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LATE MARKET REPORT
_TRUCE MOVEMENT—STOCKS—COTTON—CRAIN—LIVESTOCK — POULTRY—EGGS_
HOOVER STOCK
RALLYHALTED
Heavy Profit-Taking And
Short Selling Crops
Up In Morning
By STANLEY W. PRENOSIL
(Associated Press Financial Editor.)
NEW YORK March 2.—UP)—
Heavy profit-taking and sporadic
short selling checked the so-called
•'Hoover inaugural rally” on the
stock market today and prices
turned extremely irregular with the
maintendency downward. Trading
continued around the terrific pace
set in yesterday’s wild market total
sales for the two hour session run-
ning to about 2.400.000 shares.
Renewed fears that federal re-
serve authorities would take further
measures to curtail the volume of
brokers’ loans were an important
factor in the day’s selling move-
ment.
Radio old stock broke 12 1-2
points to 302 1-2 and then snapped
back to around the 400 level. Wright
Aeronautical sold 7 points lower.
American Railways Express and
A. M. Byers 6. National Cash Reg-
ister 5 and Columbia Granhonhone
General Electrict Anaconda Conner
Kennecott American Smelting.
Cerro de Pasco U. S. Steel and
Union Carbide sold down 3 to 4
points at one time.
There were several outstanding
strong spots. Buffalo and Susque-
hanna jumped 9 1-2 points to a new
high at 72. Other issues to better
their previous 1929 highs were Re-
public Steel Patino Mines. U. S.
Rubber. Otis Steel eouitable office
building American Water Works
and the Missouri Pacific issues.
The stock ticker was 12 minutes
late at 11:50 a. m. The closing was
irregular.
r. S. BONDS
NEW YORK March 2.—fJP)—Gov-
ernment bonds: Liberty 3 l-2s. 32-
47. $98 8: 1st 4 l-4s $39.26; 4th 4
l-4s $99.28 .
POULTRY STEADY
CHICAGO March 2.—(JP—Poul-
try steady; unchanged.
Grains Generally j
Higher In Trading
On Chicago Market
CHICAGO March 2.—(.Pi—With
foreign buying a factor wheat prices
averaged higher today in the early
dealings.
Opening unchanged to 7-8c high-
er Chicago wheat held near to
initial figures. Corn oats and pro-
visions displayed firmness also
with corn starting unchanged to
1-lc up but subsequently easing
somewhat.
Wheat closed unsettled at the
same as yesterday’s finish to 3-8c
lower corn 1-4 to l-2c off. oats 1-4
to 1c down and provisions unchang-
ed to a rise of 15 cents.
CASH GRAIN
CHICAGO March 2.—cT'i—'Wheat:
No. 4 red 1.25; No. 4 hard 1.19.
Corn: No. 5 mixed 91 @1-4; No. 4
yellow 92 1-4® 93 1-2.
Oats: No. 3 white 49 l-4®50; No.
4 white 48 3-4.
KANSAS CITY. March 2.—(/py—
Wheat: No. 2 dark hard nominally
1.17® 1.30; No. 2 hard 1.16® 1.21 1-2;
No. 2 red nominally. 1.29® 1.31; May
1.21 3-4; July 1.23 7-8.
Corn: No. 2 white nominally 89
®90; No. 2 yellow nominally. 89 1-2
•®90 1-2; No. 2 mixed 87 1-2; May
95 1-4; July 93 1-8.
Oats: No. 2 white nominally 52
@53.
KANSAS CITY. March 2.—(IP)—
Hogs: 200; steady; top $10.90 on
desirable 190®250 pounds; packing
•ows 9.00® 9.75.
Cattle: 200: calves: 25; for week:
iightv. c ght fed steers and vearlings
25c higher; weighty steers steady to
2oc higher; calves firm: week’s top-
yearling steers and light mixed
yearlings 14.00; heavy steers 13 65-
vealers 15.00; bulk fed steers and
yearlings ii.oo® 13.25; stockers and
feeders 10.50® 12.00.
Sheep: none; for week: steady
week’s top: fed lambs 16.75- bulk
16.00®T6.65: fat ewes up to 925-
most 8.50'fi 8.75 ’
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»ull be no change in the air mail
rate now applicable to articles for
Mexico which is 5 cents for the
first ounce or fraction and 10 cents
for each additional ounce or frac-
tion.
