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A. I AND / HITS
295, UP 1l;0IL
STOCKS OFF
BIZ w. s. COUsINs

NEW YORK, Aug. IL G.N.sl-
An 1f1z piont jump in American
Tel. and Tel. stocks to new high
price Of EOS was the feature Of the
closing period Of strong and active
halliday session of the stock market
today.
After recahing a new peak for the
present movement, oil stocks gave
way to hurried profit taking and
closed point or So from the best
levels Of the day; but buying demand
was sufficient to absorb the offer.
ings which came tumbling into the
market, at better prices than Fri.
days closing levels. Simms, a fav.
orite in the Independent oil group,
jumped Sh points to 40. Standard
OIL of New Jersey rose nearly 8
points to 73M and closed at 7O% for
gain of u
Packard Motors aggressive jump
to 153%. for a gain OF 6A. accom-.
panied reports OF good progress in
the manufacture OF the company's
Deisel aero engine. The new stock
sold at 31&. United States Steel
was unchanged at the close at
23SM and General Electric down
about , points at 1851. American
Can lost a point at 176, while Union
Pacific. at the head OF the rails.
sold up "a at 2Ssh,
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NEWS AND QUOTATIONS OF THE FINANCIAL Markets
LOCAL PRODUCE
EgSs Current receipts. sc; white
hennsry, sS@4oc. ri

Eggs Current receipts. SIC; white
hennsry, ss@4oc.
Poultry-Turkeys, 25Gs2c; broils
ers, Plymouth Rocks. pounds and
over, so@52c; Rhode Ialand Reds.
21z pounds and over, soc; small
mixed colors, 27@2sc; hens. large.
CSC: Leghorn hens, 22Q24c; roosters,
1sc. Turkeys. dressed, s5940c;
chickens. s2@ssc; large fowls, 500
s2c; large leghorn fowls, 25@27c;
keats, zoe.
Lambs, 12@1Sc.
Calves, 14@141zc. ~
Cantaloupes-Suppli moderate.i
Demand slow, market duh. Eastern4
Shore Maryland, Salmon Tints,
flats, all sizes, 40@65c. few hold
overs low as Csc: standards, all
sizes, $1@1.25. mostly around ST.
junbos, all sizes, $1.25@1.75, mostly
$50. Miscellaneous melons: Honey.
Balls, supplies light. Demand light.
market steady California and Arisn
zona, Honey Balls, jumbos. ass and
ass, $4.25@4.75, mostly around !
s4.S0;f standards, ass and ASS, $3.Tbo
/ WEB AtdlSt Les anu AogbE
$1.35@1.50. Honey Dews. supplies
very light, demand light, market
stronger. Too few sales reported
Lettuce--Western stock: Supplies
liberal; demand light; market steady
California, crates Iceberg type As
dozen, fair quality and conditionga
| $2.75@400; poor, Shiny low as So.
! Eastern stock: Supplies light; de.s
mand light; market steady. Newa
York, dozen crates Big Boston
type, 75c@$1. ~,
onions-Supplies light; demand
light; market steady. Wisconsin,
| 100-lb. sacks yellow u. S. No. 1sn
medium to large size, mostly $3--
Iowa, 100-lb. sacks yellows U. 3. No.
| /, medium to large size, $2.354 2.9O.s
Peaches-Supplie liberal; demand
light; market dull Market over-s
supplied for ordinary stock. Pennr
sylvapia, bushel baskets Bellies, q.
S. No. 1, medium to large size, $1.2Ss
01.50 Maryland and Virginia
bushel baskets Elbertas, u. s. No. 1st
| ity S2@2.25; medium size, $1.25@~~
$50; unclassified, medium to large
size, 75c@$1; small size, soc; bushel
baskets Bellies. u. S. No. /, medium I
to large size, $1@1.5O.
Pears-Supplies light: demand
light: market about steady. Calf
fornia, boxes Bartletts, fancy. $3.50
03.75; few best high as 81; ripe !
$2.50@3.00.
Potatoes-Supplies light: demand l
light: market firm, New Jersey, 150-
lb. sacks cobblers, U. S. No. /, $3.50
| @$5.75; mostly $5.75.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS moderate; !
demand light: market about steady. !
West Shore Virginia and East Shore
Maryland, Radios selects. 50c060c; J
few extra selects high as 75c.
Lima Beans-Supplies moderate |
demand slow; market dull. East
Shore Maryland. bushel hampers.
$1.5o@$1.75. North Carolina, bushel ]
i hampers, fair quality and condition.
a1.25@1.50.
Peas-supplies light: demand
light; market steady. Colorado, 4S
10; crates, s4.50@$5.00.
Apples-SuppIies liberal; demand
slow: market dull. Maryland ana
4 Virginia, busheI baskets Wealthys
i u. s. No. /. 25 inches up, $1.501
/ s175: mostly $1.500$1.65; various
! yarities, $1,25@$1.50.
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CHICAGO GRAINS
ARE HIGHER

