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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-06
LEGAL FRAUD
Is CHARGED
County Officials Named
In Suit Filed In
Edinburg
Especial to The Heraldl

Especial 70 The Herald
McALLEN, March GA suit was
filed in Judge J. z. Leslie's e3rd
district court in Edinburg late to-
day In which the plaintiffs. d. G.
Earnest, or Mercedes, j. Z. Berry
Of Edinburg. p. w. Perkins Of
Mercedes, B. s. Graham and A.
l.. Nelson OF McAllen, ask for an
injunction enjoining the defendants.
a number OF county officials from
fulfilling a contract alleged to have
been made with j. c. EpperSon OF
Edinburg for the collection Of del
inquent taxes, preparation Of lists
OF owners and lien holders Oh each
delinquent tract, making Of nee
essary maps and plats Of the del
inquent tracts and bringing down
to March !, 1880, the plat book OF
block map system Of Hidalgo coun-
ty, making a complete abstract Of
delinquent property taxes for all
years prior to and including 1929
and to assist county attorney in
the collection OF the delinquent
taxes.
The defendants are A. w. Cam
eron. county judge; w. ID. Chadlck,
Robert Henderson, S. nj. Hargrove,
w. L. Lipscomb, county commits
sioners: .. EN-. Jones. county tax
collector; O.. w. Walton, county
treasurer; o. r. Lilies, county u
ditor; and j. C. Epperson, Edin-
burg attorney.
Under the terms OF the alleged
contract, according to the petition.
Epperson was to receive % per cent
OF all state and county taxes. in
GLIDING road district, drainage dis
trict and common school district
taxes, penalties and Interest, for
his work, regardless Of whether the
taxes were collected by the tax
collector, county attorney, or Ep-
person.
The petition alleges that under
the terms OF the contract, Epper-
son, II allowed to proceed with the
collection OF delinquent taxes as Of
February i. 1880. will receive as
compensation about 1912 900. where
as the cost Of Epperson's " <
would amount 10 about $4,000. The
petition declares that the amount
is so grossly excessive and I'M
reasonable and unconscionable as
to constitute a legal fraud upon
these plaintiffs and other taxpayers
OF Hidalgo county"
The petition sets forth a number
OF reasons why the contract is
illegal and prays for Judgment max
ing the injunction permanent and
asking for cancellation Of the con-
tract in its entirety.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs are
Geo. q. Clough. Grade Galloway OF
Edinburg and B. d. Kimbrough OF
McAllen. Hearing OF the petition was
set for March II.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-06
Pharr Votes March 10
On Hotel Site Gift

10 III
PHARR. March 6.-The voting TO
donate the park site, located on the
intersection Of the highway from
the north and the main street"
highway Of the Rio Grande Valley.
is the only thing holding back ac-
tual work on the hotel to be built
on that site, according to city Of
ficials.
The election TO be held on March
10 to get permission from the citi-
zens to donate the park, acros the
street from the Missouri Pacific de-
pot. to the party who will erect a
first-claSs hosiery. IL Is reported
that final arrangements have been
made and that work will begin I'm
mediately after the people vote to
donate the building site.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-06
Day In Congress
Thursday

Senate:
Continues consideration Of tariff
bill.
Lobby committee resumes Muscle
Shoals investigation.
House:
Takes UP special orders, includ-
ing addresses by several members,
and considers special rule 10 govern
debate on Parker notorious bill.
Judiciary committee continues
taking testimony Of drys opposing
proposals to repeal eighteenth am
endment.
Wednesday
Senate:
Voted increase In sugar tariff.
Philip p. Campbell, former Rep
resenattive from Kansas, denied
before Lobby committee that he
has lobbied against oil tariff for
Standard OIL company OF New
Jersey.
Establishment OF q government
commission with authority TO suS-
pend cotton futures exchanges up
on sufficient showing" IS recon-
mended BY senate cotton investi-
eating committee.
House:
Voted TO recommit to banking
committee the Brand bill to forbid
malicious circulation OF false state
ments about the condition OF Ma
tional bank.
Judiciary committee began taking
testimony Of drys In opposition to
repeal OF the eighteenth amend
ment.
Military affairs committee con-
tinued hearings on Wright bill TO
lease Muscle Shoals.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-06
Woman Tells How She
Lost 10 Pounds of Fat In II DAYS

particle or poisonous waste matter and
harmful acids n gases are expelled
from the system.
At the same time the stomach. liver.
Kidneys and bowels are toned up and
the pure. fresh blood containing Ma
lures six life-giving salts are carried
TO every organ. gland. nerve and fibre
OF the body and hts is followed by
that Kruschen feeling" OF energetic
health and activity that IS reflected IN
bright eyes. clear skin. cheerful vvacity
and charming figure.
II you want to lose fat with speed
get an Csc bottle Of Kruschen Salts
from McKay's Pharmacy or any live
druggist anywhere in America with
the distinct understanding that you
must be satisfied with results or
money back.-Adv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-06