Letters may be sent to the post-
master at Mexico City to be dis-
patched to addressees in this coun-
try on the first flight northbound
if they bear the Mexican stamps at
the rate of 35 centavos for each
20 grams or fraction Drafts and
bank bills are not acceptable to
prepay Mexican postage but postal
ftibhey orders or bank checks are
acceptable.
The railway mail service will
provide the force necessarv to
handle the mail at the air field ac-
cording to information from S. M.
Gaines of Fort Worth head of the
division of railway mail service.
Efforts will be made to secure dis-
tribution facilities at the field.
Gaines said.
“Considerable confusion has
arisen in the minds of many peo-
ple due to the fact that this is an
international mail service.” Post-
master G. W. Dennett said. “The
southbound mall coming into and
going out from Brownsville as well
as all mail northbound from this
no*r»t is h^rtd’ed und'm American
contacts. The northbound mall
coming into Brownsville from Mex-
ico City and Tampico is Mexican
mail operating on a Mexican con-
tract. Under the international
agreement the Mexican 35-centavo
air mail stamp carries Mexican air
mail to any destination in the
United States and the American
5-cent. air mail stamp carries
American air mail into any part of
Mexico."
Department of Agriculture United
States Bureau of Agricultural Eco-
nomics and the San Antonio Texas
hCamhcr of Commerce cooperating.
FOB shipping point information
reported Friday March 1:
Lower Rio Grande Valley points:
1 Cold partly cloudy.
Cabbage: Haulings moderate.
Light wire inquiry demand slow
market weak. Carloads and in mix-
!ed cars FOB usual terms—bulk per
'ton round type $12@15 mostly $13;
| crates $1.00@1.15; 80 lb. crates Sa-
ivoy around $1.35. Carloads and in
mixed cars FOB cash track—bulk
per ton round type mostly $11.00
few lower; crates 90c@$1.00. Wag-
onloads cash to growers—bulk per
ton mostly $8 few $10.
Carrots: Haulings moderate.
Light wire inquiry demand slow
market dull. Carloads and in mixed
cars FOB usual terms—bushel bas-
kets 90c'gC$1.00 few higher; crates
$1.35@1.50; 100 lb. sacks topped j
mostly $1.50. Carloads and in mixed :
cars FOB cash track—bushel bas- j
kets 80c @ 90c; crates $1.25 @1.35.
Beets; Haulings moderate. Mod-
erate wire inquiry demand mod-
erate market about steady. Car-
loads FOB usual terms—and in mix-
ed cars—bushel baskets 80c@9Oc;
crates mostly around $1.25 few
$1.35. Carloads and in mixed cars
FOB cash track—bushel baskets 70c
@80c; crates $1.10® 1.25.
Corpus Christi-Robstown section:
Cold partly cloudy.
Cabbage: Haulings light. Light
wire inquiry demand slow' market
dull. Carloads FOB usual terms—
round and flat types bulk per ton
mostly $14; cash track few sales $12
@13. Wagonloads cash to growers
mostly $10 per ton.
Primary destinations of Lourer
Valley movement reported Friday
March 1:
Cabbage: Houston 30 St. Louis
20 New Yox-k 5 Chicago 4; 3 each
Toronto Shreveport; 2 Memphis 1
each Texarkana. Baton Rouge Lit-
tle Rock Birmingham Greenville
Miss. La Grange Washington. Mon-
treal Philadelphia F'^sbux-gh Sa-
lem Springfield. Mass. Mixed Veg-
etables: Houston 14. St. Louis 10
New7 York 11 Chicago 4; 2 each Ft.
Worth. Tulsa. Little Rock Philadel-
phia. New' Haven Toroixto Mon-
treal; 1 each Brantford Canton
El Dorado. Butte. Mont. Kansas
City Oklahoma City. Enid. Ama-
rillo Dubuque Omaha Colorado
Springs Denver Duluth. Indianap-
olis Scranton Washington Balti-
more Jersey City Frovidence Hart-
ford. Springfield Mass. Cleveland
Carrots: St. Louis 3: 2 each To-
ronto. Chicago. New York 2: 1 each
Cincinnati. Minxxeapolis. St. Paul
Newark. Boston. Detroit. Beets:
St. Louis 3. New York 5; 1 each
Houston. Chicago Glassboro Bal-
timore Boston. Turnips: St. Louis
2 Louisville 1. Radishes: St. Louis
1. Spinach: 1 each Toronto. Fort
Worth. Lettuce: Jersey City 1.
