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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-22
EXHIBIT CAR
TO Be SENT
z States To Be Visited
BY NJ. P. Car of
Valley Products
(special to Nc HeraldN


SAN BENITO, Oct. pa decision
20 send out a Valley exhibit car this
year over the Missouri Pacific Lines
as has been done in the past was
reached Friday night at a meeting
Of the Lower Rie Grande Valley See
retaries association. The meeting was
held at the new Stonewall Jackson
hotel 81 San Renito.
J.. u. Garter, az the Missouri Pa
cifie, attended the meeting. and ex-
planned details of the routing OF the
car and its fivturcs.
The ear viii leave the Valley about
IhanksgivirE day and viii visit sew
en- states in addition 70 the northern
districts OF Texas. II will contain 4
full supply Of Valley grown vcne-
tables, fruits and flowers. as well ~
specimens If the Wild game Of this
section and stuffed specimens Of
fowl, game and fish.
Full details 81 the project were
worked out at the meeting, which
convened AZ 1890 o'clock and did not
finish until a late hour.
The meeting also went on record as
wishing 70 extend its fullest cooper
alton 70 the South Texas Chamber Of
Commerce during that body's first
nua convention TO held az Browns
VILE. A resolution was passed
20 the effect that the secretaries
would be hosts at a luncheon TO be
given while the convention Is in prog
ress here az Hotel IL Jardin.
The matter Of an auto bus mail
service between the different Valley
towns also came up for discussion
and n letter from g. II. Leake. chief
clerk ae the San Antonio postoffice
requesting specific and definite data
concerning delayed mail service was
read. Each secretary pledged him.
self 10 supply this information from
his wi town in a separate report 20
Mr.. Leake.
A resolution thanking the Missouri
Pacific for its cooperation in the
matter Of the exhibit car was passed
by the body. and "A similar resolution
thanking the Southern Pacific for its
installation Of special rates to the
Valley was passed. Leslie Neal
president Of the association, was in
structed 10 write the chief executives
OF both these roads, enclosing a copy
Of the resolutions.
II was announced az the meeting
that the new Chamber Of Commerce
building at McAlIen will be ready FOR
occupancy about the first Of Noycm.
Der.
Those present az the meeting were
Leslie Neal, Edinburg; j. j.. Bell
San Bcnito; c. II. Lochrie, Raymond
vile; G.. q. Richardson. Brownsville
7. K. Bailey, Weslaco; A. j. Carpen.
ter, Rio Hondo; N. n. Mallory. Mis-.
sion; j. W. Monk, Mercedes; George
TooIen. Harrington; ". II. Mccarthy
McAllen; W. r. Burnett, Brownsville;
and Mr.. Garter.
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NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK. n. u, Oct. 22.-fPi-
The cotton market opened steady AT
an advance Of 9 10 10 points or
covering and trade buying. but met
selling BY the South and local sell
ing promoted ny a favorable weather
map and relatively easy Liverpool
figures.
Orders appeared 70 be fairly well
divided. The opening advance was
followed BY set backs Of s or 10
points, but the dip brough in fur
ther weekend covering and prices
steadied laetr. December fluctuating
from 1859 to 1915 during the first
hour.
5 higher. Spot quiet; middling 5000
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GRAIN

CHICAGO, H.. Oct. 22.-tP1-
With Liverpool quotations relatively
firm, the wheat market here dis
prayed considerable stcadineSs In the
early dealings. Indications Of liberal
export business in flour had some
hullish effect. Opening SIS cent de-
cline 70 half cent advance. wheat
kept near 10 yesterday finish. Corn
started UNCHANGED 20 SIS cent high
cr. and subsequently, showed gains
an around. Oats were firmer, pro-
visions slantcd downward.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-22

AL. q. Barnes quality circus OF the
world will exhibit Thursday, Nov. 3
in Brownsville. Tins popular circus
has always presented some new fea-
ture on each years visit. and this
time Aladdin and the Parade Of
Cold. IA presented Ar the initial
number in the program. The cast Of
the big professional display numbers
nearly 1000 persons. headed BY the
Chinese beauty Lola Lee Chong",
whose picture is here shown. The
procession ut the opening of the
spectacle, entitled "The Parade or
Gold. is claimed by the management
to be the most lavish procession ever
seen. Many other new features have
been added 10 the circus, and numer-
Gus foreign performers have been Sc
cured IN a new program of thrilling
acts.
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Lions Club of Rio
Crande City Meets

