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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-01
IS GIVEN

fContinrod from page cne.)
would run the number that crossed
the river to around 10000.
The Casa Grande Of the Interna-
tional Amusement company opened
to a capacity crowd. The cabaret Is
something new for this section and
the venture enjoyed q full house I'M
til early morning. Noise making
favors were passed out and the as
scmbled crowd raised q loud din at
midnight.
Very little material damage was
done by the jewellers. The telephone
company, which has had cables shot
down in the past, reported no trou-
BILE Tuesday morning. Other public
utilities reported no damage.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-01
DENY FIGHTING

LONDON, Jan. 1.-P)-The At
CHAN legation today said that no re.
cent fighting had occurred in AT.
ghanistan. Negotiations were pro
ceeding with the rebels and it was
hoped that peace would be ~reestab-
lished soon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-01

own lands that can produce oranges,
lemons, grapefruit, and intelligent
enough to keep them.
Southern California, part Of Arr
Eona, part Of southern Texas, ans
south Florida, contain all the land
in America suited 10 citrus fruit
growing"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-01

down the line, eircling each Valley
" We have over 1000 para
chutes in the plane, and avery town
will receive its quota
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SEE INTENSIVE
CONTINUED from page one

" H16S IA
be eclipsed in 1929. The new high
Ways have been important factors in
connection with this progress, and
il Cameron county is permitted to
continue It's highway program, prac-
tically every section of the county
will be prepared for development be-
fore the year closes. Every section
of the county is beginning to get the
benefits of new roads, and | feel as
sured thta the taxpayers are in &C
cord with the program. / believe
can a for the commissioners
court that when the highway pro-
gram is completed we will have the
most complete system Of paved high
ways in the state"
G. W. bennett, Brownsville post
master: "Thgt Brownsville is grow
ing rapidly is demonstrated by the
postal receipts. During 1928 every
quarter showed an increase over the
corresponding quarter in 1927, and
the receipts Of the office for the year
are approximately s64. ZOO. I believe
they will attain $4,000 next year. |
consider the postal receipts an ex-
cellent index to general conditions
in any community, and believe
there is not a ~pestoffice in the Val
ley that will nc. show a gain in
1928"
r. Il. Creager, Brownsville: THE
outlook for the entire Valley is very
encouraging. In fact, th5 national
outlook il bright, and ! believe the
entire country is entering an era of
unprecedented development and
prosperity. One Of ihn most healthy
indications in the Vaifey is the rapid
expansion Of irrig&-ion facilities.
Thousands Of acfrs are being
brought under irrigation. and will
add to the wealth production Of this
section. At no time in the history
Of the Valley has the outlook been
better"
Iohn Gregg, president Merchants
National bank: ITO me il looks like
1929 will be the best year the II
lev has ever experienced. Conditions
are ideal for record breaking agri-
cultural production, and the present
forecast is that market conditions
will be good throughout the year.
The Brownsville port project, which
| believe il destined to solve the
transportation problem for the en-
tire Valley, will play a very irnpor-
tant part in connection with Valley
progress in 1929"
Tom Stevenson, Brownsville Chev-
rolet dealer: 1T looks TO me like
the entire Valley will be hitting on
six before the rear ends. ! am no.
talking about the new model; am
referring 70 general conditions.
Thousands Of acres arc coming under
development. deep water is almost
in sight, and there is nothing. that
can see, to prevent the Valley en-
icring the most prosperous year u
esar experienced. I believe condi-
tons throughout the entire country
will show decided improvement dur
ne the first six months of 1929, and
l. Is probable the era of prosperity
s.ili continue indefinitely"
Joe Celaya, cashier Texas Bar
and Trust &C.: Il believe IL safe SKI
forecast highly prosperous cond
uions for the entire lower bord
country during 1929. Everything y
dicates it will be a year Of progrc
in development Of the Valleys n
sources, and every acre added n
creases the Valleys production
wealth. The outlook is very q
~couraging from every viewpoint. q
December 81 this bank declared \.
80 i-3 per cent stock dividend an
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-01
PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. c. W. Hodge and Roy
Gentry Of Pecos, Tex, arrived IN
brownsville yesterday on a pleasure
trim. They expect TO spend several
DAYS here before returning to their
home.
=. ". Branch Of Oklahoma City IS
IN town for a few days on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Z. Hill and Mrs.
Roone who spent New Years Y IN
Brownsville left this morning for
their home in Kingsville.
G.. u. Hamilton of San Antonio IS
in Brownsville today on business;
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. G. Wilkins, NJ. W:
Platt and c. e. Sheppard, all OF
Corpus Christi, arc IN Brownsville
for a few days on a pleasure visit.
They are staying at the travellers
hotel.
Misses Leslie. Norma and Alice
samuel who have been spending a
few DAYS in Brownsville, left tins
afternoon for their home in Brady.
Miss Wayne Grimes of Moberly,
Mo, arrived in this city last night
for a short visit.
Mrs. NJ. o. Brown and Miss Irene
Markham Of Corpus Christi are IN
Brownsville today on a pleasure trip.
NJ. Edelstein of this city is leav-
ing tonight for Houston, where ne
expects to remain for several days
on business.
Mrs. r. Molder who has been Wis
iting in Brownsville for the past
DAYS left this morning for her
home in Corpus Christi.
F. Z. Prewett, official of the Mis-
souri, Pacific Lines, arrived in this
city Tuesday on a business trip.
". j. Edwards of Denver, Colo,
is leaving for his home tonight after
spending several days in this city.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-01

