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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-07
CONVENTION

The Rebekahs held their REGULAR
meeting Monday evening. Plans
were made for the convention TO be
held the first OF December. The
work was not practiced on ac-
count of a small attendance.
There were fourteen members
present.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-07
Sebastian
HAYRIDE
PLANNED FOR FRIDAY

The program committee OF Sc
bastian B. Y. p. u. held an import
ant called meeting with Miss Hazel
Wilson in her attractive home
Monday evening, where they per-
fected plans for a moonlight hay
ride and weiner roast next Friday
evening.
Those present were: Misses nellie
Sprouse. Juanita Harkins. Grace
and Belle Williams. Lois and Hazel
Wilson and Mr.. Charles Lumpkin.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-07
SOCIAL MEETING
TO BE HELD

The P. T. A. he'd It's regular
monthly business meeting in the
school auditorium Monday even
ing with a good attendance.
The different committees report
ed as to work they had done dur
ing the month.
Their next goal Is to fully equipt
a kitchen for the school.
Plans were made for a socia,
meeting next Friday evening. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend.
PERSONALS
Travis Stallings accompanied a
band of collegians from Browns
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-07

The only sound q giraffe can make
Is one resembling q cough.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-24
Prohibition in
 Alaska, 2 States, To Be Surveyed

0 SEATTLE, Feb. 24.-Ar- 0 thur w. Henderson, Special
 Q Assistant Attorney General, 0 is on his way to Seattle to
 3 make survey of the Pro- Q hibition administration in Alaska, Washington and
 g Oregon. This is according . to a notification received . here by Anthony Savage, Q United States District At . torney for Western Wash . ington.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-24
ALASKA VISITOR RUNNING FOR
 SENATOR.

Congressman L. J. Dickinson who will be re- membered by Alaskans head of the sub-com- mittee on agricultural appropriations which visited the Territory last summer, has announced his can didacy for the Republican nomination for United States Senator from Iowa. He will be opposed in the mary by Gov John Hammill whose third toyra Chief Executive of his State will terminate n.cyg January.
 Il $ said the battle is already interesting. Both men are popular and both first-sass cam psi ners Gov Hammill admittedly has the advan- tae Of the fruits of six years of State patronage, ana 8Ir Dickinson has a well established Con- grasso nal record that is pleasing to Iowa farmers.
 Sc ator Steck Democrat will be his partys can dioate for reelection
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-24
CENSORING BOOKS.

Today it is illegal to mail certain books and pa 'ets that still be shipped anywhere by e4nffss and sold over the counter everywhere ex- ctpt | Boston without fear of arrest There are works of literature that are prescribed reading in Harvard University in literature and yet are oilcialy indecent and unstable in Boston. But there $ at least book that is officially obscene and verboten in New York which has escaped Bos- tons too long list of banned books.
 Such are the vagaries of the law; but they are also the vagaries of taste and judgment. Contra oictier5 may after all be healthy. For standards of obsceny, like standards of literary taste of gram mar. of good breeding, are subjective and changing; and t is better that official rulings should defy one another than that society should be riveted to an iron consistency.
 That is obsence which shocks; that shocks which is unfamiliar. There can be no absolute standards of obscenity profanity; they relative to the mind of the listener. Hence 1t is inevitable that Judgments should differ from city to city and from year to year
 and why make issue of book censorship? Wherever it has been tried no reader has been denied the privilege of reading to his own taste and the book bans have only served to whet human curiosity for the forbidden. Censorship in any form usnally defeats it's own purpose.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-24
BOWLUS MAKES
 GLIDER FLIGHT
Beats Own Previous Rec ord Remains In Air
 Over Nine Hours

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Feb. 24.-Haw- ley Bow.us, American glider endur- ance record holder, landed at 2.43 o'clock this morning after being in the air g hours 5 minutes and 27 seconds. His previous record was hours and 19 minutes.
 Bowlus took off from Point Lo- ma in a sail plane of his own make at 5:35 pm, yesterday and landed in the roadway about 75 feet from where he started.
 The worlds glider record is II hours and is held by German flier
 Bowlus said the wind was with him most of the time but a west wind shifted to the north and forced him to the ground.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-24

Count Keyserling says we have no sense of humor. Evidently a lot of the Counts best stories flooieds- Philadelphia Inquirer9
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-24
800 FAMILIES
 ARE HOMELESS

ATHENS, Greece, Feb. 24.-SiX persons were drowned and 600 fam flies are homeless as torrential rains undermined their homes. The Government has taken immediate steps to help the victims.
 Cabin passenger planes make nine round trips daily between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
 The annual payroll in Texas of the common carrier bus and truck industry totals about S29,000,000.
 Try the rive uC1ocK Dinner Specials at Mabry'S. -adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-24
JUST SUPPOSE.

