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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-30
State TAKING
RULEOF ROADS
Maintenance to be in
Departments Hands
By June Is
(By The Associated Press.)

AUSTIN, Tex, May 29.-The state
highway department is taking over
the maintenance Of state highways
jas fast as private contracts expire.
Hal Moselcy, chairman Of the high
way commission, said today. BY the
middle of June the state will be
maintaining all its highways.
Practically al 1.-The highways main
tanned by contractors since April.
1925, are in about $50 central, north
east. and East Texas counties. Prior
to April, 1925. the highways were
maintained by individual counties,
but this system was dismcontinued in
keeping with federal highway aid
provisions.
All maintenance contracts were
awarded by the commission compos-
ed Of Frank Lanham, chairman, Joe
Burkett, and John Beckett, Sr- Mr..
Lanham and Mr.. Burkett resigned
early in 1926.
Attorney General Dan Moody
sought unsuccessfully to have the
highway commission cancel main
tenance contracts in number Of
counties alleging failure to award
contracts to low bidders had cost
the state more than $i50,000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-30
ROYALTY Sees
BIG WEDDING
Prince, Princess Attene
Mellon, Bruce Cere-
monies

WASHINGTON. ID. g., May D.
To the national capitol's most brill
liant social function in years--the
elimination today of the romance OF
Ailsa Mellon and David Kirkpatrick
Este Bruce--was added the unex-
pectcd presence Of European royalty.
Despite announcement that full
program would prevent, the crown
prince and princess Of Sweden joined
with President and Mrs. Coolidge,
the diplomatic corps, high govern
ment officials, social Washington
and prominent visitors In wishinEl
well to the daughter Of the secre-
tary Of the treasury and the son OF
Senator and Mrs. William Cabel|
Bruce Of Baltimore at the monster|
reception In the Pan-American Union1
building. II followed their weddinE|
in the stately Bethlehem chapel OF
the Episcopal cathedral OF Peter and
st. Paul at Mount st. Adams.
The ceremony by =hich the daunh \
ter or one OF the worries wealthieBt|
men became the bride Of mn offirnr|
Of career in the foreign service ot|
the United States, assigned 10 a vice.
consulship at Rome, was Of the SIM
pIest. but was surrounded BY all that
was resplendent.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-30
TEXAS FARMER SLAIN; TENANT HELD
Water Richer In
RiOGYUnde Than
In Nile lis Frozen

phoric acid and nitrogen was brought
to light as the result Of tour of in
vestigation over the Valley made by
William CIendenin. president Of the
American Association Of Popular Re-
search in Sociology and Irrigation.
Mr.. Clendenin, while in the Valley
is the guest of Floyd A. Johnson Of
st. Louis. who is developing a tract
OF land at Llano Grande.
Following the revelation OF facts
with relation TO the comparative rich
ness Of waters Of the Rio Crande in
valuable fertilizing properties, the
following kilograms sounding the
challenge to Egypt was forwarded
Saturday to the Egyptian government
over the signature Of the Rio Grande
Potato Growers Association:
Challenge Cabled
Ministers of the Dept. of Irriga-
tion and Agriculture of the Egyptian
Government, Cairo, Egypt:
"The Rio Grande Potato Growers
Association Of the Rio Grande River
of Texas send friendly greetings to
the growers Of the valley of the his
toric Nile.
Like yourselves we owe much. IL
not all. to the fertile waters Of the
great stream which by irrigation rem
dcrs possible exuberant vegetation
here in this valley which Is now in
comparably the richest in the United
States and by scientific comparison
the richest in the world. We also be-
lieve upon scientific assurance that
this valley has at last surpassed even
the Nile valley in these vital particu-
lars and we, therefore, venture the
friendly and frank, but fearless. chal-
lenge to you that the plant-food ele-
ments contained in the silt or sedi-
ment Of the waters OF the Rio Grande
are in fact richer than those OF the
Nile. We respectfully challenge a
world comparison on this great ques-
tion, especially on the per volume
comparative proportions Of the re-
spective sedimenta Of the two great
rivers, which for the Nile Is one part
IN six hundred plus and for the Rio
Grande onep art in fifty, or approxi-
mately one thousand per cent super
iority for the waters of the Rio
Grande. We also claim that twenty
Continued on Page 3D.
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SPUDCROWERS
Will REALIZE
LARGERETURN
Potatoes to Add About
$1,800,000 to Purse
of Lower Rio Crande
Valley This Season

