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VALLEY STORE
OPENS AUG. 30
[ Crumley’s Remodelled De
partment Firm In Harlin
gen Will Be Complete
(Special to The Herald >
HARLINGEN, Aug. 14—Opening
date for Brumley’s Department
store here has been set for August
30. according to W. C. Brumley, pro
prietor.
The store win be opened from 6
p. m. to 11 p. ra.. Friday, August 30,;
for inspection only. Nothing will be
sold at that time, for the force of
the store will be on hand to dem
onstrate the store and its stock'
to visitors.
The store will open the follow
ing morning, Saturday, August 31,
for business.
Mr. Brumley is giving most of his
time now to getting the business of'
the new store here in shape for the
opening.
Remodeling Costs 115,000
The construction work in remod
eling the building is being rushed
to completion, with only a small
amount of finishing work left. It
is being done by Blythe Duerson.
local contractors, on plans drawn
by Stanley W. Bliss, local architect.
The remodeling work will cost
about *15.000. The building is owned
by William Johnston.
Mr. Brumley said some members
of his staff are here now. and that
others will be in soon. He announc
ed that B. B. Martin will be office
manager. Mr. Brumley will be In
active charge of the store, as he
is at his other two stores at Edin
burg and Raymondville.
Stock Moving Fast
The stock of the store Is moving
fast, and much of it is being put in
order now, in preparation for the
I opening.
The building is 50 bv 140 feet,
has two stories, the second
iAr having an open space in the
/?n;er looking down on the first
floor.
The store will be one of the most
coraDlete department stores south
of San Antonio and Houston. Each
department will be In fact a spe
cialty store, and the range of goods
both as to kind, price and make
h will be extensive.
HOOVER, STIRRED BY RIOTS, PLANS PRISON PROGRAM
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Alarm by the outbreaks in the New York state prisons at Auburn and Clinton (Dannemora) and the
federal penitentiary at Leavenworth. Kan.. President Hoover has outlined a $5,000,000 federal building
program which includes a new prison somewhere in the east. A recent survey showed Leavenworth to
be 87 per cent overcrowded and Atlanta 120 per cent ever capacity. Above, a recent picture of Leaven
worth prison; to the left, Dannemora, top; Auburn, below; President Hoover, center, and the Atlanta
federal penitentiary, right.
SERIOUS LOSS SEEN IN PEN
FARM OPERATION AS COTTON
YIELD FALLS OFF BY THIRD
By RAYMOND BROOKS
AUSTIN. Aug, 13.—The Texas
prison cotton crop has fallen off
more than one-third this year, leav
ing a probable yield of less than 6.
000 bales, according to R. E. Scott
of Port Bend county, citizens’ prison
relocation committee chairman.
Last year the system grew over
8.000 bales, and still ran approxi
mately $300,000 in the -red."
Cotton figur.s of Mr. Scott indi
cated a serious loss this year ir.
the system’s farmipg operations.
Overflow cf much of the prison
lands by the late spring floods, crop
pests and adverse weather have
conspired to cut the probable cot
ton returns by at least a quarter
of a million dollars, it was said.
Co-operation Promised
Mr. Scott, whose committee
sought relief from the prison con
ditions that permitted continual
breaks and escr rs of convicts, and
from the discharge of hundreds of
ex-convicts at their doors, declared
to the Joint prison concentration
committee.
The county has refrained from
asking that the system be moved
out of its boundaries. Mr. Scott
said. It feels that the best r'Le
should be selected and the prison
ill
system accepted by whatever sec
tion which may be chosen.
‘•We believe the Joint legislative
and prison board concentration
committee is going about its work ir
the most logical way possible under j
the circumstances.” Mr. Scott said.
“We in Fort end county arc giving 1
this committee our fullest co-ooera- j
tion, and are no* seeking to influ- J
ence it to recommend removal of
the prison operations from our
county, if its wisdom dictates that
the farm policy should be con
tinued.’
Federation to Hold
Harlingen Meeting
• Special to The Herald*
HARLINGEN. Aug. 13.—The Val
ley-wide safety campaign and beau
tification of highways in the section
are expected to be discussed at a
meeting here Thursday of member.,
of the Valley Federation of Bus
iness and Professional Women's
clubs.
