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/ALLEY CROP REPORT GIVEN (J. S. Estimator Reveals Conditions In New Bulletin Effect of rains on truck crops in .he Valley and general crop condi-1 .ions in this and competing areas .s show in a report issued this week ay C. D. Clark of Austin, U. S. de Dartment of agriculture crop esti nator. That part of his report of interest io the Valley follows: The preliminary tomato acreage \ indicates an increase of seven per .cent in Texas over the l.nal acreage ^ of a year ago. The increase in the ^lower Rio Grande Valley is 25 per cent and in the Winter Garden area 60 per cent, but other counties show heavy decreases. In the Lower Valley, where nearlj half of the crop is located, plant ings were considerably in excess of reported acreages, but hot weather in early September and wet weather in October caused heavy loss of plants and some abandonment of acreage. Heavy rains delayed the move ment from the Winter Garden dis trict. First carlots were shipped the first week in November. The Lower Valley crop was injured by lains ar.c! will be somewhat later than the Winter Garden crop. The Parker county crop is now being harvested and good yieids are being obtained. Bulk of the crop in that county is being absorbed by near-by north Texas markets and Is not a factor in the cariot movement. The reported condition of the crop on November 1 was 75 per cent. Plantings Greater Plantings were much greater for ' Texas than was indicated in the intention to plant report released I in August. An abundance of cheap seed at planting time caused grow ers to put out a larger acreage than at first intended, particularly in the Lower Rio Grande Valley where 70 per cent of the acreage Is lo cated. Wet weather during Oc tober ruined some acreage in the Valley, but an attempt has been made to allow for this in the above report. In addition to reducing prospective yields and causing some abandon ment of acreage, heavy rains delay ed harvest. Carlot shipments started the first week in November. Move ment will be in solid carlots, mixed ears and LCL. The reported con dition on November 1 was 55 per cent, a decline of 23 points during the month of October. Plantings of fall potatoes in Tex as total 3.500 acres compared to 650 •cres a year ago. About 25 per cent of this acreage is in Colorado. Fort B nd and Wharton counties and i balance in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. There was an un usually large amount of seed carried ever from the spring crop in local and nearby cold storage plants, most of which was plantfd this fall. Total movements from the state in carlots last fall was 17 cars. The , bulk of the crop was shipped in ■ mixed cars. With favorable con- > clitions the carlot loadings are ex- ! pected to be much heavier this fall j Harvest will start the latter half of November. The crop came up to a good stand and made excellent progress until mid-October. Since then rains have | caused some deterioration of the I crop. The reported condition on 1 November 1 was 75 per cent. Preliminary eggplant acreage fig ures for Texas show an increase of 11 per cent over a year ago. About 60 per cent of the plantings are in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and practically all of the remainder is in the Winter Garden area. WEATHER SUMMARY A Barometric pressure was still * moderately high over the eastern states, but lias fallen considerably over the plateau, central Rocky Mountain, and northern plains states since yesterday morning. As a result the weather continued cloudy and unsettled from the (iul: states northward to the Canadian border, with light to moderate rains nearly as widespread. Similar con ditions continued also over the far Northwest. Temperature changes ! were unimportant throughout uie country during the las: 24 hours. BULLETIN (Firs, figures, lowest temperature laat night; second, highest jester- . day; third, wind velocity at 8 a. m.; fourth, precipitation in last 24 hour.;.) Abilene . 50 64 .. .00 Amarillo . 42 64 .. .00 Atlanta . 52 52 .. .86 Austin . 60 64 .. .00 Boise . 34 56 .. .02 Boston . 50 56 .. .02 Brownsville . 63 65 .. .51 Calgary . 10.40 Chicago . 46 54 .. .00 Cleveland . 50 56 .. .02 Corpus Christi . 62 66 .. .26 Dallas . 58 66 .. .00 Del Rio . 58 66 .. .00 Denver . 40 68 10 .00 Dodge City . 40 66 .. .00 El Paso . 48 64 .. .00 Fort Smith . 54 70 .. .00 Helena . 26 52 .. .06 Hous-on . GO 64 .. .18 Huron . 50 .. .oo * Jacksonville . 64 76 10 .00 Kansas City . 50 63 10 .00 Louisville . 51 56 .. .C2 Memphis . 56 58 .. .00 Miami . 74 78 .. .00 New Orleans . 66 74 .. u.u 1 North Platte . 31 GO .. .00 Jp Oklahoma City ...I 48 70 10 ,un Palestine . 58 64 .. .00 Persarcla . 66 G3 .. 1.12 Phoenix . 43 80 .. .00 Pert Arthur . 62 64 .. .44 ! ROSWCll . 34 64 .. .00 St. LculS . 50 62 10 .00 £t Paul . 36 54 12 .00 Cal: Lake City _ 'A CO .. .00 San Antcnio . :3 64 .. .00 Santa Fe . 