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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
TALK FRUIT
STOCK BANS
Conference Of Agriculture
Department to Consider
Additional Moves
Some Daring Runners

WASHINGTON, July 0.-The ad-
visibility Of placing further ,restric-
tons on the importation OF fruit
stocks, including cuttings or any
classes Of them, will be considered
at a conference called by the Plant
Quarantine and Control Admins
tration of the United States de-
partment of agriculture for July 10,
1929, at 10 o'clock. The meeting
will be held at the offices Of the
administration at 1923 New York
Ave, Washington, D. c..
In explanation of the proposed
conference, the department refer
red to it's announcement of July Is,
1928, excluding apple, pear, ounce
and Mazzard cherry stocks, In
which the following statement was
made: with respect to the defer
red actions as to the items NAH
aleb cherry, Myrobalan plum and
rose stocks, if in the Judgment OF
the department it should later
seem possible to consider final ac-
ton relative to these stocks, a con-
ference will be called and, if the
information presented should war
rant the department in excluding
such stocks, if safety permits, be
so liked as to allow a reasonable
period for adjustment, both in this
country and abroad"
At this conference it is also pro-
posed to give consideration to other
fruit stocks, such as fig, nut, per-
simmon, ETC., which have been i'm
ported in relatively small numbers.
Persons interested In rose stocks
are advised that it is not the in
tention to consider at this time fur
Their restrictions on entry Of these
stocks and such consideration is
postponed pending the outcome Of
Investigations which are still IN
progress.
The pest risk incident to bulk
importation of fruit stocks has been
fully discussed in connection with
previous conferences, the depart
ment stated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
TEXAS TRADE
IN GOOD SHAPE
Missouri Pacific Reports
Business Continues
To Improve
{ Special to The Herald)

SpeC1al 10 Ine HeTalQJ
HOUSTON, July 8.-That condi-
tions generally throughout he ter
ritory served by the Missouri Pa
cific continues to improve is indi-
Gated in the regular monthly load
ings and receipts from connections
statement for June released in st.
Louis today by President L. w.
Baldwin of the Missouri Pacific
lines. During the month there was
loaded, locally 94,442 ars and 49,
O99 received from connections, max
ing a total of 134,541 cars loaded.
This is an increase of 15,774 cars
over June last year, or 1873 per
cent. It was also an increase of
Abs cars over May of this year.
For the six months period ending
June 80, there was an increase of
6.5 per cent oyer the same period
in 1929. Local loadings during that
period increased 33,357 cars, the
total being 559, TAG, and receipts
from connections increased 1881
cars, the total being 271 400. The
total loading for the period this year
being 831 ,149 cars, an increase of
50,988 cars.
The principal commodities show
ing decided increases in June are
wheat with a jump from 1000 cars
to 3.136 cars; corn from 1,779 cars
to 2,201 cars; coal from 5,465 cars
to 6,163 car and merchandise from
22,227 to 22,T62 cars.
On the Gulf Coast lines the local
loading and receipts from connec-
tons showed a slight decrease as
compared with June of last year.
Local loading was 7,483 cars COM
pared with 9,433 cars last year and
receipts from connections were g.
1O6 cars this year compared with
$500 last year.
On the international Great Nor
thern local loadings for June were
1852 cars compared with 9,463 cars
for june last year, receipts from
connections this year being 1925
cars compared with 1892 last year,
an increase of 1877 cars for June
this year over June 1923.
On the San Antonio Uvalde and
Gulf local loadings for June were
1887 cars compared with 2,817 last
year and receipts from connections
this year were 701 cars compared
with 1890 last year.
During the shipping season Just
ended the Missouri Pacific lines
handled a total of 20,291 cars of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08

This is vigorously denied by en-
forcement heads.
Each boat can well afford to pay
500 for protection since the profit
on a single ase of whiskey will run
from $40 to $50. One veteran dock
employe says, Il have seen some fell
lows make as high as $4,000 in a
morning. The average speedboat
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
JONESES, %
SMITHS AT COLLEGE

