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Miss Osborn oShowered"

Miss Etha Osborn was given a brl-
dial shower last Thursday evening by
Mrs. Baxter Womack and Mrs. w. j.
Osborn at the home of Mrs. Womack.
Miss Osborn is TO be married to Har-
old J. Fulton Of Salt River valley
this fall. The guests dressed as
'kids" and each received a program
for the evening which included the
announcement Of Miss Osborn's en-
gagement. The evening was spent in
playing kiddies' games and at the end
of The evening a wagon was brought
in for Miss Osborn filled with play
pretties" for her. The guest list in
cluded: Misses Etha Osborn, Marcia
Slipher, Helen Runke, Eunice Burman,
Mary Wilson, Alice Beeson, Weltha
Beard, Louise Womack, Dorothy Nor
man, Elizabeth Riggens. Elsie Nc
Conlev, Jessie Kellam, Florence Coop
er, Pauline Lockwood, Merna Lowell,
Anna Margaret Schwarz, Mary Hoff-
man, Lois Osborn, Mrs. Helen Osborn,
Messrs. w. J. Osborn, Osborn Foster
and Baxter Womack.
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that Black cat.

Defying popular superstition by
stopping to fondic Q black cat a wom-
an in Hull, England, was Knocked
down and killed BY train whose ap-
proach she had failed to notice.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-27

They want to make better gasoline,
better oil, TO satisfy natural desire to
work, achieve, surpass, succeed, for it Is
simply human to do that.
y u "a
IF you could ask any of our chemists,
or Union Oil rehners, or research men
she men vino handle the processes, or
those who check results aboue the
quality Of non-detonating Union Gaso-
line and n-carbonizing Western
ARISTO Motor Oil, their conviction,
we believe, would convince you. Their
belief would inspire yours. Their enthu-
siasm makes you enthusiastic.
In them you would find the person
ality' in Union and eAristo," " for these
simple looking liquids are ''the children"
of these men.
y X +
If you could make one trip through
Union Oil refinery and a research plant,
which would remind you of uniyer-
80. -. x.o,,fI ,oxnT
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Earl Parsons and Miss L0rena
Walk Married

The wedding Of Miss Lorena Walk
Of FL Paso and Earl Parsons was sol
emnized August 8 in Albuquerque.
Immediately following the ceremony
the young couple went to San Diego
and then to Long Beach, where they
remained until they returned TO Flag
staff last Friday. Mrs. Parsons at
tended summer school at Flagstaff
Teachers college last year and at that
time made many friends in Flagstaff.
Mr. Parsons has been employed in
the Arizona Central bank for some
time. They will make their home in
the Kinlani apartments.
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Mrs. J. NJ Rodriguez entertained
with delightful dinner party in
honor of the Misses Mary and Sophia
Rodriguez of Santa Fe, who have
been visiting here this week. They
were the honor guests at many other
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LOCAL BREVITEES
! > !. ! l. . i ) i = = ! . j. = s Z

Drop in and see the new arrivals
OF silk and felt sport and velvet dress
hats at the Power Hat shop.
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$20,089,113.0O


of Coconno County
statement ful
the Roll County, the
said uer file in my office
RICKEI,
(SEAL) Clerk Board OF Supervisors.
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Mrs. Jane Asselin and MIS-. j. 4.
Thoman entertained Friday with 2
tea honoring Mrs. Hugh Wheat and
Mrs. Hubert Hill, who are visiting
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. j. B. Or
mond, for few weeks. Mrs. Sidney
Gassman and Mrs. Charles Isham
presided over the tea table, assisted
by Miss Margaret Carr, Miss Char
lotte Carr and Betty Jane Wheat.
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Miss Lucille Koch was hostess at a
tea honoring Miss Carol De Fevre of
Phoenix, her house guest, last Thurs
day afternoon. The tea-table which
was decorated with bouquets OF sweet
peas and centurias, was presided over
by Miss June Charlebois.
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Garden Party

