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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-12
Insurance Men Due
On Special Train

Sixty-five insurance agents from
all over the United States will ar
rive IN the Valley Monday morn
ing, detraining at Harrington at 6
a. m, it was announced today.
The agents will arrive here by
special train, being on a post
convention tour, A national con
vention OF insurance men was held
at Dallas during the past week, the
first convention Of this nature ever
held In Texas.
Plans first called for the special
to stop in Edinburg and the visitors
touring the Valley In automobiles,
but last minute changes were made
and the initial stop will be in
Harrington. From there. buses will
carry the agents over the Valley,
on a tour Of inspection. Lunch will
be served at Point Isabel, and a
supper has been planned In Ma
tamoros.
The N. A. I. A. visitors win leave
for the north Monday night. IL
was said.
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Posse In Pursuit
Of Bank Robbers

HASTINGS. Okla, Oct. l1.-P-
With q sheriffTs posse In hot pur-
suit, four men who robbed the
State Bank Of Hastings today of
about $1,000 were believed fleeing
eastward tonight. The robbers es-
capped in a snail car. clearing their
way through "a Saturday afternoon
crowd Of shoppers by firing rev0l-
vers into the air.
The bandits. waving guns, forced
three officials of the bank and an
employee into the vault and scooped
up available cash. They neglected
to lock the vault, however. and the
four escaped
Two citizens obtained shotguns
from a store and fired at the ban
dts two Of whom were on running
boards or the car, but none or the
shots took effect.
Hastings is in Jefferson county,
near the Texas line.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-12
CAMERON TAX
VALUES JUMP
Fifty Million Valuation
Shows Increase Of
Two Millions

Despite general depression IN all
parts Of the United States, Gamer
on county's tax valuations have
increased over $4,000, 900 during the
past year, according TO the tax
rolls to be signed by the commits
sioner's court Monday.
The roll, just completed by Tax
Assessor Art Cowden, sets out Cam
eron taxable values at S50.6l7.0 00
as compared to s48. AZ. 373 last year.
In view Of the general business de-
preston over the country. county
officials are OF the opinion that
this section has done remarkably
we'll.
Real estate values are set out as
$43, TAG 700 and personal property at
s6,067, 300 by the new tax rolls.
This represents a phenomenal
growth over the past 80 year period.
In 1890, at which time Cameron
county took In what is now VIII
lacy and Kennedy counties. the
county's tax valuations were So
174.7i0. In 1910 willacy and Ken
nedy counties were still in Cameron
county and the tax rolls showed q
value Of s11 ,590.631. Kennedy coun-
" was cut of In 1911 and Willacy
county In 1921.
The 1920 valuation was S23.606,-
24O. The increase in valuations has
grown By leaps and bounds In the
past ten years. In 1925. the valu-
alton was SGT .252 $50. In the past
five years. due to intensive develop
ment Of agricultural lands and ir-
rigation projects. the valuations
have almost doubled.
The county now contains an
area of about $50 square miles, or
more than 600 900 acres. Approx
imately 5-6th OF this acreag, Is
regarded as some Of the best farm
land in the country. About 255 600
acres are now under irrigation
and around 245 900 more r sus-
ceptible Of irrigation.
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Shortage Is Found
In Louisiana Books

BATON ROUGE. La, Oct. tn
Revelation OF GA shortage OF $780,
900, II not more in the accounts OF
the late James j. Bailey. for IA
years secretary OF state for Louis
lana, today dropped a bombshell In
the state capital.
The shortage was revealed by Miss
Alice Lee Gr0sjean. 24-year-old
successor 10 the office, who was
sworn I'm as secretary OF state a few
hours after Mr.. Eaiiey's death last
Wednesday. and who requested an
immediate audit Of the Bailey rec
ords by the state supervisor or
public accounts before formally tax
ing over the offices in the state
house.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-12
HEAP BIG CHIEF

PONCA CITY. Okla. oct. H.
R9-Frank l.. Jones OF New York.
vice president OF the Equitable
Life Assurance Society. today be-
came chief wahshe Skar OF the
Ponca Indian Tribe.
Chief walkinghead OF the
Poncans. dressed in attire worn by
leaders Of the plains indian tribe
years ago and speaking in his
native tongue. indicted Mr.. Jones
into the tribe. The old Chief
presented the new one with q
peace pipe and tobacco pouch on
behalf Of the tribe
Wahshe Skar means man Of
knowledge"
John Phillip Sousa and Jones
now are the only living white men
who have been adopted into the
tribe.
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Big Eagle Killed
By Ell Jardin Man