During October a woman in Mon
tana wrote-"My first bottle Of
Kruschen Salts lasted almost 4
weeks and during that time / lost
10 pounds of fat-Kruschen is all
you claim for It'll fell better than
! have for years"
Here's the recipe that banishes
fat and brings into blossom all the
natural attractiveness that every
woman possesses.
Every morning take one half tea
spoonful Of Krushen Salts in a glass
OF hot water before breakfast.
Be sure and do this every morning
for Its the little daily dose that takes
off the fat."-Don't miss a morning.
The Kruschen habit means that every
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-06

union service. and will talk at the
high school here at IL q. m. Mon
day.
He will address wornen or San
Eenito ut the Palace Theater Mon
day afternoon at $3.50. and will talk
at a JOINT service club meeting Mon
day evening az 7:3O.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-06

missioners' court approved In June
1927, a final estimate Of sl61,500 for
the work although 10 was not COM
pleted until Jan. 1928. and that q
total Of s23o,000 In county war
rants was issued TO Jones for the
work.
The second contract was made
with Bnel Lanier and provided that
he would make an index OF chattel
mortgage records, bin Of sale rec
ords, commissioners court minutes
and lis pendens records at q price Of
80 cents per hundred words and
would transcribe so volumes OF deed
records at the price of fifteen cents
per hundred words. In the minutes
Of q commissioners court meeting
held March /, 1927. however. Ii was
agreed that Lanier would be paid
$3.50, 900 for the work, regardless OF
the amount.
The report. declares the jury's in
v~estigation. shows that IL "a really
made with c. E. Jones and that it
was understood Jones would do the
work The report stated the jury
found the amount of the work done
undc- the Lanier contract to
amount to 8 5,sl2.34 but that the
commissioners court issued war
rants for $4,000 in payment for
same.
The report says In the opinion of
the jury the price Of 30c per hun
dred words was exhorbitant and
the raise In price to 46 cents per
hundred words was gross extTava-
gance or mismanagement OF pub
lie affairs"
The jury failed TO return indlct-
ments In this matter because 1t was
unable to obtain evidence that any
county official was directly inter-
ested in either Of these contracts"
The investigation showed that a
bond issue Of sl.620.000 has been
voted for q flood control project
but that a total OF $4,140,O0O has
been expended in its construction
The difference between the amount
or the bond issue and the total cost
OF the project, more than two and
a half million dollars. was issued IL
warrants without the consent OF the
people, the report shows.
The jurors we're: Ben Anthony
McAllen; Harold V~ertrees. Donna. w.
II. Bone. Mercedes: Alfred LiSsner
Donna; w. Fl. Carlisle. Mercedes;
s. II. Batson. Edinburg: Ashley
Cawthon, Pharr: O. w. Stone, Wes-
laco: II. l.. Goss. Mercedes; Paul
d. Miller McAllen; +. J. Polk, Mer-
cedes: and o. d. Kirkland. Edin-
burg.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-06
Child Welfare Talks
To Be I'm San Renito
[Enecial Ed The Herald.)

Especial 70 The HeraldJ
SAN BENITO, March 6-Program
for DR.. Charles z. Barker. child
welfare speaker. on his visit here
was announced today by the Rotary
club.
He Is to speak at the First Bap-
list church Sunday night, at r
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-06
Garage Removed To
New CITY Quarters

Dutch's Garage announces remov-
al TO new quarters at 1927 Levee
street. next to the Riverside hotel.
The old location was at Tenth and
Levee streets where the garage did
business for some time.
Larger space will be available in
the new quarters and the garage
will continue its parking. washing,
storage and repair service.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-06
Laundry Purchased

(Spe> ial to The Herald.)
SAN BENITO. March 6-Purchase
OF The San Benito Laundry here,
which has operated in the city for
Is years. by the Valley Laundries,
Inc, was announced today by z. G.
James. president OF the Valley or
ganization.
The company has laundries at
McAllen. Weslaco, Harrington, and
already owns the Ideal Laundry in
San Benito.
New equipment Is being put in.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-06
Valley Cooperation
Lauded by Inspector
Especial to The HeraId.)

