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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29
HOSTESSES GIVE


Mrs. Herman Goetzke and Mrs.
o. N. Joyner gave a beautifully ap-
pointed 3 course dinner at the love-
~ Joyner home az 1880 o'clock on
Tuesday honoring Miss Evelyn
Joyner and Kenneth Goetzke and
their friends in the senior class.
Immediately after the dinner the
guests repaired to the Women's
Building TO dance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29

badly swollen. My husband got me
to try Konjola, and as a result ]
am on the road to better health"
Konjola, actually % medicines in
one, goes TO the very source Of the
Ills Konjola is designed 10 relieve.
Buy Konjola In any drug store and
do not accept q substitute-Adv,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29
CLUB MEMBERS
AT CAMP

The All club members left Mon
day for Rio Hondo where they Will
spend several days at the girls en-
campment. Mrs. Vera Smith CHAP
eroned the group. Those making
the trip were Misses Ada BesS Stall
lngs, Edith Marion, Marian Gus
tafson, Lillian and Birdia Mae
Woods.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29

Steep SOulluly.
And think over
the statement OF
Mr.. Frank Nor
man. 828 Missis-
sippi street. ANA
rillo: MY appel
Ste was very poor:
gas formed: 1 was
very and
losing weight. /
did not rest well.
and was always
tired out. To my
sur prise. i'm
movement start
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29

praise: For more than six years /
had stomach trouble. and gas after
every meal made II almost impoS-
sible TO breath. / had severe head
aches and was very nervous. But
since taking Konjola I eat anything
I want. Headaches are gone and l
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29
Comings, Goings

Mrs. Z. r. Brown and son. who
have been visiting in the william
Brown home recently. returned
Thursday. accompanied by her sis
ter. Mrs. w. Brown. to their home
in e. Campo. The latter viii visit
for a short time.
Miss Molly Lockwood OF Wharton
Is the house guest of her brother,
Sam Lockwood and Mrs. Lockwood.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29
MIR. mi MRS.
WILLIAMS ARE HOSTS

Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Williams were
hosts TO their children and fam
lilies with a chicken dinner Sunday
Among those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Moncell Myers and sons ot
Harrington, MI. and Mrs. Tillman
Williams and children Of Primera,
Mr.. and Mrs. Buster Williams and
children Of Rangerville. Mr.. ana
Mrs. Wilcox and children OF Harlin-
gen and Mr.. and Mrs. Zack VIII
Hams and children. Misses Belle
and Grace Williams and Kruse
williams, all Of Sebastian.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29
DINNER GUESTS
ON SUNDAY

Mr.. and Mrs. Marshal Bourne
had as their dinner guests Sunday,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Sprouse. Arthur
and nellie Sprouse OF San Pe-lita
and Newton Klemann Of san Benz
TO.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29

No wonder Mrs.
Flora Stanley. 3l5
". McAIasters ST..
Amarillo. is Il
thusiaStic over
this medicine. She
declares: For five
years / was in
miserable health,
the result Of stom-
ach. liver and kid
disorders. My
back ached ter
ribly, and my feet
~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29
MRS CREWS
X

Mrs. 5. II. Crews entertained The
members OF her bridge club for .hcir
last meeting this season at her hoLle
Cn North BOnham Avenue this week
High score prizes were awarded TO
Mrs. q. c. Henson and James O..
Buck.
The club Will meet again rex. fall.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29
STUBBORN ILLS
ARE CONQUERED
Konjola, All Of Its % Ingredients
Working Together, Wins New
Victories

After all. sufferers take medicine
for just n thing-to get relief and
kontola does give relief from ills Of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29

ed at once with Konjola. Konjola
Is what I should have had years
ago."
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San Benito
BREAKFAST

Miss Hazel Wade. bride-elect or
Lieut.. Arch M. Kelley Of Brooks
Field. San Antonio. was honoree at
a lovely breakfast this week hav-
ing as hoSteSses Mesdames z. z.
Ogden, r. j. East. Knox Smith,
James c. Bowie, w. H. Hinkly ana
E. F. Bonner.
The brides colors of yellow ard
green were carried out in the floral
decorations and in the service for
the breakfast.
At the conclusion of the repast the
h~ostesses presented the honoree with
the entire service of dishes. linen,
glassware and silver.
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Ass0ciGtcd Press Photo

kie Van Ness. Mrs. Warren q. Scott
OF san Antonio was the only out Of
town guest.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29
TUESDAY EVENING

