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, 1935-02-15
TOBEACH
WORK STUDIED

Questions Of the budget and state
designation Of the Boca Chica high
way are scheduled 10 be taken up
by the Cameron county commission
ers' court at Q session Saturday
morning.
1t Is considered likely that a county
budget for the calendar year 1885
will be adopted at the session. The
contemplated budget calls for ex-
penditure OF about $4,000. consider
ably less than the $258, $50 actually
expended last year.
According 70 information received
here, the state highway commission
has agreed TO take over the Boca
Chica highway conditioned upon the
county furnishing i0o-foot right OF
way.
The county now holds from 100 to
200 foot right-of-way on most Of the
highway. II win be necessary TO OBJ
tain additional right Of way through
Fl Jardin and around Bankers
Boulevard, to a point or the Mill
tary highway.
Under present plans the Boca
Chica road viii be considered a con-
tinuation OF the state designation on
the Military highway. This viii ave
the county the expenses Of maintain
ing the highway and in addition
might result in the state participant
ing IN the bonded debt incurred in
construction Of the highway.
, 1935-02-15
Seek Cotton Seed
lspeclal to Nc Heraldl

EDINBURG. Feb. 15.- Requests
tor Aztec cotton seed have been
received from five Southern states
besides Texas. as well as from Cuba,
by ". Il. Tyler. organizer OF the
Aztec Cotton Growers Association
OF Edinburg.
Tyler brought a comparatively
small amount OF the seeds 70 Edin-
burg recently with a plan whereby
he would furnish growers with seed
II they would plant, cultivate and
harvest the cotton. He agreed 10
take only the seed from the result
ing crop.
The cotton plant produced from
the seed is said 70 grow six 10 eight
leet IN height and 10 produce a very
high quality OF cotton. A number OF
Edinburg growers have been pro-
vided with seed and will plant the
new variety next season. Tyler said
the seeds originally were found LII
old caves In the western part OF
the United States.
, 1935-02-15
Production Control
Studied BY Chiefs
From Oil States

DALLAS. Feb. 10. P-Represen-
tatives from oil states c~onverged
here Friday to consider a produc-
ton control compact with Z. w.
Marland, Oklahoma chief executive,
said must be concluded quickly to
keep the federal government from
stepping in.
Observers were chary Of predic-
tons, pointing out that some OF the
major interests were opposed TO any
form OF outside control in intra-
state affairs.
Further complications we're prom
ised by a demand from Governor
James v. Alfred Of Texas for rep
resentation on any control board set
up. on the basis OF potential pro-
duction.
On the basis Of Texas past claims
, 1935-02-15
Boy Scout Program
Presented Rotarians

What the Boy Scout organization
Is doing was told members Of the
brownsville Rotary club at lunch
con this week BY three members OF
local troops and John Leslie. Val
ley scout executive. Brownsville BOY
Scouts who participated in the pro-
gram were Robert Sylvester. Troop
20; Ralph Garcia, Troop 3 and
Carlos Lopez. Troop 33.
All spoke In connection with the
Observance OF the 25th anniversary
OF the founding OF the organization
The Frances Leighton Dashiell
School of Dance presented Misses
Marjorie Winans, Peggy Crixell and
Louis Ford IN a dance number that
was roundly applauded.
Miss Alice Fitch sang a solo. &C
compahied az the piano by Miss
Marizelle Taylor.
, 1935-02-15
TRADE VOLUME
CONTINUES ITS
STEADY CLIMB

NEW YORK, Feb. is. Rp-The. ad-
vnncinE tendencies In business and
trade that have been prevalent since
the first Of the year continued In in
creaSIng volume during the past
week, Dun g. Bradstreet trade review
said Friday.
Lincoln's birthday waS a high spot
curing the past seven days for the
retail trade and sales In many dis
trictB were from 30 10 90 per cent
higher than on the same day last
year, the survey said.
The confidence with which re-
tailerS view the outlook for spring
distribution Is a~ccelerating activity
Am wholesale markets the review
continued and while there IN a ten
dcncy Tor the recent UpSwlng III some
industrial branches 10 level out, the
constant gain IN others Is lifting the
average operating rate higher each
week"
Dun a. Bradstreet business activity
barometer reached the highest level
this year during tine week az 743 IN
was reported This Ia IN advance OF
lT.2 0ver the preceding week and A.
only ? points under the 1884 peak OF
745.
Retail sales for February we're es-
timated 10 be from s 20 10 per cent
higher than IN February 1884. de-
spite the poor start made AZ the be-
ginning XII tLIs month.
Increased light and power produc-
ton, c~arloadings. bank clearings. ana
the new high made BY the weekly
good index al 3276 all reflect the
better feeling IN trade and indus
try. Dun A. Bradstreet concluded.
, 1935-02-15
Brownsville Lions
To Attend BANQUET

