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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-24

ROADS TESTED
Cornell University En-
gineers Making
Study

ITHACA, N. Y.-P-Tests to de-
termine the durability and strength
Of concrete, with particular refer
ence 70 its use in highway construc-
tion, are being made at the Cornell
university school Of civil engineer
ing.
The viewpoint of the entire in
vestigation, says III. III. Scofield
professor of materials at the school,
is that of practical service value in
the production Of concrete roads.
Shape and size OF the slab, place
ment of steel reinforcement and 9TH
er factors that enter into economic
road construction are being consid-
cred.
"The concrete pavement as IL ex-
lists today is not accidental nor the
result Of haphazsrd methods" says
Prof. Scofield. Extensive investi-
cations have been and are now be-
ing made of all conditions and cir
cumstances influencing not only the
riding qualities Of the surface, but
also the durability, strength and
other qualities that affect the value
Of a road.
"It has been known for some
time that machines or parts Of ma
chimes which are capable Of safely
supporting u load once are not nee
~essarily able to support it without
breaking if the load is repeated a
large number Of times. This type Of
failure Of materials is called failure
by fatigue.
"A concrete pavement is a flat
block or slab Of concrete resting on
a more or less resilient support Of
earth. Loaded trucks or other We
hicles bend the concrete downwards
under the wheel. 1t has been as
~certained by actual tests that the
concrete a little ahead and 8 little
behind the wheel is actually bent
upwards at the same time. a moving
load on wheels must therefore cause
slight waves in the concrete as it
progresses. This bending produces
a reversal of stress which renders
the concrete even more liable TO
fracture by fatigue.
at is obvious therefore that a con-
crete road should be designed and
constructed so as to be not merely
strong enough to support safely the
heaviest truck load which is expect
ed TO come upon it, but to withstand
for a long time the large number of
repetitions Of such loads that inev-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-24
TEXAS BOOKS
Are WANTED
Library Short
On Histories Of
This State

The public library Of Brownsville
Is in need Of books on the history of
Texas. In fact magazines or any
type OF periodical that will give in
formation about Texas will be accept
able. According 20 Mrs. G. A.
Manahan, the Librarian, she has the
money 10 spend if you have the books.
The only hope OF the library asso-
eiaiton TO get just what they want is
through some private library.
The library though small Is a a
very creiitable one. and on its
shelves are to be found the best in
the way Of encyclopedias. histories,
biography's poetry. and fiction.
The library is urging the support
Of the reading c~oterie Of Browns
vile. and an open invitation is ex-
tended 10 every one to come. There
IS a reading % for those who want
TO remain there and do research
work.
Among the latest books listed are
the following: naked Truth" by
Clair Sheridan; THE Glery Of
Egypt" By Louis Morsby; Lawrence
and the Arabian Adventure" by Rob
ert Graves; "Tammany Hail." by
VI. r. Werner; The Crime in the
Crypt" by Caroline Wells; "The
Strange case of Mr.. Henry March
mont" BY ]. s. Sletcher. DAISY and
Daphne" By Rose Macauley; The
Chosen Garden" by Julian Green;
Ambition" by Arthur Train; "The
Old Dark House" BY ]. B. Preistly;
1.-THE Sun Hawk" by Robert W.
Chambers; November Nights" auth
or anonymous; blue Voyage" by
Conrad Aiken; "The Kingdom Of
Theophilus," BY William Locke. But
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes," by
Anita Loos; 1.-THE Way Things Are
by +. VI. Delafield. Iron and Smoke
BY Sheua Kay Smith,. Behind that
Curtain" by Earl Dern Biggers; "The
Cabala." By Thornton Wilder; DE
bonair," by G. Il. Stern: THE With
ered," by Rot Davis; The Haunted
House." By Hilaire Beloc; "My
Brothers Face" by Dian Gopal
Mukerji; "The Green Murder Case"
by s. s. Van Dine. Trader Horn"
BY Horn v. Lewis: and katherine
Paris" BY Princess Marthe Bibesco.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-24
First Five Months
Sales of Marmons
Equal 1927 Output

