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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-25
SWIM AND PICNIC
AT CAMPO DEL ARROYO

An informal event OF the week
was the swim and picnic supper al
Campo del Arroyo on Thursday
evening when Mr.. and Mrs M
weimer and the old members OF the
faculty of the RIO Hondo schools
entertained the new teachers.
The swim In the new pool was
greatly enjoyed by the teachers.
The picnic supper followed the
swim.
Those present we're Superintend-
ent and Mrs. NJ. G. Rushing. Messrs.
and Nesdames lack Freshour. L. d.
Todd. II. b. Porter. j. Kirkham,
Herman Sheffield, Misses Nancy
Rice. Maude Johnson. Ruth Nc
Murtry. Mabel McEwoen. Alyne
Bolin, Ollie Hanev. RUBY Tolliver,
Pearl Brown. Evaleen Carbon. Mrs.
Patty Rogers. Mrs. Cora Decker,
Mrs. Carrie Derby. Mr.. II. T. Uz-
zell. Mrs. @. E. Shaver. Mrs.
Ellen McMurtry-
TALKS GIVEN
AT BOARD MET
The entertainment committee
OF the Rio Hondo Farm Board pre-
scented 2 OF talks at the
high school auditorium here Friday
evening.
Talks were made BY the follow
ing: M. G. Rushing. superintendent
OF schools here: Henry Alsmeyr. Of
San Benito. farm agent. Miss Doro-
thy Porter OF san Benito. Home
Demonstration agent: Rov Moses.
cashier OF the Arroyo State Bank.
N. B. MAYNARD. local business man
and Rev. Ira Garrison, pastor OF the
BAPTIST church.
A playlet "A meeting OF the look
ahead family" was also presented.
Community singing was led bv
y. T. Bulls. At the conclusion OF
the interesting community pro-
gram. refreshments we're served 10
all attending.
TO PRESENT
The Kun Joynus Klass OF the
Community church will present the
play "Her Honor the Mayor at the
high school auditory October :.
A splendid cast has been select
ed and viii be trained under the
able direction OF Mrs. j. Rogers. an
actress for many years
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-25
Attend Picnic
At Olmito Lake

A splendid representation from
all Valley towns vas present at the
Oddfellow and Rebekah nicnic at
Olmito. A bountiful picnic spread
was served in the pleasant sur
roundings OF Olmlto Lake. Mrs. j.
X. Bull and Mrs. J. Aveilhe we're
In attendance from Brownsville.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-25

PITTSBURGH-One OF the bills
Charles Nice. Jennings hates to
see roll around each month is one
for SIS. $50. sent by his former wife.
Mrs. Elizabeth Nevin Jennings. It's
. bill for back alimony which
started at a rate OF $500 = month
on Oct. "a. 1921. She's filed suit
to collect II now.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-25

Los Fresnos-Palmer AZ
Dever
Lyf0rd-Finlay & Baldridge
a.
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San Benit0-H. r. Gerst
La Feria-R. l. Franklin
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-25

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa.
There's no lack OF good political
timber In this town. especially in
one OF the boroughs. -Four out of
five OF the homes which comprise
one block she. n politically-minded
Xnghbors. One Is running for
<56rool director, another county
treasurer, the next county commits
sioner and the other Is a candidate
for town council.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-25
THO Binthddy.
Parties Giuen
Hondo

RIO HONDO, Sept. 25.-Mrs. c.
D.. Hoover was the recipient Of a
compliment fonday, when a group
OF her friends surprised her with a
birthday party.
The women who complimented
Mrs. Hoover we're Mesdames B. j.
Sitz, Henry CRUDE, Fred Mcdowell.
Bridge Ia played during the eve
ming. Prizes for high score e
presented TO Mrs. II. CRUDE and
MI. Edwin Meyers, while low score
prizes were awarded to Mrs. Z. M.
Sizer and Mr.. Fred Mcdowell.
A lovely gift went to the hon.
Gree.
A dainty refreshment course
featuring a pretty birthday cake
was served by the trio OF h~ostesses.
Those who enjoyed the party were:
Messrs. and Mesdames Fred. Nc
Dowell, c. ID. Hoover, DR.. E. M. A.
Sizer. Edwin Meyers, B. j. Sitz and
Henry CRUDE.
Eleventh Birthday
Little Miss Janet Brockhaus en-
tertained a group Of her little
lIitAQc dL Alti UOAllC "a Vic blOWli
Tract Saturday from 3 to 1880
o'clock. the occasion being her
eleventh birthday.
Games OF all kinds were played
and a lively afternoon was enjoyed
by the little girls. AT the conclu-
sion, a delicious refreshment course
was served. The little guests were
seated at the dining table which
was prettily decorated in pink and
white, nut cups and favors carry
ing out the chosen color theme.
Those who attended the party
we're: Ruth Thomas. Wayleen Muir
try. Lu Gene Oliver. Florence Ellen
Cowgirl. winifred Carpenter. Sarah
Lee Saner. Marc.lla Schultz. Mary
Virginia Joyner. Pearl Rowland
and the little hostess Janet Brock
haus.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-25
Valley Cities

