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This Is a Perfect Shopping Guide for Those Who Like to See Their Money Work
AUTOMOTIVE
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STEVENSON MOTOR CO, Inc,
Brownsville. Texas.
FOR^ALE
TWO FORDSON TRACTORS
In good shape.
Very reasonably priced.
Phone or see John B. Pucket.
Care Rio Orande Valley Trust Co.
PERSONAL_
LADY teaching Spanish wants to en
roll two or three more classes of ten
pupils each class. For particulars Ad
dress Box 24L city. T-IW
i THE MEDICAL ARTS HOSPITAL Of
Edinburg. Texas, will start a new class
for student nurses Sep*briber is. Any
one who deelres to enter this class
should write at once to Sxiperlntendent
of Nurses. Medical Arts Hospital. Ed
inburg. Texas. _T'80
HELP WANTED
500 RELIABLE cotton termers wanted
22 000 acres Wiuacy Co. dry land for
rent. Must be able to flnenee sHf
Delta Orchards Co, phone 1030.
Harlingen. Texas, or T. C. Oreen. Pb<in«.
85. Baymondville. Texas._i
WANTED—Mexican lady experienced In
making HAND-MADE baby dresses. To
take ehrage of factory
Brownsville for San Antontft firm Give
references end apply to P. O Box 115.
Station A. San Antonio. Texas. T-H4
HELP WANTED
WANTED—Ladv over 25 to make house
to house canvass In Valley towns. Sal
ary and bonus. Box T-174. Herald.
T-174
SITUATIONS WANTED
AN OPPORTUNITY to get Into some
thing different will be found under
“Business Opportunities" 77*. the Want
Ads
TEACHER with first ciass high school
certificate wants position. U. Rogers
145 W. fit. Charles. Brownsville. T-184
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SALESMEN—AGENTS
MAN OR WOMAN WANTED with am
bition and Industry, to introduce and i
supply the demand 'or Rawlelgh’sl
Household Product* to steady users.]
Several fine openings In San Benito,
Harlingen. Mission. Edinburg and Mc
Allen. and nearby towns. We train and
help you Rawleigh dealers can make
up to $100 a week or more. No expe
rience necessary. Pleasant, profitable,
dignified work. Write today. W. T.
Rawleigh Co.. Dept, TX-6053. Mtrap*>'v
Tenn_ T-l
FINANCIAL
MONEY TO LOAN on city property
Sam Hughston. Maltby Bldg. S-247
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
FOR SALE—Bills Cafe at 7th and
Jackson, opposite 8 P freight depot.
Good reason for selling 8-200
FOR SALE-Deluxe Sandwich Shop at
Black Diamond Bus Station. Address
Wm Preslor. Black Diamond Bus Sta
tion. San Behllo. Texas. T-172
FOR SALE CHEAP—Rooming and
board'ng hou«e furniture; doin': good
business. 1022 and 1001 St. Charles
street, call or sec Jess Jones, phone
620-W. T.151
Classified Business Directory
ARCHITECTS__
A BEN V. PROCTER
*• ENGINEERING CO.
Architects—Engineers
108 Merchant* Bank Bldg.
Phone 8H
Brownsville. Texas
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E. G. HOLLIDAY
Architect and Builder
409 State Nat. Bank Bldg.
Phone 906
R. NEWELL WATERS
Architect
1-11 Security State Bank Building
Wealaco. Texas
E. B. GORE
Civil and consulting
Engineer
BUTLOERS—CONTRACTORS
PROCTER & DUDLEY
General Contractors
528 Washington St.
Brownsville, Texas
Phone 627
iE. M. RIDLEY,
* General Contractor
Roads, Land Leveling,
Plowing, Sub-soiling
iWXCAVATlONS EMBANKMENTS
408 MERCHANTS NAT L BA. K
BROWNSVILLE _
-CASH REGISTERS
NATIONAL CASH KEgIsTER~CO.
