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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
OFFICIALS FOR
 BIG TILT NAMED

PALO ALTO, Cal, Dec. 23. - Ed Thorpe, Columbia, will be referee for the Notre Dame Stanford football game at Pasadena New Years Day; E. C, Quigley, Kansas. will umpire Walter Eckersall, Chicago, will act as head linesman, and Judge R. Morris, Wash ington, will be field judge.
 Unusual reliance is being placed upon pitchers by major league clubs fortify- ing themselves for the 1925 campaign Connie Mack parted with $100,60O for Lefty" Groves Baltimore star; Wash ington has acquired three veteran twirl CTS. Coyeleskie. Reuther and Gregg while the New York Yankees. to obtain Urban Shocker, handed over Joe Bush veteran boxman, and two young pitch ITS to St. Louis.
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YALE MAY SEND
 BOWERS ABROAD
Probably Will Send Crew To
 Germany In 1926

NEW YORK. Dec 23-Yale is re- ported to be considering sending it's row ing crew to Germany in 1926 in accept ance of an invitation extended by the president of the German Rowing asso- citation. The invitation requested that the varsity crew be sent in 1925 but Coach Ed Leader is declared to be op- posed to such a journey so closely fol lowing the successful trip to the Olym- pics.
 If the visit is made in 1926 only one member of the champion Olympic eight will be a member of the party, Howard T. Kingsbury of New York, the one sophomore to win a place in the un- beaten crew.
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WHITNEY COLORS
 TO BE AT WANA

NEW YORK. Dec. 23.-Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, prominent New York sportswoman, who owns q formidable string of thoroughbreds, will have her colors carried this winter on the Tia Juana track in Mexico. A string of nine of her crack runners including Cherry Pie, which holds the worlds records for the mile, will be shipped next Saturday to the far west.
 Mrs. Whitney already has dozen thoroughbreds racing at New Orleans.
 Ray Buker, minister-miler, formerly of Bates college and member of the last American Olympic team to Paris, will compete against the great Nurmi in the Finnish American A. c. games at Madison Square Garden, January 6.
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The par golfers have dug up new fad Jones, Hagen, Diegel, Walker, Hehlhorn, Macdonald, ct al, have set themselves a new mark to shoot at. They're trying to break hundred!
 It sounds queer to hear Bobby Jones announce proudly, Well, l broke a hundred yesterday" Yes, very queer indeed.
 But the part players are actually trying to break a hundred.
 For twenty seven holes When a player clicks off a ninety nine for twenty-seven holes he's "shootin' mean stick of that stuff, as Shakespeare used to say. When he rings us a ninety-nine, he's playing real golf. It isn't ping-pong or mumbly-peg. It's golf.
 Three thirty-threes in row. That's all it takes. Yeah, that's all. Examine the records of past tourna- ments and see how many ninety mines you can find for twenty-seven consecu- tive holes.
 You can count 'em on the fingers of one foot.
 Breaking a hundred for three mines is even harder than breaking seventy twice in succession for eighteen holes And you know how often that happen About once in the lifetime of Methuse- lah! U'm speaking of scores in the big tournaments, over courses of standard length.)
 The U. S: c. A., Canadian and Brit ish organizations would do well to es- tablish an award for all players who break hundred for twenty seven holes in national tournaments. A cup of this sort would give the boys something new to shoot at. And the winner would deserve a cup slightly larger than the Grand Central Station.
 Chick Evans record score of 2St in the National Open of 1916 gave him an average slightly above thirty-five strokes for each nine. Douglas Edgar once averaged 34.7 in the Canadian Open. James Braid averaged a frac tion above thirty-six in the British Open in 1908. The exact figures fol any twenty seven holes are not avail able, but it's doubtful if a hundred has ever been broken in big tourna ment over course of championship length.
 "Then why offer an award for some thing that cant be done?' a frient asks.
 If the feat were impossible we would
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FIRPO ARRIVES
 M GAY PAREE

PARIS, Dec. 23.-Luis Angel Firpo. who sailed from New York on the steamer France last week, made an unpretentious entry into Paris today. The Argentine boxer came here alone, his manager having gone to London with the intention of rejpining him later in Paris.
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MONTGOMERY LOSES

