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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
RACING PURSE
AT FAIR $4,000
Prize Money Offers Made
For Nov. 27-30 Meet
Are Announced

especial TO Inc Herald
HARLINGEN, March 23.-More
than $4,000 in purses will be divided
among winners in the horse races
at the Valley Fair this fall, the rae
ing program. announced here by
J. L. Teas, secretary of the racing
board, shows.
There will be four days Of racing,
starting Wednesday, November 81,
and closing Saturday, November 30,
with five aces on the program each
day.
The largest purse is one Of $3.50
in the Valley Fair Stake race. which
is to be the final race on the last
dav of racing.
The program as announced by
Mr.. Teas follows:
Wednesday. Nov. 81
Three lights mile, free for all,
500; 3-8 mile for two years old,
must be filled with horses out of
the Valley, SIPS; SO mile, free for
all. $i25; ga mile, free for all $3.50;
7-8 mile, free for all, $3.50.
Thursday, November 2S
Three Lights mile. free for all,
s125; IL mile, and fifty yards. free
for all. SIPS: 5-8 mile. free for all,
s125: 7-8 mile. free for all, $3.50;
l mile and fifty yards, free for all,
SITS.
Friday, November %
Three-eights mile for non win
nerS, 500; ga mile for horses not
first nor second in previous races
$125; SD mile for two year Odds
Unjust be filled with horses out OF
the Valley, SIPS; 7-6 mile, free fol-
all, $50: l mile, free for all. $3.50.
Saturday, November so
Thre-eights mile for non winners
S125; ID mile for non-winners
S125: SD mile free for all, $3.50;
7-8 mile, free for all, $3.50; l mile
and fifty yards, Valley Fair stake
race, $3.50.
Nominations for Valley Fail
| stake race will close on November
IS. 1929. So to nominate and $lC
additional to start. Nominating anC
starting fees added to stake. Five
entries required to fill. four to start
! Money in all races divided go, 80 and
10 per cent. Nominations must be
in secretary's hands by 26th day
of November. 1929, with the S.
nominating fee otherwise not ell
gible.
The management reserves the
right to change races to suit condi-
ton of horses.
Al races will be run under tie
rules and regulations adopted by the
South Texas Circuit.
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tShape for the occasion, and for ten
mis-, the Country club and Fort
Brown courts will be drawn upon.
County schools entering the meet
have been divided into two classes,
Glasses A and B. Glass "A entrants
are La F'eria, Harrington, San Benitc
and Brownsville. Glass B, FL Jar
din, Wilson Tract, R~angerville, Rio
Hondo, Stuart Place and Browns
vile Junior high.
Literary and track and field par
Elephants will be from the schools in
the two classes.
The meet gets under way Friday
morning. and the track and field
and literary events will be run off
simultaneously on the two days.
Athletic Events
Friday, March 29-BoyS' and girls
tennis, starts at 9 a. m. Both sin
giles and doubles, to be played on the
TT. Brown and Country club courts.
Finals will be played Saturday norm
ing.
Junior boys and girls playground
baseball. Finals in the afternoon.
Friday afternoon the senior girls
Volley ball contests.
Saturday morning 9 to 12-Pre-
liminarios in Glass "A and B track
and field events. From ? to 5 in the
afternoon finals will be played in
these events, in both classes.
Literary Events
Literary events will start Friday
morning, with Dean A. S. Caldwell
Of the Brownsville Junior college, in
charge.
Following are the subjects enter
ed in the meet and those in charge.
Arithmetic, E. B. Stokes, La Feria.
Defamation, It. j. Voc, San Ben
ito.
Essay Writing, Mrs. Martin Ham
ilton. Harlingen.
Spelling: Metha Scaiof, San Ben
ito.
Debate, L. V. Montgomery, Stuart
Place.
Music. F. L. Crown, Harlingen.
Director Caldwell has not made
out the complete schedule Of the
literary events, and expects to have
them ready in the next few days.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
HIGH SCHOOL LOOP
GETS UNDER WAY

LONGVIEW. Texas. March %
(Pl-Due in a large measure to the
scintillating hurting Of Bivins in
Fridays game with Tyler. the
Longview Lobos today topped the
East Texas High School Baseball
league. Longview beat Tyler 8 to
2. Marshall beat Henderson II to
1, and Hallsyille swamped Jeffer-
son II to 0.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
CATHOLIC HIGH
BASKETBALL ON

