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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02

IFlorida into Texas.
IL was filed In 53rd district court
at Austin.
A similar suit already has been
filed by the Glen st. Mary nIrsery
of Florida In District Federal Court
at San Antonio, and Judge Duval
West OF the court gave the nursery
an Injunction, under which IL has
shipped nursery stock into the Low
er Rio Grande Valley.
Other States In Scrap
The federal case Is scheduled To
come up for trial in about O week al
Austin, and the Texas department
Of agriculture and attorney gener-
ais department, and the depart
ments of agriculture Of Californis
and Arizona will battle on the con-
stitutionality OF the law. Califor-
MIA and Arizona have entered .hG
contest because the validity Of then
quarantine laws hinges on the de.
cision.
Black has shipped In 1000 Flori.
da trees to the Valley recently un-
der the injunction. and more trees
are expected 70 be shipped an!
time.
The federal injunction grantee
the nursery company permits onl,
that nursery TO ship.
Fly Opinions Disagree
II a state injunction Is granted
Black. 1t p robably vii permit othe
nurseries In Florida to ship int
the Valley, and would take down
the bars entirely.
Black claims that there Is n
danger Of bringing In the Mediter
ranean fruit fly, or other pest
which the Valley does not nov
have.
Entomologists. county agents
and others here claim that there
O great danger.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02
PROJECT
OFFER Is MADE
Island Company Proposes
To Donate 80 Acres For
135 Acres Wanted

With concentration proceeding
filed against Padre Island, Inc, tc
obtain approximately 135 acres or
Padre Island for the deep-wstei
project, that company has address.
ed a letter to the Brownsville Navi-
CATION commissioners offering q
counter proposition.
A copy Of the letter follows:
Dear Sirs:
I am in receipt Of a copy Of
notice to the effect that on April
It'll, 1890, will be held hearing u
assess the damages occaSioned by
condemnation OF n hundred and
eighteen and q fraction acres own
ed by us at the south end Of Padre
Island.
we now desire TO withdraw our
former proposition to sell the Navi-
CATION District this acreage az $3.50
per acre and desire to make you
the following proposition:
Upon assurance that the bal
ance Of our acreage on Padre Is
land will be left intact In 80 far as
the Navigation District and the
Government are concerned, we vii
donate the thirty acres bounded
between parallel lines running east
and west from the Gulf of Mexico
to the Laguna Madre on Padre Is
land lying Immediately north Of
and adjoining the Raphael and
Wells thirty acres, this donation &c
be for the purposes OF the present
Brownsville deep water port project
and upon the passage b. congress:
OF the present bill affecting this
project, and without charge to the
Navigation District.
"As you know. we have sold S0C
acres Of land north OF the Padre
Island Casino for $4,000 per acre
and we are certain that we coulc
make a sale of the land on the
south end Of the Island at a price
in excess OF $4,000 per acre. These
sales we're not made contingent up.
on the passage OF the Port Bill.
1T seems TO us that the amour
Of land named by the government
engineers as being desired on thu
south end Of Padre Island Is morI
than is actually necessary for u
purposes and 1t Is suggested tina
the engineers be requested to amend
this requirement so that sixt.
acres may be taken over by the gov
eminent (of which acreage we ar
willing to donate 80 as above Sc
forth, which would leave us to d
Continued on page 10
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02
Highway Patrolmen
Check VALLEY Travel

McALLEN, April 2-Nine officers
Of the state highway patrol are in
the Lower Rio Grand Valley and
are patrolling the highways OF this
section. The squad is under the
direction Of Lieutenant 9. o. Hamm
and daily covers the highways be-
tween Mission and Brownsville.
Stating that the patrolmen are
here with the intention OF ncaking
the Valley highways safe Tor the
travelling public, Lieut.. Hamm de-
clared the men will likewise attempt
to curb reckless driving and watch
for highway traffic law violations.
1t is not known how long the pa
troll will remain in this section.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02
SEEK ROADS
Willacy County Petitions
Ask Highways

RAYMONDvILLE, April 1.-TWO
petitions have been presented to
the Willacy County Court. request
ing the court to call elections for
the purpose Of voting bonds for the
construction OF hard roads In Dis
tricts four and five.
The petition for District -Four
calls for the voting OF s100. 600, 900
for the construction OF q hard road
In that district, running east and
west through the town OF Sebastian,
Road District Five asks for $780,
600 for the construction OF a hard
road running east from Lyford.
j. O.. Foster represented the pro-
ponents OF the bond issue and La
mar Gill represented the opponents
After much discussion on the cali
ing OF the election. Judge Dorsett
deferred his decision until April
10.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02
DIR. Scott Firm In
Quitting Pen Board