Potato growers OF the Lower Rio
Grande Valley probably will realize
81 100000 from their crop this sea-
son, one of the most successful in
the history of this territory" says
the final report made by ]. ID. Evers,
special representative of the United
States department Of agriculture
made before leaving for Crystal
Springs, Mississippi where he will re-
port news of the tomato movement.
This is the first time that a federal
market news bureau has been main
tanned in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley and it is expected to be con-
tinued next year.
with the exception of only the
last two weeks in May, the shipments
of potatoes brought top prices" the
report of Mr.. Evers continues. THE
extreme shortage of old potatoes and
the delay in the movement Of the
new crop out Of Florida along with
the high yield and the heavy ship
ments out of the Lower Valley were
the chief factors that contributed to
the success of the 1926 season.
Averaged $4.75~
1T is estimated that approximate
ly $1.S00.O00 will be realized to the
growers of the Rio Grande Valley by
the sales of their entire crop. The
average return sacked per cwt. for
the entire season will run about $i.75
which, with the exception Of the
1920 season, is the highest average
price that the growers of the Valley
have ever received for their potatoes.
The chief reason for these high re-
turns is the general shortage of po-
tatoes over the country. With the
1925 production of potatoes running
100,OD0.000 bushels under that of
1924 and the surplus of old potatoes
showing light holdings this spring,
there was very good demand for
new stock.
The Texas growers were practically
the first ones on the ground to fill
this demand. Shipments out Of Flo
rida were lighter than those of 1925
and were late in starting. On Tues
day. May 25, shipments of old pota-
toes for the country amounted to
2l4,390 cars compared with 246,074
cars last season to the same date
while the shipments Of new potatoes
amounted to 6,517 cars compared
with $500 cars last season. At the
star. of the shipping season April 10.
the entire shipments of new pota-
toes for the country were only ITO
cars compared with 1878 cars to the
same date last season. Under such
favorable conditions and being prac-
tically the first section of the coun-
try to ship early potatoes to the
consuming markets, the advantages
were decidedly in favor of the Valley
growers and shippers to "clean up"
Continued on Page 2.
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templated by the parties in
terested in providing a draw
ing card for Matamoros.
Mr.. Breaker is accompanied by
William Mel. Dunbar. professor Of
architecture in Cornell university
who represents parties interested in
an amusement proposition in Mata-
moros; +. II. McGuigan. assistant to
+. r. Stafford. executive vice presi-
dent of the Gulf Coast Lines and by
B. Z. Pickering, his secretary. They
Travelled to Mexico City in the private
car of A. r. Ponder, general manager
of the /. G. ". and Gulf Coast Lines.
"Two important announcements
probably will be made in very short
time; one from Mexico City and the
other from my office in st. Louis as
to what will be DONE" Mr.. Breaker
said. He would not indicate the ex-
act nature of the expected announce
ments except that the one from Mex
leo City probably would be issued by
the Mexican government and have
bearing on modification Of the new
immigration laws as applied to tour
lists and that the other from St.
Louis would say definitely whether
Matamoros would be developed as
pleasure city to attract visitors to
Mexico from the United States.
"We have been making survey for
six months, Mr.. Breaker said, Ito de-
termine just what Gan be done in the
matter Of making it easier for
tourists to get entry in
to Mexico. We think that the new i'm
migration laws are intended pri-
mariiy as such and were not aimed at
Continued on Page 2.l
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MEXICAN FETE IS
BAZAAR FEATURE

(. The picturesque Jamaica" or Mexi-
can fete of joliity featured the open
ing Of the Blue Cross bazaar at Hink-
ley Hall Saturday night for the pur-
pose Of raising money for the Mexi-
gan poor Of the city.
Booths representing a temple of
justice. the court room and the Jail
were erected and a number of young
women acting as policeman" went
out after the "caballeros." They
were brought before Judges" who
fined them and taken through the
various stages of trial, each stage
costingt he victim nickel os so.
This and many other features are
d part of the bazaar which also is
selling Mexican dishes that may be
taken home. candies and the like. The
bazaar will be open again from o.
clock Sunday until midnight.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-30
new ELECTION
NECESSARY
School Trustees Find
Issue Was Voted
Too Late