Production and sales Of Marmon
straight-eights this year have
mounted, month by month, to so
great an extent that the total out
put in the first five months Of the
years was equal to the entire pro-
duction in 1927.
Likewise. the company's activities
since the Marmon "6S' and "7S'
were introduced TO the public early
this year have expanded TO the point
where Marmon now leads the entire
industry IN the manufacture Of
straight-eight automobiles.
These facts were announced ny
II. III. Brooks, general sales director
Of the Marm0n Motor Car company,
in a statement reviewing the COM
pany's business from January / 10
June / Of this year in which he re-
ported that sales Of Marmon
straight-eights are maintaining a
volume more than 100 per cent
greater than last year. In 1927 the
company first entered into the man
ufacture OF straight-eights and es-
tablished the highest record in its
history. not only in the number Of
unfts sold at retail but in volume of
business.
The new records are the result OF
the rapid growth in the popularity
of the straight-eighth type Of motor
car. now available to all classes 81
automobile buyers, and te remark
able increase in the Marmon distrib-
utor and dealer organization which
has increased ITO per ZEN SO far
this year. Mr.. Brooks said. The
company has retail sales outlets in
practically every community in the
United States and Is represented in
Is foreign countries.
lnasmuch as Mr.. Brooks state
ment was issued as of the date of
June 1, IL does not include produc-
tion and sales in the month OF June.
n of the heaviest buying periods
Of the year. Marmon production,
therefore. reached last years total.
even though the second quarter OF
the year has not yet ended. June
sales are showing an increase over
last year that corresponds to the
gains made in the other months OF
the year. it is reported.
One of the highlights Of Marmon's
1928 record has been the increase in
export sales, revealing that motor
lists IN Europe and other foreign
countries are turning toward the
American type Of straight-eight.
The gain in Marmon foreign sales IA
v e greater than the increase in do.
nestle business, sales abroad this
year averaging 300 per cent ahead
Of last year at this tine.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-24
COTTON SHORT
SAYS NICHOLS
Under Four Million
Bales First Time
Since 1925

AUSTIN. Texas, June 2S.-@For
the first time since June. 1925. the
amount Of cotton in the United
States is under 100000 bales" said
Bervard Nichols. editor Of the Texas
Business Review. published monthly
BY the Bureau Of Business Research
" the University or Texas.
con June n. the supply was re-
duced TO $3.50. 900 bales, compared to
4.72l 900 on June /, 1927. and 5.3T2,-
600 on that date IN 1926" Ne contin-
ued- Moreover, disappearance con-
unues high when il il considered
that this relatively small supply
must meet all needs until the next
crop. The balance of 3,9S0.000 bales
on June / in obtained by adding the
sum OF the census carryover on Au-
gust l and the imports since that
time 20 the final g~inninEs as report
ed BIZ the census bureau. and sub
tracing the exports plus the con-
sumption. Linters are not included.
supply on June / was 741.0 900
bales below that Of a year ago on
that date. IN the past seven years.
changes IN supply have totalled TO-
$50 900 bales. For the same period.
price changes deflated by the bu-
reau Of labor statistics index have
amounted 10 1000 penny points, or 4
change Of 40 points for each l00.-
coo bales il supply. BY applying
the same ratio with a decrease IN
the supply Of 741,00 bales there
should a corresponding increase in
the price Of III points. Based on
supply In the United States alone,
middlinE spots in New Orleans
should be about n 1-2 cents a
pound, or nearly 100 points above
present prices. AT this time the COM
ing crop is possibly the most i'm
nortant market influence
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-24
Anti-KnOck Gas
Added to Stock

The Magnolia Petroleum company
announces today the addition of a
new motor fuel 20 be known as Mag
nolia Anti-knock gasoline, TO its list
Of products. According to z. p. An
gus, general sales manager Of the
company. "it is the result Of ex-
tensive research to produce a motor
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-24

new gasoline, especially In cars that
require high-compressiOn fuels and
others which are affected BY exces-
sive carbon.
"Anti-kn0ck IN available nc MaR.
nolia stations and dealers through
out the Southwest" Mr.. Angus added.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-24
Quarterly Conference
To Be Held at Point

