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, and obtains the services OF a star
reporter from a large city nearby.
Here we have increasing interest.
The novelist, of course. would
bring in a lot Of puzzling COM
plications. throw suspicion upon
everybody but the President OF the
United States and the King OF
England, have his detectives and
newspaper men chase down a lot
OF clues that lead to nothing. and,
in short. drag things out about
$4,000 words, more OF less, before
bringing the case to a climax
And what a climax the TIE
story has. The newspaper men
dig around and the first thing we
know. the attorney himself is in
jail, charged with the murder OF
the wife and child he is supposed
TO have idolized. and a stenog-
rapher is brought in as an &C
complete.
What a story. What a story.
Edgar Wallace would have fits
with 1t, Conan Doyle. now dead.
would have gasped for joy. and
Arthur B. Reeves would have gone
nuts.
The Ban Is Lifted
The ban on white wing shooting
viii lift Friday to the tune Of
several Thousand bangs as Valley
hunters go into action.
White wings have been numer-
Gus In the Valley in the past. but
reports this season conflict. Some
say the birds ri as scarce as
elephants in Iceland. and others
say they are as thick as yer.
However, local nimrods will soon
find out.
The birds make delicious eating.
and there will be many tables In
the Valley with this lucious dish
added to there regular menu
Upstate hunters plan TO visit
this section to hunt the birds. II
Is reported BY railroad officials
who ought TO know. This is all
very well, but If birds are really
scarce. we don't want too much
outside competition.
Hawks Takes Off
Frank NJ. Hawks. famous pilot,
took of from Curtis Field New
York, 5 o'clock Wednesday 70 at
tempt to set a new westward trans
continental flight record.
Hawks was present at the open
ing or the Brownsville Municipal
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Farmer Sparkman Scores A
Comeback

Farmer Sparkman of Ellis county has scored a
comeback. He was a lower house lawmaker when
Pat Neff was governor He fathered the chicken thief
bill which made the theft Of poultry a penitentiary
offense. He ~vegetated a number Of years. enjoying
the blessings and comforts OF private life. Now his
face will appear In the corridors of the capitol the
coming winter. He is for taxing the natural wealth
of the state. the removal Of the ad valorem tax, and
will introduce a bill to require railroad corporations 10
uproot the johnson grass on the rail right of way in
order that thousands Of acres Of land shall be spared
from the ravages Of the pest. Farmer Sparkman is a
native Of Alabama He has been a resident Of Ellis
county for many years. He is not only a unique char
acter. but he throws from his brain pan spectacular
ideas.
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Rorimer lit a cigaret. He said
presently. "Old Man Pacific looks a
little different at night. doesn't
hep" He had shown her Santa
Monica on their Sunday afternoon
drive.
Anne nodded.
He said, Sport clothes tomor-
row? Give me all the details"
Sport and evening BOTH" she
said, smiling. oh, 1 forgot to tell
you. ! met the sweetest girl today.
She's an extra. too, and working IN
the same picture. I may go to live
with her-that Is, If things work
cut right"
Her name. Anne said. was Mona
Morrison. She's adorable, Dan:
we became friendly right away. She
has the loveliest red hair-almost
like Clara Bow'sl-and she's so
cheerful and funny. She's cutel"
where's she from?" said Rori-
mer. Remember, I'm responsible to
ziggy Young for you. and If you
go around making friends you've
got to tell me all about them"
Yes, sir" Anne made a funny
face; serious. like a little girl TAX
ing orders from her father. And
she spoke in a tiny little voice.
How old ere vow. anyway, little
grip" he said sternly.
Mine" she said. in the same 1T
tie voice.
NO fooling."
Anne said. "Twenty-one.-
And I'll soon be thirty. I'm
your Northumberland? Now GO
on and tell me about Mona. I'm
jealous, but 90 ahead"
Well. Anne said. Mona was from
Chicago. She has been In Holly
wood almost a year. She told me
all about herself. She won a beauty
contest In Chicago. and made a few
stage appearances II movie thea.ers
and that sort OF thing. She has
some relatives in San Diego, and
when they drove East last year
Mona came back with them. She's
crazy about pictures. Oh. you'll like
her. DAM"
And you think you and Mona
will hit IL off together?"
I'm sure we would. The only
t~hing-well. you see. Mona is living
with a girl now, named Eva Harley.