RIO GRANDE CITY. Oct. 22.-The
Lions club Of this city entertained
the ladies and children at q barbe-
cue picnic Thursday evening a. a
selected place in the hills north Of
town. President George B. Marsh
presided over an informal stunt
party which followed the supper.
The Lions are providing entertain
mcnt each month 10 which the ladies
are invited.
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LIVESTOCK

KANSAS CITY. Kan. Oct. 22.-lPl
Hogs 500; steady; top Il.50; pack
ing soNs 900 "a ESQ.
Cattle 2.000: calves 800; weeks
i6.25: light natives 400 G 1885,
bulk warmed W and fed grassers
1850 a 1915, common grasSers
down To TBS.
Sheep none. for week: Western
lambs 1910 a 1888. top natives
1900; fat ewes SIS "a $50. feeding
lambs ie.s0 a 1898.
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Stocks Take New
Tumble Saturday

NEW YORK, ". Y. Oct. 22.-tPl-
The stock market. which has suffer
ed with a series Of reactionary chills
an week, had another sinking spell
az the opening today. because Of its
inability TO digest the large volume
Of selling orders that poured into
the market overnight. Early losses
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been III SeNerai weeks culletine AADHA
double pneumonia
Bonfires blazed on the hills Of
Donegal on the night of December
ID, 1925; they marked the elevation
on that day to the cardinate Of
Patrick O'Donnel. archbishop on
Armagh. who from a Donegal cot
tage had arisen 70 the rank Of prince
of the church. He succeeded Cardi-
nal Logue who died in 1924.
The history Of his family was for
years the history Of Donegal. From
the thirteenth 20 the seventeenth
centuries, the O'Donnel's ruled IL
Donegal and no other princely Gaelic
house produced as many able men.
Cardinal 0'Donnel was born in Kill
raine, Glentines, county Donegal, m
1856.
For some years he was the young
est bishop in the church having been
appointed bishop Of Raphoe BY Pope
Leo XIII when he was thirty-two.
Raphoe covers the county Of Done
gal and the young bishop had a do
cese liable TO poverty and largely
Irish-speaking. He was himself a
fluent speaker Of Irish and won the
hearts Of his people by his devotion
70 their needs.
Donegal had been n stronghold Of
the moonshine industry. The young
bishop announced that 10 drink or
buy or sell "poteen" was an offense
for which only a bishop could give
ahsolution.
That might NEAR a journey or 40
miles 70 Letterkenny and there was
a d~isagreeable interview in prospect
for the penitent mourner. Consc-
q~uently within five years "poteen
disappeared from the diocese.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-22

The weather continued fair %
clear and pleasant throughout the
country, with apparently no precip-
itation anywhere in the United
States since last report. Tempera-
lures continued TO rise slowly, and
readings were above the seasonal av-
rag practically throughout the
great central valleys this morning.
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NEW ORLEANS +

NEW ORLEANS. La, Oct. 22.-tFI
The cotton market opened steady
first trades showed gains of ! to {
points. The market continued "a
improve after the start until Deem
Der reached 1895 and January 1893
Prices soon turned easy, however
and declined Il to - points.
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HAVE MOVED TO VALLEY

Especial 10 The HeraId.1
ALAMO. Oct. g.-Mr. and Mrs.
VIM. ClouEhley and Mr.. aud Mrs.
Robert Johnson and small daughter
81 Donna. formerly OF Los Cruces.
New Mexico. have moved 10 Alamo
and are occupying the r. X. Ney
home on Tower road. which has re-
Gently been vacated by Mr.. and Mrs.
Il. S. Slbaugh.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-22

ran from fractions to 3 points, with
United States Steel common, General
Motors and General Electric all
touching new low levels on the cur
rent downswing.
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MOVED TO NEW OFFICE

Especial 70 The HeraId)
ELSA, Oct. 22.-The Elsa Town
site company has moved into the
new offices Of the company in the
bank building. n. X. Phelan IA in
charge of the offices.
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POULTRY

CHICAGO, III. Oct. 22.-P-
Poultry alive steady: fowls is "a p;
springs 10 "a 22I-2: turkeys . a.
30; raoStcrs NJ; ducks j. III %;
geese (olG) 10 a %.
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nov IS RoP<

san BENITO. Oct. 22 Mr.. and
Mrs. &. o. Shclander are the parents
al 4 son. Charles William, born We'd
ncsday az the home Of Mrs. y. Cow
der. Mother and son are getting
along nicely. "A fNA
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SILVER


