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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-04-14
SCHEDULE HEARING
ON ALLEY PAVING

Assessment hearings on alley paw
ing will be held before the City
Commission at its meeting Friday
morning IN the city hall.
The meeting ~ to open az the
usual time. l0 o'clock, when those
citizens wishing to appear for a
hearing on the assessments being
made against their property may 40
SO.
There are reported to he only a
few property owners who are con-
sidering opposition TO the assess
ments. others having submitted to
the action.
In assessment proceedings Of this
sort the city endeavors 70 prove that
property values are improved BY the
contemplated alley paving.
Twelve blocks Of alley paving ars
included in the program. The work.
an In the downtown section. already
has been started.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-04-14
GET PART OF
RICHT-OF-WAY
Property Owners Re-
spond to Efforts of
Committee

First attempts on the part Of the
committee working on a right-of-way
for the Southern Pacific through ne
rlty limits 70 the probable terminal
point on Madison street nave met
WIN such success that members OF
The group are feeling considerably
encouraged.
ne committee reported, at 4 pee.-
.ng held at the Chamber Of Com
AIe.rc thursday morning. that IL mad
signed, az reasonable price, eIgn1y
per cent of the persons they mad IA
.cryiewed Tor the purpose OF secur-
.ng nght-ot-way.
he properly owners are respond
ing readily and chetrfulIy to the
proposition ot giving the committee,
options on lots which probably will
be located within the righI-of-way
desired by the Southern Pacific in
entering Brownsville IN ttr event
that It's application for extension
from Harlingcn is granted by the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Property owners between point
on the north city limits 70 a point on
Madison Street between Fifth and
Sixth Streets are being interviewed.
Individual property owners are pc
ing seen first and the owners of
larger holdings will be interviewed
later
II IN the purpose of the committee
to get as much OF this property
signed up as possible before the oral
argument IN Washington on April
~.
The committee which Is doing the
work consists Of George l.. Desha.
Frank Lopez, K. VI. Dalzell and Jo-
seph Webb.
"Of course, the whole matter
must be thoroughly explained 10
each individual interviewed. Mr..
Lopez said. which means that
progress viii necessarily be SLOW.
However. We have found that most OF
the owners are willing TO respond.
This A. shown IN the results already
achieved.
Mr.. Lopez said that the owners
seem more worried about he trans
planting of their flowers and shrub
berry than they are about the trans
planting 81 their homes.
Well, anyone who has nurscL
some flowers along for a few months
can readily sympathize with them" q
member OF the committee observed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-04-14
STORM SWEEPS
SOUTH EUROPE
Hundreds of Fishing
Vessels in Medit-
erranean Missing

PARIS, Apr. l4.-tPl-An undeter-
mined number of lives have been lost
and at least four vessels wrecked
terranean.
Hundreds of fishing smaeks are
missing and il is believed many fish
arfolk have been drowned. Dispatches
throughout Spain this afternoon es-
timated the material damage at $l0,-
600 600.
Several buildings were swept off
the Gibraltar coast and the piers and
village there are inundated, the pop
ulation being forced TO flee.
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DELEGATIONS
WILL ATTEND
LAREDO MEET
All Valley Countie S
And Towns to be
Represented on Bor-
der Road Project
Especial to The Herald J


