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TRONG BUYING
HIKES STOCKS
United Aircraft, Weating
A. house, And General
Electric Higher
NEW YORK. Sept. 11.—<*V-|
Strong buying support came lntcj
the stock market overnight, and J
opening prices were irregularly;
higher. United Aircraft. General!
American Tank. Westinghouse Elec
tric and Consolidated Gas, showed
initial gains on two to three and
one half points. General Electric, j
Atlas Powder and Radio advanced
a point or so. and Union Tank Car:
moved into new high ground Read-j
lng and Simmons Co. each fell |
back about a point.
American Machine Sc Foundry
one of the few issues to show* a '
large gain yesterday, ran up 5
f oints to another new high at 240. !
Johns Manviiie was marked up 4
roints. American Bank Note 3 and
General Electric more than 2.
Buying also was resumed In the ;
public utility group, with Public j
Service of New Jersey, Standard j
Gas Electric. American & For- I
elgn Power and International Tele- I
phone the early leaders.
Texas & Pacific, making its first
appearance on the tape this week, |
dropped 6 points below the previous i
sale.
Foregin exchanges opened lrreg- !
tilar, with cables quoted a shade
lower at $4 84 23-32.
The markpt closed strong. Total
sales approximated 4,700.000 sharer. j
—
GOVERNMENT BONDS
NEW YORK. Sept. 11 .—«T—Gov
ernment bonds: Liberty 3 l-2s.
97.19: 4th, 88.28; Treasury 4 l-4s.
106.13; 4s, 102.16.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK. Sept 11—(/Pt—
Foreign exchanges steady.
Great Britain, demand 4 84 1-4;
cables 4 84 3-4; 60-riay bills on
banks 4 79 3-4.
France, demand 3 91; Italy
6 22 1-2; Belgium 13.83 1-2; Ger
many 23 77 1-2; Tokyo 46 90; Mon
treal 99 37 1-2.
CALL MONEY
NEW YORK. Sent. 11.—</?n—Call
money easier; high 9; low 7; rul
ing rate 9. close 7. Time loans
steady; 30 days 8 3-4 - 9; 60-90
days 8 3-4 - 9; 4-6 months 8 3-4 - 9.
Prime commercial paper 6-6 1-4.
Bankers acceptances unchanged.
(rain Upward On
Government Report
CHICAGO, Sept. 11.—<;pv—Grain
showed an early upward trend to
day, largely as a result of the Unit
ed States government report on
corn. Reduction of the official esti
mate of the 1929 probable yield of
corn was much more drastic than
expected.
Opening 5-8 to 3-4c higher, corn
afterward continued to point up
ward. Wheat started !-8c off to lc
up. and later showed gains all
aroun. Oats were firm. Provisions
declined.
W'lieat closed strong. 2 to 2 5-8
above yesterday's finish. Corn
closed 3-4 to 2c up. oats 1-4 to 3-4
#7-8 advanced, and provisions un
changed to a setback of 7c.
Ol’LTRY
CHICAGO. Sept. II.— ^ —Poul
try hens easier, springs steady;
fowls 29; springs 26 to 27; No, 2
spring. 19: broilers 27; roosters 21:
turkeys 20 to 30; ducks 18 to 21;
geese 19.
BITTER AND EGGS
CHICAGO. Sept. 11.—oPi—Butter
fteady; creamery extras 44: stand
ards 43: extra firsts 42 to 43; firsts
89 to 40 1-2; seconds 37 to 38 1-2.
Eggs steady: unchanged.
San Benito Endorses
South Texas Chamber
tSpecial to The Herald>
SAN BENITO. Sept. 11—The
South Texas c himber of commerce
was given official endorsement of
the San Benito chamber of rom
merc edircctors at a meeting of
the local organization here Tuesday
night.
Ray Leeman, manager, and E
H. Whitehead, assistant manager
of the South Texas chamber, ap
peared before the directors and
told of the alms and accompltsh
ments of that body. .
After a discussion of the request
for a subscription to the fund be
ing raised to finance a Valley ex
hibit at the Texas State Fair in
Dallas, the directors decided to con
sult several persons there likely to
be interested before taking any
Act ion.
