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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-18
LOCAL ITEMS

DIR. Kent, eye, ear, nose and
throat Office Combe building.
S-26-tf
First Methodist Cmrch-Tenth
street, opposite Federal building
Everybody invited and made vel
come. Special music: Sunday
school, 9:45; sermon II o'clock
Installation of League OFFICERS and
song service, s o'clock A Noble
James. pastor.
Expert Blacksmith. - Repairing,
hOrseshOeing. etc. First class work
Manuel Flores. -16-tf Wed-Sat
BrOwnsvviile's Fine CIimate-'The
oftener | make trips away from this
valley, the more | appreciate its pc
culiar climatic advantages, said
VIM. H. Mason, who returned yester-
day from one of his periodical trips
during which he visited three states
and divers cities Everywhere
have been hearing complaints of the
terrific heat during the past summer
and when | butted in and told peO-
pie, at Shreveport for instance, where
the mercury went to ia degrees In
the shade, what mild weather we've
had here all summer they simply
hooted at me They think that be-
cause Brownsville is a few hundred
miles farther south, the climate must
be Just that much warmer and its
mighty hard to convince them that
they are wrong Blu, they are learn
ing the same story from so many diff
ferent lips that they are beginning 10
get curious at least and I'll be greatly
surprised if ! don't see many of the
doubters down here this winter
Presbyterian Church There Will
be the usual services at the Presby-
terrain church tomorrow Sunday
school 10 a m; preaching II a. n,
and s p. m. Subject Of morning
sermon: Looking Both Ways; Of
evening sermon: The Faith of
Abram -" Everyone is cordially in
yited to attend
\ marriage license was issued to-
day to Pedro Loera and Pillar Oil
varez.
The only real estate transfer re
corded this morning was that OF
Alice Driver and her husband, j.
II. Driver. TO Walter J. Jacobsen and
William Is. Hinkley so acres out OF
the Conception de Carricitos
grant Consideration $1,000.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-18
PER SONALS

E. NJ Card of Chaplin, one of the
leading civil engineers of Hidalgo
county, came down by yesterdays
mixed train, accompanied by Mrs.
Card, and will spend a week here,
being guests of Mrs. Clearwater.
They report Chaplin in a flourish
ing condition. The new Hidalgo
county seat was miles beyond the
overlooked district and. as Mr. Card
says would hardly have known there
had been an overflow, had if, not
been for the Interrupted railroad
traffic
Assistant Sup't. Lorimer of the
Brownsville road came in last night
on thte unlimited freight-fOrty-
three cars of it-and went out this
morning to gather up some more.
Harry May, one of McAllens well
known citizens, returned last night
from a trip to St. Louis, and is spend
ing the day in town.
F. B. Mcfarland of Harlingen re-
turned yesterday from a weeks visit
to Houston He was in such a hurry
to get to Brownsville that he came
i45Ht liiOuSi " iNAlOuI SNODpiAS at
home.
l. X. Morris, the enterprising lum-
Der man, who was away for a week
visiting Houston, Nacogdoches and La
Porte on business, came in on the
eleven: fifteen train last night.
Last nights train brought in City
Attorney Kibbe. who has been away
TO San Antonio and Corpus Christi
for more than week
Miss Lillian Johnson returned last
night from San Antonio where she
has been on a visit tOrelatives for the
past month.
w. H. Tate, the son of Mr.. and
Mrs Fred Tate left this morning
for San Marcos to attend the Aca-
DENY at that place. He expected TO be
joined at Harrington by Joe Holloway,
the son OF Mr. and Mrs. NJ. H. HOllo-
way of Run. who Will attend yne
same school.
Chas H. Yetman of Harlingen was
in town overnight.
r \ Magill left this morning for
Corpus Christi where his wife and
family are staying.
Miss Hetty Dougherty returned
Wednesday after a pleasant six
weeks vacation trip, divided between
Galveston and San Antonio.
The many Brownsville friends of
Miss Mamie Closner are glad to learn
that she will be in the city next week
having written that she will come
down Tuesday to visit her grand
mother, Mrs. NJ Dougherty- Miss
Closner returned to Chaplin a few
days ago from visit to Mexico.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-18
PASSENGER SERVICE
BECOMING NORMAL
First Train Through in One Day
From HOust0n-Branch Train An
nOunced for Tomorrow.

