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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-05
REAL ESTATE

COL. RUFUS j. LAKELAND, b famous
townsite aUctioneer Of Edcouch. Texas.
is holding the big highway celebra-
ton auction sale of business and resi-
dence lots for the Cameron Co. Lunl-
Der Co., at Combes Wednesday, March
6th. OILS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-05

FOR RENT-A Broom apartment with
bath, gas and lights. Call at 247 st.
Charles or phone 90. O-7O
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FOR SALE

$50 acres fine citrus and truck
land. own permanent and am
pie irrigation; also $50 acres
fine truck and citrus land. own
permanent and ample irriga-
ton system. Both tracts ebony
loan. Both suitable for suhdi-
vision. Only state and county
taxes. Install your W pump
and irrigate cheaply and when
you please. Probably the best
buys in the Valley; the sort
you can hold as an investment.
Box 463, Brownsville, Texas.
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LOTS FOR SALE

OWNER must sell at sacrifice $50 It.
corner on Levee St. Suitable for
home or apartment. Phone 1398-W.
O-57
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LOTS FOR SALE

COMES is ideally located to make a
town very quickly. On two main
concrete highways. Me. Pac. Ry.. an
up-to-date chamber OF commerce,
electric lights and one of the main
fruit and vegetable shipping points Of
the Valley. Attend h auction sale
OF business and residence lots at
Combes, Wednesday, March 9th. All
lots in the very heart OF the business
section Of COmbes.
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AGGIES MEET

WESLACO. March 5.-Valley ex-
students Of Texas A. g NJ. college
held their regular meeting here
Monday evening at the Cortez hottie.
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CORNER on Palm Blvd. Los
Ebanos. Beautiful southeast front
Must be sold at once. Phone
O-56
COL. RUFUS j. LAKELAND, the IA
townsite auctioneer OF Edcouch.
Texas. is holding the big highway cell
ebration auction sale of business and
residence lots for the Cameron Co.
Lumber Co., at Combes Wednesday.
9th. OILS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-05

WANTED-Crowers OF vegetables to
communicate with US. Prompt returns.
References. Good trade territory. Stem
Gil furnished. p. O.. Box 1853, Wichita
Falls, Texas. The Square Commission
Co. OBS
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FURNISHED o

ROOMS. n block from postoffice.
one block from FL Jardin hotel; large.
southern exposure; reasonable. Phone
1226-W or 1917. M-215
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1R4ES - SEEDS - PLANTS

FOR SEEDS OF all kinds. see Mason
Transfer and Grain CO.. HOS Adams.
Mig
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-05

LARGE SOUTH BEDROOM in new
home. Phone 713-J. O-60
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FOR SALE

Two lots in Edinburg; three lots in
San Benito; 80 lots In Brownsville:
seven lots outside Brownsville city
limits; 20 per cont cash. balance in
one. two. three and our years; Or
monthly payments If preferred. B. e.
Hinkley. Brownsville. HOO
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AT SACRIFICE-Beautiful 69-ft. COR
ner on Elizabeth St. Suitable for
home or apartment. Phone 1398-W.
O-55
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FARMS FOR SALE

FOR SALE BY OWNER-Sixteen acre
farm with eight-room house. five and
a fraction miles from Brownsville, near
good school, about 200 yards from con-
crete highway. Reasonable price and
terms. Address P. o. Box 831, Browns
Vile. Texas. N-6i
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

