El heraldo de Brownsville. [volume], May 07, 1935, Page TWO, Image 2

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BOATRACES
FEATURE FIESTA
M*n? Amusement* Slated
When Rio Hondo Stages
Tomato Festival
(Special to The Herald)
RIO HONDO. May 6. - Motor
boat race* will be one of the fea
ture event* on the first annual
Tomato Fiesta program to be staged
here May 11. according to present
plans. The races, to be held on the
/ Arroyo Colorado, will Include a sen
1 lor event a Junior event and a free
j for-alL The races are expected to
draw outboard entries from all
parts of the Valley.
The Arroyo Colorado here Is par
ticularly suited to racing. The high
hanks make it possible to watch pro
cress of the race over a distance of
two miles.
The rodeo, to be directed by J.
Ledbetter and Jim Brooks, also is
to be a big feature of the celebra
tion. This event will draw some of
the best talent in South Texas.
Bulldogging from an automobile will
be one of the stunts attempted dur
ing the rodeo.
The program now planned Is as
follows:
9:45-10:15 — Childrens races.
10:15-11 — Airplane maneuvers.
11-13 noon — Box making and to
mato packing contests.
1:30-3 p. m. — De most ration by
Harlingen Boy Scout bugie and
drum corps.
3-3:30 p. m. — Ball game between
Fort Brown and Rio Hondo.
3:30-5:30 — Rodeo.
5:30-7 — Motor boat races.
8- 9 — Coronation of queen at high
school auditorium.
9— Fifty pnae awards by Rio
Hondo merchants.
MISS KEPPEL
(Continued Prom Page One)
ther who lived with the family here
waa an invalid during much of hls
life. The family went to Matamoro^,
alone with moat other Brownsville
people, when the Union Army took
the city, returning later, they lived
lor a time In the Franklin Cum
mings home in Brownsville.
Move to Brownsville
Sixty years ago Miss Keppel and
her mother moved into the home
on Levee street between Ninth and
Tenth where the pioneer family
spent the remainder of their lives.
For years Miss Keppel conducted
a small store at the house, selling
flowers, drawn work, and other
articles. There was a tremendous
demand for drawn work in the 90s
from all parts of the country, and
ahe bought and sold considerable
quantities of it, the goods being
snipped out.
Since the middle 90s. however,
Miss Keppel has taken no active
part In the commercial life of the
city, retiring into the seclusion of
tli« family home, and meeting only
her dose friends, who called at the
home frequently.
Her mother died 40 years ago.
and her brother died in 1913, leaw
inf her without relatives, except
lor possible distant relatives In Eui
ope
Miss Keppel never left Browns
ville after the Civil War except for
one trip by river steamboat to Rio
Grande City. The trip was memor
able In her life for several reasons.
For one she traveled along the
river and saw the place where her
father had engaged in the fatal bat
tle. And the trip itself was Interest
ing, taking three days on the way
up and two coming back, with fre
quent soundings, and tie-ups to
trees along the banks at night. The
fact that it was her only trip from
Brcwnsville also made It oustanding
In her life.
Remarkable Memory
The pioneer woman had a most
remarkable memory lor persons,
places, and events of the early days.
When the raider. Cortina, captured
Brownsville In 1859 and held it for
three days, she saw him, and re
tained to her death a vivid picture
of him
She could describe the Civil War
events with minutest details, and
could tell of the early day families
of Brownsville in most interesting
manner.
One of her close friends was Mrs.
Theresa Clearwater, who was being
congratulated Monday on the 54th
anniversary of her active life as a
school teacher here, just a day be
fore Miss Jteppel's death.
Several years ago Miss Keppel
sold the old family home to the
American Legion post of Browns
ville, with the privilege of living in
the rear of the house. She has lived
♦here since.
Members of the Legion post have
come to know and revere the pio
neer woman, and Joe Ltodaberrv
an. John Flanagan of the post were
helping Tuesday in making funeral
arrangements.
Many members of pioneer Brownr
Yille families gathered at the home
when word of her death was re
ceived.
Prominent Painter’*
Wife Blaze Victim
BOSTON May 7. U*—A woman
believed to be Mrs. Alice O. La
Valle, mother of John La Valle, na
tlonallv known portrait painter, and
three ohter women were burned to
death Tuesday in a fire at the La
Valle home In the exclusive Back
Bay district. The artists 12-year-old
non, John Edward, at first believed a
victim of the fire, later was found
aafe in a nearby house.
Molly O’Reilly, a maid in the La
Valle household, after viewing the
bodies of the four victims at the
Northern mortuary, said she believ
ed three of them to be Mrs. La Valle,
the artist s mother, and Mary Dolan
and Kathleen Costello, maids
Five squirrels came to an un
timely end in Woodstock. Ont.. when
they got the!: tails tangled In fresh
tar and then stuck together.