TEMPLE. April 2.-tP-Dr. "A. @.
Scott was firm today in his refusal
to retract his resignation from the
State Prison Board. although Gov
ernor Dan Moody urged him to re-
consider his action.
The Governor, while stopping here
Yesterday enroute from Austin to
Corsicana, declared the prison board
had lost one OF Its most valuable
members"
DR.. Scott declared that conditions
remain the same as when I resigned
last week. I cannot be a party 70
spending the states money In a use
less effort to remodel the present
prison system"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02
Insurance Fraud Is
Charged Dentist

BENTONVILLE, Ark, April q
P1-Identity OF the victim OF a
plot to collect 5000 900 life insurance
was sought today by officers who
charged DR.. "A. j. Bass, wealthy
retired dentist Of Columbia, Mo,
with the mans death.
The body was found near Ora
vette. Ark. DR.. Bass. who came here
Sunday and identified II as that OF
william Folta, was In jail charged
with first degree murder. The dent
ist said he had sold Folta $1,000
acres OF land in Miller county, Ark,
last fall.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02
Texas Panhandle Gas
To Go into Chicago

CHICAGO, April 2-Pl-Prellm-
mary negotiations have been COM
pleted for the projected delivery OF
natural gas from the Texas Pan
handle 70 the Chicago area.
The project was announced today
by insult Son g. Company. Associa-
ted with the insult firm are the
Cities Service company. the Texas
Company, the Phillips Petroleum
company, the Sicily Oil company,
the Columbian Carbon company,
and the Standard Oil company Of
New Jersey.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02
LIFE SAVED?
Sentence Is Reversed BY
Court of Appeals

AUSTIN, April 2-CR-The death
sentence conviction Of Thomas Dav-
is, Eastland county. for the murder
Of A. L. Shook, was reversed and
remanded ny the court Of crimina.
appeals today.
Davis. II at the time Of the
homicide, was said to have beer
OF subnormal mentality.
In sending the case back for q
new trial the court wrote that "thE
issue Of appellants subnormal men
tally was overwhelmingly raised. II
not established"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02
HAWKS GLIDES
Leaves Wichita Falls For
Oklahoma City

WICHITA FALLS, April 2-tPl-
Captain Frank Hawks took off here
IN his glider attached TO an air.
plane at IL a. m. The take off was
delayed a few minutes by a crowd
that had gathered at Stanley field
where he landed at $40 a. m. after
a flight from Sweetwater where he
spent last night. His second stop
Of the day was planned for Okla
homa CITY.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02

as a city : = or as a town.
The Importance Of the census
cannot be over-stressed. Every
name must be enumerated and list
ed. Every man, woman, and child
residing in Brownsville and the VAL
ley must be accounted for before
May !, when the census comes TO
a close.
Figures Now Low
The population attributed to this
city at present Is little more than
l 1000, and that for Harlingen is
around 100. Other Valley towns
are as grossly misrepreSented. and
the successful listing of all Valley
residents will correct false impress
sions based on 1920 figures which are
common in the north and east Of
the country.
This census, the 18th decennial
census, l.. Z. Bennett, supervisor OF
census for the 18th district explain
ed, includes two subjects which were
not covered in the 1920 census and
O1lC VI NAlAlLl was A1fNA AA1AGANA
in any previous census. These are
distribution and unemployment. the
distribution phase having never
been enumerated before.
Under the present census a list
OF manufactures Is being taken this
year for 1929, thus forming virtually
q part Of the Fifteenth census.
Not Accurate
With no accurate knowledge con-
corning the activities in trade now
available, only the toughest OF
guesses can be made regarding even
such simple data as the number OF
wholesale and retail establishments
and the total volume OF business
done" MI. Bennett explained. THE
whole matter pertaining to distri-
button, its extent, makeup, func-
ton, and SO forth, are largely one
Of pure conjecture
1t is the aim OF this initial and
pioneer attempt in taking a distri-
button census to give as complete
a picture as possible OF the distri-
buting mechanism and its compon-
ent parts, he asserted.
Valley residents are urged TO be
prepared for the enumerators' Wis
its, and offer all required informa-
ton Immediately.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02
Muscle Shoals Lease
Attempt Is Costly

