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Citrus Brings Best Price in Two Years; European Mart Prospects Bright
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GOOD WEATHER
SPEEDS FRUIT
OVER TESTS
(8pedal to The Herald)
MERCEDES, Oct. 22.—In spite of
a light yield o citrus grult growers
In the Valley are receiving from
$100 to $200 an acre for their fruit,
In the field, and the deal promises
to be one of the most favorable In
years.
This view of the situation was
expressed at the office of John Ap
person, well known shipper here.
Studies Markets
Mr. Apperso.. is now in New York
In conference concerning proposed
shipments of fruit to Europe. He vas
one of the pioneers of the Valley in
shipping citrus across the ocean last
season. Due the demand In Eng
land and Prance. Annerson md
other Valley people are exneeted to
make larger shipments this year
across the ocean.
"We Just paid a man $121 for his
fruit from a small orchard," fhe
concern said here today. “On the
same acreage last season he had
four times the vleld and got a hill
for ta after he had shipped It."
Practically all growers are belnc
paid 2 1-4 to 2 1-2 cents a pound
for the best mmlity of fruit. The
Blaes are running well. Tap* is o>r
the fruit on the trees, the farmer
having no expense of harvesting or
packing.
Prospects Bright
It has been two years since such
prices were paid and then they were
paid only for a short time at the
opening of the season and dropped
at once.
Although there may be a small
drop this year, nrosnects are that
the price of fntlt will held up fair
ly well the remainder of the sea
son. It was said at Apperson's office
here.
NEW’ YORK RnOWS
INTEREST TV FRT'IT
A comunlcatlon to a Valiev con
cern from W. F Kurtz Co. New
York produce dealers. Inquires about
prospective shipments of Valiev
fruit to European mar'T-ts this
season.
The communication States that
damage to the Porto Rico cron from
the hurricane and the short. Florida
crop are leaving a big demand for
other fruit. The rate for exports
has been lowered. Kurtz said.
rRTTT PASSING
TESTS RAPIDLY
* (Special to The Herald!
\HARITVOtEN. (Vi. 22—Sunshine
IRthe Valley for the nn't week and
a Vnlf ’ ns praetleallv solved the
problem which citrus interests of the
section were having in getting their
fruit to pass the maturity tests
For renorts from tests made oyer
the section t^e past few davs show
that the seedless fruit Is not be
ginning to pass the tests in a ma
jority of instances..
* The Valiev to date has shipped a
Total of 187 carloads of citrus, most
Pthls being the seeded fruit. This
considerably behind the usual
shipments to this date, the delar
being caused tv unfavorable weath
er and failure of fruit to pass ma
turity tests.
San Renlto stepped into the lead
in total shipments of citrus with °9
and McAllen moved into second
place, ahead of Weslaco and Mer
cedes. with 28. Other sdaftops nr :
Weslaco 70. Mercedes 20. Mission 10
Brownsville 8. Snavelv 8. Sharvland
9. Hauser 14. Harlingen 13. I a Feria
2. Vnl Verde 5. Alamo 9. TVmna 5.
Shipments from the Valiev prac
tically douhled during the past
week and with a continuation of the
present rood weather this section
M expected to be shipping heavily
by the end of the month.
HIS THIRD BRIDE?
Smiling at persistent rumors that they soon will be married, and
laughing aloud at reports that they already have been wed, Charles
Chaplin and Paulette Goddard are seen together in Hollywood
with increasing frequency. Here they are as they appeared at a
recent movie first night. Chaplin neither confirms nor denies the
reports that the platinum blond will be his third bride. Miss God
dard. recent divorcee, tells questioners she is “more interested in
my movie work.'*
HOOVER TERMED
‘WILD SPENDER’
TYLER. Oct. 22. W—Ernest O.
Thompson, member of the Texas
Railroad commission, denounced
Pres. Hoover in an address at a demo
cratic rally here last night as "a na
tional chamber of commerce secre
tary” and "the wildest spendthrift i
the world has ever known.**
He described a private elevator in
the commerce building at Wash
ington. which he said Hoover had
built while he was secretary of
commerce, saying "there has been
nothing like it since the days of
Nero.” He said the chief executive,
while commerce secretary, “had to
pass five public elevators to get to
that private one” and he calculated
that each ride the former secretarv
took in the elevator cost the gov
ernment $6 58.
The commerce building he declar
ed. was "an instance of the busi
ness incompetence and recklessness
of the present republican admin
istration.” In the facp of declining
revenues, he said, the administra
tion had "increased annual national
expenditures by a billion dollars
from 1926 to 1932.”
