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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
+. 'Kerchiefs
Pre-fnrenfory TO-
Special lO(

Regularly Csc. Wom-
ems lin e n handker-
chiefs, with hand-em-
broidered flowers in
the corner.
Handkerehiefs. First Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
Tapestry Panels Reduced

Tapestry Panels Reduced
Somebody is going to take advantage OF these
values Yes, it's out of season, but so are the
prices.
i panel $3.50, now, panel. So now,
$22S. $7LS0
$3.50 $325O
,s7sS panel was $780, ''"' ,zss panels were $40 mo-"
Screens Greatly Reduced
Decorative leather wall paper and art screens.
Three fold. (Some slightly marred)
Regular $500, $l4S Regular $685. $1,000
Regular $685. .$l20.50 p., Ssn smsse' e.,ro
Regular $685. $4,000 Regular $4S now $3.50
CSC and CSC Awning Cloth, Soc yd.
One lot comprising all that is left of a Spring
stock of awning material.
35c and 45c Curtain Fabrics, 28c I'd.
Colored dots and figures on white muslin and
wolfe. Just the thing for kitchen and pantry.
Drspev section. Third Floor
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16
The Once Over
AN IMAGINARY WITH MIR. ROOKIE
ELLER ON HIS
BY II. Z. PHILLIPS

Q-Mr. Rockefeller, how does it seems to be 90?
A-Sphndid. 1 wouldn't feel any better if I had
sunk a 40-foot putt.
CAT that grand old age, sir, are you truly happy?
A-Well, 1 would be if I could correct my slice.
Q-Is it true that as a small boy you were deter
mined to be the richest man in the world?
A-That's going pretty far back. My difficulty
just now is determining facts in my career from fic-
ton. I have read so many stories of my life by so
many people that I believe some of them myself.
Q-How about the stories so widely published that
you were very hard on your competitors in the old
days?
A-Well, I never conceded any two-foot puts.
Q-Do you feel any sense of responsibility for what
the gasoline pumping-stations have done to American
scenery?
A-Well, some of the stations make me feel pretty
guilty, I admit, but I get some satisfaction from the
thought no Rockefeller ever had anything to do with
the hot-dog industry.
Glow do you explain your failure in life at 90?
A-What failure?
Q-That of triumphing over all obstacles in life
only to take up golf?
Al don't consider my golf a failure.
Q-Why not?
A-Well, I am one of the few men in the world to
play it under the right conditions. I dress in my pri-
vate room where I can't hear any golf club quartet
Or listen to anybody tell what he did on the sixth
last Tuesday.
Q-That alone is sufficient to prolong a mans life,
is it not?
A-Absolutely. A golfer can't live long in close
proximity to other golfers.
Q-Does the price Of gasoline influence your
game?
A-No, but I suppose news that it has advanced two
cents a gallon doesn't do it any harm.
GLOW is your short game?
Al am long on my short game and short on my
long game.
Q-Do you use special clubs?
A-No; standard.
Q-Do you show any temper at golf? When you
dub one. what do you do?
A-WelI, when I dub an easy one 1 withdraw a
ve-million-dollar gift to Chinese missions or some
thing. But as soon as 1 get a good one 1 give the
money back again.
Gone more question, Mr.. Rockefeller: Do you
consider golf good for the American business man?
Ayes; after he's THROUGH BEING A BUSI-
less A
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16
Texas Fig Industry Threatened

Sen. Tom Connally Of Texas predicts the destruc-
ton OF the fig industry of Texas if figs from foreign
lanos are not shut out by heavy tariff duties. There
are 1eXanS who demand protection for long staple
cotton. There are Texans who demand protection
Tor the tomato growers. There are Texans who de-
mand protection for citrus growers. There are Tex
ans who demand higher tariffs on wool imports from
Australian and South American countries.
Sen. Simmons Of North Carolina, ranking demo
cratic member Of the senate finance committee now
engaged in tariff making, is a cross between a free
trader and a tariff for revenue ideaIist.
He is doing his best to commit the democrats Of
the country to his way Of thinking. Sen. Simmons
voted for Hoover and Curtis. He should 60 all the
way and give his support to the republican tariff bill
Why should foreign crude remain on the free list?
If the tariff is the thing, why not 60 all the road?
If it isn't the thing, why not throw down the bars?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16
Valley Dairying Profitable