The members OF the Tuesday
Evening Bridge Club we're enter
.ained this week by Mrs. G. j. Les
lie at her home on North Milan.
After dinner the two tables OF
players participated in games CT
bridge. High score awards we're pre-
sented to Mrs. Trim Kidney Of Ha--
lingen and c. j. Leslie.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29

The success of each new day Is
governed largely by its beginning.
A tasty breakfast, of hot cakes Or
waffles, garnished BY crisp bacon
the meal a man enjoys and loves
is remembered the whole day
long. Any man will tell you that.
Breakfast will be better If you
serve VALLEY GOLD. Hot breads
cakes. biscuit, toast-help bring
out its delicious flavor.
VALLEY GOLD Is a sweet cream
butter, churned from pure ingredi-
ents, produced by tuberculin-tested
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-29

herds. Carefully blended TO insure
taste uniformity, pasteurized to
doubly guarantee purity; manufac-
tued in sterilized equipment. VAL
LEY GOLD is pure and healthful-
and it costs no more than buffers
not so high in quality.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-06-04
FIFTY YEARS

aThe world has changed the past SO years than
II 1000 years before that. II ~ fIaI17I Ng9U
Fifty years ago, if you that DID, house did not
have electric lights telephones electric heaters stoves
electric coasters, washing machines alumnware
electric FANS radios artificial ice bakers bread The farm
did not have separators tractors trucks alfalfa
beans, winter wheat, rural free delivery of mail
There paved, graveled graded roads in this
vicinity Printing offices did not have linotype machines
automatic presses printer telegraphs casting machines
The automobile motorcycle and safety bicycles has not
been invented Skyscrapers unknown Aplanes were
Pigments of iagnations Fires fought by pubcspir
citizens with buckets and ladders Cartons had not been
heard of the stores and girls their legs off making
change for customers People hunted and hed when and
where they pleased Everybody kept his went
without milk Cigarettes had not been introduced into Amer
lea but everybody smoked pipe and drank liquor
Hospitals and the country doctor found more
babies the pair than the sork brings to whole city
block days. Dphther and smallpox swept people away
by the thousands to keep pace with brhrate Poison gas
machine guns and submarines had not been thought OF Tor
warfare Typhoid fever the of Sanitary
methods of living had not started and all ate dirt
galore along with our food
People raised made most Of the things they used and
very money had needed But the old tax system
those days still persists unchanged or unmproved
and the courts follow in the footsteps OF our fathers
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-06-04

Mrs. Ole johnson accompanied
Cher husband Ole johnson on his re-
turn trip to Tacoma, where he is
employed. They went Friday SO
as to be there over Memorial Day.
Their sons, Walter and Donald, al
SO accompanied them. Mrs. john
son and the boys returned Monday
afternoon.
Mrs. Edith Gardner was visit
or at the Falque home Friday. She
also visited with Mrs. C. Nichols.
Mrs. May Rhodes spent last
week in Prosser as member of
the Educational Board, helping to
grade the 9TH and 9Th grade state
examinations.
Mrs. Fades spent the weekend
in Sp okane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Hawkins and
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Martin were aft
ernooll visitors at the Zindel home
Sunday.
Mrs. Sherry's mother of Wa1la
Walla spent the weekend at the
Sherry home. ~
Miss Winifred eZindel was an
over night guest Of Miss Mabel
johnson on Sunday evening.
Will RAIDER has been selected as
the teacher of the 7th and 9th
grades for the coming year. He is
a resident of Richland.
Imogene Zindel is staying at the
home of her uncle, C. G. Day of
Kennewick. q
Haying is the order of the day
in this locality. Everyone is busy
cutting their first crop.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-06-04
SAYS Wiz ROGERS

