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Evening star., 1918-02-16
PROUD TO LIST HIMSELF
WITH THE ROUTE BOYS
Herbert Shannon Rates Experience
of Newspaper Carrier Good Basis
of Business Career.

'The experience gained by boy in
carrying a newspaper route is foun-
dation for future business career and
is the best one l know of in Washing
ton" This statement was made today
by Herbert Shannon, senior partner in
the real estate firm of Shannon & Luchs
of this city. who was speaking from
experience.
II delivered The Star to list Of sub
scribers in my younger days. and I am
proud to number myself among the
city's former route boys" he contin-
ued- II have a boy of my own COM
ing on, and at the proper age he is GO
ing to do the same thing.
Teaches Business and Duty.
'Such work gives lad his first real
conception of business and of duty. He
has to be at designated place at a
given time every day. His time belongs
finished, and at designated intervals he
receives suitable compensation which
he has earned.
my route duties. moreover. never in
terfered with my schooling. and that is
a mighty desirable feature of any job
1 never missed any part of either ad-
vantage, educational or Industrial
During the big blizzard of '99 every
subscriber on my list got his paper.
Cites Another Advantage.
Work such as a delivery boy per-
forms has another distinct advantage;
it gives a boy a list of acquaintances
outside his own immediate circle, and a
majority are desirable ones. He is in
a position to gain, if worthy of it.
their friendship and their confidence
Such an acquaintance proved of espe-
cial value to me. in view of the fact
that I have made real estate my life
work, that my first position in tina,
chosen field was that of a rent col
lector. and that advantage still per-
sists. But the principle involved ap-
plies to almost any line of endeaYor.'
Evening star., 1918-02-16
Other Program Features.

Representative William w. Venable
of Mississippi spoke of the example set
by the men who lost their lives on the
Maine as an inspiration to the men
fighting for the country today
Music by the United States Marine
Band interspersed the addresses. Fol-
lowing the firing of three volleys by
the sailors, taps" was sounded Mu-
sical numbers also were given by a
quartet composed of Mrs. Hugh A
Brown, Miss Richie Mclean. w. Wal
ter Sorrell and Ambrose a. Durkin.
Evening star., 1918-02-16

500 Reward. See Page 3, Column l.
Evening star., 1918-02-16

Sparks from the chimney Of an ad-
Joining building yesterday afternoon
started small fire in the garage of
H. ]. Weldon, rear of 1909 18th street
Less than $40 damage resulted.
Evening star., 1918-02-16
Cites Another Advantage.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

A meeting of the Columbia Rhetorical
Society will be held in the gold room
of the Shoreham Hotel at 8 o'clock
Tuesday night. Frederick l.. Harvey
will give an account of the Washing
ton National Monument and the Wash
ington Monument Society
Evening star., 1918-02-16

M VMpTC TONIGHT. AT et10 Pm.
|OLlNlI H. CARLYLE BLACKWELL -
1la1 II ST. JUNE ELvIDGE, ins TIKI
REAUTIFUL MRS. REYNOLDS"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30
Better Feeling Now
Prevails in ireland

LONDON. May 30.-With tn erecent
changesxin ireland aad tl'e
Arrest of Sim Fem leaders. the parlamen-
tary correspondent Of the Daily Telegraph
says the British government considers II
j. desirable To refrain from pressing ~
this time anything calculated to produce
disturbance. A more settled feeling now
prevails in Ireland This settled feeling
is caused parity by the fact that the ma
tionaliSts and the Sim Fem accept the
coming Of Lord French a. lieutenant of
Ireland with relief Edward Shortt. the
new chief secretary. also made an excel
lent impression.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30

