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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
HARLINCEN TO
ERECT SCHOOL
Const ction Will
Start After the
First Of Year
Especial TO The HeraldN

Especial 20 The Heraldl
HARLiNGEN, Dee. 29.-Construc-
ton work on a s25O,oo0 high school
building FOR Harlingen will be start
cd soon after the first Of the year.
according to members of the school
board.
Sketches OF the building proposed
will be presented by architects be-
fore members of the board at a
meeting January and at that time
an architect will be selected. The
plans will then be rushed through,
and contrcat awarded.
The high school is TO be built out
OF funds from the sale Of the re-
mainder Of q S4OO, 900 bond issue
voted earlier in the year, and only
$780, 600 of which was issued. Two
buildings, both ward schools, were
built with this 500, 600.
The school board was forced to
construct some temporary shacks
earlier in the year to meet the hous-
ing demand during the present sea-
son.
The new high school will be ready
for use at the opening OF school next
fall, according TO the present plans
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30

ST. CHARLES. III. Dec. 2s.-At
Is she was the worlds richest girl,
with the key in her possession to I'M
lock the doors Of every nation wher-
eyer she chose to 20. Yet four years
later she preferred to settle down
in her own little home own and do
her own homework.
Although she was sought in marri-
age by princes and dukes, oil mag
mates and scions OF old families, she
chose to marry an old s~choolmate.
lie was the son of the village furni-
ture dealer and undertaken.
Now that she IL %. she still lives
in her little home town and there
she is rearing her three children.
The schoolgirl or other days. how
ever, has become a fairy godmother
TO her town.
Heir to Gates Millions
The heroine OF this story ~ Del
lora ANGEL, now Mrs. Lester Norris.
Of St. Charles. III. In 1918 she came
into possession Of the millions left
~ John W. Gates Of bet-a-million
fame, variously estimated at from
$4,000, 900 TO $4,000, geo.
Did those millions change the lit
Tie brown-cyed. da~rk-haired girl who
was so popular with her playmates
at the St. Charles public school and
later at Ferry Hall in Lake Forest?
Not a bit. say those who have
known her all their life. They cite
from the time when Dellora came
back from the funeral Of her aunt,
Mrs. Gates. who bequeathed her the
fortune. Although there were vaults
Of securities, a fortune in jewels. q
famous collection Of paintings which
she might have had for the taking.
she brought back with her only two
golden canaries.
II was typical or Dellora's indie
pendence, her friends said. that she
should turn down all the distin-
cuished and wealthy suitors who
tried to claim her hand. and marry
the sweetheart OF her school days.
Lester Norris. He was trying to
make a niche for himself as n ar
toonist and illustrator. All the let
tiers he wrote 10 the young Dellora.
when her parents were taking her
about the country in a vain effort
to forestall an early marriage, we're
illustrated with pen sketches.
A New ST. Charles
Mrs. Norris children. however. are
growing up in a different st. Charles
than that in which their mother and
father were reared. Due to the in
SEPARATION Of their parents and Mrs.
Norris uncle, Edward J. Baker. also
an heir to the Gates fortune. the lit
tie country town is being trans
formed. Together they are building
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
Approve Sale of
Texas Bus Lines

AUSTIN. Tex. Dec. 29.-(Pi-
Deals by which the Dixie Motor
Coaches, Inc, controlled bv A.. r.
Barrett. Fort Worth capitalist, will
buy a network Of bus lines in north
Texas. were outlined to the state
railroad commission and Director
Mark Marshall Of the Motor Bus Di-
vision for approval, in a hearing to-
day.
A total Of some $50 miles Il in
volved. and IL was unofficially re-
ported here that large sums of money
will change hands il the deals are
approved. II cost Barrett $3.50
to acquire a allas-Texarkana bus
route recently.
The hearing today was on applica-
ton Of Freeman and Freeman to sell
the Fort Worth Denton. Dallas-Den-
ton, Grecnville-Red River. Denton
Sherman routes; j. q. McGuirk to
sell the Parish onham-Sherman
route and J. II. Peyton to sell the
Greenville-B onham-D enison route. all
70 the Dixie Motor Coaches.
IL was announced later By the
commission that an order will be
entered formally approving the sales.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
PRICES VERY
IRREGULAR ON
STOCK MARKET
Heavy Rush Of Orders
Marks the Closing
flour of Half Holi-
day Session