Several hundred women from ail
parts of the Valley are expected at
the meeting, and members of two
new clubs will attend the Vallej
gathering for the first time.
The meeting will be held at the I
woman’s club building here, and Wil'
be an all-day session, starting at 9
o'clock in the morning.
EDINBURG COUPLE
IS MARRIED HERE
D E. Barnes and Mrs. Julia Big
gerstaff. well known Edinburg
eouple. were married at 3 p. m..
Tuesday at the Methodist district
parsonage in Brownsville, with Rev.
O. C. Crow, presiding elder, per
forming the ceremony.
Mr. Barnes is a citrus grower of
the Edinburg section, and Mrs. Bop
gerstaff has been a Valley resident
for several years. The couple will :
make their home in Edinburg.
Swimming Pool
Heads to Meet
(Special to The Herald*
AUSTIN. Aug. 14. — Problems in '
handling swimming pools and
beaches are to be discussed here
Aug. 17. when the Texas Pool and
Beach association holds its annual
meeting.
Talks on the management and
sanitary regulations of all kinds of
pools will be given by experienced
iirectors. Swimming and bathing
and their relation to health, also
will be explained. Adam R. John
son. Austin city manager, is to give
a talk on the management of mu
nicipal noools. and Dr. A. H. Flick
wir. of Fort Worth, will describe ac
tivities at a model camp. Life sav
ing methods will be demonstrated i
in the evening, delegates to the
meeting are to be entertained with
l nageant.
Phase* of the work pertaining to
bov and ptrl scouts will also be
*aken up. Evervone interested in
oools and beaches is invited to at
tend the meeting.
AECOMMENOED BY THOSE
WHO USE IT REGULARS
For renewed strength, keener appetite,
increased weight and quick pick-up it
energy and vitality thousands of womea
recommend the big dollar bottie of
St. Joseptrs
G.F.B
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SCHOOLS MAKE
IMPROVEMENTS
Cameron County Districts
Busy With Preparations
For Fall TVrm
The county superintendent’s of
flte reports many improvements *n
schools throughout the common dis
tricts of Cameron county in prep
aration for the work to begin in
September.
The Nogales school in common
district 12 is having all desks reno
vated and revarnished and the
grounds are being leveled and
cleaned off.
Villa Nueva is being wired for
electric lights, and will be connected
with the high line in a few days. The
school building also is being paint
ed and a garage being built for use
of the instructors.
It is probable that this school and
Palm Grove will get moving picture
machines in line with the superin
tendent's policy of emnhasizing
visual instruction. The machine will
be built to project both reel films
and slides, and the makers also will
supply the educational film fea
tures.
It is also planned to equip as
many schools as passible with
radios. Lectures broadcast from
stations at the University of Texas
and A. A M. college of especial in
terest to this section, it is believed,
would greatlv aid in education at
there schools. On Friday after
noons and on certain nights, the
radio and "movies" would be avail
able for recreational purposes.
"MARRIAGE- BY DENTIST
EDINBURGH. — Miss Frances
Cawe. married to Andrew Dunu.
aged 70. by a dentist who knew the
wedding service, sued to have the
union declared legal, but was de- j
feated. *
TEXAS TOPICS
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Dry Agents Must Pay—Bride
groom's Sad Story—Fanner
Get* Riled—Pure Liqour Plea.
A policeman's badge isn't good for
a free drink, a woman unsuspect
ingly told a federal agent, after he
had been served a cold bottle of
beer. "It's worth two bits of any
body's money," she protested as of
ficers arrested her.
A Beaumont bridegroom-to-be
filed his notice of intention and se
cured his license. He left the license
with a soda fountain operator, and
the paper blew behind the plate
glass back of the fountain. After
working all day trying to retrieve
it. he had to telephone his girl the
marriage had been unavoidably
' postponed for another three days.
H. J. Thaxton, state official, re
ported that Southwest Texas farm
ers are losing from $1 to $2 a bale
on their cotton because of short
; weight scales at the gins. He ex
amined 30 pairs of scales, and re
ported nearly all were weighing
short.
