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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10
Valley Will Get
Business Bureau
Especial u The HeraldJ


HARLINGEN, Sept. 10-A meet
ing Of directors OF the Valley Better
Business Bureau will be held at the
Reese-Wn-Mond on Monday eve
ming for the purpose or completing
a permanent organization OF the
bureau
This decision was reached after a
meeting on Tuesday evening at
which 3. M. Holland. Valley delegate
to the national convention mt Mon
treal, made his report
Agreement to admit a Valley bur-
eau was communicated IN q letter
from III. wv. Refill, vice president
OF the Affiliated Better Business
Bureaus, read BY Holland, in which
he said:
III am authorized 90 inform you
that It is the sense or this confer
ence that. III and when IN Better
Business Bureau lis organized I'm the
Lower Rio Grande Valley, In
cordance with the attached recon-
mendations and conclusions. that
such organization win be welcomed
into utilization with the Affiliated
Better Business Bureaus Inc.
we uHp4CNAdtN VAC ORRNA tA4AAtf
OF hearing from you regarding the
Rio Grande Valley and wish mem
bers or your association 70 know that
they have ct their disposal I'm the
formation OF their Better Business
Bureau the complete facilities and
cooperation or the affiliated bureaus
throughout the country"
The Valley bureau already has
a state charter.
The recommendations, stating that
there Is no doubt that the Valley
can finance ca bureau, suggest that
sufficient funds for two years be-
raised.
Fifteen directors we're present at
the Tuesday meeting.
The idea OF q Valley bureau Is the
outgr0wth OF N controversy between
the Brownsville Chamber OF Com
merce and the Detroit Better Bust
ness Bureau concerning resaca land.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10
BROTHER DIES
w. Gotke Is Notified OF
Death in Paducah

j. C.. Gotke, Al, Ct. Louis, Mo,
dropped dead In Paducah. KY
Tuesday, according TO a telegram
received here yesterday BY his
brother. G.. W. Gotke. su~perintend-
ent Of local schools.
Mr.. Gotke was a resident Of s..
Louis, II was said today, and was
in Paducah on a business trip at
the time Of his unexpected death.
He is survived by his widow, Rev.
7. +. Gotke, his father. OF Clinton,
two sisters. Mrs. William Taulsem.
Clinton. and Mrs. Otto Johnson Of
Hamilton, Ohio. and n brother,
q. w. Gotke or Brownsville.
Funeral arrangements have been
completed and he will be buried IN
Clinton Wednesday afternoon.
He was a war veteran. having
served in the World war In France.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10
TOO LATE
Aid to Man Comes After
Death Takes Hand

CHICAGO, Sept. l0.fF-Herman
Eiler, who rode a freight into
town six wekes ago seeking work
and didn't find 1t. Is going to ride
home to Cheyenne, wyo.. in q pas
senger train-up in front-in the
baggage car-in a box-dead.
The police force Of suburban
Brookfield Is paying for the last
ride OF Herman Eiler. There are
only eight policemen in Brookfield,
counting the chief, but they're
only sorry that Herman Eiler can't
be riding further back In the train
in a chair car-alive.
Last Saturday Eilers, IS years
old, got a letter from his wife in
Cheyenne. 1t is said the authorities
were going TO put her and her
family In the poorhouse within a
week. It said that rather than that,
she would kill herself and the
children.
After reading the letter. Eiler
thrust il into his pocket and hur-
ried to the railroad yards. He caught
a freight. anxious to get back home
and prevent the tragedy that hung
over his impoverished home.
He slipped from the rods and
was crushed. They found his body
by the tracks.
Yester Chief O'Connor discovered
the letter In the tattered coat. He
wired $50 to Mrs. Eilers out there
In Cheyenne. He passed the hat.
And today Herman Eiler Is going
back home.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10

