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I AIRPORT ISSUE
TO BE DECIDED
McAllen Citizens Will Pre
sent Views at Commis
sion Meeting
McALLEN. Sept. 3.—City commis
sioners are to meet at the city hall
here Tuesday night to hear views of
citizens both pro and con regard
ing the municipal airport proposed
lor McAllen in a petition circulated
among tax payers last week. All
citizens of McAllen are invited to
attend the meeting and present
their views, whether for or against
the airport proposal, to enable the
commission to obtain a thorough
understanding of the situation and
sentiment back of the proposition.
The field, as outlined in the peti
tion. would be located one mile west
and one mile north of the city
proper on a tract of 143 acres to
be bought by the city at a cost of
$175 per acre. Should a tract now
being irrigated adjacent to the site
be added, a higher cost would ac
crue, and the port would be placed
on a site of 150 acres. At the meet
ing tonight decision will be reach-1
ed regarding outlay of city funds
to meet the purchase price by pay
ing one-tenth ot the total cost new. ]
or two years later, further pay
ments to come in regular periods ci.
one year.
Circulators of the petition among
citizens and officials believe general
approval of the plan will be indi- i
eated at the mass meeting, since |
124 signed the petition, and only
four dissenting votes were encoun
tered. It is pointed out that a mu
nicipal airport would prove of great I
aid to almost every class of indus- j
trial endeavor connected with Mc
Allen, since Brownsville is the only !
other city in the section operating
a municipal airport.
Derrt Chairman Silent
As to Bolter Status
AUSTIN. Sept. 3.—Demand of
Wichita Falls democratic party
bolters for a ruling as to ‘wheie
they stand” as to next year's pri
maries has gone unan.'wered, D. W.
Wilcox of Georgetown, state chair
man. said here.
Mr. Wilcox has received the re
quest for a ruling, but has not an
swered it. and does not expect to
call a meeting of the state com
mittee to consider it or other ques
tions for several months, he said.
Mr. Wilcox was here to confer
with Gov. Dan Moody. Whether
this issue was taken up in the con
ference was not revealed.
M0WE
SIDELIGHTS
TEXAS
Beautiful Billie Dove geta her
first chance to display her talents
as a comedienne in First National's
•American Beauty." her latest star
ring production which opens an en
gagement of two days at the Texas
theater beginning today.
Lloyd Hughes plays the mascu
line lead opposite Miss Dove with a
strong cast In supoprt.
RIVOLI, SAN BENITO
"The Gamblers," Warner Bros,
latest all talking picture, now at
the Rivoli theater, San Benito, was
acclaimed by the first night audi
ence as the best of all the talking
pictures to date. It is a Vitaphone
version of Charles Klein’s famous
stage play of the same name. J.
Grubb Alexander adapted it for the
screen, and the megaphone, or
rather, what corresponds to the
megaphone in silent picture-mak
ing, was handled by Michael Cur
tiz. The all star cast includes H.
B. Warner, Lois Wilson, Jason
Robards, George Fawcett, Johnny
Arthur, Frank Campeau, Pauline
Garon and Charles Sellon.
Man Succumbs To
Wreck Injuries
(Special to The Herald)
McALLEN, Sept. 3.—Oscar Nel- j
son, Corpus Christl carpenter, who
has been in the hospital here sUice j
injuries received in an auto
mobile accidene near the city j
August 26, died Monday morn
ing at 6 a. m. In the wreck, which 1
occurred when his car skidded and
overturned in a ditch, pinning him 1
underneath. Nelson's chest was!
crushed and internal Injuries re- ‘
suited.
Burial will take place In Corpus 1
Christi, the Kreidler Undertaking j
company having charge of arrahge
ments here. During his stay in the j
hospital. Nelson n-as attended by his !
wife, who arrived here the day after !
the accident.
POSTOFFICE JOB IS '
OPEN AT EDCOUCH
(Special to The Herald)
EDCOUCH. Sept. 3 —An open ;
competitive examination will be j
held here in the near future, it is j
announced, to fill the position of i
postmaster of the Edcouch postof
fice. Receipts of application for
examination will close September i
27. The office carries salary of j
$1,300.
