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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22

ran solve the problems with which
the California growers were con-
fronted prior to general acceptance
OF the cooperative plan.
The association is gradually ex-
panding markets for Valley grape
fruit. Each year we have extended
the territory. and the excellent
grades and pack Of the association
have been an important factor in
creating a wider demand for the
Valley product. We realize that
the Valley il building for the fu-
ture; that high grade fruit. good
grading and attractive pack are Of
utmost In assuring maximum pro-
fits, and 1t has been and always
will be the policy OF the association
to help build the industry along
these lines"
The packing plant OF the associa-
ton, erected i'm the fall OF 1927, is
modern in every respect. equipped
with the most efficient machinery
0btainable B.. The plant has a capa-
city Of five cars per day. and sew
eral times In the past season was
operated to capacity to meet the
demand for association products.
The plant Is > arranged that adj
diti0nal units can be constructed
as the industry develops. Exten-
sion Of the cooperative plan, rapid
increase in membership and the
great increase IN the number OF
bearing trees or members indicates
that additional units will he neces-
sary within two years. officials
state.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22
RURAL SCHOOLS
LEADING STATE
Consolidation Provides Coun-
try Pupils With Facili-
ties Equal to Cities

The little one-room school, which
in pioneer days was the seat Of
knowledge for rural communities.
has practically disappeared from
the Lower Rio G-ande. II has been
replaced by the consolidated rural
school, providing the same courses
Of study as the city schools, and
with paved highways extending
into all sections of the rural COM
munities this evolution in educa-
tional facilities has eliminated that
line which was formerly drawn be-
tween the rural and urban schools.
In recent years Texas has made
wonderful strides in educational
progress. but the Lower Rio
Grande Valley has led. Educators
concede that the Valley schools
both urban and rural. have been
built to a degree of efficiency
which has outStripped those OF 9TH
er sections of the South, and this
has been an important factor in
attracting to the lower border the
more progressive elements from the
North and East.
The evolution from the one-room
school to the consolidated school
has been rapid in practically all
rural districts. With the excep-
ton Of a few outlying ranch sec
tons, still served by the one-room
school, that institution has dis
appeared from the Valley Up TO
twelve years ago practically every
rural district had its little one-room
structure buried amid O jungle Of
mesquite and cactus. with rutted
roads or dim trails yer which the
seekers Of knowledge travelled.
The consolidation OF districts was
inaugurated almost simultaneously
III Cameron and HidalgO counties,
and within five years practically all
rural districts, with the exception
Of the ranching areas, were con-
soIidated and new buildings erected.
The consolidated schools range
from three TO twenty Doh struc-
lures, with the same equipment and
same credits Of utilization aS the
schools OF the urban centers. The
tangles OF mesquite and cactus have
been replaced by broad grounds,
beautified with palms. flowers, cit
rus fruit and native grcwths, . de-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22

