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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-14

Riskc may meet Jack Sharkey in
Miami next February.
Promoters Of the Florida fight
must pit a smashing hitter against
Sharkey. Risko was just that against
Naloney. and one or two more wins
like that would make John n 81
the most dangerous men in the d.
vision.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-14
Flashes of Life


(By The Associated Press
NEW YORK.-Miss Cynthia Carol
corlett. at-granddaughter OF JOS
eph jefferson, famous actor. IS 70
be married TO Edwin Ogden Chiide
whose mother. Mrs. Alberta Gala
IN. ChiIde. was once ~Jeffcrson's
leading woman. The ceremony will
~ in front of the Joseph jefferson
memorial window in the Little
Church Around the Corner.
TRENTON. N. J.-Contending
A;annpoinment over lack OF q son
caused her father to bequeath $780,
600 TO found a school, Mrs. Anne
CuIbertscn Collins OF Camden Is
coutesting the will. The will
stipulated that income be added
10 the principal until the fund
reached 1927. 600 1000 and then there
10 established a school for physical.
moral. intellectual and religious
training in keeping with the
Quaker faith. The testator. John
= AIbertsoh. once county engineer,
left 100000.
NEW YORK-An announcement
nv Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Iselin says
fhe engagement Of their daugh-
tsr Louise to Count Leonardo
Mergati has been broken by mu-
tral consent. The engagement
~aS announced in September. The
count. 4 Greek nobleman, is en-
riovnd IN the Paris office OF Am
rrIcan bankers. Miss 1selin Is a
men1ber OF the Junior League.
wASHINGTON-C. Bascom Slemp
.xnects a striking increase In tie
.r,1rrber Of women attaining pub
10 office. They will make rec
n~d~ that will stir the envy and
sSrriration Of men, he said IN q
~sdio speech under the auspices
80 the National Woman's party.
NEW YORK-Jennie Van Duy-
-e has been buried in BROOKLYN
~.arInR the ring which her fl
~er Captain Seth Griffith Of the
S1,,lted States Cavalry, gave her
fee0. He answered the call TO
- IN a hurry and never return
Miss Van Duyne, for years
o,blic school teacher, died IN her
SIND year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-14
WHY DALGUs LEFT HOME

Belfast.-ConfesSing bigamy, Pat
rick Dalgus said he was married
when IL, but left his first wife when
he learned she had a son as old as
himself. Sentence was suspended.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-14
EGHrS LAST
&1NlGHT&A

BY The Associated Press
OAKLAND. Calif.-Del Kennedy.
Fresno. outpointed Wilson Yarbo,
Cleveland, f1Ol.
SIOUX CITY. Ia.-George Scha-
efer, Chicago, o~utpointed Ray Hiatt
Omaha lfl
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-14
Fans Eye Mission Eagles
PLAY HOUNDS
THIS FRIDAY
Contest Has Important Bear.
ing On Outcome OF
Valley Race
Schedule Friday

Schedule Friday
Lyford at Brownsville. "B".
Mission at San Rensto.
La Feria at Mercedes.
Saturday
brownsville at Main avenue (San
Antoniol.
The Alaskan., 1929-06-07
BLIND PIGS AND POLICEMEN
 Contributed by J. R. Little

According to Police Commis- sioner Whalen of the New York Police Department, there are 32OOO speakeasies (blind pigs) in New York City. In the old days New York had 5000 saloons and 5000 policemen. One saloon to one policeman. Now since the prohibition law ,and Jones law. Went into effect, it has about two speakeasies (blind pigs) 70 each policeman! So you zee there is a difference betweau prohibiting and preventing.
 The crime wave that s sweep ing tlae length and breadth of the land at the present time has given food for serious thot to those who have the interest of the future welfare of our citi- zenry at heart. Some have tried to legislate morality into the people. We were told some years ago that with the advent of strict legislation on one of our great moral problems, pov- erty, crime and jails would dis appear. Unfortunately the op- posite is the result. Poverty is
The Alaskan., 1929-06-07
COLVIN WARNS REPUBLICANS
 OF PARTY POACHERS

