Willacy County News (Raymondville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 14, 1935 Page: 1 of 8
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GROWING TOWNS
IN WILLACY COUNTY INCLUDE,
RAYMONDVILLE, THE COUNTY
SEAT. LYFORD, SEBASTIAN. SAN
PERLITA AND LASARA.
iOLLAi
VOL. 18
WILLACY COUNTY
THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT
OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.
THREE CROPS CAN EASILY BE
RAISED IN THIS FERTILE SOIL.
WILLACY COUNTY NEW8. RAYMONDVILLE. TEXAS. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 14,.1935
No. 7
ONION FIESTA DATES CHANGED
OIL DRILLING
TO BE RESUMED
ON SILK WELL
Armendiaz Operations Will
Be Started In Near
Future
Drilling on the W. W. Silk well,
located on the Santa Rosa tract, will
likely be resumed within a short time,
it was stated this week by members
of the company who are transferring
leases and making arrangements to
continue with drilling operations.
The well was closed down some
time ago when difficulties were en-
countered and now that these have
been overcome, arrangements will be
completed within a short time to con-
tinue drilling operations.
Drilling on the W. T. Daniel et al
Armendiaz No. 1 is to be resumed
at once, it was stated from the office
the company. This well is located in
Willacy County near the Arroyo.
Drilling operations have been sus-
pended for several weeks but are to
start again this week and will go
forward steadily to a new depth of
6000 feet, it was stated. The orig-
inal depth was 5000 feet. When drill-
ing operations ceased, the well had
reached a depth of 2450 feet.
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Banks L. Miller
Explains Proposition
To Willacy Growers
Banks L. Miller, of McAllen, talked
to a group-of Willacy County farmers
at the court house last Friday night
and explained a proposition of furn-
ishing seed corn to growers in thi«
county. Miller agreed, if he could
secure sufficient acreage, he would
install shelling and shucking machin-
ery to handle the harvest and pur-
chase the corn from the grower.
Large acreage of corn has been ar-
ranged for by Mr. Miller in other
sections of the Valley under the plan
that was explained at the meeting
Friday night. The corn will be used
for milling purposes and not to be
fed to cattle.
CORPUS CHRISTI
BUSINESS MEN
ON VISIT HERE
COMMITTEES ARE BUSY WORKING
OUT PLANS FOR ONION CELEBRATION
Good Will Tour Is Made of
Rio Grande Valley
Towns
COUNTY AGENT HAS
NOT RECEIVED 1935
COTTON CONTRACT
Suggestions Are Sent To
For
193fr Planting
The forms for signing 1935 cotton
reduction contracts have not arrived
but have gone to press, according to
County Agent Halph Hutchins.
C. A. Cobb, chief of the cotton sec-
tion in Washington, D. C., has asked
that the county agent pasB the fol-
lowing suggestion along to cotton
JRducers—"That the price of cotton
exemption certificates is likely to be
very close to the market price of
cotton in 1935 and further advises
all producers should sign a 1935 re-
duction contract and rent to the Gov-
ernment 35 per cent of their base
acreage in preference to the allow-
able 25 per cent or 30 per cent.
Any producer who plans to plant
cotton on new land in 1935, or land
that does not have a cotton base,
should study the situation carefully
before planting, rather than wait un-
til cotton picking time and find ex-
emption certificates will cost almost
as much as you will get for your
cotton. There is no Bankhead ruling
for 1935 as yet.
Acceptance of rented acres by the
Secretary of Agriculture: The ruling
allowing us to accept onion land as
rented acres is still in force. We will
take as rentotf acres (1) onion land,
(2) land on which any other vege-
table crop was, or will be harvested
not later than March 15, 1935, (3)
and any other land that is a fair
representation of the cultivated acres
on your farm.
Pop-corn prices go higher supplies
lowest on record; according to infor-
mation released by the Department
of Agriculture. Responsibility for
this situation rests on last summer's
drought. Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska
produced more than 75 per cent of
the United States crop and their pro-
duction last summer was less than 7
per cent of normal.
There has been received ini the
county agent's office 308 parity
checks. Notices have been mailed to
all producers whose checks have been
received.
There will be a corn and hog meet-
ing in the Raymondville Court House
Monday night, Feb. 18, at 7:p0 p. m.
