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Washington Letter
By CHARLES r. STEWART

And-you remember?-just about
the same time when John was de-
claring for a campaign Of wild roses
and lilies of the valley. Jim was tell
ing the world that he'd rather vote
for the Prince Of Wales than for
Herbert Hoover-"an organized po-
~litical appetite"
Jim probably had quite as distinct
a notion what Al expected him to
say, as John did concerning the way
he was slated to express himself.
Can it be that, while Raskob Is
furnishing all the democratic cam
paign gentlemanliness, Jim's to be
serving out the other stuff? At any
rate, it's a thought that will bear
consideration.
John talks about n constructive
campaign" to sell" somebody some
thing.
Mercy!-does he figure that he
can sell some TINT TO the folks in
the bomb-proof, to blow the contrap-
ton up with, by arguing with 'em
constructively?
But suppose it's just N camouflage.
Suppose Johns simply trying 10
keep the bomb proof crews attention
occupied. while Jim tunnels under
meath, planning 10 plant his INT
there and overcome their sales re-
%sistance that way-with n slow match
or a clockwork attachment.
Now, that would be strategy.
7 can see how n position can be
held in the most gentlemanly way
IL nobody attacks it. For the life Of
me | cant see how II can be "car-
ried" by anything but roughneck tao
tics. or course the defenders aren't
going 10 lie down and "take it,
they're going to scrap back with any.
thing they can ay their hands On
and IL can't possible be gentlemanly,
The only question is
Have the Smith-ites got the nerve
for a desperate drive, with all their
ugliest shock troops?
/ surely would think they had
coolies Of il.
Whoever can forsee a ~gentlemanly
flight in IL is welcome to. ! can't
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RASKoB is A SURPRISE
AND PUZZLE AS FOE

WASHINGTON, July 24.-If Al
Smith proves TO have been as good
a guesser on John J. Raskob as his
manager, and on the rest Of his party
organization, as he's appeared to be
on other preliminary details of his
campaign, DIR. Work, Herbert Hoov-
er's generalissimo, can look for trou-
bic any minute.
A presidential fight isn't supposed
regularly to open until both candi-
dates have been notified, but there's
no real sense in waiting for that
Herb and AL. alike. undoubtedly have
heard rumors of their nominations.
Doc Work and his bunch have been
taking things pretty easy hitherto.
They could afford to. They're like
a crowd sitting in a bomb-proof. I'm
less somebody rushes il, and tries 70
crack IL open. there's no reason why
they shouldn't keep on sitting there
indefinitely.
But it's time for the other fellows
to be up and At EN-.
Right nc first AIS choice OF John
Raskob as his chairman certainly
did "listen" a little peculiarly. "A
mighty able man, TO be sure!-but
an able politician? However, AL
probably considered himself politi-
clan enough to 60 around for his en-
tire outfit.
Yet hat pacifistic statement that
John issued directly after he'd taken
over his chairmanshipi
If ever o campaign looked like re-
quiring plenty Of high explosives on
the challenger's part, this one does
And here we have John j. Raskoh
~effervescing Alphonse : and : CASTOR
laughing ~gasi-about as poisonous
as the kind that bubbling uT
out of soda water.
What the heck's the idea?
How's this ?-as a possible expla.
nation
Few of US can have failed TO notice
that AL had a chat with Senator jim
Reed the same day he made JohE
Raskob his chairman.
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cepted Janet-and 80 the majority
merely sat and stared stupidity.
There is always a Patsy i'll a show
and it looked as though she were
going 70 be IL.
Janet rode down TO the village
with Corinne in the subway that
night. and insisted that she 20 70
the studio with her. She bought a
few things at a delicatessen and
they cooked dinner. Corinne was
unstinted in her praise Of Janet.
She could hardly believe that she
had no experience.
Janet learned her address, and
that night, by messenger, sent $50
in a large square. plain envelope
with instructions that under no con-
ditions was Miss Mallory TO be told
who sent il.
Five weeks Of nerve racking re-
hearsing brought the opening night
Of The Farce of 1925"
Janet did not have a chance TO 90
home the evening OF the opening
show. They had rehearsed until the
last moment. She was disappointed.
for Ballard had told her he would
telephone her az $50.
He had been so besy she hadn't
seen him for a week. 1t seemed a
month. Every day it seemed TO her
she grew to love him a little more.
Every day that she did not hear
from him was a lonely one.
She insisted upon Corinne eating
dinner with her. Corinne begged
her not to ask her any more. She
felt terrible about il. All she would
say was that she was not hungry
and didn't want a heavy meal and
vas just going somewhere to get a
sandwich. But Janet was adam
ant. II broke her heart 10 think that
Corinne might be hungry. They had
grown 10 be very dear friends in
the month they had been paling
around together.
Janet had a surprise planned for
Corinne that night. She knew that
Ballard would send her flowers. And
she wanted Corinne to have some OF
them, too. Ii would make the 9TH
or girls envious. And she didn't like
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July %. 1928
Who am /? Who is my eldest son?
Whom did he marry?
Name the second smallest state in
the United States and the second
largest state?
A French engineer started the
work on both the Suez and the Pan
anna canals. What was his name?
Who composed Madame Butterfly?
"For what In a man profited. IL he
shall gain the whole world. and lose
his own soul? or what shall a man
give in exchange for his soul?"
Where does this passage appear in
the Bible?
Today In the Past
On this date. in 1901. Detroit,
Mich, was settled by Cadillac.
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Massachusetts, example. It is indeed strange that uni
formity has not been established long ago. Ameri-
ca is now the land Of the motor car and the expanding
highway system and many millions Of people are nov
driving back and forth throughout the country.
yet practically every municipality in the country
has it's own peculiar code Of traffic regulations and
its own peculiar system Of lights and signals. II the
authorities had started out with the firm intention Of
making travel confusing and rendering 1t impossible
for the motorist to avoid violating some law, they
could not have achieved their purpose any better than
by formulating the confusing policy that now exists"
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The World and All
MINES ON