The directors passed a resolu
tion opposing taking a member
ship in the Hug-th-Coast Highway
association for 8150. as had been
requested by County Judge O. C.
Dancy.
| Intentions Filed |
Pedro Martinet and Lorenzo
Pacheco.
Marriage licenses issued: Rosalie
Hernandez and Otlla Garza. Earl
VVhi*u and Vera Measeles. W. E
v-j|Lh and Vera El wing. John
Wirth and Corinne Baker and En
rique Holland and Isidra Barrien
tos. I
MARKETS AT A
GLANCE
(By Associated Press, Sept. 11)
New York:
Stocks strong; Standard Oil of
New Jersey crosses 80 to new top.
Bonds irregular; convertibles
strong.
Curb irregular; Electric Bond &
Share gams more than 5 points.
Foreign exchanges steady; Jap
anese yen rises 1-5 of a cent.
Cotton easy; hedge selling.
Sugar higher; unfavorable Euro
pean crop news.
Coffee easy; commission house
selling.
Chicago:
Wheat firm; unfavorable Argen
tine crop news.
Corn firm; bullish government
report.
Cattle strong to higher.
Hogs lower.
LIVESTOCK I i
i.—.—— - 1
CHICAGO. Sept. 11—(PV—Hogs:
22.000; 10 to 20c lower on hogs un
der 220 lbs; heavier weights 10c
lower; top $10 50; packing sows
$7.50*7 8.90; pigs $833.50.
Cattle: 10.000; calves 2.000; fed
steers and yearlings strong to 25c
higher: slaughter steers, good and
choice 950-1500 lbs $13316.75: cows
$8 50*? 11 75; vealers $16318 25.
Sheep: 27.000; fully steady; lambs
$12.50*113.60; ewes $435.50.
HIDALGO MEN
TALKTO MOODY
—
Political Condition* I* Sub
ject of Conference
. With Governor
(Special to The Herald >
AUSTIN. Sept. 11—A delegation
of eight Hidalgo county business
men and bankers appeared before
Gov. Dan Moody Tuesday afternoon
for a long conference to review
long standing political controver
sies of the counties. They asked
no specific action and made no spe
cific accusations but desired, their
spokesman said, to outlines on the
general legal political conditions as
a whole.
The group included C. H. Pease.
J. E. Berry. Clinton Fraser. J. E.
McClellan. Edinburg; B. L. Miller,
San Juan; W. C. Baker, Weslaco;
Judge Yancy Yarbrough, Weslaco;
and Judge B. D. Kimbrough, Mc
Allen.
After their conference Mr. Pease
said they were ready to make a
statement. "We have had a con
ference with Gov. Moody that was
entirely satisfactory.” was the
statement, to which the members
declined to add any reference to
its subject matter or any response
by the governor.
Business Women To
Give Musical Play
It has been decideo by members
of the local Business and Profes
sional Woman's club to put on a
musical play, entitled "All of a Sud
den Sally ” for the purpose of rais
ing funds for the r !ub treasury. The
vote on the play was taken at a
special meeting recently and the
announcement made at the regular
monthly business meeting Tuesday
evening. The date of the production
Is Oct. 29. Besides discussion of the
projected play, several matters of
routine business were discussed.
Mrs. Joe Ingram was elected to
membership.
An aftermath of vacation time,
members answered roll call with
names of places of interest they
have visited, and Mrs. Winnie Cocke
told about her trip to Colorado dur
ing the summer. The Harmony
quartet gave two song numbers.
About twenty members were pres
ent.
Weslaco Elects New
City Commissioner
<Special to The Herald)
WESLACO, Sept. 11.—S. L. Ed
rincton was a member of the city
commission here today, after an
election held Tuesday In which he
was the only candidate for the
place. He will fill out the unex
pired term of F. E. Smith, who will
make Corpus Christ t his home in
the future. *
San Benito Doctor
Is In County Jail
A San Benito doctor was placed
in the Cameron county jail Wed
nesday after investigation of an al
leged illegal operation.
He had not made bond at noon.