back on our reserve supply Of as
constituent.
It's down in the South eastern
part of New Mexico, at Carlsbad, q
mighty pretty little town, a reg
ular Oasis on what is sometimes
almost a desert. It's on the Pecos
river, / was thru the place years
ago when they used to call 1t Ed
DIV. and it was good town even
named Eddy, but its got some wa
ter there that will cure you Of q
lot of minor ailments. Course you
got to 90 to Claremore, Oklahoma
that's the place that will keep
you right out Of the obituary coll
umn. But this old time Eddy viii
HELM YOU q lot. Well it don't look
like a place that if fellow was
searching for another wonder to
add to the World, he would head
for. There is not much to give you
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-
wife years ago. She didn't see half
of it for gossiping about some old
Nestors" back home. You walk
down now, but they are putting in
Elevators. And / made the first
trip down in a Bucket, las they
got the hole cut thru the day /
was there.) They bored from the
top, and Also from the bottom. It's
seven hundred feet down, and they
met in the middle, and the engin-
GERS calculation was off quar-
ter Of an inch. A Mr.. Atwell, he
was practically broken hearted to
think he had failed so dismally. He
is a fine engineer and il this quar-
ter Of an inch don't ruin him some
day might be President.
A Ranger named Carroll Miller
does a lot of the exploring, and he
was itching to break away from
US and go see if he couldn't find a
part of the cave that would be
worthwhile. You have lunch down
there in little ante-room five
hours just leisurely time to see it.
Every move Of a few feet is an
entirely different picture. So don't
you miss this. You will all be COM
ing to California to get in the
Movies, so come by there. Good
Dads, and if it don't drag some adj
jectives out Of you, why send me
the bill.
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It wasn't the finding of the hole

1t wasn't the finding OF the mole
it was the going inside and seeing
why it was there, was the main
thing. A cowpuncher named White
with more curiosity than any one
1 ever come in contact with (for
they are generally mighty leary of
any hole in the ground) is suppos-
ed to really have been the one to
going in there and discover that
while there was Bats off in one
end, in other parts there was the
most unbelievable formations of
prowl around in there by we'll
formed trails for over five miles.
There is rooms in there with a
ceiling of 400 feet. One tremendous
room is almost mile long. With
ali. these marvellous formations of
Staleactites, and Stalagmites.
Thems big words, but I know what
they mean now. One is like an
Icicle formed from the top by the
water dripping, chats the lite
one) and the Mite one is formed
by the water falling on it and IN
that way building it from the
ground up. They hang like church
steeples upside down. They form
Totem poles and elephant ears.
Different rooms have different
formations. Oh / amt got room to
tell you in here what it's like. I
would have tot be writing a book
to do it properly. The Government
has taken it over, and formed 1T
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-06-04

The Home Economics club will
meet with Mrs. Kennett, with Mrs.
Stewart assting as hostess. Mrs.
Mary Davis will speak on "Selec-
ton, Framing and Hanging of
Pictures"
On May 18th a number of friends
of Mrs. Wallace Preston gave her
a surprise, the occasion being her
Birthday. About thirty-five. were
present and after spending a pleas
ant evening, the guests departed,
wishing her many happy returns.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-06-04

right here late
". Couple Of
weeks ago I was
proWling in and
around, My wife
and /, trying to
scare up some
thing new to
see. We have
bumned around
over quite a
mess Of these
United States
and fragments
Of Europe, so
just any little
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-06-04
FINLEY
Asparagus Season is
Finished at Finle,

Asparagus cutting has appar-
emily finished its season in this
community and the pea picking
has almost come to a close. Spud
picking will be the next work and
everybody is hoping for a good
price, for many. of the people have
in large acreage. ! 6~EA
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-06-04

like our other,
National Parks.
It's mighty well
handled, a n d
You are splen-
didly conducted
through it by a
fine bunch Of
trained p a TX
Rangers. T o m
Boles is t h e
General Super
intendent, comes
from Arkansaw
and kpow NV
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any indication that you are prowl-

any indication that you are prowl-
ing around over some of the most
fantastic formations that were
ever opened up to the gaze of
man. Its just rocky old hillside.
not even too much grass. But its
in a Cow Country, and many years
ago the old Timers used to know
it was there as the Bats would fly
out Of there by the thousands. Well
anywhere Bat comes Jogging out
of, no particular fair minded per-
son is going to go providing in the
hole to see what made the Bat come
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-06-04

W: Smith of Twin Falls is 4.
looking after his business ;r ue''
ests and visiting at the S Ssei
home during the summer vs S1siF
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-06-04

BEVERLEY HILLS-Well all I
know is just what I see and Say,
Brothers, / have seen something
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-06-04