, Fred. 20. Margaret. 20. and Freda
Is, and their father, so years old
were drowned in the brine Of the
silo pit after being overcome by the
gas. The bodies were recovered by
q cousin, John Neidhardt.
Ollie Bohle, town marshal, nearly
lost his life in an effort to rescue
the victims but was saved, after &c
had collapsed in the silo, by his son
Waldo. is. who entered the death
pit twice to tie a rope around his
fathers unconscious form. A group
outside then drew the body to safe
ty.
No inquest will be held, the COR
Cner said, as the deaths were OBJ
viously caused by rcethane or marsh
gas generated in cornstalks. The
gases we're realeased when Neid-
hardt stirred the refuse as he was
cleaning out the pit.
His two sons entered the pit to
succor their father as Neidhardt
collapsed and the two daughters
met the same fate in attempting to
save the three.
His widow and two daughters
survive Neidhardt.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10
Insanity Plea Fails
After Three Years

ANSON, SPIT. 10. -PEHaving
failed after three years OF effort
to escape the electric chair upon a
plea OF insanity, Joyce Shepard, az.
alias Bill Smith, today awaited the
date set for his execution on Oct.
II. for the killing Of two Fisher
county officers In october, 1927.
A jury In district court yesterday
held he was sane. According 70
testimony az the hearing. Shepard
had feigned insanity for three years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10
Rescued After
Night Under Water

NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 10.-t#1-
For rs hours Capt. M. A. Danese.
62-year-old marine diver, strug-
gled on the floor of the drainage
canal i'm 20 feet of water. entangled
in piling and Lived to tell or tho
experience.
He went down Monday morning
at II o'clock TO complete repairs
to n leaking dock where the canal
runs into Lake Pon1chartrain. While
working on the lock III collapsed
and threw the diver and three
heavy pilings against the pump
ing station.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10
Negro Held in Death
Reyna Makes Bond

EDINBURG. Sept. 10-Willie Bep-
tist. negro, charged with negligent
homicide following the death Of
Anastacio Reyna OF Penitas follow
ing an auto crash on the highway
near Mission recently was released
from the county jail here early this
week under bond Of $500. Baptist
was driving a cotton truck. A wagon
driven by the Mexican and the truck
cclllded, killing Reyna instantly.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10
Tour Endorsed

EDINBURG, Sept. 10-The Edin-
burg Chamber OF Commerce is &C
lively endorsing the proposed Mon
terrey-S altillo tour Of the Browns
vile and Monterrey Chambers OF
Commerce and has urged upper VAL
ley residents to make the trip with
tile lower Valley organizations. Ber-
~ Hudgins, secretary of the Edin-
burg body. announced yesterday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10
Water Meet to Be
Held Here Friday

The water meeting to determine
equitable distribution Of the waters
Of the Rio Grande, which is to be
held at the Chamber Of Commerce
building. Brownsville, is scheduled TO
be held Friday. Sept. II, instead OF
Thursday as previously announced.
w. E. Anderson. federal engineer,
viii be one Of the principal speakers.
The change in date was announced
Wednesday morning.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10
johnson Holds Lead
For Reformation

SEATTLE, Sept. i0-tF-Repre-
sentative Albert johnson, republI-
can. chairman Of the house immi-
grafton committee, took the lead In
his race for denomination TO con-
greSs, with a plurality of 1880 votes
over John T. McCutcheon. when re-
turns from $50 precincts out Of 673
in the third Washington congress
sional district were tabulated today.
AT one time McCutcheon had a lead
OF about 5000 votes.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10

Nat relief from
The strain will be-
gin TO be felt in
October. TIL G
other one : third
gave January as
the time depres-
sion passage would
be noticed.
A study Of other
business depres-
sions which have
swept over the
country shows that
the life Of such a
wave is usually
a b out thirteen
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10
in OUR
VALLEY
HOW ABOUT IT?
BY c. N. HALL

HOW ABOUT IT?
"A ma who does not love
praise Is not a full man"
Henry Ward Beecher.
Vanity is essentially the sign
OF q shallow personality"
DIR. William A. White.
Films are mental chewing
gum to the public that pays for
them"
Eric Won Stroheim.
IF I only had one sermon to
preach ii would be a sermon
against pride"
Gilbert x. Chesterton.
"Art and life ought TO be hur-
riedly remarked and brought to
live together"
Hugh Walpole.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10
Rains Quench Fire
In Bastrop Forest

BASTROP, Sept. i0-P-Drench-
ing rains last night and this morn
ing stopped q forest fire In the
pine woods east Of here that had
been going for two days and which
had baffled efforts OF fire fighters.
The fire had burned over an area Of
a half-mile before the rainfall. No
estimate OF the damage caused by
the fire had been made today.
Workmen were hampered in bat
ting the blaze by inadequate
equipment.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10
Bandits Get $4,000