CHICAGO. Aug. II GNsA-
Grains closed generally higher to.
day. Wheat was up / X to &c. and
corn 4 to sc. Oats finished &c
lower with profit.taking sales.
Wheat started ] to 2kc higher
with general buying on unexpected
strength at Liverpool and Winni.
peg. The market advanced further
after the opening. but lost some of
its gain on heavy profit.taking.
The Liverpool market closed ~
to S1sd higher and Buenos Aires
was made up 5 to C. Argentine
reports continue unfaVorable. Re-
ports from Canado indicated thresh.
ing returns are generally unsatis.
factory in Southern Saskatchewan.
The cash market at Chicago showed
strength In spite of large stocks.
Estimated receipts were 1S0 cars.
Corn scored good gains early with
active buying. Offerings were lin
tied, Reports from Nebraska stat
ing that the crop there has de-
Perforated 3 per cent since August
j, figured in the buying here. Re-
ceipts were estimated at 81 cars.
Oats advanced moderately with
other grains. Estimated receipts
were 22la cars.
Provisions were higher early.
tOueul High Low Close
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Army Orders
ARMY ORDERS


Leave of absence granted to:
Noi. John p. Wade Adiutant Generals
department. extension, Is days
Major Frank c. Reilly. Adjutant Cen
eGsas eaas Department, IL days, August IL,
First Lieutenant Bernard ]. Tooher,
Ar 1d9o corps. two months. September z,
Second Lieutenant shelton e. prud-
tember l, 1929.
Second Lieutenant william H. Doolit-
tie, Air Corps, two months, Septem ber
Maj. Gen. Andrew Hero, ir., Chief Of
Coast Artillery, one month.
MAI. Gen. Harry L. Gilchrist, Chief
chemical Warfare Service, five days.
Major j. Vincent Falisi Medical
corps, Fort McPherson, Georgia,
II days. granted First Lfsutenant El-
pert Kelly infantry (ouartermaster
First Lieutenant Richard T. AID
Second Lieutenant James A. willis
costa.
Captain Arthur L. Koch. ouartermas.
lPennsylvania National Guard, Harris.
Capt. Thomas R. Miller. Infantry
transferred to the Field Artillery.
Leave OF absence, three months,
granted First Lieutenant Franklin o.
Carroll. Air Corps.
Second Lieutenant Conrad l.. Boyle,
Fifteenth Field Artillery, to Fort Sill,
Okla.
Second Lieutenant Carlisle I. Ferris,
Air Corps, to Air Corps Training Center,
Duncan Field. Tex,
First Lieutenant. Perry W. Brown.
Seventy-sixth Field Artillery, to Fort
Sill, Okla.
Capt. Douglas l.. Crane, Field Artillery,
to Fort Bragg N. C.
Capt. John D. r. woodworth Medical
Corps, to Fort Banks, Mass.
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CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

Hogs-Receipts, 5000; market IUc
lower. Top, s11.s5; bulk. $9.26Q
m e d iu m weight, s11G11,75; light.
weight. $11,5O@1t.s5; light lights
sfO.75011:s5; packing sows. $50
SEQ: pigs, $1o.5O011,4G. Holdovers
Cattle-R eipts. 500; market
steady. Calf receipts. 100; market
steady. Beef steers-Good and
choice, $15017: common and me-
dunn. $10@145O; yearlings, $11.50@
1913. Butcher cattle-Heifers, 80
n15: cows. $7.25@11 so; bulls, $3.50
oil; calves, $15017.5O; feeder
steers. $10.5O@12.50: stocker steers,
$9@12; stocker cows and heifers,
$7.50@11.50.
sheep-Receipts, 1000; market
steady. Medium and choice lambs,
$l2.50013.S5; culls and common, 50
011.5O; yearlings, $9611; common
and choice ewes, $l@6.T5; feeder
lambs, $12.50@13.50.
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NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Aug. II UN.S9.-
There was a renewal of strong trade
and continual buying in the cotton
market here today. Prices rose
nearly one dollar bale. Contracts
we're scarce on the further upward
swing, which was aided by an ad.
vance of z to 10 points In Liverpool
cables and reports of high tempera-
lures and continued lack of mois.
ture in the drought-stricken areas
of Texas.
From an early low of 1s45c the
January position advanced to 1857
and finished at 1880, The list at the
close was Ii to 10 points above the
previous finals. The final price of
October was 1925; October new
1913; December. 1S.46; March, 1871;
May, 1885 and July, 1882. Spot
cotton was quiet and up II points,
middling uplands, 1888.
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HOBO CAMP DOOMED

