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The Carbon County news., 1928-11-15

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reason why it is so superior in aroma and flavor
Hill Bros Coffee is roasted by patented continuous process
e pounds time. Every coffee berry roasted evenly develop
ing the flavor and strength And all this goodness
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The Alaskan., 1928-02-03
STELLA M. ATWOOD

The resolutions had to do with INDIAN CITIZENSHIP, INDIAN SURVEY, INDIAN WELFARE and INDIAN AFFAIRS. Relative to the
 Indian Citizenship it was resolved
 that the clubs reaff1rmed support or
 such legislative as is designed to
 give the Indian rights as a citizen
 under the Constitution to due pro
 cess of law, peaceful aasemblage,
 religious liberty and an accounting
 of acts of guardians. As to Indian
 Survey it was resolved that Senate
 Resolution 341 be indorsed as q
 step toward the ultimate solution
 of the Indian problem. (Senate
 Resolution 341 was for a general
 survey of the conditions of the In-
 dians of the United States and for
 other purposes connected therewith) . As to Indian Welfare; Resolved that the Legislative Committee of the General Federation be author ized to act in such an emergency. l (The emergencies referred to are ] riders" to certain appropriation bills which have in view the ruth less exploitation of the potential wealth of the Indians The Women's 8 Clubs are against them-the rid ers''-) As to Indian Affairs: Re- lative to the policy of the Secretary of the Interior to place responsibili- ty for conduct of Indian Affairs on the States wherein the Indians re- side, thusly lessening Bureau con trol and turning over to State man. agement the budget allotments made to tribes within the States and bear ! ing particularly on education, health
 and agriculture. It was resolved that the Club indorse legislation looking toward that end.
 Mrs Atwood is the chairman of
 the Indian Welfare Department of the General Federation of Women's
 Clubs.
The Alaskan., 1928-02-03
HERE IS A GOOD GOOD POSITION
FOR A REAL WORKER

We are offering Permanent Posi- tions to a few reliable men and wo- men, in which an excellent income from side-earnings even to PART TIME workers acn be made. During our 35 years in business we have ap- pointed over 518,OOO agents whc supply our household necessity to sur customers in every country in the world. Many of our agents have been with us over thirty years and have achieved Financial Inde- pendence. Increasing local de- mands and repeat orders, make t necessary to appoint more local re presentatives in many localities in the United States. No special eX- perience or capital required. A straight forward, dignifed business Why not represent the largest ana best known house of it's kind in the world. Send us your address and the Manager of our Appointment Bureau will send you FULL PAR. TICULARS. When we appoint an agent we furnish free samples for Trial Tests in the homes of your locality, etc.
 Address ALPHEUs BANCROFT WASHINGTON, D. C., (Attention Clerk No. D, 143S U CYoul Street, N. W.
The Alaskan., 1928-02-03

foul in it. He has cost his back many an uncomfortable hour. Don! worry about our taxes, little boy, Your own taxes will cause enough of that. THE ALASKAN doesn't owe the city nickle in taxes, never has sought an illegal rebate and has paid up always what the town had against it.
 What we said about the Scow Bay Mills was true. The mills WE'RE cut off of current to such an extent that they had to close. The man agement is coming back to the town with steam machinery so that it may turn a wheel without some one ire sponsible dictating when, where and how to start up. We fancy the city got no favorable advertising on this bit of play.
 We hold no particular brief fol Worth, but what we said about the tearing out of equipment-just as il was written-is TRUE. If you don't think so, bring the above matters in to court.
The Alaskan., 1928-02-03
TO LOWER DUTY ON DIAMONDS

There is something about pretty stones that appeal to us. Probably this appeal is part of us that clings since we dropped out of trees and took to caves in the cliffs where we decked ourselves in all sort of stuff from leopard hides to hunks of rusty iron. Woven material has taken the place of copper scraps and iron ore. This inherited long ing for decorations is still strong, else there'd be no sale for carbon
 baubles, jade and colored crystals
 What We can't find that is suitable, we make, such as glass beads, imi- tation pearls and other so-called or some and load others with sinkable
 du-dads that we could we'll do with out To offset the $40,000,000 in precious stone value that is annual ] Iy smuggled into the United States,
 Emanuel Celler (Dem.) of New York has introduced bill, Jan. 11th, to reduce the duty on dfa-
 monds and other stones from 20 pIr- cent to 5 per cent ad valorem. The value of the stones smuggled is
 practically as large as that of le- gitimate importations, and those
 who sell duty paid stones can't com pete with those houses dealing in lsmuggled rocks. However, the re- duction in duty won't make much If any, difference in diamond prices. You will still be obliged to pay sev-
 e1al times what the things are ac-
 tually worth
The Alaskan., 1928-02-03