and maintenance in 1928 amounted to
$500, OO0, 900, which is 40 per cent OF
the total expenditure Of $1.560 900, 900,
the necessity of meeting the demands
for motor vehicle transportation Is
plainly evident in order to continue this
cycle Of activity.
Quoting data Of the Bureau OF Pub
lie Roads, the proceeds from gasoline
taxes have increased from zero In 1918
to $305 ,O00, 900 in 1928. Yet the mo-
torist today is paying less for fuel than
he did nine years ago. Then. when
he purchased gasoline, he got gasoline
only; now he secures gasoline in full
measure and good roads thrown In to
the extent made possible by gas taxes.
The proceeds from automobile regis
tration have increased from $51 ,000,-
900 in 1918 to 1922, 000, 900 in 1928.
Increase in highway expenditure is
dependent on increase in motor vehicle
registration, not only for current funds
but for bonding operations. Twenty
nine States have resorted to bonding
for highway purposes up to the present
time, and even though some have I'M
doubtedly violated good financing prin-
ciples, there Is no instance where the
extension Of credit has not reacted adj
vantageously to the State and no in
stance where State credit has been
adversely affected"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
EDEN COUNTRY FOR MOTORIST
IS MONROE IN Pennsylvania

gathering place for the coaches and
tours Of other generations.
There the Delaware River has cut
mighty gorge through the mountains,
and has left for man wonder to gaze
Mounts Tammany and Minsi, carrying
on through high, wooden ridges. The
unpolluted river Is q gentle one, and
affords in this region many places for
the canoeist and swimmer to disport.
At Delaware Water Gap the Summer
vacationist golfer will find rolling fair
ways and sloping green's to his hearts
content at the Wolf Hollow Country
Club. There are many hotels at the
river which may be obtained for short
Summer stay.
Farther on there Is Shawnee, prob
ably the Oldest permanent settlement
| in the State of Pennsylvania, nestled
in one of the most beautiful spots along
the Delaware. The Minisink Valley,
Buckwood Mountain and the Delaware
all combine to make this spot gem.
Here again the golfer may disport
golf courses, the Shawnee Country Club
| course, which stretches down the val
ley between green-clad mountains to
| Great Shawnee Island.
Next there is BushlxilI, which offers
! the scenic wonder hunter Bushkill Falls,
where the stream plHnges over an al
most perpendicular wall of stone into
deep ravine. It is sight worth the
whole trip from the Capital.
From there the motorist comes into
| Stroudsburg, regarded as the capital
of the Summer settlement, thriving
town, with its neighbor, East Strouds-
burg. Divided by Broadhead Greek the
two towns are connected by wide
concrete bridge.
From Stroudsburc the road points
straight toward the foothills Of the
smooth roads which carry the tourist
into new views of the wonders Of the
country.
The wise tourist, however, travels into
Cresco, whence radiate trails each Of
which has a different answer as to
what to do 1t is situated right in the
heart Of the PoconoS, and here are ex-
cellent waters for the fisherman during
| the open season of April is to July 81.
Three miles to the north OF Cresco Is
Canadensis, the gateway to Eastern
Anglers Park. Brights Greek Park,
! Hunters Lodge, South Sterling. Llama,
Rhododendron, Lewis Falls, Buckhill
Falls, Indian Ladder Falls, Red Rock
Falls and Spruce Cabin Falls. South
Of Cresco is the Little Buckhill, foam
ing through the hills, and to the north
Is the Big Buckhill, which takes its
stony course over the plateau. It Is q
favorite place for the fisher1nen OF the
Canadensis hotels.
Mount Pocono, another garden spot
for the traveller, has varied attractions.
Now the laurel Is blooming brilliantly
on its sides, and IN couple Of weeks
the rhododendrons win add their
beauty.
Two more golf courses lure the club
swinger at Mount Pocono-the Wiscas-
set course and the Pocono Country Club
course, easily reached afoot from the
| hotels.
! Three miles to the south Of Pocono
Summit lies Lake Naomi, a spring.
water body about 3 miles long and n
mile wide, wherein might be found
plenty Of fish, good boating and ex-
cellent swimming.
For 20 miles from Tobyhanna Sta
ton there Is the falling Tobyhanna.
whereupon the angler may cast his Aiea
IN hopes Of laqAipa The 6nstya tcoaa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
mo SURPLUS SEEN
| IN AUTO INDUSTRY
0verproduction of Motor Cars
Held Myth-Buying Power
of Public Increases.

