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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
VALLEY DRY
MEETING MONDAY

Dry cleaners Of the Valley, 50
strong, will gather in San Benito
Monday night at the Stonewall
Jackson hotel at the first goodwill
banquet for owners of fuch estab-
lishments, according to Charles AL
lison of San Benito, who vas in
Brownsville Wednesday inviting 10
cal men to the meeting.
Five or six representatives from
Brownsville probably will attend
and others from Mission, McAllen,
Harrington, and other Valley towns
are expected.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
Executive Board OF
Legion to Plan For
Membership Drive

Plans for an intensive member
ship drive r being considered by
the John Hanson post of the Amer
lean Legion. The executive board is
to meet at luncheon Thursday to
work out a definite program for
presentation at the regular meeting
Of the post on Thursday evening,
according to w. r. Kiekel, post
commander.
The drive is to open as soon as
possible after the melting, and Of
ficers of the post hope to reach
every eligible man in the vicinity,
and to add at least rs new members,
if all ~ex-service men cannot be en-
listed in the legion.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25

society at Corpus Christi, whose
two-day session will be closed We'd
nesday evening.
An election Of officers was held,
and the nights program included a
banquet and dance at the Plaza
hotel. None Of the Valley doctors
were elected officers for the ensu-
ing year, DR.. Works said.
Scientific papers were read at the
meeting the first day and a surgical
clinic was to be held Wednesday.
DrS. Works and Lawrence re-
turned to Brownsville Tuesday
night, but DR.. Osborn remained
over for the concluding sessions
Wednesday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
ROUTINE BUSINESS
AT ROTARY MEETING

Brownsville Rotary held the reg
ular weekly meeting on Wednesday,
only routine affairs being discussed.
A letter from r. L. Bobbitt, Of La
redo, governor OF the 47th dis
trict, was read, expressing appre-
citation of the hospitality of the To-
cal club at the recent convention of
presidents and secretaries Of the
districts, who met here recently.
w. Q. Washington presided, in
the absence of the president, w. s.
West. Several selections were rem
dered by a quartet composed of
Frank Gilmore, Carl Henshaw, and
Emmett and John Carr SeWell, with
Miss Margaret Hughston at the
piano.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
Driver Trying To
Avoid Child, Hits
Harrington Auto
Snecial to The Herald)

HARLINGEN, July 24.-Mrs.
Norman Ecklend and Miss Zelma
Lou Clifton were injured Tuesday
afternoon when the automobile III
which they were riding collided
with an automobile driven by a man
named Boynton at the intersection
of the Third and Monroe streets.
Boynton said ne lost control Of
his car in an effort TO avoid hitting
a child who was crossing the street
on a tricycle.. The tricycle. was
found under his car, but the child
was not injured.
Mrs. Eckland was taken TO the
Valley Boptist hospital in a Thomp-
son mortuary ambulance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
HELD FOR
CHILD

Funeral services for Roberto Ire
vino, baby son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bar
tolo Trevino, were held at 9 a m.
Wednesday at the Imaculate Con-
ceptiOn church, with interment in
the city cemetery. The child, who
was two years old, died at the home
of his grandmother, Mrs. Guada-
lupe Cara Tuesday. Funeral ar
rangement were handled by Cara.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
RAIL BRIDGE
TO Be OPENED
Word Comes From Mexico
City, But Authorities
Have No Word