Registers bought, sold and
exchanged
W. E. Sanders. Representative
Phone 29. Harlingen. Tex Box 90o
-PRAY—TRANSFER
Mason Transfer &
Grain Co.
bonded warehouse
SLEDS OP ALL KINDS
| Light and Heavy Hauling
WE MOVE ANYTHING
1105 Adams. Phone 139
AUSTIN TRANSFER
COMPANY
Crating. Shipping. Hauling
. phones 421 and 519
"^"ele specialist
M. LANDIN’
Optometrist and Optician
Specializing la Straightening Crossed
OU»»es Scientifically Fitted.
Miller jjpel. Brownsville
' FLORISTS _
1 the FLOWER SHOP
Cut flowers, pot plants,
funeral designs and
bouquets
1254 Elizabeth St.
Phone 1388
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BGWYER THE FLORIST, flowers
gnd funeral designs St. Charles
and Pita streets. Phone 771.
* HOTELS—CAFES
WHITE KITCHEN
Famous for its *
Cooking—Immaculacy
and Service
The popular place for
business lunches
Utb between Elizabeth and
Washington
, FINANCIAL
LOANS
On improved residence and business
property.
Todd and Underwood
105? Levee Bt
Brownsville. Texas.
4
MATTRESS RENOVATING
Let Us Renovate
' Your Mattress
V/e make mattresses to order. All
•repair work guaranteed
SOMMERS
12th and Adams
Phone 674
NICKEL PLATING
Electro-Nickel
Plating
We nickel plate bumpers, radiators,
headlights, etc. Also mirrors plated
VALLEY ELECTRO PLATING WORKS
15th and Polk. Phone 53
Brownsville, Texas.
OFFICE EQUIPMENT
ART METAL
FILING
Equipment
Maverlck-C’arke Litho Co.
208 Merchants National Bank
Phone 617—Brownsville
Office Equipment and Supplies
HARGROVE’S STATIONERY Si
BOOK STORE
Brownsville. Texas
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
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ROOFING
THE TURNER BROWNSVILLE
ROOFING CO., Inc.
We respectfully solicit your
re-roofing as well as new.
Eighth and Railroad
Brownsville. Tex. Phone 1168
TYPEWRITERS
DAVENPORT Typewriter Exchange
‘Brownsville's Typewriter House)
Distributors. New L. C. Smith “Si
lent" 8 and Late Corona i type
writers. Also sell Royal Portablet
and Factory” Rebuilta—all makes
We repair all makes typewriter and
adding machines. 1112 Elizabeth
SL Phone 1105.
WOODSTOCK TYPEWRITER
6ALES CO.
Typewriters—Adding Machines
Supplies—Repa rs
Phone 5J6—Harlingen
PROFESSION YL
ATTORNEYS
RALPH A DUNKELBERO
Attorney at Law
1 Commercial Collections a Specialty
106 Scabury. George and Taylor
Building
Brownsville. Texas
Davenport. West and Ransome
Attorneys at Law
307-308 Merchants National Bank
Brownsville. Texas
II. B. GALBRAITH _
Attorney at Law
Merchants National Lank Bldg.
Brown:ville, Texas
J. T. Canales C. S. Eldman. Jr.
CANALES AND 2IDMAN
Attorneys at Law
Real Estate a Specialty
303 Merchants National Bank
Brownsville. Texas
H. L. Yates
Attorney at Law
State National Bank Bldg.
Brownsville
REAL ESTATE
LOS ERANOS
Brownsville's Supreme Residential Dis
trict. carefully restricted, completely
improved Home sites from <1200 00.
easy terms. James-Dtcklnson Co_
Realtors, corner El Jardin Hotel Bldg.
Brownsville.
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F. W. Howard
REAL ESTATE AND RENTALS
Farm Property
Large Tracts of Citrus Lands
Arcade Bldg. Phone 1090.
