Brownsville Daily Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 103, Ed. 1, Wednesday, October 28, 1908 Page: 1 of 4
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BROWNSVILLE DAILY HERALD
Oh. XVH. NO. 103.
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 28 1908.
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
Gasoline Engines
arsjrfaying an important part in the developing of this
country and the "STOVER" is a "star actor"
People like it for it's SIMPLICITY
You Get More Power Than You Pay For
Ask For Our Engine Catalogue
TRUCK GROWERS
BUSY AT MISSION
PKOIIABLY 2000 ACItKS WILL HE
PUT IN TRUCK THIS SEASON
ON LOMITA CANAL.
Largest Acreage In Onions Will
Also Plant Considerable Sugar
Cane Ilailroad Station Soon to bo
Built Jllsslon "Doubled" In Sire
In a Week."
A LOMITA-
IRRIGATED LANDS
FOR SALE
Soome weeks ago we published as an advertisement an
estimate ok onions grown on 107 acres o( land 1b tho prin-
ter of 107 and 1908 land ac'jolniag La Lomlta Ranch by
W. P. Stltes Ed Pnlllnc W. E. Nlckerson and Ed C. D us tin
Secretary of the Sonth Texas Onion Growers Association.
This estimate was made in May while the Onions were in
transit. Since then W. P. Stltes and W. E. Nickcrson hare
received return on their shipments from the 43 acres which
tUey cultivated. Mr Bastla and Mr. Pnlllan have not yet re-
ported results of their 64 acres.
The 43 acres reported on by Messrs. Stltes and Nick er-
son show the results in a rear when the markets were un-
favorable of caref nl cultivation good and caref al packing
and early marketing of Bermuda Onions.. The 43 acres pro-
dsccd to 34 car loads containing 17001 crates netting the
s growers $5394.84; the commission men $1320.00; the
enrte wen $2300.37 and Uie railroads $3291.78. Reduced to
oneaEret each acre paid $338.01 net to the grower.$30.70 to
the commission mcnSGS.84 to the crate men and $102.83 to
the railroads.
The net results of the above work are as follows:
These two men came here Lss than a year ago with
two teams and a few hundred dollars in money rented 43 acres
of Irrigated land at 20 per acre paid their total living expenses
labor bills rent cost of crates freight and all other incidental
expenses amounting to a little over $5000 and for the one
year's work put in the bank something over $10000.
CONWAY & HOIT
Mission Hidalgo Co. Texas
T RECEIV
Hose ee Is Lawn Sprinklers
Mowers Washing Machines
earn Freezers Garbage Cans
Line Of Crockery
rjse Delivery
irawareorfore
fronnetor a
P.O.
Box 375
ITURE 8
OF QUALITY AND STYLE o
Largest and Most Complete Stock in South Texas
Refrigerators Gasolin Oi? and Wood Cook Stoves
OFFICE FURNITURE ETC. ETC. JJ
HANCOCK-LAMB FURNITURE CO. Brownsville 8
oys Toys Toys
l have just added a Toy Department to my Drug Store.
Complete Line of Toys in Stock all the Time
BROWNSVILLE DRUG STORE
cTWARKET PLAZA BROWNSVILLE
There will be 2000 acres planted
I this fall along the La Lomita canal.
in the neighborhood of Mission ac-
cording to J. W. Holt of the enter-
prising Arm of Conway and Holt who
built and are operating this canal.
The largest acreage devoted to a
single truck product Mr.H olt says.
will bo in onions of which there wllf
bo between 300 and 400 acres. A
large quantity of alfalfa Is also to be
planted besides tomatoes cabbage
and other truck products. The plant-
ers will also put In considerable
acreage of sugar cane having en-
gaged the seed cane from the Ohio
and Texas Sugar Plantation. Cotton
will come in for quite a goodly share
of the acreage also.
Mr. Holt reports land sales dull re-
cently owing probably to the elec-
tion campaign. A tract of 52 acres
was sold on the canal the other day
to Slessrs. Elliott and Elliott of Bos
ton Mass.
Mr. Holt says the railroad company
will have the new station at Mission
finished in about a month. He does
not know yet whether It will be of
brick or frame.
