Willacy County News (Raymondville, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 2, 1925 Page: 2 of 8
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THE WILLACY COUNTY NEWS, RAYMONDVILLE, TEXAS
ADVERTISING MEN |
TO MAKE VALLEY
Over 400 Expected to Arrive on Spe-
cial Train. Mission and Sharyland
to Provide Breakfast for Valley’s
Guests.
(Mission Times.)
Between 400 and 600 advertising-
men will tour the Valley on May 16
and 17, according to information re-
ceived this week from Houston,
where the Advertising Clubs of the
World will meet May 12 for the in-
ternational convention. The Valley
Chamber of Commerce, co-ofterating
with the advertising clubs of the Val-
ley, is making arrangements to show
the visitors every part of the Valley
and to pi’ovide entertainment that
will impress upon them that the Val-
ley is one of the most hospitable as
well as the most productive and beau-
tiful-sections of the countr-y.
At a meeting of the Valley Cham-
ber of Commerce committee Monday
afternoon, plans for entertaining
the advertising men were outlined
by Billy Burnett, and the members
of the committee were requested to
immediately call upon their respect-
ive communities to assist by; sup-
plying cars for a Valley tour, pre-
paring lunches and such other ar-
rangements as may be necessary for
the entertainment of the party. Ap-
proximately 160 automobiles will be
necessary to transport the party, and
Cameron and Hidalgo counties will
be called upon to furnish 80 cars
each. These cars will be used' only
one day, Brownsville having made
arrangements to entertain the vis-
itors on Sunday, May 17.
The party will make the trip from
Houston in a special train, arriving
at Mission at 7:00 o’clock Saturday
morning May 16. Breakfast will be
at Mission at. 7:00 o’clock Saturday
morning, May 16. Breakfast will be
served by the ladies of Mission and
Sharyland, and the tour will leave
Mission at 9:00. The complete, itin-
erary has not been worked out, but
will include a visit to each of the
Valley towns and possibly a trip to
the Pharr-San Juan or Mercedes
pumping plants. Lunch will be served
at Stuart Place near Harlingen at 1
o’clock, followed by a brief address
by a Valley speaker. Leaving Stuart
Place at 3:00 o’clock the tour will
pass through Harlingen and San Be-
nito, arriving at Brownsville at 5:30.
Arrangements have been made at
Brownsville for entertainment of the
party Saturday night and Sunday.
Trips will be made to the Palm
Grove, Matamoros, Boca Chica and
Point Isabel, with breakfast and din-
ner served at the Brownsville Coun-
try Club. Arrangements will be made
with the international bridge com-
pany for the free passage of all of-
ficial cars, as was done when the leg-
islators made their tour of Cameron
county last month. Matamoros of-
ficials have also evinced a desire to
assist in entertaining the party, and
greetings to Mexico will be extended
by the officials of that city.
At the committee meeting the fol-
lowing sub-committees were appoint-
ed to arrange for the tour: Captain
of tour, Wm. H. Steffins of La Feria;
entertainment, S. C. Tucker of
Brownsville; John H. Shary of Mis-
sion; R. T. Stuart of Stuart Place;
publicity and itinerary, Harry L.
Sexton of Mission. John Dex-vin and
J. B. Samuel of Brownsville, repre-
senting the Brownsville advertising
club, informed the committee that
the Brownsville club would make all
arx-angements for the entertainment
of the visitors in that city.
“The Valley is extremely fortunate
in having the opportunity to enter-
tain this party,” Billy Burnett, presi-
dent of the Valley Chamber of Com-
merce, stated. “Practically every na-
tion and every state in the Union
will be represented. The party will be
composed entirely of men and women
of keen discernment, every one a
leader in -progress. They are the
Qlass that wiH appreciate the Valley
its beauty and fertility, and they will
carry the story to the four corners of
the earth.”
Special emphasis was placed upon
the necessity for complete co-opera-
tion by every part of the Valley in
making this trip a success. Eevei’y
town will be called upon to supply its
quc4'r of cars for the tour, and the
arr .-hx-ents assure that each town
wii ho the same mileage to di’ive.
'All will be assembeld at Mission
on '• n. . ung of the tour, and no-
changt of cars will be made until the
tour ci he hronwsville and the en-
ter! 'km nt of the visitors turned
ove to the people of that city.
The chairman of the publicity com-
mittee was instructed to compile a
pamphlet containing the itinerary to-
gether with all statistics and salient
facts relative to each Valley town
and community. Several thousand of
these pamphlets will be printed
and a large number will be distribut-
ed in Houston prior to the time the
party leaves that city on the Val-
ley trip.