CHICAGO. March 23.-LP)-Two
Illinois teams. an Indiana five and
Mississippi quintette today entered
the Semi-final round Of the Ma
tional Catholic high school basket
ball tournament at Loyola univer-
Sity.
The four teams, survivors Of the
elimination play, which 80 teams
started Thursday, we're: Spa.Ging
Of Peoria, III. state Catholic cham
pions De La Sale of Chicago, rum
ner-ups for the city title: Decatur
Catholic high Of Decatur. Ind, and
St. StaniSlauS Of Bay St. Louis,
Miss.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
High Team to Play
Seven Games During
April; Practice On

Baseball will start in earnest at
the high school Monday afternoon.
when aspirants for the team Will
be called out. The team will not
represent the high school in Valley
competition, but will be a combina-
ton club composed of high school
and junior college players.
Seven games have been matched
to date. The first one to be played
will be during the first week in
August.
Following is the schedule as made
out so far: La Feria, 2 games; San
Benito, ?; Harrington 8.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
Entries For Golf
Tourney AT Waco
Being Received

WACO, March 23.-tP-Entries
from all sections of the state, and
Arkansas. Louisiana and Oklahoma
are being received here for the
third annual Spring Lake invita-
ton golf tournament. April 1920.
Competition is expected TO De
much greater than ever before.
Clarence Hubby, Waco, winner of
the championship last year. will
defend his title,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
Steps Taken To
Organize Izaak
Walton League

McALLEN. March 23.-First steps
to organize a chapter Of the Izaak
Walton League for McAllen we're
taken at a meeting Of local sports
men at the chamber Of commerce
Thursday night.
c. A. Wheatly. president of the
Texas division Of the Izaak Walton
League, who is aiding in the or
ganization Of chapters in several
Valley towns, was present at the
meeting and. with Chas. Jones. dis
trict game warden, aided in the or
ganiZation work.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
Power Co. Team
And Los Fresnos
To Play Today
Special to The Heraldl

SAN BENITO, March 23.-The
newly organized Central Power and
Light company baseball team OF
San Benito is to play its first game
Of the season here this afternoon,
when they cross bats with the Los
Fresnos nine. The game is sched-
uled to start at 3:45.
The local team under the man
agement Of L. F. Boiling and cap
taincy Of Lew Williams, has been
practicing daily and is III good
shape, as is the Los Fresnos team
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
WINS TITLE

MADISON, Wis, March 23.-(P)
Cook Academy of Montour Falls,
N. ", won the national academy
basketball title here tonight by de-
feating Terrill Prep of Dallas, Tex
as, % to 81 in the final game. Third
place was taken by Manlius, N. r.,
school, which won from St. Johns
of Delafield Wis, Is to II.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
Pete Richie Sold
To Indianapolis of
American Assn,

SAN FRANCISCO. March %
Pete Richie former San Fran
cisco Seals catcher. received word
today that he had been purchased
by Indianapolis of the American as
ISOLATION. Richie was the property
of Shreveport. but had refused to
report to the Texas League club and
was turned over to INDIANAPOLIS for
$500. Richie will leave Monday for
Sarasota. Fla. TO loin the associ-
alton outfit in training.
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which Is touted as one Of the best
mines in the contry.
Manager Boiling announced to-
day there would be no admission
charge, but a collection will be
taken up and the proceeds will go
to the benefit Of the charity milk
fund Of this city.
Batteries: Los FresnOs, Costater
and Barr; San Benito, Wiemeyer
and Higgins.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
nteySch0Lasic League Meet WIZ be Held Here March 20 and 80
PALMEZ A GETS
GOOD BALL FIELD

The Palmer (Martinez Hat Fac
tory team has secured a diamond
to play on this summer. 1t is located
near the Palm Courts tourist camp.
The first game Of the season will
be played in this city March 81,
when the Aztecs from San Benito
cross bats with the locals.
TWO new players have been add
ed to the Palmer club. They are
Oscar Munoz, pitcher from Mata-
moros, and Sam Saenz, Shortstop
Of the st. Joseph Academy team.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
PAAIPA

