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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-18
CAMERON GETS
STATE AID TO
WILLACY line
Requires Engineers to
Make Estimate On
Cost; Ask For 100
Foot Right OF Way
tspeeial @ The Heraldl

AUSTIN, Tex. Sept. 1s.-The state
highway commission Monday re-
quested the Cameron county engineer
department 10 make surveys and esti-
mates on alternate propositions on
State Highway No IL between San
Benito and Harlingen. and announced
the state is ready 10 widen the high
way between San Benito and Browns
Vile as soon as the county provides a
l00-foot right Of way.
The alternative propositions be-
tween San Benito and Harlingen in
cludes widening of the present high
way or construction Of parallel
highway.
Fifty per cent aid. amounting TO
approximately. 100000, was granted
Cameron county for the paving OF
z - miles on Highway No 96 from
Cornbes to the Willacy county line,
the work 70 start az the earliest pos
sihle date.
Aid was also asked BY Cameron
county for the pavement Of Highway
No. 100 from Barreda 10 Point Isabel.
but the commission maintained the
same attitude as expressed at the
April meeting when aid on this pro-
ject was asked. The commission IN
dicated that aid would be granted on
the project as soon as work on the
Brazos Santiago port got under way,
but did not consider il advisable at
this time to grant aid.
Cameron county Representatives
appearing before the commission IN
ciuded County Judge q. q. Dancy'
Commissioners A. ". logan Of San
Benito and J. +. Baughn Of Har-
lingen. and Assistant County High
way Engineer Thomas G. Davis.
Members Of the commission indi-
Gated that estimates should be made
on a parallel road project from San
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Size of Vote In
N. Y.Is Watched

NEW YORK. Sept. 1S-iPi-The
size of the vote. especially cf the
women. was the chief point Of inter
est for political leaders of both par
ties in the statewide primary eiec-
tions today.
The vote. IL was hoped, would give
some indication As tc how the state
will 70 in the presidential elections
this fall.
OF the faction fights. the most
bitter was that waged in Queens
borough. New York City, where
Borough President Bernard Nj. Pat
ten ~ seeking the democratic nom
ination. backed by the Queens reg
ular democratic organization. He iii
opposed by James r HaIlinan. who
has been endorsed By George VI.
OlNany. head 0f Tammany Hall. and
two independent candidates.
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German Flier On
Flight to Japan

BERLIN. Sept. 1S.-tPl-Acting as
co-pilot. Baron Ehrenfried Gunther
Won Huenefeld hoped off at 1852
a. IN. today. hoping to reach Tokyo
IN eight days. With him were Carl
Inder. Swedish pilot. and Paul Lend
erich. mechanic.
The baron. who travelled TO Amer
ica as a passenger IN the trans-At-
lantic plane Bremen. rose from d
sick bed some time ago 10 join an
aviation school. He remained there
for few weeks to obtain an inter-
mediate flying certificate which en-
ablcd him to act a. second pilot on
the present flight. The journey r
being made in the Europa. a sister
ship OF the Bremen.
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army flying school in Texas. hut
apparently encountered difficulties
because he was married. which was
thought 70 have barred enlistment.
Nomack is the second person
from the isthmus to join the Byrd
expedition. Max Beohning. a Pan
anna railroad employe. signed as
.hira assistant engineer. replacing
William Jennings Cummins. who
will return to New York because Of
III health.
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W0mdck, DiUOycine Ruth
Elder, as OiIey for Byrd

