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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
WEBS AFTER
% YEARS

LONDON. June e For % years
Evan Montague Brutt posed as a
woman and was employed as a
servant In TsburE. Wiltshire. While
in hi disguise. he he-amt attached
tO Sarah Matilda Edwards. and the
two went around the village AZ girl
friends.
Recently Brutt's character was
revealed and shortly after he MAJ
ried Miss Edwards. Although the
utmost secrecy regarding the date
OF the wedding was maintained. II
leaked out and nearly the whole
town was az the church during the
wedding. The bride revealed that
during the time she knew Brutt JAW
"A girl chum she was not aware OK
his real character.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29

since the previous census. An in
crtase IN the farm population. un-
usual IN most OF the United States,
IS shown here.
There are approximately 5000 900
rIrrus trees OF various kinds In the
Valley with grapefruit predominant
.rg.
Carload shipments Of citrus fruits
ald winter vegetables went over
he 27,00) mark during the season
jlst closed or approximately one
r.. each family in this section.
The Valley raises from $4,000 ID
I6n COO bales III cotton annually
and grows a finer quality than Is
produced III most sections.
paved feeder roads come within
easy hauling distance Of virtually
every farm in the Valleys irrigated
Grea
Hunting. fishing. boating and
l.ler outdoor sports add I'd the
attractions on this section.
There are about 1.000.0 900 acres
TIL the Valley 81 which about 10000
are tiliable or irrigable. Almost
10000 acres are now under irriga-
ton.
About 10000 acres are planted
tJ citrus fruits I'm this section. a
greater number ar which are COM
ing into bearing each year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29

The Valleys school, from the
primary grades on up to and in
cilalng high schools. are amcng
the fines In the country. This in
GUIDES rural schools which are the
wonder o. all visiting educators.
There are six hospitals serving
tie Valley including one each at
E~dinburF Harrington, McAllen and
Mercedes Brownsville. and Fort
Grown.
There ~ not a town III the VAL
-eT which does not have at least
one magnificent new church build
-lg. some Of them having several
worthy o. larger cities.
Climate Of the Valley is most
salubri0us as is shown by the fact
that Fort Brown Is the healthiest
America army post IN the world.
Tie temperature never becomes
excessively low in winter nor reach
IS undue heights in summer. rec
crdS OF the weather bureau az
Brownsville show. Pleasant breezes
prevail during the warmest part
q the day and throughout the
nights.
Population of the Valley y 10000
an increase OF over 100 per cent
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
Strange Yucca Moth
Pollinates Flowers

An interesting thing about the
Yucca OF Spanish dagger which
grows In the Lower Rio Grande VAL
Icy j. the fact that ID N poIlinated
III a certain kind or moth and in
That way only.
The moth and the Yucca are
wholly dependent upon each other.
The moth rolls the pollen into a
boil and leaves il within another
Flower after laying an egg inside
The developing larva fetus upon
twenty oyuies til the blossom ard
later drops to the ground.
The maturGd moth emergas tom
the earth the following spring al
the time that the yucca starts 10
blossom, mates and the process Is
repeated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
NINE RULES AND THEY'RE
FPFF

SAN FRANCISCO. June %
How to keep a husband. IN nine
chapters. is told by the California
Federation Of Women's Clubs. Here
the rules are.
Dress prettily for breakfast. Get
your husband 10 take YOU out two
evenings IA week but let him Stay
home the rest. Pay the household
bills before buying new dresses.
Never make your husband dry the
dishes. Never permit your mother
in-law TO visit on holidays. Listen
TO your husband II he likes the
sound Of his voice. Ask his advice
on everything. Be clinging, but not
too clinginE- Make him think you're
a weak small creature and H. ~
- feet tall with the strength or a
lion
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
Vital Valley Facts

Five railroads serve the Lower
RIO Grandt Valley. the Missouri
Pacific and Southern Pacific ar
foroing connections with points
in the United states and Canada.
the Spiderweb (San Benito and
RIO Grande Valley gathering pro-
ducts from all over this section.
the National Lines Of Mexico ex-
tending into the southern republic
and the Port Isabel and Rio Grande
Rail connecting Brownsville ana
Port Isabel.
Ajrplane lines connect the Val
ley not only with all the important
cities Of the North American con
tinent but the South American and
Central American countries as well.
Paved highways connect the Val
.cy with all parts Of the United
States and Mexico 10 the south
j. rapidly constructing connecting
links which will enable Americans
to travel as far south as South
America on hard-surfaced roads via
this section.
There r two Junior colleges in
the Valley One IS the Junior college
Of TIE Fri Grards Valley at Browns
vile anr the other IS EdinburE
Junior College.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29

