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VOLUME XI.
MERCEDES. HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY DECEMBER 11, 1924
NUMBER 44
This Week
That the suggestion made ac a re-
cent forum meeting of Ihe Chamber
of Commerce by Judge Hoyt that an j
association he formed <n Mercedes
for the purpose of erecting rent
houses was most opportune is being
borne out every day by the number
of persons who are endeavoring to
find living accommodations in Mer-
cedes. The lecord was made on
Tuesday of this week when ten per-
sons made inquiry at the Chamber
of Commerce for houses or apart-
ments. Flattering it should be to
Mercedes Community Exhibit Draws
Crowds at Valley Fair; Models Valley
Farm Is Pictured with Growing Crops
At a special meeting of the board
of directors held on Thursday it was
decided to continue the Yalley Fair
through Wednesday of next week.
The pageant, “The Spirit of the
Great River,” will be held Monday
night instead of Thursday of this
week as scheduled.
..»• ijc
Showing a model Lower Yalley
... ... , . ] farm, with the windmill turning,
Mercedes that many of those desir-l ,, , ... ,
- _ , . , . .. . water running through the ditches,
mg houses had visited ocner Valley ,• , ; . ,
a * , „ , ‘ the livestock lowing, and green crops
towns and preferred Mercedes, but' ,^ • ,, , *
such prefect amounts to but >«- ‘TttnX| o^ZZ 3 Z
tie and leaves an unpleasant taste ^a.re 0f attention at the VaUey Fair, clouds, but while warmer
Hardware & Machinery Co., Carfiel ♦
& Wetegrova and Paul Emery. The
Tolson Motor Comvany of Mercedes
is represented with the other Ford
dealers of the Valley in an interest-
ing display of the products of the
factories of the Ford Motor Co.
The fair was officially opened
Tuesday afternoon by Governor Pit
Neff, with fairly large crowds at-
tending in spite of the cold norther
which swept into the Valley the
night previous. Hopes had been en-
tertained that Thursday would see
with the visitor when their desires
cannot be granted.
* * *
In another column will be found
the text of a resolution passed at
the recent meeting of the Valley
Federation of Women’s Clubs i.i
favor of the passage of a law which
will insure a secret bailor to those
entitled to vote in the state of Texas.
There can be no valid argument ad-
vanced against the passage of such
a law. The present ballot and
method of recording the vote of th;-
citizen makas it entirely too easy for
the political manipulators to keep
check on the political sentiments of
the populace, and there can be no
doubt but that many a voter is co-
erced into voting against his real
sentiments and desire because of the
fact he knows his vote will, in ma.iy
cases be checked by those in political
power. Particularly is this apt to
j Real seed beds, showing carrots and
I beets, cabbage and cauliflower, and
all of the other staple crops of this
section are growing in the exhibit,
attracting the attention of those
from the other part of the state wro
have read *cf winter vegetables but
have never seen them actually grow-
ing.
Gaily colored feathers, bearing
the inscription, “Mercedes, Another
Good Town,”) are being distributed
at the Mercedes booth with the re-
sult that attendants at the fair are
going ou into the streets of Harlin-
gen with a more or less Indian ap-
pearance as the feathers eventually
find their way into the head gear of
the visitors. Booklets telling of
Mercedes and the advantages it has
to offer the prospective settler are
also being distributed at the com-
munity booth.
Mercedes firms are well repre-
in the
morning, the thermometer dropped)
during the day and about noon a
drizzling rain set in which lasted
throughout the day and prevented
many from attending.
In spite of the cold and wind,
.several hundreds saw the brilliant
fire works which were shown Tues-
day night. The threat of bad weath-
er had its effect on Wednesday night
however, and the fair grounds were
practically deserted.
Rotarians gathered to the fair
Wednesday afternoon to partake of
the barbecue offered by the Harlin-
gen Rotary Club and to hear Dis-
1 trict Governor Harry Rogers of San
Antonio, about 200 attending in spite
of the weather. Many were present
from Corpus Christi, Kingsville and
Houston Rotary Clubs, also.