NEW YORK. n. Y. Oct. 22.-Pl-
Bar silver 70 SIS; Mexican dollars
4S.
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NFW CHURCH AT Elsa

Especial 20 The HernId)
ELSA. Oct. 22.-Mork has been
started on n Pcntecostal Mexican
church a. 10 IN Elsa. Construction
las already begun.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-22

Radio Station Open.-Open house
i TO be kept all day Thursday al
the Naval Radio station. IL has been
announced. The occasion is a part Of
the national observance OF Navy Day.
Guides are 10 he on hand to escort
the visitors through the plant and
show them the workings Of an up TO
date radio station.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-22
CARDINAL OF
IRELAND dies
O'Donnel Had Come
Up From Ranks to
Highest Office

DUBLIN. ireland, Oct. 22.-Pl-
Patrick. Cardinal 0'Donnel. primate
or Ireland. died shortly before noon
today at Carlingford where he had
been in several weeks suffering from
double pneumonia.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-22
100000 DONOR HIDES NAMB

LEEDS. Eng.-A friend Of Leeds
University has given that institution
en- condition that mis- name never DO
made public 100000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-22

Important Announcement. - IN or
der 70 accommodate those desiring n
small price typewriter. we have in a
big stock Of Underwood late Model
3. Factory Rebuilt" typewriters, on
which we are going 10 make q very
special price. Those desiring to buy
these typewriters on small down
payments and small monthly pay
ments can do ~. The typewriters
are from the best "Rebuilders" in the
world, and fully guaranteed for five
years and a years free service BY
US. Davenport Typewrite Exchange.
Phone 1105. Brownsville. l.. II. Smith
and Corona Distributors.-Adv. %.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-22

Don't Buy your gas water heaters
until you see ours. Quinn q Derrick,
S31 Elizabeth. Phone 9l3.-Adv. 20.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-22

Why pay Rent? Finance a home
OF your own, your very own. Easy
payment plan. We also loan on bus
mess and farm property. Insurance
OF ell kinds. TODD a. Underwood.
State National Bank Building. Phone
lS3.-Adv. II.
Ferry Adj has just been over
hauled, its hull cleaned and Is nov
making regular trips between Point
Isabel and Padre Island. Fishing
is splendid twenty miles north Of the
Pass. Ducks and geese coming in
Adv. p.
Dance Floor Of Arroyo Park Tow
er, available for Halloween, school
or bridge parties.-Adv. 70.
Stop At the Tower. Arroyo Park.
Delicious sandwiches and drinks
Adv. 26.
Tourist Season On. - Indications
that the winter tourist rush TO
Brownsville has started. Il seen by
city officials in the fact that eight
foreign license plates were counted
ON lnE M1Nn ANNM ENANtAN hNAN a
day. The visiting cars were from
widely separated sections Of the
United States.
For Garments Of grace and beauty
see Mrs. Norling-the Corset Shop,
1871 Elizabeth.-Adv. 81.
Hunters. Attention - Ducks and
geese coming on Padre Island. Fish
ing twenty miles north Of Pass SPLEEN
did. Ferry Adj overhauled and max
ing regular schedule between Point
Isabel and Padre lsland.-Adv. p.
Hunting To BE Good. Reports
reaching the city from the nearby
country indicate that duck hunting
II to he better this year than has
been the case for a long time. Al
most every pond and resaca in the
vicinity Of Brownsville ~ covered
with the fowl all day long. Local
sportsmen are preparing for the
opening Of the season with the pur-
chase Of the necessary hunting
equipment, sporting goods stores
say.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-22

BIRMINGHAM Prime Minister
Baldwin. who consumes tobacco
in the same manner as Mr.. Dawes,
has n new pipe. a huge affair If
cherry presented BY students. he
has to carry IL over his shoulder
like Rn axe.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-22

DUBLIN.-From Major Bryan
Cooper who IS a deputy in the dali,
comes a tip TO husbands who don't
want their wives 10 bob. He says
he told her that If she did he'd
grow a beard. Her tresses are still
long.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-22

WASHRINGTON.-Senator Borah
has a black thorn stick which he
thinks he may have 70 use on the
old guard. It was sent TO him from
ireland By Father M. j. Reyes Of
HALEY, Idaho.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-22