With production Of passenger cars
having established new monthly records
or being maintained at near record
levels since the first Of the year, ac-
cording to B. H. Cram, president OF
Grams Automotive Reports, Inc, the
idea that the industry Is heavily over
produced seems to be general one,
and one that is apparently causing
considerable CONSERVATION in some
quarters.
Overproduction, like the frequently
recurring topic of saturation point. is
probably one of the industry's greatest
myths. Prosperity of the industry is
always followed by the wall that it is
overproduced, that stocks of new cars
are too high, that the market has
exhausted its buying power, and that
the automobile business Is headed for
a precipitous and prolonged slump.
Reactions Psychological.
All this is interesting If true. For
tunately, however, it Is not true, as
the actual facts bear out. Too many
conclusions concerning the automobile
industry are drawn by persons having
no more than q superficial knowledge
of conditions, who are guided in their
opinions entirely by the situation Of one
company or local market. When such
opinions are offered their effect Is de-
cidedly harmful. Business reactions
are largely psychological and can be
brought about with a very slight impe-
tuS, and naturally when that impetus
is founded on false premises the results
can be very disastrous.
A study of the present situation as
1t actually exists provides the basis for
an extremely optimistic sentiment. One
Is inclined to wonder at the tremendous
purchasing power of the American pub
lie and OF the apparent ease with
which the American market can absorb
the result of our national productive
forces. 1t Is because too many opinions
are based on the extent and volume
Of production without definite enough
knowledge and understanding of the
absorbing powers of the market that so
much pessimistic feeling runs a course
parallel with prosperity.
The facts rejecting actual conditions
are available and the picture they pre-
sent Is highly encouraging.
Over-production can, of course, be de-
fined as the difference between output
and the capacity Of the buying market
The question of whether the industry is
reproduced depends on whether the
supply of cars manufactured but not
sold is greater than the retail market
can absorb without a practical suspen-
sion Of manufacturing activity.
361, 200 Cars Registered.
A complete report on new car sales
for the month Of April Is not yet avail
able. However, SO States and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

MANY people are surprised to
Nl learn that Graham-Paige
quality can be purchased for as little
as 1855, at factory.
The 612, with prices beginning at
this figure. is large. powerful
automobile.
When you lift the hood. you see
a big engine-delivering g. horse
power, with smooth operation
assured by good balance. A seven
bearing crankshaft az inches in
diameter) is supported by rigid
motor block. Water jackets extend
clear to the bottom of every cylinder,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
HOLDS GAS TAX
BRINGS BENEFITS
Head of Road Builders Asso-
citation Says 1t Should Be
Regarded as Investment.

Automobile owners should regard gas
taxes, costing at most cents for every
Is to 20 miles Travelled, as an invest
ment rather than an expenditure, says
Frederic A. Reimer, president OF the
American Road Builders Association.
He declares that some motorists want
to take all they can get out Of high
ways and put nothing in.
"You cannot ignore the old principles,
dating back to Bible times, that you
have to give in order to receive" he
declared. 1.-THE Nations highway pro-
gram, financed In part by automobile
benefits all citizens. The highway in
dustry is q great factor in fostering our
national prosperity, touching, as 1t does,
the great interests Of materials, equip
ment, labor and transportation. In its
results it provides for continuance and
expansion of the motor vehicle trade
and brings better living conditions to
all.
Save Motorists Dollars
"Its direct BENEFITS come at once to
every automobile owner, giving him new
outlets for pleasure and commercial
traffic and saving him actual dollars in
the heightened life Of his car. For this
he should be willing to pay.
"It Is evident" saws Reimer, "that
highway construction in most instances
Is not keeping pace with transportation
demands. The full development of
public wealth in many States Is re-
tarded by lack Of transportation facili-
ties.
with automobile registration figures
showing q rapid increase, diddcult prob
lens must be met by highway engi-
neers.
THAT highway transportation and
automobile distribution have been re-
tarded by congestion and lack Of ade-
Quate highways in large cities Is EVIL
dent from an analysis Of trafic.
Based on the car ownership In De-
troit, which has 3.5 persons per auto
mobile and whose highway facilities are
excellent, the ownership Of cars IN New
York City, Chicago, Philadelphia and
Boston Is evidently held back by reason
of lack of exits, high-speed arteries
and regional highways. Boston has
2 persons to each automobile. Phila-
deiphia and Chicago have Q, and New
York has 10. Wayne County. Michigan
in which Detroit Is located, has 40O
miles Of good 40-foot pavement. giving
good outlet for city trafac. Los
Angeles, which has good pavements
within and without the city, has an
automobile to each two and q quarter
persons.
where highway construction has
been wisely planned and carried out
automobile registration has shown q
rapid increase. Inasmuch as vehicle
taxes used for highway construction
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
AUTOMOTIVE BRIEFS