Bell. Margaret Elmore. Mrs. s. g.
Webb was an honor guest also.
After the luncheon. there was q
brief assembly, "A welcome song
had been prepared as a surprise
for the guests. Other songs were
sung by the students.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-25

New York leads American cities
for motor vehicle regiy cations,
followed by Los Angeles, Chicago
and Detroit
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-03-20
closed also. There was complete

closed also. There was complete
silence.
She checked her impulse to fight
with the reflection that it wouldn't do
any good. If they wanted her they
had her. How had it happened? How
could they have known she'd come
here when she had only turned into
the hotel on the spur of the moment,
in pursuit of Claire. Shed never even
heard of g. ]. Forster until Martin
had told her about him last night Her
notion that the hotel clerk and all the
rest of them had mistaken her for
some one else would no longer serve
as an explanation. The man in the
blue serge suit must have recognized
her, though his stiff face had not be-
trayed the fact. It had been as Mr..
Forsters agent that he had come to
the studio last night to see whether
she lived there. It had been on the
strength Of his report that Mr. Forster
himself in his limousine had followed
her and Babe this morning, offered
them the lift Babe had so gladly ac-
copied, and incidentally. found out
where they worked. That seemed to
hang together.
1t was a queer sort Of room she
was in-large, well proportional, with
a high barrel-vaulted ceiling, beauti-
fully but rather heterogeneously fur
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-03-20
To be q
Healthy Woman !.
wotch your Bowels!

What should women do to keep
their bowels moving freely? A doc
tor should know the answer. That
is why pure Syrup Pepsin is so
good for women. It just suits their
delicate organism. 1t is the pre-
scription of an old family doctor
who has treated thousands Of wom-
en- patients, and who made a spe-
cial study of bowel troubles.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is
made from fresh, laxative herbs,
pure pepsin and other harmless in
gradients. 1t doesn't sicken or
weaken you. No restrictions Of
habit or diet are necessary while
taking it. But its action is thor
ough. It carries off the sour bile
and poisonous waste. It does every
thing you want it to do. 1t is fine
for children, too. They love it's
taste. Let them have it every time
their tongues are coated or their
skin is sallow.
When you've sick headache, can't
eat, are bilious or sluggish; and at
the times when you are most apt to
be constipated, take little Of this
famous prescription Gall druggists
keep it ready in big bottles), and
you'll know why DR.. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin is the favorite lax.
alive Of over a million women!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-03-20

It was the custom Of medieval art
lists to depict Moses with horns. The
colossal figure in the church Of st.
Pietro. in Vincoli at Rome, regarded
as Michelangelo's masterpiece, shows
the Israelite leader with horns. 1t is
described as representation of the
wrath Of Moses when he came down
from Mount Sinai, and found his peo-
pie worshiping the golden calf. 1t has
been explained that the horns were
used to give an effect of strength, and
this is supported by the fact that horn
is frequently used in the Bible to
mean strength. Bible scholars believe,
however, that the mistake arose from
a wrong translation of Exodus "a:
20, 80. where it is stated that
"the skin of his face shone." In He
brew, the word for this is qaran,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-03-20
Unicorn Problem Solved?

Chinese scientists believe they have
solved the problem Of the unicorn.
The fabulous animal actually exist
ed, in the opinion of Oriental archeol-
ogists.
DIR. Ii Chi, Harvard graduate. is the
man principally responsible for this
opinion. In ancient ruins he found a
carving that strangely resembled the
one-horned bull, an Asiatic press cor
respondent reports.
The characters were found to mean
that the animal represented by the
carving had been captured by hunters.
The carving was apparently more
than three thousand years old.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-03-20
THE STORY

