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RRBHREH U st. Near 18th
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BARBARA KENT and REX LEASE
in chinatown After Dark"
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Z |COLUMBIA-FSt. at 18th

: WALLACE BERRY & JACKIE
COOPER in THE CHAMP"
Added Attractions
Nogales international., 1931-09-19
Surprising Figures

To those who like to delve into statistics Of pro
ducton, commerce and the like the actual figures
Florida is cassed among the cotton producing states
one county in Alabama grows cotton than the
entire state of Florida
Another surprise is seen in the record of Pen
nsylvanias exports The Keystone state has been es
tablshed for years as leader in the production Of
COAL iron and steel But trade figures for 1880 show
that Pennsyvanias principal item Of export is lu-
bricating OIL with shipments valued at $685. 1920.
Bituminous coal ranks second anthracite third iron
and steel fourth, and gasoline fifth.
The state exports than hundred leading
products, ranging from silk and rayon hosiery and
manufactured hair to automobiles and railway
cars. Oil is the export throne, however, due to it's
extensive refining interests and the fact that the
state produces large part of the famous Pennsyl-
vania grade crude OIL the premier crude of the world
Perhaps it is not inappropriate that oil should
the export lead in the Keystone state for it
was the scene of the first oil drilled and produced in
commercially paying quantities.
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Observation-Disclosures TT Observation-Disclosures l1 Observation-Disclosures
Why Broadcast Gloom This Fall?

The charity movement to feed 100000 this
winter, now thought to be under way, is going to
cast spirit of gloom the whole country, inten
styling and magnfying the present spirit of depres
sion that pervades the country, much of which is
mental condition.
And it is going to create numerous local. region
al and state drives for charity funds the like Of
which was never known BEFORE like community
chests, and such movements.
And politicians are going to tune in and en-
phasize wherever possible.
In fact that wave has already been started from
mayors of cities up
And newspapers are going to be petitioned and
begged and threatened to give millions Of dollars
worth Of space to boost pet charity schemes when
newspapers generally have been making every eff
fort possible to create the real spirit of progress and
effort, and the expenditure Of energy to bring the
people of this rich nation out Of the Slough of Des
pond"
Newspapers in convention, and by correspond
with each other, and through every channel
possible, should organize and educate themselves and
the people to the true situation show the real ncen
tves, and endeavor to protect the country from in
creased depression this of moaning is going to
place it in-Inland Daily Press Association Bulletin
Nogales international., 1931-09-19
Rough Rider Myth

Probably SO persons out of 100 who have read or
heard of the famous Roosevelts Rough Riders Of the
Spanish-American War believe that those ambitious
troopers charged up San Juan Hin on horseback,
booted and spurred sabers waving in the air.
writer in recent magazine graphically por-
back standing in their stirrups and galloping along
shouting to one another Ike polo players"
The truth is that the Rough Riders marched and
fought on foot in Cuba, as did other Cavalry reg-
ments their horses having been left behind when they
sailed from the United States
Due to Roosevelt's vivid personality and the
large amount of publicity given the regiment by New
York newspaper men, the Rough Riders received the
lions share of credit for the victory at Santiago
share rather greater than was their just due
That they were brave men and good fighters none
will deny but they were in that respect no different
from other troops, of whom received scant at
tention in the dispatches The Rough Riders did no
riding, rough or otherwise, in Cuba.
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fourteenth instant, which the repre-
SentativeS of the Unions failed to
attend. There shall have to be held
another meeting in Mexico City at
9 o'clock in the morning of Sep
tember 18th. The Company does
not know what will be the decision
given in the case, but it is greatly
surprised to see published in the
press, articles indicating to the Fed
eral Board of Cancellation and Ar
bitrat.on that it's decision must be
in favor of the workmen and that
in case the decision is not in their
favor, they shall proceed to set a
date and hour for strike.
"This 10 percent reduction was re-
quested as a temporary measure un-
til conditions improve, and mas
much as other industries are work.
ing on basis of 3, or 5 days per
week and others have reduced wages
and in view of the fact that the
Government itself has found it ne
cesSary to effect a reduction of Is
percent in salaries of it's officials
and employees, the Southern Pa
cific Railroad Company of Mexico
considers itself justified in request
ing the help and cooperation of it's
officers and employees for the So
luton of this emergency.
"The annual report Of the South
ern Pacific Railroad Company of
Mexico, approved by the Department
of Communications and Public
Works, covering it's operations dur
ing the 1880 shows profit of $82,-
855. so Pesos, whereas for the year
1881 according to estimates of our
experts on these matters, we ex-
pect to sustain a loss of $1,690,00
Pesos. In other words, our disad-
vantage this year compared with
1880 represents the amount of ST.
773,OOO.OO Pesos"
Mr.. Titcomb, in concluding the in
terview, indicated to us that he was
disposed to furnish additional data
in this case if it should be con-
sidered necessary, so that the pub
lie in general and the workmen may
know the real attitude of the Com
pany.
Nogales international., 1931-09-19
By Albert 7. Reid

