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Bounty roads
TO BE LOCATED
Commissioners to Go
To Austin Monday
: With Other Officers
To Decide Routes
BROWNSVILLE—County Judge
C Dancy. Commissioners Sam
O. J. Weikel end J. P. Baughn. j
will leave 8unday noon for Austin
where they will confer Monday with
the State Highway commission on
location of proposed highways in
Cameron county. Accompany i n g
these men will be Ralph T. Agar
county tax collector-assessor and
county auditor. Louis Bauer.
The roads sought to be located a*
this time are: A parallel road along
route 17 between Harlingen and San
Benito a road from the Brownsville
port to the Paredes line road a road
from Bah Benito connecting the new
parallel road to state highway No
100 east of Barred a and a road from
the crossing of highway No. 10Q and 1
the Paredes line road. The roads
listed are in their order of preference
Bind necessity
Judge Dancy declared the parallel
road from Harlingen to Ban Benito
la obviously necessary in order to
divide traffic shorten distance and
oonserve human life. The road
should be located now. judge Dancy
believe* since the Arroyo Navigation
District is preparing to dredge the
Arroyo Colorado up to Harlingen
It needs the location of the bridge
crossing in order to locate the turn- j
tag basin and in order to spill dirt
dredged at a point satisfactory to
highway engineers.
The other roads sought to be lo- !
oated at this time will considerably {
Shorten distances te the two Valley
porta divert traffic from heavily |
travelled roads and provide better
connections between the precincts
Involved._
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WEATHER!
■LSCTED majority leader of the
Senate. Senator Alton W Bark-
ley inherlta the dubious task of
welding together a badly dis-
rupted pern. That's one party
Job that wlU probably to no
picnic!
IT* NO PICNIC to to worm*
I One to Inadequate insurance
I coverage. Let U* write tour po»-
I ides . . get FULL protection »
j for your Insurance dollar!
MANY VISITORS ENJOY FOUNTAIN
The electrically lighted fountain In Brownsville's Washington Park draws
many visitors from all parts of the Rio Orande Valley. Brilliantly light-
ed at night In all colors of the rainbow the water spurts 30 feet into the
air and falls In a shower of multicolored Iridescent globules.
Fountain in Washington
Park Is Delightful Spot
Nightly for Weary People
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B. E. Hinlfley Builds
Unusual Project
In 1928
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BROWNSVILLE-Delighting the
eyes snd hearts of Brownsville citl-
sens who nightly gather to enjoy
the spectacle of myriad wind-swept
globules flashing and sparkling In
a breath-taking fantasy of flowing
color the electrlclally lighted foun-
tain of Washington Park here lies
like a fairv Jewel on a background
of cool Jade.
Conceived by B E. Hlnkley. former
city park commissioner the beautiful
fountain was built in 1928 after he
had determined that Browns vljje
| CITY CASH GROCERY I
II J. ft. GL'ERRA Prop.
H Bargains for Friday Saturday and Monday m
I July 30th 31st and Aug. 2nd 1937
I BUTTER o i r 31c I
I PINEAPPLES InTcn. .*ch 18c I
I PEACHES 18c I
E pArrrr admiration i-h>. bag.26c I
m tUrrLL BRIGHT A EARLY 1-lb. bag. 21c |g
I SOAP E*’*.22c I
I Pork and Beans lYcY ^ 9c I
I Tomato Juice H'cL. 7c I
I DOG FOOD l'lLc.Z 2fc|
I FLAKES .15c I
I* QIlf.AR CANE in cloth sack 10 lbs. for 55c I
H wvUml BEET in paper bag 10 lbs. for. 48c ft
I SOAP . 19C l
I COFFEE u«%Pur*pound..13c I
I IB VPV Comet or White ^ ^ If
g XtJLVCd Houee 2-lb. pk. lPC g
I FLOUR ^iE: I::kk ;; •;;;;;;;; £ I
I CLEANSFP XL'ZZl. 15c I
I Baking Powder f.‘bT.n 22c I
I A fflfi Monax with Cup and a* m
■ UAia Saucer per pkg.■
I —- MEAT SPECIALS- I
S HAM Boiled per pound . 43c H
■ CHEESE Yellow per pound.24c I
■ BACON Breakfast Not Sliced per pound ... 31c »
■ OLEOMARGARINE All Sweet pound.18c
I BACON Sliced per pound.29c I
■ WIENERS per pound..19c ■
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was to have a park equal In loveli-
ness to any in South Teras.
