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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-01
WALES MINES
NOW SHOWING PROFIT

CARDIFF, Wales, July 1.-(PlH
For the first time in four years the
quarterly audit of the South Wales
coal industry has shown a profit.
AS against a loss Of IL cents a ton
for the last quarter of 1928 and a
loss Of 50 cents a ton for the first
quarter of 1928, the audit this time
shows a profit of 4 k2 cents a ton,
or o total Of $495, 900.
The output of coal for the first
three months of 1929, the report
states, was 1O,623, 408 tons, or almost
! 200, 900 tons more than during the
previous quarter. The total wages
paid increased from $21,456,500 to
500, 495, 900.
The chief factors contributing to
this improvement have been, &C
cording to mine officials, an in
crease of 9 cents a ton in the aver
age realized pit-head price, an ex-
pansion in the volume of trade, and
a further reduction in the cost Of
production of 6 IL cents a ton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-01
Wall Street Trades
In Phantom Stocks,
And Vague Rumors

NEW YORK, July 1.-(P-Class
A rumors and unconfirmed reports
have a definite market value in
Wall street.
The over-the-counter market wit
messed annually active trading In
the prospective securities Of a name
less, formless combination Of eastern
utility companies.
Trading was based on the slender
fact that j. p. Morgan and company
yer taking a. active part in nego-
tiationS looking toward the consoli-
dation of the Mohawk Hudson
Power, the Buffalo Niagara and
Eastern Power and perhaps other
concerns.
The price fluctuated with the
strength Of the rumors at any time
of day. Trading in this and similar
u~norganized projects is conducted
on the basis Of canceling all trans
actions if the deal is dropped. Most
OF the purchases r made without
any exchange of money.
Few occasions are on record, how
ever, when rumors and forecasts
which resulted in actual trading
turned out to be wrong. Traders
who know enough to buy and sell
stock in a company having neither
name nor executives usually know
more than the newspaper reading
public about what is going on.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-01
South American Air
Line Being Watched
By Lumber Dealers

MONTREAL, July 1.-(P)-The
growth of South American trade
possibilities since the introduction
OF air transport is the subject of an
optimistic economic surrey pre-
pared by the Royal Bank of Can
ada.
Signs have been plentiful in re-
cent months that Canadian finance
and industry are looking more and
more toward South America as an
export market, and also as an out
let for surplus inv tment funds.
The survey emphasizes recent i'm
movements in transportation IA
cilities, particularly by air, in Bra
I'll, Argentina, Peru, Colombia and
Venezu-,a. In Argentina, it is
stated, geographical conditions have
favored the development of an eX-
tensive rail system surprising that
of any country south Of the United
States.
Colombia and Peru are cited az
examples Of swifi progress in all
travel. This promises to tap rich
and extensive territories heretofore
4COQ4 QNA w DAAC1 A1AOQA4InAA4Oh
character. The survey forecasts i'm
portant economic advantages t.
Brazil through the growth Of ali
travel, because Of the long distances
separating points to be served.
BraziIian rail facilities, for ex'
ample, have tended to center
around Rio de Janeiro and the cof-
fee producing area Of Sac Paul
Thus far coastal ships have carried
most Of the traffic between these
two centerS.
The quickening Of outside inter
est in South Americas prospects is
described as the chief result of avi-
alton development in that part Of
the world. 1.-THE mail system has
been transformed" bank finds, "ano
inland districts Of Colombia and
Peru need no longer wait weeks for
mail, and Rio de Janeiro and Bue-
nos Aires are only seven or eight
days distant from New York and
London"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-01
CONCERN SHOWS
RAPID GROWTH
international Company II
Doing Many Ornament
al Jobs Here

