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DUST STORM
SWEEPS AREA
OVER TEXAS
<Wf Th« Aaaoe'atad
A blind in* du»t storm, driven by
a hard north wind, obscured the
skytn north and west Texas Friday.
Fog-like dust clouds hung over
the region. In places the sun shin
ing badly through the drifting
particles, assumed an amber cast.
The fine dust filtered Into build
ings. coated roads and fields and
made breathing difficult.
Land Blows Badly
In west Texas, the storm raged
through the night, the wind whip
ping up to high veolclty, but Friday
it had abated somewhat. Unplowed
stubble land ‘ blew’* badly around
Plalnview but little damage was
reported to growing wheat.
The sun was almost obscured
around Corsicana. The dust storm
was visible there before fi e. m.
Middle western states Thursdtv
felt the blinding force of the dis
turbance over e 500-mlle front cov
ering half a doaen states with a
dusty pall.
Lubbock reported h "wild night,”
(but relief ws* in sight Friday with
the wrlnd velocity decreasing.
In the downtown section of Abi
’lene, it was impossible to see more
[than a few blocks.
The dust cloud was thick in
Borger but the wind had calmed
Friday morning as the disturbance
passed to the south.
Drives Into Austin
A hard north wind blew through
out the night at Fort Worth from
the dry area* to the west and north
A 25-mile wind still was blowing
Friday and a fog-like cloud blan
keted the area.
The dust storm hit Austin m its
southward movement around 10 a.
m. Friday, reducing visibility to
less than a mile. It was Increasing
In Intensity. Unseasonably high
temperatures preceded the storm's
arrival at Austin
Amarillo had a hard north wind
from 8 p. m. Thursday night until
morning, when conditions became
calm Dust clouds still hung m the
air. It was the first bad dust storm
of the season for Amarillo.
The wind blew up to a velocity
of 30 miles an hour there Thursday
night.
Mellon's Attorney
Says Taxes Dodging
Evidence Is Failure
—
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 22.
Frank J. Hogan, nationally known
Washington attorney and chief
counsel for Andrew W. Mellon, in
sisted Friday not “one centiliter" of
I "pertinent evidence" has been dis
closed In the government's $3,089,000
! income tax fraud case against hi*
client that he hadn't admitted to
be true himself in hi* opening sum
mation.
Equally elated at result* of the
I first week s hearing before the tax
ippealR board is the government's
attorney. Robe-t H Jackson. Heal
, mgs were recessed over Washing -
i ton’s birthday and the weekend,
i "Nearly all of this other evidence
u> for publicity purposes and will
i be shown to havt no real bearing
on the case."
The attorney was referring to
testimony by Russell that although
he ha I directed the Investigation
into Mellon’s 1931 income tax re
turn and had signed the letter
notifying the lormer treasury tec
:etary last March of the bureau's
added claim, an assistant, attorney
general had approved and Initialed
the letter.
Attorney General Homer D. Cum
mings had publicly announced he
would seek a grand jury tnvestlga
tion and indictments against Mel
lon several week* before the notifi
cation letter »at sent and Hogan
charged in hie summation that
Cummings had force*' the revenue
department to proceed unwillingly
against the former republican sec
retary.
•We have found more than we
tnought there was to this case "
usserted Jackson. "Mellon's records
and the testimony of his confiden
tial secretary, Howard M. Johnson,
have more than borne out our
charges.”
While his chief ait* a few feet
away, witness Johnson has under
gone more than two days of exami
nation on the witness stand, most
of It slow but methodical cross
questioning by Jackson
One headline disclosure Johnson
was farced to make waa the fact
that Mellon placed a book value of
CITY CASH
GROCERY
1130 S. E. Wash inf ton St. Phone 1281
WE DO OUR PART 1
REAL BARGAINS — REAL SPECIALS
Below we quote a few of our many bargains for
Saturday and Monday, Feb. 23rd and 25th, 1935.
mCTET Admiration, 1-lb. can.29c
vUl ILL Bright and Early, 1-lb. bag. 22c
POTATOES ye?-.18c
C \ O P‘ *nd G* O Oea
5\JAi Size, 10 bars for ...