DENTON, Tex, July 8.-G9-
Keeping up with the JoneseS" is
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
CHIT SEEN As CANDIDATES o GOVERNOR IN TEXA

perishables out Of the lower Rio
Grande Valley ard 1857 cars of
fruits and vegetables from the Win
ter Garden section of San Antonio.
served by the International Great
Northern and San Antonio Uvalde
and Gulf, a grand total Of 33.968
cars compared with a total Of 80
1852 TO rthe same period a year ago
this has been the best season in
the history of these two districts in
Texas and as a result general bust
ness conditions are excellent and
an increase in inbound traffic is in
sight.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08

Editors Note: This is the fifth
and last article of a series on the
activities of rum runners along the
Detroit river.)
AMHERSTBURG, Ont, July g.
Before us stretches that section of
the Detroit river where the major
rum running activities of the pres
ent time are centered. Bob-Lo Is
land, and amusement park, hides us
from the U. S. side Of the river and
protects the various gentlemen of
the bootlegging fraternity, lolling
about the export dock. from the
scrutiny of coast guard and border
patrol boats.
Rough, uncouth fellows? with in
Solent manners?
You don't know your bootleggers!
A great many of the boys" look
like college youths on vacation, or
pleasure boat owners.
Not a loud word spoken.
Not a quarrel.
Not a sign of drunkenness.
That's a picture of the modern
~bootlegger who is in the business to
make money. He hasn't time to
waste at the dock. He wants to get
his load and dispose of it as quickly
as possible so that he can return for
another.
Some 20 boats are in the slip to-
day, most Of them making no effort
to load before the dock closes at s
p. m. This isn't going to be a very
suspicious night for work since the
moon will be full. Many of the boat
men prefer not to work on moonlit
nights since the danger of their be-
ing picked up is SO great. wait I'M
til there is no moon" they say,
then we'll all be out on the river
again."
However, some hardy souls are
making the risky trip to the other
| side in broad daylight. There comes
a boat now returning after dispos-
ing Of the load purchased a few
hours. before.
Make it all right?" his pals call
out.
"Sure, easy, didn't see a govern
ment boat all the way over or back"
Talk of a fund to insure safe pass
age is also heard. One man declares,
Each boat pays $100-if a man
owns three boats he pays $500.
Usually the pot goes to, $4,000. Of
course if we think the coast is clear
and a strange rum chaser comes
along or a new commander is aboard
the craft with which we have bar
tered we are out of luck"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
Jury Contributes
To Pay Negroes
Installment Debt

BEAUMONT, Tex, July 3.-(P)--
1t was worth $3.50 to a Beaumont
negro to be beat up" by installment
collectors.
The negro caused arrest Of the
two men on the charge Of assault.
"A jury in corporation court found
them guilty and fined them $40 and
costs each. After hearing the negro's
story the jurors donated their fees
and took up a collection among
themselves to make up the total Of
$3.50 to pay the debt.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
CORPUS CHRISTI
FTNANCLER DIES

CORPUS CHRISTI, July S.-(P-
Robert Driscoll, So, financier and
president OF the Corpus Christi Port
commission. died in a San Antonio
hospital TO-DAY. He was iii several
weeks. and died after the amputa-
ton of a leg in an effort to check
an infection.
He has been active in financial
circles in the. north and the east.
He is survived by his sister. Mrs.
Clara DriscolI Sewer Of Austin,
Texas, Democratic national commit
tee woman.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08

q simple matter at the College Df
Industrial Arts. Only eight of them
were registered here during the East
year, while 20 students named Smith
matriculated. Only n OF the 20
was Smythe.
There were nine Browns and one
Browne. Prize tongue-tWisterS were
Katzung, WellenSick, Kishi, Uzzle.
Boseman, Wozencraft, and Kotapish-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08
STOP THAT ITCHING

Use Blue Star Soap, then apply
Blue Star Remedy for Eczema. Itch
letter. ringworm, poison oak, dam
druff, children's sores, cracked
hands, sore feet and most forms OF
itching skin diseases. 1t kills germs
stops itching. usually restoring the
skin to health. Soap Csc: Blue Star
Remedy. 800. Ask your druggist.
ADV.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-08

| will hold several hundred cases of
whiskey or beer. Beer brings a
profit of two or three dollars a case.
Export Figures
Every week from this dock, alone,
approximately 1000 to 5000 cases
or beer are exported, and from 300
to 1900 cases Of whiskey. More beer
is sold than hard liquor, since the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-02
POLICE WELD
BANANA STALKS
TO ROUT REDS
Soapbox Orators Chased by
Cops in Chicago DEM
onStrationS.