Broccoli: St. Louis 1. Endive: New
York 1. Dandelion: New York 1.
Grapefruit: Ft. Worth 7. Houston
3. Wichita 1. Beets and Carrots: 1
each Peoria St. Louis New York.
Potatoes: 1 Cincinnati. Escarole:
New York 1.
Carlot shipments of entire United
States repoted Friday March 1:
Cabbage: Texas 84. Florida 49
New York 15: total U. S. 155 cars.
Can-ots: Texas 20 California 6;
total U. S. 28 cars.
Mixed Vegetables: Texas 88 Cal-
ifornia 18. Florida 19 Louisiana 7;
total U. S. 141 cars.
String Beans: Florida 33; total
U. S. 33 cars.
Spinach: Texas 71; others 3; total
U. S. 79 cars.
Grapefruit: Texas 11 Florida 100;
total U. S. 112 cars.
Additional FOB infoi’maMon re-
ported Friday. March 1:
Cabbage: Rochester. N. Y. and
nearby points: Min. 28 deg. Max.
56 deg. Clear. Demaixd limited
market firm. Carloads FOB usual
terms—Danish type bulk per ton
small to medium few sales S40'u42;
sacked per ton few sales $42^45.
Carrots: Rochester N. Y. and
nearby points: Demand limited
market dull Carloads FOB usual
terms bushel baskets washed $1.80.
String Beans: Canal Point Fla.:
Haulings heavy. Warm clear. Good
wire inquiry for stringless light for
other variety market about steady.
Wagonloads cash to growers. 7-8
bushel hampers stringless and val-
entines $1.50^1.85 few higher;
Bountifuls mostly $1.50: Refugee few
sales $1.00@1.25; most shipments
rolled unsold.
Spinach: Laredo. Texas: Cool
clear. Haulings moderate. Light
wire inquiry demand light market
dull. Carloads FOB usual terms bu.
baskets Savoy mostly 40c; cash
track few’ sales 35c.
Spinach: Crystal City Texas:
Cool clear. Haulixxgs heavy. Mod-
erate wire inouirv demand light
market dull. Carloads FOB usual
terms bushel baskets Savoy few*
sales 40c: cash track 35c.
Lower Rio Grande Valley move-
ment reported Satui'day morning
March 2:
Mixed Vegetables 45 potatoes 1.
beets 16 carrots 17. beets and car-
rots 22. escarole 1. cabbage 82 dan-
cielion 1 lettuce 3 broccoli 1 pars-
ley 1. endive 1. grapefruit 10: total
201 cars. Freight movement to
date this season: Fruit 1422 vege-
tables 7834. total 9256 cars: to same
aa ylast season fruit 1134 vegeta-
bles 8110. total 9244.
Cabbage: Philadelphia: Cloudy
41 degrees. Arrived 6 Florida on
track 24 cars. New supplies mod-
erate. demand limited market
steady. Florida pointed type 11-2
bushel hampers SI.60-1.65. few high-
er. Texas 110-lb crates round type
$3.00-3.25 100-lb crates $3.00; let-
tuce crates Savoy $2.00. Pittsburgh:
Cloudy. 32 degrees. Arrived 1 Tex-
as. Supplies light demand slow
market about steady. Texas round
type crates $2.65-2.75; barrels pack-
ed locally $2.50-2.75. mostly $2.60-
2.75. Chicago: Clear 29 degrees.
Arrived 1 Florida. 6 Texas on track
34 cars. Supplies moderate demand
light trading slow market about
steady. Florida pointed type 11-2
bushel hampers SI.00-1.25. few high-
er. Texas round type crates $2.25-
2.50. ordinary soft leafy $2.00-2.25.