STATE WATCHES
DATE INDUSTRY
Department of Agriculture
Notes Future Valley
Project
By RAYMOND BROOKS
AUSTIN. Sept. 2—The state de
partment of agriculture is watching
with interest the birth of possibly a
future major farm industry in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley, the com
mercial production of dates.
Efforts to develop varieties of
dates suitable to the semi-tropic
climate of the lower Valley are be
ing made by the United States de
partment of agriculture, backed by
the enthusiastic support of Valley
leaders. Representative W. R.
Montgomery of Edinburg has been
an enthusiast on the date culture
possibilities of his section for sev
eral years. Through successful ef
forts to enlist attention of the fed
eral government. 27 varieties of
Mesopotamian date shoots, gather
ed by R. W. Nixon of the federal
bureau of plant industry, are being
set out in the Valley.
U. S. Import Large
The United States imports 80.
000.000 pounds of dates a year. A
small area in California produces
between 1 per cent and 2 per cent
of the amount required in the Unit
ed States, and is the only spot now
growing dates commerciallly.
The tests with varieties is to se
lect for Texas the types of date
palm most suited to the soil and
climate, and whose crop matures
within the limits of the seasons.
Climatic conditions of such coun
ties as Willacy. Hidalgo and Cam
eron have been declared by Repre
sentative Montgomery as apparent
ly ideal for the date industry.
Problems of irrigation, fertiliza
tion. propagation, pollination, stan
dardization and breeding now are
being studied in connection with
the small area of diverse varieties
of date palms that have been set
out in the Valley.
Growth Assisted
One of the drawbacks has been
that the date palms require from
eight to 12 years before beginning
to produce.
This handicap is to be overcome
by cooperation of Texas A. and M.
college, which has been enlisted to
cooperate in the experiments with
the federal department of agricul
ture. and thus carry out the long
experiments necessary to find the
best varieties for the Valley.
North African date palms from
about Tunis and Algeria are the
kind being developed in California,
but these were said to be insuffi
ciently rain-resisting to grow in the
Texas section.
Thinks Laredo Will
Ship 20 Citrus Cars
(Special to The Herald)
LAREDO, Sept. 3.—Citrus ship
ments in car lots from the Laredo
area are predicted for the present
season by John Armengol, local
horticulturist.
This man has 12,000 trees or
about 170 acres of bearing orchard
and 3.000 additional trees. He ex
pects to load several cars from his
young trees and some smaller ship
ments will be made by other or
chardlsts.
Armengol believes shipments for
the season of 1930 will reach 20
cars from the Laredo district.
The Laredo orchards are growing
principally grapefruit, although
there will be a considerable quan
tity of tangerines and some oranges
shipped this year. The shipments
are expected to be altogether in
mixed cars.
Armengol estimates plantings of
citrus in the Laredo district will
reach 250,000 trees in 1930.
Steffens Funeral Is
Set For Wednesday
(Special to The Herald)
LA FERIA. Supt. 3.—Funeral ser
vices for William H. Steffens. 48.
who died Monday morning of ty
phoid fever at the ILcAllen hospital,
will be held here Wednesday. The
time for the funeral has not yet
been announced.
Steffens was for several years a
well-known Valley developer, and,
served as president of the Valley
Horticultural society two years ago.
He was also connected rrtth the Val
ley Development company and a di
rector of the Harlingen chamber of
commerce.
He Is survived by his widow, one
son, and a daughter residing here.
Defeated Candidate
Charges Force Used
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 3.—(J31)—
Upon his arrival here from Coa
huila, where he was defeated in
the gubernatorial elections, Vito
Alessio Robles, anti-reelectionist
party candidate, complained to the
government armed force was used
to assure election of his opponent.
Nazario S. Ortiz Garza, national
revolutionary party candidate.
Alessio Robles charged several
election booths were taken by storm
by the Ortiz Garza faction and
many of his own partisans were
thrown into jail.
FfSHTStAST
(By the Associated Press)
MACON, Ga—W. L. (Young)
Stribling. Macon. Ga., stopped
George Cooke. Australia.
PONCA CITY, Okla —Babe Hunt.