At O public dance Martin
Forbes, q newspaper man. cuts
in on Rhoda Whites dance with
Max Lewis, whom Martin in
stinctively dislikes. He over
hears q conversation between
Lewis and woman, which he
realizes concerns Rhoda. He re-
calls a blind ad" inquiring the
whereabouts Of "Rhoda McFar-
land" and senses newspaper
story. He believes that is Rho
da's real name. She refuses to
deny or admit it. However, 1t
recalls her childhood in Cali
fornia. Her mother dead, she
had been happy until misfortune
befell her father, Professor Nc
Farland. Associated with the
blow il her uncle, William
Royce. They move to Chicago,
where her father is engaged in
mysterious work. Rhoda takes
up stenography. Her father dies
suddenly, vainly trying to give
her q message about papers" in
a trunk. Rhoda goes to live with
q fellow-worker, Babe" Jen-
nings. Martin learns that &c. J."
of the blind adj is Charles J.
Forster, uncle of Lewis. Rhoda
admits her name is MCFARLAND.
A mysterious claire Cleveland"
asks Rhoda for certain paper
belonging to ner which, she
claims, was in McFarland's pos
session. Rhoda's trunk is stolen
and she suspects Claire. She
trails Claire to the Worcester
hotel, where Forster lives. Mar
tin sees Lewis check the trunk
at q depot.
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had found her first. Claire's scheme
for getting the paper had failed, prob
ably through the treachery Of her con-
federate, Max.
But Forster hadn't got it either, or
he wouldn't be sitting there now tell
ing her how kind he meant to be to
her, urging her to go home and pack
her trunks and come and have her
home with him.
She looked up at him now and found
him staring at her with look Of con-
sternation.
whats got into your he asked.
''What are you thinking about, all Of
sudden? What makes you look like
that?"
II was thinking" she said, shat
even If I did come here to live !
couldn't bring all my trunks. You see,
the little hat trunk that had all my
fathers papers In it was stolen while
was out at lunch today"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-03-20
Weiyht Of Diamond.

The specific gravity of the diamond
is 3.52. AS one cubic inch of water
weighs .O3617 pound. cubic inch Of
diamond would weigh 1852 times as
much, or approximately 1878 pound
avoirdupois, little over ounces. AS
diamonds are weighed by carats, a
carat being equivalent to 200 MILL
grams, this cubic inch of diamonds
would weigh about 2S3 carats. There
have been two famous diamonds larg-
er than this, the Culiinan, which
weighed 3,025 carats. and the Tiffany.
which weighed 800 carats.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-03-20
Bad All Round

Apropos of Prime Minister MacDon-
AIDS efforts to secure world peace,
a prominent manufacturer said at a
meeting of the Society for Universal
Peace in Pittsburgh:
1--WE should all lend hand in this
peace movement. We should do so
not only to prevent our young men
from being sacrificed, but also for our
own benefit.
"Warring nations" he continued,
"suffer in lives lost. We suffer in our
business, our pocketbooks, and, by con-
sequence we suffer, too, in all our lux
uries and conveniences.
''In a word the fighters trench, the
noncombatants retrench."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-03-20
CHAPTER TX
Some Light and More Darkness

0O11kG Lily lG 6AA0 kNAOTS OG1 AkAGS~
She had expected that statement to
startle him, but she'd nowhere near
guessed what the force of the explo-
sion would be. The utter disintegra-
tion Of panic that his whole appear
ance betrayed would have been ludl-
crous II 1t had not been revolving. His
face had gone sickly shiny yellow.
A door had opened and the man in the
blue serge suit was in the room. Eyes,
sirT he said interrogatively.
81 didn't ring, Conley," Forster told
him without looking around. "Under.
stand now, I sha'n't want you until I
ring"
1t was precisely the same phrase,
Rhoda noted, that he'd used in dis
missing the man the other time. 1t
was no doubt code order to station
himself at some listening post where
he could hear everything they said.
"What was it you were saying?"
Forster asked. ''That some trunk of
yours had been stolen?"
EYES," she said, my hat trunk,
while was out at lunch. At least
think that's when 1t was. When I
went back to the studio after lunch,
about two o'clock, found it gone"
"Went home after lunch, did you?"
he asked, with sharp look at her.
"What kind Of hours do you keep on
your job.?"
II had this afternoon off," she told
him. 81 didn't go back to the paper
at ALL"
"Well, then" he demanded, show
did you get my message that you were
to come up here and see me?'
She hadn't foreseen the question,
and her instinctively truthful answer
was, sT didn't"
"Well," he persisted, show did you
know who I was or where ! lived?"
What did you come here for?"
She smiled at him as she said, Its
rather complicated. came here with
out having planned to and was sur
prised when found you were expect
ing me. didn't know anything about
you until last night. Even then I
hadn't decided to answer the adver-
tisement. I didn't connect you with
my father, you see, nor know that
you'd been his friend. Well, last night
I got a letter from a woman I'd never
heard of before, asking me to lunch
with her today. She said she'd known
my father we'll and had something
very important to talk to me about. I
went to lunch with her to find out
what it was. What she seemed inter-
ested in was my fathers papers,
whether he'd left any and whether I
had destroyed them. I told her I
hadn't; I'd kept them all together in
a trunk. She said she'd given him
letter to keep for her and now she
wanted it back. She suggested that
take her home with me-to my room,
you know-and let her help me find 1t.
I told her that that wasn't necessary,
but that I'd find it for her If I could.
When I said that, she excused herself
from the lunch table to go out and
telephone. When she came back she
kept talking and ordering more food
so that I couldn't get away. When
finally got away and went home. I
found that the trunk with my fathers
papers in it was gone"
(To BE coNTINUEDJ
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-03-20
CHAPTER VII-Continued

