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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-27
PERSONALS

G. ]. Fenner of Sacramento, Cal,
has arrived in Brownsville to be here
a month visiting.
J. G. Darlington, and T.. <. Wright
and G. W. Wright, brothers, are Wis
iting in the city on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. X. Smith are stop
ping in Brownsville Thursday on
their tour of the Valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Clark of San
Antonio are enjoying their first
visit to the Valley this week and are
planning to return.
w. X. Mcclellan OF San Antonio Is
here on business this week.
G. j. Butler, business man in Ed
inburg. was in Brownsville on bust
ness Wednesday and Thursday.
Morgan Jones and his son, Roland,
Of Abilene, Tex, are here on q trip
through the Valley.
b. +. Marshall and daughter,
Laura, are visiting friends here in
the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Wharton Of
Fayetteville, Ark, are spending a
few days touring the Valley. They
stopped in Brownsville Wednesday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-27
OBSERVE NAVY
DAY VALLEY
Program of Speaking
AT Harlingen Is
Announced

HARLINGEN, Oct. 27.-Speakers
from Harlingen and Brownsville will
take part in the observance of Navy
Day here Thursday evening, in a
program Of music and talks, start
ing at z o'clock.
The talks will be made in Travis
park, with a large number Of Wis
itors expected to be present.
The talks and music will be broad
cast from the radio station of the
Harlingen Music company BY remote
control.
The speakers from Brownsville are
II. B. Galbraith, and S. c. Tucker,
while A. L. Lewis, and Rev. j. Ste
wart Pierce of Harlingen viii take
part in the program.
The Twelfth Cavalry band from
Fort Brown is scheduled 10 furnish
part Of the music, with the Harlin-
gen Firemen's band also appearing
on the program.
Flags in the two cities, Browns
vile and Harlingen, are being flown
during the day, at the request Of
the American Legion posts.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-27
Theresa Harrison
Carnival Queen

Theresa Harrison, member OF the
senior high school class, will be
crowned carnival queen at s o'clock
Saturday evening at the high school
auditorium as preliminary cere-
monies to the festivities Of the even
ing. Special plans are being made
for an elaborate setting for the oc-
easion.
Other carnival queen candidates,
Cherrille D~eBardeleben of the sopho-
more class and Margaret Hughston Of
the junior class, will be princesses
and attendants to the queen. A num-
Der Of attendants from both high
school and college will be in the
royal group.
The queen was determined by the
number of subscriptions TO the "Pal-
m~etto," the school magazine that is
being put out this year in the place
of an annual, and by the number of
tickets sold to the carnival by each
class. Funds will 20 TO the "Pal-
metto" treasury.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-27
MARKETS
STnCKS


NEW YORK, N. y, Oct. 27.-(P1-
Price changes were narrow and ir-
regular at the opening Of the stock
market today. Houston Oil and Du-
Pont started the day with a 2 point
recession while Loose Wiles Bis
cult opened a point higher. U. s.
Steel was fr~actionally lower at the
outset.
Sagging of steel shares In further
reflection Of lower earnings by u.
5. Steel and the delay in the fall re-
vival of the trade, caused prices in
many sections TO sink in the first
half hour. U. S. Steel extended it's
loss to a point, selling at 135 81;
the lowest price since !. began to re-
cede from its peak a few weeks ago.
Crucible Steel went down to rs SIS a
new years low, off 43-4, and Beth
lehem fell back a point.
Pivotal issues were generally IN
der pressure, General Motors quick
ly selling down 3 and General Elec-
tric, General Asphalt and Interna-
tional Harvester declining a point or
more. The recently buoyant in
vestment rails were rather quiet in
the initial dealings, as further evil
dence OF operating were furnished by
reports of New York Central, Atchi-
son, Pennsylvania and others. "A
few exceptions stood out. CONT
mental Insurance continued to climb,
soaring five points 10 "a record high
Of 2IS while National Tea and Abra-
ham and Straus had early gains Of
around 21-2 points.
Foreign exchanges were EASY at the
outset, Spanish pesetas sinking 8
points to around 17.l2l-2 cents. De-
mand sterling held steady close to
4.86 els and French francs just be-
low 1892 IL cents.
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NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, N. Y, Oct. 27.-tR-
The cotton market opened firm at an
advance Of s to 25 points on a con-
tinuation Of yesterdays late buying,
evidently prompted by a tendency to
scale down crop estimates.
Liverpool did not fully meet yes
~terday's local advance and was a
moderate seller here, but buying
was sufficient to send active months
Is to 16 points net higher in early
trading, December selling up to 2i.23
and March to 21.54. The advance was
checked by realizing, and there ap-
peared to be some southern selling
which caused reactions Of a few
points from the best by the end Of
the first hour.
The market was unsettled later un-
der realizing or liquidation by recent
buyers, while there also appeared to
be some local and southern selling
on the decline. December sold off
70 about 20.22 and March to 2l.00
or about 20 to 80 points net lower.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-27
BAR SINCLAIR
continued from page one)

