Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1917 Page: 5 of 18
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MERCEDES TRIBUNE
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“ The drmk that satisfies "
(NON-ALCHOLIC)
Invigorating
Wholesome
Delicious
A sure remedy for that tired feeling.
It has the snap, the sparkle, the flavor,
yet it is non-intoxicating.
Made in San Antonio where the water is purest on earth; b.y
San Antonio Brewing Ass’n.
S. J. CARPENTER,
Local Distributor
Mercedes, Texas
The recent revolt in Portugal
■which resulted in the overthrow of
the Costa ministry will have no
efefct on Portugal’s conduct of the
war. A proclamation issued by Ma-
jor Paes, who fomented the revolt,
XJk Portugal will continue her pre-
x international policy, particular-
ly agreements with the entente
A German submarine has
shelled a'lSpanish ''steamer, killing
eight members of the crew and in-
juring others. The Spanish govern-
ment will protest to Germany.
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He Could End it All.
After an enthusiastic movie fanness
has ) seen her favorite cowboy hero
in action, she naturally wonders why
the ;war drags on so long.
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FLASHLIGHT
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7ars «old at stores for $1.00 each! Just the thing
lid traps after dark! —hunt coons!—etc. Writs
See why we can positively pay you
NOTICE OF ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that a spec-
ial election will be held in the City
of Mercedes, Hidalgo County, Texas,
at room 3 in the Hidalgo County
Bank building, on the 18th day of
December, 1917, for the purpose of
electing two councilmen to fill the
vacancies caused by the removal of
F. E. Hadden and Jess Hodges.
Ben H. Brooks, Jr., has been ap-
pointed presiding officer of said
election and he shall select two
judges and two clerks to assist in
holding the same, and said election
shall be held in the manner pre-
scribed for holding other elections.
Every male person who has at-
tained the age of twenty-one years,
and who has resided within the lim-
its of said city for six months pre-
ceding the date of said election,
and is a qualified voter under the
laws of the State of Texas, shall be
entitled to vote at said eeletlon.
By order of the city council dated
November 15th 1917.
P. W. PERKINS,
Mayor of the City of Mercedes.
Att6st *
H. T. Stotler, City Clerk. 42-2t
SCHOOL NOTES
(Lorene Morrow and Serena Tumlin-
son, Reporters.)
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ANNOUNCEMENT
We are authorized to announce the
name of,H. J. Menton as a candidate
for the office of city councilman at
the election to be held in ^Mercedes
on December 18th,
THE TRIBUNE ONLY $1.50 A YEAR
OR SALE FARM!
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40 acres land with house can be bought 8
easy terms—small cash payment. 8
I have several tracts of land for rent, cash g
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. LINGENBRINK, Real Estate Agent
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Coming Attractions At
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MERCEDES, TEXAS
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“The Goat”
Sunday Night
UEEN THEATRE*
MERCEDES, TEXAS
Some weeks ago Miss Mary Pritch-
ett, county home demonstration
agent for Hidalgo county, visited our
school in the interest of the girls’
canning and poultry clubs. In this
time of war and war prices many
economies may be practiced in the
homes. The purpose of these clubs
is to help in the development of
the resourcefulness of the girls and
teach them practical ideas. Cards
have been given to the girls desir-
ing them.
The girls who signed the member-
ship cards for the canning club are:
Mary Bradford, Nellie Groves, Olive
Winter, Edith Herzig, Alice Piu,
Leta Newton, and Ruth Kelly.
The membership card reads as fol-
lows:
‘I hereby make application for
membership in the girls’ canning
club and agree to study and follow
Instructions of county agent and
those sent from the U. S. department
of agriculture and A. & M. college of
Texas. I agree to cultivate l-10th
acre and keep daily records of my
crop on books furnished by the gov-
ernment and will send this record to
my county agent at the end of the
season.”
Those signing the membership
cards for the poultry club are:
Dora Emmons, Josephine Black-
well, Ruth Schrank, Eva Wagner,
Olive Winter, Thelma Rollins, Evelyn
Rollins, Maude Miller, Ruth Kelly
and Ethel Turley.
The poultry membership cards
read as followss:
“I hereby make application for
membership in the girl’s poultry club
and agree to study and follow in
structions of county agent and those
sent by the U. S. department of
agriculture and the A. & M. college
of Texas, to set at least three set-
tings (15 hen eggs or 13 turkey
eggs) each of pure-bred eggs, the
breed to be agreed upon by my coun-
ty agent and myself, to keep daily
record of my flock on report blanks
furnished and will send this record
to my county agent at the end of
the season.”
The puipls of the North Side school
are preparing an entertainment which
they hope to give next week.
Miss Ruth Stuart has been unable
to meet her classes this week be-
cause of illness.
