Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 17, 1923 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME IX.
MERCEDES, HIDALGO COUNTY, TEX., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 17, 1923
NUMBER 49
SPECIAL MEETING
Vote to Issue $68,090 in Warrants,,
—Levy Special Tax of 50 Cents
On $100 Valuation
CHILD SUITERS PAINFUL
BURNS FROM OIL HEATER
A special meeting of the City Coun-
cil of Mercedes was held January 13
in (the First National Bank building,
Mayor Haynes and councilmen Sewell,
Brooks, Mason and Jones being pres-
ent. Upon motion of councilman
Sewall, seconded by Brooks it was
moved and unanimously carried that
the ordinance authorizing the issuance
of city of Mercedes warrants to the
amount of $68,000 be approved.
Upon motion of Mason, seconded by
Sewall, and unanimously carried, the
council provided that warrants ,to
the amount of $15,000 be issued at
once, to be given to W. L. Pearson
and Co. of Houston street contractors,
for work already done on their street
contract with the city as evidenced
by estimates furnished by them and
ordered allowed by the city council.
Glenn Walker, 16 months old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Walker suf-
fered painful burns Tuesday when he
fell against an oil heater at his home
on (the West Tract, mile 15 and 6. His
hands and face both came into con-
tact with the heated stove, producing
very painful injuries, though his con-
dition is not considered serious.
CARRUtTyIELlT
BIG PROFITS
As an antidote [to the many pitiful
tales which emanated from the Val-
ley last year following the disastrous
experiences of those who planted
large acreages of cabbage only to
have it come on the market at a time
when there was no market, the ex-
perience of some of the local growers
in the carrot and beet deal of this
season may be welcome.
With the high price which has pre-
C. OF 0. DIRECTORS
LUNCH TOGETHER
Open Monthly Meeting to Be Held
First Wednesday Night of Each
Month
CALIFORNIA VEGETABLE UNIDN
OFFICIALS ARRIVE IN MERCEDES
vailed for these products, many of
The ordinance authorizing the war- the growers on the Mercedes and
rant issue also provides means of re- \ Weslaco tracts, the principal truck
tiring same by- the creation of a\ and vegetable sections of the Valley,
"Special Street Improvement Fund,! have made large profits. One ex-
Class A,” and levies a special tax of i ample is cited of big money from a
50c on the $100 valuation on all tax-1 small acreage. G. C. Borchelt reports
able property in the city of Mercedes! that from 3y2 acres of carrots he har_
for the year 1923, and so much of! vested 1,800 packages, not an extra-
that tax as shall be necessary annual-
ly in succeeding years.
A special election for the the elec-
tion of a successor to W. G. Garrison
as coucilman was ordered called for
January 27.
C. B. Daniels, appointed to take a
census of the city of Mercedes at a
previous meeting rendered his re-
port, stating that after a house to
house canvass he found the present
population of the city to be 5,086.
RURALTEACHERS
0 MEET JAN 27
ordinary yield, which brought him, at
an average price slightly better than
90 cents per package, a total of about
$463 per acre. He also marketed
$1,800 worth of string beans from 7
acres.
The Board of Directors of the Mer-
cedes Chamber of Commerce held a
luncheon meeting at the Koy Kozy
Kitchen Wednesday noon. It was
decided at this meeting to hold a reg-
ular meeting of the Board of Direc-
tors on the first Wednesday night
of each month at which all the mem-
bers of the Chamber of Commerce
are invited and a luncheon meeting
of the Board of Directors on the
third Wednesday of each month.
In accordance with the action of
the Valley Chamber of Commerce the
local body instructed the Secretary to
write to ,the State Railroad Commis-
sion asking for the reestablishment
of the mid-morning and evening mo-
tor to make connections with the
main line at Harlingen and of the ex-
press service on the-late night and
early morning trains. Other matters
'to be discussed were the selection of
a slogan for Mercedes which was de-
ferred until some future date and
the matter of entertaining the legis-
lature which was postponed pending
more definite information.
