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Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-15
Disappears After
Receiving Check

LOS ANGELES, May Is. lU.D-
The disappearance of Fred r.
Emory, "A, Los Angeles business
man, after receiving cashier 8
check for $4,000, was unexplained
today as police continued their in
vestigation.
A. J. Porter, business associate
of the missing man, feared foul play
as Emory disappeared after leaving
to meet an attorney who was to
have paid him $4,000 in settlement
of a San Francisco estate. Neither
Porter nor Emory's mother knew
the name of the attorney.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-15
SETS POLICE RECORD

LOS ANGELES, May Is. W.n)-
Breaking all police records, Ray
Cottle, veteran Los Angeles officer
began his forty-first> year on the
force today. Cottle, who has served
under 90 chiefs of police. is orderly
in Central station.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-15
Dawson Seeking
Air Supply Base

LOS ANGELES, May ls. :U.H-
Continuing his inspection Of flying
fields suitable for a proposed Pa
cific Coast aviation supply and re-
pair depot, f. Trubee Dawson, as.
sistant secretary OF war, was the
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-15

starts at 9 O'Clock tomorrow morn
ing, will also be given prizes.
The sale will be under the direc-
tion of Jerry Jerome, sales manager
and Louis F. Martin, adjuster in
charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-15

Ten thousand rainbow trout were
recently placed in Big Bear Lake,
San Bernardino county.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-09

Vice Pres. Charles Curtis and Sen. William ]. Allen,
of Kansas have been political and personal enemies
for many years. Allen IS an editor. Gov. Clyde Reed
of Kansas is an editor.
Allen and Reed have been chums and friends for
many years.
Reed appointed Allen to fill the vacancy caused
by the promotion Of Curtis to the vice-presidential
chair.
There is a big fly in the Curtis cup Of ointment.
Allen is the fly. Curtis as presiding officer must
extend a cordial welcome to Allen and administer
the oath of office. Politics is a grand old game.
Curtis hit the top and then his political enemy was
named to take his vacant place in the senate of the
American congress.
In France Curtis would be compelled to kiss Allen.
In America he is permitted to inludge in a friendly
nod and hand-shake.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-09
Concrete Pipe Irrigation

u From concrete lined canals TO concrete pipe lines
rs a logical development in the distribution of water
|Pver Valley irrigation systems.
It became apparent a year or two ago that every
VALLEY district eventually would be distributing water
Through concrete carriers because of the great saw
ling in the amount Of water necessary to irrigate 2
System and because it prevented land adjacent to the
icanals becoming waterlogged.
\ Many of the systems have voted bonds and have
some of their canals.
| Now the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo district proposes
Ito distribute all water through concrete pipe.
4 To carry out this plan a bond issue of 100000
voted several months ago. Now the district
lis installing at Pharr what is said to be the largest
Iconcrete pipe making factory in the state. All pipe
tused by the district will be made in this plant and
1.-THE needs Of other Valley irrigation systems will be
~lsupplied.
I The plant is equipped to turn out pipe from IS
ITO AZ inches in diameter. Larger sizes, up to 70
inches in diameter, are to be manufactured with a
PORTABLE plant at the site where the large pipe IS to
gbe used.
! Large quantities of the so and 70 inch sizes will be
NEEDED in the project, the directors of the district
ldeclare.
This portable machine likely will pay for itself
many times over in saving Of freight and transpor-
taton costs on the larger pipe. The raw materials,
gravel, sand, cement and water can be transported
much more easily in truck loads than joints of huge
6 foot pipe.
Similar savings will be effected in the manufac-
ture Of the smaller sizes of the pipe and the directors
likely will be able to turn over the completed job
with a saving of several hundred thousand dollars.
Installation of concrete distributing systems will go
far to conserve water for irrigation purposes in the
Valley and permit development to continue while
steps are being taken which eventually viii lead to the
construction Of storage dams in the upper Rio
Grande.
Many problems face the men who are working for
eventual storage on the Rio Crande, and not the
least of these is the necessity for completing a treaty
with Mexico on the division of water thus irnpounded,
While these problems are being worked out one by
one, officials of irrigation districts throughout the
Valley, and everyone interested in the welfare Of this
section, viii watch with great interest the gigantic
undertaking Of the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo district.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-09
The Once Over
TIL INFLUENCE OF TICKET SYMBOLS ON THE
AMERICAN HOME
BY H. I. PHILLIPS