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AUTOMOTIVE AUTOMOTIVE
GOOD USED CARS
Hudson Brougham, late 1927. Has had won
derful care. Today’s best buy. Only $675.00,
terms to suit.
Hudson, 7 passenger sedan,, 1927. This is the
car for land drives. Fully equipped; all in first
class condition. Priced at only $750.00. Small
down payment.
Peerless, 5 passenger sedan, 1927? Look it over,
drive it, and see if you can equal it at $500.00,
terms
Buick master sedan, 1926. Original finish; per
fect in every detail. This car has had only one
owner and is a real buy at only $ 195.00, terms.
Aiblb©ftft Ekoijck Company
9th & Washington Phone 1133
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
Sanitary Grocery
Store
and Meat Market
POINT ISABEL
Fine Opportunity
Priced Right
See
A. C. HIPP
Desel-Boettcher
Brownsville
WANTED to buy an Interest In a
small growing business In this section ,
Box T-153. Herald.T-153
miscellaneous
PIANO TUNINO. repairing^ Factory |
methods. Estimates free. C. H. Smith.
Box 961. Phone 637. San Benito. ^ !
PIANO FOR SALE OR RENT—Mrs. O
Whitlock. 902 Palm ,Blvd._T-171
TIME WELL SPENT is time devoted to
ooklng over the classified ads
ARTICLES FOR SALE
PIANOS
ADAMSCHAAF-HOBERT M CABLE
AND WINTER PIANOS
Direct From Factory To You.
Ray R Reed. Box 761. Phone 389-W
Harlingen.
T-143
NEED HELP? Read the Situations
Wanted column.
NEW BABY GRAND PIANO reduced
to half price. A real standard make.
P D Humbly. Box 562. phone 869-M.
Brownsville. T-101
IT WILL PAY you to read the Want
Ads thoroughly every day.
~REAL ESTATE
Los Ebanos Lot
We have been authorized by cwnrr
to sell his beautiful Los Ebanos lot
for *1.000; term* can be arranged
This Is an unusual sacrifice. Call
Mr Egan at James-Dlckinson
phone 499.
8-119
INVESTIGATE
SUMMIT PLACE
THEN CNVE8T
In Brownsville's new business
and residential sub-dl vision,
located oo 13tb and 14th
streets, one mile from Gateway
Bridge, on the mala thorough
fare leading to the proposed
ship channel, municipal air
port. rich farming llstrlct of
El Jardln. and Boca Chlca
Beach. Easy terms. Ten per
cent down, balance 5 years to
pay. lesse Dennett, phone 127.
Brownsville. Texas
OOOD LAND in Raymondvllie district
at bargain. Improved and unimproved
Large or ^mall tracts. Several pieces
suitable for development and subdi
vision. Prices are right. Terms are
right. A pleasure to show you. Geo
R Lochrle. Raymondvllie. Texas
S-2J4
PGR SALE
One 5-room house and two lots on the
corner of Washington and Palm Blvd
Will sell the lots with or without the
improvements. These are beautiful
lots and are being offered reasonable
P. W. Howard. Phone 1090. T-J2
KOR HALE or trade for Oklahoma city
property. R lot* In Victoria Heights on
16th St., from Giant to Hays; ten of
the finest Naval orange trees In the
Valley. 36 other varlette*. 12 vears old:
4 room house and garage; price 95000 00.
some terms If desired. E B. Go-don.
1616 Hays St.. Brownsville. T.165
F ARMS-FOK SALE
WE HAVE some fine potato and citrus
land In small or large tracts Will be
glad to show them. P. W Howard
Phone [phone]
17-ACRE FARM 1*« miles northwest
M's«1on. Texas: $250 per acre W'lte
Mrs. M Carl. Fort Brown. Texas. T-188
EVERY DAY there Is s new list of of
fers and want* In the Classified Sec
tion. Watch It carefully and regularly
and get lust whst you want.
