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the Irrigation and drain.ge system
on the 100, O00-acre project. The
system serves TIE lands surround
ing Weslaco and Mercedes md sew
eral of the new towns on the South
ern Pacific. 1t was o--led the
largest privately owned system in
the world.
The American Company set the
price at $4,000 and directors Of
the district made an offer OF 81, 729,-
243, which they said was based on a
valuation report made by en- leers
for the district.
The report issued by the Valley
engineers Saturday was titled:
Report of findings of Board of
Arbitration in the matter of valua-
ton of the properties Of the Amer
lean Rio Grande Land md Irriga-
ton Company y4ng VT n Hidalgo
and Cameron Counties Water on
troll and Improvement District No.
8, made in accordance with ap-
pointment of .r!ne 18th, 1929, and
instructions of June Goth. 1929, and
subsequent dates by representatives
of Hidal-o and Cameron Counties
Water Control and Improvement
District No. 9 and American Rio
Grande Land and Irrigation COM
pany."
The Report
The report sale:
I'VE the undersigned members Of
the board of arbitration, appointed
to determine the value Of the irriga-
ton and drainage properties of the
American Rio Grande Land and
Irrigation company. Hidalgo coun-
ty, after full consideration Of all
data submitted and testimony
given, having considered and treat
ed each item separately, giving due
consideration to all phases of the
matter, have unanimously found
the value of said properties to be
two million, four hundred and sew
enty-two thousand. and siXty-eight
dollars (~$2,472,068).
This value covers all the irriga-
ton and drainage properties of the
American Rio Grande Land and II
rigation CO. in accordance with in
formation and data furnished us
within the boundaries of Hidalgo
and Cameron Counties Water Con-
troll and Improvement District No.
9, described in the joint letter of
the district and company to this
board OF June 25th. 1929, and ex-
cepting the office building Of said
company together with the proper
ty upon which it stands
Respectfully submitted,
w. E. Anderson, president,
E. M. Card, secretary,
A. Tamm,
A. w. Amthor,
E. B. Gore.
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INFORMER IS
PUTONSTAND
Tells of Smuggling Activ-
tiles Close to Browns
vile
Especial to The Herald)