He opened his dull eyes wide, and
II she hadn't been too excited she'd
have laughed outright at the mixture
with the despair in them of sudden
unbelievable hope.
He gave her the envelope without
word, and she, without another glance
at either of the pair, scurried like
rabbit into the crowd around the gate.
Just before she got to the gateman
she slipped aside, and in another Sec
ond Martin was hugging her.
Gosh, Babe, you're peachw he
said
But If they were to keep Rhoda's
trunk from taking an unnecessary and
perhaps embarrassing trip to New
York there wasn't any time to waste
on compliments. "Wait right here" he
told her, when she had given him
Max's ticket and the precious trunk
check, and darted off to find the bag
gage master.
II want to get trunk off the limit
ed!" he painted out to that official at
the end of a sprint. 'The young
lady's changed her mind and isn't 60
Ing"
In less than ten minutes the hat
trunk with its gummed-down lid hove
in sight having ride all by itself on
a little electric platform truck. They
wouldn't surrender it to Martin,
though. 1t would have to be unlocked
frct opd tho oonfonfc ;doDti6od M
was glad he hadn't told them it was
his trunk. The young lady who had
changed her mind had been a useful
invention. He'd bring Rhoda round
to get 1t in the morning.
He found Babe getting annoyed and
under the impression that she'd been
unwarrantably abandoned, so to pacify
her he borrowed five dollars of her
and took her into the station restau-
rant for food. His idea of the meal
had been afternoon tea but it turned
out good deal more like a dinner.
They had telephone instrument
brought to their table so that they
could call up and tell Rhoda the good
news, but it seemed she wasn't there
to hear it.
Its funny" Martin commented I'M
easily. isn't she usually home by
this time? It's after six. You don't
suppose anything's happened to her,
do your"
ooh. don't be an old hen I" Babe ad-
monished him. "What could have
happened to herf' All the same he
could see she was as uneasy as he
was. They wasted no time about pay
ing their bin and getting taxi.
The studio was dark when Babe I'M
locked the door, and their calls
evoked no response.
Something has happened to her."
Martin said, with sober conviction.
But the telephone rang just then
and enabled Babe to say as she darted
across the room to answer it, "Silly,
there she is now. Turn on the light,
will you? It's right by the door,"
"Hello!" he heard Babe saying as
he fumbled for the switch. "Is that
you, Red? Well, what's the matter
with your voice? I can't hear you.
Yes, Martins right here. Do you want
to talk to him?"
Before he could take the receiver
from Babes hand he heard her say,
S.sRed, what is 1t? What's the matter?
Where are you, anyhow" And by the
time. he had crowded into her place,
the thread of communication had been
broken.
Number, please?" the operator said
when he ratified the hook. She couldn't
tell where the call they had lost had
come from.
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********s
Horns of Moses Traced to Medieval Painters

meaning rays Of light darting out"
while the word for horn is qeren, and
it is believed that the first translators
Of the Bible into Latin confused the
words, thus giving currency to the
horn tradition.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-03-20