INCARNATE WORD SCHOOL
WILL BE ABANDONED AND
LARGE ACADEMY ERECTED
The Incarnate Word Academy, one
of the oldest educational institutions
in South Texas, will be abandoned
and a large boarding school for
young ladies will be erected, accord-
ing to an announcement made Fri-
day by Fr. Frigon, pastor of the
Sacred Heart church at Browns-
ville.
The boarding school for young la-
dies will occupy about 25 aci’es of
ground, the buildings on which will
be of fireproof constrxxction, modern
in every respect and to represent an
investment eventually of probably
§250.000, exclusive of the site. It
will be erected in Brownsville, or
some "other point in the Valley -by
the Sisters of the Incarnate Word
Academy of Brownsville. The school
would be known as “Villa Maria
Academy.”
The school, besides accommodating
Brownsville attendance, would be
built with the view of accommodating
from 100 to 200 boarding pupils, ac-
cording to the announcement by Rev.
Father J. B. Frigon, who is assist-
ing the Sisters of the Incarnate Word
in the Undertaking-
Coincident with the announcement,
it was made known that the Sisters
plan to abandon the present Academy
of the Incarnate Word, which occu-
pies a block of ground on St. Charles
street. The development of the
city, it was pointed out, as well as
the fact that the present buildings
are becoming too old fashined for
use, has made it essential that new
quarters be provided. Several of-
fers are said to have been made for
the property proposed to be aban-
doned.
INVESTIGATING
FOR GAS LINE
Representative of New York Capi-
talists. Secures Data Relative to
Future Growth of the Rio
Grande Valley.
MANY TEST WELLS
TO BE PUT DOWN
Oil Excitement Rife Throughout
Starr County, and Oil Companies
Securing Leases on Large
Acreages.
(Mission Times.)
Oil excitement is rife in Rio Grande
City and throughout Starr county,
and the hotels are filled to capacity
with geologists, drillers and repre-
sentatives of various oil companies
which are endeavoring to secure lease
on acreage in western Starr county.
Several big deals have been made in
the past two weeks, and the settle-
ment of the case of the Berkshire
Petroleum Corporation of New York
involving a lai-ge and very desirable
acreage, will be followed immediately
by the sinking of several test wells
according to Wilbur Close of Mission
receiver for the company.
At present thei’e are at least four
'drilling rigs in Starr county, and ad-
ditional rigs will be moved in im-
mediately from Jim Hogg county and
Mii'ando field. Several large com-
panies which are interested in the
development have had their geolo-
gists at work several weeks, and
numerous locations have been select-
ed. Two contracts were closed last
week for the drilling of test wells
about three miles northwest of Rio
Grande City. Several tests have been
'■ made in that district previously, but
;no publicity was given to the results.
It is known that oil sand has been
struck, and several drillers brought in
gassers, but no definite report of oil
in paying quantities was ever given
out.
The Bei'kshire corporation, which
has a capital stock of §750,000, holds
leases on approximately 16,000 acres
west and north of Rio Grande City,
extending to the Jim Hogg line.
Lease prices have quadrupled in the
past three weeks, repoi’ts from Rio
Grande City state, and speculation in
leases is a conti’ibuting factor to the
general excitement. Practically all
the land available is included in por-
cions with a great number of heii’s,
and coui’t decisions effecting owner-
ship are expected to be immediately
followed by leases and test wells.
“Everybody in Starr county is- ap-
parently firmly convinced that the
entire section is underlaid .with oil,”
one of the stockholders in the Bei’k-
shire Gil Coi'poi’ation stated. “Ac-
cording to the reports of geologists
the field does not extend east of Rio-
Grande City, running north and
westward from that point to connect
with the Jiixx Hogg and Mirando
fields. There is every indication that,
oil in large quantities will be found
in Starr county, and to judge from
the numerous test wells now under
way and contemplated, the extent
and productivity of the field should
be known within the next six months.
The Mei’cedes company and several
Texas and Oklahoma companies,
which have secui'ed leases, are ap-
parently determined to thoroughly
explore the field, and the reports
from their geologists ai'e decidedly
encouraging. Within six months Rio
Grande City rnr.y be the center of
the l’ichest oil producing section of
rT D
if La Coma Merc. Co.
(Mission Times.)
That the proposed line from the
gas fields to Starr and Zapata coun-
ties through the Lower Rio Grande
Valley from Mission to Brownsville
is receiving the serious consideration
of financial interests in New York
City, was made this week by Jas.
Cavanaugh, who has concluded an
investigation of the Valley’s re-
sources for the New York capitalists.
