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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-19
SNOW, QUAKES
HIT. MONTANA
Three Inches Of Heavy,
Wet Flakes Result
in Big Damage
(By the Associated Press.)


HELENA, Mont Sept. 19.-Snow and
earthquakes were the order of the day
in Helena.
A sharp, short tremor was expert
enced at 3:45 o'clock this morning but
did no property damage beyond stop
ping the clock on the courthouse tower.
The quake came as climax to an un-
usual September storm during which
three inches of wet. heavy snow fell.
The snow did heavy damage to trees
by breaking branches, while street car
service was hampered and electric light
and power service was halted tempo
rarily.
A heavy snow was reported at Great
Falls. Despite the fact that tempera-
lures were above freezing, the snow
lay to depth of several inches early
today. Several other Montana points
reported snow.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-19
CRAWFORD,S SISTER HAS
X r X
SYMPATHY FOR FORMER
X y
WIFE WHO KILLED HIM
"Y the Associated Press)

HO LION, Texas, Sept 19.-Sym-
pathy or Suzanne Crawford. under
charF IS in connection with the fatal
shoo' ing of her divorced husband,
Cha les w. Crawford at San Antonio
ear, this week. was expressed here
yef terday by Miss Xena Crawford,
SIS ter of the dead man. She also de-
ed reports that Suzanne Crawford
lad been denied the privilege Of see
ing the body or attending the fun
eral Of the slain man, who w& bur
led here yesterday.
Neither mother nor myself hold
any i'll feeling against her." Miss
Crawford said, referring to Suzanne
Crawford "and our sympathy goes
out to her in her plight. Suzanne
was not denied the privilege of see
ing my brothers body or attending
the funeral by my mother. Such a
report was made but entirely errone-
GUS"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-19
METHODISTS URGED
VOlTEFQR UNITY
fBy the Associated Press.)

CHICAGO. H., Sept 19.-Laymen OF
the Methodist Episcopal church and OF
the Methodist Episcopal church, South,
were urged in a statement issued today
by the efexecutive committee Of the gem
eral laEmen's association of the Meth
odist church to vote for unification.
The statement signed by George w.
Dixon, Chicago, president, was sent to
all bishops to be read at the annual
conferences and by the secretaries at
laymen's meetings.
1t urged also that the five million
members of the Methodist Episcopal
church vote for admission of laymen
into the annual conference. pleaded
for unanimous cooperation and support
for the world service commission.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-19
336 6CARS CHECKED
AT CORNER in HOUR

Between the hours of 6 and Tone
hour-a total Of 336 automobiles passed
one corner in Brownsville.
This check was made by John F. Der
vim. secretary Of the merchants associ-
alton of Brownsville, and the day for
making it was the afternoon of Sep
tember is.
Mr.. Dervin checked the traffic that
passed the corner of Twelfth and Levee
streets. Cars going every direction
were counted.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-19
YOUTH
shot TODEATH
(Bv the Associated Pressl

HOUSTON. Texas. Sept. 19.-Johnny
Guesman, Is, was killed early this
morning on road near Houston. as a
result Of an alleged attempt Of three
boys to steal gasoline from a filling
station.
Joe .Dechiara, owner Of the station,
in statement to police. said he was
awakened by an alarm at a. m, and
peering through a hole in the store
saw three boys filling an automobile
with gasoline from his tank He says
he fired three shots. Later he and a
neigl Dor found the dead boy in ditch
a sk9rt distance from the store. De-
chiara is held on murder charge.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-19
TRAIN HITS AUTO
OCCUPANTS UNHURT
fsnecial to the Herald.l }

HARLINGEN, Texas, Sept. 19.-Al-
though the automobile in which they
were riding was completely demolished,
Cal Jefferys, farmer who lives near
here, and Frank Summers, 14-year old
boy. escaped injhry early today when
they were hit byl freight train on a
crossing one mile outside oftLa Feria.
The automobile rolled onto the track
as the train reached the crossing and
was scattered along the road for some
distance although both occuAants were
unhurt.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-19

