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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-23

administration Of Muscle Shoals should
be.
Taxation Factor Cited.
when the Federal Government urt-
| dertakeS to 60 into business the State
governments are at once deprived of
| control and taxation of that business ;
| when State government undertakes
i, to 60 into business 1t at once depriveS
| the municipalities Of taxation and con-
| troll of that business. Municipalities,
being local and close TO the people, can
at times succeed In business where Fed
| eral and State governments must fail.
I'VE have trouble enough with log
rolling in legislative bodies today. 1t
! originates naturally from desires of citi-
zens to advance their particular sec.
| ton or to secure some necessary service.
| 1t would be multiplied a thousandfold
| were the Federal and State govern
nents In these businesses.
The effect upon our economic prog
ress would be even worse. Business pro.
| gressiveneSs Is dependent on COMPETE
ton. New methods and new ideas are
the outgrowth of the spirit of adyeii-
ture. OF individual initiative and OF In
dividual enterprise. without adventure
administration can rightly take chances
with taxpayers money.
There Is no better example Of the
practical Incompetence Of Government
to conduct business than the history Of
our railways. During the war the Gov
ernnent found 1t necessary. TO operate
/: the railways. That operation continued
until after the war. In the year before
being freed from Government operation
| they were not able to meet the demands
| for transportation.
Eight years later we And them under
private enterprise tranSportb& as psr
! cent more goods and rasetin6 VERY de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-23

Sees Democrats Confused.
Democratic success would plunge
that party into utter confusion In car
rying out a legislative program, when.
Upon prohibition. the Chief Executive
would be out OF sympathy with the
party platform, and upon the tariff, the
rank and file Of the party would be out
OF sympathy with the platform. The
average citizen senses all this.
These are the reasons which lead
me to believe that the average voter,
upon the issue Of preserving prosperity
which is dominant in this Campaign.
will vote for the continuance of q Re
publican administration, and It will be
the average voter who determines the
result 6f the election.
The Republican party has nomi-
mated Secretary Hoover for the prcsi-
dency, q man of great ability, training
and experience in larger governmental
affairs. That he is man of high
purpose, honesty and sincerity, all must
admit. OF his executive ability, his
energy and his great and constructive
accomplishments for the public good,
I can testify from collaboration with
him IN the trying period after th.
arnistice In France when suffering
I1ultitudes needed immediate assist
ance, and again in my work as the
FIRST director OF the budget, when he
Awas engaged In the difficult begin,
ming Of his upbuilding OF the Depart
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-13
War on the Liquor Smugglers

The announcement Of Mrs. Pinkie vann. sheriff Of
Cameron county. that all officers Of the sheriff's de-
rartment have been ordered to fire upon bootleggers
and smugglers whenever the criminals indicate they
intend to resist arrest, and the similar announcement.
by the Brownsville police chiefs, will meet the ap-
prevail Of the law-abiding elements Of the lower border
country.
The Cameron county public, grieving over the sad
fate of Deputy Sheriff Horace Johnson, we're further
ineensed by the gun battle on the outskirts Of Browns
vile Monday night. the events Of the past week indi-
eating that the bOOtlergers and s~mugglers are well
organized and armed that they are desperate ana
that they have no computations about taking the life
Of an officer Of the law.
II is very unfortunate the federal regulations are
such that similar orders cannot be issued to the federal
officers who are not permitted TO use their weapons
until they have been fired upon, and then only when
they are convinced that self-preservatiOn makes neces-
sary the shooting of the criminal.
Law enforcement in the Lover Rio Grande Valley
has problems and presents factor which are not founi
in the interior of the United States. The liquor SNUG
Flers operating along the border know that II they
escape to the south bank Of the Rio Grsnfe after
Staying an officer they are comparatively safe. There
fore, they are extremely beld in their operations, and
the officers who protect the border are lsborlng under
a serious and deadly handicap. They should be grant
ed the right to protect themselves They are dealing
with the most desperate elements of two countries
Many Of the smugglers are escaped criminals men
whose apprehension is desired BY peace officers trough
out the Southwest, and the officer who encounters
criminals Of this stamp should be clothed with author
ity to shoot with intent to kill at the first sign Of re-
sistsnce.
There will be no protest in Cameron county against
the orders issued BY Mrs. Nann. Cameron county has
for years taken pride in the excellent record It has at
tanned as one Of the most law-ahidihg counties N the
Southwest, and If the revolver and rifle are necessary
40 protect the county's homes and institutions there
should be no hesitancy on the part Of peace officers N
using them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-13
The C. Q. p. Platform