Especial 10 Inc herald
HOUSTON. Tex, July 27.-How
he Informed" Brownsville customs
officers on men with whom he was
carrying liquor for 25 per cent of
the proceeds from the seized liquor
was revealed in federal district
court here by William Bartle of
Dallas.
Bartle testified to smuggling 101
gallons Of liquor across the Rio
Grande about 20 miles above
Brownsville with George Herbert
and Charles Hemming. Hemming
pleaded guilty, Herbert not guilty.
The informer told of purchasing
the liquor from a wholesale house
in Matamoros. paying S22 a case for
it on the America side of the riv-
er. 1t was crossed by men who
Uaded the river, he said.
The liquor cars we're halted at
Falfurrias and the men and cars
taken into custody by customs Of
ficers.' Bartle said he ran when
the customs officers approached.
Customs Officer Blackwell seized
Henming and ] ran through a
cane field and telephoneo Black
we'll from fremont. He told me to
wait there" Bartie said.
In telling his story Bartle men
toned having been Instructed to
get out of the car" in case customs
officers showed up. Questioned on
this, he testified tha3 Customs Of
ficer Blackwell had instructed
him" and on further questioning
by Federal Judge j. G. Hutchinson
he told how he had pr~e-arranged
with customs officers that they
would let him go and give him IS
per cent of the money proceeds
from seizures in smuggling cases
that he brought to their attention
He said that before he started this
venture he had notified the officers
at Brownsville.
On cross examination, Bartle ad-
mitted being under a suspended
sentence now after being indicted
about a year ago on liquor charges
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sion appointed by Judge Harry Do
Ian. Judge Dolan was disqualified
from sitting in the sanity hearing
because he prosecuted Leahy in the
latter's second murder trial.
The other point was that state
law requires a sanity verdict snail
be signed by all jurors. The YER
dict in this case, it was said, was
signed only by the foreman.
The Jury received the case after
listening to final arguments which
occupied the court day. They went
into every phase Of the Ramsey
Staying, and subsequent events in
Leahy's life.
Technical Phases
County Attorney Wood based his
argument for the state on his con-
tention that Leahy, by properly
drawing a contract to find the body
of Ramsey, and later by refusing to
answer questions for experts, gave
evidence of an ability to reason and
an awarenesS Of his own plight.
A. S. West of San Antonio, for
the defense, discussed technical
phases of emotional and morbid in
sanity and argued that Leahy's
symptoms showed him to suffer this
type of mental abnormality. He
declared Xray pictures of Leahy's
brain showed foreign substances
which might cause such insanity.
E. P. Simmons Of San Antonio
censored the state for not intro
ducing the X-ray pictures and fore
ing Leahy's lawyers to call for
them. He charged that the state
failed to introduce them because
the pictures showed not only two
bullets, but seven other fragments
in Leahy'S brain.
Attorneys in Tiff
A. G. Hartman of Cuero, for the
state, answered these arguments by
saying that the marks in the pic
lures, described by Leahy's attor-
neys as shot, were round. Sen
sible men know" he said, that If
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fine dry goods and fancy goods.
millinery.
Christian Hess, hardware, crock
cry, groceries.
E. H. Goodrich, attorney at law.
Mason & Celaya, attorneys and
counselors.
Charles Moebus, tailoring.
j. P. Richards, Parlor Barber
Shop.
Loteria de Beneficencia y Me-
joras Materiales.
Andres Fierling, fashionable
merchant.
Geo. Krausse, stationery, books.
Victor Egly, blacksmith.
Jose A. Hinojosa, matchmaker
and jeweler.
H. Lazare. Botica del Leon.
Manuel Pena Ramos, tailor.
For Sale, 5000 acres fine land in
Hidalgo county between Santa Ma
ria and Hidalgo. Title first class
900 acres river front; best spring
water.
NOTES.-The poor of this city can
obtain a coffin and the use OF my
small hearse for the low price o.
$4.75, or with better class coffin at
$3.50 to $1,000. For use Of small
hearse only So. VIM. Browne.
Ice, Ice, Ice, will be for sale at
the ice works from and after Sun
day, April 30, 1857. Prices: 2 cents
per pound, large bars, 100 pounds,
$2.25. Flat bars, rs pounds, $1.25.
Rio Grande Railroad.
Notice, Miller'S Hotel-Restaurant.
During the season there will be es-
pecially arranged an Oyster Saloon
for families.
COUNTY OFFICIALS at that
time, according to The Cosmopoli-
tan, were:
z. c. Forto, county judge; S. A.
Brito, sheriff; A. Glaevecke, county
clerk; C.. Cara, county treasurer;
Geo. Champion, county assessor; j.
A. Browne, county collector; J. z.
Scott, county attorney; j. S. Herd,
county surveyor; H. Hume, justice
Of the peace; j. Como, constable,
3rd precinct.
Thos. Carson was mayor, Jas.
Klahn, city marshall; S. VALDEZ,
treasurer; G. Champion, assessor
and collector; B. 0. Hicks, attorney,
and ]. F. Browne, secretary.
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three wise men from San An
tonic"
Wick Blanton of San Antonio
closed for Leahy. He answered
Graves gibe at the three San An
tonic attorneys by declaring he was
proud to come from the cradle of
Texas liberty. Referring to Graves
cross examination of Miss Amanda
Davidson, on whose affidavit that
she believed Leahy insane the hear
ing was held Blanton said:
Blanton Closes
ut is strange that men will seek
to cast shame on a woman to cook
a living man" He said Leahy was
suffering from paranoia and that
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if he did kill DR.. Ramsey it was
because Of that. The sanity trial
was Leahy's last legal defense
against the electric chair as he had
exhauAsed every other recourse.
DR.. Ramsey, who owned a ranch
the Leahy family lost through fore
closure, disappeared May 20. 1926.
Roberto Martinez, q Mexican, tes-
titled at Leahy's first trial in
George West, Texas, that he abb
Quoted Ramsey at Leahy's order,
and that Leahy killed Ramsey after
forcing the doctor to sign over tbs
ranch to him.
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BROMLEY PLANE is
READY For

TACOMA, Wash, July 27.-(P-
Preparations were under way at the
Tacoma airport late today for fuel
ing Lieut.. Harold Bromley's plane,
the City of Tacoma, in which he
soon is to attempt a nonstop flight
to Tokyo.
At Lieut.. Bromley's personal re-
quest the guards around his plane
were doubled and all spectators and
automobiles we're kept at a distance
to prevent a chance spark igniting
the gasoline and bringing the flight
venture to an untimely end.
Monday, however, rather than
Sunday at dawn is the more prob
able time for the attempt, Lieut..
Bromley said.
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City Briefs

