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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-23
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
SHERIEE'S SALE
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF CAMERON

THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF CAMERON
Notice Is Hereby Given that by vir-
tue of certain Order Of Sale issued
out of the Honorable 61st Judicial
District Court Of Harris County, on
10th day Of January, 1928, by o. NJ.
Duclos, Clerk Of said Court, for the
sum Of One Thousand and no-100
Dollars with interest at 6 per cent
per annum from February Z, 1927.
and costs of suit, under a Judgment,
in favor Of Robert L. Cole and Homer
Stephenson in a certain cause in said
Court. No. 1896 and styled: Hous-
ton Land e. Trust Company VS.. r. II.
and o. ". Barr, placed in my hands
for service, ], Mrs. Pinkie Nann, as
Sheriff Of Cameron County. Texas,
did on the 1ith day Of January, 1928.
levy on certain Real Estate, situated
in Cameron County. Texas, described
rs follows, to-wit: 1850 acres of land
known as lots twenty-five 1927 and
twenty-three (23) Of the F. z. Bishop
Subdivision Of the Rice and Taylor
lands. map of which is Of record in
the Map Records of Cameron County,
Texas, and being the same lands
N0nNcs Gu DN AnE i4Nt Il. T. DdtIs It-
ceased. to Grin 20. ND and Hanson
tR. H.) Barr, by deed duly recorded
in the Deed Records of Cameron Coun-
~, Texas, in volume lac pages 4l3-
Ala thereof. and levied upon as the
property Of Orip %. H.) and Hansen
(R. H.) Barr. and that on the first
Tuesday in February. 1928, the same
being the 7th day OF said month, at
the Court House door. of Cameron
County, in the City of Brownsville,
Texas. between the hours of 10 A. NJ.
and ( p. NJ, by virtue OF said levy
and said order az sale I will sell
said above described Real Estate 1t
public vendue. for cash 10 the highest
bidder. as the property OF said de-
fendsuts.
And in compliance with Law. I give
this notice BY publication. In the
English language. once = week for
three consecutive weeks Immediately
preceding said day of sale. in the
Brownsville Herald, a newspaper pub
lished IN Cameron County.
Witness nv hand. this 14th day Of
January. 1928.
Mrs. Finkis Vann. Sheriff.
Cameron County, Texas.
By :. c. Bryson. Deputy.
1-16-23-S0-st-2626.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

Of this Court, in an Account equal TO
twice the amount for which the in
t~erests Of said Minors, and each Of
them, and TO said property, was SOLD;
which said application Will be heard
by said Court on the 9Th day Of Feb
rurary, A. d. 1928, at the Court
House Of said County, in Browns
vile, Texas, at which time all persons
interested in said Estates are re-
quired 10 appear and answer said APP
plication, should they desire to do so.
Herein Fail Not, but have you be-
fore said Court. on the first day OF
the mex term thereof, this writ, with
your return thereon, showing how
you have executed the same.
Witness my hand and official seal,
at Brownsville, Texas, this 18th day
Of January, A. d. 1928.
(SEAL)
II. d. Seago. Clerk County
Court, Cameron County, Texas.
BY o. +. Bremen, Deputy.
TTC % o. OcDE
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formation 70 tell those who have
the patience TO write it down; there
are interesting deeds, wills and
other records on file in the court
house Of each county Which can be
copied by permission Of the county
clerk: there are legends worth trac-
ing in an effort to establish auther-
ITCHY.
OF subject material, there is a
greater abundance than in most any
other section Of Texas. A few Of
these are mentioned: The Battle of
Palo Alto; The Battle of Resaca de
la Palma; Last Battle f the Civil
War; The Old Town OF Bagdad;
Brownsville; Fort Brown; Point lsa-
bel: Brazos de Santiago; General
Taylor's Army Of Invasion; The Old
Military Road; Hidalgo; Rio Grande
City; Fort Ringgold; Corina's Raid;
Cotton Smuggling in the Sixties;
Steamboats, on the Rio GRANGE:
Texas First Railroad; The Battle
Of Ojo de Aqua: Bsnditry Days of
1861; U. s. Troops on the Bor-
der; Early Missions ALONE the Rio
Grande; Building Of the St. Louis
and Brownsville Railroad; Usage Of
Field Money on the Border; The Old
San Juan Sugar Mill. Brownsville
Rice Mill: Lives of Prominent Per-
o Who Pioneered the Border;
Stage Coach Days; Origin Of Names
Of Valley Towns: Early Families in
tire County. All these and many
others offer junior and senior high
school students a vast range Of ma
terial to draw from.
Rules of Contest
/. Contestants must be at least
twelve years and not more than
twenty-one years Of age, and must
be enrolled in a public or private
school located IN the counties Of
Cameron. Hidalgo. Starr or Willacy.
2. The name, age, and address and
school must appear IN the upper left
hand corner Of the frs pace.
3. Each manuscript must be oerti-
fled by the superintendent. principal
or teacher as TO eligibility of on
testant.
q The subject matter must be in
essay form and deal with the his
tory OF community, town, county,
person or event Of the Lower Rio
Grande Valley Roma 10 Point Isa-
bel).
5. The essay must contain not less
than 800 words and not more than
1000.
6. All essays must be written on
only one side Of ink or typewriter
paper. size 5 l-2x11.
7. photography must appear 1t the
end Of each manuscript.
&. No manuscript will be returned
and all entered in the contest will
become the property of the Rio
Grande Valley federation.
?. The contest will open February
! and viii close April /. 1928. All
manuscripts should bear sufficient
postage and be mailel TO Mrs. z.
Owen Scott. RIO Grande City.
Ievas.
AZ. The Judges for t. contest will
re disinterested members AZ the Rio
Grande Valley federation Of clubs.
II. ESSAYS viii be judged OF con-
tent and form.
u. Two cash prizes will be offer
ed. So a. the student between the
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Historical Test
WOmem'S Clubs
TO Open on Feb. I