Garden Party
Mrs. NJ. G. Fronske and Mrs. f. S.
Breen were hostesses to large group
of friends at a garden party given at
the home of Mrs. Breen Tuesday. Ia
bles decorated with flowers from this
lovely garden were placed on the lawn
beneath garden umbrellas. An or
hcestra played during the afternoon.
Mrs. Breen and Mrs Fronske were as
sisted by Mrs. William Babbitt, Mrs.
A. e. Douglass and Mrs. G. o. Robin
inson.
-oOo-
Sister of G S. McKim
Married in Paris
The many friends of Gordon s. Nc
Kim Of Usage lodge will be Interested
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POSSIBILITIES
DISCUSSED AT ROTARY

Continued from page one)
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affairs. Covers were laid for Mrs.
Felice Garcia and the Misses Mary
Moler, Fanny Auza, Esther Montana
and Aurelia Salazar and Tony Rod
ripueZ.
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Mrs. Edwin Babbitt entertained the
Friday afternoon bridge club last
week at her home on North Verde.
The Coconino sun., 1926-08-27

Mrs. e. t. O'FarrelE entertained
Wednesday with luncheon and the
ater party honoring her granddaugh-
ter, Margaret Cooney, and her house
guest, Vivian Heisser. The luncheon
was served at Mrs. O'Farrelfs home
after which the party went to the
matinee. -oOo-
Mrs. George Babbitt was hostess at
charmingly appointed bridge lunch
con Thursday afternoon. Covers We're
laid for Mesdames Burnell Osler, Gro
yer Hutson, William Switzer, Stanley
Sykes, Charles Isham, M. J. Riordan,
Hayes Weidner, Teresa Mertz, P. Il.
Nelson, E. A. Haight, Anna Carron,
j. B. Ormond, Hugh Wheat, H. H..
Hill, Louise Moorman, G. P. Heisser,
M. G. Fronske, Charles Ploussard, Al
fred Ploussard, Lewis Benedict, Joe
Francis, j. Z. Thoman, c. w. Cox, W.
III. VanFleet, David O'Brien, James
Marshal and Misses Muncy and No
Ian.
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Mrs. Tom Mccullough entertained
last Thursday with an evening Of
bridge, complimenting Mrs. G. +.
Heisser and Mrs. A. Samsky of Phoe-
nix. The guests were: Mesdames T.
J. Moran, George Babbitt, Edwin Bah
bitt, Arthur Riordan, George Flem-
ing, Agnes Pouthie, H. A. Samsky, c..
p. Heisser and the Misses Eunice Bah
bitt and Gertrude Babbitt.
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$20,272,036.00
1872, 2,923.00
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OFFICERS ASK
CANNON WILL
Be RETURNED
Old Field Piece Will
Be Replaced at Ori-
ginal Site, Investi-
CATION Indicates

Eventual return Of the cannon now
resting in the city park ut San Be-
nito and around which n verbal battle
has been fought since its removal
from Galveston ranch where it was
placed in 1917 to mark the battle
field Of Las R<icias. IS expected as n
result of aT investigation made by
the intelligence department Of the
United States army and request Of
the owner Of the property. Harry
Landa Of New Braunfels, for its re-
turn.
Mr.. Landa has written to VI. r.
Wiley, in charge CT the ranch. say
ing that the cannon was a part Of the
ranch purchased recently by Mr..
Landa and asking that il be returned.
The field piece was removed recent
~ from Galveston ranch by the
Athenian club of San ..Benito 10 the
city park. Value of the gun as a
historical monument and as a marker
from which international boundary
surveys have been made was not
discovered until after its removal.
The San Benito club was not aware
of these facts when il secured per-
Continued on page two.)
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THE WEATHER