PAMPA, Tex, March 23.-(P-
Pampa high school won the invita-
ton track and field meet here to-
day by nosing out Amarillo, IS to
"a. Berger placed third and Can
yon fourth. The meet was decided
in the final event. the mile relay.
won by Pampa. Walstead of Pampa
led the individual performers with
Is points.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
SENIOR GIRLS FORM
VOLLEY BALL TEAM
Especial to The Herald

'DpCN4dI IO IIIt 14C1 d4N.J
MERCEDES, March 23.-The
senior girls Of the Mercedes high
school have organized a volley bali
team. The temporary team, with
Miss Dorothy Edwards as captain,
have begun practice with Miss
Emma Belle Scott and Miss Merle
Malone of the high school faculty,
AS coaches.
Rules and fundamentals of the
game are being studied and as soon
as the first training is mastered
the girls plan to organize a regular
team to enter the interscholastic
contest.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
FIGHT OFFER MADE

CHICAGO. March 23.-tP-Jack
Hurley, manager of the Fargo Elk
press" Billy Petrolle, today an
nounced he had received an offer
from Jack Dempsey to match Pc
trolle with Sammy Mandell for the
lightweight championship some
time in June.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
County Schools TO
Send Best Talent;
Interest as HIGH

The Cameron County Interschoastc league meet will be held in
Brownsville Friday and Saturday, March 20 and 80. of this week. Red
Irvine, athletic director OF the local public schools. announced Saturday.
The meet will cover both literary and track and field events, and one
Of the most deliberately arranged schedules will be carried out that has
ever been attempted in a meet of this kind, it is statd. Tucker Field one
Of the largest and best laid out stadiums in South Texas. will be pt in
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
Set New Worlds
Record For Class
D Division Speed

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, March %
tPl-Harrison Fraser, Auburndale.
Fla. late today set a new world
straight away speed record for class
d. division ?. cupboard motorboats
when he sent his tiny craft owe the
course at a speed Of 43.76 miles an
hour.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24

activities. Cecil Grigg. Texas lea
que umpire. is head coach of the
KangarooS and Joe Ward is base
ball mentor. Congratulations to
Austin college.
Lefty Deck, who pitched for
Brownsville during a part of the
1926 season, is a member of the
Missouri Pacific baseball nine of
KingSville. The San Antonio Bears
play their second game with the
crack railrcad team this afternoon
in Kingsyille. and a number Of local
fans are expected to attend.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24
Straw Hats

The trend in straw hat
styles this year is toward
the
DOBBS (of course)
and q man can be just az
"chosey" as he wishes here
for there's every conceIv.
able style. Milans, Sennets.
leghorns, panamas All
popular too-because they're
priced right!
Americas Most Beautiful
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-24

Baseball is coming into its own
or rather back, in colleges of Tex
rs. A couple OF years ago baseball
was cut from the curriculum as a
major sport IN many schools. Aus
TN college OF Sherman is the lat
et1nStitution 10 announce the re-
turn Of baseball to the major sport
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-11-29
Money for RemodeIine

There are many men who need
money over and above what they can
raise on first mortgage in order to
start any home-remodeling program.
Frequently the charges made on
money borrowed for this sort of thing
have been high not unfairly high, but
necessarily high, in that the net prof
its were not big enough to warrant
the effort.
For the encouragement of the home
owner who wishes to remodel, it may
be said that through the efforts of
the home undermining movement and
various financial leaders throughout
the country, there may arise in rea-
sonable length Of time a type Of serv-
ice which will permit the home own
er to borrow money on time at costs
which will not be hardship to him.
or take away from the profits accruing
from the undermining.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-11-29
Winter Months Offer
Advantage to Builder

When snow flies some home builders
postpone their immediate building
projects and spend the long winter
evenings porting over house plans and
longing for spring to come SO that
construction can get under way. And
then when spring does come they won
der why it's so hard to find labor, or
why materials are likely to be scarce,
or why experts to supervise the job
are so harried and hurried.
The fact is that the winter months,
comprising the so-called ''off season"
In the construction industry, offer the
home builder advantages which no
other time Of year can equal.
In the winter labor is plentiful and
does not work under the costly bonus
system; building materials are to be
had readily. for building dealers
are not preoccupied with a thou
sand and one other jobs; contrac-
tors and architectural supervisors
have time to give each individual prof.
ect careful, expert attention; workers
of all sorts are inclined to be more
alert, and a project finished in the
spring begins to earn dividends on the
capital invested long before projects
which are begun during the usual
spring rush.--Washington Star.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-11-29
BODYBUILDING Standards