Mrs. Fields from Vancouver was
a guest of Mr.. M. A. Davis last
week. Ah
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Smith of
Pasco were guests at the Weber
home last week.
There will be regular Grange
meeting Friday night. A good
program is being prepared by the
ladies and a good crowd is ex-
nected. Cake and coffee will be
served. III qTTT 1851 81
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hhing wouldn't make much Of q
lsnt on US. But we sure did run
into something that knocked Us
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LETs ADVERTISE ALL NORTHWEST

s55f 4fsf LET'S ADVERTISE ALL NORTHWEST
The most effective example OF Pacific Northwest adver
Using have that of the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce the Saturday Evening Post for March q two full
pages costing $4,000. ts $500 $1,000
No words adequately convey to the nation that
here rich empire the striking Photographs of Seattle
that appeared in this advertisement No city could to
such extent it's resources it is the result of the
wealth of great territory. $500 .s.-g II a5l
Nor is the cost excessive when realizes that this
$4,000 places the equivalent of 100000 comprehensive
booklets the hands of from nine to twelve millions of
pie Postage alone such would cost $4,000
more let alone the clerical expense.
We would prefer to such advertising stress the
Pacific Northwest whole not because would share
it's benefits but because would be effective
understand that certain Seattle interests which have
generously supported these campaigns, not willing to
broaden the scope of this Advertising They want it to be Sc
attic advertising This is unfortunate Seattle did not build
Seattle Seattes future its past will be determined
by the future of its hinterland. sa ataos
od Best of all would be small tax by which all
ons would share the expense of community advertising
equally The Washington Press Association long has advo
Gated such plan and it encouraging to note that other
leading organizations enthusiastically sponsoring Mont
Vidette gaaas ss eh 6ssgtIss sa 80 zs
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-06-04

On behalf of the merchants of Kennewck, who have
Joined to make Friday of this week big day for residents
of the county especially those who have not been in the
habit of trading here wish to extend to them hearty
welcome We hope will find here everything that you de-
sire and that have good time that day It will be day
when dollars will be made of rubberey will stretch
further than before and the entertainment and dsr
button of gifts will be heaped for good measure Come
and get your share with compliments. If 5s es
The Washington times., 1931-08-27

Service Commission shows. Elk,
>penses during this period were
$o22,S61, making net telephone
revenues $264,011.
Telephone revenues for the
seven months ending July 81
were $8,352,633, as compared with
,S8,225,872 for the same period
last year. Expenses for the seven
months ending July 81 we're So
406,763, as compared with $6,469,-
BAT for the same period in 1880.
Net Nearly S2,OOO.OOO
Net telephone revenues for the
first seven months of this year
were $1,945,864
The company's revenues for the
II months ending July 21 we're
$14.306,812. Expenses during this
period were $1l,135,145. making
net telephone revenues S3,t71 ,667.
This is equivalent to STA per cent
on the average value of the com
pany's property as fixed by the
Public Service Commission as Of
December 81, 1924, plus additions.
This value on July 81, was SAT,
T13.114.
Capital expenditures for new
plant and equipment in Mary
land for the first seven months
of the year amounted. to $2.350,-
9S6. Gross retirements during
this period, were $1,507,717, max
ing net additions $843, ,269.
Plant Additions Sl,366,914
Net additions to plant for the
II months ending July 81,
amounted to $1;366,9l4.
Maryland telephone users dur
ing July, made 26,970,000 tele-
phone calls which was an in
crease of about 3 per cent over
the number made during the
same month last year. These
calls were made from the 220,395
telephones in service July 81.
Since January /, 4,147 tele-
phones have been added to the
Maryland system.
The Washington times., 1931-08-27
TRADE
IRREGULAR

NEW YORK, Aug. 27 1.N.SD .
Confused y and somewhat irregu-
lar trading took place in cotton
> during the forenoon trading to-
day. The market registered ad-
vance of 8 to 6 points at the
first call, but then slid back as
early buyers, local and New Or
leans operators sold out.
The cotton trade here and
abroad was disturbed by advices
from Washington that the Ameri-
can Farm Bureau Federation, the
largest farm group in America,
will ask for an amendment to
the agricultural marketing act to
embody the equaliza ton fee prin-
ctple of farm relief which was
contained in the McNary- -Haugen
Bill vetoed by former President
Coolidge.
At midday, October sold at
7.06, off 10, December at 7.27
off 9, January at 7.36, off 10,
= March at 7.5S, off 6. May at TIA,
off 8, and July at 1872, off 7.
The markets abroad for Egyp-
tian and Indian cotton made
moderate gains, reflecting yester-
days upturn in the local market
of nearly one dollar a bale. At
the time of the New York open
ing, Liverpool cables we're un-
changed to one English point
lower than due.
The Washington times., 1931-08-27
BAR|TE OUTPUT
GAINS IN Va.
Fractions represent Sends
1911 .nedas I0I 1872