PANAMA. Sept. fS.-tEs-Lylc
Nomack, who is suing Ruth Elder
for divorce. was bound for the ant
arctic today aboard the City or New
York, one Of the ships Of Command
der Richard H. Byrd's expedition
20 the South Pole. Womack signed
as an oiler yesterday and sailed
for Dunedin, New Zealand. aboard
the vessel.
Womack was understood to orig
inally have planned 10 enter the
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ATLANTA. Sept. lS.-lPy-The lo-
cal weather bureau announced today
the tropical hurricane apparently
was moving n0rthwestward along
the the Atlantic coast between Sa-
vannah, Ca. and Charleston, =. q.
Eleven inches or rain has fallen In
Savannah in the last "a hours
The barometer which had been
falling steadily al Savannah since
last night was reported at 1892. "a
drop 0f 10 points In tvo hours. and
a 4S-mlle-an-hour wind was blowing.
The coast from Savannah northward
10 Charleston was cut off from COM
mrnication today and the last word
from Charleston shortly after y "a.
m. was that a 50-mile wind was
blowing there.
Wires Down
In addition to Charleston, Beau
fort, Georgetown and Paris Island
the United States marine training
station, also were cut off. and the
local weather bureau stated that be-
cause OF wire conditions i VS. i'm
possible To forecast the direction IA
the storm other than generally
northeastwrd.
The bureau said that the storm ap-
parently had diminished greatly IN
intensity throughout last night lts
reports, far from complete. tended
to show the storm was headed to-
ward Hatteras with the possibility Nj
a change IN course. according to the
AuW IA Ia
meet.
Tracing the progress Of the dis
turhance. which originated in tht
Caribbean last Thursday a. q very
dangerous hurricane" the bureau
said III held 10 fairly straight
course through the West Indies, and
a. usual began losing force and
meeting high pressure On entering
the mainland south Of West Palm
Beach, Fla.
Loses Momentum
On reaching south central Florida
where 20 were known tU have beer
killed near lake Okeechobee. ths
disturbance was turned back, walled
IN by high pressure area of air until
II pushed its way out northeastward
ure areas weakened its momentum
and the greatest Of these pushed ths
storm back toward the Atlantic a.
il progressed northWard.
The weather bureau reports from
Charleston Indicated that the wine
of - miles an hour there was ac
companied by heavy rain.
The barometer AZ Charleston. :
C.. the weather bureau said at u
m.. was 2y-42, drop or ~ points w
recent hours, and was still fallin,
rapidly Conditions will be bat
Continued on page teny
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FINAL
EDITION
i'm OUR
ALLIE

MOST OF US. if we think at all
about the many services performed
by the United States Weather Blu
reau, think OF whether cold or hot
is predicted. possible effect of wea-
ther changes on crops and roads,
whether there will be frost, or slcar
or cloudy weather.
But there are other services. Not
ably in the construction field. 1t
Is important 70 the bridge builder,
for example, 10 know whether floods
are due. He wants to know that his
piling will stand. that his false
structure will not 90 into the river
al a crucial stage in construction.
Which accounts for a letter pub
lished recently in the daily bulletin
Of the Department Of Agriculture,
from the Puget Sound Bridge e. Con-
struction company, which built the
Gateway bridge in Brownsville.
The letter, which gives an inter
esting angle TO weather bureau SER
vice, says:
Now that we have completed the
erection Of the new steel arch-span
bridge crossing the Rio Grande from
/, Brownsville. Texas 20 Matamoros,
lamps, Mexico, we would feel re-
miss If we failed to express our
thanks 70 those who have been Of
material assistance to US in the
prosecution Of the work.
Eve invariably enlist the coopera-
tion az the weather bureau when
undertaking a construction job. and
for obvious reasons. In accordance
with this policy we asked the local
weather bureau office TO furnish Us
nth daily bulletins covering reports
the weather and. particularly,
le river stages at this point.
These reports were sent us~reg-
larly each day. and were invalu-
.le 10 "a During the spring flood
Y vFe in May the work of erecting
\ main steel span was At a very -.
" yerous stage. due to heavy drift
the river lodging against the
se-work piling which supported
span under construction. AT the
st critical period or this flood
ur official kindly supplemented
usual daily reports with telc-
~-faphio reports from points up
liver as ~ flood conditions. This
.ervice helped very materially in
'nabling rs 70 get our work in safe
condition "a withstand the floods
that did materialize. A hlunder at
this critical time might easily have
caused the false-work 10 fail and
precipitatc the entire bridge into
the rvcr. Had this occurred. the
river would almost certainly have
been forced out or it's course. caus-
ing untold havoc and terrific finan-
cial losses. That this did not occur
was due in no small measure TO the
assistance of the United States wea-
ther reports.
Hence this wholly voluntary cx-
preston Of our thanks 10 the de-
partment for maintaining this vaiu-
able service 10 the public and tc
parties vitality interested in the
vagaries Of the weather. II must be
generally true that construction
companies throughout the country
benefit immeasurably through ad-
vance notice Of storm and flood con-
ditions.H
J. r. HULL. who lives Al Mission.
believes in dates for the Valley
Mr.. Hull has just harvested eight
lunches OF dates from one tree.
They weighed about thirty pounds
= bunch.
He wants 70 90 into it CONNER
cially.
CONTINUED on psge ten.)
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Curtis Points To
Reduction. OF Debt