TN every instance where they have kept good
COWS and given them proper care the returns have
been very satisfactory"
This is the conclusion Of joan w. kirkpatrick,
Hidalgo county agricultural agent, with regard to the
possibilities of dairy in his county. What he has
found to be true of Hidalgo will apply equally as
well to Cameron, Willacy and Starr counties.
Conditions in Hidalgo county lend themselves
readily to %dairying," continues this authority in his
weekly letter to the farmers. THE climate is mild;
we can produce an abundance of food, and COWS seem
to thrive. Some have argued that land values are too
high for ~dairying, but we can answer this argument
by citing other states and other countries where land
values are as high as in Hidalgo county, and in many
instances these land values were established and
maintained by dairy cattle"
Agent kirkpatrick warns against the person who
does not like dairying entering the business, but con-
cludes that those who like dairying and are willing
to give it the care and attention it requires, will find
there is nothing which offers a more certain income
than a few good, well kept dairy CATTLE" He warns
that the cattle'tick is a menace to high bred cattle in
Valley counties and suggests care in importing fine
COWS until this danger has been removed by a thor
ough eradication campaign.
He suggests that six or seven COWS are enough for
the ordinary farmer but adds there also should be 200
to 800 good hens on the place.
AS I have said beforehand I have seen this
proved in many instances in this county-every farm
er that can keep five or six or seven good dairy cows
and 200 to 300 good hens viii be prosperous"
This is expert testimony.
kirkpatrick has been in the Valley long enough to
be familiar with all the agricultural problems Of the
sectIon-five years at least. He has made a study Of
practices that are likely to make a profit for farmers.
That is his job.
And he says:
In every instance where they have kept good cows
and given them proper care the return has been sat-
~isfactory."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16

when she answered him. She could
not be funny-much as she wanted
TO be.
ANY time you like, Kent" she
told him then, IF you really like my
pie. But, what makes you say you
will be a lonely old man. You'll be
married and have five little golden
haired boys and girls at least"
lie turned and looked out the win
dow.
Golden haired? No, they won't
be golden haired, Vivian. I think I
can promise you that"
Her heart felt as though it were
bursting with joy-or was it pain?
Anyway, she wanted to ask, more
than she had ever wanted to ask
anything in her life before, what he
meant. The rest Of the pie was left
untouched on her plat. 1t would
have stuck in her throat like a great
lump of lead.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16
TOdav'S HOrOScODe
StarLOre
THE LAW OF PLANETARY PO-
LAR FLATTFNING
AIAh TLAI ILN1NU
By Arthur Dew. Carpent

BY Arthur Dew. Carpenter
The first time the writer ever had
his attention called to the law Of
oblate spheroids-spheres flattened
at the poles-was when a young boy
in a class in Natural Philosophy"
The study was not called physics
in those days. A mechanism con-
sisting Of thin plyable strips of
steel, perhaps 10 inches in length,
pivoted on swivels at their ends
around a parallel steel polar axis.
When the steel strips were set ro-
tating rapidly around this polar
axis, they dilated at their equatorial
parts through the centrifugal en-
erby impaired by the rapid whirl,
thus illustrating the force that has
made some of the planets oblate
spheroids.
More Tomorrow
Answers to Foregoing Questions
/. Emilio Portes Gil; Mexico;
Plutarco Elias Gales.
2. The Huns.
8. Jesuits.
4. St. Matthew. ky, IS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16
Taxation Will Be a Big Issue

Former Mayor Oscar F.. Holcombe Of Houston and
candidate for the democratic nomination for COVER
nor of Texas is swinging around the circle. He pre-
diets that taxation will be one of the biggest issues
if the 1880 campaign, and that it will play a leading
part IN the election OF the next governor Of Texas.
IN September he will make his formal announce
ment to the voters Of Texas. He plans to make a
visit to every county in the state, and by starting
early and campaigning to the very end, he hopes to
carry his message to all sections of the commonwealth.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16
x ENCOURAGES
u. S. TOURIST TRAVEL

MEXICO CITY, July 16.-P)-A
national tourist committee has been
organized here to encourage travel
from the United States through pro-
motion of all manner Of business
ventures having to do with tourist
comfort and through a publicity
campaign to be carried on in the
principal American cities.
The committee, created by pres
idential decree, is composed of gov
ernmental and business representa-
tives. Its chairman is Felipe Ca
males, acting secretary Of the in
terror.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16

Born, July s. 1929. to Jose Eliezer
and Juanita CUevas Soto, twin boys,
Jose Maria, and Eliezer Soto, at
home Brownsville. Birth reported
July IA.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16
An Appeal to the Courts

1t is rumored in political as well as legislative
haunts of men that the legal advisers of the big oil
companies will appeal to the courts in order that the
acid test may be given to the constitutionality of
the double -barreled gallonage tax and motor license
reduction tax law. Why should the oil companies call
for a test? Consumers of gasoline will pay the
freight. Consumers always pay the freight.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16
LIFE PENSION For COOK

MUNICH.-Prince Max Won Ho-
henlohe-O ehringen has been arrest
ed for fraudulent real estate trans
actions.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16

John Haynes Holmes says that any man who gets
married has to sacrifice so per cent Of his individual
liberty. Thou optimist, Post.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16