The land for the park was donated
many years ago to the city by the
Stillman Estate bub was not im-
proved greatly until about ten years
ago. Hinkley says.
The electric fountain throws it*
spray 30 feet into the air to fall
back into the two-foot pool of water
which surrounds It At the side of
the pool and below the level is a
water-tight door which gives access
to the operating machinery when it
s in need of attention.
Young lovers—and some not so
ywung although equally ferventr-
gather nightly on the benches
around the park to whisper sweet
nothings and to hold hands while
he leaping waters flash in slow arcs
of rainbow hue and blend with the
lquid of the pool below.
Not only young lovers find the
park a haven however; mothers and
their children find the green grass
inviting to tired bodies and scam-
pering feet alike.
Little wonder it is. then that
beauty-loving resident* of the Rio
Grande Valley make regular pil-
grimages to Brownsville to feast
their eyes and gladden their heart*
with tl» lovely and magnificent
splendor of an evening spent at the
rim of the Washington fountain.
Visit San Benito
SAN BENITO— J. L. Abner t s-
sistant United States district at-
torney. and Judge A. M Kent dis-
trict Judge of the 103rd Judicial
district of Brownsville were in
San Benito this week on official
business.
Mr and Mrs. Roland Smith and
Woodrow Carter of Mirando City
were visitors in 8an Benito.
W T. Curtis.v of 8an Antonio
publisher of the District Evangel
weekly Baptist periodical has re-
turned to his home following a
short visit with his son here this
week.
Women are living longer than
men according to official figures.
SAN BENITO’S
MESSING IT
PLAN IS TOLD
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Rotary Club Hears
Program to Make
% City Attractive To
Those Visiting
A
SAN BENITO—' Progress oi Ban
Benito"*bras the topic on which
Charles- A. Morris member of the
board of directors of the San Ben-
ito Chamber of Commerce spoke
when he addressed the San Benito
Kiwanls club Wednesday in the
dining room of the Stonewall Jack-
son hotel.
Introduction of his address was
made with the statement that San
Benito is the center for the Valley s
most fertile fanning community. He
pointed out that this community
produces more farm products titan
any other community of the entire
Lower Rio Grande Valley and that
it is the duty of San Benito mer-
chants to cater to their farmer
friends who compose the backbone
of the community’s finances.
Morris wove into his address the
need for dressing up the city to
make it have an appeal to tourists
He reported on the activity under
way to assure lighting with neon
signs or tubes for at least 95 per
cent of the business houses on the
principal business street. Immed-
iately following erection of neon
signs within the next six weeks will
ugie a repaint program to make the
city attractive In daylight hours as
well as at night. Already several
store fronts have been repainted or
newly stuccoed. Others are expected
to follow.
Morris closed his address with an
appeal to citiaem not to carry ill
tidings of the town to outsiders. He
said it is not the town which has
brought about adverse conditions in
San Benito but the statements of
ill advised citizens.
The club voted to name Harry
Harris as a committee chairman to
investigate during the next week '.he
feasibility of organizing a golf team
among members of the club. He will
report back at next week's meeting.
John Prentiss reported the forma-
tion of an Archery club and invited
Kiwanlans to join. Announcement
was also made that Morgan Finley
vice-president will be In charge of
next week's program.
Leon R Thiene of Harlingen
was the only visiting Ktwanlan.
Guests present Included: Dr. Grady
Deaton county health director; J.
B. Winston county sanitary en-
gineer; H M Carroll. 8an Benito;
and William Brummltt of Carbon-
tale. guest of his brother-in-law
Gilbert R. Crain.
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Court Records
CAMERON COUNTY
103RD DISTRICT COURT
Judge A. M. Kent
Piled:
No. 15207 Joy Parsons vs L. D
Parsons divorae and injunction.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Manuel Ochoa and Mrs. Maria
Gonzalez.
Delbert 3wlck and Eunice Alde-
neyer
NEW CAR REGISTRATIONS
Plymouth sedan purchased by Joe
E Gerusa from Southland Motor
Sales. 1
WINE AND BEER PERMITS
Oranted:
Application of M Navarretes
(transfer.)
Application of H B. Buck Los
ndios.
