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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-25
The Irrigation Problem

Within another decade the Lower Rio Grande Val
ley will have the most highly developed and efficient
irrigation system in the United States Is the predic-
ton Of engineers who are maintaining close contact
with the irrigation developments.
Within the past week the Pharr-san Juan-Alamo
system has called a bond election for 100000 TO
finance a concrete and pipe irrigation system and to
include drainage for the entire district. The La Feria
system is contemplating improvements very similar %
those proposed by the Hidalso district. in the Mission
section the Goodwin tract, a 22,0OO-aere project VIII be
concerted throughout. and the two districts which
will supply the Mission. Sharyland, Jackson and Re-
tama tracts propose complete concrete systems 70 pc
worked out as soon as organization of the districts IS
completed. In the Brownsville section District NO
7. West Brownsville. il placing its entire system under
concrete, and FL Jardin district, now completing the
most extensive drainage system in South Texas, con-
templates concreting all canals where seepage is heavy
Millions Of dollars will be expended on these va
rious projects, but it will be money well invested.
Millions of dollars have already been lost in operating
costs and land damage due to seepnge, and a condition
has been created that the districts can not longer at
ford tc ignore. In the not far distant future land val
ues in the Valley will reach the point where seepage
damage cannot be tolerated, and it is the duty OF the
districts 10 take the necessary steps to prevent further
damage and at the same time reduce operation costs
and water wastage.
Development Of irrigation in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley has been one of the outstanding achievements
Of the past quarter Of a century. The fertile soil Of
the Valley has respondd TO the magici touch Of the
waters OF the Rio Grande in a manner that has carried
the fame Of the Valley to all parts Of the country.
But irrigation in the Valley is still far from maximum
efficiency. Operation and water losses have been
enormous. and this combined with the fact that thou
sands Of Valley farmers had little experience with ir-
rigation prior to coming TO the Valley has served to
create a condition that many Of the districts arc now
seeking to remedy.
Greater efficiency must be attained and water vast
age and land damage eliminated. II will cost the Val
ley irrigation interests millions Of dollars to achieve
this. but the investment will pay big dividends in re-
duced operation costs, enhanced production and the
promotion OF more intensive cultivation * the acreage
under irrigation.
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~ AA -
Corinne whirled and her eyes
flashed. Janet knew she wa going 20
say something 70 Flodine and tried
to restrain her with a look. But
Corinne tilted her little nose and
shifted.
"Were you seeking encourage
mcnt. Miss Deslys, when you stuck
your head in the barn paint?"
A good time was had by all.
Janet was too big TO let such re-
marks worry her. She had heard
plenty Of them at school and they
rolled off her, Esther always said.
like water off a roof. There was not
a petty bone in her pretty body.
Corinne was in the first number
and had 10 hurry. Janet kissed her
or the cheek and told her TO 20 out
and knock EN- dead. Corinne laugh
ed a little bitterly.
"Yca, knock 'em dead carrying a
spear. Fine chancel IL had your
looks and your ability | might have
a break. / used to think l was a
world beaten"
Janet gave her a little slap.
"You used to bel You sound as
though you had been in the business
so years"
Corinne bent over and whispered.
I've never told anybody. But Ill
be 80 next year"
Janet stepped back and looked at
her in amazement. Corinne did not
look a day over 20. She shrugged
and half smiled.
Il got about five years more to 20.
and then iii be a h~as-beenI"
Janet thought about IL constantly
as she stood in the wings watching
the excitement and waiting to see the
first number from tne wings. Corinne
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thirty And how hopeless she sound
cd. What a life for a girl with no
special ability. Why would they
stick to it? Instead Of settling down
and marrying or getting into work
they could succeed at.
The curtain rose an a crowd Of
squirming( laughing. shouting little
flappers. And Corinne was the gay
est looking OF the lot. Janet watched,
fascinated.
Mrs. Carter Van Arden sat in a
box with a party Of friends. Opening
nights always thrilled her. She was
loking over the program.
Suddenly she sat up straight and
gasped. Oh, il must be just n coin
cidence Of names. II Want 20 be n
French Coquette-Janet Mary James
and ensemble"
She was thrilled. The little girl
she met on the train! Surely not.
Not so soon! She couldn't be doing
q number in n big show like The
Farce Of 1925" She turned to her
husband.
why. | met a child on the train by
that name when | was coming from
the south in June. She said she VAS
coming 10 New York to 60 on the
stage. You don't suppose IL a be
she"
Mr.. Van Arden looked bored.
Opening nights were fine when you
didn't have to take your own wife.
His eyes were glued to the flashing
legs Of the chorus on the stage when
he answered her.
"Oh. it doesn't take 'em long to
pick up with someone with a little
cash TO buy EN- a chance
Mrs. Van Arden concealed her con-
tempt. How she loathed his filthy
mind. She thought Of pretty little
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-25
WASHINGTON Letter
By CHARLES z. STEWART

