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FAIR PRIZES
TOTAL $5000
Exhibitors* Awards Are In
creased For Valley Mid
* Winter Show
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, July 27. — Five
thousand dollars will be distributed
among exhibitors at the Valley
Mid-Wiflter fair, November 26 to
December 1, inclusive, it is reveal
ed in the catalogue, including a
premium list, which is just off the
press.
Five thousand copies of the cata
logue were printed.
^ftslaff of mailers was busy here
the past few days preparing to send
the catalogue to exhibitors in all
parts of the Valley, and to persons
outside the Valley who will be in
terested in the Valley institution.
The catalogue is a 96-page book
let. containing instructions for ex
hibitors, premium lists, classifica
tions, officers and other detailed
information about the fair.
John T. Floore. manager of the
fair, called attention to the large
increases in several departments,
particularly in the community ex
hibits, where a total of $1500 will
be distrbuted among the prize win
ners.
The winning community exhibit
will receive a prize of $150, and
four others will receive prizes rang
ing on down to $50. while every
non-prize winning exhibit will re
ceive $20.
Then prizes of $25 and $20 will be
plays in the community exhibits.
Floore urged that Valley people
begin now paying considerable at
tention to their exhibits, and espe
cially suggested that they secure
stalks of cotton, heads of grain,
corn, etc., for the field crop ex
hibits, which have been below' the
Valley's best in the past.
Interest Grows As
Contest Nears End
tSoecial to The Herald)
bAN BENITO. July 27 -With only
three more days left in which to
submit slogans in the Valley slo
gan contest, a flood of suggestions
is coming in which surpasses the
steady inflow during the previous
two months of the contest, J. E.
Bell, chairman f the committee,
said today.
Bell said he is getting from 25 '.3
150 slogans every day, and that he
expects an even larger number dur
ing the last three days of the con
gest.
The contest closes August 1, and
the committee of chamber of com
merce secretaries and bankers of
t the Valley will meet soon after that
, time to undertake the task of pi'h
, lng out a winning slogan from the
thousands that have been sent in.
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WEST POINTER
ON FURLOUGH
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Daniel J. Callahan, Jr.,i
Spending Few Weeks
With Parents
Two days after reaching the min
imum age limit at which appointees
may enter West Point, Daniel J.
Callahan, Jr., knocked at the doors
of the government’s school for
young generals and was granted
admission cn the appointment of
the Hon. William A. Ayers, and on
the personal recommendation cf
William A. McAdoo.
Mr. Callahan is the son of
Daniel J. Callahan. Sr., vice-pres
ident of the Rio Grande Valley
Trust Company, of this city, and
formerly president of the First Fed
eral Farm Loan Bank of Wic.uta,
Kans.
Entering West Point when but
two days over the age of sixteen,
the minimum for students at the
government school. Mr. Callahan
went out for sports but during the
first year had the misfortune to
break a leg. which eliminated him
from places on the first year’s
teams. However, his interest In
sport was rewarded by election as
assistant manager of the swimming
team which means that he will be
manager of the school’s swimming
team during his final year at the
Point.
The young West Pointer is enjoy
ing a furlough visiting his parents
who reside in Las Ebanos. He will
return to school in August.
Set Date of Rate
Hearing For Valley
SAN BENITO. July 27.—Dates for
the hearings before the interstate
commerce commission on the ques
tion of removing th< differential in
South Texas and West Texas have
been set, according to a li ter re
ceived here from U. S. Pawkett.
The letter came to J. E. Bell,
Valley committeeman of the state
differential committee.
The first hearing will be in El
Paso, opening on September 30. and
the second will be in San Antonio,
starting October 7. The latter 1 :~r
ing will be to discuss rates i t the
Valley and other parts of South
Texas.
State Controlling
Building Companies
AUSTIN. July 27.—Over $125,
000.000 cf business, the building and
lean companies of the state, went
under control of the state banking
commissioner this week. Solvency
will be a requirement to be met in
the new lav/, according to persons
in business who welcomed the regu
latory lawr. The new law’ trans
ferred supervision over the institu
tions from the department of in
surance to the banking department,
giving them the same supervision as
state banks.
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drainage as an expensive undertaking.
Properly drained lands soon pay divi
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you will be able to improve your farm at
a very nominal cost.
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SAN PERUTA’S
GROWTH RAPID
Young Valley City In Rich
Area Shows Much
Promise
(Special to The Herald.)
SAN PERLITA, July 27.—This lit
tle city, in the midst of one of the
fastest growing and most promis
ing agricultural areas of the Valley,
is planning to throw open its gates,
and invite business people of all
parts of the Valley to come to San
Perlita, and nee what is going on.
The development which visitors
will see will be little short of as
tounding.
Considering that the developers
of the tract two and a half years
ago- bought the land in the brush,
it is remarkable to see practically
the entire section cleared, with
homes on the land, cotton produc
ing from three-quarters to a bale to
the acre, and signs of development
and prosperity everywhere on the
tract.
Even greater development is in
store for the section.
