Laredo Weekly (Newspaper) - July 6, 1928, Laredo, Texas and I A J f J d Eisemann Crosley Roy al Furniture COPANY 1 A CITRUS BERMUDA A Laredo Local NEWSPAPER Published By LAREDO PEOPLE for LAREDO PEOPLE Volume III se m LAFON AND VELA ARE SENTENCED BY JUDGE S f Sentences Passed Tuesday Forenoon on Three of Four of the Former Officials of First State Bank Time in Jail Since Conviction Go on I 1 r Rafael years in the state penitentiary of embezzlement of bank Luis two years in the state penitentiary for em misapplication and abstraction of bank Serapio two years in the state penitentiary for creting bank t Thus the and assistant the order named were sentenced by Judge Mul lally to serve the terms imposed on them in district court here on May 9 in connection with the former First State K Trust Each of the three men have to their credit the time they were in jail since their conviction on May 9 as this time applies on the sentences The three men were brought before District Judge Mullally in district court on Tuesday and after the usual the sentences were Each showed of their but offered no excuse why sentence should hot be They were then led out of the in which there were only a few back to their cells in the county there to remain until such time as the penitentiary agent may come and take them away with other prisoners convicted at the recent terms of the Webb county district But one of the four former bank officials of the State Bank Trust is at he being Royle former president of the who was given years in the penitentiary on May 21 last charged with embezzle misapplication and abstraction of bank and whose case is now on appeal to the court of criminal ANOTHER BIG CHAIN STORE TO OPEN BUSINESS HERE IN AUGUST New York Waist Known as Close Lease for Quarters in Vails Building Lease Effective August 1 Means Much to Women of Another big chain store has decided to locate itt Laredo The womert of Laredo will soon enjoy the pleasure of entering a store devoted exclusively to womens for one of the largest and best known chain stores of the country will open its doors here probably in Laredo women are with this for those discreet buyers among who have store in large cities know that jf is one of the best in its line that the quality of goods sold have no The New York Waist operating a chain of specialty shops throughout the United States known as has closed a lease with John Vails for a term of ten years for the store quarters in the new Vails building between La Bella the uptodate furnishings store of Laredo and the lobby of the on Hidalgo the The lease on the building begins on August which indicates that at that time the company will be getting their stocks fixtures and goods into the The quarters secured by Mangels are 22 feet wide and 50 feet with basement space Assurance has been received from the lessees that they propose to give the women of Laredo the best store in and as Mangels deals in only the best quality of goods for women at reasonable prices it is an assured fact that this store will immediately become popular and be the mecca for shoppers from all parts of this The Laredo Weekly welcomes the new establishment to in fact any thing is for the good of Laredo finds a EXPORTS FALL OFF FOR JUNE First Half of Passes Mark in Goods to Mexico Thru Exportations to Mexico thru the port of for the first sx months of 1928 amounted according to official report of Mexican Consul Rafael de la Colima of The total valuation bf v goods exported l through the i port to of to Ml Laredo the month of June June exportations ed a big falling off compared dther five months hall f thai the sum during July and a portion of Sep after w movement of American merchandise begin is predicted that the total f v RI ALTO SECURES THE VITAPHONE Talking Laredos UptoDate Theater Will be Installed on The Amusement lessees of Rialto going to provide the people of Laredo with the latest and best in the motion picture line K Manager Jack Rowley an that the Vii pictures will at the Rialto on Engineers of the Western Electric have com their survey of the Rialto Theater and the necessary in will begin The talking picture to be shown in Laredo at will he Warner in Glorious short order by The Lion and the In addition the fa mous First United Artists and whose Franchises are all by the Amusement their productions Webb July Subscription Two Dollars a Year asked if his son BONNIE IS BACK STRONG FOR AL Returned From Houston Satur day Says Al Smith Next President of With key swinging the back window