A study in logic these hot days is to be found in
the stockingless fad combined with the fur ~neckpiece.
Wichita Eagle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16

The accident to the Zeppelin probably prevented
some New York tabloid from carrying a signed story
by the gorilla.-MiamiN News.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16

The conservative opinion, in England, is that the
hands that rocks the cradle rocked the boat.-Macon
News.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16
Flashes Of Life

NEW YORK-Take note Of the
weather for the next 40 days. st.
Swithin, bishop Of Winchester, Eng
land, and a weather prophet was
buried in 862. Only July IS, 962, the
story gees, it was decided to move
his bones, but a terrific rainstorm
burst and continued for 40 days
The remains were left were they
were. And SO:
st. Swithin's day, if thou dost rain
For A days it will remain;
st. Swithin's day, if you be fair,
For 40 day it will rain nae mair.
But the weather bureau records
prove the poem wrong.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16

Four California cities are among those having the
highest suicide rate. Florida papers please copy
indianapolis Star.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16

It begins to look as if Harry Sinclair is entitled to
= rebate from his lawyers.-Dallas News
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16

A heather country is one in which the payroll
can be transported without an armored
Ign Times.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16

The reason there is plenty OF room at the top IS
because so MANY who get there fall ff.-Grand Rap
ids Press.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16

NEWPORT, r. I.-Ping pong has
taken society by storm. The favor
lite after-dinner sport Of other days
is played on every exclusive veran-
da, and Mrs. Muriel Vanderbilt
Church has converted part Of her
stables into a ping pong court.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16

JAMESTOWN, N. Y. - Henry
Ford, Harvey S. FireStone and
Adolph Ochs will deliver addresses
at the Chatauqua institution on
July "a to mark the %hundredth
birthday Of Lewis Miller, one Of the
founders Of Chautauqua. Mrs.
Thomas A. Edison, daughter of Mr..
Miller, will have q part in the pro-
gram.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16

Who am I? Of what country am
I president? Whom did I succeed?
Of what ancient people was Attila
the leader?
What order of priests did Ig-
natius Loyola found?
watch therefore, for We know
neither the day nor the hour where
in the Son of man cometh." Where
is this passage found in the Bible?
TOday's Horoscope
Persons born on this day are self
willed and well poised. They either
hate or love intensely, doing neither
halfway.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16

A.-The electric needle can be sue
cessfullv employed in removing SUI
perflucus hair. Sometimes a bleach
is helpful.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16

Mrs. G. @. r. O.-My baby's eyes
are blood-shot-what do you advise?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16

NEW YORK-The fishing was
fine for Theodore Marion, 10, and
Joseph Sheopun, II, until they
hooked a parrot. The screams Of
the bird brought a policeman tc
the roof Of a pet shop. He found
the fishermen ar@ling for pets
through a skylight with an open
paddock on the end of { string.
WEST POINT, N. Y.-Maj. Gen.
William r. Smith, superintendent
Of the military academy, desires
photographs, Of eight civil war gen
erals. He has been unable to locate
relatives or frieris Of Generals Dor
Carlos Buell., Samuel r. Curtis
Frederick Steele. William B. Frank
lin, Nathaniel Lyon, John G. Fos-
ter, Darius N. Couch and Gordon
Granger.
CHICAGO-Industrial leadership
for main street. The Middle West
Utilities company finds that the
productive capacity Of people in
small towns is increasing faster
than that of CITY dWel1ers-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16
BIRTHS RECORDED

A.-Bathe the eyes with a weak
solution of bOracic acid.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16

1t was a week later that Kent
burst into the house and yelled
Vivian" until she thought he would
raise the roof. She knew what he
wanted to tell her-but she tried not
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-16

r. M. T. Q.-What can be done
for superfluous hair?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-13
GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO, August 10 R.-Indica-
tions Of good-sized export buying Of
United States wheat led to early up
turns today In wheat values here.
There were also advices that in three
Argentine provinces where rain was
most needed showers only were re-
ceived. Opening 70 to liz higher. Chi
cago wheat prices kept near to the
initial range.
Corn and oats sympathized with
wheat, corn starting 4 to IN up and
later showing losses, but then advancing
Provisions tended higher.
with Liverpool wheat quotations to-
day closing at 1B to 12s pence adj
vance, whereas declines there were
looked for, signs Of liberal overnight
buying Of domestic wheat for transat-
lantic shipment attracted particular
notice among wheat traders here. In
on dispatches from Buenos Aires say
ing the provinces Of Entire Rios, Cor
doba and Santa Fe, Argentina, had OBJ
tanned no adequate moisture relief and
that in Cordoba especially wheat was
suffering from drought.
Estimates were current that 10000 900
bushels of North American wheat had
been taken today for export, including
Canadian wheat and wheat from the
United States. Meanwhile, according
to latest unofficial figures, world crops
Of wheat, exclusive Of Russia and China,
promised q decrease Of 10000, 900
bushels from last year, with world Inn
port needs forecast as far above posi-
bilities under present general crop
r,roSnecks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-13
NEW YORK COTTON.