City Briefs
Can beans while they are cheap
Bailers, pressure cookers, cans tnd
Jars.—Brownsville Hardware.—Adv
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COTTON BALE
(Continued from Page One)
the pnze again this year. Fran
cisco Lozano of La Grulla beat Gar
cia out for the honors last year by
only a few days when Lozano's bale
was ginned on June 18, 1934. Other
first bale records, complete as to
grower and community only since
1929, are: 1930, Pelipe Solis. Rio
Grande City. June 10: 1931, W M
Thorne Lasara. Willacy county.
June 27: 1932. Pelipe Aguilar. Rio
Grande City. June 21. Thus, for
the past six years, either Rio
Grande City or La Grulla growers
have captured first bale honors five
times.
Eirst bale races during the last,
three or four years have lost much i
of the glamour and excitement for-1
merly attendant on the annual af
fair. Houston and Galveston cot
ton exchanges formerly placed the
first bale on public auction and
usually brought a high premium for
the grower. The annual auction
followed races, sometimes by auto
mobile and once by airplane, to the
exchanges from the Valley gins.
The race in 1933 was one of the
closest yet staged, a car carrying
Garcia's first bale passing another
car with a Rio Grande City bale
about 100 miles south of Houston.
The outstanding race of the en
tire decade took place in 1927 or
1928 when A Y Baker. Jr., of Ed
inburg, raced into Houston with a
first bale after driving all night
to beat an airplane carrying a
bale from Mission Night flying
was virtually unknown at the time
and the plane was forced to await
early dawn before taking off.
Illinois Yet Debates
Hunger’* End Steps
SPRINGFIELD. HI.. May 7. MPi—
The Illinois house of representatives
Tuesday confronted, for the third
time, the problem of removing the
scimitar of hunger and want which
hovered over thousands of the state's
destitute, while a reinforced police
euard was on duty to preserve order.
Additional guards, ordered for the
slate house and the executive man
sion. were called to duty Monday
night when reports of Intentions of
unemployed to march on the capi
tal were heard. At a late hour, how
ever, highway police reported they
had seep no evidence of any groups
enroute to the city.
Truck Markets
Car lot shipment* of enure United
States reported for Monday. May 8:
Cabbage: Ala. 10, Calif. 5. Fla 5.
Ga 3. La. 1 Miss. l.SoCar. 18. NoCar
6, others 9, total US 58 cars.
Carrots: Arte. 6. Calif. 42 N. Y. 3,
Texas 1, total US 52 cars
Beets: SoCar 4. Texas 2. Va. 3.
total 9 cars.
Beans. Fla. 38. Ga. 5. La. 10. So
Car 15. total US 68 cars.
Cucumbers: Ala. 9. Fla 38. Texas
31. total US 78 cars.
Green corn: Texas 2 total US 2
cars.
Mixed vegetables: Calif 25. La. 3,
SoCar 6. Texas 5. others 19. total US
?P cars.
Tomatoes: Fla. 23. total US 23
j cars. Mexico 32 cars.
Potatoes: Fla. 68. Calif. 2. Fla 47,
La. 35. SoCar 6. Texas 1, Idaho 26.
Me 147 Mtcb. 32 Ws. 28. others 48.
total US 440 cars.
Onions: Calif. 2, Texas 109 total
US 111 cars.
1 Lower Rio Grande Valley Ship
ments forwarded Tuesday morning,
May 7:
Mixed Vegetables 2. green corn 2,
cucumbers 2. beets 2. onions 3, car
>ots 1, potatoes 1. total 13 cars. To
tal to date this season—citrus fruit
*585 vegetables 7197. mixed fruit and
rcgetables 34. total 11J16; to the
same date last season—citrus fruit
1809. vegetables 12.286, mixed fruit
axxi vegetables 28. total 14.123 cars.
Representative prices paid by
truckers for lower Valley vegetables
Monday. May 6:
Beets: Per dox bunches 16-18c.
Cabbage: Bulk per ton around
$50. CO.
Carrots: Per doe bunches mostly
18c; half erts 80-85c.
Onions: 50-lb sacks Yellow and
Wax 1-1.50. boilers low as 40c
Cucumbers: Bushel baskets 1.00
1.50
Potatoes: Bite Triumphs UB Mo
I ts 50-lb sacks few 1.25. 1 1-2 inch
min 1.00.
Green com Bushel basket* 1.50
1.75.
Tomatoes: Pinks flats 1.25-1.35,
lugs green wrapped lew 1.50
Squash: Bushel basket* yellow and
white around 50c.
Blackeyed peas Bushel hampers
and basket* 75-90c
CHICAGO POTATOES
Chicago May 7.—<U. S. Dept.
Agr.)—Potatoes 28. on track 380. U.
