Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 30, 1922 Page: 4 of 10
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MERCEDES TRIBUNE
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1922
MERCEDES TRIBUNE
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MERCEDES, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1922
RICHARD LLOYD JONES
SAYS—
Law enforcement is more general-
ly practiced and respected in rural
didstricts and small towns than in
the larger cities.
All the large cities were, by a large
majority, opposed to the elimination
of the saloon. And yet it was the
saloon in the large cities that did the
lation and control.
The committee points out that there
were nearly 10,000 unlawful homi-
cides in this country last year and
that burglaries have increased in the
United States 1,200% in the last ten
years.
The committee also maintains that
deliberate murder, burglary and rob-
WESLACO WINS
All of the congratulations which are due the winner of a
hard fought race are being tendered the little city of Weslaco
for thb pluck and energy which finally resulted in the location of
the Valley branch of the Falfurrias Creamery at that point. In
the face of hard opposition from other Valley cities, they went
after what they wanted—and got it. “The Lord helps those who
help themselves,” and the merchants of WTeslaco showed by the
generous offers which they made Mr. Lasater that they were wil-
ling to help themselves, and their reward for financial sacrifice
comes in securing a creamery which will mean many thousands
of dollars annually to their community.
PHarr and Donna put up a good fight to secure the creamery,
and showed themselves as good losers as Weslaco is a winner,
and have tendered their hearty congratulations and promises of
cooperation to the baby city of the Valley. The use of the ex-
pression reminds us that while Weslaco may be the baby city of
the Valley today, tomorrow will tell another story, for the coop-
eration which is being displayed by the merchants of Weslaco
can not but push their city far ahead of some which may lead it
today. Whether it be County Fair, creamery, or what not, Wes-
laco to a man is fo* those things which will help Weslaco and its
surrounding community.
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jj *-• TO, THE VALLEY
*>■ On behalf of the City of Mercedes, the Tribune would wel-
come those who visit us next Monday,, attending the “Save Our
Seaport” benefit and celebration. We realize that you are not
coming to our city to see us, but to participate in the final drive
for the completion of the fund which will give this Valley our
long sought Deep Water Harbor at Point Isabel. We are. glad
you are coming, and will be gladder still to grasp your hand and
extend you whatever facilities the city may have for your enter-
tainment on that day. We want you to feel that what we have
is at your disposal; ask for it.
going
Front Parlor Stuff
Late Caller: ‘‘The light is
out—what shall I do?”
Betty (yawning) “Accompany it.’
“A ring on the finger is worth two
on the phone” says a Mercedes fall
bride.
“C” For Yourself
Cora Canfield can can cauliflower
as canneries cannot can. And because
cannery canned cauliflower cannot
compare with Cora’s canning, Cora’s
quite content.
Communication
most of the soul-and-body-destroying j bery will seldom be attempted unless
business. the criminal is armed. It also points
Bad in any place the saloon was at j out that crime percentages in Europe
its worst in the big towns. Yet the j are very much less, due to the fact
majority favored its retention and to-; that it is difficult for civilians to ac-
day register protest against prohibi-; quire firearms and the penalty is
tion. On the other hand, by a large ' severe for carrying them.
Mercedes, Texas, Aug. 28, 1922.
The Tribune:—
I wonder if we all realize the im-
portance of “coming across” with our
quota for the deep water port on the
4th. To my mind, this is a question
which should appeal strongly, not on-
ly. to our civic pride, and self inter-
est, but as an act of common justice
and gratitude to a man who has been
laboring day and night, both with his
brains and his money, for 10 years in
our behalf. I believe that if we
fail to respond to this last and su-
preme struggle of his whose soul is
absorbed with the -accomplishment of
this work we shall send him, a brok-
en hearted man, to a premature
grave. I do not believe any unpreju-
diced man can look O’Brien in the
face and doubt the honesty and deep
sincerity of the man. I was in
Brownsville a few weeks ago and
called on Mr. Jessup, the Manager of
the Chamber of Commerce and I said
to him, “what do you think of this
deep water project at Point Isabel,
do you think it a practical undertak-
ing, do you know of any physical or
commercial reason why it whould not
be a success?” I shall not undertake
to quote him verbatim et literatim,
but I can come so near doing so that
I do not) fear his contradiction. He
said
sition as being perfectly practical—ij
majority, the small towns and the
rural districts favor the laws of
decency.
For this- reason the smaller towns
do not today experience, as do the
larger cities, that which has been
termed the crime wave.
The committee on law enforcement
of the American Bar Association,
headed by Judge William D. Swaney,
of Chattanooga, Tenn., has recom-
mended to the lawyers of the land
that a very drastic national law be
enacted which will prohibit the pro-
miscuous sale of firearms.
This committee declares that the
pistol serves no special purpose in
the community today and that it
should not be manufactured except so
far as government and official needs
may require under proper legal regu-
Our big cities are so busy with
what they regard as the pressing bus-
iness of the hour, that they are less
likely to weigh the moral worth of an
issue than are the smaller towns and
rural districts. Therefore the moral
support of a righteous redress against
a wrong social tendency comes from
the less populated places.