Ewing D. Colvin, Prosecuting Attorney for King County, Wash lngton recently made a speech before the Young Mems BuSi- ness Club of Seattle. Declara- tion of party aff1liation at the time of registration and repre- sentative nominating conven- tions are the only two available methods of stopping the drift of the Republican Party to chaotic state next door to anar- chy, he said.
 Tt is not too early to begin to drive out the men who assume the cloak of Republicanism merely to gain office and who, once in power, disregard or combat Republican principles. These political poacAers are not Republicans and are destroying party responsibility All per sons should be required to regis ter their party affiliations be- fore participating in a party primary. If that is not done we will continue to drift into cha otic state of nonpartisanship which is next door to anarchy.
 Personally I do not believe in the present primary method of party expression. I believe in representative party organiza- tion. We should, at primaries in which only true Republicans are permitted to participate, elect representatives to mass conven- tions empowered to enunciate party principles and draft party platforms, and then to nomi- nate full tickets. Candidates thus chosen could be held, after election, to party responsibility. It would do away with the pre- sent spectacle of nominees re- nouncing Republican blanks and frequently denouncing other Re- publican candidates"
 Wonder if MT. Colvin spent any time in Alaska looking over the political situation? He as- suredly has perfect descrip- tion of the hyphantes and the federal machine. ]
The Alaskan., 1929-06-07
DOESN'T KNOW IT ALL

''The Gateway has always cre- dited Alaska's delegate to Con- gross, with being a politician, but never knew he was a fisher man. Now, however, we have his sworn statement of Novem- Der g, 1923, that for several years prior to 1921 he was en- gagged in fishing in the waters surrounding the Territory of Alaska: laugh that off) that t.se principal part of his business and vocational training was as a fisherman. and in other work connected with the fishing in- dustry; that in the spring of 1924 he intended to engage in fishing for commercial purposes preparing fish for the market, and buying and selling fish and fish products in the Territory of Alaska"
 Now MT. Gateway, everytime swivel chair, scientific expert fishermen get to talking about
The Alaskan., 1929-06-07
GATEWAY PAYS RESPECTS

Not only does the federal government exercise dominion over the fish of the seas, the an- imals upon the land, and birds of the air, but now a new inn perialistic dominion is asserted over the elected and official de- Signated official legislators of the Territory, by a-former clerk in the department of the inter- for. with regards to a duly adopted referendum measure. !"
 Which is lot worse than ev- CT was said about the governor by this poor radical sheet And attention is called to the fact that the Gateway gets more "het up" over a political joke than it does over the imperialist- ic hand, checkmating or stale the electors of the ter ritory and the playing with the Fairbanks political college to do so.
 ***'The Governor las either a bunch of misguided fools ad- vising him, or he has forgatten certain incidents in the early history of the United States" Probably both.
 Why should the interior de- partment clerk be so concerned over the law enforcement com- mission when up to this time the apparent chief qualifications of such office holding is the ab- ility to carry out orders from Washington"
 Honest! We don't know. Sup pose you ask him, lessen.
The Alaskan., 1929-06-07
WE ARE CORRECTED

Said a citizen to US the other day: T was surprised at your statement last week that hydro funds were used to build and re- pair city streets. Didn't you know that $6,OOO of tax money was expended on the plant in the past three years? No, you have made a mistake"
 All of which had us plumb f1abbergasted so that we could make no reply.
 Now, the city expended an av- craze, as per the statement, of $2,OO0 a year for tlae past year on the hydro plus an average of approximately $25,O0O the year. Or in other words the plant has cost the city $81, LOGO to operate, plus it's bonded in- debtedness and small payment on the principal. If such be the case then our charge that the Swanson administration was a farce in management and the epitome of mismanagement, is true.
The Alaskan., 1929-06-07

fish, fisheries and fishermen, they make a glaring display of their ignorance. There is noth- ing more ignorant than an ed ucated ignoramus who thinks he knows it all.
 There are men in the First Division who f1shed with Dan Sutherland the fishermen and who still hold lGim in high es- teem. Dan f1Shed for halibut in Alaska when most fishermen did so without hope of any fin ancial gain. That was when there was no competitive market at Rupert; when men shipped their fares to Seattle and had brokers call on them for more money to pay expneses of ship ment.
 And Delegate Sutharland by virtue of his experience, knows more about fishing than the whole tribe of swivel chair fish erman who help to propose laws detrimental to the welfare of Alaska fishermen.
The Alaskan., 1929-06-07
SEAL TIE PLANT, THINK
 AFTERWARD

No business man in town will think of selling his business off, hand at another man or men $ appraisal. Why sell the hydro plant and water works after giv- ing it only Scant consideration and at the other fellows ap- praisal? 'Tis something WOrt,s going to sleep with, probably for several nights. Getting a pro- per slant at every angle with first hand facts to govern the proposition.
 An auditor will be here now in a few weeks. He will audit the books, which was requested by MT. Elsemore, City Treasurer. Easing his figures on facts and figures at hand in the books, if there are any, he should be able to show the tax payers what an asset or liability the public utii1- ties may be. 'Tis better to act at leisure than to repent in haste.
The Alaskan., 1929-06-07
NORTHLAND FLOWERS