Far Brownsville and the Lower Rio
crande Valley: Fair>to partly cloudy
to,.ight and Wednesday; not much
change in temperature.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to
c,oudy tonight and Wednesday;
nrobabIv showers in southwest por-
ton and on the west coast. Light
70 fresh scptherly winds on the
coast.
The weather was mostly ciouay
over Texas. oklahoma. Kansas, and
: few other localities ut the morn
inc observation. but continued gen
orally fair to clear elsewhere in the
country. Scattered showers oc-
Cured within the last "a hours
however, in New Mexico, extreme
kouthern Florida, in portions Of the
north central states, and in Mon
lana. Temperatures continued sea-
,onable throughout the country, ex-
,ept became unseasonably high IN
he Dakotas and Nebraska, and sub
hormal in the Plateau region.
( The lowest temperature last night
it Texas stations ranged from % 81
Amarillo to 74 1t Brownsville
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prosperity Of the vAley--a faith that
IL founded on intimate knowledge Of
this, the greatest producing area in
the United States Of like character,
and most desirable place to live.
II will be a revelation to the peo-
pie Of the north where we have been
more or less maligned during the ear
lier period of our development.
have read The Herald constantly
for the past sixteen years. 1t has
always been an the vanguard of pro-
gress. 1t is peculiarly fitting that
this crowning achievement of pre-
senting the resources. the progress
and the desirability of the Valley
to the world is the product or The
Herald. You have rendered n most
distinguished service to the Valley as
a whole. Please accept my congra-
tulations to yourself and your asso-
ciates. With best wishes for your
continued success, and with personal
regards. etc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-25
SHERIFF TO BRIN G.
2HERE FOR trial

Sheriff l.. G.. Nichols has Ron8
to Farmersville, Louisiana. TO brin&|
two men here who are held ON &|
charge Of stealing an automobiINN
The men gave the names or RufuS'
Heath and Pruis Smith in a deal
with the Southtex Motor Co. at Har-
lingen, in which il is alleged they
obtained the car.
According to officials of the
Southtex Motor Co. the men offered
a second hand automobile in trade
for a new Chrysler touring car and
asked to be allowed to drive the new
automobile into the country where
they said they had the bill Of sale
for the old car.
This permission was granted, ~ is
said. and the men failed To return.
They were caught about a week later
in Louisiana.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-25
GERMANY SAYS
OTHERSARMED
Sensation is Created
By Intervention
at Farley

GENEVA, May 25.-Germany in
tervened sensationally nj today's
meeting of the preparatory disarma-
ment commission when Count Won
Bernstorff former ambassador to the
United States. made sharp allusion
to the fact that Germany's neighbors
were not yet disarmed. He insisted
that the measures proposed by
France to strengthen the league of
nations covenant and speed assist
anoe to any. attacked nation should
be oased not on the present excess
sive armament of Europe but on the
reduced scale Of ornaments which
everybody hoped the eventual inter-
national conference would bring to
the world.
Count Won Bernstorff emphasized
that, although Germany il regarded
morally as a member Of the league :"
she cannot yet have voice in the
league council to which vi. Paul
Boncour's project for reinforcing the
covenant has been referred.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-25
Herald Development Edition Was Success Bouquets Prove

The 96-page development edition
of The Brownsville Herald, issued
Sunday, May l6. has accomplished its
mission-that Of telling the story Of
the Lower Rio Grande Valley in a
conservative, honest and interesting
manner-judging by the compliments
received in this office.
A stream of complimentary let
tiers. kilograms and telephone calls
which started on the day of publica-
tion have continued almost unabat-
ed to the present time and news
papers printed in this section and in
other parts of the state have given
il full praise.
Orders for the paper have been
received from all parts of the state
and extra copies still are being sold
at the rate Of about 100 per day.
A few Of the boquets are printed
below:
A COMPREHENSIVE STORY
&C. HI Swallow. developer. Alamo).
Your Development Edition" car
rying the story Of. the Lower Rio
Grande Valley is the best of its char
acter that has ever come under my
observation. The story Is compre-
hensive. wei told, and portrays the
past and present in an entertaining
and authentic manner. The reader
is instilled with your faith in the
Continued development and future
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jim ASSAILS
REPLY OF dan
Says Attorney Failed
To Answer Many
Charges


