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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-27
WATER CONTROL
PLANS FOR 1890
Board Of Directors Hopes
To Correct Water-Logged
Sections Of Land

WESLACO, Dec. 27-Tentative
plans have been completed by the
board OF directors of HidalQo and
Cameron counties Water Control and
Improvement District No. 9 for the
coming years work. according to the
chairman. Conditions and circu-n-
stances may make It necessary 70
modify the plans. With proper COOP
Grafton ID is believed that from 90
TO 95 per cent of the water-logged
condition OF the land can be ccr-
rected.
The chairman stated that taxes
were heavy this first year but THIS
was necessary to take care Of de-
linquency. The Board believes that
there car be a reduction In the tax
assessment next year. The board
has lowered the fiat rate from $3.50
to $3.50 per acre and believes with
in a year or SO another material re-
duction can be made.
The district has purchased two
Bucyrus drag lines. One with fifty
foot boom. and one with a forty
foot boom, TO be delivered January
:. Drag line No. one will clean out
about seven hundred feet CT old
drainage ditch adjoining Mercedes,
and then will move to Block 102;
starting at Arroyo and cleaning
drain ditch TO northwest. Drag line
no. two viii start in the southwest
corner Of district and clean drain
age ditch to the north and north
east. II viii be the policy of the
board OF Directors to Use the two
new drag lines for cleaning out work.
New work will be let by contract.
Saturday the board will let con-
tract of concreting canals. One Gun
tie machine Will start Jan. 2 in
Block 16l and work north. One
Gunite machine will start Jan 10
on mile TIA, on completion of the
canal will move to canal on the
north: on completion or this canal
10 will move south and southeast.
One Gunite machine will start Jan.
20 near Block 81. Twelve miles OF
pipe line will be laid in different
parts of the district and work will
start in January. The 1880 program
calls for ~concreting Of l04 miles Of
canals. laying Of 10 miles Of pipe
line and cleaning forty-nine miles
of drainage bitches and construction
Of six miles OF new drains.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-27
PEIARR
U SPENDS XMAS
HERE AND THERE

Many OF the teachers Of the
Pharr-San Juan faculty have gone
to various points In Texas and 70
other states to enjoy the Christmas
holidays with friends and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. T.. Gum left this
city the latter part Of the week for
Cameron, Fort Worth and Lubbock,
to be gone for two weeks on a visit
with relatives and friends.
Superintendent J.tLee Stambaugh
will remain IN the Valley during the
holidays.
Miss Stella Stanfield Is In La
mesa. Texas visiting with her par
ents for a few days before returning
to Pharr where she will again enter
upon her duties as head of the Span
ish department.
Miss Evelyn Currie who is head Of
the English department in the SEN
ior high school, has gone to Ker-
ems. Texas. where she will spend the
holidays with parents and other
relatives.
Mrs. r. l.. Hays who has been head
Of the commercial department Of
the local high school for several
years has gone to Corpus Christi
where she will be with her relatives
during the holidays. Mrs. Hays will
not return to her position here after
the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. d. Sansing. teach
erS in the Pharr-San Juan high
school left on Friday for Athens.
Texas to be with their parents and
friends before returning to their du-
ties here. Miss Estelle Willis has
gone TO Olmito, Texas. TO be with
her parents during the holidays. Mr..
and Mrs. Hayden Willis of the local
school faculty left Friday for their
home in Cameron where they will
visit during the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Butler have
departed for their home in George
town for the holidays with their
parents. after which they will visit
in Houston before returning to the
Valley TO resume their duties. Miss
Middleton Of the junior high school
left for several points in North Tex
as to visit with relatives and friends
before returning to her work here.
Miss lone Thompson head Of the
writing department Of the local jun
ior high school is spending the holi-
days with friends and relatives Of
Dallas. Texas. Miss Retha Sanders.
who IS head Of the home economics
department Of the Pharr-San Juan
high school. is spending the holidays
with her parents in Scurry, Texas,
after which she will return TO Pharr
TO resume her duties. Miss Francis
Hooper is spending the holidays
with her parents In Waco. Texas.
Miss Florence McGregor head OF
the junior high school music de-
part,nent is spending the holidays
with her parents in Corpus Christi.
Texas after which she will return to
her work here. Miss Marion Gro
foot left Friday for Austin where
she will remain during the holidays.
Among the teachers of the senior
and junior high school who are re-
naming in the Valley for the holi-
days are included: J. w. Vest d. II.
Buckner. A. Sorensen. Miss Lenore
McCombs Mrs. Earl Trantham. Mrs.
Guy Richie Miss Gyneth Stugard,
and Mrs. Guy Johnson.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-27
Big Still Stolen
From Policemen