HISTORICAL TEST-2-col-- SUN
A historical contest to be inaugu-
rated FEB. / among school students
Oh the Valley by the Valley Fedora
tion OF Women's clubs Is expected
10 bring to light much valuable ma
terial on early life in this section,
according to Mrs. E. Owen Scott of
Rio Grande City, in charge of the
arrangements.
Cash prizes are offered and the
best manuscripts are to be published
in The Brownsville Herald.
The historical committee of the
Valley federation, established in
1925, under the administration Of
Mrs. Volney Taylor. has been instru-
mental in collecting not only history
OF the federation, but also a lar"e
amount of general Valley history.
The contest which has been ar
ranged by the historical committee
Of which Mrs. Z. Owen scott. Rio
Grande City, chairman, Mrs. II. f.
Summers. Harrington and Mrs. W. A.
wright. Donna, are members. is TO
be between the junior and high
the counties Of Cameron. Hidalgo,
1~@AA - WAAAdNNs hdAnCE NuGl VI
fer the rules of the %contc-t accord
ing to the grades, the committee has
divided contestants into two groups.
and these according to ages. as the
classification Of the schools in all
of the counties is not the same.
Expect Many Entries
The plans for the contest were
presented first by the committees at
the November meeting of the execu-
tive board of the federation. and
later approved at the December
meeting at Edinburg.
II IS believed hat from the great
amount of interest manifested from
the announcement OF the contest.
there will be a great number Of con-
testsnts, and To f. students IN Sc
lection Of subject. and search OF ma
t~erial. club women are urged 70 40
all possible. and the boys
and girls TO enter the contest.
Superintendents OF schools and all
English teachers are asked 70 pre-
sent the rules governing tire contest
and 10 supervise the work.
Pioneer citizens IN each locality
are being asked 10 speak IN public
gatherings and at school assembly
III an GAAE~L III GIEdlE mute kElC4dt
interest on the part Of the stu
dents. Mrs. Scott, Rio Grande Val
ley Federation historical chairman
has offered 10 visit any city or school
and to talk on general or particular
history during the week az February
1917, II a satisfactory schedule can
be arranged. Mrs. Scott has been
a student Of Valley histor~ for a
number Of years. and has written a
number Of articles on the history "a
the upper Valley country.
Cid Settlers Can Aid
Cooperating with the federation.
The BTownsvlile Herald and the Ed
iahurg Review have asked for the
privilege Il publishing tire ter win
rag rt1riss and TO ray for same
At regular space rates. Prominent
citizen of the Valley are cor
t~..h-tir- the cash prizes.
Il Is pointed u that there are
q nG1a5e, Of old settlers OF the bor-
le- WHO have n vast amount OF IN
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proptitude, and in a manner tEat
surprised him.
Good for you, Tony Bcy!" was
what sac saio, IN a 0 OF large
approval. 1t was what he did that
gained Tony's approval That II
4.nueu on the corner OF his mouth
and was altogether too brief, was
the fault OF MS height and not her
intent. Its explosivenvss, however,
was a testimonial Of it, sincerity.
Good for you, pardne-!" she re-
peated, with enthusiast. I'm gonna
take you up on that offer. | suggest
we follow tn line o IIghts- Ana
don't forget. pal" she added, pattlng
the holster resting on her nip, that
Betsy Jane here IS right With US all
tn time! Are you ready?"
Lead on, Nike Duff, | are ready"
misquoted Young Anthony, and the
march was on once mvIr.
That the tunnel was the re-tim-
bered drifting OF an ancient coal
mine was made manifest in various
ways to Tony who had worked for a
week when he was o boy, in a coal
mine near Pittsburgh.
But what | can't understand" he
confided to his companion, as they
followed the twists ana rIght-angle
turns of this carefully-shored and
rebuilt tunnel. lis tn why and tn
wherefore Of these incandescent
lamps. And that's tn marks of
wheels along the floor, indicating
tn use of a mule car in here. What
do you guess. Mike. we'll find. ]"
aTarst pocufhly IMAGINE wanlf1I
the guileless Mike. with laconic
brevity. unless it's a bootleggers'
cache!"
That's it-a still. of counsel" yip-
ped Tony. his fingers Tightening on
her arm as he drew her 10 a halt.
wed better watch our stepi How
come / didn't think Of that before y
Read tomorrow of Mike aid Tony'5
visit TO the old abandoned mine.
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MAN HURT

