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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-28
BY j. z. Montgomery in Monty's
Monthly, December Issue

TO begin at the beginning, about
SO years ago, a wandering priest
who had Jurisdiction over the Rio
Grande Valley, carried some orange
seeds out to the Laguna SEGA
Rancho. Rather, he carried some
oranges to the "kiddoes" Of his do
are standing today as the pioneers
of the Ritrus industry Of the Lower
Rio Grsfde Valley.
About the time Of the advent Of
the st. Louis, Brownsville and Gulf
railway, now known as the Mis-
souri, Pacific System, there came to
the Valley a real estate promoter
with a long vision. 1t was he who
conceived the idea of growing cit
rus fruit in the Valley. Sending to
Florida for trees. he had planted
Just east of Mercedes, the first
commercial citrus grove of the VAL
ley. This is now known as the Ever
green orchard, owned by DR..
Kalbfleisch. Probably more peo-
pie have visited this orchard than
any other in the Valley, unless the
Chas. Volz grove south of Mission
al lay claim to that distinction.
And the Volz orchard is about the
second one planted here.
Several other groves we're set out
along about the same time, includ-
ing the Conway and Windbiggler
oranges, grew several trees which
Brothers, of McAllen, and perhaps
one or two others.
The industry was slow to get q
foothold, however, and it was not
until the advent of John H. Shary
colonizer and developer, that citrus
growing received impetus sufficient
to be recognized as a fixed resource
of the Valley to the other and you
1914, if u memory serves us right
or about ten years after the mi
tial orchard was planted.
While most Of the c~itizenry Of the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-28

Above Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen;
below Mrs. Ruth Hanna Mccormick.
the person with whom she was
talking, she began speaking with
two Of her secretaries. After about
an hour I got tired, and went out.
Then I went to the Office of Mrs.
Owen. AS I opened the door she
turned and smiled. That smile was
reassuring. 1 asked her for an in
terview. She said she could give
me one and she did.
She asked me to bring it in to
her after I had finished it, SO that
she could go over it again with
me, and see if anything were
wrong, or could be added. I will
conclude the interview later, after
I have taken it to her, and she has
said that it is all right.
Mrs. Owen is a MISUNDERSTANDING
lady, not SO handsome as Mrs. Nc
Cormick, but with a very sweet
face, that sort of comforts you.
She has idon-gray hair that waves
in profusion over. her head.
noticed that she had plants on the
window sill. Mrs. Mccormick had
nothing of the sort in her office.
A Bond of Interest
When she was II. as I am she had
written for a paper. and had been
very proud because her stories were
published. Her last words we're:
Good luck to you"
Mrs. Owen has some good ideas
about her district. She has studied
its problems intensively. She Is
earnest, and has thought out plans
to aid her district.
I liked Mrs. Owen.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-28

will meet a half dozen or more big
trucks loaded with balled trees en-
route from the nursery to their
new homes. These trucks keep
running up and down the Valley
throughout the working hours OF
every day.
The past six years have seen the
greatest development in the history
of the Valley. In fact, every year
since 1922 has seen the paintings
yearly quite doubled the paintings
Of each previous year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-28
REPORTS GIVE COLEMAN
ONE OF BEST SCHOOLS

COLEMAN. Texas, April 27.-(P)-
Coleman has one of the best school
systems in Central West Texas, &C
cording to a report filed with the
department Of education at Austin
by a state inspector.
1.-THE citizens of Coleman" the in
spector said, may well boast that
they have one of the best organized,
equipped, taught and kept school
systems in Central West Texas.
Much effort and money have been
spent in the improvement of the
system during the past few years,
and today both grade and high
school pupils are housed in modern
and well-planned buildings
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-28
McALLEN PRESENTS
THE A SCHOOL
(Snecial To The Herald

McALLEN, April 27.-"The Charm
School, famous stage success OF
Alice Duer Miller and Robert Mil
ton. will be presented as the class
play Of the McAllen high school
senior class Monday, April 20.
Taking part in the play are Jim
Pate, Bill Maitland, William Horn,
Ted Malone, Frank Allen, Dorothy
Chambers, Maurine Stout, Everly
Moore, Mary Harrison, Winifred
Wharton, Freda Harding, Ethelyn
Harding. Mary Virginia Barron,
Margaret Betson and Opal Frisby.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-28

r now ready to apply for q char
ter, an evidence of intense ~interes
by Brownsville boys in the organ
ization, and these charters prob
ably will be granted within O yer
few weeks.
Plans now are being made to hav|
the Brownsville scouts fully repre-
sented by a large delegation at til
annual field meet for Valley scout
to be held soon. Many improvement
have been made at Camp Perry Of
the arroyo and the scout summe
camp doubles will be larger thai
ever. Special efforts r being mad
to secure the best possible taller
to serve as instructors for the boy
while in camp.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-28
NJ PLANS TO
HARLINCEN
Especial to The Herald)