Louisiana poixxted tyoe crates $2.00-
2.25. Cincinnati: Cloudy 29 de-
erecs. No carlot arrivals on track
9 cars. Supplies liberal demand
IN. 0. FUTURES
OPENJTEAiY
Firmness At Liverpool And
Buying Extends Gains
In Morning Trade
NEW ORLEANS March 2.—CP)—
The cotton market opened steady at
an advance of 1 to 3 points. The
firmness of Liverpool cables and
buying extended the gain to 19.65
for March 19.83 for May and 19.93
for July or 3 points above yester-
day’s close. Later week-end realiz-
ing and some selling caused March
to sell off to 19.60 May 19.80 and
July 19.37 or 3 to 5 points down
from the highs and unchanged to 2
points down with yesterday’s close.
N. O. FUTURES
NEW ORLEANS March 2.—UP)—
Cotton futures closed steady at net
advance of 4 to 7 points:
High Low’ Close Prev.
Close
Mar. ...19.67 19.60 19.67 19.62
May ....1988 19.30 19.87-33 19.80
July 19.95 19.87 19.94-95 19.87
Oct. ...1968 19.61 19.67-68 19.63
; Dec.19.71 19.71 19.74B 19.68
Opening: March 19.65; May 19.80;
July 19.89; Oct. 19.63; Dec. 19.70
asked.
V V rOTTOM
NEW YORK’ March 2.—CP)—Cot -
| ton opened steady at an advance of
four points to a decline of one point
generally 3 to 4 points higher in
response to relatively steady Liver-
pool cables and continued favorable
reports from the cotton goods
trade. The advance met a renewal
of week-end realizing however and
prices eased back to about yester-
day's closing quotations by the end
of the first half hour.
Futures closed steady 1 to 8
points higher. Spot steady; mid-
dling 20.80.
N. Y. FUTURES
NEW YORK March 2.—(.^—Cot-
ton futures:
High Low Close Prev.
Close
Mar. .. .20.53 20.45 20.53 20.45
May ...20.54 20.44 20.53-54 20.46
July ...20.12 20.05 20.12 20.07
Oct. old 19.S1 19.35 19.83 19.87 !
Oct. new 19.83 19.77 19.32 19 78 I
Dec. ...19.92 19.86 19.92 19.89!
Opening: March 20.50; May 20.50:
July 20.11: Oct. told) 19.91; Oct !
(new) 19.82; Dec. 19.91.
LIVERPOOL COTTON
LIVERPOOL March 2.—CP)—
Cotton spot moderate demand;
higher: American strict good mid-
dling 11.59: good middling 11.19;
strict middling 10.99; middling
IO. 79: strict low middling 10.54; low-
middling 10.29: strict good ordi-
nary 9.89; good ordinary 9.49. Sales
5000 bales 3.500 American. Re-
ceipts 6000 American 1.000. Fu-
tures closed steady: March 10.49;
May 10.61; July 10.61; October
10.44; December 10.41; January
10.39.
BUTTER AND EGGS
CHICAGO. March 2 —CP)—But-
ter higher: creamery extras 49 1-4:
standards 49; extra firsts 48?48 1-2;
firsts 46^/47; seconds 44'a 45.
Eggs lower; extra firsts 29^7 39 1-2:
firsts 38? 38 1-2; ordinary firsts 35
637.
moderate market steady. Texas
round type bulk per ton mostly
$45.00. Florida pointed type 1 1-2
bushel hampers $1.25-1.40. few
fancy $1.50-1.60. New York: Cloudy.
40 degrees. Arrived 13 Florida 3
New York. New’ supplies moderate
demand slow market dull. Florida
pointed type 11-2 bushel hampers
$1.25-1.62 1-2. mostly around $1.50.
Texas lettuce crates Savoy $2.00-
2.50 few higher. Boston: Clear.
32 degrees. Arrived 4 Florida 5
New York. 4 Texas on track 14 cars.
Supplies moderate demand limited
market slightly weaker. Florida
pointed type 1 1-2 bushel hampers
$1.75-2.00. Texas round and flat
type crates mostly $3.00: barrels
asking $3.00. no sales reported. St.
Louis: Clear. 31 degrees. Arrived 1
Michigan 4 Texas 1 Wisconsin on
track 20 cars. Supplies light old
stock moderate new stock demand
light market steady on old stock
dull on new stock. Texas round type
bulk per ton small mostly $40.00.
Carrots: New’ York: Arrived 2
California 1 New York. 3 Texas.
