Mercedes News-Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, October 17, 1930 Page: 2 of 12
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MERCEDES NEWS-TRIPUNE
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1930
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H. B. SEAY, President
S. H. COLLIER, Active Vice-Pres.
O. W. DUBE, Ass’t Cashier
JACK TROLINGER, Cashier
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SAFETY
Out In 1931 Season
Outlined By Clubs
One Crop Sections
Are Hurt Most In
Depression Times
Fighting Vessel In
Houston October 25
from
shows.
Funeral Establishment
Has Many Advantages
Newspaper Men, C. of
C. Secretaries Guests
Of Radio Station XED
THIS BANK REPRESENTS
THE FUTURE-TO MANY
delegates who are expecting to
tend from all the Valley towns.
Former Resident Of
Valley Dies Suddenly
At Tuleta Saturday
the office of the registrar
This compares with 2,627
The characters were. as fol-
Robert Espenhayne, Byron
College Station, October 16.—En-
rollment of the A. & M. College of
Texas on October 10 for the regular
session of the current academic year
not only recreational but educational.
The history and origin of all holi-
days being studied and many his-
torical facts and beliefs are thus
had programs Monday. The Jun-
nior Dramatic club put on a one-act
play entitled, “Where But in Amer-
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New Pastor Of Elsa
Church To Arrive In
That City Next Week
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The Mercedes Cooperative Association
is an organization of growers who are work-
ing together to receive the highest possible
returns for their produce, and their opera-
tions during the past seasons have been most
successful.
We’d like to meet you.
Why- not come in and
get' acquainted?
of the Mercedes Cooperative
Asso'ciation
week will be in charge of Miss Cobb’s
third and fourth graders.
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There is a vast, difference between hav-
ing YOUR VEGETABLES shipped by YOUR
OWN ORGANIZATION—sold by YOUR
SELLING ORGANIZATION—and YOU get-
ting all the profit, compared with selling hit
or miss.
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1,710.
Our future is simply the
joint future of all we serve..
Can we make yours bright-
er?
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Valley Agricultural
Workers Club Will
Eelect Officers Tues.
The knowing woman no longer
submits meekly to regular, systemic
suffering.' For this kind of pain is
relieved by Bayer Aspirin just as
readily as an occasional headache,
twinge of neuralgia, or the more
intense pain of rheumatism. Try it
for the days you dread and share
the gratitude of business and pro-
fessional women for Bayer Aspirin.
Doctors declare it safe to use freely.
Any drugstore.
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Special Days Are Set
Aside For Different
State Froups At Fair
Income From Dairy anc
Poultry Products Is
Increasing
The Stotler Mortuary
Phone 67
Holiday Club Has
A Secial Program
On Columbus Day
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without additional charge.
GASPIRIN
Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture
of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacid
Physicians have diagnosed the ail-
ment of Herbert Hoover, Jr., the
president’s oldest son, as tuberculo-
sis of the lung, but believe they have
discovered it in time for a cure.
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Gov. Reed of Kansas, in a recent
issue of the United States Daily,
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All three of the English clubs
up new entrants for the coming two in observance of the holidays and is
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Election of candidates for king
and queen of the big carnival took
place a few days ago and balloting
is underway. However, voting has
not yet become very brisk and prob-
ably will not be until the last day
or two of voting. The results stand
as follows:
Grades 1 and 2—Joe Zimmerer
and Marian Phillips, 150.
Grades. 3 and 4—Johnny Gilbert
and Shirley Washington, 370.
Grades 3 and 4 (Mexican) — Anto-
Bids on the proposed $250,000 se-
nior high school building for San
Benito are being asked by the board
of trustees. The bids will be opened
November ’ 4.
Bonds for the building were sold
recently, but are still in the hands
of the bond attorneys. It is expect-
ed, however, that money for the
building will be on deposit by No-
vember 4 and that the contract can
be let immediately.
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Unlike the cat, the man who falls
in love seldom lands on his feet.
Home improvement, 4-H pantry
work and wardrobe are the three
major projects which will be stress-
ed in the work of the Hidalgo coun-
ty home demonstration clubs for the
year 1931 according to plans out-
lined by the council of the twenty-
club of the county.
Mrs. Etta W. Ringgold, Hidalgo
county home demonstration agent,
is now engaged in enrolling demon-
strators in the three projects select-
ed for major activities during the
year. She is also enrolling demon-
strators in the living room contest,
being conducted in the county and
sponsored by the Texas A. & M. col-
lege in conjunction with the Semi-
Weekly Farm News.