SPEEDERS THINK COPS
y y y
ARE HIJACKERS'; AUTOS
x X
TO HAVE ELECTRIC SIGN

BEAUMONT, Tex, Sept. 19.-"Con-
stables car" in electric lighted let
ters is to adrn the cars of consta-
bles and deputies in jefferson county
as a result of numerous cases recent
ly where motorists have stepped on
it" and testified in court that they
thought the arresting officer was
hijacker. The new regulation goes in
to effect Monday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-19
TEXAS, OKLA. TO
PRODUCE THIRD
OF FU.SCOTT0N
Texas Selling Price Be-
low Cost is Claim; Ok
lahoma Getting Three
Cents More This Year
(By the Associated Press)

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 19.-Texas and
Oklahoma have encountered unusual
difficulties in making cotton crop
this year but together will produce
100000 bales. more than one-third the
estimated American production, accord
ing to reports to the state boards Of
agriculture.
In Texas the present selling price is
duction and about 20 per cent of the
crop is being withheld from market al
though $4,000 bales have been sold.
In Oklahoma the selling price is ap-
proximately three cents pound above
last years average, cotton pickers are
plentiful and the crop is being sent TO
market more rapidly than in many
years.
AUSTIN. Texas. Sept. 19-Approxi-
mately 100000 bales of cotton have
been ginned in Texas this year and
about $4,000 bales have been sold.
George B. Terrell. commissioner of ag-
riculture, said today.
About 20 per cent of the crop is be-
ing held for better prices by coopera-
tive companies and individual farmers
able to hold. said Mr. Terrell
Careful tabulation of the reports of
our correspondents indicates that the
Texas cotton crop will be about 3,675.-
900 bales" he said. "No amount of
rain will increase the production of
cotton in Texas this season but heavy
rains or early frosts may materially
reduce the production.
"The present price Of cotton is be-
low the cost of production and if the
totol crop this year in the United
States is not more than 100000 bales
the price should advance to 80 cents a
pound.
Domestic consumption and experts
Of American cotton amounted to a.
100000 bales during the cotton year
just closed and unless the crop this
year should reach $4,000. 900 bales,
there will not be enough cotton to sup
ply the demand and the price will ad-
vance.
"Reports made by the. commissioners
of agriculture of the cotton growing
states at the meeting held in Memphis,
Tenn September Ia, show that the to-
tai cotton crop will be 12,937 900 bales"
OKLAHOMA CITY. Sept. 19-The
Oklahoma cotton yield was unofficially
estimated today by G. D. Carter, chief
stei+;etician of the Oklahoma state
board of agriculture at 1.325,O00 bales,
a decrease sfrom the official estimate
of 100000 bales of week ago. be-
cause of heavy rains.
The yield per acre as compared with
last year is smaller and Oklahoma will
90 above 100000 bales only because
acreage was increased Is per cent, Mr..
Carter said.
The crop, he said. has been harrassed
with the most unfavorable conditions
1t was planted in the most unfayor-
able weather. hit by a serious drought
in mid summer and suffered from hea-
w rains just as the picking season be-
gan. -
The basis of the price for one inch
staple cotton is so points on the De-
cember price of 24.S0 and the present
price is 25.35 cents pound. Last year
the price averaged % cents.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-19
SHOOTING IS FATAL
TO MAN FROM TEXAS

Eusebio Ortiz, formerly a resident Of
San Patricio county, where he was con-
victed of violation of the Dean liquor
law, and was wanted by officers, was
killed up the river some distance from
Matamoros, on the Mexico side, Thurs
day night, is belated report received
here today from persons coming into
Matamoros.
The man was reported to have been
killed in shooting scrape with several
other men on ranch near the river.
No one was arrested IL was stated by
the ranchman who borught in the re-
port.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-19
WAR0NCATTLE
DISEASE BRINGS
DRASTIC
Galveston Injunction
Hearing Underway az
More States Put Ban
on Texas Shipments
(By the Associated Pressl