Attention Dairymen
Those who have a dairy herd and
are bothered with infectious abortion
and are willing to comply with re-
quirements of the federal Govern-
ment should get in touch with the
county agent's office. The Govern-
ment is willing under certain require-
ments to pay up to $20 Q,er head on
grade animalB that react to a blood
test for infestations bortion. o
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A group of twenty-five Corpu'
Christi business men on a good-wil'
tour of the Valley were entertainec
here Thursday at the Ramon Theatei
by the chamber of commerce. Tht
trip was sponsored by the Corpus
Christi Chamber of Commerce and
was in chagre of Jeff Bell, former
manager of the San Benito Chamber
of Commerce.
The tour is one of three planned
by the Corpus Christi Chamber of
Commerce through Southwest Texas
to promote the Second Annual Agri-
cutlura] and Industrial Exposition
' whhLh. rl" °Pe," March 19.
Vhe group left Corpus Christi early
Wednesday and spent the day visit-
ing Valley towns, and spent the night
in Brownsville.
GENERAL'RAIN
IS WELCOMED
BY GROWERS
Voting For Queen Noino Will Be Held April 23 and
Nominations Now Being Received
Dates for Willacy County's Seventh I being arranged now point to the best
Annual Onion Fiestiy which were an- celebration which has ever been held
nounced last week for holding the
celebration April 5 and 6, have been
postponed by the committee in charge
of arrangements, to April 12-13.
The date was changed to avoid
conflicting with the Kingsville Music
Meet which will be held April 5-6. A
special train will leave the Valley for
the meet and it is stated that ar-
rangements are being made for a
car from Ryamondville to be attached
to the train carrying Valley people
to Kingsville.
Plans are going forward for the
Fiesta which promises to surpass all
other celebrations held here during
the onion harvest.
Nominations for Queen of the
Fiesta are being received by Karl
Duddlesten and these nominations
will close Saturday, Feb. 16. Election
of Queen Noino will take place Sat-
urday, Feb. 23. Those who already
have been nominated for the race in-
clude Ruth Richie, Helen Louise Wes-
ter, Lavon Halpin, Imogene Johnson,
Oliva Hendrickson, Dorothy Dodge,
Norma Deming, Mary Helen Harris
and Marie Pruitt.
Other names will be received by
the chairman of this committee and
added to the list until the closing
time Saturday.
Considerable interest is being shown
in the Fiesta this year, according to
here.
COUNTY HOME
DEMONSTRATION
AGENT TO STAY
Agreement Is Reached
Joint Meeting Here
Monday
at
Moisture Gives Assurance
To Success of Spring
Crops
Rains Tuesday, which followed a
drop in temperature we^e reported
to be general throughout the county
and growers estimated that the rain
was worth a "million dollars" to
them. A considerable amount of acre-
age of spinach affected by blue mold
will benefit from the rains which wil"
have a tendency to wash the infectior
from the leaves. It has been neces
sary to cut a portion of the plan*
away when harvesting, causing the
grower to lose a portion, which now
will be saved, causing added tonnage.
The rains will also help the spring
planting, giving assurance of plenty
of moisture for the spring crops.
In the Turner Tract as well as in
other sections of the county, top mois-
ture was needed to plant cotton,
which should be planted during this
month for the early harvest.
It is expected that increased acre-
age will be planted for spring harvest
due to freeze in the north and Flor-
ida. since conditions now will be fav-
orable for moisture and the advan-
tage over other sections.
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Rev. Brooks and
Family of Shanghai,
China, Visit Here
INFORMATION IS
ASKED GROWERS
ON ONION CROP
Claimed Check Will Save
Growers Thousands
of Dollars
A decision was reached at a meeting
of the county commissioners Monday
to retain the services of Miss Marion
Edwards, county home demonstration
agent, until Dec. 31, 1935.
The commissioners' court had pass-
ed an order at their meeting in Jan-
uary to dispense with the county
home demonstrator's services on ac-
count of the lack of funds to main-
tain the office.
Fourteen members representing tht
county home demonstration clubs at-
tended the meeting of the commis-
ioners' court Monday and Mrs. W. J.
ícKnight, chairman of the Council
Of the clubs, introduced the speakers
which included Mrs. Sowards, presi-
dent of the Lyford club; Mrs. C. A.
Dberg, Home Makers Club; Mrs. C.