SAN BENITO, Tex. Apr. 14.-An
automobile caravan of some 80 Val
lev people Will leave this section
Friday for Laredo, going over part Of
the proposed military border high
way which will be the chief topic Of
discussion at meeting at Laredo
Saturday.
All counties OF the Valley district
will send representatives., and most
cities of the Valley will be repre-
sented at the gathering A list 81
many OF the officials, In various ca
paeitIes, who VIII go was given out
here today By ]. r. Bell. president 81
the Valley Chamber of Commerce
secretaries, watch organization H.
actively at work on the road pro yect.
From Hidalgo county viii 20 the
entire commissioners court, headed
BY County Judge A. w. Cameron, and
including Marvin Evans of Pharr, WI.
u. Chaddick III Mercedes. w. l.. Lips
comb Of Mercedes, and r. l.. BrocAs
OF Mission. In addition to these OF
ficials II is expected that Pat Devine.
county engineer. will 20. while Leslie
Neal, secretary Of the Edinburg Boos-
ter club. VI. x. McGarity. secretary
OF the McAllen Chamber Of Com
merce. r. y. Clifford. secretary of
the Mercedes Chamber of Com
merce. viii l.. Nining. secre-
tary II Mission, and l.. j.
Bailey, secretary at Neslaco. Sew
eral Hidalgo county mayors, and 4
number of private citizens will at
tend.
Cameron county will also ID
represented by number Of officials
County Judge Oscar Il. Dancy. ana
County Engineer ". o. Washington
are expected TO go, while il is pos
sible that some members Of the cOua-
ty commission will be included III
the party. q. r. Richardson. man
ager Of the Brownsville Chamber Of
Commerce, !. r. Bell Of this city. and
George Toolan, manager Of the Har-
lingen Chamber Of Commerce, all are
expected 70 20. along with a number
oi private individuals out Of this
county.
Willacy county will send a group
Of four or five 10 join the automobile
caravan, and the party will be Joined
AT Rio Grande City by several resi-
dents or Starr county.
The proposed military highway
from Point Isabel to Fl Paso has re-
ceived the endorsement Of General
Kinds. commander Of the Eighth
Corps Area, and Of immigration. bor-
der patrol and customs officials. IL
is being sponsored by the South Tex
as Chamber of Commerce. the meet
ing az Laredo having been cssled hy
Ray Leeman, manager Of this organ
ization.
That strip az the military highway
road between Brownsville and Laredo
was logged recently by Charles
Mumm, secretary Of the Laredo
Chamber. and the road found t. De
in good shape with the exception az
about 81 miles. II Is planned to lnl-
prove this at once. and to improve
the remainder Of the road later. af-
ter il has been designated as mill
tary highway.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-04-14
Fl. BROWN TROOPS
BACK FROM RANGE

Troops "A" and "B~ have re-
turned from the range AZ Fort Ring
gold and Fort Brown is resuminx
some or its pre-spring practice at
mospEere with the cayalrymen on
hand once more.
Seversl otha~ trocn7 ara on the
range now, taking tselr turn AZ
sprsnv target practice. and VIII hc
thr-e until approximately Nav 10.
The entire Twelfth Cavalry rcui-
rfert ineinfin~ f~oops permanently
located 10 Fosts Brown and Ring
rold. we're reviewed tovrther ~ Fort
RirrFold recently By Major General
Esaess A.Eea.
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Explosion Kills
Three Berger Men

BORGER. Texas. April l4.-tPl-
Three men were killed, according u
Y. 5. Torpedo Company employees
and three seriously injured when a
nitro-glyrerinc shot shattered an oil
veil mile west Of here across the
Canadian river. about o'clock yes
ierday afternoon.
Those injured and sustaining frac-
iured bones and body injuries were:
Robert Thackcr. tool dresser. y. F.
Marshall. driller. and A. y. James
DOL pusher. The names OF the three
men killed were not yet known this
morning. Their bodies were blown
o bits.
According 70 a workman On a near
Ny well, who helped bring the in-
jured men to Berger, six men were
blowing the we'll and pulling up cas-
ing when the shot suddenly blew ~
he top.
The blast shattered the derrick,
sending pieces or flying timbers
n every direction.
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Arkansas River Cities are Warned
of Worst Flood in Their History
Demand Minnesota
Make Apology For
SIamdeYimg Texas

SAN BENITO, Tex. Apr. l4.-Thc
sovereign state Of Minnesota will be
asked 70 make a public apology 70
the people of Texas a. the result ~
alleged slanderous statements and
invidiOus comparisons, made in an
official bulletin issued by o. Ill.
smith. immigration commissioner Of
that state.
Governor Dan Moody has been re-
quested by the Valley Association OF
Chamber Of Commerce Secretaries.
through ]. Z. Bell of San Renit0.
president. to demand = public apol-
ogy for what Mr.. Bell terms "an in
suit TO the people OF Texas and a Il
bel on the state.
Porter Mhaley. manager Of The San
Antonio Chamber Of Commerce,
whose attention has been called 10
the bulletin, stated in a communica
tion 10 Mr.. Bell this morning that
the matter has been taken up with
the Minnesota officials. and in event
of failure 10 secure proper action, Il
will probably be referred to the 4.
:. Postal Department. He charac-
teIized the Minnesota commissioner ~
bulletin as distinctly libelOus.
O. II. Smith. Commissioner of I'M
migration Of Minnesota recently is
sued a bulletin entitled Gamblers
Preparing to Boom Texas Lands in
il ne says among other things,
Stage being set for an artificial
boom in Texas. Best agricultural
section Of Texas is hardly compar-
able TO the poorer sections Of this
state. Northern farmers permitting
themselves tn he stampeded to 20 to
the sultry south with its hot and
destructive winds, drouths, its boil
weevils, corn borer and other des-
tructiye insects. its lack Of comforts
and facilities. to mix with the hetero-
genous hordes consisting largely Of
Mexicans, negroes and mixed bloods
which predominant in many parts of
the state.
:. South Texas rescnts these and
other slanderous statements issued
a. AN official bulletin by the state OF
Minnesota and believes that the in
vidious comparison can be of i'm
measurable injury TO the state. Mr..
Bell said: Thousands Of farmers,
former residents Of Minnesota are
prospering in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley and South Texas. The taCt
that so many farmers are leaving
Minnesota and other northern states
for the sunny south ID undoubtedly
alarming 70 Mr.. Smith of Minnesota.
hut they have been coming here for
20 years and a large part of the
growth Of this fertile region is due
20 the efforts Of the people who
.Iave come here from the north"
~As president Of the Association
Of the Lower Rio Grande Valley
HAMMER Of Commerce Secretaries,
interested in the welfare Of the Val
lev and Of Texas. ] appeal 70 you 70
ask in behalf Of the state Of Texas
that the statements made by the
Minnesota officials be proved or that
a public apology be made To the
good people OF the state Of Texas.
Mr.. Bell said in his telegram 70
Moody.
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Hen Adopts Family Of
Mother Cat for ReUemge