NEW YORK, August Is R.-Cotton
opened steady today at an advance Of
2 to points on buying which appeared
TO be based on an unfavorable view OF
the weather news. According to really
reports, there were only showers In the
west, which were considered inade-
quate. Some traders thought further
showers in the East would stimulate
boil weevil damage.
Offerings were light and the market
worked up to 1922 for October and
1877 for March In the early trading.
or about to IA points above yester-
days close. Some trade buying and
covering were reported on the advance,
which was encouraged by the weekly
report OF a trade authority that the
condition Of the crop had declined
steadily during the past week, although
1t was still probably above the average
Tor this date. Private cables said there
had been continental and Bombay
buying in the Liverpool market.
The advance extended to 1927 for
october and 1882 for March contracts
later In the morning or Is to 20 points
above yesterdays closing figures Some
1urther Wall Street and local buying
was reported, but general business con-
tinued quiet and the market was a few
points off from the best at midday
under realizing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-13
OTHER BANK RATE
RAISES FORECAST
Action of New York Federal
Reserve May Become
General.
BY JOHN r. SINCLAIR.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. August 13.--While Col
Leonard P. Ayres, vice president Of the
Cleveland Trust Co., referred to the ac-
New York in raising its rediscount rate
from 5 per cent to per cent without
giving warning to any one as IAN ex-
pected belated action" w. c. Durant
countered by calling it another bad
blunder."
NOW the New York bank, the most
powerful one In the Federal Reserve
system, having led the way, it Is ex-
pected that q majority If not all Of the
other II Federal Reserve Banks in the
system will follow suit and increase their
rediscount rates to 6 per cent. Such
increases should occur In o number Of
ready understand that an increase in
the rate in that district may be looked
for shortly.
VIII this increase dampen the in
tense speculation that has been going
on for years? For the present bull
movement has been running for more
than five years. There have been a few
receSsions here and there, but the up
ward swing has been unmiStakable dur
ing this entire period.
With the American foreign trade
totaling ten billion dollars annually,
in round figures, the change In the re-
discount rate Of the Federal Reserve Is
now the first news In the business world.
All of which brings up again the i'm
portant matter Of the fiscal policy Of
the Federal Reserve Board, being worked
out on a national and international
basis. Today 1t Is more or less a guess
regarding Just what the Federal Re-.
serve policy will be next week or next
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-13
TRADING ON CURB
FEATURED BY OILS
Croker Wheeler Gains "a
Points in Early Advance.
Utilities Active.
Special Dispatch. to The star.

special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, August 13.-Trading in
the Curb Market today was a selective
affair with considerably more interest
attracted to the oils, following reports
that the mid-continent producers
would soon come to an agreement re-
garding production.
Gulf Oil of Pennsylvania, Mellon
controlled property. was up approx
mately points. Aside from improved
sentiment toward the oils in general,
Gulf OIL according to reports from
Pittsburgh, will be split up this year.
Croker Wheeler Advanced.
Vacuum also met with better buying,
and the Standard issues moved slightly
higher. Earnings of several oil COM
panies for the first half year show
good increase when compared with the
first half of 1923. this being particularly
true of the refining companies.
The feature Of the session was the
sharp advance in Croker Wheeler.
There is only a small floating supply
of this stock-31 ,000( shareS-and the
stock. is expected to be split six-for-one,
after which the new shares are ex-
pected to be listed on the New York
Stock Exchange. The stock, after
opening at $50, rose to 474 on one
trade, new high. and had made net
Dubiiier Radio opened two points
higher following the news that the
company had won a patent infringe
ment suit against the Radio Corporation
of America, but sold off when 1t was
officially announced that the latter
would appeal the decision.
Electric Bond & Share opened a
point higher at 1879, but experienced
some profit taking around this level.
Duke Power opened points up and
there was a Sprinkling of gains in
other issues of the utility list. Electric
Investors opened about 3 points higher
but receded in sympathy with the other
stocks. Brokers reported considerable
swithching from the utilities into the
oils in view of the recent advance Of
the former and the greater activity
noted today in the latter group Of
stocks.
Motors Neglected.
Consolidated Automatic Merchandise
ing did little, although it was announc-
ed that holders of the preferred had
the privilege of exchanging their stock
for voting trust certificates for the
common on the basis of ~ shares of
common for one of preferred.
Motors were neglected and lower. |
Among the specialties, TubiZe Silk had
a sharp run-up on small transactions
going from $40, where it closed last
week, to 365.
The Curbt Exchange admitted, at
noon, 100000 shares of non-par COM |
mon stock of the North American Light |
& Power Co.