Victoria addition. $4,000; Sterling
Davis. two residences in Victoria
addition, $4,000: Claude L. Adrian,
residence in Los EbanoS, $1,000;
Steve Brown, residence on West
Levee, $1,000; K. Z. Morgan. resi-
dence In Los Ebanos, 5000; Roy
Sethman. apartment in Los Ebanos,
SIS 900: T. B. Guerra, five residences
on Palm boulevard, SIS 900: j. l..
Calderoni. residence on Washing
ton, $500; John Martin, residence
in Victoria addition. $500; A. w.
Barthel. residence In Los Ebanos.
$4,000; T.. Aziz, residence on Eliza
beth, $1,000; w. "A. Rascoe, two
residences. one on st. Charles and
the other on Washington, $40, 1000:
w. A.. Darling. residence. Victoria
addition. $500: Mrs. l.. ID. Jones.
apartment on st. Charles, $4,000;
Louis l.. Lamadrid, residence on St.
Charles, 5000.
Congregation Erects Church
One church structure has been
erected in the city during the per-
iod, a Mexican Protestant church
located on jefferson street, costing
$4,000. The Brownsville independ-
ent school district is erecting a new
ward school in the Alta Vista addi-
ton at a cost Of S27, 500, and the
old grammar school on jefferson
street Is being remodeled into a me-
story building at a cost of SIS. 800.
Scores of residences costing from
$4,000 TO $1,000 have been erected
in the several additions TO the city
opened within the past two years,
bringing the total for residential
construction TO the highest point II.
the city's history.
IN addition to the construction
within the city limits. numerous
homes have been erected in the
farming sections and suburban
areas. On the Southern Pacific just
northeast OF the city a warehouse.
costing approximately 500. 900, was
completed early in 1928 and is now
operated by the Fidelity Bonded
Warehouse Co.
approximately S65OrOO0 has been
expended in completing the city'S
paving, the program being financed
upon a basis whereby the city pays
approximately one-half the cost.
Water, electric and sewer lines have
been extended into practically all
new additions, and numerous I'M
provements have been made at the
city's electric and water plant 70
meet the requirements created by
the rapid growth. These improve
ments include a large clear well for
the water system, new boiler and
other machinery for the electric
plant, and installation Of various
other equipment which has served
to bring the facilities provided By
the city UP TO the highest plane Of
efficiency.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22
AVERAGE FARM
INCOME $1,000
Survey Of 1881 Farms
Made BY Agricultural
Economic Bureau

WASHINGTON. Sept. 22.-tP-
No one. not even Uncle Sam. knows
what l. the average net income OF
the American farmer. but the bu-
reau OF agricultural economics
strongly suspects IL was not much
more than $1,000 last year.
That figure would he hard 20
prove. as would any figure touch
ing the finances OF the farmer a.
an individual or "a class There are
100000 farms In the United
States, each an individual enter
prise 50 independent Of even itS
next door neiEhbor that there can
b. no general cOdification OF re
ceiptS and disbursements.
Farms Report
However. 1881 farms have turn
ed their financial records NJ t0
the department of agriculture and
from them * deduced that "a cash
balance Of $1,000 represents all the
cash the average farm of this group
made available I'd the owner-oper-
ator I'd pay for hts living expenses.
take care OF interest and principal
of debts, and make improvements.
The figures may not properly be
used aS average" I'm computations
purporting I'd apply 10 all farmers.
They are representative" In the
sense that they include large and
small farms. profitable and I'M
profitable: they produce prevailing
types or products and are located
In all parts of the country In about
the same proportions as ali farms
operated by their wnerS.
Gross Receipts
Thus. average gross receipts for
the 1851 farmers reporting IN 1928
were S2.608. consisting OF 1916 from
sales OF crops, 1886 from sales OF
livestock, $3.50 from sales OK live
stock products and $37 from mis-
cellaneous other items.
Average current cash expenses or
these farmers t0taled $iY5l8, con-
sisting or 1894 for hired labor, 1888
for livestock bought, $262 for feed
bought. SCI for fertilizer, $46 for
seed, S184 for taxes ON farm prop
erty. $751; for machinery and tools,
and $l76 for miscellaneous items.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22

Thos. X. Rives or Weslaco. presi-
dent; DR.. Z. M. Todd Of Harrington,
vice president: Harry MI. Rouse,
Mercedes, secretary-treasurer; Clel.
Solether, Weslaco: II. @. Rarle,
Mercedes: DR.. Thompson. Weslaco,
and w. r. Shaw, Mercedes, direc-
tors.
Organizations operating upon the
same plan have been formed at Me-
Allen and Edinburg. with a pack
ing plant to be established at Nc
Allen to handle the fruit of the
members this season. While no
definite arrangements have been
made 1t Il understood that the
Mercedes. McAlIen and Edinburg
organizations will endeavor TO COM
bine on one marketing agency. The
Edinburg organization plans to
erect a packing plant TO handle the
i930-31 production at which time q
large acreage in the vicinity of that
city will come into bearing.
The great majority OF Valley
growers approve the cooperative
idea as worked out by the Califor-
mia citrus interests, and ii Is the
purpose Of this organization I'd OPP
crate along the same lines" one or
the officials stated. The association
has been generally successful In Sc
curing good prices for the fruit OF
its members. and we are confident
that the cooperative plan will prove
more beneficial as production in
creaSeS. This was true in Califor-
mia, where the systematic distribu-
ton OF large quantities OF citrus
fruit has been worked out to an
almost exact science, and Ii Is only
through cooperative action that we
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22