PATERSON. N. j., Sept. 10.-fR
Masked holdup men entered the
Merchants Trust company shortly
after the bank was opened for bust
ness today and made off with $50
0O00. Bank clerks were herded into
a vault while the robbery was COM
mitted.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10
Silo Proves Death Turret
Five Members of Family Die in Attempt To
Save Father Overcome by Fumes

HEBRON, N. d. Sept. 1o-CP-Posonous fumes, which turned a so
into a turet Of death, had claimed five members Of the Tony Neid-
hardt family today.
The victims were Tony Neidhardt. Hebron farmer, and four Of his
children, two sons and two daughters who died in a vain attempt so
their father from the methane gas vapors. George, "a. was taken
unconscious from the so yesterday, but died while physicians were
attempting to ave his life.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10
FISH STORY

ERWIN. ;. O., Sept. l0-tF)-
Here's the summers best fish story.
David Stephens tells 1t. his wife
vouches for Ii. While fishing. her
hook caught a snag. He scrambled
into the stream to release it, step
ped on ar old automobile tire: threw
1t out on the bank Inside were nine
catfish.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10
Methodist Church
Asked Till Oct. 6

TCptCIdI 20 1IIt
SAN BENITO, Sept. 10.-Bids
viii be received up to Oct. 6 on the
new $4,000 Methodist church here,
according to Rev. G. Z. Marshall.
1t is hoped to have have construc-
ton start about Oct. Is. The build
ing committee has been authorized
to advertise for bids.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10
ITHE business depression through

THE business depression through
which this country has passed,
and is still passing for that mat
ter, is now being compared TO that
Of 1921 and even to the panic of
1907.
The brightest spot in the sentence
above Is that the depression is pass
Ing. How long it will take was re-
Gently a matter Of a straw vote
among a number Of bankers of the
country. The result of this vote
was that the opinions Of about two
thirds of those supposed to know was
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10
Matamoros Warns of Fines
Public Advised to Pay Speeding Bonds To
None Except Men in Uniforms

Payment Of fine for traffic violations in Matamoros to any but men
in uniforms was warned against by Police Chief Rafael Munguia We'd
nesday.
1t was announced that sn investigation conducted by the Matamoros
police officials revealed that citizens have arrested tourists around mid
night and threatened to throw them In jail The visitor. eager to re-
turn to the American side before the bridge closed, would pay q fae
in order to continue.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10
Girls, Here Is
Law You Have
Waited For

JERUSALEM. Sept. I0.-A-
An exchange telegraph dispatch
from The Hedjaz today said
that a bill had been introduced
into that kingdoms advisory
council which would make it
obligatory that everyone over
IS years old must marry. The
bill would limit costs Of wedding
fees and Of dowries.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10
Silent on Road Bonds
Unalterable Support Given Dry Amendment
By Texas Party Convention

GALVESTON. Sept lo-CF-Ross s. Sterling Of Houston. was the
democratic nominee for governor today, after the state democratic COM
mntee last night acclaimed him It's standard bearer.
The candidate was permitted to virtually write his own platform as
the principles his party enuncated in bidding for favor at the hands
OF the voter in the general election next November.
Friends OF MI. Sterling were IN perfect command Of the convention
from the start, parusans OF Mrs Miriam A. Ferguson. former governor,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10

For Brownsville and The Valley:
Partly cloudy 70 occasionally un-
settled tonight and Thursday. Light
to moderate southerly winds ON the
west coast.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy TO-
night; thundershowers I'm extreme
Jas portion; Thursday partly
cloudy. Light 20 moderate south
erly TO westerly winds ON the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
The river will continue 10 fail
slowly practically ali along during
the next "a to 48 hours.
Flood Present 14-Hr. 14-Hr.
e. 60 $780, RmAwm
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10
BEACH SAFETY
IS SOUGHT AT
&C. MEETING
e a m Opened
For Benefit
OF Tourists