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OIL AND GAS LEASES
Jack Elliott et ux to Magnolia
Petroleum Company the West one-
lalf of the Southwest one-quarter of j
Block 227. San Benito Land and
Water Company's Subdivision of the
Concepcion de Carricitos Grant.
Louise B 8prague et al to Mag-
nolia Petroleum Company the
Northwest ore-quarter of Block 216.
containing 40 acres. San Benito Land
and Water Company's Subdivision of
the Concepcion de Carricitos Grant (
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Let’s fly (for longer to stay and play) north to Kansas
City and a vacation in the famed Missouri Oxarks or
to Chicago and the Great Lakes playground. Either
way. you'll find a grand gang to play with . . . good
food and good fun. Fly with us for business trips too.
and you'll exrape the monotony dust and heat of or-
dinary ground travel. Magic miles along the airways in
x ‘luxurious naturally air-conditioned Braniff airliner
will transform even the most dreaded business trip into
a gay adventure and you'll arrive refreshed and eager
for the business battle.
BRRniFF niRUlHYS
CAPITOL BOOKS LIGHT ROMANCE
CITRUS LIKED
BY l-WEST
Prices Are Spoiled By
WE8LACO. — The Middle West
prefers Texas fruit but wants it
:heap. having been spoiled by ship-
ping and truckers bringing in grape-
fruit and oranges at low prices it
was found by A. E. Krausse assist-
ant sales manager for the Rio
Grande Valley Citrus Exchange who
-etumed this week from a visit to
narkets.ln that area.
Considerable Valley fruit was sold
n the central Middle West territory
luring past seasons but‘not by the
exchange which was unwilling to
meet the low price competition from
fruit shipped by others Krausse
said. With the exchange controlling
at least half the Valley tonnage he
believes that the situation may
change. Brokers in the area he vis-
ited were acquainted with the fact
that the exchange has been made
the central sales agency for all Val-
ey co-ops and were interested in the
new set-up.
The Middle West preference in-
cludes not only the fresh fruit but
also the canned Juice Krausse re-
ported.
Markets in this area also are
affected by the large volume of fruit
brought in by truckers making the
carlot buyers wary. It takes a car-
load of fruit several days to get to
his area while a trucker may reach
t in 48 hours. This means that a
broker who orders a carlot with no
fruit in sight may find that several
trucks will arrive and cause him to
take a loss an experience he is un-
willing to repeat if he can avoid it.
rruckert in most instances bring in
the lower grades of fruit and gen-
erally are content with getting their
hauling charges out of the deal.
One of the things that heartened
the exchange emissary was the fact
that the Middle Western area ap-
pears prosperous thus providing a
buying power that bodes well for
the citrus deal. Krausse visited prin-
cipal markers in Kansas Missouri.
Oklahoma Colorado and several
other states.
Frank Hall general sales manager
for the exchange is still out and will
not return to the Valley until about
Aucust 20.
Glenn G. White juice sales mana-
ger. left Sunday to make the round*
visiting old customers and attempt-
ing to build up new business.
Weather
But Texas (east of 100th meridiani:
Partly cloudy and continued warm
Thursday and Friday.
Light to moderate mostly southerly
winds on the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change in
the river during the next 24 to 36 hours.
RIVER BULLETIN
Flood Present W Hr 24-Hr
Stage Stage Change Rais
Laredo . 27 28 00 4J
Rio Grande . 21 0.9 +0.3 .uu
Hidalgo . 21 2.7 -01 OU
Mercedes .... 21 47 —0.4 0U
Brownsville .. 19 3.0 —0.4 -OU 1
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Bunset Thursday . 1:18
Sunrise Friday . 9:90
WEATHER SUMMARY
The barometric premure distribution
changed but very little over the United
8tales and adjacent regions since Wed-
nesday morning resulting in very little
change tn weather conditions during
that time.
Brownsville 6 30 a. m. iCST) aaa-levei
premure 30 32 inches.
