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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-24
The World and All
LONG LIFE
By Charles Z. Driscoll

There is a popular belief that people live 70 a great
err age now than ever before. This, according to Or
Louis Dublin Of the Metropolitan Life statistical de.
partment. is an error. We do not live to q greater lga
than our forefathers. despite all the much-advertise
consquests accredited to medical science.
The average person at birth has a greater life ex-
pectancy than Re had some years or centuries age
This Is due to the fact that babies are now given more
intelligent care. Much has been learned about care Of
babies. Nowadays. when a baby is born he has a good
chance Of living to a~duithood. Even thirty years ago
a baby was lucky if he lived to be five years old.
Saving the babies, you sec. has led to the existencs
Of the greater average life span. The average person
lives longer than formerly, but the higher average is
made up in ~babyhood; not in old age. Three score
years and ten is still a working limit for human life,
unless By reason Of strength or resistance to microbes
the individual may live 10 four score years. Beyond
so not many live.
Much money has been we'll spent in saving babies.
All kinds Of babies are saved for all kinds of lives. You
can't tell when you're saving a baby whether the child
is going to be a useful citizen or a bandit. Many a
doctor in the big cities has labored many a weary night
to save babies destined for the electric chair. A rep
utable doctor once told me that he was az heart OPP
posed to the compulsory incubation against ~diphtheril
Of children in certain districts Of New York City. be-
cause such a large percentage Of the children thus
preserved from death in those sections grow up to
plague society and prey upon honest citizens. and final
" have 70 be shot by policemen who would much rather
be doing other useful work.
But the good work of saving babies goes on anyway,
and most of Us are glad or IL.
Now, Id like to see some good work done 70 reward
with long life those who have demonstrated their use
fulness in the world. For instance, a doctor who has
saved the lives Of a thousand babies ought to be saved
the annoyance of dying Of cancer at the early age Of
so years. Charles ~Lindbergh ought to have at his dis
possl anti-age serum or something equally certain to
give him the privilege Of telling his grest-great- grand
children all about that buggy ride across the Atlantic.
Diabetes ~ about the only disease OF middle life that
has been beaten down. We need foundations and labor
atories to render old age older. more durable, more
vigorous and more comfortable.
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dent would re the whole thing" IL
occasion arose.
For instance. imagine a war situs-
tion-developing suddenly!
Could n retiring president commit
his successor to a "~policy'-in a
.tere matter or days?
Not that there rs n prospect
Of Il.
Yet the possibility OF some such
responsibility hangs over the White
House day and night-just as the
possibility Of an unpleasant tele-
gram hangs over most households W
the land.
The possibility OF an emergency
swer for leo millions of his country
men Is enough to draw lines in any
mans face.
The impression Y always have had
IF Calvin Coolidge is that of n man
who WIS conscientiously holding
down a job.
II never seemed to me that he got
much kick out Of ID.
Theodore Roosevelt undoubtedly
did. 50, unqu%estionably. did Wood
row Wilson in a different way.
President Coolidge has appeared to
nc like an individual who took what
fate handed 20 him and did the best
with il that he know how-not in
tensely interested in IL, but deter
mined 10 10 his duty. NJ he saw IL.
however il came his way.
! size him rs having found II the
hardest piece Of work he yer under
took in his life.
7 believe he regards himself as just
what he was-sn accidental presi-
dent. but "a pretty average, creditable
one. at that. with sense enough 20
drop out nj exactly the right psy-
Geological moment. for all concerned
himself. his party and the country
matter how the November cleo
tion may result.
And about the best balanced presi-
dent we ever hadl
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Mixed Car Shipments