NEW YORK-The sea devil'
who raised cain with allied ship
ping "a now To hunt tigers N India.
Count Felix Won Luckner, war time
raider, Is getting up a party for his
four-masted schooner Naterland.
pd(kbHs. .SHRDLU CMFWNP ET-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-22

NEW NORk-Aaron Sariro
thinks that automobiles had no.
thirg 70 do with Henry Ford's
apology 10 the Jewish people. I'm a
radio address the lawyer remark
ed IL anyone says il was the de-
sire 70 sell more automobiles that
caused Mr.. Ford 20 apologize that
person j. wrong. re has so much
money that he doesn't care for
any more. lie realized he had done
wrong"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-22

NESHANIC, n. betty is
mourned as a heroine. In the ruins
Of a burned home Betty's body
was found with that NJ baby David
Shook. Apparently Betty had tried
10 screen David from the flames.
His arms were around her neck.
Betty was an airedale.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-22

PATERSON, N. ito cure 4
headache play golf and to cure bad
golf have n headache. Hearing 4
damage suit Of a dancing teacher
who was injured in an accident
Judge Newton II. Porter comment
cd: 81 never had a better score
in my life than when playing golf
with such a headache that / could
hardly see and what's more my
headache was gone after the round
had been played"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-22

VIENNA Because Of bobhed
hair, the thrill Chillag sisters,
European counterparts Of Americas
Seven Sutherland Sisters, were IN
bankruptcy. They made hair
tonic in a S700.0 600 plant and adver-
tised il with pictures Of themselves
showing tresses six feet long.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-22

CONSTANTINoPLE. - There
seems "a be no record ~ how Turks
who had the radio going felt about
ID. but ~ President Mustapha
Renal Pasha ended his 100000
word speech "a the national assem-
bly,. deputies as we'll a. the prcsi-
dent himself were ~ tears. For
delivery Of the speech took 36 l-2
hours, spread over q week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-22

LENlNCRADE-Drnnks arc be-
irg cured NV hypnntism. One
Professor Bechtcricv gets them in
rroups. hypnotizes them into keep
lng 2 hand or a foot in the air and
gives them autosugEestiye phrases
like never again" 20 repeat daily
Gar a month. Then they shun vod-
ka.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-22

NEW YORK.-Henry J. Allen
of Wichita, ex-governor NJ Kansas
likes the biz town more every time
re visits it. "Now York CITY"
he said. Seems q grow better and
better and / have been coming here
80 years. When | first visited the
city every fifth door led TO a
saloon"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-22

NEW YORK-Tcn thousand dol
lars a week or even more will fail
% lure Charles A. Levine TO the
stage. The man who spent Si25.-
eco for a lot Of fun i'm the air re-
jected q vaudeville offer. saving:
do not wish TO make an eNhibi-
tipn of myself"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-22

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Ruby
Bradley of Holyoke. pretender 40
the worlds flyweight throne,
knows when not to fight. Testi-
flying in his successful divorce
suit. ~ told NJ encountcriug n
rival for his wife's affections.
Did YOU fight him." asked the
Judge. mo sir" replied Ruby.
He was q heavyweight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-20
SEN. N ORRIS FLAYS HEARST
 AS.DISH0NES7
Nebrakan Says Newspaper Publisher Is With
 out Honor

8,W ASHINGTON, Dec. 20--An open letter, to William Randolph Hearst condemning the newspaper publisher for the publication oi documents purporting to show the creation of a $1.2q5.o00 Mexican fund for four United States Sena- tors. has been made public by Senator George w. Norris, Repub- lican of Nebraska, one of the sen. ators named in the documents.
 From his sick bed. Senator Nor. ris asks Hearst why he did hot publish in his newspapers, along with the documents, that he had no evidence that any of the Sena tons received the money?
 Senator Norris said fair an alysis of the articles and the tes- timony before the Special Senat } Committee Heads to the inevi.- able conclusion you are not only unfair and dishonest, but entirely without honor"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-20