Interest in the republican national convention at
Kansas City now centers in the party platform. IL Is
generally conceded that secretaFy Herbert Hoover will
be the party nominee. and that the resolution commit
tee that will draft the platform will be in full accord
with the Coolidge Hoover policies. In view Of this fact
there is little doubt that the convention will not make
n clear-cut declaration in favor Of farm relief, or al
least the McNary-Haugen brand Of farm relief de-
manded by the Northwestern agricultural interests.
The convention will doubtless 60 on record enders-
ing the position taken BY the president on the MeNary-
Haugen bill. making a specific declaration u that sf-
feet. This will meet vigorous opposition from he
Middle West and Northwestern delegations. some Of
which are supporting Hoover for the nomination. but
their efforts will prove futile against the. combined
strength of the East and South.
What effect this will have upon the general cleo
ton results Is, OF course, conjecturai, but party lead
es frankly admit that it will make the Northwestern
states, usually strongly republican, debatable ground.
The loss Of three or four states in the agricultural
West may be the turning point Of the election.
Republican leaders admit that the situation IS $
rious and that strenuous effort will be required TO
hold the agricultural vote in line to offset the heavy
vote Governor AL Smith, who Is practically assured Of
the democratic nomination, will receive In the East.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-13
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thing. And il means a lot. More,
Ierhaps, than you realize. Most of
the men who hold high political or
tee in the state are old friends Of
his. If We were to attack him. cyen
On the basis Of a little real evidence,
we'd be swamped with counter at
tacks."
but but Homer was
snuttering like an excited boy
: here he is, orookedly involved i'm
putting owe that falkland place on
mo, Mr.. Pew, he isn't c~rookedIy
Involved"
bat /. y"
We've got to try 70 look at il with
the eyes Of the average man. III the
first place. We haven't a SCRAP Of
evidence against LAKELAND .r
But everybody knows ."
What everybody knows IL not
evidence. Before the Law that road
house y a legitimate restaurant en-
tarprise, and il IS entitled to the
same respect and protection as any
other business enterprise. As the
Ackland Age even. There are humid
reds OF such restaurants in the state.
A considerable amount Of money is
invested in them. True, Mr.. Harmer
aelped finance IT,. True, he feels UNI
comfortable about IL. and would pre-
fer not 20 have the facts known.
! hat Is natural enough. But sup
pose we published those facts. pre-
naturely. What would happeng Re-
member, Mr.. Harmer'is a very strong
man. Stronger, very likely, than hc
realizes himself. lie dominates this
town. Think Of all the people VINO
owe him money. Think Of all he
Knows, through his banking nne
tIons, about the business affairs OF
MS ~neighbors. More than that. think
cf his reputation for good judg-
Iient. Think of all the people that
Eave gone to him for personal advice.
lie has been active in all the sub
stantial affairs Of the town far forty
years. Do you suppose a lot Of hard
headed business men are going 10 re-
gard him as a crook because he un-
certook to make a little money out
Of a restaurant"
They'd jump to defend him. said
Stella. "Of course. And III the deal
turned out badly, they'd be sorry FOR
him. They'd think IL hard luck. And
they'd help him cover it IN. They'd
e thinking Of the things that might
happen TO any Of them il their iudr-
nent should slip or If some deal
should go a little sour. Business il
pretty primitive. And pretty hard
Leiled.n
I'm glad that " understand
Miss Bagot."
Homer was still pacing about
suddenly he whirled on the detective.
We know" he said, bitterly, "that
LAKELAND is tied UP with the iiauor
ring"
I'VE think So"
Damn IL. va know
I'VE haven't the evidence. And
real evidence isn't easy "a ret.n
See here. is Billy Wykeman pro-
teeting the place."
II really can't 70 into that. Mr..
Few. IL is a complicated situation. n
(T0 BE CONTINUED
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-13

