The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-01-13
THE DAILY HERALD
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10. 1909.
PERSONALS.
Fred Nietert of Spirit Lake, Ia,
is among the visiting prospectors.

Il leu VI OpiAAI A-eAhCr Ia
is among the visiting prospectors.
Embry Owen of Mercedes is among
the great number of visitors in the
city today
Mr.. and Mrs. John J. Conway of
Mission came down on the branch
yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. McVicker, of
Houghton, Mich, are among the
many visitors here at present.
John D. Schermin of Wheeler. H..
is among the prospectors looking
for location in this section at pres
emit
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry May of Meal
len are among the visitors in the city
todayg, being registered at the MolIer
Hotel.
Fred S. Wilmer, formerly of Kan
sas City, but now located at Bra
zoria, is here with a party of pros
pectors.
H. E. Agar and son, Asa Agar, of
San Benito, came down on the branch
yesterday afternoon to attend the
convention.
Deputy Sheriff Ralph Tucker of
Santa Maria, who spent several days
in town on official business, returned
home this morning.
R. D. Steele and R. o. Pershing,
who are prominent among the land
developers of McAllen. are looking
after business matters in the city
today.
C. Dustin of Mission, prominent
truck grower of that place, came
down yesterday afternoon on the
( branch for the purpose Of attending
the convention.
Mrs. S. c. Cockrell and daughter,
Miss Eula of Houston, arrived in the
city last night on an extended visit to
Mrs. Cockrell's brother, o. B. Kone,
proprietor of the Riverside Hotel
DR.. A. w. Roth of San Juan ac-
comDanied by his father, J. E. Roth,
who is prominent banker of Rair-
field, Ia, returned this morning to
San Juan. after a short stay in the
city.
F. B. Siechrist, the well known
and popular representative of the
Caldwell hardware firm of Corpus
Christi, is touring the Valley in the
interest of his house. Mr.. Siechrist
spent today in Brownsville
/ w S. Thompson, the well known
automobile agent, who spent last
winter here arrived recently from
his home at Minco, Okla, to spent a
short time in the Valley again. He is
accompanied by Mrs. Thompson.
Prof. and Mrs. E. J. Kyle are
among the many prominent people
arriving in the city last night to at
tend the convention. Prof. Kyle is
member of the faculty of the A & NJ.
'cnece ami IS ai-0 se-rota e
Texas State Horticultural Society.
w. F. Baum, of Baum Bro, Kan
q. Ci+E. }'o-.i, a Eain visiting Browns
vile. after an absence OF about two
years Mr.. Baum was one of the ear
ly investors in land here, having
long since sold his purchase at a fine
profit, and he is now looking over the
field, with a view of making more in
vestments.
VIM. Hawksley of North Aurora,
H.. is among the number of visitors
arriving in the city last night. Mr..
Hawksley is interested in land near
Sebastian and is here for the purpose
of looking after his property. Al
though this is his first trip to Browns
vile. Mr.. Hawksley says he feels per-
fectly at home here, as he has been
keeping posted on the progress of the
Valley through the medium of The
Weekly Herald.
DR.. E. L. Brownell of Spirit Lake,
Ia, who is a familiar winter visitor
at Brownsville on the Rio Grande,
arrived last night, to spend the re-