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Aug. 2.-Police WELD
ing banana stalks sent 1900 COM
munists running home from their
anti-imperialist demonstration in
Union park Thursday night.
The red sympathizers gathered to
hear Soap-boX orators protest
against war, capitalism and every
thing else displeasing to friends of
Soviet Russia.
DR.. John Dill Robertson, president
of the west parks board, had refused
to grant a permit for the mass
meeting. But the communists were
determined to go through with their
plans.
A communist orator, began to
harrangue the mob from the run
ming board Of a parked automobile.
The crowd rOared its approval.
Three detective bureau squad cars
crept up and out jumped two dozen
policemen with their banana stalks.
Women scratched and clawed.
Then the light, dry stalks began to
fall. Thirteen men and seven wonl-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-02
STATE REBATES
S1.236 PLATE
FEES IN DAY
Auto License Refunds Set
New Record; T0taIed
$4,000 Last Year.

The state did a record. business on
returned automobile license plates
Wednesday and paid out s1.236.46,
William E. Wilmer. rebate clerk, an
nounced today after compiling the
figures.
Wilmer has been IN charge Of re-
bates for the last five years and
asserted this sum is the largest ever
paid out in a single day.
The amount was divided as fol-
lows: buses $500; passenger cars
540lO5; trucks S2O4.58, and one
motorcycle 80 cents. The highest
fee paid during the day was SD on
returned bus plates and the low
est the motorcycle
Last year the total returned fees
totaled $4,000 and this years budget
for rebates is 100000, and VIII &c
more than exhausted. Wilmer pre-
diets.
Wilmer has signed 1924 checks
made out by Mrs. Geneva Walker.
rebate clerk.
Payments are made eleven months
Of the year each month the plates
were in service being counted out
In making the deductions. The low
est rebate check ever paid was 8
cents and the highest for a single
months rebate was S16.67 on bus
plates. 80.
Five years ago only about 1000
were returned for rebate.
Wilmer attributes the increase to
the taking buses out Of service by
merging and replacement OF lines
and to increased trade in automo-
biles in general.
He said Indiana is one of but a
few states that makes rebates and
# is lowest in original fees charged
Plates must be returned and forms
properly filled out and notarized
berfor rebate is made. The check
is made through the files and the
plates are destroyed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-02
GARY BOYS REQUEST
NAVY JOINING CARDS
Recruiting Officer Receives Letter
From Lads Ii ard 10.

BV Times SBcci0i
GARY. Ind. Aug. Chief Ma
chinist's Mate Gordon T. Rogers
local naval recruiting officer, has
found two Gary residents who are
dissatisfied with life on dry land
Rogers is only on his second re
cruiting post and still yearns for the
comfort OF a nice noisy engine room
on a bucking destroyer in a heavy
sea. The two residents are Peter
Rezzo. "A, and Emery Gaylor, Is.
A letter introduced them to ROg-
ers. II follows:
we are two boys who are only
Il and Is years old. and we want
to get in the navy when we are 49,
You don't need to force lis because
We are navy mad now. We were
thinking when We were 9 years old
Of joining up.
"P. S.-Dont forget to send us
the joining cards
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-02
: THE INDIANAPOLIS TINES

en- were hustled of in three patrol
wagons.
Two hundred policemen we're at
the scene. but only the banana
stalk" squad saw action.
In Waukegan. Ill, three Red ora
tors we're saved from ducking in
the lake by police they had de-
nounced, as indignant war veterans
broke up their meeting.
Denied the use Of a hall in Gary,
100 Communists marched to Ham
mond, where seven speakers started
to declaim. The police arrested
three orators and told the others
TO go back to Chicago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-02
Rain Stops New York Reds

d. { UIItN FIttS
NEW YORK, Aug. "A drench-
ing rain and police combined Thurs
day to rout a meeting of ap-
proximately 5000 persons who had
gathered in union square for an
anti-war communist demonstration.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-02

