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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-13
Veterans Bureau
Chiefs In Valley

L. G. Chapman, regional man
ager OF the III. 3. Veterans bureau
OF san Antonio, and w. :. Goode,
state service officer, will be In
Brownsville Saturday TO confer
with veterans OF the World War
who may have claims on file
against the government or who
desire 10 file such claims. ID was
announced this morning BY III. M.
Shelton, Jr., service officer OF John
Hanson post Of the American Le-
giOn.
The officials may be reached all
day Saturday In care OF Mr.. Skel-
ton at the office OF SHELTON Bros.
Printing Co, he stated.
Chapman and GOOde arrived in
the Valley Thursday morning, and
are spending the day In Edinburg.
Friday will be spent in Harrington,
and they will Gene TO Brownsville
on Saturday.
Veterans uncertain regarding
their claims against the govern
ment, compensation 10 which they
may be entitled. or any other
similar matter are urged by legion
officials 10 take advantage OF this
opportunity OF comforting with the
federal and state Official who will
be able 10 give authentic informal
ton and explain in details the
rights OF World War veterans.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-13
WATER DISTRICT
LITIGATION ENDS
La Feria, Willacy County
Bodies Agree On
Compromise

Agreed judgment which settles the
long standing litigation between Ia
Feria and willacy county water i'm
provement districts was entered In
the district court or Judge A. M
Kent this morning, ending injunc-
ton proceedings BY which the la
Feria district was to stop construc-
ton Of the main canal Of the Willacy
district and the erection Of a pump
ing plant on the Rio Grande.
Attorneys for the district worked
out the compromise and a joint
meeting OF boards Of directors CT
the two districts in session Wednes-
day afternoon approved the pro-
posals and agreed judgment prepar-
ec by attorneys.
Under terms OF the agreement the
La FeTia district will withdraw
opposition to construction and use
Of the main canal proposed BY the
Willacy county district, and Willacy
county district in turn will use the
canal for conveyance OF water only,
and not for storage.
Objections to construction by Will
lacy county district OF a pumping
plant above the La Feria plant are
also withdrawn by the La Feria
district, and the Willacy district in
turn reaffirms the priority claim OF
the La Feria district to river water.
The La Feria district is also given
right by the Willacy district to use
drainage dithces 10 be constructed
on both sides Of the main Willacy
canal.
Question OF possible seepage dam
age to lands in the La FeTia dist-I
Is left TO the future.
La Feria district asked for a tenn
porary injunction May 9 to prevent
construction Of the canal, claiming
seepage damage would ruin many
acres in its district. and that con-
structing and operation OF the Will
lacy pumping plant above the La
Feria plant would endanger water
rights Of the Cameron county dis
trict.
Hearing on the injunction had
been set by Judge Kent for Aug.
"a.
Attorneys representing La Feria
district included Harbert Davenport,
Rentfro a. Cole OF Brownsville and
j. II. Hitchell OF La Feria.
d. X. Woodward Of Austin and
the law firm OF Seabury. George e.
Taylor OF Brownsville represented
Willacy district
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COASTCANAL
SURVEY FUND
IS ALLOTTED
Recommendations Of
Major Fox Are
Confirmed

WASHINGTON, Avg. IS. R9-The
war department wednesday an
nounced an allotment OF $4,000 10
the Galveston engineering district
had been made for a survey Of the
IntracoaStal waterway in Texas
from Corpus Christi . Port Isabel.
including the Arroyo Colorado at
the Missouri Pacific bridge near
Harlingen to determine the advis-
ability Of improvement.
Action announced by the War de-
partment in providing funds for the
ln~tracoastal Canal survey TO the
valley confirms recommendations
recently made to the board OF army
engineers by Maj. Milo p. Fox, u.
s district engineer at Galveston,
that the survey be made.
t. w. Foreman, who headed the
survey party for the Brownsville
port and the Port Isabel port. has
been actively at work with a crew OF
men on the Intracoastal Canal sur
vey for the past several weeks.
Leaders OF the ~Intracoastal canal
project have recently expressed con-
f.oence that the project would be
extended to Port Isabel at the earii-
est possible date.
1t Is expected that the Arroyo
project, II approved following the
survey. will be connected with Port
Isabel through the Laguna Madre
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Tropical Storm
Moves On Coast,
No Danger Seen