Passenger train No from Hous-
ton arrived here last night about one
O'Clock, about two hours behind
schedule time This was the first
train to come through in one day
since traffic was resumed.
The track between Lyford and
Raymondville, which has been the
source of no little anxiety to the rail-
road officials, and on which a crew
has been working for several days,
is now in fairly good shape and the
railroad company expects to have
trains running into Brownsville
within the next day or so on regular
schedule time Passenger No. 1 lis
now running regularly, leaving
Brownsville at 400 a M, schedule
time
The branch train that left Harlin-
gen yesterday after the arrival of the
south bound main line train that
reached here at , p. m, was delayed
by the sinking of the track on the
east side OF the bridge east of Mer-
cedes and was delayed there until 9
o clock, at which time the track had
been repaired sufficiently ito allow il
to proceed to FOrdyce where il lay
over night. 1t returned to Mercedes
this morning and lay there until
about 800 p. m, reaching Harrington
at four
1t is announced that No. %, the
regular branch train, will run out of
Brownsville tomorrow morning at
a:55. the regular time
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-18
CANAL COMPANY
WILL PUSH REPAIRS
President Mcdowell of Ladonna Syn
dictate Writes Plans Are Ready
Work to Begin Soon.

The LadOnna Land Syndicate.
whose canal near Donna suffered
damages TO the extent of several
thousand dollars in the recent over
flow, has already prepared plans for
making repairs and improvements
which will soon put the canal in even
better shape than before, the work
10 begin very shortly and be pushed
vigorously This encouraging news
comes by letter from the president of
the company, J. c. Mcdowell of Pitts
burg, Pa, to DR.. S. X Hallam, the
well known land man of Brownsville,
who is extensively interested at DON
ma
Dr. .Aallam informs the reporter
that the company expects to replace
the fumes which were washed away
by inverted siphons, which will run
under the resaca beds and be safe
from high water. As much of the
damage from the overflow was
caused by the washing away of fumes
which INSTRUCTED the natural drain
age ways Of that section, il is readily
seen that by replacing the fumes
with siphOns, danger of such damage
in future will be very largely d0nc
away with.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-18
SEC'Y OF WAR DICKINSON
WILL BE AT CORPUS
To Address Interstate Inland Water
ways COnVentiOn-Other Promin-
ent Men to Attend.

Special to The Herald.
Corpus Christi. Texas, Sept IS
Secretary of War Dickinson. who
Will visit Corpus Christi with Presi-
dent Taft's party, October -. has
written accepting an invitation to aG-
dress the Interstate Inland Water
ways Convention
The president will speak before
the convention at II o'clock on the
morning of that day In order that
the address may be heard by the
thousands of visitors who VIII be
in the city. arrangements are being
made for the president 20 speak in
the open. This arrangement has
been approved by Secretary Car9ea
ter.
Invitations 10 address the canven-
tjoH rave also been sent Secretary OF
State Knox and Secretary of Com
merce and Labor Nagel and il is
believed they will be accepted.
Among the prominent Texan VINO
will take part in the convention are
Governor Campbell, Lieut-Governor
Davidson, Congressman Garner,
Si2yden, Burgess and Hardy. ana
former congressman Cooper, Rail
road Commissioner COlquitt. Attor-
ney General Davidson and others.
Louisiana viii be represented by
Governor Sanders, Mayor Behrman
Of New Orleans and several congress
men. Hon. JnO- A Fox. special di-
rector Of the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress, will occupy
prominent place on the program.
Advices received here indicate that
the convention viii be attended by
the largest list Of bona fide dele
gates in the history OF the organi-
zation. The presence of the presi-
dent and leading members OF his
cabinet has inspired the advocates
OF the inland waterways project
with the hope o. securing their ac-
tive cooperation in the early con
summation of the undertaking.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-18
QUARTER MILE OF FREIGHT.
FOrty-Four Cars of Supplies Reached
Here Last Night. 40 Mere Coming

The shortage in supplies which had
lef, q blank in the daily menu of most
Brownsville tables in place of break
fast bacon, potatoes, butter and On
lens, has been relieved \ freight
train finally managed to reach here
last night at seven o'clock-the first
in over two weeks. 1t consisted of
fOrty-four freight cars. besides the
engine and cabOOse. When the en-
CINE stopped at the freight depot
the cabOOse at the reear of the train
was the other side of the stock yards.
distance OF about a quarter of
mile. The local freight left here this
morning for Kingsville, this also be-
ing the first freight to leave here in
d couple of weeks, and another
freight is expected to arrive here
some time today.
Assistant Sutp. Lorimer, who
brought the freight in last night, said
that there were over seventy cars
more bound for Brownsville on sid
ings south of Kingsville These will
be gathered up and run in here as
quickly as possible The freight
blockade strained the capacity of the
station sidings ito the utmost, every
one from kingSville down having
been practically filled up when the
road was unally reOpened
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-18
River Falling at Fordyce.

