Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-08

n lot OF money 20 DC sFeNs -
year. but that il the amount the
Bell Telephone company has budget
I'd 70 nut into extensions and i'm
nrovemeats in 1928 in the states Of
Missouri. Kansas, Arkansas, Okla
hornn and Texas and a small part
of Illinois adjacent e st. Louis
Nearly half the territorial area is
in Texas and il is reasonable 70 sup
pose that more than a third OF the
expenditure will be in this state.
TEXAS AND PACIFIC shop en-
ployes are seeking a new wage scale
agreement between themselves and
Whe company equal to about IL per
cent increase over the present scale.
Nearly 5000 men are affected by
the pending proposal and these
claim that the adjusted scale would
in general be that now in use by the
Missouri Pacific lines.
EVERYONE who knows Cone
johnson Of Tyler, now state high
way commissioner, knows that he IS
courageous and outspoken- He
reaches his own conclusions and
speaks them both in and out Of
meeting. He characterizes the recent
action of the democratic state ex-
ecutive committee proposing
pledge on democrats 10 support the
nominees of the Houston national
convention as "a reflection on Texas
democracy and part Of a scheme 70
deliver the democracy Of Texas to
Tammany Hail."
He further says that to "hog-tie
the democracy Of Texas Ia any such
wav is @absurd and illegal" and a
"scheme 70 deliver Texas democrats
like so many cattle" adding, They
will have a devil Of time deliver
ing the goods"
THE EAsTLAND FROG story has
started something that seemingly
has no end, and scores OF persons
Of unquestioned veracity are telling
'em Just as big. At Paducah, A. B.
Arp. a fine-looking elderly man,
says that when a boy he and his
father cut down a post oak tree
about 12 inches in diameter without
a hole or blemish on the outside,
but with q decayed inside. in which
was imbedded q frog that at once
showed signs OF life and soon walked
away.
Evidently the frog had hibernated
in the rotten part Of the tree
through a small hole that grew up
sc il could not get out.
The Brownwood Bulletin, with the
Characteristic trait Of newspapers TO
prove things true or untrue, has
sealed a frog in an alright contain
er, where 1t will be kept a year to
see whether il survives that long,
on the theory that II it can live q
year under such conditions it can
live longer.
TRANSATLANTIC telephone rates
have ben reduced $50 on three-min-
ute talks and Texans can now talk
with persons in London for three
minutes for S54.00.
Many large concerns, especially
cotton buyers and brokers, have
frequent occasion 70 talk across the
Atlantic
WITH ABOUT twenty-four million
dollars to the credit OF all funds
in the Texas state treasury, Texas
has approximately four million dol
lars more money on hand than
year ago when there was a record
breaking amount il the treasury.
ALL DOUBTS, Il any ever existed
rs to whether Heuston would build
an auditorium suffici atly large 70
house the nationai convention have
been removed by the letting Of a
contract for a $4,000 capacity build
ing at 3 total cost Of approximately
s175,000.
Houston also made record-break-
ing time in raising its entire quota
for the entertainment Of the conven-
tion.
IT LOOKS LIKE somebody is al
WAYS IFglEE 10 tlEuW a wrench into
any smooth running business, think
the members OF the Texas Cattle
mems association. who are unquali-
fiediy opposing the capper bill in
congress for federal supervision Of
public stockyards.
Edward c. Lassiter Of Falfurrias,
an official Of the association who is
representing II in Washington, says:
ave are opposed to any measure
that would limit our market and If
vou limit the conditions under which
The packer can purchase you limit
the conditions under which we can
sell"
TIE SAN ANGELO Refining CON-
many has bought a bulk plant and
six filling stations az San Angelo for
500 900, and will construct filling
stations and tourists camps at
cpnora and 0zons and nine other
roiuts in West Texas
AZ q West Texas institution. this
Company thinks that it KNOWS some
fhing Of the present and future
requirements o. that part Of the
state.