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PIMES, LAREDO, TEXASAll •The News That’s Fit Tas this C's and sta m -•e you of the , Muir, f eh 11-oolness policeutelage ■ coulde”s. n e w jict ure. ygolng dolphe lzziing, Ions inl.v hu-ions in ho fore, famous ilendid ills the ncs M. andirected ker of heel of com-fain on3 The r a n duivate.-tid ivo-FORMER CITY OFFICER VISITSAllie V. Wooraan, who served Laredo for 14 years as its city secretary and who loft here in 1020 after filling his last term for Los Angeles, Calif., to ninke his home, accompanied by his wife, has been a visitor in Laredo during the past ten days.iUr. Woodman, who is now 70-years-old, looks? in the. prime of health and says ho delights in walking about old Laredo and noting the many improvements that have taken place during his nino years ahser.ee. lie served as secretary under .Mayor Robert Ito Contb and knew tlie city in the days before the vanguard of progress came, and now tliitt it is hero ho pVedicts Laredo is destined to become the, biggest and best city in Southwest Tessa*.Mr. Woodman plans to- loave Wodnesday for his home in Los Angeles, hut promises his nesL visit to the old home town will not bo at such long interval as the present trip.Seek AidCONTINUED FROM PACE ONEinterest of you business men from an economic standpoint. When I say this league is non-poiitieal, 1 do not mean that our mouths shall remain sealed if it becomes evident in our own estimation that one officer in this community is responsible for tlie financial crisis that now faces us but it would become our duty to relieve the situation so as to bcL-ter economic conditions. I wish to state at this time that the object in plain English of this league shall be business before politics and not politics, before business. If there is any man present who cannot conscientiously place his business before his politics, we do not caro to have him become a member of this league. I stop at this point to (piote you the letter that was written to the Laredo Times by your committee Which was appointed at your Inst meeting.t.xircdo hail. Times, ‘Laredo, Texas, Gentlemen; —We tlie following members of the Laredo Business Men’s League organized, January 10, ilOtiO, for tiie purpose of seeking a solution to tiie present situation which Is destroying Llie business life of Laredo, do hereby earnestly request your complete cooperation In combating the conditions which now exist in our city by giving full ami complete facts, information ami publicity from every angle, of the present, question lit rough jour columns.At tit is time, tlie business life of our city is completely demor-tlized: a great number of working people are out of employment; those still employed arc revolving salary cuts, and arc racing a possibility of being Rt out; our customs brokers have moved from our city: I lie railroads have placed all emhurgoand oilier institutions are planning on : closing unless normal trade relations with Mexico are resumed.The membership of this organization is composed of the heads of the leading institutions of the city and they feel- that the local solution of this problem lies in your hands and we request that you immediately take necessary action and steps to placo this matter before the citizens of this city, county and state.”Now this letter was signed by fully 75 percent of the advertisers of this town; those of you who have- read this afternoon’s Times will know whether or not this petition had any effect. At this time, 1 wisli to state in behalf of Tho Times, that they are not only sending papers to their regular subscribers but are printing 7,000 free editions which will bo distributed lo tiie public every day until this question is settled.Now its I havo mentioned before, this league is not in polities and to my own knowledge. 1 only know of one. political organization that exists in Laredo today and that organization goes under the name of tho Independent club and 4 am of the firm belief I hat if this league as a duly constituted body representing tlie business life of this community should request this club to use Iheir efforts in seeking a iocs] solution to this problem confronting us, that this organization from no other reason than t hat of helping tho suffering that now exists, will listen to our plea:For as your daily paper has so timely stated this afternoon UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL.”Tlie following petition then was drawn up for presentation to the Independent club of Laredo.Laredo, Texas, Jan. .13. 1 330. The Independent Club of Laredo, Texas.We tho undersigned business men of Laredo. Texas, and members of the Laredo Business Men's League, feeling that in our present crisis all Laredo should stand shoulder to shoulder knowing that you are as deeply concerned asfwe in (lie seriousness of tho present, crisis caused by the closing of ourINDIGESTION GOES — QUICKLY PLEASANTLYWhen you begin to suffer from beart-burn. gas or indigestion, it’s usually tiie fault of too much acidin your stomach. The best way_the quickest way—to stop your trouble is with Phillips Milk of Magnesia. A spoonful in water neutralizes many times its volume In stomach acids—and does it instantly. The symptoms disappear in five minutes.You will never use crude.methods when you know Phillips Milk ot Magnesia. And you will never allow yourself to suffer from over-aeidity again. It is the standard anti-acid with doctors and has been Cor over fifty years.Your drug store has Phillips Milk of Magnesia, in generous 25c and 50c bottles. Full directions for its many usee in every package. Insist on the genuine, A less perfect product may not act the same,“Milk of Magnesia” has been the U. S. Registered trade mark of the f.'has. If. Phillips Chemical Co., and its predecessor Chas. II. Phillips, since 1S7 5. (Adv.)port of entry to Mexico, assure you that we aro willing to render any service possible and respectfully request you to press on to a speedy and successful solution of our local situation, which is causing severe financial loss to the business interests of our city, as well as suffering and hardships to a large percent of our citizenship and particularly to the poorer classes.Respectfully submitted, LAREDO BUSINESS MEN'S LEAGUE.”EmbarrassingSEATTLE, Wash.—To bo taken to tlie police station partially clothed and held for ten hours as a result of a neighborhood spite quarrel is embarrassing, according to Mrs. Elda Hill. And for sucli embarrassment she entered a damage suit of 510,000 against Louis .1. Forbes, chief of police, Ernest Winter, patrolman, and Mr. and Mrs. F. M. llayncr, neigh hors.Snake bites kill more than 20,-000 persons every year in India.DA Rufus la 1 t casset prices just I quote-some? but ) sincoor 4THE HOME OF VITAPHONETODAYDUNCAN SI!—In—“IT’S A GREA'TOMORROWGAYMORI CHARLES I FARRELL|!h«£on El, Brerdel Marjorie White ^ rDTrccbed byi' /?/?/[ jktwo Bumfcyl'ikNowayoprig*erCOw.S3HoiYo “S I IofHe
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Laredo Times
Laredo, Texas, US
Tue, Jan 14, 1930
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