AUSTIN. Tex, May 25.--Dan Moody
failed to answer many charges made
at Sulphur Springs when the Fergu-
sons opened the campaign for re-
election OF Governor Miriam "A. Fer
guson. declared here today. He said
that in view Of that fact. the charges
should be accepted as true.
Ferguson said that Moody had ac-
cess to advance copies Of the Sulphur
Springs speeches before they were
delivered. and "as he has undertaken
to answer my speech it must be ad-
mitted that he has made every ans
wer to every charge and proposition
which I made that he is able TO make
or can make" Ferguson said that
Moody's replies were weak and many
charges were not answered.
Naming several issues which Fergu-
son declared Moody had not answered,
he said Moody did not deny he was
boosted by the Kr Klux Klan and a
branch Of the Baptist church and
that representative Of the Houston
Post Dispatch. nominated him rs a
political Moses"
Renews klan Attack
Ferguson charged Moody did not
deny he had agreed with Klan attor-
neys to recommend a pardon for
Murray Jackson; that he is opposed
to the gasoline tax; that attorneys
for big oil companies got 100000 for
making the settlement with him in
the Travis county court" that these
attorneys ere supporting him in bis
race for governor.
Ferguson attacked Moody for filing
a brief opposing the building Of a
railroad in west Texas and another
urging a railroad in South Texas, in
retaliation for the attorney generals
attack on him because he Is an at
torney for a railroad.
Attacks Road Suit
Having failed to deny these things
then for the rest Of this campaign
the public can now treat them all
as true" Ferguson declared.
Attacks Road Suit.
Ferguson attacked Moody on the
Continued on page two.)
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PREPAREFOR
BOND ISSUES
County Commissioners
Hear Attorneys for
Districts

Cameron county's commissioners
court met with attorneys represent
ing the water districts Tuesday morn
ing for the purpose Of getting ready
to issue bonds both for roads and
water improvements. The court al
so formed board Of equalization.
County Judge Oscar G. Dancy was
authorized to write Judge Charles b.
Wood Of Chicago. bond lawyer, to
determine what status any bond is
sued by the district might have. He
also will take up other legal aspects
of possible issues of bonds by the
districts. Meeting with the commits
sioners court were Judge Mitchell, at
torney for the La Feria water i'm
provement district, Judge II. L. Yates,
attorney for the FL Jardin district
and Bob Rentfro. representing the
Los Fresnos district.
The board of equalization was adj
journed until o o'clock Monday inn
mcdiately after it was formed. Real
estate and business men from all over
the county will be summoned to APP
pear ut this meeting. Valuations for
next year are expected to be from
one to three millions larger than
last year when they were over $27,-
100000. The board now is making
rending renditions and is sending
them out.
Judge Dancy's ex-official salary as
county judge was raised from 1925
to 1915.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-25
JAPANESE VOLCANO TAKES TOLL 3O(
Students Celebrate
Victory; are Jailed

mob, a fight ensued in which,
officers claim. bricks, stones and
eggs were used by the college men
rs weapons.
Police pushed the milling mass
Of students and policemen down
the street toward the police sta
tion and there seven OF the leaders
were placed in jail. The students
surrounded the Jail and demanded
release Of the men. Chief Of Po-
Ice Ha-kett Of East } Lansing,
finally persuaded the students 70
return ia East Lansing.
They boarded street cars and
went to the suburb, where, aug
mented by other members of the
college, they went TO the athletic
field. Shortly after the bleachers
were afire with the students dane
ing and cheering around their new
"bon fire Plans were then made
for a bolshevik" day today when
all students would be absent from
classes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-25
TRUCK MARKETS
BY Naval Radio 10 The Herald
from U. 3. and Texas Agriculture
Departments