NEW CITRI S FRI’IT
A Florida citrus grower h.is ruc
cceded, by cross nit the Mexican
lime and the lenon. in producing
a new citrus fruit that resembles
the lemon but resist several dis
eases common to that fruit.
CROP LOANS
CHANGE MADE
HARLINGEN, Oct. 22 —Farmers
of this section who have collateral |
to put up as security may borrow
money from the Agricultural Cre
dit Corporation for crop purposes.
Ben F. Smith, manager of the
Houston branch of the corporation
told Valley farmers and others as
sembled at a meeting here Friday
night.
The meeting was held in th'»
liar Ungen municipal auditorium,
w:th A. I> Brooks, secretary of the
Harlingen C. of C. in charge.
Mr. Smith explained that loans
to be made from now on will be
on different basis from those made
in the past. Whereas the loans in
the spring were secured only by
the crops, those made in the future
will be made to persons considered
good moral risk, and who have col
lateral such as livestock, equip
ment, etc., to guarantee payment
of the loan.
He said the Houston office will
be ready to start making loans
soon.
Carriers See Show
John Fanning, manager of the
Capitol theatre, had as his guests
Friday night the Brownsville city
Herald carriers to see "Concorilla”
This animal picture of the wild
life of Africa was enjoyed very
much by the boys.
BATS UPSET
DIGNITY OF
COURT ROOM
AUSTIN, Oct. 22. IIP—It’s pret
ty hard for even sedate appellate
court Judges to keep their dignity
when bats are flying around ev
eryone's head.
The board of control Instituted
a bat exterminating campaign on
higher court opinion day last week
and bats swarmed around the big
pile of red granite. They flew into
the windows of the court of crim
inal appeals while that tribunal
was passing on cases Involving
liberty of men and women.
Dodging Balt
It was a session of “dodging
bats.” Lloyd Davidson, state's at
torney attached to the court, likes
a good laugh in its place. He
couldn't hold back a snicker when
the bats shot across the court
chamber and the judges had to
duck occasionally. Olin W. Finger,
veteran clerk of the court, grin
ned broadly, too, when he instruct
ed Gen. Jackson, aged darkey who
has served the court as janitor for
many years, to "step on" one of the
intruders that had fluttered to the
floor.
Jim Ewing, assistant clerk, sat
at his desk unconcerned and ex
hibiting an air of nonchalance.
J. K. Baker of Coleman, arguing
for a client, had his train of
thought interrupted more than one
time by mammals that flew shot
like across the chamber.
The Texas State Library in the
capitol building has a clientele of
newspaper boys. They do not en
gage in research, of course, but
they never fail to peruse the comic
sections of all the newspapers
filed there.
An enthusiast at the Texas state
headquarters of the Democratic
national ticket has put out a cam
paign squib like this:
**R is the favored letter In the
alphabet. One finds it In •mother.'<
‘father,’ ‘brother,’ and ’sister;’ It
is the beginning of Roosevelt and
the end of Hoover.”
—
Bank Messengers
Face Indictment
LAREDO, Oct. 22.—(/Pi—Enrique
Mogas. messenger for the Laredo
National Bank, and Eduardo Valle
Madrigal, were indicted by the
Webb ccunty grand Jury today on
a charge of bringing embezzled
property into Texas.
The indictment resulted from a
confession by Madngal that a fake
holdup of Mogas in Nuevo Laredo.
Mexico, last June had been plan
ned. Officers said Madrigal took
them to a house under which they
found $1,000 of the loot of $1,300
taken from Mogas.
Valley Canal Meet
Delegates Register
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. Oct. 22—Valley
people who will attend the Intra
coastal Canal convention In La
fayette. La.. Nov. 11 and 12. are reg
istering here, according to A. L.
Brooks, secretary of the Harlingen
Chamber of Commerce.
All those who are going from this
section are asked to register, and
most of them will go In one group,
holding a meeting here before they
leave.
The Valley is seeking extension
of the canal to Port Isabel and
Harlingen.
Seventy per cer.t of all the wine
’.mported Into England come3 from
its possessions.
EDINBURG, Oct. 32. de
velopment of a foreign market for
Texas grapefruit being attempted
at present directs attention to the
importance of export trade to the
citrus industry. Virtually every im
portant citrus fruit growing area,
depends on the demand of a wide
spread area, often in foreign coun
tries.
A citrus marketing agency at
present has a representative from
the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Eu
rope, developing the European cen
ters as prospective consumers of
Texas fruit. He is Arthur Pelanier
of San Benito, who has visited Eng
land. Germany, France and the
Scandinavian countries in the inter
est of more wide use of Valley cit
rus fruits.