The campaign for sale of Red
Cross seals began in the school this
week. Misses Marie Morrow and
Maude McHenry have charge of this
work.
The second grade classes are work-
ing on plans given the Waco sec-
ond grade at the State Teachers As-
sociation by Miss Louise Deitz, pri
mary supervisor, Louisville, Kentuc-
ky. We bope to increase our libray
and read twice as many books as
last year. ,
Military Drill for Boys.
Sergeant J. J. Donegan of A troop
Sixteenth cavalry, has been secured
to give our boys military training.
The military drill will consist of
gymnastics, setting up exercises, etc.
All the boys from and including
the third grade through the high
school will take part in these drills.
Wednesday afternoon the boy’s vol-
ley ball team and the girls volley
ball team played a match game.
The boys won the best two out of
three games. Anyway we girls are
proud because we won one game, and
probably had we had more rooters
and practice, we would have defeated
them.
The boys and girls have been prac-
ticing basket ball this week.
RAYMONDVILLE °IS
COUNTY CHAMPION
Raymondville, Texas, Dec. 10.—The
Raymondville high school defeated
Brownsville high school two games
out of three in volley ball Friday
afternoon at San Benito. The games
were witnessed by a good sized
crowd and were interesting through-
out, as is shown by the scores:
First game—Brownsville 15, Ray-
mondville 11.
Second game—Raymondville 15
Brownsville 12.
Third game — Raymondville 15
Brownsville 10.
The winning of this series gives
Raymondville the championship of
the two athletic districts and also of
the county. The last game of the
season will be played this week be-
tween Raymondville and Edinburg to
decide the Valley championship.
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I Suggests Decoy Soldier.
We have heard of tin soldiers, but
It has remained for J. Burgess, an of-
ficer in training at Fort Sheridan, HU
to bring to our attention a camouflage
soldier of papier mache. His plan is
to place a large number of these
dummy soldiers beside the regular
troops on the firing line, to serve as
decoys for the Germans. Unable to
distinguish between the real and faked
soldier, he believes the Germans will
waste a great amount of ammunition
on the papier mache figures. In this
instance every hit will be as good as
a miss.—Popular Science Monthly.
Occupation.
j “I failed to reach you by telephone
either at your office or at your home
Don’t you work any more?”
“Of course, I work," protested Mr.
Chuggins.
“Whereabouts ?”
“On a street corner or in the mlddU
of a country road—any old place th$
flivver happens to quit on me.”
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We are now ready to buy
All Varieties of Vegetables in
bulk at market prices
WE SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE
Wetegrove &
WINTER CROPS.
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of the cabbage held in storage was
put in before the frost. Demand
has been good and operators report
a steady movement into buying sec-
tions. The prevailing prices this
week were $25 @27 a ton at Wiscon-
sin loading stations.
New York, Dec. 11.—The cahabge
situation is showing a great deal of
improvement and conditions, both lo-
cally and throughout New York state,
are much better than they were a
week ago. About all of the cabbage
in the producing districts in the
state, which has been outside, is
cleaned up and practically all of
the shipping is now being done from
the warehouses. The domestic varie-
ty is also out of the way and now
there is nothing to handle hut Dan-
ish. The past few days, the market
has shown quite an advance, the
movement is more active and prices
are firm. This week Danish cab-
bage was selling at loading station
in Western New York state at $30
a ton, which is equivalent to about
$33 a ton delivered New York.
The stock was selling here in the
yards out of the cars generally at
$35 a ton, with small sales up to
$40.
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POTATO growers complain
OF high prices of seed
it matures earlier and therefore is
a safer crop and the consumers of
early potatoes demand potatoes
grown from red seed.
REPORTS INDICATE BIG
ONION ACREAGE IN TEXAS
Eagle Lake, Tex.—Potato growers
here and at other points in Texas
potato belt are complaining of the
high price of seed. They say with
the largest potato crop ever grown
in the United States seed is cost-
ing therp considerably more than
last year and because of the advance
in prices many may he compelled
to cut down their acreage.
In the beginning of the planting
season last year Triumph seed pota-
toes sold at $3.75@4 per 11-peck
sack, or from $1.60 to $1.75 per bush-
el. This year before the planting
season is open the price of Triumph
seed potatoes ranged last week at
from $8 to $9 per sack or more than
$3 per bushel. The Southern potato
raiser cannot use anything but red
seed, it is said, for the reason that
Laredo, Tex. — Reports received
here show that onion transplanting
is about at the same stage as at this
time last year or possibly a little
more advanced, with evidence of a
greatly increased acreage. Prelimi-
nary surveys made by the govern-
incticate a planting of 17,000 acres,
but there are those here claiming to
be in touch with the situation who
say the estimate is too large. It
seems, however, that the acreage in
the Laredo district will not fall far
short of 5,500 or an increase of
1,000 acres over 1917. To the north
of here and between here and San
Antonio the acreage is figured a^
7,600, an increase of almost 20 per
cent, while in the Lower Valley the
acreage has been trebled, it is claim-
ed. Last year this section was only
credited with 700 acres whereas this
year there ’s estimated in round
numbers 2,000. The acreage at Co-
tulia was jumped from 600 last year
to 1,400 this year.