WEATHER BUREAU MAN
IS KIWANIS SPEAKER
w. J. Schnurbusch, chief of the !
weather bureau, is to be the prin
cipal speaker at the Kiwanis lun
cheon Thursday and will talk on
interesting phases of the work of
his bureau. *Iiss Gladys Woodrum
will give musical numbers The
committee in charge of the pro- |
gram this week is made up of Dan -
Stewart, A. 8. Gimble and Roy Ruff. !
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| We Wi*h to Announce That
Mrs. Del Perkins won the
Stationery Cabinet
and _
Miss Alice Crowe won the
Peach Blossom Toilet Set
LH in our Diamond Jubilee Sale prize contest
THE EAGLE PHARMACY
COTTON FIRM j
ON OPENING
No Change Shown in Mar
ket on First Trades;
Higher At End
—
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 11.
Hie cotton market opened fairly
teady first trades showing no
hange to three points down com
pared with yesterday’s close. Over
pight selling orders carried prices
lown 4 to 6 points. A good demand
leveloped. due to reports of a bet
er sopt remand and a firmer tech
lical position of the market. Oct.
pberadvanced to $18.72; December
19.03. and January 19.08. or 4 to 6
Mints above yesterday’s close. To
wards the end of the first hour the
narket was steady and near the
lighs.
The market bulged sharply during
the second hour on buying promot
ed by an unfavorable weather and
crop summary which claimed rains
in the west had come too late to
benefit the crop. As a result of short
covering and good trade buying
Octoher tradde up to 13.89. Decem
ber 19.20 and January 19.26. or 27
to 28 points above the lows at mid
session the market was steady and
at or near the highs.
SPOT COTTON CLOSE
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 11.——
Spot cotton closed steady, 17 points
down. Sales 7.242; low middling
1689; middling 18.39; good mid
dling 18.79; receipts 9.917; stock
98.640.
NEW ORLEANS OPENING
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 11.—■<P>_
Cotton opened steady. Jan. 19.01;
March 19.22; May 19 27 bid; July
19.12 bid; Oct. 18.67; Dec. 19.98.
* N. Y. COTTON
NEW YORK. Sept. 11 —(^_The
cotton market opened steady at a
decline of 1 point to an advance of
3 points with the active months
showing net advances of about 4
to 5 points during the first jew
minutes. Offerings were readuy
supplied around 19.14 for December
and 19 31 for March, and prices
eased again under southern selling
and renewed liquidation.
By the end of the first half hour
December was selling around 19.05
and March 19.24, or about 2 to 5
points net lower.
By mid-day. December had ad
vanced to 19.30 and March 19.51, or
about 20 to 25 points above yester
day's closing quotations.
NE V YORK OPENING
NEW YOFK. Sept. 11.—Cot
ton opened steady; Oct. 18.78; Dec.
19.10; Jan. 19.11; March 19.28; May
19.40.
LIVERPOOL SPOTS
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 11.——Cot
ton spot good business done; lower’
American strict good middling 11.12
good middling 10.72; strict middling
10-82; middling 10.32; strict low
middling 10.12; low middling 9.82;
strict good ordinary’ 9 42; good or
dinary 9.02. Sales 8.000 bales. 4.700
American. Receipts 4.000; American
100. Futures closed steady; Octo
ber 10.03; December 10.06: January
10.06; March 10.13; May 10.16; July
10.14.
Criminal Court In
Recess Until Monday
The criminal district court has
recessed until Monday, at which
time it will begin consideration of
a criminal docket of some 80 cases
Judge A. W. Cunningham has spent
the early portion of the term in
disposing of divorce cases.
OUTWIT PICKETS TO
JAIL CULT MEMBERS
_ NELSON, B. C., Sept. 11.—(/p\—
Outwitting Doukhobor pickets
about the jail, authorities have
spirited more than 100 members of
the cult aboard a train for Van
couver to serve six months jail sen
tences.
Two coaches and a baggage car
were used to transport 104 Douk
hobor men and women sentenced
to jail for indecent exposure for
taking part in a nude procession.
Have You Paid-In Assets
More Than
Got the $100,000.00
Grit to .
Save?
If you
have, you
can be a success
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| City Briefs ]
Eugenia Lightfoot announces the
opening of her studio of expression
and dramatic art in Brownsville.