Especial 10 The HeraIdD
HARLINGEN. April 27.-Plans for
the Identification of the city were
discussed at a meeting held here
Tuesday afternoon and composed of
representatives of the local cham
Der of commerce. Women's cham
Der of commerce, realtors board, and
the Business and Professional Wom-
ems club.
The proposal made by Mr.. Tom
Harwood to sell a number of palms
to the city for Identification pur-
poses was refused because the pur-
chase would entail too great expense,
according to many of those who at
tended the meeting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-28
80 CARLOADS ONIONS
MOVE TO NEW YORK

GALVESTON, April Q .-P-
Movment of onions from this port
for the 1929 season is under way
with some 80 carloads going to New
York on every coastwise steamer.
Present shipments by two shiplines,
amounts to about 120 carloads per
week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-28
PIONEER LANDMARK

CANYON, April 27.-lP)-The
building which housed the head
quarters of the old T-Anchor
Ranch. the first house built in
Randall county, is to be preserved
by the Panhandle Plains Historical
Society. The house and 200 acres of
land surrounding it is owned by the
West Texas State Teachers College
of CANYON.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-28
Twelue- Year-O Old Writer
Interviews Congresswomen
BY ALICIA 3. EVA

T1044 ~ ~ -
D. c., April 81.
% t he r c o n
res W o m e n,
too, have fine
f a t h e r S ;
but n o I
the m are S Q
well K n o W n a S
the fathers OF
Congressworn a n
Ruth Hanna Nc
Cornlick of Illi-
noiS and Con-
e S S W o m a n
Ruth B a r
Owen of Florida
Naturally these
two congress wo-
men would be
the most inter
esting to inter
view.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-28
SHRINERS TO N
JULY FLAG CEREMONY

GALVESTON, April 27.-F1-E
Nina Temple Shrine will sponso.
a city flag day ceremony here JUL
4, in which all local organization
will participate, as well as For
Crockett soldiers and filters of tn,
third attack group.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-22
WASHINGTON
LETTER,
%~ @gSdSS

descending voice that he had just elc-
waited none other than Secretary
, Robert Patterson Lamont. Such in
cidents occur frequently III Washing
X X
The Hon. Oscar De Priest, dusky
congressman from Illinois. finally
finds himself parked on the cellar
floor of the house office building next
to the office OF the newest congress
man. G. Murray Turpin Of Pennsyl-
vania. Mrs. Hoover has entertained
house. but until Turpin came here
following his election to succeed the
late John j. Casey, the office next to
DE Priests was conspicuously unoccu-
pied. A southern member had hastily
moved out.
Turpin used to be q dentist. He is
about 81 years Old and 30 years ago
was working alternately as grocery
clerk. steamboat hand and apprentice
carpenter to get money to study den-
tistry. After long dental practice he
became successfully mayor Of Kings
ton. Pa, and p~rothonotary of Luzernc
county. In the election a few days
ago he defeated the late Congressman
Casey's widow. who had the backing
of Democrats and labor unions. after
a campaign in which he was fire.
qucntly accused Of taking bread from
a widows mouth.
Turpin says he doesn't mind having
his office next to De Priests.
X X X
Ono of the saddest things that hap
pened during the special session OF
congress was what happened to a
large crew of representatives who
stole away from Washington several
days before the close of the session,
expecting to be gone until after the
summer recess. The house Republic
can leaders had said definitely that
the house wouldn't vote again on the
farm bill and the departing members
shared their confidence that the sem
ate would back down on the deben-
lures plan. Nothing short of on
%stcrnation struck a few congressman.
including as many as half a dozen
members of the Massachusetts dele
cation, when frantic wires came from
Washington ordering them back to
vote on the conference report in order
to knock out the debentures plan from
the farm bill. Most Of them returned.
too. for it doesn't pay for a Repub-
lican to disregard orders from the
house Oligarchy.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-22