BREAD lo*'.5c
COFFEE uTc1!”0""'.32c
BANANAS graL-T.15c
COFFEE 15c
CVDl TD Brer Rabbit, 1 Q
SI KUr Quart Can .... 1 QC
FLOUR Srflr-.28c
PORK »nJ BEANS 5c
PICKLES . 17c
CHERRIES STftt'.T;.13c
APPLE BUTTER ST.18c
CORN SrrS,.7c
GELATINE "A.19c
SANI-FLUSH, per can.19c
MEAT SPECIALS
HAM Boiled, per lb.42c
CHEESE, yellow, per lb. ,<.21c
BACON, Breakfast, Not Sliced, lb. .. 28c
LONG BOLOGNA, per pound.15c
BACON, Sliced, per pound.30c
WIENERS, per lb.15c
J. R. GUERRA, Prop.
BrownsTilla, Tanas
slightly more then 107,000.000 on
nls holding* on December 31. 1031.
The unbelieving crow-examiner de
manded an itemized account of all
the assets and liabilities of the fi
nancier. This was furnished and is
oeing studied over the weekend for
more questioning material.
Valley Co-Ops’
Failures Are
Given Thought
(Special to Tha Herald)
HARLINGEN. Feb. 22_If opera
tion ol Valley vegetable co-opera
tlvea had been a« efficient u the or
ganisation campaign* they might
have met with more success.
This is one of the many conclus
ions reached by Dr. W. E Paulsen,
marketing research racialist with
the Texas Agricultural experiment
station In a bulletin, "Co-operative
Vegetable Marketing Associations ol
-he Lower Rio Grande Valley," just
received.
Pamsen, who spent several years
in making the study , also explained
other .actors in the successive lall-1
ures of Valley co-ops. He said that
many growers were so imbued wun
ir.e pioneering spirit ol subduing ua
.ure and produc ing crops that he has
.eft the problem of marketing large-.
»y to others.
He pointed out that in most m
tances, successful agricu.\»al co
ops have developed among iarmers
of relatively long residence In the
community. Such co-ops have been 1
based upon confidence and under
landing built upon long and Ulti
mate acquaintance between neigh
bor and neighbor. Conditions in the
valley have been quite different be
cause of the newness of the country
nd the fact that new growers were
constantly coming Into this area.
"Furthermore.' said Paulsen in
this respect, "each succeeding at
.empt In the Valley has not been
sponsored by the same group ol
growers trying again and again to
organize. Rather, each association
.ias been promptly prompted large
iy bv a new group of growers trying
or the first time in a new envir
onment to create a co-op. Even
eader&hlp in each succeeding en
deavor has been largely new. These
circumstances help explain difficul
ties encountered in these attempts at
organization and failures of succeed
.ng associations to profit by previous
experiences as much a* could be ex
pected." _..
Paulsen also gave a number of oth
er factors contributing to the fail
ures of various co-ops whose history
•a given in the bulletin. The organi
sations described include the early
ocal associations from 1905 to 1911.
the pioneer association, the Rio
Grande and coast association from
IPU to 1914: the unit marketing sys
em, 1914-1918; the Rio Grande
Growers exchange. 1920 to 1923, Rio
Orande Valley Vegetable Growers
•xchange, 1927 to 1929: and a co
operative adequately financed, the
Rio Grande Vegetable Co-operative
association. 1931 to 1933.
There are 22 pages in the bulletin
discussing the co-ops in minute de
tail. Copies may be obtained by wru
ng the Texas Agricultural Experi
ment Station at College Station, Tex
i6 and asking for Circular No. 74.