WOMAN BLOWN INTO RIVER
EASTWOOD, Eng. - Mrs. Eliza
Camm, aged 50, was blown into the
River Lcen BY a gust OF wind and
drowned.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-01
fBy The Associated Press

LONDON-The old year passed.
with snow falling heavily in the
north of Great Britain and a sloppy
drizzle in the metropolis. As King
George was thought out of imminent
danger, festive greeting to 1929 was
undated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-01

BERLlN-German carp was the
piece de resistance in Berlin's New
Years celebration. Hot punch full Of
kick was drunk in toast Il 1929. Luc-
Ky emblems were cast from lead to
tel the future and 1928 went out
with the cracking Of f~irecrackers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-01

SHANGHAI-China began the New
Yehr as a united country under the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-01

PARIS--Hundreds Of courtmartial-
ed soldiers received pardons or com
mutations Of sentence as New
Years gift from President Doumer-
que.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-01

r. VI. Holland, Harlingen banker:
Il expect the year 1929 TO see a
marked increase in the rate Of de-
veIopment in Harlingen and the rest
Of the Valley over 1928. ] base this
on the \ X that the people Of the
Valley have adjusted themselves to
n year of rather hard times. and are
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14

'Exmas, an unpardOnablel barbarisn. So pronounced, the word is quite open to the crit icisms of it which clergymeis and others express.
 x, however. as an aBbreviat- ion of Christ, has a history al- most as old as Christianity. In catacomb inscriptions it stands for Christos, the first letter be- ing chi. The letter X, the Eng fish equivalent of chi, meaning Christ, has the sanction of an cient usage unquestionably. Dictionaries and encyclopedias include Xmas among the abbre- viations of recognized stand ing, also Xn for Christian. They do not stigmatize it as colloquial or vulgar. Still, there is a feeling for words that im- pels most persons with a verb al conscience to spell Christ mas out full. To many Christ ians Christmas is a beautiful word, while Xmas is not. On the score of good taste the ap- peal for the disuse of Xmas is persuasive. However. circum- stances can alter cases. Ger tainly not even the ministry ob-
 ject to use of the contracted form in the newspaper head line, where space is as precious as it was on the tablets of the catacombs. Xmas is a respect full term to those who look up- on the X as symbolical of the Christian cross, and it is un- likely any would object to It's use if this symbolism were uni versally recognized.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14
XMAS.


 Now that Christmas is just around the corner again, one expects to encounter the abbre- viated Xmas" in many places, and to hear many complaints and adverse comments from those who object to the short ening of the word Christmas. !" One objection to the shorten ing of the word to Xmas is the pitfall of pronunciation. With the use of the brief form has grown 3 tendency to read t
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14
. MAIL EARLY

The approaching holiday season is witnessing the usual request of the postoffice de- partment that the public do what 1t can to aid tn the prompt handling of mail mat ter, which will be increasing in volume each day from now un- til Christmas.
 In sending gift packages two things are important if disap- pOintment is not to be invited careful wrapping, and mailing as soon as possible. Holiday package mail may be marked to indicate that it is not to be opened until Christmas, and this permission should result in an increase in early mailing.
 It is a mistake for any person to feel that the small amount of mail which he sends does not delay the transmission of mails, but the aggregate of mail matter, even in a small community like Hyder, often severely tests the facilities of the postoffice staff. during the holiday season.
 Even if an individual does not take the broader view of mak- ing his contribution toward the handling of the mail, he should think of the personal advan- tages in obtaining the best re- suits in his own shipments by turning them over to the postal forces early enough to avoid the inevitable rush of the holi- day season, thereby having reasonable assurance of prompt delivery.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14

was said that almost a ton of the crustaceans were harvested
 but in hauling in the catch the net burst, spilling part of the contents. The company is said to be going ahead with plans for handling the shrimp, an in dustry which will be active for at least ten months of the year.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14
ALASKA NOTES Culled From the Newspapers
 Of ahe Territory.