E. Crowell, Tuesday Club, and others.
in me nesia mis year, according to Miss Bennie Campbell district'home
reports of the committee, and plants [demonstration agent, talked before
■ - - th<; court and stated she had two
other counties where she could place
Miss-Edwards,, but had held hei here
in hope that the county commission-
ers would reconsider the appointment.
'A reduction of $10 per month in
salary was agreed upon and Miss
Edwards is to furnish her own car
and upkeep. ;
TAX COLLECTOR
WILL ASSIST
WITH RETURNS
Land Is Sold
To Chicago Man
To Build Home
Mr. McCamm of Chicago who has
been here fot, the past two weeks,
.ha* purchased the north half of farm
Ibt "Q," lying between J. N. High-
tower's plncp and the Palm Farm,
conta' ?ng twenty acres. Mr. Cainm
kv Build a nvc-room house, and
Will come hero to reside.
Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Brooks and
children, Joseph, Nancy Ruth, David
and Ben, arrived Friday from Shang-
hai, China where Rev. Brooks has
been chaplain in the Navy for the
past three years. They came over on
a transport and Rev. Brooks stated
that they had a most interesting trip.
They visited in Hongkong, China, and
spent the Christmas holidays in Man-
illa, on the Philippine Islahds, one day
in Guam, and three days in Honolulu,
on the Hawaiian Islands. On their
5000 mile trip from Hongkong to
Manilla, which took them fourteen
days, they did not see a ship.
Rev. Brooks gave a very interesting
talk Sunday evening at the Methodist
Church telling of the religious work
being done in China, and of some of
their customs.
The Brooks family will visit her
parent*, Rev. and Mrs. B. P. Jaco,
nlso her sister, Mrs. W. V. Pittman,
and Mr. Pittman awMle before they
go on to. Missivipiii to visit -other
relatives and frierHs. After a two
month* vocation Rev. Brooks will be
stationed on the east coast as chaplain
in the Navy.
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In order that a check complete as
possible can be obtained in order to
hold up the price of onions, a letter
has been received by H. W. Cook, sec-
retary of the chamber of commerce,
from Jeff Bell, Corpus Christi, ask-
ing that this information be obtained
from the growers.
Information has been sent out that
will be detrimental to the onion grow-
ers and it will mea nunquestionably
hundreds thousands of dollars more
money for the onion growers if this
information can be obtained.
Mr. Cook asks that this question-
naire be filled in and sent to the
chamber of commerce Saturday in or-
der that the information which has
been sent out can be counteracted.
Commercial Onion Production
Acreage planted, Width of Rows,
Date Planted, Moisture Condition,
Per cent killed by Freeze, Per cent
damaged by freeze (still growing),
Thrip Infestation, Condition of crop
now, Estimated yield per acre.
Signature of Producer and County.
GAS CO. ORDERS
EXTENSION LINES
IN THIS CITY
Income For Returns Must
Be Filed By March
15th
Hope To Include All Sec-
tions in Rudget Is
Expressed
Orders have been issued by officials
of the Rio Grande Valley Gas Co.
for the extension of the mains and
lines in the Holloway Addition. It is
the purpose of the company to go
forward with an expansion program
in this county and it is very likely
that other sections which are not now
piped with gaf will be included in
the program.
The section east of Raymondville
has not been piped for gas and prop-
erty owners in that section have been
urging the gas company officials for
consideration on this matter during
the past few years and are very de-
sirous o* having an extension made
in this section.
Tt was stated Ky an official of thr
companv that ti* r# would be an ef-
fort made to include this section in
the budget which has been set aside
for expansion and. work would be
started as soon as an approval could
be secured.
A deputy collector of internal rev-
enue will be at the Raymondville Stutu
Bank to assist in preparing income
returns March 1 from H a. m. to 5
p. m. for the convenience of those
who are required to fill out the fed-
eral income tax returns.
Single persons or persons who are
married and not living with their
wives and who have a net income of
$1,000 or over, or a gross income of
$5,000 or over are required to file a
return. If a person is married and
living with husband or wife and the
net income is $2,500 or the gross in-
come is $5,000 or over that person
is required to file a return.
All persons required to file income
returns must file with the Collector
of Internal Revenue of this district
by March 15. Those who fail to make
returns are subject to a penalty and
interest for failure to comply with
this law.
