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, 1935-01-20

A total Of 703 poll taxes had been
issued TO Cameron county voters I'D
% Saturday afternoon. according to
figures available in the office OF
Assessor-C Collector Ralph r. Agar.
Only 10 more office DAYS remain
m which To purchase poll taxes. The
last day on which they can be OBJ
tanned Ia Jan. 81.
4 neavy rush for the voting quail
fications Is expected "a devotion fhiS
week and Il is believed that the
county's voting strength win be
around 5000 for the aoff political-
year.
In order TO accommodate the tax
payers, sub-offices have been esta-
hllShed In San Benito and Harlin-
6en. These offices viii likely be kent
open after January 81 for the sale
Of automobile license plates.
, 1935-01-20
Shipments OF
Week Set New
Season Mark

More than a thousand carloads
Of fruits and vegetables moved out
OF the Valley by rail during the past
week, setting a new record for the
season.
Weekly reports Of the Missouri
Pacific and Southern Pacific rail-
roads show a total Of 1880 cars out
by rail including Saturday morn
ing's f~orwardings. This is 1898 more
than the same date last season.
Mercedes continued 10 hold q sub
stantial lead with a total Of 545
Of which 202 were fruit, 339 vege-
tables. and four mixed. Weslaco.
neighboring city. was q good second
with 48l cars Harlingen held third
place with 372 AIRS while a number
OF others were punched close be-
hind includhrN Edinburg with SAT.
Mission with 3l4, and San Benito
with 322. Other points had the COL
lowing totals: Alamo 24l, Browns
vile 81. Combes 10. Donna 221, Ed
couch 19l, Hauser 81. Landrum. OIL
mito, 4 each. La Feria 169. La
Paloma. Lalfreles. Rio Grande, Ran
mondville 81. Rio Hondo Is. San
Perlita nine. Sharyland 143. San
Juan IA. Sebastian five. Stuart
Place II, Val Verde SO, Los Fresnos
N. Lozano eight. Snavely 16. Pri-
mera "A. Santa Rosa 2s6, Elsa 1863,
San Carlos 101.
No new commodities or shipping
points were revealed.
, 1935-01-20
CONRCESS GETS
DOWN TO WORK.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. Up
Heading into their first week Of
real rapid fire action. COMPRESSION
al leaders Saturday gave signs OF
a willingness 10 speed up the bonus
and prepared for six days OF hard
work on social security legislation,
war profits. a $4.660. 600. 900 public
works bill and lesser odds and ends.
The 74th congress had been In
session since Jan. 3 without putting
a single piece or new legislation on
the statute books, and signs were
that not even the coming week
would see final enactment OF any
thing Of major importance.
Advocates OF the Patman s2.l00,-
100000 bonus bill meanwhile decid-
ed at a meeting Saturday 10 use
every means possible co expedite
that measure in preference 70 the
American Legion bill. The former
would pay the bill by printing new
money: the latter by Whatever
means congress thought best.
Speaker Byrns met the Patman
group demand with a reply that he
thought II would be g happy idea"
for the ways and means committee
to use spare time, II any. TO report
out "A" bonus bill 50 u could De
voted ND or down promptly
Patmsn said that II the measure
was not brought TO the floor soon.
he would use the petition method 70
force n vote. Under that procedure.
the bill would be voted upon March
IL.
The general congressional week
will start with q bang Monday when
the house ways and means commit
tee holds first hearings on the en-
comprising social security measure,
and the house appropriations COM
mittee calls IN Secretary Ickes and
Harry L. Hopkins. relief administra-
tor. for q discussion OF the $780,
000.0 600 "dole" and work-relief ap-
preparation.
House republicans. who have been
talking loudly against the idea OF
giving the president this huge fund
in a lump sum without earmarking
Il, were called Saturday BY Repre-
sentative Smell OF New York, their
leader. into a conference Monday
night on the subject
Before that meeting is held Ed
win T. witte, adviser TO the cabi-
net board on economic security.
will appear before the ways and
means committee as the first wit
ness to outline the administrations
plans for old-aEe pensions. Job in
surance and the other things in the
wagner-Lewis Doughton bill.
On the same day. the senate
munitions committee viii begin its
scheduled 10 weeks OF hearings at
tempting to determine first wheth-
er shipbuilders have acted IN COL
fusion to bring up the price on navy
vessels. Senator Huey p. Long on
that day win demand reconsidera-
ton OF the confirmation OF James
"A. Moffett as federal housing ad-
ministrator on the ground that he is
a standard oil" man.
, 1935-01-20