This company has sold about
4 COO acres of land being chiefly
their river land and is now exploiting
its lands outlying the strictly valley
land. As Mr. Holt puts It. Mission is
now having a "boom In sand." as the
land now being placed on the market
Is chiefly of a sandy loam. This
character of land Is considered fine
for both truck and fruit growing.
Messrs. Conway and Holt are firm
believers in the future of the valley
and have shown their faith by spend-
ing large sums In building a large
canal and making other Improve-
ments. The town of Mission Is only a be-
ginning as yet Mr. Holt laughingly
shows a snap shot made a short time
ago at Mission which he says com-
prised the entire population of the
"town" at the time. It consisted of
one Mexican family of five persons.
He says however that tne popula-
tion was doubled the following weok
and is still increasing at the same
rate and contends that with the pop-
ulation Increasing each week In geo-
metrical progression as It were. Mis-
sion will soon be tho largest town in
the valley. The fact is thnt most of
the population that is tributary to
this station Is scattered on small
farms along the canal which natural-
ly has not tended to swell the size of
the town very rapidly but no doubt
Mission will soon show the same won-
derful growth that has characterized
all of the now towns that are grow-
ing up on the big cana'ls In the valley.
LATE COTTON crop has
been a surprise
Thought to be Exhausted Three
Weeks Ago But Much More Has
Since Arrived 1187 Hales
to Date.
King cotton has sprung a surprise
on the local glnners and buyers this
fall. It was stated about three weeks
ago or more that tho crop In Camer-
on county was practically exhausted
but judging by the way the Planters'
gin has been keeping busy lately that
estimate was not a correct one. For
the last four days the gin has been
running steadily and there is still a
quantity of cotton on hand to be
ginned. Up to yesterday the Plant-
ers' gin had turned out 1187 bales for
this season.
The staple is now selling in the
region of 8 cents and it is not be-
lieved It will fall any below this price
this fall as the market has been de-
cidedly stronger of late. In fact. If
anything there is more likely to be a
rise in the price as all of the large
local dry goods dealers have been not-
ified that there will be an advance In
all spring cotton goods.
It Is said however that the heavy
rain of the past few days will be det-
rimental to the cotton that was still
unpicked. To just what extent the
crop will be damaged. It Is Impossible
to say but that the farmers will suf-
fer some loss Is an assured fact.
HARLINGEN HOTEL
IS I.MPROVKD.
The frame work fo rthe addition
to the Moore hotel at Harlingen was
all up by the end of last week and
the building wll bo pushed to com-
pletion shortly so Mrs. C. S. .Moore
who was In the city Sunday from
Harlingen says. The hotel proper
has been repainted since Mr. and Mrs.
Moore bought the building and al-
most looks like a different place. It
Is expected that the addition will be
completed within the next two weeks.
Hot and cold baths will be installed
and the place generally remodeled
making the hotel one of the most
modern and up-to-date in Soutii Texas.
AN ATTEMPT AT
HOUSE BREAKING
SUPPOSED DItUNICEX MAN TRIED
TO FORCE DOORS AT TWO
RES1DEXCES.
In Both Instances the Intruder Was
Frightened Away Was Heard
Swearing In English and Was
Probably Either Some Negro or
White Tramp.
. .On last Monday morning about
three o'clock Mrs. J. W. Davis who
occupies a room in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Howse on Elizabeth
street was awakened by someone
trying to force an entrance to the
room by way of the door. Mrs.
Davis became frightened and awoke
Mr. Davis who Immediately arose
and started to open the door when
the midnight visitor was heard going
out of the front gate. Going to the
front door he saw the would be
house breaker going down the street
about a block away.
Shortly after this the same nigut
Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Booth of Mer-
cedes who occupy a room in the
home of Mrs. Lillian Smith on St.
Charles street were both awakened
by some one rattling tho front door.
Finding that locked the intruder
came around to the side of the house
and tried to gain an entrance by
forcing open the window blinds.
Mr. Booth not possessing a wea-
pon of any description called Jr. S.