DALLAS, Tex. Apr. ls-izpi--
Horus. Pocusi Presto change is
the trick an Ola hen and pussy
cat worked on II. r. Milan here.
Having an idea shat something
was wrong In his chicken house
where his old hen was motherinp
seven small chicks. Mrs. Miiam
went e. investigate. His magma
ticn proved true. for when his
hand reached under the feathers of
the cid hen il did not feel the
tcuch Of furry little chick. but IN
its stead II felt the warm fur ~
sonc sort Of another creature.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-04-14
TRUCK MARKETS
By Naval Radio 10 The Herald
from u. 8. and Texas AgFiculture
Departments

Carlot shipments 0f entire United
States reported for Wednesday,
April 49,
Cabbage: Alabama 81. Louisiana ..
Texas q. 5. Carolina IS, total u. >.
l-F ears.
String Beans: Florida 22. Texas
eapress freight, total U- =. 81 ears.
Onions: Texas s5, total u. >. az
ears.
Potatoes: Colorado =, Florida l46,
Idaho All. Louisiana X. Maine lD2,
Michigan T4. Minnesota w.. New York
35, Texas IN. Washington 40. VIA
consin 20, total L. >. Gst cars. Cuba
I.
Harlingen north bound movement
reported Thursday morning, April
l4.
Vegetables 37, Beets and Carrots
rs. Beets 4. Carrots 4. Corn z, Po-
tatces ~. Onions 2. Beans 8, total 81
cars TO date-Fruit T44, Vegetables
y.7l3. Total l0.4s7 cars. EmptlcH Or
dered today 26.
Primary destination of Texas
lCentinued en- page two.l
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BANKS TO ACCEPT
STORM AID FUNDS

Arrangements have been made for
the deposit of money fur the Texas
storm sufferers az any uf Browns
viiie's four banks. according 70 W. L
Doed. chairman ot the Brownsville
Red Gross.
Mr.. Dodd said that the money
could te deposited VI these banks for
re 'ecri chapter rr left 40 his off e
ia tl0 Spigey- kowalski building.
Immediate relief is necessary, says
SIR Doad. and Re is nrving tfAt
those who wish To contribute To tue
alienation III The situation 10 so
without delay.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-04-14
DECIDE TO PAVE
RIO HONDO ROAD

SAN BENITO. Tex. Apr. f4.--San
Benito will ask. among Other roads
to be paved out Of the S2.00O.000 pro-
gram for cameron county road i'm
provement. a i7-mile paved highway
from RIO Hcndo. through San Benito
to the Military highway. "a a point
between Los Indios and Ia Paloma. IL
was decided at 4 meeting of the road
committee OF the Chamber Of Com
merce with Commissioner A. Y. Lo-
gan Of the San Benito precinct.
Feeder" reads. By means Of which
farm lands will be opened up with
graded and levclled dirt and gravel
roads. will be stressed over small
bits of pavement on highways. il was
decided.
The exact locations will Sc decId-
ed after pe-r--al NJ nUtitions.
Judge Logan said
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RETAILERS START
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Especial 10 The Heraldl

