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The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-11-27
Driver License Test
Should Be Easy to Pass
Experience in Other States Shows
Only Small Percentage of Ap-
plicants Fail

plicants Fail
At this time when the Minnesota
State Automobile Association is
strenuously advocating the adop-
ton Of drivers license law in this
state it is natural that there should
be a great deal of misunderstand-
ing and false impression regarding
the prctical workings of the pro.
posed law, in the opinion Of E.
Ray Cory, of Austin, Minnesota, a
member of the Executive Board of
that body.
ITO allay such misapprehension,"
said Mr.. Cory, "and enable the in
terested citizen to find out just
how drivers license examinations
are given, what they mean, and
how it is that such control over
drivers can produce 20 per cent
reduction in accidents, the Nation
al Safety Council recently con.
Quoted survey of the administra
tive procedure of the motor We
hicle bureaus in California, Con-
necticut, Maryland, Massachusetts,,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
York, Pennsylvania Rhode Island,
Vermont and the District of Co.
lumbia. ..~-
A tabulation of the number of
vehicles and number of registered
drivers in each state shows an av-
erage of 1.24 licensed operators per
vehicle and an average of about 13
new applications for licenses each
year, per 100 drivers already Ii
censed. Thus if a drivers license
law was effective in Minnesota for
the first time, with approximately
100000 motor vehicles, it would be
necessary to issue about 100000
licenses at once without exarnina-
tion and about $4,000 new applica-
tions would be received and exani-
nations given during the next
twelve months.
Experience in the states with
such license laws shows that from
10 per cent to 40 percent of the ap-
plicants are turned down the first
time they try to pass the tests.
The percentage to whom license is
finally refused ranges from a small
fraction of 1 per cent to 3 per cent
as maximum. All but a very few
ultimately meet the requirements.
Less than per cent of licenses in
force are revoked or suspended
each year, even this number would
amount to the considerable total of
5000 to 10000 in Minnesota, each
of them a potentially or actually
dangerous driver, removed tempor-
arily or permanently from the high
ways"
While nearly all the states ap-
peal to the courts from decisions
of the motor vehicle commissioner
with regard either to issuing, sus-
pending or revoking a license, in
practice few appeals are taken.
Three of the eleven states had no
appeals during 1929, three others
had one appeal each, which were
not successful, the others had only
a few.
In California from 20 to go per-
cent OF the examinations are given
by deputized local officials; in New
Hampshire all examinations are SO
given. In most of the states the
examination includes an oral test
while in some a written test is
used. All except two OF the states
require a road test as practical
demonstration Of driving ability.
Special tests of eyesight and hear
ing are found in only few states.
In nine of the eleven states all ex-
Of new drivers are CIV
en- by the staff of the state motor
vehicle department.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-11-27

While in court on a liquor charge
Bill Lundy Of Knoxville, Tenn,
complained that his home had no
street number, so the Judge post
poned the case until the house had
been given a number tag.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-11-27

Deputy Sheriff Horace Logan of
Richmond, Ind, gave up his search
for liquor after investigating a sus-
picious looking box which contain
ed a beehive.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-11-27
Sauk Centre Country
Club Closes Good Year
Directors and Officers Elected at
Annual NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Names Committees

The Sauk Centre Country Club
had very successful year as was
disclosed at the annual meeting of
the stockholders Thursday evening
of last week.
The report of Secretary v. T.
Conklin disclosed that there were
143 playing members this year,
about 120 of them residing in this
city. The others were from Mel
rose and OSakis.
Green fees for transients amoulS-
ed to $4,000. This was an increase
of about $400 over any previous
year. The following summarized
statement shows the receipts and
disbursements for the fiscal year
ending Nov. 20:
Receipts
Balance on hand November
The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-11-27

At the recent Dallas, Tex, state
fair Alice McPhetridge Of Wichita,
Kans., was pronounced the prett-
lest girl in 8 colleges.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-11-27