Kansas City is to have a steel mill, according TO
recent news stories. There are no large deposits Of
iron ore rear Kansas City, but this circumstance has
not discouraged the enterprising western business men
who think the great railroad center OF the southwest
needs a steel mill.
The Kansas CITY steel mill will get its raw mate
rails out of discarded automobiles. There is an enOr-
nous accumulation of good scrap steel and iron in the
back yards of western Americans, and along the city
dumps and country roadsides. Kansas City's new steel
plan will be a magnet TO draw this good steel into the
crucible.
The scrapped automobiles will emerge in the form
of new steel plates and bars, and these will be made up
into farm machinery by other factories.
This is just one example Of what a city can do to-
ward making itself important and useful. Since there
are no iron mines near Kansas City, the enterprising
citizens Of that town will take advantage Of the I'M
recognized mines that are going about on rubber tires,
or rusting away in heaps after closing lives Of useful
ness. This big city couldn't move to the steel sup
ply, but it has found that the steel isn't all in the
ground by any means. 1t i running about the coun-
try, WANTING for somebody to melt it down and make
il new again.
Akron. Ohio, is the worlds best example Of a city
that was built upon enterprise and determination TO
disregard the source Of supply as a determining factor
in a city's growth.
Akron was built on rubber. It is just as far from
a rubber tree as ny town in the world, / suppose. l.
isn't even a seaport to which the rubber boats maze
their way by force Of geographical circumstances.
But the men who started the rubber business in Ohio
had sufficient enterprise to build the business in their
own town and then hold it there.
Watch some comparatively unknown town blossom
out as the center of airplane manufacturing. Here is
a business that can be built without much regard to
udewater and freight facilities. OF course, the air
plane town will have to have good railroads and some
little water and some level ground. But there are a
thousand towns in this country with all of these assets.
After all, what makes a town is character and en-.
terprise, and if you chief business men have a goodly
supply Of these assets, the holding Of advantage is not
difficult. And almost every town has its chance at
one time or another. The town that lacks leadership
in character and enterprise allows some other town 70
take its chance away from it, for there Is great COM
petition in this business Of building cities.
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LIQUOR CHARGE

SAN BENITO. July 24.-Juan Val
der is being held here on q charge
Of selling liquor In violation OF the
Dean Law, the mar having been ar
rested by Chief Of Police y. G.
Goolsby.
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Answers 20 Foregoing Questions
!. King Albert OF the Belgians;
Crown Prince Leopold; Princess
Ingrid Of Sweden.
2. Delaware, 2.370 square miles;
California, 15s, 297 square miles.
3. Ferdinand de Lesseps.
a. Giacomo Puccini.
5. st. Matthew, xvi, 20.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24