A program of expansion calling
for the installation Of new lathes,
a planer and other machinery, is be-
ing planned by the International
Iron Works, Fronton and Tenth
streets, al the result of rapid growth
of its business during the past year.
The business Of the concern has in
creased more than 500 per cent since
its Inauguration Sept. q, 1927, Clyde
A. Thorpe, manager, states.
The firm SpecialiZeS in ornament
al and art iron work in addition to
doing a regular line Of general ma
chine and repair jobs. Many Of the
decorative iron work jobs on new
residences in the Valley were made
by the local company. Thorpe has
all the machinery necessary to do
brazing and welding work of this
type. One Of the latest installations
is the gate to l.. B. Brady's home in
Los Ebanos. Thorpe keeps in close
touch with Valley architects and is
getting much work Of this type.
Another speciality Of the concern
is repair of flywheel starter gears
VII duIOIIOU1lSO. n 4di5O OOONh Va
the gears is kept, and Thorpe is in a
position to give quick service on
these jobs. During the last year the
company handled more than 300
cases of this trouble.
All kinds of gasoline motor blocks
automobile, tractor and truck-are
rebuilt and reground in the shop
here. The work is done under the
personal supervision of Thorpe, a
graduate mechanical engineer from
the Marshall School of Engineering.
He has two trained men under him
and the staff often reaches seven or
ten.
Thorpe has been connected with
mechanical engineering all his life.
Before coming here he was chief
engineer for a brick and tile COM
pany at Des MoineS. He came to
the Valley on a special job of this
kind and liked this section SO well
that he came back and established
the local business.
Jobs r now being drawn from
all parts of the Valley and Mata-
moros, Thorpe states.
i have made service my hobby"
he says. I'VE get the work out on
schedule and in good shape. If 1
cannot get a job out as quickly as
it is wanted, I tell the customers
before I take the work. I find that
they appreciate this and usually
come back" the manager stated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-01
OHIO COLLEGE HONORS
N. Y. BANKING CHIEF

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 1.-(P)-
Albert H. Wiggin, chairman of the
Chase National bank in New York
will become CDR. Wiggin" soon when
Kenyon college in Gambierf, Ohio,
confers on him 2 degree Of doctor
Of laws.
Mr.. Wiggin never attended a
university. He was a student at
Dwight school and the English high
school in Boston until his seven
tenth year when he went to work
for a bank.
He will become chairman and eX-
ecutive head Of the new Chase~Na-
tional Park merger and will receive
the degree for his services to in
ternational finance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-01
Craftsmanship Is
Urged In British
Banking Reports

LONDON. July 1.-The need for
greater banking craftsmanship
was emphasized in the first of a Sc
ries Of quarterly statistical surveys
sponsored by the Midland bank.
A marked financial activity in
England coupled with the general
trade depression Of the last three
months is one Of the striking fea-
lures Of the economic situation OF
the country, it was stated.
1.-THE reasons for this disparity
are somewhat obscure" continued
the survey, but the facts are clear
" shown in the charts and supple
mented by common knowledge.
1.-The figure of foreign trade
show an unmistakable tendency to-
wards improvement. The volume
of British exports, which declined
heavily in the second quarter OF
last year, has increased materially
quarter by quarter since then, while
British exports Of manufactured
good in particular, after a heavier
fall, have shown a still more marked
recovery.
Meanwhile net imports, which
reached a low level in the second
half Of last year. jumped to a much
higher figure in the first quarter OF
this year. The low level of imports
in the latter half Of 1928, coupled
with the rising volume of exports
suggests that British goods have
been cheapening distinctly in rela-
ton to competitive articles from
ether sources Of supply"
The statement pointed out that il
seemed unlikely that the growing
credit requirements Of revivlne
business could be met unless an
expansion in bank cash takes place
very soon
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-01
SHOWMANSHIP
HELPS CITY
MarIand Kept Interested By
Mayor, Former Cir
Gus Man