The third quarterly conference OF
the brownsville district Of the Meth.
odist church will be held at Point
Isabel. Tuesday July 10.
The business session will be held
in the office and guest rooms of the
Point Isabel Development Co. A bas-
ket lunch will be spread in the dining
room of the Yacht club, the fish to
be supplied and cooked by a special
mittee under the general direction
OF George Waite Of Combes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-24

fuel which gives something extra
in addition to quiet power on the
hills and in sand and mud"
"Anti-knock," Mr.. Angus said. "is
a pure petroleum product. IL takes
out the knock without injury 60 any
part Of the motor or gas lines. We
believe motorists will welcome this
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-24
SAFETY FIRST RECORD

HOUSTON, Texas, June 90
Safety First" cam~paigners are
pointing to Houston now that a con-
struction record has been set IN
building the democratic national
convention coliseum. Seeking 20
have a suitbale meeting place ready
or the convention June 26, c~ontrac-
ors buildcd the coliseum in 81 work
No days-without an accident ~
sorkmen.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-24

itably come from U increasing traf-
fic."
A machine hat Stimulates practi-
cal conditions is used by the enEi-
neers IN making their experiments.
The apparatus viii bend a concrete
beam a tiny fraction of an inch. du-
plicating the effect of a loaded We
hicie on a road.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-24
NEMESIS FOR OLD SOL

HOUSTON, Texas, June 2s.-one
hundred and twenty-five thousand
square feet Of fibre board backs 10
the roofing Of the coliseum, where
the democratic national convention
will open June 26. The fibre mate
rial is expected to help ward off the
Of the sun Typhoon fans will
draw in the fresh air and chase out
the humidity.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-24
TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL

HOUSTON. Texas, June g.
There are eigh.een railroads enter
ing Houston over whose lines del
egates and visitors 70 the democratic
national convention the latter part
Of June can arrive in the city. Be-
sides the flow Of visitors over these
ribbons of steel, there are acres Of
rood roads and airplane service.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-14
CIVIL SERVICE
CODE WILL Be
GIVEN MAYOR
Committee Will Draw Up
Regulations and Submit
Them for 0. K.

Civil service regulations will be
drawn by a committee and SUBJ
nlitted to the mayors cabinet for
approval, it was announced today
by administration leaders.
Councilmen discussed the pro-
posed regulations, unanimously de-
manded by city council, at Mayor
Stacks cabinet meeting Thursday.
!. 1t was said there were some diff
ferences of opinion as to the au-
thority of boards to select from the
civil service eligible list. Slack is
understood to have insisted that the
civil service department submit a
list of competent employees and al
low the mayor to choose any names
on the list.
Some councilmen contended the
city boards should take the appli-
cants heading the list because they
had higher grade.
Il don't think there will be any
great difference of opinion after
they draft the rules" Slack said.
Slack will insist that the civil
service regulations do not interfere
with a boards power to discharge
an employe if the board chooses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-14
HOPE AIS Rap
AT ECONOMY TO
spur COOLIDGE
Fling at G. 0. P. Prosperity
May Bring President to
Hoover Stump.
BY RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON, Sept. lathe
challenge hurled at President Cool
idge's economy record by Governor
Al Smith, will bring him into the
political lists for Herbert Hoover
more quickly than any other consid-
Grafton, leaders believe.
Other members of the official
household are known to resent
Smiths charge that the administra-
tons saving propensities have been
devoted chiefly to paper cups and
towels.
The prosperity note and citation
of the overlooking, rather than the
merely full dinner pail will figure
large in the G. o. P.'s request for a
vote of confidence next November.
1t is considered significant that
Secretary Mellon was the only cab
met member to attend the first con-
ference between Coolidge and Hoov-
er. The Republican national COM
mittee already has made plans to
use the photo taken of this big
Three of Prosperity" during the
campaign, thus linking Hoover with
Coolidge and Mellon so that even
those who can not read may see.
Enthusiastic HooveriteS are re-
joicing at the Democrats intention of
making an issue of Coolidge pros
perity, believing it will prove a
boomerang.
In his conference with Mellon the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-14

! does probably the greaeSt butter
and egg business on the exchange
during the course of the year.
Last year alone Miss Simmons
trading accounts were in excess OF
$4,00O,000.
While under the rules of the ex-
change Miss Shimon is not eligible
membership, restricted to white
male American citizens of legal age,
good character and credit. .....,"
nevertheless she lives in hope that
at some time, some way, something
will intervene to change this sit
uatiOn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-14