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H. F. Ardery of Los Angeles, man-
ager of the Texas Division of the
California Vegetable Union, accom-
panied by Mrs. Ardery arrived in
Mercedes on Monday cf this week.
Charles K. Wathen, auditor, of San
Francisco and Kentucky ,is also in
Mercedes.
Both Mr. Ardery and Mr. Wathen
will be associated with the Texas Pro-
ducers Union in its dealings with the
California marketing agency.
CROP SHIPMENTS
NINE CARS PER DAY
Beets and Carrots Constitute Bulk of
Shipments With Some Lettuce
And Cabbage
WILL RECEIVE “FOUNDERS DAY”
PROGRAM BY RADIO FEB. 1ST
The Young People’s Union of the
local Baptist Church has arranged to
receive the "Founders Day” program
which will be rendered at Baylor Uni-
versity the evening of February 1st,
by radio. A. H. Clark of La Feria
has loaned the society the use of his
equipment for the occasion.
n . , , The program will consist of short
The following program has been nll „
_ , , , . , , , i addresses, music bv the Bavlor band,
announced by county superintendentL„ ' „ y ’
t a -on, „ * tt-j , „ x songs and college yells. All residents
J. S. Bunn for the Hidalgo Countv . .. „ ., . ., ^
^ T. _ ... , °f the community are invited to at-
Rural Teachers One-Day Institute tend the service!.
EX. STATION BILL
NTRGDUCED
Carries Appropriation of $50,000 for
Experiment Station in Cameron
Or Hidalgo County
A bill authorizing and empowering
the Board of Directors of Texas A.
& M. College to ‘establish and main-
tain an agricultural and horticultural
experiment station in the citrus belt
of Cameron and Hidalgo Counties” i Some lettuce and some tomatoes have
for (the purpose of making scientific j been shipped by express*
An average of nearly nine cars of
produce per day has been shipped
from this vicinity during the last
week, about two thirds of which were
beets and carrots and the balance
cabbage with two of lettuce. . Prevail-
ing prices are somewhat more stabi-
lized than the latter part of last
week when beets brought as high as
$1.10 and carrots 95 cents. Prices this
week range from 40c to 50c for car-
rots, 55c and 65c for beets and $18.00
for cabbage.
Shipments for the week, ending to-
day (Wednesday) have been as fol-
lows: American Fruit Growers, Inc.,
9 cars beets and carrots, 3 cars of
cabbage; Acker, Jones & Jarratt, 11
cars of beets and carrots, 1 of let-
tuce; Chas. Saladino Company, 5 cars
of beets and carrots and 5 of cab-
bage; Wetegrove, 4 cars of beets
and carrots and 1 of cabbage; The
Texas Producers Union, 8 cars of
beets and carrots and 3 of cabbage, 1
of lettuce and 1 of mixed vegetables.
In addition to the above shipments,
Hidalgo County Officials
Agree With the State
Highway Commission to
CanceljLast Contract
Will Re-advertise for Bids and Hold Let-
ting According to Federal and State
Highway Engineers’ Requirements.—
This Saves County Nearly $500,000.
Austin, Texas, Jan. 17.—The Com-
missioners’ Court of Hidalgo County
has agreed to cancel the last W. L.
Pearson contract and have further
agreed to all requirements of the
State Highway Commission accord-
ing to a statement made a Tribune
representative by State Highway En-
gineer J. D. Fauntleroy late this af-
ternoon. Captain Fauntleroy further
stated that it was his belief that work
on all State and Federal projects in
Hidalgo County would now proceed
in a satisfactory manner The last
contract concerning the letting of
which the controversy arose will be
re-advertised and the bids let with
the approval of the State and Federal
engineers on types approved by them.