A conceited man is one who believes
President Hoover will recognize him
= ne sees him on the street because
ne shook hands with him once.
\
The judges at Houston, Tex. have
decided that Miss Elsie Goldarbeiter
Of Austria is the prettiest girl in the
world. But W haven't seen the ads
yet and don't know what kind of to-
bacco she chews.
Calls for charitable aid in Chicago
have declined % per cent in the last
ak months. However. the city hall
and court house report the usual
number.
Premier Baldwin. retiring from
public life, bought himself 3 second
hand tennis racquet, II England was
Ike America. stantQy could write .
story Tor Z magazine md buy a brand
new one.
4 chemist has discovered m ~
ce11ent lubricant In the skin Of the
banana. But We know experts who
0aGcoysfed banana oil years ago.
Ccngrees decided to divert $500
80 20 relieve the farmer. That's
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-22
BY RODNEY
(NEA Service WRITER

Washington. June 22.-Calvin
Coolidge's congressman is the Hon
william Kirk Kaynor, former post
master at Springfield. Mass. Kaynor
represents the second Massachusetts,
district, which includes famous
Northampton, and Coolidge voted for
him last November in the altogether
likely event that he voted the straight
Republican ticket.
kaynor went to Northampton to
sec his illustrious constituent before
he came down here. Naturally. he was
anxious to pick up any tips that
would help him on his new job and
intimated as much.
"You just follow the Republican
leaders and I guess you'll get along all
right" said Cal.
Congressman Henry st. George
Tucker Of Virginia gives a good imita-
ton Of Coolidge silence when asked
about his forthcoming marriage to
Miss Mary Jane Williams. Con-
gresham Tucker is 76 years old and
he doesn't believe in publicity for la
dies who aren't in public life" Neither
does he believe in printing photo
graphs Of ladies in the newspapers.
He has been married twice before.
He was asked, in view OF his age and
experience. for his ideas on marriage.
Il approve of it," declared Henry
st. George Tucker.
\ X
Three birds we're riding in an elc-
vator in the department of commerce
building, one of whom happened to
be your correspondent. One of the
other two asked to be let off at the
second floor.
The colored operator made no re-
ply to that and kept right on going.
The second man began to accost him
somewhat as follows:
Third floor: "Hey!"
Fourth floor: Il said second floor!'
Fifth floor: What the deuce?"
Sixth floor: What's the matter
with this guys he deaf?"
Then the lift stopped at the seventh
floor and the third occupant, moving
out. explained that the operator
wasn't deaf and that he would be
glad to take the gent with the loud
voice back to the second floor.
The operator then spoke up for the
FIRST time and explained in a con-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-22
e. austin "a ss.v'c'

At half past one Crystal met Tony
In q quiet tearoom. She had made
headline" with her Christmas Cheer
story for the day, and was free for an
hour. before she would have to go out
on another assignment. She had not
seen Colin Grant. but her heart sang
with the knowledge that she was to
meet him at Charles Coffee House
after the home edition was OH the
press-about half past four.
She found Tony waiting for her, an
unlnistakable light of triumph in the
blue diamond eyes. AS soon as the
luncheon order had been given and
the waitress dismissed. Tony began
to pour out her story:
i found Mr.. Talbot in his private
office at the bank. It was My dear
this and My dear that, till I shut
him up by saying. MI. Talbot, I've
come to have q frank talk with you
about Callie Barrett Well, if I'd had
= feather, I'd have had the pleasure
OF seeing HIM knocked out cold"
Didn't you tell him first that you're
not going to marry Dick?" Crystal de-
manded.
OF course not. idiot! l was too
clever for that" Tony gibed. Don't
you see-All the time / was making
my demands for Callie. he was tell
Ing himself that he'd better do what
] said, so I'd not break the g
ment! -. Well, ! told him he had
to give Callie Barrett three thousand
dollars. I told him what a fool I
think she Is not to take more, but I
repeated what she said-that she
wouldn't touch a penny more than
enough to e her through the birth
Of the baby and ten months of nurs-
Ing It; that she intended to support
herself and the baby after that. and
be damned to the Talbots! OF course
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-22

