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coast, emigrated to the United States
from Italy in the early COS. In 1870
he was fishing in Galveston bay, and
in 1881. was operating a red snapper
fleet from that port in company with
Charles T. Suderman and others. In
1895 he moved to Rockport, operating
fleet of forty boats from that port.
and in 1905 sold his fleet and moved
to Brownsville. He Is still engaged in
the fishing industry at Point Isabel.
where 1.-The commodore" and his son
have a fleet of ten boats.
There il probably no man on the
Texas coast who has made more
thorough study of the situation. or
who can more intelligently present a
solution of the fishermen's problems.
He has fished in every bay and inlet
from Calcasieu Pass, on the Louisiana
coast, 10 Tampico bay. in Mexico. and
is intimately acquainted in every
detail Of those fishing grounds.
"The fishing industry on the Texas
coast has deteriorated at n rapid rate
in the past twenty years, and unless
passes are provided to replace those
now practically closed by jetties and
breakwaters, there will soon be few
fish or oysters left in Texas waters.
"the commodore" stated.
Suggests Dn dying Passes
j. G.. Burr. auditor Of the game. fish
and oyster commission. who recently
completed a survey Of conditions in
the Laguna Madre, from the mouth Of
the Rio Grande to Corpus bay. suggest
ed tha. the only remedy for the de-
crease in the number Of fish in the
Laguna Madre would he the dredging
Continued on Page 2, Section q
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TEMPLE. Texas. Aug. IL. Will
Keeling who was attacked with an axe
and then shot with n pistol at farrell
last night. has good chance for re-
covery. il was reported at the hospital
where hc was brought last night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-08-12

anu HISO UITcftu SiuiIIdF rtWuru TOT Ut
leader and members of the mob that In
vaded the state reformatory.
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"The court has decided to Get
along on the present rate Of sc cents
on the 800 valuation" Judge Dancy
continued. This means that the
court must demand and receive full CO.
operation from al county Officials. and
that we may have to reject many aP-
plicaticSs for funds where we would
(Continued on mage 3D.
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31
Prehistoric Pottery From New Mexico

~IGURES Of men and animals
and also the geometric designs
on the prehistoric Indian pottery
from the Nlimbres Valley, New
Mexico, are unexcelled in any pottery
from prehistoric North America, ac-
cordlng to DR.. J. Walter Fewkes, chief
Of the bureau of American Ethnology,
the author of publication on this
subject just issued by the Smithsonian
Institution. The naturalistic figures
reproduced in this pamphlet include
human figures hunting, gambling, and
engaged in various other occupations :;
many kinds of animals, reptiles, fishes,
birds, insects and composite animals.
The geometric designs show many
beautiful and striking combinations
of curved, rectangular and zig-zag ele-
nents, at times forming most intri-
cate patterns.
DIR. Fewkes has studied the Mimbres
pottery at intervals since 1914 through
personal visits to the region and
through examinations of collections
made there by various persons who
placed them at his disposal. The MINI
bres is all ideal locality for the de-
velopment of a distinctive pottery. The
site where the Mimbres culture orig
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31

mated is plateau shut off from other
drainage areas on both the east and
the west by high ranges and noun
tains. This plateau extends across the
border into Mexico, so that naturally
the Mimbres pottery differs very little
from that of the pueblo areas. The
various collections include flood bowls,
effigy vases, jars, ladies' and dippers
of all kinds.
The predominant design on the pot
terry Is that showing food animals,
such as deer. antelope, turkeys, rab-
bits, and the like, from which DR..
Fewkes concludes that animal food
formed a considerable part of the diet
Of the ancient Mimbrenos, although
there is evidence that they were also
agrculturiSts and fishermen. The de-
signs We're painted on the inside sur
face of clay bowls, the colors Of
which are white, red, brown or black
The majority of the bowls pictured
in the pamphlet were mortuary bowls !;
that is. they were buried with the
dead under floors of the houses
Nearly all of the bowls thus buried
are killed." or punctured, and usually
are found beside the skeleton with
which they were buried.
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31
Rapid Growth of Local Indebtedness