The agreement to cancel the last
contract with the W. L. Pearson
Ccenpany and to have a new let-
ting according to the rules and re-
quirements of the State Highway
Commission was made at a hearing
before the Commission Wednesday of
this week at which time the County
Judge and Commissioners of Hidalgo
County met the Commission in Aus-
tin. This move of the Commissioners
Court to cancel their former action
and hold a new letting will put
Hidalgo County in line to receive
possibjv a maximum aid allowable-to.
any one county at this time, $625,000
or approximately $473,000 in addition
to what has already been received
on the caliche road north of Edinburg,
and should there be more funds
available in July , 1923 for State and
Federal aia,o Hidalgo County will at
least be eligible to receive up to
whatever limit may be estab-
lished. In addition to the financial
aid which it will mean to the Coun-
ty, it will also mean that the work
will all be let and performed under
the supervision of the state and Fed-
eral Highway Engineers, which in
the opinion of many who are familiar
with the work of those departments
is of even more value than the mone-
tary aid.
The question of granting aid on a
road from Harlingen to Riveria was
considered and prospect's seem blight
that such will be done thus allowing
two highway outlets to the Valley.
BIS BARBECUE
TO OPEN CREAMERY
Weslaco to Combine Third Birthday
Celebration With Opening of
Creamery
which will meet at Edinburg, January
27,- 1923.
General Session, 10:00-11:30.
Song, ‘‘The Star Spangled Banner,”
by all.
Invocation, Rev. W. R. Fisher of
Edinburg.
Address of Welcome, Supt. H. C.
Baker of Edinburg.
Response, Mrs. Elma Barker of Los _
Indios School. j ‘‘The fatted calf” will furnish the
Solo or Story, Christine Vela, a pu- main ingredients of one of the big-
pil of Delfina School. I gest barbecues ever staged in the
Address, ‘‘My Work,” Miss Sonora! Valley when residents of Weslaco cel-
's. Ponder, County Red Cross Nurse ebrate the opening
of Mission.
Vocai Solo, Mrs. H. C. Baker of
Edinburg.
Section Meetings, 11:30-12:30
Primary Section:
Practical Lesson in Handwork,
Miss Alma Westmann of Hidalgo
School.
Primary Language, Miss Vida Clo-
ver of Penitas School.
Intermediate Section:
How Language can be Taught ito
Foreigners, Miss Ruth Johnson of
Penitas School.
How Geography Can be Taught to
Foreigners, Miss Alma Molby of
Abram School.
Non-Spanish Section:
Discussion, ‘‘Our Problems,” led by
Mrs. Elma Barker of Los Indios
School and Mr. C. P. Jones of South
Palm Gardnes School.
Business Session, 12:30-1:00
Luncheon 1:00-2:00
Toastmaster, 'Miss Florine Baker
of Hidalgo School.
Yell Leader, Miss Doris Hicks of
Hidalgo Schpol.
Toasts: Our County Organization,
Mrs. Imcgener Gillespie of Stock-
holm School.
Our Rural Teachers, Mr. J. W. Tro-
janowski of North Palm Gardens
School.
Our Rural Schools, Mrs. Leah Gates
of Carlson School.
Our County Superintendent, Miss
Melba Baker of Schulitz School.
Plates $1.00 each.
Supervised Play and Games, 2:00-2:30
Under direction of Miss Amanda
Stoltzfus, the ‘‘Play Lady” from the
Extension Department, Austin, Texas.
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C. D. Turner of McAllen was in
the city on business Tuesday after-
noon.
Branch of the Falfurrias Creamery in
conjunction with the third birthday
party of their city, the youngest
city in the Valley, on Tuesday, Jan-
uary 23.
Among the attractions to be pre-
sented on that date will be a number
of the famous Lasater show herd.
Band music will be furnished for the
entire day, and addresses by many
prominent and influential speakers
will be features.
It is announced that the creamery
will be in full operation during the
celebration and open to the inspec-
tion of all visitors.
The following program" has been
outlined for the day:
10:00 a. m., Music—Mission Band.
Quartette.
Address of Welcome, H. L. Seay.
Response, Ed C. Lasater.
Quartette by ‘‘Sleepy Hollow Hay-
seeds.”
12:00—Barbecue dinner for all.
1:30 p. m., Music—Mission Band.
Address ‘‘Dairying and its Possi-
bilities in the Valley”—Representative
A. & M. College.
Quartette.
Address, ‘‘Development of the Val-
ley”—Rev. O. C. Crow.