Industry throughout the country
has suffered tremendous losses due
to the economic depression that pre-
walls throughout the world. In sim
liar manner the Workmen have suf-
fered due to lack of employment;
consequently vigorous efforts are
being made in all directions to save
the industry and continue giving
employment to as many of the work.
men as possible. Notwithstanding all
this, there are times the circum-
stances demand that all the parties
affected unite their efforts to avoid
possible catastrophe.
"The Southern Pacific Railroad
Company Of Mexico has in opera
ton about 2,2O5 kilometerS of rail-
road which cost approximately
22,OOO,OO0OO Pesos. During the
last II years the Company has Sc
cured loans for investment in it's
properties in Mexico amounting to
$42,3O4,038 Pesos, which represents
an investment in excess of the op-
Grating income and payments Sc
cured from the Government during
the same period, and has never re-
ceived any interest on the capital
invested, consequently it is difficult
to find ways to secure additional
loans if the Company does not re-
ceive any benefit in so far as in
terest on the amount already in
vested, is concerned, as also on the
future investment in the country.
"The amounts above stated have
been approved each year by the De-
partment of Communications and
Public Works. It is readily evident
that the Company has no amount
set aside or reserve to meet the
losses it is at present sustaining
and desires to effect economies
wherever possible to do so.
"On August "a, 1881, the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company of Mex
leo requested the Unions with
which it has entered into labor con-
tracts, to accept a reduction of ten
percent from their salaries, this re-
duction to apply to salaries of all
officers and employees of the Com
pany, excepting those employees who
receive wages less than $1.60 per
day and excepting also the employ
es working in the shops and others
who have agreed to work less than
s days per week during this crisis.
"The Unions definitely refused
tbs request and the Company had
no other recourse than to submit
the case to the Federal Board OF
Cancellation and Arbitration for de-
c.sion, all in accordance with the
law. At a meeting held concerning
this case on the eleventh instant,
the Unions indicated their incon-
formity with the reduction OF 10
percent from their salaries. There
was another meeting held on the
Nogales international., 1931-09-19
COMMISSIONER WINS CONTEST

STORRS, Conn, CU.P0-State
Commissioner of Domestic Animals
Charles L. Johnson proved himself
a practical administrator when he
won a COW milking contest at Con-
necticut Agricultural College.
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Railroad

Continued From Page Cne)
try, and it has authority to render
its decisions upon cases submitted
to it in accordance with the law.
Nogales international., 1931-09-19

toraptc Canadian NnoraR nvys
THAT the Rheeu River the greatest eel fishing rivers in
Il world? Near St. john
those shown in the picture thrown
descending the
follow
Morshipped by the Egyptians
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II Nezv Monarch in an old Setting

