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, 1935-02-07
34TH PRODUCER
IS BROUGHT IN
Especial to The Herald)

MISSION. Feb. wildcat &C
tivity in Hidalgo county continued
to hold the Valley oil spotlight Wed
nesday while the 34tb producer in
the countys new Samfordyce field
was cleaning itself Wednesday night
and two or three new tests were to
get under way shortly.
Bridwell OIL Company's No. ! Luis
Pena. In tract at. porcion 40. about
2,700 feet southeast OF discovery on
ar inside location. was slowly clean
ing itself Wednesday night. When
the tubing became partially plug
ged. the well was "jetted" with nat
ural gas from a nearby gaSser and
began cleaning itself of heavy mud.
The test had Saturation at 2,750-52
feet.
On the northwest corner Of the
field, Navarro Oil Company's No. 3
Seabury ct al, in the northwest cor
ner Of the north Is acres OF the
southeast 81 acres OF tract 256. por-
cion 80. about 2.700 feet northwest
OF discovery. was waiting on cement
, 1935-02-07
Legahzed Betting
On Horse Races Is
Hit in Committee

AUSTIN, Feb. 4. -Pf- Legalized
betting on horse races In Texas, less
than two years old. would be re-
pealed under q bill reported favor
ably Wednesday night by the house
criminal jurisprudence committee.
A well organized and militant
majority blocked all efforts TO delay
q vote on the bill and II was sent
to the floor by an overwhelming
vote Of Is to 8. 1t marked the first
victory In the drive that started i'm
mediately after passage c. the wa
gering law by the last legislature.
"A crowd Of more than 200 persons.
proponents and opponents Of repeal
from all parts Of the state sat
through q s~urcharged hearing as the
repealists rode rough shod over a
logged minority.
Advocates OF repeal asserted race
track wagering had proved one Of
the most d~emoralizing influences in
the states history, that 1t was en-
dangering legitimate business, in
creasing lawleSsness, causing persons
TO use their money TO gamble instead
OF paying their obligations and was
causing untold misery and suffer-
ing.
Defenders OF legali1ed wagering
emphatically denied claims OF repeal
proponents as to effect of race track
betting and asserted 1t had proven
OF inestimable benefit to business. to
the state and to agriculture by &C
celebrating the flow Of currency and
stimulating business in general by
, 1935-02-07
NEW SHAKE-UPS
In AAA HINTED

WASHINGTON, Feb. T-P-New
Deal gossip which teens In Wash
ington during cocktail hours Thurs
dty fashioned out Of the resignation
Of five left" wing agricultural Of
ficials q mass Of speculation as to
where the lightning may strike
next. More designations from the
AAA were believed to impend.
rs President Roosevelt going 10
the right?" was the question asked
in circles which earlier In his adj
ministration interpreted the drop
ping out Of such conservatives as
Lewis w. Douglas. Dean Acheson
and O. M. W. Sprague, as signaliz-
ing q "left" tendency.
How the dead cats" which put
dynamic Hugh 8. johnson in retire
ment will react on Secretary --ses,
for whom some congressman Lave
been cunning. and Donald r. Rich
berg, whom labor union leaders all
q traitor" was another question
often put-and as often unanswered.
President Roosevelt has nothing to
say about any reports that the AAA
shake-up and his letters to the
American Federation Of Labor re-
, 1935-02-07
Germania Club To
Be Host at Dinner

RIO HONDO, Feb. New Off
GERS and directors OF the Valley
Germania club have started q 60
day drive for new members and for
getting together" Of all members.
AS a beginning q basket dinner has
been arranged for the club house
near Rio Hondo for Sunday after
noon. February 10, beginning at /
o'clock.
All members are asked to bring
their baskets early and be ready TO
consider a new program for the
coming year. 1t Is earnestly hoped.
1t was said, that the club can be
made a Valley institution, as there
are no racial requirements for
membership, but German song,
dan0e and music will be featured.
The location at Rio Hondo is CEN
trail for all the Valley.
, 1935-02-07
Coughs
Need Creomulsion