28 54 .. .00 Sheridan . 32 42 .. .00 *hr?veport . 58 62 .. .00 Vicksburg . 58 62 ...14 Washington . 52 60 .. .06 Will'.'.on . 30 40 10 .20 I Wilmington . 58 62 .. .52 It 1: estimated that publishers of the United States now have 200 000.000 copies of books printed ca?h year • 4 | MOVIE SIDELIGHTS • --— — . | Movie Calendar BROWNSVILLE— Capitol—"Whoopee"; Eddie Can tor. Dittmann—"For the Love O’ Lil’ : Jack Mulhall and Margaret Livingston. Queen—"Lil lom"; Charles Farrell. McALLEN— Palace—"The Big Trail "; all star ( cast. Queen—"Lcathcrnecking"; Chas.' Murray. MISSION— .M'ssion Theater—"For the Love O’ Lil"; Jack Mulhall. RAYMONDVILLE— La Vista—"Queen High"; Stanlev Smith and Charles Rugglcs SAN BENITO— Rivoll—"The Life of the Part*”’; , Winnie Llghtner. Palace—"Around the World With Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson." WESLACO— Ritz—’ Vengeance"; Jack Holt. CAPITOL Today is your last chance to see "Whoopee”, with Eddie Cantor, at the Capitol Theatre. Audiences ! that have seen this picture proclaim 1 it to be the best ever, the greatest cbmedy film spectacle ever wit nessed and heard. "Whoopee' has been made into a scries of breath-taKing lavisn spectacles, interspersed with comedy such as Eddie Cantor alone can produce. "Miss Custer, I need companionship. I need someone to whisper my troubles to. Fomctne who will understand, who will sympathize, who will comfort me. That's why I got me this calf’. So saying Henry Williams, the boy with the 57 ailments, diseases, maladies and what have you. ana his baby cow burst into the center of the merriest funfest the talking pictures could possibly produce. It’s “Whoopee'', and Eddie Cantor takes his "Whoopee” seriously. MM-m-m-m, how he can make "Whoopee.” Take It in, too, ana give yourself a whooping good time. Hear, and see, Eddie Cantor sing "Mv Baby Just Cares For Me,” “A Girl Friend of a Boy Friend of Mine” and “Makin’ Whoopee.” “Whoopee” ts filmed entirely In technicolor, bringing out the life and color of the gorgeous costumes and beautiful girls, and thrilling you with the beauty and grandeur of the scenic West. Also the natur alness of Eddie Cantor in the , greatest comedy characterization of his career, is tremendously en hanced by the technicolor process. “How is it done?” Ask those who have seen "Whoopee. The develop ment of technicolor to its present state of perfection has engaged the untiring energy of a group of scien tists for sixteen years. Consemien tly, any accurate description of how the magic process works cannot be condensed Into a few sentences, but by its perfected process “Whoopee" has been filmed cbmpletely in the finest technicolor yet to reach the screen. DITTMANN Belle Baker, America's greatest vaudeville artiste, makes her mo tion picture debut in "Song of Love," the Columbia all-talking, singing, vivid backstage drama coming to the Dittmann Thurs day and Friday. Miss Baker has consistently refused to appear on the screen because she felt that the talkies had not reached the point to do justice to the human voice. Columbia made the offer at a psychological time. Miss Baker feels now that talking films are sufficiently perfected to reproduce the voice so that it is life-like. Another factor that influenced Mi^s Baker to make her debut at this particular time was the script Columbia pictures presented for Miss Baker's approval. The popular vaudeville favorite felt that "Song of Love" was a vehicle that catered to her particular talents. Belle Baker is great. She has ir ability to sway an audience from : laughter to tears and from tears to laughter. She has a personality that captivates her hearers; she has the gift of charac*erizati''n hich transforms a song from mere l"rics and musical notes into a living dra matic thing; she possesses a versa tility that enables her to do a pa thetic or humorous number with equal facility and talent. In ge‘tinn Miss Baker to make her talking picture debut, Columbia is to be congratulated. Appearim with Miss Baker In •'Song of Love." a ba~ks.age musi cal drama Ralph Graves, David Durand and Funice Quedens. Erie C. Kenton dircctdc. RIVOLI - SAN BENITO If the talkies have presented any lady as funny as Winnie of the wink and the wallop, it is not easy to lo cate her. And here Winnie is again in and new and funnier “Gold Dig gers of Broadway,” appearing in the same sort of part only raised to the nth degree of comedy. She sines new songs and cavorts in a way to get the audiences into spasms of hilarity. The story is an original by Mel ville Crossman and Arthur Ceasar. Broadway wit has done screen adap tion and dialogue. The all star cast Includes lovely Irene Delrov. Jack Whiting. Charles Butterworth, John Davidson. Charles Judels and Arthur Hoyt. Rol Del Ruth directed. The story has to do with Winnie's scheme to receive ten per cent com mission from