Because the last school bond cleo
tion on a 100000 issue was not
held within 80 days as stipulated by
the Texas statutes under a new code,
n new election was called by the
Brownsville independent school dis
trict board for June % at meeting
held Saturday night.
Contracts were awarded, however.
in hopes that the attorney general
would find the recent election legal.
Hanson & Son we're low bidders on
the Victoria ward school with an Of
fer of $25,S09. r. III. Milton bid
SECS and W. A. velton bid s26,692.
Contract for the power plant to
heat the high schools was awarded
to r. II. Milton and partner who
bid $2l 800. Hanson e. Son bid $22,-
926 and w. A. Velton, S24.4s2.
r. H. Milton and partner also
the West Brownsville school with an
offer of $1,000. Mr.. velten bid
$S,90S Hansen & Son did not bid.
All bids on senior high. remodeling
were rejected and the work let on
cost plus 10 per cent to Proctor
and Dudley. The w. III. Putegnat
company got the contract for all
plumbing. steam heating and wir-
ing on total bid Of 14,099.82. Con-
tract for furniture was let to ST.
454.60 to c. II. Meyers a Co.
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Brookhart-Cummons
Fight Nearing End
(By The Associated Press

DES MONIES, Iowa. May 29.-One
week of campaigning tonight faces
candidates in the Iowa primary
which j. to decide whether the vet
eran "A. H. Cummins. shall carry the
republican banner in the November
election or whether he shall make
way for Colonel Smith W. Brook
hart. recently unseated BY the senate
or whether some other candidate
shall step in as a compromise selec-
tion.
VI hile republican and democratic
candidates are to be chosen June z
fo4 congressional seats and for state
offices, the fight Of Colonel Brook
hatt for q comeback and that OF
Se1ator Cummins To retain the seat
hcihas held for As years has over
sh Ripwed al other issncs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-30
SELF DEFENSE
PLEAS MADE /,
BY PRISONER
Was Struck with Pump|
ByLandlord, Asserts
Man Jailed Follow
ing Groesbeck Fight


WACO, Tex, May 90
George w. Griffith. promi-
nent farmer of the Kirk COM
munity, six miles west OF
Groesbeck. was shot and in-
stantly killed about 3 p. rs
Saturday and Cleve Tucker,
his tenant, who surrendered to
Sheriff Whit Popejoy at
Groesbeck, following t h q
shooting, is in the county Jail
pending making bond.
Self defense u the plea of Tucker
who made a statement to County At
torney Scott Reed. In his statements
Tucker says he drove up to Griffith'z
house, when the landlord came out
and hit him with an automobile pump
and threatened to hit him again when
Tucker fired with his revolver, one
shot hitting Griffith in the arm. an
other in the righ eye and third ius
below the neck.
Tucker alleged i'm his statefnH1
that the trouble between him and W.
landlord started over business relt
tions. Griffith ordering Tucker to
to work. The slain man is surviye
by his wife. two daughters. living
Lubbock, MS mother and severe
brothers, who live i'm West TexA
The Griffith family was IN pionAN
one Of the Kirk community. Crii
fith's wife was visiting with neixh.
bors when the shooting took place.
Tucker has lived on the Griffin
farm for nearly three years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-30
HAINES HEADS
C.O.P.TICKET
Complete Slate Picked
at Meeting.Held in
Dallas
nv The Associated Prcssl.


