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BROWNSViLLE
DAH
Y
VOL. XVI. NO. 270.
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1908.
SINGLE COPIES, 5 CENTS
herald
The WOOD MOWERThe Standard World
X,
Our Prices Are Right and We Pay the Freight
-LA LOMITA-
IRRIGATED LANDS
FOR SALE
In August, 1907. W. P. Stites, Ed Pullion, W. E.
Nickerson and Ed C. Dus.tin, Sec'y Texas Onion
Growers' Association, rented of W. S. Dougherty
107 acres of land for an. onion crop at $20 per acre,
adjoining La Lomita ranch- During September,
October and November they plowed and prepared
their land and planted their seed beds. During De
cember they transplanted their onions to the field.
May 4th, 1908, 87 cars of onions were shipped, av
eraging 500 or more crates per car, and selling at
$1 and better per crate. It is safe to estimate the
returns from these 107 acres of ouions to be not
less than $43,500 for a crop which it took less than
9 months to produce and sell. The above parties
have sir ce bought land from La Lomita ranch. Affi
davits substantiating this statement will be gladly
furnishedby 'Conway & Hoit of La Lomita ranch.
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CONWAY HOIT
Mission, Hidalgo Co., Texas
SUCCESSES
TRUCK FARM
100,000 Pounds of Cabbage from
2 1-2 Acres.
Actual Weight of Crop Shipped By
Messrs. Burress, Besides Some Culls
Also. Shipping Canteloupti
Crops On Old Rice Land.
It is achievements that count
after all. It is easy enough to sav
what one is going to do, but the
man who talks with telling effect,
is the one who says: "I have done
it."
As an evidence of what can be
done in the lower Rio Grande yal
ley, may be cited the experience
of the Burress Brothers who are
farming near Olmito, a few miles
from Brownsville, who have finish
ed shipping a crop of 100,000
pounds of cabbage from two and a
half acres of land. This was by
actual weight. A quantity of culls
from the same cabbage patch were
fed as culls to the mules on the
farm. The culls- were the result
of the heavy rains of a few weeks
ago, which caused some of the
cabbage to seed before heading
properly, but despite this, the
splended results described were
achieved.
The Messrs. Burress are now
shipping .canteloupes from their
farm,' having shipped the first last
Monday. They have quite a nice
melon patch and will continue to
ship "cants'' for several weeks.
These were the first melous to
reach the market from this section
this season, being several weeks
earlier than the California melons
to reach the market.
As an example of what" can be
done on land that was used' for
raising rice let it be known that
the Burress Brothers have one of
the finest stands of cotton in this
entire section, 75 acres of it, right
on the very ground that produced
rice and "went to the bad,'1 if we
iare to believe the knockers.
They also have as fine a stand
of sorghum as any on the same old
rice land. This field was sowed
and watered before the heavy rains
of April 11th and 12th. After the
rain, when several inches of water
fell, the water stood over this
sorghum field for days, and after
it finally went down, the sorghum
came up, and, as stated, has made
a very fine stand. All this on
land that was formerly devoted to
rice Mr. Doubting Thomas.
TEMPERANCE
ORGANIZATION
Cameron County Now Has a
Temperance Society.
Number of Leading Citizens Organize (o
Co-operate With State Democratic Sub
mission Commitee Will Petition Of
ficers to Enforce Sunday Law Here.
Brownsville Hardware
Company
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Cameron county now has a tem
peronce society. A number of our
leading citizens who are in sym
pathy with the temperance move
ment have organized what is called
"The Cameron County Temper
ance Society" and will cooperate
with those democrats throughout
the state who are endeavoring to
induce the State Democratic Ex
ecutive committee to submit to the
primary election of July 25, the
question as to whether the dem
cratic platform shall embody a!
demand that the next legislature,
submit a prohibition amendment
to the vote of the people.
The citizens referred to have
effected a permanent organization
under the title named. Rev. I.
Burress was elected president, and
Rev. C. E. W. Smith secretary.
Dr. S. H. Bell was elected county
chairman to cooperate with the
State Democratic Submission cam
paign committee.
The society decided to endeavor
to induce the city council and
county attorney to take such steps
as may be necessary to have the
saloons in this city observe the
Sunday law. Frank C. pierce was
elected chairman of a committee,
the other two members of which
were to be named later, which is
instructed to call upon the city
council and county attorney for
the purpose named.
The society will hold meetings
every other Wednesday afternoon
at four o'clock, or at the call of
the president.
The object of the society, as ex
plained by the secretary, Rev. Mr.
Smith, is to seenre signatures to a
petition which is to be preseuted
to the State Democratic Executive
commiitee, asking that the ques
tion of a platform demand along
the lines stated above be submitted
to the democratic primaries to be
held on July 25. Tt is necessary
to secure the signatures of at least
40,000 democrats to the petition,
in order to have the question sub
mitted as desired.
SEE SAN BENITO
30,000 Acres Irrigated Lands 30 Miles of Canals Already Complete
Rich SoilPerfect JlimateIrrigatipn
flt! Rpn!irh"-A new town rapidly building 1
Oatl UCllUU.-'mHes north of Brownsville on tie
Main Line of the St L, B. & At Railway
A fine hotel, brick depot and many
stores and homes already completed
The Garden Spot of the Gnif Coast Country
large or. small tracts, liberal terms. Low rates of interest
HomeseekersInvestigate
"SEEING IS BELIEVING"
San Benito Land & Water Co.
