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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-10
The Once Over
MIR. TWITCHELL URGES CERTAIN TARIFF
CHANGES

Copyright. 1880, by The Associated Newspapers)
Dear President Hoover:
AS a citizen and a taxpayer I am appealing to you
to kill the tariff bill.
If these schedules are not changed they will mean
unprecedented hardships for the people. I speak with
particular reference to the following items:
1-Ribbon fly-catchers.
2.-Golf tees new.
3.-Feathers dor beds).
4-Violins. violin cellos and double bassos.
5-Fishhooks Gcr pleasurel.
6-Bleached beeswax.
The Senate, with a shocking lack Of concern for the
people Of this country to whom fly-catching Is an IL
nocent and instructive diversion. has raised the rate
on ribbon fy-catchers to 49,. This may mean revo-
luton. To make it burdensome for our citizens TO
catch flies is bad enough even in boom times; to ham
per the pastime during a period Of business recession
is disastrous. There will be more people with nothing
to do but catch flies this summer than ever.
And why have golf tees been taken off the free list?
Is this a mere coincidence, or is it linked up with the
same interests that want to throw cold water on fly
catching as a national pastime? Is / q plot to keep
the public from having any good clean fun?
Then there are the items Of feathers for feather
beds. fishhooks for pleasure) and bleached oeeswax-
Are you for seeing feather-beds made more ane mole
prohihitive? DO you not fear the mood of the rcpu-
lace when. unable to afford ribbon fly-catchers, new
Golf tees and fresh feathers for feather-beds, 1t learns
that even fishing is TO be more Of a drain on the
purse? And what about bleached beeswaS' All. M.
President. the American citizen is long suffering and
he will stand for many things. but he will not he
trifled with in the matter Of beeswax.
I protest. too. against the increased levy on Christ
mas-tree ornaments. bath salts (perfumed). clothes-
pins. building bricks glazed and unglazed). plaster
st%atnettes. frogs legs. frozen halibut. dried blood
dark and dried blood 0ight). Many Americans can
get along without bath salts s~tatuettes and clothes
pins. but it is dangerous stuff to make them paw more
for Christrnas-tree ornaments. frogs legs snd frozen
halibut. AS to this dried blood, light or dark, | am
n little puzzled and it IS news % me. with the axe
murders and cabaret crimes at such q peak ~ TINS
country. that America had TO import blood iThtr dark
or medium. Still I suppose Mr.. Smoot knows h'st.
However. there Is one thing that cheers me, Mr.
Hoover. Horse-collars. brides. saddles and buggy
Wins remain on the free list. I understand that with
SOW bean oil cake (Which is almost on the free rso
ALLIGATOR pears and dried egg yolks C36 Dercent) ihev
make very good eating.
Yours appealinglv,
Elmer TwitcheM.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-10
The University of Crime

II YOU happen to be one Of those citizens to whom
expensive. up-to-date and humane prisons are simply
a waste of money. you might consider the remarks
made recently by a bomber on whom the Chicago po-
lice managed to lay their hands.
This man told the police how he learned his trade
He learned it. It appears, at the states expense
lesrred y while he was doing time in the notorious
Ohio penitentiary for carrying concealed weapons.
In prison" he says, 4 met a bunch OF safe blowers
They told me all about cooking dynamite 70 get the
nitro out Of it. I thought it would be great 70 De 2
safe blower and I also heard there we're plenty OF
chances for bombers in Chicago"
A,d there Won are. Because Ohio's prison was too
.rtiouated and inadequate to s~egregate its prisoners
and keep them busy. but left them to loaf day after
dav in the idle house" it became a sort OF university
Of crime. This Chicago bomber was simply one O rs
graduates.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-10
Eneland's New Poet Laureate

The selection OF John Masefield as Englands new
noet laureate means that the high traditions OF TINS
honored post are to be maintained very Wen moeeo-
Few literary critics will deny Masellelo q place ~ -
so~esrort NJ modern poets: most Of them, probably,
win agree that he outshines his predecessor, Or. ROD
eft Bridges.
Americans viii feel an unusual interest IN Mase-
fields elevation because Of his extensive experiences
in this country. He travelled clear across the con-
tinent As a migratory worker once, and for q time
! porte- IN 2 New York saloon; and these uncon-
ventionaI wayfarines have helped greatly to give IFS
poetry its wide appeal and depth.
His wanderings hardly seem appropriate Tor q poet
laureate. who by tradition is supposed to write his
toric laws about the doines Of royalty; but the laureate
doesn't have TO do that any more if he doesn't feel
like Il. 50 no harm IS done. At any rate, there is no
question that Masefield is an honor to the post he
holds.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-10
Wall Street and the Tariff

