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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26
SEA CAPTAIN
Will RETIRE
All Fed Up After So
Years Sailing All
Over World
b. CLARENCE NJ. WRIGHT
Associated Press Staff Writer


HOUSTON, Tex, July 26.-tPl-
Once a lad of 16 answered the call of
Of the sea. For 50 years he followed
Neptune's sirens on the seven oceans
Of the globe. lie visited the centers
of civilization and saw the terrors Of
modern B~abylons.
And then he would return 10 his
sea for a breath of that cleansing
breeze. He would rejoice that he,
unlike Odysseus' crew, did not have
stuff his ears with cotton TO resist
the call Of the land sirens.
But now, this same lad, who has
grown 20 a stalwart, grey-haired.
handsome ship captain of 81, and who
has become a family man." is
anxious to desert the rolling waves
for a place of security on the land.
The call of the land has proved
stronger than the call Of the sea.
Captain A. h. Brown, master Of the
British steamer Planter, will not be
satisfied with the comforts offered in
any of the centers of civilization.
There too much talk Of the sea;
there's too little chance for a man to
forget the ocean.
So now the lad who left Liverpool
on a windjammer SO years ago is
looking for a place to rest. He wants
to think Of his experiences in Bonn
bay; Of his encounters with savages
in the South Pacific; of the welcome
and satisfying shore leavevs at the
end of long voyages. He wants TO
forget the sea, for any man who will
follow the sea is a fool. That is his
conclusion after SO years before the
mast.
But before he will become a lands
man with his wife and children the
captain must be assured that he viii
pc free from any ties which might
recall him TO the sea.
He wants to find a town where he
can walk down the street with an
anchor on his shoulder and be asked
what IL is. ln'that kind Of 4 town, he
says, it's a pretty safe bet that there
don't be any ships around.
"Tm fed up. Thirty-six years OF
enough for any man. When | can re-
tire. eight years from now. I'm going
to find a place where people don't
know what an anchor is and settle
down with my family TO live for a
while" the dignifed sailor says.
He came to Houston from Calcutta
with a cargo of bagging. And his re-
turn voyage to Liverpool holds
neither thrills nor fears in store for
him. He's fed up.
His philosophy is summed up in a
parody, which he knows by heart, Of
Rudyard Kipling's Vampire.
"A fool there was and he went TO sea,
HE chose a life OF misery;
But the poets called him brave and
free: :
"A fool he was. and n fool he'll be.
For only a fool will follow the sea"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26

for its retail store, on West Harrison
street. and win erect a warehouse
costing about 5000 near the Mis-
souri, Pacific lines for the ware-
house.
Paul ID. MeQuiston. general man
ager OF the Texas house. closed the
lease with the local men Plans for
the buildings are being prepared now.
IL was said. and contract u expected
70 be let the latter part Of this week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26
Harrington Sites
Leased By Sears,
Roebuck and Co.
fSnecial to The Hernldl

TNNN| - NWN FINTNTWT
HARLlNGEN. July Designing OF
leases on sites here for a retail Sears,
Roebuck & Co. store. and for a ware
house was announced by A. +. and A.
L. Benoist. realtors who handled the
deal for the sites.
The mail order house. which Is now
entering the chain store field. II to
erect a building costing about SIS, 900
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26
Fire Chief Breaks
Thigh Bone Monday

EDINBURG, July 26.-Fire Chief
/. NJ. Stout, who is confined to his
bed suffering from a broken thigh
received Monday afternoon when he
jumped from a moving fire truck
while on n practice run, was reported
improving rapidly Thursday.
Stout was not aware Of the trac-
ture until after X-ray pictures had
been taken Tuesdaq.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26
told OF
CHARITYPLAN
Harlingen Kiwanians
Hear A. L. Brooks
and Max Bentley
LsneeLlI IN L. HernIIL

HARLINCEN. july 26.-The pro-
posed plan for a community charity
organization III Harlingen. working
through the Salvation Array. w2s eX-
planned 20 members or the Kiwanis
club here Tuesday ~ A. l.. BROOKS.
chairman N the advisory committee
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26
Watermelon Season
Is Nearing Close