Supplies moderate demand slow?
market about steady. California
crates $2.75-3.50. fair to ordinary
$2.00-2.50 poorer low as $1.00. Texas
crates fair to ordinary $2.00-2.75.
few? fancy $3.00-3.25. very high as
$3.50; bushels $1.25-1.50: 100-Ib
sacks cut $2.75-3 00. Chicago: Ar
rived 9 California. 1 Texas on track
52 cars. Supplies moderate demand
and trading slow market about
steady. California crates mostly
$3.00. fair light color $2.50-2.75.
Texas crates $2.25-2.50. few higher.
St. Louis: Arrived 2 California. 1
Texas on track 5 cars. Supplies
moderate demand slow market
dull. Texas crates unreported. Cali-
fornia crates some broken $2.00.
Boston: Arrived 2 California. 1
Texas on track 17 cars. Supplies
heavy demand slow market dull.
Texas crates mostly $3.00; 100-lb
sacks cut. dirty $2.50. California
crates best mostly $3.00 fancy high
as $3.75. Philadelphia: Arrived 4
California. 1 New York 9 Texas on
track 52 cars. Supplies heavy de-
mand slow’ market weak. Texas
crates few sales S?.25-2.50. Cali-
fornia crates small $2.25. Pitts-
burgh: No carlot arrivals. Sup-
plies light demand slow’ market
steady. Texas crates $2.50-2.75.
California crates $2.75-3.0.
Beets: St. Louis: Arrived 1 Tex-
as on track 1 car. Supplies moder-
ate. demand light market steady.
Texas bushels $1.25-1.50. Chicago:
Arrived none on track none. Sup-
olies moderate demand and trading
moderate market steady. Texas
crates $2.25-2.50 few best $3.00;
bushels $1.50-1.65. New York: Ar-
rived 3 Texas. Supplies moderate
demand slow’ market dull. Texas
crates $2.25-2.50 few higher; bushels
$1.50-1.75. Pittsburgh: No carlot
arrivals. Supplies light demand
slow’ market slightly stronger.
Texas crates $2.75-3.00. Phila-
delphia: Arrived 1 Texas on track
14 cars. Supplies moderate demand
limited market dull. Texas $2.25-
3.00. >
HOOVER CALM
BEFORE FETE
Former Missouri Governor
Named to Cabinet; Last
Member Is Mystery
_
By JAMES L. WEST
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
WASHINGTON. March 2.—<**)—
The climax of a crowded career
only forty-eight hours away. Presi-
dent-elect Hoover today awaited his
inauguration with a serenity sharp-
ly in contrast with the frenzied ef-
forts of the political guessers to hit
upon the name of the tenth man in
his cabinet the commerce secretary.
The identity of the other one of
the two men around whom had
been thrown a veil of mystery was
uncovered overnight. He is Arthur
M. Hyde former governor of Mis-
souri who has accepted the agri-
culture portfolio.
In making this appointment the
next chief executive went into the
camp of the most formidable of his
foes in the pre-convention cam-
paign—former Governor Frank O
Lowden of Illinois.
The other “man of mystery” is
known to be a big business man of
Cook county. 111. but after the trial
had been carried that far it was
lost.
As he awaits Monday. Mr. Hoover
is enjoying the peace of the big red
brick mansion on S street which
has been his home for years. He is
surrounded there by all of the mem-
bers of his immediate family the
circle having been completed with
the arrival last night of Allan a
student at Stanford University
California.
Mr. Hoover's only sister Mrs.
Mary Leavitt of Long Beach Cali-
fornia. is on the way here for the
inauguration but the only brother
of the president-elect Theodore
Hoover dean of the school of en-
gineering at Stanford who had such
a large hand in the arrangements
for the notification ceremonies at
Stanford on August 11 last will be
unable to attend due to illness.
(Continued from page one.)
Benito in whose precinct the high-
way would be constructed stated
he is willing to give Rangerville
section its full valuations in high-
way construction. The suggestion
was made that Commissioner J. F.
Baughn of Harlingen supplement
these valuations sufficient to com-
plete the highway as Rangerville
is in Harlingen trade territory.
Baughn however expressed the view
that in the event he proposed to
use Harlingen districts funds for
that purpose he would be halted by
an injunction.