S55,0OO,OOO; that of county, cities, and
towns in North Carolina from $685.
100000 to S125OOO,OOO; in Ohio the
debts of local subdivisions have grown
from $3.50, ,OOO,OO in 1912-1913 to $685.
100000 in 192l-l922.
In the calendar year 1922, bonds
sold by states and municipalities in
the United States aggregated $1,1O2,-
100000 compared with $1,2O9, ,OOO, 900
in 1921, S6S3 100000 in 1920 to $685.
100000 in 1919.
In the fiscal year 1912-1913 the total
gross bonded Indebtedness of state
and local governments amounted to
$3.50 100000. Since that year to date
there have been added about S6.6OO,-
100000 of long term securities and
$500 100000 of short term securities.
Some municipalities have utilised
methods more becoming to fy-by-night
enterprises than to governmental bod
les that should serve as models Of
conduct to private industry. There
are cases where bonds have been Is
sued to pay current expenses, con-
trary to specific state laws, where
legal debt limits have been exceeded,
and where valuations have been con.
siderably boosted so az to keep mu-
nicipal bond issues within the legal
debt limit.
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31
TIMBER PRODUCTION ROCKY
MOUNTAIN DISTRICT ACCORD
ING TO 1922 CENSUS FIGURES

Denver.-The 1922 census of lumber
production for the states of Colorado,
Wyoming and South Dakota shows an
increase Of approximately 20 per cent
in the manufacture of lumber over the
1921 production when 100000 board
feet were reported as manufactured in
the Rocky Mountain district. The 1921
figures reflected the general depres-
sion in the lumber industry and the in
creases shown by the 1922 figureh indi-
Gates gradual return TO normal con-
ditlons. The increased production is
quite general, being reported by large
and small mills alike.
The total production of lumber dur
ing 1922 for these three states was ST.
l4S,OOO board feet, according to pre-
llminary figures just compiled by the
forest service in cooperation with the
census bureau of the Department of
Commerce. The production of lath and
shingles in this region is limited to
twenty mills which reported total OF
S,l5O,OOO pieces of lath and 392, 900
shingles manufactured in 1922
Two-thirds of this lumber production
is made up of western yellow pine, 13
percent of lodge pole and an additional
ID per cent of spruce. while the re-
naming per cent consisted of Doug
las fir, white fir and Il small quantity
of aspen and cottonwood.
While the above cut represent the
combined production of aJ5 sawrnll!s,
4O,OOO,OOO feet, or almost one-half OF
this production, was manufactured by
fourteen mills, eac.I cutting in excess
of 100000 feet yearly.
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31
How / own Got
Peculiar Name

tation for originality rises staggering
when confronted by the apparent lack
OF imagination used to name Ameri.
can communities. There are even tvo
'hlcasos, six PhIladelphias. seven De-
troits and IA Denvers.
Similarity In names also corses tho
postal department considerable iron.
pie lndlstinct penmanship might
easily confuse Eldoro. Iowa. with III.
uorado. Iowa. In Pennsylvania alone
there are 13 communities whose names
begin with the prefix Green: Greene
Hreenbriar. Greenburr, Greencastle
Green Land, Greenoch, Greenpark
Greenboro, Greensburg, Greensboro
"reehstown, Greenville and Green.
wald.
lhere Is partialIty for Bloom as
prefix In New York state. as, for ex-
ample, Bloomburg, BIoomingdaIe.
Blooming Grove, Bloomington and
BlOomville.
Foreign cities have contributed
their names freely in this country
There are IS towns known as Paris
and n like number of Genevss, IT Ber-
Inns. despite the war, IL Moscows, II
Viennas. six Peklns and two Brussels.
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31
Reds to Subsidize Foreign Newspapers

semination of propaganda to promote
disloyalty in capitalist countries look
ing to the overthrow Of the govern
ments by force and violence Four
of these newspapers are in the United
States.
These figures do not include pri-
vately owned papers which support
the communist movement and to which
the communists are giving their sup
port. A document entitled Secret In
structions to Commercial Representa-
tives of Russia in Foreign Countries
quired by American government au-
thorities, says:
Efforts must be made to buy up
the press. Also efforts must be made
to win over the newspapers which will
place themselves in the service of
communism
"This entire document directs COM
mercial representatives Of Russia all
over the world to aid all pacifist move
ments, to spread communism in armies
and navies, to inspire in soldiers and
sailors hatred of their officers. to start
strikes and aid strikers, to organize
workers troops who must fight at the
bidding of the proletariat,' to supply
workers with weapons, to encourage
the use of terror and constantly to
continue the spreading of rumors of
impending wars"
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31