Cameron Records
CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT
Judge Geo. Weziervelt
Grand jury recessed for week
Thursday after returning eleven In
dictments. Those on the grand Jury
are: Geo. E. French, foreman; C. V.
Hamilton. R. Mathers. Tyre H |
Brown. H F. Looney. T. E Betts.
Faustino Renddn, A. J. Carpenter,,
H. C. Aldridge, A. M. Garcia, R B
McLeaish and W. E. Scott.
Order entered: Thos A. Bargesser
vs. Kate Bargesser. divorce granted.;
103rd DISTRICT COURT
Judge A. M Kent
Suit filed: Federal Underwriters
Exchange vs. Jules W. Ruiz, appeal
from award of Industrial board
COUNTY COUBT-AT-LAW
Judge Bascom Cox
Cases filed: H. M. Smith, alleged
v.olatlon of traffic law, appealed
from Harlingen J. P Court M. Ar
Suckle. et al. vs. B. W Kuhn Co . I
Inc., suit on contract.
PROBATE COURT
Judge O. C. Dancy
Filed: Two cases in lunacy. Ap
plication for probate of will of Nora
P. Gray, deceased *
Marriage Licenses
Martlniano Olivares and M&rganta
3a las.
R. E. Salter and Christine Cantu
Archie B. Cauaey and Murlal
Sullivan.
Births and Deaths
Daughter. Marla de la Cmi. to
Mr. and Mrs Arnulfo Martinez. Feb.
18. Brownsville.
Son, Macarto, to Mr and Mrs.
Macario Outterre*. Feb. 17. Browns
ville.
Daughter. Dolores Candida, to
Mr and Mrs Martin Oalvan. Feb.
18. Brownsville.
Son. Fernando, to Mr and Mrs
Fernando Saenz. Feb. 19. Browns
villa.
Justice A. Barred* Jr.
Emilio Canul fined 835 and costs
for assault and battery on Juan
Enrique.
Felipe 8aldivar fined $100 and
coats on charge of vagrancy. I
ONION QUEEN
VOTING SET
(Special to The Herald)
RAYMONDVILLE, Feb. 22.—Wil
lacy citizen* will vote Saturday to
select Queen Not no VII, who will
reign over the Seventh Annual
Onion Fiesta, to be held April 11. 12
and 13. at Raymondvllle.
Anyone from the age of 12 upward
will be eligible to vote at one of the
five polling place* in the county. The
voting will be confined to the one
day, and ballot* will not be counleu
until April 12 Ballots will be tab
ulated by John F. Holder. Harry W.
Cook, and Victor H. Tumllnson. and
the queen will oe notified one hour
before her coronation, which will
take place at 8 o'clock the night of
Friday. April 12
Mr*. C. J. Scott, Mrs. D. E Deck
er and Mrs. N. C. Tracy will have
charge ol the Raymondvllle box Sat
urday, located in the postoffice. At
the Sebastian postoffice. Mr* Vera
Smith. Mrs. Davla Wood and Mrs.
Jane Wilacn will receive the ballot*
Mr*. A J. Critchfleld. Mr*. E. M
Sorensen and Mrs. J. L Box w 11 pre
side at the Lyford poetoffice. I San
Perlita postoffice, Wtilic Moore. Mis*
Georgia Lee Campbell and Mr Mc
Caila will register the voter*. And at
the Watson Store at Lasara. Mrs.
Julia Hobb*. Mr*. Dile W*t*on and
Ml** Anna Wilde will have charge
The ncmlnees for Queen of the
Seventh annual Onion Fiesta In
clude: Misses Ruth Richey. Helen
Louise Wester, La von Halpln. Imo
gene Johnson. Dorothy Dodge and
Susan Handley of Raymondvllle
Norma Demmg of San Perlita, Dor
othy Dalton, Kathenne Ray and
Merle Maldrldge of Lyford. Mar
guerite Haning. Sebastian, and Olivia
Hendrichson ol Lasara.
