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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21
PROBE EFFORT
AT WRECKINC
Think Attempt Made
To Loot $4,000
600 on Train

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Dee. 21.-tPl-
Detectives Of the Pennsylvania rail-
road, aided by county officers Of
Indiana. today were investigating n
reported attempt "a wreck and loot a
fast Chicago-Louisville passenger
train supposedly carrying 100000
for delivery to Louisville banks, as
il sped south from indianapolis to
Louisville. yesterday.
Both the engineer and the fire
man OF the train reported the at
tempted wreck after the train reach
ed Louisville.
Jacob Sehr. engineer. said that the
train was nearing Whiteland. Ind.
about 40 miles following departure
from indianapolis. c. VI. Crooks. the
fireman. saw right Of way lights n
short distance down the track sud
denly shift from green 10 red. Sehr
declared he quickly closed the loco
motive throttle and applied brakes.
stopping the train just as the en-
CINE was passing from the main line
to a switch.
simultaneously. he said. an auto
mobile parked on a nearby highway
suddenly started and disappeared
down the road. travelling at n high
speed. Subsequent investigation OF
the switch revealed the lock had been
broken.
Sheriff Charles G.. Bowen arrested
n negro suspect at Franklin, Ind.
shortly after the case had been re-
ported to his office, but did not re-
veal the evidence against the pris-
| oner.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21

These families consumed perhaps so
per cent Of tho product of their land.
Twenty per cent or ii was exchanged
for the few outside essentials and
to pay interest on the mortgage.
When prices rose and fell on the
Chicago market. they only affected
20 per cent Of the product of the
farm.
| know. and you know, that today
as the result or the revolution
brought about ~ machinery and i'm
breeding animals. and what-not, so
per cent Of the product Of the farm
must 20 % the market.
When the price Of these things
wabbles in Chicago, il has four times
the effect on that family on the
farm that ii did in those days. III
prices are high-they mean comfort
and automobiles; il prices are low
they mean increasing debt and pri-
Walton. | am not recommending the
good old days, for while the stand
ards of living in food and clothing
and shelter were high enough for
arybody's health and comfort, there
was but little left for the other pur-
poses Of living. That is probably one
reason why the people Of Iowa of
that time put more or their time ia
religious devotion than most OF them
do now.
Having Pleasure Was Cheap
IL certainly did not require as
much expenditure as their recre-
alton does today. However, those OF
YOU who are acquainted with the
Quaker faith, and who know the
primitive furnishing OF the Quaker
meeting house of those days. the
Solemnity OF the long hours Of meet
ing awaiting the spirit TO move some
one viii know the intense restraint
required in 4 ~ten-year-old boy not
even 10 count his toes. All this may
not have been recreation. but II was
strong training in patience.
And that reminds me that | have
the brand Of Iowa still upon me. for
one Of my earliest r~ecollections Of
that great and glorious state was
stepping barcfootcd on a red-hot
iron chip At my fathers blacksmith
shop, the scar Of which ! still carry.
But there arc few scars that
people carry from the state az Iowa.
The good Lord originally made il
the richest stretch Of agricultural
land that ever blessed any one SOW
creign government. IN was populated
by the more adventurous and the
more courageous. who fought their
way along the overwhelming from
tier.
They builded here in short a be-
Rod rs IS years a people who today
enjoy the highest standard Of living.
the highest average intelligence. the
highest average degree or education
that has EVER blessed a single com
mouwealth. There is no man or
woman who is not proud or his ma
tive state.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21
May Pave ON
POINT ROAD
Commission ers Dis
cuss Proposed


Paving of three to We miles on
the Barreda-P Point Isabel highway
from the end Of the present pave
ment was discussed briefly by the
commissioners court Friday morn
ing. The subject will come up for
further discussion at the next meet
ing on Wednesday, December rs, at
which time II. ". Pattee, commits
sioner-elect for the Point Isabel
Los Fresnos precinct. will be pres
ent.
A request for state aid in paving
the entire highway has been present
cd the state highway department.
In the event aid is not available at
this time the commissioners may de-
eide to pave three to five miles. half
Of the paving TO be financed by that
precinct and the remainder 70 be
supplied countrywide from various
road funds. Members Of the court
stated they we're willing 10 cooper
ate with the Point Isabel-Los Fres-
nos precinct. but would be opposed
to providing n funds allotted to
their respective precincts from the
100000 bond issue.
The suggestion was made by Fin
ley Ewing of H~arlingen that favor
able action upon the port bond IS
sues OF the Brownsville and San Be
nito navigation districts would have
considerable influence upon the
state highway department in extend
ing aid on the coast road.
In presenting the matter County
Judge q. c. Dancy stated that the
three miles east from the pavement
was practically impossible Yin wet
weather and is the most difficult
piece Of road in the county to Min
tain.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21