Word that permission had been
obtained from the Mexic minis
ter of comm ication allowing the
st. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico
bridge to be reopened to vehicles
and pedestrians. effective immedi-
ately, was received wednesday by
General Agent A. S. Gimble from
Senator Del ID, attorney for the
Mexican National railways.
@Gimble Immediately got into
touch with NJ. Verdugo, chief of
Mexican customs in Matamoros.
The latter stated that his office had
received no notification to that eff
feet. Gimble belle ed that notifi-
cation was forthcoming later in the
day.
Closed in August
The railroad bridge. owned joint
ly by the st. Louis, Brownsville and
Mexico and the Mexican National
lines, was closed to vehicles and
pedestrians Aug. 81 on the grounds
that its concession from the Mex
lean government called only for
train traffic. The bridge had been
carrying this traffic since its erec-
ton in 1910.
Only the MEXICAN d Of the
bridge has b closed. Repre-
sentatives of the S. customs, i'm
migration, health and agricultural
departments have remained IN duty
since the bridge was closed to We
Licles and pedestrian.
Attorneys &c the Mexican Ma
t'onal lines ard the American rail
company have been at work seeking
to have the suspension lifted since
it went into effect. Their efforts
have been concentrated at Mexico
City under the supervision OF Sen
ator Del Vale.
Improvements Made
Shortly after the bridge WaS
closed, improvements were made on
both sides of the Rio Grande. The
road from Levee street to the bridge
was paved and - approaches on
sides the river widened.
The Matamoros road a. Is said to
have been paved tc the bridge.
Gimble, awaiting further infor-
nation from Mexico City, stated he
-lieved the tamoros authorities
would be notified of the change
sometime Wednesday. Barring I'M
forseen setbacks, the bridge will be
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
REBELS SURRENDER

MEXICO CITY, July 24-R-
The war department has announced
the surrender of geo rebels within
the last three days in states Of ia
lisco, Queretaro and Colima.
The insurgents surrendered in
groups and we're given safe conduct
to their homes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
Alleged Graveyard
Violator Will Face
Trial Wednesday

Catarina r. de Olvera, charged in
Justice of the Peace court with ma
licious mischief, was to be tried be-
fore Justice e. L. Cain at 2 p. m.
Wednesday.
The complaint filed t7 Elvira A.
de Castillo alleges the defendant
destroyed improvements made on
a grave in the old City cemetery.
Attorneys IRE :. "A. Jones for the
plaintiff and n. G. Cofer for the de-
PENDANT.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
Customs to Auction
Four Passenger Cars
And One Seized Truck

-Four automobiles and a truck will
be auctiored by the customs office
soon if claims are not entered by
their owners.
A light truck seized at San Be-
nito July II is scheduled to be auc-
toned Aug. s. Two light touring
cars seized at Santa Maria July .
are to go to the highest bidder July
20. A large coach, taken at The
bridge July IA, will be placed on the
block Aug. 5.
The auctions are held at the fed
eral building at 10 q. m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25

DETROIT, July 24.-tR-Heat
claimed the lives of three Detroit
men yesterday and caused the pros
tration Of several others as the ner-
curry climbed to a peak of 81 at
4 p. m.
The dead are: Garfield Caesar,
43; Earl Bentley, 80, and Anthony
Dullilea, so.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25

To MexIcO-Frank II. Goodrich
son Of Judge and Mrs. =. *. Goods
rich, left Wednesday for Mexico City
where he will be connected with o.
law firm. Goodrich recently grad~
uated from the law school at the
University of Virginia.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
E. w. RIHL TO SPEND
SOME TIME IN CITY

4. E. w. Rihl, brother of George l..
Rihl, president Of the Mexican Az
iation company, arrived here Tues
day from New York aboard the reg
ular T. A. T. plane.
Rhil has lived in Venezuela for a
number of years. He expects to re-
main here for some time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
Doctors From Valley
Attend Semi
Medical Convention

DR.. B. o. Works, DR.. o. v. Law
ence, Brownsville, and Or. f. e. Os-
born, McAllen, represented the
Valley Tuesday at the twenty-sec-
ond semi-annual meeting Of the
Southwest Texas District Medical
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25

open as soon as possible, Gimble
said.
The suspension was placed into
effect shortly after the Gateway
bridge was opened to traffic.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
HOLD SHORT CHANGE
ARTIST AT HARLINGEN

HARLINGEN, July 24.-After de-
frauding several theaters and stores
here through a classic short
change" trick, a man is being held
in the city jail pending the filing Of
definite charges
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
THREE z MEN
DIE IN HEAT WAVE

definite charges.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-01-17
LUMBUS, MONT, TO DO CONSTRUC-
TION WORK IN SOUTH AMERICA

Leaves With Wife and Daughter to Take
Up Residence in City OF Medillon, LO-
Gated in Heart of Mountains of Region
Where He VIII Be Employed
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-01-17
Clevermess of Wolverine
Told by Armington MAN
Now Trapper Inn Arctic