A departmental order recent ly issued by the department of the interior transferred to Gov ernor George A. Parks the re- sponsibility for the welfare of the Alaska reindeer, which have been under the jurisdict- ionf of the Bureau of Educat- ion for almost forty years, at which time the few reindeer which since have increased to hundreds of thousands, were imported by the government from Siberia,
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14
UNREASONABLE WEATHER

Peculiar weather conditions in many parts of the country, and particularly in the Pacific Northwest, have set the fire side and street corner weather observers to asserting once again that the climate of the country has. changed and Is still in process of change. They are persuaded that the climate is shifting toward the tropical, but if ones memory does not lead into error, it seems 8 re- turn of the glacial period was recorded in sections which ex- perienced an unusually cold winter a year ago. The climate is assuredly in process o f change, if one measures the transitions in the geologist's years. There has indeed been g radical change since the glac- iers covered sections of the United States. But of changes of 8 permanent character with one mans lifetime there is no real proof.
 In 1861, the ''year without g summer" there was frost in every month and the winter was cruelty severe. Crop fail ures created an acute food Shortage and the death rate was abnormal, according to the records. The hysterical said at that time there would never be another warm summer. That was a freak year, not even ap- proximated by any of the i'll years that have since elapsed.
 Within the memory of this generation there have been un- seasonably cold summers and unseasonably mild winters, and there have been years that have run true to normal. Ob- viously the human memory is never more fallible than when dealing in weather facts. Un- seasonable weather impresses the mind to the exclusion of the normal, with the result that the weather of the present is con- trasted with freak conditions somewhere in the past.
 The "good old summer time" and the "old-fashioned winter will have their innings in the future as in the p9st.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14

Shrimp canning. an entirely. new industry will be launched in Seward in the near future. if plans of the Seward Fisher ies reach fulfillment. It was re- gently announced that shrimps had been found in large quan- titles in Resurrection Bay and it
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14
Change of Heart

Rastus: ''Heah's dat quatah An borrowed from you last yeah"
 Bones: "Yuh done keep it so long An don't know eff hits
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14

The hardest thing a kid faces in this world is the job of learn ing good manners without see- ing any, according to the Blue berry Kid.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14

We understand that the col lection of antiques at the Brit ish Museum has been enriched by a perfect specimen of the hairpin of the pre-shingle ep- och.-Exc.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS

Changes in Display Advertising for current weekly issue must be presented not later than the Wednesday evening preceding the day of issue Saturday, insertion will be delayed until the following week.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14

A general speeding up of mining operations at the Healy River Coal Mining Corporat- ions coal mine at Suntrana, has resulted from an increased general demand for their coal. The company is now producing an average of 300 tons daily and is preparing for an even greater output in the future by installing two 125-h. p. boilers at g cost of $15,0OO.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14

A correspondent wants to know which are smarter, girls or boys. We'll, which are the more successful at lodging work through life?
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14

Still, we imagine that these intellectual birds doubtless en- joy life when nobody is about to watch them sheer.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14

Virtue is relative. Most of the people who boast of their self control haven't much to con- trol
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14

wuff while fo' me to change sthah opinion of ynh fo' just two-bits. Y
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14
Just for Fun

Mans three ages: Hates work, works cheerfully as a matter of duty; wishes he could work.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14

Talking motion pictures will be heard for the first time in Cordova, Anchorage and Fair banks next month, it was an- nounced recently by Capt. A. E. Lathrop, proprietor of the Empress chain of theatres. Capt. Lathrop is now in the States purchasing the necess- ary equipment for talkies for his theatres in the three towns.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER

This newspaper Is not connected in any with stock brokerage firm other establishment associated in interested in the sale of mining shares and publishes formation relative to local mining development that be- ieved to be in full accord with fact.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14

After all, the man who knows it all wouldn't be so objection able if he'd keep it to himself.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14

If he has begun to think he looks distinguished, he Is a lit- tie past forty.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14

w. D. Flanagan, former pro- hibition enforcement officer, who is now engaged in running a trading station on the upper Tanana River, was arrested re- gently on 8 charge of having shipped 27 marten skins and with transporting skins of land furbearing a n m a l s without proper markings on the pack ages containing them. He was released under $500 bonds, af- ter pleading not guilty to both charges.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14

King Salmon have been found spawning in the streams cd. jacent to Ketchikan and are believed to be return of,some of the king Salmon fry released from the Ketehikan fish hatch cry three and four years age,
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-12-14

Johnnie (to new visitor) "So you are my grandmas are you?"
 Grandmother: "Yes, Johnnie, Pm your grandma on your fathers side"
 Johnnie: Well, you're on the, wrong side. You'll soon find that out"
 Mother (severely): When I was your age I never dreamed of doing the things you dol"
 Modern daughter: Mother, I wouldn't worry about that {; I suppose you did theJbest that you could with what you did think up."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-11
COMPENSATION For Cotton
Farmers