EVANSTON, ILL. Dec. 20 -- Members of the Women's Chris. tian Temperance Union in 20.000 local organizations from coast 10 coast will observe Crusade Day December 23. as memorial tc the strenuous days when women prayed ill the streets of middle west cities against the saloons.
 On December g. 1873, the fa- nous Hillsboro crusade started and swept rapidly throughout the central section of the country. driving saloons from hundreds ol towns by public sentiment in the course of six months.
 Incidents of the first concerted drive for prohibition are narrated in old records at w c. T. T.. headquarters here.
 Tn Columbus. Ohio. poliee chief arrested some of the atreet prayers and charged them with disorderly conduct. Two hundred women. marching from a prayer
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-20
". C. T. U. TO HONOR
 FIRST CRUSADERS

meeting to a gathering of the common council in Chicago. starr ed a riot of huge proportions m the loop district.
 One saloon keeper who refused to accede to the wishes of the wo- men woke up one morning to find a queer looking shack in front of his place of business. The wo- men took turns at 24-hour vigil of praying and singing and talk ing down the names of the men who entered the swinging doors. Eventually they won out.
 A press dispatch from Cincin- nati reporting business conditions contained the following:
 Provisions unchanged. The wo- men crusaders are singing ana praying so loudly and earnestly in the saloon next to the chamber of commerce that business Is de- moralized at this hour"
 The w. c. T. U. as an organiza- ton soon followed the initial ef- forts of the women. <.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-20
DEMOCRAT URGES PARTY BACK PLAN
 TO ELIMINATE ELECTORAL COLLEGE

Thus 13 states" Minor saya, "by a majority of one vote in each can elect a president over another candidate carrying the other 35 states unanimously.
 Tt is easily possible, indeed it may become probable, that on some great economic question os overwhelming importance 15 or Is of the densely populated manufac- turing and commercial states. car ried by small majorities, may il a presidential election override the decision of double that num- Der of states containing twice their population and four times their area, and that thus mere fraction over one-fourth of the voters of the country conld defeat the will of three-fourths of the electorate.
 This system came very near substituting Burr for Jefferson in 1900; it probably kept Jackson ou- of the presidential chair in 1921; it cost the Democrats Tilden's election in 1876 and Cleveland < reelection in 1888. It easily may cost the Democrats the presidency again
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-20

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20--Be. cause the votes of 13 of the lars- CT states alone can elect presi. dent of the United States in the electoral college. Democrats will be asked to sponsor revision o' the constitution to authorize popu- lar election of presidents at. the next national committee meeting January 12.
 Henry Minor, Democratic na. tional committeeman from Misnis- sippi. an authority on Democratic history. has prepared the proposal to lay before the committee.
 Minor has collected data 10 show that the votes ill the cleo. toral college of 13 states can de. feat the will of the other 30 states. The 13 states and tho number of their votes are: New York, 45; Pennsylvania, 3S; lll'- nois, 29; Ohio, "A; Texas, 2oi Massachusetts. IS; Missouri IS Indiana, 15: Michigan, 15; New Jersey. IA: Iowa, 1s; Kansas, 10; Connecticut, ..
 There are 531 votes in the eles 2 i toral college.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-20
JURY
 IS CHARGED
BULLETIN = CINCIN- MATT, O.. Dec. 20.-Ge0rge Rcmus was acquitted on the first ballot on the ground of insanity. He will be taken back to the jail to await a sanity hearing.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 20 The George Remus murder case went to the jury at 2:49 o'clock this afternoon.
 Judge Shook read the opinion that the Court feels that in view of some of the records, there can be absolutely no claim in reason logic or law successfully advanced in denial of the unlawful killing but the Court is brought to the inevitable conclusion that the de fendant is entitled to a verdict oi not guilty solely on the grounds of insanity"
 Remus has been on trial fol several weeks on charge of staying his wife, who was seeking La divorce. Remus is the acknow ledged 'bootleg king" of this sec tion.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-12-20

ocrats opened their convention in it.
 Since the Democrats met there l the hall has been entirely remod.
 eled, and it rivals in size and ia.
 cilities most of those in which
 the Republicans have met in years past.
 Mayor Albert l. Beach will be
 the official host to the Republi.
 cans, and he has promised the party that the city will extend to il every hospitality. Hotel space is ample. it is declared to house the guests. At two of the largest hotels tse last four Republican presidents Roosevelt Taft. Har6. ing and Coolidge K have been guests.
 Henry J. Allen, former governor of the neighboring state of Kan.
 sas. declares that the c0nvenhg
 of the party in Kansas City will stimulate party enthusiasm throughout the agricultural states of the middle west. This and the central location of Missouri's sec ond largest city were important l factors in it's choice by the Re publican national committee fron
 a field which included San Fran cisco, Detroit. Chicago. Philadet phia, San Antonio and other cities.