.........-..-.------.... Laurence Burschite
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-13

versational tone: well, son, there's
Just one thing that hasn't been
done. You might put out that fire
This Is Smoky Joe
Joseph B. Martin graduated from
New York City's college and joined
the fire department when he was
20. after a clerkship had proven too
tame. That was in 1884, two years
before Kenlon became a fireman.
BY 1896, Martin was a battalion
chief and had won his cherished
nickname Of Smoky Joe.S
IT happened at a warehouse cell
lar fire. Thirty firemen had been
removed. unconscious, when a last
tally showed another missing. Crop
ing back into the eddying fumes. a
rescue squad found him flat on the
floor. a nozzle wedged between two
crates. still playing water on the
flames. When they dragged him out.
still conscious. a chief introduced
him to reporters: This. gentlemen,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-13

In The Divorce" which opened
last night at the Capitol theaier.
Norma Shearer again conclusively
L-oves that she has few compeers
on the talking screen The ste.
who has n poise and beauty all her
own. gives an intensely moving por-
trait or q woman who IN an attempt
To- meet the starliards of a SOphis-
ticated society gives herself up to
promiscuous living and almost sue
ceeds in losing her husband into the
bargain.
Miss Shearer is seen as jerry
Bernard. daughter of "a millionaire.
who. after three years OF married
life. discovers that Ted. her nus
band. has recently carried on a la
ison with Janice. Bitterly hurt, she
forces herself To accept the eNplana-
ton or her husband that he sttll
loves her only and that the affair
was simply an unimpOrtant phenom-
enon Of the current moral code OK
modern civilization.
When, however. She subsequently
meets her husband at his uWn game
and gives herself to his best friend.
Ted looks nc things In an entirely
different light and deserts her. Ut
teriy disillusioned. jerry abandons
herself t0 "A period 0f free living
After a notorious existence "a CLIMAX
reveals to her the futilitv ar her
actions and I'M an unexpected man
ner she c0ntTives to win her hu5~
band back again.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-13

West 10 acres block AZ. Mcleod
Hood Properties l 100000.
Valley Orchards Rel. o. TO Nc
Leod-Hood Co.; west 10 acres block
AZ. McLeod-Hood Properties $4,000
G. F. Thomas to L. J. W.ther-
spoon: lot s block b" Jardin Ter
race Sub. s2168.00.
Port Isabel Irrigation co. to d.
z. McCammon ct ux.; blocks 40.
43, A. Section 5. Port Isabel Irrig.
Co. Unit 3 Bayview Citrus Groves
Sub. S14.625.00.
T. r. and Hattie S. Sibson to II.
B. Cannon: lot 3 block 80, Santa
Rosa $1,000.
Frontier Lumber Co. to r. p. Gil
more: lots 1884 and 1895 block 40,
Colonia Victoria Addn. Brownsville
S37500.
Port Isabel Co. 70 r. B. Arm
strong: lot 9 block So. Port Isabel,
sl593.75.
Santa Helena Implement CO. TO
william Magee ct ux.; west IL OF
the north 1-2 block 4l8, San Benito
Irrigation Co. $4,000.
C.. II. Colgin to William Magee
et TX: west 1-2 Of south l-2 block
4l8. San Benito Irrig. Co. $4,000.
A. F.. Parker to Miss Lily M.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-13

