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VOLUME XIII.
MERCEDES, HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1926
NUMBER 21
This Week
“The very essence of a free govern-
ment consists in considering public
offices as public trusts.”—John C.
Calhoun.
* * *
Many shocks may have come to the
people of Hidalgo County when mat-
ters political were being aired, but
undoubtedly the greatest shock which
has yet come to a long suffering peo-
ple was experienced when the politi- |
cal forces of Dan Moody, candidate
for governor, were joined with those
of A. Y. Baker and his political ma-
chine in Hidalgo County. The attor-
ney general is familiar with condi-
tions in this county. When he was a
candidate for the office he now holds
he waxed indignant over condition;.-,
and regretted only that the exigencies
of his political campaign prevented
him from acting as attorney for the
parties who were contesting the re-
sults or the primary election in 1921.
* * *
He has seen bond issues from this
county contested—he is familiar with
the manner in which the county ad-
ministration sold the flood control
bonds—and yet, he has not only re-
fused to take action as a servant of
the people—but he has allowed his
campaign to be sponsored in this sec-
tion by the very forces which a down-
trodden American electorate is try-
ing to ovei’throw. Dan Moody has
said in effect that he values more the
votes of ignorant Mexicans, con-
trolled by corrupt machine politics,
than he does those of intelligent
American citizens. He would rath-
er have the vote of an alien than the
vote of a citizen. He would rather
have the influence of machine poli-
ticians than the influence of those
who are trying to rid this county of
an intolerable form of mis-govern-1
rnent.
REPUBLICANS HAVE
FULL LINE UP FOR
JULY PRIMARY VOTE
CANDIDATES FOR ALL COUNTY
AND DISTRICT OFFICES HAVE
ANNOUNCED. — LITTLE OPPO-
SITION EXCEPT FOR COMMIS-
ER OF MISSION PRECINCT.
WORK BEGINS ON ELKS
HOME; CONTRACT CALLS
FOR A $50,000 BUILDING
That the county administration
will be opposed by a complete repub-
lican ticket in the geenral election
in November is evident from the list
of candidates who have filed for the
republican nominations in the July
primaries. The coming primaries are
the first to be held in the state of
Texas by the republican party.
Little opposition is given any of
the candidates for places on the re-
publican ticket with the exception of
Mission, where three are in the race
for the nomination for county com-
missioner.
The list of candidates as an-
nounced by County Chairman Emery
Watts is as follows:
For representative, A. J. Byrnes.
For Distinct Judge, 9 3rd Judicial
District, H. M. Carroll.
For District Clerk, Geo. E. Duncan
and Earl Hurst.
For Sheriff, M. C. Hanson.
For County Clerk, Roy C. Hankins.
For County Tax Collector, John
Burkhart and John H. Potter.
For County Tax Assessor, Van M.
Storm.
For County Treasurer, F. M. Grif-
fith.
Superintendent of
P. Cunningham.
Chairman, Willard
For County
Schools, Mrs. W
! For County
j Ferguson.
i For County Commissioner Precinct
| No. 1, B. F. Cadenhead.
Precinct No. 2, Robert Henderson.
Precinct No. 3, Warren S. Freund.
F. C. Whittlesey, and W. P. Dough-
erty.
Precinct No. 4, Ralph Hughes.
Candidates for all. of the county
precinct offices have filed.
With but few exceptions, the peo-
pie of the state agree with Lynch
Davidson and with Dan Moody, that
Fergusonism must go. The choice is
offered the voters in the Democratic
primaries as to the means of ridding
the state of its influence—whether i
Dan Moody or Lynch Davidson shall V YU A f* A IMfP
be that means. There seems to be • r « « •
but one way for the voters of Hidal-
go County to go—namely to cast
their votes for Lynch Davidson, who
offers a conservative program for the
advancement of the state—who is
bound to no person or group of per-
sons—who is endeavoring to settle
no political feud—and who is bound
only by the dictates of his own con-
science, owing nothing to the whims
or desires of any set of corrupt ma-
chine politicians.