Six members OF the Brownsville
Lions club plan TO attend the Lions
banquet and Ladies' Night at the
Stonewall Jackson hotel at san
Benito.
Those who will attend from here
r j. H. Snow. John Barron. @. O.
Bennett, Carl Heatherly. o. C..
Reese and Dick Ayres.
Bennett will speak ut the ban
quet on An Analysis OF Service"
, 1935-02-15

OF production capacity, ranging up
to 81 per cent OF the national po-
tential, such a representation sys-
tenn would give this state a great
preponderance Of votes in determin-
ing administrative policies.
There was no question in the
minds Of oil men that the other
producing states would oppose such
a system vigorously. particularly
IN view OF charges that the Texas
potential claims represented not the
economical and orderly longtime
production capacity OF the fields,
but the maximum amount that
could be gotten out OF the ground
Tor n short period that would seri-
ously damage the fields.
The conference. the third called
by Governor Marland for consum-
nation OF an agreement among the
states, attracted delegations from
Kansas, New Mexico and Arkansas.
with California. and Illinois expect
Cd 70 De represented.
California, New Mexico. and Okla
homa were committed by their
legislatures to the principle OF q
compact along the lines suggested
by Governor Marland for the set
ting Of state production quotas with
the assistance OF the federal gov
eminent In determining market
needs and federal aid in enforce
ment.
Governor Alfred was the recog-
nized leader OF the opposition to
federal interference.
Governor Marland. as he left for
the conference Thursday night, said
that If we don't get the lob done
IN the next couple OF days I am
afraid that congress will attempt TO
take II out OF our hands" He re-
called the Connally and Cole bills
for federal control now pending in
washington, with a committee plan
ming action Friday toward reporting
the Cole measure to the house.
, 1935-02-15
Kiwanis Clubs
OF Valley Plan
Get

An all-Kiwanis night in which
Kiwanis clubs from every city in
the Valley will take part was an
nounced AZ the Thursday luncheon
OF the Brownsville club by ID. Orm-
isher OF Harlingen.
"A banquet and plans for side
trips TO the Valley by delegates 70
the national convention at San An
tonic IN May were discussed.
II was announced that each MEM
Der, in order TO be admitted to next
weeks meeting, must bring cloth
ing which will be given 10 needy
children OF the city. The meeting
was a combination Valentine OBJ
servance. Scout anniversary observ-
ance and national defense affair.
Ralph Garcia, Carlos Lopez and
Bob Sylvester, Brownsville Scouts,
gave an exhibition OF tying knots,
and Scout sylvester spoke Oh Boy
Scout work.
Major y. W. Thompson spoke on
national defense, and Nat Wetzel
Of Raymondville addressed the CLUB
On the importance OF completing
the link OF the hug-the-coast high
way through Kennedy county. Mrs.
Wetzel told the club In a brief adj
dress that she Is the only highway
woman" In Texas and told Kiwan-
ians that she expects them TO fur
nlsh bail II ever she is arrested on
charges OF being a highway wo-
man"
Fred Keepers was In charge OF
the Valentine program Maurice
Pipkin spoke on the life OF Lincoln
and w. T. Heaner outlined the 1888
KiWanis budget.
Visitors were Dick Cahill OF
Salina. Kans.. Mr. and Mrs. Wetzelr
j. II. Posey OF Mercedes, ID. Ormish-
er, 3. S. MotherShead and Emmett
o. Anglin OF Harrington. G. @. Ben
nett OF Brownsville and Major ],
". Thompson NJ Fort Brown.
, 1935-02-15
NESSzNA
|RoStRT lee STATeN