RAYMONDVILLE, July 26.-The
hast watermelons from the Yturria
lection north of Raymondville are
beine taken from the fields. and b.
August 1 the season will be over
Eh;nment. began in the latter part OF
kfar are over 500 car loads sent 20
ta,thern markets. Later on in the
s.son. as melons began 70 come in
Rom other sections. the shipment by
III ceased. and truck shipments "a
hearty points in the Lower Valley
"a South Texas. since which time
thousands Of truck loads were taken
Int from the erstwhiie COW town.
- will again 20 into watermelons
.hst section next season, as the
WING Of melons there has demon
..sd the a~aantabilitv Of the soil
IN clima:e 10 the production Of thi7
konw
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26

connty left Thursday morning *
College Station rs m advance agei
to make arrangements for the grou
III Cameron county boys. girls sr
women who are TO make the trip.
The entire delegation of a!mo'
80 from both Cameron and Hidalf
counties will leave Friday. spendir
Saturday and Sunday in Beaunon
Port Arthur and Orange. as ~
guests ar the Beaumont Chamber a
Commerce.
Two ~snecial Pullman cars will en-
~ the Valley people on the trip.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26
Alsmeyer Prepares
For Short Courses

Especial 20 The Heraldl
SAN BENlTO. July 26.-County
Agent Henry Aismeyer Of Cameron
New Britain herald., 1928-04-06
TRAVEL ABROAD IS
 LUR|NG REGISTRAR
Copyright Expert Planning
 Life'S Ambition

Washington. April 6. RIThe strivings of 4.50o,O00 earnest poets. fictionists and other literati mean nothing in the life of Thorvald Sol- Der, registrar of copyrights, as long as he can plan a trip to Eu- rope.
 For 30 years, since the establish ment of the copyright office by an act of congress in 1897. Solberg has been the official protector of the rights of authors-notably gullible individuals.
 And in 30 years this genial old gentleman. whose office in the base ment of the Library of Congress is flooded with maps. guidebooks and rare specimens of | booklover's passion. has planned and made 15 trips across the Atlantic. on every occasion that his office work light ened sufficiently to allow him a few months off.
 Of all the trips he has made, Sol berg looks back most fondly upon the four years he spent in cen- turies-old monastery in Spain.
 That was long time ago." he explained. But l wasn't so we'll in those days as I am now. I went at that time for my health, and that's something l wouldn't have to do now"
 His other trips have been for a business and pleasure continuation. He has been sent by the Library of Congress and also by a Boston publishing house to buy books for them, and at one time he spent many months dcing research on his appointed task of making bibliog- raphy of the laws of all countries. now in common use in law librar- ies.
 This year affairs in his office will rot permit his leaving. There isn't even an international copyrights convention this summer. he la ments.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-06
NATURE HELPING
 VERMONT FARMERS
Is Restoring Soil Harmed by
 the Floods

Washington - H. H. Bennett, federal soil scientist, believes that the eternal forces of nature plus good farming practice" will retrieve the fertile valleys of Vermont from the inert sand and gravel poured over them by floods last November.
 Weeds will spring up this sum- mer. he says. and dying down add humus to the land. Next year the process will be repeated with an- other weed growth. In the mean time many farmers will SOW oats and Canadian field peas. constantly adding decayed roots and grass to the humus content provided by na- ture.
 Bennett says the process will be slow. for the flood deposits average three feet in depth and often are absolutely devoid of plant food. Strong spring winds will sweep dust particles from the gravel over spreading vast acres, thus adding to the difficulty of plant growth. Some of the land never will be reclaimed. he believes, but precedent favors the salvaging of large areas.
 4 survey of 552 farms in the flood area shows that more than 1000 acres of rich bottom land, nerve center of the regions dairy industry, were damaged or destroyed. Ben nett believes 10000 acres might be the correct figure for the whole ter ritory. but Is convinced hundreds of acres are not as badly damaged as indicated. Soil erosion added to the damage of unproductive sand and gravel. and in many cases the water cut far inland on the concave side of it's banks.
 Dairy farmers whose herds did not drown are seeking pasture else where. but for the most part are working 10 bring back their once fertile meadows. Good land in Ver- mont already was at a premium, Bennett declares, and the floods at- tackled the best of it, further az gravating the situation.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-06
OIL INDUSTRY IS SOLVING PROBLEM
Making Every Effort to Settle
 Own Difficulties

