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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-16
BY RALPH +. AGAR
Drainage Engineer

As in every irrigated section,
drainage is as essential as irriga-
ton.
The Texas portion Of the lower
Rio Grande Valley comprises ap-
proximately 946, 900 acres Of irri-
gable land, $50, 900 acres now being
irrigated. There are IL large irri-
cation systems, comprising approx
imately 2,400 miles OF canals which
are practically all kept filled with
water at all times.
The first irrigation system was in
stalled in the Valley in 1902 by the
brownsville Land and Irrigation
company, Brownsville. At that time
an attempt was made TO raise rice.
In 1905 the land became SO salty
IN places that rice refused to grow.
MI. Elliott Of the u. S. department
Of agricultural was sent for. who,
after making investigation found
that the land was sailed to a depth
OF eight feet in places and advised
against trying to raise rice. The rice
project was abandoned about 1905.
The water table over the entire
irrigated section OF the valley has
been constantly rising since the be-
ginning OF irrigation due TO the mil
lions Of gallons of water applied TO
the soil by irrigation, and approx
mately % inches Of rainfall a year
on top OF this, with very poor sur
face drainage. I have gone as deep
as 80 feet in places and found dry
sand where now the water table
Is within a few feet Of the surface.
You can imagine the amount or wa
ter that is required 70 bring about
this condition. and we are continu-
ing to pour the water into the soil
without affording means Of taking
1t out.
Places WaterIOgged
There are places where the soil
refuses to absorb any more water,
these places are waterlogged now,
and will eventually salt if not prop
erly drained.
There are other places which have
not become waterlogged but have
sailed. In these places we find the
water table within five feet or less
from the surface.
Very few of the farms have ade-
quate surface drainage. We find
most of the land owners are at
tempting to carry water too far in
the burrows. One end Of the furroW
getting the correct amount Of wa
ter and the other end entirely too
much as the burrows are not inter-
cepted by a drain to carry off the
waste water. In fact in most cases
there is no place to carry the waste
water to.
The canals are delivering thou
sands Of gallons OF water each day
to be applied to the soil. very little
of which finds its way INTO drains.
Tt is flowing very slowly through
the soil. where there is no obstruct-
ing strata Of impervious clay, seek
ing an outlet into some ditch or ar
royo which cuts the water bearing
sand strata through which the wa
ter is flowing. Naturally the farther
the water must flow through the
sand the flatter the grade Of the
water table becomes and the slower
the flow.
x The need for sub-drainage be-
vcane apparent first in Cameron
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-16
County Officials
To Speak at Road
Opening Ceremony
Especial TO The Herald)

SAN BENITO. June l5.-County
Judge Oscar c. Dancv and County
Commissioner "A. v. LoFan of the
san Benito precinct will be prIn-
cipal speakers at a celebration TO
be held some time next week ~ To-
zano. point on the Southern Pacific
lines near here. in observance az
the opening of another 20-miIe
paved highway loop in Cameron
county.
This is the road through the
Browne Tract. going to Rio Honodo
from the Los FreenoS section.
Arrangements for the celebration
ere being handled by Charles III
Heiple. well known farmer of that
section.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-16

HEREFORD. Tex, June 1871
Judge G.. T.. Kerr. his son, VIII ..
Kerr, and the latter's wife. all Of
Hereford. were injured, none seri-
ously. yesterday when their auto
mobile overturned near Canyon
while the party was en- route to
Amarillo. Faulty brakes were
blamed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-16
CASES IN COURT
AT LAW SET MONDAY

The first Jury week Of the June
term Of the Cameron county cc'rrf
at law will begin Monday with trial
Of civil cases
The criminal docket will be dis
posed of beginning with the f:%.h
week OF the term, July I.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-16
Walton Hood Will
Build Large Home
Meas Rio Hondo

HARLINGEN. June 15.-Walton
p. Hood formerly state legion COM
mander Of Texas. is 10 build an
$4,000 home on property purchased
on the Arroyo Colorado. between
here and Rio Hondo.
Plans for the home are being
drawn by w. "A. Warmer. local archi-
tect. and bids will be called for in
the les future.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-16
3rd Extra Session
OF Legislature Is
Expected By Solons
Especial to The Heraldl