February rs, lS35.-Farm products
from parts OF the interior adjacent 10
rivers which are tributaries OF the
Gulf wer often conveyed TO the
coast on RATS, where logs used IN
construction OF the RATS could be
readily sold. Ordinarily. pole boats
we're the only types OF homemade
commercial river craft kept per-
manently In use. They were given
that name because OF the manner In
which they we're propelled upstream
and against the current. Such boats
were made Of planks hewn from pine
logs. They ranged from 20 10 30
feet In length. were from 3 10 5
feet wide, 2 10 3 feet deep, pointed az
the ends, had flat bottoms and were
often equipped with sails. They
were navigable in a foot or less OF
water. Little effort was expended
in moving them down stream. In
fact, the downstream trip vas great
fun,-made all the more pleasurable
TO workers by the prospect OF a holi-
day In town. But the homeward
journey was a different sort OF ex-
perience. Upstream, one ma would
be assigned TO steer, while the re-
mainder of the crew lined I'D on
the boats sides.-an equal number.
OF course, TO each side. Using long
poles made OF tough wood, a worker
would plant his pole in the bottom OF
the stream. and with the upper end
against his shoulder. walk toward
the stern W runway planks laid
alongside the boat, thus propelling
1t forward. The last two polers
would hold, so that the work could be
recommended. In many slow-moving
streams, such boats, on homeward
journeys. covered eight to twelve
miles a day, or rather In the period
from you kin till you KANT" as
negroes spoke OF the time in which
one could see by daylight.
, 1935-02-15
Agar to Speak
Especial TO The Herald

SAN BENITO, Feb. l5.-The adult
education forum OF the high school
Monday night will feature a talk
by Ralph T. Agar, county tax as
sessor-collector who will discuss
taxation. School and poll taxes will
be included in the discussion which
Is one OF a series scheduled as a
part OF the adult education activities
here. "A number OF classes are being
taught under an FERA program.
, 1935-02-15
Riddle Vaudeville
Revue Plans Made

HARLINGEN, Feb. IS. A kiddie
vaudeville revue will be sponsored by
the Kiwanis club Thursday, Feb. q.
1t was decided at a meeting OF the
board OF directors this week.
Miss Lora May Baxley OF Tyler
was contracted To select local talent
for the revue. she is said to have
had much experience In directing
children.
, 1935-02-15
Bilious Attacks, Dizziness

Bilious attacks" dizziness, spots
before the eyes. a feeling Of fullness
after ordinary meals, belching up OF
gas. a dull. sluggish feeling-due TO
constipation - are usually driven
away BY a dose or two Of old, re-
liable Thedford's Black Draught.
Il take Black-D raught for bilious
ness, dizziness, and when l feel dull,
tired and stupid" writes Mr.. M. l..
Simmons, OF Pickens, s. O. 1T seems
10 cleanse the system and make one
feel a hundred per cent better
Thousands OF men and women
prefer this purely vegetable laxative.
THEDFORD'S BLACK-DRAUGHT
, 1935-02-15
Happy Ending

Happy Ending
SEATTLE, WaSh.-Barney Void
didn't send his wife a Valentine.
Instead he limped to the jail,
where Mrs. Wold was held on a
charge OF shooting him, and the
two kissed and made up"
Void, who was shot N the hip
during a family quarrel a month
ago, said he was going 10 have
n OF the lead slugs fashioned in
10 A watch charm as a 'ScIvenior.
Mrs. Void later pleadad guilty
10 the charge and will remain IN
tail until March 6 70 serve out
the sentence.
, 1935-02-15
Flashes of Life
tBy The Associated Prsss)

(By The Associated Press)
Touching
JOLIET, Iu.-Police Magistrate
John j. Nicholson was touched.
Frank Awe, q transient, as be-
fore him, accused OF drinking a bit
too much.
But" said the accused, i've
got something for you" He produc-
ed a big red heart which said
something about won't you be my
Valentine"
ON your way, Frank, SAID the
court. I'm 10 years on the bench
no prisoner ever gave me a Valen-
tine before"
, 1935-02-15
Get v. F. w. Posts
Especial 70 The Herald

IopeCIhI 20 Inc HcEhIuT
McALLEN, Feb. Is. - Two Meal
len men have been appointed 10 dis
trict offices IN the organization OF
Veterans OF Foreign Wars. according
TO information received here. w. 7.
W~itherspoon. former McAllen post
master and past commander Of the
McAllen v. +. w. post, was named de-
putty inspector for District Q, includ-
ing the Kingsville- zapata County,
Lower Rio Grande Valley area.
Scott bankers, former adjutant Of
the Mc..llen post, was appointed de-
putty chief Of staff for the same dis
trict. Elmo Moss OF Raymondville
Ia district commander.
, 1935-02-15
Teelh maj Came Back

INDEPENDENCE, Kas-Mrs.
A. q. Implied again Is using an
upper set Of false teeth she lost
II years ago.
The plate, found In a hole IN q
neighbor's yard, was cleaned and
polished.
AS good as ever" she comment
, 1935-02-15
Especial 20 The Heraldl