"okchuk,' a light grease rendered from
the blubber fat of the whale. The odor
whale II polar bear. For butter they use
OF this grease is horrible. but neverthe.
less the Eskimo pours okchuk over every.
thing that he eats.
When the Eskimo dances" continued
Mr.. HAY, "he dances single or in pairs,
but never together as the white men
and women. His dance Is an interpre.
tative lance and the onlooker can easily
discern whether the dancer is building
an igloo or SHINING a bear. His house
is built Of ice and snow and papered
with caribou skin with polar bear skins
for q carpet. Although most Of the ood
eaten is frozen. the Eskimo uses a small
oil stove for cooking purposes II in
which he burns whale oil. They never
battle and seldom change their parkas.
The Eskimo widow is marked with tattoo
stripes on the cheeks Il chin"
Such wild fruits as blueoerries and
low bush and high bush cranberrieS grow
within the Arctic circle. Mr.. Hay said,
while summer finds there such feathered
friends as the golden wing highholder
twoodpeckerl, hundreds OF robins and a
few meadow larks. The furbearing animals
within the circle are mostly marten, lynx,
muskrat, fox, wolverine. beaver, seal and
polar bear. Martens were especially plenti-
full last winter and Mr.. Hay secured 80,
the biggest catch of any of the trappers
in the district, He also caught a mum
Der of lynx. beaver, fox and muskrat.
His catch included one blue and one
silver fox and two wolverines. o were
scarce all over the Mckenzie valley due
to a dearth Of rabbits. their principal
food. On his return to Edmonton IN
July. Mr.. Hay came within 80 cents Of
topping the market on lynx skins, re-
ceiving S62. so for each skin he sold.
VIII Return
He plans to return to the Arctic cir
Gle next summer leaving here in March
and mushing with dogs into British Co
lumbia and down the Leard river to the
Mckenzie. This is the only section of
the north over which Mr.. Hay has not
travelled, having mushed in previously
by way of the Athabasca and Peace
rivers.
Hudson's Bay company trading posts
have been established every $50 to 200
miles throughout the north country and
most Of the trappers sell their more COM
mon furs at these posts because of bet
ter prices. Only the very best grades of
fur is taken out to Edmonton, where it
is sold to Canadian and American buyers
through q newly organized commission
firm. Trading and trapping license fees
for the two Hay brothers annually cost
5000, aside from the equipment which it
is necessary to carry.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-01-17

THE cleverness of the wolverine, one OF
the most difficult fur bearing ami
mails to catch, was told at Aiming
ton recently by Andrew G. Hay of that
city, who with his brother, Edgar Hay,
has spent seven years trapping and trad
ing for furs in the great stretch OF coun
Try which lies north of Edmonton. Last
year Mr.. Hay spent the winter trapping
at the delta of the Mckenzie river, where
it flows into the Arctic ocean.
Despite the difficulty with which the
wolverine is caught this fur is not valu-
able and is used mostly to trim the
hoods of the Eskimo parkas worn by ma
tives II traders and trappers. 1t is the
only fur which will not gather frost and
hence is very useful as a trimming for
the outer edges of the hood.
Intelligent Animal
The wolverine seems to have a grudge
against all trappers and its intelligence,
according TO Mr.. Hay, is shown by the de
struction which it often causes along
the trap lines. Although weighing only
between 40 and so pounds. the wolverine
is very powerful and when caught in
traps usually succeeds in freeing itself.
1t climbs trees like the bear but is clumsy
looking like the badger.
quite often a wolverine will follow
the trails for hundreds of miles, destroy
Liz Vic 6llillldlS llldJ nave Dttll tdp6Ib
in the trap lines, Mr.. Hay said. Some
lines the animals are eaten by the
wolverine but more often they are taken
from the traps and buried in the snow.
h animal is naturally very inquisitive
with a supreme desire to get into every
thing and tear things to pieces. Its teeth
are very strong. They are tusk-like and
about the size of a mans little finger.
Upon returning from one of his trap
nin0 nynaIitinnC loEt fi,tn NJ Ln,
the DOR of his cabin to find a
wolverine curled up on his bed. The
bounded at him, but Mr.. Hay
grabbed a heavy club standing beside the
door and hit the animal a stunning blow.
Investigation revealed so trails leading
from the cabin, over which the wolverine
carried away everything movable in
the cabin and cached it. Only the stove
and the bare furniture had been left.
Little Vegetation
There is very little vegetation within
the artic circle" said Mr.. Hay in speaking
his trapping season there. The coun-
try is quite barren with some small spruce
and willows. During the summer the
thermometer registers as high as 80
above, which, due to the lack of altitude,
is very warm. In the winter the ther-
registers as low as CD. degrees
below zero. There is a constant breeze
blowing from off the Arctic ocean, which
Is made more disagreeable by the lack of
trees and shelter.
Il made my headquarters last winter
at Eklavik, an Eskimo village on the
delta OF the Mckenzie river at the tide
of the Arctic ocean,, 5000 miles
north of Great Falls and 1000 miles
Of the end of the most northern
railroad, at Fort McMurray, 300 miles
Of Edmonton. The Eskimos are in
telligent n many of them own their
W schooners, with auxiliary motors,
costing in the neighborhood of $1,000.
Their life is just an existence. They trap
and fish. have virtually no amusements
and their only food is fish, caribou, seal,
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-01-17