They have an apartment and
they've seen the cutest little bunga-
10. but the rent Is too much for the
two Of them and Mona thinks II
would be grand II the three Of us
took IL together. II has five looms"
Dan asked her If she had met
Eva Hawley. He really did feel a
little jealous.
"NoAnor the bungalow either"
She added. that she would see both
the next evening. Mona has in
vited. me TO their apartment for
dinner. Eva isn't working. and she
Is going to cook I'LL"
rs Eva an extra. too2"
Yes. Mona says she's beautiful
"a blond"
Il don't like bonds" said Dan.
Il like brunets from Oklahoma
Anne. holding her chin in her
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%A6lzYw0od Story
"a az copsaoAr $50 H. Ne. szexes he. b Ernest LxNNL

United gates. Pick you up this eve
nins?' ne asked.
She said she wasn't sure. Il
might have to work late: you can't
tell. Perhaps you'd better not"
But III want TO know how the
day went M.
Then call me up this evening"
How about going places and do
ing things?"
Not If I'm working tomorrow
morning. Anne said. shaking her
head and laughing. Early to bed,
o know-that's what keeps the
lines out of little girls faces"
But at least we can 60 for a
little ride" Dan argued.
well. well see about that later"
His day dragged by on leaden
feet. Collins was exacting and the
cast was not speaking its lines to
suit him. and Dan had a chance TO
observe what a tyrant q director
could be. Though Collins. he told
himself, was a good-humored ty-
rant. His wide and eaSy-coming
grin took the sting out of the
sharpest reproof. IL spread his little
blond, sharply upturned muStache,
and crinkled the corners Of his
eyes. and flashed whitley with
healthy teeth.
He would say. holding up his
hand: Brand. you're speaking your
lines like a ventriloquist's dummy.
Don't give me a dead pan: put some
animation in your face. Atwood.
here has taken your girl away from
you and you're mad-see? You act
as If he vas doing you a big favor.
Come on and get nad-think about
that dough you lost or that horse
at Caliente."
Then the grin. and then the repe-
tition Of lines. Thus the day passed.
and that evening Rorimer told
| Anne Winter he had formed a new
respect for picture making.
This Collins knows his stuff.
Anne"
She had consented TO 60 for a
| ride. provided he would get her
back by ten o'clock. They were rid
ing westward. through Beverly Hills.
and Dan had in mind the beach at
Santa Monica.
Her day. she said had been event.
full and pleasant. though somewhat
w~earying. I'm a little tired, Dan"
she confessed.
Garry Sloan IL seemed was the
director of the picture she was
working In.
Dan said. Garry Sloan Ell?
Grand United's using its big guns
Sylvia Patterson and Sloan"
Il told you 1t was to be quite a
picture"
do you know how long you'll be
working on it?"
mo. A long time. I hope"
Dan said. Has Sloan still got his
crush on Sylvia Patterson"
Are they supposed to be that
way?"
Il thought" Dan said. that
everybody in Hollywood knew about
that. Sloan's married, you know
has a couple Of kids"
She made no reply TO that. She
merely said. Everyone says he's q
wonderful director"
"One Of the best. I guess. Hes
certainly got a big enough reputa-
ton"
They rode in silence FOR q while
and the tires sang under them: and
presently Dan turned the a 10 the
right and down a declivity. and
they beheld the ocean shimmering
beneath the moon
The car stopped beside q stretch
RI beach. where the sound OF break
ing waves fell pleasantly on theii
ears. and they sat very still. word
less and thoughtful In the seas en-
! chanting spell.
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Frank n. Hawks, famous pilot
took of from Curtis Field New
York, 5 o'clock Wednesday 10 at
tempt to set a new westward trans
continental flight record.
Hawks was present at the open
ing OF the Brownsville Municipal
airport. and Is known here. Almost
q hometown boy. some think
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hand, laughed. Dan, you're SO alb
surdI'
He laughed with her, and liz an
other cigaret. and listened with her
to the sound Of the water on the
sand. A cloud went scudding across
the moon. throwing them in mo-
mentary shadow. From one Of the
houses above the beach came the
music Of a radio Oh photograph.
and then silence once more, as
though someone had opened and
shut a door.
