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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-25
Reserve Officers
To Meet Tuesday

HARLINGEN. Feb. 25.-Officers
are to be elected and permanent
organization perfected mt a meet
ing Tuesday night Of the reserve
officers of the Lower Rio Grande
Valley, called at the Hotel Moore
here.
The reserve officers will be guests
&C = banquet &C the hotel OF g. II.
Wallace.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-25
Fort Worth Hogs
Down; Others Up

FORT WORTH. Feb. 25.-tPl-
Hogs: 1900: ten to 15c over; 180-
$50 lbs. 9.60GS.90.
Cattle and calves: $500: steady
to strong: medium to good steers
1925 to HOO: best steers 1l.65:
light yearlines 11.25: cows $50 to
IT'S: bulls IT'S to 8.25; good stock
err calves up TO S12.06.
Sheep: 1000: steady: good WOOL
ed fat lambs 1925 to 1850; fresh
shorn wethers $50.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-25
BUTTER AND q

CHICAGO, Feb. 25.-(Pl-Butter
higher; creamery extras As ga:
standards 43 IA; extra firsts 81 i-2
M48; firsts As l-2146; seconds "A
n45.
Eggs lower; extra firsts 80 f-2n
40 10; firsts 38@S9; ordinary firsts
34I36.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-25
NEW o Il COTTON

NEW YORK, Feb. 25.@F1-The
cotton market opened steady at an
advance OF ] to 8 points in re-
Spouse to relatively steady cables.
while some buying was also reported
on favorable feature in reports from
the cotton goods market. May sold
up to 20.10 and new October to
1852. or about z TO Is points net
hieher during the first ten minutes.
but there was further near month
liquidation and the advance attract
ed some realizing In the later month
which caused reactions Of a few
points from the best. Trading was
moderately active with the market
steady at the end of the first half
hour.
The market showed continued
steadiness later in the morning. Of
ferings Of March appeared to be
very readily absorbed by spot cot
ton interests while some commits
sion house buying was reported In
later months.
Nav sold up to 20.23 and the
new October to 1859. The general
market showed net advances Of is
to 20 points at midday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-25

DALLAS. Tex, Feb 25.=Pf-Lex
v. FRYE. 81. died at a Dallas hos
pital today from gunshot wounds re-
ceived here last night when the
small pistol he was repairing acct
dcntally exploded. His wife and two
visitors at his home. Mr.. and Mrs.
N. II. Louder, witnessed the tragedy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-25
Will NOT REVIEW CASE

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-t49-
The supreme court today refused to
review the controversy arising out
of the sale of the Kansas City Star
newspaper properties owned by the
late VIM. Rockwell Nelson to the
Kansas City Star company in 1926.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-25
POULTRY STEADY

CHICAGO, Feb. 25.=P-Poul-
try steady; fowls 27@32c; springs
33c: ROSTERS 22c: turkeys SOC:
ducks SOC; geese 23c.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-25
LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL. Feb. 25.-tPSCot-
ton-spot fair demand: lower; Amer
lean strict good middling 1l.34;
good middling 1904: strict middling
1875: middling 1854; strict low
middling 1925: low middling 1904;
strict good ordinary 9.6f; good or
binary 9.24. Sales 5000 bales. 1900
American. Receipts $4,000, Ameri-
can 1890. Futures closed steady:
March l0.25. MAY 1887: July 1910;
October 1923, December 1926, jan
uary 1925.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-25
Truck
Markets

Department Of Agriculture. United
States Bureau Of Agricultural Eco
Monies and the San Antonio. Texas,
hCamSer Of Commerce cooperating.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-23