PORTLAND. Dec. 27-tR-
Police today were working on
one OF the most battling myster-
les ever 70 confront them.
It seems that about $500 worth
Of a first class, electrically-oper-
ated still has disappeared from
the heavily-guarded basement OF
police headquarters. Experts pre-
viously had valued the contrap-
ton ~confiscated recently, at
$4,000. Today the same experts
paced its value at $50. The diff
ference Is caused by disappear
ance OF coils, an electric motor.
several pressure tanks and vari-
Gus other paraphernalia.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-27
WESLACO
sIUDENTS HOME
FOR HOLIDAYS

@O1 AOLIDAXS
Young people who are home for
the holiday season include: Misses
irene Clifford, Mary Elizabeth
1nomas. Jane Stebbins, Norma Van
vnet and Ruth Rives from c. I. A.;
MISS Verna Mae Emery from Texas
University Miss Fannie King who
y teaching at Maria; Wayne An
QreWs from San Marcos; Miss Nellie
mae Davis, who is teaching In Ok
lanoma City; Miss Erma Anderson
from k~ingsville: Bob Rowland from
davidson College, North Carolina;
pc Rowland from S. M. T.: Miss
Mildred Ann Smith from Ward
belmont, Nashville. Tennessee;
Misses Mary Jane Yates and Kath-
crime Stolz from Westmorland, San
Antonio; Miss Miriam Wade from
c. I. A.
Misses Jewell Watson and Pauline
McCalip from Baylor, Bolton; Miss
Olive Donaldson who Is teaching at
Lorena; Cecile Childre, Miller Jor-
oan, Misses Leila Mae Jordan and
Elizabeth Nevill from Southwest
enr, Georgetown; Miss Mildred
Iford is home from S. M. u: Miss
Mary Lillian Ware is visiting
friends here; Miss Irene Richardson
from S. M. u. is spending the vaca-
ton with her parents in Donna and
visiting friends in Weslaco; Tom
Burlington is home from the state
university where he is assistant
teacher and doing post graduate
work; Miss Leila Belle Sims is home
from Kingsville; Miss Cogee Mae
Couch who is teaching in San An
tonic.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-27
CANTATA GIVEN
nv CHORTrS

The Vesper Cantata, Come 10
Bethlehem" given at six o'clock
Sunday evening at the Methodist
Church by a chorus of more than
twenty voices was well attended.
The Church was beautifully de-
corated. a lovely Christmas tree
forming the central decoration with
tall white candles in appropriate
groupings lighting the Church.
The choir entering in white cos
tunes bearing burning candles.
was most impressive. The
theme was read bv Miss Chariot
Sanders with the chorus e~nlarEing
and emphasizing the Christmas
story.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-27
DINNER GUESTS
AT BRASHERS

A delightful dinner Of the season
vas given recently at the E. @.
Brasher home. Place cards sug-
gestive Of the holiday and decora-
tions and salads carrying out the
red and green colors made a pretty
table.
Covers we're laid for Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Honey and son, Norwood OF
Mission. Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Smith
Of st. Louis. Mr.. and Mrs. B. S.
Graham, Mr.. and Mrs. r. q.
5rasher. Mrs. Blanch Jones OF Har-
iingen. Miss Douthit and S. N. Me-
Whorter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-27
FRIENDS ENJOY
THEATRE PARTY

Little Miss Beth Wagner enter
tanned a number Of her friends with
a Christmas party Thursday. The
young people enjoyed the matinee,
'Noah's Ark" At the Ritz. after
which they returned to the home OF
the hostess for holiday refresh
ments.
Guests enjoying this happy event
were Catherine Rives. v. ". Mills,
Carroll Shipp. Gladys Stevens. Vir-
ginia Rowland. Jean Van Vlict,
Mary Margaret Stuphen Of Ed
couch, Julia Anderson. Coda La
Duke. Marjorie Kidder. Bessie Mar
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-27
Concert Tonight