Up to noon today the Rio Grande
at this point had risen about p
Feet. By three O'Clock it lacked only
about four or five inches of the high
water mark of a couple of weeks
ago. 1t has been at a stand since three
and Will probably begin falling to-
night, as it is falling above.
Fordyce reports the river falling
since ten a. m.
Harlingen reports q rise of of =
feet and still rising very slowly this
afternoon.
At Brownsville Irrigation plant Il
rise of 40 inches has occurred, and
still rising q inche per hour
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-18
WILL VOTE ON
DRAINAGE BONDS
ORDERED BY COUNTY COMMIS-
SIONERS' COURT TODAY.
$2O4, 900 Engineers Estimate of
Cost of System-Commissi
Also Agree to Sewer Proposition,
assuring Sewerage for City.

At the special meeting of the
county commissioners court this
morning. the plans of County Sur
veyor A W Amthor for a drainage
system of Cameron county, submit
ted at the last term of the court,
were approved and an election for
a bond issue of $204,000 for its con-
struction ordered, the date and yot-
ing places to be fixed by the court
on Monday.
The sewerage question was also
taken up. At the August term of
the court a committee of citizens,
consisting of Capt VIM Kelly,
Judge E. C. FortO, Jas. A. Browne
and Dr. Fred J COmbe, waited upon
the court and submitted a PROPOSE
ton to the court whereby, upon the
payment of $4,000 by the county the
court house and Jail would be furn
ished with sewerage system, rental
free and the same kept in good con-
dition during the eXistance of the
said sewerage company
The question as to the legality OF
the county entering into such a con-
tract came up and at the suggestion
of County Attorney f. K Goodrich
the matter was postponed in order
that Mr. Goodrich might take the
matter up with the attorney general.
He accordingly wrote the attorney
general, setting forth the plan sub
mitted and also stating that the
state health officer had condemned
the county Jail as being very unsan-
itary and had stated to the county
judge that unless the county install
led a sewerage system in the jail
it would have to be removed from
this place; that, upon looking into
the matter the county officials had
found that it would cost about S15,-
600 to construct a private sewerage
system for the court house and
Jail, which the officials did not think
the county was able to do now
\ reply, dated August 80, from
the assistant attorney general, r, &.
Crawford, stated that, in his oDin-
ion, the county could not en-
! ter into a contract with d corpora
ton in the manner suggested, but
that the county could make con-
tract with the sewerage company
whereby the latter would agree to
, construct sewer pipes from the
court house and jail to a main sewer
pipe owned by them, the part ri the
system connecting with the main
sewer to be the property OF the
county. and the COMPANY c6ald il.
addition make such contract as
might be agreed upOa as to keep
ing the whole system in repair. In
accordance with this opinion the
court ordered Mr.. Goodrich to draw
up a contract between the county
| and Judge Z. C. FortO and his as
signs, as there is at present no sew
erage company, whereby the pro-
posed sewer shall be installed in the
court house and Jail for cOnsidera-
ton of rental of $4,000. $4,000 Of
which is to be paid Immediately up
on the beginning OF actual cOnstrac-
ton by the said sewerage company
and the remaining $4,000 to be
paid upon completion of the same.
provided, however, that actual work
be begun before March LIST, 1910.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-18
SAN ANTONIO
The Gateway to Eower Rio Grande
Valley

All investors comipg 10 Southwest
Texas want to visit San Antonio
Why do railroads route hOmeseek-
ers away from San Antonio and via
Houston?
The answer:
Every city in Texas is Jealous of
old "Santone"
The most bealthful. beautiful and
orderly city of 100000 in the world
Homeseekers, buy your tickets via
San Antonio to Lower Rio Grande
Valley
The Herald always on tap.
Stop at San Antonio and call on
J. T. Ryan 33S Moore Building. who
has the real bargains to offer in land
in large or small tracts. If you are in
a hurry g ing through our town
phone $500 Old I'll meet you at the
depot Wed-Sat
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-18
Meteorological Report.