HENRY. Ill. Sept 1s.-tPp-Re-
ducticn Of the nations debt by more
than S6.000,000,000 in seven years
Of republican rule was pointed out
today BY Senator Curtis. republican
vice presidential nominee. n ore of
the outstanding achievements" OF
this administration.
the heart of the rich farming reg
ion - Illinois. the Senator also re-
newed his discussion Of the agricul-
tural situation in which he believes
a higher tariff will be Of consider
able help. but his prepared address
was devoted to a recitation Of the
public debt reduction.
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FED, CLOTHED
IN PORTO RICO
Local Authorities Try
To Carry on Work
AS u. S. Rushes Aid;
Death Toll Mounts

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico. Sept. rs.
--lPl-ln the face Of steadily
mounting death toll. Porto Rico la
bored today to care for 100000 per-
sons left homeless by the tropical
hurricane until help could come frons
the outside Half Of these homeless
were estimated to be hungry and
without means Of support.
The toll of known dead jumped
from 253 10 500 when adviceS came
from three towns which had been
isolated. These were Comerin with
% dead. Ocamo . dead. and Barran-
Continued on page thrce.)
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1900 Bales of Cotton
Burn In Rosebud Fire

ROSEBUD. Texas. Sept. iS.-tFl--
Damage estimated at Si50.000 result
cd from fire which started in the
Firemen's Unio1 Warehouse, de-
stroying l,700 bales Of cotton, and
spread Ia a railroad siding. where
three carloads Of bales were burned.
Origin Of the fire has not been de-
termined.
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El Paso to Call Meet
On New Air Mail Line

FORT WORTH. Texas, Sept. 1s
-lP,-With the view of obtaining
an air mail route between Texas and
the Pacific coast. representatives OF
an cities md towns between Fort
Worth and Los Angeles will be cali
I'd within a few weeks by ID. A. Ban.
deem general manager q the r.
Paso Chamber Of Commerce.
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GIRL. IN ArTn CRASH DIS

DAALLAS. Texas. Sept. lS.-sPl-
Miss Vida Sandlin, 10. died at hos
pital here last night of injuries re-
ceived when an automobile trailer in
which shc and her sister. Bonnie
Sandlin, 4. were riding was struck
by truck near Canton. The young
er sister was not expected To live.
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COURT House
MOVING PLAN
TURNEDDOWN
Arroyo I roject Off
cials Told Braz os
Island Harbor First
Need of Valley

HARLINGEN. Sept. Belief
that the Valley port at Point Isa-
bel should receive support of all
sections and should be given prefer
ence over any other waterway pro-
jects. and skepticism as Co the fea-
sibility Of Harlingen's proposed
nine-foot project. and as 10 the abil-
ity VII local people t0 ret In finish
ed with the funds on hand were
the general sentiments expressed
nv San Benito citizens who met here
last night with Harlingen citizens at
the call of the latter for the dis
cusSion OF the port and other p.0-
jects.
The discussion near the end of
the meeting. after SEN Benito mad
left the impression of it, belief in
favor of Point Isabel port, took an
unexpected turn when the sugges-
tion was made bv 0see FriSt0e 0f
this city. "How w0sld San BenIt0
like the court house,"
The suggestion was followed NV
silence. until. as the meeting was
adiourning. John T. L0maN uf San
Berito. in reply to " direct question
to him on the matter, said We
don't want it.H Harlingcn people ex-
pressed the belief AZ the meeting
that Id could he moved tn San Be-
nito. stating they would favor such
move.
Tell 0f Friendly Relations
The port discussion was opened
biz Carl Wood. who presided at the
meet nE. and other Harlingrn speak
ers were b. N. Holland. Lloyd
Thompson. J III. chambers and
others.
Mr.. Wood spoke on the relations
of the two cities in general. stating
that San Benito and HarIingen
should become the twin cities or the
Valley. and that they have much in
common. and should work On pro-
iccts that will benefit both He thcr
went into the Arroyo waterway
proposition. stating that the turning
basin is as near San Benito aH
Harlingen. and that both cities Will
he benefited equally
High points IN the general discus
\ sion which followed were precipi-
tated wv talks by w. VI Hinkley, real
estate dealer. and J.. r. Bell. secre-
4 tary of the chamber of commerce.
both WI san Beni-0.
Bell FaNOrs Point
Mr. Bell said "San Bcnitn has al-
Ways cooperated with Harlingen.
but if the Arroyo project interfcrcs
with deep water at Point Isabel
believe we should ret a harbor At
Point Isabel first. 4 believe that
the sentiment VI San Benit0 w over
whelming in favor of the deep Wa
ter port at Point Isabel. because The
people there doubt the feasibility of
HarlinEen's project and do not be-
lieve IN can bc finished with the
money on hand.
THE division engineer. district
engineer. board WI army engineers
and ways and means committee have
all approved the port at Point Isa-
bel. :" he continued. 1T may be that
these men do not know what thev
\ are talking about. but my under
standing is that they have the final
saw on port matters
Mr.. Bell mentioned that there has
been q depth of nine feet of water
AZ various times at Point Isabel. and
Continued on page two)
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WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley.
Fair Is partly cloudy tonight and
Wednesday; not much change in
temperature. Light to moderate
northerly winds on the west coast.
For East Texas. Generally fair
tonight and Wednesday; somewhat
warmer i'm north portion Wednesday.
Light Nv moderate n0rtherly to east
erly winds on the coast.
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RIVERSIDE. Cal, Sept. 1S.--(AP)
"A complaint charging Stuart q.
Northcott, 20, with murder, was
issued by the district attorneys Of
flee here today after evidence sub
Stimulating further the story that
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The river will remain practically
stationary from Mission tn San Be
nito, and rise approximately three
feet more at and below Brownsville
during the next 14 hours.
Flood Present zf-Hr. 24-Hr.
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State WiH Widen Highway No. II IN County
Down in
Large AreaOver
Atlantic Coast