The Daylight, a train running on the Southern Pacific between Los Angeles and Frisco covers the nearly 500 miles in daylight. It is the longest nonstop run of any train in the world. The British used to claim the longest nonstop run between London and Glasgow. 400 miles.
The Alaskan., 1928-02-03
IF YOU DON'T HIT TOO HARD

Near Dayton, Ohio, is an old army sergeant who is an expert in fold ing parachutes Folding para chute so that it will open quickly and correctly is an art, and the ser geant is an artist Young hiers must take, in training, at least one parachute jump a year. They go to the old non-com. and get him to fold their parachutes for them As they go off with the folded silk and ropes he advises them thusly: ri this one doesn't work, come back and I'll give you another"
The Alaskan., 1928-02-03
GOOD BOY, O'MALLEY

Elsewhere, in the columns of THE ALASKAN, will be found re- ference to the steelhead regulations as received from the Departmnt of Commerce. Before these regulate came out-January 6th-there was no open season at all for steelhead trout. The local Chamber of Com merce took the matter up and re- quested the Dept. of Commerce to name an open season for steelhead fishing. Earl Dinner wrote letters of his own bearing on the matter and the response, from the. United
 States authorities was both speedy and surprisingly agreeable. A two months open season was asked for,
 but this was cut two weeks The Department of Commerce may lengthen this later on after it is learned just how the new ruling works out. In this matter Henry O'Malley has done the agreeable thing. Really, it is more than we expected. O'Malley has been severe ly fiayed, ripped up one side and down the other and generally abused, but the more we dig into his actions the more we believe he is endeav- bring to play fair as he, himself, sees the game. His is a mighty hard position to fill. There are wealthy fish interests pulling at him from one side and the real catcher6 of fish jerking him from the other. He is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. Tn the steelhad re gulations as they are in this district there is an opportunity for those who fish to make a little money iE the early season. Salmon are in no manner harmed as there aren't any salmon running in steelhead. season, nor for some time after the steel had quit running. The two months asked for was not too long, but to get fishing allowance for even 45 days Is a benefit and is appreciated.
 Steelheads are for the most part caught in gillnets Some are cap- tured in drag seining for dolly var den trout as both fish frequent the same waters at times. There is no danger of fishing them extensively enough by these methods to hurt the average runs. At best there are no great numbers in any of the streams, but a few now and then are captured and bring in money at just that time of the year when money is needed.
The Alaskan., 1928-02-03
AS TO INDIAN WELFARE
Riverside, California, January 5th, 1928

Riverside, California,
 January 5th, 1928 Hon. Dan Sutherland, House Office Building, Washington, D. c. My dear MT. Sutherland:
 At the Biennial Council Meeting at Grand Rapids last June, the in- closed resolutions were adopted by the General Federation of Women's Clubs Perhaps it will be of inter est to you to know exactly the char acter of legislation the Federation is willing to support. Cordially yours,
 STELLA M ATWOOD
The Alaskan., 1928-02-03
41< PER GENT LIBERTY BONDS
 OF 1928

Holders of 1928, A per cent Liberty Bonds, if they so desire may exchange same for new Treasury Notes at par bearing 3A per cent interest. The Notes will be dated January 18th, 1928 and mature De- cember 18th, 1882.
 Liberty Bonds, AZ per cent, ol 1928 mature September 18th, 1925 and bear no interest after that date
The Alaskan., 1928-02-03
John s. Hemphil,
Ferguson, Missouri.

