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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-23
NOTED COUPLE
END YEAR OF
TRIAL MARRIAGE
Argument Over Plan Re-
neWed Over Country on
RozeIIeS' Anniversary.
BY JERRY QUISENBERRY,
United Press Staff Correspondent
ArT-,Try xyNnr/ A.. ~ 49, ~

NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-Judge Ben
B. Lindsey's famous brain-child,
companionate marriage, rounded its
first birthday Thursday and dis
covered itself not an undernourished
founding on the doorstep of mod
ernism, but bouncing youngster
quite impervious to the spankingS
Of press and pulpit.
1t was more than a year ago, OF
course, that the noted Denver jur-
ist preached the companionate idea,
but it is just 366 days since Jo-
Sephine Haldeman-JuliuS and Au-
brey Roselle, defying convention and
worldwide storm of censure, calmly
said "I' do and set about putting
the idea into practice
AS they celebratsJ year of per-
fectly happy welded life, the con-
troversy which followed their mar
risge burst forth again in American
colleges and universities with the
champions of the Lindsey plan as
Stunning triumphant mien.
Columbia university, for one,
buzzed lively with companionatc
talk. The Spectator, it's daily
newspaper, appropriately utilized
the Haldeman-J julius Roselle ami
versary as the occasion for an ed
itoriai which not only accorded high
praise to the companionate theory,
but urged all college students to
follow the example of the cele-
brated Girard (Kan0 couple.
The editorial created mild flu
rore not only among DR.. Nicholas
Murray Buffers professional corps,
but on the campus and in Greek let
ter houses as well. The whole bat
terry of arguments used against the
companionists year ago were dust
ed off to defend Americas largest
university against new invasion of
LindSeyiteS, and formal protest
was lodged against the editors of
the Spectator.
While the controversy thus started
all over again at Columbia, the
Aubrey Roselles, in an interview out
at Girard, Kan, told why they were
companionately married and happy.
All the moral alarmistS who fore
cast disaster for the romance of
tbs 18-year-old high school girl and
the 20-year- University Of Kan
sas sophomore, would appear to have
failed in their predictions.
1--WE have been married compan-
ionately a full year now, and we
are glad to be able to say that it
has been a success in every sense
of the word" Josephine said.
ITO me, companionate marriage
means happiness in this world today
and not in another world in the
hereafter or in this world at some
remote date. In that sense, I sup
pose, companionate marriage is
thoroughly pagan, if the purpose of
life is happiness" she said.
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BROKEN FATHER
GOES FREE FOR
KILLING OF SON
Slayer CoIIapSeS in Arms of
Wife and Daughter
After ACquittaI.
BY w. F. SULLIVAN
United Press staff Correspondent


CHICAGO, Nov. 23.-Pathos, grief
and drama combined in a courtroom
scene which closed Thursday, when
penitent, broken father, acquitted
of the murder of his son, collapsed
in the arms of his wife and mother.
The father. Arthur Falk, in sober
realization of what he had done in
a moment when his mind was fired
with alcohol, was a pathetic figure
as he listened to his 19-year-old
daughter Vernus unwillingly tell the
story.
He wept aloud in his grief. YER
nus wept on the stand when she was
asked to point out the man in the
courtroom who killed her brother
Eldred, 81, with a shotgun.
Up to that moment she had talked
in steady voice. She broke down.
however, when she extended her
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

hand and pointed to her father
saying: There"
Falk's wife and mother, sitting to-
gether a short distance from the
witness stand, began to cry. The
picture of grief, gripping the little
family, stirred the jury and spec
tators. Many in the crowd wept.
Vernus took the stand against
her wishes, but the law demanded.
She and her mother, who had been
bitter toward the defendant, re-
Tented after the trial got under way
and asked that prosecution be
dropped. Mrs. Falk was prohibited
from testifying under a law pre-
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NOV. %. 1928