Suppose someone had been able to present to Congress and the people of the United States an accurate picture of the Prohibition situation that would obtain ten years afterward and an authentic
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-24
LAWYERS AGAINST PROHIBITION.

Al the annual meeting of the New Jersey State Bar Association the lawyers by an almost unani- motI vote passed resolution in favor of repeal ing the Eighteenth Amendment. The resolution urged the repeal in order:
 to preserve the purity of Am
 erican institutions and to relieve the Federal
 courts and other Federal agencies of an un-
 natural burden which impairs their utility
 for the important purpose of their creation
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-24

Former President Coolidge visited Hoiywood and saw how talkies are made. If he had those White House years to live over it is possible that he would not be so silent
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-24

account of the strife during the intervening decade is there any question as to what Congress would have done with that proposed Eighteenth Amend ment? Suppose Congress had been bulldozed into passing the buck to the separate States, is there any doubt about what then would have been the fate of the proposition? We doubt if one person in one hundred would have knowingly rushed head long into the bloody turmoil that came from in considerate action
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-24

An architect could draw a model city but it Blade0
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-24

Senator Shoot says he would not know boot egger Il he saw one. Some policemen are like that -(Toledo Blade)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-24

The American Lumberman, Chicago periodical devoted to the numbering industry, commenting on Mayor Big Bill" Thompsons reference to Chicagos floating debt" of s2SOoOOOOO says What does he mean, floating? It's not floating. It looks like we're sunk"
Smyrna times., 1930-08-20
CORRESPONDENTS
Continued From PAGE Eight

Pleasant, spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Mitchell OF
Rehoboth Beach.
Miss Henrietta Matthews return
ed to her home at Still Pond, after
a weeks visit with her aunt, Mrs
ID. d. Stats.
Miss Norma Smith has returned
TO her home at Rutherford, N. j.,
after a two weeks visit with Mr..
and Mrs. c.. @. Woodkeeper. Mrs.
Benjamin Lloyd of San Jose, Cali
fornia, is also visiting her sister,
Mrs. Woodkeeper.
Mr.and Mrs. Porter Wallace and
daughter June, Of Roselle and Mr..
and Mrs. Roland Burchard and
daughters, visited Mr.. and Mrs. J.
w. Webber Sunday evening.
Mrs. Lewis Nickel and son Of
Delaware City, spent Sunday with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Henderson.
Smyrna times., 1930-08-20
WHY WATER METERS WERE
INSTALLED
Communicated

1t has been thought that per-
haps a number of the citizens and
tax payers of the Town of Smyrna
would be interested to know, the
actual reason why the Smyrna
Town Council decided to install
water meters in the several places
throughout the town, where water
is used in a commercial manner.
In the first place, every gallon of
water pumped for town consump-
ton, causes additional cost. Some
people have the mistaken idea that
the more water used by a town,
the cheaper it can be produced.
This, actually, is not fact, but a
fallacy. Each additional gallon
pumped from the well that sup
plies Smyrna with water, means
just that much more additional
cost to be paid out of the towns
revenue by Council, to those who
sell electricity wholesale to our
town. Therefore it was decided
that in order to act fairly towards
each and every citizen. and tax
payer alike, that the person, or
persons, who made use of town
water for personal gain, should at
least pay according to the actual
number of gallons used. The rate
fixed by Council, is at present,
lower than any existing rate in
force, in towns of a similar size.
nearby. This proves, beyond
doubt, that Council has acted
most fair in the installation of
meters at such points deemed ad-
visable or necessary. Town records
Will show that the existing rates
on water are not money making
proposition. The repairs and ex-
tions of our water mains consume
all the surplus money that remain
after the actual cost of pumping is
paid. Towns should derive a profit
from their water taxes, but such is
not the case in Smyrna. Thought
less and intentional waste of wat
er by consumers who are charged
on a flat rate basis, are unques-
tionably responsible for this. If,
each and every consumer of water
would be just little more consid-
crate Of waste, Council, no doubt,
would be pleased. People who are
of a most thrifty nature, as in re-
CARDS to their own personal ex-
penditures, sometimes do not hesi-
tate to waste that which repre-
sents actual money to a town.
Why not the citizens of Smyrna
work in cooperative manner
with Council and stop wasting our
water supply? AT any time, Coun-
Gil, will be most glad to explain to
the residents Of Smyrna, anything
possible, relative to town affairs.
Smyrna times., 1930-08-20
LEIPSIC
Items of Personal and Social In
tereSt Cleaned About Town