AUSTIN. June 15.-A third special
session Of the legislature to COM
plete the impeachment proceedings
against Land Commissioner J. T.
Robinson Is considered definitely In
prospect by members and officers Of
the legislature who are known to be
making plans to remain In Austin
another month after the expiration
Of this session July 3.
II the house should adopt any of
the charges against Commissioner
Robinson. 1t is known another ses-
sion would be REQUIRED: and legis-
lative workers this week expressed
doubt the house itself would be able
70 finish testimony Of approximate
~ 200 witnesses before July 8.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-16
STOP THAT ITCHING

Use Blue Star Soap, then apply
Blue Star Remedy for Eczema. itch.
letter, r~ingworm, poison oak, Ian
druff, childreE's sores, cracked
hands. sore feet and most forms of
itching skin diseases. It kills germs.
stops itching. usually restoring the
skin to health. Soap 25c: Blue Star
Remedy. $1.00. Ask your druggist.
ADV.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-16
OLD RESIDENT OF
MATAMOROS BURIED

Funeral services were held this
week for Eugenio Perez Segovia,
rs. long time resident or Matamo-
ros. He was a member OF the Ma
sonic lodge I'm that city.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-22
.ENGRAVfNGS FOUND
 OF TWO GENERALS
NeWspaperman Aids West Point
 in Search for LikenesSeS

Miabi. AriZ.. July % Pl-Steel en- cravings of Brigadier Nathaniel Lion and General William B. Franklin, Union generals whose likenesscs have been sought by West Point au- thorities, were available to them to- day by Leslie E. Gregory a news paperman.
 Publication of an appeal from Ma ior General William R. Smith. su- perintendent of the military acad- emy. led to search that revealed in Gregory's library, two of eight likenesses needed for reproduction in oil in West Point Memorial Hall.
 The engravings are in a book of several volumes written during the war. General Lyon was killed in ac- ton at Wilson's Creek. Mo-. August 12, 1861. The book describes h,s ex- ploits at the outbreak Of war. when Governor Clairborn Jackson was | leading Missouri secessionists and Lyon suppressed revolt at St. Louis.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-22
NOTED INVENTOR
 DIES AT AGE 0F 69
Thomas E. Murray Was Granted
 More Than 1,100 Patents

Southampton, l.. l., July g (UP) Thomas E. Murray, 69, who had received HOO patents during his life time and who was for many years in charge of all the allied Edison companies in New York and Brook lyn and their Westchester county subsidiaries. died here yesterday at his home, Wiskapogue, after an ill., ness of several months.
 Granted Many Patents
 Next 10 Thomas A. Edison. Mur- ray was said to have been granted more patents than any man in the United States. His career included not only success in the electrical field. but in the gas industry as well, and his safety inventions won for him many 'honors. including the Longstreth medal of merit from the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia. An invention for welding 240 milli- meter mortar shells brought com- mendation from the war department
 In the religious field Murray was rewarded by being made a member of the Knights of St. George and of the Knights of Malta. He also was honored at Rome by being priv ileged to have mass celebrated in his home and to maintain an altar in which the Blessed Sacrament re- poses.
 Funeral on Wednesday
 Funeral services will be held We'd nesday at 10 a. m. in St. Gregory's church, Brooklyn. He leaves eight 'chiIdren. John F., Joseph. Daniel, Thomas E. Jr., Mrs. Katherine Me Quail, Mrs. Anna Mcdonnell, Mrs. Julia Cuddihy and Mrs. Marie Me Donnell.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-22

The symbol of medicine. a staff with serpent cntWined round it, had it's origin some centuries before Christ.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-22

paper he was preparing at the time
 of his arrest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-28
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BIZ WILLIAM BRADY, M. d.