Los Angeles, April 6. R-The oil industry is engaged in a cooperative effort to solve its own problem, and in my opinion is entering new era. Conditions and practices under which the industry has been oper- ating have gone, never to return. New conditions call for the exer- else of strictly economical opera tions and are closely allied with the tremendous strides that have been made in scientific and techni- cal application.
 The industry has at all times met and supplied the demand for petroleum products. This demand. due to the remarkable growth of the industrial development of the country, has increased more than ten times since the introduction of the automobile and has more than doubled since the war. Further more. the industry was notably successful in meeting the eatraor- dinary demands of war for both industrial and military use.
 Seventy years ago the oil indus try was represented by single we'll 69 feet deep producing a few barrels of oil a day and represent ing an investment of less than $2,ooo. Today the industry's equipment and facilities are valued at s11,0oo, 100000 and the industry is second only to agricul- ture and the railroads. Nearly 100000 wells have been drilled since 1853.
 Improvement in refining meth ods and the development of the cracking process has increased tho gasoline output resulting from treatment of crude oil. New methods of treating natural gas have resulted in a saving of gaso- line content and the increase of supply.
 Great economies have been ef- fected both in drilling methods and production operations. some outstanding results being obtained in proper ahut-off and the con- servation of gas in the structures underground.
 The very rapid development and application of the air lift prin- ciple to the oil we'll, by the use of air or gas, has demonstrated what research in this direction can ac- complish. It also suggests the probability of profitable applica- ton to partially depleted areas at a time when oil is needed. At such times and in such areas, we TO doubt will reap the real har- vest from the application of these improved methods.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-06
Your Hands Speak Ry Elna Kalln1a Hnnner

While you perform hundreds Of commonplace tasks everyone present watches your hands.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-06

dith was recently observed iii Eng land.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-06

members of the graduating class of the Lowell Evening Textile school at exercises here last night. to hesitate before leaving New England to pur- sue their vacations.
 Recent reports from the United States bureau of labor indicate new impetus in the cotton manufactur- ing industry in all parts of New England. Mir. Wood said. Twenty per cent more cotton was consumed in the New England states in May, 1927, than in May. 1926. he de- clared.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-06

Brussels. Belgium, and Paxie are to be connected by special motor highway.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-06

The American oil industry has not developed along the most economical lines, due largely to conditions of land ownership out side the control of the industry. It has not been able to overcome the evils of excessive competition, and unnecessary capital has been
New Britain herald., 1928-04-06

same time exquisitely kept with no effort. Youth Lotion is rubbed into the skin. leaving your hands smooth and dry, 90 that you can wear gloves immediately after ap- plying.
 Just keep a bottle on your dress ing table and one where you work Gin your kitchen. your office or shop.) Use 1t every time you wash your hands.
 The pleasurab1e sense of feeling your akin 50 satiny-of seeing 1t so soft and white--is worth . good deal more than the slight effort. The cost is 70 trivial. You can get large bottle of my Youth Hand To- ton at any toilet counter. 60 cents.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-06

expended in duplication of opera tion. not only in drilling of closely spaced wells. but in parallel pipe lines, neighboring refineries and in an extravagant multiplication of service stations.
 This is a burden that the indus
New Britain herald., 1928-04-06
New England's Textile
 Business Improving

Lowell. Mass. April 6 R-Declar- ing that there is perceptible q "de- cided upward trend of courage" in the New England textile industry. George A. Wood. president of the New Hampshire state chamber of commerce, and member of the New England council. urged the no
New Britain herald., 1928-04-06

protect him from bullets that ended an argument between Kim and the sheriff last Monday.
 The shooting occurred at a meet ing of the county commissioners in the court house here. Witnesses testified at Longs preliminary hear ing today that Kim had advanced
New Britain herald., 1928-04-06

You pour tea. You open your purse. You ahake hands with an &C., quaintance. You put on your gloves. All day long people watch your hands.
 Do your hands speak for you? Do they suggest dainti- ness? They can be firm. cap- ah1o and af tho
New Britain herald., 1928-04-06
Sheriff Is Acquitted
 On Charges of Murder