Traffic officers on the Boca
Chica highway and life guards on
the Boca Chica beaches have be-
come necessities and steps will be
taken BY the Brownsville Chamber
of Commerce to obtain this protec-
ton, 1t was decided at a meeting
Of the chamber board Of directors
Tuesday night.
With the completion OF the Bocs
Chica highway. which is expected
either the latter part OF this week
or early next week. the increase
in traffic to the beaches viii be
tremendous was the concesus Of
opinion, and ample protection for
motorists and bathers Is an abso-
Lutte necessity. board members
claim.
City and county officials will be
consulted Immediately to arrange
plans and means for traffic Off
cers and life guards.
To Protect Public
Not only will Valley citizens be
involved. but our large number of
tourists must be protected" 1t was
said. IF deaths through drowning
and because OF accidents on the
highway become common. it will
give our beaches, one Of our great-
est assets. a black eye"
The celebration which was con-
templated for the opening Of the
Boca Chica highway was called off
after discussion Tuesday night.
The blowing OF sand and the i'm
possibility OF digging pits on the
beach made a free barbecue diff
cult and the open beach and sound
Of breakers would make speeches
and band music impossible, 1t was
found.
Road Signs Abandoned
The publicity committee OF the
chamber OF commerce reported that
the construction OF road signs be-
tween Brownsville and San Anton
10 was not advisable at the present
time, and that circulars. pam
phlets and other methods Of adver-
Using would be distributed instead.
A large expenditure for port ad-
vertising also influenced the de-
cision.
"One OF our biggest problems at
present is to familiarize Browns
vile citizens with what Browns
vile has TO offer" II was explained
Wednesday morning. "A tourist
stopped at a service station the
other day and asked one Of the en-
ployes what Brownsville had to
offer. The answer was that Mata-
moroS was the only thing t. the
Valley worth seeing. We must ed
ucate u citizens. Teach them
what we have. so that they can an
sver intelligently when questioned
by tourists and other visitors. In
California or Florida. ask anyone,
a waiter. a service station hand. a
barber, anyone. and they IN point
out all the places OF interest and
give facts and figures as to pop
ulation. etc"
Pamphlets Planned
Pamphlet and leaflets will be
distributed among local business
men, school children. teachers, pro-
fesSional men and others. contain
ing all pertinent information con-
corning Brownsville and the lower
Valley. The possibility OF prizes
being offered the school children IN
the various schools for the best es-
says on Brownsville was also dis
cussed at the meeting Tuesday
night.
The entertainment being given by
the Port Isabel Securities company
viii be attended by several Of the
directors Of the chamber. The sf-
fair will be given at the Bayview
club house. Sept. is at $3.50 .. m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10
ZEPPELIN LANDS SAFELY

MOSCOW, Sept. 10.-tR)-The
Graf Zeppelin landed here at noon
today 6 q. m. z. 8. ID after q
p7-hour flight from Friedrichshafer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10

Take the Edge-of the Road
Rio GEande Valley Trust Co. adv.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide nc Point Tgn-
bel tomorrow under normal meteor
illogical conditions:
High ...... sos u. IA: 6:22 ~. rn.
Low ........ 1852 a. M ll.A3 p4 rn-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10
Heavy Rains Fall
Over Central Texas

SAN MARCOS. Sept. I0.-R1-
drouth was broken in this area BY
The droith was broken in this area
BY a l.68 inch rain last night and
today. The ranges we're particularly
In need Of rainfall.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10

IIUIltIIcl
Styles. business and life seem to 60
in cycles. which enables US TO judge
the future by the past At the same
time the beginning Of the passage
OF the business slump, which has
been experienced since the big stock
market crash, does not mean that
stp2S. 1929 peaks Of business will be
Immediately reached. But the bank
ers do say We have better business
ahead.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10