CONTINUED from page one)
when they appeared before the COM
mittee Of congress.
The statement given by Sinclair on
October 20, 1928. was that he went to
Three Rivers, N. NJ, to see Fall about
leasing Tea Pot Dome and drilling on
Usage Indian lands in Oklahoma.
Government counsel did not offer
il Immediately TO the jury, instead,
calling b. B. Brooks. former Governor
OF Wyoming, who on behalf Of west
ern oil operators, protested against
the leasing Of Tea Pot Dome.
z. c. Finney, first assistant secre-
tary OF the interior, t~elegraphed
Brooks on April ia. 1922, that his pro-
test had been referred to Fall who
was handling the Tea Pot Dome mat
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Shot FATAL
TO OFFICER
Woman Questioned in
Death of Ballinger
Police Chief

CHALLENGER, Tex, Oct. 27.-(P=
W. L: Mcmillan, 80, chief Of police,
oied IN q hospital here today as a re-
suit OF bullet wounds received at the
nome OF Mrs. L. p. Payne, 81, early
tuesday. He is survived by his par
ents, his widow, five daughters, n
son and ether relatives.
Mrs. Payne, wife Of a cafe worker
employed at night, was arrested, but
no charges were filed against her.
On his death bed, Mcmillan made q
short statement explaining a possible
motive for the shooting. This, with
a statement made by Mrs. Payne will
be considered by the grand jury now
in session.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-27
Secretary Davis
Praises Guard

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Oct. 27.-tR)-
National guardsmen and reservists
performing their civic duties under
allegiance TO state and nation are
outstanding examples Of the COM
plete citizen, Dwight r. Davis, Sec
rotary Of war, told delegates attend
ing the annual convention Of the ma
tional guard association Of the
United Safes today.
Secretary Davis traced the history
Of the national guard movement from
the days Of the continental congress
when that body recommended that all
able-bodied men. between the ages Of
Is and 80 vars Of age, be formed into
companied OF militia.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-27

OF his efforts to get q hearing on ap-
~ulication for N lease In Tea Pot Dome,
and testified that Fall told him that
Sinclair would take care OF claims
on Tea Pot Dome and advised him 70
see Sinclair. 1870,
~ refused 70 DO that" Darden said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-27

Government counsel next placed into
the record Falls telegram of April lg.
1922 to G. b. Stafford, his adminis-
trative assistant, directing him " zee
that Sinclair gave surety bond in
stead Of his personal one, "in view on
congressional agitation"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-27
NEW GENERALS

NoGALES, Ariz., Oct. 27.%FEA
special dispatch published by the
Herald today says the process Of
filling the places Of as Mexican gen.
erals who died in action or before
firing squads during the recent
revolution. is under way.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-27
GRAIN

CHICAGO. H.. Oct. 27.-P-Un-
expected strength of wheat quota
tons AZ Liverpool and Buenos Aires
helped give an early upward swing
today TO the market here.
December advanced to alag, Jan
err, Chicago wheat soon scored a ma
terial advance all around. Corn
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-27
NO CONCERT

Due 10 the fact that the Twelfth
Cavalry band OF Fort Brown will 60
to H%arlingen Thursday night to take
part in the Navy Day program there,
the regular band concert at Fort
Brown Thursday night will not be
given.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-27
LIVESTOCK