Hugh.Dickson of San Antonio, in
whose home a still was found, told
officers he doesn't drink, but rath
er than see his friends dtink the
vile bootleg stuff, he wanted to
make chemically p ire liquor to give
to his friends "to save them from
poisoning themselves,*’ he said.
While engaged in prayer in a Sal
vation army meeting. Graham
Hoover. Big Sandy man. collapsed
and was taken to a hospital.
j Summoned to Houston by the
supposed death of his father. J.
Lehman. Jr., mourned at first but
his mourning was turned to joy
when he was reunited with his
father whom he had not seen for
years. The dead man turned out to
be somebody else.
This will be used as an argument
for the Texas three-day notice of
intention to marry law. Mrs. C.
O’Meara flew from San Antonio to
Louisiana to marry. A few days
after the ceremony she had the
marriage annulled. Now she’s dead
and a suicide verdict has been en
tered.
Baby Newton Butts of Thorndale
had an open safety pin lodged deep
in his throat for seven days. It was
taken out and hr is feeling all
right again.
Texas people living near El Paso
will witness again the religious I
dance of San Lorenzo, which lasts
for 10 days in the town of San Lo
renzo. Mexico. The dance has not
been held since the religious con
troversy arose between the govern
ment and the i lurches.
“Billy the Kid.” who grew on a
ranch 65 miles from a railroad, is
on his way to a post in official life
j in Washington. He was sent to re
1 place the pet goat, “Captain Bones”
of Secretary of State Stimson
which failed to produce a passport
when Stimson arrived from the
: Philippines.
MRS. JOHN W. EWING
HEADS McALLEN BOARD
. (Special to The Herald)
M ALLEN. Aug. 14.—At a meet
ing of the local school board Mrs.
John W. Ewing was named presi
dent; Mrs. George Alley, vice presi- !
dent; Mrs. C. C. McDaniel, secre
tary, and William Reis, tax asses
sor. M. E. Stone was re-elected
clerk of the group.
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RATES ANNOUNCED
FOR YACHT MEET
A special rate of one and one
third regular fare to Brownsville
| from all points in Texas has been
announced by the Missouri Pacific
1 lines, to encourage people to attend
the Point Isabel Yacht club regatta
Aug. 17 and 18.
Tickets will go on sale Aug. 16.
and will be good for the return trip
! Aug. 20 .
NURSE’S LIFE FOR BABY
ST. PAUL. Minn.—Miss Dorothy
Hammon. a nurse, was fatally
burned rescuing from fire a baby
1 left in her charge.
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MISSION MAN SAYS VALLEY
MUST ORGANIZE MARKETING
AGENCIES WITHIN 5 YEARS
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(Special to The Herald>
MISSION, Aug. 14.—Growers of
citrus fruit in the Rio Grande Val
ley are confronted with the propo
sition of having to thoroughly or
ganise their selling agencies within
the next five years if they are to
succeed financially in the produc
tion of this crop, according to Ho
mer Smith, vice president of the
First National Bank of Mission who
has returned from a trip to Califor
nia.
For six weeks Mr. Smith studied
the conditions in California with
the assistance of bankers, marketing
experts, growers and those familiar
with all details of the early strug
gles of California to accomplisn
their cooperative marketing organi
zations.
"It is hoped that the growers of
the Rio Grande Valley will not
have to learn as did those of Cali
fornia. through the agency of fi-!
nancial failure." said Mr. Smith. It
was only when faced with finan
cial failure that organization was
perfected there, he said.
Uniformity of Pack
Uniformity of pack is another
matter that must soon demand the
attention of Valley growers, he raid '
"A Sunkist pack is standard
throughout California," he contin
ued. "and the world markets know
what to expect when they buy
oranges and grapefruit of any
stipulated California grade.
"Compare this with the hundred j
of different brands, packs and
qualities that are going out of the
Rio Grande Valley.
He tuched also upon the success
of organized marketing effort and
the tnorough confidence that ail
growers had in these agencies. Ac
cording to Mr. Smith. Californ.j
growers put their crops in the hands
of the agencies and they sell the
fruit as the market demands. When
the price is low they stop picking
and packing and wait until it goes
up before they resume, he said.