By NEA SerUice
CHICAGO, Ill, Sept. 14.-In the
midst of Shrieking confusion, with
men running about waving their
arms, watching lights shining on
on the wall, shouting numbers from
slips of paper, on floor that holds
the same position in the butter and
egg world that the New York Stock
Exchange does in the field of
securities-there works a young lady
in a periwinkle blue dress, with a
decided dimple in her cheek.
She is Miss Betty Shimon of
Milwaukee in the country'S largest
butter and egg market on the Chi
cago mercantile exchange.
Miss Shimon is the biggest butter
and egg woman, and probably the
only woman working in that
capacity anywhere.
Miss Shimon executes orders for
her firm, Shimon Brothers, Mil
waukee, and with her two brothers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-14
COMMITTEE TO
VISIT AIR SITES
Inspection of Most Likely
Fields Planned.

Proposed municipal airport sites
which favorably have impressed the
citizens site committee will be
visited early next week.
Clifford L. Harrod, Chamber of
Commerce industrial commissioner
and committee secretary, said the
committee will invite Mayor L. Ert
Slack to inspect the sites.
The mayor appeared before the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-14

committee Thursday and reiterated
his intentions to follow the COM
mittee's recommendation.
Harrod said the committee will
meet again Wednesday. The forty
locations offered range in price from
$125 to -$1,00 an acre.
Indications are that the $500 an
acre estimate price on the tract
north of the Mars Hill field will
make that location prohibitive.
A location south or west of the
city appeared to be the committees
choice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-14

President showed chief interest in
the Treasury heads report of bust
ness conditions and indication of
future trends. Mellon told him
that business and industry, with
exceptions like the coal and textile
industries, were on a sound basis,
and that he saw no reason why pres
ent prosperity should not continue.
The fiscal section of the Repub-
lican campaign textbook, now under
preparation, bristles with retorts to
Smiths charge of fake economoy.
1t declares that he showed ig-
norance of the Federal Govern
ment's growth and resorted to mis-
representation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-14
GIobe-Circling Pun Lost

NEW YORK, Sept. 14-Tailwind,
a Sealyhi m TERRIER that Travelled
around the world in twenty three
days with John Henry Mears on his
record-breaking trip, has not been
seen isnce he ambled out the other
day for a breath of fresh air.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-14
Girl Bandits Hunted

MARION, Ind, Sept. 14.-Police
were searching for four girl bandits
today, who entered grocery store,
stole a chewing gum vending ma
chine and escaped in dilapitated
automobile,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-14
-SkfI. ii, 1925
SKATERS SET RECORD
World Marathon Mark Reached By
Six at Broad Ripple.

Skaters in the Broad Ripple park
marathon have established a worlds
record, according to Roy Byers, rink
manager. The contest will pass the
three week mark at tonight with a
total of 504 hours to the credit of
the six rollers remaining in the
competition. The three couples -:
Kenneth Bennett and Goldie
Richie, Earl Decker and Margaret
Smith, Herman Marsh and Ruth
Jay.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-14

Forty-one per cent of American
corporations normally show a deficit
at the end of the year.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-07-05

plain of such estimates or of the ma
ture and amount of the work to be
done.
Bidders must present satisfactory
evidence to the City Council of the
City of P~lentywood that they have
been successfully engaged in sewer
construction and that they are fully
materials and machinery to conduct
prepared with the necessary capitar,
the work to the satisfaction of the
Mayor and the City Council of the
City of Plentywood. A surety bond
in the full amount of the contract
will be required with the accepted
proposal.
The City of P~lentywood reserves
the right to reject any and all bids
or any part of. any bid as the best
interests Of the City of Plentywood
may require.
Plans and specifications of the
work are on file in the office of the
City Clerk of the City of Plenty
wood, Montana and in the office of
f. j. Thomas, consulting engineer,
Minot, n. d.
By order of the City Council of the
City of Plentywood, Montana.
J.. G. DEBING, City Clerk.
(SEAL) 41-3t.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-07-05
CALL FOR BIDS
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