$50. 100000 which can b. used By the counties In build
ing lateral roads. This provision will enable some Of
the poor counties to obtain roads they may, un y
for another quarter Of . century or longer. Some IF
the counties cannot others will not vote bonds to pay
their propertionate share toward the cons n OF
safe highways.
The cost Of maintaining improved highways will
be less than the cost % maintaining inferior roads, and
the bond issue is to be retired with revenue collected
from the gasoline tax. Il will net he necessary 10 IN
crease this tax. According to the figures Of Mr.. steF-
ling the entire bond issue can be retired in so years.
The Sterling plan looks to he as safe a venture in
public improvement financing as could be devised, and
It will give Texas, without prohibitive cost or burden
$ me taxation. the correlated paved highway system the
state badly needs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-13
Other Papers
FOR TEXAS
beaumont Enterprise).

Abedumont EHkeEHElStf.
The Sterling highway program. which has received
the Endorsement Of jefferson county officials, is the
NEST ambitious proposal Of its kind ever made 10 the
people Of Texas, and il Is perhaps the most feasible.
The details of the Sterling plan are now fairly
we'll known. 1t has three great advantages. 1t pro-
vides for the speedy completion Of the more impor-
tsnt highways Of the state, gives the counties money
with which TO build necessary lateral roads and i'm
masses no additional tax burden on the people. II would
h. hard TO conceive Of a highway program less open
to objection.
First, as to the time required. Mr.. Sterling. who
i chairman OF the state highway commission and sub
mitted his plan for public approval after making an
intensive, ~first-hand study OF highway conditions in
Texas, estimates that with present resources it will
take 80 to 40 years to complete the existing system
% state roads, comprising about 10000 miles. In he
meantime, many other roads will be needed, as the
states population increases and the demand for i'm
r,oved transportation becomes more urgent.
The Sterling plan promises, with the aid Of $780,
ooo 400 to S350,OO0,OO0 in state bonds. supplemented by
r.vsnues from federal aid meter registration fees, to
hu,ld a system of correlated paved highways, which
,v;ll include every important state road and most Of
IN. less important ones, within a period Of ten years.
AID there will still be enough funds left t. maintain
-. roads and pay for additional construction.
nv refunding to the counties all the money they
40. contributed TO state highways since the state
1s~Awav department was organized. less appraised de-
.~.r;.tiou. there will be made available s4o.0oo,Ooo to
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-13
The World and All
PROBLEMS
By Charles P. Driseoll