* * *
For more than a year, the people
of Hidalgo County have been looking
to Dan Moody as the man who had
finally risen above the muck and the
mire of Texas politics—the man who
placed the welfare of a county or of a
fetate above the sordid plane of per-
sonal ambition—the man to whom
they could go for honest and sure re-
lief from a condition that is becom-
ing more and more intolerable. It is
hard for them to realize that tlmir
ideal and prospective savior has nis
feet in the same mire of politics from
which they are seeking relief. Dan
Moody has occasioned the people of
Hidalgo County the keenest and
most bitter disappointment.
* * #
The mania for bond issues seems
to be waxing stronger and stronger
among our friends of the county : d-
ministration. The latest attempt to
’make business for O. O. Norwood is
Stated to be the prospective voting on
Saturday of an issue of one million
dollars by the Edinburg Independent
School District. Voters of the dis-
trict are more or less in the dark as
to the issue and purposes for which it
will be used, according to all reports.
The election call has never been
published, and if posted, has never
been seen. The polling place is not
known. The election judges are not
known. In fact the voters do not
even know who are their school trus-
tees, as no election was held in April,
to their knowledge. They do
know that M. Mcllhenney is the pres-
ident of the board, and that he is al-
so the chairman of the county demo-
cratic executive committee, and that
H. C. Baker, a brother of Sheriff A.
Y. Baker, is superintendent of
schools, and also secretary and treas-
urer of the school board.
(Continued on page 12.)
TO HOLD OPEN
HOUSE FRIDAY
On Friday, July 2, the Girl Re-
serve Camp at Rio Hondo will be
opened to parents and friends of the
girls, who are invited to come at
5:00 o’clock p. m. to witness the
many interesting things that are be-
ing planned for the event. Visitors
are also asked to bring picnic sup-
per, and may eat on the grounds.
The program begins at five o’clock
with a Water Carnival to be staged
in the huge new catamaran, which
will consist of an Umbrelle Relay
Race, a feature called the “Chatty
Special” to be put on by the girls,
and some expert and fancy diving,
also a Life Saving demonstration to
be put on by Miss Ina Mason, a reg-
istered Red Cross life saver, and some
of the other counsellors. An enter-
tainment is being planned by the
girls and councellors for the evening,
consisting of stunts, songs, and origi-
nal plays, and all the visitors are in-
vited to stay and participate in the
merriment.
LOCAL DEALER
SCORES AS HE
VISITS CITY
Following the signing of a con-
tract with H. J. Hansen & Son of
Brownsville the latter part of last
week, work was started this week on
the $50,000 home of the Mercedes
Elks Lodge to be located on the cor-
ner of Missouri Ave. and Third St.
Two lots are owned by the lodge on
which the magnificent new home
will be located. Under the terms of
the contract the home is to be com-
pleted within 120 working days. The
bid of Hansen & Son was accepted
some time ago, but the trustees of
the lodge delayed the signing of the
contract until sufficient money had
been paid in on the bond pledges
which are helping to finance the
building.
The building will cost in the
neighborhood of $42,000, with an ad-
ditional $6,000 to $8,000 for plumb-
ing and lighting. Furnishings will
FORM GRAPEFRUIT
MARMALADE ASSN.
Meeting at McAllen Last Saturday of
Members of County Home Eco-
nomics Clubs.—Mrs. George
Morrison Chosen Presi-
dent
add another $5,000, to the total cost
it is thought.
Parlors, club rooms, and lounging
rooms will occupy the first floor of
the structure, with the lodge rooms
on the second floor. A roof garden
for dances and banquets will top off
the new home, the first Elks home
to be constructed in the Valley, and
by the youngest lodge in the Valley.
Heating apparatus will occupy the
basement.
Bonds to the amount of $23,000
have been purchased by members of
the lodge to finance the building, of
which amount $12,000 has been paid
in, and the trustees of the lodge urge
that members meet their installments
as rapidly as possible to assist in the
satisfactory financing of the building.
The balance of the construction price
is secured by a loan from the Great
Southern Life Insurance Co.