H. Bell who lives in the house next
door. The latter arose and went out
upon the front gallery and saw the
man go out of the gate and up the
street to the corner. There he turned
going down the side street and turn-
ing into the alley as through he in-
tended to re-enter the yard of Mrs.
Smith from the rear. Dr. Bell called
to his son Henry Bell to bring his
shot gun. The man upon hearing
this became alarmed and took to his
heels.
Dr. Bell stated that In his opinion
tho man was not a burglar but that
ho was crazed with drink as when he
saw him he was rather boisterous
and was swearing rather loudly. As
to the race or nationality of the man
Dr. Bell said that he could not say
but that ho was swearing In English.
This leads to the belief that It was a
negro or perhaps some white mis-
creant. It is not thought probable
that he was a burglar but that the
man was simply drunk as the house
of Mrs. Smith Is located on a corner
where there was an electric light
burning as bright as day .and the
mnnncr In which he conducted him-
self also supports this theory as he
rattled the door In such a way as
would awaken the soundest sleeper.
Then too a bona fide burglar would
not be boisterous and swearing so
that was possible for a next door
neighbor to h car him. In all prob-
ability the doctor's theory is cor-
rect and no doubt the man was full
of "political enthusiasm" and had no
Idea as to what he was doing.
Residents on Elizabeth street re-
port finding the tracks of some ma-
rauder in their yards and muddy
marks on the fence where tho fellow
climbed over on Monday morning
and it is believed this may bo the
game rascal.
Mala Canal 37 miles long
S50 feet wide and 20 feet
deep. 13000 acre feet of
storage. 4 sections separat-
ed by locks and dams. Wat-
er stands 4 feet higher in
each cectlon than in the one
next below. 50 miles of lat-
erals or branch canals now
completed and in operation.
Take our free automobile
trip to the headgates and see
for yourself.
Watr in any quantity de-
sired iiows naturally from
the bottom of the? Ro Grande
into our main canal and
from there Into the laterals
and out upon the1 fields. It
does this wTicn the river is
low as well as when the river
is high. To fill tho canal we
simply lift one or moro of
the eight gates in the big
concrete wall.
I SAN BENITO
M On Main Line of Gulf Coast Railway 19 Miles Narth of Brownsville
The Delta of the Rio Grande is the Most Favored Region on
the Continent for Farming Trucking and Fruit Growing
San Benito is the Most Favored Spot
In the Rid Grande Delta Because We Have
Water in Abundance
Which is the One Thing Needful
At San Benito You Will Fine!
The Only Gravity Canal in the Brownsville Country
The Only Canal in the Valley that has Navigation
We are Now irrigating thousands of acres Without Pumps
Get oft the train at SAN BENITO or call at our Brownsville office opposite Miller
Hold. Write or ask for ticket giving you FREE AUTOMOBILE RIDE from. Browns-
ville to San Benito via our ties Jgates. Write for Booklet
NEW AUTOMOBILE RULES.
Farmers Anti-Auto Protective Socie-
ty Formulates New louring
Rules for 1001).
A northern exchange gives the fol-
lowing as the new code agreed upon
by the "Farmers Anti-Auto Protec-
tive Society" for the regulation of
automobiles to go into effect next
year:
1. On discovering an approaching
team the automobilist must stop off-
side and cover his machine with a
tarpoulin painted to correspond with
the scenery.
2. The speed limit on country
roads this year will be kept secret
and the penalty of violation will be
$10 for every mile an offender is
going in excess of it.
3. In caso an automobile makes a
team run away .the penalty will be
$50 for the first mile 5100 for the
second $200 for the third etc.. that
the team runs; in addition to the
usual damages.
4. On approaching a corner
where lie cannot command a view of
the road ahead the automobilist
will stop not less than 100 yards
from the turn toot his horn ring a
bell fire a revolver halloo and send
up three bombs at intervals of .ive
minutes.
5. Automobiles
seasonably painted-
will merge with the pastoral ensem-
ble and not be startling. They must
be green in spring golden In sum-
red in autumn and white In winter.