Operating upon the same plan as
the California Citrus Fruit Grow
ers. the Rio Grande Valley Citrus
Fruit Growers association, organ
ized in 1926. has established at
Mercedes one of the most modern
Nv equipped fruit packing plants III
the Valley. the plant and equipment
representing an investment Of ap-
proximately $4,000.
Officers of the association are
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-07-25
Democrats Groom to
Fight Pending Tariff Bill
Will Make Vigorous Stand Against
Flexible Rates in Pending
House Bill

Washington, July 20.--Organiza-
ton for a battle over the tariff on
the floor of the senate was perfect
ed by democrats at meeting in
the office of Senator F. M. Sim
mons (dem., N. CO. ranking minor
ity member of the finance commit
tee. Each of the eight democratic
committeeman was allotted a group
of subjects on which they will de-
bate in opposition to republic pro-
ponents.
Meanwhile sharp clash was
promised on the proposed tariffs on
hides and shoes. It developed that
Senator w. e. Borah, of Idaho, a
republican Independent, believes
these commodities ought to remain
on the free list.
The White House denied a pub
lished report President Hoover had
asked the tariff commission to
furnish him the names of all dem
ocrats in congress who had made
requests of it.
While no details were agreed up
on Senator Simmons said a yigor-
Gus stand would be made against
the house flexible provisions which
not only retain the authority of the
President to adjust tariff rates up
or down but give him the power to
change the basis of valuation if
competitive conditions cannot be
equalized by other methods.
THE democrats will not resort to
any delaying tactics" he said.
They will do all they can to fac
ilitate a vote at the special ses-
sion."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-07-25
Splendid NEW FRONT

Charles Miller is having a SPLEEN
did new front built in his building
on Third Street, work being COM
menced Monday morning of this
week. The building is occupied by
J. e. Erickson at the present time.
The front will be similar in con-
struction to one in the Unger
Furniture store. It will be built
of brown pressed brick, with a
colored glass transom. Mr.. Miller
will also improve the building with
a new roof and new, steel ceiling.
When the work is completed the
structure will be as nice as any
on Third Street. The floor space
will be 22x90 feet and will give Mr..
Erickson the much needed room
which is necessary in his ever in
creasing business. Mr.. Miller is to
be complimented upon the SPLEEN
did Improvement. It is understood
that other work of similar nature
will be done on Third Street in
the near future.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-07-25
Butter One Cent Higher in
Chicago Than Week Ago
Egg Market Steady with Demand
Good-Poultry Quotations not
Satisfactory

Butter. production is holding up
well for this season of the year.
Consumption has shown only a
slight increase in spite of the cool
er weather. The excess of storage
stocks over year ago continues
to increase. Buying for storage
purposes was satisfactory the early
part of the week, but due to in
creased pressure to sell the last of
the week, prices declined slightly.
The Chicago butter market on
80 Score Standards is quoted at
41A cents, which is one cent high
err than week ago. New York but
ter market on 90 Score Extras is
AZ cents.
Egg receipts continue to fall
off. With consumptive demand
more satisfactory on account of
cooler weather, the market has
+fHled up on practically all grades.
PRODUCERS should pay particular
attention to egg gathering and
marketing at this time to insure
delivery of good quality stock.
The Chicago egg market on firsts
today is 81 to Biz cents, having
remained at this figure all of last
week. New York firsts are 33 to
1914 cents.
The supply of live fowl continues
light and demand is satisfactory
The supply has not been sufficient
to take care of the demand. Re
ceipts of broilers continue to in
crease and the situation is not
very firm except on fancy stock
which is meeting ready demand.
The New York poultry market is
as follows: Leghorn fowl 81 cents,
heavywegihts 33, leghorn broilers
n to 20, mediums 80, heavies 33 to
35, cocks 81 cents.-Produce Re
view, Swift & Co., Chicago.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-07-25
SENT TO WILLMAR