AT $3.50 tonight a concert will be
given IN the high school auditorium
under direction OF Antonio Ortiz.
director of the Beethoven Musical
academies Of Brownsville and Mon
terrey.
Piano, violin. and singing num-
bers feature the program.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-27
Especial tn the Herald)

SAN BENITO. Dec. 27-The regu-
lar weekly meeting OF the San Benito
Rotary club was held Thursday noon
at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel din
ing room.
James E. Bowie gave a talk on
the Rotary future. and told Of the
plans that had been made for the
coming year. He also outlined a pro-
gram to be followed by the local
chapter, in 1880.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-27

Because Of the recent Kwangsi-
Kwangtung clash. all highway con-
~struction has been stopped in
Kwang sal Province. In China. where
1900 miles Of roads were built In the
last two years
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-27
COUPLE WE'D
AT CROSBY

An event Of the holiday season
was the marriage OF Miss Grace
Box Of Austin, teacher at Crosby,
Texas. to Walton Kinds. teacher in
the Weslaco high school. Mr..
Kinds left Weslaco Wednesday OF
last week and the wedding took
place at Crosby soon after his ar
rival.
The honeymoon will be . leisure
ly return to the Valley. Mr.. and
Mrs. Kinds will make their home
at the Dew Apartments.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-27

shall, Lenora Funk, Mary Jane lie
and the hostess.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-17
0RATORY AND LITTLE
ACTION in CONGRESS

Washington. Jan. 17.-(P)-Abun-
dance of oratory and but little action
today lay ahead Of congress.
The long pending administration
new warship construction bill again
had the right of way in the senate
and still was in the general debate
stage.
The half billion dollar independent
offices appropriation measure held
the attention OF the house with sew
eral hours set aside for discussion.
In the house. leaders all session
have been keeping the legislative
throttle open on supply bills and It
was hoped that nightfall would find
members talked out and the way
paved for passage Of the measure by
tomorrow-at the last week END.
Aside from these two bills the pro-
gram had but little to offer except
the work of q dozen or so committees.
The subjects slated for consideration
by these, however. were without wide
popular appeal although one, the tariff
hearing by the ways and means COM
n1ittee again drew q large number Of
persons to the city to give their views
on what changes, II any, should be
effected in the import duties.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-17
SPECIALIST
SAYS HARSH'S MIND
IS BELOW ADEQUACY
Former ogIethorpe Student, Ac-
cused Murderer, Was a
Slave OF Liquor

Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 17.-(AP)-Thc
testimony of a third alienist who de-
'scribed George r. Harsh as an lin
adequate personality unable to nego-
tiate LIES problems" was added by
the defense today at the former uni
versity students trial for murder to
its effort to prove him mentally ir-
responsible.
DR.. Young H. Marlborough, PSYCHE
artist at the federal penitentiary
here and diagnostician at the Geor-
gia state hospital for. insane, told OF
examining Harsh after he had slain
Willard Smith, drug store manager,
during q holdup and finding that he
had resorted to alcohol to build up
his courage.
Physician First Witness
The physician, who was the first
witness at the third day of the trial;
said he found Harsh IAN inadequate
personality; one who cannot negoti-
ate life's problems" He added that
he displayed queer twist in discuss
ing with him the Staying of Smith
Tin a most matter of fact manner
He told me-" the alienist testified
that he always went into stores first,
and in the Smith shooting seemed
to want to assume entire responsible
ity for the case. 70 use his express
sion, he wanted to be The man."
Was After Thrills
Harsh is accused of killing another
man under similar circumstances
ard Of perpetrating number OF
holdups for q thrill"
DR.. Marlborough said Harsh had
learned the effect of alcohol through
drinking wine in India and other far
eastern and European countries and
added:
Harsh told me that he never liked
the taste of alcohol but that 1t
brought q different feeling.
On cross the witness
said his opinions of Harsh were
based wholly on his examination and
were independent of any family his
tory told him.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-17
Absent Voters Law
Repeal Is Bills Aim

Continued from page one)
copy of the ten commandments BE-
displayed in every school room In the
state.
Senator KretSchmar of McIntooh
county introduced q bill appropriating
$500, 900 for q bridge across the Mis-
ouri river at Fort Yates.
Two bills were introduced by sena-
tor Forbes of Richland county. He
would grant both the state and De.
Tense eight peremptory challenges In,
first degree murder trials. This u .
reduction from the present number
allowed. Similar reductions are pro-
vided In trials Of lesser offenders.
Petitions were received In the SEN
ate today seeking the passage Of IN
effective dog law and increase In
bounties on predatory animals. Tiny
came from the Farmers Union Of
Walsh county and the Grant County,
Wool Growers association.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-17
WATER BOY MAY Be
NEXT AFGHAN king