Always get the best. fastest and
surest treatment for your child's
cough o. cold. Prudent mothers
more and more are turning to
Creomulsion for any cough or cold
that starts.
C~reo...ulsion emulsifieS creoSote
with six other important medicinal
elementS-it Is truly an elegant
prescription. It Is not :. cheap REM
edy, but contains no narcotics and
your Owl druggist is authorized to
refund your money OF the spot If
your cough or cold Is not relieved
by Creomulsion.-Adv.
, 1935-02-07

TO set ut 2,500 feet prior to whip
stocking out and drilling q new hole
to sa~turation. topped at ares feet.
The well was plugged back when
salt water showed in drill stem test
Of sand at 2,763-7l feet. supposedly
nine feet above the fields water
level.
Another new location. the seventh
In three days. waS announced We'd
nesday. 1t will be Cortez Oil Corpo-
ration's (Weekley) No. 3 c. Z.
Smith and will be $50 feet from the
west and TAO feet from the north
lines Of the northeast 34.43 acres Of
Tract 278, Porcion IL. about 1850
, 1935-02-07

jecting It's NRA and automobile code
demands represented a swing toward
conservative trends.
But that didn't stop some observ-
ers from wondering what Under
Secretary Rexford Tugwell, preSi-
Dental adviser. might do upon re-
turning from Florida to find his
close friend Jerome Frank out of
the AAA through q reorganization
sanctioned by Secretary Wallace.
, 1935-02-07
Seaman Sees New
Model Chevrolets

l.. 4. Seaman. owner Of the Sea-
man Motor company Of Brownsville.
Chevrolet dealers. together with L.
Webb. Z. 8. Box. j. r. Hausman and
M. Villalon. returned recently from
San Antonio where they attended
an advance showing of the new 1885
Chevrolet Master Deluxe models.
The cars we're above our greatest
expectations in beauty. perform
ance and general improvements
over all other models" Mr.. Seaman
declared.
He said that he expected to have
the new automobiles on N,lay In
Brownsville within a week or ten
days.
, 1935-02-07
Cameron Records

r1LED Ben FreudenSteln as re-
ceiver for Merchants National bank
VIZ. r. r. Ragan, suit on $1,000 note
u foreclosure deed trust on lot 2,
block !. Los EbanoS addition 10 city
OF Brownsville.
N. O.. CoIer vs.. J.. 3. Calderoni. O..
7. Callaghan, NJ. p. Stephens, II.
= Vandever and j. w. Ainsworth.
suit on $1,000 promiSsory note to q.
II. Bingley.
Frank Chastain VS.. Mr.. and Mrs.
George w. Weber, suit for alleged
damages Of So. 800 as result Of auto
mobile accident in which Mrs. Frank
Chastaln was injured at Harrington.
Isaac M. Williams VS.. c. +. Perry,
suit for $58l. % balance allegedly due
on promiSSory note.
Paul Gonzalez. ct al. VS.. Juan and
Guadalupe Gonzalez, suit for pos
session Of 800 acres In share %. T. :.
grant
Miguel A. and Teresa Yznaga vs..
ErneSto and NarciSa Yznaga, ct ais.
suit 70 try title to 1907 acres In Ojo
de Aqua.
John SoSa VS.. ISobel Rocha Sosa.
suit for divorce.
ORDERS ENTERED: Amended
motions for new trial denied In case
of -. A. Lewis. et ux. vs.. Anna Maria
FERNANDEZ. ct al. damage suit grow
Ing out wreck nea San Benito. Mo-
tons were filed BY both Anna Maria
FERNANDEZ and Mrs. :. T. BayleSs. ct
viz.
County Court nd Law
FILED: State Of Texas VS.. VIM. ].
Leka, receiving. ~concealing stolen
property. appeal from j.. p. Pct. z.
State OF Texas VS.. j. c. Wolfe.
drunkenness, appeal from J. p. Pct.
State OF Texas VS.. J. L. Hoskins,
selling goods az fire sale without city
license. appealed from Harrington
city corporation court.
State Of Texas VS. Joe Cavazos,
disturbing the peace. appeal from u.
P. Pct 8.
Marie Brown VS. W T. chenoweth.
suit on note.
Cameron county vs.. r. r. Phillips,
ct al. condemnation proceedings.
Probate Court
-Four adjudged Of unsound mind
following trials before juries.
Justice A. Barreda, Jr.
FILED: -Manske company
VS.. A. del Peggio. suit on open &C
count.
Plpkin- ManSke company vs.. Geo.
Lockard. suit on open account.
Pipkin ManSke company vs. Reu-
ben Ramirez. suit on open account.
ORDER: State OF Texas vs.. Eli
gio Martinez. abusive Language. fin
ed So and costs.
Justice Raul DomingeuT
ORDERS: State OF Texas vs. Al
ton wright. destroying mortgaged
property. fined $50 and costs.
State OF Texas VS.. Grace Wright,
destroyed morteaged property, fin
ed $50 and costs
, 1935-02-07
SPORTSMEN'S
TAX APPROVED