WASHINGTON, July 25.-The
party managers, republican and demo-
cratic alike, Z taking the women's
vote more seriously this campaign
than ever before.
They have wanted all they could
get OF ii, TO be sure, from the adop-
ton OF the nineteenth amendment,
but not with the same ardor that
they do now.
For one thing, this looks like a
close fight.
Then again, women seem 10 be in
cre2singly interested in public issues.
II behoOves the rival groups Of bosses
each 10 turn this developing interest
to its own party's account.
But more than anything else, the
leaders made the discovery during the
recent conventions that a woman
politician can be just as good a
politician as anybody else.
Previously. old-line masculinity had
patroniZIngly recognized, here and
there, one Of the siSterhood a.
pretty fair at the game-"for a
woman"
Today. the slickcst or the &C. O. r."
crowd will take his oath that Mrs.
Mabel Walker Willebrandt is fully as
capable ut ii as he IN himself. His
corresponding professional in the JEFF
%fersonian bunch Is prepared 20 make
affidavit that Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross
has nothing 10 learn from him.
Neither Mrs. W~illebrandt nor Mrs.
Ross exactly emerged from ~obscurity.
Both were already very we'll known.
Still. Mrs. Withdrawals reputation
was not built so much on the fact
that she was an assistant u. s. at
torney general rs on the circum-
stance that she was the first woman
TO hold that particular job.
AS for Mrs. Ross-It was rather
because she was a woman ex-govern-
or than merely because she was ex-
governor Of Wyoming that she was
famed.
II was NJ Kansas City that Mrs
Nillebrandt convinced the brethren
Of her ability 10 run n steam roller
Is efficiently rs any maj Of them all,
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The credential committees report
was the roller entrusted to her guild
ance- Steering IL is d mighty tricky
piece OF work. Provided il is done
properly, everything else goes rs
smoothly as silk, but no lump must
be missed which might serve as an
obstruction to proceedings later on.
Every undesircd element must be
skwushed flat.
We al know whether there was or
not, after Mrs. Willebrandt, with that
roller, had been the rounds. A spirit
level would not have indicated an in
equality. from that time on.
1t was almost too perfect. II was
monotonous. That was the only
complaint. There will not even BE-
any complaint OF that IL the
g. o. r" wins on November 8. Party
experts pronounced IL the most re-
markable technical performance they
ever had seen.
Mrs. Ross made her record as a
pre-convention campaigner for Alfred
=. Smith.
Not that she Is not keeping Il up
yet. but she started with the pri-
maries and nothing could stop her
as the anti-Smith folks in California.
who tried to and could not, will tcs-
tify.
And at Houston the delegates rec
ognized il. by giving her a creditable
vice presidential vote.
II was only complimentary. 20 Be
sure. The managers hardly felt that
the time had come for a woman vice
presidential candidate yet-but in
1~932?--some Of them are saying
who knows7
Lots or politicians think Mrs.
Willehrandt is slated for a high place
in the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES n
cabinet post-if Hoover Is our next
president.
Or-if it's Smith-perhaps Mrs.
Ross.
Anyway. the party bosses have got
a new idea NJ what women can do
in politics. They've learned a thing
! or two from ex-Gov. Ross and As
sistant Attorney General Willebrandt.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-25