Now that a successor has been nominated, President
Coolidge is at liberty to use worms Il he wants to-
San Diego Union.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24

Guns Guard So Books on Way to Harvard" VINO
says we aren't an intellectual nation New York Eve
ming Post.
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The Grab Bag


Persons born under this sign are
intense in their likes and dislikes.
They stick by u friend through thick
or thin. They are generous, and will
assist those who appeal to them, al-
ways. Forceful, active, passionate
and ~combative. they fight for their
opinion against a whole town. But
they are generous foes and do not
trample on their enemies when down.
A Daily Thought
When desperate ills demand n
speedy cure. distrust Is cowardice,
and prudence folly."-Samuel John
son.
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II hope did not spring eternal in the human breast,
Wall Street would soon be forced to close up.-Louis-
VILE Times.
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ACTRESSES IN RETREAT

LOND0N.-Thirty actresses enter
ed n eorvsnt at Stamford Hill for a
2-month Say.
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Many years ago the Filipino people turned their
faces from the Orient toward the west and accepted a
western civilization. With the progress Of time. their
tastes have become more firmly set upon the ideals
Of the Occident.
Not only in their material surroundings are they
~grasping after and becoming dependent upon the COM
forts and advantages peculiar to a western civiliza-
ton, but in their political ideals and in their educ
tion they are vigorously cultivating a mental attitude
desire for such advantages.
The Filipino people today constitute a community
in the Orient filled with eager western desire and
hunger for the mental and material good things Of
this life, but are held back from qualification Of this
desire by their failure thus far to aeahieve the me-
chanical and economic progress BY which alone such
desires can be ~gratified.
At the same time, the Philippine Islands contain a
wealth Of natural resources which, under proper devel-
opment, could be made to satisfy these u~nfulfilled de-.
sires Of their people.
In spite Of this demand for material comforts. IL il
pointed out by experts that great masses Of the popu-
lation are today under-nourished from lack Of d proper
food supply and suffer from diseases arising from lack
Of nutrition and that all Of this could Be controlled or
eliminated by a wise expenditure Of money if their
government only had that money to expend.
While there has been much criticism and mutual
suspicion and hostility between the Philippines and the
United States which tend naturally to make capital
timid and to discourage it to second operations in this
neighborhood, yet I do not think that in such causes
can we find any principal reason why capital has been
lacking and our development backward. On the ,on-
trary' compared with some countries in Central and
South America where American capital has freely and
and abundantly eentered, the disposition Of the Filipino
people as a whole is not merely political and conserva-
tive but friendly and hospitable toward American can
ital; and, indeed, in the recent election they have given
unmistakable evidence of their favorable attitude on
this question.
l believe that American capital has learned the un-
wisdom and the danger of attempting unfairly to ex-
plot the land in which it enters. ] believe that il Is
ready to come here, and it certainly will be permitted
to come here only upon terms of fairness with respect
{ 'he treatment Of its Filipino partners and it's Fill
pino labor What capital demands, and what il has
a right to exepect. is safety for investments and tho
certainty Of fair treatment under the laws Of the coun.
try waiting for somebody to melt il down and make
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Timely Views
USE OF AMERICAN CAPITAL BY FILIPINOs URGED
p HENRY I cr1ncnN
Governor General Of the Philippians.

vt UVWFIdI OF IWt TWITTpInSs
(Hnry L. Stimson was born in Nv York City in
1857. He was graduated from Yale university in
1858, Harvard Law school in 1889, and was admit
ted to the bar in 1891. Stimson became a member
Of a law firm in New York City and practiced law
for several years. He served as U. S. attorney in
the southern New York district from 1906 to 1909
and was secretary of war from 1911 to 1913 under
President Taft. He was appointed governor gem
eral Of the Philippines in 1920.
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SAN BENITO