relapsed to goodness IN the form Of
rations of a single gumdrOp to the
small boys who did errands at his
store. lie also bought the old iron
from which the financial
we're provided for f~irecrackers on
the Fourth Of July. lie was, there
fore. tolerated and he served well
and efficiently as a moral and po-
litical lesson.
Iowa. through the eyes Of a ten
year-old boy. Il not al adventure or
high living. Iowa In those years. az
in these years. was filled with days
Of school-and who does not remem-
Der with a glow that Sweet-faccd
lady who. with infinite patience and
kindness, drilled into Us those foun-
dations Of all we know today? And
they were days Of chores and labor.
! am no supporter Of factory labor
for children, but / have never Joined
with those who clamored against
proper work for children on farms
outside Of their school hours. And
/ speak from the common experience
Of most Iowa children of my day in
planting corn, hoeing gardens, learn
ing to milk, saving wood, and the
other proper and normal occupations
for boys. We had no need of Mon
tesori schools 10 teach Us applica-
ton. But of more purpose ] can
bespeak for the strong and healthy
bodies which come from ii all.
Nor was Iowa of those days with
out its tragedies. Medical science Of
those times was powerlcss against
NLz aAn#nwFApm Iaun-anu wnh.rk So
the countryside. Ny parents were
among its victims.
Different Sort ~ Life
There vas an entirely different
economic setting of farm life in
Iowa in those days. / am not stat
ing 70 you that I had at that time
any prctencc or economies Or the
farm problem. Upon the uncle's
farm with whom ! lived. VIC did know
Of the mortgage "a som dreadful
damper IN youthful hopes Of things
that could not be bought. | do have
a vivid recollection that the major
purpose Of a farm was 70 produce a
living right on the spot for the
family.
[ know By experience that a fam
lily then produced all OF its own
vegetables, carried its grain 10 the
nearest mill for grinding on toll.
cut and hauled its own fuel from
the wonderful woods ten miles away
and incidentally gathered walnuts.
The family wove its own carpets
and some Of its clothes, made its
own soap, preserved its " meat
and fruit and vegetables, got its
sweetness from sorghum and honey.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21
$500 KIDDIES
TO Be GUESTS
OF ROTARIANS
Annual Yule Tree To
Be Held at Presby-
terrain Church at 6
P. M. Monday

The annual Rotary Club Christ
mas tree to the poor children of the
city will be held on the side of the
First Presbyterian church at $500
o'clock Monday evening and $500
tickets TO the tree are now being is
sued by members of the ticket COM
mittee. according to III. G.. II. Wien
ert. secretary Of the club.
Presents, consisting of toys, candy
and fruit, have been secured and
$500 stockings are now being filled
BY the stocking committee, composed
of Burt Hinkley, George White and
Leon Perl, assisted by Girl Reserves
and Rotary Annes.
Harry Banker is general chairman
and supervisor of the tree which
has already been obtained and will
be erected Monday morning. This
tree will stand approximately IL feet
high and will be brilliantly lighted
and appropriately decorated, Vein
ert stated.
Presents for the children are be-
ing obtained by a committee compos-
ed Of Bob Ernst and Roy Sethman
andt he decorations and lighting
have been placed in the hands Of
John Starck and Bill Thompson.
The candy and fruit which are to
20 into each stocking along with
some toy is being secured by Arthur
Hipp and Cleve Tandy and the tick
cts which are to cntitle the chill
dren to gifts from the tree are be-
ing distributed by Rev. f. p. Day and
Owen Combs.
Weinert declared that every effort
was being made to give every poor
child in the city a ticket TO the tree
and that the club was putting forth
every effort to secure toys for all.
I'VE do not want one child to 90
away unremembered,' he said, "and
for that reason we have gone into
this on g bigger scale this yea than
over before
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21
Personal Letters
Have Greatest Appeal