AN AUTOMOBILE Is not so hard to
buy If you watch for the bargains of
fered In the "Automotive” columns of
the Classified 8ectlon
TWO 10.ACRE citrus orchards near
Harlingen Trees about seven vears old
and have good crop of fruit now Price
reasonable. F. W. Howard. Phone 1090
* _ T-82
ONE 6-ROOM 2-story house with three
acres of land off Boca Cbtca highway,
three miles from town, at a sacrifice
F W Howard, phone 1C90 T-99
40 ACRES CITRUS LAND on main
highway; in cultivation; $200 per acre
cash. If you ever expect to get cheep,
land, here Is your chance. Updearaff.
La Ferla. Texas • T-155
FOR SALE—46 acres. 5-room house In
El Jardln: large porches: good shade:
cistern and out buildings; bargain If
taken at once: leaving Valiev. Mrs. W
L. Glendennlng. Route 1. Brownsville.
T-173
HOUSES FOR SALE
SACRIFICE—New thoroughly modern
5_room bouse, beet buy In Brownsville;
small down payment, balance like rent.
8ee Mrs Florence Stafford. 1719 Have*
street. Victoria Heights. Phone 1075.M
T 48
HOUSE- OK SALE
FOR SALE—Modern 8-room 2-story
house. 325 W Levee street Phone
251. T-76
FOR SALE—Beautiful Los Ehanos
home, five rooms, large lot; built of
brick; wonderful exposure. Priced
right. Terms can be arranged. Call
Mr Egan. James-Dickinaon Co. Phone
433. Home phone 1398-W T-33
LOTS FOR SALE
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BEAUTIFUL LOB EBANOS LOT—
Southeast exposure; must be sold at a
sacrifice. Phone 1398-W. or call at No
1. Del Francis Apartments. Los Ebanos
8-117
WANTED—REAL ESTATE
R. U. Dissatisfied?
If for some rearon you are anxious to
sell your improved grove, farm, or land
lu brush. It will pay you to get In
touch with us at once. We have bona
fide prospective customers with cash
Address.
WITTROCK & CO.
896 Harrison St. Oak Park. Illinois
^___________________ B'210
BUY OK EXCHANGE
WANTED—Small air compressor. Write
or call Buck 3c Buck. Los I mhos.
_T-161
ONE ACRE In 5-year-old grapefruit
trees, now bearing $309 to $639 worth
of fruit, to trade for city lot. See Dr.
Spivey. Arcade Bldg. T-170
RENTAL
FOR RENT—50 acres potato land. Irri
gated. Call at 101 Adams street, or
phone 561. T.97
APARTMENTS
FITCH APARTMENTS — Corner St.
Charles and West Eighth street; four
rooms beautifully furnished, delight
fully cool; Frlgtdalrc: gas. hot water:
hardwood floors throughout; garage
Phone 558 T-132
APARTMENT FOR RENT—Reasonable;
one block from boulevard, two blocks
from high school. Bath, lights, water,
gas. Phone and garage Apply '45 W.
St. Charles, upstairs. T-175
NICE COOl. 3-room upstairs apart
ment In private heme. Private rn_
trance. Water anl hfht furnished.
Suitable for rounle only. Near high
school. 153 Washington Phone 28
T.616
FOR RENT—Well rurnlshed apart
ment: also south side sleeping room
Close In Phone 189 T-95
SWEENY* APARTMENTS — Well fur
nisher! apartments. southeast ex
posure; modern, elecflcal refrigera
tion. gerage. maid service; evcrvthlr.y
for housekeeping. Phone 1038.W
First and Adams _T-113
FOR RENT—New cool .partm,'ma and
rooms Phone 957-J S-170
ALONSO APARTMENTS—Nicely fur
nished Corner Sixth and Levee
Phene 839 P-20c
CONLEY APARTMENTS—Cool, and all
''onvenlencea. 357 W Levee or phone
847-R. Q-214
WONDRFUL BARGAINS are offered
dally In the Classified Ads.