FEkING, June 21. ChAr---
children have better memories than
Caucasians. according NJ Miss II -
Chen. native OF China Who re-
ceived scientific training in Amsri-
ca. She has been conducting 4
series Of tests In the rsycholoRy
laboratories OF Annoy University
and says that the average Chinese
youth can look nc KID printed page
fcr = minute EGd- without SeeIrf= Nm
again, o. able To rerite the whole
page word Px word Che next day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
nTDEDSE

PHILADELPHIA. JIr- VI -Tf=
colleges and universities of tln
United States are turning out
hordes Of morors. suffering ffcm
TaricuS degrees Of arrested emo
tional and intellectual develop
ment. according 10 Dr. Harry W
Chase. president III the TrivFrEIfH
cf North Carolina and President
elect cf the University rf Illinois
IT, suggests that schools attempt
to make gentlemen cut ~ their
scholars 10 Get away from their
present tendency.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
Number Of Woods
Native to Valley

There are "A number 0F valuable
woods which ar native t0 the VAL
ley. the outstanding one being rh-
onE.
Ebonies are 20 Be found IN large
quantities IN various parts OF th~
Valley but 70 IS not being utilized on
any great commercial scale WOoc-
earVers use An for various purpose
nlt otherwise N Is not utilized much.
he trees are quite attractive. la--
ticularl when they Hre covered WITH
fuzzy ball-liEe blossoms
Other native woods are MESQUITE.
cats claw huis-che, rlayacon. Zig
mum vitae. rosewood and other.
Most OF there are hard woods.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29

LONDON. June % "A r-+a
press capable 0t printing Era I.
type. TIM kind hy Witch blind rrar.
Is N new invention in EnrIarI
Wni-A premises t1 aaI BlEltR
persons considerably PAPER trarr
inc from "A TJll attached wv frr
machine rs embossed on both SIDE
simultaneously. BY running Their
fingers over these raised les.ers the
blind are able 10 read. This system
a printing BTaile III much ias--r
than the old system of n4ra
embnErin-.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
EEK,

BRIDGETON. n. j.. June &c -
SerEt, Frank Bacon a question
ing l~l--ear-old Walter Preston
about the theft of coins from gaa
meters. III saw VA suspicious bulge
in Walters pocket and demanded
that lad show him what w rHE
Walter refused and Sergeant Brown
snatched "a can from the boys
pocket and strewed rs contents on
his cesk. Twenty-four water snakes
came 70 life and nearly frightened
the policeman out OF his wits. The
lad was released.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
DINE WITH EISH

LONDON. June 28.-tor those
aquarium fanatics there has been
shown here an aquarium dining
table. The surface Ut this table IS
"A sheet of glass laid on the top az
" glass tank This tank contains
live goldfish and other sea crea-
lures.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
GAY COVERS

Inexpensive iron or wicker chairs
for the garden al be made very
holidav-lcoliing by the addition ar
little slX-inch deep covers az cret-
onne that vnu can MAKE o- buy ID
Lin over their kacks.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
Has Salt Deposits

AT this time the only products Of
the county are livestock and agri-
cultural The only mineral resource
% far discovered Is sodium chloride
.or common salt. and ii l. found az
Sal vieto. some twelve miles north
west OF Raymondville. There Is some
oil activity az this time, and 10 is
probable that oil may be found IN
paving quantities.
The average annual rainfall. &C
cording to the government records,
Is approximately 81 inches. the
mean temperature 10 degrees, the
average August temperature l. 81
degrees and the average January
temperature IL 58 degrees.
Wlllacy county offers great POS
sibilities for playground and winter
home development or both the Ar
.rovo Colorado and the shores OF
LaEuna Madre and the Gulf Of Mey-
leo. This will be especially true
after completion OF the 5ntracoast-
al canal. when there should e 81
miles o. beautiful homesitss and
Fairgrounds
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
Irrigation Is Coming