10 Tic TIT dIusT
HARLINGEN. March 6.-Valley
people have cooperated in remov-
ing fruit from their citrus trees In
compliance with the federal quar-
antine host free peAod in a very
satisfactory manner. according to
M. II. Ford, who is in charge Of the
work.
1.-THE people Of the entire section
have been as conscientious in this
matter as we could have asked" Mr..
Ford said. Il have never cen more
general cooperation in a project Of
this kind, and I wish TO express my
sincere appreciation to the people
OF the Valley"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-06
Scout Drive Funds
To Be Announced

HARLINGEN. March ga large
thermometer. placed on the side Of
the Baxter building. will give the
public the temperature OF the
Boy Scout finance drive which Is
10 be launched IN this city next
Monday, according 70 John T.
Floore, secretary.
The campaign here will be to
raise a fund Of $1,000. which is
Harlingen's objective Of the total.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-06

MARY Joe was troubled with con-
stipation," says Mrs. T. d. McGin-
MS, 1923 Drexel Ave, San Antonio.
"She was sallow and bilious: didn't
have any appetite; couldn't digest
her food.
California Fig Syrup has chang
ed all that. IL regulated her bow
els quickly; improved her appetite
and digestion. She has improved
right along until friends say she's
q regular prize winner for health"
Mothers by thousands praise
California Fig Syrup. Physicians
endorse It. Its rich, fruity flavor
appeals to children: its pure vege-
table goodness is safe for any child.
The PROMPT relief 1t brings bilious,
headachy. constipated children lasts
because It helps tone and strength
en- bowels and stomach. Next
time bad breath. coated tongue or
feverishness warn OF constipation.
trv It with your child and see how
II helpsl
When buying. look for the name
california; That marks the gen.
Inc, famous for 50 years. adv.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-08-25
Il G Al NO TlcE
IN THE PROBATE. COURT FOR SEWARD PRECINCT, TERR- TORY OF ALASKA, THIRD
 DIVISION, AT SEWARD.
IN THE MATTER OF. THE ES- TATE OF JOHN GILLESPIE. De ceased.

IN THE MATTER OF. THE ES- TATE OF JOHN GILLESPIE. De ceased.
 HE, s+o. 1es ''o o.i. NOTICE OF IF ZINC UPON AND sETTLF,rrNr OF FINAL REPORT AND ACCOUNT.
 Public Not.oe is hereby given that on Jrlv 2eeh. 19sO, Frank Gillespie. Administration of the Es- tate of John Gillespie, deceased, filed in and submitted to the above entitled Probate Court his final report and account as such Ad- min strator of his Administration of said Estate and that the said Court has, by order. appointed 2 time and place for the hearing of objections to and settlement of final report and account: to-wit: at the Court Room of said Court At Seward, in the Seward Pre- cinct, Territory of Alaska, Third Division. on the 1st day of Oct, 1880. at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day, and Notice to all is hereby given that the said Court at such hearing will settle said Estate and will adiudicate and decree who the heirs and distributes of said de- eased person. are. o 51zsd l7dsoaf
 td aElJ FRANK GILLESPIE
 Administrator of the Estate
 of John Cillespc, deceased
 First publication July 3l, 1850
Seward daily gateway., 1930-08-25
sO WELL PLEASED
 WITH HUN! 0F 1928.
 COMES BACK FOR MORE

A. c. Barrow of Lynchberg, Va, who has chartered the yacht 'WestWard', out of the Port of Seward Friday night for the Kenai Peninsula, is the owner of large chain of department stores eX- tending from the Mississippi to the west. The present. big game hunt will be of 50 day duration. under the auspices of the Kodiak Guide Associai Charles Mad sen, field manager and head of the three year-old organization, and who is one ofsthe few licensed guides in Alaska familiar with Arctic hunting and also, who is a navigator, as we'll For many years he hunted walrus in the Alaska and Siberian Arctic on his own schooner. the famous Sea Wolf"
 MI. Barrow hunted in South- eastern Alaska in the spring of 1929 and was So well pleased with the Westward and his hunt that he had to return North for a more extended one fsta te sftI
 Following the Kodiak hunt the vessel may sail direct for South eastern Alaska but if time permits MT. Barrow may touch Seward, sOuthbound.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-08-25
hT THE HOTELS