of his car and bedeck ed with a large Texas flag and a huge badge bearing the likeness of Al Smith on his noble Bonnie county returned from the Democratic conven tion at Houston last Saturday his Al will take the place of stated Al the man of the and next to him in judg ng from the way they went after him he appeared anywhere in is Jimmy the mayor of New Houston did herself entertaining the dele gates to the convention and en oys the honor of nominating the man who will be the next president of the United Bonnie was wearing a broad smile and says that smile will C much broader after the votes in WEBB COUNTYS Gets About f or Bale in This County Webb countys first cotton of 1928 was ginned al the Farmers Gin plant on in this city Monday afternoon and the grower nearly including the price paid for the staple and The first bale for Webb county was grown by Aguilar on his farm near Aguj lares and when ginned weighed 500 pounds of cotton that grad ed strict The bale was purchased by the Farmers Gin at 21 cents per pound for for the cot ton and to this was added the premium offered by the merchants of Laredo for the first bale county cot DISTRICT COURT u AWAY dumber of Criminal Cases Dis posed of During the Past Week in Court While all the cases set were not tried at this term of the dis rict court of the judicial which ad all those re in Th fol owing cases have been disposed f since last report published in Weekly Fernando charged with burglary 2 years in the state Martin transporting liquors Harold two cases charging forgery dismissed custody on account of county physician reporting him victim of Jose charged with Trinidad charged with escaped from county Antonio failure to stop and render aid after run ling down and fatally injuring little Margaret Gallagher two years in the state Margil charged with Burglary two months in the county charged the state Albert theft of an automobile two years in tiary as to charges r were Serafin charged with four cases of burglary two rears in the stare Jose Maria Garcia ton of the season of On Tuesday morning the Farmers Gin also turned out Zapata countys second this coming from a farm near San r PLANT OPENING DUE TOMORROW Central Power 8C Light Fil tration Plant Will Have Form al Opening The Central Power Light will formally open their modern and capacious filtration just completed at a cost FIRST BALE FOR ZAPATA COUNTY Lucio From Near Za Put Over the First Bale of the Season Old Zapata county put over first bale of cotton of the of 1928 on last Satur its season June The first bale of the season in Zapata county was grown on the farm of Lucio Cuellar one and onehalf miles north of It was ginned by the Zapata Gin on Saturday aha shipped to Laredo to Am Johnson for The cotton classed good mid of on Saturday even ing beginning with ceremonies appropriate to the The dedication will be followed by a grand barbe cue on the The dedication speech will be made by James Kennedy of president of the Cen tral Power 6t Light and the response will be made by Robert Lee Bobbitt of Officials of the power company will be here to attend the open while invitations have been issued to the city chamber of lunch eon and civic clubs and other representative bodies to attend and participate in the dedica tion of the JUDGE RECTOR MET SANTA ANA Fact That He Interviewed Mex ican General in 1875 Folks to Ask Judge Rector is oldest newspaper reporter in both in point of service and in a practicing The judge is now an Al charged with swindling Rojas asked reimbursed those from whom battl Smith enthusiast and a good but in as a newspaper he wentto Mexico City and interviewed General Santa Anna the year before that well known charac ter passed to the great While attending the Texas State Bar Association conven tion in Houston in 1927 some one made the remark Judge Rector was the man who interviewed General Anna in A lady who overheard the remark sought out the approached him and d were you in the e of San The money was casei fora few was I but how he did Luera et charged Finally he informed the i r f i fl with theft of cattle was given two years with suspended sen William charged was and with aggravated tried Monday morning fined and Cristobal charged was married to iting charge ainst lady that he was not in Texas at the that famous historic time of But the judge says folks will ask funny a ago Judge Rector was Charles McLane As it a the ah dling and the bale weighed about 320 Cotton picking is now in progress in Zapata county and a number of bales