Herald readers will recall the ar
rest of Francis Wormsley, Padua
youth Wednesday evening of last
week when he was lodged in the
Sank Centre Jail and later sent to
st. Cloud to the custody Of Juve-
nile Judge j. B. Himsl. The lad
was an addict at inhaling gasoline.
He was put under observation by
st. Cloud physicians for a time. It
was found that the gas fumes had
practically the same effect as the
use of narcotics have on drug adj
diets. There was no parallel case
known to medical science and his
case was studied for several days
to determine the facts regarding
partial mental deterioration from
the habit. AS a result of the study
treatment at Willmar was ordered
by the probate court.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-07-25
Sank Centre Young Man
Plays SENSATIONAL Golf
Walter MOynihan Makes Wonder
full Showing at st. Paul Coun-
try Club Monday.

Pitted against the very best
golfers in the Northwest Walter
Moynihan, a product of the Sank
Centre Country Club made a SEN
sational showing in the first 1s
holes of play at the st. Paul Coun-
try Club Monday when he was tied
with Lester Bolstand and Brokal.
both Of the Twin Cities, with a
score of 73. In speaking of Wal
ter's work the Minneapolis Trib-
une of Wednesday morning said:
"The most sensational golf of the
day was played by Moynihan, Co
pher sophomore from Sank Centre,
who formally held the central Min
nesota crown. Moynihan gave par
severe drubbing on the first nine,
scoring a "a, two under, in spite of
tours on the par three second and
third holes. He played a great
iron shot to within three feet of
the pin for an eagle three on the
455-yard sixth, and counted brides
on the first and eighth. Walter was
erratic on the home stretch but re-
turned in SO. He hooked his ap-
proach out of bounds on the 18th,
and missed a five-foot putt for a
large seven. Walter played only
three poor shots in the entire
round. Bolstad and Brokal played
just as brilliant, but less fiashy
golf. They kept even with par on
most holes, and rectified their few
mistakes with brides. Bolstad
went out in 81, one over par, and
evened matters with SO on his
return. Five brides decorated his
card"
In the final 10 holes played
Tuesday Walter ran into a lot of
tough luck and missed getting into
the championship fight by a single
fight. His final score for the So
holes was 160, not bad golf by any
means.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-07-25
TEMPORARY PASTOR

A special business meeting was
held on Monday night by the con-
gregation of the Assembly of God.
Rev. c. c. Beatty Assistant Super
intendent of the North Central
District was in charge of the ses-
sion, the purpose of which was to
adopt new governing rules and ef-
feet reorganization, and at the
same time to arrange for regular
pastrol services. Evangelist E. b.
Peterson, of Duluth, who has been
conducting the services for the past
two Sundays has been invited to
temporarily supply the pulpit and
is expected to continue preaching
for the congregation for the next
few weeks, or Until such time as he
or some other minister has been
regularly installed as permanent
pastor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-07-25
CLOSES BUM SHOW

Manager Mullen, of the Caugh-
rem theatre is making an honest
effort to give the patrons of the
Caughren, Sank Centre, the very
best entertainment possible and
will not tolerate a poor attraction.
"Close Harmony, Paramount
production advertised as a talking
picture deluxe, was billed for
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day evenings of this week. The
Herald editor witnessed the show
ing Tuesday evening. The talking
was unnatural and very badly
timed. AS matter Of fact the
production was so rotten that the
audience rather enjoyed it. AS a
silent picture it wouldn't be so
bad, as the actors were competent
and the setting beautiful. Manager
Mullen withdrew the picture after
Tuesday evenings performance.
He regrets exceedingly that he was
the indirect cause of allowing his
patrons to witness an inferior pro-
duction.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-07-25
TARIFF BILL MUST
PROTECT FARMERS
Borah Faction in United
States Senate Will Defeat
Any Other Legislation
See Rift in Republican Ranks
as Helpful to Them in the
1880 Campaign