Among the curiosities exhibited at
the fair which are attracting much
attention are some pineapples grown
Too Late Fur
Thanksgiving
A. story of turkeys is brought
back to Mercedes by P. W.
Perkins, who recently returned
from San Antonio Mr. Perkins
states that while driving along
the road south of Falfurrias
the way was practically blocked
by a flock of wild turkeys
which must have contained 75
or SO birds. The birds were
nearly as tame as domestic
turkeys, he stated, and could
have been touched by a per-
son standing on the runnig
board of the car. The shooting
of wild turkeys has been pro-
hibited for 5 years, and evi-
dently the birds have learned
that they are immune from
the hunter’s gun.
Salvation Army Drive
Will Start Next Week
Quota of $300 Accepted by Mercedes
Advisory Board—Post to be Es-
tablished in Yalley After
January 1
Following a visit to Mercedes last
week by H. Taylor Roe, of Hous-
ton, one of the financial campaign-
ers for the Salvation Army, the Mer-
cedes Advisory Board of the Army
accepted a quota of $300 for Mer-
APPOINT COMMITTEE
TO ASSIST CO. NURSE
Wm. T. Burnett, Secretary Mercedes
U. of C. Made Chairman Coun-
ty-Wide Advisory Committee
A county-wide advisory committee
to assist Miss Natalie Markwitz,
county health nurse, in ssecuring the
best results from her work in the
different committees of the county,
has recently been appointed by the
county authorities, with Wm. T. Bur-
of the Mercedes
Mercedes System Ships
Two-thirds Valley Total
Shipments for Past Week Were 57
Cars, of Which Mercedes Ship-
ped 25 and Weslaco 14.
cedes, the same sum as was raised
with little difficulty last year for! nett, secretary
the work of the Salvation Army | Chamber of Commerce, as chairman
of the body. In his letter advising
Mr. Burnett of his appointment,
Judge Epperson states that Miss
Markwitz is of the opinion that the
results she has obtained and is ob-
taining would be very materially in-
creased if it was possible for her to
have the assistance and counsel of a
committee made up of representative
people from all sections of the coun-
ty.
The committee as appointed by the
county is made up as follows:
Mercedes, Wm. T. Burnett, chair-
man, Father Gourmellon, Mrs. H. E.
Bennett; Weslaco, Harry Stebbins;
Donna, Mrs. Walter Weaver; Alamo,
Rev. W. F. Hamner, Mrs. E. H.
Griffith; Pharr, Mrs. Riddle, Rev,.
Castro; Hidalgo, Miss Florine Baker,
Mrs. Ramirez; McAllen, Dr. J. G.
Harrison, Mrs. T. J. Powell, Father
Francis; Edinburg, Mrs. Rafael Ra-
mirez; Plutarco de la Vina, Mrs.
Helen Coy, H. C. Baker.
be the case in counties such as Hi-jsented with individual exhibits. At- at the Kennedy ranch at Sarita. The
algo where the ignorant Mexican jtracting considerable attention is the! fruit is larger than the average,
vote plays such an important part in j booth of the Brooks-Saladino Co., dis-'
the determining of elections. The playing Christmas packages of citrus
women of the Valley will have ac-
complished a great deal towards +he
political emancipation of this sec-
fruit in attractive form. Black’s
Nursery with roses and citrus trees
and other plant life of the Valley at-
tion can they secure the passage of (tracts the prospective home builder,
the law desired. j while farmers generally are drawn
* * * j to the exhibits of the Rio Grande
Did you ever stop to think how j
much more interesting the work of I
our'public schools is being made now!
than even ten years ago? How many
of us have visited our public schools
recently and know how and what
our children or other people’s chil-
dren are being taught? We happened
in the high school recently just af-
ter the class in vocational agricul-
ture had been dismissed. The black-
board was filled with various for-
mulas for chicken and hen feed. The
Propose White Way
Entrance to Mercedes
A gorgeously made white satin
wedding gown, heavily encrusted
with beads, made by Mrs. Garcia of
Mercedes, is also attracting consider-
able attention.