Canning Plant Begun
Construction work recently was
started on a $50,000 canning plant
for the Austin Brokerage company
of St. Louis. This concern has can
ning plants all over the South, and
has been shipping around 500 car
loads of canned products every year
into South Texas. The president,
C. A. Austin, decided to put in a
plant in the Valley to supply this
need. Stockholders in the concern
are C. A. Austin, W. O. Hecht, How
ard D. Campbell, Mrs. Jennie
Campbell. H. H. Brown. Bess Davey,
Hugh McKenzie, and Judge D. G.
Hart of Oklahoma, owners of large
tracts in this section.
The owners of the canning fac
tory will plant considerable acre
ages of spinach, beans, tomatoes
and other produce, and will con
tract with farmers for t.re remain
der, to guarantee operation of the
plant during about nine months of
the year. It has a capacity of 32.000
cans, or three carloads a day.
E. W. Whitney of Oklahoma City
recently purchased 500 acres of land
in the section, and is to erect a
$50,000 residence, in addition tc
several rent houses.
The city of San Perlita is located
in the heart of a tract of 50,000
acres of good land, although only
about 12.000 has been developed.
The land was bought by the John
son & Hecht company, composed of
Charles R. Johnson and W. G.
Hecht, and is being sold out rapid
ly, only about 2000 acres remaining.
There are 125 American families in
the tract and 25 Mexican families
as renters, and this fall 40 more
American farqilies will come in.
The Missouri Pacific has a track
to the city, and has built a station,
a postoffice having been approved
recently, with considerable other
developments.
The town now ’-as a cotton gin,
lumber yard, :estaurant, grocery
stores, etc.
A large garage building for J. W.
Shriley is being started. This build
ing is to cost about $10,000.
A Methodist church building is
nearing completion nowr, and other
homes are to be built, including
several for the Joh ison Hecht com- i
pany, one for Mr. and Mrs. Harry :
Foster of Marion, 111., costing $6000,
and others.
Johnson Develops Townsite
The townsite proper is being de
veloped by Mr. Johnson.
It has many novel and interest
ing features, including a big cir
cular drive which '•uts acror^ blocks
and streets, and practically circles
the townsite. There are parks and
playgrounds provide '., and consider
able development has been done in
various parts of it, with more homes
going up at all times.
The city Is on a 20-mile paved
highway loop, connecting it with ,
Raymondville.
San Perlita this year has one of j
the best cotton crops of almost anv >
other Valley section. Praoticaily all j
the cotton is producing over a half I
bale to the acre, and some -f it is
producing more than a bale to the
acre.
A large onion harvest was ship
ped. and considerable watermelons
earlier in the year, while corn, cab
bage. carrots, tomatoes, beans, spin
ach. cucumbers, and other produce
is grown in the section.
The soil is a rich loam, with a
clay sub-soil, and with careful cul
tivation. very little rain is neces
sary. It is not irrigated, and the
developers and ow-ners express pref
erence for the coil as it is, due to a
large degree to the sub-roil.
[Activities!
Troop number four had their j
regular meeting Friday evening at I
the Baptist church. The meeting
was opened with the Scout oath and
laws.
The Scouts present were Gcrsid
Wiggington. Edwin Clark, Bob
Dixon. Donald Abbott, Gordon Me- j
Innis. Norman Clark, Clarence
Johnson. David Lacy. Sam Merrell, !
Justin McCarty, and J. P. Ellis.
Each patrol put on a play. The
patrols had contests in knot-tying.
Joe Kowalski. Jp. r distant Scout
master, was not presen* on account
of business. Thomas Clegg, Scout
master, showed the Scouts how to
t;e new knots. Some of the Scouts j
brought handicraft to the meeting.
The troop is having a handicraft
contest. Gerald Wiggington has
finished the second class tests. Four
other Scouts are expected to go
before the court of honor. Mr. (
Mclnnis visited the troop Friday
evening.
The meting ended with the Scout
oath.
J. M. McCarty.
CANADIAN POOL PAYS
$1 BUSHEL ON WHEAT
WINNIPEG. Man.. July 27.—<JP
—The initial payment for the 1929
wheat crop has been set at $1 per
bushel. E. B. Ramsay, general man
ager of the Canadian wheat polo,
announced today.
One dollar per bushel has been
the initial price paid by the pools
since the inception of the Canadian :
wheat pool in 1924, with the ex
ception of last year, when it was
lowered to 85 cents per bushel.
Valley Backs Drive
For Highway Safety
With oficials and civic organiza
tions all over the Valley rallying
to the support of the safety cam
paign being conducted to reduce to
a minimum the number of deaths
from auto acidents, and letters of
commendation from citizens already
coming in. interest in the movement
is expected to be Valley wide by the
time of the motorcade which will
run from Rio Grande City to
Brownsville and throughout the
Valley, August 20. according to Mrs.
W. T. Woodfin. original sponsor of
the move.
Oficials of Cameron county who
pledged their suport to the cam
paign already are active, as is re
vealed by a statement issued Satur
day by Assistant Attorney Bascom
Cox.