at Fort Union for two weeks, then by
means of a keel oat he travelled to the
post OF the great federated tribes OF
Blackfeet Indians on the Marias river,
Fort Mckenzie.
The prince decided to remain there two
months to study the Indians, the country
and the fur traders and while he was
there a feud OF long standing broke out
between the Piegans and Blackfeet. h
first battle took place right at the fort
and Macmillan had an excellent oppOr-
tunity to see it and to participate in the
contest. In the latter part OF August,
1888, a small party OF Piegans was en-
near the fort for trade when
suddenly they were attacked by fifteen
hundred A~ssinniboine warriors. Major
Culbertson and his assistants thought
the Indians were making an attack on
the fort and at once made preparation
to resist with arms. Prince Macmillan
became very much excited at the ap-
proach Of the onrushing savages and
taking his rifle in hand manned one OF
the portfolios. He proceeded at once to
hurriedly load the weapon, although 1t
was fully loaded at the time. The double
load proved unfortunate for the prince,
for when he fired the Weapon at the
bowling savages the recoil was SO great
that 1t threw him clear across the bas-
~ In ACAA0SACA ALL ~
conscious. One A~ssinniboine warrior was
killed before 1t was ascertained that they
were attacking not the fort but the
Piegans. Inmates Of the fort then ceased
firing and Major Culbertson ~endeavored
to assist the beleagured Piegans in their
effort to get within the stockade. In this
he was partly successful and might have
been entirely SO had 1t not been for the
fact that the Piegan Indians were so
q nYtnIc IN QQyn fhnir aCrn1ItrpmanfC
They also rushed to the opening in such
numbers as to block progress n their
assailants came boldly On n killed
quite a few Of them while they were
trying to escape.
Not long after the Indian battle, Maxi
milan took his departure for the Man
dan villages down the river, where he
remained the ensuing winter, returning
to Germany the following spring. His
subsequent writings, which were illus
trated by Bodmer. the artist, proved a
most interesting and scientific treatise
on a subject and people little known In
the world.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-01-17