one II the most interesting rhass. ~ corrs.,;on
~ ths vegetable industry in the Lower Rio Crande
Ne"es mas been the development Of the so-calle
mixed car shipments. consisting Of mixed cars Of vere.
tables most of which are consigned 70 small marie,
modities. w"
inc mixed ear shipments had their inception sew
'i"i years ago. and each year they have aided in ex-
tending the markets for Valley products. Last sea.
son over p per cent Of t. total shipments went out
= mixed cars hundreds going to small markets which
previously had ordered their vegetables in small con.
sighments from the commission men in the larger
markets.
The mixed car is filling a vital need in providin,
the vegetable supplies Of the entire country, and has
been an important factor IN creating a new demand for
fresh vegetables during the season when the northern
consumers are calling upon the extreme south for their
supplies. Under the old system. express and freight
charges from large markets to small consuming centers
made the price almost p~rohibitive for the average con
sumer, and the quality OF the commodities. due to much
handling. was often impaired. Under the mixed car
arrangement the smaller cities are now receiving their
supplies at approximately the same price as the larger
market centers, and the vegetables arrive at destina-
tion in excellent condition. In other words. the mixed
car has made IL possible for millions OF consumers, who
formerly we're deprived Of fresh vegetables during the
winter months, to secure supplies at a very moderate
cost.
The attention the Valley shippers are devoting TO
this phase Of the vegetable industry is proving Of great
value to Valley growers, and the latter should reciprc-
cate by diyersification OF paintings which will assure
the desired mixtures. One handicap often confronting
the shippers is to secure the supplies ordered by Gus
toners. The shipper is sometimes compelled to trans
fer the car to various points in the Valley TO complete
loading, all Of which is expensive and tends to reduce
profits for both growers and shippers.
One Valley cooperative has worked out a planting
program 70 assure the desired supplies for mixed car
shipments, and IT would be advisable for all Valley
communities to adopt a similar program. While the
profits on some Of the commodities may be small. they
are practically assured OF greater profits on the aggre-
gate. and il makes no difference TO the grower whether
he gets the big profit on cabbage or egg plant 50 long
ss he gets IL.
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This iS. in many ways, the Age or the Machine.
There seems to Ne literally no limit to the ingenuity Or
man in creating mechanical devices to perform he
work done BY his own hands-togethcr with new work
Of a character never even dreamed OF in the past.
What is the immediate influence-and the ultimate
cffect-of this great tendency upon INC individual men
and women whose livelihood has been derived from he
manual labor which. in 50 many eases. the machine has
rendered obsolete. What becomes Of them?
CHANGING through the pages Of 4 scientific magazine
for this current month, | see a heading, "onc Machine
Fills n Huge Plant" and in the subhead | find the
phrase: Turns out complete automobile frames almost
untouched BY human hands" Here we seem to have q
supreme example Of the tendency I've mentioned-al-
most. in fact, a elimination of it.
The plant under discussion is virtually one huge
automatic machine, which receives and inspccts strip
steel and manufactures a completed enameled frame IN
less than two hours" Except for a few minor matters,
We are told. the machine takes care OF all the opera
tions.
The swift advance Of the machine has made a deep
impression on many sensitive thinkers. and some Of
them have drawn terrifying pictures Of a future world
in which man is dwarfed. smothered. engulfed-or even
utterly destroyed-by the monstrous engines to which
his brain has given birth.
But the more calm students Of the subject take
quite the opposite view. They sec the machine as a
liberator-a swift and facile builder Of b~oundless
vcalth-a creator Of new convenienccs and comforts
a means Of lifting much N the age-old burden Or labor
from the sweating backs Of the toilcrs.
From the very beginning If the machine age. every
such upheaval. despite its temporary sordid aspects,
lifted the people to heights Of w~ell-being previously un-
attained. The observations Of many kcen-eyed contem-
poraries during each successive stage in mechanical i'm
%provement have reflected Enthusiastically a profoundly
significant social progress. q suddenly achieved con
seiousness Of better living and the possibilities Of its
attainment
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He'll try to meet our date. Then
we'll quietly sneak in "A week earlier
and fool him. With a big burst Of
publicity in the papers on Saturday
morning. saying we're opening Sun
day night-a week earlier than We
expected. Mail our invitations Fri
day night. But it's vitality important
that the theater people shouldn't let
It out that we've taken the house
from the seventh. That would give
the whole show away. Tell them we
are boxing IN the screen with a spe-
cially-built set, using a lot Of people
on the stage. and want the theater n
week ahead in order TO rehearse
them-work out our tableauX. light
ing effects. etc. They'll think you
are a boob. Of course, paying out
good money for a thing like that. but
10 IL good money. and they won't
hesitate 10 take IL. They should
worry. To get a theater al all. you'll
have to make a big cash deposit. You
understand"
~ don't care. I'm in this fight to
win. If we can't get a theater any
other way. I'll buy one"
Tony laughed.
ANA WIN y hdfE 1ARAkh A%MAANa
left for that. Ben. I'm sorry TO say.
Well. that's all | can tell you now.
You run along back TO town and see
about that lumber from the Hudson
people. It's two DAYS late already.
And get after Robinson about those
costumes for the extras. Well need
them next week. Offer a bonus II
YOU have 20, but get them. I'll mail
~ lmAsa. -. M-Ernth Nnnanht
ard a list of houses for you 70 20
after. II won't he a long ono, I'M
fortunately. There might he n
chance at the Victoria. Or the Park
way. if Abe LenEel hasn't already
got it tied up for ONE legitimate
production. It's a hoodoo house, Of
course. Too big for anything but
musical comedy. And with a record
OF failures that would make your
hair curl. But I'm not superstitious.
Thirteen is my lucky number. One
thing in our favor IS that it's indie
pendently owned. Lengel manages il
for the Van Austen estate. There was
some talk Of Morris Shuler buying il
last wear. but old Van Austen wanted
too much and the dea lfell through.
n We can get il, our fortunes are
made"
'I1l have a try" Hardy said,
crimly. TELL Jane I'm sorry not to
have had a chance to say hello 70
her. but I've got to get back 10 town.
Anybody here can drive me to the
train7"
"Sure. Pritchard-run Mr.. Hardy
over 10 the railroad station. Step on
the gas and you'll just make the
two-fifteen.'
ITO RE CONTINuEnl
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Other Papers
~xo MPA o THE COMMON MAN"
UHouston Post-D ispatch).