■rJ3kl\06tlV l(€ StATffc
February ?2. 1835. — This is the
sixteenth anniversary date of the
treaty between the United States of
America and Spain which resulted
In the acquirement of Florida by the
former and the territory now called
Texas becoming the undisputed prop,
arty of the latter. The Sabine Riv
er was fixed as the boundary. The
exchange was called the Monroe
Treaty because Mr Monroe wa«
President of the United States of
America at the tune of the negotia
tions. The United States had pur
chased the vast but vaguely defined
territory called Louisiana from
France In 1803. paying fifteen million
dollars for it. There had always been
considerable uncertainty as to its
extent. France had surrendered her
North American possessions to Spain
in 1763. but regained the Louisiana
Territory in 1800 and claimed that
it extended to the Rio Grande.
Spam, on the other hand, had never
admitted that present Texas was
ever a part of Louisiana Many em
inent statesmen of the United States
of America contended that the
French claim was Just and asserted
that Texas was bought and paid for
in the 1803 Louisiana purchase.
Among these men were Clay. Ben
ton, Adams tJohn Quincyi and Van
Buren. The uncertainty of the
boundary line was a fTequent cause
of diplomatic controversy and a con
stant source of irritation along the
borders of the two provinces which
many tunes threatened to involve the
United States. It remained an open
ed question until the treaty of 1819
fixed the Sabine as the boundary.
Charles Greenslade
Is Rotary Speaker
IBpeciU to n>* Heratdi
SAN BENITO Feb 22 -Charles
Greenslade told some of his personal
experiences In coxing to the United
States from England as an immi
grant In a talk before the Rota::
club Thursday at the S'onewaU Jack
son hotel.
He said that In England one re
mains in the class to which one ha-,
been born while :n the United State;
there la opportunity for advancing
oneself—also the possibility of los
ing one's higher status.
Alex M. Bowie called attention
of the club to the (act that the Val
ley relay carnival would again be
held and that it would be staged here
March 16
Carl Friedlander of the Vermllye
Huffman Flying Sendee was ad
mitted as a new member
Absence oi Charles C- Bowie and
cigars was noted with reeret but tn«
Rotarlans were hopeful that the
proud father would be aufUcienth
recovered by next week to attend a
meeting of the club.
It was voted to probe ttiling off
in attendance from Harlingen with
only Jack Klnx of that city present
H T. Stotler of Mercedes was the
other Rotary visitor.
A J. Garey and Jack Reed were
Tuests.
package
Texas’LARGEST SELLER
Mrs. Bess Gearhart Morrison
America’* Beat Known Reader and Entertainer
Will appear at the
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday Night, Feb. 24, at S o'Clock
Reading "The Hem of Hii Garment", a religious
reading, by Margaret Sangster.
No admission but a free mill offering will be taken.
The General Public Is Cordially Invited.
McAllen Begins Its
Twenty-Fourth Year
As Thriving City
McALLEN. Feb. 32. — McAllen
known as the “City of Palms ' of the
Valley. Thursday entered upon the
34th year of Its formal existence ae
a Texas city.
Another anniversary of the city's
formal start passed with little con
slderat.on given the date except by,
the small groups of old-timers whoi
recalled It because of newspaper
stortee and who re-told their tales
of the early days.
McAllen was named for a Scotch
man, James McAllen, widely known
as ‘ Jim’’. He came to this part of
South Texas long before any of the
present Valley cities, excepting pos
sibly Brownsville and Rio Grande
City, had been started and carved
I himself a huge ranch. He wee a ty
pical early Texan, depending upon
|h-s ability a*> a ranchman, bandit
fighter and frontiersman to main
tain himself on one of Texas last
frontiers.