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-P1-Exten-
we neavy weekend readjustment Of
tecuiatlve accounts turned the
urse OF prices irregular in today's
market after an early outburst Of
s1rength had carried more than a
score of Issues TO new high records.
itnoug many of the popular indus
trials closed / to 4 points lower,
,tnal quotations also disclosed a long
Llst OF net gains, some Of which ran
from 3 to - IL points.
trading was unusually heavy for
y naif holiday session, total sales aE-
sregating 2,6S3, 500 shares. So
!,~its was the thrush of orders that
sne ticker fell half an hour behind
,he market in the last hour, the
Usual iast-minute rush delaying the
printing of the final quotation until
% minutes after the closing gong
had soundde.
inere was no call money market
tcday as Fridays rate always car
res over until Monday. 1t would
not be surprising in banking circles
II cali money turned easier on Mon
cay, because Tuesday, being a holi-
cay, banks will not be required to
make their semi-wsekly adjustments
a. the federal reserve bank until
wednesday. Continued firmness OF
time money Is a source of concern
In many banking and speculative
quarters.
Further advances in copper and
brass prices, the former now being
quoted at is IL cents q pound for
domestic delivery, were the only in
pcrtant trade developments Of the
day.
American Smelling was one or the
spectacular features Of the days
trading, soaring j l-2 points to a
new high record at 292 I-2. Cerro
De Pasco advanced / 1873 points and
tionally.but kennecOtt and Greene
anaconda and Chile improved frac-
Cananea yielded = and 2 rs points.
respectively.
General Electric touched another
new high record at 22l, and then
eased to 2is rs, up SIS.
Selling pressure IN today's market
vas particularly effective against
Case ThreshiHg, which broke 8
points, and Allied Chemical. Good
year and Vanadium Steel, off 4 to D
l-2 points. General Motors, Mont
gomery Ward, Radio, American Can
and Sears-Roebuck declined l to 4
points.
Establishment Of new high records
by Chesapeake & Ohio and New Ha-
ven featured the trading in railroad
shares.
a Foreign exchange trading vas
quiet, with fluctuations narrow ana
irregular. Sterling cables ruled
slightly lower, around $4.65 -.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
Improving,
Reports State

LONDON, Dec. 29.-tPD-Favorable
reports of the condition Of King
George were issued today and con-
firmed by tonight's medical bulletin.
The latter announced that the mon
arch had passed N restful day. and
IL indicated that he had resumed the
~tediously slow rate of improvement.
Its text was:
1.-THE king has had a quiet day.
The slow improvement noted this
morning continues. No bulletin will
be issued until tomorrow evening"
The furry which arose today over
the question OF n possible blood
TRANSMISSION appears to be without
any real connection with the treat
ment Of the king. but il caused much
Inconvenience at the palace by the
Overwhelming number of volunteers
offering their blood and with hun
drcds OF inquirers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
Heavy Slump In
Grain Market is
Feature of Day

CHICAGO, Dec. 29.-tP-Buying
support gave out in the wheat mar
ket today, and with selling pressure
becoming heavy a regulating Jack
and Jill upset or values took place.
Corn also tumbled. Big deliveries
on December contracts both in corn
and wheat had much to do with
bringing about the price d%ownturns.
which resulted in all wheat touching
within n fraction of the lowest level
yet this season, and March break
ing the record.
Closing quotations on wheat we're
weak. lc to ! Sac net lower, corn
finished 1-sc 20 ] Lie down. oats
unchanged to a shade decline. ana
provisions varying from 12c setback
TO a rise Of CSC.
Weakness Of corn was chiefly IN
the December delivery. Complaints
OF drought in Argentina helps give
relative firmness to deferred deliv-
e-es here. Oats as we'll as corr were
unsettled but oats iprces kept with
IN narrow limits, and December oats
we're wider premium over May.
Upturns in quotations on hogs
tended TO make the provision prices
average higher.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
Took Advertising
Too Literal; One
Ballot Mutilated

f2N@AihA ~ iA1 AtAAAA
SAN BENITO. Dec. 29.-The value
of advertising in a literal way was
demonstrated here in the navigation
district election Saturday.
Placards had been placed over the
city, carrying statements urging
voters to favor the organization Of
the district. and ending with the
urge to vote yes
One voter went to the polls and
was given a ballot. The ballot car
RED the Usual "for" and against"
paragraphs, with instructions TO the
voter TO scratch out the paragraph
which did not agree with his prefer
cnce.
The voter in question wrote in
large letters the word yes between
the two paragraphs. He followed the
the suggestion Of the placard.
The ballot was not counted.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
Kiwanis-Rotar
Clubs In Joint
Meeting Friday
Especial 70 The HernldN