BULLETIN
Low- High- Wind Ram
est est Vaioc- last
last yester- ltyat 24
night day 8 sag. hr*
Abilene . .90 10Q 10 .00
Amarillo . 72 M .. OU
Atlanta . 70 90 .. ou
Austin . 76 100 .. ou
Boston . 00 70 .. .ou
BROWNSVILLE 77 90 .. .00 i
Br’vllle Alrp't .. 75 90 .. J1
Chicago . 08 86 .02
Cleveland . 64 92 12 .00
arpu* Christ l.. 78 68 .00
Has . 82 100 0U
Del Rio . 78 100 10 lOO
Denver . 60 86 .. .58
Dodge City .... 74 96 00
El Paso . 74 96 .. .00
Port Smith .... 78 69 ou
Houston . 76 96 12 OU i
Jacksonville .. 74 84 .. 2 38 '
Kansas City ... 70 92 .. 00
Los Angeles ... 86 88 Ou
Louisville . 64 86 .. OU
Memphis . 70 64 .. ou
Miami . 78 88 14 .OU
Mpls-St.P. 63 82 .. .00
New Orleans .. 78 04 OU
North Platte ... 70 02 .. .10
Oklahoma City. 74 100 .. 40
Palestine . 78 98 00
Phoenix . 78 100 .. 40
St. Louts . 72 00 12 .00
Salt lake City 84 100 .00
San Antonio .. 74 / 80 .. .ou
Banta Pe . 63 80 .. ou
Sheridan . SB 90 . .01
Shreveport .... 78 88 M
Tampa . 74 80 14 2 40
Vicksburg . 74 gg 0V
Washington ... 80 -• 88 JWi
WlWston .*. 89 99 .09
Wilmington ... 72 92 .. .19 1
HEARING TO USE
FEDERAL DATA
All May Appear At
Market Session
WESLACO *- Some of the data
submitted by witnesses at the fed-
eral citrus fruit marketing agree-
ment hearing at Weslaco In Feb-
ruary has been made available for
use at the state marketing agree-
ment hearing to be held at the city
hall beginning at 9:30 o’clock Sat-
urday morning.
Members of the committee which
sponsored the federal marketing
agreement now in effect have ask-
ed that some of the Information
gathered at the earlier hearing be
made available at the hearing here
Saturday.
Every member of the citrus In-
dustry in the Valley or person who
would be affected by the proposed
state agreement Is privileged to
appear and testify op his position
in regard to the proposed pact.
The hearing here was caHed by
J. E. McDonald state commissioner
of agriculture * for Valley growers
and shippers. Following the hear-
ing. the proposed agreement will be
submitted to the industry for Its
approval.
Electric Power
Gabs Sharply
Texas Production In June
And Half-Year Rises
AUSTIN.—Electric power produc-
tion In Texas during June increased
sharply over both the preceding
month and the corresponding month
last year according to the Univer-
sity of Texas Bureau of Business
Research. There also was a marked
increase for the first six months
over the like period last year.
Reports to the Bureau from sev-
enteen of the largest power com-
panies of the state show aggregate
production of 301.386.000 kilowatt
hours an Increase of 5.2 per cent
over May and a rise of 30.8 per cent
over June last year. During the first
six months of this year aggregate
production was 906.454.000 kilowatt
hours an increase of 17.4 per cent
over the corresponding period of
1936
Commercial production Increased
124S per cent over May and 18.3 per
cent over June last year.
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Old Army Pals
Reunited After
17-Year Lapse
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8AN BENITO—Old army bud-
dies at Camp Stanley Leon
Springs. Texas. Attorney T. A.
Kinder of Brownsville and W. L.
Johnson. Resettlement Adminis-
tration supervisor for Cameron i
and Willacy counties renewed '
their friendship here this week
after a period of 17 years.
In 1911 when United States
Army camps wer^ preparing their i
’ men to be sent “over there" Cap-
tain Kinder and First Lieutenant
and Personnel Adjutant Johnson :
were officers of the 304th Cavalry
in the camp go miles north of San
Antonio. They met here when At-
torney Kinder stopped in San
Benito to visit a mutual friend.
J. L. Crawford.
MALARIA
Speedy Relief of Chill•
and Fever
*
When your teeth are chattering
with chills and your body burning
with fever you want quick and re-
liable relief!
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic is
the medicine you want to take for
Malaria. This is no new-fangled or
untried preparation but a treatment
of proven merit
Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic con-
tains tasteless quinidine and iron.
It quickly stops the chills and fever
and also tends to build you up.
This is the double effect you want
The very next time you feel chills
and fever coming on get a bottle of
Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic. Start
taking it immediately and it will
soon fix you up.
All drug stores sell Grove’s Taste- j
less Chill Tonic. 90c and gl. The I
latter is the more economical siaa. 4
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(Continued from Pag* One)
Ugal and lawful way to ad juat aU
wrongs. It should be employed even
though there are delays Incident to
the change. We can afford to wait
and to suffer for a time. In order to
do things in an orderly way. for law
SMBd order are neceeearv to the ulti-
mata protection of the rights of
human bslngs.