In 1604. the railroad became the
first connecting link between Jim
McAllen’s crossroads setlement. his
ranch and the outside world. That
was when the old St. Louis. Browns
ville and Mexico railway laid ita
branch line from Harlingen to
Samfordyce, west of Mission. In
1909. William Briggs, then a resi
dent of Pharr, laid <Jut a townslte
in a new tract out of porciones 64.
65 and 66. Ancient Jurlsd.ctlon of
Reynosa. after a dispute had arisen
concerning the original village, now
known as West McAllen The first
depot built by the old St L., B. Sc
M, now the Missouri Pacific, has
only recently been remodeled Into a
fruit packing ehed on Its original
location.
Organiatlor. of the settlement
Into a township was accomplished
when the state issued a charter on
February 21. 1911, and Frank O.
Crow, still a resident, was named
McAllen's first mayor. He served
one term.
Old-timer* recall that McAllen
began, after the township was or
ganized. to assume a place ae the
chief trading center of Hidalgo
county. The city fathers decided to
build a horse watering-trough on
Mam street as a feature of friend
liness toward visitors. The now
famous trough is preserved in one
of the city's parka having served
for many years as a lure for visit
ors who traded with McAllen busi
ness men.
In the comparatively bnef span
of 24 years, McAllen ha* become the
largest city in Hidalgo county, with
a population estimated at over 13.
000 Many of the Valley's larger
stores and business firms are locat
ed in McAllen. During the past
three years. It has become one of the
chief vegetable and citrus shipping
points in the Valley. It is one of
four Valley cities enjoying the fa
cilities of two railway systems Its
location opposite Reynosa, Mexico,
Just aci Is the Rio Grande, enables
Mexican residents over a wide sec
tion of northeastern Mexico to make
use of Its modem facilities
More than 500 businesses are lo
cated in McAllen and the total es
timated valuation of the city prop
erty it in excess of 110.000.000. As
sessed valuations for tax purposes
are only one-third of this figure.
The city has 25 miles of paved
streets and 40 mllea oi graveled or
otherw.se improved streets. It has
five public and two parochial
schools and more than a dosen
churches.
McAllen ranks third among Valley
cities in the total number of busi
ness establishments and its utility
connections have shown a decided
Increase during recent weeks.
McAllen's chamber of commerce,
one of the largest and most active
organisations of Its kind in the
Valley, Is now managed by Paul T.
Vickers. Its chief efforta at the
present tune are being directed
toward improvement of internation,
al relationships with cities of north
ern and northeastern Mexico and
development of McAllen Industrial
possibilities.
It is expected that an elaborate
program will be arranged on the
city’s Silver Anniversary—February
31. 1936.
A temperature of 140 degrees t|
low aero can be survived by snails
Brush-tailed rat kangaroos of
HUEY WANTS
MORE NOISE
Washington. Feb. 22. yp—Huey
Long, warming up lor a new on
slaught cm Postmaster Oeneral Far
ley. warns the capital that tt la go
to* to be “rocked.’*
A common, ordinary, unscrupulous
crook with no defense whatever to be
made for him" was the description
1 Senator Long applied to Farley on
the senate floor Thursday as hs con
tinued his efforts to obtain an in
vestigation of Farley’s will rock this
capital," he aaid. adding that the
postmaster general is on the way
out *
Long said his charges would in
volve bank law violations in Tennae*
in which he contended Farley had
interfered Senator McKellar <D
Tfci.n) Interrupted to say he believed
he knew what the Louiaianan had In
mind but that he was -wholly mis
informed.”
As Long spoke. Harry L. Hopkins
the relief adxlnistrator. told newe
mt.n that the FERA had cancelled
a contract with a New York corapeny
for 84,000 sacks of cement and given
JO.000 ticks of the order to the Oen
ersl Builders Supply compeny. of
whicn. Long says, Farley formerly
wt* president. Hopkins said the orig
inal contract with the City BuUd
company, calling for J47.M0 had
to be can Polled because NRA certi
fied the company was not comply
ing with Its cods. Ha asld that the
price finally paid five companies for
the cement was I52.M4.