GLIDING Harrington and Santa Maria.
IN Hidalgo county Arthur Hale, Jrs
OF Mission made a lone count.
More than the usual number OF
vermiIlion fly catchers. Is. were OBJ
served while the number or mock
ing BIRDS. 65. was the smallest ever.
TWO or three times this number
OF mocking birds usually r sight
ed An the course or I'm days count.
The golden crowned kinglet has not
been observed In two years but II
OF the ruby crowned kinglets were
seen.
The Cameron county parties
counted 100 species OF birds and
approximately 1000 individuals. An
might be suspected, the most num-
erous bird In Cameron county was
the red winged hlackbird OF which
1850 were tabulated while the
great tailed grackle was next IN
numbers with a count Of ISIS. The
Mexican ccrmorant or water turkey
was third with q mere 28l. The
myrtle warblers led all the song
birds with 135. Twelve species OF
sparrows were noted with the Texas
most plentiful with "a count OF 57
There were 40 Lincoln sparrows. Two
robins were seen.
One OF the birds peculiar 10 the
Valley rs the green jay or which Is
were sighted In Cameron county
while Hale noted IS In Hidalgc
county.
More rudy ducks than usual we're
seen, eight or the 300 ducks count
ed being Of this variety. The CEN
sus takers noted l26 Canvasback
ducks but this is not believed To
give q true picture OF the relative
distribution OF duck species because
no coastal country was included In
the survey.
A bird now extinct is the Caro-
Lima parrakeet which proved 70 be
Just too tempting q target for the
hunter.
Local ornithclogists recently wag-
ed a successful fight to have a
bounty on hawks removed. contend
ing that slow moving. large, HARM
less hawks are the most easily
killed while the swift flying. destruc-
tive marauders are more likely to
escape.
The Christmas census confirmed
the contentious. The count on
hawks was: Harrishawks IS. marsh
80. red tailed 10 zone western red
tailed. a sub-species), red shouldered
six, sparrow IFS, Mexican black
three. zone tailed, sharp Skinned
Cblue dartersl three. Cooper's two.
Only the last two species feed on
chickens and r regarded as 100
per cent villain. The contention "A
based on hundreds or v~ivisections
showing that the other varieties
live mostly on rodents. etc.
The census takers also observed
that the white fronted doves Cscme-
times called wood pigeon) are ms
plentiful In winter as In summe
although the texts say they are
migratory.
Hale observed 81 species and
about 1883 individuals during the
course or the days count. He said
that within n few days OF the GEN.
sus he also observed q number Of
other varieties.
, 1935-01-20

Especial to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, Jan. iD.-It has
been definitely shown that the black
throated green warbler and the VIII
son warbler winter In the United
States and that Cameron county is
the northernmost point at which
they have been observed during the
winter months.
L. Irby Davis. Harrington ornitholo-
gist. observed these warblers last
winter and recorded his findings In
an article submitted to the Wilson
Bulletin, a magazine of field orni-
thology published by the Wilson
Ornithological club At Sioux City.
Ia.
This winter. he and d number OF
friends making the annual Christ
mas census for the National Assc-
citation Of Audubon Societies. again
observed this songbird In consider
able numbers. During the course OF
a dawn-to-dusk count the Sunday
before Christmas, seven black
throated green warblers and one
Wilson warbler were observed but
the birds also have been seen on
other occasions, definitely establish
ing the county as n wintering place
although It was thought previously
that they did not come further
north than central and south Amer
lea during the cold months.
Davis was so interested In the
discovery that he observed the birds
at length last winter and establish
ed the fact that the black throated
green warbler was prevalent In only
a limited portion Of the county. the
southwestern portion. They were
seen between the Resaca del Ran
cho Viejo and the Rio Grande from
Santa Maria at the western boun-
Diary OF the county to Olmito and
thence southeaStward to the south
ernmost point In Texas some 10 or
~ miles southeast OF Brownsville.
These birds were found only I'm
what may be called the lower resaca
association. that Is, the heavy
growth Of trees, shrubs and vines
which extend a short distance on
either side OF the reSacas and ponds
and In q few places along the banks
Of the river. Where the palms we're
thickest this species OF warbler be-
came much scarcer apparently and
none at all were found at Rabb's
Palm Grove.
The surveys made BY Valley bird
lovers also established the fact that
more warblers winter I'm the Valley
than any other part or the United
States. Where there usually are only
six to eight species wintering in 9TH
err sections or the United States.
ten wintered In Cameron county.
The actual count In the last census
was: Myrtle 135. orange crowned III.
black throated green seven, western
yellow seven. sycamore three. black
and white three. Nashville one. Will
son one. Two others. the Tennessee
and Pine. are known TO winter here
but did not happen 70 be seen on
day OF the count. The Audubon, a
western counterpart of the Myrtle.
also winters here.
Two parties made the Cameron
county Christmas census. IN the
parties were Stanley Mulaik and
Dorothea Upp Mulaik or Edinburg.
l.. Irby Davis and Anna May Davis.
Fred Hall and Earle Wright. The
area was IN a seven mile radius In
, 1935-01-20
ALFRED STARTS
RELIEF STUDY