IHouston IosI-DIsFaItHIt
IA q. Lasatcr Of Falfurrias, Texas, world famed
e.,tlo king and dairy specialist and for several months
during 1917 an important aide to Herbert Hoover ~
,hs lstter's food administration, says that Mr.. Hoovers
election would be a calamity 70 the great masses Of the
American people; and that Mr.. Hoover looks upon
the American farmer precisely as ne had looked upon
-. ubo had worked under his direction IN
China"
NJ tasater in his politics is a progressive republi-
We was the republican candidate for governor OF
Tsx,s once. and as a personal friend Of Theodore
n~~..v.,t he helped to promote the Bull Moose move
ment in Texas in 1912.
MFR. Lasater held a highly important office under
a.. food administration Of Herbert Hoover during the
the ioou -. ,ho division Of live stock and animal
war !. u., in America knows more about the
pu.s.t ;ndustry and its problems and needs.
W.. Issater resigned after a few months service
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New York
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NEW YORK, oct. 2i.-Certainiy
New York has country around Il.
Oodles Of it. More 20 than nearly
any other large city | know.
North. there are drives up the
Hudson and, then, there il the
Bronx river parkway. live just
come from a thirty-mile drive along
~. If you have friends ii New
York with cars. or IL YOU have vour
~ car. insist on the Bronx river
driveway.
1t stretches through Westchester
country, where are the wcalthiest
suburban towns. M~estchester adver-
tlses itself as the most beautiful
spot in the world. It's hardly that
It's IN third or fourth place (which
proves that a New Yorker can ~
impartial in judgments).
us lamp posts are unique. Thew
are rustic. shaved trees. VII uniform,
al exactly alike. Along I'll. way are
numerous rustic bridges (none e1-
actly alike) over small lakes or the
river "a tiny thing. And other
highways are carried overhead on
numerous other rustic bridges. stone
and concrete, architecturally prob-
ably the finest road bridges in
America.
To the east from New York II
Long Island. with countless estates
10 the south. in season. take a
boat from Forty-Second street
ISandy Hook Liner to Atlantic
highlands and see. not only the har-
Dor but woodsy Sateh Island "a part
Of New York City, and the Jersey
promontory. with its verdant high
lands facing the open ocean and
Europe.
To the west are the Palisades. ris-
Ing sheer from the Hudson opposite
Riverside Drive.
Why, at the northern end Of New
York City there is a park-Van
Cortlandt-that seems as large as
some counties, and which Z ~
have moro trees than whole states
in parts OF the west.
" you desire a closeup of the III.
nancial district without hindranre
20 there in the evening or on Sun
day and wander among the streets
hemmed IN by mountainous build
ings. Look up. The effect is mari-
cal. You are in a dream city.
Or come up the bay on a Staten
Island ferry (five cents) at dusk and
see a city rise out OF the mist 10
meet you-a regular G~ulliver's Tray
elers' city.
New story told me today: Little
boy taken to Bear Mountain fresh
air camp from a congested district
Of New York.
He gets out Of the bus, looks
around. Nothing but an ran or
s~cenery--a house here and there.
"Humph," he says, mo streets to
play in"
Another fresh air camp story:
Little girl from tenements had
been reaching over the t~ble for
food. Bad
Instructor tells her how to act at
table. when YOU Get home. YOU
must say TO your mother: Please
pass the bread"
The little girl shakes her head.
Mall say: Where the hell are your
arms?"
The chain store has affected
Fifth Avenue. One or my friends has
two large Fifth avenue shops. show
places. He's getting ready to open
branches on Madison avenue and on
Broadway, 10 compete with chains.
Dealers in old ard rare books find
New York the best market in the
! world. Last night I passed hours
! looking at books. hand lettered and
! painted; and printed with the first
type ever used. A Gutenberg
Bible. first printed book. il pos
sibly worth s25o.ooo today.
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who am II What office did 7 hold
in the United States cabinet? What
is my profession?
Who was the famous Frenchman
who commanded American troops
during the Revolutionary war
Who became leader OF the Nor
mon church after the death OF Jos
eph Smith in 1914?
What il called "The City or
Churches?"
"A new commandment 7 give unto
you. That We love we another: -
J have loved YOU. that We also love"
Where does this passage appear in
the Bible?
Today's Horoscope
Persons born under this sign are
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HARLINGEN
OFFICER is ON DUTY