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HERE FROM NEW YORK
TO MAKE HOME 0
Albert W. Smith arrived Saturday
from Plattsburg, N. Y. Mr. Smith
came here last summer and bought
a tract of land of C. N. Howard, and
improved it, but returned to^ New
York where he taught music in the
state normal school in Plattsburg for
the fall months. He plans to make
his home here and Mrs. Smith will
join him later. He left New York
Tuesday. The weather was 20 below
zero and the highways were drifted
with snow.
Nationally Known
Reader To Appear
At Methodist Church
"The Hem of His Garment" writ-
ten by Margaret San&ster, will be
read by Bess Gearhart Morrison at
the Methodist Church Sunday night
at 7:30.
She is nationally known as a reader
and entertainer and has made previ-
ous appearances in the Valley to
capacity houses in McAllen, Edinburg
and Harlingen.
Raymondville is favored in being
given the opportunity of hearing such
an accomplished artist, who has read
in the large cities and towns through-
out the United StateB.
No admisison charge will be made
Sunday night and the public is in-
vited.
WATER BIDS
TO BE HELD
FOR A TIME
WEATHER REPORT
From Feb. 3 to Feb. 9, 1935
Record made at 8 a. m. for previous
84 hours
| Max. 1 Min, IRain
Date I Temp.l Temp.! In.
| Char,
of Day
Feb. 3
75
,45 |
i~Clear
frb, 4
75
«42
•ear
tfeb. 8
81
42 !
C'ear
Feb. 6
Feb". 7
82
76
60 |
59 |
"Cloudy
Clear
Cloudy
Fab. 8
'86
61 1
Feb. 9
*
64 1
£loudy
Co-operative Weather Otaerrer.
PWA Investigation Is Now
Holding Up Irrigation
Project
Bids for Willacy County's Irriga-
tion project will not be opened Feb.
25, as had been previously announced,
according to information received at
the local office, from the PWA offices
in Fort Worth. The bids will be held
up temporarily until the investigation
now underway in Washington can be
cleared.
Major Chas. R. Oldberg who has
been with the government twenty-
nine years has been dismissed on
ground that he had not given a sat-
isfactory answer to charges made
against him. No personal hearing
had been given Oldberg who denied
any wrongdoing in the Willacy Coun-
ty project.
It is believed here that the date
for receiving bids will be reset as
soon as the investigation is cleared.
In the charges, it is alleged that
an attempt was made to eliminate
competitive bidding on material for
the project. However, the letting of
bids does not come under the local
board and I'WA officials must place
their approval before bids can be let.
A statement issued by O. K. Dick-
inson shows that there is no internal
strife within the district and collec-
tions of taxes from the period of 11)2!)
to 1933 amounted to 70.8(5 per cent.
"It will be noted from this state-
ment the tax assessment for the five
years totals $72:5,222.77, and of that
amount 70.90 per cent has been col-
lected. I might also stale that of
this amount, during the calendar yeai
of 1934, the total collection of current
and delinquent taxes, as per auditor's
statement, was $225,458.65 ($218,000
of this amount was used to retire
matured bonds and coupons) and this
in face of the fact that our taxpayers
have received nothing for their money
other than the hope that eventually
they would be benefitted by the com-
pletion of their irrgiation system. I
do not believe many tax-collecting
bodies anywhere show a higher per-
centage of collections during the de-
pression years.
"I might add that the officers and
directors of this district know noth-
ing about the Federal investigation
that is now alledged as being made
in Washington, other than what the
officers and directors read in the
newspapers. The officials and direc-
tors have ijpt received any informa-
tion directly or indirectly from the
PWA officials, the Attorney General,
or anyone else concerning this mat-
ter. The Willacy County Irrigation
District has not as yet received one
dollar of government money.
Mr. Dickinson showed the auditor's
statement of taxes and valuations as
follows:
For °1929: valuation, $ 1 C,457.055;
tax roll, $98,747.72; taxes collected.
$87,938.19; percentage of collection.
89.15.
For 1930: Valuation, $15,048,420;
tax roll, $156,484; taxes collected.
$116,093.58; percentage of collection,
74.57. .
For 1931: Valuation, $15,030,515;
tax roll 8156,305.15; taxes collected,
$109,459.84; percentage of collection,
70.03.