Oklahoma City, outpointed Jack
Demave, Hoboken, N. J., (10).
NEW AMATEUR
RECORD MADE
Los Angeles Youth Bests
Bobby Jones' Shot In
Qualifying Round
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif., Sept. 3.
—(AV-Echoes of two booming
rounds of golf rolled back from the
mountains across Carmel bay to
day as the battle of Pebble Beach,
with the amateur championship of
the United States at stake, surged
into the final qualifying round.
The first big shot fired was a
rousing 70, two under par by the
defending champion, Bobby Jones,
In the first eighteen hole test yes
terday. The reverberations of this
had scarcely gone out to sea when
along came a youth of 21, Gibson
Dunlap of Los Angeles to post a
69. thereby taking the lead from the
king and establishing a new com
petitive record for one of the hard
est of courses.
This double barreled opening day
thrill was all that could be desired
by even the most enthusiastic of
nearly 10,000 California fans, cheer
ing the start of the first national
championship ever brought to the
Pacific slope.
It paved the way for a stirring
tussle in the final 18 holes of the
qualifying competition today, the
result of which will determine the
1929 medalist and decide the 32 low
scorers among the starting field of
141 eligible for continuation at
match play. The man-to-man
competition begins Wednesday with
two 18-hole rounds.
The cheering ten thousand fol
lowed Bobby Jones from start to
finish, getting an eyeful of ihe
master shot-maker s golf at its best,
but they remained massed around
the home hole to roar an ovation to
the California boy who knew what
he had to do to beat the champion
and did it.
EDINBURG MAN
IS GOLF CHAMP
Hill Cock Wina Individual
Title In Laredo Coast
Tournament
LAREDO. Tex., Sept. 3.—C.A1*—
Compensating a relatively bad
start by sturdy second day play. Hill
Cocke of Edinburg won the indi
vidual championship of the Lower
Gulf Coast Golf association in the
annual tournament which ended
here yesterday. His card of 245 for
the 54 holes was crowded by that
of W. C. King of Kingsville, w ho
took a 251 in addition to winning
the class A handicap event with
227. Z. E. Bonneau. Corpus Christi.
came out in front in class B with
229. and. Cam Hill of Edinburg. 224,
won the victory in class C.
PHARR WOMAN WILL
BE BURIED TUESDAY
tSpecial to The Herald*
PHARR Sept. 3.—Funeral sende
es for Mrs Petra Rutledge of Pharr.
29. who died here Monday morning,
will be held from the Catholic
church Tuesday, with burial at the
Capote ranch cemetery.
SPUDS LOSE 1
BY FORFEITURE
Umpire* Declaring Texaa
Leaders Loafing. Gives
Night Cap to Cats
(By the Associated Press)
In the opinion of Umpire Cecil
Grigg, the Spudders were guilty of
playing something less than their
best just before the shades of night
fell at Fort Worth yesterday. His
opinion was important. It might
cost the north countrymen the
Texas league crown.
Having satisfied himself that the
me nof Galloway were loafing,
supposedly in order that darkness
might fall before the requisite four
and one-half innings and spare
them defeat. Umpire Grigg forfeit
ed the second game of the Labor
day doublheader to Fort Worth, 9
to 0. As Houston was snatching a
pair from the Exporters. 6 to 0 and
4 to 1, the forfeiture cost the Oilers
a full game and reduced their lead
over the Buffs to one and a half
contests. Skipper Galloway has
protested.
The arbiter’s pronouncement
likewise set the stage properly for
some fireworks at Dalas today and
tomorrow, when three games are
scheduled between the leaders and
the Steers, a doubleheader tomor
row. It may be recalled the Mav
ericks bowled over Galloway's stal
warts three straight at the outset
of their present tour. The Buffs,
meanwhile, were to spend two aft
ernoons at Stuart Stadium before
starting their final northern trek.
The Spudders prevented Labor
day being a total loss by taking the
Cats. 8 to 6, in their opener. They
scored four in the ninth, shelling
Lil Stoner from the hill. George
Payne pitched the final frame for
the Spuds and. by the peculiar
twist of scoring rules, was credited
with his twenty-seventh triumph.