- 81 49, NIL IAN AdSL 4llEiL anu
today. The ranges were particularly
In need OF rainfall.
LOCKHART. Sept. 10. Up
Three inches OF rain. the heaviest
this year, fell here yesterday.
OLNEY. Sept. 10.-fP-An inch
and a half Of rain fell in this Sec
ton last night. Light damage was
done to an oil tank on the Blood
worth lease when it was struck by
lightning.
AUSTIN. Sept. 10.-CP-Austin
and central Texas was drenched to-
day as the result Of a heavy rain
last night and early this morning.
One and one-half inches Of rain
was recorded at the State Weather
Observatory here and the ~precipi-
tation was reported to be general
through the section. The rain was
accompanied by a high wind but
did little damage.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-10

the future by the past. At the same
time the beginning Of the passage
OF the business slump, which has
been experienced since the big stock
market crash, does not mean that
Afp28. 1929 peaks of business will be
Immediately reached. But the bank
ers do say we have better business
ahead.
AIINE months from today the Low
IN er Rio Grande Valley will. If
~ present indications mean any
thing, be in what is known as a
boom. II the Valley does reach the
boom stage the difference between
that and the Florida boom, or others
that can be mentioned. is that this
boom will be based on a territory
possessing the most fertile soil IN
the world.
In other words II will be on a sub
stantial basis. Often, too often IN
fact. Florida prices scared sky high
Oh lands 50 poor they would not
grow peanuts. ii was all In the hope
of a resale at a profit. And then
when the boom fell down and went
boom the final owner was left with
cut very much except shifting sand.
But despite the reaction attrib-
uted to Florida the boom has
brought big business. which has re-
manned far out Of proportion OF any
tcI&lr before. Special trains still
runf from New York to the other
southern extremity OF the United
States. /.
The Valley boom will be slower and
more permanent.
nut what have business cares to
n do with the moonlight on the
~ water down at the Brownsville
beaches these DAYS?
Animated Annie says all men are
created equal. but so far rs she
* concerned many of them do not
seem equal to do justice 70 the
occasion.
DEMOCRATS at Galveston and
Republicans at San Angelo nave
~ been having a great time for the
l,sst few DAYS expanding on the
greatness of their own party and the
faults Of the other.
r. B. Creager Of Brownsville. nat
ural to suppose. has been p direct
irr factor Of the San Angelo meet
nc. The war cry Of the Republicans
IS that the primaries have torn the
Democratic party aSunder, making a
big crack for the Republicans TO
walk through into the governors
office. All these believing that the
Democratic party will not win, please
stand on your heads,
The Democrats were not split
enough for even the Republicans
To notice at Galveston. Jim Fer
ruson was not there.
AlOW that these two circuses are
N over. Al q. Barnes will keep
Nv the ball arolling III the show
line by coming to Brownsville on
Sept. 10. .
With this in view let's make Of 1t
an unusual occasion. Let all OF us
older folk not give any excuses that
we have to go TO take the children,
but Just come cut and be honest
that we are aburning to see the ele-
phant and the VIC Kangaroo.
NRfEF George wins another golf
tournament. This thing Is get
ting so common, 1t is beginning
10 be expected Of the Brownsville
hot shot
BROWNSVILLE today bid an Of
IL fetal farewell to Col. Van Voor-
his, commanding officer at Fort
Brown for the past year. Judging
from what has been heard both
Brownsville and the Colonel hc@e
that II is adios and farewell and not
good bye.
I'm to Monterrey September rs
Is the day.
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nut what have business cares to
III do with the moonlight on the
~ water down at the Brownsville
beaches these days7
Animated Annie says all men are
created equal. but so far rs she
Is concerned many Of them do not
seem equal to do justice TO the
occasion.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-02-27
BIRTHDAY HONORED
BY BRIDGE DINNER

Mrs. 4. 7. Moore entertained last
evening with a delightful dinner
and bridge honoring the sixteenth
birthday of her daughter, Miss Mar
jorie Moore.
The affair took place at to
Moore residence, as Brighton, the
house being attractivcly decorated
with spring flowers in pastel shades.
Dinner was served AZ small tables
which presented a charming effect
with the centerpieccs Of tall, lighted
candles, and with the dainty ap-
pointmcnts.
Following the dinner, bridge
game was enjoyed, prizes being won
by Miss Gena Bibhins for high
score and by Miss Betty DuSold,
second.
Invited guests were the Misses
Ruth Whitelaw, Peggy Whitelaw,
Marjorie Meyer, Barbara Tondro.
Ruth Grafton, Virginia Finney. Bet
ty Southworth. Shirley Mae Cary,
Maria Birkhauser, Betty DuSold,
Mona Kupelian. Thelma jenkins,
Gladys Bowles, Gena Bibbins, Eliza
beth Bromley. BESSIE Damron and
Marjorie Moore.