vorous dinosaurs. 80 feet long, of the
iguanodon type and smaller carnivor.
Gus species. These bones are at least
5.OOO,OOO years old, but beautifully
preserved.
They probably are related to Euro
penn types, and with our former work
indicate that Central Asia is the an
cestral home Of the dinosaurs which
migrated to Europe and America.
I'VE have discovered skull Of a
giant rhinoceros-like the beast
known as the titanothere-which, al
though it has been buried for 3,OOO,-
600 years. is almost as perfect as
though the animal had died week
ago. The titanotheres were previous
ly only known in America.
Deposits Full of Interest.
1--WE have found also remains Of a
giant dog-llke carnivore. as well as
many teeth and jaws of an ancestral
taplr-like animal. We could spend
easily years time In these great de-
posits, but will give them only enough
time to get few Of the choicest
things.
1.-THE expeditions belief that Mon
golia Is one of the worlds greatest
fossil fields is thoroughly confirmed.
1t will require hundred years of
work by many expeditions to exhaust
these huge deposits.
"Our original theory of Central
Asian center of dispersal of the NAM
malian life of Europe and America Is
receiving more proof every day. The
existence of land connection be-
tween Asia and North America has un-
questionably been established.
"The expedition will proceed west
ward into the Central Cobb desert
We expect to investigate areas which
we located last summer and to eX.
plore new regions south of the Altai
mountains toward Chinese Turkestan
and far to TIE west
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31
Fany Recently Lost in Ruhr
Starts Strange Theory.

raFis.--A startling theory has been
p'uNueu to account for the num-
! !. OF u alrplanes belonging to the
rs,rrasue service which nave fallen
German territory.
.an W ~ believed by many officers of the
sH.h air service in the RhIneland
s, IN. kuhr that the Germans have
F,,os sered a means of stopping the
sh. vn OF d, the magnetic of airplanes in
tst st. h me Germans are credited with
Inv n, having M found way in Berlin to
Fea n aun automobiles ,. within a specified
bn,,ah anu the French believe they have
Tho u n,, nae method to alrplanes.
Ind .ra ols ana passengers forced to
ana '.e allowed to go free, but the
In, aAu the freight II cay be car.
kInr ase eonfiscated, the machine
vsI :. according to French reports.
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31

~ ONE striking facts regarding the
growth of local Indebtedness in
the United States have just been
made public as the result of tax
alton researches by the national indus
trial conference board.
The board finds that public expendi-
lures are not related to the amount
received from taxation, because public
bodies can spend far more than their
income by relying on the medium of
public credit Thus future generations
will be weighed down by debts, the
proceeds of which are being used for
the construction of improvements that
the present generation is enjoying and
many of which will outllve their use
fulness within the present generation.
To cite a few instances, the indebt-
edness of state and local governments
In the state of Arizona has increased
from $1O,OOO.OOO in 1912-1913 to ap-
proximately $43,OOO,OOO in 1891 and
1922; IN California, the bonded in
debtedness of the state has increased
from $1OOOO,OOO to $76,OOO,OOO, and
the entire Indebtedness Of county gov
ernments has increased from $4,000
600 to $119,OO0,OO0.
The bonded Indebtedness Of state
sad local subdivisions in the state of
lAaAs has grown from 100000 to
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31
Trading in Grain Futures at Chicago

That the Chicago Board of Trade be
required to permit the delivery of
grain on futures contracts at other
important markets than Chicago un-
der proper safeguards and equitable
terms, whenever necessary in order
to prevent n squeeze or corner in the
Chicago market.
Finally, the commission reiterates a
recommendation that the railroads
might be encouraged to furnish, or the
state or federal government might as
sumo the duty of furnishing adequate
storage elevator capacity at conven-
lent market points, especially at Chi
cago, free from control or operation
by any grain dealer, broker or COM
mission house, In order to remove the
artificial conditions frequently occur
ring there.
1t is also recommended such storage
charges and other conditions that the
grain farmer or merchant would be
able to store grain in competition with
elevator merchandisers while, by
means Of negotiable warehouse re-
ceipts obtained for such grain, the
farmer would be aided in borrowing
money to finance his crop.
The report contains quotations from
letters written by grain merchants and
from statements made at public hear
ings, giving their opinions of the ef-
feet which speculation on the Chicago
Board of Trade had upon grain prices
during the period of rapidly declining
prices which began in 1920
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31
Paintings of Winter Wheat and Rye

Washington.-The area which will
be sown to winter wheat and rye this
fall will be considerably less than last
year, according to the report of the
United States division of crop and live
stock estimates. 1t is estimated that
the area sown to winter wheat in the
entire United States will be S4.5 per
cent of that sown last year, and that
of winter rye 81 per cent of last year.
The probable area to be sown in the
most important wheat producing states
as compared with last year is as fol-
lows: Pennsylvania, 9S per cent; Ohio,
SO; Michigan, 90; Indiana, SO; Illinois,
so: Missouri, rs; Nebraska, rs; Kan
sas, so; Texas, 81; Oklahoma, TS;
Colorado, 80; Washington, 105, and all
others, 92 per cent. The revised esti-
mate of the area sown to wheat last
fall is 4G.319,00O acres compared with
II, 900 in 1921 and 44,S95,OOO in
1920.
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31
Peculiar, No., Unconsciously
Christened by Peeved Post
office Department Official.