An additional activity of the home
demonstration clubs of the county
is the two-year yard improvement
contest. A total of 31 women of the
county entered this contest last year
and Mrs. Ringgold is now signing
totaled 2,437, announcement
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Most private homes are
not prepared to comfort-
ably accommodate the
large number of people
who wish to pay their res-
pects to a departed friend.
At such a time a funeral
establishment has many
advantags:
The service room of the
The Valley district Presbyterial
will meet in La Feria for an all-day
session on Friday, October 24. The
meeting will begin at 10 o’clock in
the morning and lunch will be
served at noon by the ladies of the
auxiliary. An interesting program
has been prepared for the many
riculture, paints an impressive pic-
ture of the stability of the dairy and 1
poultry business. 1 1
in. 1912 the nation’s grain farm-
ers had a gross income of $3,005,
000,000, which in 1928, the last year
for which complete figures are avail-
able, had dropped to $1,540,000,000.
In the 10-year period since 1919, a
peak .year for agriculture, the val-
ue of the cotton farmers’ output
dropped to 65 per cent of the peak;
the fruit and vegetable farmers’ rev-
enue dropped to 82 per cent, and
even the live stock producer in 1928
showed a decrease of 10 per cent in
his gross earnings, as compared
with 1919.
Dairy and poultry products, how-
ever, reversed this trend. Their to-
tal value in 1919 was $3,598,000,000,
while in 1928 the total rose to $3,
840,000,000, a gain of 7 per cent. It
it is true that in the past year prices
for dairy products have been rather
low, but a rising tendency is again
in evidence. The total receipts of
the dairy farmer and poultry raiser
do not tell the entire story of his
present-day prosperity. Production
per unit has rapidly increased in the
10-year period, so that the average
receipts today probably represent a
much larger margin of profit.
The Valley Agricultural Workers
club will elect 'officers for the new
year at a meeting of that organiza-
tion to be held at the Valley exper-
iment station just east of Weslaco
on Tuesday evening, October 21 ..at
7:30 o’clock.
W. H. Friend, superintendent of
the station, will be the principal
speaker for the evening and will
The Holiday club met Thursday
for its first program of the season,
in observance of Columbus day.
This club, as its name implies, meets
Unless you have made a thorough inves-
tigation into the workings of the Association
you cannot realize the many benefits of
membership. Get the facts!
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Uncle Sam’s Newest A. and M. Has Total
Enrollment of 2,437
The Rev. and Mrs. E. P. Smith
and children of Choudrant, La., are
expected to arrive in Elsa next
week. Mr. Smith will be the new
pastor at the Elsa Presbyterian
church and expects to preach his
first sermon in ’that city Sunday
morning, October 26.
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San Benito Airport
Opening Will Have
Pageant As Feature
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Americanism: Hooting at silly
savages who have faith in witch
doctors; spending $400,000 a year
for fake nostrums.
Miss Amanda Stoltzfus of Tuleta,
Texas, and former resident of the
Valley died suddenly Saturday while
out visiting an oil test well at Tu-
leta. Miss Stoltzfus was for many
years a home economics worker for
the government and was stationed
in the Valley where she was called
“the play lady.” She will be re-
membered by many of the old set-
tlers of this section.
. Now scientists announce that earth
gets hotter when the sun radiates
more heat. My gosh! Think of
mere man figuring that out!
KONJOLA ENDS
NEURITIS AND
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Various states from which citi-
zens have come to the Valley to be-
come residents and property own-
ers will be honored with special days
at the Valley Mid-Winter Fair at
Harlingen November 22-30.
Six states already have had' days
designated for them at which time
they plan to have reunions of all
former residents now living in the
Valley or, citizens of. those states
visiting here. It is hoped by John
T. Floore, manager of the exposi-
tion, that all states will be repre-
sented. Those desiring days desig-
nated for them are' asked to com-
municate with him immediately.
Days which have been designated
are: Saturday, November 22, Lou-
isiana; Sunday, November 23, Wis-
consin; Monday, November 24, Illi-
nois; Tuesday, November 25, Kan-
sas; Thursday, November 27, Okla-
homa and Tennessee.
Complete facilities for the observ-
ance of state days will be provided
by the Valley Mid-Winter Fair as-
sociation. The auditorium will be
available for meetings during the
day. The exposition will provide a
band for parades. Badges carrying
the name of each state and a reg-
istration booth for visitors also will
be furnished.
Letters have been sent officials
of all known state societies in the
Valley by Floore advising them of
the plans. Those who have not re-
ceived letters or those who do not
have organized groups are asked to
communicate with Floore at Harlin-
gen.
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Fort Worth Lady Eagerly
Praises New Medicine That
Brought Quick Relief—Oth-
ers Failed
Fortunes grow like trees.