An eagle, believed to be the only
one killed in the Valley In many
years. has been shot by j.. 9. Sewell
Of FL Jardin.
The bird Is now being mounted
by Juan Mendiondo, IL was said
yesterday, and measures 60 inches
from wing tip to wing tip. It was
shot by Mr.. Sevell while eating a
fish II had caught.
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| "A seemingly heavy increase I'D
the Corpus Christi district from
100 acres in 1880 to 1900 for 1881
Is due to loss OF planted acreage In
1880 from freezes rather than in
tention TO increase paintings In
1881" the official estimate says.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley ex-
poets to increase acreage by % per
cent. while In other counties the
increase Is Is per cent. Other i'm
portant counties are Bexar. DIM
init, Fort Bend, FRO and Webb"
General Jump 20 Per Cent
An increase in California and
Florida is also expected, while q
decrease In acreage Is expected IN
Louisiana. The combined increase
Is 20 per cent.
The lower Valley had 1880 acres
In cabbage. during the past season
and the government experts predict
1880 for this year. Corpus Christi
area shows i,i00 last year. 1900
this season. Other counties show
1900 compared to $500. The VAL
ley, the estimate shows. has by far
the largest acreage In the entire
state. $4,000 acres compared &c
400 for the remainder Of the
state.
Carrots in the Valley show q
decrease Of 9 per cent below last
year, the Department Of Agricul-
ture discloses. A decrease Is pre-
dicted for the entire state In carrot
planting.
Mixed Planting Urged
Mr.. McDavitt urged mixed plant
ing for farmers here. He Lid that
CONTINUED on Page Two.
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WHICH IS Who
y X y y
AND WHY
Miss Unknown Asks
(which husband shan ! take?

Which husband shall ! take?'
"Shall ! decide now, or wait for
more bids?"
These might be classed as the
two most prominent questions now
confronting Miss Unknown" the
Brownsville woman who some few
days ago set sail to seek a husband
and to date has received five re-
plies from Valley men seeking her
hand.
Saturday afternoon she admitted
TO Cuban Monsees. of the federal
employment bureau, to whom she
made application, that after consid-
ering all. she Is still undecided, but
admits she leans toward the gentle
man from Pharr. This was the
man who emphatically declared he
did not want any publicity be-
cause he meant business.
The fifth letter has Just been
received by Mr.. Monsees and turned
over to the % year old husband
seeker.
This case Is not only causing
great interest in the Valley. but 1t
may be the starter of a SNOWFALL
Of such proportions as to warrant
a Valley marriage bureau. Mr.,
Monsees has received a letter from
another Brownsville woman, who
says she wants q Job as match
maker. Saturday The Herald re-
ceived a letter purported to be
from another woman seeking a
husband. The letter was in feminine
handwriting and gave a name OF
a Mrs" and a box number. but
asked that the name not be used
AS o as II al be ascertained Il
such a person exists and those are
her wants her case viii be
considered.
As soon as Miss Unknown
decides which sutton she will take
il may be that an airplane wedding
can be arranged. But Miss Unknown
is SO shy she will not consent for
a direct interview with q reporter,
so there you have the situation.
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been anticipated, and showered
rock and stone over an area or
nearly half q mile.
The more seriously hurt were:
William r.. Wallace. Flagstaff.
acting chauffeur. fractured skull.
possible internal injuries. may die.
"A. "A. Gailand, pcwderman and
electrician, Hollywood, fractured
skull, may die.
Howard Higgin, film director,
Hollywood, broken ankle.
Bert Gilroy, studio business man
ager. Hollywood. sprained Leg. Sc
we're CIT on head.
Waiter Hoffman, powderman,
Hollywood, broken les. cuts ON
head.
Hubert Morgan. helper. flagstaff.
broken collarbone.
William Garrett, Hollywood.
broken ankle, possible internal in
juries.
Jim Cunningham, Hollywood.
back, head and Ter.
William Garrett. Hollywood,
broken ankle, possible internal in
juries.
Jim Cunningham. Hollywood,
back. head and legs hurt, and pos
sible internal injuries.
Marvin Peterson, Hollywood. ribs
broken, possible internal injuries.
Higgin. the director. was in the
lead OF several men near the mouth
Of the tunnel. He and his COM
paniqns were struck down by hlrtl-
ing rock.
William Boyd. leading man in the
picture, and Clark Gable. the ftlm
villain. were two hundred feet from
the point Of the blast, bu- escaped
injury. A section OF -ock fell be-
tween them. striking neither.
Helen T~welvetrees, leading lady,
had left the location and was en-
route to Los Angeles.
Cameramen had been spotted on
platforms neal the face OF the
cliffs TO photograph the expected
landslide which was to wipe out 4
mining settlement. Four were
knocked to the ground. Three NJ
five cameras in use were shattered,
The first five victims brought
here were unconscious after their
ride over mountain reads 10 reach
the hospital. but regained con-
SciousreSS tonight.
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WONDER WHY?