WASHINGTON. April 2.-tR1-
w. B. Bell, president OF the Ameri-
can Cyanamid company, testified
before the senate lobby committee
today that hts company had spent
s168, 706 in efforts to lease Muscle
Shoals from the government.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02
FOUND ON THE WIRES

LTAMONT. Mo-Grand slam for
"a men! A dozen women and a
- dozen men contested for five
places as village trustee. The woman
with the highest vote was sixth. Joe
Dulin was elected. Mrs. Joe also
ran.
HUGHES. Ark-Another grand
siam! Mayor j. r. Collier, seeking
reelection. defeated Mrs. c. NJ.
Armistead 81 to %. Five men were
elected aldermen. Two women also
ran.
BASSETT, Ia.-AlmoSt a little
slam for womenl Mrs. Irene Tuck
er has been reelected mayor for
six years without opposition. Five
councilwomen alse were reelected.
A man was chosen treasurer and
\ another man assessor.
MOSCOW - Kitchens in dwell
4lgs would be taboo under the plan
or a government commission for
improving the conditions OF labor
end life. There would be commun-
ity cooking so that women would be
free for industrial work on a parity
with men.
NEW YORK - Mrs. Andrew Car
negie has given Nine. Marie Curie.
discoverer Of radium. bonds valued
at $4,000 for the re-establishment
OF two fellowships in the Curie lab
oratory. Nh. Carnegie founded the
fellowships in 1907 but the fund was
reduced to S70O by the depreciation
or French bonds he gave.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02
(Special 70 The Herald

N0UtJIdI W 4AlC 4ANAWINf|
SAN BENITO, April 2.-Repre-
sentatives OF irrigation districts Of
the Lower Rio Grande Valley at a
meeting here yesterday afternoon
discussed at length the problem Of
getting increased flow in the Rio
Grande.
No action was taken.
The attorneys. managers and d.
rectors OF various districts in the
Valley attended the meeting, and
discussed the recent low stage Of
the Rio Grande.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02
Light Vote Cast In
Rio Hondo Election

RIO HONDO, April 2-Mayor
Henry Hartzog and five aldermen
were elected here Tuesday IN a light
poll, only 81 votes being cast. There
was no opposition.
Mayor Hartzog was reelected.
Reelected aldermen were Frank
McCabe, K. III. Dimick, and James
Attaway: newly elected aldermen
were ]. r. Jones and 3. Hollon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02

q 2oO-room apartment ho-
tel on the Island.
The causeway alone is 10 be built
at q cost Of between one million and
a million-and-a-half dollars.
Advices here today stated that the
project Is being sponsored by the
Industrial Holding Corporation,
which viii act as a mother company
for the Causeway company and the
Port Isabel Beach Properties. Inc.
Ohio Man President
Herman ]. New OF Canton, Ohio,
formerly president or the stutz
Motor company is also named as Al
officer OF the company. w. II. WHIT
tells the Valley representative srd
Nv. T.. Conrad OF Brownsville is the
engineer.
Il was said that the project ia
fully financed and not q promotion
proposition.
Details OF the causeway are that
II will be five miles long. It will
carry water and gas mains, and a
high power electric line. It viii
start at the foot OF the main husg-
ness street in Point Isabel amt will
have two draw bridges. It VIII be-
OF open concrete work with concrete
buttresSes.
Work In sixty Days
Work on the callsewRy is expect
ed 70 start within sixty days, IN was
said here today and 1t Nas estimated
that 1t will take ZOO men 6-mpnthS
TO complete the work. These VIII
be skilled laborerA. IL was added.
The causeway In 70 be wide en0uRh
for three cars to pass and win have
a walk.
Plans OF iris company are to-
make Padre Island and Point lisa
bel a noted seaside resort. On the
|, inland a townSite ls In store FOR
the south end and @ l-np1le board
walk will De laid
Homesites viii be offered on the
island, ell facing the sea.
IL was said that Ca national ad-
vertiEing campaign viii be opened
TO bring visitors to the resort.
For some time the cRuseway pro-
iect has been under consideration
but definite steps have awaited the
granting Of the permit IN Washing
ton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02
Robbery Probed