BOSTON, Dec. 23.-Jim Maloney, Boston heavyweight, was awarded decision on a foul over Sully Montgom- cry of Fort Worth, Texas, former Gen. tre college football star, when Maloney was knocked down early in the third round of scheduled 10-round bout to- night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-24
'Ty Cobb's Greatest Hobby
 : For Years Has Been Dogs
Had Genuine Love And Admiration For Pets
 Cobb's Hall Was Nearly Champion

{ Copyrighted. 1924, in the United States,
 Canada and Great Britain by North Amer -tcan Newspaper Alliance All rights re- . meryed)
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COLE AND OTHER TROUBLES
sy BARRIE PAYNE

agree. But the fact that it hasn't been done doesn't prove it's impossible. It will be done sooner or later, if it hasn't already. Everything will be done sooner or later! The average scores in big tournaments are being gradually lowered. Golfing skill among the top-notchers is improving as years go on. For instance. in the British Open of 1905 a seventy-f6ur was the lowest single score recorded and eighty per cent of all scores turned in were above eighty. The progress in two decades has been considerable. A livelier ball is being used these days, of course, but the courses have been heightened in proportion, so the prog ress must have been due to increased skill.
 Bobby Jones once shot a sixty-three over the difficult East Lake course at Atlanta. Nine par holes and nine birdies! By shooting another nine exactly in par figures he could have notched a ninety-nine for twenty-seven holes! In other words, a ninety for twenty-seven means eighteen par holes and nine birdies, if the par is seventy-two. That's how easy il isn't!
 Try and do it!
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u,ee YOU A EiGttv ALI KEYED OF oyEE. NE oE FAMOUS TERSOR FRos1 Jhd6OCNot NJ A GRVpGE TvTLE- AND VttG TERkoR WAEIzES TAeaDuGtA TWELVE RCONtoS. LIKE Al Ar1NTEUR PULLING AiS PUNCHES wAtS6 70 AOOSE-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-13
HIGH KNlCKS AND LOW
SOCKS SHOCK CONSTABLE

BALTIMORE, June 1S.-Knickers
Is Knockers and socks is socks But
Knockers rolled high and socks roll.
ed low-well, this done by pretty
Goucher College girls Is q bit too
shocking for stald st. MichAAls, on
MarylAnd's Eastern Shore.
And Constable Georges Barnes ID
just the man to tell the girls so,
too. In fact, he did tell them when
several Of the sorority Girls attend.
ing house parties on the Miles river
wandered into st. Michaels.
Mr.. Barnes thus explains his ac.
ton.
II reckon there were four or five
Of them. There wasn't any trouble.
I just told them not to come back
to St. Michaels again dressed like
I'VE folks can't stand for that
sort Of thing, People were object.
ing, so it was up to me to speak
to the girls, and I did"
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CLOSING OF ]. S.
PLAZA HOTELS
|SFEARED
Failure Of Congress to Enact
Deficiency Bill Responsible.
No Money for Rent

Another disaster owing to the
failure Of Congress to enact the
second deficiency bill may come In
the closing Of the Government
Hotels on Union Station plaza.
Congress did not appropriate the
|$74,315 necessary to pay the rent
to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
which owns the land on which the
dormitories are located. and which
is anxious to dispose of its property
as soon az 1t can Gust the present
tenants.
The prospect Of being forced to
abandon the hotels is giving worry
to Robert Watson, president Of the
Housing Corporation. which IL the
Government agent for managing the
project. The legal and financial
phases of the situation are now
being examined, and ways and
means may yet be found Of obtain.
ing the funds for the rentals for
the next fiscal year.
So far as operating expenses are
concerned, the hotels are aelf-Due.
tanning. The income last year was
s600,S74 and the expenses 3520, sa3,
leaving a comfortable balance In
favor Of the operating officials.
The rent has never been included
in the expenses, however, and all OF
the receipts must be covered In the
Treasury, ana expenses can be made
only by appropriation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-13
GIBSON GIRL
|NPOL|TICAL
CAMPAIGN
Original, Mrs. Charles Dana
Gibson, TO Second Al
Smiths Nomination