Plant yours! Nurse it. Soon it will give
you abundant shelter.
Get the habit of taking advantage of time
instead of letting it take advantage of you.
$1.00 will start the habit. Open your sav-
ings account and watch it grow!
regarding the studies carried on at
the station with truck crops, as to
diseases, insect pests, and varietal
studies. Anyone interested in this
subject is invited to attend the meet-
ing Tuesday evening.
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Bids Are Asked On
$250,000 High School
Building, San Benito
presented in an interesting way. An
interesting program on Columbus
was presented after which the mem-
bers participated in a lively • con-
test.
The club, which is sponsored by
Miss Mildred Hixson, will have as
their next program Hallowe’en.
A pageant will be the feature of
the day at the formal opening of
the airport of San Benito on No-
vember 11. Rehearsals for this
event will -start in the near future.
Other plans for the celebration are
progressing nicely, according to
Earle C. Darfler, in charge of the
affair. A large number of planes
are expected to be on the field on
the day of the opening.
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A civilized nation is one that is
horrified by the way other civilized
nations treat their colonies.
Visitors To Make Tour
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they mean they’re proud of the way
they’re building their own finan-
cial futures.
1928.
The freshman class this year
numbers 856 as compared with 959
on the same date in 1929 and 1,078
in 1928. The senior class this year
numbers 376 as compared with 393
in 1929 and 353 in 1928 on the same
date.
Division of the ehrollment for this
year is as follows: Graduate stud-
ents 53, seniors 376, juniors 495,
sophomores 639, freshmen 856, spe-
cial 14, non-collegiate two-year
course in agriculture 4.
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Presbyterial Of Valley
District Will Meet In La
Feria Friday, Oct. 24
“My health was in a bad condi-
tion for over a year,” said Mrs.
Louise Lee, 2922 South Main Street,
Fort Worth. “I was very nervous
and the least noise upset me. - I
did not sleep well at night. I had
neiritis in my shoulders and arms
and often found my housework more
than I could do. My stomach was
weak and food fermented causing
heartburn and headaches. My kid-,
neys were affected and my back
was stiff and sore all the time.
"Konjola certainly gave me the
surprise of my life. By the time
I had finished the third bottle, my
nervus condition had been righted.
Neuritis pains and soreness have
vanished and there is not a trace
of that ailment now. My food di-
gests perfectly and I can eat any-
thing I wish. My kidneys are again
normal.”
It is of just such endorsements
as this that the record of Konjola
is made up. It is recommended for
ailments of the stomach, liver, kid-
neys and bowels, and rheumatism,
neuritis and nervousness.
Konjola is sold in Mercedes, Tex-
as at Harrel Drug Co., and by all
the best druggists in all towns
throughout this entire section.
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A large number of local people
were among those attending the
concert of Juan N. Torreblanca’s
Tipica Orchestra, at the municipal
auditorium in Harlingen Monday
night. This appearance opened a
26 weeks’ goodwill tour of the Unit-
ed States.
Negotiations have begun for the
return of the orchestra .here early
next spring, on the completion of
the goodwill tpur.
The fact that rain kept hundreds
away from the orchestra Monday,
and that the public will be thor-
oughly ■ familiar with the type of
program offered are the factors
that caused negotiations to be start-
ed for the return engagement.
The orchestra is not booked for
the final week of it's tour. It prob-
ably will swing back into Texas from
the Pacific Coast where its last ap-
pearances are booked.
Rowe; Hilda (the maid), Corine
Rowe; Hida (the maid), Corine
Merten. The play was directed by
Vivian Mathews, one of the stu3-
ents. It was modern story of the
“keeping up with the Jonses” type
and was well handled. Rodger
Jones is president of the club..
The ninth grade was presided
over by Caroline Doerig. This club
told stores from O’Henry. ~ The
eighth grade club had a discussion
about the different kinds of birds
found in the United States. Corre-
ata Gunn is president.
The regular meeting of the P.-T.
A. was held at the school house Tues-
day evening. Regular business was
transacted and the report on the
lunch stand at the gin was received.
At the close of the business meet-
ing the program committee chair-
man took charge. Two plays, one
by the high school, the other by the
fifth, sixth and seventh grades, were
capably presented and won much
deserved applause. At the close of
the program refreshments were
served by the. hostesses, Mrs. H. F.
Kaiser, Mrs. P. M. Shipley and Mrs.
M. Matthew. The next meeting
will be held on the first Tuesday in
November.
give some interesting information
years.
