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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
Oil Tariff Body
VIII Make Report

WASHINGTON. Feb. IT
The tariff commission probably
will send It's report on Oil 10 con-
greSS within the next week. There
viii be no recommendation A. To
a tariff.
Chairman Fletcher said today
although the commission had set
Feb. Is as the latest date for sub
mittinR the report. II hoped to have
Is ready several days sooner.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
Richmond Business
Men Are Visitors

George r. Kemper. furniture
manufacturer of Richmond. Ind.
and Clarence Jessup. business man
o. the same city. we're visitors in
the Valley this week
Both men own several large
tracts OF land in the Valley. &C
cording TO Gordon n. Street. pres
ident or the Rio Grande Valley
Trust company. and are highly en-
thusiastic over conditions here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

The decision was rendered in the
case Of Mrs. Maria Card0so de
Zapata. who was married In Balboa,
Canal Zone. in 1922 to Eduardo
zapata. He recently obtained a
divorce here without his wife's
knowledge and Mrs. Zapata. upon
learning or the decree. appealed I'd
the supreme court, which reverted
the case 10 It's status wher the
plaintiff presented his petition.
The Zapatas r Mexicafls.
The courts findings specified
Mexico City. not referring 10 d.
vorces obtained In Cuernavaca,
McrelcS. where many Americans
have procured decrec&
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

ing OF the easy divorce bill as fol-
lows:
Gentlemen. I suggest we give
the little senate or Arizona a biz
hand"
And the Reno lawyers laughed
and ciapped their hands.
MEXICO CITY. Feb. 4-tF-
Notification BY publication is illegal
In divorce proceedings In Mexico
City. under a decision handed down
yesterday BY the supreme court.
The court held that the notifica-
ton must be made IN person, thus
putting a stop 20 a custom in wide
use here or publishing the advice
IN the court bulletin
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
HIDALC0 TAX
FEE DISPUTE
IS SETTLED
Delinquent Tax Costs
Are Reduced BY.
Agreement
5000 CASES
Now On File, Of Which
5000 Are Against
Unknowns
5000 CASES
(special ID The Herald.l

NoRIAAaA " 4A4C A4EAdlQst
EDINBURG. Feb. 47Settlement
OF a much disputed question, ar
rangement Of fees for the delin-
quent tax docket OF the county
court. was made by the commits
sioners court. County Attorney
Bryce Ferguson, and g. T.. Fortson,
past district clerk, late Tuesday.
Questions under discussion in
cluded agreement OF fees to be
charged. period Of time TO be al
lowed for cut fees. and what dis
position to make IN connection
with the cases against unknown
owners An agreement was finally
reached to the effect that the dis
trict clerk and county attorney
tees will be cut 10 Sl.0O on cases
against bonafide persons for the
period Of 30 days. after which the
fees will be the regular price OF
approximately $500.
One half OF these fees will 70 q
present County Attorney Bryce
Ferguson. and the other half will
gC to past county attorneys Bucha-
nan or George MCGEE and past
district clerk Fortson, as Is the
regular procedure. This fee Is in
addition to penalty and interest on
the delinquent suits.
About 5000 suits, 5000 OF them
against unknown owners. were
docketed by the past county at
torneys. a large number OF them
the last few months or the year.
The cut in fees will not cover the
expense entailed in the docketing,
unless only a small number Of the
5000 bonafide owners take advan-
tage OF the 90 days. and the cases
will continue until after the 90
Gay period when the regular fees
will be charged.
No set price has been made for
the 30 day period, during which
sheriff's fees accrue. but will prob
ably be agreed upon within sew
eral days. according to County At
torney Bryce Ferguson.
Whether the cases against I'M
known owners will continue on the
dockets after the 90 day period Is
not definitely settled. as they NAV
bc dismissed permanently, Fergu-
son said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
Bridge Expected To
Open "a Hours Soon

