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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-01

causes a diffusion of responsibility, which
has resulted in what james Bryce termed
the one conspicuous fail ure in American
government.
This division came about through
= desire to initiate the State and ma
tional governments. but il has no place
in municipal government. for the reason
that the city government is subseryicnt
10 the State aud nation.
I'm colonial DAYS. the cities were gov
crned after the English council plan
with a mayor and council and no division
Of legislative and executive authority.
Later. this was changed 10 conform to
the State and national scheme with law
making and executive branches. or what
is known rs the federal form. This was
improved on somewhat bv the .ntroduc-
ton of the short ballot aud the civil ser.
vice or merit system Of handling en-.
plovecs but ii was not until 1000 that
an attempt was made I" get away from
the idea OF y separation Of the Legislative
and executive powers bv the intr Hduction
Of the commission form
Professor James conducts the only
existing employment agency for munich
pal officials in connection with his dc
partmcnt of municipal research IL the
University Of Texas. lie il 4 strong ad-
vocate of university courses for mnnici
pal officials"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-01

Last week the mercantile ii. had work
started Ia tear down the jail building.
The Jail is now RACED But the fourteen
foot wall WAS preserved. Only the top
most two feet Of brickwork. forming the
peaked crest has been shaved of. leaving
4 solid twcl,clfput wall III inches thick.
with four sides 100 feet high in length
Simply cut holes for windows and doors
put ~ Il roof aud there * a house. That
is what Fernandez aud L.aiscca are do
ing. Pillars will be- nut IN the middle To
support the Hat roof. every trace If the
jail buillin. in the center will be- cleared
away. 4 floor will bc laid the roof put
on. doors aud windows fitted in the spa
eos % being cut in the walls and the
store will be ready Ia move into.
The brick wall which makes this
unique construction possible was built in
ISL under contract with the county by
Louis kowal>ki. ST.. now district clerk.
Til" bricks PIT in thirty wears ago are
good for thirty more wears Of service.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-01
or SALE.

Whereas. on the 18th DAY ~ Nav. "A. ~. 1915
the District Court If the Inited States for the
Southern district Of Texas. Houston division.
rendered a Judgment and decree If foreclosure
IN cause Ne. ~. IN the equity docke, If said
court. entitled -. Louis Union Trust Company
and Thomas y. u, Sart. Trustees, Complain
ants. W. San I.enito Land X Water Company.
Defendant. Intervention M. 80. West Texas
Abstract X Guarantee Company. Interviewer ~.
Samuel Spears. Trustee. ~ AL. Defendants: and.
Whereas. said court. BY the terms thereof
rendered judgment in favor Of said lntervenor
against Samuel Spears. Trustee. Rio Grande
Construction Company and W. +. Hull in the
sun Of Five Thousand Twenty-seyen and
67-iW Dollars t$5.O2T.67p with interest
thereon from the date of said judgment until
paidl NJ the rate of six per cent per annum
and
Whereas. the cost IL said proceedings were.
hy said decree. adiu,i-ed asaEst Samuel Spears.
Trustee. Rio 'irand- Construction Company.
W. T.. Hull. San BENT" land X Water Com
!any. Edward r.. Kowson. Receiver. aud III. ).
ki.ntz: and.
Whereas. said decree provided that the here
matter described land should he sold by me. ~
Special commissioner. IN ease sand Judgment
should not be satisfied within ten days from
tn. entry thereof. and the proceeds If such sale
applied t. the payment IT the costs # said
suit and sale 1Ind to the satisfaction Of said
judgment: aud.
Whereas. said Judgment was not satisfied
within the time provided IN said decree:
New, therefore. |. Chas. VI. Richards. Special
Commissioner rs aforesaid. give notice that. in
accordance with the terms of SAID decree, ou
Monday. the fifth 10th, day of Jaly. A. u.
1915. at two t2:OUi o'clock y. M. at the court
house door of Cameron County. Texas. IN the
City Of Brownsville. in said county. | will sell
in bulk and as an entirety. for cash. all and
singular the following described landi. to-wIt:
Farm blocks forty-five t45i and forty six t46l.
rs shown of Sam A. Robertson's plat Of the
subdivision of Landrum 4 Hicks lands. record
ed on page 2l1 of Book IS" of the Real Estate
Records Of Cameron County, Texas. to which
reference is here made. Said land is situated
in Cameror County. Texas. in partition share
No. ~ of the Conception de Carricitos grant.
and contains .ys.S acres. No bid received for
less than 100000.
Witness my hand this 9TH day IL June A. ID.
1915. CHAS. NJ. ROBARDS.
Special Commissioner
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-01
D