HOUSTON, April 2.-F1-AI-
though Police Captain Percy Heard
had denied reports that officers
had surrounded a hotel in which
three men suspected Of the $500
Public Laundries robbery Monday
had been reported to have hidden.
police admitted they were work
ing on a tip"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02

Any one born on April 6 is IN
luck.
The Brownsville Herald, by the
courtesy Of John Tanning. mana
ger Of the CapitoI. will give any
person in Cameron county born
on that date a free pass to the
show.
Apply az the office Of The Her
aid for your ticket.
No birthday tricks will be play
ed on those applying for tickets
TO the Capitol.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02
Scion Kidnapped

CHICAGO, April 2.-R1-William
J.. Healy, candidate for the Repu-
blican nomination for state senator,
reported seized by two men last
night. had not returned to his home
early today. and police expressed
fear he had been kidnapped
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02
Drv Hearing Ends

WASHINGTON. April 2-tRl-The
prohibition hearings OF the dry
forces we're concluded today by
Chairman Graham OF the judiciary
committee after n witness had
taken the stand and several dry
leaders had heen permitted to place
statements into the record without
being subjected to cross-examina-
tim
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02
Trolleys Bombed

NEW ORLEANS. April 2.-tR-
-Four bombs wrecked three street
cars last night in a renewal of troll
ley dynamiting that has occurred
here since street a operators walk
{ out on strike last july.
Trolley crews and so passengers
escaped injury.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02
Summer Resort Advertised
Qualifications to Be Told Nation
In Extensive Publicity Campaign

Several matters Of vital Importance were discussed at a board Of
directors meeting held in the office Of the Brownsville Chamber Of
Commerce Tuesday night, at which meeting Is Of the Is directors
were present.
Judge II. L. Yates announced that he had employed five persons to
assist the census takers in the Mexican districts, his action being unani-
mouIy endorsed by the board.
A comprehendye campaign was planned TO advertise brownsville as
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02
IN OUR
HOW ABOUT ITO
by HALL,

HOW ABOUT III:
The mule finally will be the
only rival Of the airplane for
safe transportation in heavy fog"
LIT. James Doolittle, former
army air ace.
From the dramatic point Of
view, ! am the Emperor Of Eu-
rope"
- George Bernard Shaw
Words are not Of any great
Importance in times Of economic
disturbance. 1t is action that
counts"
President Hoover
Motherhood can be the most
selfish delight in the world
-Rosita Forbes, author.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02
Census Takers Begin Work
Brownsville and Valley Persons Asked To
Aid Federal Enumerators
The census takers are comingl

The census takers are coming
Quietly, and without the blare of brass bands, the most important un-
dertaking to be started in Brownsville in years, began today. April 2
The army OF federal census takers, numbering approximately 20 in
Brownsville and ten times that number scattered over the Lower Rio
Grande Valley, began their slow march, moving from house to house,
asking questions, writing answers, computing the population that, when
completed, viii stand for 10 years to come and win brand Brownsville
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02
Open Citrus Mart Sought
Florida Finds Another Valley Champion
When Donna Nurseryman Files Suit

The Texas quarantine laws against Florida, designed to protect the
sl0og000OO0 citrus fruit industry Of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, were
under fire from another source today. according to dispatches re-
ceved here from Austin, showing tat NJ. @. Black. Donna nurserymar'
has filed a petition for a temporary injunction there.
The injunction would restrain Commissioner Of Agriculture George
b. Terrell, Governor Dan Moody, and Attorney General r. Lee Bobhitt
from interfering in any way with shipment OF citrus fruit stock from
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02
WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley.
Partly cloudy or fair tonight and
Thursday; not much change In tenn
perature.
For East Texas: Partly cloudy to-
night and Thursday; cooler In th9
northwest portion tonight
Moderate to fresh southerly WINDS
on the coast. MI
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02

Totals Sc 34. S40.54 s7.677. 945.63
AS returns from the Brownsville
banks are usually an indicator for
the entire Valley, it Is now believed
that deposits for this section will
show a material increase ver the
twenty-one millions shown for thai
call.
The usual composite statement of
conditions OF all banks In the Valley
will be made by The Brownsville
Herald as soon as the figures can
be gathered.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02

RIVER FORECAST
There win be no material change
I'm the river during the next few
days.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide nc Point Isabel
tomorrow under normal meteoro-
logical conditions:
High .................... '.44 a m
Low Nona
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02

