Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, March 26, 1920 Page: 6 of 8
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MERCEDES TRIBUNE
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1 the best equipped repair shop in the valley e
The F. F. Holland Company |
Sporting Goods, Gun Smiths
Fine Repair Work on E
inns, Typewriters, Adding Machines. Cash Registers, etc ^
| PHONE 24 SAN BENITO. TEXAS S
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hat Is Worth Doing
Is Worth Doing Well.
mow have associated with me Mr. Wm, Dixon, formerly of Los
Bles and Covina, California, wh0 comes here because he believes in
• Delta as a citrus country. >
.le has had twenty years experience in pruning and orchard care,
for the first two years he prunes for fi'ame work to support, lai ge
ps and to make well-balanced trees that wiU not blow ^r; after
years he prunes for fruit.
idch pruning often doubles the crop and is cheap at any price,
lis services which include advice and showing how, can be obtained
ELTWEED POMEROY
Lrseryman Landscape Designer DONNA, Texas
CITRUS TREES
pf course I have them to sell. The best varieties and the best stock.
1,000 or more of the Wonderful Temple Orange trees soon to arrive.
Lese are only sold under contract by which the buyer pledges not
* cut budwood for propagation for 25 years.
Palms, Arbor Vitae, Cypress, Shade Trees of Many Kinds. Hedges,
Dwers in bewildering variety, Vines of Beauty.
CALL AND PICK OUT WHAT YOU WANT.
URGES COMMITTEES N
TO ATTEND MEETINGS
Delegates From Valley Associations
Told Much Depends Upon
Them
iskable crops in tbe section tbis
growing season is around ten' thou-
sand ■ cars more than it has been in
previous years when the refrigerator
cars requirements were hardly ever
more than six thousand cars.
The situation is, also a result of
the war, during which the production
of refrigerator cars was held up co
a large extent.—The Brownsville
Herald.
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SEE ME
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Purchasing
Your
I will be in Pharr on MARCH 4 with car of
PURE BRED ILLINOIS BROWN BLACK
SPANISA BROOM CORN SEED, tested ,
for germination and purity. Endorsed by
broom manufacturers.
Brush grown from this seedxsold highest on Lindsay market
A. POIRER
BETTER KNOWN AS “ FRENCH ”
IUY THE BEST SHINGLES
The Market Offers if You Want
the Worth of Your Money
Cheap grades mean early
repairs, and frequent repairs
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cost heavily in the long run
COME AND SEE US
MERCEDES LUMBER
COMPANY
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FARM IMPLEMENTS
Just received carload of
farming machinery from
International Harvester
Co. and Oliver
BORDERLAND
HARDWARE COMPANY
Absence of several representatives
from the farmers’ organiations in
Hidalgo county Wednesday night
caused the meeting of the advisory
committee of the Hidalgo and Cam-
eron county fanners to be postponed
until next Wednesday night and drew
from C. H. Bagg, representing the
Mercedes unit. an1 appeal to commit-
teemen to attend. Mr. Bagg in a
communication sent out Thursday to
the newspapers of the Valley points
out that matters affecting the wel-
fare and success of the Valley farm-
ers hinges largely upon the work of
the advisory committee and that it
cannot function unless the meetings
are fully attended. Mr. Bagg’s let-
ter follows:
There have been two meetings of
the advisory board committee of
the farmers organied marketing as-
sociations in Cameron and Hidalgo
counties and the attendance has been
unsatisfactory in both instances. The
first meeting was held at Pharr,
where organization was effected, and
there was a full attendance from
Cameron) county. There was com-
plete harmony among those present
and an enthusiastic belief that the
committee could be of material serv-
ice toward helping to relieve the
car situation, and in sustaining the
price of cabbage.
Tbe second meeting was held at
Mercedes on tbe night of the 24th
but while there was a manifestation
at both of these meetings on the
part of all those present to co-op-
erate and to be of all possible serv-
ice to the farmers of the two coun-
ties, tbe attendance from some of
the local organiations in Hidalgo
county was disappointing.
It is this phase of the committee
meetings to which we want to call
particular attention. These meetings
can only be of value to the farmers
in so far as the membership of the
committee takes an interest in the
meetings. The men composing this
committee are representative men of
their respective localities; selected
because because of their public spir-
it, and experience in public affairs.
Unless they attend tbe committee
meetings, they not only fail to rep-
resent those who have selected them
for this purpose, but they hamper
the functioning of the advisory com
mittee and retard that co operation
with its accrued benefits, between
the several organiatious of the two
counties. If the men now selected
by local associations find that they
cannot attend the meetings of the
advisory ocmmittee, they should step
out of the way and let the local
organization appoint some other man
Of course everyone appreciates the
fact that it will sometimes be impos-
sible for any particular member to
attend a particular meeting; but it
is highly important for at least the
first few meetings, that each member
make some personal sacrifice, if nec-
essary, to attend. And a man ab-
sent from both of tbe meetings al-
ready held, misses not only the drift
and the spirit of the purpose of the
organiation, but ties up the commit-
tee to a very considerable degree,
waiting for a full representation.