IopttIdI 20 q HcFaIuI
SAN BENITO, Feb. I5.-Local
Lions did away with their regular
luncheon Friday because Of the
Ladies night program set for Friday
night AZ the Stonewall Jackson
hotel.
Il. 3. Roberts is getting I'd the
program which will consist OF songs
by a local quartet composed Of Paul
Hornbeck, M. B. Huffman, r. s.
Caswell and Fritz Edwards: and a
talk by Mrs. N. M. Magoon or Ha-
waiian customs.
A speaker also has been obtained
for the occasion.
Dinner will be served at eight.
, 1935-02-15

The historic city OF Jena In Ger
many is to be the possessor Of the
tallest building In Europe. The new
building will be "a stories. reaching
a height Of 2B0 feet,
, 1935-02-15

All cotton blooms are white on
the first DAY OF blooming, red on the
second day, and they fall off the
plant on the third daY.
, 1935-02-15

Your own druggist rs sathcrIred 70
chccrFuIlY rsfund your money On me spot
H ycu aTe not relieved by Creomulsion.
Evening star., 1935-07-27
RETIRED OFFICERS
CAN ACCEPT JOBS
Ban on Taking Positions With
Contract Fires Listed
by Bill.

After a 40-year prohibition, retired
officers of the Navy and Marine Corps
now may accept positions with con-
Germs doing business with the Govern
ment without forfeiting their retired
pay.
The ban was lifted in the Navy per-
sonnel bill signed Monday by the
President, marking the elimination
of an eight-year campaign waged al
most single-handed by Lieut.. Comdr.
r. S. Robertson. jr, retired. of Wash
ington. secretary of the Naval Acad-
emy Alumni Association.
1t was only recently that Comdr
Robertson was able to interest the
Navy Department in the merit of his
fight, friends recalled today, and
once this support was gained the legis-
lation was pushed through
Naval officers say that the measure
was urgently needed. now that many
comparatively young men are being
weeded out of the naval establish
ment, and the prohibition operated to
restrict so severely their field Of work.
Evening star., 1935-07-27
EXPANDING LOBBY
INQUIRY PLANNED
House Group Considering
Chain Store Probe in
Other Cities.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
The House Chain Store Lobby In
vestigating Committee decided yes
terday on tentative plans for carry
ing its inquiry into New York and
other cities.
Several hearings have been held by
the committee, headed by Represen-
tative Patman, Democrat, of Texas
pursuant to House resolution adopt
ed some months ago calling for an
investigation of the American Retail
Federation. Although committee
sources said further Washington
hearings probably would be held first,
the so-called super Lobby Commit
tees attention already is directing it.
self to phases of the chain store SUBJ
ject outside of the Capital.
As amended, the authorizing reso-
luton empowers the committee to GO
into any phase of the retail and
wholesale buying or selling. New York
was tentatively decided on as the
first site Of outside hearings.
Called to the stand at the outset
of the investigation several weeks ago
federation officials denied their organ
iZation was designed to foster 1egis-
lation for the benefit of chain stores
as opposed to independents.
The committee quickly broadeneo
its activities to cover chain store
practices generally, taking testimony
of Chain Store League representatives
Evening star., 1935-07-27
Midwest County
Has Adult White
Population of 2
Ra,cIiers Occupy $50
Square.Mile Area With
Indian Families.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PIERRE, S. OAK, July u. Two
men!
That's the adult white population
of Armstrong County as disclosed yes
terday by the 1885 State census.
The nose-counters found Leo O'Neal
and Ethan Earl Alexander-both 38,
ranchers and World War veterans
were the only white men living in the
$50 square mile county. Both are
married to Indians. O'Neal has three
children, Alexander one.
Lawrence K. Fox, census director.
said the county probably has fewer
Caucasian residents than any other
in the United States.
The State census lists 20 Indians
in the county. part of the Cheyenne
reservation. The Federal census of
1880 gave the county population of
80 but made no classification as to
race. The 1925 State census registered
27 white men, 20 white women and
266 Indians.
In 1882 a record vote of II was
cast in the county. Last year not a
single ballot was recorded.
Evening star., 1935-07-27
Aided Pierce Ridge
Plans for Storing y. S. Gold Recall Har-
rison Promoted Early Transportation.