Rose; south 20 acres block 8, Orange
Grove Park Sub. La Feria Grant
100000.
w. L. McElwain e TX. to Orpna
NJ. Thompson: lots 10 and II block
/. Ebony Heights Addn. Harrington
$1,000 and $4,000.
G. S. Thomson TO Jane A. Harper;
south 5 acres of north 1443 acres
block Z Monte Grande Sub. $1,000.
H. T. Ramsey ct TX. to w. L.
Tedford: lot 2 and 8 block 3, Har-
lingen $1,000 and 2250.00.
VIII Sibson ct ux OF Merle Bray
mer: north 10 acres Of south 20
acres, block 26. Collins Sub. La
Feria Grant. $1,000 and 100000.
J.. L. Strausbaugh to j. c. Lem
ons; lots 5, 6. block 5. Nicholson
Place Addn. Harlingen $1,000.
The American Land co. Texas to
z. T. Ealy ct ux.; lot Is Stuart
Place Sub. sf2.350.O0.
Port Isabel Irrigation Co. 10
Luther Creason ct TX; part blocks
g.. 10. section s. Bayview Citrus
Groves Sub. S13.550.O0.
Luther Creason ct ux. to Port
Isabel Irrigation Co; block Q. sec
ton s, Unit 3. Bayview Citrus
Groves. Sub. $1,000.
Port Isabel Irrig. Co. TO Charles
H. Taylor ct Tx; south 3. ) acres
OF north Z acres of block 4. Bay
view Citrus Groves Sub. Unit 2.
100000.
O.. II. Raymond TO G. H.. Muel-
Ter: undivided IL interest lot :
Nelson Addn. Harrington, $1,000.
Port Isabel Irrlg. co. TO II. M.
SHELTON. Jr.. lot IS block 118. Port
Isabel City S2800O0.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-13
Norma Shearer's
Performance Stars

Norma Shearer's versatility reaches
fresh fields in her new Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer talking picture tri-
umph, THE Divorce" which opened
last night wit a mindight matinee
at the Rivoli theater. San Benito,
and will continue for a three-day
run starting today.
Rising from the sordidness OF
Mary Dugan" to the sparkle OF
Mrs. Cheyney," and then abruptly
turning to the youthful buoyancy
OF "Theif Own Desire" the Metro
Goldwyn Mayer star has expert
enced another startling metamor-
phosis in the most daring role OF
her career.
In this bold plunge into martial
discomfort, striking deep into the
foundations of that traditional in
stitution, Miss Searer energies with
new laurels, achieving the finest
performance she has ever accom-
plished In her Characterization OF
the modern wife who fights fire
with fire and dares to tell her way
ward husband OF her trifling. Miss
Shearer ~negotiates a most difficult
role. endOwing the part with the
finesse Of a stage veteran. Indeed 1t
is enigmatical that this young play
or. lacking even a brief contact with
the theater. could be SO deity ca
pable of the fine shadings with
which she sketches this tragic fig
ure in sympathetic tones.
Chester Morris OF Sergeant
Grischa" fame. plays opposite Miss
Shearer as the husband. and Rob-
erty Montgomery and Conrad Nagel
are also in the cast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-13
BY PAUL HARRISON
NFA Gerv. e Writer

NEW YORK, July 1.-Two OF the
worlds most celebrated fi-emen
have decided, al reports to the
contrary, that they're gonig 10 die
with their boots Do. Chief John
Kenlon OF the New York City Fire
Department is 10 now, and Smoky
Joe" Martin, his assistant, Is 68.
Both could have retired more than
a decade ago. But smoke and flame
are still tie breath c. life to them;
and will be the DEF h too. apparent
ly, before they give up bossing the
biggest department. at tn biggest
fires in tie biggest city.
They both collapsed a few months
ago-th L Il Smol-.- Joe was able
to finish fighting his fire from a
stretcher-and during their slow
convalescence there was a lot Of
talk 10 the effect that "the chiefs
will never roll - another -"
Through Many Adventures
But they won't quit, and the
city can't ] axe them quit. Ken
lon might get life duty" as a sort
OF pensiorar. but because OF in
iuries sustained at a fire l,st jan
uary. Chief Kenlon can remain II
the depar' 1t at full pay FIR the
rest Of his life.
Probably never again. as they
have in the past. will these men
90 down 500 feet in a burning SUBJ
way shaft to rescue imprisoned
workers. or climb TO the tops OF
bridge towers to save men maroon
ed by burning ladders. or dash into
flaming buildings. with walls ano
floors ~tottering and falling about
them TO carry trapped people 70
safety. They'll be unable TO 90 into
high-pressure locks in tunnels
under Manhattan's rivers to save
the lives OF sand hogs or brave
the smoke of blazing docks as
flames lick at tons OF INT.
For the first time In their re-
spective 43 and As years of service
Kenlon and Smoky Joe will ask
men to perform feats they cannot
do themselves. But they will CONT
nue. TO dominate their organization
-Kenlon with bellows that re-echo
through the city's canyons. Martin
with terse. low-voiced commands
to his scampering aides.
That's the difference in the men.
both Of whom are intelligent. we'll
read. modest and privately self
effacive. But Kenlon isn't quiet at
his work. Self-possessed and lordly.
he meets fury with ~fury-and his
fury wins. His men take double
punishment under fire and water
and their chiefs tongue. And they
love Il.
Then they tell a story OF the ia
nous Greenpoint oil fire, which
ragged for three days out Of control.
with the river a lake Of seething
flame. A prominent citizen who was
known as a chronic buff" OF vol
unteer. dashed among the tanks TO
Smoky Joe. who was in charge.
Chief. he yelled. "let me do some
thingl What can I do?"
Martin halted n moment beside
a gasoline vat that might have gone
any second. and said said in con-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-13
BOY
|SCOU'l