This work is a matter of co-ope-
ration boys, and unless we can get
together and continue to work to-
gether there is little hope for im-
proving our marketing conditions in
the Valley. A great deal has al-
ready been done in restoring the
price of cabbage recently artificial-
ly and arbitrarily forced below the
cost of production by interested
agencies. Now unless we can have
is going to be very difficult for the
committee to be of service to the
a full attendance at our meetings it
farmers of the Valley.
If you can’t come and represent
your local association, entitled to
your representation, let your peole
know, and ask them to appoint some
one that will attend. At the last
meeting of the committee, held at
Mercedes on the 24th it was decided
to adjourn for want of a full at-
tendance, to the evening of March
31st, the place of this meeting to be
at Mercedes, in the Community
House.
We would earnestly urge every
member of every local organiation
to take this matter up at your local
meeting, or if the time is too short
to allow this, be certain to have a
called meeting and have the matter
of your ' representation at Mercedes
next Wednesday night attended to.
Respectfully,
C. H. BAGG,
Committeeman from Mercedes.
The nicest location for a home is
Palm Heights. Restrictions reason-
able. Buy a lot today. Lingenbrink
& Wageman Agents. It
Election Order.
Be it ordained ’ey the board of
trustees of the Mercedes Independ-
ent School District that an election
be held at the South Side school, in
the town of Mercedes in said Mer-
cedes Independent School District,
on the third day of April, 1920 for
the purpose of electing three trus-
tees for said Mercedes Independent
School District.
T. L. Jones is hereby appointed
manager of said election and he
shall select two judges and two
clerks to assist him in holding the
same, and said election shall be held
in the manner prescribed by law for
holding other elections.
The returns of said election shall
be made to the board of trustees of
said district.
A copy of this order signed by the
president and attested by the secre-
tary of this board shall serve as
proper notice of said election, and
the president shall cause notice of
said election to be given ini accord-
ance with law.
In testimony whereof, witness the
signatures of the president and sec-
retary of said Mercedes Independent
School District and the seal thereof
hereunto affixed this fifteenth day
of March, 1920.
FRED E. BENNETT,
President of Mercedes Independent
School District.
Attest:—D. H. KENNETT, Sec.
Four homes going up in Palm
Heights now. Buy a lot for an in-
vestment or home site. Lingen-
brink & Wageman. Agents. It.
BREEDENS
RHEUMATIC
COMPOUND
FOR RHEUM ATI S M
SOLD,EVERYWHERE
Keep The. Egg
Basket Foil!
The feed elements that
make whites of eggs are en-
tirely different from those that
make yolks. When hens aren’t fed both
the white and yolk making elements, they
can’t keep the egg basket full. The usual
| method of feeding mostly grain makes yolks
but not enough ^whites to complete the eggs.,
Missouri Experiment Station tests prove that 100 lbs. of
wheat, corn, oats, barley and kaffir corn make (above bodily'
maintenance) an average of 224 yolks to 154 whites. Based
on data from the same experiments, Purina formulas pro-j
duce, (above bodily maintenance), as follows?—
- . Yolk. , White* x
Purina Scratch Feed v 247.49 142.111
Purina Chicken Chowder 182.05 282.55*
Combined Ration i 429.54 424.66
These Purina feeds not only make a practically equal
number of whites and yolks but more of both than
[ordinary feeds.
Note that Purina Chicken Chowder contains the necessary
white-forming elements to balance up the yolk-making
grain ration. That’s why it makes hens lay so heavily^
Instead of the yolks being absorbed by the
.hen’s system, Purina Chicken Chowderj
[makes the whites to complete the eggs
and they are laid. _ Thus we can absolutely]
[guarantee
more eggs or money back
on Purina Chicken Chowder if fed with
Purina Scratch Feed as directed. You take
(no risk.
SOLD BY
MASON PRODUCE Co,, Mercedes, Texas
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1 Mules for Sale I
Big stock on hand at all times in new, permanent corral and
sales yard in rear of city hall. : : : ': : :
Sold by Mercedes Drug Company.
Mercedes, Texas
GUARANTEED TO BE AS REPRESENTED
Mason & Herring Mule Go.
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IMERECDES PROGRESS I
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I SUNDAY NIGHT, |
MARCH 29, 1920 i
AT THE
UIAXY FACTORS IK SHORTAGE s
Increased Acreage in Valley Follows
Lack of Car Building
There is no question but that the
shortage of refrigerator cars is like-
ly to cause a considerable loss to
the truck growers of the lower Rio
Grande Valley, who have perish-
able crops to move but cannot move
them.
But official reports from the I
terstate Commerce Commission poh^
out that there is a vast shortage^ Qf
refrigerator cars all over the Uiw[ted
States, and therefore the situ»^on
insofar as the Valley is conceL^
is not a local one. The railroadfCom-
pany has done everything possijLe
get refrigerator cars moving/ yrig
wp.y ;in d through Senator
Sheppard and oCngressman
N Garner the power of th
tate Commerce Commissi'
Ven brought to bear on t)
tion. and the commission
p/nres the Valley that all
’ e'ng directed toward t]
ation of refrigerator ca
section.
Tbe situation is mor
a new one that now
Valley for the prodn
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Matters of Importance
1 REFRESHMENTS and CIGARS
1 MeeetingCalled at 8
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Rector, J. F., Jr. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, March 26, 1920, newspaper, March 26, 1920; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1017867/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.