Wife: Well, dear, you're late for DNR.
Husband: I was detained at the OFC.
Wife: It's a lot of TRBL for the OK to keep things
warm when she doesn't know what TINE you're COM
ing HME
Husband: 1 know it. What are we having to-
night? I'm HGRY as a BR.
Wife: We're having LV and ONs.
Husband: Liver and onions? Good! Any zUP?
Wife: OF course.
Husband: What kind?
Wife: EMB, I think.
Husband: What's that?
Wife: English Mutton Broth. Oh, and I've a des-
sert you love.
Husband: Not PING
Wife: No, not Cabinet Pudding. Guess again.
Husband: APS?
Wife: No, not applesauce either.
Husband: I give up.
Wife: SSC.
Husband: Strawberry shortcake. Wonderful!
(They sit DOWN.
Wife; Please pass the SOL.
Husband: The what, dear?
Wife: SOL-the Staff of Life.
Husband: To be sure. And BTR
Wife: No, I'm not using BTR.
Husband: Why not?
Wife: It's too FTNG.
Husband: Darling, this ZUP doesn't taste like
Chowder.
Wife: 1t isn't FLvRD enough. 1t needs more
SIT and PEPR.
Husband: Why didn't we have any OTR CTL to-
night?
Wife: We couldn't get the oysters.
Husband: May I have my CFE now?
Wife: Certainly. Do you want it with or with
out GRIN?
Husband: No GRIN; just a little MILK.
Wife: And 6GR?
Husband: Yes, please.
Wife: How many?
Husband: One Imp, please.
Wife: You seem in a terribly hurry. Why? Are
we going out?
Husband: Yes, I've got TKTS to the THTR.
Wife: What's the show?
Husband: The Four x Brothers.
tCurtain).
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-09
ANSWERS TO HEALTH
QUERIES
I. x. Q.-What would o Si,i

though objecting to its presence and
trying to shove it back into the road.
Why the gate should 60 to all this
trouble was not obvious. 1t led to
nowhere. There was nj house to
defend, or farmland to preserve;
only rough stubble that easily be
reached without troubling the gate
at all, and that led, if its trackless
surface could be said to lead any
where, to the vague black structure
on the top Of the low hill.
by Jove-it's actually here!"
murmured Rupert.
The jolly old carl" replied Char
lie. I'm dashed!"
They examined it. To their re-
lief they found it in perfect work.
ing order. Whoever had stolen the
car had not crowned his perfidy
by malicious destruction.
GO in the road, while I back it,"
said Rupert.
Yves, mind the motor Buses" re-
piled Charlie.
A moment later the engine snort
ed, and the a lurched backwards
over the coarse Stubble.
Cant say that you managed that
with your usual SKILL" commented
Charlie, when the car was at a
standstill again in the road. ANY
thing wrong with the steering
gear?"
mo, but an idea occurred to me
while I was backing the thing" re-
sponded Rupert. I'm going to han
die the wheel just as little as !
can"
why? Has it offended you?"
I'll tell you why, Charlie. The
thief must have handled this wheel,
mustn't he? That means his finger
prints ought to be on it. When we
get back to Byford we'll e what
a little white chalk can reveal"
Capital notion!" nodded Charlie.
IT say, Rupert, are you one of those
detectives in disguise?"
II wish I were" answered Rupert.
"Then perhaps I'd be Of some real
use. Anyway, I know how to I'M
ravel finger prints, and If the re-
suits are good, we might buy a
cheap camera in the morning and
perpetuate the discovery. Let's have
a look over our kit and belongings
to make sure nothing'S missing.
Good to see it all again, isn't it?"
Eyes, quite like home" said Char
lie.
They examined their ruck sacks
and packages. Nothing had been
taken. The thief had evidently used
| the car merely for his getaway,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-09