S shipment* 439; old stock, about
steady, supplies liberal, trading
moderate; Wisconsin rbund whites
L. S. No. 1, .7.1-75; Idaho russet* U.|
8 No. 1. 160-75. fine quality large
185, commercial 130: new stock
stronger, supplies moderate trading
good: Louisiana bliss triumphs U. S.
showing some decay 2.25-324. U. S.
No. 1. and partly graded 2.35-55,
No. 2. 125 Alabama bliss tnumphs
U. 6 No. 1, 3.50. U. S No. 2. 130.
CHICAGO GRAIN
CHICAGO, May 7. <7P.—'The wheat
market had a firm undertone early
Tuesday, but trading was light.
Opening unchanged to 4 higher, j
July 964-V wheat later showed
little change. Corn started 4 off
to 4 up. July 834-4. and then lost
fractionally.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS. May 7—«4V-The
opening bell found active cotton
futures Tuesday within a point or
two of the previous closing levels.
Trading was restricted and aside
from the routine first call busmen
there was little interest shown in
the market.
July started off 1 point higher at
11.73 but quickly sagged to 11 69. off
3 points from the previous close.
In the early dealings October was
holding around 11.46. December 11.54
am. Jan 11.57.
Barber Shop Damaged
The Eagle Pass Barber Shop.
Eleventh and Adams streets, was
slightly damaged by fire late Mon
day morning when a hot water
heater exploded. The shop is own
ed by Felix Rendon.
With one exception. New York
states 1933 accidental death rate
was the lowest in 27 years; the rate
wa 68 1 per 100 000 of population.
Women Study Politic*
Mr*. Mabel R
“Women of the United States are
not taking their politic* lightly.”
declare* Mr*. Mabel Rewman. na
tional Republican comraitteew-om
an from South Dakota. "They
are tenoas. They realize that the
country is in a bad way, and that
they have a part to piay in help
ing to right those condition*.
They are organizing clubs in
every city, town and hamlet for
the express purpose of studying
the constitution, and particularly
politics. They want to know what
their party stands for. and «be*~
it will lead-"
PWA ACTION j
IS DELAYED
Resignation of Director And
Engineer to Come
Up Later
(Special to The Herald >
RAYMONDVILLE, May 6.-A1
tbough direct orb of Willacy County
Irrigation District No. l were in ses
sion here Monday. O. K Dickinson,
president oI the district, said the
matter cf resignation of one direc
tor and the district's engineer, set
by the PWA as conditions on which
it will proceed with making a lean
and grant to the district, would not
come up at this time.
These matters will be hand lea
some time during the next week or so
Dickinson said, “when we will meet
with the interested parties and their
attorneys."
Mr. Dickinson said'the district
had asked Congressman West to
find out what conditions must be
met to proceed with the PWA financ
ing. and that he was notified by
Congressman West the PWA is
ready to continue if the director
md the engineer under indictment
on chargee of conspiracy to defraud
the government will resign.
W A. Harding, the director under
indictment, refused to comment on
the matter, and P. A. Welty, engineer,
said in Austin Monday that he would
take whatever action his attorney
advises, but had had no advice on
the subject. His attorney is Charles
I. Francis of Wichita Falls.
Dickinson said the board was tak
ing up only routine matters Monday
City Water Supply
On ‘Honor Roll’
Water supply of the City of
Brownsville has again been certi
fied to the United States Public
Health service, according to infor
mation received by City Manager
Z. A. Rosenthal from the State
Department of Health. Brownsville
would have again been on the state
departments health honor roll for
the year 1934 had such an honor
roll been published, the communi
cation read.
City of Brownsville is one of the
less than 40 Texas cities the water
supply of which is fully approved
and certified by the state depart
ment.
A sign, stating that the city Ta
ler supply is fully certified and ap
proved by the State Department of
Health is to be placed on the main
highway at the city limits. Mr
Rosenthal stated
Peace Officers To
Meet at Weslaco
<8(x-c:al to The Herald)
WESLACO. May 7.—The question
ol roastructing a permanent head
quarters building for the Rio Grande
Valley Peace Officers' association at
Thayer will be the chief item of
business to come before the group
at its regular quarterly meeting here
Wednesday night.
This headquarters building would
be built near the Mercedes pump at
a cc6t of around $1,500. according to
tentative plans.
The Wednesday meeting will get
under way at 7:30 p m at the Cor
*ex Hotel
Future’s Rosy
for Her Reign
—--- ^— I
Probably this wasn't Just what
th« sons writers had in mind as
*‘A Garland of Old-Fashioned
Roses'* a couple of decades ago;
but Margaret Walk is a dls’
tinctly modern miss. She's
glimpsed here in her regal rai
ment as queen of the annual
rose festival at Santa Roam.
Calif.
Band Concert
The 12th Cavalry band, under the
direction of W. G. Archambeult.
v. ill present a concert Tuesday at
i p. m. at Fort Broun.