NEW DUPLEX, furnished and unfur
nished. Every ^convenience. No. 1112
We?t Elizabeth. Phone Carloa O. Wat
son^_ T_15
MAY DAY APART MENTS—Cool. new
modern. II located Completely fur
nlr.hed including zerozones. gaa. garage
Summer rates 121 Washington. Phone
714. 8-26
THREE-ROOM southeast apartment:
very attractive rental. Phon# 946-W
8-80
WE HAVE both furnished and unfur
nished apartments and unfurnished
houses Howard, phone 1090. T-102
FOR RENT—Furnished or unfurnished
apartment; upstairs; all conveniences
1517 Madison T-162
FURNISHED ROOMS
ROOMS AND APARTMENTS—Reason
able rates Olenwood Hotel Phone 819
P-118
VERY COOL front room hot and cold
water bath; very desirable. Phone 48.5
T-163
FURNISHED ROOMS—South exposure,
very close In; reasonable. 942 Levee
T-112
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FOR RENT—«-room house; all con
veniences St. Charlea and Palm Blvd
Phone 896-W ff-216
FOR RENT-6-room modern bouse at
23 Adams. Call 911. T-147
FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED house
near school. Phone 613. T-133
FOR RENT—S-roora modem residence
near school and on pavement J o
Starck. Putegnat Hardware Co. 8-193
FOR RENT
3-room cottages, front porch. Shower
baths, gas and lights. Third and St
Francis streets Phone 1190 T-ll
FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED flve
roim cottage. For Information, phone
577-J. T-15®
ROOMS AND BOARD
BOARD AND ROOM In private family
for young man. Phone 552 T-49
WANTED TO RENT
IF YOU HAVE houses for rent list
them with Howard, phons 1090 T-102
LET A HERALD Want Ad do the Job.
They are tireless little workers on the
Job night and day. '
WANTED — Two unfurnished light
housekeeping rooms with gas. Innutr*
at 902 Palm Blvd. T-156
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
SHERIFFS SALE
THE STATE OF TEXAS. COUNTY
OF CAMERON:
Notice is hereby given that by vir
tue of a certain order of sale issued
out of the honorable 103rd Judical
district court ol Cameron county,
on the 19th day of August, 1929. by
John P. Scanlan, cierk of said court,
for the sum of $383.57, together
wtlh interest thereon from July 26.
1929. until paid at the rate of 10
per cent per annum and costs of
suit, under a judgment in favor of
James-Dickinson Farm Mortgages
I company in a certain cause in said
court. No. 3132 and styled James
Dickinson Farm Mtg. Co. vs. W. C.
Covington et al; and for the further
sum of $7,706.16 together with in
terest thereon from July 26. 1929.
until paid at the rate of 10 per cent
per annum, placed in my hands for
service, I, W. F. Brown, as sheriff
of Cameron county. Texas, did on
the 21st day of August. 1929, levy
on certain real estate, situated in
Cameron county, Texas, described
as follows, to-wit:
All of farm block twenty-nine
<29* in share number twenty-eight
(28* containing fourteen and 76-103
<14.76* acres qf 1 nd more or less,
as said property ap;x*ars on a map
entitled Map of 1 Jardin Subdivi
sion of Brownell tract in p- -tition
share number twenty-eight (28* Es
perttu Santo On. it. Cameron coun
ty, Texas" recorded in the Map or
plat records of said county in plat
be ok No. 5, page 36. and levied upon
as the property of W. C. Covington
ct al and that on the first Tuesday
I in October. 1929. the .me being the
fi<*Et da* of said month, at the Court
House door of Cameron county, in
the city of - ownrville. Texas, be
1 tween the hours of 10 a. m. and 4
; p. m. by virtue of said levy and said
order of sale. I will sell said above
described real estate at public ven
due. for cash to the highest bidder
as the property of said W. C. Cov
ington et al.