HARLINGEN, Dec. 29.-Members
of the Harlingen Kiwanis club, which
did not meet Tuesday because or its
being Christmas, assembled with
members Of the Rotary club here
Friday in a fellowship luncheon.
Rev. Leslie Boone, Methodist pas
tor of R~aymondville and chaplain Of
the American Legion in Texas.
members OF the club to build and
plan Tor the future.
ID. W. Day. member OF the Kiwanis
club. led the singing. and the presi-
dents Of the two clubs, Carl Wood.
Rotarian, and Dr. A. j. Pollard. XII
wanian, shared the honors of pre-
siding.
Mrs. Jack Carey sang two solos.
accompanied by Mrs. s. Il. Jennings
on the pisno, and Mrs. Jennings
three daughters. Nancy. Jean and
Catherine, played the cello, xylo-
phone and violin.
c. p. Huntley gave a trombone
solo, and the final number OF the
musical program was given ~ a
quartet composed Of d. W. Day, I.
X. Corns. George l.. Hardeman and
Carl s. Chiffon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
City Ordinance
Will Be Tested

SAN ANTONIO. Tex. Dec. 2a.-fPi
OF the city ordinance pro-
hibiting county officers from ar
resting persons in the city limits on
traffic charges and filing the case
in justice OF peace courts outside the
city. will be tested in one Of the
Bexar county courts as soon M a
hearing can be had, Louis Schles-
niger. attorney, said Saturday.
The test case will be made follow
ing the conviction Of w. +. Isbell.
deputy constable or ~Harlandale, n
suburb, in the municipal court Fri
day. Isbell was fined 5000, the max
imum penalty under the ordinance,
for arresting Nalintine Roessling IN
the city limits on November 26, and
filing the case before Robert Hol-
mes, justice Of the peace OF Harlan
dale.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
South Texas Gas
Business Changes
Hands at Houston

HOUSTON. Tex, Dec. 2e.-FA
Transfer Of oil physical properties cf
the Houston Natural Gas company in
Galveston and Harris counties 70
George ID. Sears and subsequent
transfer Of these properties 10 the
Gulf City Natural Gas company we're
recorded with the county clerk here
today.
The deeds named 1910 and other
considerations" M the consideration
in each transfer.
Capt. =. II. Buckner, president OF
the Houston Natural Gas company.
said that an important announce
ment concerning the Gulf City Natu-
raj Gas company would be made
about January 2.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
ARBITRATION TREATY
DRAFT is COMPLETED

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-tPl-A
draft m~ultilateral treaty of srbitra-
ton. supposedly agreeable in its
provisions 10 all countries repre-
scented ut the Pan American arbi-
tration conference now in session
here, was completed todsy by q
special subcommittee. Ii will be re-
ported next week 70 the committee
on arbitration treaties for approval
before final ratification by the con-
ference in plenary session.
Meanwhile the conferences activ-
tiles In conciliating the Paragusyan-
Bolivian controversy, were at q
standstill, not only for lack OF reply
from the two interested governments
to the draft protocol of Cancellation
which is now before them for con
s~ideration. but also because DR.. Vic
tor Maurtua Of Peru. chairman Of the
conferences special committee on
the dispute. developed symptoms OF
pneumonia today and had 70 be re-
moved 70 q hospital.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
IN MEXICO
is HELD FOR MURDER

MEXICO CITY. Dec. 29.-(Pl-
Mrs. Bernice Rush, an American who
has lived in Mexico for the past IL
years. today was formally charged
with the murder Of Jenaro Bene-
vente Martinez, Mexican s~torekeep-
or who died of bullet wounds on De-
cember 20.
Mrs. Rush who said that her home
was formerly in New Haven, KY. is
being held in Jail pending trial.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30