Anne sat looking out at the ocean
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BEGIN HERE ID

DAN RORIMER, former New
York newspaper man. who Is now
writing scenarios for Continental
Pictures in Hollywood. gets q let
ter from an old friend IN New
York. Ziggy YOUNG. telling him
to look up a girl named ANNE
WINTER. who has come from
Tulsa. Okla, to crash into the pic
lures"
Dan complies reluctantly. as he
Is distrustful Of Ziggy. but Anne
proves to be charming. She has
had stage experience-n stock
companies. which Dan tells her is
the best foundation for an extra
to have. Anne gathers that he is
a little dissatisfied with things at
Cont nenal.
The following Monday rehears-
ais begin on his picture, an adapta-
ton Of a story he bad written
That evening he learns that Anne
is TO work the following morning
making the second tine she has
found extra employment. That
same evening Dan goes TO a Wam-
pas dinner with PAUL COLLIER,
who writes a daily movie column
for a string Of newspapers. Collier
laments his inability to get hold OF
what he calls the real Hollywood
story: the story Of the thousands
Of cxtras-how they manage to
live.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER VI
A~~n xErfnfn~ moe IN hfOh rnfrffC
when Rorimer called for her the
next morning. She said. when she
had settled BESIDE him in the road
ster, that she had prospects OF a
weeks steady employment; posi-
bly, more.
TITS TO be quite a big picture. I
gather. with a lot OF people. I'm
thrilled to death. even though ! am
SO unimportant."
Dan, inspecting her critically in
the chiseled perfection of her nose
her flat movie makeup, remarked
and CHR in profile, and the sha-
dowed beauty Of wide dark eyes
against the tawny pallor Of grease
pa mt and powder. She was wear
ing a white polo cot, long and loose
fitting and sporty, and a white
beret.
whats the picture?" he asked.
Il don't know that they have a
name for 1t. Sylvia Patterson Is
starring in tt-she's lovely, isn't
She?"
"Oh, I'm not SO crazy about
bonds" he drawled. Il prefer them
with dark brown eyes and black
hair. and I like them TO come from
Oklahoma
You're headed straight for that
telephone pole" she reminded him
quickly, and he turned his eyes To
the front.
you look as If you're going out
to play tennis instead OF TO work.
he said.
Anne laughed. Don't !. though?
I'm supposed TO be a guest at a
fashionable house party. Today It's
sports wear"
You look like a million dollars
Dan told her. thinking that what
clothes he had seen her in woulc
indicate Anne Winters wardrobe
was. to say the least. adequate.
Almost as Il she read hi:
thoughts, she said. Il think tht
fact that / had the right clothe:
helped me. You see. when I regis.
tered / was asked aboL, my ward.
robe. It's fairly complete: I founc
that was necessary in stage work
And yesterday Central Casting tele,
phoned me about this picture JUS
when / was getting ready to cal
them and ask 4 they had anything
Isn't hat grand?"
II certainly was, Rorimer agreed
You'll knock EN- dead; see II yol
don't"
He let her out at the Crane
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huddled in her coat against the
chill Of the night air. Rorimer
wondered wha. dreams might lie
behind those dark. expressive eyes,
what fires burned beneath her out
ward calm. Id presently he slip
red his arm around her.
ITO Be Continued
More than 10000 farm tractors
are operated in Italy.
Italy had only 5.B40 farm tractors
in 1924 and 10000 nov.
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Now thoroughly depressed. he sees a brigade Of NOV
ing picture men trooping onto the estate. The tele-
phone rings madly. The mailmans whistle an
nounces the delivery Of the daily fan mail. The
dog sets up a frantic barking. Mr.. Coolidge grabs
his hat and gallops out the back door. trying TO
write on the run.
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The Once Over
HOW MIR. COOLIDGE DOES HIS stint
By RI !. PHILLIPS

Copyright, 1880, by The Associated Newspapers
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Along Elizabeth
w. .. Van Siclen. Browns
Vile architect. !. full OF smiles as
he steps along the Main Stem....
he has just drawn plans for a
number OF buildings. mainly n
apartment home in Point Isabel.
Robert L. Lyon. new scout ex-
ecutive. recently transferred TO
Brownsville -. making friends.
Max Shapiro. who Is going into
the apartment house business.
figuring things out for his new
building which Is rapidly nearing
completion sister, Sarah look
ing On ~. Robert Dancy driving
along in a coupe. looking straight
ahead. Bob planned to leave for
Houston Wednesday night......
Henry Shelton taking his time....
walking slowly and looking very
serious. Harold jackson. with
Knockers on....