Any man or group or men that rely upon appeals
TO the baser passions or to the %appetites or to the ex-
ploitation az the weaknesses Of their fellow men can
not hope 70 win a victory against opponents whose
appeal is based upon loyalty to constitutional govern
ment and continuance Of our unrivalled prosperity.
Prohibition rests upon the will Of the overwhelming
majority Of the voters who know full well that prom
ises of repeal or modification Of the law made by any
candidate cannot be kept.
Prohibition as n political issue is as settled as
slavery, duelling, the lottery, or any other outgrown
issue. The American people have settled il as a polit-
ical issue by writing it into the constitution. and the
man who seeks to revive the liquor issue today is as
unwise politically as he would be If he sought to resus-
citate slavery.
Congress may be taken as typical OF the nation.
since the member Of the two houses represent the pre-
vailing sentiment Of their respective constituencies.
In the present house Il per cent of the democrats and
y per cent Of the republicans have either dry voting
records or have made dry statements concerning prohi-
bitior. while in the senate 20 per cent Of the demo-
Gratis and rs per cent Of the republicans have dry rec
ords or have made dry pronouncements. This repre-
sents the proportion Of prohibition sentiment in both
parties.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-25

Answers to Foregoing Questions
!. Marion Talley, opera singer,
Kansas City. Mo.
2. Henry Ford.
2. For its marble.
4. Sir Joshua Reynolds.
5. Corinthians, XIV, SIS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-25
Timely Views
INJURY TO PROHIBITION FEARED IN WET
MOVEMENT
By r. SCOTT MCBRIDE NM.

By y. SCOTT MCBRIDE .... .... ...
General superintendent Of the Anti-Saloon League
OF America.
If. Scott Mcbride was born IN Carroll county,
Ohio. in 1872. He was graduated from Muskingum
college in 1898 and from the Pittsburgh Theolog-
ical seminary in 1901. Mcbride was ordained to
the United Presbyterian ministry in 1901 and
served as pastor at Kittanning. Pa, and Monmouth,
ILL.,, unit 1911. He then became interested in the
dry movement and served as district superinten-
dent of the Anti-Saloon league of Illinois from 1911
to 1912, and state superintendent Of Illinois from
1912 to 1924. Mcbride has been general superin-
tendent Of the Anti-Saloon league Of America
since I92ll.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-25

VINO am III What Is my profess
sion? Where was / born?
The peace Ship" was organized
BY a we'll known American during
the. World war who intended 10 get
the boys out Of the trenches BY
Christmas" What was the mans
name?
For what IL the town Carrara, I'm
Italy, well known?
Name the artist who painted "The
Age Of Innocence z"
20 death, where is they sting? q
grave, where is thy virtory?" Where
does this passage appear in the
Bible?
Today In the Past
On this date, in 1914, the battle
Of Lundy's Lane, at Niagara Falls,
Ont, was fought.
TOday's Horoscope
Persons born under this sign are
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-25
The World and All
THE POLES ARE PREPARING
By Charles z. Driseon

The Polish government is sending out nine special
railway cars to cover every part Of the country with
instructions for the use Of devices to protect individ-
uals against gas and deadly chemicals in the next war.
The cars are constructed with alright gas chambers
for testing masks. lecture rooms where the public VIII
be instructed free Of charge. and museums Of chemical
warfare.
wish I could laugh aloud at this news, and tell
you that I think the Poles are crazy.
But | can't.
IN these piping times of peace, those of w who aa-
nit that there may ever be another war arc looked
upon as suspicious characters.
Well. count me in among the suspicious ones.
/ think the Polish government is doing a very wise
thing for Poland. The Poles have always been very
wise in behalf Of their country. They have learned
through centuries Of fighting for self preservation that
it doesn't do to let the mice build nests in the gun-bar-
rels during a period Of peace.
The Poles look somewhat cynically upon All talk o.
perpetual peace. They've heard it before. And just
when the peace talk grew loudest and the hymns III
peace were ringing high, there happened a great bat
tering on Polish front and back doors. ard somebody's
army was said to be just passing through. Please
don't blame the Poles for being cynical about perpetual
peace.
Also. the Poles do not take seriously al the treaties
that forbid the use OF gas and chemicals in future
wars. hope nobody takes that anti-chemical agree
ment seriously. Certainly our own war department
doesn't. Our chemical warfare section is one Of the
most active IN the army. And the same conditions
exist IN other armies. To pledge a nation against the
use Of chemicals in the next war is like ~pledging dogs
against using their teeth in the next dog fight.
The Polish government is doing a sensible thing.
and much bigger governments might learn something
from the little country that is going to save a few Of
its civilians when the chemicals begin to drop out III
the sky in the next war.
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catch in her voice as she grabbed
Janet and told her how wonderful
she had been. Janet sank into her
chair-exhausted. Flodine sumter
ed into the dressing room with n
cigarette in her fingers and her lips
curled. She looked nj Janet with
such utter contempt that she shiv-
vered. Janet had a desire 70 ask
her what she had ever done 10 make
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her feel that way. But she thought
IL better to keep quiet. Maybe Flo
dine would get over 1t.
The stage doormen knocked and
pushed n box OF flowers into the
room. Flodine rushed over and held
out her hand. simpering. The oil
stage doorman grinned and shook
his head.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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The Grab Bag