For 1932: Valuation, $15,604,755;
tax rol,l $156.047.55; taxes collected,
8101,281.77; percentage of collectin
64.91. o
Por 1988: Valuation, $15,663,815;
tax roll, 8155,638.15; taxes collected
$97,860; pe-centage of collection,
62.88.
The total tax roll for tl -• flve-y^ar
period was "2 -,222.7" total collec-
tion*, $til.V~ 88; °>nd percentage of
collection, 79.96.
FUNERAL RITES
ARE HELD FOR
MRS. E. A. COX
Mother of Mrs. George Mus-
graves Is Called
Sunday
Mrs. Emily Anderson Cox. 85,
passed away at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Geo. W. Musgrave,
at 12:30 a. m. Sunday. The funeral
service was held in the Methodist
Church Monday afternoon at three
o'clock. Rev. B. P. Jaco officiated
and was assisted bv Rev. J. W. AH-
britten.x pastor of the Methodist
Church, and Rev. V. M. Hailey, pastor
of the Baptist Church. Duddlesten's
Mortuary was in charge of funeral
arrangements.
Mrs. Cox was born in Carrol Coun-
ty, Arkansas, April 27, 1850, and had
been a life long member of the Meth-
odist Church. The deceased succumed
to a lingering illness of seven months.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs.
Musgrave and Mrs. F. O. Butts, Eu-
reka Springs, Ark., and one son, Sam
S. Cox, Fordice, Ark.; fourteen grand-
children, and eleven great grandchil-
dren.
Pallbearers were Ilcrshel Holder,
Doyne Holder, Perry Holder, Ralph
Scott, Bill Thompson and R. A. Mc-
Elhaney.
BOY SCOUTS TO
CELEBRATE ON
ANNIVERSARY
Jamboree Will Be Held In
City Park Friday
Night
The local troop of the Boy Scouts
of America decided at their regular
meeting Monday night to hold a. jam-
boree and weiner roast in the City
Park east of the Court House at 7:30
on Friday night, Feb. 15, at which
time the boys of the troop will en-
tertain their parents, the Kiwanis
Club, the Rotary Club and members
of the Fire Department. On the
grounds each patrol will set up a
model camp and after the program,
the Scouts plan to encamp there ov-
ernight.
This week has been celebrated as
the twenty-fifth anniversary of the
Boy Scouts of America, and the pro-
gram and weiner roast at the City
Park will be the last event of the
week for the local troop.
The committees who are in charge
of the program under the direction
of Assistant Scoutmaster William
Conner are: grounds committee com-
posed of James Duddlesten, Hugh
May, Pat May, Elmer Kilbourne, Ai-
der) Gilliland and vSoniiy Conley. The
refreshments committee composed of
Wayne Johnson Leslie Huff and Lloyd
Wood. And the invitations committee
composed of the patrol leaders who
are Thomas Fuller, Wilosn Gilliland
and David Lissner.
The last of this week will see the
culmination of the drive to obtain
finances to be used in the construction
of a Scout hut on the city property
near the water works. In order to
aid the Scouts the Ramon Theater
has promised the Boy Scouts the pro-
ceeds from the motiou picture to be
shown Monday, Feb. 18, entitled "The
Band Plays On,' a football story
adopted from that true story of Knute
Rockne and the famous Four Horse-
men. The ScAut* aro to receive a
percentage of the proceeds from the
tickets they sell. If you intend to go
to the cinema Monday night then buy
your ticket from the Boy Scouts.
W. A. Fleming
Is Transferred
To Edinburg
Senior Patrol Inspector W. A.
Fleming has received a notice order-
ing his transfer to Edinburg, effective
Feb. 20. Fleming lias been here for
the past eleven months.
E. A. Kilburn, Edinburg, will b«
transferred to fill the vacancy here.
J. H. Rankin, who has been in the
service here also has received notice
of his transfer effective March 1.
HERE FROM °~ .
MINNESOTA
J. G. Morrison arrived Monday
morning from Minneapolis, Minn., for
a six weeks stay combining bt nines*
and pleasure. Mr. Morrison inde hi*
first trip to the Valley in December,
'913, and at that time a 'and com-
•■any was formed known as the T oil-
field Land Company, which upora'ed,
here several years. Mr. Moirisoa
ov ns land here and ha mudé a great
many u-fps since that time, keeping
in touch with this community.
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