Miss Sarita Lomax left Monday for
Agujita. Coahulla. Mexico. TO visit
Miss Virginia Crosssrt. a schoolmate
al the Lady Of the Lake in San An
tonic where they attended school.
Miss Edith Mcbride Of Corpus
Christi is visiting Ella Clarrite
James.
Mrs. Nancy J. Helm WHO has been
visiting friends In al Benito. has
returned to her home IN T~uscols, Ill.
Mrs. Lexa Devsrs left this week
for Jackson. Texas. for a months
visit. She will be accompanied home
by her parents from Wisconsin.
Mrs. Bert Luther. who has been
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
r. Chambers in Valencia Park in San
Benito has returned TO her home In
Dubois, Penn.
W. p. Dieffenderfer left this week
for Allentown. Pennsylvania on ac-
count of the illness of his mother.
Mrs. j. w. Mussett and daughter,
Edna, who have been visiting at the
home of Mrs. Mussett's sister. Mrs
Il. A. Ballinger. have returned to
their home in Laredo.
Mrs. Abner G. Kyser has rome Ia
Houston and Galveston on a vacation
trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. P. Jackson have
gone to San Antonio for a few days
visit.
Miss Alyeen Jester has been trans
ferred to the Western Union office
in her home town. Jacksonville, Tex
as.
A. L. Montgomery left Monday for
Houstonia, No, to visit his mother
Mrs. Bernice Harper has been
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Valley
Society
MERCEDES

Word has been received here by
friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Buell.
that they have arrived IN New York
City. where they will visit for some
time before going to Maine for the
summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. 3. Wilmer. who
left Mercedes last week for Houston,
have sent word TO friends that they
are on their way 10 Minneapolis to
attend the Rotary convention held
there from the 1922.
Miss Faustina Heidrick. daughter
Of DR.. and Mrs. Heidrick, il at
tending Brownsville Junior college
for the summer.
Misses Mary Anne Makens and Bet
tie Garrett entertained Saturday ave.
ming for Miss Isabel Sterling, of
Brownsville, niece Of Mrs. Julia c.
Montgomery. After a picnic supper
on Llano Grande lake shore, the
guests enjoyed dancing at Progresso
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-14

IS BUSY PLACE
Demonstration Clubs
Close Meet And
Boys Gather

RIO HONDo, June i4.-As the
1irst OF the series Of encampments
on the Arroyo Colorado broke up
wednesday afternoon, the second
opened in full force Thursday, with
some fifty Cameron county boys on
nand at the rural boys encampment
under Henry Alsrieyer, county agent.
The camp will hold forth until
Saturday afternoon of this week, and
the girls camp, the last on the pro-
gram, will open Tuesday Of next
week.
The women's encampment came to
a close yesterday afternoon. with an
average attendance during the two
day session of IS. IL was conducted
by NJ : Kate Adele Hill, county
home de ..onstration agent.
Dancy Speaks
The camp opened Tuesday morn
Ing with an address by Rev. Jeffer-
son Davis, pastor Of the First Bap-
fist church at San Benito, who spoke
on the spiritual value of the home.
Members of the Browne tract club
and of the Palmetal club gave read
ings. At the luncheon County Judge
Oscar G. Dancy, and County Commits
1~~ As We 10k&M u O0u DEHlJO
and Constant Laroche of Point Isa-
bel made short talks, Judge Dancy
appealing TO the ome 20 make the
Valley the safest place in the world.
j. w. Kirkpatrick, Hidalgo county
agent, also spoke briefly, principally
on keeping farms clean.
Myron +. Ward, secretary of the
Harlingen Chamber Of Commerce,
talked on the value of cooperation
with Chambers Of Commerce.
In the afternoon Miss Alice
Schutze, of the Central Power &
Light company talked on refriger-
ators and refrigeration. Miss Mamie
Lee Hayden, clothing specialist of
the Texas A. & NJ. talked on cloth
ing, and the principles Of dress. At
the night meeting informal stunts
and games were INDUCED in, with
about Is women spending the night
ut the camp.
Wednesday morning DIR. r. G.
Drewry, head of the department OF
education of the Southwest Texas
State Teachers college at Kingsville,
talked on the responsibilities Of
mothers in the habit forming Cd
children.
The Ell Jardin club gave the en-
tertainment, and Miss Hayden dis
cussed children's clothes. An infor.
NAL lunch was held at noon, with no
speakers.
In the afternoon suggestions for
women's camps were given by Miss
Emma Pirie, supervisors of home
economics in the San Antonio high
schools, and discussions followed.
Later in the afternoon County Agri-
cultural Agent Henry Alsmeyer con
Quoted a post norton poultry exam
nation.
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Makes Study of
Night Life In Vienna