And in compliance with law, 7
give this notice by publication, in
the English language, once a week
I for three consecutive weeks imme
diately preceding said date of sale,
in The Brownsville Herald, a news
prper published in Cameron coun
ty.
Witness my hand, this 21st day of
August. 1923.
By: L. A. JARGOU, Deputy.
W. F BROWN. Sheriff. Cameron
county, Texas.
8-22-29-5-3t—3513.
WEATHER SUMMARY
Disturbances of slight intensities
were central over the far Canadian
northwest and over the upper Great
Lakes this morning, while elsewhere
in the country barometric condi
tions remained practically un
changed Scattered showers occur
red within the last 24 hours along
the Gulf coast, while more general
rains occurred in Florida and also
in the vicinity of the Great Lakes.
Temperatures were rather high in
most sections of the country since
last report.
WEATHER BULLETIN
First figure ' iwest temperature
last night; second, highest temper-'
ature yesterday; third, wind veloc
ity at 8 a. m.; fourth, rainfall past
24 hours.
Abilene .74 98 — .00
Amar/lo .66 92 — .00
Atlanta .68 84 — .00
Austin .74 98 — .00
Boston .60 78 — .00
BROWNSVILLE .76 91 — .00
Chicago .72 83 12 .02
Corpus Christi ..70 90 — 14.
Dallas'.80 96 — .00
Del Rio.76 91 — .00
: Denver .62 86 — .00
Detroit .64 82 — .08
Dodge City .74 98 — .00
El Paso.68 81 — .04
Fort Smith .76 1)0 — .00
Galveston .82 88 — .00
Helena ..56 86 — .0#
Huron .56 96 — .30
Jacksonville .76 81 — .32 i
Kansas City .80 98 10 .00
Memphis .74 83 — .00
Montgomery .72 88 — .00
New Orleans ....78 90 — .08
New York .62 76 — .00
North Platte ... 68 100 — .04
Oklahoma City . 72 100 — .00
Palestine .72 96 — .00.
Pensacola ....... 76 84 10 .32 ,
Phoenix ..82 104 — .00
Pittsburgh .10 82 — .22
St. Louis .76 90 — .00
St. Paul .64 81 — .00
Salt Lake City . 63 S3 — .00
San Antonio ....74 95 — .00
Santa Fe ....54 73 — .00
; Sheridan .46 83 — .00
1 Shreveport .76 96 — .00
’ Tampa .72 90 — 1.54
I Mcksburg .72 92 — .00
i Washington .64 84 — .00
WilUston .f8 80 — .00
! Wilmington.62 80 — .00
| City
LINGERIE PLASTIQLE by Bon
Ton. lour different style*. Mexican
drawn work. The Corset Shop, 1327
Elisabeth. Adv. 27
Back from Trip. — Miss Malvina
Garlbay has returned from a trip
to north Texas points, and resumed
her duties at the chamber of com
merce Thursday afternoon.
WHEN IN Harlingen visit Ann
Garrett Shoppe, millinery, dress
making and designing, hemstitch
ing. and expert hosiery mending. A.
J. Woods and Co., Harlingen. Adv. 20
Returns. — W. Y. Worley is back
from Colorado, where he spent a
short vacation, and visited his
daughter. Miss Katherine, who is
studying voice there with Miss Ethel
Depew Henderson.
EIGHT CENTS — Hemstitching at
eight cents per yard at Amaya's
Milllnary. 1234 Adams. Adv. 23
Churrh Program.—A program will
be given at the Christian church
Thursday evening beginning at 8:15
p. m.. to which the public is invited.
No admission will be charged, but a
small charge will be made for ice
cream »nd cake to be served after
the program.
To Torreon. — Robert Lowrv. of
Mission, and his brother. Owen
Lowry, of Dallas, left Thursday
morning over the C. A. T. line foi
Torreon.
Hull in Lo* Angeles. — Theo. T.