(Note-Reprinted from LABOR, Washington, D. O.
 The soldier, Hemphill, was ser geant of Marines and died on the firing line at Manangua, Nicaragua, in early January, 1928.
The Alaskan., 1928-02-03

It seems that the economy plan of President Coolidge Is one of the SC rious snags that the Fairbanks Col lege ran up against when trying to get government appropriations un- der the Hatch and other Acts. It appears that for all school purposes in Alaska the government holds pretty tight fist.
The Alaskan., 1928-02-03
WE WONDER HOW THIS'LL
 STRIKE COOLIDGE
MT. Calvin Coolidge,
 Washington, D. c. Dear MT. President


 Dear MT. President
 According to dispatches of today, January 3rd, from Managua, my son, Sergeant Jno. F. Hemphill, was kill ed in action against General San dino's loyal troops. For the death of my son I hold no malice nor ill will toward General Sandino nor any of his men, for I think-and believe 90 per cent of our people will agree with me-that they are today fighting for their liberty, as our forefathers fought for our lib- erty in 1776, and that we as a na- tion have no legal nor moral right to be murdering those liberty-loving people in a war of aggression. What we are doing is no less than mur der for the sole purpose of keeping in power a puppet president and act ing as collector for Wall Strett, which is certainly against the spirit and letter of our Constitution My son was 29 years old, served three years of his third enlistment, sur vived honorable service through the World War against Germany, only to be officially murdered in a dis graceful war against this little 9a- tion. My father served through dhe Civil War, my two grandfath@ @rs died in action in the same war, and am proud of their records, sothis is not from the pen of red radical but from one who loves justice and fair play.
 I have four sons, and if necessity arose, I would be willing to sacri- flee not only all four sons, but my own life as we'll in a war of defenBe, but I am not willing to shed dne drop of blood in a war of aggression, such as this one Is. You have lost a son and you know the sorrow, and we, as nation mourned with you in your hour of grief. Suppose that son had fallen, as my son has, vic tim to the greed of Wall Street, woud you feel that the financial gain was worth the cost?
 John s. Hemphill Ferguson, Missouri.
 (Note-Reprinted from LABOR, Washington, D. O.
 The soldier, Hemphill, was a se ser- geant of Marines and died on the firing line at Manangua, Nicaragua. in early January, 1928.
The Alaskan., 1928-02-03

The U. s. s Princeton, a gunboat of the old Asiatic squadrun has been sold in Seattle recently for the copper in the hull. She was con structed in 1895 in Camden, N. J.
The Alaskan., 1928-02-03
ANOTHER DRIBBLE FROM THE
 PEE-PEE

The January 27th issue or the oee-pee gets something more off it's chest This dribble, although with Gut weight, force and of no reach, sounds like Schoettler. Tjlere is as much difference between it's foul nest blast and the effusion of the 27th as there is between soot and flake white in color. Schoettler seems to want the credit of writing the foul nest article. He may have it. We surely don't want it, nor down to brass nails do we care who got it up.
 Were it not for the fact that he has Cor the pee-pee has) injected some new stuff in his shoe fitting comeback, we would not have talk on any trouble nor time in a reply. He appears to be worried about the taxes we pay-or as he has it, don't pay. We should imagine that tho matter of taxes would be the last thing he'd care to bring up.. To begin with We were paying taxes in Alaska before little boy blew was born,-in truth, even before tho town of Petersburg was even thot Of The pee-pee editor will have to go some to catch up.
 How about the old tax amount against the pee-plant? Who paid it? It ran to nearly $4OO didn't it? We know that when We were scout ing around with the assets of the then defunct printery, there was a delinquency against the thing of about that sum, and the town was VERY ANXIOUS that It's account be settled before anything else was done. For some reasons it (the city) didn't press the pee-pee very hard after schoettler got on the ground. In fact it-the city-made an LEGAL compromise It seems that anything illegal was fine and dandy with the foul nest press man. An illegal cut off of the city tax-in Schoettlers favor, was jake with him. Schoettler got the pa per-some way-and tax receipt for about one-fifth of what was, and is, legally due the town A city has the power to assess, levy and collect money for it's support. It has no right, nor power, to refund nor to accept a lower amount than is of record as due. And the amount due shall REMAIN as a lien against said property. How was this ar ranged? Did the pee-pee editor have anything to do with it? Who are back of this illegal transaction? Nice thing, isn't it, to squawk about taxes when the squawker, himself, owes the city practically $500. in delinquent assessments. Talk of town betterment, civic pride and city advancement come with bum graces with delinquent tax sum of such proportions sinking behind in the background. It seems to us that the subsidizers of the pee-pee were a bit careless in this matter What arrangements were made with those who claimed ownership of the paper and plant is no bodys particular concern. They could have turned the whole affair over to Schoettler loI HoLHlH6 II they cared so tO QO. But when the people of the town have a claim-when the city govern ment has a bill-against the proper ty, it can't be laughed off for a fifth of it's face value. It is evident that Schoettler was just the man to fit in with the back-stage program of the dark cover political and social wire pullers. The desire to make 1t easy for him seems to have over run any claims of the city. The DOW CTS that were-and are yet, but to a rnunh lorsor dannoo ~A..~~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15
Mrs. Hawkes.
Father Dies AT
Palestine Home