Leipsic, Aug. 19.-Mr. and Mrs
John Carey and son, Jack, and sis
ter Margaret, of Goldsboro, Nd,
were recent visitors of Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Keith.
Mrs. Louis Carey and daughter,
have returned after spending two
weeks with relatives in Whining
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cordray Slaughter
of Wilmington, visited his mother,
Mrs. Ella Slaughter last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wilson has
been spending a few days at Ocean
City, Nd, and Chincoteague, Va.
Mrs. Harry Richardson and son,
Clyde, of Paterson, N. j., visited
Mr.. and Mrs. John Carey on We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Pugh, of
Philadelphia, have returned from a
visit with his mother, Mrs. Horace
Pugh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Rawley,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson Snow, Ed.
Jerman, Joe Ford, Harry Ford and
Gardner Cummins, made a trip by
motor to Chincoteague, Ma, last
week.
Smyrna times., 1930-08-20
POLITICAL ANNOtN''1
For Clerk Of the f'''

r. Vi Sit
To the Democrat, -, M.
ent Voters Of ksn' w
l desire to annOus'rf !. rIsrs
dacy for the Office .t1 o. i!sia I,a.
Peace Of Kent county ;|, IL, ! !! |
ed and elected, ! WI all.lti,a III
fee my pelsop'' ,,..tIy sp9'
support VIII 0'
ed. 4.
Smyrna times., 1930-08-20

and Emma Jones and Mildred Neal
have returned home after taking a
six weeks summer school course at
Johns Hopkins University, Balti-
more.
William Feddeman, of Washing
ton, visited his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. E. Feddeman, last week.
DR.. B. w. HAZEL, Of Baltimore,
was a recent visitor to his sister,
Miss Matte G. HAZEL.
Mrs. Harry Freeman and Mrs,
Crook, of Chester, Pa, visited the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w
H. Burris last week.
Smyrna times., 1930-08-20
PUBLIC NOTICE

The undersigned gives warning
to any one purchasing household
goods of the late Emma Jones, de-
ceased, advertised to be sold at
the residence of Mrs. w. Roland
Ford, corner of Frazier and Pearl
streets, Saturday, August %, 1880,
at L P. M, sharp, will do SO at the
risk of a replevin suit.
SARA E. VAN VOORHEES,,
ALLAN RAWLEY,
Administrators of
Emma Jones, deceased.
Smyrna times., 1930-08-20
FOR SALE

Now is a good time to set Hedge
Plants. California Privet, $500
hundred or $500 thousand, 2-year
old and 3-year-old plants. Small
Lombard, Poplar and Black Wal
nut Trees.
Mrs. THOMAS NJ. JEFFERSON,
Crumpton,
$50 1t Queen Anne Co., Md.
Smyrna times., 1930-08-20
BARGAIN

Moving to the country, will
swap electric radio for battery set.
Address care of P. o. Box 485,
Smyrna, Delaware.
500 2t
Smyrna times., 1930-08-20
WILLIAMS, %2
c.nersl AssnNl !,
For Gellei' N tbi

For ue''' 10 tbi |
1 wish to anials,spdspt -
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ssmils ssn5 sllSa1''1 lpSiin.1ai,,:.,; !" y
cDli,s',S ciate your support ~
S-13 It
Smyrna times., 1930-08-20
Private Sale Household Goods

Mrs. Edith A. Gafford will open
the Home of Miss Eunice Anthony
August 14th, for a private sale of
Household goods. Hours, 9 to II
and L to 4, daily. Terms cash.
S-13 2t
Smyrna times., 1930-08-20
For General Assembly
For General Assembly