Madill. Okla. April R-Sheriff Ed Long was freed today of a charge of murder for the staying of County Attorney Franz J. Kim. whose steel breast plate failed to
New Britain herald., 1928-04-06

toward the sheriff with . Psvolver after protesting payment os . clain, of S69 to the sheriH for retuTning a prisoner to the county.
New Britain herald., 1928-04-06

activity. but the public has had the advantage of complete and convenient service and of low prices.
, 1928-03-21

strued to prohibit the conveyance or
transmission OF letters OF packets by pri,
Vate hands without COMPENSATION, or bv
specia! messenger employed for the par
ticuldr occasion only.
Sec. 1858 All letters inclos9d in
stamped envelopes, if the postage stamp
is of a denomination sufficient to cover the
postage that would be chargeabie thereon
if the same we're sent by mail, NAV he
sent, conveyed, and delivered otherwise
than by mail, provided such envelOne
shall be duly directed and properly seal
ed, so that the letter can not be taken
therefrom without defacing the envel-
Ope, and the date of the letter or of the
transmission or receipt thereof shall be
written or stamped upon the envelope
But the Postmaster General NAV sus-
pend the operation Of this section upon
any mail route where the public interest
may require such suspension.
Sec 1859. Whoever, beiEg the ow-
ner, driver. conductor, master, or other
person having charge of any stagecoach.
railway car, steamboat, or other vehicle
or vessel. shall knowingly convey Or
knowingly permit the conveyance o. n
person acting or employed as a private
express for the conveyance of letters or
packets, and actually in possession Of the
same for the purpose of conveying them,
contrary to law, shall be fined not more
than one. hundred dollars.
Sec. 1860. Whoever shall transmit by
private express or other unlawful means,
or deIi"er 10 any agent thereof, or de-
post or cause to be deposited at any
appointed place, for the purpose of be ny
so transmitted, any letter or packet, shall
be fined not more than fifty dollars.
Sec. 1861. Whoever, being the owner.
driver, conductor, master. or other per-
son having charge of any stagecoach.
railway car, steamboat, or conveyance
of any kind which regularly performs
trips at stated periods on any post route,
or from any city, town, or place to any
other city, town, or place bet Veen which
the mail is regularly carried, and which
shall carry, otherwise than in the mail,
any letters or packets, except such as
relate to some part of the cargo of such
steamboat or other vessel, to the current
business OF the carrier, or to some arti-
Gle carried at the same time by the same
stagecoach. railway car, or other vehicle,
except as otherwise provided by law,
shall be fined not more than fifty dollars.
UNITED STATES POST OFFICE, Chris
tiansted, vi. March 20. 1928.
, 1928-03-21
TO ALL LOCAL SHIP, AND BUS OWN
ERS. DRIVERS, AND OPERATORS OF
VEHICLES, AND OTHERS WHOM IT
MAY CONCERN.

Attention is called to the extracts
herein from the Postal Laws and Regu
lations of the United States of America,
Edition of 1924, little 10. Chapter 2,
Government monopoly OF mail tran5pOr
tation. Private Express: Carrying Of
letters outside of mail by common Carl
ers. vessels. mail carriers, etc.
The Congress of the United States,
under authority Of the Constitution (sPc.
u, has vested 10 the Post Office Depart
ment an absolute monopoly of the trans
p0rraliOn Of letters and packets by regu
lar trips or at stated periods over all posC
routes. The term packet" as used IN
the following statutes means a pack.
? ct of letters; therefore the Government
, monopoly does not extend TO all matter
admitted TO the mails, but only to letters.
All public roads and highways, while
kept up and maintained as auc0, are now
declared to be post routes, and the roads
between the towns Of Christlanstod and
Frederiksted. st Croix, Y. |. are within
this meaning. The provisions OF law iot
low:
Sec, 1856. Whoever shall establish any
private express for the conveyance Ut
letters or packe S, or IN any manner
cause or provide for the conveyance Of
the same by regular trips or at stated
periods over any post route which is or
may be established by law, or from any
city, town, or place, to any other city,
town, or place, between which the mail
is regularly carried, or whoever shall ala
or assist therein shall be fined not more
than five hundred collars, or imp,isone }
not more than six months, or both; Pro
Uided, That nothing contained in this
section shall be construed as prohibiting
any person from receiving and deliver
ing to the nearest post office, postal car,
or any other authorized depository for
mail matter any mail matter property
stamped.
z. Postmasters are not precluded by
this secli6n from accepting for mailing
letters delivered 10 hem 10 bulk by
freight, express, ma or messenger:
Provided, Each of such letters bears the
return card of a person or firm located
within the delivery i'm is Of their Offices:
And provided further, That each OF such
letters Is duly directed and properly
sealed and pears the proper postage,
which should be purchased at the office
y; mailing. Under such conditions the
Office OF mailing is construed to be the
office of origin under the postal la rs and
v,r1lotiapc
, 1928-03-21

keeper, is a temporary patient at Peters
Farm Hospital. We hope he will soon
be fully restored to health.
, 1928-03-21
lie against being misled in the observ-
ance thereof.
The Native Brass Band will give a
concert on the wharf tonight.