sympathetic. kind and sensitive and
fire off temper on the slightest pre-
text. But their rage expends itself
in one explosion and then they are
their loving selves again. They
possess much mechanical ability
along finer lines. They r e just and
fair, but close i'm money.
A Daily Thought
Reading Is 70 the mind what ex-
ercise is to the body. As by the one,
health is preserved, strengthened,
and invigorated; BY the other, vir-
tue (Which is the health OF the mind)
Is kept alive, cherished, and con-
firmed."-Addison.
JIMMY JAMS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-25

Mr.. G. B. Shaw has seen and heard himself on the
"Movietone," and is believed to have heen favorohly
imprest-Punch.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-06-13
CITY AND COUNTY q
ESTHER DAVIS sTENsvAD, City Editor

No advertising will be inserted the columns of these
except request charge will position
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-06-13


Of Mrs. D. L. Crimmins and has Wis
tied on many occasions at the Grim.
minis home in Redwood Falls.
Tuesday evening about 200 rela-
tives and friends congregated at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Hammer
meister in celebration of their silver
wedding anniversary. The evening
was spent socially. Flor's Little Ger
man Band of New Ulm furnished the
music for the occasion. A bountiful
lunch brought by the guests was
served at midnight. The honored cou-
pie was presented with many beauti-
full gifts. Mr.. and Mrs. Hammer
meister are parents of two daughters,
Irene and Leona and a son, Arnold.
The out of town guests were Leonard
and Alfred Schultz, Springfield, Mr..
and Mrs. George Wotschke and sons,
Seaforth, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Kohls,
Sleepy Eye, Mr.. and Mrs. August
Rolif, Essig and Mr.. and Mrs. Fritz
Otto. Redwood Falls. Morgan Mes
senger.
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-05-15
ON THE 1928 FISH REGULATIONS

Ketchikan. Alaska
 January 13, 1928 Henry O'Malley,
 U. s. Commissioner of Fisheries.
 Washington, D. c. Dear Sir:
 The fishermen of Alaska feel somewhat encouraged upon read ing the new regulations because it is a step in the right direction. Your utterance in Seattle that you were determined to give the re sident fishermen of Alaska more consideration also finds a hearty response.
 Your regulations, however, do not bring the relief which you might have had in mind for two reasons:- The real fishing grounds where our fishermen might catch the fish that escape the abolished traps are still closed to fishing
 These areas should be opened and the areas restored as they were un der the law of 1906 or approx imately so. This is the expressed view of J. R. Hickman and num- her of packers with whom have talked.
 Ire second reason is this:-the Jos ed season begins just when OUT 6. M. & R. |. CARLSON OptoReetrists Opticians
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-05-15
cries. v
Fisheries