HARLINCEN, Tex. Apr 1.-The
launching of new membership
drive Of the Harlingen Retail Mcr-
chants Association was started AZ q
meeting held here M noon today.
The meeting opened with invOrd-
ticn BY Rev. W. W. Lee. with III. l..
Starnes as toastmaster.
Mrs. r y. Ray gave vocal solo,
and a talk on What 200 Members
Would Mean tO the Association.
was made by Miller Harw0od
A vocal solo BY Miss Eyerage. ac-
eompanied by Mrs. Martha Griffith.
and an address on the necessity Of
attending the state meeting. BY Will
liam Steffins. concluded the program
of the meeting.
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TOLLOF DEATH
NOW 81; MANY
IN HOSPITALS
Storm Victims Repose
In Coffins vi a de
From Remnants of
Splintered Homes

ROCKSPRINGS, Texas. April a.
Pi-Cempletion Of its grim task OF
buryinR the dead AN the rocky little
cemetery and rehabilitation were the
main concerns today or ROcksprinRs
after the tornado OF Tuesday night
which brought death to 81 persons
and injured more than $50.
After last night, when Rocksprings
kept vigilance with the dead BY the
light Of camp fires and portable
electric plant. workers today divided
into two groups. One continued
burial Of the dead in graves that had
~ be wrcsted by dynamite from tho
ro-hv cemetery The other started
rehabilitation OF the survivors.
First experienced rehabilitation
workers from the American Red
Cross were expected some time to-
day.
RccksprinRs buried the first OF its
dead late Wednesday. Mexicans were
buried in seven graves blasted from
the rock and among wild flowers of
the cemetery. First funerals. were
unacompaniad except for the stolid
men who bore the dead TO the ccmc-
terry. There was no time for cerc-
mony and only little wooden crosses
mark the graves.
IuIA rnfirs. some 0f them fash
ioned from the wood salyaRed from
n wrecked lumber yard. stand in the
streets.
Parentless children sat among the
huddled groups Of rescue workers
about camp fires. Some survivors
still searched the ruins with vain
and pathetic hope that their loved
ones were not dead or seriously in
jured.
Money already has begun 10 pour
mo nv town l0r IT. reconstruction.
The Rev. John Mckay, "A Methodist
minister Of Uvalde, one OF the most
active rescue workers, announced.
kerrville up to today had sent $500;
Houston Red Cross $500: Tulia SIS.
Bracketville $1,000; and BaIlinKer
5000.
The largest contribution Il expect
cd from San Antonio where the Red
Cross began the collection Of funds
yesterday after authorization for
such action from the ST. Louis office.
San ANTONIO. Tex, April 14.--tlp
The death list in the Rockspring3
\ tornado disaster was increased 20 six
ty-one today a. five of the ninety
three injured brought here iii emer-
gency relief work yesterday succumb-
ed during the night and early today.
At least a dozen more may die.
Immediate relief work will be vir-
tually complete today with arrival of
another train bearing injured from
/ Uvaldc. 10 miles south OF the little
isolated inland town which was vir-
tually wiped off its high plateau set
ting Tuesday night.
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FLOOD
AT FORT Smith
late TONIGHT
River Levees Crumble
Under Heavy Pres
sure; Flood Loss Re-
ported Heavy

FORT SMITH. Ark, Apr. l4.-tPi-
Warning was given today TO western
Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma by
T. G. Shipman. meterologist of the
United States Weather Bureau. here
TO prepare for the worst floods in
their history.
The peak of the high water is ex-
pected within 4S hours.
One levee has broken from the
pressure, the flood tearing away
about a quarter mile Of the Arkansas
river dixie early today al Haroldton,
p Crawford county, Ark.
About Is families escaped from
(Conrinued on page five.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-04-14
DEEP SNOW COVERING
RANGE SECTIONS OF
MOUNTAIN STAT E S

DENVER. Colorado, April 1i.--DPl-
Rocky Mountain states today faced
q white" Easter unless warm wealth
er forecasts materialize Immediately
TO melt a heavy blanket Of snow.
Approval of stockmen Of heavy
precipitation from the Canadian boz
der ~ central New Mexico changed
70 anxiety last night after the storm
continued three days 10 smother
ranges at Sheridan, Wyoming. under
IC inches Of snow. Several points in
central Wyoming reported H. inches
while others received frgm two 10
six inches.
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Floods Sweep Into
Town in Kentucky

MEMPHIS. Tenn. April l4.--tPt-zA
telephone message from Clinton, Nv.
reported that the private levee pro-
tccting the city 0f Columbus, KY,
from tie Mississippi river flood
gave way AZ O'Clock this morning.
Communication between Columbus
and Cliaton WAS cut off before de-
tails could be given beyond the re
rort that water was sweeping into the
town.
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FIRE WIPES OUT
BUSINESS BLOCK

