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DUST STORM
SWEEPS AREA
OVER TEXAS
(■V Tfc# Maoditid Print
A blinding duet storm, driven by
* hard north wind, obscured the
•by In north end nest Texas Friday.
dust «ouds> hung over
tint region Jr* places the sun. shin
in* >uw#r miwwgh the drifting
particles, assumed an amber oast.
The fine dust filtered into build
ta|g». coated roads and fields and
made breathing difficult.
Land Blows Badly
U» wait Texas, the storm ragedj
ihjggign the night, the wind whip
ping up to high veolcity. but Friday
it Had abated somewhat. Unplowed
abubWe land "blew" badly around
Plata view but little damage was
reported to growing wheat.
The sun was almost obscured
around Oortirana The dust storm
Was visible there before ft a. m.
Middle western states Thursday
W» the blinding force of the dis
turbance over a 500-mlle front cov
ering half a dozen states with a
dusty pell.
Lubbock reported a “wild night,"
but relief was in sight Friday with
thf wind velocity decreasing
In the downtown section of Abi
kne, 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 areas to the west and north.]
A 25-mile wind still was blowing
Friday and a fog-iike cloud blan
keted the area.
The dust storm hit Austin in its
southward movement around 10 a.
m. Friday, reducing visibility to
UMB 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
eabn Dust clouds still hung m the
air It was the first bad dust storm
©1 the season for Amarillo.
The wtad blew up to a velocity
fcf 50 miles an hour there Thursday
night.
Mellon’s Attorney
Says Taxes Dodging
Evidence Is Failure
PITTSBURGH, Feb. tS. —<*V
Frank J. Hogan, nationally known
Washington attorney and chief
counsel for Andrew W. Mellon. In
sisted Prtday not “one centiliter’* of
“pertinent evidence ’ has been dis
closed in the government’s $3,000,000
income tax fraud case against his
client that he hadn't admitted to
be true himself in his opening sum
mation.
Equally elated at results of the
first week's hearing before the tux
appeals board is tne government's
attorney, Robert H. Jackson. Hear
ings were recessed over Washing
ton's birthday and the weekend.
“Nearly all of this other evidence
is for publicity purposes and will
be shown to have no real bearing
on the case.”
The attorney was referring to
testimony by Russell that although
he had directed the Investigation
into Mellon's 1931 income tax re
turn and had signed the letter
notifying the former treasury soc
tetary 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 investiga
tion and indictment# against Mel
lon several weeks before the notifi
cation letter was sent and Hogan
charged In nl« summation that
Cummings had force* the revenue
deoartment to prooeed unwillingly
against the former republican sec
retary.
• We have found more than we
tnought there was to this case,
asserted 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 sits a few feet
awey. 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
waa forced to make was the fact
that Mellon placed a book value of
CITY CASH
GROCERY
1130 S. E. Washington St. Phone 1**1
WE DO OUR PART
REAL BARGAINS — REAL SPECIALS
Below we quote a few of our many bargains for
Saturday and Monday, Feb. 23rd and 25th, 1935.
rArrrr Admiration, 1-lb. can.29c
LUFrEiL Bright and Early, 1-lb. bag. 22c
POTATOES K:,,.18c
d ✓’X A P. and G., Regular
r Size, 10 bars for ....
BREAD ,*°i *"f.5c
COFFEE Kra."-".32c
BANANAS ?"p£r-..15c
COFFEE arSL3?.fT:.15c
CVD1ID Brat Rabbit. -a Q „
9 X JK vJ * Quart Can .X
flour trsirr.28c
PORK and BEANS S'* 5c
PICKLES SS.-J"1.. 17c
CHERRIES gftr.T.Ik
APPLE BUTTER ST.18c
CORN &T&....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..7 15c
J. R. GUERRA, Prop.
BrowMTUlt, Tuu
____ ft
slightly mom than $97 000.000 on
hU holding! on December 31. 1031.
The ur.t*..evin* c rose-examiner de
manded an itemised account at all
the asset* 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
(daedal to Tfca Ratal*)
HARLINGEN, Feb. 22 —If opera
! non of Valley vegetable eo-opera
tives had been aa efficient aa the or
ganisation campaigns they might
nave met with more success.