The following observations were
taken at the South Texas Garden for
the "a hours ending at eight O'Clock
today.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-18
Notice.

Brownsville, Texas, Aug. 81, 1909.
To all whom it may concern:
The partnership heretofore exist
ing between J. S. Rowe and J R.
Baldridge doing business at Browns
vile, Texas, under the firm name of
the Variety Store has been dissolved
by mutual consent
J. R. BALDRIDGE,
J. S. ROWE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04
TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago. Aug -WHEAT-"Dollar
wheat became reality on the Board of
Trade here today when the December de-
livery sold at that figure during early
trading, The market was weak at the
start, despite firm cables and bulish
showing of the Kentucky crop report.
There was general selling based mainly on
the favorable outlook for the new crop
in the northwest and support was pooor
Prices at the opening were 1kc higher to
&c lower, September being at S1.02 to
81: OPS. In the first few minutes the price
The market extremely weak almost all
day, September dropping to S1.0oss and
December to 991sc Covering by shorts
caused fair rally but the close was easy
With September off as@1Ac at s1O1& Q1O15.
December was down 14c at S10OA
dropped to s1011A December opened at
S1.0014 a .003s to $10015. and declined to 81 %
CORN-Commission houses in general
market was weak early in the day. The
selling was inspired chiefly by increased
offerings of corn from the west The prin-
cipal selling pressure was on the distant
greatest weakness September. which open
ed zs014c lower to a shade higher at 64lkc
to 64ssc, declined to 6324d63Ac
The market was subjected to heavy re-
to 625sc. The close was weak with Sep
TENDER down &c a 633s G631ac.
OATS-ReneWed selling by country COM
mission houses caused a decline in the
to cover sales and the market lacked any
material support September opened
shade to 1sd14c lower at 36s4c to $3.50 and
buying by local shorts. Trade however,
was not active. Prices at the opening were
sc lower to 10c higher.
RYE-Cash: 74975c; September, zoe.
BARLEY-Cash: 50d65c.
TIMOTHY-Sept ember, 1910
CLOVER-Cash: $11.5O; May, $12S5.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04
START A BACKFIRE.
'.Rule Insurgents Are Booming Payne
for the Speakership.

Washington. Aug. A number of
"rule insurgents have not gone back
to the reservation" The close vote
last Saturday on the tariff conference
report in the house showed this.
An incipient boom for Serene E.
Payne. author of the tariff bill, for
speak er of the next congress, has in
connection with this showing of Gin
surb ent'' strength caused several Of
Speaker Cannon's friends to conclude
that Uncle joe Cannon can not af-
ford to discipline those Republicans
who held important committee as
signments in the last congress and
who voted with the insurgents at the
beginning of the present session.
There was no secret made at that
time of the speakers intention to
depOse Representative Cooper, Wis
cOnsin, and Representative Gardner,
Massachusetts. from the chairman
ships respectively of the insular affairs
committee and the committee on in
dustriaI arts and expositions. There
is no indication that the speaker has
changed his decision on this point but
a number of "stalwarts'' have express
ed to him belief that he can not afford
at this time to be vindictive
Representative Weeks, Massac hu-
sets, is now being spoken of for the
craftsmanship of the committee on
postofhces and postroads. Representa-
tive Wagner. Pennsylvania. is also
in connection with the
place. Representative Gardner, New
Jersey. is the ranking member of the
postofices committee, but it is said is
not likely to get the appointment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04
LEGISLATIVE BLUNDER.
No Money Appropriated to Care For
State House Grounds