NEW YORK, June 1S.-No less 4
person that The Original Gibson
Girl" Il scheduled to second the
nomination of Governor AL smith
OF New York, when the New York
delegation ilofninateb MIN for Pres
ident at the Democratic national
convention.
''The Original Gibson Girl" is
Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson. wife Of
the celebrated artist.
And. in turn, Mrs, Gibson IL one
Of the five famous Langhorne girls
Of Albemarle County, Va.
All Of the politics OF the, Lang.
horne family is nor falling to Mrs.
Gibson, however, for she has. sis.
ter who already achieved distinc.
ton az politician. The sister il
Lady Aston, who married waldorf
Aston, son Of William Waldorf
Aston, now Lord Astor. She was
Nancy LanEhorne.
Lady Aston, in her political On.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-13
COURT RULES ON HEIcHTH
or PROPOSED APARTMENT

Justice Stafford OF the District
supreme Court has decided the dis.
puts over the height Of . proposed
apartment to be erected on MAasa.
chuBetts avenue ana Twenty.firAt
street, BY holding that the building
may 90 up eikhty.five feet on beth
thOfoughfares. A certain portion
IN the rear Of the proposed building
10 restricted to tifty.fivs feet. how.
ever.
Suit had bSen brought by Ruth
y. i. Lkrr&bse ana certain other
residents Of Massachusetts, avenue
northwest to prevent the erection
of the apartment In question, claim
Inc that the height limit fixed by
the 1onltig Commission was fifty five
feet and not eighty-flve feet. An
appeal wA6 noted from the decision
Of the court.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-13
HUMAN FOOT, RECENTLY
SEVERED, FOUND ON DUMB

PHILADELPHIA, June 10. - A
naked human foot, evidently OF an
DafhAlEKi, an eunploye Of the city,
on the dumping pier at Delaware
avenue and Green street.
DAdalski saw the 1Dot In the bot.
tom OF q rubbish pcow after q
trtickload Of ashes had been dumped
into It. He called q pAtrolnAi1,
and the foot was taken to the
1lorgue. The ragged flesh just
above the ankle indicated that the
foot had been severed forcibly. The
flesh had not begun to decay. The
police could offer no explanation.
Upon proper Identification the
Inorgue authorities will restore It 10
the rightfnl owner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-13
Money Orders Faxed

WILKES-BARRE, June lS.-ThA
discovery OF three bogus postal
money orders in this city leads the
postal authorities to believe that
this section Is being flooded with
series Of fraudulent money orders
stolen from New York RECENTLY.
The orders are from what IL known
as No. 1S1, New York city series.
They. have been passed on local
merchants. one for $50 and another
for $50.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-13
Man Hun Chasing Bear

PROVIDENCE. r. l., June 1s.-T
Norman Robbins, eixty.two, q keeper
at Roger Williams Park Zoo, II
near death in the Rhode Island
Hospital, following an attempt to
recapturs q sun bear which brooks
away from him and climbed q TREE.
Robbins attempted to climb after
the bear, when q limb broke and
the keeper fell, suffering q fracture
of the spine.
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deavors in England. has learned
how 'hecklers' should be treated.
When a youthful "heckler" callsd
her Nancy and suggested she 50
back to America, Lady Aston 70.
torted grimly:
''Shut up, or I'll knock that PIPE
out OF your MOUTH
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21

ria which served about 1900 acres. The
completion of this project in 1905 also
was the beginning of the truck indus
try in the Valley.
Work on the Brownsville system was
started about the same time or only
a short time later. The main canal of
the Amcrican-Rio Grande Land and
Irrigation Co. was started next and
was completed during 1906. This pro
ject was financed by Col. Sam Fordyce,
B. f.. Yoakum. and the St. Louis Union
Trust Company, builders of the rail
road.
Other Systems Follow
Then followed the systems at San
Benito, Harlingen, McAllen, and Donna,
all of these being started at different
times during 1907. The San Juan pro
ject, built by the Louisiana-Texas Ir-
rigation Co., was started in 1909. The
Little Indiana. now Cameron County
District No. 5, and the Edinburg or
Continued on page p
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21

failure and the project soop was aban-
doned for that purpose. About the
same time small plants were attempt
ed on the Brulay plantation below
Brownsville and on the San Juan plan
tation near Donna by John Closner,
Both Ct these plants were small AMI
were used to water sugar cane.
ION the Brulay place, where a sugar
mill was operated, (piloncillos), small
ccnes of raw sugar, were manufactured
and shipped extensively. - 10
uct has disappeared along with the
sugar industry in the Valley"
Real development of the irrigation
industry however started Immediate
~ after the completion of the 81. L.
B. & NJ. railroad into Brownsville On
July 4, 1904.
Col. Sam Robertson, now sheriff Of
Cameron county ana builder of the
railroad, was the contractor on the
first system of any proportions to be
constructed, a small one at Santa Ma
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21
z CARS FRUIT
ON SMALL TRACT
Valley Grown Lemons
Find Ready Sale on
Markets