London, Jan. 17-(AP)-Authori-
tative reports received in London to-
day indicate that Bacha Sakao, rebel
water boy of the Afghan wilds, may
soon be seated upon the throne which
King Amanullah has vacated.
Bacha Sakao is merely nickname
meaning watercarrier. His real
name is Habibullah Khan which is
the same name as Antanullah's ia
Their who was assassinated in 1919
although there is no relationship be-
tween the two families.
British official advices now state
that all kabul except the Arg, or
citadel, in the center of the city is
in the hands of Bacha Sakao. King
Inayatullah who succeeded his BROTH
er, Amanullah, is reported cornered
in the citadel.
Kabul is reported comparatively
quiet and the foreign legations are
safe. Amanullah and Queen Souriya
are now safe at Kandahar.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-17
WHEAT SCORES
PARTIAL GAINS

Minneapolis, Jan. 17.-(F-Wheat
scored fractional gains today after an
easy start on disappointing cables.
Buying failed to follow up on the adj
vance and q reaction developed after
mid session.
Corn met heavy profit taking above
the dollar mark for May and . down.
ward reaction resulted.
Oats advanced &c.
May barley advanced 1c on light
receipts and strong cash market.
May rye had q sympathetic advance
with wheat. May flaxseed was firm
50 strong with grain.
Cash wheat offerings were larger
and demand was fair. The general
tone Of the market was draggy and
about unchanged compared with the
futures. Demand lacked force but
was slightly better In spots. Winter
wheat was in light supply and good
demand except for smutty.
Durum was firm to strong for mill
ing quality.
Corn offerings were fair and de-
mand was fair to good ct IN UNI
changed basis. 80
Oats were in light supply and de-
Aland was quiet to fair.
Rye was steady with good demand
for milling quality.
Barley was firm to &c higher at 50
to 69c.
Demand for choice flaxseed was
sharp and basis for top quality was
1c better. -
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-17
DEFEAT OF CRUISER
BILL sought AFTER
PASSING PEACE BILL
Opponents Of Appropriation
Bill Say It Is Direct oppo-
site of Peace Bill

Washington, Jan. 17.-(F-For the
first time today specific opposition to
the Is cruiser bill pending before con-
gress was voiced before the confer
ence on the cause and cure of war.
THE reasons given for increasing
our navy at this time by Is cruisers
are all Inadequate" declared Mrs.
Laura Puffer Morgan Of the National
Council for Prevention Of War, in a
prepared address.
"Refutes kellogg Pact"
"A navy to support our foreign
policy asked for by Senator Hale is
direct denial of the pact whereby
We agree to renounce war as a ma
tional policy"
Increasing naval construction, she
argued, creates international Sus-
picion, and without public confidence,
agreements, even the anti-war treaty
just ratified by the senate, are mere
scraps Of paper"
I'VE are spending q million dollars
a day on our navy now without these
new Ships" she said, land we do not
need the Is cruisers to attain parity
with the British navy, for although
ours is slightly inferior In cruisers, 1t
Is 50 far ahead in submarines and
destroyers that the ratio is MAIN
tanned"
War propaganda" war chemistry
and airplane activity were also
warned against at today's meeting.
Deliberate Hatred Move
Mrs. Lucia Ames Mead Of Boston
denounced the deliberate effort to
unity and color the thought Of each
nation to mobilize hatred against the
enemy"
1.-THE menace in this whole situ-
ation," Mrs. Morgan said, lis In the
propaganda used by the big navy
group"
Mrs. Z. H. Fradlin, Of New Jersey,
declared preparations for the chem
ical war OF the future are going on
in every nation"
1.-THE interrelation. between develop
ing airplane activity and the new
forms Of chemical warfare" she
added, us q matter Of deep concern
to all the governments"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-17
HOOVER TO ADDRESS
BRUSSELS PARTY BY
LONG Phone SPEECH
Will Be First Extended Address
President-E|ect Delivered
Before Inauguration
TALKS WITH LEGISLATORS
Special Session Will Be Limited
to Farm Relief, Tariff and
Prohibition Probe
AXIS WITH LEGISLATORS