SEWARD Warren R. Neil, Jack Morton, Marjorie Seller, Charotte Lynn, John Jercsin, Henry Arthur, Nick Madkuk, Mrs. A. Popopp, T. w. Peyton. L. B. Hardey, w. L. Heri- van, Jaul Auckonek, Geo. w. Waf- fork, Miss Erull Greenlee, Mrs. F. H. Launsbury, F. c. Swartz, c. J. Sim mes, Floyd c. Betts, Tom J. Nc Lartnig, Lenord Berlin, T. N. H. Zccey, Ruth Moodey. H. Dickerson, w. N. Reed, Dan Qva, A. H. M Con- ard. H.f N HEaa
 GILLIAND- Mrs. A. N. Nilsson,
Seward daily gateway., 1930-08-25
SEATTLE A HOURS FROM
 CHICAGO BY NEW ROUTE

CHICAGO, Aug, 25, lP)-An air rail hookup completed this sum ner places Spokane, Wash, in the far northwest, just A hours from Chicago
 The journey between Chicago and st. Paul will be by way of the Chicago and North Eest2ra rai-road, 1t St. Paul passengers will board Manner air liners. Stops are scheduled for Aberdeen, s. D., Niles City, Billings, Butte and Lissoula, Montana
Seward daily gateway., 1930-08-25

Handsome Adolph Rogers, of Unga fame and his younger bro- ther, Raymond, were among the incoming arrivals on the SS Starr. Adolph is junior and Ray, soph.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-08-25
Vivian Nilsson, Norman Nilsson.
 OVERLAND-W. M. O'Brien.

Mrs. Gardner and daughters Dora and Anne, were passengers on the s. s. Starr from False Pass to Ball. kofsky where they are to visit for few days.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-08-25

Robt. McCombe, former stu dent and AlasS2 College athlete, is on board the ss Yukon enroute 10 the College where he will en- roll for the term.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-08-25

A couple of the big boys play ing with the Navy teams last n5te, gave a pretty exhibition cf 'hipp- ing"
Seward daily gateway., 1930-08-25

Fresh Haas cana7. SCHALLER- ER'S ALASKA SHOP
Seward daily gateway., 1930-08-25

Try a Fresh Raspberry Sun dae"- ALASKA GROWN -- Schal- lerer's Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-08-25

COOPER'S HAVE FRESH MILK EVERY DAY.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-01-02
THINK SAFETY

If our terrible accident record is to
be lowered Americans must learn to
think in terms of accident prevention.
IN the home, in industry and in the
automobile the majority of accidents
occur not only because someone is
careless but because someone fails to
automatically do the right thing in ain
emergency.
1t is a noteworthy fact that the
great decrease made in recent years
in the industrial accident record has
been the result of an attitude of mind
that makes safety an essential. in
tegral part of any industrial operation
Executives think in terms of safety,
exactly as they think in terms of profits
or production.
In many of the schools of the nation
children, through the medium of
graphic, interesting lessons, with an
appeal to the imagination, are being
taught accident prevention. They are
shown that safety should be a major
factor III any act, AS result, a COM
ing generation will have subconscious
automatic grasp of the accident pro-
blem that will save countless lives in
future years. The work has already
borne fine fruit in that the death and
injury rate among children in schools
where safety is part II the curricula,
is constantly decreasing
Adult Americans can all take a
lesson in safety from the schools where
their children are being educated and
from the great employing industries.
1t is said that no one has sound
grasp of foreign language until he
can think in it; in exactly the same
way no one grasps the accident pro-
blem until safety is constant factor
in his mental processes.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-01-02
A PALACE FOR AGRIcuLTuRE

BY March |, the Department of
Agriculture will be dwelling in marble
halls,-interspersed with little oak
and walnut but conspicuously marble,
nevertheless, The first of Uncle Sans
new buildings to be completed will be
no gh-and-ready structure. All the
exterior is OF marble from Georgia and
Massachusetts,. Fifteen different kinds
of the same material are being used
in the interior trim at cost of $780,
600 Corridor floors on the first two
stories are marble as is the wainscoat
o. these corridors. A curved marble
stairway framed in mural paintings
leads from the entrance lobby to the
second floor.
Variations of the marble motif are:
oak floors in evry office, walnut trim
for door frames on the lower floors
and stained birch above; walnut wains-
coat and cornices for the Secretary's
suite of offices; and fifteen-thousand (
dollar bronze doors at the main en-
frances. The building does not lack
rural touches. however On the front
facade, above the row of fluted
columns, are carved quotations from
st. Paul, George Washington and
Abraham Lincoln. each of which
eulogizes husbandrys place in society
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-01-02
INSURANCE MAKES PROGRESS
POSSIBLE