AUSTIN, Feb. T.-P- Texas
SportSmen were victors Thursday in
a preliminary SkirmiSh in their long
long fight for universal hunting and
fishing licensing TO provide funds
for a state conservation and propa-
cation program.
Two bills were approved by the
house game and fish committee
after many speakers detailed the
need for o revenue. Hunters
would be taxed 81 annually and
fresh water fishers sl.l0. Persons
under II years old and those who
hunted or fished on property Of
their residence would be exempt.
william j. Tucker. secretary Of
the game, fish and oyster commits
sion, predicted replacement of game
BY the program would be worth
many times over the 81 license fee
to ~sportSmen.
Opposition to the bill was pre-
dicated mainly upon the charge it
would deny the privilege TO poor
people.
Better to deprive a few people
now" answered Tucker. than In
the future TO have nothing at all TO
hunt"
Tucker termed unenforceable q
suggestion OF Representative Aug
Justine Celaya of Brownsville TO tax
ammunition five cents a box. eSti-
amted to yield $1,000 o annually,
the same amount as universal hunt
ing and fishing licenses.
One opposing speaker. Red w.
Davis of Austin, contended conser-
vationiSts should start their pro-
gram with an educational campaign
TO obtain cooperation Of the people.
Unless the masses approve. he warn
ed. game could be killed out regard
less OF the number Of wardens.
, 1935-02-07

feet southeast Of discovery. Cortes
already has two good producers In
the tract The test may extend pro-
duction q few feet south.
, 1935-02-07
MAN TRAVELS
1000 MILES
With VICTIM