IL II ordered hv the board If trustees If IN.
brownsville Ind"r-ndcnt School District that
IN election y" held ~ the public school building
IN Ninth street. between Adams and Madison
streets. in III. town of Brownsville. Texas. Il,
sdld Brownsville independent School District
~ the 10Th day "f July. 1915. t. determine
Y neither the beard If trustees of said district
Shin have power {" annually levy aud collect
= taN upon all taxable property i'm said district
Ter th" support and maintenance If public free
schools m said Brownsville Inderendrnt School
District. ~ and ~ the rate ~ not exceeding -
cents ~ the 800 valuation ~ taxable property
~ the district; such tax. If voted. t. bc levied
and collected for the year 1919 aud annually
thereafter unless il n" discontinued ~ pro
vided By law.
J.. u. Barbour j. hereby appointed manager
of SAID election. aud h" shall select two Judges
and two clerks To assist him in holding the
same.
None but property tax payers who are quail
tird voters IN Said Brow nsville independent
Srhuul District. shall vote n said election.
4 copy # this order signed Nv the president
and attested Wy the secrtary If this board shall
serve ~ proper notice If said election. and the
president shall cause notice If said election IT,
To-. given IN accordance with law. /.
lSeall !. l.. WORKMAN
President.
Att.sted this l?th day of June. A. u. 1919.
+. T.. STARCH.
Secretary. ID 1a.G-1 1914
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-01
CITY MANAGER PLAN DISCUSSED BY JAMES

A.Los Angeles paper contains the fol
lowing account of an address delivered in
Los Angeles by Professor James of the
University Of Texas:
although scheduled to speak on the
city manager plan Of government. Prof.
James said that a better name for the
system he advocated was the commission
manager plan.
"Where the commission form fails.
said Prof James lis that il does not
provide for a manager. The original the
ory Of this form Of municipal government
was that il was conducting the affairs
of cities similar In the way the business
Of corporations is run. But no corpora
ION conducts its business through "A
b. ~ of directors alone ~i.tCut "a aaan
agcr.
The merits Of the purely commission
form of government have been mostly
political: efficiency has not been greatly
advanced.
The chief significance If the com
mission form is that the people have
come. to realize hat we can get along
without a division of the legislature
and executive powers in city affairs. In
fact, the fundamental fallacy in most of
cur city governments as at present con
Quoted is this ATTEMPT Il divide the leg
islati,e and executive branches and this
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-01
WIT AND
Why Not?

Why Not?
a tramp. gong across a field. was ac
by the owner.
You'll have To get out uf here
why"
because it, posted"
who posted it,"
II did"
"Whsi right have YOU to post it,
Because IT, NINE"
where did YOU Get it,"
- inherited It from my father"
"Wcli, where did h. get ~"
lie inherited il from hi father
Him. Where did he gct t."
ale inherited IL from hi, father
"Cm-h-m. And where did he get it"
''Iic fought for it,"
The tramp took of hi coat.
well" h. -aid, "Ill fight YOU for IT."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-01
SNAP SHOTS.
galveston News

Don't whine when YOU sing. II Won cant
lift vnur voice without aha~,ng vour soul.
mum the word.
For our part. we think a :irl ought to
know how To make fudge even If she j.
able to buy her candy.
Moreover. the -ilk>ockcr~ who loaf in
Pctticoat Lame are rather easily trans
formed INTO Sow ears.
We viii say thi~ for the old fashioned
circu, lcmnnadc-it wa, red. all right.
Another reason why q good soldier does
not run l. because he ha- pubic sentiment
behind him.
Title Ginger says although she iric,
not to BE- to" innick,. and to avoid ultra
Ia >iidiou~ne>>. she Won't stay at any
hoar,lin. house where they use her tooth
brush 10 scrub her lavatory.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-01
Too Much.