Robert Ernst Of Brownsville,
Chairman Of the Camp Committee
Of the Lower Rio Grande Valley
Boy Scout Council, has announced
the completion Of the plans for the
annual scout training camp 70 be
held at Camp Perry, lear Rio
Hondo.
The safety Of scouts who will
be under the direction of the Coun-
Gil during the camp was, OF course,
the primary consideration Of the
Camp Committee" said Mr.. Ernst,
Sanitation is being adequately
cared for; all the water work will
be in charge of men who are train
ed members Of the Red Cross Life
Saving Corp, and in addition 70
maintaining a complete First Aid
station. a competent medical Of
ficer will be IN camp at all times.
Expert cooks will prepare the food
and the menues have been worked
out by competnet dietitians. There
will be lots OF good wholesome food,
prepared in the spotlesS kitchen"
As in the past three years. the
Council is stressing troop activities
for the summer camp. and Valley
troops will come to the camp IN
charge of their own leaders. The
Council Is constantly endeavo-ing
70 build up the effectiveness Of
every troop. and the whole camp
program is planned TO this end.
Many Camp Sites
Camp sites will be allotted each
troop; tents will be furnished by
the Council. and the scouts will
erect their own camp. There will
be two hikes, on which scouts will
prepare their OWL meals, and in
addition each troop will prepare
two meals in their own troop camp
the food, Of course. will be is
sued by the camp cook.
The usual program Of advance
ment in Scoutcratt will occupy each
morning. and the afternoons will
be devoted 70 troop activities, pro-
jectS, hikes, etc. The evening camp
tire-which has been a real tradi-
ton at camp Perry-will be a night
ly feature. Here the stunts and
songs so dear 10 the hearts OF the
scouts, will be played and sung, and
II IS around the camp fire that the
day IS fittingly brought to a close.
Only Members to Attend
The announcement OF the Camp
Committee states that only boys
who r members OF registered
troops may attend camp, and reg
istrations r beginning to trickle
in now.
Tom Murray, scout executive OF
the council, will be the director, and
he viii &c assisted by w. E. Perry,
principal Of the Mercedes Junior
high school and scoutmaster OF
Troop IA. Leo Baumfelder, assist
ant scoutmaster OF Troop 40 of
McAllen. will have direct super
vision Of the swimming and water
program. In addition there will be
a staff Of instructors and examin-
ers 81 the various handicrafts and
other branches OF scout work.
The camp will be held in two
pericds-August 8 to IL, and Au-
gust IL to rs inclusive, and between
three hundred and four hundred
boys are expected to attend
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-13
Cameron Courts
SUITS FILED IN DISTRICT
C0IrRTS