SAN BENITO, TEXAS
Alba Heywood, Pres.. W. H. Stenger. Vice Pres. and Gen. Manager. Sam Robertson. Secretar
E. F. Rowson. Treasurer: R. I Batts. Attorney, O. W. Heywood. w. Scott Heywoodj
Buy where yon get
Water for Irrigation
AT COST
We have for sale 12,000
acres choice lands from 3
to 7 miles east of Browns
ville on the
METHODIST QUARTERLY
CONFERENCE HERE
Will-Open Tomorrow Night and Lajt
Seven! Days. Prominent Ministers
Will Be Here.
The quarterly conference of the
iMethodist Episcopal Church for
this district will open in Browns
ville tomorrow night at the Pres
byterian church. It is expected
that several prominent members of
the conference will attend the
meeting. Among- these will be
Rev. F. B. Buchanan of Beeville,
the presiding- elder of the district,
and Rev. Mr. Scarborough, secre
tary of the West Texas Conference
Board of Missions. Several mem
bers will also be present from Ray
mondville, Mercedes and other
points in the district. The con
ference will last several days, and
will hold its sessions in the Pres
byterian Church.
'the State Firemen's Association
is in session at Waco.
Little Pay for Much Work.
The editor in proportion to his
means does more for hb town
than any other man, says the East
Prairie (Mo.) Eagle. He ought
to be supported, not because you
happen to like him or admire his
writing, but because a local paper
is the best investment a community
i can make. It mav not be crowded
with great ideas, but financially it
is of mere benefit than both teacher
and preacher. Today editors do
more for less pay than any other
men on earth.
Might As Well.
Bryan Eagle.
Why don't some senator of orig
inal ideas proclaim that it was a
mob of spooks that shot up Browns
ville? It is more reasonable than
either Foraker's or Buckley's
theory.
As the result of au attempted
jail delivery in Russia, 29 are dead
and 28 wounded-
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT FOR BROWNSVILLE.
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Following are the observations taken at the South Texas Garden for
the 24 hours ending at eight o'clock a. m. today:
Temperature. Friday, May 15. Maximum, 91; minimum, 70.
Rainfall, .69 inches. '
Indiana Co-operative Canal
in tracts of any size to suit
from ten acres up on easy
terms. It wflljpay you to
investigate our proposition
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BISHOP JOHNSTON
SAYS MAY RESIGN
At the Next Meeting of House of
Bishops
Report of Work of Diocese to Episcopal
Council at San Antonio. Says May
Return to Less Active Parochial
Duties.
To Tub Herauj.
San Antonio, Texas, May 13.
At the meeting of the council of
the Episcopal Diocese of West
Texas today, Bishop J. 3. Johnston
gave the council notification that
he thinks of resigingr the bishop
ric. Advancing age and infirmity
are the reasons assigned by the
distinguished divine for his inten
tion to retire from active work.
The fifth annual council of the
Episcopal Diocese of West Texas
was convened here this morning at
10 o'clock in St. Mark's Cathedral.
The opening service included the
regular Communion service, and
administration of holy communion-..
It was after the conclusion of
this service that Bishop Johnston
made his annual report on the
work of the diocese.
He spoke of the convention that
was held in Richmond last year,.
and ended his address by stating
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w iuw wuui.il kuai uiiui idiuti.
his resignation at the next meeting
of the House of Bishops, which
will probably be in 1910. He
gave for his reasons that he was.
becoming too infirm for the active
work this high office in the church
called for, and further said the end,'
of two more years would find him
ready to retire to less active paro
chial duties.
The news of his prospective res
ignation is received with universal'
regret, as he is greatly beloved by
his people and ha? the respect, ad--miration
and esteem of all persons,
of other denominations here alsoi.
At the conference of governors
at the White House Wednesday, a
feature was the distribution of a
thousand cape jasmine buds from.
Texas.
West Brownsville
The FIVE ACRE TRACTS in West Brownsville are now ready" for sale, and we will take pleasure in showing them at any time. Lake Front Residence Lots on Lake Ebeno
and Lake Guerra, and Boulevard Residence Lots on Central Boulevard will be ready to show within a few days. We are ready to show Resider.ce Lots located on the extensions
of Washington. Elizabeth. Levee. St. Charles. St. Francis and Fronton streets. This DroDertv is all under the Canals now in operation oi ihe arownsviile irrigation Co., who
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3f the residence portion is within the city limits and under the water mains and light lines ot the City, ine price 01 nve-acre tracts range irom $000 to $000 each, according.
distance from the city. Residence lots $15o to $25o per lot Lake Front lots are loo feet front by 2oo feet deep, $25o to $5oo each. Boulevard lots are 15o feet front by 3oo ftt
deep. SZ5o to $5oo each. One-third cash, balance 1 and L vears at b per cent, ur on the installment plan we win accept o per cent casn ana tne Daiance in equal monthly pay-
ts at 6 per cent Complete maps and description of the property will be supplied upon request
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