MERCEDES HI GRAD
BRINGSJNOIL FIELD
D. D. Christner Locates New Oil Field
Near Crane—Upton County Ter-
ritory— Is Former Student
and Teacher Near
Mercedes
ELKS HOSPITAL WILL ONE COUNTY OFFICER
SOON OCCUPY NEW
HAS COMPETITION IN
TEXAS AYEBU1LDING DEMOCRATSPRIMARY
STRUCTURE TO COST $25,000 — C. E. BRYAN OF MISSION IS CAN-
WILL HAVE 12 PRIVATE ROOMS
AND WARD WITH BEDS — TO
CONTINUE UNDER ELKS MAN-
AGEMENT.
The proposal of a local capitalist
to erect and lease to the Mercedes
Elks Lodge a hospital building to be
erected on the corner of Texas Ave.
and 5th St. was accepted by the lodge
DIDATE AGAINST GEO. BROOKS
IN MISSION PRECINCT — ALL
OTHER COUNTY OFFICIALS UN-
OPPOSED.
Only one contest is slated for a
county-wide office in the Democratic
primaries to be held July 24, the po-
sition of commissioner in precinct No.
3 being contested by C. E. Bryan
at its meeting on Thursday night, ! a§ainst the present incumbent, Geo.
Mrs. George Morrison of Mercedes
was chosen president of the Grape-
fruit Marmalade Association of . Hi-
dalgo County at a meeting held at
D. D. Christner, son of J. H. Christ-
ner of Weslaco, is given credit in the
press of the West Texas territory for
having been responsible for the
McAllen last Saturday morning at! bringing in of the latest Texas oil
which the association was formed. ; field, located in Crane and Upton
Members of the association are taken j counties. Mr. Christner is a graduate
from the membership of the various j of Mercedes High School, class of
Home Economic Clubs of Hidalgo
County. The association will meet
regularly on the second Saturday of
each month at 2:30 p. m. The next
1912, and a former teacher in the
Heidelberg and Los Indios schools.
At the present time he is acting as
chief geologist for the Marland Oil
and plans and specifications for the
new building are being drawn.
Under the proposal adopted by the
lodge, which was recommended by
the board of directors of the hospital,
the building will be leased by the or-
ganization for a period of 5 years,
with the privilege of renewal or of
buying the building if desired. Plans
proposed by the builder include 12
private rooms and a public ward con-
taining from 8 to 12 beds. The pres-
ent quarters occupied by the hospi-
tal have been inadequate, due to the
excellent patronage the Mercedes
Hospital has enjoyed, and many
times patients have been forced to
leave the hospital before desired by
their attending physicians in order to
make room for other patients.
The hospital has been under the
management of the Mercedes Elks for
the past two years, during which ex-
cellent progress has been made; new
equipment has been added and pa-
tients have been cared for from all
sections of the Valley.
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Watermelon Feast
Promised Legion
At La Feria Meet
The big city ways have nothing on
Mercedes automobile dealers, at least
that is what Monk Wilson of the local
Hudson-Essex Co. says. Mr. Wilson
was a recent visitor in San Antonio,
and found occasion to combine busi-
ness with pleasure, taking the sale
of an automobile in a matter of
course manner right along with a
shave.
While visiting the Ghnter Hotel
barber shop he discovered that the
barber who was performing the ton-
sorial rites was in the market for a
car. Enough said—before the shave
was finished Mr. Wilson had a signed
order in his pocket for an Essex
coach, to be delivered to J. M. Will-
ems, 630 E. Ashby Place, San An-
tonio. The car was borrowed from
the San Antonio dealer and delivered
the same day.
meeting will be held at the Teachers j Company.
in McAllen on Saturday, July 10. All! Work done by Mr. Christner some
members of Home Economics Clubs j years past as a geologist in the West
Plains country of Texas is directly re-
sponsible for the discovery and fur-
ther investigation of the potash fields
of Texas. The present session of
congress passed a $5,000,000 appro-
priation on the recommendation of
Secretary Herbert Hoover for the
further investigation of the possibil-
ity of these deposits. Mr. Christner,
in collaboration with Dr. J. W. Beede,
has recently published a pamphlet on
the possibilities of these potash de-
posits.