Developments at the Brownsville Municiple air
bort have been so rapid and SO unexpectedly solid
hey have surpassed the most ~sanguine expectations
II local aviation fans.
There has been some unexpected and unforeseen
contributing factors to this development, but the
FORMAL business has been highly pleasing to those
"a charge.
The Mexican revolution has created a great VOL
me Of business, both mail and passenger, for the
~,orpania Mexicana de Aviacion and consequently
las added to the prosperity Of the airport.
In the first % days of operation this company
rought 800 passengers into the United States from
sHexico. In the same period they transported al
1ost an equal number over the route in the opposite
ERECTION.
This business was attributed to the revolution.
sut the revolution has about broken down and con-
itions in Mexico are returning to normal rapidly.
md business is continuing good.
Other lines operating into the port report a steady
Irowth Of passenger and mail business. This in
{ludes the Texas Air Transport which carries mail
saily to San Antonio and points north. The same
is true of Corporation Aeronautica de Trans
iortes, operating mail and passenger planes between
brownsville and Mazatlan on the Pacific Coast OF
jfexico. This line was hampered in its opening days
Nv the revolution but officials report the volume OF
business growing daily.
/ These lines handling mail and passengers are well
fleased with the start made.
I One of the most stable sources OF business Tor tne
Import here are the planes of the International AR
TRANSPORTATION company, bringing in fish from Soto
/, Marine for the Tex-Mex Fisheries.
1 These planes are making regular trips over the
curse into Mexico.
The business with privately owned planes grows
b. the fame Of the Brownsville airport spreads
'irore planes are making landings from week TO week
nd the army air corps is using the field with increaS-
ag regularity.
The port already is justified and those VINO are
with the trend In aviation IN ~ ohi"e1
tstes declare this Is merely the beginning
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-23
co!c,,;ts Md His Chances

a d;c,atch from Washington lets II pe KNOWN
.et the senate committee to which the mountainous
!, pres. Hoover were referred, made a unoninnouS
snort calling for the confirmation q the FORMER
|eyas governor. There is a vacancy on the Onltsa
|.ates shipping board. This vacancy was nrousn'
ho,,t bv 4 democrat who was not an applicant,
art william A. Lea Of Orange has been enoorceo
. the Texas senate and by the senator's from texas
tow will Lea get the appointment or VIII the regular
= ignored by the powers that oeF Inc ~ -
ta.ss .h,rr;nS hoard is a non-partisan board. That
q 4 made up Of republicans and democrats
lrited states mediation board is not a non-partlsan
lord TT Is the prerogative Of the president 70
all republicans, all, democrats, all indepen-
snts There are no restrictions about the appoint
he power in naming mediation board members
|erhaps this fact has been overlooked by Texans
tho appear to be very much interested in the city
/ Washington
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-23
The Once Over
AL SIGNS UP AS AUTHOR
By z. I. PHILLIPS

Mr.. Lorimer: How would you like to write some
thing for us, Mr.. Smith?
Mr.. Smith: I don't know: I've always had an
idea it must be nice to be a writing man. He meets
so many interesting people, doesn't he.
Mr.. Lorimer: You'd be surprised. We have a lot
Of dandy fellows on the staff-Eddie Cantor, George
Rector, Garet Garrett, Geraldine Farrar-practically
everybody of Importance.
Mr.. Smith: I've often thought that If I took up
writing I'd like to get my stuff in the Post.
Mr.. Lorimer: That's what they all say.
MI. Smith: What do you pay?
Mr.. Lor;ner: Well, ahem, that depends. There
is no fixed sum. We don't like to make a price. You
tell us what you would think fair and we will see
what we can do.
Mr.. Smith: Well, for a good article on the cor
rect back swing and the follow through I should think
that
Mr.. Lorimer: Oh, we don't want you to write
about the back swing or the follow through.
Mr.. Smith: Well, I could write something about
putting and .
Mr.. Lorimer: You understand. we don't want
you to write about golf.
Mr.. Smith: Oh, you want me to write dog stories,
like that fellow Terhune. Well, that's just my pie.
Now I had a couple Of dogs In Albany that were
Mr.. Lorimer: No, we don't want you to write dog
stories, either. Getting back to compensation rather
than the subject matter, what a writer should con-
slider is his audience, the number Of people he reaches
and the prestige he gains. Why are you smiling?
MI. Smith: A writing friend warned me that
magazine editors always pulled that one.
MI. Iorimer: Possibly. At any rate, the question
comes down to whether or not you care to write for
us. 1 think you can leave 1t to us to see that the fl
Inancial aspect is adjusted to your satisfaction.
Mr.. Smith: I left a financial aspect to the dem
ocratic campaign committee, and look what hap
|pened.
Mr.. Lorimer: You'll have no trouble with us in
that respect. Now, assuming we get together, what
would you like to write about?
Mr.. Smith: Helm.
Mr.. Lorimer: I'm afraid not.
Mr.. Smith: Senator Moses?
Mr.. Lorimer: No, al.
Mr.. Smith: I thought you magazine editors liked
red hot stuff.
Mr.. Lorimer: Yes, but our insurance rates would
not apply in a case where we let you write about
Moses and Heflin. What we want you to do is a Sc
Iries Of general articles on your life and experiences.
MI. Smith: The old from fish mari et-to-sta
man angle?
MI. Lorimer: Yes, with the east-side-west-side-
all flavor. How would 50 a word
strike you?
Mr.. Smith: Fine! If I had been paid that In the
last campaign there would have been no deficit. I
accept, but there's only one stipulation I want to
make.
Lorimer: What's that?
MI. Smith: Don't run my stuff opposite those
Hoover sweeper advertisements
Talking picture aftertaought: What's all the
shouting for?
Captain Randell Of the I'm Alone is in New York
and will appear in the movies, it Is reported. In
The Sinking Fool?"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-23
Health and Right Living
By ROYAL s. COPELANC, NJ ID.
Former Commissioner OF Health,