The proposition of transferring
the Rangerville section to the Har-
lingen precinct discussed several
months ago again was brought up
by J. C. Myriclc and A. L. Brooks
who with Finley Ewing represented
Harlingen Commissioner Logan
stating he would oppose transfer of
the territory from his district. J.
C. Myrick stated the Harlingen pre-
cinct would build the highway if
the territory could be transferred.
Commissioner Logan cited that
Commissioner Bell of the Browns-
ville precinct had financed con-
struction in the Point Isabel pre-
cinct on both the Paredes Line and
Earreda-Point Isabel roads in or-
der to construct highways into
Brownsville trade territory and
urged that the Harlingen district
co-operate with him in constructing
the Rangerville road which he stat-
ed is in Harlingen trade territory
taking part of the Harlingen city
valuations for the purpose. It was to
this proposal that Commissioner
Baughn replied that he doubtless
would be confronted with an in-
junction if he attempted to divert
any part of the district's pro rata
of bond money for that purpose.
A. B. Cole stated the Harlingen
district would not convert unless
they had assurance that the road
would be built and County Judge
O. C. Dancy said that failure of the
district to convert would tie up the
last two million of the $6090000
road program. He expressed the
opinion that if the district would
convert now it would have the tax-
payers of the county between $25-
000 and $50000 on the remainder of
the program.
The Harlingen district also pro-
posed that in the event an agree-
ment could be reached the district
would provide dredges to construct
two heavy fills on the dirt road be-
tween Rangerville and the military
road leading to the pump plant of
the Harlingen district.
“The Harlingen district is mak-
ing no demands and has made
none" A. B. Cole said. “They be-
lieve the construction of the Ran-
ville road would be of sufficient
value to the district to justify con-
version. It is immaterial to the
district what arrangement the com-
missioners’ court may make to fi-
nance the construction but the dis-
trict would require assurance that
the road would be constructed be-
fore moving to convert.”
Bills for conversion of the Harlin-
gen and San Benito districts are
now on the desks of Representative
Hornaday and Senator Parr at Aus-
tin Judge Dancy said but will not
be introduced except upon instruc-
tions from the boards of directors.
COTTONSEED OIL
NEW ORLEANS March 2.—IP)_
Cottonseed oil closed easy; prime
summer yellow 9.80; prime crude
9.00-9.12 1-2. March 984; April 987;
May 932; June 935; July 1008; Aug.
1015; Sept. 1015; Oct. 1010.
SPOT COTTON CLOSE
NEW ORLEANS March 2.—(P)—
; Spot cotton closed steady. 7 points
: up. Sales 2.400: low middling 18.13;
! middling 19.63; good middling 20.03;
receipts 2837; stock 328.967.
2 Commissioners
Added At Mission
In Light Ballot
MISSION. March 2.—Two new
commissioners chosen at an elec-
tion here Saturday when only 353
votes were cast will be inducted
into office by Mayor G. F. Doh-n
on next Thursday when the ballot
will be canvassed.
Albert McHenry and Jack Frost
are the new’ commissioners author-
ized by a new city charter recently
adopted.
The vote was McHenry 267 Frost
222 and Roy Buckley only other
candidate. 188.
A hot right forecast before the
election failed to develop.
Pavement Finished
Into Mission From
Arroyo On South
MISSION March 2. — Lomita
boulevard principal thoroughfare
through Mission became a connect-
ed strip of concrete paving more
than 8 miles in length Saturday
morning when the Pierson paving
crew tied onto the city paving with
a new pavement which extends
three miles south to the first lift
pump.
Completion of the paving was
marked with suitable ceremonies
when a large delegation of citizens
headed by Mayor G. F. Dohrn and
the entire city commission wel-
comed Bud Shaford and his crew.
The last concrete was poured at
10 a. m.
The paving crew will now move to
Madero and conect the road just
completed with the old Hidalgo
road.
Paving connecting with Lomita
boulevard now extends three and a
half miles south and 4 miles north
of Mission.
OTIZENRT
(Continued from page one.)
intimately with the final log-jam
in congress. One of them Vice-pres-
ident Dawes found the concluding
hours of his four years service as
presiding officer of the senate only
a little less hectic than that open-
ing session in 1925 when he under-
took the still unfinished task of re-
forming senate rules. The other.