No factor of our industrial civiliza-
ton plays more important part in the
lives of our citizens than insurance.
1t is not only an integral part of our
progress; it makes progress and
achievement possible.
The automobile on the highway; the
ship crossing the ocean: the new sky
scraper towering into The clouds; the
freight train carrying commodities
from producer to consumer-insrance
is vital necessity in all of these
activities, without protection against
accident, fire or loss, no one could
take the tremendous risks of building
employing labor, or operating factories
Because of the safeguard provided by
insurance man may function to the
limit OF his abilities, unafraid Of ruin
or irremediable loss due to circum-
stances outside his control.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-01-02
POLITICS THIS WEEK

To thousands of plain citizens who
are struggling with the aftermath of
Christmas bills, tariff study made
by the Democratic National Committee
should come as cheering note. 1t
| shows what Mr.. Consumer has been
saved by the defeat" of the Smoot-
Eawley Bill in the Senate. The
statistics are so impressive that the
more telling ones deserve universal
! attention.
If the Smoot- Hawley Bill had been
enacted tax of twenty percent would
have been laid on shoes, one of group
OF articles still maintaining war prices,
the study shows. An ordinary suit of
clothes worth twenty dollars would cost
thirty dollars. A ten dollar hat would
have been taxed twenty percent.
Wonen's shoes, stockings, dresses,
coats, underwear and toilet articles
would have been increased from ten to
seventy-five percent q
In the field of miscellaneous articles,
aluminium, that indispensable material
of kitchen utensils, would have carried
tax of siXty-five percent. Sugar
would have been taxed one dollar on
every hundred pounds. Even bath
sponges would have been burdened
with tariff increasing the price OF
each sponge by sixty percent. The
price of cleanliness, as far as toilet
soap is concerned. would have been
augmented by thirty cents on each
dollars worth. That early morning
buzz that gets you out of bed would
have come from an alarm clock that
carried a fifty percenU tax.
Furniture, which is still selling at
prices characteristic of the war period,
now carries a tariff of thirty-three
percent. The already excessive cost Of
china and earthenware would have
been greatly stimulated. And so on.
1t almost seems worth while enough
to proclaim second Thanksgiving
after the bill has actually passed in
revised form.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-01-02
Burton Pharmacy
PRESCRIPTIONS
Drugs and
Toilet Articles
Phone Red 1901
BURTON, WASH.
ROADS FOR 1880

n is FORECAST thot no stotos ,n
spend annroximotelv 4, ,oo mn oon a,n'
inc ,oao on hiohwo. i'y non,tr,,, Wv,
Nrnnic,no,itios and oa,,n, I's WV us', W..
nected 10 exnond n, on,,a, o,,a,,,,. -,
n total NJ over two hi,,,an dn,,ara . rr ~
is n suhsto,tioi ,noraasa a'na 100 40
a onerter.ce,t,ry aao roaa i h.,,,,,,,,.
opnronrintinns wero an ,ss,rn,s,oa,,,
BART Of any eov.,rnmont h,,deat. nar,
thov aro ayco e a., sa.,. Ds .1Is nov
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-01-02
HOW ABOUT IT9

1t has been said that any principle
must be considered in its extreme ap-
plication. Following this axiom, a
consideration of the principle OF gov
ernment ownership of industry pro-
duces results not bargained for by its
advocates.
The government could operate farms
and eliminate taxes, insurance, profits
and commercial interest rates.
Fool is the most necessary of all
commodities and the logical industry
to come first in any program of ma
tionalization of business Clothing
should come next.
Then, there is probably lot of waste
due to so many makes of automobiles
being produced, with each manufacture
er trying to get jump ahead of the
next. How about government manu-
featuring business which would eli.nin-
ate new models?
The country printers have had a
touch of government competition in the
printing of addresses on envelopes.
How about a government daily, pre-
senting all the news and sold at cost
Champions of government owner
ship of the "other fellows" industry
might change their views if the dead
hand of bureaucracy fell on their own
businesses.
Another question is, whose property
would pay the added taxes Necessary
to supply public revenues lost on tax
free publicly owned enterprises