DALLAS, Tex. May pa complete
slate of republican candidates. head
ed by Harvey II. Haines. general man
ager Of the Houston chamber of com
merce. was recommended here today
by the state ticket committee created
by the republican conference in Fort
Worth May %.
|. The ticket, recommended 20 the re-
publican voters for their first state
wide primary, was announced by Leo
nard Wilmington. secretary Of the
party's state executive committee
The state ticket committee. appointed
to select candidates from list pro-
posed at the conference, deliberated
last Tuesday in Houston and again
Friday in San Antonio, completing
the ticket today.
w. III. Holmes, a leading oil man OF
Amarillo. is recommended for lieu
tenant governor. He is an active re-
publican and civic leader and was one
of the managers Of the Butte cam
paign in the Panhandle.
Ticket Picked
The others recommended by the
committee are:
Attorney general; c. X. Mcdowell
of Del Rio. Val Verde county, former
republican state chairman.
Comptroller: Ripley A. Hanrick,
leading cotton man Of Waco, McLen-
nan county.
Treasurer: Joe Kebelmann. bank
er of Weatherford. Parker county.
Commissioner of Agriculture: !:
Robert III. Coston of Mount Enter
prise. Rusk county farmer and for
mer railroad man.
State superintendent of public in
struction: Mrs. Eallett Reynolds, FL
Paso. leader in civic work and woman
associate member of the republican
state executive committee.
Land commissioner: Mrs. Sarah G.
Menezes Of Dallas, assistant United
States district attorney. former as
sistant manager of the Butte CAM
paign.
Creaecr Chairman
ffSStNiattu JUSTIFY ~ tht SdpAcHt
court: q. N. Harrison Of Brown
wood, Brown county, leading attor-
ney. candidate for attorney general
on the republican ticket 1924. break
ing all republican records for that
office.
Associate Justice OF the court of
criminal appeals: J. ID. Dotson of
San Antonio, lawyer.
The state ticket committee which
selected the slate, follows:
r. b. Creager. Brownsville, chair
man; Eugene Noltc. Scguin; Walter
r. Napier, San Antonio; Heber Page
Dallas; Edgar ]. Marston. Fort
Worth; T. p. Lee, Houston; d. F. l.
Thomson. San Antonio; Leonard
Wilmington. Fort Worth, secretary.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-30
ARMY BEATSNAVY
in CLOSE MEET

ANNAPOLIS, Nd. May 29.-One
and a quarter inches of an official
tape gave Army SO 2-5 to 66 3-5 vic
tory over Navy in the annual service
track and field meet here today. De-
void of features in the early events
with Army monotonously piling up an
imposing lead. the meet simmered
down in the end to a field contest,
with the hammer throw and broad
jump and key events.
Rutledge of the Navy in the last
Jump of his undergraduate career,
hurled himself over % feet six inches
of earth to win the broad jump and
set new Army Navy meet and new
academy record.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-30
SUNDAY CLASSES
TOCIVE PROGRAM

Sunday School Day will be OBJ
served by the First Mnthodist
church classes Sunday evening with
the principal program in the hands
Of the elemntary departments.
Mrs. II. L. Fitch. superintendent Of
the beginners department; Mrs. H.
G. H. Weinert, superintendent of the
Primary group and Mrs. A. k Ander-
son, at the head Of ne junior activ-
tiles, have arranged an attractive
program. +. c. Dodd, general su-
perintendent, will preside. Some 81
or 40 children. viii present the pro-
gram.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-30

The supreme court was asked today
to advance the hearing Of the appeal
of L. A. Nixon, of FL Paso, Texas,
who is challenging the constitutional
ity OF the Texas primary laws under
(Which negroes are prohibited from
voting in the democratic primaries.
Moorfield Storey, who signed the
motion, said that there are $4,000
negro voters in Texas who are af-
fected by the law and urged expedit-
ing Of the case because the democra-
tic primaries are to be held on July
"a.
The court. which adjourns for the
term of June z, has already announc-
ed that it will hear no more oral ar
guments at this term and under this
program consideration Of the case ON
ITS merits before 1t convenes next
October Is not believed probable.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-30
MUtUnnOYOS Nav
Secure Casino to
Attract Tourists

Brownsville become of the chief tourist gate
ways into Mexico with the contemplated erection of
ments in Matamoros that would draw visitors from all
the United States and probable modification of the stringent
immigration laws which into effect June in order to
make easier for pleasure seekers to the border
indicated here Friday evening by George Breaker of ST.
Louis attorney for the Missouri Pacific Lines who has
just returned from trip to Mexico City.
1t is understood that large hotel casino are con-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-30
SHRINERS GATHER
IN PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 20. -
The hosts OF North Americas Shrine
dom. descended on Philadelphia to-
day for the 52nd imperial council ses-
sion of the Ancient Arabic Order;
Mobiles Of the Mystic Shrine. The
mobiles will be here for week Of
Qualification. parades and pageantry
which promises to break all records
for crowds, spectacular and colorful
effects.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-30
FARMERS GET WATER