C. Automobiles running oil the
county roads at night must send up
a red rocket every mile and wait ten
minutes for the road to clear. They
may then proceed carefully blowing
their horns and shooting Roman can-
dles. 7. In case an automobile comes
up behind and wants to pass the
farmer will affect deafness until the
automobilist calls him a hard name.
8. All members of tho society will
give up Sunday to chasing automo-
must again be
-that is so they
San Benito Land & Water Co.
SAN BENITO TEXAS.
ALBA liEYWOOD. President SAM A. ROBERTSON Secretary and Engineer
Cane and other products
handled on barges (20 by 60
feet) through our series of
locks and dams.
The town of San Benito is
growing rapidly. Splendid
hotel. Running water in ev-
ery room.
Buy vhare you set
ater for Irrisrati
AT COST
V have for sale r2000
ceres choice tends from 3
to 7 miles east of Browns-
ville on the
&iaiM Co-operative
3
in tracts of cny size f suit
from ten acres up on easy
terms. It will pay you to
investigate our proposition
i
Canal 1
E. F. Rowson & Co.
TFe White Front. Office
Brownsville Texas
biles shouting and shooting at them
making arrests and otherwise dis-
couraging country touring.
9. In case a horse will not pass
an automobile notwithstanding the
tarpaulin the automobilist will take
the machine apart as rapidly as passi-
ble and conceal the parts in the
grass.
10. In case an automobile ap-
proaches a farmer's house when the
roads are dusty he will slow down
to one mile an hour and the chauf-
feur will lav the dust In front of the
house with a hand-sprlnkler worked
over tne dashboard.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
At the Miller: H. D. McGhee
Uvalde; Richard Henley Melbourne
Fia.; Jay C. Van Kirk and wife Se-
bastian; W. H. Jones City; Jesse O.
Wheeler and wife. City; A. F. Del-
bert. New Orleans; J. B. Hooks.
Kountze. Texas: J. T. Cathcart Dcs
Moines. la.: M. L. McClum. Bloom-
inirtnn In - F. fJrosshonser. Mer
cedes: Sol Heckman W. F. Block-
wood and P. D. Sharp. Coffeen. Kan.;
T7 i"i 1 1 n L- Pnlflwnll Rmi Hpnitn: J. .1.
Stafford Houston: E. W. Morris
City; R. J. .McMillan. Kingsvllle;
Chas. W. oRbards. Kingsvllle; A. G. j
Speeber. E. J. Roth and R. E. Ideas .
san Antonio; Ike (Jans i'ittsuurg.
Pa.; P. Reumth Houston; A. Maglll
San Antonio; D. G. Osbcrn Lyford;
C K. Heolts. Chicago; William Wil
son; James Spencer; H. H. Byrd.
Chelsea. Okla.; W. G. Scudder Chel-
sea Okla.; P. Fisher Chelsea Okla.;
C. A. Williams Mlllsboro Pa.; S. A.
Murrey Davenport la.; T. S. Clos-
ner San Antonio; E. Sellwood Bles-
sing Texas; A. A. Sellwood Union
Mo.; B. F. Holmes Lyons Kan.; D.
W. Duke Lyons Kan.; G. W. Ayers.
aSn Antonio; J. W. Walters St L..
B. and M. railroad; R. C. Wharton.
City.
At the Riverside: J. H. Hannan.
Swan Creek O.; J. R. Alexander
Jacksonville Texas.
Hotel Majestic: Jno. B. Butler.
Macon Ga.; W. M. Green Hope.
Ark.; Chas. Davidson Mayfield Ok.;
Miss Sallie Wright Belmont Miss.;
C. B. Dewitt Texas.
Rio Grande: R. . P. Lister. Donna.
THE It EST CODE.
Emily Why are you waving your
handkerchief?
Angelina Since papa has forbid-
den Tom the house we have arranged
a code of signals.
Emily What is it?
Angelina When he waves his
handkerchief five times that means
"do you love me?" And when I
wave frantically in reply -It means.
"Yes darling."
Emily And how do you ask other
questions?
Angelina We don't. That's the
whole code. Harper's Weekly..
a Donna the Mutual Can
feppty t0 Any Real Estate Dealer.
al JLands $50.00 Per Acre
Hallam cales Managers
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