MORGANToWN. W. Va. APR. H.
tPi-An entire business block here
was wiped cut hy fire early today
causing loss estimated II between
81 500 goo and $4,000 .00o.
A theater. Jewelry store hardware
store. music store and other buildings
were raKed.
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Tne old hen was Immediately
ie-kcd from her nest and I'd the
amazing eyes ~ Mr.. Milan five
young kittens were revealed.
In front OF the old hen lying on
the ground was an old cat. At first
Mr.. Milan could not grasp the
game. but after Il few deductions
~ concluded that the pussy cat
"a sway With she old Acn's babies
and she n turn adopted the cat
kittens fer sweet revenge.
Mr.. MilaM is now waiting for
the game - be tlras5 to Ia orig
inal status.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-04-14
ARREST THREE ON
ROBBERY CHARGES

WESLACO. Tex. Apr. 14.-Three
men. believed 70 be Mexican citizens.
are being held here by officers in
connection with rObberics in the vi
cinity Of Weslaco.
The men were arrested Tuesday
night several miles out from Weslaco
by City Marshal Jess Avinger and
several other officers. and are held
IN connection with petty rObberics
from homes In the country near here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-04-14
Holds Chasing Chiggeys
as Contempt of Court

DALLAS. Texas. April 14.-tFi--
Chssing ehiggers on ones leg in
court before women is indee ~
exposure ~ Judge NJ q. Williams
jurisdiction
John Span. lawyer. put his Tex on
chair, rolled his trousers above
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-04-14

SEVERAL TELEPHONE calls IL
The Herald early today from va
rious points In the Valley asking
about a reported storm at San An
tonic.
Seems 20 have been \ belated ru-
NOR that followed the Rockspriurs
disaster. with nothirg on the wires
TO confirm the rumor about san An
tonic.
Sometimes. following storm dis
ssters. All sorts XVI rumors start
travelling around a. soon as the
newspapers come out. however. the
situation j. set right. The facts are
there. u there has been storm. It
j. told about No storm. nothing to
a&y.
A~Hin demonstrates how folks de-
pend upon the elgspapers for their
information. Moaldn't there be n
mess Of rumors flying around the
CONTINUED on page twe.l
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Two Inches of Snow
I'm Texas Panhandle

WICHITA FALLS, Texas, April u.
---slPi-Two inches n snow covered
the ground at Texline and one inch
at DalhArt this morning. officials of
the Fort Worth x Denver Railroad
reported today
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the knee, and deliberately pursued
chigger. the while be was cross
examining q woman witness. Judge
Williams fi-n1 him $40 for c0N-
tempt of court. and the lawyer
went X iail because he didn't have
the cash.
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WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Lower
Rio Grandc Valley: Partly cloud
tonight and Friday; not much chang
in temperature.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy 20
night; cooler On east coast; Friday
partly cloudy. Moderate 70 fresh ives
terry 10 southerly winds on the coast
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-04-14
Daily River RuIletin
River Forecast

The river will rise NJ Brownsville
remain practically stationary at Saa
Benito. and fall above san Benito
during the next 20 70 30 hours.
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TWO INCHES OF snow reported
today from far uD in the Panhandle
country OF Texas.
It's something like thousand
miles from Brownsville. Even so
We are given the benefit OF a breath
of tho cooling winds that have been
flowing over that frosty area.
What the Valley desires most at
this particular time Il one of those
"million dollar" rains that the
newspaper correspondents like 50
much te write about
Still mindful Of the fact that
there has been no rain since some
time in January.
Irrigation II. of course. q wonder
full thing for this country. but wen
ell admit that when il comes to
settling the dust and making things
look fresh Ola Jupiter Pluvius him
self j. the fellow that does his work
most satisfactorily sometimes too
well.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-04-14

MISS MAE A. SCHNURR. seerc-
tary 10 the commission for the
equitable use Of the waters Of tn
Rio Grande. II expected to arrive in
the Valley on Monday.
Miss Schnurr comes as personal
repre- sentative of DR. Elwood Mead
Of the reclamation service. who is a
member Of the commission.
She will be accompanied on tour
of the irrigation projects Of the Val
ley by W. Il. And yson Of San Be
nito. also membe. of the commits
sion.
She will gather certain informa-
ti0n which she viii turn back for the
records Of the commission. and TO
DIR. Mead
Ii will take much time. work and
money 10 develop this water di-
vision problem to the point where
the government may act. 4 too
early start has not been made.
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NOTICE!
FARMERS

We have a large stock of wire
potato baskets.
w. III. Putegnat Hardware Co.
Brownsville. Texas