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$ 5.50S pecia ly a d a p te d fo r N itro P ow der

Headquarters for all kinds of ammunition.

The PalaceA New York Soda Fountain in McAllen, Texas.Six clerks behind the counter insure prompt fountain

service a t all times.

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Main Street - - - McAllen, Texas

N ow is your Chanceto make a wood chest to ship clothes home in. We have the lumber for^he chest, and the neces­sary cypress or box-wood to make the tray.Put your spare time into making a permanent chest and make a hit with the folks at home at the same time. ____ _________ ___________

“McAllen’s Friendliest Concern”Hammond Lumber Co.

Railroad Street - - McAllen

McALLEN CURIO COMPANYB e r n a rd L ev y , P r o p r ie to r

M E X IC A N S O U V E N IR S AN D N O V E L T IE S

la a fte r years souvenirs from the Border will be in great demand. P R E P A R E

M ake y o u r p u rc h a s e s a t th is tim e

Pillow tops, Baskets, Cameo rings and hundreds of other attractive gifts suitable for Christmas.

H e l e n w a n t s t o r u n i t .W e’ve en la rg ed o u r p ie k itch en ju s t to give you boys second help ings

w h en you w a n t th em . All k in d s d a ily -ap p le , cocoanu t, peach .A la m ode too .

HELEN’S PALM CAFETrv our F resh Steaks, our new-laid eggs and Corpus Christi bread. Civilian cof­fee w ith every m eal. You’re missing something, boy if you don t ea t here. It s rea l food ^ M r s . H e l e n J a l u f a , O w n e r .

M1LLER_ HOTELThe most Southern Hotel in the United States.

Excellent ServiceB row nsville, - Texas

NEWS FROMTHE HOME GUARD

Third Infantry Back on Win­te r Drill S ch ed u le-B o rd er

Service Just History BREEZY LETTER FROM LIEUT. CASE

irder, O ctober 5, began th e ir regular schedule of drills a t th e ir home sta tions. O fficers and m eu a ll appeared eager to ge t back in to har-

T here are bu t few changes to be m ade, ajtparcn tly , among the o ffice rs o f th e Regiment fo r the coming year.

“When Dreams Come True!”SPECIAL HIDALGO CO. NEWS.

Our Soldier Neighbors’, Company H, 28th Inf. U. S. Sends Bre<

tid a lgo ,orniue

jg iv ing day w as ce lebra ted w ith iim isually f in e resu lts by the men of Co. I I , 28th In f., a t “ H id the R io G ra n d e .’ ’ The mori clear and crisp , and w as taken num erous a th le t ic e ven ts, w ith p rizes a ttac h ed . In th e afte rnoon we had a f iv e in n in g Tjall gam e, and a f te r the game, th e r e s t of th e f ie ld events. The boys w ere no t ve ry spry in th e P . M., (hie to an ove rw eigh t in th e re ­gion o f th e stom ach.

The tu rk e y w as done to a tu rn , and the sp ike in th e punch caused tongues to loosen considerab ly . The in g red ­ien ts in the mince p ie also did th e ir share tow ard a w arm inside fee ling .

The ball gam e w as betw een th e H;1 th e Y annigans, and w

COLUMBIA THEATRE

A n a ttr a c tiv e program is offered a t th e Columbia th e a tre th is com ing week. On T hu rsday M are M cD erm ott and M i­riam N esb itt w ill be shown in the p leasing photoplay, “ The C a tspaw .’ ’ On Sunday Charlie Chaplain in the burlesque on Carmen. N ever before has C harlie crammed so m any laughs in to a film as he has in th is p ic tu re and th e new m ake up is p leasing. Mr. A nderson of the th e a tre has booked m any good p ic tu res fo r th e near fu tu re , am oung those w ill be “ The C ountry th a t God F o rg o t,” w ith George F aw ce tt in th e t i t le ro le .” The R e tu rn of E v e ” w ith E dna Mayo, “ L ig h t of the We te rn S k ie s ’ and “ The P rince o f Gra s ta r k .” P a th e News film s a re shov tw ice every w eek and takes you a over th e w orld.

nigaiis and th e Y annigans, and w as won by th e fo rm er b y a score of 21 to 0.A fter the t h M inn ing , th e o f fk i a l o n ‘ fhe rarge“ a'l.core keeper lo st count and fe ll asleep H arlingen . In th is connection one ol

The g reased p ig caused lo ts o f th e M achine Gun Comannisem ent, runn ing abou t a h a lf m ile reg im ent, i t is said, brok<to h is fo rm er hom e, th e f i r s t tim e he ‘

" “ “"So. n-rncr S f 3 “ Si i S . ,He than fly paper to remove f

the th ird inn ing , the keeper lo st count and fe'

g reased p igam usem ent, runn ing j_____ „ ----- ------to h is fo rm er hom e, th e f i r s t tim e he was released , be in g chased b y s ix of our f lee te s t. B u t th e second tim e he

^TiSivw some, o f th e boys, be ing cap tu red by P r iv a te CuITigan th rough a f in e b it of s tra teg y .