A tropical disturbance Of small
diameter but Of considerable in
tensity IL I'm the Caribbean sea
15C0 miles southest OF Browns
vile travelling in this direction
at slow speed, the Brownsville
weather bureau reported at
1880 a. M. Thursday.
Should the disturbance con-
tinue its present direction and
speed IL would hit in this vicinity
In four or five days, the bureau
estimated.
The storm Is travelling west
toward the Mexican coast, hut
caribbean storms almost invari-
ably turn northward before
striking the coast. usually hit
ting between Corpus Christi and
New Orleans. There Is little
likelihood Of its hitting this Sec
ton.
The bureaus storm warning
reads:
Advisory 1890 a. n. Tropical
disturbance central this morn
ing about latitude is. longitude
IS moving westward about IL
miles an hour. Small in diameter
but of considerable intensity.
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AMENDMENTS TO
CHARTER VOTED

BY a practically unanimous vote
citizens Of Brownsville Wednesday
approved II proposed amendments
to the city charter. "A .otal Of 306
votes were cast. 81. largest number
Of votes to be recorded against
any single amendment.
Greatest opposition was register
ed against propositions 6 and 2, I'M
der which the initiative and refer
endum provisions OF the city char
ter were repealed.
The initiative has been held n
constitutional by the higher courts
OF Texas. and the referendum, n
der which a popular vote could be
demanded OH an ordinance, has
never been used in Brownsville.
Present city charter contains a
provision under the terms Of which
a vote may be called on the grant
ing OF a franchise II a petition
signed by 10 per cent Of the voters
Is presented
Amendments adopted Wednesday
provide a definite method Of nom
mating candidates for city office;
broaden the city zoning powers:
provide a salary Of $40 per meeting
for the mayor and city commission
ers. not to exceed $50 per month;
provide a method Of adding terri
tory to the city limits without
holding a costly election: provide
that the municipal light and wat
er plant may not be mortgaged
without a popular vote and make
several other routine changes In
the manner Of conducting city af-
fairs.
Results OF the election will be
canvassed by the city commission
at its regular meeting on Friday
morning. After the vote has been
certified by the secretary OF state
the IL amendments viii automatic
ally become law.
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kiwanians Elect
District Delegates
fBy Staff Correspondent

HARLINGEN, Aug. i3.-The XII
wants club elected B. NJ. Holland, r.
l.. Hill and ". ". Pernoud delegates
10 the Texas Oklahoma district con-
vention in Oklahoma City mex.
month and named L. Z. Snavely and
G. NJ. Wunde-man alternates.
Final meeting Of the Valley con-
vention committee which is making
plans for bringing the 1892 conven-
ton TO this section, will be held at
the Reese-Wil-Mond hotel at 8 D.
m. Thursday. Delegates and others
Will be present.
w. A. Rasco OF Brownsville. paid
his last official visit to the club this
week as lieutenant governor.
Harrington Boy Scouts made a fine
s. owing at the recent camp. 1t was
reported BY Ned Sondock, scout COM
mittee chairman.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-13

Closing Protest Looms
Stars Light To
Open Fairgrounds

CHICAGO. Aug. l3-tP)- Arc.
turus is going to work for the
1888 worlds fair.
Rays of light from the star,
which is estimated by scientists
TO be a 235 trillion miles from
the earth, are to be focused on
an electric cell through the 40
inch telescope Of Yerkes obser-
vatory at Williams Bay, Wis, TO
furnish an Impulse which will
turn on switches, opening the
fairgrounds gates. starting ma
chinery and turning on lights.
1t takes the light OF Arcturus
40 years to reach the earth.
which means that the rays 70 be
used to start the exposition will
have started their earthward
journey back in 1893. the year OF
the worlds Columbian EXPOSE
ton.
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Begins Term

HUNTSVILLE. Aug. 13. R-D. r.
Cneatham. former Houston prohibi-
ton enforcement officer. was listed
among the prison population today.
Cheatham came unaccompanied TO
Huntsville yesterday 10 begin SER
vice on his two year sentence i'm
posed by the federal court IN Hous-
ton after he was convicted in con-
nection with the filing or an alleged
frame UP liquor charge against w.
L. Edwards in May, 1880.
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Gambling Closed
Cosmic Dust Shower Cut
Off by Overcast Skies