OF the other three forms, the third Is no less
than trial marriage usually for two years, and
the fourth Is saved from the stain of concu-
binage only by the witnesses. legal contracts
and blessing of the priest At the end of the
specified term either form may be dissolved or,
with due ceremony, ratified into the second,
which is the popular civil marriage. In this
the man and woman are unit4d by a mayor
or village priest "in the nams Of Menelik" and
promise to Tive in harmony, cooperation and
mutual faith" Should the partnership prove
unsatisfactory, they appear before the same
oficial, who divorces them with the words
"Menelik is dead" after which the property Is
equally divided. This division Is sometimes 80
meticulously carried out that garment is cut
In two. Where there are three children, one
lives with the father, the second with the
mother and the third alternately with both.
In view Of this $3.50 arrangement, by which
she presumably has emsrged from each
matrimonial experience richer than before, an
Abyssinian woman's desirablity increases in
proportion to the number Of times she has
been we'd The engagement, therefore, Is con-
sidered almost as binding IS the marriage and
the terms of the pre-nuptial contract accord
ingly vary for each form.
For the civil marriage witnesses are called
to hear the sutton declare in detail all that he
intends TO give the bride, which under these
circumstances is always more than he would
have promised In private.
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jurers than men seems to have forgotten Abys-
sinia, where they not only lie less frequently
than men, but talk less. Here q woman's word
Is assumed to be inviolate and she may be
forgiven anything else, even murder, but she
must not ne Whenever testifying in court
therefore, she weighs her words carefully, for
they may send another to his death or to
prison, where his relatives or friends must feed
him II he is fed at all. Besides should she
misstate fact ever slightly, the judge win
summon the barber, who is usually also the
butcher. Bringing his clippers, he arrives at .
gallop, followed. like the Pied Piper of Hamelin,
by all the children Of the village. While liar
and barber indulge in simultaneous and ex-
pressiVe now Of abuse, she Is rendered balder
than an eagle. She won't get husband in .
hurry ard can have neither business nor social
dealings with her neighbors.
The Fetha Negast lays down laws as to who
may or may not marry. Girls may marry ct
Is. boys at 20, though this latter age Is for
the priesthood and in the civil marriage they
may be younger. widow. for Instance, may
remarTy after 10 months OF mourning; some
divorces only after doing penace. Parents may
compel a dissolute daughter to marry q decent
youth, and q yirtuous daughter Of as may insist
that a husband and dowry be provided while
a minor welded by parental arrangement may
upon coming Of age have the union dissolved
on the ground that she was not a party to the
contract. In the main. they are wise provisions,
but 1t does seem unfair to place q ban upon
ladies of more than so and cousins of the
seventh generation
HERE are four kinds Of legal marriage,
ranging from the so-calied indissolubIe to
that most easily broken. Only those wishing
to marry into the priesthood and devote them
selves to good deeds submit TO the first as
neither man nor woman is supposed to be
divorced and, bereaved, may not remsfry.
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looking at the anxious, sweaty faces. Woolly
heads were shaken. One or two shrugged their
shoulders. The old man spoke again.
There is a way" he said In our villages
we md thief by the test of boiling water
Vaguely I had heard of such test, but had
catalogued it in my mind as just another of
those witch-doctoring feats which are usually
based on simple psychology. But few white.
men are privileged to see such tests.
"Charlie?" I asked, do you know of this
test?"
Eyes. Tnkos We all know it. 1t is test
which no thief can escape"
I sat down in my deck chair under a great
baobab tree In front of me Charlie built IRE
on which he placed five-gallon three-legged
iron pot full of water. He disappeared in the
bush for some moments, returning with some
leaves which I recognized as from common
evergreen bush. These he cast into the pot. As
the water began to boil and roll, every native in
the safari lined up before me. small pot of
cold water was placed beside the fire. Jonas
stepped forward
"oh. my chief. it is fitting that I, who have
lost my money, be the first to place my hand
in the water. Then no man can say that I
have concealed that which belongs to me In
order to gain more unlawfully."
With that he washed his hands rapidly in
the cold water and then plunged his right hand
into the boiling water nearly to the elbow.
Grasping a handful he raised it. dripping on
nigh, ana Cnen stepped ASIDE. Inc next IN me,
the elderly native. approached. Washing his
hands, he intoned chant
"I'nkos, my chief I have worked for you
and you have cared for me. I am cid and
have lived long with the men Of my village
My days have been days of peace and my
nights have been free from threats by the
spirits of those who have gone before. Indeed,
for my fellows am filled with love and respect.
Why then should steal? Who am I that
should be the one to cause this test to be APP
plied?'
And he plunged his wrinkled, bony hand into
the pot. Native after native stepped forward,
sang his own and my praises, and dared the
rolling, boiling water. The level sank Charlie
replenished it, adding more leaves and he built
up the fire that the water Missed, it boiled so
furiouslys The last man had plunged his hand
{. into the pot. looked inquiringly at my
capitao
Tomorrow. I'nkos,' he said, "the skin viii
have come of the right hand of the thief"
Sixty-three hands had clutched that boiling
water. Was it possible that of ali these only
one would suffer the burn which, logically, they
should all have shared? But how? And why?
The leaves surely could have magical prop
critics Ordinary leaves from common bush.
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extent that their meat was almost as tough rs
gristle. AS was, however, Trapper Jeffries
skinned the wild beasts and the Potomac
archers who shot the animals brought back the
hides, skulls and claws as souvenirs. The ac-
companying pictures were taken in the heart
of the Dismal Swamp the morning after the
bears were shot. These bears were considerably
larger than the average which are bagged In
the swamp by professional and amateur sports
men who. fare forth after bruin armed with the
traditional firearms used by modern nimrods
PROFESSIONALLY neither bear knew what missile
felIed him.
The Berkeley brothers Of Newport News have
previously tried for bear scalps' in the Dismal
Swamp with archery tackle. On one occasion
they trailed and sighted a bear, but clever bruin
outwitted them by reaching place Of safety
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according to the trappers estimate about $50
pounds and measured feet inches from the
end Of his nose to the tip Of his tail.
The distance from where the archers hay in
concealment to the point where the irst bear
stood when shot was 80 yards. The second
bear was paralySed in the hind quarters when
found. weighed about 900 pounds, measured
feet 10 inches from nose to tail tip and
was 70 yards from the bowmen when felled
by their Arrows These bears were killed In .
clean, fair and sportsmanlike manner.
The arrow which dispatched the second bear
had severed his spinal cord
THESE two bears, which were the first ever
shot by archers in the Dismal Swamp, were
not suitable for human food because the dry
Summer had restricted their forage to such an
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Iron Industry Gains.