Word was received here today by
Mrs. G. r. Hawkes.. 613 Eighth street
of the death Of her father, H. W.
Strong, rs, while he was visiting in
Palestine, Tex. The man had been
in poor health for some time but
when Mrs. Hawkes. visited him in
April he was apparently better, she
said.
Burial arrangements have not been
made pending the arrival Of a daugh-
ter. Mrs. ". A. Letzhworth Of Kan
sas City. Mo-, at Palestine. Mrs.
Hawkes. in the meantime Is staying
in Brownsville with Mr.. Hawkes..
who is i'll.
Surviving children are five daugh-
tiers. Mrs. G. T. Spaulding of Waxa-
hachie. Mrs. L~egzworth Of Kansas
City. No. Mrs. U. H. Bryant, Of
Dallas: Mrs. Hawkes. Of Browns
willie; Mrs. NJ. X. Davis Of Okmul-
gee. Okla. and three sons, H. l..
Strong Of San Antonio. j. VI. Strong
Of Waco. and T. j. Strong Of Bos-
ton. Mass. Wife or the deceased
formerly visited in the Valley. She
has been dead about three years.
The deceased was formerly in gov
eminent service in Texas, and is well
known over the state. He has writ
ten several books and articles on
his work.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15
Home of Indy
Honors Fliers

ST. LOUIS. May 15.-CRl-Every
resource Of the city Of St. Louis as
host lay before the Bremen flyers
here today. The three famous air
men. Captain Koehl, Baron Won
Huenefeld and Major Fitzmaurice
who flew from Milwaukee yesterday,
found themselves surrounded on
every side by the hospitality OF Col
onel L~indbergh's home city.
As their ship, the Silvery F-13, n
sister craft TO the famous Bremen,
landed at Lambert-S:. Louis field
late yesterday. they we're engulfed
by the enthusiastic crowds who were
unwilling to wait until the parade
today.
A more formal reception awaited
them however and the trio we're
taken in three planes 10 Forest Park
where a short program of speaking
engaged their attention. In the even
ing they were guests OF Or. George
Ahrens, German consul. at a ban
quet where they paid tribute to Col
onel Lindbergh, who IL absent from
the city.
In his broken English CAPTAIN
koehl said the three mad been wait
ing for q long time 20 come to your
town. which is the home of Colonel
~LindberEh. the greatest aviator in
the world" Major Fitzmaurice said
he had hoped the flying colonel
would be here when they came. but
that was impossible.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15
In VALLEY

Continued from rage one)
but as a matter Of fact IL Is usually
just n few years.
Mrs. Ralph Warden of Brownsville
has a century plant at her home
that blossomed about q year ago.
Something like seven years after its
previous bloom.
THE FIRST SHIPMENT Of canta-
loupes cut Of the Valley this year
Is reported from Weslaco.
Grown by a Japanese farmer.
Catalogues appeared on the city
market in Brownsville q few days
ago.
A little late for the first Of this de-
lieious melon. Usually shows up
around the middle Of April.
Now n looks forward to the ar
rial Of the first watermelons of the
season.
Probably the first car will show UP
IN a few days somewhere IN the vi
entity Of Raymondville.
But small quantities should be ap-
pearing right now in the Brownsville
section.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15
STATE REALTY.
MEET SOUGHT
Local Group to Invite
1929 Session Here;
Leave Tomorrow

Decision to invite the 1929 eon.
vention of the State Association Of
Real Estate Boards to Brownsville
was reached at n meeting OF MEM
bers of the local board ut the cham
Der of commerce Monday after
noon. This meeting also was told
that IL members of it's group would
leave here Wednesday 10 attend this
years session of the state body,
which at San Antonio
Thursday.
The invitation frcm here In 10 be
seconded by the chamber of COM
merce, Mayor A. b. Cole. all the
luncheon clubs and all the other
civic organizations, and assistance
from the upper Valley towns is also
60 De asked, IL vas said.
Real estate men from practically
every town in he Valley are to
make the trip and il is understood
that each and every delegate will
carry with him an invitation from
his city for next years meet to be
held in Brownsville.
A. J. McColl Of McAllen is to head
the Valley delegation and Is TO is
sue the invitation in the form OF a
speech which he will make, probably
Thursday. IL vas said.
Plans for n grapefruit breakfast
for every delegate to the convention
from all parts Of the state also were
discussed at Mondays session here,
which was attended BY almost 20
members of the local board.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15
Ter