West Texas farmers in the pink boil worm area
will receive compensation under the new law 1or olelr
extra expenses in growing in 1928-1929 cotton crop
This is the ruling of the attorney general through one
of his assistants. Representative Harry T. Weoo o.
Odessa and Carl Rountree Of Lamesa asked 1or an
Interpretation of the new law. IheSe repleSeil'aU
from the west are responsible for the pink boil meas
IRE which received the approval OF the governor
For the benefit Of all concerned the new law IS
contained in house bill 1872 which provides that IN
all regulated or restricted areas now established OF
that NAV hereafter be established ana all persons
firms or corporations required to comply WIN t"e
regulations or restrictions imposed upon them oy Ia"
- anv constitution authority, shall be entitled 70 re-
ceive compensation for the actual losses sustained
~ for all actual expenses incurred by reason OF
said restrictions or regulations. n.
r. will be recalled that Congressman Buchanan OIL
~ rrauis district. a member Of the house agrlCul-
tire committee, protested against the enactment Q!
the Webb bill. He said it would result III Ie 20 u
federal cooperation and financial aid. HIS protest
wa ignored. Farmer Webb Won Now let the future
tell the story.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-11
The World and All
SAY IT AGAIN
By Charles P. Driscoll

SA4 4 so-AAAt
Let us say it again. One light-year is the distance
that light may travel freely in space in one year.
One light-year is about six million million miles. The
nearest star is a bit more than four light-years dis
tant from the earth, or twenty-five million million
miles.
Star clusters have been caught by the most power
full telescopes that are so far away that the distance
is expressed in millions of light-years
After reading or writing such sentences as these,
l feel that I must pause and rest a while.
y = =
The ~vastness of stellar space has always awed me,
as indeed it might we'll awe a much more knowing
mind. 1 have just been reading, with much pleasure,
an article entitled This Magnificent Universe" by
Edwin B. Frost, in the March Century Magazine. Mr..
Frost quotes some Of these wel-known but always
impressive figures.
Photography is aiding more and more in the map
ping of the heavens and placing Of distant star sys-
TENS. A single Photographic plate, properly exposed
under very favorable conditions, under a powerful
telescope, may contain the records Of five hundred
thousand stars.
Again, 1 feel that a slight rest is in order.
Five hundred thousand stars recorded on one little
Photographic plate. One may hazard the guess, with
out knowing much about it, that few, if any, of the
half million stars thus recorded are as small as the
earth.
Quite likel ythey are all as old as the earth, or
older, or almost as old. Probably none Of them has
been shining for less than a few millions Of years.
Yet, we don't officially know that mos tof them exist.
Well, YES, they've been found as specks on a s~ensitized
plate, by q few curious scientists.
= =
In the general scheme of things that are, my cold
in the head doesn't loom quite as large as it did a
few minutes ago.
Even Lindbergh, with all his flying, seems hardly
as gigantic a figure in the universe as he seemed be-
fore l started to think about these great worlds that
are whirling about in their immense solar systems, so
far away that they hardly register on our photo
graphic plates. And perhaps there are countless bill
lions of these great solar systems, far, far beyond the
reach of our little telescopes.
Really, 1 believe I won't even mention my cold
again.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-11
INDEPENDENT WEATHER PRO-
PHET SCORNED BY GOV
EMINENT MEN
Nv CHARLES p. STEWART

BY CHAkLES Il. SlE
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE
governments weather service dis
putes the validity Of Herbert jan
win Brownies seasonal weather
forecasts. They are utterly sclen-
tific and signify nothing whatever,
according to the weather bureau.
The fact remains that Prophet
Browne continues to make money,
selling his predictions to an IN
creasing number Of hard-headed
business folk who rarely let go OF
cold cash for anything else than
what they consider value received,
and who certainly do not keep II
I'D year after year on any other
basis, anyway.
1t surely seems as if an IN
scientific business man ought 70 pc
able to estimate a weather fore
casts reliability by checking 1t up
with the subsequent actual weather.
From the very fact that Prophet
Browne keeps his clients, it looks
to me as if there must be some
thing in his predictions
Meteorological sciences hostility
to Prophet Browne appears to me
due, in large part, to the circum-
stance that he broke into weather
prophesy rather unceremoniously.
Originally Herbert was not a
scientist, but a newspaper man.
From that he graduated into the
business of furnishing confidential
Washington information to a num-
Der of CORPORATIONS whose plans are
largely influenced " developments
in the capital. Weather considera-
tons also play an important part
in the calculations. The weather
bureau refused to make forecasts
as far in advance as Brownies Gus
toners wanted them, which drove
him into the job of making his
own.