Although orders are expected NO
any hour authorizing Mexican or
ficials 10 allow the international
bridge 10 remain open "a hours. no
word has been received as vet and
the Gateway bridge and the old
international railroad bridge close
at midnight a. before.
United States customs and I'M
migration officials have received
orders from Washington 90 remain
open. and have complied with this
since Feb. /.
III rs expected that Mexico City
will send instructions to Mexican
authorities either Wednesday or
Thursday. and IN that case Tie
bridge will open day and night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

Arizona's divorce residence require
ments remained at one year.
AT Cheyenne a bill was intro
ouced BY Representative w. c.
Deloney amid much merriment.
The bill would require only so days
residence for. divorces.
The bill, however. was conceded
a chance for passage, despite the
fact speaker Charles Mann referred
II TO the bridges and highways
committee.
And from Reno came immediate
reaction 20 the efforts or its quick
divorce rivals. John s. Sinai, pres
ident Of the Washoe County Bar
association, toasted Arizona's slay-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
San Benito Ships Car
To Drouth Sufferers
fBv staff Correspondent

10y 0iaLA Ouilt1BlIllAtf
SAN BENITO. Feb. A carload
Of cabbage Is being loaded here to-
day for shipment 20 some point IN
the drouth stricken area. VI. III. Bell.
manager Or the chamber OF COM
merce. announced this morning.
The chamber of commerce is CO.
operating with the local chapter OF
the Red Cross In the shipment.
Transportation for the car will
be furnished by the Missouri Pa
cific: Ice IL being donated hy the
Central Power ~ Light Co: cutting
and loading of the cabbage lis being
taken care M BY the Alexander Mar
keting Co. and the cabbage itself
rs being donated by Sloan AZ Prich-
ard. local growers.
Bell has wired the ST, Louis Of
flee az the Red Cross to designate
point TO which they desire the cab
bage shipped.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
Seizure
Made Near Here

Two men were taken into GUS
tody bv customs officers and De-
putty Sheriff +. Cavazos. Jr.. at
the San Pedro rFnch and charges
Of liquor violation were expected
II be filed upon them Wednesday
before U. S. Commissioner z. K
Goodrich.
The two men, who were af0ot.
were said 70 have had a five gallon
can and a jug OF liquor when ar
rested.
Ed McNabb and Fergus Groves
were the customs officers tn the
seizure.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

Copyright 1891 hy the Associated
PrcSsl.
AUCKLAND, N. T., Feb. 40
The earthquake-strlcken cities ut
Napier and Hastings today began
combing their ruins and counting
their dead with the expectation
that the casualties would reach FAR
beyond the more than loo fatalities
and 1000 injuries shown III first
reports.
RescucrS tore into the ruins III
search OF the bodies ~ an un-
determined number OF persons be-
licved t0 have been Entnmbed when
tan stone buildings and frame
structures collapsed Like so many
houses or cards under the destruc-
tive force Of yesterdays earth
shocks.
Some of the victims we're taken
out alive but severely injured.
Thousands Of homeless we're taken
care or at emergency relief stations
Set up outside the fire-Swcpt ruins.
Flames still crept through the
levelled business districts Of both
Napier and Hastings, hamperlng
the efforts or Searchers. TO halt the
many fires was virtually impossible
Shattered mains crippled the water
supplies and cracked gas pipes
caused the hungry flames to leap
Skyward.
Loss Reaches Millions
Material loss was expected .t0
run into millions 81 pounds sterl-
ing. Survivors On the disaster silent
IN walked the fOrlOrn streets on
towns in the affected area. There
was no panic. They seemed daxed.
Many OF them had lost everything.
their homes. their businesses, and
some their families.
Eye witnesses brought out tragic
accounts III tho quake. Whole rows
Of buildings in Napier collapsed.
said S. Lewis OF Sydney. He told
Of one street in which the build
mgs on either side toppled stimuli
~tanecusly. burying a whole row of
taxicabs and their drivers.
Blueiackets patrolled the streets
OF the larger cities today. while
doctors and nurses rushed from
nearby cities. sought 10 make thu
injured more comfortable.
The quake began shortly after
8 a.. m. yesterday. Public buildings.
hospitals. stores and houses. crash
ed upon their unsuspecting &C.
cupants- "A great pail Of dust ana
Continued on page 1OD
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
San Benito to Have
Good Humor Princess
Staff Correspondent.l