Better Than Dime Novels
Mystery stories are taking the
| country by storm. Everyone we
know Is either reading detective
stories or has read all available
and is looking for more.
And now comes a true story
over the wires that has most Of
the detective stories we ever read
backed off the map.
II all happened in Amarillo. the
stomping ground of the vitriolic
Gene Howe. newspaper editor.
A writer OF mystery thrillers
would have handled his plot some
thing like this:
So-and-so, well known attorney
and model husband. IA driving
along calmly in his big straight
sixteen, with his beautiful wife
and cute" son sitting with him.
The weather, OF course. would
come in for a lot of first-class
description. by way Of "atmos-
phere'. Thinking there "a a flat
tire. the attorney climbs out o. the
car. and then-everything goes
black. "A terrific explosion. Wife
and child killed. He miraculously
escapes injury. being out Of the
a at the time.
Automobiles are not in the habit
Of blowing up without warning
and killing women and children.
The home loving attorney Is
heartbroken, and appeals to the
authorities. The officials. however.
r oon up a brick wall with no
solution in sight.
The attorney appeals to the
newspapers. The editor of the
local paper decides to investigate,
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Automobiles are not in the habit
of blowing up without warning
and killing women and children.
The home loving attorney Is
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Washington has barred importation Of Soviet
matches. You know what Soviet matches are: the
kind with the red tips that flare up so easily.
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Lots Of Prizes
at SOC and 81

Attractive telephone indexes,
with Old English covers :. tie
racks for the men metal
door stops japanese cigar
cite boxes book ends !. !. and
leather bridge sets.
Stationery--street Floor
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and revenues to be promptly collected,
and when collected to be daily deposited
in the Treasury to the credit Of the
District for the purposes herein set
forth. =
Might I suggest If you find the OPP
portunity that you read all of the first
three paragraphs of the appropriation
at referred to, and am sure You will
appreciate the fact that Congress does
not intend that the Districts receipts or
obligations shall / many way be consid-
cred as receipts and obligations of the
Federal Government. Which brings us
20 the consideration of the relationship
TO the District of essentially Federal
revenue.
Under existing law the United States
pays from the Treasury 40 per centum
Of certain appropriations for the Dis
trict. This per centum is a liability to
be taken care of in the ALLEGATION of
Federal revenues for appropriation pur-
poses. So that the estimates which the
commissioners may submit for any one
year should not be regulated on the basis
OF total Federal revenues, but on the
oasis OF what part of such revenues
should be set aside to meet the contribu-
ton of the United States for municipal
expenses. This amount being deter
mined, the Commissioners could then
proceed to build the local budget accord
!ngly.
Not a U. s. Expense.
The error having been made in treat
ing District receipts as Federal moneys,
the further error is made in considering
the appropriation estimates of the Dis
trlct as part of the expenses of the
General Government. 1t must be patent
10 one VINO takes the time to study the
matter that the present practice in
treating the District as a Federal de-
partment. Is absolutely wrong.
In 1909 Congress, by legislation, pro-
hibited the Commissioners from sub
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GAMBLER CHARGED.
WITH Staying TWO.
Arrest Follows Shooting in
Motor Car After Attack and
Wounding of Another.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, october 6.-Erie
Marble, So, gambler and confidence man,
was held in jail today IN eonnectscn
with the staying of two men shot 70
death In a motor car early Sunday
and the wounding of Floyd F. Thomp-
son, %, insurance salesman. =.
Oldom I. Jeffries, 20, mechanic, ana
Jess Trowbridge, &c. were the men
killed. Police expressed the belief they
were shot by Varble as the result OF
a chance encounter after Marble mad
become intoxicated, following the
wounding of Thompson.
Attack in Apartment.
Returning to the city late Saturday
night, Varble went to the apartment
of Lillian Rice, 81, and finding Thomp-
son there attacked him. Thompson
was struck on the head with the butt
of a revolver. The weapon was dis"
charged and a bullet entered Thomp-
sens chest.
Marble and Miss Rice then left and
went on a drinking party.
Several hours later Jeffries and
Trowbridge were driving near Tweiftn
street and the Paseo. Passing parked
car in which q man and a woman
sat, they stopped to answer to hail.
The man opened fire, fatally wounding
both Jeffries and Trowbridge.
Arrested later, Varble denied the
shooting. But Miss Rice told the police
she and Varble were in the Vicinity OF
Twelfth and the PaSeo at the time and
that he fired at two men.