FOF Ut11tTdI
To the Democratic and lnuepehC
ent voters of Duck Creek Hundred
l wish to announce my CANDIDACY
for Representative from the FRS
District of Kent County. l VIII ap'
preciate your support.
MATTHEW V. FOhD
@ On tf
Smyrna times., 1930-08-20
WELLINGTON

Items Of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned About Town
Millington, Aug. 19-Misses Ann
The Alaskan., 1930-07-04
CANNERY NOW READY

Wrangell NarroWs Packing Co., at Scow Bay, is ready to begin canning salmon MT Faugen has made a heroic effort to get his cannery ready for the first run of salmon following the col lapse of the new building during the course of construction.
 Petersburg plant of the Pacific American Fisheries Co.,, canned the first salmon of the season on June 30. The day is not so far back when MT. Nicholson, super intendent of this big cannery de- livered to Northwestern Fisher es by the 30th of June, more sal mon than the average crew these days catch in a whole season.
The Alaskan., 1930-07-04
.Hawkesworth Ls
 Acting 3. E. Chiet

Charles w. Hawkesworth, dis trict superintendent of the U. S.. Bureau of Education for the First Division was appointed Acting Chief of the Bureaus op- erations in Alaska in place of Jonathan H. Wagner, resigned. MT. Hawkesworth returned to Ju- neau from Seattle this week with a force of six for the office. He will have direct supervision Of all of the affairs of the Bureau throughout the entire Territory and will direct the affairs from his office in Juneau.
 Originally trained for the min lstry, MT. HawkeswOrth felt that the educational field offered as great an opportunity for charac- ter development as did the min istry. He went to Point Barrow as a teacher where he learned to know and understand the Eskimos; he was transferred tc Hydaburg where he first came in contact with the Indians o1 the First Division; after teaching at Metlakatla for a while. He then was appointed district su- perintendent, which office ht has held for a number of years
The Alaskan., 1930-07-04
Tourist Travel is Poor

The Alaska tourist travel is not breaking any records this year, judging from the passenger traf- fic on the various steamer lines
 This year, the era of reverse prosperity and general business business conditions throughout conditions turnout the United States and Canada may be blam- ed for the small traffic. Says press: "The traffic this year will the Juneau press: Traffic this year will not be as heavy as has been experienced during the past few prosperity" seasons. Whatever the reason business trade feels the effect of this
The Alaskan., 1930-07-04
Graues' Successor

Jule B. Loftus, Associate Bio 'ogist of the U. s. Bureau of Bio logical Survey, graduate of the Alaska College has been appoint ed Territorial veterinary su-- geon and livestock inspector by Governor Parks.
 MT. Loftus has been doing spe- cial work for the Biological Sur vey on it's New York fur farm. He will come to Alaska very shortly to assume his duties.
 pr. Graves, who resigned from that position recently, is now lo- cated on the Washington Idaho stateline near Spokane Bridge where he has purchased a fur farm. He plans to specialize on blue foxes.
The Alaskan., 1930-07-04
FIRST INDIAN GIRL PILOT

With her light sport airplane laden with beaded gifts from the Indian tribes of the Pacific North west to President Hoover, win some Mary Riddle, 20-year old Quinault Indian maiden will fly from Portland about the 18th ot August, alone across the conti- nent to Washington, D. c.
 A year ago, Mary Riddle, whose Indian name is Kus-de-ca, flew to Chicago with an air trans port company. She was so i'm pressed with flying that she de- cided to learn to handle a plane herself, and enrolled with Tex Rankin in Portland. She made marked progress under his tute- lage. Her first public appear ance was made when she rode out to her plane in full Indian costume on an Indian pony dur ing the recent Portland Rose Festival, and flew it alone for F minutes before 3O,OOO spectators
The Alaskan., 1930-07-04
Rats

Ever since the days of the Pied Piper, rats have been a nuisance. How, however, the scientist has found a use for this animal, which through scientific re- search is contributing to the health and wellbeing of man The rat has become a benefactor.
 Rats fed on liver develop acute kidney inflammation and die with in a short time. It has been shown that a liver diet in per nicious anemia may cause seri- ous symptoms of poisoning, but properly prepared extracts are reneficial. Use of inorganic minerals in treating nutritional anemia has been demonstrated by tests on the Sanitary rat col ony to be extremely effective. Rats in the last stages of illness were brought back to health in two or three weeks.
 .Anemia was produced by feed ing the rats milk, which is low in iron. When inorganic iron so- lution was added, the rodents soon were we'll again. The lab oratory has a national reputa- tion for it's anemia research work.
 The modern baby probably owes most to the white rats of the laboratory. Even babies of Egypt suffered from rickets. To- days baby, however, takes his sunshine direct or bottled. The Gat in the laboratory cage re- vealed the correct diet for the infant in it's cradle.
The Alaskan., 1930-07-04
Shark Eat Salmon