The program will be as follows:
Spanish March. "Alhambra”; Fox
Trot. “I Saw Stars": Spanish Fan
dango. Pearl of Madrid''; Fox Trot,
For All We Know"; Selection. "Han
sel and Gretel”; Waltx. “Southern
Poses”; Characteristic. Ben Bux
tons Two-Step"; March Finale,
"Svlvan Rapids."
CO-OP SELLING
•Continued prom Page One>
lowed the national runs Irom 12c a
box to 3c per hundred weight, de
pending upon the grade of lruil mar
keted and the manner m which it is
shipped.
To determine the cost per box paid
the national, it is necessary to aver
age commissions paid on all grades
ol fruit at the end of the season, the
officers stated.
Records of the Rio Grande Valley
Citrus Exchange show, that the fol
lowing amounts have been paid by
the exchange to Its ssles agents the
National Fruit and Vegetable ex
change. dunng the three years the
Valley exciiange has been In opera
tion:
1932- 33; paid to the national at
the rate of 10.34 cents per box.
1933- 34; paid to the national at
the rate of 6 7 cents a box.
1934- 35; paid to the national at the
rate of 10.5 cents a box.
“It will be seen from the above
ligures." Mr. Miller told The Her
ald. ‘‘that the highest amount paid
the national in any one season was
that paid this past season. 10.5
cents, just bout one half the amount
quoted In the press as having been
paid to CAir national sales organi
zation.”
Commenting on the proposal to
merge four Valley citrus co-opera
tives. the exchange officials said the
proposed merger had been discussed
by representatives of the four Val
ley cooperatives, but that no def
inite cTctslon had been reached.
Proposals as listed In the article
as to be followed out by the master
set-up. If and when It should be
perfected, were Incorrect, the ex
change Vficlals old.
“The Rio Grande Valley Citrus
exchange will welcome the addl
tion to iU ranks of the member
ship of any orgsniaatkm now func
tioning in the Valley, believing that
citrus shipment* of the Valley must
be concentrated under one head If
the Industry is to survive." Judge
Buckltn told The Herald.
“The exchange Is today the lar
gest &-r%> shipper of fruit from the
Valley and feels that the start has
been made."
LON HILL IS
(Continued Prom Page Onei
Harlingen issued a proclamation
asking all business houses in the
city to close between 3 and 4pm
Monday, and the city was silent at
the hour of the luneral.
The tong procession made its way
to Brownsville after the brief ser
vice in Harlingen, at which Rev. 1
Long paid tribute in simple phrases
to the fearless character and rug
ged determination of the pioneer
who came to the Valley and helped
develop this oountry at an age when
most are thinking of retiring.
Hundreds of Brownsville people
who had not gone to Harlingen join
ed the funeral cortege here and
gathered at the cemetery. The great
mass of flowers Included many from
people all over Texas who had known
Mr. Hill.
Blaze Damages Cotton
Damage estimated at 175 was done
by fire to a cottage occupied by
Mrs Haxel Bur ling ham. Second and
West Elizabeth street, shortly after
noon Monday
The blaze was caused when a con
tainer h<*ling gasoline and water
boiled over, according to firemen
Damage to the building which wa~
Insured, is estimated at 150 Dam
age to uninsured contents is esti
mated at 135.
Cinco de Mayo Ii
Celebrated Here
The 73rd anniversary of the bat tie
of Puebla, in which Mexican uoopt
under Oeneral Ifnacia Zaragoza
turned back the Prench Invaders,
thereby insuring Mexico s Indepen
dence. was commemorated with a
patriotic Cinoo de Mayo' program
re re Sunday.
The patriotic commit tea hr ad ad
by Dr. Antonio O. Padilla, avssMjd
by Consul Juan J. de la Garza-JMl
the moving power behind the pa
triotic program.
The celebration got under way at
6 a. m with raising of the Mexican
colors to the accompaniment of the
national athem at the Mexican con
sulate A short address was made
b> Dr Padilla
The chief program lot under way
at 4 p. m . as the high school audi
torium. A large crowd gathered to
hear patriotic addresses by Consul
De la Garza. Nicolas A\ Garza sec
retary’ of the patriotic committee;
Abelardo A. Trevino, member of the
committee; Andres V. Garcia of tha
consulate. Francisco 8. Morales,
representative of mutual societies
and others. The program also in
cluded reflations, songs and dance*.
Three New Italian
Divisions Mobilized
ROME May 7. fAb-Italy Tuesday
mobilized three new divisions and
recalled to the colors part of the
class of 1913 in asnwer to "the
steps of mobilization taken by tha
Ethiopian government."
An official communique cited
three reasons for the newest phase
of this nation's military prepara
tions for possible trouble In east
Africa
Sixteen operation* are necessary
In making the ordinary sewing
needle.
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