Some flowers blossom best on
 Northland slopes,
 Where chilling tempests blow; Their life is found in frozen
 ground, EncaSed by banks of snow. So with mankind-some mortal
 souls
 Bloom best in storm and gale: Perform their part with sturdy
 heart
 When others quake and pale. OtlAers whom God has given
 breath,
 Wilt heath the Northland
 frown; Though we'll they toll on sum-
 mer soil, Chill Boreas breaks them down. As buds that blossom in the
 North
 Ne'er whimper or complain Because their fare is frosty air Instead of balmy rain. So let me dwell in Arctic realms
 Of trouble, care and woe; My mind unvexed and unper-
 pleXed,
 With boldness flame aglow The flowers t1Aat cling to Alaska
 Hills
 Have joys no others taste; And nenuphars meath North
 ern stars Grow strong amid the waste. The man who walks the path of
 ease
 And shuns the blasts of grief, His frailness shows like shelter
 rose;
 Weakness in flower and leaf. To him my sturdier roots extend. My boughs above him braids, l envy not his pleasant lot, For he must have my aid! v. JAMES R. LITTLE
The Alaskan., 1929-06-07

No auulJ Has been had in seV- eraI years of the books of the town. No business ot any size can continue indiflnitely with out an audit with the view to the business stronger Dy strengthening the weak spots.
The Alaskan., 1929-06-07
PINNING TAILS ON DONKEYS

In the old fashioned games in the younger days of the older members of the community, was played the game of pinning tails on a donkey. The picture of a donkey was hung on the wall of the living room. Each guest was given a tail and pin. In turn, each person, blindfolded and and Whirled around until dizzy, was left to grope his way to the picture to pin tie tail in place. Much fun was gotten out of the old game. Very few, if any, sue ceeded in pinning the tail in place.
 All of which may illustrate the sale of the municipally own ed public utilities.
 Tn the attempt to sell the ivy dro plant and water works, an easy solution is being sought to relieve the town of a financial burden and at the same time make a profit on the invest ment. In which we are remind ed of the game of donkey. We are not getting personal, calling no one names. We mean that it is as easy to win in this game against the trained, skilled en- gineerS and brokers, as it is to pin the tail on the donkey and probably as close a hit will be made.
 The council represents busi- ness interests of Petersburg. They show, in the main, good business acumen as is evidenced by their places of business. They know how to buy and sell their commodities. But when it comes to stacking against the trained engineers and brokers they are entirely out of their ele- ment. Just because a man is a good merchant does not quail fly him to give expert medical advice or know about the detail of appraising public utilities.
 There is no easy road to city management, especially in one that is growing as rapidly as is Petersburg. Nor is it to be be- lieved that there is an easy road to the financing of it's require ments. Optomism cannot be caSlAed in on else Petersburg would be the Wealthiest town in the Division. If there were an easy method of financing the necessary improvements of the town We are entitled to know it. 1 But We need not be rainbow chaserS.
 There is only one sure thing to do-keep your feet to the ground. Get all the facts and weigh them carefully. If ne- cessary pay to get that informa- { tion. Make haste slowly and re- pent more at leisure. While hind sight presents the view l easier to look at, foresight pays better dividends.
The Alaskan., 1929-06-07

still with us. Crime is increas- ing; our jails are filled and new ones are being built. That so- cial experiment" has been in re- gard to crime, a miserable fail- ure.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-11