A boy Of ~ years killed his mother, father. and five
hretheFs and sisters. on a farm near Eldorado, Kan.
He had asked his father for the use Of the family gar,
and had been refused. So he killed the whole family,
set fire TO the house, and went to a movie in the car.
This young man will 20 10 prison for life. He il
apparently not what the law calls insane. The state
Of Kansas, which has burdens enough now, will cloths
and feed and house and entertain this person for about
fifty years, il the prisoner doesn't turn silly and join
a hreakiRg-out party. About the least the state of
Kansas can expect to dc the job for is a hundred thou
sand dollars net.
A very fine young man Of a family I am acquainted
with, recently died Of a mysterious disease resembling
sleeping sickness, and coming on as a result Of a re-
lapsed case of influenza. The doctors seemed TO be
utterly in the dark about the case. They did exactly
nothing for the patient, and while they were consult
ing, the young man died.
Influenza seems to develop from the common cold.
So does pneumonia. The common cold often ushers IN
various brands Of rheumatism. with heart disease AZ
a possible complication.
Out Of the common cold. in fact, there seem a. flow
streams Of deadly diseases that are responsible for
most Of what We call natural deaths.
The doctors are working away. trying to solve he
mystery Of the common cold. They are experiment.
ing with guinea pigs and rabbits and monkeys. trying
to learn what reaction will follow this and that treat
ment- but monkeys and pigs and rabbits are not hui
mans, and the conclusions drawn from the experiments
possess a wide fringe Of error.
This Kansas youth clothed the lives of seven per-
sons, most or them mere children. HI cancelled about
20 years of life.
If it were not for a false humanitarian that IS
really inhumane, this boy might be used As a subject
for medical experimentation. and through him the
medical profession might discover-who knows!-the
cure for the common cold. Thus this murderer might
be the means Of adding : total Of millions Of years %
human life throughout the glohe. So he might truly
expiate his horrible crime.
Every state has murderers whom it is supporting in
virtual idieness. Instead Of paying their debt to hui
mainly, these murderers are adding to their debt. |
would let a convicted murderer choose between electro
cutlon and life Imprisonment, with the praviso that
life Imprisonment means service as a subject for med
ical research and experiment.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-13
Kellygranns
by FRED C. kELLK

assures me, ~ use an eye wink or
some ether almost impereepfible siE-
nal nv a cue W make the dog pick
out a certain article or INA a eer-
tain card out III q number set up
i'm a row. As an aid 90 teaching such
tricks. the trainer may have u string
tied TO the dogs collar 70 jerk him
away if he attempts No pick up the
wrong object.
Sometimes "A performing dog is
asked tn bark the number Of years
of his are or t0 scratch with his
paw the equivalent Of a number ser
lncted by nn observer What hap
pens is that the dog simply paws or
barks until told to stop wv his "a
ter, but this telling may be BY .
secret code, possibly IN slight motion
Of the hand or a movement OF the
foot. The dog has gradually learned
that II he did not stop the instant
he received an certain signal ome
thing unpleasant might happen 10
him. III grant that such tricks re-
quire more training and patience
than most NJ us, no matter how
much we may like dogs, are prepared
20 give.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-13
New York Letter

NEW YORK4-Iive discovered the
deepest and possibly the strangest
golf course in the world. It's 100
feet below Times Square. the bus
lest place in the world.
When the New York Times moved
itS presses To the new building In
43rd street. there was left a huge
cavern carved in solid rock below
the basement Of .he Times Tower
and underneath two subway train
tubes. There was no commercial use
10 which the remote space could be
put. 50 the Times converted " into
a playground for its employees. Be-
sides the seyeFal-hole golf course,
there is . shooting gallery and other
sports equipment.
The most exclusive golf course
around New York. and possibly in
the world. III that Cf the Crick club,
which has j. r. Morgan. the Van
dcrbilts and other money moEuls a.
members. most OF whom 70 70 and
from the course an private yachts
No bills ever are handed 10 club
members. regardless If how many
times they play or what they order
al the ~ ANe tHu NA lHN
year each member 9ays an equsI
share of the gross expense. This
runs into the thousands.
The city editor of a New York
newspaper goes To work in an auto
mobile that cost . 5000. IL Is equip
ped with radio set. a folding mirror
and vanity box for q possible wom-
an passenger. smelling salts, small
refrigerator. ornate cigar and cigar
cite box with lighter. electric fans
reading, rest and other embellish-
mentg.
And there is a reporter who lives
IN a six-room apartment in an ex-
elusive hotel. with nm oriental valet
and chauffeured automobile.
The newspaper business isn't what
ii used to be. Not 50 long ago il
caused a sensation among newspaper
men in Lexington. Ky, when the
managing editor Of one of the papers
bought a secondhand auto.
Speaking of reporters, q man walk
ed into a police station ia Brook
lyn and happened to enter the re-
porters' room.
ia man has been shot in nv car
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-13