area devastated by the tropical
storm in southern Florida Sunday
was reported today % the Miami
News.
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TIDE TABLE

High and low tide AZ Point Isabel
tomorrow under normal meteorolcgl-
cai conditions:
High 10000 ,. NJ.
Low 100 Nv. Alr
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Find Ne1U Clues
To Support Tale
OfMa4YdeYFUYm'

Los ANGELES. Sept. 1S.-(AP)-
Two more axes, stained with what
police said was blood. were found
on the Northcott farm near River
side today, IL was announced BY
diggers spading up the ground.
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four boys had been slain on the
Northcott farm was furnished "a
Alfred Ford, District attorney.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-22
WORK ON SAN
GABRIEL DAM
TO START SOON
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Nov. %. Con
struction work on the San Gabriel
dam will start within three weeks,
contractors announced yesterday.
Thought to be the greatest engineer
ing feat i'll the history of reservoir
building, the huge structure will
take five years to complete and the
total cost will be approximately
$25 100000.
Contract for the main construction
job was awarded yesterday to the
lowest of six bidders by the board
of supervisors. The accepted bid,
of 81 ,250,040, was said to be three
quarters of million dollars less
than the next lowest.
- \ new corporation composed of
Mac Donald, Kahn, Ross and Fisher,
local contractors, will be formed to
carry through the construction work
This firm will be under two bonds
of $2j0,000 each for surety of per-
formancc Of the work and for pay
mcnt of labor and materials
An average force of 1,S00 men is
expected to be at work during the
five years necessary to complete the
structure.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-22
Williams Back
On Trojan Team
By United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, Nov. 81. - The
Southern California Trojan eleven
went through light scrimmagc work
today with Don Williams back in
has regular position. Williams ap-
Prarcd physically fit, but after Il
light workout was soon taken out
by Coach Howard Jones, who is anx
ious to have his star quarter in top
:orm to carry the ball through the
Idaho line Saturday.
Jones put his players through in
tricatc aerial defense and off tackle
work. The Idaho style of play is
similar to that of Notre Dame, and
the Trojans are being trained for
both games with somewhat the same
type Of work.
Jones has not revealed the prob
able lineup for Saturdays game, but
1t is thought the first string will
start against the Nandals.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-22
CARDINALS new
MANAGER LIKED
BY ST. LOUIS
BY FOSTER EATON
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. 22.-It APP
pears likely that the st. Louis
Cardinals, late negative participants
in the world series, may undergo
maior renovation under their new
manager, lilly Southworth.
In the first place, the man who
succeeds Bill McKrchnic to become
the Redbirds' fifth manager in as
many wears, is on record as planning
to play right field "unlcss someone
better is found
That Immediately injocts plenty
of competition into the life of Chick
Ilafcy, George Harper, Taylor
Douthit, Wally Rocttgcr, RAY
Blades, ct al, for Southworth batted
.320 there in 1926.
His work was so good that loval
fans repeatedly showcrcd him with
hill and silver, which he carefully
picked up and turned over to St.
Louis charitable institution.
There 5 talk, also, Of shifting
Frank Frisch from second to third,
in place of Andy High or Wattie
Holm, putting Carey Sclph, up from
Houston, on second, and Charley
Gilbert of Rochester at short.
That probably means the passing
Of Rabbit Maranvillc, who may be
retained as utility player, or
traded.
If SOuthworth carries out his in
tentionS' he will be the only player
manager thus far on the horizon of
the senior circuit.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-22
Special Police
Are Designated