CUMBERLAND. Aug. 1.-THE
Weary Willie" fraternity is much
pertrirbed because OF the passing Of
The Jungles." a retreat since the
days OF the opening of the Chesas
peake and Ohio Canal. The carrying
through of Cumberland's flood pre-
vention plan demands the eftace-
ment OF the noted hobo rest camp.
Workmen for the Cumberland Con.
tracing Company are brushing out
the lower Potomac River bank along
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, pre-
paratory to dredging the river bed.
The Jungles' extend for q mile
south of the city. a. primitive wilder.
ness Of trees and brush. A tenn.
rorary railroad track is being built
through the beart Of the section.
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Boston Elevated Riders
Kick on Slot Machines
(Furnished by W. 3. Hfbbs a Col
Domeatic Bonds

BOSTON, Aug. II n.N.s.l-cona-
plants of the riders In the elevated
trains have resulted in the removal
of the slot machines which formerly
adorned the rear OF the car seats.
Passengers claimed that the slot
machines were too bulky and in
terfered with the comfort OF riders
In addition, the companies which
installed the machines for advertiS.
ing purposes found the investment
Improbable The offer of the chew
ing gum company to remove the
machines has been welcomed by the
"el'' officials, as we'll as the pas.
sengers.
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FOREIGN BONDS
Cash GRAIN CLOSE

CHICAGO. Aug. II Q.N.s).-
wheat-No. 4. red, $1.32@1.34;
No. 1, hard. $1.37h@&: No. 2. hard.
S1.36A @1.37; No. 3, hard, 1880
1854; No. 4, hard. $1.34% @1.35;
No. 2, mixed. $1.35% @1.36; No. 4,
mixed, 1892: No. 2, hard. yellow,
$1.36A Q1.S7; No. 5, hard, yellow,
$1:35h.
4, mixed, $1.04: No. /. yellow
$1.O5% oil ,06N: No. 2, yellow, $1.05
@1.05N: No. 8. yellow, $1.04; No. 2
Write. $1.O4N @1!O51A; No. 3, white
1.04A.
oats-No. 1, mixed, 44c: No. .,
white, 46A 947c; No. 8, white. 44%
m4615: No. 4. white, 4Sh 044Ac;
sample grade. 42c.
Rye-No. 2, $1.07.
Barley-57GS7c.
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KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK

KANSAS CITY, Aug. II u.N.S).
I4ivestock: Cattle-Receipts, 150;
market nominal; steers. $500
$3.50; cows and heifers. $3.50
14.7S; stockers and feeders. $S@l4;
calves. $S@15.
Hogs-Receipts. 1000: market
steady. Bulk, S11@11,4 heavies,
$10.25@10.90: lights, S10.S0111.25;
mediums, S11011.40.
Sheep-Receipts, none; market
nomina;ly steady: lambs, S12913.25:
wethers $71S.25: ewes, S4.5016.50.
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BALTIMORE GRAIN MARKET

wheat--Firmer. No red win:
ter spot, $1.42h; No red winter
earlicky, spot $1.S6&. Receipts,
51,273 bus: shipments, none.
Corn-Steady. No. 2 yellow do
nestle, $1.1S@1.19 bus. Receipts,
none; shipments, 1.14S bus.
Oats--Not quoted. Receipts OF
new oats light; receipts, 3,297 bus;
shipments. 2,161 bus.
Rye-Nominal. Receipts. none:
shipments. none.
Hay--Steady, $14 to SIS ton.
Flour-Firmer, but not selling in
volume.
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PICNIC PLANNED

The Cardinal Gibbons Institute will
hold a picnic at Greenwillow Park,
Tuesday. Features will include a
Program for children, q rolling pin
contest and other attractions. The
gates will be opened at o'clock.
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TOTAL STOCK SALES

NEW YORK, Aug. IL Q.N.S.E
Stock Exchange sales today totalled
1927, 200 shares; bonds, S5,62e. 900.
Stock sales for the week totaIled
22.s42 500 shares; bonds. ST,351 900.
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ealesmen. Q few dollars wisely ss-
vested IN z good psed Car will pay Al
dividends n e8meaRt and convenience.
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SHORT TERM SECURITIES

Federal sugar SIS. s..........l 90 as
swift = CO Ss....,.....,..d sshlloo
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SALES ON NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Qua.Mon FpmsAsd y g.
shed 5, ". 3. Hibb. 4 co.