This is one of the many conclus
ion* reached by Or. W- E- Paulsen,
marketing research specialist with
ihe 'fe*a* Agricultural experiment
station, in a bulletin, “Co-operative
Vegetable Marketing Association* of
the Lower Rio Grand* Valley, * just
received.
Paulsen, who spent several yean
.n making the study, also explained
other (actors in the successive tail
urea of Valley co-ops. He said that
many growers were so imoued wiui
me pioneering spirit of subduing na
l .ure and producing crops that he has
.eft the problem of marxeting large
•y to others.
He pointed out that in most in
stances. success!ul agricu.\*al co
ops have developed among *armers
of relatively long residence in the
community. Such co-ops have been
baaed upon confidence and under*
landing built upon long and inti
nate acquaintance between neigh
bor and neighbor. Conditions in the
Valley have Deen quite different be
cause of the newness of the country
md the fact that new grower* were
.■(distantly coming into this area.
Furthermore. ' said Paulsen in
this respect, -each succeeding w
empt in the Valley ha* not been
sponsored by the same group of
g rower* trying again and again to
organise Rather, each association
.ia& been promptly prompted large
y by a new group of grower* trying
or the first time in a new envir
onment to create a co-op. Even
leadership in each succeeding *n
leavor has been largely new. Thee*
ireumstanoes help explain dtffieul
:ea encountered in theae attempt* at
organisation and failure* of succeed
ing associations to profit by previous
experiences a* much a* oould be ex
pected.”
Paulsen also gave a number of oth
er factors contributing to the fail
ures of various oo-opa whoa* history
a given In the bulletin. The organi
sations described Include the eer»
local associations from 1901 to 1911.
the pioneer association, the Rio
Grand* and coast association fro®
1911 to 1914; the unit marketing sys
tem. 1914-1918; the Rio Grande
Growers exchange, 1920 to 1928, Rio
Grande Valley Vegetable Orowers
exchange. 1927 to 1929: and a co
operative adequately financed, tne
Rio Grande Vegetable Co-operative
association, 1931 to 1933
There are 32 pages in the bulletin
discussing the co-ops in minute de
tail. Copies may be obtained by writ
ing the Texas Agricultural Experi
ment Station at College Station, Tex
as and asking for Circular No. 74.
Cameron Records
CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT
Judge Geo. Westerrelt
Grand Jury recessed for week
Thursday after returning eleven in
dictment*. Those on the grand jury
art: Geo. E. French, foreman: C. V.
Hamilton. R Mather*, Tyre H
Brown, H F. Looney. T. E Betts.
Fauatino Renddn. A. J. Carpenter.
H. C. Aldridge. A. M Garcia, R. B
McLeaiah and W. E. Scott.
Order entered: Tho* A. Bargesaer
vi. Kate Bargesaer, divorce granted.
103rd DISTRICT COURT
Judge A. M Kent
Suit filed: Federal Underwriters
Exchange vi. Jules W. Rule, appeal
from award of industrial board.
COUNTY COURT-AT-LAW
Judge Bascom Cox
Cases filed: H. M. Smith, alleged
violation of traffic law. appealed
from Harlingen J. P Court. M. Ar
buckle. et al. vs B W. Kuhn Co.,
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 Licensee
Martiniano Olivares and Margarita
Salas.
R. E. Balter and Christine Cantu
Archie B. Causey and Murtal
Sullivan
Births and Deaths
Daughter, Marla de la Crus, to
Mr. and Mrs. Aroulfo Martinea. Feb.
18. Brownsville.
8on. Macarlo. to Mr. and Mrs.
Macarlo Gutierrea. Feb. IT. Browns
ville.
Daughter. Dolores Candida, to
Mr and Mrs Martin Oalvan. Feb.
18. Brownsville.
Son. Fernando, to Mr and Mrs.
Fernando Saens. Feb. 19, Browns
ville.
Justice A. Barreda Jr.
Emilio C&nul fined 838 and costs
for assault and battery on Juan
Enrique.
Felipe Saldivar fined 1100 and
coats on charge of vagrancy.