HOUSTON, Tex, Sept. 49,
At a conference today of DR.. Ma
rion lines, federal district chief
Of the bureau of animal indus
try and former Governor James
F. Ferguson, it was decided to
extend the quarantine on the
foot and mouth disease to take i'm
all counties bordering those in
which the disease now exists.
This means that all counties adjoin-
ing Harris, Galveston and Brazoria
counties will have what the experts call
"the protective zone" thrown around
, them. 1t means that out of a. dozen
counties the federal government, back
ed up by the power of the state will
prohibit the shipment out Of the terri
tory, of any products that might carry
the infection.
GALVESTON, Texas, Sept 19-Tak-
ing of testimony in the hearing on in
junction proceedings which seek to re-
strain the state livestock sanitary COM
mission from some of its practices in
the fight on the hoof and mouth dis
sease was begun before Judge J. C.
Canty of the 56th district court Just
before noon today.
The hearing was to have begun at 10
o'clock but was delayed through pre-
liminary proceedings in which two
original petitions for injunctions were
withdrawn and a new. petition, Joined
hU all nlninfiffc IL
In the new petition the plea is for an
injunction restraining the defendants
from the slaughter of cattle that are
not actually infected with the hoof and
mouth disease and against some of the
Quarantine regulations in force which
limit the movements of persons and the
marketing of farm products Petition
ers allege that there is no authority in
the laws of Texas or the United States
for the methods of procedure COM
planned Of. The right to quarantine
areas. and prevent the movement.
JACKSON, Miss, Sept. 19-Missis-
slppl today issued a quarantine against
the state Of Texas, prohibiting the
movement from that state into this
state Of "all animals and animal prod
ucts, farm, garden and orchard products
emigrant m6vables, circus and carnival
equipment and any and every product
or thing that may become a source of
infection by coming into contact with
the foot and mouth disease"
HARRISBURG, Pa, Sept. ia
statewide quarantine against shipments
from Texas into Pennsylvania of COM
modities which might transmit foot and
mouth disease, effective next Monday.
was announced today. The quarantine
applies to cattle, poultry, hides, hay.
straw and similar articles. The action,
it was explained, was due to failure of
authorities in some sections Of Texas to
support federal quarantine regulations.
FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept 19.--
South Carolina has declared an embargo
on livestock products from Texas, the
livestock sanitary commission was ad-
vised today.
The commission also has reports that
California is placing similar ban but
as vet it has not received copy of the
order.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-19
COOK EGGS BY WIRELESS

NEW YORK.An egg in frying pan
on a cake of ice was cooked by wireless
at the radio show. &
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-19
PRINCE NOW LIEUTENANT

RACCONIGI, ItalyN- I he sro"n
prince. having attained his majority
hos become a lieutenant in the army.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-19
ANCHOR DARKENs TOWN.

ROUEN, France. The anchor Of
British collier wrecked four cables at
the bottom Of the river Seine and left
many towns without electric light on
power.
Evening star., 1925-08-24
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Urges Rich
and Poor AHEe
to Be Self
Supporting
Learn to Earn
Your Bread,
Butter and
Cake, Girls
For Trained Brain Is Weapon in Emergency
an Aid in Marriage, Cure for Boredom and
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Evening star., 1925-08-24
BEDTIME STORIES
BY THORNTON
W. BURGESS

through one of Jerry Muskrats tun-
nels. She was too broad for that.
80 that's it," said he, talking to
himself. "She can't get in through
Jerry's tunnel. so she is digging her
way in through the roof. But what is
she doing it for? That is what l can
not understand"
Mrs. Snapper was too far away for
Peter to ask questions, so all he could
do was to sit and watch. lie saw that
she had chosen one of the Oldest parts
of the roof and she kept right on
working as If she had something yery
important on her mind. Mr.. Water
Snake. came for his usual daily sun.
bath, but. seeing Mrs. Snapper at work
there, decided that he didn't want a
sunbath that day and swan away.
Mrs. Snapper continued to work and
work, and Peter continued to watch
and watch. BY and by Mrs. Snapper
had that hole deep enough so that she
was half out of sight. Then she
seemed to grow tired of working and
for long time appeared to be doing
nothing. 'She must be tired OUT
thought Peter, land is resting" You
know Peter himself is always ready
to rest. The sun was warm, it was
very quiet, and SO presently Peter
dozed. Then he dozed some more.
l.
Peter awoke with a start. Just for
a wee part of a minute he couldn't
think where he was. Then he remem.
bered, and hastily looked over to the
roof of Jerry Muskrat's house. Mrs
Snapper the Swapping Turtle was
busy again. But now she seemed to
be filling that hole in instead of dig.
ging it deeper. 1t was all very puZ.
zling. Finally she waddled down sto
the edge of the water, looked all
laround, then dived in and Peter saw
no more of her.
Peter waited around hoping Mrs
Snapper would come near enough for
him to ask questions of her. When
she didn't come, he looked for Jerry
Muskrat. He was anxious to tell
Jerry what Mrs. Snapper had been
doing on the roof of that house. But
Jerry must have been taking a nap
somewhere, for not so much as a, hair
of him did Peter see. 1t began to lool,
as if his curiosity would have to go
unsatisfied.
Evening star., 1925-08-24
HOW 1T STARTED
BY JEAN NEWTON.
Dog Days.