he wouldn't believe at first that she
wasn't trying to hold him up for a
lot more, now or later. and wanted her
to sign some other silly, lying paper.
/ told him fatty she wouldn't, and
that if he didn't Go the right thing
by her-or the little that she would
consent to accepted make her sue
for support of the child. OF course /
knew l couldn't make her do it, but
he didn't. I told him he could give
me the three thousand in cash, SO
thered be no legal evidence that he
or his precious son had ever had any
thing to do with a girl named Callie
Barrett
She was interrupted by the arrival
OF the luncheon. but was too excited
to eat. When the waitress had gone.
she began again:
We'll. l was just pocketing the
three thousand-makes an awful Wad.
by the way-Whcn in came Dick. He
tried to kiss me, and well, I slapped
him. which was the first time I really
lost my temper" she confessed. flush
ing at the memory. But I do wish
you could have heard me. Crys. It
was grand, being able to tell him and
his father exactly what / thought of
them-making me pay my debt for
a few kisses by marrying a man who
owed the biggest debt in the world to
another girl! Oh. I didn't mince
words. darling! I blistered EN- both.
1t would have taken a two-ton tractor
to stop me. d. . BUTTS all settled.
I'm going to put the poor old grand
mother in an Old Ladies' Home, and
see Callie settled with her sister in
Chicago. And I'm free, Crys!
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-22
BY Blosser
By Cowan
By Small
By Martin

Leeds, with . veteran lineup, is
rated one Of the strongest base
ball aggregations in North Da-
kota. The Benson county team
is an all-salaried team. Doc
Love, who trounced Hettinger
Wednesday night, probably win
hurl for Bismarck.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-22

Sweden has approximately 178, 900
motor vehicles, an increase of 17O,-
600 in 10 years.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-22

enough to buy them a few automo-
biles, anyway.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-22

NEXT: The first date with Colin
Grant.
Copyright. 1929. NEA Service, Inc.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-05
Scores Believed Dead
In Belgian Harbor As
Pleasure Boats Crash

OSTEND, Belgium, Aug. A. - An
undetermined number of persons
were drowned hardly 35 yards from
the docks on which large crowds Of
Sunday pleasure seekers were
massed when two small pleasure
boats, thronged with passengers,
'collided in the harbor today. The
force of the impact hurled the "Cxo
Nine," the smaller craft, bottom side
up and split its hull in two, flinging
scores into the water.
Eighteen of the passengers were
rescued, but in such a serious condi-
ton th,.t they were taken to hospi-
tails. Of the so to 100 people. be-
lieved to have set out on the one
hour cruise of the "Cxo Nine" the
bodies of only IL had been recovered
at late hour yesterday. Checking
of the missing was extremely diff
cult owing to the confusion and the
number of rescue vessels on the
scene.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-05
10000 TEXTILE
WORKERS MEET
Charlotte Conference
Getting Good Start

Continued from Page One)
workers staged demonstration be-
fore his house while the furniture
was being thrown out. The W. I.
R. is providing for Is persons in
these two families.
Two locals of the N. T. W. u.
have been formed, at the Parkdale
and Calvine mills.
Fred Beal, southern organizer of
the N. T. w. u, now indicted with
Is others for murder because the
strikers of Gastonia defended them
selves against murderous raid
upon them, has resumed in Jail his
classes upon union organization and
the class struggle, which were in
terrupted by the recent court pro-
cedure in Gastonia.
Jesse Carson Jailed.
Eula Carson's father, Jesse Car
son, was discharged from the Pink
ney mill, South Gastonia, because
he refused to drive his daughter
from home. He was night watch
man and went back to get his gun
after being discharged. Then they
arrested him for carrying concealed
weapons" and kept him in Jail over
night. He was tried at 8 this morn
ing, and released on $500 bond, pro-
vided by the l. L. D. He had a
right to carry the gun as a night
Waterman, and did not have it in
his possession when he was arrested.
The Gastonia branch of the I. L.
D. met Thursday and heard a re-
port from Walter Trumbull, south
ern organizer of the l. L. D. on his
tour during which many branches
were started in cities of the Caro-
linas. A general I. L. D. mass meet
ing is being planned for next week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-05
Negro Boy Scout, Sent to
Sly on Pioneers, Joins Them