Wa believe implicit* in law and
onto and in the orderly proceesos of
the law. We do not belters any
wrong Is really corrected by direct
action. The new evlk created are
wane than the old ones from which
we would escape. Freedom peace
and prosperity can come only to
communities where law and order
prevail. Therefore we will be Ut-
terly against those with whom we
agree as to the objective to be
sought but who adopt Illegal and
lawism means to accomplish the end
Such methods will not work out.
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\l/I ARE OPPOSED to "our side"
using corrupt election methods
as we are to their use by the opposi-
tion. Wt prefer to lose rather than
to win through corrupt means. The
purity of the ballot la essential to
the success of democracy and that
statement applies to everybody
however worthy the end sought.
Direct action and rioting we will
not countenance even when directed
at the grosamt evils. They crests
wotse evils. We must find legal
means and orderly processes for the
correction of wrongs.
A crystallized public opinion can
and will finally remedy all evils by
lawful means. We seek to bring
such a crystallised public opinion
to bear upon public questions. Do
we make our position clear?
County Tax Chief
To Be In Harlingen
BROWNSVILLE—County Tax As-
sessor-Collector Ralph T. Agar will
be In Harlingen Saturday at the
branch tax collector's office for the
purpose of answering questions con-
cerning tax matters and working
out plans for the payment of del-
inquent taxes with any interested
taxpayer.
TONIGHTS MOVIES
IN THE VALLEY
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Brownsville: The Capitol — Spencer
Tracy. Freddie Bartholomew and Lionel
Barrymore In "Captains Courageous '
TTie Queen—Nelson Eddy and Jeanette
MacDonald In "Maytime."
San Benito: The ftlvoll—Dick Powell
In "The Singing Marine "
Harlingen: The Arcadia—Warner Bax-
ter. Wallace Beery and Mickey Rooney
in "Slave Ship.” The Rialto—Jean Muir
and Oordan Oliver In White Bond-
abe."
La Feria The Bijou—Oene Raymond
and Ann Sothem in "There Ooee My
Olrl"
San Juan: The San Juan—Virginia
Bruce and Kent Taylor In "Whan Love
Is Young."
Mercedes The State—Dick Powell and
Doris Weston in "Ths Singing Marine."
Weslaco: The Rlu — Freddie Bar-
tholomew. I spencer Tmcy and Lionel
Barry la “Captains courageous."
Vhaxt: Ths Taxes—Claudette Colbert
Melvyn Douglas and Robert Young la
"I Met mm in Parts."
church was nrtnclnal sneaker
at the monthly mooting and 43
of tha Baptist Brotherhood
the First Baptist ohurch tU
Rev. Boatman's topic far
sfan was -The World R Aaktng tha
Church to Com# Down to tha levtf
of tha World." The program Includ-
ed several numbers on the Ha-
waiian guitar played by Mr. and
First Methodist church.
Dinner wee served by Della Me-
Kinney circle of tha Baptist wom-
an's Auxiliary.
“Don’t toy ’boo’ to
your fathar. Ho’t at
ugly at a boar V*
Men get mean when tha
weather gets mushy.
If you are answering
your family with grunts
instead of grins let's
do something about it.
Let’s get you into the
store first . . . into one
of these cool suits next
. . . and you’ll see so
much difference that
everyone else will.
Cool suits start at *
$12.75 and we know
wives who would be
glad to pay for this ad
k if their husbands would
only act on it
Light and dark shades.
What a
Crowd...
attended the opening day of our
new and modern store at 712 West
Elizabeth. There were hundreds
of people who did not receive the
special service that this new store
planned to give ALL customers.
If you weren’t waited on ... we are
sorry and hope that you will realize
. that our service from now on will
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be better.
i t
Penslar
h Sale
4 t
continues through Saturday and of-
fers some of the greatest values we
have ever offered. Attend the
Penslar Ic Sale .... see our new
store .... and visit with us at South
Texas’ LARGEST AND MOST
MODERN drug store.
McKay’s
712 Wert Elizabeth Phone 680
Doris Nolan and John Botes an the featured players In “As Oood sa
Married." comedy romance which shows Friday and Saturday at the
Capitol Theater. Brownsville.
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