'Muzzle that dog! The idea of let.
ting a dog go about that way in these
dog days. And it was a dog day"
Why do we call very hot days dog
days? To be sure, in the Summer
dogs are dangerous, and when people
we're not compelled to lie as careful
as they must be now to incapacitate
them for doing harm, the hot days
witnessed enough horrible accidents
to earn the appellation. But that
isn't how it started.
The ancients, with their myths and
goddesses, were ardent devotees of
astronomy. The planets and stars
were popularized, so that school chill.
dren were familiar not only with their
symbolism, but their physical changes.
Dog days" was the name given by
the ancients to period of about 40
days at the time Of the rise of Sirius.
called the dog star. This happened
to be at the hottest time of the year,
the star rising on July I. On account
of changes the date has been brought
down to about July %.
Regardless of Sirius, we call them
dog days. If 1t is hot, and in cool
weather we do not divert our attention
from the strenuous life to astronom-
ical problems. Yet the star rises Just
the same.
Evening star., 1925-08-24
Face Powders.

The most important things about
face powder are, first, it's color; sec
ond, its quality. If you have a very
dark skin and you attempt to make II
lighter with a white powder you only
cast a funny shadow over your face
which makes you look odd and arti-
fetal The face powder should be as
near the natural color of the skin as
possible to be really invisible, and II
should be of a quality so fine that it
blends perfectly into the skin.
You can. to a small extent. modify
the tint of the complexion by using
certain shades of powder. If, for in
stance. you are very pale, fieshcol-
ored face powder will give an effect
of warmth. If you are quite fair you
can darken your skin with brunette
powder. and you can always idealiZe
your complexion by using a matching
powder of very good quality. When
I say idealiZe I mean that you can
accentuate your kind of complexion
and make ii prettier. which, after all,
is quite enough 10 expect from a face
powder,
If you are a deep brunette you can
bring out all the rich. creamy tones
in your skin by using the deepest
yellow powder you can purchase. The
shade is usually called rachel and
sometimes comes in twS shades, a
lighter and more vivid color. There
is a good deal of yellow and brown
in these rachel shades. and there is
a third variety containing red for the
sallow brunette skin. For the fair
girl there are varieties of blanche
and rose, varying from a white so
dead that it is almost blue-white. to
a quite vivid pink. The blue-white
and lavenderwhite shades should be
used only in the evening and then
very sparingly, for though they give
Evening star., 1925-08-24
SUB ROSA
NY MIMI.
BY MIMI.
That Old Rival.