"The history of cold storage of cit
rus in Caliiornia has been the same
as it is here,” he said, ”so they allow
their fruit to remain in storage ou
their trees."
The Valley is in its infancy in its
troubles with citrus pests and dis
eases, Mr. Smith stated, and re
lated the constant effort that is
made throughout California to curb
these troubles. He told of the in
spectors who visit orchards and or
der spraying or fumigation and of
the experts whose services are avail
able at a moment’s notice to go into
any orchard for diagnosis and pre
scription of spraying or fumigation
or whatever need be done.
Cultivate the Crop
The tendency of many to iriigate
when cultivation would serve the
purpose equally as well, was cited
by Mr. Smith in the fact that many
acres of land are lost in the Rio
Grande Valley through the applica
tion of water instead of tillage
which would accomplish the imme
diate purpose. He also called at
tention to the vast saving that
would be made tn water when the
water situation was assuming great
er propositions in the Rio Grande
Valley constantly.
As to fertilizer he also noted the
large amount that could be used i.i
California gloves and was used, for
the effort there is intensive cultiva
tion. In replanting orange groves
he mentioned that the new trees
were planted in between the rows
in the old orchards so that the soil
fertility would not be lost.
That California is rapidly getting
away from its navel orange produc
tion and turning to Valencia was
stressed by Mr. Smith.
Cleanliness Striking
"Weeds either do not grow in
California, or else they are all kept
out of the soil.” he said. * One nev
er sees a weed in orchards in Cali
fornia nor along the highways and
fences surrounding orchards. The
cleanliness of the groves Is strik
lng.”
That the Valley might soon begin'
to benefit from California's trials
that have developed successful
methods was the expressed hope
of Mr. Smith, who urged serious
consideration of the problems that
were rapidly coming to the front in
Valley citrus development.
Lions And Leopards
Kill Mexico Cattle
MEXICO CITY. Aug. 14.—(A*)—A
d-spaich to El Universal from Mon
terrey says that a horde of lions
and leopards has descended from
the mountains and is killing cattle
in the region of Villa Garcia, Nuevo
Leon.
The ranchers of the district have
offered premiums for killing the
marauder?, and hunters are setting
out in great numbers to rid the ter
ritory of the animals.
A group of 20 lions and leopard?
was seen recently in the vicinity of
La Mesa ranch, near Villa Garcia.
COL. EASTWOOD IS
PERSONNEL ADJUTANT
Col. Clifford A. Eastwood who re
cently came to Fort Brown from
Fort Riley. Kansas, assumed duties
as personnel adjutant and not as
post adjutant, advice from the fort
states.
He took over these duties from
Captain Shell who had been serv
ing both as post and personnel ad
jutant.
GIRL SCOUTS
TO HAVE CAMP
Donna, Edcouch and McAI*
len Girls to Gather
Near Weslaco
(Special to The Herald)
McALLEN. Aug. 14.—Lake Llan«
Grande, south of Weslaco will b«
the summer camp site of about 60
girls of girls scout troops In Donna,
Edcouch and McAllen when these
towns unite In a girl scout camp
Monday. Aug. 19 to 22.
Mrs. Harvey Hixson of McAllen
is camp director in charge of the
entire affair.
About twenty girls will attend the
camp from McAllen and will be un
der the leadership of Mrs W. E.
Rhodes.
Every care has been provided to
make the camp a success from a
standpoint of convenience and safe
ty. There will be a trained nurse in
attendance at all times, as well as
an expert swimmer. Mrs. E D. Han
kins of McAllen.
Thursday, afternoon. Aug 22. vis
itors will be entertained at the c&mp
with the girls personally conducting
visitors through the camp. At 2
o’clock there will be an archery
contest and at 4 o'clock a water
pageant will be presented under the
direction of Mrs Hankins, followed
by the announcement of the win
ners in the contests and the break
ing of camp at 5:30.
AUTO WRECK KILLS BRIDE
LYONS. France.—Proceeding with
her husband to the train after their
wedding. Mme. Helene Dagnallj
was killed in aft auto wreck.
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