Yes. Sir. That's our buHinessl W.
have IRE most complete letter shop IN
South Texas. All work done prompt
Nv and done right. Letters multi
Eraphed. mailing lists furnished, fill
ing in-envelope addressing-signinE
= Observation-Disclosures - seal.
ing. Complete letter service Al.
work fully guaranteed Shirley Let
ter Shop. Hidairo Bank BLDG Mer-
cedes. Phone 3O9.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21
2 TRAINMEN HURT AS
X HIT

AUSTIN, Tex. Dec. 2l.-tP-Engi-
neer Buddy jenkins Of S~mithvillc
suffered bruises about the head and
legs and possible internal injuries
and III. N. Foote, brakeman, Smith
Vile, suffered several broken bones
in his right foot when a freight
train which had stopped to take wa
ter was rammed from behind by an
other at Circleville, between Taylor
and Granger, yesterday. Several 9TH
er trainmen wee bruised and shaken
up. Damage ran into thousands OF
dollars.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21

bill on Padre Island and on Brazos
Island, and such other requirements
as are made therein;
snow, therefore. il Is by the court
ordered, adjudged and decreed, as
follows:
First: That no part of the funds
arising from said $4,000 900 bond H.
sue shall be expended outside Of the
metes and bounds Of said proposed
Adistrict. except such part thereof
Is may be expended by the United
States government for jetties and
construction in the Gulf or Mexico
beyond Brazos Santiago pass under
the contingencies and conditions
hereinafter set out.
Second: That any part OF the
funds necessary to meet the govern
ment requirements of $4,000. 900 cash,
and the purchase OF the area requir-
ca on Padre Island, and the area re-
quired on Brazos Island. and such
other requirements as the United
States government may make. shall
be furnished to the United States
government in the event, and only
in the event, that a channel shall be
constructed through the Laguna
Madre bay from Brazos Santiago
pass along the most direct practic-
able route toward Brownsville. TO
connect on such direct route with
an inland channel extending inland
70 a point at or near the city OF
Brownsville to be constructed along
the nearest and most practicable
route.
Third: That in no event shall
any Of tho moneys derived from the
/ sale Of said bond issue be used for
n purpose whatsoever. il the main
channel leading from Brazos Santi-
ago pass through the bay be con
strueted by way Of Point Isabel. nor
unless adequate maintenance funds
be provided by the United States
government to be used for the main
~tenaneo Of such Brownsville channel
through the Laguna Madre bay"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-21
TRANSFER CASES

At the close Of the years business
you will want to file and safeguard
documents, ledgers. letter files, etc.
in CT Allsteel Transfer Cases. We
also have a complete stock Of filing
folders and guides. Just call Us col
lect. Phone 522. Delta Office Fur
niture Co, H~arlingen. C16l
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-18
PITY THE PEDESTRIAN

State, county and municipal officials have shown
tremendous enthusiasm for good-road programs, but
except in instances all Of it has been directed to-
ward the development Of accommodations for vehcuar
traffic Even in the thickly settled communities the
numerous towns and villages built up here and there
along state highways, pedestrians forced to use
the vehicuar lanes take to the gutter fields.
The natural result is condition alike hazardous to
motorists and travellers afoot Motor cars again and
again forced into collision in swervng Of the
way OF walkers and too often because of confusion
drivers pedestrians down the latter with serious
or fatal consequences. Even when casualties are
averted the strain upon is disastrous to health
and comfort.
This isn't matter to be merely deprecated and dis
missed from mind. Something has to be done about
it, and new law isn't enough. Any highway system
that fails to take into account the needs of the pedes
trian is reproach to the community 1t is unsasfac-
tory from the standpoint of both safety and efficiency
And there is better time than to give the prob
lem serious and decisive consideration.
Pedestrian lanes cannot be provided in sparsely
settled regions where the foot traveller is rarity but
highways within walking distances of large centers
Of population and through suburban and rural settle
ments should be built with the pedestrian as well as
the motorist in mind.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-18
OUR EX.PRESIDENTS