Hull, president and general man
afer of the C. A. T. lines, returned
to Ix>s Angeles from Torreon Wed
nesday. instead of coming on to
Brownsville as previously planned.
Special Fates.—The Missouri Pa
cific lines are offering sneeial round
trio rates of SC.50 to San Antonio
and 87.50 to Houston for the week
end baseball games.
On Trip—Leonides Guerra. Mata
moros rancher, and formerly mayor
of the city. l*»ft Wednesday by plane
for a business and pleasure visit to
Mexico City.
Returns Heme—Dr. D. L. Hollis of
Tampico, who has been on a visit to
northern points, returned to his
home Wednesday by rlane.
To Leave.—R. B. Creagcr will
leave by rail Friday evening for
Houston.
Fund Increases—The Brownsville
Boy Scout fund reached a total of
81.625 Wednesday, it has been an
nounced by Ed Mockbee. chairman
cf the drive.
Drive to San Antonio.—Mr. and
Mrs. Fritz Schmidt left Thursday
morning to drive to San Antonio,
where they will meet their daugh
ter. Dorothy Ann. who has been vis
iting her uncle several weeks in Dal
las. They will visit Mr. Schmidt's
brother and sister in Shiner before
returning to Brownsville.
On Visit Here.—Ludwig Dreyfus*
and family of New York City, for
mer Brownsville residents, are at
the El Jarriin to visit Mrs. Drey
fuss' brother. H. Gruenwald.
Telephone Men Go
To Two-Day Meet
Ed Mockbcc, manager of the local
telephone exchange, and S. P. Ga
bitzsch, plant chief, were to leave
Thursday afternoon by automobile
for Corpus Christ! where they will
attend the two-day session of th«
Texas Independent Te’ephone asso
ciation Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Maurice Carroll, chief oper
ator. will leave Friday morning.
A special bus has been chartered
to take Valley telephone officials to
the convention. It will leave Browns
ville at 5 a. m. Friday morning,
picking up convention delegates at
all Valley points.
The convention will take in all
independent exchanges south of
Temple. Approximately 60 are ex
pected to attend from the Valley.
J. C. Paxton, general manager of
the Rio Grande Valley Telephone
company, will deliver an address
Friday morning on the ‘ Responsi
bilities of Managers.’’ Th*’ conven
tion wdll be of an educational na
ture and talks on office routirp and
transmission will be made by ex
perts. it has been announced.
Chamber Members to
Attend McAllen Meet
Z. A. Rosenthal, president of the
chamber of commerce. G. C. Rich
ardson. secretary. A. W. Reed and
H. L. Yates will attend the banquet
being given in McAllen at 8 p. m.
Thursday evening. The McAllen
chamber of commerce will be hosts
at the affair, and members of Val
ley chambers of commerce have
been invited to attend.
Flans for national advertising of
the Valley will probably be dis
cussed.
Mexico Residence
Law \z Suspended
Official notice from the Mexican
department of migration that tne
daw requiring all Americans con
ducting business on the Mexican
side of the river to live there has
been suspended was contained, in a
letter from Jose Callo Real to the
chamber of commerce.
The regulation was protested al
most immediately after its passage,
and was enforced only a short time
here.
New Livestock Laws
Become Effective
FORT WORTH. AUg. 23.— i/P) —
House bills 76 and 77. passed during
the special sessions of the legisla
ture and calculated to curb the
spread of disease of livestock and
to provide for th«* eradication of
ticks, became effective yesterday.
Cattlemen over the state have ex
i oressed satisfaction with the new
measure and thos interested in the
i questions have termed it "the best
1 that Texas has ever passed."
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Tourist Programs
Near Completion
Proposed programs for the enter
tainment of tourists In Brownsville
the coming season are being rapidly
formulated by the chamber of com
merce working in conjunction with
transportation companies and oth
er organizations in the city.