Large quantities OF tomatoes, po-
tatoes, beets, beans, carrots and
spinach are grown; in fact, prac-
tically all winter vegetables will be
grown when brighton Is provided.
"A large part Of Willacv county Is
included in the biggest irrigation
district in the entire Valley, which
contains approximately 10000
acres. In which canals are now
being constructed. Bonds in the
sum Of s7.5o0.oO0 have been voted
to pay for this construction.
There Is no better citrus fruit
grown anywhere: the quality AZ the
oranges and grapefruit grown an
this section IS not surpassed.
One OF the largest vegetable can
neries IN the Southwest Il located
at San Perlita and is now in opera
ton.
The ranches In willacv county are
stocked with 2 splendid grade Of
beef cattle. q large amount Of the
cattle being n cross between the
Brahma and the Shorthorn. al
though there are several herds Or
high grade Herefords. Many dairy
cattle are kept by the farmers and
small ranch owners. and the but
ter fat production is no small item.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29
Nations Earliest Onions

The principal products Of Willacy
county are cotton. corn, the various
grained sorghums, watermelons,
cantaloupes, and cucumbers, as
summer crops. So far, onions have
been the principal winter crop and
there will be shipped in the neigh
borhood Of 600 carloads Of onions
from Willacy county during the
spring season Of 1890 The onions
produced IN Willacy county are the
earliest grown In the United States.
and ordinarily sell for the best
nrras.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29

total water frontage Of about 81
miles.
There are at this time about eS
miles Of paved road finished and IN
the course Of construction. Petitions
have been filed with the commits
sioners court for the creation Of two
additional road districts, in Of
which IL Is proposed 10 vote a bond
issue OF 100000 and the other an
issue Of 100000. IF these districts
are created and the bonds voted, Il
will help bring a large area under
development and will add about %
miles Of paved roads TO the county's
present paved road mileage. Edit
or's Note-These districts have been
formed and bonds voted since this
article was written)
There are no rivers or creeks in
Willacv county. and II has no
bridges. "A bridge Is needed. how
ever. az Paso Real. across the Ar
rovo Colorado. which IS the dividing
line at that point between Cameron
and Willacv counties. Half OF the
cost Of this bridge. when II Is erect
ed. will Be borne bv each county.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29

The total ares Of Willacy county
Is S5f square miles, Of which APP
proximatelv 625 square miles are
land and DO are water. making ap-
proximately 10 per cent land area
and go per cent water area. The
total land area Il approximately
100000 acres cf which 10000 are
-anch lard. or this ranch land.
probably half is good tillable land
and Will be cleared finally and
farmed. The other half IS salt flats.
driffed sand dunes and good graz
inc land. now considered practically
,,rfft for cultivation. At the time
This H. written. hnrii. 1880. there are
------fr-+-i- - nm acres in Gull
ttv--icn ~ithi- vi-iarr COUNTY
The .~-al tax valuation FIR the
YEAR 1870 vas ACCORDING 70 the
stete and county tax rolls. seoi55is-
There are apnroximatslv Is miles
RI wafer f~7nt7r0 ~ tho A-~ovH
Colorado: about % miles frontage
an the CTriF sire ~ Padre r~lrs,1.
and about 70 miles OF LaEuna Madrr
frontage on both the mainland and
Padre Island. giving the county q
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-29

Population of the Valley y 10000
~ increase Of ove 100 per cent
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-12-11

tain the M. e. Ladies Aid Wednes-
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Gaffaney are
the proud parents of a baby girl
born Saturday December 6.
Mrs. Will Riley and daughter
Evelyn and Mrs. Russell Riley were
Sank Centre callers Saturday.
Elsie e. Parker and Fay Bodeker
spent Thursday evening at the F.
p. Schaub home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Daniels spent
Sunday evening at the frisco home.
Mrs. M. e. Hines, Miss Emma
Hines, and Mrs. John Hines mo-
tored to Burtrum Sunday after
noon.
Howard Stuart, Jessie Stuart
and Kathryn Hopkins attended the
show in Sank Centre Sunday night.
Mr.. and Mrs Lawrence Freder-
ick and son, Bryon were dinner
guest at the Fred Judkins home
Monday.
Reva Drinker, of Sank Centre,
was an overnight guest at the F. p.
Schaub home.
Mark Flannery Of Starbuck,
spent Sunday in estport.
Miss Edith Olson, who has been
at the Edwin Olson home for the
past week returned to the Asbury
Hospital Minneapolis Thursday.
Art Bruse and Jack Frederick
have completed wiring the school
house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Les Judkins and
daughter, and Miss Alice Judkins
were Sank Centre callers Thursday
afternoon.
Howard Stuart made a business
trip to Glenwood Monday.
Corral Frederick, Of Sedan, spent
the week end at his home here.
A number Of the young people at
tended the basketball game at VIII
lard Friday evening. Willard was
playing Kensington.
o. J. Larson, Of Glenwood, visited
friends here Sunday afternoon.
The dance given at the M. w. A..
Hall Friday evening was well at
tended.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Frederick and
family were Sunday supper guests
at the Les Judkins home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Brown and
family, Of Sank Centre, spent Sun
day at the v. L. Prosser home.
H. G. Peterson was a Glenwood
visiter over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Rodeker
and family were dinner guests at
the Lawrence Frederick home
Sunday.
p. J. Flannery was a Sank Gen.
ire caller Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Art Gallanger were
Sunday supper guests at the H. E..
Pickett home.
Mrs. James Kinsella, who has
been on the sick list Is recovering.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-12-11