SACRAMENTO. Calf. Feb. Y. Up
"A murder suspects 1000 mile motor
cnr ride with the body OF his alleg-
Cd victim was disclosed at a lonely
police outpost on the California
Nevada border Thursday and solved
the mysterious disappearance Of q
Kalamazoo, Mich, trucking con-
tractor and his employe.
Clarence Frechette. IS. the driver
WIZ the machine. was reported by
Capt. Joseph Blake OF the Califor-
MIA state highway patrol to have
confessed he shot Robert Brown. rs.
hits employer. nc Howell. Mich, jan
nary 20. and carried the body in
NE trunk Of the machine for nine
Gays.
with the fleeing suspect. when
me- was taken into custody near
Truckee, Calf, were three hitch
mixers. a man. q woman, and a lit
lie girl.
Captain Blake quoted Frechette
~ saying Brown was killed after
The latter had told Of intimate rela-
tons with Frechette's girl friend"
Browns purported admission was
made nine days ago. Blake quoted
Frechette as saying. while the pair
we're driving from Kalamazoo TO
Pontiac, Mich.
Grappled For Gun
II knocked him down." the as
mrted confession read. He crawl
pd 10 the car and reached In N
pocket and grabbed that gun. He
pointed II at me and I grabbed his
hand.
Il don't know whether 1t was his
finger or mine. but the gun fired
twice.
Il put him In the trunk and I
didn't know whether he was dead
pr alive. knew IL 7 was caught
I'd spend the rest Of my life In
prison"
Blake said Frechette. a former
ronvict once known as The Flying
Bandit, spent that night in Pom
tiac and the next in Kalamazoo
where he went TO a motion picture
show. Then began the strange
flight.
IL was intended II end in China,
the purported confession said. But
II ended abruptly at midnight be-
cause Sheriff Charles w. Struhle Of
Kalamazoo. had a bunch Brown had
been killed.
The officers guess va based on a
telegram from Nevada and signed
Robert" asking the contractors
father. Roy Brown. to telegraph $50
I'm care OF a Sacramento hotel. The
sheriff ~telegraphed Sacramento po-
lice.
Patrolman Sees Body
The highway patrol station near
Truckee. through which all auto
mobiles entering California on that
road must pass. was Immediately
notified 70 be on the lookout for
Mrs. Roy Browns automobile. in
which her o had disappeared.
While Frechette underwent the
routine border inspection. Highway
Patrolman Frank Carson lifted the
lid On the trunk.
He stared down into the eyes OF
young Brown, shot twice through
the head Carson snapped the
trunk shut.
Walking back into the patrol sta
ton. he covered Frechette with a
revolver. The truck driver surren-
dered without resistance and with
In two hours Captain Blake n
nOunced he had confessed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-01
NEW DEAL
IN
WASHINGTON
New Dealers See Wealth of
Campaign Ammunition
in Coming Probes !.
The Floor Is Huey Longs
Scandal Stirs SEC
Worries Leak In
quiry F1zzles =. Wife's
Illness Kept Owen ID.
Young Out Of 1882 Race
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
Democrat Washington

washington, July Their
nimble minds leaping far ahead,
certain New Dealers who usually
reflect what the White House
thinks already are looking for
ward to the next session Of con-
gress.
ssWith the tax bill out Of the
way, they say, I'VE won't be
needing any more legislation.
Next winter and spring, right
up to the national conventions, we
can concentrate on Investigations
end let them have the linelight."
The Investigations especially re-
ferred to are the senate's inquiry
into railroad, financing and reor-
cations commissions investigation
ganizations, the federal communi-
Of the American Telephone & Tel
egraph company, and an investi-
cation of investment trusts by the
securities and exchange commits
sion, authorized In the public
utilities holding company bill
through a provision few persons
have noticed.
The senate munitions commit.
tee this fall will have hearings
ON World war financing and
war propaganda, II any - by
Morgan and other international
bankers and will be ready to re-
port soon after congress meets
in January.
The political implication of
these and other investigations
should be as obvious to the rest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-01