ONION QUEEN
VOTING SET
(Specie! to The Herald)
RAYMONDVILLE. Feb. M.—Wil
lacy eitlaena will vote Saturday to
•elect Queen Nolno VII. who will
reign over Ifee Seventh Annual
Onion Fiesta, to be held April U, 11
end 11. at Raymondvillg.
Anyone from live age of 12 upward
will be eligible to vote at one of the
i five pollute places In the oounty. Ttie
voting will be confined to the one
day, and billots will not be counieu
until April 12. BeUoU will be tab
ulated by John F. Holder. Harry W.
Cook, and Valor h. Tumllnson, and
the queen t/111 be notified one hour
before her coronation, which will
take place at 8 o'clock the night of
Friday, April 12.
Mrs. C. J. Scott, Mrs D. E Deck
er end Mrs. N. C. Tracy will have
charge of the Raymondville box Sat
urday, located In the postoffice. At
the Sebastian postoffice, Mr* Vera
dmith. Mrs. Davie Wood and Mrs
Jane Wilson will reeelve the ballots
Mrs. A- J- Orltchfleld. Mrs. M
Sorensen and Mrs. J. L Box w<U pre
side at the Lyford postoflice. ft San
I Perllta posioffloe. Willie Moot*. Miss
Oeorgia Lee Campbell and Mr Me*
' Calla will reglater the voters. And at
the Watson Sterne at Lasart. Mrs.
, Julia Hobba. Mrs. Dale Wataon and
Mias Anna Wilde will hive charge
The nominees for Queen of the
Seventh annuel Onion Fiesta in
clude: Misses Ruth Richey. Helen
Louise Wester, Levon Halpln. Imo
qene Johnson. Dorothy Dodge and
Susan Handley of Raymondville
Norma Doming of San Peril ta, Dor
othy Dalton. Katherine Ray and
Merle Maldrldge of Lyford Mar
guerite Haning. Sebastian, and Olivia
Hendrichson o! Lasara.
—
February tt, 1855. — 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
tormer and the territory now called
Texas becoming the undisputed prop,
arty of the latter. The Sabine Hlv
•r was fixed m the boundary. The
exchange waa called the Monroe
Treaty because Mr. Monroe was
President of the United States of
America at the time of the negotia
tion*. The United States had pur
chased the vast but vaguely defined
territory called Louisiana from
France In 1808 pAying fifteen million
dollar* for it. There had always been
considerable uncertainty a* 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 Orande
Spain, 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 man were Clay. Ben
ton, Adams (John Quincy> and Van
Buren. The uncertainty of the
boundary lm« was a frequent cause
of diplomatic controversy and a con
stant source of irritation along the
borders of the two province* which
many times threatened to Involve the
I United State* It remained an open
ed question until the treaty of 1818
fixed the Sabine as the boundary.
Charles Greenslade
Is Rotary Speaker
lapeciu ir rb* turn at
SAN BFNITO. Feb. 22 —Charles
Greenslade toiu some of his persona
experiences In comne to the Uniter1
State* from England as an imm:
Srant in a talk before the Rotary
ub Thuraday at the Stonewall Jack
son hotel.
He said that In England one re
mains in the class to which one ha
been born while In the United Statej
there ia opportunity for advancing
oneself—also the possibility of los
ing one's higher status.
Alex M Bowie called attantioi
of the dub to the fact that the Val
ley relay carnival would again be
held and that it would be staged here
March 16.
Carl Friedlaoder of the Vermilye
Huffman Flying fie nice was ad
mitted as a new member.
Absence of Charles C. Bowie and
cigars was noted with regret but the
Roterians were hopeful that tht
proud father would be sufficiently
recovered by next week to attend a
meeting of the club.
It waa voted to probe falling oil
in attendance from Harlingen with
only Jack King of that city present
H T. Stotler of Mercedes wa* the
other Rotary visitor.
A J. Garey end Jack Reed were
-ueata.
Mrs. Bess Gearhart Morrison
America'* Be*t Known Reader and Entertainer
Will appear at the
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday Nifht, Feb. 24, at S o’Clock
Reading The Hem of Hli Oarment”, a religion*
reading, by Margaret Sangster
No admiaeion but a free mill offering will be taken.