Five post office employees, Elmer
Kcltz, Earl Hancock, Fred Peterson,
Il. G. Hudson and Amos Chick have
been designated as special policemen
by Chief Oswalt, to aid the regular
police in keeping order the night
Of the Junior Chamber carnival, De
cembcr |.
The men will serve without pay,
the chief stated, thereby relieving
the city of any additional expense,
and at the same time making it un
necessary to move the regular men
from their beats.
"Thcsc men have been dcputizcd
at the request of the Junior Cham
bcr,' the chief stated, "and we are
very glad to have them help US out.
They vii be used for the special
occasion mentioned and will have
full police powers at that time. -
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-22
LEADING TEAMS
FACE DIFFICULT
GAMES SATURDAY
ny United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK, Nov. eff the
theory is true that top football form
can't be maintained over two
straight Saturdays against for
midable foes, three highly rated
clcvens-Carnrgic Tech, Nebraska
and Princeton-have their first de
fcats of the season awaiting them
on eastern gridirons Saturday.
Psychology points to victories for
New York University over Carnegie
Tech at Pittsburgh, Army over Neb-
raska at West Point, Navy over
Princeton at Philadelphia and Har-
ward over Yale at New Haven.
Carnegie, Nebraska, Princeton and
Yale had hard games this week. The
Tartans undoubtedly played their
best game of the year in beating
Notrc Dame, p to I. Princeton call
I'd on all its resources to defeat
Yale, - to >. Nebraska struggled
its mighticst to hold Pittsburgh to
a scorclcss tie. Yale played its self
out in futile first quarter drive
against the Tigers.
New York University, Army and
Navy reserved their strength for
more important games this Satur-
day. y. y. L. won without effort
from Missouri, - to g. Army rested
its regulars most of the way against
Carleton College and won, 81 to I.
Navy had a romp in downing Loyola
(Baltimorc), 81 to o. Harvard, with
eye on the Yale game and with
Capt. Art French on the sidclincs,
allowed Holy Cross to get away
with scorclcss tie.
If every -four teams were pointed
for crucial games, y. Y. ~, Army,
Navy and Harvard are hypothcti-
cally at the peak for this week $
games. But in these football DAYS,
blocked kick, tumble ball, a
long run or pass can destroy weeks
of planning.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-22
NOTICE OF INVITING SEALED
PROPOSALS OR BIDS FOR FUR
NISHING CERTAIN CAST IRON
PIPE TO THE CITY OF Ell
CENTRIC.

Notice is hereby given that the
Undersigned, City Clerk of the City
of III Ccntro invites and will re-
ccivc at his office in the City Hall
Of said City up to the hour of 7:30
O'Clock p. m. on the 9Th day of De.
ccmbcr, 1923, sealed proposals or
bids for furnishing the City Of El
Centre with the following dcscrib-
cd pipe, to-wit:
Fivc-tbousand $4,000 feet Of
four (4) inch Class "B" Bell
and Spigot Cast Iron pipe in
twelve I2), or sixteen
Q6) foot lengths or the cquiva-
lent in other types of east iron
pipe.
Bidders are requested to submit
bids on such pipe from foundry f..
p. b. El Centre, together with an
estimate of the time within which
delivery can be made in El Ccntro
from boundary.
All proposals or bids shall be ac-
sompanied by a check payable to
che City of El Ccntro, certified by
. responsible bank for an amount
which shall bc not less than 10 per
rent of the aggregate Of the propos-
nj, or by n bond in said amount
aud SO payable, sigucd by two sure
ties who shall Justify before any of.
fccr competent to administer an
oath, in double said amount over
and above all statutory eXemp
tions.
The CITY Council Of said City re
serves the right to reject any or
all bids.
BY order of said City Council.
Dated this 7th day of Novem-
Der, 1923.
j. G. NEALE,
City Clerk of the City Of Ell Centre,
California. 9tl4