MARYLAND. Okla, July 1.-(P)-
Will A. Brooks, whose life trail has
followed the road of adventure, finds
his greatest Job in organizing stunts
that will keep Marland's 1000 resi-
dents interested in their home town.
He quit managing Miller brothers
1O1 ranch a year ago to enter local
politics. Marland picked him Tor
mayor. and the ex-ranchman NINE
diately began to entertain as wen
as direct the village.
Bows in Marland don't get into
mischief as the result OF Brooks
first program. He planted 80 acres
of vacant lots of cotton ana toma-
ties. The boys farm the land ano
get the proceeds.
Next. he kept neighboring farm
ers from trading in larger com
-munities by starting Saturday ar
ternoon horseshoe tournaments. He
helped. organize a negro choir thai
is known throughout the southwest
For the women, he has arranged
q rolling pin throwing contest, Z
be held this summer.
Contestants will be judged sole
lv on accuracy-and the target vii
be a man. The mayors task nov
is to find someone willing to be the
target. !.
For Brooks, his mayors job i
the elimination of an adventurous
life. He helped make motion pic
lures in Los Angeles many years
before there was a HOLLYWOOD.
For years, he travelled with th'
1O1 ranch road show. later manag'
ing the huge tract near here. Priol
to that, he had been a soldier
ranched in Mexico and South Amer
lea and roamed the Klondike To-
two wears.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-01
BULLARD DOES
GOOD BUSINESS
Maintains Sheet Metal Ser
vice For Upper
Valley

A complete SECT metal service is
maintained for the upper end of the
ALLEY by the Floyd E. Billiard shop
at Edinburg. Billiard has a well
equipped shop and is preparde to
turn out quality work promptly, he
states.
The firms slogan is mo job too
small-none too large" I'VE mean
Just what the slogan says" Billiard
states. I'VE are prepared to do
anything from a large roofing job
down to manufacturing a minnoW
bucket"
Billiard has had much experience
with sheet metal works. He has a
staff Of good men under him and
all work is done under his personal
supervision.
The concern keeps a stock Of
metal on hand and car take job on
short notice.
I'VE specialize on prompt service"
Billiard says. "We have been in
business for some time and a large
portion of our work has been built
up by promptness, I believe" the
sheet metal worker says.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-01
BIG SHIP
FOR FRENCH NAVY

SAINT NAZAIRE, France, July |
LIBERALIZATION that nine ships
larger than any French vessel are
being built in other countries has
fastened plans for a new French
supfr-line to be launched in 1881.
This port, which was visited by
more than 100000 Americans dur
ing the World war = D.erienclng
new activity as France pushes plans
to accommodate the new ocean palace
and make Saint Nazaire one IF the
great shipbuilding centers of the
world.
German labor and technical skill
are taking part in the construction
to the extent of more than 5000. 900.
This is in the form Of reparation
payments in kind.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-01
BANANA BOOM AIDS
COLONY OF FRANCE

CONAKRY. French Guinea, July
1.@P-This French colony expects
to provide the mother country this
wear with half, and in two years,
the whole of its supply of bananas.
This is made possible by the in
staIlation Of a modern cold storage
plant and the introduction OF spe-
cial transportation methods.
In 1920 the colony exported only
206 tons of bananas while IN 1877
it produced $500 tons. In addltlon
to supplying the needs OF France
plans are being made to invade 0he
world markets in the near future.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-01
TICKER TAPE Grapes
WALL STREET CHURCH

NEW YORK, June 1.-(P1-A
house Of worship draped in ticker
tape is the p-redicament In which
Trinity church finds. itself after
each parade up lower.
Wall streets own "~Chautauqua
salute" consisting Of miles of ticker
tape dumped from windows hun
dreds of feet above the street, usu-
ally leaves the steeple, buttresSes
and surrounding tombstoneS of
Trinity looking like Coney Island
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-01

More than $40, 900, 900 will be
needed to repair the roads Of France
destroyed by heavy automobile traf-
fic in the past year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-01

Merger negotiations under way
would place all French aviation
lines under n management.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-01

The Dutch East Indies have an
important market for American au-
tomobiles, $500 having been ship
ped there in 1928.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-01

Nearly all the lithia ore mined
in this country comes from the
Black Hills of South Dakota.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-01

Vital statistics Of Newfoundland
show a slight increase in deaths
over births. The total population
is 268,175.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-01

Shipment of blooded cattle from
Canada to Australia has become an
important export item.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-16
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
IT'S WORTH 1T