nished, partly as drawing-room and
partly as an Office, since there was an
enormous flat-topped desk, bare except
for bronze bust Of Napoleon, in the
middle Of it. What was 1t that made
the place seem so queer? Why, there
wasn't window in the whole room!
The early twilight of a cloudy au-
tumn afternoon was already closing in,
which might be why she hadn't noticed
the absence of daylight in the room
when she first came in. But was that
the only reason? Probably not. There
were pictures all around the walls, big,
handsome oil paintings regularly
spaced, all of them heavily framed and
in shadow boxes with special light
over each, and they broke up the walls
more or less as windows would.
The biggest Of them all was above
the fireplace down at the end of the
room. = 1t was a landscape which
Rhoda decided looked as if it had been
painted from stage scenery rather
than from nature itself. The thing
that held Rhoda's interest down at
that end of the room was the fire that
was blazing in the crate just before
it. 1t was an unusually picturesque
fire, with its leaping flames, and
Rhoda stared at it full half-minute
wondering why she didn't hear it purr
or crackle before she discovered that
1t wasn't fire at all. 1t was highly
ingenious electrical counterfeit, and
must have cost a lot of money. No
doubt Mr.. Forster was corresponding
ly proud Of it, though why, she won
dered, was the chair that was obvi-
ously his placed on the wrong side of
his desk, not where he could watch
the leaping artificial flames, but with
his back to them?
The door opened and Mr. Forster, sup
ported by one of his canes and on the
arm of the man in the blue serge suit,
came into the room.
He paused just inside the door for
a sharp, family puzzled look at her,
as if he'd expected his appearance to
produce some sensation that hadn't
come off. Then he gave way what
had been in his mind by saying,
We've already met today, you see."
eyes," she answered, little vague
ly, II know"
The puzzle that had again come up
sharply In her own mind was why he
should have taken her being here for
granted. She couldn't talk to him,
though, during his slow painful prog
ress across the room toward the big
chair she'd assumed was his. After
he was seated he indicated the chair
at the end Of the desk, facing the imi-
tation fire, as the one he wanted her
to take. Then he said to his attend
ant, "That's all; you needn't wait. I
sha'n't want you until ring"
Was it pure Imagination on her
part, or had he given that order as If
he meant something special by it?
The mans going was noiseless, and
since Forster didn't Immediately speak
to her after he'd gone out 1t seemed
almost as If he were waiting for
something. The Intensity of the ST.
lence again became noticeable and
frightened her a little. He may have
observed this, for what he finally said
was, in low husky voice, 'T'm very
sensitive to sound-don't like sudden
noises or loud voices. I've got this
room practically sound-proof. That's
felt ceiling up there, though you
wouldn't know it. suppose you've
been wondering why sent for you"
So he'd sent for her, had her Most
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-03-20

Some of the most amiable people
do not hesitate to lie a little.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-03-20

The essence of friendship is en-
tirety, total magnanimity and trust.
Emerson.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-03-20

Among the other trusts we have
mistrusts and distrusts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-03-20

A nice thing about thrift is that 1t
enables you to have most Of the
things you want, by and by.
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Oa. w. B. CALDwEll.s
SYRUP PEPSIN.
ADOcfOrS Family Laxative
Handy PLACE

"What did you do when you
couldn't get spare parts for your
carp
"Oh, we went over to the railroad
crossing"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-03-20

Good health depends upon good d.
gestion. Safeguard your digestion
with Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills
and you safeguard your health. 25c
a box. 372 Pearl St., N. Y. Adv.
The Alaskan., 1931-05-22
EN COMMISSIONERS COUR1 CRAIG PRECINCT, FIRST DIVISION, TERRITORY
 ALASKA
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Tn the Matter of the Estate of

Tn the Matter of the Estate of Andrew KOuk, Deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that he undersigned has been ap- pointed Administrator of the estate of Andrew Kouk, deceas ed the 18th day of April, A. D. 1881 and has qualified and that Ill persons having claim S against the said estate are re ouired to present the same, duly verified, to the undersigned, at the Office of the United States Commissions at Craig, Alaska, within six months from the date of this notice.
 Dated at Craig Alaska this 18th day of April A. D., 1881.
 George H. Nelson,
 Administrator.
The Alaskan., 1931-05-22
At the regular meeting of the

At the regular meeting of the city council Monday evening, an extension of F Street past A. B. Holt's residence was ordered. The extension will consist of one hundred feet of new planking. 1t was ordered that the school house should be repainted. Pur- suant to call for bids, Paul Ow
 ems was given a contract for fill ing the city's bunkers with grav- cl for use in roadway repairing
The Alaskan., 1931-05-22

Tie Misses Gertie and Mabel Otness and Dorothy Rhth Scott, teachers in the Petersburg schools left on the Admiral Rog- CTS for the sunny south. Miss Ge1tie will teach fourth grade n Ketchikan next winter; Miss Mabel will teach near her home in Moscow, Idaho. Miss Scott will return here with the open :ng of school next fall.