Curtis of Kansas still a senator but
soon to be the nation’s second in
command chose to stay out the
tenure of his senatorial leadership
and keep the long hours with his
colleagues. Tonight Dawes will be r
the guest of the Gridiron club at a 1
soecial dinner in his honor while
Coolidge entertains the cabinet at
the White House.
Stage is Set
Those who came to Washington
in continuous procession through-
out the day found the inaugural pic-
ture almost complete except for the
man and the hour. On the capitol
plaza a great white-pillared portico
rose high above the pavement rea-
dy for the coming of Hoover and
about it stretched a vast expanse of
bright-timbered benches from which
thousands will see the chosen lead-
er pronounce the words of his of-
ficial obligation and hear him an-
nounce his policies to the world in
his inaugural address. Over the
mile-stretch of Pennsylvania ave-
nue where the inaugural parade will
follow the phantom lead of many
historic pageants which have gone
before temoorary bleachers were
ready for thousands more. Direct-
ly in front of the White House in a
court of honor bright with new j
bunting stood the resplendent re-
viewing stand from which the new
president will watch the passage of
the multitude come to honor him.
Everywhere throughout the city the
Stars and Stripes flutered on the
March breeze.
ILLINOIS VISITOR
HURT IN CAR CRASH
HARLINGEN March 2.—Mrs. W.
Dolby a resident of Illinois who
had been in the Valley with a land
party brought here by the Valley
Development company is in the
Valley Baptist hospital as the re-
sult of injuries sustained in an auto
accident Thursday night. A car she
was riding in turned over. Her
condition is not serious.
ROMANCE
Betty Thclps of Boulder
Colo. and Keith Kellogg grand-
son of the millionaire Battle
Creek Mich. manufacturer ran
away from Ferris Institute .of
Big Rapids Mich. to be mar-
ried.
Rum Parties In High
School Nooks Seen
As Gin Discovered
BRIDGETON N. J. March 2.—
(JP)—Stories of rum parties in hid-
den nooks of the Bridgeton high
school building and of drinking by
students between and after classes
were under investigation today as
a result of the alleged discovery of
whiskey and gin flasks in several
of the students’ locker rooms.
The bottle were said to have
been found in both the boys’ and
the girls’ locker rooms. Three
found in the girls’ room were
empty but some of those in the
boys’ rooms were partly filled.
The principal of the school and
members of the faculty declined to
state what action if any would be
taken.
Harlingen Peace
Officers’ Bonds
Are Set At $750
HARLINGEN March 2.—Bonds
for Constable Porter Eubanks and
Deputy Constables Strong Boynton
and Jesse Riley charged with as-
sault to murder in connection with
an affair on the Los Indios road on
February 22 in which three bullets
were fired into a car containing
three boys were fixed at $750 each.
The peace officers were indicted by
the Cameron county grand jury
Monday.
Bonds for Joe Lucas former con-
stable and Fernando Leal and Ped-
ro Garcia former deputy constables
also were fixed at $750. The last
three were indicted on charge of
extortion.
Gateway Bridge Is
To Remain Open to
2 o’Clock Sunday
The international Gateway bridge
is to remain open until 2 o’clock
Sunday morning to allow members
of the Border Cities Chamber of
Comerce who are now in the Valley
an opportunity to visit old Mexico
it was announced Saturday.
Instructions to the customs in-
spectors permitting the bridge to
remain open were received by Wil-
liam Neale deputy customs collec-
tor in charge from Roy Campbell
collector at San Antonio. Similar
instruction also have been sent to
immigration and health inspectors
on duty at the bridge it is under-
stood.
The Border Cities Chamber of
Commerce members no ware touring
the Valley and are scheduled to
reach the city about 4 o'clock. A
special visa has been granted them
permitting them to enter Mexico
and return it is understood
VfSITORSTO
(Continued from page one.)
ly trip and at noon was scheduled
to reach El Jardin where lunch
was to have been served at the El
Jardin club house. The lunch is
to be a fish fry and after luncheon
the visitors are to make a tour of
that section visiting the Rabb palm
grove and other sections of inter-
est there including the airport.
The trippers are due to reach
Brownsville about 4 o’clock under
plans announced in the morning.