fSpecial to The Herald.)
EDINBURG. Jan. 23.-J. L. Fort
SON. an employee Of the Osborne
Service station here. was recover
ing today from minor bruises and
decorations. sustained Saturday
night when he was run down By an
automobile while crossing the
street near the central part Of the
city. The victim was knocked down.
suffering injuries to his left knee
and a severe s~haking-up. The driv-
er Of the automobile took him 20
his home after first-aid had been
administered.
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ages Of l2 and l6 submitting the
best essay and $40 to the student
between the ages of seventeen and
twenty-one submitting the best essay.
Is. The two winning st ries and
the next best eight essays will be
published in The Brownsville Her
aid and the Edinburg Review, and
contestant will be paid for same at
column rates.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-19
AIR MAILPIL0T
ISCREMATEDIN
EXPLODED SHIP
New York Cleveland Flyers
Plane Believed to Have Ex.
ploded in Mid.air

Polk, Pa, Oct. 19.-(AP)-Th<
burned plane and cremated body o1
air mail pilot William C. Hopsor
was found three miles southwest o1
here early today by searchers wht
sought out the plane after having
received reports Of flares having
been dropped early yesterday.
Hopson was flying the mail route
between New York and Cleveland
He was due to arrive in the Ohio
city 1T 8 o'clock Yesterday morning
Yesterday residents of this town re.
ported that at 2 .. m. they saw the
plane travelling westward and that I
bright light burst from the ship a
it passed beyond . hill. The light
was believed to be q flare. i. :.
Hopson was out o. the dangeroul
Pennsylvania mountain region wher
he crashed. He passed over Clarion,
about 80 miles east Of here, almost
on scheduled time. 8
Hopson's body was found in Z
small patch Of woods. Soon after
it was found, . guard was placed
about the fallen plane and its pilot.
No attempt was made to remove
Hopson's body from the debris. II
was presumed that it would not be
removed until officials Of the ajY
mail had inspected the wrsckaee.
While yesterdays report Of . light
bursting from the ship was taken
to indicate that Hopson had dropped
. flare in IN attempt to find suit
able landing place, belief WAS ex-
pressed today that IN explosion oc-
Cured while the plane WAS in mid
air.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-19
Auto wizards Chief Engineer
Inspects Eckener's Giant
Craft
States Automotive Leader
Vitally Interested In Atlantic
Always