her friend to manage her in a campaign to capture sugar daddies. For the purpose the two sail to Havana, and there meet with adventures which are as thrilling as they are ludicrous. This is Winnie Lightner at her very best.. Ee sure to see “The Life of the Party.” show tag for the last times today at the Rlvoli theatre, San Benito. QUEEN Audiences want action, action and more action, theatre managers everywhere say. Which is probably why Buck Jones the Western star has flashed into new prominence. Nobody is more experienced than Jones at setting jaded nerves quiv ering with excitement. The smiling, handsome cowboy actor and his famous horse are known all over the world. He can be depended on, with his natural verve and daring feats of horsemanship to set hearts pounding and hands clutching the sides of seats from the first flash of the picture to the last. Film-goers will find that he has exceeded himself to meet a great new demand for thrills In his latest Columbia feature. “Shadow Ranch” which comes to the Queen Theatre on Friday and Saturday. Expert riding, gunfights, hand-to-hand combats and snectacular stunts fill this outdoor drama, with an un usual love story and a liberal sprinkling of hilarious comedy. Buck Is surrounded by a well known cast of players Including Marguerite De La Motte, Kate Price and Frank Rice. Large Exhibit of Citrus Is Desired (Special to The Herald.) HARLINGEN, Nov. 13—Plea for o more complete citrus fruit exhibit an the Valley Mid-Winter fair here Not. 22 to 30, has been voiced by M T. Wiley of La Feria, chairman In charge of the department. Citrus fruit is supposed to be the principal Valley crop and the one of which it is most proud and all growers are asked to submit a plate of each variety. Prises totalling $1,000 will be awarded in this de partment alone. There should be no conflict with the community exhibits although these also contain small amounts of | citrus fruits. Mr. Wiley said. There is no reason, he pointed out, why the growers should not assist in providing fruit for the community exhibits, since only small amounts a:e necessary for this purpose, and then exhibit “on his own” for the many prizes which will be offered. Co-operation of all growers in mak ing the citrus department more im pressive is asked by Mr. Wiley. Ex hibits should be brought to the fair the day prior to the opening day or up to 9 o'clock of the opening day. (»ree« Pastures • • „ All Win*, r One w'ay to get more milk is to buy a lot more cows. Another way is to get more mill, out of the cows you already are feeding. Of course, if the feed they’re getting now won’t increase the amount of milk, it might be a good idea to try a feed that will. Blue Tag Cream Maker (24% Protein) has done it for just a whole lot of dairymen in the Southwest. Some others prefer Blue Tag Dairy Ration (18.4% Protein) and others Milk Maka (16% Protein)—depending on conditions. Ask your dealer. And ask him about these new Blue Tag Egg Pells for your hens, too. Buy Blue Tag Feed from Brownsville Seed and Feed Co. Brownsville Texas , Friday and^ faturdO} only7 % NONE SOLD FOR CASH through our tremendous buying power, we are &ble to offer you these gorgeous quilted satimrayon bed spread sets at an amazingly low price. The dainty oversized pillow of exquisite design, is richly shirred with beautiful quilting. The spread which has a full skirt is also richly tufted and shirred. At Our Brownsville Store Only Watch Our Windows of Fire Beautiful Colors Thu marvelous bed act comes m five beautiful soft shades of Xmt, Green, Orchid, Blue and bU. The spread b efcborately jolted and is hoed. Both pillow and spread are of satin-finbhed Rayon with splendid shirring. The season's most sensational value—Don't miss it! Make Your Selections i ~ More for Yovr Money Always ► i * New Goode Low Prices i ► A ► Every Day_AU Th* i Time NOVEMBER I Apparel-Reductions I Reductions on Winter Dresses $*y»49 The Style details tell you that they are up-to-the-minute dresses. Pric ed to sell from $9.89 to $12.98. We ! 4ft J believe that the price quoted on ► these dresses is extraordinary. The | fabrics and workmanship show ► their quality and price. ► ► - ^ Dresses Priced at / $12*49 Important group of dress fashions featuring all the smart styles for fall and winter occasions. Frocks with boleros, color con trasts, embroidery, etc. Black, Browns, Greens and Prints. Reg ular $14.69 and $16.98 values. WINTER HATS H OFF | Velvets, soleils felts, to please the young miss as well as the old- ♦ er woman. Plenty of the most popular colors. Newest and smart- J est styles. . r ■ -■»■ —— ■ ■ ■ .Ml ■■ !■■■ ■■■■■ ■ ■ ^ Models that are fashion successes of the season. < Selection of coats from our present stock insures per fect satisfaction because of the large variety from which to choose. Though of excellent qual ity throughout, the prices are 4 very moderate. ^