clubs Of the United States. and more particularly such
luncheon clubs as the Rotary, Kiwanis and the Lions
lie doesn't mention President C~oolidge's congressional
hreakfastsl) And when il comes 70 luncheon clubs.
III. Biiven Is for no halfway measures. Abolish them,
i his slogan. although o. course Mr. Blven wouldn't
have a slogan.
n the course Or his article, III. BIivsn proceeds to
take this luncheon club institution apart and ID admin
lister 70 Il a. complete 81 humiliation D. possible. He
finds that the antics which take Place ~ the average
luncheon club are downright silly, iHfantilee and kinder
rsTteHish; that in reality many members do not like
their luncheon clubs, but are forced into membership By
The pressure Of business associates; that luncheon clubs
tend to suppress independent thinking and to promote
massmihdedness; that because few civic reforms are sc-
c~omplished without treading on somebody's toes the
clubs arc not effective instruments Of civic progress,
and that they arrogate business to too exalted a place
in society.
now IN al fairness to those individuals who might
'hiAL that Nh. Blissn was q little biased in mis- article
or had stated only enc side Of Tho 80 -. -
opened its columns TO a reply by Raymond J. KnoeppsL
al e~-aireetor Of i'etary International. First, Mr.
Ahoeppei doesn't believe that Mr. Bliven should be
abolished. lie doesn't believe that luncheon club mem
bsFs' or IN fact Eotarians themselves. are never child
ish' are never hgpocritical, and are alwavs al,ruis,ic
de submits that these socio-busincss organizations have
improved business ethics, have reinforced the work ~
pubiic charities. have brought leaders OF thought and
action into friendly acquaintance and have brought the
ideals Of service q > basis Of all worthy enternrisa
into wider practice The choice. ne holds, il not BE-.
tween Rotary and perfection. but between Rotary ana
What-Have-You.
And for all these reasons, believing Il a ~ 1, tbs
public interest and for the welfare Of 4 great nation.
We nominate Ir. Bliven AZ the next president Of Ro-
taTy international end VI. Kaoeppcl Is the next editor
Of the New Republic.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-11
B,,rns Horse to Collect Insurance

According to a story reported from long s'A"'
,h.y Is no limit to what an srsonist will so to accom-
pl;.h his purpose. The fire criminal has always oeeh
considered = low type. bat when 1t comes to pouring
.,.al;ne ~ a horse tied in a stall and applying a match
he sppars atly is stoopiaS 10 new levels
In the ease referred TO, firemen were oAiien 10 :
..rtsip farm AZ midnight where they found q burning
h.rr Learning that a horse was inside, the hteHsn
rsrt /, 20 save il and saw that although the ilEe Wa
,u,. gaining hesdwsy in tie barn' the horse "'s ~
h.sty bprped il was a wonder a spark q Ie sum ir-
-.;r,d They had to shoot the animal. Efforts p
80 the barn were not su~ecessiai; II was . eomP'sVe
loss. .r-,t
The conditions attending the fire appeared su'p'.
.;o,s % the farmer was questioned u was ltathe'
r., We had insurance Of 500 on the barn ana nv nj
-. horso. Under examination the farmer imam! ~
ri,,rd th,, NJ had started the fire and ~ order - MI
49,, spspicion nc had conceived the idea q isnitns M
hor,s. a. ordinarily this would be The most uAhA'iy
origin 81 an i~ncendiary fire.
r;r. statistics show that arson fires cost 'h1 hatN,
60 ooo 600 annually. The activities ot the tle el'm'"A.
-. heinz fought through arson squads and iife ah'
- aepartments under the leadership N state iH'
m.,.h.,s' ana II tho movement Il backed nP 's Nh
.rou.ed public opinion, there should he = decrease T"
,osses Of life and property from this class p A's'
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-11
Safety and Good Roads

7h.re e a strong connection between good roads
,-a safety. according 70 Charles u. Hayes president Of
the Chicago Motor Club.
Poor rosds increase all the dangers Ct motoring
from broken SPRING. TO blow-outs. Good roads impose
. minimum Of strain on the car and when a new road
=. built. engineers with q scientific understanding O.
,afety. see to it that 1t is properly marked that curves
are made gradual, hills avoided and few rslsroad tracks
are crossed.
when almost every family owns a meter car and
u,ss il consistently both for business and pleasure
coed roads are a social, economic and safety necessity,
In addition 20 good roads we must COW have wider
roads. These are being secured at 4 minimum Of e~-
pense by building two and three-ioot shoulders on
each side Of narrow pAvemsnts and putting 8 top dress
Ing Of asphaltic concrete over the old read surface be-
tween the shoulders.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-11
The World and ALI
II GLORIOUS T.
by Charles +. priseoll