Home making in the Valley is be-
ing shown at the booth arranged by
Mrs. H. M. Daugherty of the Home
Economics Department of the A. &
The Mercedes canal system con-
tributed more than two-thirds of the
carlot shipments leaving the Valley
during the past week ending Decem-
ber 7th, according to figures fur-
nished by the Gulf Coast Lines. Dur-
ing the period mentioned a total of
57 cars left the Valley, of which 25
were sent out from Mercedes and 15
from Weslaco. Mercedes shipped the
M. College, Miss Reuben Nuckles ol\ greatest number of mixed cars yet
Hidalgo County and Mrs. Jewell1 to leave the Valley during the pres-
Smith of Cameron County, noneyj ent season, 21, while Weslaco started
preserves, and other other products j beet and carrot season off with
of the kitchen and the canning table a ban§’, sending out 14 cars of these
County Engineer Proposes Lining are on display.
Causeways on Each Side of City
With Electric Lights as
Safety Measure
A proposal to line the causeways
on the east and west of Mercedes
boys were being taught just what j with electric lights when the county
the various commercial feeds con-
tained, why they contained the var-
Friday is expected to be the big
day at the fair,, again if weather
permits. The parade will take place
in the morning, and Legionnaires
from Valley posts will be oil hand to
two staples.
On account of the Valley Fair it was
decided to postpone solicitation for
the work until next week, a .id the
drive will start on Monday, Dec. 15.
According to Mr. Roe, it is planned
by Army headquarters to establish
& post at some Valley point nex1
year. He was unable to state just
where the post would be located,
b<ut stated that it would be at some
central point.
A proportionate part of the money
collected will remain in Mercedes
and be used for local charitable
cases. During the past year the ad-
visory board of the army has been
able to come to the rescue in several
instances where financial assistance
was badly needed. Posters and leaf-
lets telling of the work of the army
have been distributed throughout the
city during the past week.
Speaking of the work of the Armq
Mr. Roe stated: “The Salvation
Army is strictly a Christian and non-
sectarian organization, charitable
and philanthropic as well as even-
gelical. It lifts the fallen and he-
stores them to the brighter phases
of hope. It gathers the drunkard
from the slums and the gutter and
restores his physical condition. It
feeds the hungry an delothes those
in need, and shelters the homeless.
Should you desire to know more
about the Salvation Army, ask some
soldier who was overseas. He will
take delight in telling some of the
merits of the Salvation Army.”
-o- in a letter from the secretary of the
SCHOOL PAPER WILL PUBLISH j organization received this week by
8 PAGE CHRISTMAS EDITION |C W. Taylor, superintendent of
“ ! schools.
A special Christmas edition of; The letter read ,as follows: “This
Mercedes High Put
on Accredited List
of Southern Ooileges
That the application bf Mercedes
High School for a position on the ac-
credited list of Southern Colleges
was favorably acted upon at a recent
meeting of the association is stated
eigh^ pages will be published by the j is to notify you that at the annual
Shipments from Valley towns ac- ^erc<fdes_ HlSJ*co1 Tiger,. accord- j meeting of the association of col-
cording to commodities were as fol- ^e^0n ecb_tor _and le«es and secondary schools of the
. ... sou^.]iern states, your application was
lows: San Benito, 4 mixed, 1 pota-
toes; Harlingen, 2 mixed, 2 citrus
fruit, 1 turnips; La Feria, I mixed;
greet state commander Mark Me-1 Mercedes, 21 mixed, 2 beets and car-
Green and adjutant G. L. Folbre.
