The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-11-21

NOW IS l06 time TO SSiSCI your
Xmas gifts before they have been
picked over. Select them now and
have them put away for you.
Brownsville Drug Store. 1902
The AutOpianO-Played by hand
or with music roll, foot power Any
one can play the Classics Popular, or
anything else like a master. His Hol-
mess the Pope has an auto-piano and
recommends it. Mr.. Oliver of Hous-
ton has one here for sale. Phone,
drop a letter of call at San Carlos
Hotel. Cash or easy terms. 11-19-tf
An opportunity to get a home
such as seldom comes to the average
man or woman. Read advertisement
of Combe's Tract Land sale at San
Benito on front page. Come to San
Benito Monday. 1902
.ArmOIy Fieed Up.-The armory of
the Brownsville Rifles has recently
been equipped with dressing room,
clothes room, lockers and gun racks
and everything has been placed in
shipshape order Tonight is the reg
ular drill night and Captain Fred n.
Cowan is particularly anxious that all
members attend, as commencing to-
night ne will begin drilling the COM
pany preparatory to the next state
encampment.
Band COncert.-Quite a number of
people from this side attended the
band concert given by the Seventh
Cavalry band of Monterey, Mexico.
All who attended reported the music
as excellent. This is the same band
that during its stay in Houston at
tracted so much attention and won
such praise. Tomorrow night the
Second Cavalry band, now stationed
in Matamoros, will give its regular
sunday night band concert on Hi
dalgo Plaza.
Delegates ReturD.~-Last night the
delegation from the Lower Rio
Grande Valley Commercial Club re-
turned from Corpus Christi where
they had been for the past few days
attending the State Waterways con-
vention. The Valley had the largest
delegation at the convention and
aside from capturing the convention
for Brownsville next year they sue
ceeded in making the convention a
permanent organization, with R. n
Magill of the L. r. G. V. C. Club as
secretary.
Private Car Here.-The Hidalgo,
the private car of A. NJ. Davidson of
Chicago. H., arrived in the city last
night attached to the regular passen-
ger train. With Mr. Davidson is a
party of nine gentlemen from Chicago
who have come to Brownsville on a
few days hunting trip This morn
ing the entire party left for Point
Isabel where they will enjoy couple
of days hunting ducks, which sport
cannot be equaled elsewhere in the
United States. Tomorrow night the
entire party viii leave for Raymond
vile where they will spend a few
days before returning hime.
New Lumber Business new
and important industry for Browns
vile is the Snyder-Mason Lumber
and Manufacturing Company which |
viii be open for business about the
first of December. The members of |
this enterprising firm are W H. Ma
son, Jr.. one of Brownsville's popular |
young men and A. Snyder of San An /
gelo, Texas, a man who has had sew
eral years experience in the lumber |
and milling business. This company |
owns an entire block in West Browns |
vile upon the right of way OF the /
St Louis. Brownsville and Mexico /
railroad, upon which their plant and !
lumber yards will be located. 1t will |
be the aim of this company to carry
in stock at all times a complete line
of shades, door, blinds, etc, besides |
lumber of all descriptions. The INA /
to equip a planning mill has /
already been ordered and is expected 7
to arrive in the near future. All of !
the machinery bought for this [
mill is of the latest pattern and when /
it is installed will be one of the best /
and most complete mills in South /
Texas. A switch has already been !
to the mill and yard and /
the sheds for the lumber have been |
about completed II will be the in I
tention of this enterprising firm to !
turn out mill work of all kinds. The .
need for an enterprise like this has I
long been felt in Brownsville and /
the entire Lower Rio Grande Valley