Offshore fishing on the north coast has been hard hit in the past week by the sudden appear ance of swarms of blue sharks. according to trollermen operat- ing out Of Grays Harbor. The tigers of the deep" found off the coast are reported to be of a small harmless variety, but dan gerous to salmon. They have been arriving in increasing num- bers lately and practically have driven away big schools of sal mon which were frolicking on the banks up until a few days ago.
 Salmon catches during the past few days have fallen to the lowest ebo of the season and nearly 200 beats are now tied up at WestporL cove awaiting devcl- opments.
 Besides tie sharks, other forms of sea life are reported preylng on the salmon. Many salmon bought in here show scars in- flicted by sea lions and seals.
 One fisherman reported he hooked an eight foot shark on his trolling line and worked with the monster an hour. Finally the shark broke away, straigtt+ ening the hook, to the relief Of the fisherman. Another troller- man brought in a 200-pound skate and placed it on the West port wharf for inspection.-Tht (Chinook) Observer.
The Alaskan., 1930-07-04
HaGbut Tagging

The schooner Dorothy, Capt. Hvatum, is in northern waters tagging fish and making a study of the halibut fisheries. Center Of operations is from the Aleu- tian Islands to the Bering Sea.
 The Dorothy has been under charter to the International Fish cries Commission Investigating the halbut fishery of the North Pacific waters. On the present trip, H. D. Dunlop is in charge of the scientific operations.
The Alaskan., 1930-07-04
Packers Fight for Fish

Libby, McNeil and Libby and the Farwest Company of Anchor age staged a battle recently for fish from the Tyonek Reserva- ton in the Cook Inlet Area. The matter was being investigated by the Bureau of Fisheries and by the Bureau of Education. But unwilling to wait for depart mental ruling, the compaines CT tered court with their troubles
 The court awarded the. fish tC the Farwest Company, which is a successor to Mo Gill interests o1 Anchorage.
The Alaskan., 1930-07-04
Fur Farming HayWire

One of the largest of the early day fox farm ventures to the west of Seward began in 1908 at Sand Point when Capt. Andrew Grosvold put g silver greys on the island. He constructed a large corral around which ran 450 feet of fencing and sunk in to the ground at some points to a depth of Is feet; bedrock. On top of the fencing rose to a height of 10 feet in addition in clined toward the pen. Buried m the soil was another three foot strip of net.
 But with all this expense and painstaking care so that the fox should not escape, some did; three of them to be exact.
 Over $100 each were paid for the original animals and at the end of three years the first kill was made, Capt GroSVold receiv- ing less than $40 each for the skins. He then gave up the en- terprise in disgust, only some years later, to again take anOth- CT chance, but this also he gave up owing to market conditions
 After all efforts had been made 10 run the fox into pens, or to trap the remainder, he gave or ders to open gates and permit the fox to escape. Today, it is said, there are innumerable fox overrunning the island. It is al 70 said that trapper claims to nave captured two red fox on the mainland and released them on the island So for many years now, the fox industry on this is land has been passed but the penS, with long lines of fencing. and fox houses, may yet be seen across the creek from Sand Point Seward Gateway.
The Alaskan., 1930-07-04
Fish Regulatsons

Supplementary regulations is sued by the Buerau of Fisheries extended the close period for salmon in the Yakutat area from 36 hours to 120 hours in the Dry bay area. The period beginning from Friday afternoon remains closed until the following We'd nesday, 6 D. m For the balance of the area, the close season is a 6O-hour period beginning Fri day evening at six o'clock.
The Alaskan., 1930-07-04
A CHANGE FOR PETERSBURG


 Down at Clear Lake, Iowa, is Sam Kennedy, Jr, who has made the limelight of publicity, has done so by delivering more than g carloads of onions, onion sets and potatoes each year. He does this on 400 acres of peat land and he rents 30 acres more. He also produced the highest sugar beet yield in the Minnesota To- wa territory of the American Su- gar Beet Company, for four o1 the last five years.