Eczema on Feet-One man says
he had it over 20 years and that one
bottle Of imperial Eczema Remedy
cured him. All druggists are author
lied to refund your money If it fails.
ADV.
Return to Austin-Mr. and Mrs.
0. w. Finger of Austin, who have
been visiting their daughter, Mrs.
Bascom Cox here since Monday, left
Saturday morning. Mrs. Cox &C
companied her parents back to the
capital, where she expects to remain
about a week.
Leaves for H0me.-Sam McCarty
of Beeville, who has been visiting
his father here, returned to Bee
vile Saturday.
Sample Core-Results of tests
taken by state highway engineers
on concrete roads in Cameron coun-
ty soon will be announced by the
state department. A special ma
chine is taking round cores from
roads over the county. A sample
from the Southmost road, now in
the engineers office, readily reveals
the enduring qualities of roads in
that section.
Returns.-Deputy Customs Col
lector William Neale has returned
from a vacation at Point Isabel.
Henstitching at Amaya's MiIlin-
cry, Adams St.-adv. G.
To Tampico.-Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Buckley were passengers aboard the
Tampico bound plane Saturday.
They had been attending the we'd
ding Of Mr.. BUckley's pilot. x. K.
Hoffman. Hoffman and his bride
flew to Colorado on their honey
moon in Buckley'S plane.
To Paint Picture.-Mrs. Hal Gay
lord, well known society woman Of
Kansas City. has written Manager
c.. G. Richardson o fthe chamber
Of commerce that she will paint a
picture of a Mexican p2cal to be
hung IN the chalnDer.
New Booklet.-The United States
Chamber of Commerce has fur
booklet entitled "A Playground
Handbook for Chamber of Com
MERGE Executives"
Mrs. Hackanson, 6reSsmaker.
Amaya's Millinery, Adams St
adv. G..
To Return.-Supt. G. w. Gotke.
who has been teaching education
at the University of Texas sum-
mer school, is expected to return to
Brownsville early this week.
Improve Roughs.-Roughs at the
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Eczema on Feet-One man says
he had it over 20 years and that one
bottle Of imperial Eczema Remedy
cured him. All druggists are author
lied to refund your money if it fails.
ADV.
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BEGINS
A IN AIR

MINNEAPOLIS, July 27.-(P-
The sixth day Of their endurance
refueling flight was begun tonight
by owen Haughland and Captain P.
l.. Crichton in the monoplane the
Minnesota. They went up at $40
.. m. last Monday and at that time
tonight had completed 122 hours OF
flying.
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Returns.-Deputy Customs Col
Iector william Neale has returned
from a vacation at Point Isabel.
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BOND OF BELTON
MAN is FORFEITED

BELTON, Tex, July 27.-(P)-The
bond of Duvall Parrish, who partici-
pated in a sensational shooting in
which his friend Bryant Jones was
killed and Night Chief Mcdonald of
the Waco police force injured, was
ordered forfeited today. He failed
to appear in court.
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ROBIN PILOTS
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IOUIIJIIIUFU IIUHI PdS6 II
plane, The Billion Dollar City, but
a new motor will be installed.
"The third time" they said
must be a charm"
A few hours after being forced
down at $50 a. m. Saturday they
were in conference with their
hacker, Harry Stewart, talking over
plans for the third attempt. On
their first try they remained up
only % hours. but on the flight
which ended Saturday they had
eclipsed several records and we're
within IA hours of reaching the
mark set by the Angeleno.
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ONE YEAR IN A BOAT

PRINCE RUPERT, B. O., July q
-P)-A. L. Voight. OF Los Angeles
arrived here today travelling from
Juneau, Alaska, to New York in a
16-foot walrus skin boat. He eX-
poets the voyage will occupy a year
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local Country club have been i'm
proved through efforts of Jimmie
George. George raised funds from
members Of the club for the work.
Visit the Corset Shop and see the
new Comfolettes and Dualiste with
under belts. 1927 Elizabeth. ADV. 29
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-12-06