AUSTIN. Jan. 10. R-Governor
James ". Alfred took additional
steps Saturday in efforts to solve
the problem Of relief. in his opinion
the most pressing one confronting
the state.
He announced he soon would call
a statewide conference of city and
county officials to meet with him
and the board Of control TO work
out a permanent plan Of caring for
Texas unempl0yables.
Coincidentally, he dispatched his
personal representative. Lieut.. Col.
Paul Wakefield. to a conference in
Nashville Monday and Tuesday be-
tween Secretary Of Labor Frances
Perkins and governors of southern
states on labor legislation and Soc
ial rehabilitation.
Anxious TO obtain for Texas its
full share Of federal aid and to CO.
operate with the national admin
istraticn's recovery program, Cover
nor Alfred stressed the Nashville
conference as most important"
Meanwhile. Claude Ter. chair
man OF the board OF control, adj
ministrative agency for state relief,
said the relief situation. while very
satisfactory" at present necessitat-
ed careful examination because OF
the federal governments announced
policy Of turning over to the states
after Feb. I the care Of their I'M
employables.
Teer explained the purpose OF the
conference 10 be called by Cover
nor Alfred was 10 decide on and
recommend 10 the legislature q plan
Of cooperation between the state,
counties and cities in caring per-
manently for the unemploya5les. OF
whom he estimated there were ap-
proximately So, 900 cases, or 275,000
persons in Texas.
mo one has a clear conception
now as to how the counties and
cities would contribute funds" Teer
said. There are certain statutory
limitations, tax loads. for example,
to be considered. we want TO talk
It over with the mayors, city man
ayers and other city and county Of
ficials."
Preliminary discussion Of the con-
ference took place among Governor
Alfred, Teer. Mayor Oscar II. Hol-
combe OF Houston. Mayor g. X
Quin Of San Antonio and City At
torney w. =. George OF Wichita
Falls.
There Is nothing acute about the
situation. Teer said. The last ST.
100000 Of state relief bonds already
authorized by the legislature will
be available for February. Bids
have been asked by the Texas Bond
commission.
, 1935-01-20
Presidents Daughter And
Groom Vanish from Sight

Motion Picture Producers and
Distributors association and IL
was considered likely he win re-
turn to his office early next week.
There was some belief the new
lyweds may take up residence at
President Roosevelt's New York
home at 40 East 65th Street where
the simple wedding ceremony took
place Friday. Several months ago
there was q ~for rent" sign ON
the house. but 1t has since been
removed.
Mrs. Boettiger's two children.
"Sistie" and "Buzzie" Dali are Mt
present living AT the White House,
but probably win Join their moth
CIR here shortly.
, 1935-01-20

NEW YORK, Jan. 10. Ry-Mr.
and Mrs. John Boettiger were on
a brief honeymoon Saturday. be-
lieved to be secluded somewhere
IN Westminster county.
Boettiger and his bride, the
former Anna Roosevelt Dali,
daughter of the president. van
ished after their surprise we'd
ding Friday and all efforts TO To-
cate them were unavailing.
II was reported. however. that
they we're at the Westchester
Country Club at Harrison. N. Y.
where they were expected TO spend
the weekend. Boettiger. former
Chicago newspaperman, Is attach
cd to the New York office OF the
, 1935-01-20
European Pastry Shop
Opens In Brownsville