A parade is to feature the entry
into the border city also to be led
as in other cities passed through
by the Scottish bagpipe band.
This band is to give a special
concert at 7:30 o’clock at Fort
Brown to which the public has
been extended an invitation. No
program had been arranged for the
night the visitors being left to
their own devices.
Early Sunday morning the Cana-
dians are to leave Brownsville in
their special train for Hidalgo
county detraining at Edcouch at 3
o’clock. Here they are to be met
by a fleet of 50 automobiles and
taken on a tour of that county
visiting Mercedes Progresso Wes-
laco Donna. Alamo San Juan
Pharr and Edinburg.
From Edinburg the visitors will
be taken to the Engleman ranch
where they will be guests at lunch-
eon of the Engleman company.
Then they are to go back to Edin-
burg to give at concert there at 2
o’clock. After the concert a tour
of the west end of Hidalgo county
will be made and at night the en-
tire party is scheduled to be given
a banquet at Reynosa.
BOWIE~GIVES TEXAS
INDEPENDENCE TALK
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO March 2.—A talk
on the meaning of Texas Independ-
ence day was made by James C.
Bowie at the high school chapel
program Friday.
Tom Murray Valley scout ex-
ecutive gave a demonstration of
his memory system and Bernard
Lebowitz told how it feels to be a
freshman at the University of
Texas.
Louis Valentine sang two Texas
songs with Miss Lois Franklin
playing the accompaniment.
INDEPENDENCE
IS CELEBRATED
Declaration Signed 93 Years
At Washington-on- the
Brazos River ]
On March 2 1836 Just 93 years
ago Texans suffering under the
yoke of Mexican rule met in con-
vention at Washington on the
Brazos and* declared the state in-
dependent of Mexico.
Here a constitution was written
and a temporary government form-
ed with David G. Burnet elected as
president and Lorenzo de Zavala
vice president. Just one year later
the young nation was recognized
by the United States and in 1846
became a state in the union.
In recognition of the day
and business houses thr<
the state today are closed
many sections celebrations arl
ing held. While no formal cere-
monies are scheduled in Browns-
ville banks and public buildings
with the exception of the postof-
fice. are closed.
Being a state holiday the postof-
fice will remain open as usual Post-1
master G. W. Dennett announced!
and the regular two deliveries of I
mail to the residential district will I
be made. 1
This evening however there will I
be a band concert at Fort Brown
to be given by members of the
famous Highland Scottish Regi-
mental band who today are in the
Valley on a tour with members of
the Border Cities Chamber of Com-
merce from Windsor Ontario Can-
ada.
This is a military band and an
interesting program has been ar-
ranged for the concert with bag-
pipes playing a prominent part.
The public is invited to attend.
In Legislature
(By The Associated Press.) i
Saturday:
Both houses guests of San An-
tonio at international exposition. |
Friday: 1
Anti-evolution bill defeated byl
house. 1
Governor vetoed Small land bill I
designed to validate to purchasers!
patents and awards to river beds. f
Senate highway bond issue reso-|
lution referred to sub-committee by I
house constitutional amendments I
committee. ij
House passed bill placing trucks!
carrying freight under supervision!
of railroad commission. |
Resolution proposing constitu-!
tional amendment increasing pay!
of legislators to $10 per day and!
biennial sessions to 120 days passecM
by house and sent to governor. ML
BULLDOGS OFF
McALLEN March 2.—McA®H
high school Bulldogs winner^^®
the basketball championship^^®
District 27. left Friday aftej^^H
for Kingsville whore thef^^BI
meet the Corpus ChristJ^^Hn
school Buccaneers for the
pionship of south Texas any 1the
right to compete in the state con-
tests at A. and M. college.
“Gee Mother!
Dad just
drove up in
-
a car!
“Yes Sonny. He thought we
couldn’t afford it at first but I per-.
suaded him to call up some of the^ *
advertisers in the ‘Automobiles
For Sale’ column in The Herald
Classified Section.
“He must have found just the right
car at the right pricer
\ That’s just wKat hundreds of families are doing. They used to won-
der how the folks on the other side of the road could afford an auto-
mobile but now they have one too.
If you are looking for a good car at a price to suit your own pocket
then you’ll want to look over the Automobile Columns in Classified
Section.
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