G. C. Richardson and R. C. Craft,
manager of the Missouri Pacific
Transportation company, plan a
trip Friday morning for the purpose
of working out an itinerary for a
sightseeing bus to be run by the
company this season. According to
tentative plans, the bus would make
daily trips to points of Interest in
and around Bidwroville for the ben
efit of tourists.
D. G. Richardson, manager of
operations for the Mexican Aviation
company, and O. C. Richardson
were to confer Thursday afternoon
in regard to all-expense tours into
Mexico by way of the company lines
to be offered the tourists. They ex
pect to plan week-end and special
trips. O. C. Richardson said he also
would consult the operations man
ager as to making the International
airport one of the chief points of
interest for tourists being carried on
sightseeing trips.
Missouri Pacific
Party Visits Here
E. II. McRevnclds. publicity man
ager for the Missouri Pacific lines,
of St. Louis, and Jack Rector, his
assistant., arrtved Thursday morn
ing and will be here for a day or
two. No special business for the trip
was ascribed. They were accompan
ied by Mrs. McReynolds and Mrs.
Rector.
E. H. Corriean. a Laredo customs
broker, was also in the party, com
ing here to look after the passage
cf nlpe and other materials for the
United Gas company. The materials
will be used for the pipeline being
laid by the romoanv from Monter
rey to Laredo Construction on the
Mne is expected to sVirt immediate
ly. Corrigan will be h«re aboyt six
weeks. He was accompanied bv a
Mexican customs officer to facili
tate th“ r’earing of the materials
most of which will be handled
’hrough Brownsville, sent across the
river at Roma, and shinned over
the Natticr.al lines to Monterrey.
Held Two Carrying
Blood Stained Money
DALLAS. Texas. Aug. 22.— —
Two men who had in their posses
sion $1,300 in currency, part of
which was streaked with blood, a
five-gallon can of alcohol and a
small quantity of drugs were ar
rested here today. One of ti'e men
gave San Angelo as his home, while
the other said he came here from
El Paso. Thev were turned over to
federal officers after an investiga
tion disclosed that one of them had
been arrested several times for li
quor running.
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ALTER FLORIDA
FRUIT EMBARGO
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Shipments Permitted From
Areas Not Infested By
Mediterranean Fly
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.—(4V
General revision of the Mediter
ranean fruit fly quarantine designed
to facilitate the movement of citrus
and ether fruits from Florida was
announced yesterday by Secretary
Hyde
The revision also included vege
tables and nursery stock.
Under the new regulations provi
sion is made for the movement in
interstate commerce of all restricted
fruits and vegetables not produced
in areas which may be determined
as infested.
To Destroy Fruit
As provided by the present quar
antine all infested fruit is required
to be promptly destroyed but de
struction of host fruits and vegeta
ble areas surrounding the infested
zones will be discontinued.
The present control of distribution
by inspection and by control of des
tination will be continued. With
the development of adeqyate fad 11
j ties for sterilization of fruit, through
1 heating and cooling it is egpected
; that a broader field than that now .
authorized will be opened to Flori
. tia products
Sterilization Required
Sterilization, under the new regu
lations. will be required for all fruit
J produced within a mile of points at
which infestation has been or is
hereafter found. Such sterilized
fruit may be shipped anywhere in
l the United States except to Ala
bama. Arkansas. Arizona. Califor
nia, Georgia. Idaho. Louisiana.
Mississippi. Nevada. New Mexico.
North Carolina. Oklahoma. Oregon.
South Carolina. Tennessee. Texas.
Utah. Washington and the Territory
of Porto Rico." These states are ex
cepted because their climates are fa
forable for breeding of the fly.
MISSING COMPRESS
WATCHMAN SOUGHT
HOUSTON. Aug. 22— f/P> —City
detectives and special officers for a
compress company today were seek
ing Felix Warren Carley, 59. night
watchman, who disappeared within
30 minutes after punching the time
clock at 2 o’clock tfiis morning Car
ley was guarding thousands of dol
lars worth of cotton.
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