Potato shipments Monday: Ala
bama IL. Florida SO, Louisiana IL.
South Carolina %. Texas Q, Colorado
Is. Idaho AZ, Michigan 81. Minnesota
20. Washington rs. Wisconsin rs,
other states 125, total for country
440.
Tomato shipments Monday: Cali
fornia 2, Florida East coast l6. other
Florida section 65. Texas 20. by ex~
press I.
r. o. b. potatoes Monday: Mobile.
Ala--Demond very slow, mhrkat
weak. Cars 4. o. b. usual terms Bliss
Triumphs U. 8 No. rs mostly S4.00.
few higher, some rolled unsoId.
Potato markets Tuesday: Detroit
Texas sacked per cwt. u. s. No. IT.
$3.50. Kansas City-Weaker. Texas
sacked per cwt s4.75-$5.00. mostly
$500. Fort Worth-Texas sacked per
cwt s4.00-s4.25. Chicago--lO6 ar
rived. 200 on track, market weak.
Texas sacked ped cwt. s4-50-$4.7b. st.
Louis-Weaker. Texas sacked per
cwt. s4.75-s5.O0.
Tomato markets Tuesday: Sc. Louis
Texas A. pink and unwrnpp44
mostly S2.15. green and unwrapred
sl.20 TO $500. luEs green and wrpp-
ped mostly $500. Fort Worth
stronger Texas 4's pink and unwr4p-
ped sl-75-02-00. Chicago-Texas N'4
turning and wrapped $500 s2.25. hzfs
turning and wropped s3.25-t1bo-
Pittsburg-slightly weaker. Texas
rs turning and wrapped Best mostly
$3.50, 6's fancy court best $5.75-$6.0f
few low n $500.
Express shipments from the I.avet
Rio Grande Valley Thursday and Fri
day, according to report prepared
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TAMEZCIVEN
fine OF $500
Suspended Sentence is
Assessed Also By
Federal Judge

a year and n day in Leavenworth
prison, suspended sentence. and a
fine Of $500 were assessed Tuesday
morning against DIR. Reuben 4. Tamez,
Brownsville dentist convicted over a
week ago in the federal court on a
charge Of having used the mails to
defraud- He was given 30 days in
which to pay the fine.
sJudge J. c. Hutcheson deferred
passage Of sentence at the time of
the conviction because he was leay-
ing to take care of a docket in Hous-
ton last week. He returned Monday
and passed sentence on DIR. Tamez
Tuesday morning.
DIR. Tamez must refrain from en-
gaging in the mail order business
for three years as n result of the
suspended sentence passed on him
Tuesday. Any infraction Of the fed
eral law during this time will make
the sentence effective Immediately.
DIR. Tamez was charged in the in
dictment with having sold rings.
bracelets and various trinkets, in
Guiding mining compass 10 1ihu
buried wealth. and to have promised
success IL love and acquisition Of
wealth to the purchaser.
Judge Hutcheson concluded the
sessions of the federal court for this
term Tuesday and left in the after
noon for Edinburg where he will
look over the W. f. Stewart lands
now in receivership in the federal
court here. Judge Hutcheson said
Tuesday morning that he would not
return to Brownsville but would con-
tinue TO Houston.
Most of the cases Monday and
Tuesday morning consisted Of civil
suits. Three ee-fourths Of these were
settled before they came 70 trial.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-25
LET AUNTSDOIT
INSTEAD OF GEORGE

LONDON. 49, The Universal
Aunts" is an organization Of
women formed here to parform
any task for any person requir-
ing assistance at any time. One
may leave anything with the
Aunts-from a mouse to a
horse. Often men rush into the
office and ask for someone 'to
act as witness to a wedding at
a few minutes notice. Recently
party Of American women
were supplied companions dur
ing their stay in London. If a
butler falls sick an Aunt will
20 round and clean the silver,
while women servants Of all de-
scriptions are found.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-25
Girl Tells Court
She WUSiu Tub:
Cobb TeShfeS
(By The Associated Press)