rientywood, Montana, July 2, 1928
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN
That sealed bids will be received at
the office Of the City Clerk of the
City of Plentywood, Montana, up
10 s o'clock p. NJ. on the 9th day of
August, 1928, and then publicly OPP
ened by the Mayor and City Coun-
ell of the City of p%lentywood for the
construction of an extension of the
Trunk Line Sewer from the Septic
Tank of the Sewer System of the
City of Plentywood to the Out-fall
at Big Muddy Greek and for the
construction of Intermittent Sand
Filters for the treatment Of the sew
age of the City of Plentywood.
Bidders must specify in their pro-
posals that they will begin work on
or before the Goth day of August,
1928 and that they will complete the
work on or before the 18th day of
October, 1923.
Bidders must specify in their pro-
pssals that their bids are on the ba-
sis of cash payment.
Alternate bids will be received
with separate proposals for sewer
pipe and for labor and materials
other than sewer pipe for both pro-
jects. Bids will be received on
forms prepared by the City of Plen-
tywood and which can be obtained
at the office of the City Clerk and
from f. j. Thomas, Consulting En-
gineer, Minot, n. d. Each proposal
or bid must be accompanied by a
certified check in the sum of ten
(10) per cent of the amount of the
bid, made payable to the Mayor of
the City of Plentywood, Montana, as
. guarantee that the contractor will
enter into a contract for the per-
Torrance of the work awarded to
him and in case any bidder to whom
such contract shall be awarded fails
or refuses to enter into such con-
tract, the check accompanying his
bid shall be retained by the City Of
P~lentywood as l%iquidated damages.
No bid will be accepted which does
not contain adequate or reasonable
prices for each and every item Of the
work on which bids are submitted.
Bidders must satisfy themselves
by personal inspection Of the loca-
ton of the proposed work and by
such other means as they may elect
as to the accuracy of the estimates
of quantities and shall not at any
time subsequent to the submission
of their proposals dispute or COM
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-07-05
NOTICE
To the Voters and Taxayers of
Sheridan County, Montana

ohNAiH1h NNuht9 Nh'itdid
l, o. A. Aspelund, am a candidate
for reelection as County Assessor
on the Republican ticket in the pri-
mary election to be held July II,
1928. You are all acquainted with
me and know what | have done for
you as your County Assessor. Dur
ing the last five years | have re-
classified on an average about sew
enty-five farms each year. | have
done this work myself, and as far as
my knowledge goes, T believe that
all parties interested have been sat
iSfied with the reclassifications. |
have managed the administration of
the assessors office as cheaply as
possible without sacrificing eff
cheney.
If | am nominated at the Primary
Election, and reelected at the Gen
eral Election next fall, | shall con-
tinue the same policy and keep down
expenses as far as efficient execu-
ton of official duties will permit. |
shall continue the honor system of
assessing property in the County.
During the number of years the honor
system has been in vogue, / have
saved the County over three thou
sand dollars each year.
One good term deserves anotherl
Now, Mr.. and Mrs. Voter, if you
think | have done my duty, served
you honestly, faithfully, and effic-
iently, | request that each and every
n of you go to your respective
voting places on the 18th of July and
place your X before the name of Ole
A. Aspelund for Assessor, Sheridan
County, Montana.
Very truly yours,
0. A. Aspelund
ASSESSOR. SHERIDAN COUNTY
Published and paid for by
0. A. Aspelund.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-07-05
CARD OF THANKS

We take this means Of extending
thanks to our many friends in Plen-
tywood for their many kind deeds
and sympathetic words during the
loss Of our beloved Anna.
These kind acts will not soon be
forgotten by us.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Lund
and family.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-07-05

Notice is hereby given that a COM
plete delinquent list Of all persons
and property in the County. now ow-
ing taxes, is on file in the office Of
the County Treasurer and is subject
to public inspection and examination.
Unless the taxes so delinquent to-
sether with penalty and costs are
paid, the real property upon which
such tax is a lien, will be sold at pub
lie auction ~(unless previously sold
and not redeemed), IN the 18th day
of July, 1928 at 10 o'clock \. NJ. in
front Of the County T~reasurer's Of
flee al the courthouse, III the city Of
plentywood, Montana.
Given under my hand this 26th.
day of June, 1928
Eng. Torstenson, County Treasurer.
Sheridan County, Montana.
Ky A. D. Hovet. DEPUTY Treasurer.
First Publication June %, 1928
Last Publication July IL, 1928.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-07-05

Miss Grace Goodman has been as
sisting at the Plentywood Pharmacy
during the weeks rush.