tbN { OuFItepuIUtLI-T
SAN BENITO. Feb. 4-Directors
or the san Bentto Chamber Of
Commerce last night voted 10 spon-
sor a princess Of San Benito al the
Good Humor Festival 70 be held at
Matamoros starting February IA.
The directors also decided against
a proposal TO establish a remote
control station Of station KRGV
III San Bonita
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
COUNTY 5 SET

FDTNBURG. Feb. AZ. G. Couch.
newly elected county judge. sound
ed the civil docket OF the county
court. Tuesday. This was Judge
COUGHS first time to set cases.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow, under normal meteorc-
logical conditions:
High -...-- $40 "a. mi. 6.13 n. m
Low $1,000 ll.23 a- m.. li.49 y. WI.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
WEATHER

For East Texas: Increasing
cloudiness. cloudy becoming unset
tied In west portion. Light northern
~ 70 easterly winds on the coast
m~
RIVER FORECAST
The river will Continue tn falf
slowly from about Mission down
during the next "a 10 Sc hours.
Flond Present 1H-Hr. za-Hr.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

In proof Of the above Il may be
safely asserted that Mr.. Creager
gave as wholehearted a support TO the
Garner Bill providing an additional
S2B7. GOO for the work Of the In
ternational Water Commission as
did the author Of the bill.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
THE WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Valley:
Partly cloudy to cloudy: not much
change in temperature. Light north
erly to easterly winds.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

II you missed out on the party
leaving Saturday. just get in your
application TO your chamber Of COM
merce office at once, and II enough
such applications are received,
another MOTORCYCLE will be run in the
near future.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

Yesterdays Herald contained the
interesting information that all
places in the Monterrey motorcade
had been filled and that applicants
we're being daily turned away at
the various Valley chamber Of COM
merce Offices.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

Some Of these bright and sun
shiny days a Texas legislature viii
convene and repeal that archaic
statute which makes q mar or a
woman pay for the right OF exer-
cising that inalienable privilege Of
casting his or her ballot 'agin"
somebody or something.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

In Cameron county there are
1887 residents duly qualified BY
law TO exercise the right Of suffrage
during the present year. Tax Col
lector jim Fox missed IL a little
when he gave a preliminary esti-
mate Of 5000 poll taxes to be paid,
but our guess Is that he would be
glad TO miss II every time-if the
number exceeded his estimate.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

II D want to get anything done.
get a busy man 10 do It. and GER
tainly no business Is more exact
ing IN its demands than Is the oper-
alton Of a drug store-which may
account for the way in which poll
tics has taken hold or u Valley
druggists.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

Our good friend DR.. Kasey up
at Mercedes writes us that he can't
get enough Brownsville Heralds and
can't keep those he does get. a sit
uation which the Herald circula-
ton department will take immedi-
ate steps 10 remedy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

DIR. Rasey is y Of those Valley
druggists who just couldn't keep
out Of politics and was drafted
As MAYOR Of the Queen City.
Whether II Is the drug business
or not. that same business has con-
tributed plenty Of politicians and
office holders in both Hidalgo and
n~w.nrcr counties
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-27

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soundy designed In planning the motor eng-
offer the public anything less than
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discomfort and revolt, leading reckless followers
to lawleSs raids Of every sort, heading drunken
brawis, carrying off women and bringing them
back-Something like the course that for Is
years marked this soldier of fortune" as the
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discard for any single item with the faint Of
doubt upon it. In word, this is history and
not nightmarish invention. History, rather
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the south. Many men, besides, different in
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Seward daily gateway., 1931-01-26
PLAIN, HONEST TALK