ALTUS. Okla. Oct. if.-tF-
Tommy ". Cadle OF Vernon, Tex
as. whose age may be the % years
estimated by himself. or 10 years.
stated by officials at Quanah. Tex
as, tainted and fell on the jackson
county court clerks floor today
after he obtained q license to wed
Romie Gene Henry Of Talbert. Tex
as deposed by Cadle to be 10. but
said by Texas authorities TO be is.
Cadle soon revived. however, was
married and whisked his bride away
before the jackson county sheriff
could comply with the request Of
the Quanah official TO intercept the
couple. They were an object OF
search tonight.
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proven successful, to continue, If
not, to stop. Mr.. Street suggests,
after studying expenditures OF re-
sorts such as Atlantic City, Miami.
Galveston and others, that Browns
vile spend $4,000 a year on news
paper. radio, magazine, pamphlet
and other advertising. A special
department of the chamber Of
commerce should be devoted to
handling the campaign. he sug-
geSted. The city Will have to vote
on the matter before 1t can be fl
nanced by taxation.
Serious Thought Asked
Il am a firm believer In the
principles Of cooperative effort
and | am intensely interested in
any matter which affects the vel
fare Of our city so vitality as a
community advertising campaign
Mr.. Street said Saturday. Never
theless, I do not believe that such
a campaign should be undertaken
lightly on a wave of local enthus-
iasm. 1t Is always better to aScer-
tain facts, to analyze our problems,
whether community or personal,
and to proceed carefully accord
ing to a comprehensive and pre-
arranged plan"
In q comprehensive and detailed
pamphlet distributed Saturday, the
local banker shows first why
Brownsville should advertise, and
points out that adequate advertis-
ING would result In the attraction
Of additional tourists, permanent
residents. industries, extension OF
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Mr.. Melden added that due TO
to lack OF cooperation, shippers were
offering various prices for citrus,
and that no two shippers were CIV
ing the same quotations. He added
that all shippers should get to-
gther in a meeting Immediately and
determine a definite and set price.
and to also guard against flooding
the markets. Such q meeting has
been urged by the exchange man,
and he said Saturday that his or
ganization was ready at any time
TO cooperate.
24o Cars Shipped
According to information Satur-
day, a total Of 240 cars of citrus,
including grapefruit, oranges, and
mixed cars. have been shipped up to
and including Oct. II, as compared
to 40 last season. The lure Of early
high price has been too strong to
some growers. IL was said In Browns
vile today. The result has been ex-
actly what J. M. Del Curto, state IN
tomologiSt. predicted.
II Is not too late to remedy the
situation, 1t was pointed out. and the
mass meeting was ureed by Mr.. Mel
den with this In view.
He stated that during the coming
week shipments would slow down
due TO heavy rains. He predicted
that approximately 100 cars would be
shipped during the next seven days,
bringing the seasons total to around
$40.
Friday. "A cars Of fruit left the
Valley. and Saturday morning about
% had been shipped. Bulletins IS
sued by the Southern Pacific and
Missouri Pacific railroads reveal that
every town In the Valley Is ship
ping early fruit.
How They Move
Shipments from the various
towns during the past two days
are as follows:
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Northwestern Player
Found With Smallpox

EVANSTON, H.. Oct. lit
Cap Hank Bruder OF the North
western University football team
was found r. physicians tonight to
be suffering from smallpox. He
was placed in quarantine.
Officials announced other mem
bers OF the Northwestern team viii
be examined and vaccinated. but
probably will not be Isolated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-12

anu kLllng Oh grass, Will not De
feared.
improvements on the courses.
and the adding Of a number or
hazards. will make the local i8-
hole course one OF the sportiest
In south Texas.
The Brownsville course. one OF
the oldest in Texas. having been
first mapped out in 1910, will be
one OF the most modern. Mr.. Clint
added. In addition TO the course,
the club boasts one Of the largest
privately owned concrete SWIM
ming pools in the Valley, hard
surfaced tennis courts, and q
beautiful clubhouse.
Installation or the new system
and work on the course improve
ments are expected TO begin i'm
mediately. II was said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-12
Iowan Confesses
He Murdered Boy