theoretical one. I'm beginning to
this adorable creature who makes
sesible people take long journeys
and stand on their heads on Mount
Everest. If 1 don't see her soon, I'll
regard her as a myth. What's she
like?"
"Well-you know Evelyn Laye,
and Edna Best, and Tallulah Bank
head" responded Charlie, after a
moments consideration. Would
you call them beautiful
"Ratherl" agreed Rupert.
Il don't-now," answered Charlie.
They've simply ceased to exist"
You are a dolt!" laughed Rupert.
Il suppose you and Brown will be
challenging each other shortly. But.
don't forget, Brown found her first"
"BrownI" murmured Charlie,
scornfully.
Browns a good sort"
yes, of course he is. Sos the
man I buy my ties from. But I
can't see him hitching himself up
to Tallulah Bankhead."
Whereas our own particular dar-
ling will jump at the chance OF
having breakfast with a human
tub"
Charlie made no response. Tt sud-
denly occurred to Rupert that he
was becoming a little too flippant
for the solemnity of the occasion.
Sorry, old sport" he said sud-
denly.
mo, don't apologize-I'm the
fool" returned Charlie. I am a hu-
man tub all right, and, of course,
I'd never get a look in. All Brown
and I can hope for is to toss to
see who's to be Best Man. You
KNOW like Brown, too. Fancy a
common little teller like that hav-
ing such a sporting soull OF course,
I have to chip him-but he's Q. k"
"A white man in a blue funk"
suggested Rupert. Eyes, he's o. X.
The common little fellerS have just
the same chance of getting into
heaven as you and I have, Charlie.
! Their only disadvantage is that they
have less chance of finding a pre-
liminary on earth"
"True, oh, philosopher" nodded
Charlie. What about the other
one? The blimy chap with the
corf?"
"What-the tramp"
mo, the pedestrian who is merely
saving his hotel BILL" chuckled
Charlie. Il liked the way you de-
scribed him to that old occult fos-
sill"
well, I'll wager he's o. k, too.
Funny how you feel people, isn't
it? If we hadn't sensed that he
was white, behind his CRIME, we'd
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-09
Did They Import Bottle Rum?

Two dry congressman are on the rack. One halls
from Illinois and the other from Ohio. Representa-
tive William M. Morgan of Ohio is a dry republican.
He received the backing of the Anti-Saloon league in
his campaigns for office. He was accused of having
brought four bottles Of liquor into the country from
Panama. He was vindicated. Congressman NJ. A.
Michaelson Of Illinois, q dry republican and a favor
tie candidate for the Anti-Saloon league, is under in
dictment at Jacksonville. Fla, charging him with
importing liquor from Cuba. Nichaelson made bond
for his appearance in court to answer to the iadict-
ment. He is innocent. He admits it.
Michaelson voted for the Wesley Jones act. Now
If a lawmaker is convicted, will the federal judges
temper justice with mercy?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-09
Stock Holders Are Hit Hard

And now comes the announcement that the United
States farm loan board has levied an assessment Of
s3. 100000 on the 1900 stockholders Of the Kansas
City joint stock land bank.
This bank passed into the hands Of a receiver.
It's president and its secretary were sentenced to
terms of six years and a year and a day, respectively,
in federal prison for misapplication of funds.
The receiver has made his report. Estimated val
nation of assets and as they were carried on books
of the bank disclosed a ~shrinkage of from S5o,406,-
393.44 to 41,544,097.42.
Now the 1900 stockholders must go down in their
5eans and dig up So 1000. 1t appears to be posi-
b,e n wreck a Joint stock land bank. 1t happened
at kansas City. Those who dance must pay.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-09
Oklahoma For High Speed Limit