Thursday night and arrested eight
persons.
No resistance was offered when
the police descended upon the group
OF more than $50 persons who had
gathered at fremont and Appleton
streets in observance OF interna-
tional red day.
William Simons of New York was
among those arrested.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-02
Chicago Roadhouse Burns

BIZ United Press
MORTON GROVE, Ill. Aug. O.
Fire of mysterious origin did 500 900
damage to THE DelIs." one of Cook
c0unty's best known roadhouses.
Authorities investigated the pos
sibility of arson The place has
been fired once before and was
bombed only a few weeks ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-02
Labor Leaders Arrested

BIZ United Press
PITTSBURGH. Aug. 2.-Twenty-
five men and three women we're
arrested here last night when police
broke up a communist street meet
ing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-02

Measles as a disease is more often
fatal than scarlet fever, diphtheria
and typhoid fever put together. in
England.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-02
Boston Reds Dispersed

81 LNNfH Press
BOSTON, Aug. 2.-Police armed
with machine guns and riot guns
broke up communist meeting here
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-10-03

support of the border dams; that
this financial publication has seen
fit to notify Mr.. Backus of it's UNI
falling support in his fight against
so-called conservationists who are,
according to these New York edi-
tors, disciples of species of State
Socialism or Communism.
THE American Business Review
does not name the American Leg
ion in its attack. Nor does it name
the Izaac Walton League nor the
Minnesota State Farm Bureau nor
the Minnesota Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs, all of which organiza-
tons are on record as opposed to
the border dams. Nevertheless the
inference is general and the scurri-
lous barb is aimed at all who dare
oppose the plans of Mr.. e. w. BAG
kus, of Minneapolis, whom the Re.
view describes as prominent in
public utility circles and identified
with some of the foremost factors
in the industrial world
1--WE are glad for the slurs of the
American Business Review. We
are glad to be notified that the
fight is still on. But when the
magazine published in New York
attempts to tell us that the Backus
program will not desecrate the
region but, on the other hand will
improve the territory and make il
not only adaptable for utility pur
poses but will enhance the scenic
beauty and make it far more beau
tiful than it is at present" oul
answer to that is 1--WE are from
Minnesota. Show U.s."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-10-03
For Safety's Sake Cows
Should be Kept off Road
Motorists Also Cautioned to Go
Slowly in Passing Live Stock
on Highways

Look out for cattle on the high
ways, is the warning in a State
Highway bulletin. The warning is
timely because in the fall, with
crops cleared from the fields, many
farmers herd their cattle on land
near the road or allow them to
roam at will
The warning is directed both at
stock owners and motorists. Mo-
torists are cautioned to drive care
fully where animals are on the
highways, or the roadsides and
stock owners are urged to keep
their cattle confined or guarded SO
they will not be struck by motor
vehicles. Cattle are usually slow
in getting out of the way, but some
times they turn unexpectedly in
to the path of approaching ma
chimes. A collision between an
automobile and a cow, or even a
smaller animal, very often has SER
ious consequences both to the an
imal and the occupants of the ma
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-10-03
A NATIONAL NUISANCE