High Low Close Close
Kresges Stores " t6k ~ 46h
Kruger Z To. 3sx 3s1a asH SS's
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SHORT TERM SECURITIES.
BALTIMORE 1--we STOCK

UNION, STOCK YARDS, Balti-
more, July 11.Cattle Receipts,
$50 head: market steady; steers.
choice, $13.50@14.25; good. $4,000
1850; medium. $12.00@12.75; COM
men. $1O.O0011.50. Heifers. choice,
$11.50012 SO; good, .$1O.25@1I 90;
medium. choice, $9.50@10.5O; fair
to good, $S.5009.5O; common to
medium, $7:75@8.25. Cows-Go God
to- choice, $9.O0010.00; fair to good,
$8.0O@9 90; common to medium,
s5.00@775.
Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 200
head: market steady. sheep, 5000
$50: lambs, $s.OOQI5-OO
Hogs Receipts, $50 head; mar
ket steady; lights, s12.S5: heavfes,
$12 .40@12.60; medium. s12. IS; roughs,
$7.75@10.85; light pigs, $11,75; pigs,
1918. Ohio and Western hogs,
10 cents higher than quotations.;
trtcked hogs, 5000 cents lower
than above quotations.
Calves Receipts, 100 head; mar
ket steady, calves, $6.00016.0O.
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FOREIGN BONDS
IRurnished 81 w. ~ Hibbs 4 Col
1890 Prices

French Internal 4s.I.............. IS z
FfEnch IS. .................. ~
french Premium SIS. ............. 50
French Internal 5s.. .......... Al
British Victory Ia t...... 4s1
British War Loan 5s.........4 49l 4
italian Cons ............,..s..4. 43
BGlgian Rest IS. ............, 2sis
Belgian Premium So. 20
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Situations Wanted
MALE

YOUNG NAN, 60. desires bookkeeping. &C.
counting or secretarlai position; moderate
salary. Box %. Times-HefaId.
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BALTIMORE PRODUCE

BALTIMORE, July LEES
Market unsettled. On the BaIti.
there we're no sales. Nearly nSen fressS
gathered firsts, offered, 3Sc; bid.
Sic. Receipts. butter. ISL tubs:
eggs. 1.70S cases.
Live Poultry Chickens. young
Apringers, colored. as to size. asa
500 SIC; do. TX to, 2 lbs. 2S029c;
s s2 deghorns and other light stock
white pekfns, Young, 4 lbs. and
over. 25@26c; puddle. young. lbs.
and over. 24@25c: all kinds. small
and thin. 20622c.
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BAL TIMORE GRAIN MARKET

BALTIMORE July 11.--Wheat--
Nervous. No. 2. Ned Winter Gar
ncky, domestic spot, $1.2N11 re-
ceipts. 1855 bushels; shipments.
2.S49 bushels.
Corn Unsettled. No. }, yellow
domestic, $1.10@1.11 busheI: re.
caipts, 1,45S bushels; shipments; L..
44A bushels.
Dats--E Easier. No. 2. white do.
naestic, CARROTS. 5515c a bushel; No.
8, white. 54@541a; receipts. 1898
bushels; shipments. 1000 bushels.
Rye-Nomirlal Receipts. none:
shipments, 1877 bushels.
Hay--Quiet, supplies light.
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NTH s1soo; one
Parents Are Arrested
For Tying Babes to Bed

WICHITA, Kan. July 1l.-Tying
their two. babies in he'd while
they took long motor trips resulted
in the arrest of Mr.. and Mrs. r.
w. Buetikofer on cruelty charges
here.
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Announcements

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LOST 8
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tanning cosmetics: bet. 7th AL, AIns9 y,
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in Jelleff'A or on F St., containing papers
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1903 Irving ST. N. W.. Col. 1851.
DRESS. white crepe, lost Monday evening
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urse, g1.400: S furlongs
COMMENT
should repeat today
Fit and ready
In good condition
Has early footing
Morning works good
A fast brea ker
Might surprise today
Some races fair
In tough spot
Not much chance
Has trained well
In clever hands
In tough spot
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Help Wanted

EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES 81
NEWMAN'S EMPLOYMENT AGENCY
First-cIlss con, help. Day work especIally
f340 You 81 " w. Phone Dee 1872.
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RAcE-Ths shorelne. eOo Owe Nnner

a-keeBei8Ud STUD entry.
b-Lemar Stock Lowensteln entry.
Observation-Disclosures Jalna, Nettie Bel
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BEAUTY AIDS