1t Is not often that you find the voice Of Wall Street
raised in favor Of lower tariff duties. But the current
issue of the Magazine Of Wall Street presents an ed
itorial which is as sharply critical Of the pending tar
iff bin as ANYTHING that Senator Moses sons Of wild
iackasses" have ever said.
The editorial begins by asserting that a policy Of
protection was needed BY this country throughout the
early part Of its existence; but 1t adds that times have
changed so that protection is not the boon it once
was.
1--WE have had free trade on a continental scale, &c
spite the tariff barrier at the boundaries says the
magazine. Now we require, not free trade, but free
dom Of trade abroad. The policy that was good for
100 years will be a handicap in the future.
The new tariff law viii be recorded later as an act
of folly-obstructive to foreign trade and contrary To
manifest destiny"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-10

The Dude Ranch Season Is Open
ing, ami While New York Is Far
From West ITS People Seem 10
Like Great Open Spaces
NEW YORK, June I0.-When-
ever, about this season CT the year,
you observe Joe Caiill Flooding
down 1.-THE avenue" IN his high
boots and tcn-gallon hat, you can
Jot down On your cuff that the
gentle sport Of dude wrangling' is
again under way.
Somewhere out in Wyoming and
Montana they're taking the rattle
snakes from under the bed; getting
a few g00d-looking cowboys round
ed up for the rona.tic eastern
gals; shaking a little dust off the
sageb-ush and otherwise getting
ready for the influx CT dudes
And you cen quote IT. ice Cahill.
Of the Dude Ranch Association. TO
the effect that the word tender
feet Is rapidly disappearing from
the wild west vocabulary.
The pretty maiden who rides the
bride path in Central Park each
morning has turned out to be a
pretty gccd imitation of a cowgirl.
And the young man who wears a
monocle to the theater and takes
10 polo as q side line has been
known to mount some Of the very
fractions bronchs and make them
Ike it.
The dear fat ladies all done up
III hiking pants may furnish COM
cdv relief for the kitchen brigade.
but they just love the big open
~naccs.
New York and way points. as a
ra--Cr OF fact. have gone severely
western during the past few years.
lis been about that length Of time
ilce a large group Of dude ranch
1wnars got together. formed a So
-iety and decided to seek their Gus
omers from the foyers Of swanky
hotels.
Thousands OF fasteners now
make western tricks. living in log
cabins and swallowing desert dust
and getting the sweet fragrance Of
sagehrush in their nostrils.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-10
Mission ENTERPRISE:

Mission Enterprise:
Additional evidence Of Missions
prosperity is noted in the fact that
Ins Mission Independent School
District has already collected around
S5S, 900 in school taxes, according to
Lei MARCEL. This is $4,000 more
than was collected this time last
year Mr.. MARCEL states that they
are still collecting school taxes
gradually and gently.
Mission Times:
The people Of the Brownsville
community have scored a victory
f.. progress. BY voting overwhelm-
ingly in favor OF a port district and
a bond issue Of three million dol
lars TO develop the project, they
have gone on record for one Of
th1 most important developments
ye' made in the Valley.
The tremendous majority given
tire bond issue is evidence Of the
belief Of the people Of the lower end
u the Valley that a port Is vital
to the future well-being of the
Valley. and it should serve to speed
congress in it, port project at Point
Isabel.
McAllen Monitor:
The folks down at Brownsville
vent 10 the polls the other day and
spent one and one half millions OF
dc.lars. They voted a bond issue
Of that amount for their deep water
port 1t will be some time. OF course
before the port is built, providing
Z IS built. but Of course the fact
that it will b. built will mean n lot
tr Brownsville and the Valley. Ma
t.rallv a Port at Harrington would
benefit the uOper Valley more than
the one az Brownsville. but even
down az the far end OF the Valley.
Z will still be q valuable asset 70
he Valley as a whole. We viii be
a'aG to see the port come TO the
Valley no mater what part OF the
VaTev II cme to-"
Waslaco Standard:
agriculture goes its merry wav
with the vegetable season drawing
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TAE NAN SzEM
Intimate Glimpses of the Valleys Alley