good for me, but I can see no Ill re-
suits"
The article to which the correspond
ent refers was published in February,
and in it said normal, healthy, well
developed woman hasn't fiat or re-
tracted body at all. also said the body
of man, woman or child should not be
held in by conscious effort; it should not
be thought of at all. Never mind it.
Just see to 1t that you get enough gen.
eral exercise every day.
Now the st. Louis correspondent, of
course, didn't gain anything by her
laborious effort. She gained, or rather
regained, something Of her normal pos
ture by discarding the artificial support
on which she had depended for years,
and training all her muscles to support
her body.
To any other readers who may con-
template freedom from the thralldom
Of the corset or similar harness, say
again: Just 60 in for ordinary general
no exercise is better for this purpose
than daily walking. Keep stepping, say
six miles every day, and in few weeks
your body will need no attention at all
from you and attract none from the
world at large.
Better, far better, and more uplift-
ing, too, not to say proper for parlor
conversation, to put your attention on
the business of trying to chuck your
chin inside your collar. This goes for
gents only, and white collar gents at
that. Ladies must use their magma
tons for collars. While struggling to
get chin In collar, you might also try
to touch the ceiling with your crown
That win take care of everything.
] ((<opyrieht. le1nl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-28
Hold In, This Lady Cries.


Having read your article On Hold
ing In Ones Front I could not resis,
the temptation of writing you about
my own experience. Being woman,
believe I have been able to get more
out of your correspondents question
than you did. Some of the things ]
write would shock many of your read
ers, but I know you won't be shocked,
because doctors are shock proof.
When the corsetless era arrived ]
thought I would never be able to go
without one, not because was so very
fat, for I was not, but my body pro-
truded so. Yet was no fatter than
my husband and yet his body did not
protrude as mine did. asked myself
why, and a small voice within me an
swered He has been using. all his life,
the support God gave him, instead OF
a factory-made one like YOU
II thought If that was the case, then
could use that particular set OF mus
cles as a support, too. I threw away
nv corsets, and the next week or two
was time of misery for me, for really
suffered. kept it ever in mind that
must use those muscles and keep q
straight 'front.' The muscles became SO
sore that one with vivid imagination
would have run to her doctor believing
she had some serious organic trouble
stuck to it, however. and gradually
the soreness disappeared, and was
just as fiat as my husband ever could
be.
Il can relax these muscles now, but
I have to make an effort to do it. Per.
haps YOU would tell me that 1t was MOI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-28
Menus for First Day of April
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

thyme mixed, one-half teaspoon burnt
onion Juice or one teaspoon finely
chopped raw onion, one-fourth tea
spoon said, dash of black or
white pepper and also of cayenne, one
egg, beaten, and two tablespoons to-
mato juice.
Grease well very large funnel with
melted butter. Line the funnel with
cooked rice, having it ne inch thick.
Into this mold put the prepared mix
ture, cover with an inch layer of rice.
Over the open end tie thickness of
cookery parchment paper or two thick
nesses t heavy paraffin paper. Stand
the mold upright on a pie plate. Put
rack into deep kettle and on it
rest an overturned pudding dish. Set
the pie plate with the filled mold on
it. Put boiling water into the kettle,
but not enough to get inside the mold.
Cover the kettle tightly and steam for
90 minutes. Add more water from
time to time as needed.
Remove the mold and place on a
chop dish or platter. Cut the string
combining the paper and trim the paper
close to the mold for half the distance
around 1t. Press the mold firmly to
the dish and gently draw out the paper.
Lift off the funnel and the mold will
IeSeIlplG IoOi 5 cap. SURROUND WIFI
tomato sauce and garnish the dish
with circle of green peas.
With q potato scoop cut small balls
from raw potatoes and also from beets
that have been parboiled. Cook them
together until tender The potatoes
will be red, as well as the beets. Drain
thoroughly and serve ice cold on let
tuce leaves with a spoonful of cream
mayonnaise in the center. The appear
ance of the salad will be not unlike
cherry salad, and 1t adds to the "fool'
character of the dish If some red
canned cherries are mixed with the
vegetable cherries"
Thread a ribbon bodkin with finely
shredded cabbage cut in strips 4 inches
long. Run the bodkin through a mara
schino or candied cherry so that the
cabbage forms a tassel. Thrust the
untasseled end Of the cherry onto the
point of an ice cream cone. Fill with
any preferred ice cream and overturn
onto an individual serving dish. A
good semblance of fools cap will re-
suit. With this serve cake of any kind.
For a refreshment menu the salad
and crackers with hot chocolate may
be served, followed by the fools cap
ices and cake. A very simple menu can
be had with the fools cap ices, cake
and orangeade. Bonbons are served
with each menu.
tCopyrisht. 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-28
Dreamed Haddock Savory.