the curt join with the president
in exercising the veto power. The
court would advise with the chief
executive, Wilson urged, because
laws may be unwise, may be dan
gerous, may be destructive. and
yet may not be so unconstitutional
as to justify the judges in refusing
to give them effect"
The proposal was rejected, but
1t seems to leave little doubt that
the court was intended to have the
power to declare acts of congress
invalid.
Protection Envelops Court
Because of desire that the tri-
bunal be free from every outside
influence, many projections were
thrown about the court and It's
membership. Members of the
bench were made subject to the
appointment OF the chief executive,
with approval of the senate. Pro-
posals that they be appointed by
Legislators or by the senate were
rejected for fear that men of n
political" bent would be chosen.
Popular election of the judges
and their appointment or election
for limited terms were other pro-
posals eliminated to protect the
court against political influence.
Franklin Offered Suggestion.
The debate over the method of
appointing the court was enlivened
by Benjamin Franklin. He recalled
Scotch method of appointing
judges which he commended to the
convention.
This method, he said. consisted
of having the lawyers name the
member to a court vacancy. II
worked very well. Franklin added,
because they always selected the
most prominent member of the
profession to get him out of priv
ate practice so they could divide
his lucrative work among them
selves.
The fact that the court has sew
erai members results In q situation
frequently whereby one member
controls the court and upholds or
invalidates q law contrary to popu-
lar desire. This is the case In
iive-to four decisions. Some mem.
bers of congress have suggested
that 10 declare a law unconstltu-
tionai at least six or seven mem.
bers shall agree on its invaiidity.
ArNaHents offered foF Changes.
This would still leave the con.
troll OF tho situation In one par
fIcular member. It's chief advan-
tege would be IN eliminating the
narrow margin OF opinion BY
which law may be overturned.
Another suggestion put forward
has been 70 give congress or the
electorate q veto power over tha
courts decisions. Some believe fhlt
procedure might Be a. eombersome
o. slow - tito passage % 3 con.
gfiiutiopai amendment.
Kfpns time fe Tins Il has hseiI
rfonoese eIoe e enlasse Ne eergi'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-01
Imitation
Spurs Stocks

But oddly enough while the
trend of business activity has been
down, the trend of security prices
has been distinctly up. Fifty stocks
which a year ago were priced ct
an average of 77.2 were recently
priced at 1852. This rise has taxi
en- place since March. From JAM
uary to march the marfiet sagged.
But since March it has gone up
steadily.
The stock market went up, de-
spite the decline in business ac-
tivity, simply because the invest
ing and specializing public has
become convinced that certain
degree of imitation is inevitable.
There has been, therefore, a steady
movement of funds into common
stocks ever since the agitation
about the Patman bill touched of
the inf1ationary scare.
Thus, to sum up, business has
been rocking along these last Is
months within a narrow range and
around about the same level. It is
little better than it was, though
tending down. But it exhibits no
Wy ChOl 6y Go yOIs Nv Az w a.
dustries appear. There have been
no exceptional spurts anywhere
save in the automobile industry.
Construction still is the .laggard.
In fact every part of the capital
goods industry remains inert.
Clearly something has happened to
make business better than 1893 or
1894. The downward spiral Of
1881 to 1888 has been checked.
There has been a lift. But 1t has
not been a tremendous lift and
much distance remains to be travel
ed before we can say recovery has
been reached.
World conditions are about the
same. England has done just about
the same this half year as last.
Germany has done better, but
France has done worse. Italy IL
about the same.
NEXT: The forces at work be-
hind present-day business.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-01

the end of January to the last
week in May. It is not easy to ex-
plain this downward movement. 1t
was against the normal trend for
the season. 1t should have been up
until June 1 at least, followed by
a summer recession. Instead 1t was
down to May rs and then, oddly
enough, began to move up. 1t has
been moving up for four consecu-
tive weeks. If it should continue we
would have to label it an eighth
movement. However; it would not
be surprising if it resumed its
downward trend for the summer
and then started upward again in
the fall.
Now let us look at this little
closer. Since the beginning of the
New Deal, March 4, 1888, there
have been three upward move
ments. One we can discard. II
was an abnormal infiationary
boomlet which ended in July
1888. The other two, which are
important, were as follows. One
ran from November /. 1888, to
June /. 1894. The next ran from
September Is. 1884. to February
II, 1895. The first lasted seven
months. The last went forward
for four and half months, The
first was longer, the last wa,
higher. The first correspondent
with the normal season for a rise
The second was little freaky ant
| difficult to account for. In the
ordinary course of things, how
ever, there should be another rise
beginning not later than Septem'
berber. though it may come earlier
depending on several factors to
be looked at later.
Now let US look at the behavior
of business in the last six months
compared with the same period OF
1884. In 1884 during most Of
the first hat it was going up. This
year, during most of that period
it was going down. But despite
this, business as whole, during
this first half of 1885, was larger
than in the corresponding period
of 1894. Had it been able to main
tain it's upward pace right on
through June it would have soar
ed close to something approaching
real recovery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-01