Frank Weiss and Victor Walter
have now joined the ranks of the
champion spoilers. There is plenty
of room for more.
IF all knew as much about the
brothers of Hiawatha as Frank
Pfieffer does, Nature study period
surely ought to be interesting. How
ever we enjoy the stories given by
Anna, Eugene and Miss Sorenson
about the bear.
Victor has handed in the most
book reports.
Killen has recovered sufficiently
from his burns to be back with his
cheerful smile again.
In spite of the fact that they are
getting longer assignments, the
fifth and third graders like their
new readers very much.
The little ones are getting ready
for the Holiday season so they spent
their work period on Friday MAX
ing Christmas candles. But what
have become Of their dish towels?
That's secret.
Things heard round the corners:
Columbus was our first president"
"Gold is raised in the western
states"
cigars are found in Florida. We
wonder who lost them. How about
il Norma?
Ida says let worms in the apples
look out for themselves but beware
of those in the tables!
Rosa says Lincoln's mother died
once. Had she been a cat perhaps
she could have done better than
that.
The stories which the eighth
graders told us about the early
history of Minnesota make us feel
grateful that we appeared on the
scene. now instead Of then.
The members Of the board had a
meeting at the school house on
Thursday evening.
Joe, Frank and Rosa Weiss visit
ed with the Walter children on Sum-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Walter were
guests of Ben Messer on Sunday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-12-11
District 14-46

Unless fortune rules otherwise
we will have Christmas program
on Tuesday evening Dec. %.
Bertha Quistorf and Theresa Wal
ter visited our school this week.
Our doors are always open to well
come our friends and parents who
are interested in our work.
The fifth graders have been very
busy of late. They just finished
making product maps Of the United
States and are now making History
booklets.
AS model citizens we are now do
ing our bit to sell Christmas Seals
to help fight tuberculosis. Thus far
the Pfieffer children have sold the
most
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-12-11
West Union

Joe Sauer and family, Of Detroit
Lakes, were visitors Sunday at the
home Of his brother, John Sauer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Deters, Of
Brockway, visited here with relativ-
es Sunday and Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kill, Of Morris,
Mimi, were week end visitors at
the John lKraemer home.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. p. Didier were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Unger
at Sank Centre Monday.
Dave Beck, Dave Miller and Miss
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-12-11
Wedge Hardware
Westport

The villard-Westport Epworth
League met at the Westport M. e.
Church Sunday evening. Rev. Ing
ram took charge of the service.
Sunday evening was the first on a
series Of evenings on the topic Of
Thinking Through the Bible"
Mrs. Bert Frederick entertained
q number of friends Thursday
evening in honor Of Bert Fred
erick's birthday. Those present
were Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Frederick,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Yenter, Mr..
and Mr.. and Mrs. L. J. Buchholz,
and Mr.. and Mrs. e. H. Pfeninger.
Miss Emma Hines, Of Long
Prairie, spent the week end at the
John Hines home.
Mrs. Bert Frederick will enter
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-12-11