that the empty bottles he was carry
ing were to be filled with hooch
and made from his own little still
and sold to city employees. The
officer requested to see the plant
and was graciously accommodated.
AS a result of his courtesy the boot
logger is "out of business"
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venting the state from using a wife's
testimony against husband.
The girl told in rather steady
voice how her father had come
home drunk one night last summer.
Her brother Eldred rebuked him,
Vernus testified.
I'D rather be dead than see you
come home this way" he said.
Eldred was dead few minutes
later.
HE started to pack his grips,
Vernus said on the stand, land
threatened, to leave home. Father
heard him packing and went to the
room. We heard a shot and when
we arrived there Eldred was dead
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Ben Ruffin of Richmond, Va, in
ternational president of the club,
was the guest of honor and prin-
cipal speaker.
Arthur E. Call of Anderson, di-
rector in the international organi-
zation, and Lynn Craig of Scots
burg, district governor, also spoke.
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LIONS TO HELP BLIND
GET START IN BUSINESS
Endowment Fund Is Arranged at
State Officers Meeting.

D't00O OAAAOOAS 1FAOOOHI5'
An endowment fund for the hene-
fit of blind students who desire to
establish themselves in business is
to be maintained by Indiana Lions
Club.
Arrangements for the fund, which
will be started with $4,000 and in
creased gradually, were made
Thursday at the semi-annual meet
ing of the state officers of the club.
1t viii be founded Immediately, and
will be used to aid graduates of the
Indiana school for the blind.
A dinner in the Chamber of
Commerce followed the meeting.
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ACCOMMODATING PAYS?

Genial BOOtIegger Finds 1t Costs
Him His Business.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 23.-There was
a bootlegger in this town who is
accommodating if nothing else. He
explained to an officer of the law
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-18