Comparatively few residents of the
Lower R.o Grande Vailey-and even sur
prisinely few In Cameron county-realize
that approximately fifteen miles north of
Brownsville there is underway one of the
greatest if not actually the greatest land
Browne, of the Browne estate, opened up
IA section already famed for its huge land
propositions, involving astounding outlays
of capital.
| Ii was a real revelation that A. Albert
Browne. of the Browne estate, opened up
to the members of the Brownsville Rotary
Club, their ladies and guests, when the
club last evening held its meeting at the
Santa Clara Club House On the Bay, up
on his invitation. 1t Is safe To say that
not one of the guests realized the gigantic
proportions of the land development prop
osition this Brownsville family has under
taken on Il tract of virgin soil, property
typical Of the dense brush of the lower
border country. but much Of which j. even
more dense than was found on lands in
sections of the valley already developed
and under cultivation.
ton differs in some ways to those already
developed in the lower valley. 1t Is a
project that has been carried out by home
people-natives of Brownsville-w whereas
most development schemes in the valley
have been by newsocerS. IL l. q project
that j. being rounded out along pans
based upon the sad experiences of other
Il 81
ing the newest of the great projects in the
valley il has been developed TO avoid the
mistakes of Others, and j. being bu.ldcd
with view 10 remaining n long a.
time,r in the words of q. l.. Jessup, of the
Browne plantations, who conducted the
party through the tract.
Something more than twenty months
ago that great tract of land owned by the
Browne estate of Brownsville, located
about ten miles east of San Benito, and
stretching from Arroyo Colorado on the
north ten miles south To a resaca, IT.
southern boundary, and two miles il
width was nothing but great forest OF
the densest brush and underground, un-
dergrowth 30 dense that even calf woult
find it almost impenetrable. The trac
contains 10000 acres of land. Today n
least third of that great acreage ha.
been cleared of its brush and underground
and today-about twenty aftel
the beginning of this huge work-mor'
than half hundred families who hav,
bought farms and settled on the tract. ar,
preparing to harvest their first crops o.
cotton and corn, and appearances indicat,
, they will be bountiful.
J; The enormous sum of 100000 alread,
has been expended in bringing this grea
proJect TO its present point, and owe
$4,000 is being paid every week for labor
ers who are constantly chopping down tn,
underground, cording such wood as is O.
use, and burning the remainder Of the un
dergrowth and cactus. Where twent,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30

months ago COW paths Wended their tor
tuous ways through the undergrowth there
are now well laid out roads. The cleared
farms are not bounded by careless'y y
erected fences. They are bounded by
barbed wire fences firmly built, built 10
stay, with milled posts which have even
been painted white.
The engineers have SO arranged the
plans that every forty-acre tract Is To-
Gated upon road, and a many ''forties"
a. can be gotten along a straight ten mile
road are facing the Boulevard. This Bou-
levard, which J. now in process of i'm
provemen:, i sixty feet in width. The
pans contemplate that it shall be a most
beautiful driveway, for its Improvement
calls for the planting of palms its full
length on both sides of the road On this
boulevard there will be beautiful resi-
denceS, for the buyer of tract of land
facing on this roadway agreS that he will
build home TO cost not less than $1,000.
A model farm residence, built upon pans
selected by the promoters, has already
been built and l. now occupied by Mr.. X.
\. Porter. If others are To be a. sumptu-
Gus as this home in appointments it will
indeed be a paradise on the Browne tract.
Every convenience TO electric lights and
running water has been provided for
But the foundation of the entire propo-
sition lies upon the irrigation system that
will water the farms on the tract. As al
ready stated, the plans for irrigating the
tract have been made only after Il careful
study of previously built irrigating sys-
tens in the valley and elsewhere.
The '.built -io-stay" idea is conveyed
by the elaborate use that has ben made Of
concrete The giant ilume that delivers
the water from the main San Benito feed
canal across depression to the canals on
the Browne tract j. about one hundred and
fifty feet in length, and beautiful piece
OF construction. The bridges under which
the canals run are of concrete. The bulk
heads are all of the concrete. Even the
sluice gates that let the water from the
lateral> into the fields are of concrete.
Concrete, in fact, has been used every
where 10 insure permanency.
Two main canals run the entire length
OF the tract, bounding Il on the east and
the west. These canals are thirty feet in
width, and eventually will supply water
for hundreds of miles of lateral canals
supplying water to the farms. Drainage
has been given especial attention by the
engineers, and large amounts of money
/, have been expended in this direction. In
some cases laterals are used for this pur-
II pose.
The lands of the Browne tract are being
watered from the San Bento canal, the
largest in the Lower Rio Grande Va lev
and VIII ch has been built To supply water
to $4,000 acres of land. including the
lands known as the San Benito tract and
those OF the Browne tract. Pumps with d
4 Continued on page 81
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30
DENSE MASSES OF ENEMY TROOPS
ADVANCE Center LINE 10 MILES
ClEMENCEAU'S
ESCAPE FROM
HUNS NARROW