THE pig iron and iron alloy industry made q
substantial gain in 1929 over 1927 in the
march toward the billion-dollar industry class.
More than 100000 tons of blast furnace
products were turned out, with q value Of
STAG 100000, which compared very favorably
with the $68s 900 worth Of 1927. The 100
plants in operation employed $4,000 workers,
but both figures were under the totals for ne
previous census. 1A s5ea 80
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the archers released their hunting arrows at
bruin, visible in the moonlight. The bear
hesitated just q second too long to snin the
ozone and squint at the moon before he tramped
across the trail and again disappeared IN the
natural entanglements of jungleland.
The best evidence available that these Po-
tomac archers are sure shots Is the fact
that either Of the arrows which they ''plunked"
into Mister Bear would have been SUFFICIENT to
snun out his existence. One arrow severed his
juglar vein, while the other pierced his abdomen
and lungs The wounded beast roared as only
q big black bear In mortal agony can roar.
With the ferocity Of enraged elephant he
miled his way into the underground, roaring.
wheeling growing and snorting in as many
different keys. II you know anything about
the fury and ferocity of wounded bears you
will better understand why the archers forth
with didn't pursue bruin. They had heard
their arrows hit the target, but they did not
know how badly the bear was hurt. Striuging
arrows in their bows. they strove to cut on
the flight of the ferocious animal.
It wasn't beginners luck but the vagaries
Of chance which in this case favored the hunt
ers instead OF the hunted. AS they were in
quest of the first bear. second broke
cover and crossed the trail in front of the
archers. Which surely was a great tactical
error on the part of the wild animal. For that
mistake was his last. Another steel-pointed
arrow speeding faster than the wind found its
mark in bear flesh. single arrow toppled this
bear to the ground as though the most powerful
rife bullet had been embedded in his carcass.
Which engendered another recital of bear roars.
growls and snorts such as would make the
shiyyers shake your carcass like radio waves
racing through the ether.
The young bear hunters were in q quandary.
There they were located betwixt and between
two wounded bears. A situation which in many
respects was like that Of a man unable to swim
yet stranded helpless on the deck of burning
ship. The archers talked 1t terSely while
the bears made the night hideouS with their
vocal melody-or rather discord. The bowmen
soon decided to retreat from the immediate
vicinity, to camp in the swamp that night and
to resume the search after the wounded bears
at sunrise.
Next morning the archers enlisted the aid OF
q tfapper and bear scout who had a camp on
the edge Of the swamp. The trio returned to
the point on the trail where the first bear had
been wounded. The tTapper advised that it
was bad medicine" to ramble into the bear
brakes after bears pierced with arrows. Never
theless he plunged into the morass Of reeds
But he tramped along with his rife cooked
and held in the best possible position for expe-
ditious use. JeffTies, the trapper, soon located
tracks which the bear had dug In the ground.
Then he found the broken shaft Of an arrow.
And some so yards from where the bear had
appeared the trail the trapper located bruin.
The bear had been dead for hours weighed
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Early the following morning was awakened
by turmoil in the native part of the camp.
Shouts and yells brought me quickly out OF bed.
] called Charlie
Whats the NATTER"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-10
Latin Americans Plan
Elaborate Festival On
Saturday and Sunday