Continued from page one)
homes as the waters swirled through
that many residences.
These homes. however, we're safe
again Tuesday at noon. but the fam
continued in the minds Of the pub
lie from waters Of the watershed
of the San Juan river in Mexico.
The six-foot drop is expected TO
save the situation at Rio Grande
City. A greater crest than that Of
Monday is not expected, and there
is much doubt that it will he as
high.
Search for the .wo buses which
were washed away when the waters
Of Los Olnlos creek spilled suddenly
over the landscape early Sunday
could not be continued because Of
the wsshout Of the three bridges
between Rio Grande City and Roma.
No trace OF them has been reported
by residents Of the section where
the accident occurred.
Property loss from the upper re
gions of the river where the flood
was most " is expected to be
light as there Is practically no farm
ing in the section which was mum
dated.
Families living in the low lands
south Of Brownsville were preparing
TO ~evacuate their homes Tuesday in
the event such q move became neces-
sary. although it was believed that
the levees would hold back the rush
Of waters and w any damage in
that region.
Just how much water was to be
expected from the San Juan dis
trict was problematicsl. but IL was
understood that IL would be quite
a bit as il has been raining in that
region for some time past. Belief
that this rise would reach the lower
Valley only in time 10 keep the
river at a high stage for several
vas expressed here. There is
little chance that il will reach here
in time to affect The present crest,
il Is thought.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15

FOR HIGHWAYS
City Paving Contract
Let; 100000 Bond
Issue Talked

LYF0RD, May ia mass meeting
Of all citizens Of Lyford and vicinity
has been called for next Monday
night to discuss plans for the issu-
ance OF n $780, 900 bond issue 10 be
used in improving the highways OF
this district.
Decision to call the meeting was
reached at n joint session Of the city
council and chamber Of commerce
here Monday night, at which contract
for paving the public square was let
to the McElrath Construction COM
pany, which has the Willacy county
road paving contract.
Work on the city paving is TO be
accomplished concurrently with the
work on the county road through
here, and it is hoped to have the job
finished within the next few months.
Pouring Of concrete on the highway
job is to begin Thursday Of this week,
il is said.
The contracting firm agreed to han
die the city job at the same rate at
which the county work is handled.
and it is expected that the cost will
total in the neighborhood of 2 10000.
Sentiment in favor of the proposed
bond issue is very strong in this
section, and there is little doubt that
the meeting Monday night will decide
in behalf Of calling an election.
The road proposed to be paved will
run from east TO west and connect
up with the county highway on the
east and the Hidalgo county program
on the west il was said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-15
BREMEN Held
BY STORM AS
CREW FETED
Planes on Way
To Rescue Germans
Ship Snow Bound;
St. Louis Is Host

PICToU, N. s., May l5.-P)-Ad-
verse weather continued today 70
balk efforts or the United States
army air expedition To salvage the
transatlantic monbplane Bremen.
The army a%mphibian plane piloted
by Capt. Ira Eaker and carrying Fred
Melchior, Junkers mechanic, was
forced down at Tatanagouche. 80
miles from here in a heavy snow
storm. The other plane carrying
Major General Fechet, head of the
air expedition to Greenly Island. was
mud at Truro until high tide floated
Il off the flats.
Capt. Eaker, in a message to
Washington, said that a gale and
heavy SNOW barred further immedi-
ate progress for his plene.
LANDED Truro enroute Pictou on
account bad weather" said his mes
sage. "My plane broke anchor rope
and lost anchor. Had 70 take off
again 10 save plane. Forced down
Tatamagouehe. Heavy snow. Left
General Fechet's plane at Truro. My
plane uninjured. Will continue when
weather permits. Gale and heavy
snow now
The plane carrying General Fechet
and piloted by Lieut.. Elwood Que
sada was driven onto the mud flats
by wind which forced Capt Eaker
TO the air again. but was freed at
high tide and continued on here. The
army filters had hoped to reach the
Bremen yesterday and either land
with Melchior or have him drop in a
parachute to see IL il were possible
to fly the plane out. The Bremen
has been moved to the mainland from
Greenly Island because conditions are
considered better for a takeoff there.