The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 174, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 26, 1926 Page: 13 of 18
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TO CELEBRATE
COMPLETION
OF S. P. LINE
Official Opening of
Extension to Valley
Announced for Jan-
uary 11-12 *
(Special to The Herald.)
E0IHBURG. Tex. Die. *4.—On
January 11 the Southern Pacific will
•'push” its way into the Valley.
This will be done literally for part
S. P. and the first of the five spe-
cial trams to arrive will tear its
way through the banner and into the
Lower Rio Grande Valley.
The program is being arranged in
detail by Leslie Neal secretary of
the Edinburg Rooster elub and will
include a continuous two-day pro-
giam for the 7000 visitors expected
in the city on January 11 and 12.
Special trains will come to Edin-
burg from San Antonio. Houston
Fort Worth and Dallas. In addition
to these specials another train car-
rying the Southern Pacific officials
and delegations from El Paso Sher-
man. Couicana. Austin and' other
cities of 1c state will make its way
to Edinburg all of these trains ar‘
riving on the morning of January 11.
On the cowcatcher of the first
train two officials of the Southern
Pacific will he standing as the train
pulls into Edinburg. These will
probably b? H. M. 1 nil se^e^ry
the late President W. R. Scott and
J. H. Tallichet general counsel.
I The officials will be' officially
(greeted by M^yor A. J. Ross of Edin-
i burg. Judge A. WT. Cameron of Hidal-
go county and other officials.
When the first of the specials
conies to a stop a program of speak
'
ing and entertainment will be car-
ried out at the train. Special enter-
tainment features including dancing
band music and the like have been
arranged for this part of the pro-
gtam according to Mr. Neal.
The visitors will be taken from all
the specials which will have arrived
by that time to the barbecue
grounds where arrangements will be
made to take care of 7000 persons.
In handling this huge number of vis-
itors for the barbecue the Edinburg
residents have made arrangements
to hand out the barbecue lunch in
oyster boxes as the visitors pass by
as this is the only method of hand-
ling the barbecue feature it was
pointed out.
The major speaking and entertain-
ment program will be held during the
afternoon according- to Mr. Neal
with County Judge A. W. Cameron in
charge of this part of the program.
Speakers for this part of the celebra-
tion have not been secured but sev-
eral Valley men and several offi-
cials of the Southern Pacific will
take part in the program.
On the evening of January 11 the
delegations from the larger cities
San Antonio Houston Fort Worth
and Dallas will return four of the
special trains leaving at that time.
The officials of the Southern Pa-
cific and the visitors from the other
cities about 360 in number will re-
main in Edinburg being taken care
of at the local hotels. On the fol-
lowing day January 12 they will be
taken for a tour of the entire Valley
in automobiles. Leaving Edinburg
early in the morning they will go as
far as Mission up the branch then
return to the lower part of the Val-
ley reaching Harlingen in time for
lunch. They will be tendered a ban-
quet on the roof of the Reese-Wil-
Mond hotel at noon and will then
come on to Brownsville crossing the
Rio Grande for a short stay in Mata-
moros. They will then be taken back
to Edinburg where the special train
will be waiting to take them to their
respective homes.
Invitations have been sent to
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LOS EBANOS
(THE EBONIES)
_ Sale Starts January Sixth
IBa EBAJJO^ 1
The Entrance *
built of vari-colored honeycomb rock with blue tile roof over sidewalk entrance
ways.
Winding streets parked boulevards paved streets concrete curbs water and sew-
erage all without cost to purchaser.
We predict more residential building in Los Ebanos in 1927 than all the rest of
Brownsville.
THE PRETTIEST RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION IN
. ALL SOUTH TEXAS
An Investment Properly Safeguarded by Restrictions
EVERY LOOK MEANS A LOT
SALE STARTS JANUARY SIXTH
Reasonable prices liberal terms and only 6 per cent interest on deferred payments;
10 per cent discount for all cash on first twenty lots sold.
DICKINSON COMPANY
Seventeen Years in the Valley
OFFICE: GROUND FLOOR qi AC ft
TRAVELERS HOTEL I 00116
Beautiful Buildings
Are Valley’s Greatest
Need Architect Says
“Beautiful building! are what
the Valley needs)* said Birger A.