No. 9686-Houston e. Brownsville
Development Company ct al VS..
Nabor M. Torres. debt and fore
closure.
No. e687-wendell p. Kay VS.. c.
Merriman. foreclosure.
No. 96S8-The State OF Texas VS..
Abram Torres. action to have car
declared a nuisance and forfeiture
OF bond.
No. 9689-Ynocencia de la Fuente
ct al VS. Edward Hays. damages.
No. S690-Dodds g. Wedegartner,
Inc. VS.. Mrs. Manuela S. de Es-
camilla. paving contract.
No. 9691-Valley Lumber Supply
Company VS.. Primitive S. Bali.
dSbt.
No. 9692-R. Lee Kempner vs. c.
W Carnahan ct al. debt and fore
&osure.
NO. 9693-Realty Trust Company
VS.. Mrs. NJ. v. Boatright, ct al,
foreclosure OF paving lien.
No. 9694-Realty Trust Company
VS.. Robert McMinn ct al, fore
closure OF paving lien.
No. 9695-Realty Trust Company
VS. a.. L. Brooks ct al, foreclosure
of paving lien.
No. 9695-Mrs. r. G. Smith VS..
j. z. Sudderth. debt.
No. e697-Conway Owen Nc
Kenz.e VS.. Dorothy Nell Mckenzie,
divorce.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-13
Drowning Verdict
In Athletes Death

AUSTIN. July 12=P-A verdict
OF accidental drowning was returned
here this afternoon by Justice Frank
Tannehill in the death OF John
Henry, % star track athlete Of the
University Of Texas. whose partially
decomposed body was taken from
the Colorado river this morning.
Henry was the son OF Judge STAR
hope Henry of Navasota, a member
OF the state board Of pardons and
paroles. He had been missing from
his home since Thursday evening.
! Members of the family stated they
believed he had gone to San An
tonic or San Marcos for a visit.
Justice Tannehill stated there was
no evidence of foul play and moth
ing to indicate the boy had commit
ted suicide.
The family physician told inves-
tigating officials that the youth ND
been i'll for several days before he
left on the trip.
Mrs. Henry. who was recovering
from a nervous breakdown, was re-
ported to be in a grave condition
tonight as the result Of a relapse
suffered when she was informed Of
her sons death.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-13
Nations 7wo Most Noted Firemen Refuse
To Retire From Service

Jr.. is a fire captain and his fathers
chief aide. And Joseph B. Martin
III. who has just started to school,
Is going TO be a fire chief, too.
Fought More Than $4,000 Fires
Both Martin and Kenlon might
well be heroes Of every small boy
who ever chased q fire wagon, but
the older chief has had a more
widely adventurous career For not
only has Kenlon fought more than
$4,000 fires. but he has been q sea
captain, battled Oriental pirates,
was s~hipwrecked ON a desert island,
and once took part in a yacht race
for the defense Of the Americas
Cup.
He ran away from home in Ire
land at the age of Is and went 70
sea. Two ships burned under him.
and once he was the only member
Of the crew not stricken by tropical
fever. Always studious and quick to
learn. he held a masters license at
q. Then, in the South Seas. his
ship was struck by lightning, set
afire and sunk in a storm.
With two Of his men, the young
skipper reached a desolate island
and for eight months watched ship
after ship pass in the distance
without seeing their frantic signals.
Finally. by burning limestone. ne
made a quantity Of crude cement
and fashioned. partly with timbers.
what probably vas the first con-
crete boat. They named 1t the
Comet. and sailed to safety.
Later In New York. looking for a
Job ashore, he chose the fire depart
ment and soon saw his name on the
eligible list for promotion. Every
step Of his climb was marked by a
civil service examination passed
with distinction. For 10 years now
he has headed the organization, has
been decorated and five times cited
for heroism.
"Rarin' to Rolf
They say there's no doubt but
that Kenlon knows o about
fire fighting than any man alive,
Through his passion for study he
has made 1t a real profession. and
Is as much at home in the higher
mathematics of hydraulics. building
stresses and chemistry. as he is IN
the smoke Of q five-alarm blaze.
He loves TO recall the days when
New York had 1000 sleek, prancing
fire horses. but nevertheless has led
his department In keeping abreast
of progress. He put tn first radios
on fire boats. made trips abroad 70
study foreign inventions, perfected
signal systems. and worked for the
organization Of a Fire College" 70
train young men.
Kenlon Is now studying the pos
sibilities Of flying fire engines. be-
lieving that airplanes. spraying
chemicals. will prove useful in the
future.
The hours Kenlon keeps would
kill on ordinary mortal-bustness
executive by day and fireman by
night. Both he and Smoky Joe
still sleep with 1.-The bell" over their
heads and their turnout" of boots
and trousers by their beds. The two
old fire-fighters are still "rarin' to
Iroll.-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-13
HIDALGO COUNTY