an ANGAA W 20 4NA1N WI S4HG -
concert on the wharf tonight.
The sloop Thomas Jose" cleared from
this port yesterday for Ponce, PR. with
a cargo Of A empty gasoline steel
drums. Fifteen hOnesick Porto Rican
laborers from the Bethlehem concern
returned home on this boat.
Porto Rican laborers at twenty cents
an hour with a couple of natives put a.
shore the cargo from the Catherine"
yesterday, consisting among general
merchandise of 90 drums gasoline for the
agency 0. the Texas company.
The funeral of Rev, Robinson yesterday
afternoon was very largely attended, by
his personal friends and the congregation
of the A NJ. E. Church.. From 3 D. N
the body lay in stare in the chapel and
could be viewed by the gathering which
filed by the bier. Rev. S. Christian
Chase, assisted by Rev. A. G. Bough
0ficiated at the burial services.
We have no park in this place We have
q few square Ieet Of ground WhIc be ~
that mann a1d answer that purpo5. but
vauGaIs and ~reprob9tes have possession VI
it and the h|ttIe,pubit comfort it might al
ford is not preserved TO US. No sane person
who knows The value OF money would IN
vest one cent down thele until the night.
~ revolutions which 90 on to the destruc-
ton of the equipment, benches and band
stand cease, and the polluted social air
can be purified and the objects Of i'm
provement guaranteed to us. We are tired
bringing to attention the need for action
in THIS respect.
Months ago pipes were laid in certain
streets with the understanding that the
water from the ''respI volr" would be
available. Il is time toe hydrants are
the que: crest little things we ever beheId
but they are serving no practical pur-
pose just now when the weather is as
dry as could be and the need of water
keeny felt. Apart from the lite de-
Iiyered from the wei ia the market The
public is hard pressed for water. May
we not suggest consider alton be given 10
relieving This situation by The means pro-
vlded?
1N - ~ AEA H
, 1928-03-21

The IS. Dominica" which arrived at
Frederiksted last Sunday morning fin
ished loading at 400 pm. yesterday and
sailed shortly after for New York via St.
thomas With the follow log cargo: From
the West Indian Sugar Factory. Ltd &,
8,6O3 sacks sugar; from the Agricultural
Experiment Station. 48 crates of onions.
, 1928-03-21

Porto Rican laborers at twenty &c
an hour with a couple of natives put
shore the cargo from the 'Catherir
Yesterday, consisting among gene
merchandise of 90 drums gasoline for
agency O. the Texas company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-14
HAVE KIDNEYS
EXAMINED BY
YOUR DOCTOR
Take Salts to Wash Kidneys
if Back Pains You or
Bladder Bothers

Flush your kidneys by drinking a
quart of water each day, also take
salts occasionally, says a noted au-
thority, who tells us that too much
rich food forms acids which almost
paralyze the kidneys in their efforts
to eXpel it from the blood. They
become sluggish and weaken; then
you may suffer with dull misery
in the kidney region, sharp pains III
the back or sick headache, dizziness.
your stomach sourS, tongue is
coated, and when the weather is
bad you have rheumatic twinges.
To help neutralize these irritating
acids, to help cleanse the kidneys
and flush off the body's urinous
waste, get four ounces of Jad Salts
from any pharmacy here; take a
Tablespoonful in a glass of water be-
fore breakfast for a few days, and
your kidneys may then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acids Of grapes and lemon juice,
combined with lithia, and has been
used for years to help flush and
stimulate sluggish kidneys; also to
neutralize the acids in the system
so they no longer irritate, thus often
relieving bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot
injure and makes a delightful effer-
vescent Whitewater drink.-Adver-
tisement.