of cotton will be turned out in short or The Zapata county cotton while being cut down considerably as a result of the extremely hot weather and ab sence of will make a fairly good number of bales this Zapata countys first bale was brought to Laredo early Mon day morning and was bought by Ambrose Johnson of the Laredo Cotton Gin who Gid 20 cents per pound for the with an extra premium of two and onehalf cents per Ginning is now in order in both Zapata and San Igna as cotton picking started in earnest at the beginning of the TRICK Put Over Special Tax at Special Election Last Saturday By Unanimous Zapata is stepping right along in the march of progress and promises to get right in the middle of road in making of modern improve all along the At the special election held in Zapata county last Saturday to vote on the proposition of a special tax of 15 fifteen the valuation of property to create fund of about for road and bridge the proposition carried by unani mous The taxpayers by a vote of 205 for and 0 against put the tax From the funds to be real from this special tax three new bridges are to be built over in Zapata county and road grading and graveling will be done on several GLORIOUS 1TH DULY OBSERVED JIM HOGG GINS ITS FIRST BALE Bustamante From Near Heb bronville Gets First Bale of 1928 First bales are the order oi the day in this immediate sec tion of Texas at this with cotton picking under headway in a number of Jim Hogg countys first bale of 1928 cotton was ginned by the Edds Si Acklen gin at Heb bronville on June The cot ton raised by Fautino Busta mante on his farm south of Hebbronville and when con verted into a bale weighed 482 pounds of strict middling cot ton The bale was bought by the Edds Si Acklen Gin at cents per pric paid for the first to jether with premiums given by the merchants of Hebbronville netted the grower about WORK STARTS IN ZAPATA COUNTY engineer Huffman Starts Sur vey of Zapata County High way for the County Highway Engineer Huffman of Webb coun who was detailed bv the Laredo Closed for in Sane Old and Spent Glorious Fourth was ob served in Laredo in a quiet and sane with a slight dis play of fireworks at night as a fitting climax to the anniver sary of American spent the great day visiting friends in nearby towns and others spent the day on impromptu summer tours to the country and others at All places the i day Sunday Independence although many patriotic Americans were proud to dis play Glory from staffs or from their Wed night on the Heights and in Montrose Young America celebrated thes big or the of business closed for and it was more like day with displays of illuminating the in a number of There were no accidents casualties as a result of Glorious Fourth in dont Try Laredo Weekly Illustrated State Highway Commission to make a survey of a highway rom the Webb line on he north through Zapata coun y to the Starr county line on he took the field this week and is now engaged in making the using the Army aerial map as a in making the route as direct as Surveying of the proposed began at the Starr line and is progressing northward through Zapata toward the Webb coun y The line will in a meas ire follow the route of the military highway long the Rio through Zapata but in order to overcome some deep arroyos and other obstacles the army aerial map will be resorted to in order to make the highway in a more straight line than the present highway running through Zapata After the survey is completed and Engineer Huffman has made his report to the State Highway Commission it is be the necessary state and federal aid will be provided to give Zapata county a highway that will connect all intervening territory from Laredo on the north with the Lower Rio Gran de Valley by a firstclass high and thus aid in operating to development much valuable land in Zapata as this is one of the few counties in Texas that is without any rail road connections FIELD WELL COMES IN FLOWING 1200 OIL PER DAY HAD GOOD TIME AT 400 Laredo Excursionists Who Went to Corpus for Fourth Report Fine Program The 400 who Went to Corpus Christi on the special excursion train operated by the Division of the Conductors and Engineers on returned to Laredo at 5 oclock Thursday The excursionists report hav ing had a most delightful time in the seaside despite the fact that Corpus was throngd by thousands of All secured accommodations and prices charged were both for meals and The motor boat the grand street parade and other features of the celebration Wednesday were