The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-02-16
LOCAL ITEMS
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Hunting PaFties.-Several of the
local sportsmen. taking advantage of
the cold snap, spent today hunting
ducks, which now abound in profus-
ion in this locality.
Odd FeIIows.-Brownsvi Lodge,
U. D., / o. o. F., will meet tonight
! in their hall over the store of Wise
| & Newman at eight o'clock All
members are urged to be present.
Automobile Bargain. - Autocar,
five passenger touring car with top,
detachable tonneau, runabout back,
fine condition. First reasonable offer
takes it. R. D. Blaisdell, La Gloria
Canal, Santa Maria. Texas. 1-12-ttf
Lumber for Mexican Side.-One
J carload of lumber, one of shingles
and one mixed car of lumber and
/ shingles were transported across the
river at this place today. Two of the
cars were consigned to j. S. and NJ. H
H. Gross. of Matamoros and the third
was consigned to the Sautena Com
pany at Columbres, sixty miles in the
interior of Mexico. This lumber
was shipped from Louisiana
Not Yet But SOOn.-The name for
the new night train on the st. L., B.
& NJ. Ry., will be selected and if you
have not yet sent in name you had
better hurry for you may be the
! lucky one. The one selecting the
most appropriate name will win
| prize of $25. All communications
/ oh bn Cd 70 ~
traffic manager of the st. L., B. &
NJ. Ry., Kingsville, Texas. 2-16-1
Inspecting the Road.-Roadmaste
w. J. Carnahan, chief civil engineer
E. C. Burgess, and Assistant Civil
Engineer w. C. Toups, of the st.
Louis, Brownsville and Mexico rail-
way, came in from their headquart-
ers in Kingsville last night and
spent part OF the day here They
were out on their usual inspection
trip and left this forenoon for points
on the Hidalgo branch.
RaymOndyiIIe Bank.-The official
statement o fthe Raymondvile State
bank, published in another column
of this issue, shows that financial in
stitution to be in flourishing con-
dition and that its business is steadily |
icreasing. The bank is less than three |
years old but it has built up a |
splendid business and the statement |
shows it to be a solid institution. !
The statement is the best ever is !
sued by the bank The gross bust I
ness is larger and the deposits heav- /
Ter than ever before. Raymondville |
is to be congratulated On having a !
banking institution that ranks in in
tegrity and standing with the best in /
the state. :
Fine Well at Ice PIant.-One of /
the finest wells in the valley of the 4
Lower Rio Grande was brought in I
last Saturday afternoon at the Peo-
pies Ice Companys plant in this city /
by Box brothers. The we'll is 211 /
feet deep and the water stands now {
within three and a half feet of the
surface. The water is clear and
sweet and practically free from al
kali. The temperature of the water
is about 80 dgrees. The capacity of
the well is about 100000 gallons of
water per day, this being determined
by a test pump with an air COM
press. One other stratum of water
was gone through before this one
was reached, that one being also
free from salt or alkali.
Telephone System Grows The
long distance system of the Browns
vile Telephone Company continues to
grow. Manager B. G. Stegman, who
returned Saturday from trip to Nc
Allen and Mission, states that the
town of McAllen now has a regularly