Girls are such strange creatures.
They not only want all of a man s
love and time and thought-they want
the whole of his past, too.
1t irks them to think that there's
been another girl before them-some
one for whom he cared deeply. when
he didn't even know of their existence.
1 know of one particular girl who
worried herself simply sick about her
predecessor. She piled her sweetheart
with questions about the other girl.
She asked herself thousand times
day: Am I as good looking as his
old girl? DO i dance as well? Was
she more clever than am? I wonder
" he really cares as much for me as
, he did for her.
At the slightest mention of the old
love she would start, change color,
experience a feeling of the bitterest
jealousy.
1t got so finally that the thing was
simply an obsession with her. She
couldn't bear to think of her mans
former love affair. and yet she tor
tured herself hourly with mental pic
lures of the other girls loveliness, her
charm, her utter power over men.
Then. suddenly, she had the amaz-
ing experience of meeting the other
girl, who turned out to be a total
loss-unattractive. rather old looking.
not very witty and thoroughly unin-
teresting.
And the silly little thing. who had
worried herself sick about this old
rival, was suddenly aware that she
had been creating a lovely thing to
be feared and respected-out of her
own mind.
It's always that way. When you
first hear about tho girl he was In
love with before he met you, you
construct a picture which would give
Gloria Swanson or Pola Negri a run
for their money.
If you let yourself so on believing
that the other girl was the worlds
best In every way, you gradually be-
gin 10 believe yourself the most in
ferior person in the world. You get
the idea that he only fell in love with
you because he couldn't do any bet
ter. and you end by being thoroughly
unhappy.
It's such a ridiculous attitude. and
such a common one. that you ought
to be the only girl he's ever been
in love with in his whole life.
OF course, he's had his f1irtations.
He may even have been in love before;
and now the fact that he's keen about
you-that he may even be engaged to
you-should reasSure you that the old
love Is dead forever.
How about all the boys you've f1irt-
ed with and thought you were in love
with?
Do you feel that It was wrong of
you to have had those flirtations, to
have been in love with another boy?
No, you don't. You're rather pleased
with yourself about them.
Then don't begrudge your poor
sweetheart his fling. OF course, he
was in love with some one else be-
fore he met you. You ought to be
glad that he had known and liked
attractive girls; it makes 1t all the
more f1attering that he singled you
out for attention.
Don't let that old rival bother you.
Shes dead and gone-She's just the
past. You're the present, and you've
got all the trump cards.
Mimi will be glad to answer your
love questions. Just inclose a stamped
addressed envelope for a personal re-
ply.
(Copyrght. 1880
Evening star., 1925-08-24

Puds Simkins was setting on his
frunt steps looking at something and
l sat down alongside of him and he
sed. Watts you think of this for a
trick key ring?
Meening a key ring in the shape
or q mans face with its mouth wide
open. and sed. o. it's all rite but 1t
amt enything compared to this china
egg.
And took my china egg out of
my pockit, looking jest like q reel
one only 1t was china, saying. This
Is something werth having. this is.
II you put this under a hen she
wouldent know the diffrents.
Well wat If she wouldent, she could
ent hatch eny little china butter plates
or enything out of it, could she?
to fool4 hen and enyways there's none
GROUND heer to fool. he sed.
You can fool people with 1t. too.
jest imagine putting 1t in somebody's
egg cup in the morning and imagine
them trying to open 1t, Q boy, / sed.
Well, you mite do that once, but
you couldent fool enybody twice with
II, Puds sed, and l sed, Not the same
week maybe, but you could the next
week and IL would be funnier on ac-
count of vat happened the week be.
fore.
o. CESS you think it's better than
this trick key ring, don't you? Puds
sed. and sed, l don't think, I know
darn well It is. wy G. winnickers,
you haven't got eny keys. wat the mis-
schiff good is a key ring without eny
keys, tell me that? You'd haff to be-
crazy to try to compare that key ring
to this china egg, / sed.
You never know wen your going to
get some keys. that's a way / feel,
Puds sed. EnyWays. I'm satisfied
with this key ring and you can keep
your old china egg. he sed. and / sed
Well jest for that / dare you to swap
All rite, nobody can say I aint q
sport. nobody cant dare me, Puds sed.
And we swapped, proving it was
wat we both wunted 10 do all the
time.
Evening star., 1925-08-24

This visitor surprised him quite as
much as had Mr.. Water Snake. 1t
was Mrs. Snapper the Swapping
Turtle.
Peter was quite used to seeing Tur-
ties taking sunbaths, and when he saw
Mrs. Snapper climbing out on the roof
of Jerry's house he thought she was
climbing up there to take sunbath.
He hardly gave her a. glance. But
when he looked over a second time
he saw that Mrs Snapper was crawl
ing about all over that roof as if she
were looking for something. Then he
became interested. Finally, at a GER
tain spot on the roof, Mrs. Snapper
went to work. From where ne sat
Peter could see that she was making
a hole in that roof of rushes and mud.
Peter certainly was surprised then.
NOW what is she about?" thought he.
What is she trying to dig down into
Ierry's house for? If she wants to
get into his house why doesn't she
go in the same way he does, under
water? She can stay under water as
long as she pleases, and l should think
she could go right through his tunnel"
Then another thought came to
Peter. Mrs. Snapper was big. She
was very big. He realized as he looked
at her that she couldn't possibly go