Uashincton.-There Is very pc
[culiar story connected with the nam
Erg of Peculiar, Mo.-which is also
I. neculiar name for town
The federal government does not
name towns and hamlets when they
re born or feel the urge for a cog
4 s,omeu. but the Post Office department
Ldoes regulate them to the extent Of
h,rohIbiting duplicating of names with
In the same state. So when newly
|formed community In Missouri sug-
Irested a certain name for its post
6tfice. the department Informed the in
[hobItgnts there was already one by
that nume in their state.
SeyernI other names were chosen by
Ithe residents and submitted. but al
Zuavs with the same result. Finally
an exosperated official of the depart
6nent, in refusing the latest choice.
Wrote the city fathers among other
Itblngs that 1t was mighty peculiar
&tbey could not find u good name for
/theIr town
Whereupon he received the follow
|ing reply: Acting on your sugges-
HON. we select the name Peculiar"
|And so Peculiar Is on the map of to-
1hay.
q Rule in Naming New Towns.
N There Is only one rule in the nam
Hng of new towns, and that Is that
{there shall be but one of the same
hame in state. But that does not
Arnhiblt other states from Boosting
fowns of the same name. For Instance,
There are 40 names used more than 20
lines each to designate towns and
Cities.
n BENJAMIN Franklin is remembered
Is an inspiration more than any other
person, and Franklin MS n town name
&aRes the prize, occurring 81 times In
81 states.
a The others in point of popularity
Pun: Clinton, 80 times; Chester and
\ Arlington, 20 OF each; Washington. 2s /;
Srroy, Salem, Madison. Marion, Man
Chester and Clayton, 27; G!enwood.
Kingston and Newport, 90; Ashland,
CentervIIle and Cleveland, 25; Auburn,
Dover Hlllsboro, Lincoln. Monroe,
oxford, Princeton, Springfield. War
frn and Union, "a; Greenvllle and
Wilson, %; Belmont, Buffalo, Canton,
Dayton, Eureka, Liberty. Milford and
lymouth, %; Burlington and Leba-
bon, 2l; Portland, Lexington. James
town, Hudson and Danville. 20.
r. Bane Of Postoffice Clerks.
Al Duplicated names are the bane of
he postal clerk, and the Yankee repu-
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31
klan Buys University

Indianapolis. Negotiations have
been completed for the taking over of
Valparaiso University ut Valparaiso,
Ind, by the Ku Klux Klan, it has been
announced by Milton Elrod, editor of
the Fiery Cross official publication of
the klan. The university, which is one
of the oldest educational institutions in
the country, will be called the National
University, Mr.. Elrod said.
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31

@URIHER restriction on the trad
ing in grain futures on the Chi
cago Board of Trade are recon-
mended in report made public
by the federal trade commission. The
latest recommendations deal with
speculation, competition and prices.
recommendations:
That the Chicago Board of Trade
be required to make public each day
the total volume of futures operations
In each option of each grain for the pre-
ceding day, and also the total volume
of open trades in each option of each
grain in existence at the close of the
preceding day.
That all brokers, and all commits
sion men, or officers, or large stock
holders of companies doing a broker
age or commission business in futures
for customers, be prohibited from
speculating in grain futures for their
own account
That the car delivery rule and the
settlement rule for defaulted futures
contracts on the Chicago Board of
Trade should be interpreted and APP
piled by an impartial person or tri-
bunal, because the rules involve COM
pleX questions of fact, and because
the present practice involves the dis
cretiOn of the board of directors and
the president, who may be called upon
to decide questions affecting their re-
spective interests or those Of their GUS
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31
Officers Guard Mrs, Reid

Chicago. Two federal narcotic
agents have been assigned to guard
Mrs. Wallace Reid, widow of the late
movie star, after she complained to
federal authorities that she had been
warned twice by telephone messages
to her room in hotel in Chicago to
stop her campaign against drugs. Mrs.
Reid said that since she has undertak
en- her campaign almost everywhere
she goes anonymous threats are made
as a means Of coercing her to halt her
efforts.
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31
CHARGE GERMANS BRING
DOWN FRENCH AIRPLANES