Twenty acres of six year old citrus
trees in the R. j. Thomas orchard at La
FerIa will produce about 27 ears Of fruit
the owner estimates and will net a
splendid profit.
On the tract there are $50 lemon, 200
orange and about 1900 grapefruit trees.
Three cars of lemons already have
been shipped from this orchard and are
bringing about $1,000 per car, Mr.. Thorn
as said. One of the cars was handled by
the Alexander Marketing Co., Of San
Benito and sent to Minnesota. This will
be one Of the first cars Of Valley lemons
shipped to the northern market and is
expected to prove that there is a wide
demand 70 rthe Valley product.
There has been a belief that the
market for Valley grown lemons was
very limited Mr.. Thomas said, but
my experience has proven quite con-
trary. This year it has been common
for a jobber of produce dealer to receive
a shipment of my lemons in the morning
and to wire for a second shipment the
same day. | have had TO difficulty in
finding a ready sale for my lemons as
they are ready for the market"
The lemons are being packed in the
Mercedes plant of she Texas Citrus
Exchange and are put up in standard
boxes and individual wrapped.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21
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&aoeooos. ossa~s
CANALS ONE THOUSAND MILES LONG WATER
FERTILE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY FIELDS

I IRRIGATION pumping plants in the Valley represent an in
I vestment of more than $4,000, 900. Canals and laterals
have an estimated valuation Of more than 5000, 900.
The canals and laterals Of the principal systems of the
Valley are more than 1000 miles in length.
Almost a half million acres of the richest soil in the world
are made to "bloom and bear fruit" by the billions of gallons
of water pumped through the hundreds of miles Of canals.
Valley farmers are Independent of rains by reason Of
these enormous systems.
The largest independently owned irrigation system in
the world is located in the Rio Grande Valley. It is the
American Rio Grande Land and Irrigation Company, with
Headquarters at Mercedes.
The canals of this system reach 100000 acres of land.
More than $1,000 acres are under actual cultivation.
The pumps Of this system lift more than a billion gallons
of water every week it is in operation.
Without the enormous irrigation systems the Valley still
would be the greatest dry farming country in the world,
but there would be crop failures here as there are in other
parts of the world. With the irrigation systems a crop fail
ure is almost unknown.
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size. When cars of this kind can be
supplied it is possible to control the
market price to some extent and enable
10Th the grower and shipper to make
more money"
The ability of the Valley to market
$1,000 cars Of truck in 1924 was not
through a superiority of the produce,
according to Mrs. Coe, but rather on
account of disastrous freezes in other
growing ~centers which opened markets
which the Valley never had been able
TO invade before. This business how
ever can be held and developed for this
section If proper methods are followed,
he thinks.
1t will be necessary for the Valley
grower and shipper to be a little more
careful Of uniformity, and of the CON
dition Of their products, to produce suf-
ficlent variety of crops to enable the
shipper to supply all the vegetables in
the market and to plant the crops in
such a way as to supply the market
with one product for a number of weeks
Spreading the Supply
N jobber or produce man will buy
from a market where he can get only
one or two shipments per year, Mr.. Coe
SAID. Our firm is advising the man
who is planning to plant as much as
five acres in lettuce to plant only one
acre at first, a week or ten days later
plant another acre and so on unit the
entire acreage has been planted. This
VIII enable the farmer to market let
tuce over a long period and will enable
the Valley to supply a jobber with let
tuce for many weeks"
This method will lave a tendency to
develop permanent markets and to Gre
ate a permanent demand for Valley
products, it was explained.
The growth of the citrus industry in
the Valley will not limit the acreage
planted to truck, Mr.. Coe believes.
There is a demand for vegetables of the
standard grown in the Valley which al
ways will make their production a pay
ing business, he says.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21
MIXED CAR TO
SOLVE PROBLEM
Few Points Can Con
sumo Full Car Truck,
Says Shipper