The weeds have gained great vic
tory over the state. At the last ses-
sion of the Legislature no appropria-
ton was made for the care of the
state house grounds. There is no
money on hand to cover up the mis-
take and the rest of this summer ad-
ded to next summer will give the
grand old sunfIowers chance to
decorate the followers of their en-
blem.
Tom Botkin, assistant secretary of
state, discovered this mistake while
casting his eagle eye over a number
of appropriations. Mr.. Botkin is rap
idly discovering numerous mistakes
by the legislature and this is simply
a new one added to the list.
The last appropriation ran out the
first of July. 1t was not known at
that time and considera BILE work was
done on the lawn after this date The
pay for this labor can be taken out
of the contingent fund by the exc
cutive council but there is no provis-
ion for the next year and a half
There are no plans at the present
time to raise money for this pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04
KANSAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR HIM
w. H. Guthrie Will Sell Illinois Prop
erty and Invest Here

w. H Guthrie. a Firney county land
baron, who resides at Garden City,
was in Topeka today on a real estate
deal by which enc hopes to dispose OF
an Illinois farm and add to his fold-
ings of Kansas land.
Speaking of western Kansas and es-
pecially Firney county, he said: There
has not been a season in years when
the western part of the state was as
prosperous as it is at the present time.
The season did not open we'll and d
considerable portion of the wheat was
blown out or dried from the lack Of
moisture.
In May the rains began to fall in
that section of the state and have kept
i. up every few days since that time
and the country never looked better
than at the present time. Thousands
Of bushels of corn will be raised in the
western part of the state this season,
though in the past this section has
not been looked upon with favor by
corn r9isers.
Alfalfa and sugar beets viii make
record crop this wear and the yield
of the latter win be larger than ever
before Forage of all kinds is in fine
shape and the stockmen expect feed
to DE plentiful and cheap this win
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04

IN september. will extend across the
northern and into the western part of
the state, as far as Oakley. On this
| trip some of the towns where the
exhibit will remain for from week
70 Twelve days, are: Junction City, st.
Marys Manhattan, Clay Center,
Phll1psburg, Colby, Ellsworth, Salina
ana Ao1lene. This trip. it is esti-
mated, Will require five months
Doctor Finley then will return to
topeka, and, in a week, will start on
tour OF the towns of the southern
part OF the state. This trip will in
dependence, a number of small towns
in the southern and eastern part of
the state and will end with Wichita
and Hutchinson,
Doctor Emley estimates that 20 visit
all tine larger towns of the state will
take full year. The first year no
town of less than 1000 inhabitants
VII! be visited, but in the second year
a short time will be spent in all the
small towns and the exhibit NAV even
go into the rural districts.
The exhibit which Doctor EmIey
will carry with him over the state is
to consist of tissue from all parts of
the human body which are infected
with the bacilli. and each day
shipment of beef infected with tuber-
culosis germs will be received from
Kansas CITY, In the room where the
exhibit is being held will be hundreds
to the ravages of tuberculosis, and
advice in regard to the avoidance of
the disease At every town literature
viii be distributed to all the in
habitants. instructing them how to
prevent the spread of the disease and
the best remedies that have as yet
been discovered by medical science
for its eradication. after it has been
contracted.
There also will be literature dis
tributed giving information in regard
to the laws which were passed at the
last session of the legislature. These
laws relate to bakeries, barber shops.
public watering places, trains.
1T is first to be campaign of
education, and secondly it is to be a
fight for law enforcement" said Doc
tor Finley today. 1.-THE last legisla-
ture passed a great many sanitary
laws that will materially assist in the
elimination of disease in the state. if
they can be enforced. In the very
nature of the case these laws are
difficult of enforcement-in fact it
takes a man with a scientific educa-
ton almost to know how to obey
some of the laws. We already have
begun the work of education by send
ing out large placards to all the bar
berS of the state and all the bakers.
When we go in town we will make
visit to all places and see if the
laws are being obeyed. If they are
not we will find out the reason and
go after the guilty parties"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-04
READY TO FIGHT PHTHIsIs.
Kansas Exhibit VIII Begin Its First
Tour August Is.

Lawrence, Kan. Aug. 4.-The
itinerary of the anti-tuberculosis cam
paign on the first trip has been pre-
pared by DR.. S. c. Emley, professor
of pathology in the University of Kan
sas, who is to have charge of the
fight to be carried on against the
great white plague.
The exhibit, accompanied by Doc
tor Emley and two assistants. will
leave Topeka about August Is and
will first visit HoIton, Kan. where
the party will spend about five days.
From there the men go to Valley
Falls, then to Atchison, Leavenworth
and Oskaloosa. In Atchison and
Leavenworth about ten days will be
spent. All together the trip will oc-
cupy about a month.
The next trip, which will be started