pronounced by who witnessed them as the best ever witnessed during celebra tions in Humble Gets Oil Weir in Duval Houston Gulf Gas Gets Oil Well in Jim Killam Makes Flowing Well in Magnolia Gets Gasser Spray ing Jewell and Morgan Get Big The Magnolia Petroleum pulled a big ace out of the deck on Monday when their 5 Bruni on the recently ac quired Lease came in flowing 1200 barrels of oil the first 24 This is the biggest well in the past two weeks that has been brought in in the Laredo The well is located in Block 65 of the Bruni land in the Casing is set at 2167 feet on top die sand with ite bottom of the hole at 2170 Magnolia Petroleum also has casing set in their 4 at 2177 feet in the south part of the Alber cas The well in Share One of Las Animas Grant in Webb The Cole Petroleum has casing set in two wells in their ease in Section 412 of Webb County in the Cole Casing s set in the 59 at 2335 feet and in the 62 at 2329 Good cores were taken from both wells and they expect to add a couple of good oil wells to their production by the end f the The Houston Oil Cohas perfected arrangements with he owners of the Laurel Lease of 200 acres in Section 753 of Webb County in the Cole field for its future operations and lave assumed charge of all The Laurel 6 s drilling at 1000 feet and thf 4 was reported setting up on A location has been made for the 8 n Block 12 of Section The other wells are in Block 13 jf the The Laurel 3 which came in last week flowing 600 of oil daily was reported Wednesday as flowing 500 The Cole Petroleum Company has also received word fiat two Cooper Twin Air Compressors ordered two weeks go had been shipped from a nd will be in Bruni in a couple of This makes three for the Cole Petroleum one of which as been in operation for nearly a Magnolia Petroleum Cof probably has another big flow ng well on the way in the Cole field in Section 754 of Webb The well is their 5 Valdez and has casing set at 328 with sand at 2329 to 2334 The well was bailed in ate Monday afternoon and it blew in a big gasser throwing ic bailer against the crown After clearing itself the rell was pronounced a dry gasser of great volume but after lowing a few minutes it began to spray The well was put under control as valves had been set on the casing cad Wednesday afternoon it was decided to lubricate the well nd drill it a few feet deeper with expectations of bringing the rell in the second time as a big flowing oil Killam Billings in Section 46 of Webb County is at 2400 feet according to Harry Laredo rilling Houston Oil is deepening their 3 Benavides in 683 of Webb County in the drilling was resumed at 3009 feet early this week and the well reported 3195 feet deep Thursday This well as inch casing set at 3004 feet and it will be drilled as cep as possible according to information at George Mirando City drilling has his biggest string f tools on the Killam has his 10 in Block 64 field if Webb County ready to bring Casing set at 2173 feet and hie top of the sand is 2174 Latest reports just before going to press reveals the news hat the 10 Bruni described above came in early Thurs ay and is swabbing 450 barrels of clean The well is ex acted to make one of the best in the The well is 179 feet deep with five feet of sand Killam has abandoned his 14 and 15 Bruni i Block 64 of the Grant as water wells at 2356 and 196 feet Houston Oil has set surface 10 inch casing in their 1 in Share One Las Animas Grant in Vebb County at a depth of 61 feet and were drilling at 800 eet Jewell has finished up his 1 Bruni in Block 6 of the Grant in the field as a gasser making feet of Casing is set at 2150 feet on op the sand with the bottom of the hole at 2153 ewell has located his 2 Bruni in the northeast part of Block Kepley Production drilling in Block 125 of SubDivision of the Puig Ranch in the north half of the Grant in Webb County picked up a salt water sand around 2300 Sturm is setting up tools to drill a well in Section in Webb The well is the Morgan spudded his 1 on Tues The well is located in Section 323 of Duval County in the northeast part of the Cole Gleason Oil has their 1 Benavides in Block 6 of Section 11 i n Zapata Morgan Southern Gas Utilities brought in a monster gasser this week in the Albans pool in Share One of Las Animas Grant in Jim Hogg The well is loca ted on Block 19 and is the 4 Casing is set at 2102 and the bottom of the hole is The Lewis tester was Continued Pin Two Dollar Check to Laredo Country for whole Laredo Drawer and get all the from and mad your paper for