NEW YORK, N Y, May 25 Joyce Hawley testified to-
day in the perjury trial of Earl Carroll theatrical producer
that she not only occupied bath tub the stage of the
Earl Carroll theatre but that she drunk when
into it, from liquor served her in the theatre She also tes
fled that she had been offered $3.50 by associate of
roll if she would appear before the grand jury and there
was no champagne or wine served at the party.
She strOed into the court hour and half late offer
ing the explanation that she had read in newspaper that
she to be the fourth witness of the day
The government sprung surprise at the resumption
the trial this morning by calling Irving Cobb, writer and
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guest at the party, to the
stand. 1t had been announced
yesterday that today's first
witness would be Miss Haw-
ley.
Didn't Drink
Cobb testified that rs he was about
to leave the Earl Carroll theatre
early in the morning of last February
%, Carroll urged him to remain as
he was 'going to put on a stunt of
a girl in a tub" On cross examina-
tion by counsel for Carroll. who is
charged with perjury in connection
with grand jury investigation of the
bath tub incident, Cobb said that he
was a close personal friend Of the
theatrical man and that as far as he
knew Carrolrs reputation for verac-
ity was excellent.
Cobb testified that he saw "rosy''
liquid in the bath-tub but in response
to a question whether he drank any
Of il. he answered IL did not"
Asked il he had any talks with
Carroll. he answered Eyes, several
talks"
do you recall the substance Of
your last TALK"
II do"
what was it?" :.
Says Is Great Writer
IL was about to leave the theatre
and had started to get my hat and
coat and stick. Mr.. Carroll asked
why | was leaving so soon. as he was
going to have little stunt of a girl
Continued on page .two.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-25
ERUPTION OF
MUD DANDLAVA|
SPREADDEATH
Many More of 1000
Missing Farmers Are
Believed to be Bur-
led i'm Debris

TOKYO May 25. = One
hundred dead and more than
200 injured have been re-
moved from the mass of mud
lava and rocks precipitated by
yesterdays eruption of a vol
cano in Tokachi province,
Hokkaido island, the governor
Of the island announced ina
telegram today. How many
Of the one thousand farmers
missing were buried alive I'M
the lake of mud which cover
ed the district could not be
foretold.
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TOKYO. May 25.-A dispatch "a
Nichi Nichi says that fifty bodie&
have been recovered from the mu1
and sand near the Hokkaido volcan<
which has been in eruption. II seem
that most of the casualties rgsuit4
from land slides and floods OF mu&
caused by the eruption. II In noF
believed that there were few casuaI
ties from the lava.
A dispatch from AsahiRawn saY|
fifty army engineers have been aHx
to the scene. Also, 500 relief MaxI
ers from the young mems associhtip
have been sent 70 assist the needy.
Two miles Of railway near the voI'
cano have been destroyed. T1&|
thousand acres Of rice fields wen
devastated by floods and landslide1'
Vernacular newspapers make yariou
estimates of the casualties and dan
age.
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"a HUM DINGER-
VALLEY Morning Telegram)

tNalley Morning Ielegram)
The special edition of The Browns
vile Herald made its appearance
Sunday: its coming was heralded for
some time. The half had not been
told. 1t consisted of 96 pages Of
worthwhile news copy and editorials,
well written. balanced and edited in
the scope and manner Of "big time"
journal. Render unto Caesar the
things that are Caesars etc. We
congratulate The Herald staff.
1t is credit to any paper publish
ed in this country. II will be Of
great and lasting good to the Lower
Rio Grande Valley from n standpoint
of the impressive publicity it will
universally bring an account of its
and worth. 1t will en-
phasise the ability Of the Lower Rio