Washington, July 24.-Efforts of
the Republican tariff trainers to
make the pending bill more pro.
tective and less prohibitive does
not go far enough to shift single
vote of the senate opposition. In
the opinion of those who have
canvassed the situation here it is
believed, however, that the chang
es may make the bill more accept
able to President Hoover.
Senator William E. Borah, of
Idaho, who wants a tariff bill for
farmers only, declared the plan to
protect particularly those Ameri-
can industries which control less
than 80 per cent of the American
market would make the bill no
more pleasing to him.
II believe the bill should be linn
tied to the agricultural schedules .
he said.
Borah said he knew of no oppo-
sition vote which could be changed
by the Smoot-Reed-Watso plan
and his opinion was confirmed by
others of the Independent and
Democratic groups.
The plan might affect a number
of rates in the house bill, and
might be applied to such highly
protected commodities as alumni
mum, glassware, pottery or cement.
Chairman Smoot would not say
the plan would be made effective
on all commodities to which it
could be applied, but said the COM
mittee had called upon the tariff
commission for list of TIE com.
modities in order that it might use
the material to reduce "such house
rates as are necessary"
If a dozen or more of the pro-
posed increases for manufactured
articles are thus Illuminated, it is
known the bill. will be made more
to the presidents liking. The plan
was adopted by the committee af-
ter. Mr.. Hoover had warned the
senate leaders, particularly Reed
of Pennsylvania and Watson OF
Indiana that some cuts are neces-
sary.
The strong Democratic minority
in the Senate are watching the
scrap among the Republicans with
considerable satisfaction as the de-
lay of suitable tariff legislation to
protect the American farmer is
very likely to be advantageous to
the Democrats in the 1880 Congress
sional elections.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-07-25
Odd FeII01ps ReceiDe
Membership Jesvels
L. w. Gilman and T. L. McCor-
mick Members of Order for
Over Fifty Years

At a regular meeting of the To-
cal Odd Fellow lodge last Friday
night several of the members were
presented with jewels noting the
years of membership of each one
in that order.
Those who have been members
for 25 years are entitled to one of
the jewels, and then each succeed
ing five years entities them to an
other denoting the time of service
L. w. Gilman and T. L. McCor-
mick, who have been members for
over fifty years, received beautiful
jewels with the number $50 in the
center of a star. Others who re-
ceived them are:
M. A. Cole, 80 years.
Anton Nelson, 25 years.
L. S. Bishop, 80 years.
Math Cleveland, 80 years.
Howard Bishop, 80 years.
Frank Perry, IS years.
Mr.. Nicholson, Minneapolis, 25
years.
Following the presentation the
enjoyed social hour and
a splendid lunch was served.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-07-25
Large Military Training
Camp to Open August LIST
Young Men Between II and "a
Have Fine Opportunity For
Physical Education.

The largest Citizens Military
Training Camp ever held in the
Northwest and one of the two or
three largest in the United States
will open at Fort Smelling Thurs
day, August 1, and will continue in
session for the entire month. It is
anticipated that the attendance
will exceed 1000 youths and young
men from states of the Northwest
and extending as far south as Ar
kansas.
Due to the large number of ap-
plications which have been re-
ceived at headquarters of the Sew
enth Corps Area at Omaha to at
tend the Fort Smelling camp the
limit of 1,400 students which had
been sent by the Corps Area Com
mander was removed in a COM
munication received at Fort Smell
ling this week. More than 1000
applications for the camp here
from states in the Seventh Corps
Area have been approved while
600 applications for the Fort Smell
ling camp have been received in
the Sixth Corps Area, chiefly from
the state of Wisconsin.
Attendance at the Citizens Mil
itary Training Camps is limited to
young men between the age of
seventeen and twenty-four years
and according to the latest ruling
of the War Department any youth
whose seventeenth birthday falls
within the present calendar year
may be accepted, subject to the re-
quired physical examination. APP
plicants who weigh less than 100
pounds on date of entrance to the
camp will not be accepted.