The Ultra-New
Belgian /i
h.» rj*j£:>
Are here • • • they
are the very latest
for Spring . . . and
will add to any
man's appearance.
Featured here at
65c and $1.03
BILLY’S DIREY
^That derned ol bully Joe
Simpson he is bigger and
stronger an I am and today
he tripped me up and punch
ed me in the noes but oh boy
what I wont do to him sunt.
Im in traneing secrutly to
fit# him. Im getting strong
by going to bed early and
with every meel drinkin a
grate big glass of GRIS
HAM’S MILK.
’s R. G. V.
»nd”op°r«ud Deluxe Store in Brownsville c to^,ory
EUZABLTH SPECIALS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Feb. 23 Institution
LETTUCE, Large heads, 2 for.15c
BANANAS, 2 dozen.25c
POTATOES, Maine, 10 lba. ..17c
SNOWDRIFT
\ub. IQ- 6lb- $106
Can .. 1 v* Can *M 1
All its goodness locked in—-»and you
got the key.
Bran Flakes Iflc
Post’s, Reg. pkg. Aw
Premium Shred
COCOANUT, 4-oz. pkg. ...
COFFEE
Maxwell _
House, lb. . .
JELL-O
3 Pkg». .. 19c
PILLSBURY’S FLOUR
12 lbs. 24 lbs. 48 lbs.
■ I 1.02 ‘1.99
LIBBY’S FOODS
KRAUT, Libby’s, No. 2 Vs can.15c
SPINACH. Libbv’s. No. 2V, can.. 15c
PINEAPPLE JUICE, Libby’s, tall can.12c
PINEAPPLE. No. 1 can. 9c
TOMATO JUICE, 3 cans.25c
PEARS, rallqn.51c
CHERRIES, gallon. 54c
PINEAPPLE, gallon.58c
CREAM OF WHEAT, reg. size ... 13c
TOMATOES, S & S, No. 2 can, 3 for. 25c
APPLES, Dried, 2-lb. pkg.25c
HOMINY, Van Camp's, No. 2l/i can. 9c
SHORTENING, Scoco, lb.14c
Dim’S FOOD
CUP CAKES, dozen.18c
SPICE CUP CAKES, dozen.15c
CINNAMON ROLLS, dozen.10c
SUGAR
BEET, 10-lb. i7_ CANE, 10-lb. JA_
Paper bag 4/C Paper baf.4«rC
SOAP „
CAMAY. 3 eakM C
T!™ 7Vic
nine11 I eg. • • • • •
OVALTWE
Large Size .... 59c
Smell Size .... 31c
fySQm&miS
HAND CUT BOCK CBYWTAL
MARMALADE JAR
WSEH
Ip SOAP Kb.....
COFFEE
Admiration g\g\ Bright
Pound 7llr A Early,
Can.Lk Pound . ..frCArfC
DOG FOOD, Vigoral, 2 cant.ISc
PEN-JEL, package.12c
MARSHMALLOWS, 8-oz. pkg. 8c
SS^fl CORN Miller’., 1 1 »
f\ cSl FLAKES Large pkg. I I
I Green Giant, can . 16c
PEAS, Mapes*, No. 2 can. 9c
KIDNEY BEANS, Phillip’s, can .... 7c
SOUP TOMATO, Phillip’s" 6 cans .. 28c
OATS, Three-Minute, reg. pkg. 8c
SYRUP, Staley'* Golden, No. 1% can.12c
VEAL STEW, pound.10c
VEAL CHUCK ROAST, pound.14c
PORK SAUSAGE, pound.20c
PORK SHOULDER ROAST, pound.!9^c
HAMBURGER, pound ... 12»/8c
STEAK, good, pound.20c
HENS, Dressed, pound.20c
CHEESE, Full Cream, pound.20c
BACON, Sliced, pound.23c and 30c