WASHINGTON, Aug. Is. Up
Overcast skies last night prevented
astronomers Of the U. s. Naval o.
se-vatory from viewing the perse!ds
tie shower of cosmic dust through
which the earth passes each August.
They will be forced to postpone
for another year their efforts to
chart the positions OF the streaks
o. light that appear in the night
sky when the dust particles are
heated TO incandesence by the fric-
ton Of the earth's atmosphere. OIL
Gals at the observatory said the
best nights for observing the per-
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Wren Returns
(Bv staff correspondentl

SAN BENITO, Aug. l3.-J. -.
Wren has returned from Beeville
where he assisted A. w. Hogue. state
branch manager OF the Business
Mems Assurance Co, IN conducting
a school for 10 new representatives
including Dale Barr Of Los Fresros
who will be located In Brownsville
and w. j. Berger OF Raymondville.
L. Z. Taylor Of Donna was a guest
OF the company.
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GRAND JURY TO
MEET MONDAY
Heavy Divorce Docket Faces
District Judge
Westervelt

Preparations are being made by
the district clerk and snerltfs Of
flee for q term OF criminal district
court Monday, Aug. 81.
The court will begin grinding
Monday morning with the empan-
cling Of the grand jury. The fol-
lowing men have been ordered for
the inquisltorial body: NJ. w. Mhar-
ton, Port ISael; VIM. S. Sanders,
Los Fresnos; Herman @. Nieman,
Olmito; Edward Monsees, Browns
vile; Ike Bollack, Brownsville;
Charles Champion, Brownsville;
Charles z. Barber, San Benito; A.
J.. Yznaga, San Benito; Oscar
Them, Brownsville; j. Q. Atchi-
son: Harlingen; II. j. Goetzke,
Harrington; j. w. Wade, Harrington;
G. B. Ford. La Feria; Jacob
Brandt. La Feria; 4. Fitzgerald.
Santa Rosa; and j. r. George, Rio
Hondo.
While the grand jury is az work
.feturning indictments, Judge Geo.
c. WeStervelt will likely begin
work on an extremely heavy di-
vorce docket. The supreme court
held recently that the civil district
court has no jurisdiction in divorce
cases and as a result the criminal
court will handle all such cases IN
the future. Eighty divorce suits are
now on the docket.
Cases against John Seaman, for
mer clerk Of the district court. are
scheduled TO be called at this term.
However. Dist. Atty. ID. .. Parl has
indicated that the state will ask
for a change OF venue.
Seaman is charged with misuse
Of funds in the office Of district
clerk.
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Berry Market
Profit Is Seer

NSpeclal 10 Inc Herald+D
EDINBURG. Aug. l3.-PoSSIbIl-
tiles OF strawberry culture IN tho
Valley were discussed before a large
number OF Edinburg growers meet
ing here Wednesday night under
the auspices OF the Edinburg
Chamber OF Commerce.
Speaker included i. M. Patter-
son OF the Weslaco Chamber of
Commerce; a. z. Potter. Edinburg
grower: "A. r.. Stambaugh or Adams
Gardens and u. W. Meyer. agricul-
tural agent OF the Missouri Pacific.
Belief that the strawberry deal
viii prove profitable In N reaches
the carlot shipment stage, especial
" during January and February
was expressed by all speakers.
Similar meetings will d. held mt
San Benito on Thursday night and
Weslaco on Friday night Of this
week.
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Nominate Directors
NV Staff CorresDondpntD