VIENNA, June 14.-R)-Harry X.
Thaw, whom Great Britain regarded
as an undesirable guest and barred,
is sampling the night life Of Vienna.
He intends TO return to Paris short
ly.
Thaw on his arrival here regis
tered in an obscure hotel. He spent
the night until nearly five o'clock in
the morning visiting cabarets and
other such places of amusement. He
went about u~nrecognized in his pur-
suit Of pleasure.
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name PARADE
COMMITTEES
Three Divisions VIII
Form Main Body of
Big Feature

Three divisions of floats will be in
cluded in the parade which will be
one of the principal features in the
international celebration and formal
opening of the international bridge
70 be held in Brownsville July Z,
Fred Latham, chairman Of the parade
committee, announced Wednesday.
Mr.. Latham has received assurance
from various civic organization and
business and commercial firms that
they will have floats in the parade.
Matamoros is also expected to be
we'll represented in this respect.
Mrs. Harbert Davenport, Mrs. II. l..
Yates and Mrs. Viola Thayer have
been appointed to handle the civic
and school floats and will have COM
plete charge of that division. Ike
Bollaek, George Mansur and Tom
Stevenson will line up the CONNER
cial floats, and John Hunter, Paul
Cottrell and Phil McNair have been
appointed to handle the community
floats.
The three committees were in
structed by Mr.. Latham to make a
thorough canvass, and secure as
many floats Is possible for their re-
spective divisions.
Il want every member of the pa
rade committee to strive to make this
the most representative parade ever
staged in South Texas" Mr.. Latham
said in i~nstructing the various d.
%visional committee members. "The
parade should be representative of
the wonderful development of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley, both agri-
culturallv and from a commercial
standpoint. We want the schools
and civic organizations well repre-
scented, as we'll as all commercial in
terests, and the various communities,
should also have representation in
the parade. 1t will have many inter
national features, and will be in ev-
cry respect representative of the low
er border country
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LOS FRESNOS

The Jolly Neighbors club met on
Wednesday afternoon at the home
of Peter Watkins. An enjoyable time
was spent in sewing and chatting.
Delicious refreshments were served
to the following members: Mrs. Har-
~ Graybill. Mrs. Francis Schmidt,
Mrs. George Laakxo. Miss Mary
Schmidt. Mrs. z. W. Chase. Mrs.
Richard Ryan. Mrs. =. L. Ivey and
Miss Irma Watkins. Miss Gertie
Siderius was a guest for the after
noon. The next meeting of the club
will be NJ the home Of Mrs. Ryan
on June 20.
The Woman's Service club met on
Thursday afternoon at the home OF
Miss Geneva Palmer. Owing to the
small number present. business wal
dispensed with and q social time was
enjoyed. mt the close of which re-
freshments consisting Of stuffed to-
rato salad. sandwiches. ice tea, and
cake were served.
met on Tuesday afternoon at the
home Of Mrs. S. Z. Barr. The devc-
tionAl service was led by Mrs. James
Downey. A short business session
was held. after which a missionary
program was presented. The next
meeting will be held in two weeks al
the home Of Mrs. N. G. Chatelle.
Mr.. L. B. Heflebower and Mr.. Ed
gar Lovett have returned to their
home in Kansas after spending
week at the home Of Mrs. L. Kerr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lupton and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Mitchell
and daughter and Mr.. Claire Chase
enjoyed a swimming party and weinel
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mittee on organization of the Los
Fresnos Chamber Of Commerce on
Friday evening. Committeeman pres
emit were Mr.. Nolan Taylcr- Hall
Palm WI. u. Palmer. =. ~. Barr, Wal
ter Bowles. Clinton Oliver and W.
I. Aldridge.
A pleasant evening was spent a.
the Chas. Gobar home. when Bernard
and Emily Gobar entertained a group
Of their young friends on Wednes-
day evening. The game Of forty
two furnished the diversion for the
evening. at the close Of which de-
licious refreshments Of fruit salad.
marshmallow toast and punch were
served. Those enjoying the hospi-
tality were H. j. end Helen Tandy
Julia Bowles. Dallas Crichett. Tru-