Fred L. Halter, president Of the Dis
trict Motor Co., Inc, has announced
the appointment Of his company as
washington distributors for the De-
Soto Six, Chrysler product. Haller
has been connected with the automo-
bile business In Washington for the
past IL years as Noon distributor, and
Is at present first vice president Of the
Washington Automotive Trade Associa-
ton.
Showrooms, Offices and service head
quarters will be maintained In the pres
ent location of this company at 1887
Fourteenth street.
Ray Semmes, after Is years handling
the Dodge account in Washington, is
taking the distributorship for the Ora
ham Paige. He will maintain their
present sales and service headquarters
at 1926 Fourteenth street northwest,
under the name of the Semmes Motor
Co., Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

District Of Columbia show registra-
tions for that month In excess Of 361, =
600 passenger cars. The States whose
reports are still missing include New
York and Texas, two OF the largest
markets in the country. During
March the total for the nine missing
States amounted to 83,323 cars. If
the same rate Of increase prevails for
the missing States as has been shown
by the balance already reported, the
April total will run in the neighbor-
hood Of 100000 passenger cars. as
compared with 37S,067 in March, 1929,
established in April, 1925.
It Is q question Of how large q sur
plus must exist to be q menace. AT
the present rate Of production and
sales, approximately one-fourth Of each
months output, at the end of the
month, is in transportation. In adj
dition. there are more than $4,000
dealers in the country. all of whom
maintain showroom and regular deal
cording to the locality and size of
the dealers business, but q stock Of
six cars q dealer Is not excessive and
brings the total to approximately $780,
600 which with the cars in transport
gives an accommodation total Of ex-
tremely liquid stocks Of over 400, 600
cars. AS this Is figured on q monthly
basis it means that there will be q
small carry-over when sales begin to
show a more sharp decline. But this
decline will be parallel and in fact
anticipated by production II output
holds to its normal seasonal tenden-
cies, with the result that the retail
market need not be overtaxed to alb
serb operations to date to maintain a
fairly strong level Of operation over the
remaining months Of the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
TOURISTS WELCOME
IN NEW BRUNSWICK
Main Trunk Highways Open to
Motorists, Though Late Spring
Season Presents Difficulties.