I must help the workers when they
go out on strike.
When I went to your camp, [ was
not permitted to be with other chill
dren, because l am a Negro. In the
Pioneer camp, we are all the same,
white children, and Negro children.
I like the camp for that reason. l
know that they are really my
friends, and will fight for the work
ers. l want to leave the Boy Scouts,
cause l don't want to be loyal to
the bosses any more.
l was always told to "Be pre-
pared" for war. Now, when the
bosses will start another war, for
more money for themselves, they
want US workers children in the Boy
Scouts to fight for them. My father
is a worker and l am not going to
fight against him.
Please forward to my home ad-
dress two dollars that You owe me.
Fraternally yours,
LESLIE BOYD.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-05
N. 7. ". PREPARES
SILK CONFERENCE
Also Arranging Cotton
Conference

The National Executive Commit
tee of the National Textile Work
ers' Union met yesterday in an all
day meeting at the national offices
at 105 Fifth Ave.
Reports show that ITO delegates
from textile mills are due to be
elected to the Cleveland convention
of the Trade Union Unity Conven-
ton. Fifty of these will be, from
the South and will include Negro
delegates. Negro delegates will also
be among the delegation from New
Bedford and the dye plants of Pat
erson.
Preparations for the National Silk
Conference to be held in Paterson
on August 25th shows that many
mills in the Lehigh Valley, Penn
sylvania, Paterson, Union City and
other mills in New Jersey, also mills
in Pawtucket, R. l., Fall River,
Mass, and three towns in Connecti-
cut, are sending delegates.
Meetings For Bailed Defendants.
The Committee on New England
Cotton Workers Conference reports
progress and expects a representa-
tive gathering on the same date as
the silk conference. This conference
will be held in Boston or New Bed
ford.
A committee was elected to ar
rang a series of meetings for the
released organizers, Vera Buch, Amy
Schechter and Sophia Melvin in the
textile centers of New Bedford, Pro-
violence, Philadelphia, Paterson, AL
lentown and Lawrence. In the lat
ter mill cen;er, the home of Fred
Beal, It is expected to have a mon
ster meeting to welcome these
speakers.
Additional organizing forces were
allocated to Philadelphia, Lehigh
Valley, and Lawrence.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-05
SNOWDEN HOLDS
ON TO WAR LOOT
Defends British Lions
Share Against Young

LODON, England, Aug. A.
Philip Snowden, labor party minis
ter of the exchequer, or treasurer
of England, goes to The Hague to-
day to defend his imperialist mas
ters' interests in the division of the
war loot. The conference is over
the acceptance of the Young plan,
worked out by the Dawes plan board
of experts, who are only advisory,
technically. Italy, France and Bel
GUM accepted the Young plan
partly because by it England loses
S1,250,000 Preparations" promised
her at the Spa conference.
Snowden declared in parliament
recently, when Lloyd George at
tackled the plan, that England is
not committed to it" and eve have
reached the limit of concessions"
"U. s. Of Europe" Stunt.
1t is significant at this moment,
Premier BRAND of France refur-
DISHES, by conversations with press
service reporters, his proposal of "a
United States of Europe" and, as
a first step, the economic union of
European countries. This is bride
to England on the one hand, being
the offer of a united front against
United States imperialism, and a
threat on the other, that England
might beleft out.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-05
MOONLITE CRUISE
FRIDAY WILL Be
R0LLICKINC R0MP
Workers Urged to Get
Tickets Now

Continued from Page One)
we don't mean maybe. This Fri
day is the red letter day. The
steamboat is the Peter Stuyvesant,
one of the biggest of the Hudson
River Day Liners, which will pull
away from the foot of 42nd st. at 8
p. m. sharp Aug. 8, with load of
workers so gayly decked cut that
the proverbial blind man with cane
would be dazzled
The price of admission is one
fifty, and tickets, while they last,
can be purchased at the Daily Work
err business office, 26 Union Square,
the Workers Bookshop or the New
Masses, 80 and 30 Union Square,
respectively; Sollin's, PIG East 18th
St.: the Needle Trades Workers In
dustrial Union, 131 West 28th St.;
Millinery Workers, West 9th ST.;
Unity House, 1900 Seventh Ave;
Bronx Workers Colony, $500 Bronx
Park East, or any Communist Par
ty station.
Last but not least, Vernon An
drade's famous Negro Renaissance
Orchestra has been booked for the
moonshine revel. L was this outfit
which inspired Carl Sandbugg to
write his famous "Jazz Fantasia
"now a Hudson River steamboat
pushes up the night river with a
hoo-hoo-h0o-oo and the green
lanterns calling to the high soft
stars a red moon rides on the
humps of the low river hills . e.
go to it, o jazzmen."
Get out and ges undes The moon!