Mix three cupfuls Of shredded cooked
paddock with three cupfuls of cold
cooked potatoes cut into fine pieces
Make white sauce by melting two
tablespoonful of butter or margarine
and adding two tablespoonfuls of flour.
Cook until it begins To bubble and then
add one pint of cold milk gradually
Cook until of a creamy consistency.
Add half cupful Of American cheese
cut into small pieces, and cook until
the cheese is melted. Add one and
one-half teaspoonfuls of salt, one
fourth teaspoonful of pepper, and one
fourth teaspoonful Of paprika. Mix
with the paddock and potatoes. Put
into O buttered shallow baking dish
and bake in very hot oven until
brown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-28

fairy pinkness of it. When she learned
it was her own and that it was to be
replanted in the new home which Uncle
Peter was getting ready for them her
delight knew no bounds. Thoughtful
Lois had sent over small watering can.
Joan almost had tragic experience be-
cause she forgot to water the plant for
four whole days during Easter week
When she saw the dropping leaves and
falling flowers she was almost incon-
solable. Aunt Nancy had had hard
time keeping still while she saw Joan's
neglect of the plant, but she did want
Joan to learn responsibility. A little
child who takes all directions from
grownups finds it difficult to be inde-
pendent In later years.
It takes the wisdom OF Solomon to make
a good Job of child care. Write to Nancy
PAGE. care OF this paper, inclosing q stamped
self addressed envelope, and ask for her
leaf1et on Child Care.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-28

be given by choosing live gifts. So the
Lacey children found little rabbit
hutch with pair of real live rabbits
in it. Where they pleased? Ask them.
The first thing Claire did was to hunt
UP an animal book and find out what
rabbits needed to eat. Armed with
this knowledge, she told Judith to ask
Pam to bring much water. And then
she begged lettuce from her mother.
She begged so hard and took away so
much that the Lacey family ate let
tuceleSs salad that day for luncheon.
Joan's present was small rambler
rosehush. She was delighted with the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-28
Lessons in English
BY W. L. GORDON.

Words often misused: Do not say.
zone dislikes to be reminded of his
faults" "One" should be followed BY
ones" Say, "of ones faults"
Often mispronounced: Pincers; pro-
nounce pin-serz. A variant form j,
pinchers.
Often misspelled: Surf (the swell Of
the sea-; serf Ca slave).
Synonyms: Talkatiye, loquacious,
verbose, chattering.
Word study: use a word three
times and it is yours" Let us increase
our vocabulary by mastering one word
each day. Today's word: Seduction
act of leading astray; allurement. "His
soul was steeled against the grosser
seductions of appetite. Prescott.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-28

have screen in the dining room across
the doorway to the kitchen. Even
though there is door in this opening,
during the serving of the meal it is
swung open many times, only to show
a kitchen when it is not at its best.
An awkward corner of a room may be
relieved by the addition of a floor
screen, with an easy chair, bridge lamp
and small table or magazine rack
grouped in front.
The screen in the illustration Is a
simple one, with wallboard founda-
ton. The entire covering is of wall
paper, with borders carefully mitered
at the corners and the whole of the
panels treated with varnish or stellac.
The back of the screen could be
painted or covered with plain paper to
match the ground Of the outer covering.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-28
Sour Cream Cookies.