CBy Staff CorrcspondentD
SAN BENITO. Aug. 13.-The San
Benito district including La Paloma
and part OF the Los Indlos COM
n'unity. has nominated II. r. Balm
ger Of Los Indios as its representa-
tive on the Valley Vegetable Co
operative Assn. board OF directors.
There are eleven districts each
OF which will have a director.
r. w. Brown, T. Kruze and "A. ".
Relanden we're elected as a local
&C visory beard.
Directors nominated az this I'd
similar meetings over the Valley
will be voted on at a regional meet
ing at 2 p. m. Friday in Harlingen
az which time ratification az the
constitution and bylaws also will
be taken up.
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seids had passed although the earth
viii continue to move through the
dust cloud until Saturday.
BY charting the position OF the
perseids astronomers hope TO check
the theory that they are moving n
the orbit Of Tuttle's comet, which
was last seen IN 1852 and is sched-
lied to make its next appearance
about 1884 II was explained at the
observatory. The stream Of the PEI
seids is estimated to be about 80
million miles wide. and the particles
are believed TO be travelling at ap-
proximately 40 miles per second
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Rotary Hears Report

MERCEDES. Aug. 13.@John Bruce
and Boy Scout Executive Tom Muir
ray we're the main speakers at the
Rotary club luncheon this week.
Mr.. Murray told or the Boy Scout
camp activities, and Mr.. Bruce told
Of the development Of Boca Chica
Beach.
Fred Johnston, secretary Of the
club. gave q report Of the meeting
or the Rotary presidents and secre-
taries Of the 47th district, recently
held at Laredo.
Visiting Rotarians were John
Knapp OF Weslaco, and Bill Brisco
q Harlingen.
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Rates Reduced
TBY Staff Co-resnnndnntl

tBy Staff Correspondent
SAN BENTTO, Aug. ia saving
Of about $3.50 a year will be had
by San Benito fire insurance policy
holders rs a result on another credit
on the insurance key rate received
BY the city. according 10 a letter re-
ceived by Fire Chief Clint Potter
from. y. w. Deweese. state fire in
surance commissioner.
Policy holders paid $4,000 In
premiums last year and this amoun7
would be reduced 70 about s44, 500.
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He left other notes 10 his former
employee here and 10 relatives.
Each letter explained that family
trouble was the cause or his ac-
ton.
Sorry For Act
lie wrote his former employs
that he vas sorry for his action but
could see no other way to solve
his problems. Araiza babe him
goodbye and said he would see him
in THE other world" Maybe"
Araiza wrote, family life will be-
different in the other world.
The decedent is survived by his
father who lives near Sam Fordyce,
two sisters In Mercedes. n brother
IN Edinburg and one in Donna.
Funeral services were set for s
p. III. Thursday here.
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Marshall Appointed

RIO HONDO. Aug. IL. P-Jim
Brooks was appointed city marshall
a. a meeting Of the city council here
Monday night 70 fill the unexpired
term OF Bernard p. McClung. re-
Gently resigned TO enter the Border
Patrol service, with headquarters
AZ Harrington.
o. L. Jones was appointed con-
stable by the commissioners court
Upon the filing Of a petition OF tax
payers from Rio Hondo. Jones also
fills an unexpired term. this office
also being held by B. p. McClung.
Ernesto Gonzales. deputy con-
stable under McClung. will continue
10 serve under the new constable
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-13
New Born Baby
Girls At Premium

SRINAGAR, India, Aug. Is.
tH1-Owing TO an alarming de-
crease in the number Of female
children in the state. the Mahar-
ala Of KaShmir today offered an
acre Of land TO every father OF
a newborn baby girl.
He also had pamphlets and
posters circulated through the
village warning the populace
against the evils Of infanticide.
In years part northern Indian
races have made IL a practice to
destroy female offspring at
birth because they potentially
were less valuable as workers
than male children.
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Resume Cannon Probe

WASHINGTON, Aug. l3-P1-
Chairman Nye or the senate cam
paign funds committee announced
today the inquiry into the use OF
political funds In 1923 by Bishop
James Cannon. Jr., would be
resumed this month.
The District OF Columbia supreme
court yesterday denied an attempt
by Bishop Cannon's attorneys to
halt the committees proceedings,
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Pecan Yield Good

AUSTIN. Aug. l3-PH-A state
ment saying the current Texas
pecan production probably would
be only slightly below the record
crop OF 1926. when Al 900. 900
pounds were produced. was issued
today by Carl II. Robinson. senior
agricultural statistician OF the
United States department Of agri-
culture here.
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Infant Dies
Az Staff Cnrresnnndenfl

(By Staff Correspondent
HARLINGEN. Aug. 13.-Funeral
services for the infant daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Greenu OF nenr
here probably viii be held before
the father Is aware Of its death.
Death occurred while Mr.. Green,
a carpenter. was at Washington
Beach below Matamoros in Mexico
and there was no way Of getting
word to him before the funeral.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-13
HOUR CHANGE
NECESSITATES
MANY CHANGES
Effect On Bus s
Is Investigated
By c. of c.