Special Features: Horseshoe tour-
nament, Valley championship; basket
ball games between two Valley teams,
both boys’ and girls’ teams.
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I. C. E. Elects Officers
The Inter-mediate Christian En-
deavor Society held a meeting for the
purpose of electing officers for the
coming year. The following were
installed:
President, Andrew Byers; vice-
president, Melba Wright; secretary,
Helen Trougott; treasurer, Robert
Neff.
investigations and experiments in the j & M. AGRICULTURAL BUILDING
production of citrus fruits and de- j FINEST IN THE ENTIRE SOUTH
termming the best methods of eradi- j
icating insect pests and dangerous j College Station, Texas, January 16.
diseases that infest citrus trees, and j —Members of the School of Agricul-
of considering the agricultural prob-! ture of the A. & M. College of Texas
lenis of this section, has been intro- ; have moved into their quarters in the
duced into the present session of the j new agricultural building now near-
Texas legislataure by Representatives ! ing completion. It is one of the most
A. L. Lewis of Cameron and W. R. j efficiently an delegantly equipped
Montgomery of Hidalgo County. j college departments in the south. I,t
The bill will, if passed, authorize . has four stories, a beautiful structure
the board of directors of A. & M. j of cream pressed brick, finished in
College to procure a suitable site limestone. The interior is finished in
for such an experiment station, not; cement and plaster left in its natural
exceeding 100 acres, such land to be; color. The furnishings are all new
well adopted to the growing of citrus! and uniform in type and arrange-
fruits and supplies with wataer for' ment. Desks, chairs, files, tables,
of the "^Valley i irri§'ation Purposes. The experiment' cabinets and shelves have been stand-
station shall be under the general (ardized throughout.
direction and supervision of .the j -----o-
Board of Directors and shall be 0 $ U ¥0
erated and conducted by the present j III L Si U L U L W uArtliU
Director of experiment stations as all •
HEDGING BIDS
Ul
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VALLEY ENGINEERS
Work Is Expected to Start Within
Sixty Days of Letting of
Contract
Discussion of the proposed bill re-
quiring examinations and licenses
for the practice of engineering fea-
tured the meeting of the Valley Chap-
ter of the American Association of
the Brazes Santiago channel and 4*1 ^
opening of the Point Isabel harbor, j At the business session held prior
according to the Brownsville Herald, | to the' discussion, W. O. Washington
which states that . a bulletin to that! county engineer of Cameron County
Bids will be opened at Galveston son
February 21st for the dredging of
other state experiment stations are
now conducted.
The bill provides for the appropria-
tion from the general revenues of
the state the sum of $50,000 for the
purpose of securing the land neces-
sary, erecting suitable buildings, pur-
ELECT OFFICERS
Officers in Both Banks Will
Same as for Prist Year
Officers of the two Mercedes banks
remain the same for the year 1923
was elected president of the chapter,
with W. E. Anderson of San Benito,
first vice-president; O. E Van Berg
of Mercedes, second vice, and Frank
Robertson of San Benito, Third vice.
H. H. Kidder of Mercedes was re-
elected secretary and treasurer.
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ttisthe ressary eauipment-and
to defray all necessary expenses m
establishing and equipping the sta-
tion.
A committea appointed by the Val-
ley Chamber of Commerce has been
active in its work towards the secur-
ing of this experiment station for the
Valley, and H. Raymond Mills of Wes-
laco conferred with state authorities
the latter part of last week regarding
its passage. The State Board of Con-
trol received the committee and is
stockholders and directors, held last
week.
Waiter A. McNeil was re-elected
president of the Hidalgo oCunty
Bank, additional officers being S. P.
Silver, vice-president N. P. Barton,
vice-president and cashier and James
Howze, assistant cashier. Directors
are Win. Borchelt, Fred E. Bennett,
S. P. Silver, N. P. Barton, W. A.
McNeil and James Howze.
effect was received in Brownsville
on Monday morning of this week. The
advertisement for bids states that 1,-
200,000 cubic feet of sand will be re-
moved to clear the channel.