PARIS, May 30.-Premier Clemenceau
had the narroweSt escape possible from
falling into German hands yesterday, ac-
cordlng Ia the Petit Journale. lie left
A certain point on the front only few
minutes before the arrival of 4 patrol ~
forty uhlanS. When the Germans enter
ed the town the premier had just left.
They ccrnered the remaining French. IN
cludlng general who was watching the
battle scarby. The general was killed a
few minutes later
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30
HEALTH OF ARMY is GOOD.
(Ry a Assneiated I'rrSS.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., May 3O.-The
general health of the army camps j. very
good, Surgeon General Gorgas stated to-
day. In the past weeks health report
deaths decreased from IFS last week to
161 this week
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30
ALLIES
ARE WAG|NG
GODS WAR
AGAINST
WRONGS

A brief but impressive service was heid
this morning at 10 o'clock at the high
school auditorium In obeyance of the
proclamation of President Wilson calling
the people TO prayer. Although the at
tendance was small, the service wds an
impressive one and the address by Rev.
BENJAMIN Dennis struck responsive
cord in every heart.
Following the Invocation by Rev. A.
MeNaif, a selection by the Thirteenth
Cavalry band and a hymn by the congre-
CATION. the Rev. T. V. lIerndon announ-
ced the Reverend Dennis as the speaker
himself a follower of the flag as an army
chaplain or 30 years and a father with
three sons in the service, the selection OF
DIR. Dennis for the occasion was both
fortunate and fitting one.
The speaker stressed the point that
not only was this war war of twenty
nations allied against the kingdom of Ger
many and Austria, against the divine
rights of kings, but ii was Gods war;
as any war aainst the wrong and against
the doctrine of oppression was Gods war.
The speaker quoted the kaiser as saying
that Germany would win against the al
lies because Germany was not hampered
as were the allies by the doctrines of
Christianity.
The speaker praised the president in
his action in procalming day of fasting
and of prayer. 'He with his vast means
of knowing more than we can know of the
conditions the country is facing, has ask
ed the people of the United States to bend
before the Almighty God in supplication
for victory In this war which is more
than the war of nations, more than the
war for democracy, but is the war for the
kingdom of Jesus Christ" he said.
Germany has said that her submarines
would keed American aid from Europe
Our answer j. the greater fraction of
million men who. according to recent ad-
vices, have penetrated cone mile of the
German territory. Germany said she
would starve England, but the American
fleet is patrolling the seas, England has
1oou 10 ~pdIt AHitIittfi
are arriving unmolested Germany said
America was n nation of mercenarles, of
money grubbers. America i al this but
America is also a nation of soldiers. Ny
three boys in France. your boys or neph-
ews In the army are proving this"
''This Is Gods war. we are Gods chill
dren fighting il and either we will rule the
Kaiser or the Kaiser will rule the world"
In conclusion the Thirteenth Cavalry
band paved the "Star Spangied Banner"
and the benediction was delivered by Rr.
s. X. Hallam.
AT 80 o'clock this afternoon a for
nation was held on the parade ground al
Fort Brown. the Presidents proclamation
was read. an Invocation was delivered by
Father j. B. Frigon. the sold ers and gath
cred civilians were addressed by W. S.
West and the formation was concluded
with benedctlon by DIR. s. X. Hallam.
This evening at six o'clock there will be
memorial services at the grave of f.. ri.
Goodrich. in the city cemetery, and the
- of the y..terans of former war.
will be decorated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30
Germans Used MANY
Tanks In Onslaught

LONDON. May 30.-ln their initial on
slaneht Monday the Germans are bel eyed
ia have used more tanks than ever before.
says q Reuters correspondent on the
French front. He says a'So one British
division near Craonne withstood a gas and
tank attack three hours keeping the Ger
mans from reaching the Aisne until the
last man was drowned under German
comherS.''
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30
lyfore Editor Is
Dead After Illness