The county attorney's office will
enforce to the letter the new law
recently enacted by the legislature
providing that all wagons on high
ways shall be equipped with reflec
tors. Cox said.
“Particularly at night It is dan
gerous for motorists to drive with
any degree of speed, due to the fact
that there is no way in which they
can be warned that there is a
wagon ahead,” said Cox.
“The danger is increased when
the large amount of concrete pave
ment in Cameron county is taken
into consideration, and the amount
of hauling now being done on ac
count of the ginning season.
“The first offense of failing to
equip wagons with reflectors is pun
ishable by a maximum fine of $200.
A second offense within a year from
! the Vrst would be prosecuted in the
county court at law with a fine and
! ia.il sentence probable upon convic
[ tion,” Cox said.
In a letter to The Herald. H.
Drucker comments on the cam
paien as follows:
“I have just read an article in the
paper entitled. “Valiev Women
Start Drive on Reckless Driving.”
“I wish to congratulate the wom
en. who are instrumental in starting
this movement, and I wish them
success in their undertaking.
“May I make a few suggestions in
connection with this matter, which
I deem very important?
“It, is conceded that there is much
reckless driving, speeding and too
manv violations of the traffic laws.
Possibly a small percentage of this
reckless driving could be stepped by
law enforcement, or the fear of it.
“But. another very important
thing is to get at the cause of the
many automobile accidents in tbe
Valley, which are increasing daily.
Most of these accidents, if not prac
tically all of them, have occurred on
the main state highway No. 12, be
tween Edinburg and Brownsville.)
Why? Because the paving is too
narrow for the immense traffic on
it. Only one other state highway
in Texas, (between Fort Worth and
Dallas.) is more conjested.
“The state legislature recently
passed a law allowing a speed limit
of forty-five miles an hour for
automobiles. What will the result
be? More accidents. The alarm
ing rate at which accidents have in
creased in the last two weeks is
proof enough. Before passing such
a law’, the state should provide
wider highways for autoists.
“In regard to the hit-and-run
drivers. I do not believe many
drivers, with the exception of a few
who are irresponsible, intentionally
injure others. In many cases, pe
destrians. who have no right to walk
on the pavement, are injured or
killed through no fault of the driv
ers of cars hitting them. But. those
drivers know if they are caught
they will be prosecuted regardless of
whether they are to blame or not.
especially if there is no witness to
the acident.
“In the case of little children
playing in the streets and public
highways. The parents of these
little ones should certainly be held
responsible for them. But, if the
driver of a car. through no negli
gence on his part, injures or kills a
child, he is held responsible in al
most every case.
“Do not think I am defending
the hit-and-run and reckless driv
ers. We all know the honorable
thing to do. under such circum
stances. is to ston and render aid
regardless of results.
“It seems to me that this would be
the opportune time for the women,
who have undertaken this very
commendable w’ork in connection
with a drive to stop reckless driving
in the Valley, as well as for every
citizen in the Valley, who is in
terested in its development, to use
their influence and efforts in hav
ing our “Main Street” widened, net
only for the safety of autoists. and
the prevention of so many accidents,
but also from the standpoint of
heautifying and advertising our
Valley. It w’ould make a wonderful
and favorable impression upon
tourists and strangers to come out
r>f the desert into Edinburg and
find a beautiful, wide boulevard
from that, attractive little city to
Brownsville. They would know’ at
once they w’ere in the “Magic Val
ley.” And. as we all know’, the
Electro-Nickel Plating
We nickel plate
Bumpers, Radiators, Head Lights and Etc.
Also M irrcrs Plated
Valley Electro Plating Works
15th and Polk Phone 55
, Brownsville, Texas
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first impression is usually a last
ing one.
“A parallel highway has been
suggested as a means of taking care
of some of the traffic on the state
highway. It is my opinion, and
many others have expressed the
same view, that the state highway
should first be widened. First, for
safety, (it will always be used by the
large busses, tourists, etc.) Second,
to have traffic concentrated on It.
as it is now. give the impression to
a stranger of great activity and
prosperity in this new country, like
a beehive, as it were. Later, after
the pioneer stage is passed, a paral
lei highway and connecting roads
will be necessary.
“I am glad the women of the
Valley are becoming interested in
these problems confronting us, for
I believe when they undertake any
thing they usually meet with suc
cess. The women might be more
successful in securing aid from the
state highway department than
the men.”
DEEPER DIVING
DAVENPORT, Eng.—Naval ex
perts have invented diving appa
ratus to permit penetration to far
greater depths than at present.
ALAMO WOMAN DIES
SUDDENLY AT HOME
(Special to The Herald!
ALAMO, July 27.—Mrs. R. H.
Matthews died suddenly at her
home here at 3:30 p. m. Thursday.
Death was believed due to heart
trouble. She was stricken while
resting in bed. but had not been m
ill health previous to her death.
Funeral services are to be held
at 9 a. m. Tuesday in St. Joseph’s
Catholic church in Alamo. The de
ceased was about forty years old.
Mr. Matthews is a farmer of the
Alamo district.
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