HARLINGEN. Oct. 24.-Lonnie
Wilhelm. local officer who was shot
three times in the body several
weeks ago. and whose assailant,
Jesus Olive. has been sentenced 10
II years in the state ~penitentiary,
is back on the job here as deputy
constable.
Wilhelm lowered between life and
death for several days. with two bull
let wounds in his body.
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Timely Views
MEN DISPLACED BY MACHINERY SEEN ABSORBED
IN NEW VOCATIONS
By DIR. JULIUS KLEIN

~ IN Ut NsNFIH
Director 81 the U. S. Bureau Of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce.
Or. julius Klein was born in San Jose, Calf in
1886. He was graduated from the University Of
California in 1907 and later studied in Berlin and
Paris. DR.. Klein made an Investigation Of Latin,
American and Spanish history for a few years and
served as instructor Of Latin. American history and
economies at Harvard university from 1915 to 1925.
lie was connected as chief OF the L~atin-Ameriean
division Of the u. $. department 81 commerce IN
Washington from 1917 to 1919. He has been d.
rector Of the bureau Of foreign and domestic COM
nnerce since 1921. DR.. Klein gained international
recognition as a financial expert).
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AIl the same. even vet. the presi
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-24
Edinburg Kiwanis
Club Hears Talks

EDINBURG. Oct. 24.-"Utilities"
Was the subject Of an address de-
livered by r. M. Edwards, local
Of the Central Power and
Light company, at the regular
luncheon Of the Kiwanis club held
Tuesday noon in the Blue Bonnet
Garden.
r. II. Chandler discussed the clean
up and tree planting campaign and
the aid Of the club was pledged.
The following were appointed to .
committee on elections: G. A. Lille
strand, ". G.. Brumley, Otto kusel.
George Jones and Rev. z. V. Lilies.
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The Grab Bag

inclined to Be ervious Of the sue
cess OF others. Highly excitahle.
thew often work themselves into q
frenzy II things do not 70 Al they
desire. They crave attention and
courtesy. but seldom find peace and
c~ontentment at home.
Today I'm tkn Past
On this date. in 1888. the German
settlers laid out Germantown, Ia.
JIMMY JAMS
, 1928-03-16
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, 1928-06-20