KANSAS CITY, Kan, Oct. 27.-[R
Hogs 5000; slow top $50; packing
sows 100 q IT'S; stock pigs 500 a
1000.
Cattle $500; calves 1000; beef
steers and yearlings steady to is
cents higher; she stock and bulls,
steady; vealers Soc lower; fed KAN
sas grasser steers Ills a 1875;
westerns s.75 a 1850; veal top 1880.
Sheep 5000; steady; top western
lambs 1856: others 1880; fat ewes
downward from 600; top feeding
lambs 1925.
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tiers personally. This was D week
after the lease with Sinclair was
signed.
Telegram In Record
Replying to Owen J. Roberts, of
government counsel, Brooks said his
company, the Consolidated Oil COM
pany. would have been interested in
the leasing Of a part Of the Wyoming
naval oil reserve.
Roberts read 70 the jury the testi-
mony given in the Tea Pot Dome
civil suit at Cheyenne, BY James G..
Darden, an old operator. Darden
Darden. an old operator. Darden told
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CHICAGO, ILL.,, Oct. 27.-Poultry
alive steady; fowls is a % 1-2;
springs IS; turkeys 25 a 80; roost-
ors II; ducks Is a p: geese 10 a
90.
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started unchanged half cent up, aud
then underwent q general sag. Oats
were firmer. Provisions also had an
upward slant.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11
COMMUNICATIONS
MUST GO THROUGH

Various as are the tasks Of the
gigantic telephone army Of America,
it's members are moved by a common
purpose-to get the message through
in the best possible way and the short
est possible time, according to Arthur
Pound in The Manufacturers Indus
trial News Bureau.
In the morale of the telephone group
OF 1927 shines the same passion for
promptness which thrilled weary Inca
runners on their gruelling Journeys
from the capital to the outposts of the
empire. Now as then he who is in
trusted with communications accepts
the fixed idea of his craft-that upon,
the go-between rests the well-being Of
the whole. I
Dramatically, this gallant answer to
responsibility for communications
flares forth whenever Nan operator
sticks to the switchboard in the bright
face of danger" whenever lineman,
atop storm-swayed pole risks his life
to heal broken nerve in the nations
wire system. automatically, but
with equal vigor, this spirit Of the en-
terprise animates, as part of the I'm.
written law of their lives, many thou
sands of other workers in tasks which
escape public notice. Thus this wide
spread army of telephone folk, though
not under single employer, has ar
rived at rough-hewn solidarity of in
terest through their devotion to get
ting the message through.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11

In the future officers of the
National Guard will be paid on a
basis of the average attendance of
enlistment during the quarter, in
stead of at individual drills. Here
tofore so per cent of maintenance
strength had to attend any drill for
which pay was authorized for the
officers. In the future the average
must be maintained for the quarter
proceeding that for which pay is
claimed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11

Governor Albert O. Richie taxing
the oath OF office.
A large crowd heard Governor
Richie take the oath of office at his
recent inauguration. Through the in.
stallation Of the public address system
installed by the Chesapeake and Poto-
mac Telephone Company of Baltimore
City, thousands of people surrounding
the historic old State House at An
napolis were able to hear the inaugu
raj address and the responses of Gov
ernor Richie to Chief Judge Carroll
Bond of the Court of Appeals, who
swore him in. 1t is estimated that
about $500 people were able to hear
the speeches incident to the ceremony
at this inaugural clearly and distinct.
ly. Governor Richie is succeeding
himself and beginning his third term
as Chief Executive of Maryland.
The Bell System public address
equipment is now used almost univers-
ally at inaugurations and similar
ceremonies At many conventions and
church gatherings where large crowds
are assembled, this equipment is in
stalled so that "all who come may
hear" The Bell Public Address Sys.
tenn was first used at the Inauguration
of President Harding, March 4, 1921.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11
ORPHANS, COURT