It is reported that many contrac-
tors who have been engaged in dredg-
ing work on the west Gulf Coast have
visited the site of the new harbor
preparatory to making bids for the
work. According to those who have
had experience in such work, work
will be started on the channel within
60 days of the time of letting the Dipping of cattle in the Mercedes
bids, with a possibility that it will district will start Wednesday, Janu-
ject, as is Governor Pat M. Neff.
CITY ELECTIOnTs
CALLED FUR JAN. 27
— “•»- ~ sssxa&t,?
Chadick, president J. E. Haynes,
active vice-president, and Fred
Johnnston, cash;ier. Directors are
E. B. Witmer, F. S. Champion, C. C.
Schwartz, John P. Sewall, J. E.
Haynes, W. C. Decke, and W. D.
Chadick.
T , Both banks report that the year
in a proclamation issued bv the v, ,
tvto t ‘ : y ; past has been a prosperous one.
Mayor of Mercedes, there is an elec-
tion called for Saturday, January
27th for the purpose of electing an
alderman to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of W. G. Garrison.
Mr. Garrison was re-elected last
spring so that the unexpired term to
be filled has yet something over a
year to run.
Deputy Sheriff Alex Champion of
Edinburg was a Mercedes visitor on
Tuesday of this week.
TALLEY BABY IS MADE
MASCOT OF LEGISLATURE
Advices from Harlingen state that
Margaret, the baby daughter of rep-
resentative and Mrs. Lewis of that
city, has been made the official mas-
cot of the 38th Texas Legislature
now in session
Mr Lewis was elected from the
Cameron County district last Novem-
ber and is serving his first term
start much earlier provided the con-
tractor getting the contract has ma-
chinery idle.
The belief is expressed that once
started the dredging will proceed
very rapidly, as soundings have led
to the belief that no rock will be en-
countered in (the channel.
PROCEED WITH TOPPING
ON CITY STREETS
Texas Avenue from the railroad to
Fourth Street was resurfaced Tues-
day. It is announced that this work
are 24, according to an announce-
ment made by Paul West, dipping
inspector. On that day cattle will
be dipped in the vat on the western
edge of the city, and dipping will be
cocntinued every IS days thereafter.
Dipping will start on January 25
on the farm formerly owned by N. E.
j Tucker four miles south of Mercedes,
and will likewise be continued every
18 days after that date.
While dipping has been going on
in the Weslaco vicinity for some time,
the announcement is made that syste-
• , . , | ma(tic dipping will begin there the
is being done under the old contract oorj f„lw i
..TT. _ _ „ rci, to be followed up everv 18
with W. L. Pearson & Co. and that! 1
days.
& M. JERSEY COW
MAKES A FINE RECORD
under this contract all of the paved j
streets in the city will be retopped, j A.
The work is being done under the I
supervision of O. E. Van Berg, re- j
cently retained as city engineer. j College Station, Texas, Jan. 16.—
--c--. The purebred Jersey cow, Kleberg’s
UNITED STATES TRUCK CROP : Jacoba Pogette, owned and developed
SPECIALIST IN > ALLEY j by the dairy department of the A. &
a , ■ i ~ T , i M. College of Texas has just complet-
Accordmg to Charles Spearle, Truck j ed a yearly record of 652.8 pounds of
Crop Specialist of the U. S. Bureau butter fat, the highest record made
of Agricultural Economics, the acre-; yet by any jersey in the A. & M.
age o : ettuce in ,the Lower Rio herd. This is an excellent production
Gi ande Valley is about 1000 acres! standard for a Jersey herd, and one
that the College hopes soon to estab-
this year, a decrease of about 10%
over last year’s acreage, the acreage
in onions is about the same as last
year, 1,200 acres, while the cabbage
acreage has dropped from 13,000 last
year to 2,400 this.
lish.
j
V. P. Dubose of Harlingen wo3 in
the city on business Tuesday morn-
ing.
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Holland, W. D. & Buell, Ralph L. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 17, 1923, newspaper, January 17, 1923; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1003541/m1/1/?q=lewis: accessed July 14, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.