with the Foster family so the chill
dren will be able to attend school.
We wish to welcome these new
folks as n%eighbors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Buxton and Bill
We're dinner guests at the home
Of Mrs. Edith Emmert. She enter
tanned about 20 other friends and
relatives.
With the river in bad condition
and c~hangeable weather KICK
has been of more value than ever
to us poor mortals marooned so
far from town. 1t surely is a great
help and deserves all we can do
to help out.
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Fred Sakshaug has gone back
to work at the new bridge.
H. E. Prall has returned from
Wolf Point. After waiting two or
three days to the river, was
compelled to go around by the
way of Snowden to cross.
The dance at Dreamland hall
was we'll attended and a fine live
ly time reported by those present.
c. c. Chamberlain made a bust
ness trip to Circle on Saturday.
Harry and Elmer spent Thanks
giving at home and report liking
high school fine.
Miss Lulu Kurtz was visiting in
the Rankin home at Thanksgiving
time.
The Lone Pine school are plann-
ing a big Christmas program and
tree.
The Hartman family have NOV
ed into the old Summerton house
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government needs to do, he said,
is to 'r~e-establish faith that the
highest interests of our country
are served by ~insistence upon
swift and evenhanded justice for
all offenders, whether they be
rich or poor"
The president asserted that
measures taken recently to benefit
the general economic situation
must be vigorously pursued un-
til normal conditions are restor-
ed" He told congress that adjud-
ication of the tariff controversy
now would be most helpful"
More especially since business
and agriculture are both cooper
ating to minimize future uncert-
Antics
Sees No Conflict
Repeating the four salient par
agraphs of his opinion on the tar
if from his message to the spec
ial session last April, Mr.. Hoov-
er said mo condition has arisen
in my view TO change these prin-
ciples." He asked for an effective
tariff on agricultural products
limited changes" on industrial
schedules where business has been
tagging, and retention Of the flex-
ible provision which enables the
executive to raise or lower rates
by a maximum of so percent af-
ter recommendations by the tariff
commission.
There is no fundamental con
flict between the interests of the
farmer and the worker" Mr..
Hoover said. Lowering of the
standards of living of either tends
to destroy the other. Nor is there
any real conflict between the
east and the west or the north
and the south in the United
States"
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SUMMARY, HIWAY
WORK FOR YEAR
COMMISSION AWARDS FINAL
CONTRACTS FOR 1929;
EXPEND S~4,610,000

Helena, Mont. Nov. 27.-The
tate highway commission having
reached the end of its program
for the letting of contracts in the
season of 1929, it is possible to
set forth accomplishments for the
present year and to look forward
with a reckoning for the year
1880.
BY way of summary it is stat
ed that there have been placed
under construction during the
year the following:
Forty-one grading contracts COW
ering 433 miles.
Sixteen surfacing contracts COW
ering 1877 miles.
Thirty-three bridge. contracts, in
Guiding 144 bridges.
The approximate government
and state expenditure for this
work is given as S4,610,000.
Revenue Drops
Plans for the 1880 program have
not been fully developed, although
much engineering for contemplate
ed construction has been done.
The state highway commission
would like to carry forward as
large a volume of work in 1880
as has been done in 1929. 1t re-
mains to be said, however, that
gasoline tax revenue, according to
the records of the state of equal
ization. which collects this income
and pays refunds provided by
law, is falling below what was
estimated for the fiscal year July
l, 1929, to July l, 1880. The short
z from July to November of
this year is given as $780, 900.
Refunds Grow
The constantly increasing vol
ume OF refunds is also causing
apprehension. These refunds from
April /, 1927, to Jan. /, 1928,
amounted to 9 per cent of the
gross revenue collected. For 1928
they took Is per cent of the rev.
enue. The last Legislature set
aside % per cent of the gas tax
income to cover what was believ-
ed to be a minimum of probable
refunds. Results to date in this
indicate that even this es-
innate was not high enough.
There will be a still further cut
into the highway fund.
In the five months from July
I, 1929, to Nov. 25, 1929, the
board of equalization has allowed
'efund claims amounting to S571,
300. whereas receipts in revenue
lp to the % per cent point are
only s525,00 Where this percent
age will go for the whole of this
present year a only be deter
mined when the usual large fall
volume of these claims is COM
Dlete.
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Illinois Farmer Is
The National Champ

twenty-five year old Walter Oh
son of Illinois, won the national
corn-husking championship at
Platte City, Mo, by husking 25.74
bushels of corn in 80 minutes. Min
nesota's champion, in this race,
husked PIP bushels in the same.
time. It was one of the big ath-
letic and useful competitions OF
the entire autumn.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-12-06
REFUNDS CUT ROAD FUNDS