House. Fredariksted Thursday Evening
June q. 1928 at 8 Is O'Clock.
MANUAL TRAINING AND DOMESTIC
SCIENCE EXHIBIT AND SALE.
The Manual Training and Domestic
Science Departments Of the Christiansted
Junior High School, and tie Christiansted
Public Grammar School will hold their
Annual Exhibit and Sale Friday June p,
1928, from 700 A NJ. to 500 PM. A
general invitation is extended to all.
, 1928-06-20
SCHOOL NOTES

The Annual Commencement Exercises
Of the Christiansted Junior High School
and the Frederiksted Junior High School
will take place at the St, Paul's School
, 1928-06-20

TELEGRAM9
ST CRUIX STATION.
Convention Hall, Kansas City, jane 18Th.
In a landslide Of great proD)rt5o5s, ey-
en- Outdojng that in which HerAert Hoover
himself was uameu for President, the Re.
publican National Convention at lis Goa
cIudiD2 session, selected Senator Charles
Curtis ot Kansas. his running maze, as
Vice Pre>ideut. His selection was urged
By his Middle Yes part'saD5 and accept
ed bv the q ~lagatas of the other session
as q link between tho Presidential nDmi-
nee and Mcua.y H8ugeu farm block,
witch was 50 oyeyu heImin2iy beaten in
an attempt to write the equalization fee
into the Republican platform. Senator
Curtis voted for both NJ mary. Haugen
bills which we're vetoed by Preside2t Coo
iidge. When the attempt was made
three weeks ago to pass the 1928 bill over
the veto, however, the Kansas Senator
stood by the President. Like Hoover,
Curtis was nominated on the fiSst JaIiot
and there were only a few scattered
votes for others.
Geneva, June 18th.-Ihe nomination
Of Herbert g. Hoover by the Republicans
is viewed with great interest by the
League OF Nations circles, where the Op.
mon Is 6XDfGSSeu L0dI IL 9itCl6Q the
United States policy will become more
active and more definite This is quail
fed, however with statements that as far
as the League is concerned. developments
o. u. S. cooperation with the League
which began under President Harding and
was accentuated under President Cool
idge is looked for, no matter who is the
President.
Paris June, 18th. The Gopernm nj
emerged victorious IN the frStrealteSt e.
fore the present Parliament, ob,ainin 4
vote OF confidence, 343 to lG7.
London, June 18Th. The King Edward
hospital fund, which distributes from
voluntary subscriptions a Qualter Of a
million pounds annually TO London hos.
pi.aIs, has received a gift from an anony-
nous Donor of ten thousand LOunds,
which Is believed, from tie circunstan-
tIal eViaeIc., to come from a SUBSCRIBER
Who has previously sent several ,llts Of
a ike aullft
London, ,urc 18th Mr.. Hoover has
been kItHH So .Ctg 10 Great IIilain that
edliOlIal Con tut IN the murug l8ltrs
Is much N;In.er than ~custtutIi.y las
been The case with rOminetS tor Tie Pre-
sl0ency 10 were paratIvely Unknown
here. The Daily News remarks. He
has been SO i~tlenCiy TO the interests Of
Great Britain AID Of Eultpe gtLelally.
that this is likely 10 he a chief count a.
, 1928-06-20

~.y-I ,4nIn~ IN. nrnu
." tNH*7D AH-'iO >i3liDN'
oHRI5rIAN5rEO ST CROIX
JUNE 18TH 1923.
.,-+o. ttLu 5..a.,uf1l D......,
'~'o1' 'e'3 ~ ''.0 <-''o' @'~" '1''l
Kennel. Mo. More tnan ten thousand
families are homeless and a hpajreJ 'hou-
sand acres of farjo land Iairr water as
the result ~ tna second break il the st.
Fraocis RIVER Lev-a three and a half
miles south Of Brown Ferry, today. The
people arr b iug cared for by ~eliet. food,
being at from nearby tawos Although
the people have food. they have very
little shelter and some Of the children
need medical attention which will soon
reach them, according to The latest re.
ports received here tonight.
Stonington, Conn. The body of a
young man was found hanging here to-
day and is believed to be the body of
William w. Neff. a Harvard student,
who disappeared two weeks ago. 1t is
not known whether he committed sui.
eide or was assassinated
Belgrade, Jugc SIava. r The Greek sit
uation is becoming critical, according to
advicps reaching the local NEWSPAPERS.