ment has reached 80 per cent of
what it was in 1923-1925. But pro-
duction has risen to 80 per cent of
the 1923-1925 level. The total a.
mount of pay-rools has recovered
to only II per cent of the same
standard.
Here is a little table of immense
significance. 1t gives the index
numbers of production. used by
the federal reserve board, of en-
ployment and pay-rools at three
different periods March, 1888,
June, 1894 and May, 1895.
Pro- EN- Pay
due ploy- rolls
March 1898 -. so So 81
June 1894 -. SO 81 So
May 1895 -. 80 80 II
From this we see first that pro-
duction and employment went
down about the same but that pay
rolls sank far lower-to 81. The
favorable point in all this is that
employment rose from SO to So
and pay-rolls from 81 to II. The
| unfavorable feature of this is that
while production is within IL
points of the 192S-25 level, en-.
Payment has Is points to go to
reach it and pay-rools have 2s
points to go. Meantime prices have
recovered more than pay-rolls sc
that the actual purchasing power
of the payroll is even less thar
1t seems.
Profits of those large bushes.
concerns which are available fol
inspection have Jared better. Thi!
is not to say the small bushes.
enterprise has not done equally
well. But we have no reports tc
Judge by. The federal reserve
board has compiled the profits Of
279 leading industrial enterprises
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-01

OF us as to the New Dealers. They
all hit at the Wall street big bust
ness interests which are at war
with the administration.
Each of the four INQUIRIES men
toned lads to the Morgan door at
BROAD and Wall.
They are bound to produce plen-
ty of ammunition for an admin
istration displaying an increasing
eagerpess to picture the next po-
litical campaign as a battle be-
tween 1.-THE people and plutocracy.'
At least, so the New Dealers an
ticipate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-01

The 'liberal," If he is to be de-
fined, is the jurist who accepts the
theory that the Constitution was
so written that it will forever re-
main flexible enough to meet
changing economic and social con-
ditions without serious amend
ment.
That was the feeling expressed
by John Marshall, regarded as the
greatest chief Justice. 1t was re-
iterated by the late Justice oliver
Wendell Holmes, whose 20 years
on the bench were devoted to ex-
pounding that theory.
Devolves ON Interpretation
The conservative" more or less
by the process of elimination, then
would be regarded as the jurist
who sees in the constitution def
mite and unchanging rules govern
ing every function of existence
under, the government. These
rules he finds infiexible and places
on the country the necessity OF
constitutional amendment to per-
NIT political action overstepping
the rigid framework of the fuRda-
mental document.
Some critics-and their, number
grows by legion each time an I'M
popular or controversial opinion is
returned - question the powers
which the court has assumed.
Many of the powers. they say, are
not provided in the Constitution
and it was not intended when the
Constitution was written that the
court should have them.
Many OF Proposals Old
To overcome these tendencies
of the court, as well as to remedy
other defects which they see in
the tribunals action. many pro-
posals have been made. A study
of them frequently shows that they
often were suggested at the time
the Constitution was written.
The question has been raised
whether the court should have the
power to declare acts OF congress
or Of the states invalid. Those who
raise the question contend there
is no express intention in the con-
stitution or the debates OF the fed
earl convention to support this
| power.
Defenders Of rs court note
| however, that the debates as sew
eral points indicate that II wal
assumed the court would have THU
power and that II was one OF the
chief reasons for making the tri.
bunal politically independent and
| emaA NJ af4nfROf hy ni4hNr thA awm-
utIve or legislative branches OF the
government.
Advisory Opinions Suggested
Another suggestion that has
been made II 20 have the courts
make advisory opinions. II IL NOT
entirely remote from the idea that
the court should have q veto pewaF
similar 70 that Of the Chief eEscu.
live,
q Nas proposed W 9amen VA.
seH n tie federal eohsenil9n tte,