Spain Exports
A survey of the Citrus-producing
countries shows the attention ea:h
gives to export.
In Spain, for example, where
there is about 45.000 acres of orange
trees, principally valencias, the bulk
of the crop goes to Germany.
France. Denmark and Sweden.
Citrus exports in Italy are declin
, ing. although that country for many
' years led the world In lemon pro
duction. Ten years ago Italy was
shipping a million and a half boxes
annually to the United States, but
California lemons and import du
ties of two and a half cents per
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YOUTHS WIN
MEXICO TRIP
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, Oct. 22.—High of
ficials of Mexico, including the
governor of the state of Tamauli
pas, Plutarco Elias Calies Jr., and
the minister of education in Mex
ico City, will be hosts to three
San Benito boys who will leave in
a short time for a tour of the re
public as a reward for winning the
American Legion annual "work
scholarship" here.
This scholarship, sponsored by
the Legion and originated by Col.
Sam. A. Robertson, rewards the
boys who. while maintaining a
passing average of grades, get the
most "corns on theiy hands.”
There is also a phase of the
contest rewarding pupils for ac
complishment in learning the lan
guage of neighbor countries—the
American boys for learning Span
ish, the Latin Americans for learn
ing English.
The three who are to go are Jack
Clark cf San Benito. Elbert An
derson of Rangerville, and Samuel
Rios of San Benito.
Col. Robertson, former sheriff
of the county, will take the bovs
on the trip, going by automobile
all the way to Mexico City. Recent
floods of the Rio Grande have held
up the trip.
They will be guests at a number
of big ranches on the way and will
be shown about Mexico City by
the minister of education.
Gonzales Rites
Luis Gonzales, six month old son
of Mr and Mrs. Jose Gonzales, died
at the family residence between ll
and 12 on Polk street Friday and
burial services were held Saturday
at 3:30 p. m. with interment in city
cemetery. Delta Funeral Home was
in charge.
Kiwanians TOP
We're located just two
blocks west of El Hicks—
Jardin Hotel
A Modem Service Depot!
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nwKMEuw TIRE SERVICE
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BK BROWNSVILLE ^
WASHING
GREASING
WOMEN’S LOUNGE
CORRESPONDENT DESK
RUNNING ICE WATER
TELEPHONE SERVICE
Purol Pep Gasoline
ml
Tiolene Lubricating Oil
Valley Is Making
Careful Study Of
European Markets
pound have cut the flow by &o per
cent.
More than two million boxen of
citrus fruit mostly orange* are ex
ported annually by British Booth
Africa, and this export, favorrd by
recent tariffs In Great Ilrltlati
against countrier. other than ila do
minions, is steadily increasing Eng
land impose a ten per cent ad va
lorem tax on citrus from countries
not in the empire. Australia al
though having four million orange
and six hundred thousand lemon
tree* with annual production of al
most two million box**. Is handicap
ped by distance from Important
markets. Some shipments have been
made to Canada, but most of the
output Is absorbed by horns markers
A hardy orange industry Is found
In Japan, fostered by warm OCt m
currents. Numerous cargoes have
been shipped to Canada under
terms of a reciprocal dutv-fre •
treaty between Canada and Japan
The Canadian import duty on citrus
from the United State* Is 70 cent*
a box.
Palestine Develop*
Extensive citrus development Is
under way In Palestine, with present
production about three million
boxes, and one-tenth as much
grapefruit. Present need for foreign
markets Is great, and the problem
likely will become acute in five
years, during which time the output
will probably Increase to seven mil
lion boxes of oranges and three
quarters of a million boxes of grape
fruit annually.
Porto Rico grapefruit, several
hundred thousand boxes cf which
are shipped to this country In nor
mal years, is an Important factor in
me umiea states markets, out
storm damage will eliminate further
Porto Rico Imports this year.
Brazil last year exported about two
million boxes of oranges.
Mexico consumes most of its cit
rus fruit, an 3 new southern Russian
developments are expected to afford
no competition to outside countries.
The greatest exnort markets are
northwestern Europe, especially
England, where the demand now
reaches 13 million boxes of oranges
and over a million boxes of grape
fruit each year. Germane comes
next, with a citrus demand which
has increased more than a hundred
per cent in recent years.
BROWNSVILLE
NEEDY AIDED
BY RED CROSS
Not alnre war time have the peo
ple of Brownsville received such
generous aid from the American
Red Cross, It was brought out at
a meeting of the executive board
Thursday afternoon.