WHENEVER q man does any
M thing that gives humanity an
" other commodity, another con-
v~enience, another playground, any
thing to bring Joy and comfort or
10 ease the labor OF earning q iv-
ing by the sweat Of our browS, that
man has accomplished something
for which the human race can thank
him.
Besides this causeway one OF the
latest gifts TO the Valley is bottled
grapefruit juice. now placed on the
market by John Shary at Val Verde.
It's name is Rio Rey. Mr.. Shary
forwarded the engineer Of this col
umn a carton Of it. IL Is bottled
essence OF sunshine as extracted by
the grapefruit. Every merchant
in the Valley should display IL.
visitors to the Valley from now on
until the next grapefruit crop viii
miss the luscious fruit in the guam
titles. which have heretofore pre-
vailed. This will give them a chance
to taste a taste that tells much.
incidentally 1t gives Val Verde,
Donna and the Valley another in
dustry.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02
CITY BANKS
SHOW JUMP
In DEPOSITS
ID e Gain
$1,656,594.91 In
3 Months

Brownsville banks in answer 20
the call as of March 81. show a
gain OF deposits OF sl,656- 594.e1.
This gain in deposits. showing the
city to be that much Weather than
at the call as OF December 81, is
mostly accounted for in the truck
crops marketed. meanwhile. but It
also points to a General prosperity
il was said here today.
Gains OF the various banks fol-
low:
Merchants National. 1851 ,620.44.
First National, $3.50 1871.
State. $3.50. ABS 20.
Texas, sll9 1890.
Valley Trust. s26, 40s.07.
Total. s1.656.5s4-e1.
A comparison Of the deposits OF
the various banks in the two calls
follows.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02

nEPORTS from Washington bear
II out our guess Of yesterday that
permit for the causeway from
Point Isabel to Padre Island has
been granted.
Now all we have TO do is 90 ahead
and build 1t. When the cauSeway
was first announced il was said
that a million dollar hotel might
also be constructed on Padre Island.
What the procedure Of those in
terested in constructing the cause
way will be has not definitely been
stated, but several times they have
said that the project Is fully finan-
ced.
When it is done. 1t will be n Of
the greatest steps eve taken 70
make for the lower end OF the VAL
lev a playground for the nation.
That leaves the engineer OF this
column with one guess right and one
guess delayed. The guess delayed
is that Of the port. That will still
come through some time before
June, but we we're reliably" inform
ed that it would be in March.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-02

TO-DAY census enumerators start
out with pad and pencil TO num-
Der the people Of the land. All
over the land they have set forth.
Brownsville and the Valley can
not do too much to aid them in
their work.
In it Brownsville has a special
interest.
Cities are graduated in national
recognition according to the persons
numbered in that city. 1t begins at
5000. Then 1t jumps TO cities OF
10000 or more. Then 1t $4,000 or
more. The next jump is from
5000 or more to $4,000 or more.
BROwNSVILLE'S GREAT WORK
AT PRESENT IS TO SEE THAT
SHE ENTERS THAT CLASS OF
$4,000 OR MORE.
It is believed that she has more
than $4,000 citizens and we must
count them all.
A preliminary meeting Of census
workers was held with chamber OF
commerce officials last night and
the work started with a vim today.
See that your neighbor Is counted
as the duty Of every citizen.
When an enumerator calls and the
people are not at home, a card will
be left. When this occurs those
missed should set a date and hour
TO see the enumerator and BE
THERE.
The Washington times., 1930-12-24

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-Toting
his $1,000 solid gold Lord Ions
dale middleweight champion belt,
Len Harvey, a lean, tall Britisher
stepped down on these shores
yesterday looking like trouble.
Yes, yes, the young man arrived
with chip on his shoulder as
big as a railroad tie. Not that
he isn't pleasant hammered and
the best spoken English fighter
to arrive here since splendid
Freddie Welsh came here to CLEAN
q fortune and a title. He is polite,
gracious and all that sort Of
thing, but he wants to fight.
Harvey wants to meet Mickey
Walker for the middleweight
championship Of the world. He
has a better claim on Mick's at
tention, methinks, than any man
in this country. Unquestionably
he is the best middleweight in
Europe. He had to beat the pick
Of his countrymen to win his
belt.
Harvey comes from Cornwall,
the birthplace of Bob Fitzsim-
mons. Len is tall, spindled-
shanked, broad of shoulders and
powerful Of arm, as was Fitz,
strange to say.