At dinner the professor Of history
was seated between two Young ladies,
who. IN acrorlancc with their tram
ing ia the art Of conversation sought
to draw HIM ont upon the subject m
which he was most Interested. They
did not meet much Success; his answer
were short YES "Dliver Crom-
we'll No" ''ll92.' and the like.
Finally one Of them Ia desperation
vcntured:
Professor. We were wondering only
this afternoon. and none of us could
remcmber-how many children did
Mary Queen of Scots have''
Madam. said the professor. facing
her with squelching dignity. II am
not a >candalulonger!'-Baker &
Baker Co.. -Four Hundred Good
Stories
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-01
Ice Cream Is Analysed.

Austin. Tex. July l.. A batch al
samples OF lee cream obtained at Abb
iene is being analysed by the pur,
food commissioner 10 ascertain whether
or not this cream comes up to the
standard IN butter fat. The state stan
dard Is : per cent while the federal
government requires II per cent.
The commissioner has also forward
el tu Houston two complaints Ia be-
filed there against two localbutchers
charging violation of the pure fooG
law by selling meat containing deodo-
rants.
Commissioner Hoffman said that
other complaints may soon follow as
u result of Investigations recently made
by inspectors from his department.
FOR PAINTING, paperhangin: and sign
painting. see r. Cardona. 10th and Van
Buren, streets. +. 0. Box 296.-il29ltf.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-01

onc embraces the Other. -
fitisbWrg Chronicle.
England recent failure I" csta-
blush total abstinence for the Iurstlen
of The war led Robert W. Chambers.
the brilliant novelist, 10 say al the
Century club Ia New York
ITS inst a. well. perhaps. Total alb
Il incncc seems i little extreme. There's
alcohol III everything. ,ylo know.
There's alcohol in the very bread we
eat
Alcohol in bread said a banker
pee, lncrodulously.
sure. said Mr.. Chambers. "Dtin't
Won ever see men get intoxicated from
drinking toasts?'
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-01
Ertomcloqists Bitten bv Tennis Bug

Engineers and draught~mcn IN the L. :.
drainage engineer Office IN tn" South
Texas Gardens. together with the repre-
sentat,ve- uf The Bureau 81 Entomology.
have constructed u tennis court across
from the office IT the two department.
which also hon~c- the weather bureau. The
new court viii be read, for play shortly
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-01

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.


~Pineapples should be ripe. but not
overripe.
Laundr, bags IT Turkish toweling are
excellent
Don't In, cheap bedding. or your
none, will hc wasted.
Never attempt finer housekeeping than
YOU can afford.
Green peas with dumplings make IN
agreeable nmmrr dish.
Study the markets and buy things
which are in season.
Lemon nice is q powerful .ermicidc,
and rich in organic salts.
Man, vegetables can hc canned as
easily a> fruits FIR winter use.
Do Your own marketing If possible.
No one else will do il well.
The good housewife plans to lessen
her work durin. the summcr time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-01

\. well known vicar gives 4 curious
experience which i well worth rclat-
ing. 1t was his custom To point his SER
mon with either Dearly beloved 5re-
thren." or "No, my brothers, until
II day a lady member Of the congrc-
cation took exception t. this. and ask
cd him why hc always preached 10 thu
gentlemen and never to the ladies.
My dear lady" said the bcaming
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-01

When YOU feel oppressed. dull and stu
pld. are inert and languid-do not blame
It all on the weather. Heat will not affect
YOU 80 much If the bowels are regular.
Foley Cathartic Tablets are ideal for IN
digestion and constipation. They relieve
stout persons of that bloatcd. heavy feel
ing. Martinez Drug Store, No. Cor. Mar
.Let Suuarp-iAdy.1
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-01
Watermelon Party.

Mr.. aud Mr.. Keith Williams are to en-
terrain at the Country Club tonight with
a watermelon party. IN honor If their
guests. Misses Flora and Laura Belle vii
liam~ of San Marco. Mr.. Williams sisters.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-01

lie undertook 10 give what consola-
ton he might and took the poor, dis.
tressed woman IN his arms. rs she
nestled against his shoulder a new ac-
cess Of sobs convuIsed her. All.
George she murmurcd. in "A choking
voice. now I've only youlcft.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-01
War Orders Valued At Sl00. 600 900.

Chicago. ILL.,. july l.-Eurupcan nations
have placed war order estimated ~ 500.
O0O. 600 IN Chicago and adjacent territory.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-01
Former Texas Attorney General Dead.