RAYMONDVlLLE, Texas, May 30
Frank H. Whitney. editor and owner of
the Magic Valley News, published at Ly-
ford died al his home Tuesday afternoon
ut & 40. Tie had been iii only since sun
dav noon. The cause Of death was dila-
ton of the heart. The body viii be held
pending the arrival Of his son from Wash
ington. ID. C.. who iS expected Friday.
Burial will be made here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30
Scissors Is Taken
Rheims Menaced
Our Lines Hold
lBy Associated Press. }

tBy Associa PreSSD
WITH TIE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE May 3OThe allied
IL D
he line j weakest.
lhe this How
breach has
has nta nedeo
the rush Q
in
y
III me lat three days and . the allies
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30
Austrian Crumbs
To Feed Cr0atianS

LONDON. May 30.-Bread crumbs be-
ing collected BY the children Of Austria
will be lent to the starving children Of
Croatia. Forty-eight boxes Of crumbs
have been sent to the population Of Here
govina. which j. starving a. the result Of
the food shortage. Farmers in this re-
gion have received only four pounds of
flour since Christmas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30
Saws Austria Can't
Accept New Alliance
fRy Associated Press.l

LONDON, May 3O.-Austrla- Hungary
cannot accept new alliance with Ger
many, says Macmillan Harden in attack
according to the Times here The Ger
man editor pours contempt upon this
brilliantly organized Madness
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30

COPENfIAGEN, Denmark, May 30.--A
Berlin newspaper says it learns reliably
that compromise has been reached on
the Prussian franchise reform measure
after conference htween the conserva-
tives and the national liberals.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30

onward dense OF advanced the
center me the the allied left has fallen
while Rhe within
miles OF the Desperate and Brnh
north
year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30
BUYS REMAINDER CUBA SUGAR
tBy Associated Press

HAVANA, Cuba. May 30.-The inter-
allied sugar commission has signed con-
tract for the purchase by the United
States from Cuban producers Of the re-
Imainfno crnn of sngar
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30

PARIS all
French
Northwest Rheims broke all
We position
Of wher
Monday
mined French hreSiSa
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30
CASUALTIES

(Bv Associated Press.l
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 30-The
army casualty list today contained IS
names, divided as follows:
Killed In action, 5.
Died of wounds, |.
Died of disease, IL.
Wounded severely. 8.
Wounded slightly, 2.
Missing In action. 8.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30
(Bv Associated Press.)
AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, May 30.-After a

que the American the T district suddenly became
night The Of
cont
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30
HEROIC DEAD
ARE H0NORED
BY AMERICA

AMERICAN ARMY In FRANCE, May
3O.-From Flanders to Switzerland and
from the battle line to the sea, the Amer
lean Expeditionary Forces are paying ho-
mage TO their dead. Before the day is
over the Star Spangled Banner will be
placed on every grave.
WASHINGTON, ID. q, May 30.--Memo-
raj Day this year il being observed by the
American people as day "of public hu-
prayer and fasting" in accord
ance with President Wilson's proclama-
ton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30

AUSTIN, Texas, May 3O.-Memorial
Day was observed here, state departments
being closed. No official business was
transacted.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30

a
PARIS May 30The
today o ON the Rheims front
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30
AMERICAN ARMY II

AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE. 3OThe
behind n the Canteny
the Tou
back o the inesar promptly driven back.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30
(Bv Associated Press

LONDON. May 30-A allied
repused completely,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE. May 30.-A

inter against the Americans the Canigny sector with
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-05-30
BROWNE LAND DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT BIG UNDER
Hundreds Thousands Being Expended
In Developing Greatest Project
OfRecent Years IN Valley

residents the months paths wnded their
Lower R Grand vaind through the unsrowh there
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-25
NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMIN
 ISTRATlON

In United States Commissioner
 Court in and for COrdoya Precinct
 Territory of alAska-In Probate. In the matter of the Estate of Andrew
 Nelson, deceased.
 Notice si hereby given that K F.. Holden has filed with the ahoyc-en, titled court his petition in manner and form as required by law, wherein he prays that he be granted letters Of administration of the estate of An. drew Nelson, deceased, and that Sat, urday, the 24th day of August. 1918. at the hour of 10 a. m. on said day, at the office of the undersigned United States commissioner and ex officio probate judge. at Cordova, Alaska. has been fixed as the time and place for said hearing, at which any and all persons interested may appear and show cause, if any there be, why the prayer of said petition should not be granted. EDWARD F. MEDLEY, United States Commissioner. ex of.
 ficio Probate Judge
 First publication, July IS, 1918.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-25
15,000 ENGLISH UNPRECEDENTED
 [ A U H WEEK