The teams were tied, 8 to 8. when
the Kittens went to bat in the
last of the fourth of the nightcap
The Cats started on a scoring spree,
and then it was that Grigg halted
hostilities.
Jim Lindsey huried his 21st vic
tory and ninth shutout as the Bi
sons stopped the Shippers. 6 to 0.
in their first. He permitted only six
hits. Rhcm and Brown gave up
only four in the nightcap, which
the Baiieymen won 4 to 1.
Smarting from three straight re
buffs at Beaumont, the Steers had
a measure of revenge by nicking
the Shreveporters, 6 to 2, in their
first game and holding them to a
1-1 tie in the second. The resuit
was a blow to sport flag hopes.
Waco's holiday crowd saw the
Cubs sweep both ends of their bill
with San Antonio, 14 to 5 and 9
to 8.
Hatters Forfeit
Game to Aztecs
The San Benito Aztecs took a 9-0
forfeit from the Brownsville Hat
ters here Labor Day when the lo
cals failed to put in an appearance
on the Palm Courts diamond. The
Aztecs and a fair sized crowd were
on hand but no Hatters turned up
as per schedule.
Sunday the Aztecs dropped \ 1-l
decision to the Mercedes Lions at
San Benito. The Lions got to Dc
Leon in the third lor two runs and
again in the fifth for two more.
•Lefty” Rodriguez finished, allow
ing one in the fifth, seventh and
ninth.
Garza, twirling for the Lions,
held the Aztecs to five hits and
came near getting a shutout. Gar
za cracked out three hits in lour
times at bat.
Manager Fidel Loya of the Hat
ters has announced that his team
has disbanded for the year.
After one more game next Sun
day with the Mercedes Lions, the
Aztecs will probably disband, as
Manager Santiago Garcia has re
signed his post to return to school.
SPUDDERS’ ACE
* * *
HAS CHANCE TO
* * *
BETTER RECORD
WICHITA FALLS. Sept. 3.—UPS
—There is an outside chance that
George Payne. Spudder slab ace,
will better the existing Texas'
league record of 30 victories in
one season, held jointly by ' Red'’
Reynolds and Joe Pate.
Reynolds turned the trick for
Waco In 1914. and Pate did It
twice for Fort Worth, in 1922 and
1924. exclusive of the Dixie series.
With 26 triumphs to his credit,
the Spud star has 15 games in
which to attain his goal. He has
scored all but 10 of his victories
in the second half.
SPORTS CHATS ]
(Continued from page 5>
Hinojosa before the fights opened
. . . The satisfaction glowed by
Connor ten minutes before starting
time when he stated he was $50 to
the good already, all expenses cov
ered/’
According to the box turned in to
us, Littz of Fort Brown pitched a
one hit game against the Browns
ville Hat Makers Sunday. Lozano,
Hatter second sacker, poked out the
only blow of the contest. Littz.
wirey jnung blonde, has fought in
Valley rings quite a bit. If he con
tinues his good work on the mound,
he will be able to make Fort Brown
forget Mersky. The last named was
gobbed up by the White Sox last
| year after a good season with the
Brownsville Legion and Fort Brown
i nines.
Montalvo also twirled a beautiful
contest for the Hatters. He held
the Yank sluggers to three blows.
Two of these were obtained by
Saline. The Fort Brown boys took
j advantage of all breaks to emerge
winner. They erred four times and
still were able to snatch the game
i from the fire.
Hill Cocke of Edinburg showed
the golfing boys how in the Lower
Gulf Coast tournament at Laredo.
He won the individual champion
ship for 1929 with a gross of 245
; for the 54 holes. W. c. King of
Kingsville was second with a score
; of 251. Brownsville linksters failed
to finish in the prize winning de
, pariments. King took the class A
event, followed by Waldon Hayes.
McAllen, and Cocke. The B event
I went to Z. J. Bonneau of Corpus
Christi. Cam Hill of Edinburg took
the C class.
j Valley golfers got their share of
j the cups. The surprise of the meet,
it seems to us. is the fact that the
Laredoans did not step to the front
as they were playing on their home
course.
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