
opments in their investigation as
they centered their Inquiry about
Marion T. Meyers, taken from a
cell at midnight and questioned be
fore the girl's mutilated body early
today.
Meyers, a former suitor and a
friend of Dr. James H. Snook, also
held for Investigation in the slay
ing. made the trip to the morguo
complaining of lack of rest, but ho
touched the body and answered
questions without wavering in his
denial that he knows how the girl
came to her death.
Both Meyers, a research worker
in the horticulture department of
Ohio State University, and Snook,
until yesterday a professor in thq
university school of veterinary, have
been held since a few hours after
the girl’s body was found on a rifle
range Friday. She had been beaten
and cut to death Thursday night
and thrown from an automobile.
8nook has admitted posing as her
husband and maintaining a room
for their meeting place.
COMB CHANNEL
FOR 3 WOMEN
Bodies of Airliner Crash
Victims Sought By
Boats and Tugs
FOLKESTONE. Eng . June 18 —
A*)—Boats and tugs searched a wide
urea of the English channel today
for the bodies of three women miss
Jig in the crash of the giant atr
iner City of Ottawa off Dungeness
yesterday with the loss of seven lives
including at least one American.
Adolph E. Meister, 73, vice presi
dent of the Garfield Manufacturing
company of New Jersey, was the
known American victim while a
Miss Roberts of London” whose body
is still missing was believed to be
of American parentage.
Of the six persons rescued in
cluding two women. W. H. Tatham.
an American, rested well during the
night and was so far recovered he
probably will proceed to London to
night. Tatham has refused to give
his American address, fearing to
alarm his relatives, but it is believed
that he was formerly a resident of
Minneapolis and his parents reside
in Sacramento. Cal.
After a consultation between po
lice officers and the coronr. it was
decided to hold one inquest on all
the victims at Lydd Townhall. The
four bodies recovered have now
been taken to Lydd. near Dungen
ess. and the inquest likely will be
held tomorrow.
The bodies recovered are those of
Mr. Meister. Leon T Malcolm, vice
president of the Malcolm and
and Southern Furniture company
of Hamilton. Ont.. Alfred Smith of
Melbourne, Australia, and a Mrs
Ickerson.
The sea was calm today and fac
ilitated search for the bodies of the
three missing passengers, boats cov
ering a wide area between Dunge
ness and Folkestone where it was
thought perheps the bodies maght
be floating. Those still missing were
a Mme. Bosiger of London. Miss
Roberts of London and Mrs. Ko
racki believed to be the stage name
of Mrs. Gerzon of Amsterdam.
U. S. WILL NOT SIGN
REPARATIONS PLAN
WASHINGTON. June 18.—f/P)
—President Hoover announced
today that the I’nited States
would not sign the Young repara
tions plan recently agreed upon
by the experts conference at
Paria.
THE WEATHER j
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy or cloudy tonight
and Wednesday. Light to moder
ate southerly winds on the west
coast.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to
night and Wednesday: cooler in
extreme northwest portion tonight.
Light to fresh southerly winds on
the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change
in the river during the next few
days.
rood Pt('sent 24-Hr. 24-Hr.
Staee Stare Chnr. Rain
Eagle Pas: .. 18 2 2 0 0 .00
Laredo . 27 -0.5 0 0 .00
Rio Grande . 21 4 8 0.0 .00
Mission . 22 4 4 40.2 .00
San Benito .23 8.5 - 0 5 .00
Brownsville . 18 4 0 -0.5 .00
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabe.
tomorrow, under normal meteor
I ological conditions:
High . 4:12 a. m.
Low. 8:03 p. m.
MISCELL A N’EOC S DATA
Sunset today .. 7:24
Sunrise tomorrow . 5:38
General Picking of Cotton Crop Started Over Valley
With “first bales'* appearing al
most daily in various Valley
towns and one farmer preparing
to take the second bale of the
season from his farm to the gin.
the cotton crop is expected to be
moving at a lively pace with is a
few days, ginners say.
A “first bale*’ was ginned in
Edinburg Monday afternoon, and
Ismael Montalvo of San Benito,
who Saturday got the first bale
there, was preparing to take his
second bale of the season to the
gin there late today or early
Wednesday. He expects to Dick
a third bale before the end of
the week.
The bale ginned at Edinburg
was picked on the farm of C. F.
Amason. two and a half miles
east of Hargill. It was ginned at
the Planters Gin in Edinburg
and was purchased by P. D. Ha
ley. manager of the yin. for 23
cents per pound and with gin
ning free. This amounted to a
premium of $35.36 and plans were
being made to collect a fund for
the grower in Edinburg today.
Montalvo’s first bale, ginned by
the Valley Gin Co., about 4 p. m.
Saturday was bought for 20
cents per pound and the gin gave
him a premium of $25. The cot
ton graded strict middling and
the bale weighed 510 pounds.
The cotton was picked from 15
acres of a 160-acre field.
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Reports from Raymondville in- representing a syndicate of Cot
dicated that Clyde Stockwell to- ton Exchange firms, and the auc
£ STMTS M: ,lon"™“r " “?£•
twen here and La Sara. This president of the Exchange, aided
bale is expected to be ginned * by Miss Fern Helscher, represent
Wednesday. ing the Corpus Chrlsti Chamber
- of Commerce. Lieut. Gov. Her
BALE BRINGS 11211 bert H. Lehman of New York,
NEW YORK. June 18—The and E. C. Bows, pilot of the plane
first bale of cotton of the 192® which brought the bale here in
crop, brought here by airplaoe 19 1-2 hours, witnessed the sale,
from Texas, was auctioned off on President Miller said the ship
the floor of the New York Cotton ment«marked an era in the trans
Exchange. portation of the South s greatest
It brought $1211, half of which crop.
goes to the United Hospital fund -
here and half to the Salvation The bale was grown on the
Army at Corpus Christl, Tex. The farm of 8. L. Henson near Ed
purchaser was William S. Dowell, couch and was ginned there.
representing a syndicate of Cot
ton Exchange firms, and the auc
tioner was Gardiner H. Miller,
president of the Exchange, aided
by Miss Fern Helscher. represent
ing the Corpus Christi Chamber
of Commerce. Lieut. Gov. Her
bert H. Lehman of New York,
and E. C. Bows, pilot of the plane
which brought the bale here in
19 1-2 hours, witnessed the sale.
President Miller said the ship
ment «marked an era in the trans
portation of the South's greatest
crop.
The bale was grown on the
farm of S. L. Henson near Ed
couch and was ginned there.