\ Bonds Approved-M. Helen Scot
and E. Lavinia Bye, executives o,
M. Helen Mackie; Mary E. Alexan
der, executrix of Melvin S. Janney
Osborne S. Mackie, administrato
d. b. C. t. a. of Arthur A. Mackey
Oma Dalton, guardian of Ada Da
ton, ct. al.
Accounts Passed-First and fine
accountof Oma Dalton, administra
trix of Cephas B. Dalton; first and
final account of Carrie S. Ellison
Administrative C. t. a. of Clayton S
Ellison, and distribution struck OF
same; first and final account O.
James Hartnett, executor of Davit
Hartnett and distribution struck OIL
same.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11
FARM TIMBER A GOOD BANT
ACCOUNT, SAY FORESTERS

Growing timber is good ban
account, say foresters of the Unite
States Department of Agriculture
The new growth is the interest
Pines grow rapidly in the South and
bring in good interest in dollars and
cents, providing the timberlands are
cut wisely. The Forest Service
warns that only the new growth, O.
the interest, should be cut, and tina
the capital in the form of the
younger fast-growing trees and two
to four seed-producing trees pc,
acre must be left. This will keep
lands growing timber at the maxi
mum rate and make the largest
profit in dollars and cents.
Good practice in growing timber
as money crop is to use the ay
and saw wisely and to keep out fire
at all times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11
HOME TELEPHONES

About two-thirds. or 100000 of
the total number of telephones in the
Bell System in the United States are
residence telephones. These 11,40O,.
900 residence, or as they are some.
times called, ''home" telephones, serve
approximately 100000 families. The
excess of residence telephones over
the number of families having tele.
phones is due, in large part, to the
use of extension stations. More and
more the average home is beingy
equipped with extension telephones so !
that weary housewives will not haveI
to walk upstairs or downstairs in
order to answer the telephone, or to |
put in call.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11

The Philadelphia Bulletin of
Thursday evening contained several
photographs in connection with the
purchase by the Rose Tree Hunt OF
the hotel and store properties at
Andrew Bridge, Lancaster county,
Pa. One photograph showed the
hotel and another the fine stone arc
bridge which is over 125 years old.
1t is rumored that the Rose Tree
will train their jumpers on the old
race track.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11
NEW DIRECT LINE

A direct telephone line between
Denver and Salt Lake City has been
established Heretofore all long dis,
lance communication between Colo.
RADIO and Utah have had to be routed
by way of Cheyenne in Wyoming. The
new line, however. offers a direct
route across eastern Utah. To estab,
fish the connection more than 1000
miles of telephone wire were strung
on 5,542 poles.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11


son to worry greatly about
motor fuel for a long time
ahead is that people are worrying
about it. Interest in such question
at the right time, is the best insur-
ance against disaster. The President
and the Federal Oil Corporation
Board have done what was needed, at
the right time.
We know that most petroleum has
come from rather limited areas and
that even from these only a small pro-
portion has been taken out. Oil pro-
duced by gas pressure capable OF lift
ing it to the surface when we drill
holes is but small proportion of all
the oil contained in the sands. Even
from the best pools recovery by the
old methods is small, perhaps one
half in the most favorable conditions,
oftener onesixth, or one-seventh, or
one-tenth. But considerable part OF
what still remains in the ground can
be recovered by methods now estaIb-
lished as technically and economically
practicable.
Producing oil from coal and shales
and by mining the oil bearing sands
is entirely possible. Experiments are
going on in these directions, and if we
ever have to fall back on these re-
sources we will be ready For long
time, however, the present methods of
exploration and drilling, with improv-
ing processes to assure larger recov-
cries, are likely to suffice.
An Oil Dome illustrated
am no draughtsman, but maybe l
can draw something that will help ex-
plain. Here's rough drawing of an
oil dome. The shaded part at the bot
tom is deposit of oil bearing sands
with an impervious rock stratum
above. A wild-catter drilled the hole
ABB and gas pressure caused oil and
gas to flow. After while the gas
pressure wasn't sufficient to keep up
the flow and they pumped until ulti-
mately even this ceased producing.
Nevertheless, most of the oil was
still left sticking to the sand grains.
Then the operator drilled the well
CD, which flowed for time, but most
of the oil was still down there in the
sand. If the gas pressure could be re-
stored more would flow. So the oper-
ator injects gas into one well, restor-
ing the pressure and causing the oil
to resume flowing from the other.
After time the flow will stop again,
but still much of the oil will be left.
In some fields it has been possible to
obtain additional amounts of oil by
introducing water in some of the wells
and forcing the oil to others. The ad-
dition OF chemical such as soda ash
to the water may assist in removing
the oil from the sand grains, but nei-
ther plain water nor water containing
chemicals should be introduced into
an oil sand except as last resort,
for it is likely that the. water, which
travels faster through the sand, will
get to the open wells ahead of the oil
and when the flow is resumed under
pressure water will come out.
Everything Saved Nowadays
The gas escaping from an oil we'll
carries with it proportion of gaso-
line, which in the old days was lost
Nowadays it is extracted from the gas
and saved. while the dry gas can be
forced back into the ground to main
tain pressure.
One of the menaces to most oil
pools is the inflow of subterranean
water. Water flows through the oil
sands faster than oil, and by surround
ing the bottom of the well keeps the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11
TUNES BIG ORGAN