NV NN~'"IIT'U TI'NN.T
Austin. Texas. July William Walton.
former attorney general of Texa,. died
here today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-01
8 SMILES AND FUN
FROM EXCHANGES


lis this i genuine antique Asked
the prospective buyer.
Yes. replied the dealer.
Why here's a mark that Indicates
i, was made only twenty years ago
We are living IN . rapid age. u
doesn I take nearly as long 10 make an
antique a. il used to. Exchange.
Asker. the owner of a new car. had
been dilating on the expense OF its
maintenance and Stranger. not 10 be
outdonc. began To boast.
Stranecr-lt cost me 800 last year
for gasoline.
ASker-luu nWn u ear. then
Stranger-Oh. no. | rent the money
10 a fellow who docs.-Pittsburg
Chronicle.
lie came home and found his young
wife dissolved IN tears. What do YOU
think has happened she cried. 1T
left the cage open and our canary has
flown away
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-01

Ever, girl thinks she could play the
role of coquctte all right if she cared TO.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-01

M man will admit that he il half as
jealous or suspicious as he really is.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-01

4 difference between husband aud wife
Is les dangerous than Indifference.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-09-10
CUPP RETURNS FROM WASHINGTON
OPTIMISTIC OVER BLACK CANYON
Reclamation Service Authorizes Engineers to Make
Investigation in Cooperation With Local
MenSomething may be Done.

in Washington and has had an inter
view with Secretary Lane, who has
written me a letter, copy of which is
enclosed.
2. Mr.. Cupp is anxious that a
couple of government engineers or
survey men shall accompany a party
which is about to make a survey for
the Black Canyon Irrigation Project,
in the Payette-Boise Valley, for which
an effort will be made the coming
winter to obtain an appropriation. The
local organization believes that the
presence and cogniZance of the gov
eminent engineers in connection with
these surveys will have a beneficial
effect upon their efforts to obtain an
appropriation.
3. AS you will see by the letter,
this is authorized and your are re-
quested to issue appropriate instruc-
tions to the Project Manager.
A. P. DAVIS.
In his report of 1912 Project En-
gineer Weymouth thought that the
irrigation of the lands of tile district
would cost between $50 and $500 an
acre. In his report of this year, Mr..
Weymouth estimated the cost at
near $4,000, adding that this cost
would not, in his opinion, be ex-
cessive. He declared that the water
ing of these lands at $4,000 an acre
would be fully as worthy or recon-
mendation as the watering of the
Minidoka lands at SIS or 500 an acre,
as the season was so much longer as
to insure crops sufficient to more than
recompense for the difference.
Surveys to Begin Soon.
AS soon as President Newport re-
turns it is probable that the directors
will at once make the necessary plans
to begin the survey The plans for
the work are already in rough form
and no time is to be lost if the sur
veys be completed in time to prepare
the necessary report for use before
Congress.
Carey Act Settlers Protected.
Mr.. Cupp was successful in pro.
tecting the Carey Act settlers that are
sufficiently interested to make for
NAL application to the department
The department is willing to hold tht
lands in allegiance, and should Con
gress take faborable action, those set
tiers that have made proper applica
ton at this time for extension, will b.
included in the district and suffer NJ
loss.
Early in the winter the representa-
/ tives of the district will meet with tn,
department and formulate plans 70
the presentation of the matter t.
Congress
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-09-10
NUMEROUS SUITS OVER TITLE

At a brief session OF the district
court Wednesday morning, Judge
Bryan granted the plea of Fred J.
Burke and quoted title to land in this
county in his name. J. +. Swanson
was named as defendant in the suit.
Two other new suits were filed in dis
trict court Wednesday, They are;
Nancy Boyd vs.. David Gorric, and
William G. Carleton VS.. Charles
Charleton, ct al.
In tho suit of G. r. Emmett vs..
School District No. 90, in Canyon and
Ada counties. an agreement has been
filed under which the dispute as to
compensation the plaintiff is to re-
ccivc for erecting a new schoolhouSe
is to be submitted to three abrtra-
tors. Dan Murphy and \. \, Mes
scngcr are named as two OF the arbi-
traitors and they will select a third.
+. +. Johnson and ]. O. Johnson
VS.. w. i. Lanfcar and ID. {. kesler
is the title of suit to collect on a
promissory note for $l72,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-09-10