provincial. The collegiate likes to
70 on such parties but recalls with
a blush that such things were pop
ular when he went to high school,
arc therefore are really too childish
for words.
Black Gold
The Garden OF Golden Grape
Iruit will possibly become the
Paradise Of Purple Petroleum, ac-
co-ding to Mondays Herald.
Whether this Is TO be greeted with
shouts Of acclaim or not is a moot
question. There are some things
70 be said against an Oil boom. Il.
fact. there are several.
Oil booms are sometimes brief.
Money may flow as freely as oil
lOr a short time, but as Soon as
tlIc oil ceases its flow. the money
does likewise. And harm sometimes
results from easy money, and
plenty OF it.
But II we do strike oil, and get
IN. port at the same time, this
section will be SO prosperous that
bur dred dollar bills will be as COM
mon as fiveS are now.
Persons who had enough intel
llgence to buy land when land was
cheap will drive around in import
el cars. Others will have mere
Cadillacs am Packards.
Castles will be the style. instead
II Spanish type bungalows.
Instead Of small boats with out
board motors. there will be yachts.
Instead Of fishing for tarpon,
srortsmen viii sail for whale.
Euorpean tours will be made. in
s;ead Of trips to Point Isabel. In
stead Of gliders. the airminded will
rave tri-motored ships, with pilots
IN uniform.
And then. on the other hand.
{ ere may not be oil IN the Valley.
and We will continue being merely
prosperous. an6 grow golden grape
FRUIT that the world Is beginning to
den and.
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Along Elizabeth

Along Elizabeth
Frank Lopez, local financier. -.
walking 10 the bank with a hand
fl OF money....Joe Vivier stand
ing in the door Of his music shop
Listening to Amos and Andy argue
Mrs. j. S. Duncan in the door
OF her shop. listening to Rudy
Vallee sing the Stein Song. Fritz
Schmidt, tailor. his store, between
tie two music shops. -. listening,
toe. Sam Bennett, redheaded... 80.
1riving along in a car with his wife
=. Judge Oscar c. Dancy. down
I'm the mouth. mot feeling well
tocay, he says. /. George Bell, in
surance. with a pocket full OF
lspers. n. talking to a prospect. 49,.
II. B. Hall, formerly manager OF
5he Point Isabel Yacht club. in
the lobby Of the FL Jardin. ... wait
inc for someone....W I. Biggs.
government official. telling about
the tragedy at the airport Sunday
Jack McDermott, Pan American
official. going to work. =.
IL won't be Long
College students are beginning to
Tickle back To town. They are COM
n from all corners Of the globe,
from colleges of every kind. Girls
schools. coed institutions, military
academies. universities.
Some are smarter. but many are
rlst older. They have had a good
tine. They have acquired polish.
They have made MANY new friends,
e. q their outlook ON life is broader.
Ir some cases. 1t is feared that
ronIething besides intelligence has
zone to their heads. But this Is to
be expected. In any large number
o. young men and women. n will
find a few who are SO realistically
inclined as 30 put on airs" with
rerv little Drovcration.
Things will become livlier in
Brownsville as a result Of their re-
urn Social life will be full OF pep.
n dances, parties, and picnics viii
De given.
For some unknown reason pic
MICS are considered taboo. slightly
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-10

They practice rcping in their
kitcheEettes and astonish the ma
tive westerners by reappearing
after a season or two and roping a
calf from the saddle. There's a
young lady from up Cape Ccd way
who has become almost as expert
as the dyed-in-the-wool COW
persons.
BE all this as it may, one Of the
fads Of the year Is going TO be
sun branding"
In the good Old days when a
steer was roped, tied and ironed
with the Lazy u" that was all in
a days work. But each dude ranch,
7 am told. has a sunburn fad
aimed az competing with the best
that Florida affords.
The women from back east will
be sent home with the brand OF
the ranch upon which they camp"
says Cahiil.
And it's the rays OF the sun
which will 90 the branding. A
Lazy I'D will signify that she's
spent the summer somewhere in
the general vicinity Of Cody, Wyo.
Each ranch has had a set Of
initials cut in adhesive paper.
When the sunburn-seeking visitor
arrives. the initials are placed in
whatever convenient spot she
chooses. .....her back. shoulder or.
more appropriately. the calf.
Thus tan Will appear all about
the symbols and when they are
remOVed-and that will be that.
Which reminds me that OF all
the wistful sights TO be observed
in this city Of odds and ends. none
Is more touching than that Of the
crowds Of tired folk gathered be-
fore the windows which reveal
spectacular sunsets in the Cana
dian Rockies or sunset tinted
deserts Of rainbowed mesas. Hun
grily they get in vicarious touch
with the great outdoors while
breathing carbon monoxide as II
drifts by from the pavemcn-s.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-10
CHAPTER XII
Wind Driver Moth.