DUBUQUE. Ia, Oct. Il-R--
Joseph Ollinger. %. confessed 70
police tonight to the strangulation
of Earl Fuller. IL, whose maltreated
body was found last Sunday morn
ing In the flats near the Mississippi
river. Ollinger. under a heavy guard
was held in tie city jail. In front
OF which a crowd was forming.
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Meeting to Stabilize Price
OF Valley Citrus Is Urged
Rush to Market With Early Product Brings
Irregular Quotations twenty-five Per Cent
Below Normal; 240 Cars Shipped

Despite warnings against overlooking the market with early citrus, Is
sued prior to the opening OF the shipping season Oct. ]. q total OF 2o
carloads of early fruit has been shipped from the Valley. much OF this
citrus comparatively green, with the result that prices have dropped
almost IS per cent.
This was the information given Saturday by T. M. Melden, OF the
Texas Citrus Fruit Exchange. who said that instead Of receiving around
81 for the fruit. growers were getting about So.
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Woman Drops
Dead At Oil Well

BEEVILLE. Oct. 11.-LP- Miss
Amanda Stoltzfus Of Tuleta. con-
nected In an official capacity with
the Interscholastic League OF Texas
for many years, died suddenly to-
day. She dror-d dead while visit
ing the Cosden test oil -A1 on
Stoltzfus Land near Tulea. Her
body vii be sent tomorrow to Knox
vile. Tenn. for burial
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Murder Hearing Is
Reset for Oct. Y

EDINBURG. oct. 1.-THE case
OF Vicente Vallejo OF Edinburg,
charged with murder, has been
reset for October 20. 1t was learned
Thursday from the office Of
Charles Fortson. district clerk.
The case originally was 20 come
I'D for trial on October Is and 100
veniremen had been ordered for
the case. The defendant was ar
raigned before Judge Hood Boone
In 10th district court recently and
entered a plea Of not guilty and
the case was rest for October y.
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Vegetable Acreage liked
Cabbage Leads With 80 Per Cent Jump While
20 Per Cent Shown For Crop Area

A warning was sounded Saturday by W. Z. McDavtt Of McDavtt
Brothers, Brownsville, against oyerplantng OF vegetables by Valley ag-
rcutursts.
Following an extensive survey Of the situation in the Lower Valley
the local expert announced that farmers were planting too heavily, with
the inevitable result that the market will be flooded and prices ran.
A government estimate received here shows that cabbage. a popular
crop in the Valley. has increased in acreage 80 per cent.
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FIFTEEN INJURED
MOVIE BLAST
Premature Firing of Two Tons of Explosives
Hurls Rocks and Stones Over Area
Of Nearly Half Mile

FLAGSTAFF. Ariz, oct. n-R-Fffteen persons were injured Sc
rously. two perhaps fatally, and IS others received minor hurts An "a
micaculated explosion OF black powder and dynamite on u motion pic
ture location in Dtnosar Canyon. 10 miles northwest Of here today.
Film officials said two tons OF explosives had been placed I'm the face
Of a 400-foot cliff and in an old mine tunnel, the explosion being ex-
pected to crumble the cliff.
Unexpected presence o. hard rock lent the blast violence that had not
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Homeseeker Trek
Will Start Soon

HARLINGEN, Oct. 1.-THE
homeseekers are comingi
The first large parties OF the
winter season are due to arrive
Monday and Tuesday, according to
l.. II. Moore, passenger agent here.
Over two hundred are expected
including rs for the McLeod-Hood
company probably to disembark In
Harrington, rs for Delta Orchards
probably to disembark in San Be-
nito, so for Al and Lloyd Parker.
Inc. and ten for M. T.. Woods.
A steady increase In the num-
Der Of homeseekers Is expected with
height Of the movement due in
the late winter months.
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First Air Raider
Dies In Accident

REVERE. Mass. Oct. l1.-tP-
Victory Utgoff, known as The
Count and said by friends TO have
led the first Russian night air in
vasion OF Germany In 1914, was
killed in an airplane crash here to-
day in which John +. OToole, 10,
Of Winthtow, also died.
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Golf Course to Be Improved
Fifteen Thousand To Be Expended On Greens
And Pathways: New Water System