~ EXCAVATIONS for the Gov
- ernmentS vast Subterranean
gold vault in the middle of
- Fort Knox, KY, have brought
to light something more than mere
soil from a locality which George
Washington referred to as the land
of milk and honey"
1t is the name of Benjamin Har-
rison, signer Of the Declaration of
Independence. one of whose sons,
Carter Bassett. was a member of
Congress; another, William Henry,
the ninth, and great grandson, Ben
jamin, the twenty-third Presidents,
respectively, of the United States.
Harrison is the man who helped
promote the first system of transpor-
tation beyond the mountains. The
longest letter ever written by Wash
ington was addressed to Harrison
while Governor of Virginia. In that
letter Washington urged the i'm
mediate creation of system of trans
portation over the Allegheny Noun
tains. connecting the East and the
West. thus preventing the fertile
country beyond the mountains from
drifting to the control of foreign
country. Gov. Harrison read the
letter to his Legislature. which re-
suited in the organization of the
James River Co., the original pre-
decessor company of the Chesapeake
& Ohio Lines of today. Washington
was elected president of the company
and started the migration of farmers
and traders and their gold to the
western country, including the very
spot where the Government now pro-
poses to store its supply of gold.
Few men held as many important
jobs as the progenitor of our famous
Harrison family. He was eternally
doing something worth while At the
age of %, after attending william and
Mary College, he was elected to the
Virginia House of Burgesses, and held
that Office for the next 26 years. AS
a member of that body he assisted
in preparing the peppery papers tell
ing England what her American sons
thought of her.
AS a member Of the Continental
Evening star., 1935-07-27
DECEIT IS CHARGED
ON FIGHT ON I. VA.
Norris Says "PoWer Trusts"
Employ FaISehood to De-
feat Enterprise.
BY the Associated Press.

by lHe ASSOCldtcu TIcSS'
Charges that "falsehood and trick
cry" had been employed by the power
trust to hamper the Tennessee VAL
ley power enterprise were made in
the Senate yesterday by Senator
Norris, Republican, of Nebraska as
Senate House conferees made ready to
resume ironing out points of dispute
between House and Senate drafts OF
T. v. A. legislation.
Norris told the Senate new evidence
had been disclosed which "smeared'
the power trust" with "falsehood and
trickery."
Little by little the truth comes
out" cried the Nebraskan, who is one
of the Senate conferees on the T. v. A.
bill.
He reviewed evidence in the Birming-
ham case in which Federal Judge
Grubb enjoined the Authority from
selling power in competition with
private business. As attorney for the
power companies against T. V. A.
Forney Johnston of Birmingham was
declared by Norris to have elected
from a witness testimony that pre-
ferred stockholders in some coal COM
panies paid the costs of the suit.
Norris then read from press dis
patch quoting Thomas N. McCarter
president of the Edison Electric Nm
stitute, as saying that organization
had paid $50,O0O to JohnSton'S law
firm in connection with a test case
in which a Circuit Court recently
overruled Judge Grubb's decision.
Deceit" said Norris, adding thai
Johnston had $50, 900 in power trust
money in his pocket" while he was
drawing from a witness testimony
that others had borne the cost.
Evening star., 1935-07-27

Congress he figured prominently in
the events leading up to the intro
duction, passage and signing of the
Declaration of Independence. AS
chairman of the Committee of the
Whole House, he had the distinction
of reporting the resolution declaring
the independence of the American
Colonies. A few days later, in the
same capacity. he reported out the
Declaration of Independence and on
July 4, 1776, signed his name to the
document.
The people of Virginia were so ap-
preciative of Harrison's business abil-
ity and craftsmanship that they again
sent him to the Legislature and kept
him there for many years He served
most of the time as Speaker. Then
they promoted him to the governor
ship, and when the convention was
called for the ratification of the Con-
stitution of the United States he was
sent as delegate.
Evening star., 1935-07-27
Coz. MarIand Sees
Impeachment Move
In'Boy'Legislature
Declares La,Un1akers Are
Victims of Utilities and
Special Interests.
NV the Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 27.-Gov
E. w. Marland, decrying the practice
of electing "boys" to the Legislature,
said yesterday a movement was under
way to impeach him.
1.-THE utilities and big business are
planning to elect Legislature. Mar
land told a meeting of Democratic
woman leaders, ito defeat your pro-
gram, me, and then impeach me.
haven't heard why"
He said impeachment rumorS started
before his Inauguration.
During the last session." he said
'tthere was hardly day did not hear
Il from a confidential source. And
they are doing it now. in hotel bed
rooms, in private clubs
The Governor said that of House
of 100 members, 80 of them are
..hardly out of their teens" and that
stheir minds were formed" at night
parties of "the utilities. the oil men,
the bankers and special interests" He
suggested a more mature Legislature
to get "the kind of government you
want"