Stella Miller, of st. Cloud, were
West Union callers Monday.
Miss Regina Miller arrived Sat
urday from Sank Centre and is Wis
iting at the Ben Deters home.
Friends of Mrs. Ida Roth will be
sorry to hear of her illness of the
past two weeks. All wish her a
speedy recovery.
Mrs. Anna Fink, of Eden Valley,
is visiting at the Albert and An
drew Radermacher homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Cans, Irene Or
beck and Mr.. and Mrs. John Sauer
were supper guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
II. J. Cans Sunday.
Mrs. H. G. Wakefield visited with
Sank Centre friends Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Deters, Alert
Marthaler and daughter, Clara,
visited with relatives at Sank Gen.
ire Tuesday.
H. ]. Roth, L. A. Larson, Dave
Beck and H. j. Marthaler, men,
bers Of the West Union township
board attended the county board
meeting at Long Prairie last week
Monday. The road west from the
trunk highway No. 8 to Douglas
county was designated as a county
aid road. This road being on the
county line, the expense of the i'm
provement will be equally divided
between Stearns and Todd counties.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Deters and
Mrs. Miller were dinner guests at
the Nick Marthaler home Monday.
Mrs. Order, Of Long Prairie, Wis
tied several days the past week at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. AL
Maus.
Miss Helen Linzmeier received a
message Tuesday Of the death of
her grandmother, at Jordan, MINI.
She left Wednesday to attend the
funeral.
John Servatius, Of st. Paul, Wis
tied with his brother, B. L. Serva-
titus the latter part Of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Bergston left
Saturday afternoon for Detroit
Lakes where they spent the even
ing and Sunday visiting at the
home Of Mrs. Granquist, Mrs. Berg
ston's mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Walters were
Sank Centre visitors Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alert Radermacher
visited at Medrose Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Ensign, of
Willard, were visitors Of Mrs. Ida
Roth Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Hoopner, Of
Paynesville, were visitors Sunday
at the II. G.. Wakefield home.
Albert Ruckert and family were
Sunday dinner guests at the Fred
Rueckert home.
The Washington times., 1930-09-23
-
Reduce
the Acid
In sick stomachs- instantly

ably end in five minutes. Then
you will always know what to do.
Crude and harmful methods will
never appeal to you. Go prove
this for your own sake. 1t may
save a great many diSagreeable
hours
Be sure to get the genuine
Phillips Milk Of Magnesia pre-
scribed by physicians for so years
in correcting excess acids. Csc
and soc a bottle-any drug store.
Milk Of Magnesia" has been
the U. s. Registered Trade Mark
of The Charles H. Phillips Chem
ical Company and its predecessor
Charles H. Phillips since 1875.
The Washington times., 1930-09-23

Sick stomachs. sour stomachs
and indigestion usually mean ex
cess acid. The stomach nerves
are over-stimulated. Too much
acid makes the stomach and in
teStincS sour.
Alkali kills acid instantly. The
best form Is Phillips Milk Of
Magnesia, because one harmless,
tasteless dose. neutralizes many
times it's volume in acid. Since
its invention. so years ago. it has
remained the standard with ply
sicians everywhere.
Take a spoonful In water and
your unhappy condition will prob
The Washington times., 1930-09-23
HO NJ { STYLES
/. SHOW TO OPEN

Art Is becoming more and more
important in the furnishing Of the
home, as is evidenced by the EN-.
phasis placed on beauty in the
home BY the managers OF the Ma
tional Home Furnishings style
Show to open here Friday and to
continue through October A.
A local style show is being con.
Quoted in every city of the United
states, sponsored by home fur,
nishings dealers and manufactur-
ers to show the latest fashions in
furniture.
Never before ii the history of
the home furnishings industry
has there been a concentrated
effort to supply the home maker
with an opportunity to see the
latest home furnishings correctly
and attractively displayed. Never
before have many home man.
ayers had at hand anyone with
whom they could consult about
their particular furnishing and
decorating problems. They now
have at their disposal expert ad-
vice and suggestions from men
who have been trained to solve
all the problems in connection
nth furnishing the. home.
The coming of the home fur
nishing style show will give the
home manager this longed-for op-
portunity to see different ar
rangements OF furnishings, vari-
Gus combinations Of pieceSA and
many color harmonies worked out
as guides and inspirations to her
in the furnishing of her home.
She will no longer need to pur-
chase this or that piece of furni-
ttlre blindly and hope it will
add to her home the elusive
beauty she so desires: She may
know exactly what she is doing
and just what the result of the
use of certain furnishings will be
The Washington times., 1930-09-23
AffiddUits of Juror
Hits PGntGges Case

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2S Il.
Ns0.--A new move was under
way today to save Alexander Pan
tages from serving q term Of from
/ to so years in prison. it was dis
closed here today. The million.
aire Snowman was cor victed Of at
tacking Eunice Pringle, lyear-old
dancer. He is now at liberty uI1-
der 100000 bond.
Affidavits charging that one OF
The jurors in the Pantages case
had threatened TO get" the the
ater owner have been sent to
States Attorney General u, s,
Webb at Sacramento, 1t was re-
ported.