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VOL.-XVI.NO. 264.
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS FRIDAY MAY 8 1908
SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS
BROWNSVILLE
'AERMOTOR' Windmills
are Simple Strong and extra well galvan-
ized. There are more standing in this
territory than any other kind. We have
a big stock and repairs for them.
Stover Gasoline Engines
are extremely simple and the-
please everyone who uses them.
If you are thinking of buying
an engine call and see the
"Stover" run ' at our store.
Hardware Implements a
TRUCK BY TRAIN LOAD
GOES FROM THIS SECTION
TICKET SCALPERS
nd Machinery
Special Truck Train Makes Run WANTS NAMES OF
or Miles in roueteen
Hours. Brownsville Road
Handled 312 Cars of TrucK in ;
Mayor Lombe Would nave Kan-
road Officials Furnish Them.
A special truck train was 1
run from Brownsville Wednesday s.rrfarw rht m r.. Jih.r.
TT t 1 i "
mercial Club Communicates with
Month of April.
ITA
IRRIGATED LAND
FOR SALE
In August 1907. W. P. Stites. Ed Pullion W. E.
Nickerson and Ed C. Dustin Sec'y Texas Onion
Growers' Association rented of W. S. Dougherty
107 acres of land for an onion crop at $20 per acre
adjoining La Lomita ranch. During September
October and November they plowed and prepared
their land and planted their seed beds. During De-
cember they transplanted their onions to the field.
May 4th 1908 87 cars of onions were shipped av-
eraging 500 or more crates per car and selling at
$1 and better per crate. It is safe to estimate the
returns-irom these 107 acres of onions to be not
less than $43500 for a crop which it took less than
9" months to produce and sell. The above parties
have sir ce bought land from La Lomita ranch. Affi-
davits substantiating this statement will be gladly
furnished by Conway & Hoit of La Lomita ranch.
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inrougn 10 iiouston wnicu car
ried twenty-seven cars of truck j
This train made a record run from
here to Bay City starting from this !
station at two o'clock in the morn-;
ing and reaching Bay City in just i
fourteen hours
A considerable part of theisms
train was added at Harlingen 1
where the truckjfrom points on the
branch Hue in Hidalgo county was j
waiting. Other cars were taken
from various points as far north
as iUugsvilIe until the total
reached 27 cars. The shipments
comprised chiefly onions cucum-
bers cabbage and celery.
The results of the present truck
season have ' been very gratifying
Lto the road which according to
figures given out by the traffic de-
partment handled 312 cars of
truck during the month of April.
Of these shipments about ninety
cars went from Brownsville and
the others from points all along
the line including Blalack Spur.
Olmito Francisco Harlingen (in-
cluding a considerable number
from points on the branch line in
Hidalgo county) and other points
as far up as Kingsville.
The road is making'a specialty
of handling the truck from this
region running a daily truck
spechl train through from Browns-
ville. Most of the truck at present
however is coming from points
higher up the line as the larger
part of the truck from this im-
mediate vicinity was shipped early
in the season.
Considering the fact that this
is an entirely new territory and
when the railroad was first operat-
ed five years ago there was no
produce whatever to ship out of
here it can readily be seen what a
transformation has been made in
this region by the coming of the
greatest of all developing agencies
the railroad.
Traffic Manager Doherty
This Matter.
on
19
the-
CONWAY . HOIT
Mission Hidalgo Co. Texas
Brownsville Hardware
Company
FOR
QUALITY and PRICE
Courtesy and Promptness
DEALERS IN
HARDWARE
Stoves Ranges Refrigerators Tinware
Enameledware Builders' Hardware
Paints and Oils Varnishes Wagons
Agricultural Implements
PHONE 141
WILL SCREEN MARKET.
' As oon as the city can secure
a little money for that purpose the
market house will be white-washed
and thoroughly over hauled"
said Mayor Combe this morning.
"Arrangements will also be made
as boon as possible to have all the
meat-dealers in the market house
place screens around their booths
so as to protect the meats from the
flies andlother insects" he continu-
ed "it is the plan to have the screens
so arranged that they may be
closed at all times except when the
dealer is leaving or entering the
booth which can be done by means
of a swinging door. This matter
will be attended to at the earliest
practicable moment.
It would not be practicable to
enclose the entire ground floor of
the market house with screens as
people would be entering and leav-
ing the enclosure so constantly
that little good would be accom-
plished by that means. We be-
lieve however that the plan to
have the individual dealers enclose
their booths with screens will have
the desired results."
Since the letter of Traffic Mana
ger William jjonerty or the at.
Brownsville and Mexico
railroad in regard to the scalping
of tickets in Brownsville and the I
charge that it was being done by !
the most prominent residents of the
city considerable agitation has'
been felt among the citizens.
The mayor Dr. Frederick J.
Combe advised'Charles M. Barnes
secretary of the Iower Rio
Grande Commercial Club who re-
ceived the letter to secure from
Geo. T. Porter general agent of
the company at this city ' the
names of the citizens referred to by
him in the charges which Mr.
Doherty asserts that Mr. Porter
made and have them announced
at a meeting of the citizens of
Brownsville.