FREDERICTON, N. B., June a.
New Brunswick's main trunk highways
and motor roads are all open for motor
traffic, the first highway bulletin Of
the 1929 season announces, but the late
ness Of the Spring season has brought
about frost conditions which are diff
cult to cope with. In some districts
these frost conditions may become
worse, as the frost has not even COM
menced coming out of the ground In
some of the northern portions Of the
province.
Several bridges which were carried
out by ice jams and floods this Spring
have been replaced by temporary
structures which will satisfactorily
carry trafflc, but there are several
places where the highways are now
flooded. One of these is 10 miles south
OF the center Of the city of Fredericton
on Route No. 2, where the so-called
Oromocto Flats are flooded; a detour
to q temporary ferry service has been
provided and motorists should watch
carefully for the detour signs. directing
traffic to the ferry from Wilmot light
house at Belmont and Oromocto viii
lage. Portions of Routes Nos. 8 and 10
River are also reported flooded, but as
the reports were made the food waters
were rapidly dropping.
The usual Spring maintenance crews
are now at work and the patrols have
been on the job for some time. Re-
ports reaching the chief highway engi-
neer's office indicate a number of con.
crete pipe culverts have been dam
aged by frost and Spring freshets and
must be replaced. Motorists are there
fore advised to drive carefully on al
highways until this replacement worl
has been completed and until frost
conditions have abated. Contractor
are organizing their crews for the com.
mencement of construction operations
and D. A. Stewart, minister o.
public works, has issued instructions
that every precaution must be taker
20 reduce to the lowest possible mini
mum dislocation of trafic by construc
ton operations.
The first highway bulletin of tn,
1929 season, which was compiled at tn
chief highway engineers Office from
reports furnished by district highwa!
engineers and resident highway engi
neers engaged on construction con
tracts, follows a new form, the mileag,
as shown on the official government
highway map being used to designat
locations instead Of local names whicl
we're used in the past and often mean
Nething to touring knotoxtaA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
HOLDS EYE TESTS
FAIL IN PURPOSE
Baltimore Specialist Says
Visual Efficiency and Not Eye
sight Should Be Basis.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

special Dispatch 70 The Star.
BALTIMORE, June 22.-Eye tests as
now given to applicants for automobile
driving licenses by the commissioner
of motor vehicles fail in achieving the
purposes for which they are given, ac-
cording to DR.. A. M. Skeffington, an
eye specialist.
Visual efficiency and not merely eye
sight should be the basis of these tests,
and this cannot be obtained just by the
proof Of the ability of person to read
certain prescribed letters on q test
chart, he said.
A large percentage of automobile &C
cidents are caused by visual ineficiency
after the driver has been able to pass
tests, such as reading the letters on
charts and recognizing colors, he
asserted.
BY visual efficiency" he said, he
meant the ability of a driver to see
objects directly ahead and objects ap-
preaching from either side, and at the
same time have perfect coordination
of eye and hand in the manipulation
Of the gears and brakes of the machine.
A large percentage of drivers can
qualify on one or two of these require
ments, he said, but fail on the others.
Until such tests as will prove the
visual efficiency are given automobile
drivers accidents will continue to in
crease, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
Dream of Alaska
Highway to U. S.
Near Realization
By the Associated Press.

FAIRBANKS. Alaska are
attempting to make one Of their fond
est dreams come true-a dream Of q
highway from Alaska to the United
States.
An organized movement Is under way
to interest the Canadian and American
governments In the construction of ap-
proximately 1000 miles of proposed
/ ,7OO-mile road between Fairbanks. the
Golden Heart of Alaska" and Seattle,
Wash.
The estimated cost Is $1,000, 900.
About TOO miles Of highway along the
proposed road already has been con-
stEucted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
u. s. Auto Holds First Place.

The American automobile holds first
place In the world market, according
to the American Motorists Association.
Last years exports of automobiles, parts
and accessories, exclusive Of tires, from
the United States passed the half billion
mark and constitutes one-tenth Of this
country's exports. The growth of the
American cars popularity abroad is in
Dictated by the fact that last years
exports were nearly 20 per cent greater
than those for the previous year.
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giving complete and uniform cooling
for dependable performance and
long life.
The internal expanding hydraulic
brakes, protected from dirt and
water. are larger than usual in a car
at this price. Brake drums are ma
chined absolutely true, insuring con-
tact for the full surface of the brake
shoes on all four wheels. This means
less need for adjustments and relin-
ing, and greater security through
more efficient braking.
The emergency brake is entirely
separate, giving the protection
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

An old mixers rule is, "Never 20 over
anything that you can go around" Ex-
cellent advice for drivers who pay no
attention to holes In the pavement.