washington. Jan. 17.-@ - His
voice travelling thousands Of miles
over telephone wire. President
elect Hoover on Saturday will address
q celebration at Brussels to be at
tended by the king and queen Of Bel
GUM.
Mr.. Hoover will speak into tele.
phone at hts desk either at his May
flower hotel headquarters or his H
street home, and at the Belgian capi-
tai his voice will be heard by the
crowd through the medium Of ampli-
fiers.
Information at the Hoover head
quarters Is that the celebration Is in
honor Of the president-elect, who as
head OF the commission for the relief
Of Belgium directed the feeding of the
population of the little kingdom dur
ing the German occupation
This will be the first extended adj
dress the president-elect will deliver
before his Inauguration.
Takes Day Oft
After nine days of continuous
rounds Of conferences with Republi-
can party leaders Mr.. Hoover decided
today to take day off to devote to
cleaning up the accumulation Of his
personal correspondence.
Conferences with leaders will be
resumed tomorrow and carried on
through Saturday, when Mr.. Hoover
hopes to complete the task of Develop
ing views on cabinet appointments
and a variety of other subjects so
that he will be left free to devote his
time In Florida almost uninterrupt-
ediy to the preparation OF his inaug-
ural address.
Yesterday was perhaps the most
strenuous. day the next president has
had since his return to the national
capital. He talked with nearly q
score Of members of the house and
senate, as well as with others In Of
fetal and private life.
Out of the conferences came the
definite word that proposals for
waterways development will await the
regular session Of the seventy-first
congress late In the year. with the
special session limited to farm relief
and tariff revision and such urgent
matters as appropriations to defray
the expenses Of the special commits
sion Mr.. Hoover intends to appoint to
study the whole subject of prohibition
enforcement. Among other legislative
matters to which Mr.. Hoover Is giving
preliminary study are veterans relief,
the army and navy, employment sta
biliEation. Indians, reclamation, water
ways development, such as the Great
Lakes to the Gulf and the Atlantic
projects. and many others. He prob
ably will treat most Of these in his
first annual message to congress next
December.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-17
SPECTATORS GRASP
|. CONTROL OF MARKET
Price Movement IN Today's
Market Brings New Lead
ers IN Many Groups

New York, Jan. 17-(AP)-Specu-
lators for the advance assumed con.
troll CT the price me vement in today's
stock market, bringing forward new
leaders in tie steel, rail. copper and
motor groups. Scores Of issues were
marked up two to nearly 10 points,
with new high records established by
such popular shares as u. 8. Steel
common. Chile Copper and Electric
Auto Lite.
The strong resistance shown by
the market leaders around the low
prices Of December, coupled with
easier credit conditions, helped to re-
vive bullish confidence. and led to ac-
tive short covering. Call money re-
newed at per cent and dropped to
Z rs the mid-month payments flowed
back to the banks.
Non-ferrous metal shares changed
hands in large volume at advancing
prices. Chile Copper and st. Joseph
lead each ran up more than seven
points to new high levels at 50 Sd
and 70, respectively. Greene Cam
anea copper, Calumet & Arizona,
Cerro De Pasco and Howe sound sold
four or more points above yester-
d., Kennecott and several others adj
days final quotations, and Anacon-
do advanced two to three points.
u. S. Steel common ran into some
profit-taking after setting q new
peak price ut % 3-8. Radio ran up
II ga points to $40 and Electric
Auto Lite, by-products Coke, U. S.
Realty, General Electric, Packard
Motors, Commercial Solvents, Johns
Manville, Peoples Gas, New York
Central and Curtiss sold four to 10
points higher.
Wright Aeronautical ran up more
than four points t, 1872 LIZ and then
fell back to lit. Allied Chemical
fell back three points and Eisenlohr,
Western Union, international Tele-
phone, Otis Elevator and American
Sugar Refining sold down two points
or more.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-17
County Court House
Bids Date Advanced

Minot, Jan. 17-(AP)-A change
in dates for the opening of bids for
construction Of the new Ward county
court house, from February. Ii to
Tuesday, March IL, has been ordered
by the board Of county commissions
crS.
The change was ordered after an
opinion had been received from
States Attorney B. A. Dickinson
that the law required a longer time
between the call for bids and the
opening than would be possible if the
date of February IA was maintained.