Add one teaspoonful of baking soda
to one cupful of sour cream and beat
until foamy, then add this to two-thirds
cupful of granulated sugar and one
egg. Sift together two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder, one-fourth teaspoonful
of SALT and enough flour to mix stiff.
These cookies may be dropped by small
spoonfuls onto creased tin or they
may be mixed with more flour and rolled
thin. Bake in q medium oven.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-28
MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE
BY MOLLIE MERRICK.

gray bin folder carrying out the color
scheme. He will wear a dark blue
derby recently introduced by the Prince
of Wales"
And:
Rowland v. Lee will wear robin S
egg blue silk pajamas and red mules in
the parade to his boudoir. Our scou;
must explain that he is shooting a pic
ture all night the eve before EaSte'
and will accordingly sleep on the fest2l
day"
All sof which takes a great weight Of
worry off my mind, and I am sure OF
yours, as these are vital matters in
Movieland.
Copyright, 1929. by North American News
paper AiIianee.1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-28

An April Fools menu is given today
for supper or luncheon, and two mod
flied menus for simpler refreshments
for afternoon or evening parties.
LUNCHEON OR SUPPER MENU.
Fools Cap. Chartreuse of Chicken.
Fresh Green Peas. New BeetS.
Cranberry or Currant Jelly.
Rolls and Butter.
Hot Chocolate or Tea.
Fools Salad.
Cheese. Crackers.
Ices In Fools Caps with Cakes.
Bonbons.
RECIPES.
Fools Cap Chartreuse of Chicken
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-28
r R s r
to ECiEs eenUfiOn0Iss
popularity

NEVER before has a coffee
~ pleased so many different
people.
Inmillions of homes through.
ont the length and breadth of
the United States the fine coffee
served every day is Maxwell
House. Experienced hostesses
from Newport to California,
from Saratoga Springs to Palm
Beach, serve it at their most
brilliant social affairs, sure with
this coffee ofdelighting all their
guests.
For Maxwell House is not a
single coffee flavor, but a rich,
mellow, sparkling blend - the
triumph of a man with a genius
for flavor, who determined to
make of coffee a new and far
more satisfying experience.
He was an expert in coffee
familiar with all the different
kinds grown. For years he
labored - combining, testing,
rejecting, re-combining-at last
his persistence was rewarded
with coffee that delighted even
his critical taste.
At the old Maxwell House in
Nashville, famous for its South.
ernhospitality and itsmarvelous
Southern cooking, this coffee
became special boast. Its fame
spread until today Maxwell
House Coffee is pleasing more
critical coffee drinkers than any
other coffee everOffered for sale.
You will want your family to
enjoy this particularly good
coffee. Your grocer has it -
sealed in tin to preserve all its
fragrance and flavor.
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NANCY PAGE
Live Gifts Are Appropriate
for Easter.
nv ETnRENCE IA CAME
By FLORENCE LA GANKE.

The Lacey children were over the
measles and feeling quite we'll again.
They were looking forward to Easter,
since it meant out of doors and Spring.
time. 1t also mean gift of some sort.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lacey talked it over and
decided that the idea of Easter and
resurrection and new life could best
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-28

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-28
Home i'm Good Taste
BY SARA HILAND.

1t seems as If every home should have
a floor screen. There are so many uses
for one, aside from its decorative quail
ity. that its Importance is foremost
among the larger pieces of furniture.
For example, how necessary it is to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-28
Sole Is
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Yes,it !
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RICE KRISP1Es is the new
cereal Mat's so crisp it
crackles when you pour on
the milk or cream.
Delicious toasted rice.
Something different for
breakfast. And what a treat
for lunch-with fruits or
honey added! Riddles love
it. Use Krispies in candies,
soups. At grocers. Made
by Kellogg in Battle Greek.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-28
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX
Are Second Marriages Happier Than First Ones:
A Girl Who Looks Before She Leaps.
Making Loving Husband Jealous.


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another?
make next venture? INTERESTED READER
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said that climb to higher things the ST
stones of that this
than Is in anything else.
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Marriage not all It cracked be it all knock
full potentaies
for happiness and misery to to make what will
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questionnare the whole
marimony But to few of queries.
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The main thing girl consider marriage
wise she gives herself the benefit the
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For love like the flu mistake half
when the article
symptoms for You will recognize them