More and more home builders and
domestic seekers are recognizing this
important fact-the character of en-.
vironment and home atmosphere, and
the protective restrictions of the home
site are no less vital to their ultimate
satisfaction in the home they will buy
or build than is the plan and quality
of construction Of the home. Stand
ards in home building are rising rapid.
ly. Many opportunities are now avail.
able to those planning the purchase or
construction of new homes to learn
by inspection of demonstration homes
how to obtain for their BODYBUILDING
dollars the maximum of beauty and
proportion. as well as the maximum
utility of materials and accessories.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-11-29
Painted Brick Houses

There are many people whose fond
ness for white homes remains un-
changed in tile midst of all the pres
ent day clamor for color. Here q
brick home may be painted white,
frightening the landscape and show
ing off to excellent advantage in
wooded setting. A desired appearance
of "age" can alse be given to brick
home by the use of paint. skillfully ap-
piled.
More frequently than ever we
glimpse examples of suburban homes
of the larger sort built of common
brick and painted. Incidentally It
may be mentioned that there Is
certain economy in this proceeding. for
the least expensive type of brick can
be used when one intends to paint IL.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-11-29
~EC"
Champion Z"

en-. Other dancers in other cities took
up the fad and con with the dance !"
became the watchword of the hour.
From so hours the record went to 60,
then to 70, then to 80, 80 and 100. Out
in. California Viola Pompey and Hor-
ace Dunn started at Los Angeles and
danced eight miles down the highway
to Ocean Park. They kept up their
dancing for 14O hours.
And then, of course, there's flag
pole sitting. A good way to rest up
after dance marathon is to climb up
on flag pole and just sit. And flag
pole sitting was a close second to
dancing in endurance popularity. In
1927 "Shipwreck" Kelly, sailor,
went aloft on 40 foot pole in New
ark, N. j., and stayed there for IL
days. Not to be outdone by this ex-
hibition of civic supremacy, other
cities staged similar contests and
many Of the burghers Of those munich
palties got permanent cricks in their
necks from permanent flag pole sitters.
IL 1910 Is utNtT IdluOuS lOT any
thing else, it will be famous for some
new and unusual championships"
Consider, for instance, Bill Williams
Of Hondo, Texas, who rolled peanut
with his nose over the % mile route to
the summit of Pixies Peak. 1t took him
30 days to do it and he got $500, plus
a large amount Of newspaper public.
ity. Inspired by his example L. r.
Rose Of Rule, Texas, started from
Galveston to knock croquet ball all
the way to New York and Fl. P. Will
liams started rolling little iron hoop
for the same destination.
The so-called weaker sex is not far
behind the other in their bids for
fame. Last summer any number of
cities held rolling pin throwing con-
tests and husband calling contests in
which housewives showed both their
strength of arm and voice, And Cham
paign, ILL.,, is the home of Mrs. FL. B.
Schmidt who claims the worlds cham
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-11-29
pionship for rocking, she having spent
4O1 hours in rocking chair swaying
back and forth.