The Brownsville Country Club announced Saturday that $4,000
would be spent on improving fairways, green's, and grounds, and that Al
elaborate water system viii be Immediately installed.
The work is under the direct supervision or John Bredemus. who has
done similar work On some Of the best courses in the south. w. B. Clint
president Of the Lakeside improvement Company. explained that after
the new system has been put in place. grounds will be green during the
entire year. and drouths. which In the past have caused the burning
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-12
Cousins Is Chief
Of Life Insurers

DALLAS. Oct. 11-tPE r. 3.
Cousins, Jr., OF Beaumont was
elected president OF the Texas Life
Insurers Association at q conven-
ton held here today. He succeeds
Graham DoweIl Of san Antonio.
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Grapefruit Is by FAR the leading
citrus fruit, with oranges a poor
second. Mixed carloads run fairly
large in number Of shipments, sta
tistics reveal
The crop for this season, al
though to date leading last sea-
son $40 to As. is considered small
er than last year.
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+ X X K x y K X K
Brownsville Campaign Urged
Advertising Plan To Cost $4,000 Minimum
Advocated By Trust Company Chief

Following much publicity and discussion in Brownsville regarding a
community advertising campaign, Gordon ?. Street, president Of the
Rio Grande Valley Trust Company. made a comprehensive study 81
various plans and submitted his conclusions and suggestions to city Of
fcials, chamber OF commerce executives and prominent citizens who
have been active in civic affairs. -
The pse. known as the Gordon Street Plan, suggests that a cam
paign be financed by taxation for three years, and II at that time It has
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WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Mostly cloudy tonight and Sunday.
probably occasionally threatening
local showers: not much change in
temperature.
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REBELS
and FEDERALS
T.. WIN BATTLES
South America III a 8
War All Win In
All The Time

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil. oct.
III up Brazilian Revolutionary
Sources today claimed victories all
around against loyal troops and
predicted the regime OF President
defeated.
Information obtained by the local
correspondent OF La Nacion, Bue-
nos Aires, asserted the federal
garrison at Santa Cruz. In the
State OF Rio de Janeiro. had
mutinied. This was interpreted as
meaning ~insurrection had spread
to the Federal Capital, since San
Ia Cruz Is in the Rio de Janeiro
District and Is virtually a suburb
OF the city.
At the same time the La Ma
cion correspondent received word
from Belio Torizonte, the capital
OF Minas Geraes now under rebel
control, that the tenth battalion
OF the Federal Army at Ourothepo
had disbanded, with its members
going over to the Revolutionary
side.
In the meantime. the Minas
Geraes rebels prepared TO mass
against the federal advancing
from Rio de Janeiro and the south
ward. planning to use ten bombing
planes in their operations.
Federals Claim Victory
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. l1.-CPI
The Brazilian Federal Govern
ment, heartened after its capture
OF Barbacona from q rebel army
yesterday, started the victors on
a new movement today toward
Lafayette In the same State, Mi
mas Geraes.
Lafayette, which Is several days
march from the scene OF yester-
days battle, is the site OF q
manganese plant owned by the
United States Steel Corporation
While part Of the Government
forces are massing to the south
ward in expectation Of a conflict
in the State OF Parana. below Sac
Paulo, others are rapidly at
tempting to regain the large and
rich Minas GeraeS. This State
lying directly north OF the Capital
supplies much Of Rio de Janeiros
food and is important for its rail-
way connections, which have beer
interrupted by the revolt.
Railways Held
Federal troops at Juiz de Fora
yesterday repulsed an attack by
Rebel State Police and thus held
the southern division OF a railroad
running northward from Rio ia
metro. The capture Of Barbacena
directly north. gave control Of ano-
Their section, while q victory al
Lafayette, till almost due north
would open the way to another at
tack northward on Bello Horizonte
The latter. which is the State
Capital, now Is under attack by
rebels. Government airplanes have
bombed them frequently, mean
while awaiting opening Of the rail-
road line to conduct a ground
attack.
The fact that another Minas
Geraes Railroad has been inter-
rupted was indicated In the an
nouncement today at Sac Paulc
that the Leopoldina Railway nc
longer would sell tickets or accept
consignments OF freight on its ex-
tensions in Minas Geraes.
Meanwhile. the ~severing OF COM
m~unications in the State is said
to have exhausted the gasoline
supply. Private cars and trucks are
unable to run In Bello Horizonte
It Is understood.