“Yards of the women who entered
the contest last year,” Mrs. Ring-
gold said, “have shown wonderful
improvement. In some cases the
improvement and beautification
have so changed the looks of the
homes and yards that they would
hardly be recognized as the same
place”
Current farm depression has
failed to affect a few certain states
in the nation’s farm belt, and for
an excellent reason, according to an
article in a recent issue of the New
Orleans Times-Picayune. The com-
plaints have been loudest, says the
writer of the article, from the one-
crop states—those in the south pro-
ducing cotton, and in the central
west, producing wheat and corn. On
the other hand little is being heard
from Wisconsin and Minnesota,- the
pre-eminent dairy states, or from
Missouri, whose live stock resources
account for more than half of its
farm activities.
Houston, October 16.—Visitors
and Houstonians will have opportu-
nity to board and inspect a modern
man of war during the port celebra-
tion to be held here October 25 to
November 1. The U. S. S. Houston,
Uncle Sam’s newest fighting vessel,
will arrive in port October 25 and
remain here for a week.
Three years were required in the
construction of this new cruiser
which cost more than $17,000,000.
The vessel has a length of 601 feet,
and including fuel and fresh’ water
weighs 13,000 tons. The ship can
attain a maximum speed of 35lknots
an hour.
The ship’s armaments comprise
nine 8-inch guns, augmented by four
5-inch anti-aircraft guns. She
mounts six torpedo tubes effective at
a range of 20,000 yards.. The crui-
ser can fire over 3,000 pounds of
solid steel at a single broadside, ef-
fective at a range of 15 miles.
A tour of inspection, over this
magnificent craft will reveal all the
modern facilities of steamheating
and electrical refrigeration. There
are barber shops, postoffice, bakery
shop, carpenter and machine shops,
laundry, printing shop, pay'offices,
detention quarters, drug store, fire-
proof storerooms, first aid stations,
hospital and operating rooms with
latest X-ray equipment, complete
telephone and loud-speaker equip-
ment throughout the ship, fire fight-
ing equipment and fire-alarm mech-
anism of the most modern type.
In addition to a fully equipped li-
brary, the crew has* a large recre-
ation hall amidships, with modern
writing desks and reading lamps. Be-
sides the officers there are 595 en-
listed men aboard the vessel.
Grades 5, 6 and 7—Paul Brandt
and Bernease Gilbert, 590.
High School—Byron Sansom and
Grace Rowe, 500.
The pair receiving the largest
number of votes will be the king and
queen of the carnival. The others
will be dukes'and duchesses attend-
ing on the royal couple at the cor-
onation. The date of the carnival
is October 23.
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Last Friday was the end of the
first six weeks’ period. The at-
tendance for the entire system av-
-raged 94.8 per cent. Bad weathev
may reduce this later but the indica-
tion is that the students take the
attitude that it is well to come to
school when they can.
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The assembly program for this
week was in charge of Mr. Carroll's
third and fourth grade. First was
a song “The Spanish Cavalier,” by
the whole room accompanied by Mr.
Carroll on the violin. Other num
bers as follows: Recitation, Lucia
Cadena; song, Antonio Gonzales,
Joe Reyes, Alan Lopez, Alberto Bri-
ones and Eva Cavazos; recitation,
Mary Montane; song, Esther Gon-
zales and Esther de Leon; recita-
tion, Robert Garcia; parade of king
and queen to the tune of “Queen
of the World and Child of the Skies,”
as played on the violin by Profes-
sor Joseph Barney Carroll.
The assembly program for this
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This applies regardless of
whether an individual is
located in Mercedes, Don-
na, Weslaco, La Feria,
Elsa or Edcouch.
j A large. number of Valley news-
paper men and secretaries of the
chambers of commerce were guests
of the new radio station XED at
a banquet at Reynosa Monday night.
An inspection of the new. studios
which are almost completed was
made by the guests following which
they were taken to the Aztec club
for a game dinner.
Studio Manager L. D. Martinez
of the new station was the toast-
master for the occasion cand a
unmber of the guests were called on
for speeches. The value of the new
station, which will operate on a
cleared Canadian channel, " to the
Valley as an advertising medium
was stressed by all speakers.
Among the speakers who praised
the promoters of the new station
were Whit Rogers, secretary of the
McAllen chamber of commerce; Col.
Rufus Lackland, president of the
Edcouch chamber of commerce; Rex
Baxter, secretary of the Raymond-
ville chamber of commerce; C. W.
Ross.,- newspaperman of McAllen,-,
and R. L. Meeker, president of the
James Adevrtising Agency of Mer-
cedes. J. C. Penn, managing direc-
tor of the station, also spoke brief-
ly of the advantages of a high
power radio station for Valley ad-
vertising.
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fails. For sale by Harrel Drug Co.
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