r. L. Reeves. ct al to J.. a. Busch
s1925.0O part lots ! and 2, block
80. Mo. Texas.
d. Cochennour, ct ux to Doro-
thy H. Hooks $1,000 lot IS, block 3,
Citrus Park Addn. to Donna.
Chas. Boyer. ct al to Otila B.
Billiard $4,000 lots Il & Is. block
20, San Juan.
r. w. Gregory. ct Tx to F. Fl.
Gregory $1,000 S. 20 &C. lot 252,
Porcion SO and 20. part lot 262,
Porcion 50 and 20, part lot POI, PEI
cion 90 and 10.
B. +. Dtttmsr Co. 10 Otis Pelt,
s3500O0 all lots !, ?. 3. and N. so II.
lots S and 6, and n. 30 It. OF w.
IS It. lot 4 in block /. j. L. Kings
Re-Subd. lot "" Pharr.
Delta Orchards co. to w. M. Wig
gins Sl35.00 lots II and II, block
"A, Rollo townsite.
Delta Orchards Co. 10 w. A. Odom
$1,000 lots IL and II, block As, Rollo
townsite.
Mary c. Stats TO George v. Bon
enberger. ct ux $1,000 lots IS. II and
Is, block Is. weslaco. Lots IL 10
IS. Inc. block 4. Glendale Addn. to
Weslaco. Lots IS to 25. Inc. block 5,
Glendale Adm. to Weslaco.
r. r. Barton. ct Tx TO A. +. Hen
bricks $1,000 part lots 7 and 10,
block Al, Capisallo.
p. w. Perkins to Walter N. War
ran $1,000 share is. partition Canal
Tract out San jose ranch.
r. w. Perkins to A NJ. sGunnell,
$1,000 part share 10. Cano Tract
San Jose Ranch.
A. vi. Gunnell 70 william Scriv-
ems $1,000 part share -, Cano Tract
San Jose ranch.
Edinburg Bldg. CO. to 5 ID. de
vela, $1,000 lots -, and IA. block
273, Edinburg.
M. r. Armstrong TO Lazaro Rocha
$4,000 lots 5. block SO. Mission.
Flora Mills Carter and 7. w
Carter to Grover s. Montfort $1,000
w. 20 &C. lot 4, block l02, Cam
pacuaS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-13

Is Smoky Joe Martin. He thrives on
It."
He has lived UP tC the sobri-
quet. and his stocky body bears the
scars OF most OF his exploits. Broken
arms and legs and ribs, burns. scalp
wounds and reconsideration have
sent him to the hospital more than
twenty times. In 1893 he fell
through three stories Of a blazing
building. Doctors gave up hope for
his life, but he was out in four
months-just in time to get caught
in the collapse Of another burning
building. Which meant three more
months in the hospital.
Smoky Joe has saved dozens OF
lives-13 persons in nj box fac
tory fire-and has several citations
for bravery. But it's all in the line
OF business" he said. I'VE don't 60
into details about medals and SUCH
He's really proud. however. of the
fire-fighting Martin dynasty. for
one Of his eight children. Joseph.