For appointment write Reese-Wil
Mond hotel, Harlingen —Adv. 15.
Odds and ends of girdles and coc
rets. 50 cents up. The Corset Shop.
1327 Elizabeth.-Adv. 14.
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For Sale.—Complete restaurant fix
tures in Harlingen. Value $3,000.
Will take $1,000 for prompt sale.
See Walker-Craig Co.—Adv. tf.
Gage Hats just arrived at
Amaya's Millinery and Beauty
Shop. 1235 Adams 8t.—Adv.
Special Rates to teachers and
high school girls. All school girls'
hair cuts, 40c. Mrs. Anita Priest at
Amaya's Millinery and Beauty
Shoppe. 1236 Adams St., phone
874-J.—Adv. 13.
New Signs—New slow signs are
being erected in the vicinity of
schools by the police department.
This work has been practically
completed.
Jensen Funeral To
Be Held Thursday
RAYMONDVILLE. Sept. 11.—</P)!
—Funeral services for M. O. Jensen.'
well-known resident of Willac;’
county for the past eleven years. |
have been set for 4:30 p. m. Thurs
day, at the Methodist church here.!
The Rev. L. A. Boone, pastor, will
conduct the services, and remains
will be interred in the local ceme
tery. The Masonic lodge, of which
he was an active member, will
have charge.
Jensen died at the Valley Baptist
hospital in Harlingen at 11 a. m.
Monday. He was 60 years old. Sur
viving him are six children, Stan
ley. of Lake Wilson, Minnesota;
Usse, Los Angeles; Mrs. Edna
Baughman. Mrs. Eva Gorman Fox,
and Miss Elida Jensen, of Ray
mond ville; and Mrs. Inez Hopkins,
of Memphis, Tenn.; and one broth
er, Chris Jensen, living in Minne
sota. All his children except
Stanley Jensen are to arrive Thurs- ;
day morning to attend the ser
vices.
Sterling Says Race
Rests With People’
MEXIA. Tex., Sept. 11.—«P>—j
Whether Ross S. Sterling, chairman
of the state highway commission,
would become a gubernatorial can
didate depends cn the enthusiasm
with which his followers call on
him to make the race, it appeared
today.
The Houston capitalist, speaking
at a lighting system inauguration
ceremony before several thousand
persons here last night, declared he
“had no idea of being a candidate
for governor. That,” he added, j
"depends on the people."
SAN PERLITA
AUCTION SET
Col. Rufus Lackland Will
Sell Large Tracts on
September 18
(Special to The Herald)
SAN PERLITA. Sept. 11.—Col.
Rufus J. Lackland will sell at auc
toin Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 10 a.
m., several large tracts of San Per
lita business and residence lots.
Business men of the Valley are in
vited to inspect the new city, which
has assumed a fast growth for its
age.
Paved roads connect San Perlita
with all points. The city has been
planned with proper building re
strictions. and a beautiful park is
one of the features greeting the j
visitor.
One of the outstanding industries
of San Perlita is the $50,000 can
ning factory of the Great Southern
Packing company now under con
struction. This plant is the largest
in Texas and will be of 300 car
load capacity. It is expected that
the plant will handle 40 cars of
tomatoes this fall. The payroll
during the canning season is esti
mated at $5,000 per month, and
stands well to net the farmers of
San Perlita section well over $150,
000 for their vegetables. Carl
Hitchcock, a man who has had
many years of experience in can
ning. is superintending the con
struction and installation of the
machinery.
Charles R. Johnson, of San Per
lita, is in active charge of the de
velopment of the townsite proper.
San Perlita Is surrounded by 75.
000 acres of Victorial loam, excel
lent agricultural land, a portion of
the old King ranch, and a John
son-Hecht development. The tract
was taken over for development
three years ago. The city is 15
mils from Red Fish bay, and of
fers opportunity for fishing, hunt
ing. and swimming.
CITRUS FRUIT
(Continued from page 1)
will be adorned with palms and
potted and cut flowers will be used.
A green silk flag with a cluster of
grapefruit on it will fly from the
ship.”
