Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-31

Ian MOODY, Attorney, Is 10 go
up on a glass door In a little over
two months from now.
Probability has increased that 1t
viii be IN Austin.
Gov. Moody has for several weeks
considered establishing his offices
here when. he resumes the practice
: OF law. He has considered attract
i've opportunities TO join existing
law firms in the larger cities; but
the unacceptable charm of the capt.
tai city holds him so strongly that
he win very likely stay right here.
And that would avoid breaking
up the pleasant domino games with
his cronies.
IL Is ore thing TO build up roads
for the people of Texas, another TO
sec that they are kept accessible
10 the people. according to Cone
johnson, senior member OF Il
highway commission. He
was talking about the growing vol
une OF oversize cotton, automobile
hauling and freight trucks Priv
ate drivers find II hard to keep a
wheel on the pavement. he admits.
The solution is one for the legis-
eleture, Comm. Johnson said here.
YOU can't legislate the trucks off
the roads: but you can limit their
size and their weight, and give the
other fellow a chance he declared.
Present limits OF IA feet height
cs load legalizes trucks that won't
90 through enterprises, and
which damage telephone and troll
; la qtannn ~ Atfaan 70 asfnHt - he
cut. and the length OF the long
trucks and trailers should be cur
tailed. he insists. And enforce
ment ought TO be taken out OF his
highway commission and put In
the railroad commission. along with
control Of m~n.urbuses and common
carrier trucks
The readjus.ment Of state offic-
Ia. personnel. started In the high
way commission appointments, will
be followed up here III board OF
control changes and other trans
fers involved in that shift of Of
flcials.
Along with Claude d. Teer's
moving over into the longest term
on the board Of control. there
seemed a prospect that n. B. Wal
thall, who goes off. viii find a haven
IN some post. probably connected
4 with the railroad commission. where
BIS former chief. Pat M Neff pre-
sides. Mr.. Waltl1all came TO Aus
tin az private secretary TO Gov.
Neff. Then he went 10 the railroad
commission as oil and gas super
visor. then TO the board Of control
fcf what turned out to be a seven
year term.
Austin Is a long way from Dali
Vas; but IN Austin a Dallas man mas
been offering 10 put his money on
one man against the other 100000
OC0 people OF the United States in
guessing the first city manager OF
Dallas. His bet is O. f. Carr, now
nlanaEer of IT. Worth. That city
paws Mr.. Carr only. $4,000 a year.
his Dallas booster sai- , and Dali
Iss would be willing TO raise the
bid to $500 or even $4,000 to
Get him.
s. Austin may have heard the
news first Of the North Texas city's
first steps under the modern, ef-
ficient. business-like method OF OPP
Grafton.
Absence or uniforms made IL
inconspicuous, but the statehouse
had Texas Understanding mill
tarv authorities all under the same
roof this week. . There was
Mai. Cen. Hulen, commander OF
the seth division, and Brig. Gen
Jacob r. Wolters. commander OF
the cavalry brigade. INK
AZ course Adj. Gen. r.. L. Rob-
ertson. The citizen-soldiers were
in the capitol on business, giving a
Orce-over TO the military establish
ment.