pionship for rocking, she having spent
4Ol hours in rocking chair swaying
back and forth.
Yes, everybody's doing it, including
the children. Last summer, the previ-
ously mentioned "Shipwreck" Kelly
gave 23-day exhibition in Baltimore
The result was pole sitting epidemic
among the children of that city. Avon
w. Foreman started it by staying on
top IL foot pole for 10 days, 10
hours, 10 minutes and 10 seconds.
When he descended he was praised
by the mayor Of Baltimore for 'the
old pioneer spirit" and acclaimed
worlds champion fifteen-year-old
fagpole sitter" His record was brok-
en- by twelve-year-old Willie Went
worth, however, who stayed up nearly
month, breaking even "Shipwreck's"
record.
BY starting young perhaps some one
will break the record which has stood
for 1,478 years. 1t was made by Sim
con Stylites, the Syrian shepherd boy
who became monk and who, to prove
his devotion to Christianity in the
days when martyrdom was popular,
mounted to the top of nine foot col
umn, chained himself there and oc-
cupied his time in prayer. He stayed
there 80 years?
Yes, the children are showing them
selves worthy sons and daughters Of
their fathers in this matter of think
ing up new feats in which to vie for
the championship" But they will
have to be original indeed to match
the merchants of Belle Plaine, Iowa,
who thought that contest to decide
who had the most flea-bitten dog in
four counties would be a good attrac-
ton for their annual fall festival. They
offered prize of $500 and it was won
by James Parks Of Belle Plaine. The
judges counted 113 fleas on his dog.
authors Note: The list of Cham
pionships" in this article does not pre-
tend to be complete one and some
of the records" in some events may
have been broken since the article was
written. But does it matter?)
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-11-29

All this takes place in the sagebrush,
and the Indians, we blush to say, wear
hardly any clothes.
Now, let us moralize bit. If these
poor Indians we're civilized whites
in large American city. what would
they do? Probably they would be very
up to date and enter marathon
dancing contest in hall. They would
dance continuously with only brief rest
periods and with nothing much to eat
or drink. Only, of course. being CIV
ilized, they would not stop at the end
Of three days. They would try to make
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-11-29

b er a W AXE at
night, I slept so
restlessly. No
one knows how I
suffered.
Zone day one
of my teachers
found me sobbing.
why, she said,
sometimes slug
gish circulation
causes restless
sleep. Why don't
you try Nujol?'
Elm two weeks
.Nujol had begun
clearing out the
poisons in my
body, myskin had
a clear healthy
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-11-29
C :&o412n9qYn9lAKg
p Building
Community House One
of City's Great Needs

The need of community entertain
ment for young people is stressed in
an editorial In the Household Maya
zine.
"The environment for entertainment
should be more than an attractive
place." points out the editorial. 1T
should be community place; that is,
a place owned by the community or
by public-spirited group in the COM
munity. There may be plenty Of good
public halls in town, but the COM
munity house offers something in
spirit that commercial hall cannot
offer.
"Too many Of our amusements to-
day are commercial. Some one offers
entertainment. We simply pay our
money and remain passive. It Is all
right in it's way; some forms of en-
mercial. Every community, however,
should have some forms that are not.
"The people of a community viii
take an active interest in community
entertainment held in community
building" continues, the magazine.
"Some will decorate the room. Some
will prepare and serve refreshments.
Some will take part in plays-which,
by the way, are among the most edu-
cational and interesting Of commu-
nifty entertainments. Some will fur
nish music. Some will originate
unique entertainments in which they
and others may take part. Some, per-
haps, will be merely interested specta-
tors at plays, at dances, at musical
entertainments, but the very presence
Of these people will stimulate commu-
nifty spirit and character development
among the young"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-11-29
The Poor Indian

Down in the ne1ghborhood Of Poca-
tello, Idaho, the Fort Hall Indians are
showing how primitive and pagan our
aborigines can be even after the Unit
ed States government has done it's best
to civilize and educate them. They
are holding three-day sun dance.
With only short rest periods, and with
nothing much to eat and drink, these
benighted savages are posturing and
gyrating for the glory Of their tribe.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-11-29
Girl Fights Big Handicap

appearance, and everything looked
brighter. What have you been doing
to yourself?' asked my roommate.
You are a different girl The days
and years that followed were filed
with every activity and not long ago
Freda was maid of honor at my we'd
ding. That's what Nujol did for mep'
Such a simple way to health and
happinessl Your doctor will tell you
that Nujol contains no medicines or
drugs it is simply bodily lubrica-
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easily so you will be regular as clock
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-11-29

MANY agirl would give up
AVA in despair when she
found herself snubbed in
school and unpopular in col
lege, but not so Mrs. Norma
Kussel Jones of 1867 Cramer
Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
teWhen I was seventeen I went
away to college," says Mrs. Jones.
.s'Freda, my roommate, was a very
popular girl. Soon.she asked to have
her room changed. It seems I kept
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-11-29

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what you would
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Get a bottle
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Nujol will make
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