A ND what Is Jail? What hap
"A pens in Jail? What happens to a
delicate oma with silken wrists
and ankles who has only
known the softeSt sheets; the whit
est bread? What happens to her
in jailf
The detective told Linda while
the cab ratified and clashed over
the slippery streets. While he
talked his eyes were fascinated by
the scrap Of white wrist that
caught the light from the window.
The woman prisoners had 10 earn
their keep; there dishes 10
wash and floors to scrub and beds
10 make. Just ordinary work. "A
million women doing as much, and
far more, all over the country
every day.
Yes, but there must be something
more. There was. II was a serious
charge. O'Hara knew the law. The
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-10
Today in Congress

CBy The Associated Press.)
Tuesday:
Senate:
Continues debate on tariff bill.
House:
Considers miscellaneous bills on
the unanimous consent calendar.
Flood control committee continues
taking OF testimony on Mississippi
flood control.
Monday:
Senate:
Debated tariff bill.
Foreign relations committee con-
sidered London treaty. Senator Dill
attacked S o S call which inter
rdpted radio speech Of former Sen
ator Reed Saturday night.
Judiciary committee reported IN
f~avorably anti-iniunction bill.
Lobby committee unable to reach
Ger;sion on Bishop Cannon.
House:
Passed senate bill 70 provide for
contamination Of the Federal Power
commission by replacing the three
cbinet officers with an independ-
cat group OF five.
Special committee began taking
OF testimony in its investigation OF
communistic activities.
Military affairs committee opened
hearings on the Kahn bill to
t!.orize acceptance and DEVELOPMENT
# army air bases in Alameda and
Marin counties. California.
Naval affairs committee CONTINUES
h farirvs on location of proposed
d.rizible bas on the west coast.
Flood c.atrol committee took
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vNu Service
Fifteenth InstaIlment

Fifteenth InstaIlment
Tie was perplexed. He had the
warrant in his pocket. She was
charged with defrauding hotels
some OF the big ones in Chicago
and New York-a tidy sum. too
more than q good man could earn
I'm a year. He had been rather
proud Of the order 10 bring her in
he'd always hated a cheat worse
than any sort Of law breaker. And
then Il was an assignment sure TO
carry publicity and front-page pic
lures, AMI n policeman likes pub
licity as well rs any man But now
he wasn't proud. He wanted 10
find n way out for her and she
claimed there wasn't any.
But she he'd said something that
gave him n chance 70 speak 10 her
again without sacrificing his dig
nifty. "a man has 10 do a lot Of
things for duty when maybe he
wouldn't-wouldn't-" lie STAN
mered To n full stop.
Bnt she was the kind that I'M
derstood.
THAT Is true" she said sweetlv.
She seemed 10 have no hard feel
ings against him at all. Then she
added thouGhtfully: "And IL you
haven't been exactly honest with
yourself, duty is all the harder
when II does come. If you've lied
and pretended. it's terribly hard 10
tear il down"
lie nodded. Anybody knew that
II was harder 70 take back a lie
than to tell one.
Linda was not suffering any
more. All the pain that had
wrapped her like a dull flame had
somehow settled To inertia that
morcifullv stilled active thought.
Il did not matter what happened
now. The scene with Brian ended
everything as IL n sharp knife had
severed n cord that bound her to
all those people and made her one
Of them.
There would be n tremendous
scandal and the family would want
TO pay UP, but she could not see
what difference that would make
now They would talk about III
forever and the disgrace she had
brought upon them all. And how
foolish it would be. for. Of course.
everything was owe for her now.
And then she saw herself. Linda
Roth, as she must have seemed to
others-the parader. with her head
high and her skirts trailing in the
gutter mud. The dcspised woman
who hid her eyes like an ostrich
and took with both hands held be-
hind her; Hands, Suddenly she
held them out. s~huddering.
"What will they dof" she whis-
pered.
He was slow about answering.
Tie knew at once what she was
thinking Of, but II was not easy to
answer her.
do? I'm afraid IT'S jail, ma'am."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-10
Some Things Other Editors Say

10 an end, largest and most profit
able in the Valleys history. Cotton
growers now begin the annual race
soI the first bale honors. won last
wear by Hidalgo's Edcouch. With
favorable weather prevailing cotton
men see another bumper Valley crop
bringing more millions to the VAL
ley"
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Building Plans