ious elements, and what effect the
road is complete in those two places! San Antonio will also be there in
was advanced by county engineer P. j force. In the evening the postponed
rots, 1 citrus fruit, 1 egg plant;
Donna-Val Verde, 1 citrus fruit;
Pharr, 1 turnips; Sharyland, 2 citrus
component parts have on the chicken . week. Mr. Devine pointed out that
or hen. They were being taught the the approaches were extremely liable
S. Devine while in Mercedes this j coronation of the king a^d queen fruiti Mission, 1 mixed, 1 citrus
whys of farm life, and we venture
to state that after Mr. Hughes com-
pletes the course, some boys will be
content to stay on the farm and do
their part in feeding the world who
would otherwise have drifted to the
city to become a new fangled “jelly-
bean” or “lounge lizard.” More sim-
ilar courses would help to solve the
problems of keeping the boys on the
farm. Make the farm interesting
and the boys will do the rest.
BILL BOOSTER SAYS
MOST OF US ARE
WOR.RAUG AT; OUR. JOBS
TO 1ANKE AS GOOD A UVIUGc AS
POSSIBLE, THERE \S OUE GROUP
OF MEU 1U OUR TOvm WHO ARE
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to prove dangerous to motorists, es-
pecially in view of the fact that it
would be virtually impossible to
force drivers to go over these ap-
proaches at a low rate of speed. By
brilliantly lighting the causeways
and forcing all cars to turn out their
lights, a great deal of possible
danger could be averted, he stated.
A patented fence could be erected
along the causeway which will do
much to insure the safety of the j
motorist, the county engineer stated.
of the fair will be followed by the
coronation ball.
Address of Optimism
Given by Harry Rogers
District Governor of Rotary Tells
Mercedes Club That World is
Getting Better and Conditions
Are Improving
fruit.
Shipments from the Valley by
freight during the present season
have be.en 188 cars, divided into 1
cabbage, 63 mixed, 20 beets and car-
rots, 2 potatoes, 2 turnips, 16 beans,
82 citrus fruit, 2 eggplant. In ad-
dition the express company has han-
dled 40 cars of beans in carlot ship-
tnents, and literally thousands of
packages are being forwarded by ex-
press every day in ’ess than .carlot
shipments.
Buster Buck, bus'ness manager.
Advertisers in Mercedes have pur-
chased advertising space in the Tiger
in increasing quantities, according to
the advertising manager, and the
increase in holiday advertising pat-
ronage makes the special 8-page edi-
tion possible.
favorably received by the associa-
tion, and the Mercedes High School
was placed on its accredited list.”
HUPMOBILE AGENCY OCCUPIES
SALES ROOMS ON SECOND ST.
SOUTHLAND LIFE AGENTS
TO MEET IN MERCEDES SOON
An address of optimism, one of the
Local persons to whom Mr. Devine most thrilling and effective ever de-
advanced his idea were enthusiastic j livered in Mercedes, was made by
over its possibilities. The matter: District Governor of Rotary Harry The_ regular yearly gathering of
will be presented to the commission-1 Rgers of San Antonio before the tbe agents of the Southland 'Life In
ers’ court by Mr. Devine. j local Rotary Club on Tuesday of this j surance Company will be in Mercedes
-°-- | week. Mr. Rogers stated that he about the middle of January, accord
The Hupmobile sales agency of
Work on Dump Near City J Hoyt and Seibert this week moved
Teams and men of W. L. Pearson! into their sales rooms on Second
& Co., contractors on the main coun- j St„ across from, the Tribune office
ty highway have been working the j in the rear of the Borderland Hard-
past week on the dump connecting ware Co., building. The firm has
Merced*es with the trestle work west
of the city. It is hoped that this'
road will be opened Avithin a short
time.
several models on display, and have
already made several deliveries, ac-
cording to D. B. Smith, sales man-
ager.
