The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 319, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1928 Page: 7 of 12
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LIONS HEAR
2 SPEAKERS
Mr*. Cunningham Ad-
dresses In Behalf
F Of Candidacy
to Th<? Herald)
Cun^L NGEN’ May 25—Mrs. Fisher
S can^i#! 5Ea?* Austin elub woman and
£st#.Ue f0r the oIfic* L’niten
the ~'xa8< *Poke at
dav ** lnKen Lions elub here Thurs-
*T>lv?\n?°n‘ *nd later in thc daV
b<*f°L* *7 aud*«nf« of Valley
cl *t the Women’s club building.
L that .vemph*8ized in h<*r ta!k the fact
■ train.f* ’* the only woman candidate.
■ ask#/ t * d °f eight men and
■mV* jp con*>deration from both
■ Vi u w<»men.
■ Villi!. Mammon manager of the
& mmrvJ *?. c°mpany is prepared to
iPfulIt “arhngen as soon ss he *e-
? mb! a franchi*e . He said that the
»l p ny 18 *sking from Harlingen
p Z?„ .ta.ra? franchise that has been
■5®ted It by 12 ot^er Valley towns
that state laws prohibit giv-
WMR j *pecial concessions.
HaH. a retired traveling man
a*. *a”d owner of Harlingen was
Di*mi Stj °.* tbe cub- Dr> Ceorge
*j. *• d*]*?at* to tne state conven-
ts#’ ** Wichita Falls reported on
rne convention stating that the cor-
V.iun ropresentaivcs praised he
tljk_y f®r sending a large delega-
non such a distance. Rev. Jewell
ttnews of McAllen who was on
V*? Program called for the Valley
delegates to stand. Dr. Diehl said
■n« complimented them on the larg?
Burner present.
^embers Sr. manager of the
;#f^^royo r°I°rado navigation district.
*ebeduled to talk but lack of
wme forced a postponement of his
Waterway Meet
Is Postponed
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN May 25—The miss
Meeting which was called for this
eity on the evening of May 31. with
| waterways as the topic o' discussion
L Ass been cancelled it was announced
following the meeting of the Har-
7 Lions club here Thursday.
f The Lions elub called the meeting
•nd announced that it was cancelled
due to uncertainty as to whether
some of the speakers including R. B.
Creager of Brownsville could he
present at that time. Mayor S. Fin-
ley Ewing of Harlingen who was
Ojso scheduled to speak has left the
City and will not be hack by then.
Dr. Pierce Talks
To Edinburg Club
(Special to The Heiald)
EDINBURG May 25. Rotarian J.
Stuart Pierce Presbyterian minister
of Harlingen was the principal speak-
v *r before the regular meeting of the
“ Rotary club here Thursday. Dr.
Fierce was a chaplain in the Second
■Division during the great war. and de-
'^wOted most of h^s talk to a discussion
of American ideals and the necessity
of paying tribute to heroes of the
2.1 P*st. 'lotar on William West of
° !* V- ^f f°r a f*w minutes.
^wP.rfiremiah Rhodes was in charge
of the program.
Flashes of Life
(By Tha Associated Press)
(By The Associated Press.)
NEW YORK—“The world's great-
est benefactor” has been niessured
in terms of money. Values of enter-
prises which owe their origin in part
at least to Edison's genius represent
five times all the money in circula-
tion. The estimate was made by Ar-
thur Williams vice president of the
New York Edison company when the
society of arts and sciences present-
ed • gold medal to Charles Edison
for his father.
NORTHAMPTON Mass—Mrs. Cal-
vin Ooolidge has been noted riding
in the rumble seat of Miss Florence
Trumbull's roadster with John at
the wheel and Miss Trumbull beside
him.
BELGRADE—Extra! Big battle
ends in tie! The newspaper Vermja
says that a Macedonian revolutionary
army recently assembled at Kustendil
on the Bulgarian-Serbian border.
Some wanted to march into Jugo-
slavia tome wanted peace. The pa-
cifists fought the raiders two hours.
Each side had the same number of
dead and wounded.
FRESNO Calif.—Jack Dempsey is
<t© cease being a boniface and wiM
Iraiie grapes instead. A deal is and*
-- jng whereby he will swap his hotel
for 286 acres of vineyard property
and considerable jack to boot.
PHILADELPHIA — It is Babe
Ruth's candid opinion that no hoy
should smoke till he is 21. He thinks
it deadens the youthful mind. He
never touched a cigarette himself
till 20. _
NEW YORK.— The latest quotation
of $3 gold pieces is $1270. One of
the vintage of 1875 brought that at
auction.
NEW YORK—Score one for Jesse
H. Jones of Houston over J. !\ Mor-
gan. George F. Baker et al. The city
authorities have opened a portion oi
Murray Hill to trade over the pro-
teats of resident*. Much of the husi
ue*s property i* owned by Jones.
WORK BEGI N ON NEW HOME
WESLACO. May 25.—lftork has be-
gun on • $2000 modern home for
v'Mr. and Mrs. Doyle T. Gibbsen in
Hollywood Addition. The house will
have hardwood floors and a number
of built-in features of late design.
C. M. Taylor contractor of McAllen
taid the bom* b* ready for oc- j
cupancy within three weeks.
NOTICE
The Commissioners' Court of Cam- ;
eron County Texas will convene and
ait as a Board of Equalization on j
Saturday the 4th day of June A. D.