New York, Oct. 19.-(P)-Rumors
that Henry Ford is one Of those DR..
Hugo Eckener Is attempting to in
terest in his plans for . Transatlantic
dirigible mail and passenger service
was given impetus today by the
visit to the Graf Zeppelin Of William
B. Mayo, chief engineer Of the Ford
company.
Mr.. Mayo, in company with sew
eral other persons whose identities
were more closely guarded than his,
inspected the big dirigible in the
naval hangar ut Lakehurst, N. j.,
yesterday and attended . conference
with DR.. Eckener and officials Of the
Goodyear Zeppelin company Of Ak
ron, O.
Mr.. Mayo denied any negotiations
had been opened between the Zep-
pelin people and the Ford company.
He said it was his personal belief.
however, that such = service as DR..
Eckener plans was practicable and
could be put on paying basis within
Z year or two.
Needs $ll,o00,00o
DR.. Eckener estimates it will take
at least $l4,000,000 to launch his
project for four great air cruisers
plying between Europe and the
United States.
lis Mr.. Ford interested to the ex-
tent Of financing such 4 company ?"
Mr.. Mayo was asked.
"You may say" he replied, "that
Mr.. Ford is vitality interested in any
new form Of transatlantic travel.
and especially in this FORM"
Until it is definitely determined
how long it will take to repair the
Zeppelin, plans for her midwest tour
are being held in abeyance. Il is
not believed, however, that the re-
pairs can be completed before Tues
day, and since the start Of the 70.
turn flight to Germany has been
tentatively set for Saturday, Oct.
Il. il. .iA-nertain tho flight viii not
Will Visit Detroit
It has been more or less definitely
settled that the Zeppelin will cruise
to Dearborn, Mich, passing over q
many cities - possible en- route, but
her itinerary after that is prob
lematical.
Hugh Allen Of the Goodyear Zep-
pelin company announced that he
had three times as many applica-
tions for places on the return flight
as he had room. Most of those who
came to this country aboard the Zep-
pelin rs passengers will return the
same way, and he had only eight or
ten vacancies.
He said that another trip to this
country Of the Zeppelin is planned
this year, either late in November or
early in December. She will then
remain in Europe until the opening
Of the tourist season next snrine,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-19
BANKER KILLED,
SEVEN HURT AS
PLANEC CRASHES
Frightened Passenger Freezes
Controls Of Sightseeing
Craft

Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 1e.-lH
IA frightened passenger who
| gripped the controls Of m airplane
in which prominent bankers were
making sightseeing trip over At
lantic City was believed responsible
today for the crash Of the plane and
the death Of one Of the occupants
and the serious injury Of the others.
Eight men were in the plane.
w. Octave Chanute, Denver IN.
vestment banker, died IN the Atlantic
City hospital two hours after the
accident. Mr.. Chanute and four az
the other passengers were delexateg
to the annual convention Of tho In.
vestment Bankers association here.
The injured are:
Pliny Jewel, Boston, fractured
skull; Thomas Dysart, St. Louis, In
ternal injuries.
Henry L. Duer, Boston.
Alden II. Little, Of Chicago.
Ralph Somers Of Absecon, N. j..
internal injuries.
George King, pilot Of cardAA
Ferdinand Ebls Of PleasantvilIe.
N. J.. relief pilot. 4
The plane, = sister shin o. the
Transatlantic Junkers plane Bremen.
was returning to the field after !
flight over the city. Watcher "a
the ground saw Il 90 into q tail spir
when approximately 1000 f1ot -
the air, right itse4, 70 into anctA
R0in and n1rnah r., H. ApeeassA1
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-19
BRAVE AVIATOR
THOUGHT DEAD
IN SMALL SHIP
Commander Macdonald Long
Overdue on Dash from
America to Ireland
ONLY SLIGHT HOPE LEFT
That Is = Long Time Ago.
Flyers Wife Says Answer.
ing Only News
ONLY SLIGHT HOPE LEFT

London, Oct. 19.-@-Flares
that had burned al night 1t Croydon
and other airdromes to guide Lieu.
tenant Commander H. C. Macdonald
to . safe landing were extinguished
at dawn today, and hope that he
had survived went out Of tho hearts
Of many. It was the general belief
that he had become the nineteenth
person to perish trying to fly the
Atlantic.
At the most his tiny Moth plane
in which he risked his life In an At
tempt to fly alone from Newfound.
land could hold only enough gasoline
for 35 hours Of flying, and the
thirty-fifth hour passed st 3:6l
.. m. (1O:51 p. m. yesterday, eastern
standard time).
Airdrome officials were decidedly
pessimistic regarding the airman's
rate, saying that there were only
two slight possibilities now-that he
had alighted on some remote island
Oft the west coast Of Scotland or
had been picked up by . boat un-
equipped with wireless.
Flyers Wife Hopes
Another right Of anxious viRil
was spent by the flyers wife, and
she still chung to the slight possi-
bilities Is hopes.
Only once has Macdonald been r.
ported since he left Harbor Grace.
Newfoundland, Wednesday It 1881
2. m. eastern standard time. TIA
Dutch steamer Hardenburg reported
sighting an airplane 1t 1880 D. m.
eastern standard time Wednesday,
Tar north Of MacDonald's course.
The position given was 700 miles
east and north Of Harbor Grace.
and tho airman had then some 1000
miles to fly to reach Ireland.
The message came after Is hours
Of complete silence, and Mrs. Mac
UoNAld. Noiced its ominous inap0rt
when she remarked:
That is long time ago."
Weather Was Favorable
Generally conditions 1t sea had
been regarded Is favorable for Ia.
Macdonald flight. When the French
liner Paris reached Plymouth this
morning the captain said visibility
had been good for 80 hours, but that
he had seen nothing Of the plane.
Yesterday morning when the air
mans coming was awaited in Ireland
the weather was unfavorable there.
Had he been forced, down on the
Atlantic by tho failure Of his motor
or ice forming on the winds Of the
plane, 1t was thought that MacDon-
aid would have been able % keep
afloat not more than 20 minutes by
partly empty gasoline tanks. He
had no wireless. and in that brief
span Of time could only send M
flare: in the slim hope that some
vessel might come 70 his aid.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-19
Australia Quiet as
Dock Strike Is Over