The crate situation is still caus-
ing onion growers much concern.
Crate agents are asking cash on de-
livery and 20c per crate delivered.
This is considerably higher than last
season. The plan is to bring crates
into the producing sections in lots
of 200,000, and pro-rate them among
the growers, proportionate upon their
acreage, as fast as they arrive. In
this way each grower is expected to
get his proportion of the crates and
no one person receive them all as
might happen if things were other-
wise.
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The Florida Lettuce Situation.
Lettuce in Florida appears to be
in excellent condition, with acreage
somewhat above that of last year and
prospects of a very satisfactory yield.
In the Sanford section, Seminole
county, the sowing for the main crop
began about September 15, and the
transplanting is now practically com-
pleted, with an acreage of 850. The
first car moved on November 17,
or 12 days later than last year. The
movement is now well under why,
and, while the heaviest shipment will
probably be completed in January,
the season will extend into 'March.
Owing to the freeze, last year’s ship-
ment was cut to 731 cars, but this
year’s output will probably be 1100.
In Manatee county the lettuce is
somewhat later, but shipments are
now under way and the bulk of the
crop will move out by the middle of
January. The present indicated acre-
age is 700, but this may be in-
creased later. The movement last
year was 777 cars, and this year,
with favorable weather conditions,
should be considerably in excess of
those figures.
In addition to these sections there
will be from 250 or more cars at
Winter Garden and smaller ship-
ments from Ybor City, Center Hill
and other points.
Shipments will be in 1% bushel
hampers, with a probable maximum
of 400 to the car allowing for pro-
per refrigeration.
Be Careful Where You Shoot.
Young Leonard Davis was the vic-
titme of a “near accident” Sunday
afternoon last, when some one fired
a 44-calibre pistol from an automo-
bile, the hall striking Young Davis
on the right elbow.
The shot came from such a dis-
tance that it had spent itself before
he was struck, so that no material
damage resulted. It penetrated the
sleeve of his coat, however, and
stung his arm rather warmly. The
young man was looking after some
cattle out on mile 10 north, 2 .west
at the time. He had heard a nauto-
mobile pass at some distance away
and near the canal, and supposes
that the shot was fired by a party
in the automobile.
Promiscuous shooting should be
avoided by all. It’s a good thing to
see your target before you shoot, and
then be sure that no one is near
that target.
“An efficient force of Russians”
has been co-operating with the Brit-
ish forces in Mesopotamia. One part
of the Russian army, at least, does
not favor an armistice with the en-
emy.
Every now and then there comes a
substitute for gasoline, amply filling
the place of the old discoveries of
perpetual motion.
Broom Corn Seed
Would you risk losing one hundred dollars or more on each acre of broom
corn by planting seed of doubtful quality, when it costs less to secure a stand
with good seed than with poor quality seed?
The supply of strictly pure and high-grade broom corn seed is very much
below the needs of the U. S, for this next year’s planting. I started three
months ago to secure a supply of dependable seed. After full investigation I
am positive that
I Have the Best Standard Tenn. Evergreen Seed
That Was Raised in the U. S. This Year.
It was grown in Missouri and is absolutely free from any cross-breeding
with any other type of plant.
I saw the brush on which this seed grew and it is strictly high-class,
round fibre hurl brush and was sold at over $400.00 per ton.
This seed is fully ripened, heavy and plump and perfectly cleaned and
graded and strictly first-class in every way.
Germination over 98 per cent. The price is only 20 cents per pound and
only requires three pounds to secure good stand on one acre. Lower grade
seed is more expensive, as the germination is so poor it requires more pounds
to secure the same stand.
It is impossible for me to personally call on every planter, so I have
placed the seed on sale with the following dealers:
R. M. Gregory, San Juan and Donna.
Rio Grande Grain & Milling Co., Mercedes and LaFeria.
Tested Seed Co., San Benita and Harlingen.
Mr. Taylor, in Roy Campbell’s office, Mission,
and I will handle the seed myself at other towns.
0. E. BURG, Broom Corn Boyer,
McAllen, - Texas
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Hoyt, L. T. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1917, newspaper, December 14, 1917; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1062752/m1/5/: 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.