A young mother has many ques-
tons to ask about her baby. Per-
haps she was brought up in a fam
lily where there were no babies after
her own arrival. She may never
have come in contact with little
ones. A baby is such = novelty that
she has everything to learn about
1t.
I heard my own mother say many
times that hardly a day passed but
she had an agony of fear over her
first baby. The strange little chok-
ing sounds that youngsters produce
are alarming if not understood.
] wish there were some way to
give every expectant mother the
fullest possible information about
such things. Since there are few
schools for this purpose, each Of us
must help.
I think it was Lincoln who said
that he was the most advised per-
son In the world" The young moth
er must feel the same way. All the
kind-hearted women in the neigh
borhood, as well as the nurse and
doctor, will tell her things, many
OF them truly remarkable things,
about infants.
What are some of the questions
that will occur to a young mother?
!. What is the name OF the soft
spot" in the baby's head and how
long will it last?
This Is called the "fontanel."
Usually it closes and the softness
disappears between the sixteenth
and eighteenth months.
2. Can a baby see, and do all Of
them have blue eyes?
A newly born baby does not see
well. AS it grows, the eyes develop.
Do not be alarmed If the infant
appears to be cross--yed. After the
fourth month this squirting will dis
appear.
Almost all new babies have blue
eyes. The permanent coloring ap-
pears later.
8. What about the senses Of hear
ing, smelling and tasting?
New born infants hear little, but
in a few days the hearing Is likely
to become very acute. The same
may be said of the smelling sense.
All babies can taste from the very
beginning. But, like the other
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-23
Washington Letter
BY HERBERT c. PLUNTNIER

WASHINGTON, April 23.-One of the mildest
members Of the United States senate will play an
important role during the present special session of
congress.
He is Reed Smoot Of Utah-"watch dog Of the
treasury" and expert in all things relating to tariff.
The 67-year-old senator long has been a thorough
student Of the tariff situation, and is regarded by all
as the high priest of tariff protection in congress.
Neither of the great republican tariffs enacted
within his time bore his name. However. his i'm
press was written large upon them. And the bill
passed by the special session undoubtedly will be re-
ferred to as the Smoot-Hawley law.
1t is difficult to picture Smoot in the role of a
fighter. He is tall, lean and lank. and his hair is
gray. His voice is thin, and a quarrelsome note is
evident when he engages in heated debate. He is
possessed Of an inquisitive mind. and not infrequent-
Ily he confounds proponents Of measures with his
marshaling Of information against their cause.
TWELVE OUR STRAIGHT
His ability to put off stiff opposition to bills has
been demonstrated repeatedly. For days at a time
he bore the brunt of the democratic assault on the
|Fordney- McCumber tariff bill. He spoke u hours
without interruption against the first proposal Of the
Wilson administration for a shipping board.
Too. he can be brief with effectiveness. On the
day the senate adopted the war resolution, senator
after senator spoke loud and long. Smoot finally OBJ
tanned the floor and said:
II rise to make this simple but earnest appeal:
God bless and approve the action to be taken by
the senate this day. Oh, Father, preserve our govern
ment and hasten the day when liberty will be enjoyed
BY all the peoples of the earth"
THREE DIVERSIONS
Hard work was the rule Of life laid down for him
self by Senator Snnoot. It is only broken by three
things:
He plays golf. Frequently from 6 to 7 o'clock in
the morning he may be found on one of the capitals
public courses executing methodical strokes in an en-
deavor to break 100.
He likes vaudeville. Formerly he would go to
Keith's theater in Washington on Friday nights and
occupy a seat on the second row. No one lamented
more than the senator when the theater was closed.
He is a frequent visitor to the Washington zoo.
Senator Smoot is a widower and the father of six
children, three sons and three daughters. He lives
In a beautiful house In Wesley Heights in Washing
ton.
There is a deep religious strain in the man. He
is Mormon by faith, one of the IL apostles who are
members Of the governing council Of the Church of
Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints.
He was appointed an apostle three years before
he came to the senate in 1908 and it was by reason
of his high place in the church that his right to a
senate seat was contested by a number OF religious
and other organizations.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-23
UNDERGROUND m A59x5 s Ass
By JEFFERSON FARJEoN oam.m a 1c~nn~ A~Asmn~
Copyright. 1928. By Central Press Association. Inc.