Benavides, lot ~ il block 80, city Of
Harlingen, $500.
j. B. Harper Of al TO James-Dickin-
son Farm Mortgage CO, all farm
blocks GO, 10 and IA. containing ld.03
acres, Fl Jsrdin subdivision, share 10,
$40. etc.
II. 7. Ramey ct al to Lydia Mitsch,
all lot ., block g. Harlingen Heights,
$40, etc.
y. X. Wilcoxon 20 lydia Mitsrh,
lots IL and IL in block 63 and lots
is. 10 and 20 I'm block 5S, townsite OF
Santa Rosa, $40, etc.
III. l.. Chapman TO Walter Iversons
lots 6. 4, and 8 out Of Colonia
Mitchell addition, city OF Harlingen,
$40, etc.
First National Co., To Walter Iver-
son, north 6.a1 acres Of south 24.9i
acres OF block f3, IT.. XXX. Bishop sub
division, $40, etc.
Gertrude Frye de Barrcra 60 MI to
J. A. Ramirez, lot 3 in block 4. Fran
cisca addition to San Bcnito, $75-
s. F. Ewing TO A. Tamm. all lots
! an az In block I, Arroyo Vista ad-
@ition TO Harrington. $40, etc
Port Isabel Co. To O. @. H~odgdon,
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farm blk. lee containing so acres
ont Of Ell Jardin Eubd., 81 etc.
G. z. DiehI ct al A. 4. Bush. lot
8. blk. 3. Broadway subdy survey
4s. Harrington Land and Water Co.
subd- $40 etc.
]. c. Fairbairn 10 Mrs. w. Fair
BARN. lots /, 2. a. s and 6 In blk.
1875. original townsite Of Hsrlingen,
$40 etc.
c. H. Brown 10 Geo. Mayer, lot I
OF ". x. Bishop re-subdivision or
farm blk. 141. Harrington Land G.
Water Co.. subd.. SO etc.
A. G. Greeman ct al to T.. H. FREE
man. s. 80 acres Of blk. 50. Harlin-
zen Land and Water Go. subd. a.
$40 etc.
Brownsville Realty Co. TO J. r..
Boory. part OF share SO, Espiritu
Santo Grant. $40 etc.
Helen c. Bowie ct al to X. A.
Bowie. lot 4 in Blk. 2. Third Adm.
to city or San Beaito. $40 etc.
H. L. Faulk to Nj. r. Hall. LOT !
In blk. 50. West Brownsville add
ton. city Of Brownsville. $40 etc.
James-Dickson Farm Mortgage Co.
10 w. s. Lawson, Ell al. north 1916
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p. M. Bonneau. lot 2. blk. So. city Of
Point Isabel. $3.50.
Port Isabel Townsite 4 Dew Co.
TO 5. Bonnsaeu, lot "a, blk. "a, city
Of Point Isabel. $3.50.
S. +. Ewing 20 A. +. Hasselmeier,
lot 5 In blk. 126, townsite Of Harlin-
gen. s25 etc.
II. r. Ramsey Cd Al TO X. s. Max
well. all lets z. s and . in blk. 3 OF
Harrington Heights Adm, city OF
Harrington. SO etc.
Port Isabel Co. 10 Mrs. Emma j.
Weeks. lot 2 in blk. 20, city Of Point
Isabel. $1,000.
Blanche Young ct nj to A. w.
Pauly. lot Ia. survey AZ. 81 etc.
L. Z. StieEnberg ct al to Z. p,
McElwrath. fraction lots 2 and 9 In
blk. 2. Castle Court Annex, addition
to Harrington. $500.
al Parker Sec. Co. to M. e. Lin
Vile. lots III and 12 in blk. rs Of
the Townsite Of Olmito. $1,000.
Port Isabel Co. TO VI. r. Goldsmith
ct al. lots / and Ia. blk 50 Of city
Of Port Isabel. $500.
! L. O. Mott ct nj 10 M. B. Boucher,
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acres ont Of block .. I'll Jardin sub.
divisiors s4.340.
B. +. Dodson ct al 60 A. B. Carsten
lot I, kissk Al, townsite or San Be
nito, SIC etc.
Johnson east 2o aeres Of block 81
c. r. RedIupa ct al TO "A. l.
Johnson, east 20 acres Of block O.
Harlings1 Land aud Water Co.'S sub
division, 80. etc
+. s. Champion ct al to Santa
Maria Independent School District
all lots 2 and 8, in block Z, Townsite
Of Santa Maria, $40, etc.
Rio Grande Properties. Inc, 20 J.. X.
Selovcr lot 5-B containing 5.56 acres
out Of Acacia Lake Gardens subdi-
vision, 81, etc.
II. S. Goodson ct al to ]. c. Bennett,
part OF share ~ containing 10.42
acres, $40. etc.
j. J. Willingham et MI 20 "A. u.
Bowen, lot 4 in block I, Ia Quinta ad-
dition TO city Of Harrington, $40. etc.
Port Isabel Co., to H. Z. Tandy, lot
3, block Is, city Of Port Isabel, $40,
etc.
b. A. Chamberlain 81 al to Felix
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Real Estate
Transfers

A. D. Wyatt ct al TO c. n. Wyatt,
lot 2 in blk. !, Taylor addition, city
Of HarlinRsn. SO etc.
r. s. Plumb ct al to Il. G. An
guerra, part Of share 20, Esp. santo
grant. containing % acres Of land,
S2.750.
Raul Trevino ct al to Carolina G..
de Trevino. ell lot 4 OF Alba Junior
subd.. Of blk. IL. townsite Of San Be-
nito. 81 etc.
]. c. Tubb ct al to w. w. Todd,
strip of land % feet in width off
the south side Of Lot s. George b,
Brown subd.. SO etc.
E. H. Cilley ct al to Dwight Gil
lev, all blk. Is. Parker tract. contain
ing 44.55 acres out Of Fres Land &
Irrig- Co.. $40 etc.
Port Isabel Townsite e. Dew. Co. "a
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Mercedes, Texas