The European Pastry Shop has
been opened in Brownsville at 028
Elizabeth street by Mrs. Margaretta
A. Hit.
The shop win specialize In Apple
Strudal. coffee cake and Baclova,
and also 100 per cent whole-wheat
cakes, cookies and pies.
Mrs. Hit formerly was connected
with the coffee shop at the Pam
American airport here.
, 1935-01-20

SAN BENITO. Jan. 1p.-Dr. II. II.
Letgers. Philadelphia Bible teach
err, win fiji the pulpit nc the Bap-
fist church Sunday night, Feb. 3
and give lectures nc . q. IA. and
7:3O p. m. for the following four
days. His visit Is being sponsored
by the Mid-Week Bible class taught
by Mrs. r. W. OFT.
, 1935-01-20

Living Happily Through CHRIS
ian Citizenship" will be the suhieA
of the sermon Nv rev. ID. WV. NICE
row at the Central Christian chuErl
Sunday night.
Rev. McElrov returned 6aturdh
from Fort worth where he attend
ed the state conference un RellEiou
Education. He was chairman OK CT
Valley district.
Good congregations ARC attend
ING the SUNDAY evening services VA
our church the minister declare
As Ne stressed the Importance <
Sunday nights services.
, 1935-01-20
Inspector
Visitor To CITY

Miss Katherine Henderson. district
supervisor for the state department
Of education. arrived here Saturday
70 begin regular inspections OF Cam
eron county high schools.
She visits affiliated SCHOOLS 10 de-
termine whether affiliation require
ments are being maintained. Parti-
culnr attention is made to schools
which are seeking utilization. Miss
Henderson, who Is well known In
this section. win be here for several
weeks.
, 1935-01-20
TOTS OF CHECKS.

Especial 20 The Hernldl
SAN BENITO. Jan. l9.-The fed
eral tax Of two cents was paid on
nearly half a million checks written
on the San Benito Bank and Trust
Co.. in two and a half years. The
tax recently WIZ removed. The fig
ures do not include withdrawal re-
ceiptS written in the bank itself.
, 1935-01-20

RIO HONDO. Jan. 1.-the tax
situation as u effects Valley farm
ers win be discussed by Fred New
land. Harlingen attorney. and Hon.
er n. Huntley. growers organization
official. at q meeting Of the Rio
Hondo unit OF the Valley Growers
association Monday night.
The meeting will begin az . o'clock
at the high school auditorium.
, 1935-01-20

SAN BENITO, Jan. 10. High
school registrations for the second
semester viii begin at o o'clock
Monday. according 70 Principal s.
". Nicely who said that first semes-
ter report cards would be given at
$50 o'clock. First semester exam
inatIons were concluded Friday.
, 1935-01-20

I1petIHI 20 Inc HeraEuI
SAN BENTTO. Jan. 10. II. r.
stotler and Grafton Burdette are
making preparations TO open a new
funeral service here about February
4. Their business will be quartered
40 $50 Stenger avenue, according TO
present plans.
Az the present they are operating
the Stotler- Burdette mortuary m
Harlingen and Stotler has a similar
establishment IN Mercedes. The Har-
lingen mortuary has been in opera
tion for two and a half years.
, 1935-01-20
PRO-AsTATEUR MEET

DALLAS, Jan. 10. R-The first
Of the 1885 Texas Professional Golf
ers Association amteur-pro best
ball tournaments will be played here
Monday over the Tension Park
course. Professionals will team with
amateur partners who are members
OF the Tension Golf association.
Handicaps will apply for amateurs.
, 1935-01-20

SAN BENITO. Jan. ia SEIZED
ule of debates for local high school
students haa been arranged by thf
Debating Club. The seniors will de-
bate Port Isabel Feb. ~. the junior
high school February e. II Jardin
March U. RIO HondD March l5. Thf
juniors will debate nj Jardin March
l and Port Isabel March IT,
, 1935-01-20