The big town men too often think
they are the big idea builders. That
is their big mistake. It is the small
towns that both make and save the
big towns.
It is the small towns and the farm-
ers of the land who put across the
tag ideas.
Restriction of manufacture and
sale and possession of pocket fire-
pieces must come and it is rural
America that will bring it.
Recommends Planting of Valencia
and Navel Oranges in the
Valley
(By Eltweed Pomeroy)
Thej Department of Agriculture of
California has just issued a report
on their citrus plantings which is
very interesting. In round figures
there are 258,000 acres of citrus or-
chards in California of which 198,000
are oranges or nearly 80% and 56,000
lemons or 20%. From this I draw
the conclusion that we have very
little to fe.ar from the competition of
California on grape-fruit. It is not
as good as ours and the acreage is so
Mr. Ernest Halstead, who is at the
head of the citrus canker work in our
sections estimates there were 200,000
trees planted here last season and
300,000 for both the preceeding sea-
sons. Owing to the disastrous freeze
in California last winter, almost no
trees w'ere planted there this season
so that for at least two years, we
have been planting more trees than
has been planted in the whole of Cali-
fornia.
It was impossible to get the varie-
small that we need not bother abou.;^jeg over the state but in the five
Of these groves, 180,000 of the or-
anges are bearing and 16,000 non-
“I not only look upon the propo- j bearing or about 9%. Of the lemons
it^i^mssitaej 48,000 are bearing and 10,000 non-
Poem W
g EARLY RISING
I love the crispy morniiA air, about the hour of five, when
the other birds is up to greet the sun. . . , There ain’t no
safer by-law fop to keep a man alive, no holdsmore satisfaction,
when it’s done. It don’t take no alarm clock to" yank me out of
bed, when the honey-dew is whisperin’ out of doors, when the
delicate machinery that’s inside a feller’s head, informs him that
it’s time to do the chores. ... O, the medderlark, an’ sapsuck,
and the sassy little wren—and the oriole, a-swingin, in her tree,
has never claimed the credit of knowin’ more than men, but that’s
the way the fact appears to be! So, I get up in the mornin when
the dawn begins to peep,—afore the other neighbors is aware.
There ain’t no insperation in an overplus of sleep, like there is
in breathin’ early morfiin’ air. ... I can taste the speiit
in it, that invigorates the soul, lots higher than a bonded
liquor can. It produces exultation that is allers in control, yet,
makes a common plug a super-man! . . . When heaven uncoiks
her demijohn of early-mornin’ booze, and passes it around afore
it’s light, a feller’s conscience tells him it’s the only sort to use,
and his appetite) confirms it that he’s right!
bearing or 20% and of the graje-fruh
doubt the value of it to the people of; only 400 are non-bearing. This means
this valley.” Said he, “not tlm least, that between 26,000 and 27,000 acres
the value and benefit to the people j ^ave been planted in the last five
throughout this whole Valley can not) ., . . n
be estimated.” Then said I, “you have years as it takes five years un a
more money here in Brownsville than: California grove to get into bearing,
all the rest of. us, put together,, why do i jf you make'an allowance of io'% Ecr
you allow this matter to Jag, wav ' planting turning out badly, this:
don’t you let O’Brien have the money j
to complete this work, is it because | means an av e! a'-'e
you are lacking in confidence in his
ability to push the work to a success-
ful finish, is.it because .you are lack-
ing in confidence in his ifttegrity or
counties with the largest acreage,
there was the following table, about
oranges:
Bearing Non-B. Total %
Navels ... 91,351 4,222 95,573 53%
Valencias .69,382 9,680 79,062 44%
Sundry ... 4,227 168 4,395 3%
sincerity? ” Said he, “NO, nobody
who knows Dave questions his hon-
esty, nor his sincerity of purpose, nor
his ability, but” said he, “Dave has
antagonized the moneyed men here;
he seems to fear that these men wane
to get control of the road and turn it
back into the hands of the men who
wrecked it before.” Mr. Jessup did
not share in this apprehension—pos- , , , ^one-fruit 229
sibly Mr. O’Brien understands these j Planted , fJ PL ™’ „
gentlemen better than Mr. Jessup' ......
does—possibly his suspicions are not
entirely groundless. My plan is to
play safe and follow O’Brien. Let s
go.
C. L. Carson.
HOMEY PHILOSOPHY!
FOR 1922
of 60,000 acres per
year as these are mostly planted 25
ft. by 25 ft, this means 69 .trees to
an acre but call 70 for round figures
and you get the fact that California
is planting 420,000 trees a year. As
the loss after planting is generally
conceded to be fiver 10%, I think it
fair to say that California has in the
last five years planted from five to
seven hundred thousand trees a year
In 1921 it was estimated they
of
lemons and 705 of oranges or less
than 2,000 acres so that it is evideru
their plantings have been decreasing.
Two thousand acres means 140,000
trees.
Totals .. 164,960 14,070 179,030
There are more navels planted in
California than all other varieties: jUS)^-
put together but the Valencias come
a close second. Also in ,the last five
years, double the number of aVlen-
cias have been planted as of navels.