LONDON. July 25.-Great Britain will have to pay $25O.0OO 900 year in pensions if the war ends by next March. according to an estimate made by A Bonar Law. chancellor Of the excheQucr Sir Alfred w. Watson. q government aCtalry, estimates that by 19%0 the annual pension charges will have fallen to $2O0. .OoO ,OOO, and that each succeeding decade will show a reduction of $50,O00. 900. but that these pensions will not have entirely disappeared by 1870.
 Fifteen thousand cases of war-dis abled soldiers are reported each week to the minister of pensions. The to- tai number of disabled British men on the lists is now placed at 341 .025 of which 2S per cent were cases of injury to the eyes or loss of sight re sulting from wounds
 Small industrial and memorial vii lages for disabled soldiers and sailors are being established in different parts of Great Britain At one Of these, near Moreton, Derset, ten acres have been laid out as a market garden and houses are to be erected for the wounded men.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-25

The President of the United States
 of America sends greeting to the
 above named defendants:
 You and each of you are hereby re quired to appear in the district court for the territory of Alaska, Third di vision, within thirty days after the completion of the period of publication of th,s summons. to wit wi,iin thirty days after July 5, 1918; and to answer the complaint of the plaintiff filed herein on May IS. 1918. And you are notified that unless you go appear and answer or appearance will be duly entered and the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief de manded in said complaint
 This Is an action brought by th' plaintiff to quiet his title to the prop erty described in his complaint anI to satisfy or to redeem the same from any and all liens or other claims or estate or interest asserted by the de fendants, or either of them, in or to such property or any portion thereof which property consists of certain placer mining locations situated in the Nizina (unorganized) mining dis trict. within the Chitina recording precinct. in the Third judicial diyi sion of the territory of Alaska, and includes Discovery claim on Chititu creek. Nos. and below discovery. and Nos l. 2. 4. 5, 6, :. 8. and 10 above discovery on said Chititu creek, the Kentucky Bench, the Lexington Bench, creek claims Nos. 2. 3. {. 5, 6. :, 8, g, 10 and 12 on Rex gulch. and creek claims Nos. l, 2, 3, {. 6. ' and on White guich.
 This summons is published by or der of the above entitled court herein on May 21st, A. b. 1918.
 Witness: The Honorable Fred NJ Brown, judge Of said court. this 21st day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred anc eighteen. and of our Independence th' one hundred and forty-second
 (Seal of Court)
 ARTHUR LANG. Clerk.
 By JOHN B. MILLER,
 Deputy Clerk
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-25
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION.
 Ruby Nevins, Plaintiff, vs. James Nevin3, Defendant.
 To James Nevins: You are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above-cntitled cause. in the above named court. by Ruby Nevins; that said suit Is brought by her to secure a decree of divorce from you; and unless you appear and answer her complaint filed in said cause, within thirty days after completion of pub liCation of this summons against you, to-wit, within thirty days after June 24. 1918, your default will be entered and said plaintiff will apply to the court to grant the relief asked in her complaint
 This publication of summons is made pursuant to an order duly made in said court on May g. 1918. by Hon Fred NJ Brown. the judge presiding therein.
 Dated, May 10, 1918.
 ARTHUR LANG.
 Clerk Court SeaD
 By C. II. WILCOX. Deputy First Publication, May IA, 1918.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-25
GERMANY ACQUISITIONS
 NEWSPAPERS OF BELGIUM

HANRE. July 25.-The Germans not only have tried every imaginable method of controlling and subjugat- ing the Belgian press, such as requi- sitioning all paper supplies from newspapers that would not do their bidding, but hay" now reQuisition"d the presses lnotypes and machinery Of Lc Patrioe Tn" property thus seized. the Belgian authorities learn, has been sold to German papers.