sociated salts form small percentage
of the rock mass 1t it were practic-
able to leach the rock and remove the
soluble salts without handling the
rock itself, something might be done
commercially with the inter. From
the contitution of the country rock,
however, it seems that little could be
done without removing relatively
large amount of the rock, the cost of
which would discourage commercial
development.
No Commercial Value.
"The Homedale deposits are similar
to other deposits in sections all the
way from Oregon to Texas that have
been examined by the geological sur
vey. The inter occurs on the surface
and in cracks, forming in places rich
veins in considerable quantity, but
at no place yet examined has the SUI
perhcial material seemed to lead to
deposits extensive enough to have
commercial value. Future investiga-
tons. may, however. disclose a COM
mercially valuable deposit, although
the outlook at present is not promis-
ing"
Tests Show Different.
The American Nitrate company,
which has acquired about 90 claims
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-09-10
GRAIN CROP APPEARS
INCREASE OVER 1914
Government Estimate Places Hav and
Alfalfa Lower.

Government Estimate Places Hav and
Alfalfa Lower.
Grains, according to the September
forecast of the federal bureau of crop
estimates cooperating with the
weather bureau, will yield better this
year than in 1914 in the state of Ida
ho This probably will not be true Of
other products of the soil however,
according to the bureau, and il is
believed also that the number of
stock hogs will be only 90 per cent OF
those raised year ago.
The preliminary estimate for Win
ter wheat is l0,395.000 bushels as
against a crop of 9,322,000 last year.
Spring wheat at this time indicates a
total yield of 6,2S0,000 bushels with
! a final production in 1914 amounting
to 100000 bushels. Oats on the
first of September cvinces an csti-
mated yield Of Is 100000 bushels,
while, a year ago, that product only
reached total of l4,60S0O0 bushels
! Barley shows about the same increase
! from 100000 bushels in 1914 to an
estimated 1915 yield of S,030,0OO
bushels this year. Potatoes will
make a slight increase this year. the
! bureau believes, amounting to l70,0N
bushels over the limit OF 5,27a,00C
, raised last year.
The present outlook indicates d
slight decrease in the production OF
hay and there is a similar one in al
falfa. Hay last year totaled 1903,
| 600 tons, while the estimate this veal
/ is 100000 tons. Ninety-onc pei
cent OF full crop of alfalfa was pro,
duced in 1915.
The September forecast puts apples
slightly below the production a year
ago, setting the limit this year at l.,
$4,000 while the 1914 crop totaleC
one million, seven hundred Thousand
bushels.
Sugar beets Indicate a yield of Of
per cent of full crop. slight in
crease over the ninc-year average.
The same conditions obtain gener
ally throughout the entire Unite'
States,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-09-10

the same time d. J. Sullivan. of
Homedale, recognized some nitrate
deposits in the canyon of Jump creek.
Only a small quantity of the material
was found, but strip of brown pa
per dipped in solution of the sub
stance and then dried and burned in
Dictated by its suffering the presence
of nitrate.
Confined to Surface.
THE Homedale nitrate deposit is
located in and near the canyon of
Succor creek, Ore. about 10 miles in
direct line southwest of Homedale,
Ida. While it may be possible to
discover an increase in the Use and
number of misunderstanding veinlets. or
perhaps even large veins, when the
rock is opened further, there seems
little likelihood of any marked increase
in richness within the interior of the
rock mass. On the contrary, it appears
more probable that the richest parts
of the deposits are those already ex-
posed in the faces and along the bases
of the cliffs and that the material
will be found to grow gradually leaner
and perhaps to disappear altogether
as the rock is penetrated.
THE veinlets in the Homedale de-
! post which contain the inter and as
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-09-10
News Snapshots
Of the Week
PROMINENT CITIZENS AR
. RESTED FOR VIOLATING LAW
Five Dollars Each for Going Without
Tail Light.

Owing. TO the fact that drivers of
automobiles had become negligent
ana careless and Indifferent to
me ordinances made and provided,
CChlet Baker and Night Marshall
Shuee Sunday night arrested nine
drivers who were on the streets with
out light at the rear of their mach
mes. The ordinances provide that
there shall be two lights in front and
one behind. The rear light shall shine