The e v en iu g ’s e n te r ta in in e n tw ith Se r­g ean t M cK enzie as to a stm a ste r and an ­nouncer w as a huge success. P r iv a te M eegan, D Troop 3rd C avalry , ab ly a s­s isted by S encr S ousa ’s M exican B and, fu rn ished th e m usic w hich w as very eood, considering th e hand icap the M exican Band had . T he m andolin and g u ita r rendered some o f th e la te s t songs (o f H idalgo,) and th e y w ere well received, the b o y s jo in in g in.

T he liqu id refre shm en ts w ere cold and p le n tifu l aud th e m en w ere no t a b it backw ard . The keg beer w as voted b e tte r th a n the b o ttled k ind.

D uring th e course o f th e f ie s ta , L ieu­te n a n t Crockett, our w ell know n ex-C. C., w ith a fine TIow of o ra to ry , pre" sen ted the prizes fo r th e a th le tic

The priZ'

The ;jr.l N. Y. In fa th ree weeks rest tu rn from the Bor

m try iiuits, a fte r llowing th e ir re-

M ajor George Shej Falls has decided, atif te r a service of 30

pard . F irs t L ieu tenan t W alter K . W liitlcy, on aceouut of his w ofk in the 2ud N ational B ank of E lm ira , finds i t necessary to g ive up h is connection\ei+'K T\̂ _ -1 r . 1ici uj. o_yracu8e, commanuing the chine Gun Company, w ants to ge t to the Cavalry us he says a Ford ru n ­about is no m ount fo r a Yellowleg. He will be succeeded by F irs t L ieu tenan t P . G. S taudenm aier of Rochester in case of his retirem ent. L ieu tenan ts K arl Kloch and F rank Couch, whose business calls them out of th e mili- ta ry d is tric t, will e ither resign or be placed on the reserve lis t.

F riends of the o rganization who w it­nessed the departu re of th e troops from the home sta tions la s t June , were loud in th e ir praises o f th e fine appea r­ance of the men on th e ir re tu rn from the ir sum m er on the M exican Border, and w ere quick ' to no te the soldierly im provem ent in the w ay the men wore th e ir cloth ing and carried th e ir equip-

The tim e of blue skies and brillian t foliage and smoky h ills of Ind ian Sum­m er in N ew Y ork S ta te is a hard sea­son to beat, only i t does no t la s t long enough. The cold, raw , da rk days, with the ra in and snow and chill th a t p u t in so much overtim e here a rc hav ing more than usual e ffec t o f depression on the men of the 3rd In fa n try . They cannot bu t rem em ber th a t though once upon a tim e the M agic V alley seemed a place where spines /gre.w upon every th ing iu the vegetab le line and th e ’sand ' neath seemed the home of unnumbe

1 be-

fly paper to remove from in e 's ga rm ent; th a t more often the vide sky w as w arm and b lue and ujien-

p any of th is reg im ent, i t is said, broke a ll records in load ing s tr ip s , he having loaded forty -seven s tr ip s in one m in­u te . I t is sa id th a t th e b e s t previous record was fo rty -fiv e s tr ip s in ' one m inute, m ade by a soldier in the Regu­la r A rm y. '

SPECIAL SERVICES NEXT SUNDAY

The R igh t Rev. Win. T. Cavers, D. D. Bishop o f W est T exas w ill be the guest of the 6 th D ivision Coadjutor on Sunday, Decem ber th e 10th. A r­rangem ents a re be ing made fo r him to vreach a t th e D ivision H eadquarte rs p la tfo rm in the m orn ing a t 10 o ’clock; in th e even ing a t 7:30 he will

w ere p rom ptly sr to D iu ty M oore, and some made w as procured.

did noble w ork , be ing ve H ea ly of Co. solos w ere well “ N a th a n ” as

sung by P r iv a te D ragon, a da rk son of

The rec ita tio n s w ere num erous and g rea tly fy jpreciated. L ie u ten a n t Crock­e t t surpassed th e g ro a t D igby B ell iu h is e ffo rt called “ L asea .” P r iv a te M eegan gave us “ G ungha D in g h ’ ’ aud “ K e lly ’s D ream ,” am idst lo ts o f ap­plause.

T he boxing w as th e h it of th e even­ing . T here w ere fo u r 4-rouud bouts be­tw een some good boys in the Company. T hey w ere a ll d raw s, of course.