What is said to be the largest organ
in the world has recently been com.
pleted in Liverpool Cathedral. 1t is
so big that a private telephone sys-
tenn has been installed, with seven
teen telephones located in various
parts of the huge instrument, so that
the workmen engaged in tuning it can
communicate with an assistant at the
keyboard.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11

oil out. How to shut off the water
and permit the oil to run out is prob
lem with which the engineers have
long worked. They have made great
progress and so increased recoyeries.
In earlier times most oil producers
carefully guarded all information
about their wells and experiences, but
latterly there is cooperation in these
matters. Biologists and petroleum
engineers, once derided by the "prac-
ticaI' oil men, are more and more
accepted as guides and mentors. New
knowledge is constantly increasing rel
coveries.
As to Mining for Oil
In Lorraine they have dug shafts
down to the oil sands and actually
brought the sands out, like coal from
a mine. But it's costly.
Another mining process Is to sink a
shaft to the oil sands and from its
bottom drive tunnels in all directions
through the sands. From these tun-
nels small perforated pipes are driven
into the sands, which drain the oil
out of the sands. 1t flows to larger
pipes back at the foot of the shaft and
thence is pumped out. This requires
installing an expensive plant, but in
some fields the high recovery that is
assured might justify the cost.
understand the process IS about to be
installed in few fields in this coun-
it is practicable and profitable.
Oil can be distilled from coal, and
much work is now being done
along this line. But more appeal has
been made by the plan of extracting
oil from shale. The shales of Scotland
of century, and they are almost I'M
limited in this country, richer in oil
than those of Scotland. Kentucky,
Ohio, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Wyo-
ming and California are particularly
rich in shales. 1t is just a question
of the cost of extracting the oil. Con-
gress has given $1S0,0O0. with which
the Bureau has installed plant near
Rulison, Colorado, to distill oil from
the Colorado River Shales. 1t is
calculated that the shales mined at
Rulison will produce about a barrel
of oil to the ton.
The Use of Oil ShaIes
In Scotland they are working shales
that produce about twenty-five gallons
of oil per ton. The seams are from
threeeand-a-half to eight or ten feet
thick In Colorado are seams many
times as thick ard containing much
more oil per ton. Reduction of shales
involves an enormous mining opera
ton, and after the oil is extracted the
vast tonnage of refuse must be dis
posed Of So it is expensive compared
with producing oil from wells.
Ben E. Lindsey Of the Bureau of
Mines Experiment Station at Bartles-
vile, Okla, is confident that explora-
ton, better recoveries, better utiliza-
ton and deeper drilling would furnish
enough oil to meet all requirements
for at least twenty-five to fifty years,
If 1t could be extracted in that time.
But as practical matter this will not
be possible. Within that period there
will be times of shortage, when oil
from shales will be needed to supple
ment the oil from wells, etc.
Meantime federal and state govern
ments and the industry are co-operat-
ing in an astonishing range of inves-
legations and studies. These activities
cover such wide field that even an
enumeration of them would run into
tireseme detail
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-02-11

Johns Hopkins University has
established the first chair of gas
engineering, and Donald T. Bonney,
of Pittsburgh, is the first person to
receive degree of bachelor of
engineering in gas engineering. He
is of the class of 1926, and is now
research assistant in the gas engi
neering course.