MEXICAN
ADJOURNS SESSION

MEXICO CITY, Dee. 29.-(Pl-The
regular session Of the Mexican con
gross closed today, the senate and
chamber appointing permanent com
mittees to look after pending rat
tiers until the next session which is
scheduled 10 open Sept. I.
The senate held its final session
yesterday and the chamber this
morning.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
80 Die In Dallas
In Week From Flu

DALLAS. Tex, Dec. 2a.-(Pl-Thir-
ty-nine persons died in Dallas last
week Of influenza and pneumonia,
Dr. Manton NJ. Carrick, city health
officer. said today.
1.-THE number Of deaths is not
alarming" he said. "The epidemic
here Is milder than in many other
cities. Influenza has been waning.
and the majority of the Is deaths
resulted from cases which developed
several days ago"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
KILLED IN CAR CRASH

BRECKENRIDGE, Tex, Dec. %
three youths attempted
TO turn their automobile around on
the Caddo road IL miles east of here
last night, it overturned. killing
Fred Spillers, IS memoer of this
years Caddo high school football
team. The other two youths were
not hurt.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30
Plan Opening
Country Club
On January Is
Especial TO The Herald

WESLACO. Dec. 29.-Opening
date for the new club building of the
Llano Grande Country club has been
set tentatively for January Is. fol-
lowing announcement from r.. New
ell Waters, the architect. that the
building would be finished before
that time.
The club building is being erected
at a cost Of approximately 100000.
II is Spanish style. OF tile and
stucco.
The opening will be n the form Of
r ball and banquet, according 10
present plans.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-30

a new city, with bank. hotel, theater.
community house and golf club
which would do credit to any large
metropolis.
Yet in her new role OF fairy god
mother, Mrs. Norris Is still DelIora
to the townsfolk. Ask any of them
who knew Mrs. Norris when she was
a girl IL the millions have changed
her and they will say: Nothing
could change Dellora. She's Just the
same as when she first kept house
herself IN her $50 apartment on Main
street.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-27
Brown & Hawkins-Quality First.

# you haven't tried Frye Bruhn's Baby Beef you have missed some thing. friends!
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-27
FARMERS OF ICELAND
 RECLAIMING SOIL

REYkJAVIK, Iceland, Mar. 26. (H) -Icelandic agriculture is entering a new phase.
 Rational cultivation of the land is now national slogan, while formerly there was little cultivation of the soil.
 The surroundings of Reykjavik af- ford a striking example. Land recla- nation has gone on for five years. Bogs have been changed into green meadows, and all kinds of agricultural experiments have bedn undertaken, some with great success.
 Things that Icelanders themselves had sworn would never be able to grow, thrive wonderfully well.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-27
FOUR MEN IN BOAT
 EXPECT REACH N. '. IN
 s DAYS FRON ENGLAND

DEAL, England, Mar 27. R)-Four men in -sinkable" lifeboat which set sail from London last Tues day for New York passed Deal today The men declared they expected to make New York in 35 days One old salt remarked that if it took them as long as it did to 50 from London to Deal, it was likely to take them 35 weeks instead of days to reach New York. They are attempting the trip to prove that their boat cannot be sunk in even the rougest of Atlantic weather
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-27
JEST STARTS ACTION

SAIGON, French Indo- China, March 26, F1- A government telegraph operator at lonely station in the Laos district, fora joke telegraphed to the next operator that an enormous meteor had fallen near his station. Three hours later he received mes sage Communicate meteorite's fall to Governor, scientific mission leaving at once, guard meteorlte closely" The joker telegraphed back excitedly, Ask scientific mission not to come, meteorite flew off again"
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-27
NEGRO BOXER GAINS
 STEP TOWARD TITLE

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 26 (P-Wol- colt Langford, the slugging Chicago negro middleweight, is now one battle nearer his anticipated chance at Mickey" Walkers title, following his victory over Bert Colima, Whit tier, California Mexican, the other night Langford was given the yer dict on foul in the sixth round of a scheduled ten round bout with the Mexican flash"
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-27

ooLIGAN NETS, J. |. CRAFT
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-27