The future Of the Valley truck In
dustry lies in the development of the
MIXED car and express shipment, ac-
cording to w. N. Coe, manager of the
Texas Producers Union of Mercedes,
and diversification Of truck crops is
making the mixed car possible.
The territory irrigated by the Mer-
cedes system can produce more carrots
than the entire United States can con
sumo" Mr.. Coe sa' d, and there are but
few markets in the country which can
easily handle a solid car of his vege-
table.
"On the other hand, a car loaded with
three or more products can find a ready
parket III more than a dozen Texas
towns and in hundreds of towns owe.
the nation.
The principal products of the Mer-
cedes sections in the past rave been
beets, carrots and cabbage and the farm
ers have been able to make money on
these crops, through favorable market
conditions but there have beer failures
and the possibility for continued fail
ures is large. But growers in this sec
tion are beginning to realize this and
year after year are growing a greater
variety of produce. This year in addi-
tlon to the three staple crops there will
be shipped from this section cauliflower,
English peas, endive, es%carol, t~urnips,
lettuce, spinach, radishes, shellots.
beans, peppers, tomatoes, eggplants and
probably small quantities of other
! vegetables.
Advantages of Mixed Car
With this variety to choose fromiit
VIII be possible to make up a car which
can jbe handled in such towns as Waxa-
hacHie and Corsicana and places of that
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21

CD Sharyland lake and bath
house: Water is pumped
from the canals of the United
Irrigation company. ~ One
of the old canals on the banks
of which trees have already
grown to large size. (3) Part
of the interior of the pump
ing plant which provides wat
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21
HATS AND SHOES HANDPAINTED

Whole landscapes are now painted on
some of the sailor hats for women that
have made their appearance in the
fashion marts. The SAGE on the hat
heretofore used for a band or ribbon
are painted with sylvan or marine views
and to match, some shoes are decorated
in Il similar manner.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-21
.1-sTRJANs SIGH FOR MEDALS

VIENNA, Dec. 2O.-To appease large
numbers of citizens who crave decora-
ticns, abolished with the establishment
of the republic, it has been decided to
create a medal Of the federated repub-
lie Of Austria. There will be ten diff.
ferent classes. L
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-25
ASSlGNEES PETITION
TO SELL PIANO FIRM

Robert c. Rogers, Ralph P. Barn
ard and Stanley D. Willis, assignees
OF the Van Wrinkle Piano Company,
1922 F street northwest, today filed
a petition in the District Supreme
Court for permission to sell the
stock and fixtures Of the concern
to d. G. Pfeiffer for $4,000 cash.
They declare that they have con-
Quoted the place since September 21
last as a going establishment at a
profit and that the offer of Mr..
Pfeiffer, although below the inven-
tory price. is higher than could be
obtained If the stock and fixtures
were sold at public auction. The
offer did not include outstanding
book accounts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-25
ANDERSON GOES
To BEGIN JAIL
SENTENCE
Anti-SaIoon Leagues Former
Head Photoed for Rogue's
Gallery.
BY International News Service.

NEW YORK. March 25.-William
H. Anderson. former superintendent
of the New York State Anti-Saloon
League. surrendered this morning to
Sheriff Peter Dooling. who will take
him to Sing Sing prison to begin
serving a sentence of from one to
two. years for forgery.
Anderson was accompanied to the
sheriff's office by former Gov.
Charles s. Whitman and Colley P.
Williams, his attorneys.
Sheriff Dooling signed the COM
mitment papers and preparations
were Immediately made to take An
derson to police headquarters, where
he was to be finger-printed and
photographed for the rogues' gallery
records. Anderson had no state
ment to make.
The journey to Ossining was
scheduled to be made by train at
1851 o'clock this afternoon.
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lmpeach Falls
Son-in-Law,
SaysSenate
INTERNATIONAL NEWS REEL.
BY International News Service.

BY International News Service.
Striking with spectacular
swiftness, the Senate this
afternoon passed a resolu-
ton formally calling upon
the House Of Representatives
to impeach Clarence 9.
Chase, sOn-in-law Of Albert
B. Fall and q collector of
customs at Fl Paso, Tex.
He is charged with sub
ornation of perjury in at
tempting to get a friend to
lie for former Secretary of
the Interior Fall about the
famous 100000 loan.