SCOTS BLUFF. Nebr-. May ~. -
Directors Of the North Platt Valley
water users association tonight de-
cided to accept the offer Of the fed
eral reclamation bureau to turn water
into the North Platte irrigation sys-
TEN. In return the association as
sumes maintenance and operation
charges from July ! to January \,
when q joint liability district shall
have been formed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-30
rHALLENGE-HEp TO CUM

CHALLENGE-HED TO CUM
Waters Of the Rio Grande are 1000
per cent plus richer in plant-food ele-
ments than those Of the world fam
Gus River Nile and formal challenge
for world comparison Of the rela-
tive proportions Of the respective
sedimenta of the two great rivers is
being forwarded by cable to the min
listers Of the department Of irrigation
and agriculture Of the Egyptian gov
ernment at Cairo. Egypt
The amazing richness Of the waters
Of the Rio Grande in potash, phos-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-30
Stunt Flier Lands
In Flames; To Live

CHICAGO. Ill.. May 29.--Like WI
fiery meteor. with his clothes in|
flames set by an aerial bomb. Loren
Mitchell. a stunt parachute aviator.
fell half a mile through the air at|
sunset tonight. landed between two
houses and, while seriously burned
and injured probably will live.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-30
CAR IN GEAR HURTS MAN

SAN ANGELO, Texas. May z9. --
Cranking his automobile which heI
did not know was IN gear. w. A. Tata.|
local painter, was pinned against the|
front Of a drug store here tooay|
when the machine leaped the curb
and plunged across the sidewalk \
Spectators rescued Tate only after
he sustained "A wound w the lower
abdomen. III was thought at hospital
tonight TINT Tate win recover.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-30
Murder Suspect Held
By Santone Officers

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 29---
A man for whom local officers had
been searching to question in con-
nection with the slaving Of Mrs.
Virginia Petty at New Braunfels a
week ago wat arrested tonight. He
Is being held lin the city jail without
bail. No eha3ge had been filed to-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-30
TO DECORATE GRAVES

PARIS.-May 29.-Nearly 10000
military graves in six French and one
Belgian cemeteries. as well as hun
dreds of scattered graves in fifty
eight other localities, will be decorat-
ed Monday by delegates Of the Paris
Post of the American Legion.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-30
l6 MISSING OFF
FLORIDA in BOAT

ST. PETERSBURGH, Fla. May %.
Sixteen persons who left here to-
day for a days fishing cruise aboard
the fishing boat Casanova, had not
returned late tonight. A govern
ment boat was sent to search for
them. Police said they believed the
party lost off Gulfport in the Gulf
of Mexico.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-30
z AMERICANS
CAPTURED.BY
BANDITSFREE
Soldiers Slay Two of
Marauding Band,
According to Report
in Mexico City

Mf4AlAO VII way RFNNaNAt
dispatches from Torreon say that
federal troops have captured the
bandits who kidnapped G. b. Braden.
American mining engineer. and j. c.
Gallagher, of San Antonio. kidnapped
the same day. May H. Both Braden
and Gallagher are said 10 have been
released.
Except for the killing ofstwo OF
the bandits. the dispatches give no
further details.
LAREDO, Tex. May 29.-Three of
the five Americans kidnapped in Mex
leo by bandits and held for ransom
have been released.
c. b. Braden. mining engineer Of
Laredo, who, with Jules c. Gallagher
Of San Antonio was seized May H. AT
Braden's mine in the state Of Du-
range, telegraphed his wife here to-
day that he had arrived safely at
Mapimi, Durango. He said he was
"sound and we'll. :.
The telegram, however. gave no
news Of Gallagher.
Two American employees Of Brit
ish oil company. Briggs and Greeley.
who were captured Thursday by
bandits in the Tampico region, have
been liberated, says advices from
Mexico City. John w. Shanklin of
Canyon. Texas, whose death had
been threatened BY bandits holding
him for ransom in the state Of Vera
Cruz. still is in the hands Of his
captors so far as is known. Al
though the bandits threatened 10 kill
him last Thursday if the ransom was
not paid at that time. officials in
Mexico City. in the absence Of any
direct word rs to his fate. express
ed the belief that Shanklin is alive.