REFUNDS CUT ROAD FUNDS
The attention of the Crime Com
mission should be called to the
astonishing increase in 1929 of re-
funds of gasoline tax on account
more gas being used for "agri-
cultural purposes. This no doubt
is because of the heavy wheat
crop and the greater amount of
power required to market it. In
1927 refunds to farmers amount
ed to 9 per cent of the total gas
revenue. In 1928 refunds amount
ed to Is per cent, and in 1929
they will exceed 25 per cent. At
this rate it will be only a few
years until we r all farmers,
or near-farmers.
Now if all these refunds went
to the real farmers there would
be nothing to worry about. They
operate under such a heavy hand
lean that they are entitled to re-
lief from taxes from some source.
It's the town farmers and the bo-
nanza farmers who have the nerve
and the pull to get away with the
padding that is making the refund
total mount to alarming and dis
gushing totals,
There is only one air-tight
scheme. that we have heard of,
for doing away with this abuse
Of a privilege-refund no part Of
III a tax to anybody. Collect
it all. turn a fair and reasonable
percentage of the receipts back
to each county to be used eXclus-
lively on lateral and rural roads.
The percentage in each county
TO be based on a careful survey
and assessors returns. This plan
would soon give the farmers roads
worthy Of the name; roads that
would give them all their gas-tax
money back in saved time and re-
duced repairs and garage bills.
After a few years, county leyles
for the road fund could be cut or
eliminated. Very few farmers
would protest against this method.
And the protests of others would
not count for much. At least the
idea is something to discuss be-
fore the next legislature convenes.
The State Highway commission
is doing great work in giving the
state a highway system and should
not be handicapped by allowing
funds to fall below the estimates,
counted on in making future plans,
through such shallow devices as
padded gas tax refunds.
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Don Willard Writes,
Taking Aviation Work

Don Miliard of the Southside
Who is finishing his aviation train
ing this winter at the Universal
Aviation schools of ST. Paul,
writes as follows: 1T certainly
is a wonderful school for train
ing in any part of aviation you
want to take up. The flying is
being done at the Wold-Chamber-
lain field where the Chicago
Twin City mail planes land and
take off. I like it fine. Hello Ev-
erybody.-Don Willard"
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Lustre Mail Man
Breaks Car Wheel

Frazer.-A. P. Siemens had the
Misfortune of breaking a rear
wheel on his Chevrolet touring
a while carrying the mail to
Lustre last Friday. ]. A. Wall
took him on to Lustre with the
mail, after which, with Black
smith Koepke's help they return
ed to town Saturday.
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ROAD &

San Francisco-As an expert
ment, Tulare county will desig-
nate north and south roads by
numbers, east and west roads by
letters, and %intersecting roads by
names of flowers.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-12-06

We note the death Of a profess
sional golfer after so years in
the game. Probably could not IN
dure the thought of the long wait
until the season opens next spring.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-12-06

A stream of gasoline as thin
as a hair viii make IN automo-
bile go, says an information item.
BY a strange coincidence it does
the same thing to a bank balance.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-12-06

The painting hung sidewise
that won an award furnished a
big laugh for a lot of the para
graphic fraternity, but did they
note that at the Chicago show
A. Pea got by for one of the bean
prizes.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-12-06

The Williston Herald is now is
sued twice a week. \ fine i'm
provement in an already excellent
newspaper.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-12-06

Glasgow-Gas from the Perkins
Jones Gas Company reached Glas-
gov at 5:15 p. m. Tuesday. j..
Allen, general manager for the
company, says there is ample sup
ply for the city.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-12-06

ELECTROMAGNETIC school teach
ers, Edith Lotus and Myrtle
Granson, we're severely burned in
a 100000 fire which destroyed
the Urner building Monday eyen-
ing.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-12-06

MinOt, N. D.-Guy H. Mooney,
formerly secretary to Congress
man Leavitt of Montana has ar
rived to accept the position Of
advertising manager for the West
land Oil Co. He was at one time
on the Great Falls Tribune force.
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Law and Motion Day
On Wednesday, 18th

The next law and motion day
of district court will be on We'd
nesday, Dec. II. A large number
of cases will come up for atten-
tion at that time. County Attor-
ney A. M. Foor has eleven cases
scheduled for consideration and
no doubt other matters will be
presented by other lawyers.