President Coolidge will retire from office next March
When he retres if he does not seek position
he will have to live whatever he may have been
able to during his occupancy Of the White House.
Like most Of presidents, he is not Of indie
pendent means.
And this calls to mind the following thought is not
this country rich enough to make practice of paying
its former presidents regular annual salaries? When
man serves chief executive he ought have
to about finances again. To pay every expresi-
dent some such as $4,000 year would not swell
our federal expenditures greatly; and it would be
more than simple justice.
President Grant died in comparative poverty. Presi-
dent Roosevelt had to devote himself to literature
make living. President Taft was forced to enter
the Yale Law School faculty. Surely, when man has
been president he has earned the right to free
dom from money troubles for the rest of his life.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-18
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
(NEA Service Wriferl

Washington, Oct. 18.-The pub
licity organizations of the Repub-
lican and Democratic national COM
mittees are running a neck and neck
battle as the campaign gets into its
final month.
The Democrats hold record for
delivering eight news stories to your
correspondent in a single envelope,
but Republican messenger boys ar
rive far more frequently.
Whenever more than an hour
passes without receipt of mimeo-
graphed releases from Republican
headquarters, correspondents be-
gin to fear some accident to Mr..
Hoover. When National Commit
teewoman Caldwell of Virginia
broke into fame with her Roman
lied and rum-ridden" letter, whole
morning passed in which no courier
dashed breathlessly about town with
G. 0. P. releases and correspondents
regarded this astonishing phenom-
ena as indicating great perturbation
at Republican headquarters.
The Republican publicity machine
operates here where it may be
viewed in all its glory and efficiency,
whereas the Democratic publicity
office here is just branch of the
main show in New York. The latter
issues most news-propaganda release
simultaneously with the New York
office, together with some stuff Of
its own.
In addition to these mimeographed
stories delivered during the day to
all correspondents, the Democrats
issue weekly known as the "Demo-
cratic Campaign News" and also q
weekly clip-sheet from which pro-
Smith editors can make a wide choice
Of favorable items.
A few weeks ago one of the DEM
ocratic publicity producers made q
stupid break about Hoover's Quak-
erism, but the machine is now hit
ting on all six. -
Most of the mimeographed sheets
which flood into the newspaper
offices consist of predictions by
visiting state leaders that the party's
candidate will carry such and such
state by a healthy majorities, an
nouncement of somebody's bolt OF
declaration for the candidate, an
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-18

A New York gangster was buried
the other day in q $4,000 casket.
He must have been one Of the lesser
satellites.
Who remembers the old DAYS
when father got all the blame for
the ashes on the rug!
The Graf Zeppelin, on its flight to
the United States, carried q STOCK
Of aged wines and liquor which wis
dispensed by two stewards. Every
time we pass q roadside hot dog
stand, it becomes harder and hard
er to realize who won the war.
There may be no significance in
the fact that at q recent fair in
Toronto, q married woman won the
rolling pin throwing contest and her
husband COPIED the 100-yard dash.
An editorial in the Liverpool Post
says. Americans are = people dis
posed to think in large terms. II
you want corroboration just 60 look
into the windows Of any fur store.
A man q has entered the fresh
man class 1t the University OF Chi
cagc. These wild lads must have
their fling.
Copyright. 1928. NEA Service, 1nc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-18
IN NEW YORK