Prominent citizens OF the Valley
viii be given special invitations to
attend the coronation. Saturday
night. which Will be held on the
courthouse square In EdinJurg, and
all people OF the Valley are given
a cordial invitation through the
press TO be present Guzman said.
No admission will be charged.
Miss Amelia Champion ot Mer-
cedes viii BE- crowned queen a.
she Is first winner in a popularity
contest conducted By E. DefenS0r,
Spanish weekly. Of which Guzman
Is editor and publisher. The queens
royal robes are being made IN
Matamoros. and the crown was OBJ
tanned from Mexico City.
Miss Champion will be attended
by the second and third prize win
ners, IS princesses, Miss Leonela
Rodriguez and Miss Corsuelo Con-
zalez, both Of Edinburg.
Duchesses from al over the
Valley and San Antonio viii also
take part in the coronation. Manuel
G. Gonzales, San Antonio attorney.
q representative Of the Mexican
government, president general OF
the League OF United latin Amer
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-10

EDINBURG. July 10 Santiago
@. Guzman, Hidalgo county treas
urer. although only q years old.
il recognized as a leader OF the
Latin-Americans or the county.
Guzman was born AZ Ia Pechuga
Ranch. July Is. 1908, the ranch
owned By his father. Don Julio
Guzman. a pioneer stock raiser,
now deceased. being part OF the
present townsite or Alamo.
Guzman Is a product OF the local
schools. and in 1919 entered S..
Edwards University at Austin.
where he vas graduated from the
commercial department In 1922. He
was an honor student. receiving u
gold medal for the highest general
average in his department. and the
Excellence Gold Medal offered %
the student in the Conservatory OF
Music for efficiency and excellence
as well as minor prizes In other
courses.
Guzman began his work IN Edin-
burg in the tax collectors office
under q. En- Jones. tax collector
for q number or years
In 1929 Cuzman ran on the Citi-
zens ticket for CITY commissioner.
but was defeated. Prior 10 that time
he had been q member OF the Good
Government party. but after 1T
defeat in the city commissioner race.
he became verv active IN the party.
AS the controlling regime OF HI
dalgo politics vas democratic. Guz-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-10

EDINBURG. July l0-One OF the
most elaborate fiestas ever given IN
the Valley. on this side OF the Rio
Grande. viii take place Saturday
and Sunday. July 18th and l2th, IN
EdlnDurg, the fiesta being under
the direction Of Santiago O. Guz-
man, county treasurer and leader
among Latin-Americans IN Hidalgo
County.
Noche Mexicana'. a night II
Mexico. is the designation Of the
fiesta by Guzman. who has planned
a program, the aim OF which is 70
establish a better understanding
-e-ween the Anglo and Latin-Am-
erican races. On Sunday night, the
queens ball viii be held at the
Klcssner's Roof Garden.