Se rgean t M cKenzie to ld some o f his tru e experiences in A laska and Sulu Is. A long tow ard 11:30 the soda pop ran out, and we w en t to bed , a fte r calling th e day a huge success.— Sergt. Ro

in th e even ing a t 7:30 he will preach a t the Y. M. C. A. bu ild ing near th e 1st C avalry and E n g in e ers’ camps, and a t 8:30 in th e Y . M . C. A. bu ild ing near the in fa n try and a rti lle ry regim ents. I t is his desire to say a w ord of g ree t­ing to a ll th e men of the 6th D ivision.

Through th e courtesy of th e M eth­od ist congregation in M cAllen he will celeb ra te H oly Communion in the ir church bu ild ing a t 8 a. m. and at 3:30cuurcil uumuiig ul o a. jh. UHVIp. m. w ill adm in is ter th e Sacram ent of Confirmation to a class p repared by Chaplain Fe ll o f th e 22nd E ngineers.

“ PROM A NEW YORK GIRL!”

coal uiiiHA fter leav ing P h a rr la st September,

the rcginient eventually arrived a t Camp W hitm an, N. Y., a fte r a pleasan t

iue Gun Com pany of the

mne-ction one o l occasion to w orry over

te r leav ing PI - . rcginient eve...v,Camp W hitm an, N. Y joui'iiey by .'■''•1 M»hi

I d a y s.' They took She rain back to Ne»v York w ith tliem and were g ree ted a t Green H aven w ith a downpour, the f i r s t ra in fa ll the re in a m on th ’s tim e. I t was real New Y ork rain , too, and the doughboys, who bad le ft th e ir mules a t Pha rr, hitched themselves to the supply wagons and hauled a ll th e ir cam p equipm ent from the railroad s ta ­tion to th e ir camp site, on the ground occupied by the 69th In fa n try last Juno, by hand. Oh, dear, i t was m uddy. B ut the men declared it was good, clean N ew Y ork mud and they did not g ive

hang, or words to th a t e ffect.I t took tw o v.-eeks of d reary paper

w ork to m uster the regim ent out and the nigh ts , and some of tlie days, w ere cold ones for the men ju s t from th e Southland a n d ' in th e ir th in cotton clothing. The tim e was, however, fill-

- - .............. ..e s of in te resting drillsand the men made the most of the ir a fternoon holidays by tak ing long tram ps through the p leasan t hills about W hitm an. In spite of the cold, th e health of the command was generally good. As a result of the issue of f ir e ­wood being in su ffic ien t fo r the heat­ing of the ten ts, many of the deserted

il p a rtia lly destroyed farm buildings the neighborhood of the camp mys- iously (iisapjieared as tlie days wore

your own home Y ork G ir l.”

tiiias D inner

THEY HAVE WINGS IN TEXAS

A tliree-year-old miss becam e in te r­ested ill a pecu liar noise, and asked^

* ' ‘ ‘'A*crTcket, ile a r ,” replied Iier niotli

>11,” rem arked the l it t le lady, ight to ge t h im self o iled .” —E.v.

SIMPLE PLEASURES ARE BESTEven the M. P ’s play Billiards. Must

be good sport. O f course the place to to play is at

LOUIS GERLTSFive new Brunswicke and Balke tables for use. Price same as ever, 5 cents a stick. Best of service always.

DO YOU BOWL?Keeps your back limber. Try a Game

today. Bring your friends.Location: Railroad Street, opposite station,

McALLEN, TEXAS

ing procedure.•As usual, the pay-rolls were made

out and aigned several li.mes and the old, fam ilia r pay-roll song, “ All we do is sign the pay ro ll,” but like the good man tvho w ent f ish ing a fte r clams, we

a dod-gasted cent, Avas heard em ent of the

never got a dod-ga: to the last, to the a I'icers o f the Gov

The nn its of the regim ent were royal- Ip Avelcomod by the various communi­ties a t th e ir home sta tions when a t last released from du ty a t the S ta te Camp. O fficers and men a like are now look­ing back on the long summer camp as one of the most in te resting events of th e ir lives. N oav th a t i t has done gone and happened, they a re w ondering w liat will happen nex t.— W. C. Case.

PAY FOR NATIONAL GUARD.

•\s fa s t as o rganizations a re muster- I out of the Federa l SerA-ice and re- irned to S ta te SerA'ice they will re ­

ceive the governineut pay allowed un­der the N ational D efense Act, which is based in proportion to a ttendance on drills. I f a man a ttends forty -e igh t drills during the year he is en titled to fu ll pay, b u t fo r every drill less th is

rnber a proportionate amount of pay deducted.

Avill be paid a t the follow- P riva tes , $45; firs^t c^a^s,

is d

200; 1st ffieers, $

No ad justm ent we haA-o made on Congress tires and tubes has cost our customers one cent fo r express charges to the fac to ry and back. We pay a ll expenses. P rac tica lly a ll ad justm ents are made righ t here in BrownsAdlle. Buy the tire w ith the best gua ran tee ev'er offered. You save money in tw o ways. W alker Bros. H ancock Co. H dw re Dep.