Alaska has been suffering great of industries. First it was fur, uu- der the Russian Regime, and it was trapped out. Next came bonanza gold fields which played out. Mex, came fish, land I want to say if it wasn't for the U. s. BUREAU OF EG>HERIES, you would be dead again." he declared, in a speech ln Juneau.
 Forests
 The local forests are primarily valuable for pulp wood and the policy ot the Forest Service in making them available for that purpose was hatled as "far sighted"
 in furtherance of this policy of encouraging industries the Forestry Department refuses power permits. logging for export purposes, and harnesses loggers compelling them to sell to favored buyers, and charg es local loggers $15O per M bat gives absent promoters the same logs for SOf to S1.OO.
The Alaska fisherman., 1928-05-15

''An ass may bray good while before he shakes the stars down."
New Britain herald., 1928-10-03
EMPLOY MENT

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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-05
III PASSING STARS

THE PASSING STARS
The swapping seasons opened,
a lot Of shifts are due;
The teams will look much different
Before the seasons through.
They're trading Rogers Hornsby
For the whole Chicago crew:
The rumors say that Frisch will 20,
With the Cardinals he is through.
The Pills are done with Heinie Sand,
And Thevenow takes his place;
Those phils have high ambitions,
And they think they're in the race.
The Red Sox offer Morris.
According to the scribes;
They'll swap him for a ton of men,
To the Rupperts or the Shibes.
So before the winters over.
We will hardly know the teams;
They'll be altogether different.
From the rumors, so it seems.
Sporting News.
The rough and tumble Texas Uni
versity Longhorns, this year, we're
turned back Saturday by the classy
eleven of S. III. T., 6 10 2.
Coach Morrison presented a for
ward wall against the Steers that
was a veritable brick wall, according
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-05

NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-(PJ-Frcsh
foes for the metropolitan heavy
weight favorites are being imported
from the provinces.
The latest consignment consists of
Otto Won forat. chicago; Tiny Roe
buck, kansas City, and fluffy Crit
fifth. Sioux City, IA. Yea Porat and
RoeDuck are heavyweight and Crit
fifth Is a light heavyweight.
All three are booked ter early en-
gagements. scheduled as prelImina.
ries to Tex Richards biz elimination
tournament. which will be under
Roadway by December.
Outstanding among The new mem
bcrs Of Gotham's big fistic family is
otto Won Porat, who held the hea-
yyweight championship Of Norway
vhen nc came TO American three
years ago.
Hard-ooiled Yankee promoters fail
cd to fail for Norway championship
racket. asserting their ignorance OF
boxing championships in the Nordic
region, SO Otto has had to get him
self a reputation in America.
This he apparently has done. Max
ing his headquarters in Chicago,
Won Porat won nine of his last eign-
teen fights by k~nockouts and Is her.
aided by Chicago critics Is the hard
est hitting young heavyweight in the
land.
Otto will have every opportunity
TO prove his Wanted hitting ability
when he makes his metropolitan dc.
hut in a l5-round bout with Pauline
Uczudun, tonight. Nov. 8. II his blows
make any impression on the BASQUE
wood cutter then local skeptics may
fall IN line. Pauline himself IL some
what Of a hitter. He recently chop
ped down Big Boy Peterson, who
holds a newspaper decision over OF
to. only to lose the fight on a foul
Peterson also has figured in the
past OF Tiny Rocbuck. who makes
his local bow in one Of the prelimi.
nary bouts on tne Paulino-Non Porat
program. Tiny raped Big Boy 10
sleep in ID seconds in Kansas CITY
last winter. but the Big one suisse
quently took 4 newspaper decision
from Tiny.
Tiny and his followers s~tcutly in
sist the former Haskell tackle has
lived down the disgrace Of losing "a
Peterson. The Madison Square Gar.
den Corporation, which has a con.
tract with Roebuck. hopes to was All
2 mistake, for with Tiny's football
reputation and the rcd skin angle
they vision vast opportunities for
some high-pressure hallyhoo.
Griffith has no Indian blood nor
has he ever held any championships.
real or imaginary. but IL there is
anything in a name then his future
IS assured. fluffy. they say. has beer
handling the boys right roughly IN
and around Chicago. With this in
mind the match-makers signed him
with rugged Pete Latzo. but Latte
had his jaw fractured.
They are now angling for Jack
Delaney. And the Rapier OF the
North, still somewhat OF a fighter
against the second-raters. may bring
out just how tough fluffy ~.