They drove up beside US. and nc
started shooting at them" she said. Il
don't know why he did it"
Car Hits Light Pole.
Varble and Miss Rice were arrested
after their car crashed into light pole.
Both were under the influence Of liquor
Police said Marble had a revolver from
which several bullets had been fired.
Meanwhile, police had been called to
Miss Rices apartment and Thompson
was taken to hospital. 1t was not
discovered until after Marble and Miss
Rice had left the apartment that
Thompson had been shot. He slumped
on bed when he was struck on the
head.
Miss Robbie Bryant, "a, Q stenog-
rapher. and business man who gave
his name az Jack Durham were in the
apartment and summoned the police on
finding that the bullet discharged when
Thompson was dubbed with the re-
vclver had ranged downward over his
heart. Marble and Miss Rice were arr
rested together more than q year ago
when Marble held up six persons and
searched rooming house for the young
woman.
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CONTINUED From Page BID
moneys deducted from salaries of police
men and fremen for their retirement
fund, moneys paid in to redeem real
property from tax sales, which belong to
the holders Of the tax sale certificates,
the District acting as the agent in the
transaction. and numerous other moneys
OF essentially trust fund nature. Yet all
the receipts of the three classes mem
toned are set up Is receipts Of the Fed
eral Government.
The District OF Columbia appropria-
ton act for the fiscal year 1928 very
clearly establishes the individuality not
only Of the District receipts, but of the
District obligations as we'll. That act
provides, for instance:
q" After June 80, 1927, It
shall be unlawful for any money to be
advanced or for any money whatever to
be paid out of the Treasury for District
purposes, unless the District, at the time
OF such payment, had to its credit in
full per centum required of 1t. e -
THE act further provides:
a." And that the Commission
erS Of the District of Columbia hereby
are empowered and directed to ascer-
tain, determine and fix annually such
rate Of taxation as will, when applied as
afore said, produce the money needed to
defray the share of the expenses of the
District during the year for which the
rate is fixed: and that the Commission
ers of the District shall, in accordance
with existing law, cause all such taxes
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ment and establishment and depart
ment or establishment for the purpose
Of that law. This clearly requires the
estimates of the District of. Columbia to
be included in the budget which the
President is to transmit to Congress on
the first day of each regular session.
when all those charged with the
preparation of estimates and the making
up of the budget for the President keep
IN mind the status of the District of Co
lumbia as a municipal corporation and
the matters to which you refer in your
letter, it seems to me the questions
which you raise would relate to differ
ence In point of view rather than to
difference in principles involved. If one
keeps these matters in mind 1t does not
in any way mislead him If he is consid-
ering a District of Columbia estimate
of $50, 900 rather than considering
an estimate of $l2,000000 as the con-
trioution of the Federal Government to
an estimate of the larger amount. The
same thing Is true with reference to the
estimate of revenues of the Federal
Government. If in compiling such an
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hitting appropriation estimates In ex-
cess of double the amount of anticipated
local revenues. Because this restriction
prevented the Commissioners from pre-
senting for the information of Congress
ell the necessary appropriation needs of
the District, Congress, after repeated
recommendation of the Commissioners,
repealed the law, and by the terms of
The 1925 District appropriation act gave
he Commissioners the light to frame
ne local budget without restriction I
its total. The limitation which the Com
miSsioners were compelled to observe in
preparing their principal estimates for
1924 was far more drastic in its effect
tnan the act of 1909. In illustration of
This statement it might be said that
under the act of 1909 the Commission
ers' budget for 1924 could have totaled
approximately $4,000, 900, as against
the amount of $24,500, 900 allowed by
the Budget Bureau"
In replying a short time afterward
Gen. Lord, the former budget director,
wrote that when these who make up the
budget keep in mind the status of the
District as municipal corporation the
questions raised relate to difference
in point of view rather than to a differ
ence in principles involved" Gen. Lords
answer read, in part, as follows:
Must BE in BUDGET.
Il read your letter at the time it was
received, but the pressure of work in
connection with all the estimates of the
Government has prevented my sending
you reply. 1 was much interested in
your view of the status of the District of
Columbia in its relation to the budget
law. It is recognized that the District
Of Columbia is municipal corporation,
and also that Congress, by the budget
and accounting act specifically included
the municipal government of the Dis
trict of Columbia in the terms depart