Queen City Service Station
La Paloma Service Station
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These dealers are your neighbors. They
pay taxes in your Community and con-
tribute in a general way to the material
prosperity you enjoy. AS you drive
along the streets you will recognize
these dealers by the Humble Signs dis
played upon their places Of business.
When you patronize them you can be
u r Of getting ablemerchandise
at reasonable cost, delivered to you in
a prompt and efficient manner.
Generally, these men w and oper.
ate their own businesses--a partner.
ship composed of two or three, broth.
ers or close friends, the type that by
nature radiates a spirit Of friendIiness.
The man who waits on you is the sort
ofchap youcancall Bill" O." CharIie,"
or "Joe"-~who takes the trouble to find
out your name and always calls you by
it; who remembers that you wants lbs.
OF air in your tires, reminds you regu-
larly that you need another quart of
Humble Motor Oil, or that the crank
case oil ought to be changed; and who,
even though he sells a competitive
make Of tires, will do all that he pos.
sibly can to help you get service out of
the ones that are on your car.
Patronize these men regularly--buv
your new tires from them, as well as
Humble Motor Oil and Humble Flash.
like Gasoline. Let them service your
b%atteryand fix your punctures. THERE'S
extra value in everything they sell you;
and, in addition you get that priceless
ingredient, service cheerfully given"
HUMBLE OIL s. REFINING COMPANY
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Mission, Texas

Gonzales Garage
Humble Service Station
Smith Service Station
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Iot 2. block ~, CITY Of Port Isabel
$3.50.
II. W.. st. John to Alice L. Hinkly
LOT 4 in block ia, third addition %
city OF San Benito, $1,000
w. "A. Mitchell Ut al To C. g. Farris,
south cne-half of block 20, contain
ing 10 acres, Evans subdivision,
$3.50.
Port Isabel Irrigation CO. 70 q. r.
Convey, north . acres Of block 20, Bay
side Gardens subdivision. $1,000.
q. WI. Treece at MI 10 wv. q. Reed
et al, north one-half or block "a, con-
tanning 10 acres out Of III. At III. sub
division No. I, $500.
y. +. McCarty et MI 20 NJ. NJ. Nc
Carly, east 2l.g3 acres or farm block
3Sl, out Of San Benito Irrigation Co..
$40. etc.
u. T. McDermott eft al Co IT. H. Har-
win, east 20 acres az block 80, survey
271 and 272, Briggs a. Coleman sub
division, SO. etc.
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RICH MAN WEEDS COOK
BOuL0GNE, France.-Given notice
BY his cook after 15 years service,
Henri Cortland, rich widower, pro-
posed marriage and was accepted.
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|HidaIgO County
Grand Jury Meets

EDINBURG, Sept 1S4-Tha 10Th
district court grand jury entered
their second day of B~ervice Tuesday.
having been sworn I'm Monday by
Judge Hood Boone at the opening of
the September term of court.
The men serving are WV. R. Lub-
book, WI. r. GanRway, M. G. CavasoS.
Jim Shelves, "A. G. Clagett, WI. I'D.
Cavasoa, Harry Oliver. D- G.. Hutley.
wv. VI. Doughty. Jr, Ben Rautledgc
and wv. III. Hampton.
Judge Boone war 70 set the docket
Tuesday.
The 93rd district court. Judge y.
E. Leslie presiding, had IN full day
Monday IN hearing suits and damages.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-18

CARPENTER "A SUN FAKER
LONDON.--For pretending ne was
q specialist III the sun-ray cure"
Patrick Faulkner, IN carpenter, wnA
sent to fail.
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c. c. Siderius Service Station No. I
c. c. Siderius Service Station No. 2
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WeslacO, Texas

O. 5. Il. Service Station
Humble Service Station
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Junction Service Station
Egly Service Station
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-05

MARROW CARPETS. both plain and figured are all in the
Summer Sale There are more than hundred coorincs
among the plain carpets and there great selection of
patterns among the figured goods Thousands yards are
in this Offering all of them marked at the Sale prices
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-05
SOFAS and CHAIRS