ne told the assembled newEratherers,
"and 4 want to get "a bucket of va
ter 10 wash off the DloodstainE."
The h~ardbciled reporters smiled 20
each other. and not IN little bored,
gave him the bucket Gf water just to
"Eet rid cf the drunk"
The visitor took the water and
began cleaning hls CIR in front of
the station. A policeman noticed
him. investigated. and arrested him.
The car was stained with blood. A
friend Of the visitor was found lying
beside a road a mile away, his body
riddled with bullets.
No Hollywood manse lis complete
without q private movie theater. TIA
getting 70 be that way i'm New York.
Lots OF rich folk view the latest
photoplays without going around the
corner and rubbing shoulders with
the hoi polloi. Clarence Mackay, the.
telegraph end cable magnate. insists
on seeing productions # his favorita
stars Immediately after release and
pays az high as $500 for an evenings
showing It is STAGED.
Production of home movies Is get
ting 10 be a major sport. with many
notables reelIng her own" Com
mercial movie concerns would he
glad 10 nay big prices for some III
the films taken hy sons of famous
houses. showing private lives NJ their
! families and friends.
BLACK sheep" used t0 get even
with their folks b. selling family
letters and papers w the Sunday sup
plement sections. Now there is the
opportunity for them t0 turn over
the family movie album.
Since the cowboys. in Red Dog,
Arizr BOzeman, MnHt., and such
places stopped putting their surplus
coin INTO previously nrnamented sad
dies and equine %trappinEs and bright
autos, the biggest market for saddles
studded with silver, etc. has been
IN New York. A shop i'm West Forty
eighth street w showing one valued
az $2,1c0. Newly rich riders I'm
Central Park buy them.
What do you want to know about
New York? Ask &. h., 200 Times
building. New York, enclosing A
stamped, self-addressed envelope
for reply.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-13
Wilacy County
Will Talk Farm
Labor Saturday
Lsnecial to The HaraIdl

N1HANAMA 10 Inc Herald
RAYMONDVTLLE. June i3.-The
Raymondville Chamber ar Commerce
has called a countrywide mass meet
inc here at the courthouse for next
Saturday at 2 o'clock, 10 consider
ways and means Of securing an ade-
quate number az cotton pickers for
the coming season, and to devise
methods Of taking care of the nick
ers after they have been gotten on
the ground.
The prospects for a bumper crop
IN Niuaey county have never been
brighter, and if conditions remain
favorable IN IN estimated that from
$4,000 70 $4,000 bales of cotton will
TX produced this year. To gather
this crop several thousand hands will
have To NV imported from other sec
tiaHs Of the state, 4 is said.
The cotton W in fine condition. but
u Is q little later than usual, and
~ net expected mat general pick
ing viii start before July !. The
Arkansas Compress company Ia pre-
pairing to have its plant here ready
fer operation about the first Of the
month.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-13
YnuR noG.s HIGHER EDUCATION

"A friend Of mine who IN an ami
NAL trainer. showed me 3 dog that
he had taught to jump up promptly
and come 10 him when he merely
Winkcd at himl This seemed to me
a marvellous educational feat until J
stopped TO think that IL must have
been accomplished BY successive
stages, and as the trainer later eN-
planned. that was exactly what had
happened.
lie had first trained the dog TO
come 20 him by the ordinary method
Of pulling him toward him with a
leash. He accompanied this by N
jerk Of the head. Gradually he got
the dog into the habit Of coming
when he got only one or these two
signals; that is, he came on seeing
the jerk Of the head without the tug
ging at the leash.
By easy steps the trainer reduced
the jerk Of the head 20 a mere twitch
Of the eye muscles and finally 10 q
wink 50 slight that only the dog
would notice ID.
Il is entirely possible. this trainer