the Missouri with about equal chances
OF gaining control of the water power,
yet Johnstown Is now simply a memory
Great Falls having stretched its long
arms over the river and gathered in its
ambitious rival.
Because OF its advantageous situation
the remark often was made by those not
conversant will the plans of the builder
OF Great ~Falls-Paris Gibson-that Johns
town eventually would occupy the same
relation to the former city that Brooklyn
does to New York.
There was some foundation for his
belief as Johnstown in 1884 possessed
about as favorable an outlook for becom-
Ing a thriving city as did Great Falls.
The number of its buildings was nearly
the same. 1t had q store, q restaurant
and a livery stable constituting its bust
ness center n a ferry connected the
two infant villages. Nor was this all.
According to q correspondent of the Sun
Rlver Sun-the journal devoted to the
interests OF the u River valley and
later destined to be transferred to Great
rails where 1t not only gained another
local habitation," but q name" be-
coming In time the Great Falls Tribune
with the added prestige of being a daily
instead OF a weekly paper-plans were
even then on foot to build a bridge
across the river.
>SSu AtI
Coming to Great Falls in the spring
OF 1884, / was ferried over the river. Elk
cept in time of low water when the
river could be forded, this was our sole
means OF communication with Jo%hnstown
or the Sun River valley until the prom
ised bridge was built.
Johnstown was named for a we'll known
pioneer Of this section. John Largent,
who owned the greater part Of the pro-
spective city. Largent, who was born in
Illinois, arrived at Fort Benton in 1862,
and entered the service of the American
Fur company-in what capacity we are
not informed, nor how lons he remained
with them. Evidently he did not remain
at Fort Benton for any great length of
time, as mo- long after the discovery Of
gold near Great Falls was made public,
he left the employ of the fur company
to go prospecting.
Before this occurred, however, he had
a number OF thrilling experiences, enough
to fully initiate him into the perils of
frontier life. While at Fort Benton he
received the munificent salary of $19. so
a month.
The company, thinking it desirable to
have a post at the mouth of the Mussel-
she'll, dispatched George Steel there to
superintend its building. Largent went
there, likewise, at the advanced salary of
$40 a month. Steel and some others
made the trip by h comparatively easy
river route, while Largent and a COM
panion took the lane journey.
This might have been enjoyable nder
favorable circumstances, but it was any
thing but that, travelling as these men
did without any food but bareback and
a little salt given them with the ex-
pectation, doubtless, that they would
find plenty Of game.
They had 40 matches, their fires being
kindled by the use of flint rock" a
piece OF steel and gunpowder. This was
considered a hardship by these men, but
our ancestors knew no other method
they considered easier, and Indians dis
pensed with the powder.
Eat Wolf Meat
That winter, Largent told Robert
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-01-17

Vaughn, provisions became scarce, and
they had to live part of the time on wolf
meat. The wolves were caught in traps
This was the enforced diet Of white men
and yet VIZ speak contemptuously of In
dams eating dogs, although white men
who have tried this variety Of hot dogs
testify that they were good and far pref
cradle to wolf meat.
When the buffalo came north in the
spring or early summer, Largent went out
to kill some. Buffalo meat would be q
welcome change from wolf meat
straight" as it was termed. Catching
sight of a herd Of buffalo he noticed
they were in great commotion, and SOC
discovered this arose from their being
stampeded by Indians.
Unfortunately, the indian spied him
at the same time and closed in on either
hand to head him off. He recognized
that his only safety lay in flight, and
behind him the herd came thunder
ing IN.
Turning his horse he tried to outstrip
the buffalo. 1t was a hopeless under
taking. Soon he was in the midst of
the herd, which protected him from the
Indians, to be sure, but he was in on
slant danger Of being run down by the
buffalo. Should his horse stumble and
he be thrown, he would be trampled to
Qeatn by a thousand hOO1S
On and on they raced, buffalo. man
and horse, until reaching a bluff, over
they went pell nell, but the horse did
not lose It's footing and in the binding
dust raised by the herd, Largent man
aged to reach the fort safely.
This was not by any means John
Largents n undesired acquaintance
with Indians. Once when out some dis
lance from the fort, he and his COM
panion saw some Indians approaching
on foot. The white men, being on fairly
good horses. could easily lave escaped.
had not the other man insisted the APP
preaching red men were friendly Indians.
Largent doubted this and urged his COM
panion to go with him to the fort and to
waste no time doing 30.
Captured by Indians
His advice was unheeded inc Largent,
expressing his opinion OF the other fell
lows conduct in language of considerable
strength even for those days when strong
language was the fashion, tried to turn
his horses head and hurry FORWARD. In
an effort to persuade him, Largent used
q Ratchet. Whether or not he struck the
horse with 1t, is uncertain, but he man.
aged nearly to cut off a couple Of his
fingers instead, yet the horse refused
to bulge.
Inc INDIANS by now mad "OVerhauled
them and at once made the white men
understand they were prisoners. They
were forced to dismount, their gum were
taken from them and then the whole
party started in the direction of the
fort, Largent on foot, closely guarded and
the other man riding.
Largent could not understand why
they were going in the direction Of the
fort, until at length it occurred to him
he was to be held for ransom, which was
preferable to making an Indians holi-