You read it in The Gateway rirst
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-27
MOVIE CONCERNS ARE
 CHARGED VIOLATED LAW

CHICAGO, Mar 2s P)-Eleven motion picture companies, including leaders in the industry, were charged in complaint filed in the Federal Court by United States District At torney, with violating the Sherman Antitrust law during the strike of the motion picture operators last fall.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-27
NEW ROLLING STOCK

Additional equipment to the Alaska Railroad this year includes new cars to provide transportation of coal from the Healy river mine to the F. F. O.. Several dump cars will also be added as well as another steel passenger car to replace the wooden equipment
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-27

Boss: Don't you know what they do with little boys like you who tell nes?"
 Boy:-"Yes, sir, when they get old enough the firm sends them out as travelling salemen.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-27

GENUINE GILLETTE SAFTY RAZ- ORS. Sf.OO. SCHALLERER'S ALAS. kA SHOP.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-27
LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF MUNICIPAL ELECTION
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on Tuesday April 3, 1928 the annual election Of the City Officers and mem bers of the School Board for the City of Seward, Alaska, will be held. The polls for said election will be situated in the City Hall of said City.--The polls will be open from o'clock a. m. on the morning of Tuesday April 3, 1928 until o'clock p. m. on the even- ing of said day.
 Qualification of voters:
 Every person 21 years of age wko is a citizen of the United States and who has resided in the Territory of Alaska continuously for one year next pre- ceeding the election and within the limits of the City of Seward for six months proceeding the election shall be qualified to vote. All voters are re- quired to register. \
 The following officers are to be elected at the annual election Tuesday April 3, 1928.
 ]. Mayor, three members of the Com mon Council, one member of the School Board.
 Dated at Seward, Alaska, this third day of March, 1928. l J. P HANNoN, l Municipal Clerk of the City of Sew ard, Alaska.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-03-27

KODIAK FILM ALBUMS AT ONE HALF PRICE: scHALLERER's AL AskA SHOP.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-21
Home Making Helps
By Wanda Barton
Preserving the Beauty Of Silk
Stockings.

,NNERY Pima lOv-s silk stock
~ ings. The sheorer and finer.
the better they Like them and
the greater their cost. Though we
get many runs for our money no one
seems TO mind. Secretly we wonder
If there are any stockings but the
pinkish tan that form a procession
of soldier-like legs marching 10 and
fro in the world. and where the old
reliable cottons and isles OF former
days have bctaken themselves? II we
had time we would figure IL out.
maybe we will after the neN bargain
day IL u size is par; or the bait
offered.
Those who know say hat silk
stockings should be worn only once
between washings. This must be
done with luke warm water and fine
white soap. and the stockings must
DO squeezed. not rubbed on a board
or even between the hands. Then
they must be hung over a soft towel
stretched on a line. IL the stockings
lose their color after a few w~ashings,
and escape runs. they ma be readily
redyed- After the redyeing the stock
ings will be slightly deeper in color.
wv WV VI NtAA&1 - va. - sc
them back 70 the otd shade.
All household dyes come with fun
directions for their use on the out
side OF the packages. Wash the
stockings clean and dry them first.
All dyes should be thoroughly dis
solved then strained through three
thicknesses OF c~heesecloth before
using. Heat the dye 10 boiling point
then put in the stockings and boil
gently as long as directed. keeping
them moving with an old white
enamel spoon-a stick is apt to
splinter and tear them. Then add
the salt needed TO set the dye. con-
tinue boiling for "A short time, then
lift the stockings into tho rinse.
Repeat the rinsings until the last Is
fairly clear. Then loosely squeeze
and hang where they may drip dry.
The stockings may be pressed with a
warm iron when about dry and
should look like new. 1t really does
not take long TO do this though it
sounds a bit complicated.
Another way TO clean the stock
ings two or three times before wash
ing them is 10 lay them in cornmeal
for several hours then shake them.
run them through a soft cloth. and
brush them on the wrong side with 4
very fine old velvet brush. All the
reams and tans respond 10 this
treatment well. but IL is apt TO make
the darker shades look rusty.
IL one needs TO match stockings 10
a special gown do not waste time and
energy flying around the shops. but
simply buy good quality white and
have them dyed 10 sample. or II you
are expert, dye them at home.