The General Public U Cordially Invited.
40 ■ „ ' * #
McAllen Begins Its
i Twenty-Fourth Year
As Thriving City
' ..—^
McJUXSN, Feb. 22 — McAllen
known as the “City of Palm* ’ of the
Valley, Thursday entered upon the
34th year of its formal existence as
a Texas city.
Another anniversary of the city’s
formal start passed with little con
sideration given the date except by
the small groups of old-timers who
recalled u beoause of newspaper
stories and who re-told their tales
of the early days.
McAllen was named for a Scotch
man, James McAllen, widely known
as “Jim”. He oame to this part of
South Texas long before any of the
present Valley eitiea, excepting pos
sibly Brownsville and Rio Grande
City, had been started end carved
himself a huge ranch. He was a ty
pical early Texan, depending upon
h.s ability as a ranchman, bandit
fighter and frontiersman to main
tain himself on one of Texas' last
frontiers.
In 1904. the railroad became the
ftret connecting link between Jim
McAllen's crossroads setlement. bis
ranch and the outside world. *0101
was when the old St Louis. Browns
ville and Mexico railway laid its
branch , line from Harlingen to
Samfo: dyce, west of Mission. In
1909. William Briggs, then a resi
dent of Pharr, laid out a townalte
in a new tract out of porclonee 64.
Oft and 66, Ancient Jurlad.etlon of
Reynosa. after a dispute had arisen
concerning the origins! village, now
! known as West McAllen The ftret
depot built by the old 8t L., B. di
M.. now the Missouri Pacific, has
only recently been remodeled into a
fruit packing shed on Its original
location.
Organisation or the eetUement
into a township was accomplished
when the stale issued a charter on
February 21, 1911, and Prank Cl
Crow, still a resident, was named
McAllen's first mayor. He eerved
one term.
Old-timers recall that McAllen
began, after the townahlp wag or
ganized. to assume a place as the
chief trading center of H-dalgo
’ounty. The city fathers deelded to
build a horse »aterln*-trough an
Main street aa a mature of friend
Uneae toward visitors. Ttog now
famous trough is preserved in one
af the city's parka having carved
for many years as a lure for visit
ors who traded with McAllen busi
ness men.
In the comparatively brief span
of 24 years, McAllen hss become the
largest city In Hidalgo county, with
a population estimated at over It
m. Many of the Valley s larger
•tores and business firms are locat
ed In McAllen. During the past
three years. It has become one of the
chief vegetable and citrus shipping
pomts in the Valley. It Is ane of
four Valley cities enjoying the fa
cilities of two railway system#. It*
location opposite Reynosa, Mexico,
Just aci Is the Rio Grande, enables
Mexican residents over a wide sec
tion of northeastern Mexico to make
uae of Its modem faculties
More than 500 businesses are lo
cated In McAllen and the total es
timated valuation of the city prop
erty ia in excess of $10,000,000. As
sessed valuations for tax purposes
are only one-third of this figure.
The city has 25 miles of paved
streets snd 40 miles 01 graveled or
otherwise Improved streets. It has
five publle and two parochial
schools and more than a doses
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 reoem weeks.
MoAUen’s chamber of commerce,
one of the largest and most acMve
organisations of Its kind In the
Valley. Is now managed by Paul T.
Vickers. Its chief efforts st the
present time 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 win be arranged on the
city’s Silver Annlverserv—February
21. 1816.
A temperature of 140 degrees t|
low aero can be survived by malls
Brush-tailed rat kangaroos of
HUEY WANTS
MORE NOISE
Washington. Feb. 22. f r-Huey
long, warming up fog.e new on*
slaught on Poetmaater Oeneml Par*
ley, warns the capital that tt la go
Ulg to be -rocked."