Crude barite mined and sold or
used in the United States in 1890
decreased about IS per cent in
quantity and II per cent in value
as compared with 1929, Total
sales of crude barite were 234,932
short tons. valued at $1,538,171.
according to statement by the
United States Bureau of Mines,
Department of Commerce, based
on figures compiled from individ-
ual reports by producers.
The average value per ton f. o.
b. mine was $6.55; in 1929 it
was $6.67.
Sales of barite were made from
eight States-California, Georgia,
Missouri, Nevada. South Carolina,
Tennessee. Virginia and Wiscon-
sin. the same as in 1929.
Total sales of barite from Mis-
souri,, Nevada, South Carolina and
Virginia showed increases as COM
pared with 1929. South Carolina s
output more than doubled that Of
1929, and sales of barite in Vir-
ginia showed substantial increases
in both quantity and value as
compared with the preceding
year,
The Washington times., 1931-08-27

He will succeed Henry T. Fer
riss. of the First National Com
pany, st. Louis. He has been
active on the associations board
of governors and foreign Securi-
ties committee for several years.
Other Nominations
Other nominations to be voted
on at the annual convention in
November are; For executive vice
president, Alden H. Little, of
Chicago, to succeed himself; for
vice presidents, James H. Dag
gett, Marshall & Ilsley Bank,
Milwaukee: Charles D. Dickey,
Brown Brothers Hartman & Co.,
Philadelphia; William H. Eddy,
Chase Harris Forbes Corporation,
New York; Dietrich Schmitz,
Pacific National Company, Seat,
tie; C. T. Williams, C. T. Will
liams & Co. Inc, Baltimore; for
treasurer. William T. Bacon,
Bacon. Whipple & Co., Chicago;
for secretary, C. Longford Felske,
Chicago.
Nominations to positions on the
board of governors for terms ex,
piring in 1884 are: J. Augustus
Barnard. Dominick & Dominick,
New York: Frank L. Scheffey
Galloway, Fish & Co., New York !;
T. j. Bryce, Continental Illinois
Co., Chicago; Duncan j. McNabb
Guardian Detroit Co., Inc, De.
troit; Francis Moulton, r. H.
Moulton & Co., Los Angeles; Rus,
sell D. Bell. Greenshields & Co.,
Montreal; Harry F. Stix, Silk &,
Co.. st. Louis; William Cavalier
William Cavalier & Co., San Fran
cisco; John J. Rowe, First Invest.
ment g. Securities Corp. Cincin.
natl; Charles B. Engle, Interna-
tional Co. of Denver.
Pope a West Pointer
Nominations to fill unexpired
terms ending in 1882; Henry T.
Ferriss, First National Co., ST.
Louis, ex officio, as retiring presi-
dent, member of next years
board; Francis A. Bonner, Lee,
Higginson & Co., Chicago; Henry
Hart, First Detroit Co., Inc, De.
troit; Ralph Hornblower, Horn
blower & Weeks, Boston: George
H. NuSloch, Hibernia Securities
Co., Inc, New Orleans; David H
Martin, Fidelity National Corp,
Kansas City.
Mr.. Pope is a graduate of West
Point and served on the general
staff of the American Expedition.
ary Force in France. He resigned
from the Army in 1920 to enter
the investment banking business in
Boston, with the First National
Corp.
The Washington times., 1931-08-27
RICE EXPORT UP
VALUE DOWN

Rice exports from the United
States gained materially in the
first seven months of 1881. in
quantity and decreased in value,
as compared with the similar
period of 1890. the Department Of
Commerce reports. The figures
are, respectively:
Total for 1891 period. 1885,
900 pounds valued at $4,000. 900;
for 1890. $500, 900 pounds
valued at $5,629. 900.
During the same period corn
exports fell from S.4lO.0 600 bushels
valued at $5,020,0O0 to 1871 900
bushels valued at $1.359. 900.
Wheat exports fell in quantity
from 44,328, 600 bushels in 1880
period to 33,627 900 bushels this
year, and in value from $48,943,- :
600 to $23,S18,O0O, well over one
half.
Wheat flour exports for the
comparable period fell in guam
tity from 7,044, 900 to S,S00,000
barrels, and in value from $40,
629, 900 to $21, $4,000.