A brother of Mr. Christner, H. R.
Christner, is at present employed in
the plains country as sub-strata geol-
ogist for the Dixie Oil Co.
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Valley Cotton Being
Held Back by Rains;
Few Bales Ginned
Showers which have fallen consist-
ently in almost every section of the
Valley for the past two weeks are
proving a serious drawback to the
picking of the Valley cotton crop, ac-
cording to farmers, ginners and buy-
ers. Not more than eight or ten
bales have been ginned in this sec-
tion to date, where three or four
times that number had been expect-
ed had the rains not interferred. The
Santa Maria territory is reported to
be the one "dry” spot in the Valley,
and has missed most of the recent
rains. Cotton is opening up in that
section in good shape, according to
all reports, and picking will be in full
are invited to attend.
Officers chosen last Saturday in-
cluded Mrs. Morrison, president; Mrs.
Beaty, vice-president; Mrs. L. J. Hart-
zell, Mercedes, corresponding secre-
tary; Mrs. Ben Drew, Mercedes, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. Lane, McAl-
len, reporter for the western end of
the county and Mrs. Josephine Mc-
Lennan, Mercedes, reporter for the
eastern section of the county.
YALLEY TOWNS OFFER
FOUR CELEBRATIONS
Point Isabel, Raymondville, McAllen
And San Benito All Offer Re-
laxation and Pleasure for
Sunday and Monday
Plenty of ice cold watermelons is
the promise to Legion members who
attend the meeting of the J. A. Gar-
cia Post to be held at the La Feria
Community House on Friday night
of this week. The Legion post is
meeting at La Feria to arouse inter-
est in the Legion and its work among
the ex-service men of the neighbor-
ing community, and also to bring out
a larger attendance of the members
of the post to live near or in La
Feria.
A good sized crowd is expected to
attend the meeting. Postcards an-
nouncing the meeting have been post-
ed in La Feria, and letters advising
all members of the post of the place
of meeting has been mailed by Her-
man Sugg, post adjutant.
Valleyites can go in any direction
next Monday and be sure of finding
ways and means of celebrating the
Fourth of July in the good old fash-
ioned way, for four Valley communi-
ties have announced celebrations,
each one of which promises to be the
“biggest and best” thing of its kind
ever staged in the Delta.
The Brownsville American Legion
will hold its celebration at Point Isa-
bel, starting on Sunday and contin-
uing through Monday, July 5. Motor
boat races, swimming contests and
the like promise plenty of thrills to
those attending.
San Benito is confining its cele-
bration to one day, but plenty of ac-
tion is promised by those in charge.
A bathing girl revue, water carnival swing very shortly.
on the resaca just north of the city,
baseball game and patriotic speeches
by Hon. John N. Garner and others
are on the program.
Both Raymondville and McAllen
will stage celebrations continuing
through Monday, and many unique
and varied attractions are promised
by the Legion posts of both commun-
ities, which are sponsoring the
events.
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Announces for Constable
I. S. Chadiclt, for the past two
years constable of precinct No. 1,
Mercedes, has announced his candi-
dacy for that office, subject to the
action of the Democratic Primaries
on July 24. Chadick will be opposed
by E. G. Mason, who recently an-
nounced as a candidate for the office.
Following favorable crop reports
from all sections of the belt, the price
dropped slightly yesterday, July cot-
ton being quoted at 17.88. Even
with the drop, the advance of the
week previous has not been over-
come and a higher price level than
'existed a week ago is being main-
tained.
POSTPONE DATES OF MOTION
PICTURES IN RURAL CENTERS
Representatives of the State Live-
stock Sanitary Commission and the
Bureau of Animal Industry, who were
showing motion pictures in rural cen-
ters of the country, have left for an-
other section of Texas, postponing
their Hidalgo County showings. They
expect to return to this section at a
later date.
One Fourth Budget
Chamber Commerce
Is Raised to Date
Approximately one-fourth of the
budget of $10,000 set for the oper-
ation of the Mercedes Chamber of
Commerce for the coming year has
been pledged to date, according to re-
ports given at a meeting of the board
of directors on Tuesday afternoon of
this week. It is expected that the en-
tire amount of pledges necesasry will
have been made within the next week
or ten days. Due to illness and the
fact that several members of the
board-have been out of the city, as
rapid progress as was desired has not
been made.
Those making the rounds to secure
the pledges report that the response
made by those approached has been
most gratifying, and it is thought
that the estimated budget will be
raised. The matter of a new secre-
tary has been left for consideration
until the budget has been assured.
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SERVICE STATION OPENS
WASHING, LUBRICATING DEPT.
A formal opening of the washing
and lubricating department of the
Queen City Service Station, corner
of 2nd St. and Ohio Ave. will take
place on Saturday, July 3, according
to F. W. Duncan and A. O. Payne,
proprietors. A Curtis Air Mist Wash-
ing Machine has been installed, the
first of the kind to be located in the
Valley. Alemite Lubrigun lubricat-
ing equipment will be used. A free
chassis greasing with each order for
car washing will be given to those
leaving their orders on the opening
day.
Brooks. All other offices are uncon-
tested, the incumbents being candi-
ates for re-election.
No drawing for position on the
ticket has yet been made, according
to County Chairman Marshall Mc-
llhenney, who stated that positions
would probably be decided at a meet-
ing of the committee next month.
The drawing was suposed to have
taken place on Monday of this week,
and the order in which names will
appear on the ballot has been an-
nounced in practically every other
county in the state.
Candidates for nomination in the
Democratic primaries are as follows:
For Representative: W. R. Mont-
gomery.
For District Attorney, 79th Judi-
cial District: S. H. Woods.
For District Judge, 93rd Judicial
District: J. E. Leslie.
For District Clerk: C. L. Fortson.
For Sheriff: A. Y. Baker.
For County Judge: A. W. Cam-
eron.
For County Attorney: -A. F. Bu-
channan.
For County Clerk: Cam E. Hill.
For County Tax Collector: O. Em
Jones.
For County Tax Assessor: J. K.
Miller.
For County Chairman: M. Mcllhen-
ney.
For Commissioner, Precinct No. 1:
W. D. Chadick; Precinct No. 2, Mar-
vin Evans; Precinct No. 3, George
Brooks; C. E. Bryan; Precinct No. 4,
W. L. Lipscomb.
ENORMOUS BOND
ISSUE PLANNED
FOR EDINBURG
Voters of the Edinburg Indepen-
dent School District will go to the
polls on Saturday of this week to de-
termine whether or not the district
(shall issue bonds to the amount of
one million dollars. The purposes
which the money to be derived from
the sale of the bonds are to be used
are not clear, as no call of election
has been published in the Edinburg )
paper, and voters interested have not
been able to locate the call posted at
any public place in the city of Edin-
burg.
The entire election seems to be
shrouded in mystery, and it was not
until the latter part of last week that
the American voters of the district
had any imitation that it was to be
held. The Edinburg Independent
School District is at the present time
the most heavily bonded district in
the entire Valley, and if the issue
carries on Saturday will be one of the
most heavily bonded school districts
in the entire state.
M. Mcllhenney, chairman of the
county democratic executive commit-
tee, is president of the school board,
and H. C. Baker, brother of Sheriff
A. Y. Baker, is school superintendent.
Voters of the district have signified
their intention of contesting the elec-
tion in case the bonds carry.
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H. B. Seay Married
Wednesday, Chicago
H. B. Seay, vice president and gen-
eral manager of the American Rio
Grande Land & Irrigation Co. of
Mercedes, was married yesterday af-
ternoon to Mrs. Helen Greenlee at the
bride’s home at Winnetka, 111., a
suburb of Chicago.
Immediately following the wedding
ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Seay left for
Canada, where they will enjoy a
honeymoon of several weeks. Be-
fore returning to Mercedes they will
visit eastern and Pacific coast points.
They will make their home at Los
Carritos, the country residence of Mr.
Seay north of the city.
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