during that moment he forgot all
about the stout chap in the bush,
and the ghost bloke in the pub, and
a queer little fellow named Brown.
They sends me hovr the top" he
thought aloud, land they mikes a
man Of me orl right. A man with
out a job-yes, and a chest as I'd
Jest as soon be without sometimes,
too"
He stopped abruptly. Charlie
discovered his mood for badinage
vanishing.
We'll DONE" he said, soberly.
you've done more than I ever
have, and I'm proud to know you"
Go on" ~retorted the wanderer,
suddenly red and uncomfortable.
You amt told me yet wot you
wanted to know for"
"Well-what I was going to say
responded Charlie, slowly, was
that, II you had fought in the war
and gone over the top, you prob
ably didn't stop then to consider
the consequences if things didn't
go according to plan"
That's right" interrupted Ted.
I'VE didn't. None Of us didn't. II
we 'ad, there wouldn't ave been no
war;"
Exactly. And I was going to
suggest that you didn't stop ana
consider the consequences in our
little war, either. But ! retract.
Why on earth shouldn't you con
slider the consequences? All this
is nothing to do with you. Get out
of herel"
There is only n thing more dis
concerning than running away, and
that is being told you may run
away. Particularly after you have
just spoken about Mons" Ted
frowned. and turned towards the
Royal George"
'Oo's torkin' of beating it?" he
demanded. you wait ERE"
And thus it fell out that Ted
paid two visits in one hour to the
same public house.
Charlie waited patiently for him
to come out again. If he felt a
little guilty in having roped Ted
into the unsavory business, he con-
soled himself with the thought
that he could not perform that un-
savory business himself (since he
obviously, would be Immediately
recognized), and that the business
was inspired by the highest of mo-
tives. Moreover, he had told the
fellow to go, and had used nc
coercion.
The minutes went by. The dis
comfort of Charles mind struggled
against the comfort of his body
for the bush was a gracious one
and fattened itself on a carpet OF
the scftest grass. The sun blazed
down. The comfort began to win
Charles eyes closed. 49,.
But all at once they opened again
The ragged eavesdropper had re-
turned, and was paving his Shout
der.
"HalloI" jerked Charlie.
"Oi!" whispered Ted, hoarsely
Not so bloomin' loud!"
Charlie glanced about him. Ir
the distance, the back of Simon
Brill was disappearing. There wa.
no sign of the little man in the
check suit.
CTO BE CONTINUED
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-23
DERELICTS DESERT
LONDON

LONDON. April 27.-(R-Old
melodramas whose scenes Of Lon
don at night showed miserable
creatures sleeping huddled in door
ways or sinking along the embank-
ment looking for an empty bench,
would not be true TO life now, says
the London County Council. It's
survey this year showed only 81
persons sleeping out"
But the problem Of the homeless
persists, for the same census dis
covered 14,O0o sleeping in COM
mon lodging houses, while there
were 900 more in casual wards.
Some critics Of the figures point
out that the open air survey was
made in the midst Of the coolest
weather Of an unusually severe
winter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-23

senses, 1t becomes more developed
as time passes.
A. Are babies alike as regards the
quantity Of hair?
No. they differe materially. Some
are born bald. Others have a lot
of hair at birth, but lose 1t all with
In a few weeks. Don't worry abou
the hair-it will come along with
a few months.
5: When can o baby sit up &c
walk?
1t is seven or eight months Of
before it can sit up without SUP,
Don't hurry 1t or worry aboulpoft.
The youngSter will get up wbiS' Il
Is ready. In the meantime So port
the back with pillows.
Most babies stand at one year OF
age, If aided a little. In another
couple Of months they stand alone.
At about Is months the average
youngster will walk.
Have you other questions, dear
mother?
Answers to Health Queries
r. E. D. Q.-What causes night
sweats?
A.-May be due to a number OF
causes. Have a careful examination.
N. B. L. Q.-What cauSes my two
year-old baby's fingers to break out
in O rash around the nails?
A.-The child may be troubled
with eczema, due to faulty diet.
?. @. Q.-What can be done for
Of my legs which Is smaller
than the other, due to ,nrantile par
alysis?
Al would advise electric mas
sage and beaking of the leg.
Pearl N. Q.-How much should a
girl aged II, 5 feet tall weigh?
A.-she should weigh about 10
pounds.
j. R. Q.-Can anything be done
to straighten knowck-knees or bow
legs?
Ain some instances. Consult
an o~rthopedist for examination.
G. NJ. Q.-What causes q queer
feeling In my stomach whenever I
get nervous?
A.-You may be troubled with
nervous indigestion.
K. L. M. Q.-Would 1t be possible
for a person in the late twenties to
contract cancer by taking care Of a
parent who had one?
A.-Although the cause Of cancer
is not definitely known, it Is con-
siedred to be non-transmittable.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-23