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BY JACK ~STARR-HUNT

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 11.-Diplo-
macy as much as material fact Is
TO play q leading part in the Inter-
national Water Commissions de-
lberations OF an equitable distri-
button Of the waters Of the Rio
Grande, which viii form part OF
the commissions discussions at the
third session to be held in October
IN Washington.
The question OF allotment Of irTi-
gable waters Of the Colorado and
Tia Juana rivers will also form part
OF the Washington discussions In
continuing the debates concluded
by the commission Sept. 10 when il
adjourned its second meeting in
Mexico City at which flood control
81 the Colorado river was the chief
topic discussed and a tentative
agreement on this one phase Of the
complex problems facing the COM
mission was reached.
If the Colorado presents a COM
pick solution. the Rio Grande will
be doubly difficult to decide, for not
only Is a matter Of physical dis
trihution and allotment Of irrigable
lands at stake, of paramount inter-
est to both the United States and
Mexico, but there is a question Of
principle involved which Mexico
viii undertake to defend at the Oc-
tober meetings Casting aside the
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DIPLOMACY MUST SETTLE
RIO GRANDED DISTRIBUTION

material problems involved, Mexico,
ID IS understood on the best author
ity, e in the Rio Grande issue
one that in the opinion Of the
Mexican government involves a
trespass on the sovereign rights OF
the nation.
The Mexico standpoint is that
during the lapse of years the Rio
Grande in its tickle flow from the
deserts of the Middle West TO its
outlet in the Gulf OF Mexico has
f~lagrantly violated the usual cour-
tesies of a neighborly line Of divi-
sion that defies the legal real hold
ings OF two friendly parties in this
case two countries, the United
States and Mexico.
History Of Mexico and the Unit
ed States has been raked TO its
original depth in the brief present.
ed to. the water commission dele
gates in Mexico's effort to sustain
the whip hand against the progress
sive spirit Of the seven American
states that although after a bitter
congressional fight determined the
building Of the Boulder Dam a ne
cessity for the future agricultural
development Of their respective
communities which served to focus
the attention of Mexico on an old
problem that before Boulder Dam
was thought Of had almost lost it.
self In the official archives OF the
Mexican government.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-11

Ray, lot 8. block 2, Francis addition,
Harrington, $1,000.
Lon G. Hill, ST., to L. r. Hollings-
worth. part lot !, block SO, Harlin-
gen $4,000.
HidaIgo County
". G. Thompson to George r.
Guthrie, S. 1888 acres N. 26.69 acres
lot Is. section 277, Tex. Mex, $1,000
V. G. Thompson to Geo. r. Guth-
RE, S. acres. N. 25.71 acres, lot IL,
Sec. 277, Tex. Mex. $4,000.
W. A. B%rundrett. ct ux to John
F. Davis, ct ux. S. 10 farm tract
West Tract subdivision, $1,000.
v. G. Thompson to George r,
Guthrie, S. 20.0e acres, lot u, Sec.
277, Tex. Mex, 100000.
X. j. Sorenson ct ux to o. K.
Burg, f. l-3 lots z. 8 and 9, block
20. Ewings addition to McAllen, $40
w. z. Dixon TO w. Raymond
Hamhlen, lots !, 2 and 3, block 1877,
Edinburg, $500.
Worth Building and Inv. Co, Inc.
10 3. r. Singey. et ux. 100 acres out
OF La Blanca grant, $40.
Thos. w. Blake to Raymond r.
Brooks, lot II. block 1. Blake adj
dition to Mission. 5000.
Aniseta Gamboa Enrioues. ct viz
to Guaro Guzman. Lots 70 to So
Swallows resubdivision, block 10.
Alamo townsite. $4,000.
r. L. Looney ct TX to Edinburu
Grocery Co, lots IL and II. bloci:
l40. Edinburg. $1,000.
T. II. Barfield, ct ux TO American
Land Co. Of Texas. lot 2 Curry sur
vey No. 2, $1,000.
Herbert 4. Leach, ct al by Sher-
If 70 American Rio Grande Land
and Irrigation company, lot 4. block
100. Palm Garden subdivision
s21s.10.
L. w. Yates. ct al by Sheriff to
American Rio Grande Land e. IT.
rigation Co. AL acres in NEG 10:
ID and N. l3.49 acres, lot Is, bloc:
lat. West and Adams tract, $1,000.
Raymond r. Brooks TO Georpe
Brooks. lot IA. block 4. Blake ad-
dition to Mission $1,000.