The display will be elaborately
lighted and will require 150 boxes of
packed fruit.
J. A. Potect. decorator and exhi
bition contractor, is building the
exhibit. He is enthusiastic over the
idea. Montgomery writes.
You’ll Get More
White Wings with
Winchester Shells
Valley Sportsmen will find all loads and
gauges of these high grade shells at the
following Borderland Stores
MERCEDES — WESLACO
DONNA — McALLEN
We have just received our second car of
Winchester Shells
Prices Lower Than Ever
l|i ii
In Our Valley
(Continued From Page 1)
Gregerson the other day received
a letter.
“Do not send any oranges this
year; we are going to come down
there and pick them off the trees.
• • •
VISITORS to the Texas State
Pair at Dallas are going to see
something different and altogether
attractive in citrus fruit displays.
The Valley exhibit is to depict the
“Good Ship' Valley,” sailing, fruit
laden, to the ports of the world,
while the “Lighthouse of Health
and Happiness-’ spreads its beams
to attract sailors on the sea of life.
The idea t3 Mrs. Julia Montgom
ery’s. It is being executed under
the direction of her brother, P. £
(Monty) Montgomery.
Word from the fair grounds a*
Dallas, where Monty now is ar
ranging for the display, tells that
the idea has met instant and en
thusiastic approval.
The ship will be built up out of
grapefruit and other citrus products
and will be lighted from the inside
The lighthouse will be constructed
in the same way and w-lll be
equipped with revolving colored
lights.
The new Valley slogan. “Lower
Rio Grande Valley, The Garden of
Golden Grapefruit.” will be prom
inently used in the display and thus
will be brought before thousands of
people for the first time.
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THE FIRST flying football squad
—so far as Is known—will pass
through Brownsville early nex:
month.
Louisiana college eleven to play
University of Mexico at Mexico City
Oct. 5 and will fly through here.
Use of airplanes to transport
football teams long distances is a
new development In aviation likely
to prove popular. Will reduce the
time away from school and permit
SOVIETS BOMB
CHINESE TOWN
Troops Forced Back By
Russians Beginning Gen
eral Offensive
HARBIN. Manchuria. Sept. 11.—
(*»)—The captain of a Chinese river
steamer arriving here today said
Soviet troops yesterday bombarded
the village of Kuochiatien. Many j
were killed and wounded.
Railway authorities here mere in
formed 50 Chinese soldiers and 18
Chinese employes of the Chinese
Eastern Railway, mere in hospitals
after the Soviet attack on Pogran
ichnaya. Manchurian frontier city.
Details were larking.
MUKDEN, Manchuria, Sept 11—
uP>—An official communique today
stated there had been a skirmish
earlier arrival at the scene cf
battle.
• • •
A PEACH of a girl. Dressed In
yellow, skin-colored stockings and
tan shoes. Into the Baxter build
ing.—The Passing Parade in Har
lingen Star.
It Is presumed that the young
lady was properly dressed otherwise
and that she also had a pretty face
zx... ..m...—...
between Chinese end Russian Amur
river gunboats at Biagoveschensk
Monday. The Russians subjected
the Chinese to heavy machine gun
fire.
It was said seven Soviet destroy
ers had taken up a position at the
confluence of the Amur and Sun
gari rivers, ‘ apparently seeking to
blockade it." The Sungari flows
through the heart of Manchuria
into the Amur river, the border be
tween northern Manchuria and Si
beria.
SHANGHAI. Sept. II.—(*>—Har
bin dispatches to the semi-official
Taching news agency today said
10,000 Chinese troops “valianOy’at
tempted to save the city (Fogrmn
ichnaya) from the Soviet invaders.**
The Chinese were said to have
established the second line of their
defense at Mulln. concntrattng
there a “still larger force."
While communications with Pog
r ant eh nay a were disrupted the dis
patches said it was known the Rus
sians “gradually were reducing the
city to ruins while the populace
evacutated.
It was stated also the Soviet
troops were advancing toward Pog
ranichna.va from Tungning. on the
Sino-Sibenan border south of Pog
ramchnaya. The Russians were
said to have “captured and burned
Tungning Sunday night.”
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