Phyllis wants a big house,
I want 1t little;
We don't agree on
A jot or little.
She's picked a period
Louis QuinZe. or such;
I want 1t Colonial
or early Dutch.
She wants a dressing room,
/ think it's silly:
Shes sure to get 2
Willy nilly.
No good TO argue.
And never was:
She'll ret ii all as
She always does.
Wilfrcd J. Funk
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further testimony on proposed mod
ificEtion Of the Jadwin plan for
fl0oc control.
Appropriations committee ap-
proved an initia. outlay OF SO, $780,
0n0 for Boulder canyon dam on the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-10
An Ineffective Gesture

Raymond Duncan. who goes about clad in Grecian
robes and sandals as a means Of expressing his dis
approval Of modern industrial civilization, drew a
curious crowd when he went down to the battery in
New York City. dipped a bucket Of salt water from the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-10

basis Of Attorney General Mitchell's
ruling that the power contracts in
connection with the project were
.rral.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-10

a bullet as 1t leaves the barrel o.
4 pistol.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-10

There are about $4,000 motor bus.
es being operated In the United
States.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-10

1t is now possible to photograph
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-13

him cough and smelIed smoke from his
cigar"
"Convinced?" Annersley wanted to
know.
THE petals of this rose" Flique in
terrupted ut is the principal evidence
| against M. Annersley, yes?"
80 far Samuels admitted.
"But If I were to show you another
rose-what then?
Where is it,"
F1ique dived into a waste paper bas-
quet and picked up yellow rose. It
was of the Gold of Ophir variety, SIM
liar in size to the one on the table.
"Voilal" Flique exclaimed.
A warm glow spread over Annersley's
face, but it was Celia who expressed
what both of them felt.
ooh, Claude!" she wept ecstatically.
"Are you satisfied" Annersley In
quired dryly.
Its your trick" Samuels admitted.
when did you first notice that rose,
F1ique?" he demanded.
But a moment ago. cast my eyes
down and it was there. It will be neces-
saire to commence again, yes?"
mot altogether" Samuels said. "I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-13

Physicians said she was suffering from
uremic poisoning.
The only other Gold Star Mother
to die in France was Mrs. Harriet Bates
| OF Portage, Pa, who died August ~,
also at Verdun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-13

in military cemetery last Saturday.
Observers nrst believed she was over
come by grief, but when she failed to
recover her composure, they investi-
gated and found she was unconscious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-13

days centenary celebration for the
Liverpool Manchester Railway.
For some unexplainable reason"
Gen. Dawes remarked, when persons
listen by radio to the speeches Of dema-
gogues, their instincts are not aroused
In the same way as when they are in
o crowd"
He predicted that in the future peo-
pie would sit in the quiet of their
home and weigh the political arguments
submitted by air.
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Basque Peddlers in Paris.

PARIS (P-Basques from the Span
ish border have appeared in Paris lead
ing donkeys laden with clay pitchers,
ewers and wine jugs, which are peddled
amid the heavy city trafic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-13
SERUM SUCCESS CLAIMED
Japanese Says One Injection Has
Cured Tuberculosis Patients.

KoENIGSBERG, Germany. Septem-
Der 10 (R.-A Japanese scientist, Prof.
Arima Of Osaka, yesterday told the
! Congress of Physicists here that he had
developed an anti-tuberculosts serum
which often effected cure with one
injection.
He said it was non-poisonous, easily
administered and had been used with
great success in Japan, which has a
climate unfavorable to tuberculosis
patients.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-13

suppose your husband wasn't given II
buttonholeS, Mrs. PARADISE"
"Dani" Mrs. Parados laughed, with
out humor. "He once discharged an ex.
ecutive for coming into his Office with
a sprig of mignonette in his coat"
II don't wear buttonholeS, either, Mr.
Samuels," Caroline said, unexpectedly
Her blue eyes were challenging anc
derisive. Her courage had impressed
itself upon me and felt pride as Il
reasserted itself. Samuels' eyes smol-
dered with suspicion as he looked al
Caroline. The interruption at that mo-
ment was fortunate.
The, phoenix is gone!" Mrs. Parados
suddenly shrilled. Dams jade phoenix!'
Mrs. Parados was pointing at the
empty glass case on the mantel-the
glass case that had caused Parados
such acute distress just before had
left him-a few minutes before his
death.
Continued tomorrow)