Especial % The Heraldl
SAN ANTONIO, jan. 10. - The
inspiration and opportunity afford
ed by the prospective fitting COM
memoration OF the Centennial OF
Texas independence In 1886, is ex-
planned BY Mrs. Volney w. Taylor,
chairman OF the Texas Centennial
advisory board. in an article writ
ten for "Texana," q magazine pub
, 1935-01-20
SHOCK TROOPS
BY.
FOES OF HUEY

BATON ROUGE. La, Jan. i9.-
R-Marshalled in military forma-
ton under a bIllowing American
flag, $40 East Baton Rouge parish
citizens we're organized late 5atur-
day into the headquarters shock
troop battalion" or the Square Deal
Association of Louisiana which Is
challenging Senator Huey p. Longs
dictatorship.
Assembling IN a row Of "c1n-
panies" at bugle can, citizens OF
varying clasSes-mechanics, laborers
and we'll dressed business men-fell
into battalion line at the parish
airport to form the Square Deal
Associations central "manpower"
unit.
Leaders Chosen
There was no actual drilling or
military maneuverS. There were no
guns carried. But the elements Of
military organization and appear
ance were closely followed.
Officers Of the unit. designated
the East Baton Rouge HeadQuart-
ers Battalion" Of the citizens organ
ization which has declared for a
course of direct action" as result
OF Gov. .. X. Aliens having Haunt
ed its demand for immediate repeal
or dictator laws, were chosen as well
es leaders for each company.
Ernest j. Bourgeois, 2~8-year-old
square deal president. and other Of
ficers OF the associations head
quarters executive committee were
IN command.
Bourgeois shouted instructions
through a megaphone.
In. q brief address TO the assem-
hled volunteers. he said the forma-
tion was to muster m~anpower and
roster organization rather than
the execution Of physical drill.
"You are not here TO get into an
army" Bourgeois told the men.
That is not the idea. This Is just
for organization.
we are not going 10 be out here
every Saturday. This may be our
Last meeting. We are here for or
panization only"
Bourgeois said he thought II was
fine turning out"
To Organize Others
Square Deal leaders withheld
statements as TO their next move,
but ii was understood local COM
panies" are TO be formed elsewhere
over the state.
the Square Deal Association. at
q mass meeting January s gave
Governor Allen 10 days in which to
call a special legislative session 20
repeal obnoxious laws and "dicta-
torship measures imposed BY his
political superior. Senator Long,
Asked Saturday at Shreveport
what he thought about the ~associa-
ton, the governor said:
You notice I am still going about
among the people
Brig. Gen. Louis r. Guerre, SUPER
intendent of state police, watched
the formation as a spectator.
, 1935-01-20

The birds shown are the Cardinal and the Greea 5Sy. The Cardinal
Is not rare but the Jay is peculiar to the Lower RIO Grande Valley.
Both photographs we're made by Kate Peel Anderson. san Benito bird
lover. who spent many uncomfortable hours behind binds waiting for
the proper moment to snap the shutter. The pictures are but a small
part OF her collection for which size has received Widespread praise.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-09

The old man looked at him an nodded, and then took his violin from his case and played. Brightly awake sat the boy and listened. After the old man finished he picked up the violin and lifted the bow, and ran it once or twice across the strings.
 The old man listened and would not let him go away.
 ''You must stay with me. I will teach you. Some day you will be a great master" the old man said.
 "But I must go to seek my for tune," answered the boy. My mother awaits for me to take her from an old basement and my father waits for me to take him off the streets where he sells papers"
 You must not go!" declared the old man. The boy shook his head sadly and turned and walked out of the garret room.
 It was many years later that the boy came back from the other side of the world to the basement home where he had left his mother and his father. The boy was grown older and looked much odler than he was, for there was gray at his temples and heavy wrinkles on his face. He carried bundles under his arms as he went to the basement door.
 But when he knocked, no one answered. And he asked the neigh bors if any old people were living there and he was told they died long ago.
 Then the man walked to the end of the street and across the park, as he had long since when he was 8 youth. He tried to remember the place where the old violinist lived, but he could not. He looked down at the bundles under his. arm. Tightly he pressed them to him, as though afraid some one might snatch them from him.
 Copyright, 1895,
 The Chicago Daily News, Inc.