Oklahoma lawmaker are a fast set. They be-
lieve in going the limit. They enacted a new speed
law on Oklahoma state highways from IS to IS miles
an hour. Gov. w. J. Holloway signed the measure
AS it carried an emergency clause. it began to func-
ton after the governor had attached his signature to
the bill. Now the lawmakers will 60 ahead o~usting
supreme court justices and all other officials who
have aroused their ire since "The Four Horsemen'
started on the trail of the Hon. Star Reader john
ston.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-09

READ THE FIRST:
The plot concerns some weird
noises that no one can fathom.
They are underground sounds, be-
meath a supposedly haunted house
in Byford Moor. While eating in a
restaurant. Brown, a romantic
young clerk, overhearS a rough
looking man say, After her! And
if she's troubleSome-don't be par
ticular waht you do to her" Brown
trails the girl to the haunted house.
He has met Ruper and Charlie, two
young men on a walking trip, and
they join forces with him to dis
cover the secret. While in the
haunted house at night the three
young men see the girl. She mys-
teriouSly disappears. While talking
over plans, a stranger comes up
and tells them their car, which has
been taken, may be found in a field
a short distance from the house.
The strangers name is Samuel Brill.
Brown, the clerk, and Ted, the
tramp, are left at the house, while
Rupert and Charlie decide to get
the car.
CNOW GO ON WITH THE STORY)
CHAPTER XII
For the moment we will leave the
clerk and the laborer to their gaSpers
and to the enjoyment Of their brief
respite-in the case Of n of them
the respite was to prove exceeding
ly brie-and will follow.in the foot
steps of Rupert Blake and Charlie
Carfax as they turned rightwards
outside the gate and began to walk
to the spot where, a mile away, an
empty car had been sighted in the
entrance of a field.
well, what do you think of it?"
asked Rupert.
1t was the first time they had
been alone together since they had
taken Brown under their wing.
Mad" replied Charlie, with en-
gaging frankneSs. Mad, but inevi-
table"
How inevitable, Charlie? I didn't
know you were a fatalist."
I'm not. What I meant was that,
for a girl like the one we're making
fools of ourselves for, 1t would be in
evitable to stand on ones head on
Mount Everest if it would help her.
by Jovel" murmured Rupert,
looking at his companion c%uriously
Saint George does not languiSh
through obesity"
Shut upl" retorted the obese
Saint George. I'm starting rolling
exercises tomorrow"
Rupert smiled.
You know, you and that chap
Brown have had all the luck so far
he said. you have the personal
incentive, and I have merely the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-09

never have jawed 70 freely before
him. There's all sorts of people in
the world, and you can't read the
lot at a moments notice-but it's
queer how some of EN- get across
to you at once, without doing a
thing, or saying a word. I think
it's something-something simple in
their natures, eh? The simple
things are the best things in the
long run, you know"
Eyes, I used to think that when
I was doing arithemetic," acquieSced
Charlie. well, what about the oc-
cult old fossil? What did he call
himself? Roger Bacon?"
mo, Simon Brill"
ooh, yes, Simon Brill. did you
feel him? Is he simpler"
Perhaps he thought we WERE"
suggested Rupert.
Eyes, a lot of bosh he talked! I
suppose he's a spiritualist -. Well,
it was bosh, wasn't it."
"BoSh or not, no girl would book
a ticket at Kings Cross station just
to make a Decline for a house in
which she could meet the spirits
and listen to the echose Of a many
years old mine disaster! P'r'apS
I've got an open mind on spiritual
istic matters, Charlie-but, eve If
Simon Brill wasn't talking bosh, he
didn't explain everything.
He was talking bosh."
"All right. If you like. BY the
way, did you notice, he mentioned
'Coomber House? That was the
house the porter mentioned. We
didn't realize, did we, that we were
going to become so closely acquaint-
ed with it,"
Mon cheapeau, MOI I wonder if
the acquaintance is going to get any
closer?"
And on this thought they fell
into silence.
The lane at first had been bord-
cred with foliage, which intensified
its darkness, but now it emerged
into more open country, and be-
yond a low hill on their right they
! heard the distant breakers. A vague,
| black structure rose from the hill.
Once it had meant something. Now
it was the mere skeleton of ma
| chinery beyond service, an outpost
of the disused mine. 1t had the
aspect, though not the shape, Of a
huge scaffold.
Their road wound h~alf-round the
hill, then began to rise in ade-
pressed, purposely way into inky
moorland. But at the foot of the
rise the travellers reached their OBJ
jective. Half in and half out of a
gateway loomed a black object. The
Armstrong -Siddeley.
The gate leaned against it, as
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-09
IT'S ALL Z NOW