New closing hours on the inter
national bridges here. announced
yesterday and TO become effective
Saturday, will change the entire
trend of business relations between
Brownsville and Matamoros. II
was indicated in Investigations
made yesterday afternoon and this
morning.
A vigorous protest against the
9 D. m. to 8 a. m. closing hours is
being made now by bridge inter-
ests, and by many other agencies
and individuals.
An investigation Of the matter, TO
determine definitely what effect
the new hours will have on bust
ness, is being made by G.. c. Rich
ardson, manager Of the Brownsville
Chamber Of Commerce.
Changes Listed
Some of the changes which will
result are listed as follows:
Hundreds Of MatamorOS people
who regularly attend night mass in
Brownsville churches will not be
able to attend.
Matamoros students attending
parochial schools in Brownsville
will not be able to arrive on time
with the 8 o'clock opening.
Brownsville people and tourists
will hardly be able to make the
$50 a. m. train out of MatamoroS
to Monterrey and Mexico City, with
only half an hour in which to get
through the customs and immigra-
ton and make the train.
Air mail from Matamoros 70
points in the interior of Mexico will
be delayed. as it will not reach the
airport here in time. Also Mat
amoros people will not be able to
get the plane out Of here in the
morning with the new hours in eff
feet.
Doctors will be handicapped in
attending patients in the cities
across the river. The Brownsville
fire department will have difficult
ty in crossing TO the aid OF Mat
amoros at night.
Night meetings with joint at
tendance of Brownsville and Mat
amoros people will be practically
impossible.
Many Brownsville people who are
in business in Matamoros will be
forced to move TO that city in or
der to attend TO their business.
VIII Hurt Business
Matamoros people will be greatly
handicapped in attending shows in
Brownsville, buying goods in
Brownsville. and carrying on other
business with people in this city.
The fight TO have the bridges
along the border in this section
closed at an earlier hour was
launched by people Of Hidalgo
county. and was directed mainly at
gambling in cities across the Rio
Grande. on the belief that the
gambling halls were to be reopen
ed. SO far these halls have not
been reopened.
Organizations in Laredo joined
Hidalgo county in the new closing
hour request. However, the Laredo
Chamber Of Commerce. claiming
that the new closing hours will
seriously hamper tourist traffic
through Laredo into Mexico, has
started a fight against the new
hours.
Gambling Closed
Opinion vas expressed in several
quarters here today that the clos
ing hours will make no difference
on gambling. in case the concession
holders are given permission to re-
open in Mexico. At the present
time, and since the agitation TO
close the bridges was started. he
gambling halls have been closed.
Acting Secretary OF the Treasury
Continued on page 81
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-13
Valley Students
To Get Degrees

Two Valley students will receive
their degrees at San Marcos from
the South Texas State Teachers
College Tuesday evening.
They are John Barron OF San
Benito and Miss cara V. Thigpen Of
McAllen. each Of whom will receive
a Bachelor Of Arts degree.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-13
MAN SFOUND
DEAD; WROTE
HERALD Note
Mercedes Man Says
Business Not
To Blame
Especial 70 The Herald.r

E1uAAA W AAAG AACA 4A4N
MERCEDES. Aug. 13.-The body
Of YSidro Araiza. 20. well known
here and In San Benito. was found
Slumped under a grove OF ebony
trees in the ~0uth Side grammar
school grounds Wednesday night
with q pistol wound through his
head.
A .3S calibre pistol lay nearby,
and several letters we're found on
his person stating that he took his
own life, giving family trouble rs
the reason for his action.
Suicide Is Verdict
Justice OF the Peace w. II.
Uecker held the inquest and re-
turned a verdict Of suicide.
For many years Araiza worked
aS "A waiter In a local restaurant
but recently opened a restaurant OF
his own in San Benito. He "a
well known and generally liked
here.
He left a note to The Herald
which follows: