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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-19
As to "Other Things"

Now as to other things. 1t seems
all very well to question the veracity
of statements appearing in The Re-
publican, (just the same thing as call
ing the writer of the statements a
teller of falsehoods), and then say it
is the desire of the editor of the Dem
ocrat to cooperate.
AS his front page article was en-
tirely unethical and out of place, be-
ing under the disguise of a news art
icle, so an answer to it would be en-
tirely out of place, except in this col
umn of jokes, ideas, etc.
Front page articles of belittling
comment of ones contemporary
passed out of good usage shortly after
the time of Horace Greedy many years
ago. Therefore, in bad taste.
AS the article in question was full
of doubts, Scoop in turn doubts very
strongly the assertion that the Dem
ocrat has averaged four new subscrib-
ers each week since the close of their
campaign.
The Republican two weeks ago pub
lished list of fourteen names which
had been added to the subscription
list within that week. The editor of
the Democrat, besides questioning this
statement said that if that number
were added during each week for the
next two years, the present circulation
of the Democrat would be reached
Then, according to his own figures
his subscription list contains 145f
names, several hundred below the cir
culation of The Republican. Scoop
really did believe that they had more
than that.
Yes, newspaper wars ended many
years ago. The last one in Oakland
caused the downfall of the Garrett
Journal.
And now that Scoop has all that
off his chest, he can say "Let the
truth be known" and he'll bet that
there won't be a difference of $50 pa
pers in the two subscription lists
but anyway, who cares about that?
AS a parting suggestion, Scoop
might repeat that this column is IL
able to contain almost anything, and
that it is the individual thoughts OF
the writer and of the writer alone
Now We'll all sing that glorious little
ditty suggested last week, Lets CO.
operate"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-19

Prior to the time when the Elephant
Butte Dam was built, farming in the
Rio Grande Valley was very uncer-
tain proposition. The farmers had
bitches made, but at times the snow
in the mountains melting so rapidly
with the warm June rains on the far
away source of the Rio Grande River,
had the effect of raising the river and
with the overflow on the lower lands
deposited the sediment thus making
the river bed higher than the ada
cent farm lands, thus changing not
only the course of the stream but in
many cases wiping out vast farms
which became the streams bed.
Many of these old river beds may
yet be seen in different parts of the
valley. And when the overflow had
drained away there was no water left
to irrigate the crops.
But all this has changed since the
dam was built and farmers can now
irrigate when they need to and be sure
of a crop so far as moisture is con-
cerned. The dam is 306 feet high,
1886 feet long and contains more than
100000 cubic yards Of concrete. The
cost of the dam alone was S5,000,000.
The reservoir has a capacity of
100000 acre feet or sufficient water
to irrigate for three years even if
there should be no fall of rain or snow
in that time. The lake is A miles in
length. Some places it is three miles
wide and is held in check by projecting
bluffs into the river valley.
There are several diversion dams
which are used to regulate the flow of
water into the main channel.
What is termed acre feet is one foot
of water over an acre and measured
by the flow through a small gate per
minute to cover an acre one foot deep.
The land is irrigated three times dur
ing the growing season at an average
cost of S218 per acre for the three ir-
rigations.
Cotton is the big money crop and
productions runs around $4,000 bales
annually in the valley, of an average
of one bale per acre. Corn, wheat,
barley ,oats, rye, are also grown. AL
falfa is the main forage crop, with
four to five cuttings each season.
Dairying in the valley is very prof
liable and trucks deliver milk to Ell
Paso at very remunerative price.
Practically all kinds of vegetables
and many different fruits are grown in
the valley. Of course no attempt is
made to produce oranges and grape
fruit.
The climate here is dry and invig-
Grating December 80 was the only
windy day since l came here. De-
cember 81 was calm and a beautiful
day-quite a contrast to zero condi-
tions the same day in other parts of
the country.
Sunday morning, January 1st, the
mercury stood at IS above, which is
said to be as cold as it ever gets here.
Since this date the weather has been
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-19
General Insurance, Clothing
and Dry Goods.
C. w. DIEFE N B A CHI
Grantsville, Maryland.
sLET GEORGE DO IT."
ROAD PETITION.

THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE, That
thirty days after the first publication
hereof, application will be made to the
Board of County Commissioners Of
Garrett County for the appointment
of viewers to examine and relocate
a portion of the public county road
leading from Oakland to Brookside,
said proposed change to begin at or
near a gate on F. L. Wensel's land and
running thence through the land Of
E. E. Sollars' estate and intersecting
the old road at or near the dwelling
house on the E. E. Sollars farm, a
distance of about one-fourth mile.
Said proposed change will eliminate 8
very steep hill and also blockade Of
road by snow drifts.
WALLACE BOWSER,
WESLEY L. WHITE,
w. R. BECKMAN and Others,
49-4t* :. Petitioners.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-19

promptly as possible. Trouble on tele-
phone lines is brought about by nu-
merous causes. Wind, rain and cleo
trio storms and snow and sleet, are
among the principal agencies result
ing in breaks in telephone lines and
cable.
In the early days Of the telephone
industry, when line was reported in
trouble, the repairmen started on a
still hunt to locate the fault. In many
cases this caused a great deal of lost
time owing to the slow modes of
travelling and because the facilities for
ascertaining the nature of the trouble
were limited. II the trouble was not
easily apparent to the eye and the
fault was overlooked by the repairman
on the first trip, it was sometimes
necessary to walk over the line sew
eral times. This not only worked a
hardship on the repairman, but also
kept the subscriber from the use of
his telephone.
Today this condition has been rem
edied by scientific development and
research, and the wire chief, a special
list in telephone trouble, measures the
line electrically with apparatus located
in the central Office. With this equip
ment he is able to tell the repairmen
whether the telephone is in trouble in
the central Office, in the cable, along
the line of open wire, or in the tele-
phone on the premises of the subscrib-
er. With this information in hand the
repairman travels to the approximate
location given by the wire chief and
in the greater number of cases, finds
the trouble and restores the telephone
to service in short period of time.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-19

unseen helper. And l thought of the
telephone operators, those gracious
workers on duty hours after most of
us consider ourselves entitled to a
well-earned rest; of their unfailing
tact and politeness.
"And pondered over the potentiali-
ties Of that power given to every
employe of the company who answers
the telephone-not the gift of song,
perhaps; not the genius of the orator
or the glory Of the singer; Just the
simple, kindly, heart-warming influ-
ence of the human voice-that organ
of the soul'-that mirror Of an inner
character that bridges the gap of I'M
seen miles and sends it's message of
helpfulness and courteous efficiency to
unknown listeners-the voice in the
telephone.
Then l glanced at my phone and
the little card hanging on the mouth
piece which says: BE courteous-It
Pays. 1t seemed to mean a great
reflection. I wonder if we employees
all give heed to those little sugges-
tions-I wonder If we realize that to
the fellow at the other end of the
telephone wire we are the American
Railway Express Company? What we
say over the phone in business hours
seldom, If ever, acts for or against us
personally, but it means lot to the
company.
eff we are courteous and pleasant
in our telephone conversations, if our
voice has smile in it, we make
friends for the company; otherwise,
enemies Who wants enemies, any
way? But who doesn't want friends?
1t is within our power to make either
one"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-19

Commenting on the value of cour-
tesy in business, L. w. Horning, chief
clerk to the superintendent of the
American Railway Express Company
at Indianapolis, writing in the Ex-
press Messenger recently, gives a few
facts on the subject in an interesting
way.
Yesterday afternoon" he writes,
"a patron telephoned to complain be-
cause one of our agents assessed stor-
age charges against his express ship
ment.
True, there was no street address
on the shipment; his name was not
in the city directory or the telephone
book. But didn't everybody know that
John Jones was the new president of
the Blank Ice Co.. Hadn't our own
hand clerk read in the newspapers
that he had just moved here from
Detroit?
THAT fellow was very discourteous
he refused to reason and l am sorry
to say he hung up the receiver still
mad, after doing everything but give
me 'cussing'.
THAT was near the end of a nerve
racking day-everything it seems,
went wrong yesterday, beginning
early in the morning when l cut my
chin while shaving. Before leaving
the office, however had an important
long distance call to make The time
was short, and the business urgent
I had to get that call through quickly.
at had been a hard day, too, no
doubt, for the telephone operator a.
the company switchboard, but as I
heard her soft, pleasant voice over
the wire, I was impressed with the
courtesy and the cheerfulness of this
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-19

Stranger still is the fact that, al
though they have seen the mistakes
of other papers commented upon, they
have never seen the comments made
about errors in The Republican which
seemed "conical." Any amusing mis-
take in this paper has been printed
as readily as other papers errors. 1t
was all for amusement--yet some did
not think so, witness the editor of the
Democrat.
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PAGE THREE

delightful. The nights are cool on ac~
count of the $500 feet altitude here
in town, but it becomes warm early in
the day.
E. w. KELSO.
Las Cruces, N. NJ, Jan. IA, 1928.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-19

Never trouble trouble till trouble
troubles you" is an old adage that
telephone repairmen cannot take lit
orally, for other peoples troubles make
1t necessary for them to look for
trouble.
When a telephone line is reported in
trouble, it is up to the wire chief and
repairmen to restore the service as
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-19

1t is with tears in the eyes that
Scoop discovers that readers of this
column have been taking seriously
all that appears herein.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-01-19
EXTRA WRONG FONTS
By Scoop.

THIS is A COLUMN COMPOSED
OF jokes, IDEAS, LUDICROUS
MISTAKES OF ANY PAPER, AND
OTHER THINGS-Composed this
week mostly of "other things" jokes
and ludicrous mistakes all combined.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-28
Fort Worth Live
Stock Is Higher
And About Steady

FORT WORTH, Nov. ESP
Hos: 900; steady to 10c hiher; ton
$50: desirable 1s5-2a0 ID hogs s.s5
Ms.s0: packing sows 7-25G7.75.
Cattle and calves: $500: grass
steers 600 and 1880; God fat cow
500; good fat ycarlinEs ian1.
weihty sausage bulls zoo; hea,,
stock calves HOO; slauThter calrpt
good to choice heavies 1850.
Sheep: 900; steady feeder lambr
9.o5; feeder wethers TOO.
KANSAS CITY. Nov. 2s.-p
Hogs: 5000; 10c higher; top SSsl
on lS0-3O0 lbs: packing sows s
Oslo; stock pigs. medium 70 choi-s
70-i30 lbs. $d756T.50.
Cattle: $500. calves 500: steers
and yearlings steady TO 25c higher
cows. f5M25c lower. slaughter stcr
good and choice I30O-I5O0 lbs. Sla
Ni6.50; If00-1300 lbs. sl2O0Tlf.HH.
950-IInO lbs. Sl2.25Gl6.T5: fcd vcs-'
linrs. good choice T5D-950 lbs. Sfpp-
Gi6.5O; heifers. good and choice ",
lba. down S11.25G14.75: cows. roa3
and choice $7.T501O.50; veaipr-
(milk-fed) medium to choice $50
I3; stocker and feeder steers. n1d
and choice Gall weights SlOni2.
sheep: $500; lambs 25d i0c high.
er; sheen strong 10 15c higher:
lambs, good and choice coz lbs.
down. si2 5O@lS.50. cwes. medium
70 choice (150 lbs. down. sL75a
TOO.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-28
WALL STREET
ENDS STRONG
Market Keeps on Up
ward Grade Des-.
pite Easiness

NEW YORK. Nov. 2S.-CP-The
stock market experienced one OF the
ouietest openings in weeks today.
although prices generally tended up
ward. Wright Aero opened with a
jump of 3 points. and Union Carbide
Of 2. Some Of the rails were frac-
tionally higher. including Canadian
Pacific and New Haven. National
Biscuit. however. fell about . 10
points, and yellow Truck yielded a
point. The transactions were COM
paratively small. in contrast to the
opening of blocks Of 5000
to $4,000 shares Of recent sessions.
The bull" movement quickly
gained momentum when pools dis
tributed large buying orders in .
wide assortment Of s~pecialties. oils
and rails. One block Of $4,000 shares
Of Mexican Senboard changed hands
at SO S. up s points: a block Of
$4,000 shares Of Pacific Oil. one Of
the lowest priced stocks on the
board. at ! SIS. up Is, and a block
Of 10000 shares or Consolidated Gas
at 80 10, up s.
Wright Aeronautical rapidly soar-
cd II - points. Gold Dust s Id 10
a new top at $50. Motor Products ;
and NationGl-Bella Hess s. Inter
ntional Nickel advanced 4 points 10
4 new high al - and American Su-
gar Refining . 1-2 to a new 1928 TOD
at % IL. Adams Express. LIQUID
Carbonic, Isterstate DepTfN ent
Stores, Northern Pacific. Union Pa
cific. Interboro Rapid Transit and
New York Dock show 81 early gains
of > TO nearly 5 points. There were
only a few soft spots. Radio fell
back > points, and Chesapeake &
Ohio i.
Foreign exchanges opened steady,
with cables unchanged.
The closing was strong. Sales
approximated 100000 shares.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-28
TURKEY DAY
CONTINUED from page one.)

CONTINUED from page one.l
authoritatively claim the Valley
championship.
The Harlingen Cards are to meet
the Laredo high school gridsters in
that city turkey day afternoon and
aside from this gridiron attraction
the Valley Mid Winter Fair will be
going full blast.
Numerous hunting parties are
preparing to leave here Wednesday
afternoon and early Thursday morn
ing.
The southwestern football classic,
Texas VS.. a. and NJ. is attracting its
FULL quota from Brownsville and the
Valley and this section will also be
represented at Fort Worth and
Houston where 7. c. U. and 5. NJ. Y.
and Rice and Bayor tangle, re-
spectively.
All protestant churches in this
city will unite in a service OF
thanksgiving at the First ~Preshyter-
ian church at 10 o'clock Thursday
morning.
This united service j. being held
here for the first time Thanksgiving
day.
The sermon is to be delivered by
Capt. /. l.. Bennett. Fort Brown
chaplain. and the service IL TO be
presided over by Rev. +. T.. Day, pas
tor Of First Presbyterian church.
A mass of thanksgiving will be
sung in all Catholic churches Of the
city at seven o'clock Thursday morn
ing in observance Of Thanksgiving
day. There vii lbe no evening or
mid-morning services.
The program for the protestant
service follows:
Organ prelude, selected-Mrs. A.
B. Niven.
Doxology-Congregation.
Invocation-Rev. Jas. r. Wright.
Presidents proclamation-Rev. r.
o. Macintosh.
Scripture lesson-Rev. J. r. Low
EFT.
Prayer-Rev. z. ". Marshall.
Response-Choir.
Hymn. No. 364-Congregation.
Offering, for Volunteers Of Amer
lea.
Anthem. selected-Choir.
Sermon-Chaplain /. T.. Bennett.
Hymn. No. 36s, "America"-Con-
%greEation.
Benediction-Rev. o. {. Crow.
Organ postlude.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-28
Cavalry Officer
Reports for Duty
Here Wednesday

Lieut.. Col. Stanley Koch, D. S. NJ,
previously stationed al Fort Hua-
chuca. Ariz., reported for duty at
Fort Brown Wednesday morning.
making the trip from Arizona here
By automobile.
Aside from being one Of the most
distinguished horsemen in the SER
vice. Col. Koch has been awarded the
Distinguished Service Medal and has
one Of the highest records in the
service.
He was appointed 70 the United
States Military Academy from Mon
tana and graduated with the class Of
1904. He is also the graduate Of
the Mounted Service School Of
1918 and completed the second year
course in the school in 1914. In
1923 he was an honor graduate of
the general service school at Fort
Leavenworth and in 1927 he grEdu-
ate dfrom the Army War College.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-28
\. O.. FUTURES
CLOSE STEADY
Net Advance of 10 to
l6 Points Shown
Over Day

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 2S.-CPi-
The cotton market opened slightly
easier in sympathy with lower Liver
pool cables than due. First trades
showed losses of 5 to ; points and al
though prices eased a point or two
additional after the start on some
selling promoted BY the decline IN
New York. the market promptly raj
lied under buying promoted BY the
bullishlv construed weekly weather
and crop summary.
The subsequent bulge was further
stimulated BY n private crop estimate
of 1866, 600 bales and before the
demand was supplied January adj
vanced TO POOL, March POLO and May
20.05, or Is To rs points above the
lows and Z to 10 points over yester-
DAYS close. AT the end Of the first
hour the market was firm and at the
TOP.
The advance gained momentum
later on receipts Of private reports
bringing out expectations Of n re-
duced government crop estimate on
Decembr 3. and January sold IN 70
2O.O4. March 20.14 ard May 70 ZOOS,
or Is TO 10 points up from the lows
and 20 70 IL points owe yesterdays
close.
Later the market met realizing In
advance Of tomorrow's holiday and
prices eased to levels practically
parallel with yesterdays close. But
when the offerings were absorbed
prices rallied again almost to the
highs. At noon the market was
steady but quiet.
Cotton futures closed steady at
net advance Of 10 TO is points.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-28
CLOSING
HIGHWAY GAP
Expect Work on No. IS
To Get Under Way
In Early Spring

7. c. Davis, assistant county en-
gineer, left Monday for Austin, TAX
ing with him the plans for paving the
section Of Highway No. 90 from
Combes 20 the Willacy county line.
The plans and specifications will be
submitted to the state highway en-
g~ineers for approval.
The state highway department has
made the appropriations for paving
Of this 7-mile section, and II is un-
derstood thta bids for construction
will be called at the December meet
ing, work to start in February or
March. The state will meet half the
cost of the paving. the other half to
come from the funds Of the Har-
lingen commissioner precinct. II is
understood the precinct will have
ample funds from the December bond
sale to meet its part Of the construc-
tion cost.
Grades and structures, including q
half mile csuseway across the north
floodway. have been completed. and
will be in shape for paving early in
the spring. engineers state. Willacy
county has completed its section
from the county line to Raymond
willie. and is now grading north to the
Kennedy county line.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-28
Ccontinued from rare one.l

Continued from page one.l
Miss Mary Frances M~archbanks Is
the San Benito goddess. Her at
tendants are Misses Barbara Dodds.
Grace Atkinson, Crissie Bowie and
Eudora James. Miss Mary Thomas
is page. and the standard bearers
and train bearers are Miss Wanda
Powell. Martha Louise Bell, Jeare
Agar and Aline East.
Miss Ruby Glasscock is goddess
from McAllen. and her attendants
arc Misses Caye Marshall, Evelyn
Ernest and Virginia Cargile.
Miss Mabel Dicks is Rio Fondo
goddess. and attendants arc Misses
Mamie Lee Burleson. Annie Annette.
and Lois and Annahel Nash.
Missions goddess is Miss Mar
earet Cannon, who will be attend
cd BY Misses Doris Jeane Ewing.
May Jane Waite. and Margaret Hsr-
din. The train bearers are James
Francis Emory and Roy Buckley,
Jr.
Mercedes will Re represented BY
Miss Georgia DeNries as goddess,
with Misses Mary Lee Kearn. Ossic
McNeal. Della Walker and Pauline
Thigpcn as attendants. Standard
bearers are Misses Martha Brothers.
Isabel Wall. Elizabeth Nann and
Bette Chambers.
Miss Bessie Nerser is Harlirren
goddess. her attendants being Miss
es Vera Letzerich. Nell Cowan and
Elizabeth Summers.
The coronation is being staged
under the direction or Mrs. s. II.
Jennings and Mrs. J. Q. Woodwork.
both Of Harrington. and will be fol-
lowed by the queens ball AZ the
Reese-Nil-Mord hotel.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-28
CARRIES HIDDEN
\ Il =
= y y
ON COPS ORDERS

SILVER CITY, n. NJ, Nov. 2s.-
RJ-Antonio Cruz Of Santa Rita,
escaped bond in court for being an
honest b~ootlegger.
Prohibition Officer W. L. Hill
went to CRUZ home Monday with
a search warrant. He found n
large quantity Of mash, but was
unable 10 locate the still.
"You come to Jail at 10 o'clock
Tuesday morning and bring the
still with you," the officer told
Cruz.
At 10 o'clock yesterday there
came a rapping at the sheriff's
door, and there stood Antonio
Cruz.
Where is that still Hill told you
TO bring along?" Sheriff Charles
Morrill, asked.
IT'S out in my car"
We'll, bring il in the sheriff
ordered, and a few moments later
Cruz reappeared carrying a five
gallon copper affair.
ANY man who would present
himself in court on his own recog-
milton under those circumstances
doesn't need a bond.' District
Judge Carl r. Dinifon declared.
SHOW up in court Monday
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-28
IN OUR VALLEY

Continued from page one.)
composed Of "old timers" in the
newspaper business, open their an
nual meeting as the guests Of San
Benito Thursday.
Its membership requirement, prin-
cipally, that the member must have
been continuously in the publishing
business for a quarter Of a cen
fury.
This will be their third session in
the Valley. In 1926 they foregather-
ed in Brownsville. In 1927 at Nc
Allen. This time at San Renito.
Thursday they will be Thanksgiv-
ing day dinner guests Of Frank c..
Ludden, district manager for the
Central Power and Light company.
During their stay they will be the
guests OF others for various events,
concluding Saturday at ! O'Clock at
FL Jardin clubhouse for a venison
dinner as the guests Of Lee B.
James and A. d. Dickinson. Jr., Of
the Lone Star immigration company
FIVE CONGRESSMAN expect to
visit Brownsville Wednesday after
noon after having heard, at McAllen.
how Texas elections are conducted.
After Brownsville they expect TO
visit San Antonio. to look into the
conduct of the McCloskey-wurzbach
race.
However. the visit TO Brownsville
has nothing to do with elections AMI
election contests.
The visitors are coming here "to
see the town." and to take a stroll
over 70 Mexico.
II isn't often that a northern or
northeastern congressman has an
opportunity 70 bssk under Valley
sunshine.
They get that today.
THE SOUTH TEXAS Chamber of
Commerce. instructed 80 to do at
its Laredo convention, in interesting
itself in an effort 10 develop South
Texas Teachers college Kingsville.
into the South Texas ~Technologicai
Institute.
A speaker at the convention de-
clared that every year there is a
reservoir Of students among whom
there r hundreds who should have
the facilities Of a archaeological
school, located conveniently to their
homes.
South Texas within the past few
years, led by the Lower Rio Grande
Valley, the Corpus Christi section.
ard the Winter Garden area. has
shown signs of developing into a
place of first importance in Texas
affairs - edueationally, indnstrially.
agriculturally.
Il Is certainly entitled to all IA
cili.ies.