A common, ordinary, unscrupulous
cm>k with no defense whatever to be
aiad* for ium" we* the description
ienaxir Long applied to Parley on
the St nate floor Thursday as ha con
tlnu- d his efforts to obtain an in*
vaa Kittoc of Parleys will rock this
can. al," he said, adding that the
pot! aster general is "on the way
out
f°ng said his charges would In
volt e bank law violations in Tennes
m in which he oontended Parley had
Uptn ittied. Senator McJCellar (D
ipin) interrupted to say he believed
he xnew whit the Louislanan had In
Pyd but that he was "wholly mis
Uttormed.*’
uftsMSMUSiE
men that tha PIKA had cancelled
acomrsct with a New York company
ferw doo seeks of oement and given
*UWu «icks of the order to the Gtn
ers: Builders Supply company, of
which. Long says. Parley formerly
wts resident. Hopkins said tht orig
lnal ntract with the City Build*
era company, calling for MT.ggO had
to to MBMtito toCAUM SKA 0*riU
fled the company wm to* oomply*
inf wit* it* eod*. He «aid that the
price finally paid eenpailtol *<*
the cement was ttl.lt*
Tht Ultra-Naw
Belgia f
Hair
Are here , • • they
are the very lateat
for Spring • • • and
will add to any
man's appearance.
Featured here at
6Sc and Sl.OC
BILLY’S DIREY
fThat derned ol bully Joe
Simpson he it 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 secnitly to
fite him. Im getting strong
by going to bed early and
with every meal drinkin a
grate big glass of GRIS*
HAM’S MILK.
V.
H. Gregory
ELIZABETH SPECIALS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Feb. 23 Institution
LETTUCE, Large head*, 2 for.ISc
BANANAS, 2 dozen.25c
POTATOES, Maine, 10 lbt.17c
SNOWDRIFT
Mb. IQ «-lb. $106
Can .. I Can Jl
All it# foodneat locked In—and you
gal tha key.
COFFEE
Maxwall n €% —
Houm, lb. . .
JELL-O
3 Pkg*. .. 19c
PILLSBURY*S FLOUR
12 lb*. 24 lb*. 48 lb*.
54c ‘l.oa '1.99
LIBBY'S FOODS
KRAUT, Libby**, No. 2 V* can ...18c
SPINACH. Libby**, No. 2Vi can.15c
PINEAPPLE JUICE, Libby**, tall can.12e
PINEAPPLE. No. 1 can.... 8c
TOMATO JUICE, 3 can.25c
PEARS, gallon.51c
CHERRIES, gallon.54c
PINEAPPLE, gallon.58c
CREAM OF WHEAT, rcg. eize ... 13c
TOMATOES, S & S, No. 2 can, 3 for. 25c
APPLES, Dried, 2-Ib. pkg.25c
HOMINY, Van Camp’s, No. 2Vi can. 9c
SHORTENING, Scoco, lb.14c
DEVIL S FOOD
CUP CAKES, dozen.18c
SPlCE CUP CAKES, dozen.15c
CINNAMON ROLLS, dozen.10c
SUGAR
BEET, 10-lb. J7_ CANE. 10-lb. JA
Paper bap .4lC Paper bap.vC
<WSO 7\LC
Small Pkf . 1
OVALTINE
Large Sise .... 89c
Small Sise .... 31c
TfWWUJE FM4ar
hand arr macK cmrmrAi.
MARMALADE JAR
SolWiOc
HU SOAP reft?.
COFFEE
Admiration g\ Bright
Pound 7Qr A Early. VV
Can.Pound
DOG FOOD, Vigoral, 2 cant 15c
PEN-JEL, package.12c
MARSHMALLOWS, 8-o*. pkg. 8c
CORN Miller’s,
FLAKES Large pkg.
PEAS, Green Giant, can . 16c
_ PEAS, Mapet’, No. 2 can. 9c
KIDNEY BEANS7Phillip’t, can .... 7c
SOUP TOMATO, Phillip’t, 6 cant ,. 28c
OATS, Three-Minute, reg. pkg. 8c
SYRUP, Gold***, No. lVfa can 7.12c
VEAL STEW, pound.10c
VEAL CHUCK ROAST, pound.14c
PORK SAUSAGE, pound.20c
PORK SHOULDER ROAST, pound.19Vic
HAMBURGER, pound . 12Vic
..r,..a;.\s.• .1 .1 .- ...... .. . —
STEAK, good, pound. 20c
HENS, Dretttd, pound.20c
CHEESE, Full Craam, pound.20c
BACON, Sliced, pound.23c and 30c