FOOL LUCK

FULL LGCh
The flying field was crowded at
the finish of the great New York to
Pekin air race, and great was the
establishment when the winning
plane descended and out of it
stepped a comparatively unknown
amateur. The representatives OF
the press surged forward.
Wonderful achievement" the
spokesman shouted. you've broken
all records for a nonstop flight.
How did you do it?"
well, to tell you the truth the
rank outsider answered, modestly,
II guess luck had something to do
with it. I didn't find out until
about five minutes ago how to stop
the damned thing"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-23

AZ AAO ob00y Aoo ~
was picking the plum of the ad-
venture and exchanging conf
dences with its divine inspiration.
At most desperate moments,
however, the fates can be kind, and
they were kind now. A shabby
fellow emerged from the inn, and
with him emerged Charles solu-
ton.
1t was the laborer. The laborer
who was palpably on their side.
Excellent The laborer should
carry on!
Come here!" called Charlie,
softly.
The laborer looked around.
Come herel Quick" called
Charlie. The bush was large and
all-concealing, and he did not wish
to leave it.
For a moment Ted hesitated. He
had encountered some queer things
lately, and he was not instinctively
drawn to talkative bushes; but
when Charlie stuck his face out,
Ted recognized it, because Char
lies face was the kind one did
recognize, and he approached.
'Allo," said Ted. Watcher
doin'?"
Hiding" replied Charlie, frank
ly.
'Wot for?" asked Ted.
Not for my health" answered
Charlie. yet, perhaps, after all, I
am. But never mind. Hygiene or
not, I want your assistance. You're
a good fellow. and you want to help
us, don't you?"
We'll, I'll tell you how you can.
Did you see those two chaps who
went into the Carlton just now?'
"Wot's that?"
Forgive the subtlety. I referred
to the pub. Did you see them?"
"Yus. One Of EN- was that ghost
bloke."
"Yus. I'm wot sed the 'ouse
was 'aunted."
"Oh, yes. That's him. The
ghost bloke. And did you see the
other felloW?"
Couldn't miss i'm. rs clothes
fair shouted at yer"
Did they e you?"
NAH"
Are you sure of that?"
"Yus. And ven if they did, they
wouldn't know me-"
THE ghost bloke might. Last
night"
Nah, e wouldn't. I was too fur
back in the shed. But I could see
i'm clear enough"
That's splendid! Well, now,
what I want you to do is to 60
back into that inn and to have
another drink. My treat. Find out
where these two fellows are, sit
down near them, and keep your
ears open. You've got to listen to
what they say, see? And, after
wards, come back and report
to me-"
Ted thought about it. Eavesdrop-
ping? He wasn't sure that he quite
liked it.
"Yus, but s'pose they gets on
to it?" he demanded, after a pause,
How old are you?" asked Char
lie.
"Wot's that?"
How old are you?"
Ted spat. This was silly. But he
obliged
"Gettin' on ter fifty" he said
land old enough to be yer father?'
We'll, what did you do in the
great war, daddy?" asked Charlie
" Ere, wot's orl this about?" re-
torted Ted. "Wot's the war got ter
do with it?"
please answer, darling"
"Ted froWned. This was a queer
fellow, if he'd met one! And the
queerest part of him was that, IL.
spite Of his cheek, you couldn't
help rather liking him.
Il fought in the bloomin' war
which is more'n you did, I expeck,'
exclaimed Ted, with rather unex-
pected vehomence. I was at Mons
They put me into a uniform, and
they ses, Wen mike a man o.
YER and they sends me hover tn,
top" He paused for q moment, and