It IS now understood that when the customs guard
asked Congressman Morgan if he had any LIQUOR and
the congressman is supposed to have said, -Four bot
ties" it was all a misunderstanding. What the con-
gresham thought the customs man asked was
whether he had any undeclared seashell ornaments
hats or shawls in his baggage. The customs man
spoke in a loud voice and the congressman replied
Your roar ~startles." This was mistaken for -Four
bottles" Now it's all clear.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-09

The only wonder was that he had
not used it to get away farther.
"Hallo-What's this?" exclaimed
Rupert, suddenly.
He had taken his seat at the
wheel, and had turned on the lit
tie light that Illuminated the clock
and the speedometer. On the floor
by the accelerator, a tiny white OBJ
ject blinked up at him.
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-09
Star Lore
FOSSIL REMAINS OF PREHIS-
TORIC MAN
BY Arthur d. Carpenter

by arthur -. carpenter
Fossil remains Of five distinct
types Of prehistoric man have been
found. The first discovery of @he
kind was in 1848. The olde@@mS-
sis yet found are those - @the
Piltdown man in England; the next
oldest is the Heidelberg jaw; then
the Neanderthal man and, contem-
porary with him, the Trinal man
of Java. The fifth group of fos-
sis are those of the Cro-magnon
race. This last mentioned was in
the fullest sense an intellectual
race with large brain capacity and
splendidly developed physique. All
fossil races discovered other than
these, are far inferior to modern
man. They represent quite unre-
lated but emerging types.
more Tomorrow
Answers to Foregoing Questions
l. Alphonse Capone; "Scarface';
Mabel Walker Willebrandt.
2. Lily Langtry, English actress.
g.. Revolutionary general and ia
ther Of Robert z. Lee.
4. Proverbs xix, Is.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-09
Health and Right Living
gest for eyes that are blood shot?
BY ROYAL s. COPELAND, nj. ID.
Former Commissioner OF Health,

gest for eyes that are blood shot?
A.-Have a careful examination,
as it is possible you need glasses.
M. r. K. Q.-What do you adj
wise for blackheads?
A.-Correct the diet, by cutting
down on sugar. starches and coffee.
Eat simple food and avoid consti-
patton.
j. S. 5. Q.-What will stop a per-
son from drinking excessively?
A.-Chronic alcoholism is a con7a
dition very difficult to treat. With y
drawal Of alcohol Is ESSENTIAL.
Place the patient in an institution
where he can be watched during
the trying period of the first two
weeks.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-09

Who am /? What is my nick
name? Who recently ordered me
arrested?
Who was the Jersey Lily?"
Who was Light Horse Harry"
Lee?
He that keepeth the command
ments keepeth his own soul; but
he that despiseth his ways shall
die" Where is this passage
found in the Bible?
Today's Horoscope
Persons born on this day are able
to influence others easily. They
like to be leaders and are unwill-
ing to be but cogs of the wheel.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-09
She THOUGHT HER
Case HOPELESS
Yet ALL-BRAN Brought
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NO Trouble Since

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