New York, Oct. 18.-Whether it
be chain store or an office build
ing, Manhattan regulates most Of the
business dealings on the theory Of
the "quick turnover"
An orange drink concern will set
up business on q dozen expensive
corners and take its profits in
pennies. But it gets the turn over"
One of the most elaborate chain
restaurant concerns figures on six
person turnover per table at lunch
hour.
Even the life Of steel framed
architectural giant is limited. Build
ings which cost millions may stand
on their own steel legs no more
than half a dozen years. Then, with
q turn over" satisfactory to the
builders they tear it down and put
up an even vaster edifice because
potential new turn over" de-
mands it.
New York changes its physical
complexion with amazing rapidity.
What stood on given corner last
year will not be found there a few
years hence.
For some time there has been an
unwritten law that % years was the
average life span of q building or
residence. At the present moment,
building at 39th street and Seventh
avenue-built to Withstand century
of wear and tear-is in the hands Of
wreckers. Yet it is but eight years
old. And it cost $4,000 to put
up. It's coming down because it's
inefficient.
In the eight years which it stood
the nature of the district has
changed. The garment center Of
America has moved in all directions
and it stands but a mere IL stories
high. 1t is decreed that it must
have five or six more stories in or
der to acquit itself AZ Z business
success Of tomorrow.
am told that it takes Just. 80
days to transform . healthy-look-
ing twelve stories worth of steel and
concrete into another hole in the
ground that yawns for q new struc-
ture. This time takes care Of the
removal Of the piles Of debris that
collects.
lam also told that the dissection
Of one of the up-to-date edifices is
q tremendous jig-saw puzzle. The
first to take place under the eyes Of
the modern magicians is the Pic
torial Review buildings.
The scene presented bids com.
parison with a hospital clinic. Ex-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-18
HAY FEVER
.H4tOle)Etao11lk. E9Ce

Judging by the number and type
Of letters which am receiving, the
annual crop Of hay fever or
autumnal catarrh is being harvested.
Although cases Of hay fever may
begin as early as June or July, by
far the largest number occurs to-
ward the last part of August, and
remains until frost. Hay fever pa
tients usually know the exact date
when their next attack is going to
occur and regard its approach with
apprehension. This disease is char
acterized by a profuse flow Of secre-
tions from the eyes and nose, gen.
eral feeling Of depression, sleepless-
ness, intense headaches and sensi-
tiveness to light, and a loss Of ap-
petite. It is exceedingly trouble
some and interferes with work and
recreation.
The majority of hay fever VIC
Tins are intellectually developed or
highly nervous individuals. The
irritation from pollen or dust is
usually blamed for causing this
disease, but there must always be
two other conditions present, first,
. general tendency toward acidosis
or catarrh and, secondly, a local
congestion Of the membranes of
the nose.
Even though appearing locally,
hay fever is really of constitutional
origin and is caused by failure Of
most Of the organs of elimination
to discharge their full quota of tox-
ms so that the mucous membranes,
irritated by the excessive quantity
OF acid excretions, develop chronic
state Of engagement.
Much foolish advise is given as to
the treatment for hay fever, but the
cure is very simple and depends
entirely upon dietetic treatment.
The person who has q tendency to
this disorder must first cleanse his
blood stream by a short fast of sew
eral days from all food, and he must
drink large quantities Of water, pos
sible three or four gallons per day,
and use at least one enema of a
quart Of warm water. Shower baths
should be used twice daily, followed
by brisk rubbing with a rough towel
till the skin fairly CLOVIS. This
stimulates elimination from the skin
and relieves the overworked mucous
membranes, and relief will almost
Immediately be felt.
It is surprising how quickly hay
fever will disappear under this re-
gime, but if your sickness has been
of many years standing, the It's
sues may be so chemically engorged
that much time may be required for
a cure. The inflamed mucous men,
branes have been trained in the
habit Of being eliminative organs
and the cure cannot be greatly has
tened except by those treatments
which stimulate elimination.
All starches and sugars, and
bananas, should be excluded from
the diet for q considerable time and
in many cases it seems advisable
to discontinue milk and cream, al
though normal amounts of butter
may be used. -
Even though you are not suffer,
ing from spell of hay fever at
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-18

perts in the construction business
from many parts of the land sit
upon the sidelines and watch the
mechanical saw-bones perform their
operations. Time was when olden
structures would crumble away with
little effort. on the part of the wreck
.ers. But new mechanical devices
have had to be brought up to deal
with the problems provided by in
tricate masses Of steel.
Fantastic as 4 futuristic draw
ing seems some of. the equipment as
it is drawn up to dizzy heights
the torches, drills and electric hoists,
which must tear down and melt
away, as well as build.
J In spite Of the seeming hazard Of
such work, extraordinarily few SER
ious accidents mark the rearing and
tearing down Of Manhattan's giants.
The number of men struck down
while staring from the street 1t the
tiny figures on. girders far above
exceeds the number of workers
killed while: on the job.
GILBERT SWAN.
Copyright, 1928, Service, Inc.)