Millions Of American citizens grunted and groan-
ed yesterday they made the final desperate stab to
file their income tax reports and make at least the first
payment them.
The majority Of these had put off paying the tax
lCng possible Others had overlooked their duty
in this line, until reminded of it. Still others
struggling to find out Just how much they had to pay
the government.
A goodly percentage CT those who paid, did lit
tie cussing at the income idea and growled because
they had to pay it. These peculiarly short sighted
and ungrateful, if their objections in earnest.
Rather is to be hoped that their howl is merely the
Yankee way of blowing off steam
Whatever one has to pay for living in the United
States Of America, is certainly worth it. If any
American thinks differently, let him ask himself in
what other country he would prefer to live
Although we are by no means perfect, equal op
pOrtunty is offered to every citizen, and there are the
ties of the past binding the good American with love
for his country the for his family fresde.
He reads of many things regarding his country,
that make him wonder: "one law for the rich and an
other for the poor trusted with the functions of
government betrayng that trust laws which he does
not like and which he believes break in his personal
domain.
He'll grumble and growl about it all, but when you
back him into corner and pin him down, you will
usually find him ready to admit that the little old
United States is the best country in the world and he
loves it the did Washington, Lincoln or Roose-
welt.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-16
THE ALABAMA FLOOD

1t IS to be sincerely hoped that early reports of the
disaster in southern Alabama have been greatly exag-
gerated. The mere thought Of some 10000 persons
being drowned distressing that hates to think
ii.
interrupted communication lines make it impos-
sbe to ascertain Just what the loss Of life has been in
Elba, Troy and other Alabama cities. That it can
reach figure which VII shock the nation IS admitted
by those who nave ventured into The flooded area.
1t is certain that many homes have been destroyed
farms have been ruined reads and bridges have been
washed away. This latter fact is most serious pre-
sentng difficult obstacle to parties when the
waters recede sufficiently to permit them to enter the
stricken
The rivers whose swollen condition has caused
such havoc are in normal times but mere streams +1af
seldom cause any trouble. Heavy and continuous
rains have turned them into raging torrents bursting
their banks, flooding immense areas ard sweepng all
before them.
Major disasters Of this sort make one realize how
1utAe mans puny efforts to play tie giant appear at
times. He can make Dame Nature his handmade in
many ways, but every often she has nasty way Of
showing him that she never can be fully conquered
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-16
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD Z. GARI5
Copyright, 1923, by McClurs
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WEGGIY'S SNL00E
ELAI

EIE2
One d. it showed n Weolar'.
near the 0raa1a H. Mauu.a.9#,
where Tns.e @igg Y ind in ii.
hollow stump bungalow. Then III.
snow chang / - i mi>ts rain @tt.
as The weather grew colder, tba ra.a
troze as il fe'l 50 that the aniual
boys and girls. coming home rf"A
school, had grand fan slipping asi
sliding
"Th;s i ill., ,ou% ia. ,a Il.
the world. cried Jingle, Uha, t,'.'
lr, sister 5aa-le s-arssd =, tsc .ug
cf the patti and sid all th. wa +
the bottom.
Its lovelr!'' shouted JaaI' =,
and Just then along came L.
brother Bumper and he vas iua- li'.r
his name. He bumped into .iaaEl.
and rado her t.li down and t.a
alona came SlJmPer, WHO was BI#
,cr's brother and he trirped ard
'hr bunny rabbit children were "''
MIXED in heap on tho icy slide.
But they ver-n' 7 Lurt aud so.n
jumped MP with shouts arl jolly
Laughs ard Sid some mon.
"Wc'N have q lo, Of fun toutor
row. >'id;n. 70 scbo,i! sad Bu>5"t
:" We II start cas.v and have -
lo- cI sid beforo We go, add d.I
Custer, vino was Busters b., thcr
But in the morning, after il l"j
rainod and frozr, All night, l..'
ground all oer, betveaH I'll. uar
Mics bungalow nd tha Ho'o"
Stump school, "as s. >iipp.T rh',
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-16
Points
Mae Murray Again
S G e k S Damage
~ Unifed Press Leased Wire