NEFI AND PARTY FAIL | outlined a man’s duty in three
TO STOP IN MERCEDES phases: his duty to his God, properly
| exemplifying religion; his duty to
Delayed in the upper end of the his country, properly exemplifying
Valley, Governor Pat Neff and party patriotism; and his duty to his com
v'-'re unable to make their scheduled munity, properly exemplifiying good
stop in Mercedes on Tuesday mom-! citizenship.
ing of this week. The governor hur- I Mr. Rogers stated that he was
ried through Mercedes on his way, tired of reading in the pavers of
to Harlingen to officially open the vice and corruption. That we read
Valley Fair, after which he left for so mych of that sort of thing every
Austin. In his opening speech Gov. day that we sometimes failed to rea-
Neff praised the Valley section for lize that such accounts represented
the development which had taken . the exceptions in life, not the general
place along all lines during tbs past | thing. He cited the fact that chil-
few years. j (jren orphans and crippled, were bet-
T "° ter taken care of today than ever
SENIORS ARE CLASS I before, and called attention to the
Pass Resolutions Urging
Laws tolnsure Secrecy of
Ballot in Texas Elections
At the semi-annual meeting of the
Rio Grande Valley Federation of
Women’s Clubs held in McAllen Iasi
week, a resolution strongly urging
ing to H. L. Seay, president of the
Southland Life and also .president of
the American Rio Grande Land and
Irrigation Co. of Mercedes. A reso-. ,
, .. ,, ... , tne enactment by the incoming leg-
ation of appreciation over the selec- s 6
.tion of Mercedes as a meeting place, j lslatare of laws which wil1 adequate-
and assuring the officers and agents1 protect the secrecy of the ballot
of a cordial welcome from Mercedes
Avas passed at the regular forum
meeting of the Chamber of Com-
merce.
CHAMPIONS IN FOOTBALL! countless numbers of men in posi-
Fo 11 owing a series of interclass j tions of trust against whose integ-
games, the senior football team of j rity no word of suspicion had ever
the Mercedes high school gained the been directed as evidences that hon-
championship of the school »by de-
feating the sophomores by a score
of 39 to Ot The sophs had previous- u___ __________ ^ ^
| ly defeated the freshman team and | with an appeal to his audience "to go
the seniors the juniors in an excit- out into the v/orld as apostles of op-
ing struggle. timism.
esty and virtue were still to be
found.
Mr. Rogers concluded his address
LOCAL FIRM SHIPS FIRST CAR
YALLEY SWEET POTATOES
in Texas electione was passed by un-
animous vote. The full text of the
resolution folioAvs:
History is being made every week
in the Rio Grande Valley in the veg-
etable shipping industry, and an-
other page was written recently
when the Acker-Morris* Co. of Mer-
cedes shipped the first solid car of
sweet potatoes in the history of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley. While
sweet potatoes have been grown in
the Valley for local consumption and
some few small shipments have been
made, never before has a solid car
j been sent out.
Whereas, the necessity and import-
ance of the secret ballot has been so
generously recognized in practically
every state in the Union, that strin-
gent laws ha\e been passed to make
certain the right of every qualified
voter ix> cast a secret ballot.
It is the intention of the laAvs of
Texas to guarantee a secret ballot
by prescribing penalties for a dis-
closure of hoAV a. voter A'oted by an
I election officer.
Be it Resolved, Therefore by the
Valley Federation of Women’s Clubs
at a meeting held at McAllen on the
9th day of December, 1924, that this
organization go on record as urg-
ing upon the next legislature the en-
actment of such a law, or such laws
as will adequately protect the sec-
recy of the ballot.
Resolutions Avere also passed en-
dorsing the campaign for “Safe and
Sane” automobile driAring, endorsing
Miss Julia Montgomery’s efforts to
secure a musical education for Miss
Cornelia Anzaldua of Brownsville,
and to the Musie clubs of the Valley
and others Avho appeared before the
federation at its meeting.
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Holland, W. D. & Buell, Ralph L. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1924, newspaper, December 11, 1924; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1002659/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.