! often wonder whether landsmcn who spend their
hNes IN the interior, never seeing The surf or hearing
me moaning cf the restless sea, ever become tired n
haring about Che fascination and charm II the ocean.
! wa reared on thc Kansas plains myself, but MI
father had been a sailor. ana bis fathers FOR many Gen.
crations had been trained q the sea. | heard d good
deal about Delaying and a~vaatins and iib-booms ana
toFe toPganauts and keel-haulinr. and IL seems 10 I'LL
that | heard ~ ali with 4 sort az mild tolerance fcr 4
fathers weakness. nuch as my children must regard
10y ~rrattlinE about pirates.
SIN. J have found that there arr ~ sailors w much
addicted u The sea as those Who come from tho great
cpen spaces west w the Mississippi Naval men tell
mc that the prairie states furnish y greatly di1propor-
tionate number cf naval recruits, and shat these prairie
boys Hake the best sailors, cnce they have overcome
seasieknesa.
I've been reading q very entertaining beck called
John cameronl Odyssey" II is the true relation Of
Z sss-eaptain's life. 7 find il a great story, more COM
Peliing than any novel ! have read this season. aud yet,
Of course. il has ne plot structure. It's just the story
Of a mariners life. from hoyhood to old axe. Not an
extraordinary mariner, sou might say. HIS experiences
arc not more exciting then these Of almo,t any mah
Of has time who followed the sea so long.
But all through the book there is that iasisteat urSs
Of the sea; that compassion 20 be gone again, sailing.
sailing sailing. a lAle while on land is enough Tor
the sailor Who spends most OF his waking hours long
iag fer \ sight CT land.
1855.
Now, ] can't help wondering whether such a hooh
as i has for those who live within a days march Of
IS il hs sfrr those Who live within a days march Of
the surf. ] live where / see the stately ships coming
IN and geins cut every day. Ar zight I can 20 to sleep
70 the resttul hootiHs Of ;he foshorns. IS the vessels
nose their way out a port. / work and write and talk
70 friends IN . rcom from the window cf which I can
Sc TIE liners departing On long voyages or returning
fTom IN places. ~ wonder the ssa interests me. III.
how about my readers (. Iowa and Kansas and New
Mexico ana wyoming I wonder. DO they like Con-
RAD Do they like ~ hear about pirates and shirwrrck
and storm and quiet sailing under the Southern Cross.
Leaving John Cameron cut ar n altogether. N would
Ia ! liberal education fer nc II I could learn whether
any great number of ny readers takes al active inter
Ell in lsle. and gossip az the seq
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-11
LET'S live! n ~: ri: 2 :, ! I. n
g 1928. CENTRAL PRESS Assn INC

And !, too Joined Byrd.
t.arfy Tut one arm arrund Byrd
and Byrd understood that she nal
forgotten the bitterness in her heart
against her.
I've let al the help 20, sou
know she contIluel.
where are the ~child-en-r asked
Byrd, starting for shs stairs. "All ~
bed 9iresdyT'
Marcy detained her with one arm
On her sleeve aud there was D looh
~ her eyes approaching panic.
Don't 70 up new she said.
shrilly. "fou mustn't 10 upstairs
Then she became mors composed
Little Jack hasn't been well, and
when he wakes he cries and wslcr
Vi the other two," she explained,
hsitiuriy.
well, if you're busy with . sick
child" he said sowiy, we won't
stay long. There's q matter ! wait
and since The girls know about II, trey
might as we'll say while we talk
things ever
Marcy seemed 20 deep her gaze
beneath that Of treIs ana Bvrd
! thought she saw a fleeing, fright
ened look in them.
"You know that Jack is out on
twenty-five thousand do,lar bail and
that I'm on his bond" Narv.
nodded. when did you ace Jaek
last?"
Fred's question came with star
Ting abruptness.
But Marcy didn't answer for 4
long time.
Don't stop 70 think too long ssiS
Fred. a little sharply. Il want thu
truth from you. Marcy"
"Why. Fred" she sssmmsred. ="
was just trying 10 think-I saw hin
yesterday morning. lie came out
little while 10 see the children.
How long did he stay7' ssket
Fred.
why. Just q little while sh'
said. You know Jack has hardy
spoken 10 me since he left here. NJ
left without saying anything 70 me-
a sickening suspicion began 4
sccp into Frel's mind, ard Byrd AM
Tiny felt the shadow OF it, too.
The police suspect that Jack
going 10 leave town" said Fred, try
In % keep hiE voice casusl. "Bu
7 know his word 10 me will keep hin
here. Y know he'll give himself ur
when the time and take hi
medicine like a man.
Marcy paled ~ Fred finished AM
drew q vague ard uncertain han
~ " she might faint and Fred too
a step IL her direction.
He rave you his word Of honor,
ahr said, ~ III speaking "a herself.
"Yes," laughed Fred, mirthlessly
and IN exchsn-r I Fsve him twenty
five thousand dollars"
They all arose. Msrgy seemed q
be walking in a dream She openei
the door for them and, sewing COED
night. they heard her quickly slid
the bolt again.
The night air. instead OF r~evivinI
them. seemed 20 depresf them fur
the- with a Sense Of diseSter.
They had driven several blocks j
silence.
Il could have sworn that JAG
Duncan was in that house sal
Fred.
fTO rr CONTTSrFD1