Hence it would look to be good policy
to plant more Velencias or late
oranges here, but there are two facts
which may modify, (this. In southern
California in which these five, coun-
ties are situated, they have no rains
from May until late fall and the
Valencias can hang on the trees and
be marketed -all summer.
In Florida rains commence about
June 1st and they usually have a
shower a day after that and when
these begin, the seeds begin to sprout
in the fruit and it looses its flavor;
so the packing houses all .shut the
end of May and Florida ships no sum-
mer citrus fruit. We do not have the
summer rains that Florida does nor
do we have the always summer-
drought that California has. Hence
we do not know how our summer sea-
son will be on Valencias but it is al-
most certain that we can ship till
July and that will’ make them a prof-
itable fruit.
Onthe other hand, the navels in
soouthern California do not get fully
ripe until January. Navels on my
trees are sweet and eatable now and
I thing I can commence shipping the
end of September, certainly early in
October, which is from a month to
six weeks ahead of sothern California.
North of Sacramento, jthere are a
%ood many navel groves on the frost-
less slopes of the Sierras and they
ripen in October and November and.
the growers always get from $S.OO to
$10.00 a crate for this fine early
fruit. I see no reason why we should
not ge,t the same high price and hence
figure that navels will be a profitable
crop here.
But in planting navels, one should
remember that they do not begin to
bear fruit in quantities for one to
two years later than the round or-
anges; they are an entirely different
class of orange. Do not expect heavy
returns early in the life of navels.
California has three citrus sections,,
northern, or on the slopes of the
Sierras north of Sacramento, but this
has only between four and five thous-
and acres, mainly of n&vel oranges;
central California in the San Joaquin
valley, but if you omit Tulare County,
which has nearly 36,000 acres, ,the
rest has less than 3,000 acres; and
southern California from Santa Bar-
bara south to San Diego and from
the Pacific east to the Sierras east
of Redlands and San Bernardo and
this has all the rest or over two hun-
dred thoustnd acres.
In the season of 1920 and 1921, ac-
cording to the report of the citrus
exchange there was between eighty-
ithree and eighty-four million dollars
divided among the citrus growers of
California. If you take the bearing
acreage of 229,000 acres in round fig-
ures and divide it into eighty-four
million dollars you get $336.00 per
acre for all kinds, goody bad and in-
different. I don’t think you will find
any large acreage of any other grow-
ing plant which will average anything,
like this return.
The big freeze last winter has cut
down the returns greatly in boxes of
fruit shipped but the prices have gone
so high tha^t the returns in cash will
be better than was expected. But this,
only goes to those who had crops
and it is only fair to say that every
grove which had any good kind of
orchard heaters and used them in-
telligently, came out with from 70%
to 100% of crop.
One very interesting experiment is
reaching a satisfactory conclus-
ion at the big Limoneria Ranch. They
are now transplanting 50,000 Valen-
cia trees which were inter-planted be-
tween lefons as they got into earlier
bearing. These trees are six years
old and have borne two or (three
crops and careful records have been
kept of each. They have paid for
themselves over and over in The crops
made fi’om them and now only trees
with good performance records are
being translated, the rest will be cut
off and stumps pulled up. Of course
this is expensive at the start but it
means large returns while me trees
are small and then the transplanting
of large trees all of which have borne
large crops of fine fruit.
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HOMEY PHILOSOPHY FOR 1922
Remember those hoop skirts—how quaint and winsome the
girls looked, and then the skirts so tight they had to trip instead
of walk? How fascinating they were as they piLa-patted along.
Soon came those long and sweeping lines, that all concealed yet
half revealed the grace and beauty of the pretty miss, and then
of evenings those majestic trains and that bewithching Princess
gown, displaying every curve and undulation of the form divine—
all so wonderful. Now, oh boy! they’re prettier still, and tomor-
row! they'll be longer and still prettier. Styles change, but the
ability to make styles always the best ever is the thing that
counts.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Attorney L. J. Polk of Pharr was*
in Mercedes Monday.
R. F. Gribble was a business visi-
tor in McAllen Monday afternoon.
Insist on SHURNUF Chicken Feed
and Laying Mash. Mercedes Cream-
ery. (Advertisement.) 29-tf
The ladies of the Christian Church
will hold a bake sale and serve lunch
in front of the Mercedes Cash Groc-
ery, Saturday evening, September 2.
(Advertisement.)
Mrs. Langenbcrg of Santa Maria
was in Mercedes Tuesday.
Mrs John C. Jones returned to Mer-
I cedes last Saturdr after an extended
| visit with her mother, Mrs. Sorrick,
on the Pacific coast.
Miss Marion Reiss, who has been
taking work in the summer school of
the University of Texas, returned
home today.
! Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Trott and family
have returned from an oveidand trip
to San Antonio and Florcsville.
Returned from Summer School
Miss N. M. Buck, superintendent of
the Mercedes Public Schools returned
Saturday from New York city where
she spent the summer attending the
summer session of Teachers College
of Columbia University.
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