Edson R Waite of Shawnee, Oklahoma asks Ibid you stop to think that advertising ifs service to the public 1t is the kind of service that is of assistance
 'Ths is the time for business to quit thinking that the public them something and think of what they the public
 Out of consideration for the public, business should advertise
 The printed page is the proper place to advise the public who you are, where you and what have to sell
 Every business should look ahead They must tcpate they must employ well established policies of modern busness they should have faith in their city, faith in their business confidence n themselves and then advertise.
 There are some walking about With funeral-like look and bemoaning poor business Coupled with ad vertising makes 1t that much and they wonder why. Some figure advertising in the hometown paper is donation; money thrown away. The Gateway don't what that kind of advertising; don't need it What the paper wants and gives is valued received ten times Gateway advertisers should be patronzed 100 per cent by subscribers for it to them credit must be gv for enabling daily paper De served to you You are daily paper town solely by reason of the fact Gate way advertisers have made it so Are you shooting square with Gateway advertisers?
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-15
COLD MEDALS AWARDED ID WINNERS 0F LOCAL
 ANNUAL FIELD MEET

During the graduation program in the William H. Seward School auditorium Thursday evening, the Seward Chamber of Commerce, through Leon Urbach, president, presented gold medals to the win nerS in the various athletic events in the recent annual field and track meet between the Seward and Jesse Lee Home schools.
 The following were awarded gold medals" for the Jesse Lee boys 10 to 12, Inikinti Kalmakoff; l. girls 10 to 12,Helen Hughes; boys 12 to IA. Helen Skinner; Over IS, boys, John Hughes; girls over IS, Mary Carlson.
 For Seward school-1O to 12, girls, Jean Ericson and Mary Malutin; boys 10 to 12, Raymond Seferich girls 12 to IA, boys 12 to IA, Bjarne Tollbom; girls 12 to IA, Ruth Reisner, and boys 5 and over, Thoburn Hatten.
 The Jesse Lee Home won the field meet and thereby retained the Chamber of Commerce Cup which they captured last year.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-15
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE FOR THE JUNEAU LAND DISTRICT,
 AT ANCHORAGE. ALASKA

IN THE UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
 FOR THE JUNEAU LAND DISTRICT,
 AT ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
 Tn the Matter of the Application of PACIFIC AMERICAN FISHERIES. a corp poration. for soldiers additional home stead.
 SERIAL NO. o721s
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the Pacific American Fisheries corporation organized under the laws of the State Of Maine. and doing business in Alaska, has filed application, Serial No. O7213 for patent under Sections 2306 and 2307 Revised Sta tutes of the United States, for tract of land embraced in U s. Official Survey No. 1914. and situated on the east shore of Zacher Bay, west side of Kodiak Island. Alaska, in latitude 57 deg. g min. 52 sec. N:, and longitude l53 deg. A min. 10 sec. field notes and plat thereof, and contain ing an area of 5.S1 acres. Corner No. o said survey is situated at point on Zacher Bay from whence U. s. l.. M. No. 1926 bears south 40 deg. 40 min. w. 91.91 chains. and true point for corner No. l M. c: of survey No. 1926 bears south A deg. 29 min. w. 97.11 chains.
 Any and all persons claiming adversely any of the above described land should file their adverse claims with the Register of the unitd States Land Office at Anchorage Alaska. within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statutes
 DATED at Anchorage. Alaska, this day of April. 1881. Gs r.1..n ha-,
 J. Lind!ey Green. el,etz ro Published: May II, 1s, '25, June 8 15 22J 20 sI,iIv 6 ,ts39!t
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-15
TWENTY 0R 30 POSTS
 WILL BE ABANDONED

WASHINGTON, D. C., May IA. R-President Hoover said that the General Staff of the Army plans to abandon between 20 and 50 Army posts in various parts of the country.
 Post concentration is necessary, the president said, if the Army obtains the maximum use of it's facilities and operates in the most economic manner possible.