Elwing architect of Harlingen in
an interivew with a representative
of the Herald.
“I foresee the day not so long
off when all of the towns from
Brownsville on up through Harm*- .
gen ^o Ln Feria and probably on
to Mission and Edinburg will be
just one huge city.
“This condition has come about
in California in some sfctions and
it is only natural to suppose that
it will in the Valley where condi-
tions are even more favorable.
“There is u growing tendency to
build homes out n little distance
from the cities and this will result
in the abolishing of 'city lines be-
tween the various business centers
of the Valley.”
What the Valley should do now
is prepare for this condition by
building beautiful buildings in
order to have some worthy of this
section Mr. Elwing said. The day
is rapidly passing when houses are
thrown up as just four walls and
a few partitions in the interior.
The day is also passing when busi-
ness buildings will be just four
walls with a flat top and an insult
to the taste of a person of discrim-
ination.
“We have great dayB ahead of
us and we should not wait until
the time has already come before
we build buildings that are u
pleasure to the eye as well as
comfortable and efficient in every
respet. I note with pleasure that
the building trend is going more in
this direction with a number of
beautiful structures already up.
“1 also note with pleasure" Mr.
Elwing continued “the number of
new architects who are coming to
this section for they will stimu-
late interest in putting up beauti-
ful buildings as well as substan-
tial ones and will make the Valley
reach its stage of greater develop-
ment much sooner than it would
otherwise."
RAYMONDVILLE
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Becha have
come to Raymondville to make their
home. Mr. Becha is proprietor of
the Raymondville bakery. Mr. and
Mrs. Becha will build a home on
Kimble Street in the near future.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Moore of Nash-
ville Tenn. and Mr. and Mrs. II. J.
Moore of iVnton La. arrived Friday
to spend Christmas with their broth-
er F. P. Moore.
The Methodist church choir ren-
dered a Christmas cantata at the
church Wednesday evening Dec. 22
before a large audience. The choir
was directed by Hugh Flynn.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C.. Sheffer of
South Haven Mich. are spending a
part of the winter here and may de-
cide to locate here. He hn« •«*"
chamber of commerce secretaries
mayors and a few other officials in
Valley cities to attend the celebra-
tion. and take part in all features of
the meetine. Thousand* or o***-
Valley people are expected to visit
Edinburg during the celebration.
Regular train service over the
Southern Pacific line from Falfurrias
to Edinburg is expected to be starico
immediately after the formal open-
ing. Work is still under way on the
road although the line of steel has
already stretched far enough to con-
nect Edinburg anh Falfurrias. The
line is also pushing work on exten-
sions to McAllen on the west and to
Harlingen on the east with the hop:
of extending to Brownsville if the
application for permission to go to
that city is looked upon favorably by
the Interstate Commerce commission.
The opening of the Southern Pa-
cific line into the Valley will mark
the culmination of a combined effort
on the purt of the Valley people and
the Southern Pacific over a period of
mor? than a year and will mark the
realization of n dream of the San An-
tonio A Aransas Pass which had its
inception more than 20 years ugo. It
will mark the completion of the ex-
tension program started bv the San
Antonio A Aransas Pass when that
road pushed its line us far as Ful-
furrias.
several winters in Florida but likes
this section much better.
Mrs. Charles R. Johnson returned
Tuesday front the Harlingen hospital
Miss Bertha Duffy and .Mr. A. L.
Keough were married in l^an Benito
lust Sunday.
Mrs. Elaine Garret and Miss Mil-
dred Burton arrived Sunday from
San Antonio where they have been
attending school.
Mr. and Mra. August 7:orth have
returned to their home in San An-
tonio. They have been visiting Mr.
Korth’s parents Mr. and Jfrs. Wil-
liam Korth
.Mr. and Mra. Lake Barber were
visitors in San Benito last Friday at
the home of Mrs. Barber’s parents.
I J. E. Johnson has returned from
business trip to Austin and Hous-
ton.
| Several of the Raymondville teach
ers left last Wednesday for the
Christmas holidays. Among them
vere Miss Louise ferker. Miss Myr-
le Hilliard and Miss Katherine Hy-
land.
C. F. Hurst foimerly manager of
the Burton Sales Company will move
with bis family to Brownsville.