1828 at 8 o’clock A. M. to receive all
the assessment lists and books of G. I
jt Cowden Tax Assessor of Cameron
County. Texas foe the year 1928. for
inspection correction or equalization
and approval.
Witness my hand and the Seal of
the Commissioners’ Court of Cameron I
County Texas this the 24th day of
May. A. D. 1828.
SEAL) H. D. SEAGO
County Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk
cf the Commissioners’ Court of Cam 1
#rir. County Texas.
5-24*6-4-12t-3027 |
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Farm Extension Work Almost
25-Year Old; Started in Texas
Plans are afoot to observe the twenty-fifth anniversary of farm ex-
tension work greatest agricultural aid project of *he government. The
work was begun in 1904 at Terrell Texas by the late Seaman A. Knapp
whose son Pres. Bradford Knapp (right) of Oklahoma Agricultural
college is now active in cooperation wit£ it. J. A. l^ans (left) one
of the first field representatives still is in the work.
I ULLfcUfc 2SIAJTUN Texas.—UP)—
Ob • Texas farm 25 years ago a small
group of cotton growers and agricul-
tural agents launched the partnership
between farmers and the government
1 which was destined to become one of
the world's great enterprises in prac-
tical and cooperative education.
Preparations now are under way
for the observance of the quarter-
rentury anniversary of the inaugura-
tion of farm demonstration work.
I with activities centering here in the
birthplace of the movement. The
i chief celebration will be at the Tex-
as Agricultural & Mechanical college
here next Friday although the anni-
versary will be observed at a national
meeting of department of agriculture
representatives state extension ser- 1
vices and the Association of Southern
Agricultural Workers at Houston the
week of June 4.
To combat the ravages of the Mex-
ican boll weevil the plan of extend-
ing knowledge of improved crop pro-
duction methods by supervised dem-
onstration carried on by farmers on
their own farms was originated in
1903. The “father" of cooperative
demonstration work now more com-
monly known as county agricultural
work was the late Dr. Seaman A.
Knapp of the department of agricul-
ture.
For several years prior to 1903 l>r.
Knapp had supervised a number of
lepartment field stations in the
South for testing new varieties of
rice legumes and other crops. These
did.-ten meet the need which he saw
for fttfnore effective means of reach-
ing the farmers.
The first trial of the demonstra-
tion ideo was on a farm established
and supervised by him at Terrell Tex-
as. The battle against the boll weevil
afforded an opportun.ty to test the
application of the demonstration-
farm project on a large scale. It was
an immediate success. Railroads com-
mercial clubs bankers business men
and farmers gave active support to
the movement. During the first year!
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8.000 farmers were enrolled in Texas
as demonstrators and cooperators.
The first field representatives of
the department in cooperative farm
demonstration* were J. A. Evans and
W. F. Proctor who were appointed
in 1904. Evans still is in the work
and will be one of the chief figures
at the anniversary celebration. Brad-
I ford Knapp son of Dr. Knapp presi-
j dent of tne Oklahoma Agricultural &
I Mechanical college has cooperated
:with the department for several years
jin the work started by his father and
i also is expected to be at the birth-
day fete.
More than 2000 counties now em-
j ploy one or more extension agents
and there are altogether more than
5.000 technically trained persons in
this work. T-ast year 772469 demon-
strations by farmers and farm wom-
en and 589110 demonstrations by
farm boys and girls were conducted
under the supervision of county
agents. In addition to these dem-
onstrations 549.786 meetings were
held attended by 18.581358 persons
and at which field and home dem-
on- trat ions were given to make clear
their benefits to the local community.
Mile Five Paving
Progressing Well
WESLACO. May 25.—Three and a
half miles of Mile Five road includ-
ing a 40-foot street have been com-
pleted to date. The remainder of
the road should be completed very
soon. Plans for the paving of 32 j
miles of lateral roads are under way. I
To the north of Weslaco grading
is complete with the exception of j
three units. All culverts are in
place.
The roadway of Mile Five is 80
feet wide with an 18-foot concrete
strip allowing 6-foet shoulders on |
each side. The lateral roads planned (
will have 15-foot hard surfaces of*
asphalt with four and a half foot
shoulders.
Mail Car Damaged In
Fire In McAllen Yards
—
McALLEN May 2E.—Fire of un-1
known origin caused slight damage
to the mail compartment of a mail j
and baggage car of the Southern Pa- j
cific lines here Thnrsday. The fire;
was discovered at 6:30 p. m. The
McAllen fire department was forced
to break in windows in order to get
to the seat of the blaze. The walls
and ceiling were charred and a row
of empty mail sacks were destroyed. I
with little other loss occurring.
The fire never reached the bag-
gage compartment.
Mail Clerk Smith said that the fire *
may have started from a cigarette
dropped by boys who occasionally ;
played in the car while it sat on the
siding. With no mail on board the
car was rarely locked he said.
MAYOR KIRGAN WINS CLP
WESLACO. May 25.—Mayor D. E.
Kirgan won the silver cup awarded
by the city of San Antonio to the
best “home town" speaker at the
recent Realtors convention there. The
contest was a feature of the con-
vention.
GETS BRIDE AND TROPHY
CAPETOWN.—Lieut. A. G. Bently
who flew’ from London to Capetown
to marry has been awarded the
Royal Aero club’s trophy for the
flight.
i “So Much
f More You Get!”
> —lena
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