Since January l Germany has re-
gained the liberty Of the air. so tar
as civil aviation Is concerned. under
the Versailles treaty, but they are un-
able to prevent foreign military planes
from flying over German territory.
Since the occupation of the Ruhr De-
gan they have refused to supply any
weather reports which are so neces-
sary to successful operation of the air
services.
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31
Japanese Skipper Is
Found Dead at Wheel

Son Diego, Clustering erratically
in a circle twenty-five miles Off the
harbor here, and, failing to answer
halls from other craft. the Japanese
fishing boat Fuse was oVerhauled by
another Japancss boat and the skip
per, O. Tonann, found dead.
To,nann, the only person aboard
was found lashed to the wheel, hii
body leaning to one side, which caused
the Puso to steer about in circle
as the rnsoline engine Of the boat was
operating full power.
Physicians declared death vas dw
to heart trouble
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31

Wv TASHINGTON.-3 pro-
M testatiOns by the Russian
government and its Ameri-
can apologists, senatorial
and otherwise, that Russia is willing to
abandon the spreading of anti-govern-
ment propaganda in foreign countries
are contradicted by the communists
themselves in two statements received
In the United States, according to r.
NJ. Whitney. director of the Washing
ton bureau Of the American Defense
society
Recent news dispatches have re-
corded the fact that & small army of
propagandists, having finished their
course at the propaganda college main
tanned by the communist internationale
In Russia, Is on It's way to the United
States" said Mr.. Whitney.
THE Third Internatlonale has Just
appropriated 100000 rubes (gold),
or the equivalent of S2,5OO,OOO, for the
support of propaganda newspapers
oustide of Russia. This Is the official
statement of Lunacharsky, chairman
Of the section of bolshevist propaganda
abroad.
mo less an authority than Tchit-
cherin makes this public also in an
official communication. This officials
figures show that the communist gov
ernment Is maintaining 256 newspa-
papers outside of Russia for the dis
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31
U. S. and Mexico Reach Agreement

Mexico City.-The records of the
conference between the representa-
tives of the United States and Mexico,
embodying the agreement designed to
make possible the resumption of Dip
lomatic relations between the two ma
tions were signed few days ago.
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31
Call Farmer-Labor Convention

st. Paul.-Formal call for state
wide Farmer-Labor convention in Min
neapolis, Sept. s, was issued by Will
liam Mahoney, president of the Work.
ing Peoples Non-partisan Political
League, and H. G. Tiegen, Minneapolis,
secretary of the Farmers Non-partisan
League.
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31

on the same basis, less $500 paid tt
her in cash in 1921.
Frederick Lieser. who is eighty-twt
years old originally owned 44O-acr'
farm near Corder, Mo. The daughter
say they were induced to remain OF
the farm and work on the promise thai
they would be paid and would be re
membered in the fathers will.
Recently Lieaer sold 22O acres of tht
farm.
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31
Civil War Bills Brlnq $3.50.

Santa Barbara.-''Let me have some
real money for these things said a
stranger at the paying teller's window
of n Santa Barbara bank, as he ten
dered handful of tattered and worn
Civil war currency. The teller count.
cd over the worn papers and foun'
the face value was S2.SO.
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31
Daughters Sue Father
for Paw for Their Work

Kansas City, Mo.-Frederick Lieser'
a Lafayette county farmer, Is DEFEND
ant in suits for remuneration for per-
sonal services filed by his daughters.
Edna Lieser, thirty-six, asks $lO,-
600 as pay at 5000 year from the
time she reached her eighteenth birth
day. ~, ,oo
Lena Lieser. fifty-four. asks $21.l0O
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31
[ roves America
Once Joined Asia
Crow Awakens Friend
in Time for Work

Hebe Patton. a street car mo-
torman of Dover, o., doesn't
need an alarm clock. He has a
pet crow which calls him every
morning at 5 o'clock by cawlng
at his bedroom window. Patton
cared for the crow after 1t fell
from Its nest three months ago.
The Dolores star., 1923-08-31
Bulgaria Field for U. S. Trade.

Sofia, Bulgaria.-The American con-
sui here believes Bulgaria offers an
excellent market for manufactured
articles of many kinds. He is Graham
ii. Kemper and he says the value Of
the market is evidenced by the desire
of foreigners to share In 1t.