.Misses Marie and Vivian Larson
both teachers in Hibbing Minn. ar-
rived Monday to spend the holiday:
A'ith their parents Mr. and Mrs. I. E.
Larson.
Mrs. J. P. Hassell from Acata.
Tex. is visiting her daughter Mrs.
Frank L. Wilson.
Lawrence Brenner is home from.
Brvnn. wher* he is attending the
military academy.
Overseas Dealers9
Sales Increasing
*’The sales of our overseas deal-
ers*" says Alfred P. Sloan Jr. Pres-
ident of General Motors "in the first
nine months of this year totaled
SC.fiPC cam compared with C7.760
cars lust year an increase of ap-
proximately 28 per cent.
"It will be noted that the un<t
sales in the third quarter of this
year and the same remarks apply to
previous years are less than the pre
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WILL INTRODUCE
VALLEY’S DRINK
(Special to The Herald.)
MERCEDES Tex.. Dec. 25.—Grape-
fruitade will be introduced into
Houston on the night of December
20 according to F. N. Clifford sec-
retary of the Mercedes Chamber of
Commerce.
At that time the Liqns Club of
Houston will hold a banquet which
will be in charge of the Missouri Pa-
cific officials who are members the
program being Missouri Pacific day
of the club v • *
Several hundred choice grapefruit
from the orchard of a Valley agent
of the Missouri Pacific have been
sent to Houston to be used at the
banquet. From these grapefruit the
drink will be made and served at the
banquet and each member will also
be given a grapefruit from the Val-
ley according to Mr. Clifford.
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Pullman Porters
Rather Expenjive
(By Trens \gency)
MEXICO CITY Dec. 25.-Every
time that a colored Pullman porter
crosses the border into Mexico the
company must deposit with the Mex-
ican immigration officials the twenty
dollars which are required from im-
migrants entering this country ac-
cording to a ruling of the Depart-
ment of State. The company recently
sent a petition to thi Mexican
authorities asking for some special
arrangement for its employees who
wer? making the trip to Mexico at
frequent and regular interval. hu’
it was informed that the immigi"* <>n
law did not permit pf any such ar-
rangement.
vious quarter and as a matter of
fact in the case of 1926 are less thnr |
th» corresponding quarter of 1926
This is not due to any charge *n
trend of export operations hut is
due to the delay in getting new mod- I
els under production on acount of j
the increased number of assembly
plants that have been established
during the past year or so in va-
rious places throughout the world.
Ancient Morocco has gone in for j
golf. The Pasha of Marrakesh. El j
Gliioui has built a new IB hole j
course on the edge of the desert.
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‘The Eagle of the
Sea’ to Show Here
“The Eagle of the Sea!" What
thoughts that phrase must bring to
mind'. Galleons of gold! Merbhant-
ships! Men-o'-war! Valiant vessels!
Bold buccaneers! Plundering pi-
rates!
All these will be seen at the
Queen Theatre Sunday when Frank
Lloyd’s first Paramount production
‘ The Eagle of the Sea" makes its
local deput. This Charles Tenney
Jackson story traces the life of
Jean Lafitte. noted American pi-
rate from the day he adopts the
name "Captain Saearac” until he
wins the woman of his heart. Need-
less to say this is only accomplished i
after many hazardous voyages live- |
ly adventures and fierce fights.
History tells us that Lafitte wor. i
amnesty for himself and devil-dog
crew when they helped “Old Hick*
ory" Jackson at the Battle of New
Orleans- All became respected cit-
izens with the solitary exception of *
their captain. He broke his parolo
and disappeared. A reward was
then offered for his capture—dead
or alive.
With this colorful past. Jean Fa-
fitte arrives in New Orleans seven
years later just at a time when
General Jackson’s return is being
celebrated. There he falls in love
with Colonel Lestron’s lovely niece
Louise. His courtship progresses
very nicely until—Jackson recog-
nizes him and she vehemently voices
her dislike of men such as Lafitte-
Extension of the Korean railway
system around the entire coast and
across from Pingyang to th* upper
reaches of the Yelu is planned by the
Governor General. I
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Logically then the best tinle of the entire
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finally Brownsville and the entire Lower
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