Quite lot of crusading has been done with a
view to doing away with the barricades of bilboards
which mar the beauty of natural scenery, but in
spite of progress made here and there the
billboard is still the outstanding national nuisance.
If this nuisance is to be effectively abated
must be done through convincing advertisers that
their part in perpetuating it is bad business for
them Appeals to sentiment and love of the beautiful
generally futile.
State, county and city authorities aid in the
movement very materially, however, but it is often
difficult to spur them to action. recent example
of commendable activity in the fight against ugl-
is seen in Georgia, where the county commits
soners of Fulton county in which Atlanta is stu
ated, have ordered the removal of all signs and
biboards along the highways under their jurisdic-
ton The member who sponsored this measure said
There is proper place for everything, includ-
ing advertising. Our highways designed to give
tourists and motorists the most beautiful scenery
possible but that scenery is being ruined by the
increasing number of billboards and signs"
This is true for every county in America where
the encroachments of the outdoor advertiser" has
been permitted to have unrestricted sway. The
fooshness of it all cuts like two-edged sword Bill
boards in locations which render them offensive are
irritating to the public, without benefit to the con-
Germs which pay for them with the mistaken idea
that they are building business and good will.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-10-03

central creameries where in turn it
was shipped to eastern centers for
table consumption, most desirable
market.
Among the factors responsible
for the remarkable success and
growth of Land O'Lakes products,
speed in marketing is of major i'm.
portance. Every pound of the great
amount of dairy and poultry pro-
ducts handled by the organization
through more than four hundred
and fifty member creameries is
carried on highways by motor We
hicles during some stage of the
journey in passing from producer
to consumer.
! Improved highways designed to
meet the need of present day traf.
fic conditions means uninterrupted
transportation during all seasons
of the year which is vital not only
to the dairy industry but to all agri
culture and commerce in general.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-10-03

promise to keep the state routes
open right through the storms, he
hopes with increased equipment to
open them more quickly than in
former years.
Motorization of the maintenance
forces will aid materially in keep
ing the roads open. A year ago
about half of the system was mo-
toriZed and this fall about three
fourths of the 1000 file system will
be in motorized maintenance Sec
tons. A section" is usually from
25 to 30 miles long. The section
man is employed the year around
and is responsible for keeping his
road in good condition in the sum-
mer and keeping it open in winter.
The same truck which he uses for
hauling gravel or pulling a grader
in summer will push the snow pillow
in winter. On routes where team
patrols are still used for summer
work, truck plows will be operated
by men from the district shops.
The department this fall will
have 200 heavy trucks and an equal
number of "V" type plows. These
clear the roads in all ordinary
snow falls. In case of very deep
drifts tractors with heavier plows,
or rotary plows, are sent out The
department this year will have 5
blower type rotaries, 13 lateral type
rotaries, 40 heavy tractor plows and
SO heavy tractors.
The department last spring pur-
chased 100000 feet of new snow
fence, which is being delivered this
month. With fence bought in pre-
vious years the department will
have 3,547,60O feet, or about 672
miles, of protection against drifts.
In highway right of way acquir-
ed in the last three or four years,
the right to erect snow fences has
been included in the easement, but
on the older roads, permission must
be sought from the land owner be-
fore fences can be erected. In a
majority of cases this is granted
without question, because most
land owners feel that the benefits
of an open road will many times
offset any slight damage or in
convenience from the erection of
the fence
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-10-03
Thursday, October 8, 1929

IT'S: low lime soils investigation,
$4,000; peat soils investigation, &c.
600; sandy land experiments, ST.
600; soil survey and field expert
ments $4,000; Grand Rapids main
tenance (SchooD $4,000; Duluth
station maintenance $500; Grand
Rapids (alterations) $1,000; Albert
Lea, $4,000 (total of special ap-
preparations $193,275); federal
funds, $295,595; miscellaneous sales
and fees, $142,065.
AS divided among the various de-
partments centering at University
Farm, typical costs were as fol-
lows; Biochemistry $54,717; farm
management and agricultural eco
nomics, $56,3S4; agricultural en-
cheering; $49,7SO; agronomy and
plant genetics, 1880; animal hns-
bandry, $82,950; dairy husbandry,
$59, 1922; veterinary medicines 3d.
553; poultry husbandry, $14,46O, en-
tomology, $39,501; forestry, $50 OF !;
home economics, S65024; hortic,iI-
ture, $45,286; plant pathology, S44,-
1876; and soils $54,77O.
| Students at University Farm al
SO take many courses supported by
colleges on the main campus and
participate in the. ben afits of most
of the university-wide expenditures,
such as for physical education,
health and hospitals, general adj
ministration, and the like.