THE BEDFORD SOFA. adelighrful pieceforthesm
type living room, is covered in muslin. $40
THE ONEIDA LOVE SEAT a two-part sofa is
marked, in It's cover of denim, at SIS
AN ENGLISH CLUB SOFA with low English arm,
excellent spring construction, hair filled, and cush-
ions of down: comes in wide range of covers, in
Guiding Mohairs, Damasks and Brooatclles Speci-
ally priced at. $3.50
THE RALEIGH SOFA. covered in muslin and of the
usual fine Sloane construction, is now . S170
THE CHATHAM Easy Chair, an ideal reading chair,
covered in muslin, is SOS
OPEN ARM CHAIRS in Mahogany, upholstered in
Damask or Tapestry $50
THE CHARLES CLUB CHAIR. large and unusually
comfortable piece, covered in hand-blocked linen
is now 500
THE BENNINGTON WING CHAIR, a comfortable read
ing chair, covered in muslin is =. SIS
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TO
TESTIFY FOR
TEXASWOMAN
State Chemist Also In
Called to Bastrop to
Co On Stand For
Mrs. Waybourne

BASTROP. July 25.-tP-Governor
Dan Moody and State Chemist B. w.
Wardlow have been slbpoenaed To
testify in behalf Of Mrs. w. W. Way
bourne, charged with the murder OF
her husband, it was learned here to-
day. Wardlow is here ready to take
the stand. Mrs. Waybourne, sehed-
uled 70 testify in her own behalf,
was PROSTATE Of nervous hysteria
this morning, and at 1880 a. r.,
Judge j. b. Price recessed court until
1880 p. m.
Wardlow is expected to testify con-
eerning the supposed exhumation OF
the body of J. J. Middleton. alleged to
have been poisoned BY his son, Hugh
Middleton, blacksmith. who testified
yesterday that he hired a Mexican To
kill Waybourne nc Mrs. Waybourne's
request. Middleton is under indict-
ment in both the deaths Of his father
and Waybourne.
The defense theory in the Way-
bourne trial is that the widow was
implicated in the plot to kill her hus-
band because she supposedly refused
TO keep silent about something she
knew Of the elder MiddIeton's death
last fall.
Reason for the summons for Gov
ernor Moody was not revealed.
MRS. Naybourne had been called to
take the stand Wednesday to offset
testimony Of Middleton, who turned
states evidence yesterday and told
how ne, at Mrs. Waybourne's bid
ding, hired Mexican 70 kill her hus-
band, whose insurance premiums
they had been paying.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-25
Will
RETAINOFFICE
Reported to Have
Checkmated Move
OF Rockefeller

NEW YORK. July 25.-CP,-The
New York World today says that
Colonel Robert W. Stewart, chair
man Of the board of the Standard Oil
company of Indiana, has checkmated
efforts of John d. Rockefeller Jr.
10 force him from leadership of the
S5O0,000.000 corporation.
According TO unimpeachable in
formants, says the World, Colonel
Stewart has corralled 81 per cent OF
the stock Of the corporation. which
he now controls by ownership or
proxy.
Demands that Colonel Stewart re-
sign his post were made by Mr..
Rockefeller after Stewart refused to
testify before the senate Teapot
Dome investigation committee.
The world says Wall street is talk
ing Of a possible tightening Of the
alliance between Harry f. Sinclair,
head Of the Sinclair Consolidated Oil
company, and Colonel Stewart. Op-
erations of the two companies al
ready have been combined in the
purchase Of crude oil and transpor-
tatIon Of oil BY pipe line. Their pos
siDle operation as a unit would ere
ate the largest single group in the
oil refining and marketing industry
IN the world.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-25
SECRET RADIO
SET IS FOUND
Guns, ro,yder Found
In Quebec With
Wireless Station

QUEBEC, July 25.-(PD-Ths mys-
terry of a powerful radio station
which interfered with the reception
Of programs from licensed stations
in the United States and Canada
has been solved, but another mys-
terry in connection with it today
threatened international complica-
tions.
Investigators from department Of
justice discovered the unlicensed
radio station in a house in Sillery.
a Quebec suburb, and also a large
quantity OF dynamite and a stock OF
rifles. The radio station. they
said, was capable Of communicating
with European capitals.
Auguste Nelna, 81, and his son
Arsene, 21, were arrested and charg-
ed with illegal possession Of explo-
sives. Arsene also was charged
with theft Of radio equipment
from the Canadian Marconi COM
pany. The two pleaded guilty and
were held without bail pending a
further investigation.
Arsene Nelna, police said. was
born in Lemberg, but has been a
resident Of Quebec for 10 years.
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Alleged Slayer
OF Girl Eludes
Sheriff's Posse