Mr. Cavanaugh had collected data
from all Valley communities, and
when in Mission Tuesday expressed
himself as very favorably impressed
with the entire Valley. The develop-
ment of recent years and the Val-
ley’s wonderful resourced brought
very flattering commendation from
him. He was greatly impi'essed with
the efficiency of the Valley’s irriga-
tion systems, stressing the fact that
in compai’ison with the amount in-
vested the Valley’s irrigation plants
rank among the best and most effi-
cient in the world.
It is understood that the pi’oposed
gas line through the Valley will cost
approximately §7,000,000, and if the
project is financed and work started
immediately, the gas mains should
be into Brownsville not later than
January 1,' 1927. It is understood
that all Valley cities have set their
seal of approval on the project by
granting franchises for the construc-
tion of pipe lines and laterals
through,the respective municipalities.
Upon Mr. Cavanaugh’s i-eport rela-
tive to the development of the Val-
ley, its l-esoui'ces and opportunities
for future development will largely
depend he attitude of the New York
financial interests toward the pro-
ject to pui’chase the bonds and fi-5
nance the construction providing they
ject. It is undex-stood they are pre-
are assured it is a logical and feas-
ible project, and that the future
growth of the Valley will be such as
would justify the investment.
While Mr. Cavanaugh could not
make public the tenor of his repoi’t,
his remarks concerning the Valley’s*
growth and future prospects left lit-
tle doubt but that it would be a fa-
voi’able one. He has compiled a
great mass of information in all Val-
ley communities, and stated frankly
that he doubted if there was any oth-
er section of the United Staes that
had better prospects for growh.
RAYMONDVILLE
LODGE 1204
A. F. & A. M.
REGULAR MEETINGS
2nd & 4th Tuesday at 7 :45 P. M
All Masons Cordially Invited
New Method
Heals Pyorrhea
Ten Year Bad Case Completely
Healed In a Short Time ...
Writes Florida
Woman
Faced with the loss of her teeth,
after 10 year’s suffering, Mrs. M. J.
Travis, an esteemed resident of Jack-
sonville, declares she finally saved
her teeth by a simple home treat-
ment: “worth its weight in gold.”
Using her own words:. “After hav-
ing pyorrhea for 10 years my mouth
is now healed. Before I found out
differently, I was told there was no
relief and had yielded to the loss of
six fine solid teeth. Then I discov-
ered Moore’s pyorrhea treatment.
Three days after starting its use, the
soreness left my gums; my teeth be-
gan to tighten. Now my teeth are
clean, my breath sweet, and my
mouth completely healed.”
•- The expei'ience of Mrs. Ti’avis is
duplicated in hundreds of other cases.
If you have pyorrhea—or threaten-
ed with pyorrhea your teeth are in
danger. Quick and effective treat-
ment is necessai’y. You can test,
without money risk, the treatment
used by Mrs. Travis. Simply write
the Moreham Co., 2199 Gateway Sta-
tion, Kansas City, Mo. Under their
guarantee of refund send two dollai’s.
Or, pay postman the §2 with a few
cents postage. Use the treatment T
days. Then if you are not wholly
satisfied, write to that effect and
2-5 3-5 4-2
Easter Fabrics
and Dresses at
Attractive Prices
We have just received beautiful, and
attractive lines of Easter Fabrics and
Dresses in Choice Spring Silks, Import-
ed Wash Materials, Georgettes, Crepe-
de-Chines, White Sport Satins and
colored Honan Pongee at Prices rang-
ing from
59c to $1.45 Per Yard
Footwear
Fashions displaying
some of
the most
attractive
styles in
slippers it
has been
our
privilege to
offer.
Kiddies’
Wear
The New
things for
the kiddies
are just
as cute as
they are
serviceable *
and
they are
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remarkable quality. It is
pleasure to show them.
You will surely see just what
you want at from
I $3.50 to $15.00 El.........
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LINGERIE FOR SPRING
Postpone your Spring
sewing until you have
had an opportunity to
examine this especial-
ly attractive line of
Merchandise.
Daintily made from the
most Wanted shades
and materials, and
priced at but little
more than you can pay
for the material alone.
0. E. S., Chapter 748
RAYMONDVILLE
Meets 1st and 3rd
MONDAY NIGHT?
Mascn c Hall
Mrs. Ursula Turner, W. M.
Mrs. Willie Fones, Sec.
The Better Sort
of Men’s Clothes
That is what you get when you come to
LaComa for your
All materials are carefully tailored
from the choicest of the season’s Wool-
ens and represent the utmost in
Clothing Values Possible to Secure.
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Don’t Forget
We carry the most complete line of
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES
of any house in Willacy County
La Coma Mercantile Co.
Paymondviile* Texas
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Moritz, Isasdore. Willacy County News (Raymondville, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 2, 1925, newspaper, April 2, 1925; Raymondville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth874795/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reber Memorial Library.