LOs ANGEt rs. MarcA l6.-N9.
Hurea.. zen actress, has f.lCd
.a.t here for 100000 damage,
aaa.r- t. r. Ecclas and T. ". r,r
eason, aocu-.ng thom Of dofrauj.r2
Hrr of taat a"oant through con-
s "et FL ah;rh hn uas persuaded
ID truda an apartment hou* p"oal
ig har 4or one iu ral,pa oN~j
rs r~,l.-
F,rgu aH acting Le. ger., 1'l
1cr SHAT Eecie, property WAS
gaued 1T Sl41o90 wArr.a gin an-
paisal, aftcr Sbc madn ho azrhan2.
showed that III reality, II was worll
only SO, ~, she claimed.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-16

following men and get your ticket
fer the big event. Dale Cooper, J.
II. snyder, George Bonnit, E.mc
Hartzog, Ray vii oa, Roy Thomp
SON, {. b. Collins, John EMERSON
sam Webb, Il. G. StMHer Bja
Myers. The above group Of men
compose the ticket committee add
were entertained by Rev Engle at
his home with = six o o'elock break
fast Wednesday morning when plans
for the banquet were made
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-16

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Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-16
FARNSWORTH AGAIN LEADING
IN COW TESTING ASSOCIATION

During February the 1925 report
Of the Imperial County Cow Testing
Association was published. It show
ed that the average annual produc-
tion Of cows iu the Cow Testing As
sociation was 273.4 pounds Of but
tcrfat per COW. in 1928 the average
annual production of COWS tested in
this association was only 2j0.5
pounds Of butterfat per cow. Dur
ing 1928, .Oll COWS completed the
year test. y these cows had pro-
dUced only 250.J pounds Of butter
fat per cow. their owner would have
received ti. - pounds less butter
far than they actually received TL.s
but+crfa' would uay. been worth ap-
proyimato'y S2ioGo0G These fir
urcs ind cat. that members of the
Cow Testing Association aye firdny
that their Cow Testing Association
fec are a good Investment.
During February. SO herds were
tested in the Imperial County Gov
Teoing Association. Thcao herd
contained 2sa9 COW, and 1890 cows
vcrc tested this month A total of
24l of thDs cows proc@rcd 4o
pounds or more of buttorf". during
the mouth Members Of tn. aseoria-
non c1iled - low producing COWS
and ono member purchased q pur.
bred dairy lu.l
Jhe Do highest producing cows
which wJo tested during February
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-16

a5 soon as the rabbi, children fraH
our o- doors They All fell down.
Ha, Iir." they tughe2.
W+a: fan,
1T may mo-, h. a. msea eaa :
-or tniak, >aId tbgt~ wata#..
''NoG may ret H. ahla - - u
-.,oo, g.. a.i.'
"Wny, v'n tia, would ~ zaa. -
~'i Jingle, '". IA. ii ~ i
a'.ul 30 her aotHre fv-ag5 a=a.
And, su... ,a.ae'. a...r r,...
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-16

ID 10 - 20 school. I. was so s. '.p..l.-
that each tiwr they took oo lup
#h,au tacy slid back two hops. 50
that pettv soon, instead cf bai -,
ora jh.ir way tu Srio. thrr %e3r
hartin! mp and getting fnth ~:
further away al thn "llin
"TaiS via u.var Go, said
NTc-ilv a~ ", l. aet aH1
,hr slipping, sliding ea.ldeH
Ir.-.al oi "..rg fa .hael ;a-
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-16

There is a strong movement under
way in southern Oregon, by land
owners, to close the upper Rogue
River to sportsmen.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-16

The Klamath County Woo. Grow
crs Association is new Oregon
os9ani <sticn.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-16

The Douglas count, Nevada.
highway will be completed this
summer, finishing the road from
California points north to Reno.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-16
Glass 4. Highest Producing COW

the month Of February are as fol
lows:
Imperial Valley press., 1929-03-16
WOULD ATMIT TRoTzHY

BERLIN, Maryn lG.-Ministet o.
Inter. Albert Grzcsins<i, the chirf
polio, power in Prussia, today was
rcportcd rs fayorirg the admission
Of Leon Tro.lky into Germany TN
only condition he minister laid
down was that Trotzky must keep
the ?gacc while in Germany. The
minister's opinion was transmitted
to tn, cabinet.