During the past four months
three carloads of flour have been
received and the third car load Is i
now being distributed. Over 1200
families In Brownsville and vicinity
have been served free. Those inter
ested may visit on Fridays the flour
headquarters on Washington street
In the Canales building and see the
distribution George Mansur Is home
service chairman.
He Is assisted In the distribution
bv the parish priests. V. H. Trimble
of the Volunteer of American and a
social service committee from the
Public Health Nurse association
The Charity Home receives flour
through these agencies.
in addition to me aisuiowion oi
flour. 3M) transient* have been ac
romodated and 500 unfortunates
have been given general relief and
medical aid.
There are 22.000 yards of cotton
materials en route to Brownsville to
clothe the needy. It will be made
Into garments by women's organiza
tions of Bronwsville and girls of
the home economies department of
the public schools. Olrls In the high
I school wll* make shirts and the girls
of the grammar school will -lake
clothes for infants.
Sewing headquarters will be main
tained In the old McChesney build
ing on Washington street. Sewing
machines have been loaned bv the
Singer Sewing Machine eomnacy
and electricity furnished free by th’
city. Here the garments will be cut
and distributed under the super
vision of Mrs. Trto.nl*.
Dr. Sterling Fisher will be chair
man of the annual roll call for
Brownsville, beginning this year on
Armistice day.
Vets Fair Guests
DALLAS. Oct -22. UPt—Veterans
o' the Thirty-Sixth Division of Tex
as and Oklahoma Volunteers who
helped win the World War were
guests of Dallas and the State Fair
of Texas at their second reunion to- ^
day.
Their first march since they were
mustered out of service was ar
ranged through downtown streets,
behind Gen. John A. Hulen. who led
the seventy-second brigade to the
front hi the battle at Champagne
14 years ago this month.
LOOK
Depression Special*
New Gilbert
Fans.$2.95
Guaranteed
Dixie Irons. $2.35
Electric Clocks,
New.$2.95
General Electric
Lamps .... 10c
Electric appliances and light
ing fixtures marked down to
sell.
If It is Elertrical We Have
It or ( an Repair It
Quality and Service Always
Star Electric &
Eng. Co.
Phone 171
I Opposite New Postoffice
Brownsville
Markoleta Greer Elstner
School of Dance and Related Arts
Announces the opening of all types of dancinpr for
Children and adults.
Ye Olde College Inn Building
Brownsville
Aviation Month
In
BROWNSVILLE
Due to the wholehearted cooperation of the following air minded
Brownsville firms, we are in position to offer two rides for the price of
$1.00 from now until November 15th. SEE BROWNSVILLE FROM
THE AIR — GET CREDIT TICKETS FROM
Jack’s Pharmacy
713 W. Elizabeth 8t.
The Community Drug Store
WELLER’S SERVICE STATION
GROCERY AND MARKET
Elizabeth and Highway
Featuring Personal Courteous Attention
Geo. Smith Dairy
SMITH'8 PURE MILK KEEPS LONGER
BECAUSE ITS CLEAN
The Style Shop
Next door to Queen Theatre
THE VERY LATEST IN LADIES’
READY-TO-WEAR
TOASTED SANDWICH SHOP
Ask about our name contest.
— Arrow from Capitol Theatre —
COVACEVICH SUPPLY CO.
GEO. A. COVACEVICH, Prop.
The One Millicn Article Store
C. & S. Cash Grocery
1205 Washington Street
Eagle Pharmacy
REGISTERED PHARMACIST ON
DUTY AT ALL TIMES
AMAYA’S MILLINERY &
BEAUTY SHOPPE
1255 Adam* — Phone 1605%
New Shipment Ladi rV Hats and Tams,
75r to $3.00
Croquignole Permanent Waves
Expert Beauty Operators
Harry Auto Repair Shop
Expert Auto Repairing
62$ 12th Street
THE MARY-PAT BEAUTY
SHOPPE
Complete Beauty Parlor Service
504 Levee Street
A. Rogers Studio
Between Willman's Pharmacy and
Glmble's Ready-to-Wear
SEE OCR SPECIAL
ON -XMAS GREETING PHOTOS"
McKay’s Pharmacy
El Jardin Hotel
Fountain — Drugs — Sundries
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LES MAULDIN 1
BROWNSVILLE INTERNATIONAL AVIATION SCHOOL
BROWNSVILLE AIRPORT RES. PHONE 13M
Aerial Photography — Flying Instructions — Cross Country Flights
Valley Tours — Short Hops
Curtiss - Wright, Byrd. Monoroupe and Aeronlra Airplanes