The original communication re-
ceived here was to Mr. Barnes
from Mr. Dohety in which the
latter said that Mr. Porter had
complained repeatedly fifteen or
twenty times in fact that tickets
were being scalped by leading citi-
zens of Brownsville. Mr. Doherty
wrote that he attached a copy of
Mr. Porter's letter but this was
not in the envelope received by
Mr. Barnes.
Mr. Porter refused to disclose
the names of the citizens referred
to and said that the matter rested j
between the secretary of the Com- j
mercial club and Mr. Doherty but i
inasmuch as the names of the par- i
ties charged with the scalping werei
not given to the club Air. Barnes
stated that there was not suf-'
ficient information on which toj
base a line of action looking to the I
prevention of scalping in the fu- j
ture.
Accordingly he has written to
Mr. Doherty acquainting him with
the plan advised by Mayor Combe
and asking that specific charges
against the alleged ticket scalpers
be made. He is now awaiting a
reply containing the names of the
prominent citizens against whom
the charges have been made.
When they are received a meet-
ing of citizens will be called and
the names placed before them. Ac-
tion will then probably be taken
on plans to discontinue the nui-
sance. General Manager Miller and
Traffic Manager Doherty were here
last night having arrived after six
o'clock but they left this morning
very early and Mr. Barnes did
not get to see them. It is expect-
ed however that they will return
here this evening and he will en-
deavor to see them and obtain
some more definite information
concerning the charges against our
people ill this matter.
SEE SAN BENITO
30000 Acres Irrigated Lands-30 Miles of Canals Already Completed
Rich SoilPerfect wlimateIrrigation
QJtt RarBfl-fiTi0 A new town rapidly building-
Oail OCIlilU.jniies of Brownsville on
Main Line of the St. L. B. & M. Railway
A fine hotel brick depot and many
stores and homes already completed
The Garden Spot of the Gulf Coast Country
Large or small tracts. Liberal terms. Low rates of interest
HomeseekersInvestigate
"SEEING IS BELIEVING"
San Benit Land & WateHS
SAN BENITO TEXAS
Alba
Ileywood. Pres.. W. H. Stenger. Vice Pres. and Gen Manager. Sam Robertson. Secretar
E. F. Rowson. Treasurer; R. L. Baits Attorney. O. W. Ileywood. W. Scott Heywood.i
Buy where you get.
Water for Irrig
ation
AT COST
We have for sale 12000
acres choice lands from 3
to 7 miles east of Browns-
ville on the
in tracts of any size t suit
from ten acres up on easy
terms. It wiUjay you to
investigate bur proposition
E. F. Rowson
TTe White Front. Office
Brownsville. -- Texas
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A Complete Line of
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men s i oum s
Has Just Been Received.
Also an Elegant Line of
Ladies' Dress Goods
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Boys I J
Come and Make
Best Are Gone.
Your Selection NOW Before the
Sale Continues Until cTUay 9th.
Sahualla Co.
Three American sailors from a
torpedo boat who lost their ship
at Acapulco Mexico have arrived
at Laredo and are being held
pending advices from the navy
department.
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT FOR BROWNSVILLE.
Following are the observations taken at the South Texas Garden for
the 24 hours ending at eight o'clock a. ui. today:
Temperature. Friday May 8. Maximum 83; minimum 59.
Ihe
Deportment Store
Phone 68
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I FURNITURE
Largest and Most Complete Stock in South Texas
Refrigerators Gasoline Oil and Wood Cook Stoves JjL
OFFICE. FURNITURE. ETC.. ETC.
9 HANco*ck-LAMB FURNITURE CO. Brownsviile S
S OF QUALITY AND STYLE
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The FIVE ACRE TRACTS in West Brownsville are now ready for sale and we will take pleasure in showing them at any time. Lake Front Residence Lots on Lake Ebenc
and Lake Guerra and Boulevard Residence Lots on Central Boulevard will be ready to show within a few days. We are ready to show Residence Lots located on the extensions
of Washington Elizabeth Levee St Charles St Francis and Fronton streets. This property is all under the .Canals now in operation of lEs SrownsviKe Irrigation Co. wha
are watering more land NOW than all the other canals in the Valley combined. The City electric light and pumping station is located on a part of this land and a large arr-nurt
n ne reaiuenue puruuu is witum me cuy limits ana unaer tne water mams ana iignt nnes ot tne uity. i ne price oi nve-acre irauia range irum ooo xo $ooo eacn accoraing to
;stance trom the city Kesidence lots S15o to S25o per lot Lake Front lots are lco feet front bv 2oo feet deep S25o to S5oo each. .Boulevard lots are 15o feet front bv 3jo feet
$25o to $5oo each. One-tbird cash balance 1 and 2 years at 6 per cent Or on the installment plan we will accept 2o per cent cash and the balance in 2o equal monthly p -
is at o per cent.- complete maps ana aesenpuon oi tne property will Oe supplied upon request
Hallam Colonization Co.
SALES MANAGERS -.
rownsviile Land
mprovement to
APPLY TO ANY REGULAR cAGENT IN BROWNSVILLE.
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