BRoWNWooD, Tex. July 25.-Al-
though sheriff's officers combed the
hills Of south Hamilton county last
night they reported today that thew
were unable to find a trace Of Bert
Msyfield. ~, charged with murder
in the death OF Ruby Osborne. IL
year-old Goldthwaite girl. who was
fourd unconscious on the highway
several miles from her home a week
ago.
Murder charges we're filed against
Mayfield yesterday after the girl
had died without regaininr con-
sciousncss. Her skull was crushed
and her shoulder broken and Off
GERS expressed the belief that she
had either jumped or been thrown
from a moving automobile.
Mayfield. whose home is az Indian
Gap, Hamilton county. was said 10
have told an uncle here that the
girl jumped from his car. He dis
appeared the day after the girl was
found. He had been employed in
a garage here.
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WRECKED
PLANE FOUND
Believed Piece OF Nun
gesser-Coli Air
Air Craft

COPENHAGEN. July 25.-(P)-A
fragment Of airplane wreckage with
some silver and bronze colorad fab
ric attached 70 il has been picked
up off the Jutland coast.
In the belief that the wrecknge
may possibly be part Of the Nunges-
ser-Coli plane. lost last year, the
fragment has been sent to Paris for
Identification.
The wreckage was found by DR..
Erode, a Danish physician. There
was a wireless receiver among the
fragments and as the Nungesser-
Coli plane is the only one missing Of
apparently similar description, DR..
Erode communicated with the French
legation.
Before the piece of wreckage is
sent 70 Paris it will be studied by
two Danish experts who say that L
is not improbable that il Is a por-
tion Of the Nungesser-Coli plane,
the white Bird"
The white Bird" manned BY
Captain Charles Nungesser and Cap
tain FRANCHISE Coli left lie Bourget
airdrome on the morning Of May 3,
1927, and after being reported over
Ireland disappeared from sight. Dis
patches from Paris at that time said
that no wireless apparatus was car
ried, the extra room being utilized
for the storage of additional gaso-
line.
No trace whatever of the machine
has been found during the past
year.
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BUILDING new
ROADTOPOINT
Cutoff Will Be Open
For Traffic In
Three Weeks

Brownsvilles third highway con-
neetion with Point Isabel will be
opened within three weeks, according
70 the estimates of county engineers
who report that work on the cutoff
from the Boca Chica road to the Bar
redaPoint Isabel road Is progressing
rapidly.
A large drag line dredge was moved
the first OF the week to a point about
three miles south of the Barreda-
Point Isabel highway where a heavy
fill across the lagoon outlet is being
constructed. Grading Of tn, highway
j. being handled BY the county ma
chimes.
The cutoff will extend from the
big bend Of the Rio Grande near the
Drive ranch on the Boca Chica road
north and east to the BarreGa-Point
Isabel road, intersecting the latter
about l-2 miles from Point Isabel.
The cutoff will be about 10 miles in
length, following the high ground be-
tween the lagoons. The road starts
at a point 14.6 miles from Browns
willie and approximately 8 miles from
Boca Chica. IL follows closely the
general line of an old trail through
the lagoon section.
The county highway department re-
ports that the distance from the
court house to Point Isabel by way Of
the Boca Chica road and cutoff is
273 miles, as compared with 29.S
miles by way of Los Fresnos, or 25.i
miles by way of the old Point Isabel
road and Iona Alta lake.
The cutoff road will be we'll graded
and is expected TO carry a heavy
traffic, especially during the summer
and fall fishing and hunting seasons.
The grade across the lagoon outlet
will contain no culvert and will act
as a dixie to prevent the flow Of tidal
waters into the large area of low land
east and south Of Iona Alta lake.
Engineers have not definitely de-
cided what effect this will have upon
the upper lagoons, but express the
belief that most Of the water in that
area is the result Of tidal overflow
and not from drainage discharge or
overflow from the Rio Grande. The
erection Of the grade may result in
the drying up a large part Of the Ia
COON area west of the cutoff road.