Melbourne, Oct. 1o.-(APl-Ths
Wa" do Workers strike which had
bet occasion Of attacks on vol
unit sorkers and bombines, was
ended throughout Australia today.
The men had struck over the
sward Of . board Of arbitration
which set up system Of hiring
dockwogkers ts:ice . day while the
usn odvocated : oncs-daily hiring
system.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-19

plttab0r4h, Pa, Oct. 1o.-@-
The spectacle Of . crest tt1unaphal
way bordere4 throughout much Of
IL length by gasolins stations, lode-
ing h0u1oo ard Chinese laundrios,
di6trepseg Andrew w. Mellon. But
~ Yos glad q add In N address
at Caxnegie lnstitute that pennsyl-
va1ia' avGnne = q - boantifled.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-19
death WINS BRIT0NS ATLANTIC CHALLENGE
t1ickan Hangs for Diabocl Murder Of Marian Parker
Henry Ford Rumored as
Zeppelin Service Backer
Football Fans!

The Bismarck Tribune will
issue . football extra edition
which will be sold on the streets
shortly after s p. N. Saturday.
Stories Of all the important
games will appear in the extra.
Here are some Of tomorrow's
big games:
North Dakota VI. South Da.
kota State.
North Dakota Bison VI. st.
Thomas.
Minnesota ". Chicago.
Army VI. Harvard.
Yale W. Brown.
Notre Dame VI. Georgia Tech.
Illinois W. Indiana.
Purchase the extra tomorrow
and get the first information on
the big games.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-19
t--t4a =. .Frss - q. -
Final Thrust in New York
Territory to Be Minus Siren.
u0us Features

Washington. Oct. .10.-(AP)-The
final thrust Herbert Hoover is to
make into eastern territory-his Wis
it to New York city next Monday
is to be much less strenuous than the
campaign tours he has made during
the last month.
Street professions and long auto
mobile touring through crowds,
which formed q large part Of his ac-
tivities on his journey to Newark,
Elizabethton and Boston, have been
eliminated from the program Of his
trip to the home town Of his Dem
ocratic opponent, as have rear plat
form speeches and overnight train
rides.
The Republican presidential candi-
date will leave here Sunday after.
noon, arriving in New York in time
to have q good nights rest ct his
hotel.
To Receive Delegations
Under present plans al Of Monday
will be spent 1T the hotel. Some
party leaders will be guests Of the
candidate at breakfast. Later dur.
ing the forenoon, Hoover will re-
ceive delegations from various for
eign groups and probably will make
brief talks to them.
The nominee will speak again ct
the hotel luncheon which will be Civ
en- for state and county chairmen
and officers Of the various Independ-
ent Hoover Curtis committees which
have been Organized. in New York.
During the afternoon, the nominee
will receive Republican service men
who have been promoting his candi-
dacy and later will rest In his suite
before dinner and the speech he is
to deliver at Madiion Square Gar
den that night. Vice President
Charles G. Dawes also is to speak
on the same program, which will be
carried to the country over q nation.
wide radio lookup.
Ready For Front Porch
Hoover will spent Monday night il
New York and return to Washington
Tuesday afternoon to conduct .
"front porch" campaign ct his head
quarters here during the week inter-
vening before he starts on his last
campaign trip which will take him
to his California home where be will
vote.
While Hoover planned to spend
mach Of his time today ct his
home. he had engagement to meet
. number OF visitors ct his head
quarters, those including Dr. Eugo
Eckener and three Of those who ae-
companied him across the Atlantic
IN the Graf Zeppelin.