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f^HIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR—NO. 187 BROWNSVILLE TEXAS WEDNESDAY APRIL 16 *1930 TWELVE PAGES TODAY 60 A COPY
I IN OUR I
I VALLEY i
By CHARLES HALLmm*
|p THERE be any man in Texas
[- who can paint a bright future
i for air transportation it is T. E.
^ftmore manager of the Brownsville
l^mational airport. And he does
Eprh a most entertaining manner.
nSMc clubs of the Valley wanting
In entertaining as well as instruc-
ts# speaker should prevail upon
ffr- Gilmore to address them. It
ras our pleasure to hear him recent-
If at the Brownsville Rotary club.
P?d it was evident that he knew his
Ebject.
tTPwns of the Valley contemplating
L airport like Harlingen is now
It r-might do well to hear Mr.
wmore. They might eliminate
a smaller stumbling block.
Itf^h would otherw ise be overlook-
[ \ »nd profit from his experience.
• • •
neither Z. A. Rosenthal
RMayor R. B. Rentfro has an-
our open letters in this
ith reference to street
our belief that ably as-
be Kiwranls club they will
orthcoming.
hat we can gather the
' signs now on display in
lanager’s office about fit
. Of course the only remain-
lestlon; where are we going to
money? But that is merely
rnal question with the city.
Ike with an individual and some
lay or other both always get waht
hey need.
• • •
I BOUT this oil business at the
i upper end of the Valley chances
i are now nothing ^se will be
eard about it authentically until
me time in May a derrick will
E«pear and men will go to work
lg oil companies have a disconcert-
K habit of not telling the entire
arid what they are about until
iey have done it. Lots of us ln-
vlduals would be a little better
f if we followed that policy Just
little bit more. At least we would
>t suffer so many disappointments
ut we should never follow it to
i extreme like the oil companies
se the newspapers would have such
hard time getting all the news.
But Marland is not spending a
age sum on the survey of terri-
fy for nothing and you can bank
that.
• • •
•O THE engineer of this column
the passing of the short skirts
to what the dear things are
sarlng these days bring* a change
itch lends to the enchantment of
'j>man. They are
autiful in lines
it what we fea:
that the style
ndulum will
tng to a cloth-
g extreme and
eck freedom of
ovement which
is been such a
>on to woman -
nd during the
st decade The
ort skin has
ade for health
id happiness. C
Ip?l« me eaivoruu row ana puii-
g which ensued on its appear-
'hen after the short skirts are
ie. some very interesting scenery
foing to pass off the cities land
* * *
■ Dan Moody is getting ready
B tovnnounce as a candidate for
B third term a governor of Tex-
B That is. if rumblings up Austin
By mean anything.
Kan and Jim Ferguson as has
Bn said before will probably take
■>r each other. And while those
■ are challenging each other in
It thickly populated race some-
B y like R. L. Sterlmg or some
■ h business man. will slide into
Bumber of votes in the split that
■l take place.
K has always been said in Texas
Bt you can give Jim Ferguson
But 170.000 votes tile minute he
Biounos- If that is true again.
Spite what people may think ol
BT otherwise it will have to be
Kiitted that he is one of the great-
Kpolitical race horses that ever
B the state
m • • •
BhaT is worrying us mostly
B these days is how. after spend-
B ing $10000000 building the Cam-
Hh county roads are we going
■et the people operate on them
Htout their entirely killing them-
B'S off- Of course the way some
■ le are runnmg over other pec-
H a itttle relief will be given the
IBested conditions in the number
§Bd 0ff. But why cannot we tra-
Brithout the eternal fear of some-
By tearing us. or our car. all to
B?5 at any minute.
—I
have brought some mighty
u«t state cops down here to
matters but unless the
’ drivers are not checked
*fv goon our advice to the cops
w>k out that they themselves
not all accidentally killed.
[ FOREST fires rage
VINE. Ky- APriI For-
ires today were consuming hill-
S VTf timber near here and other
Jin eastern Kentucky.
RESACA LAI
BUREAU TILT
GROWS WARM
Detroit Secretary
Refuses Name Of
Employe
With publicity guns of the Browns-
ville Chamber of Commerce turned
on the Detroit Better Business Bur-
eau in a nattempt to correct what
Is held to erroneous and damaging
Information on the Valley the bat-
tle of letters today assumed the ap-
pearance of a siege with the Detroit
Bureau hiding behind the embank-
ment of not furnishing the name of
the "government employe” who fur-
nished the information.
As the bureau hides behind this
embankment letter guns are being
turned on the bureau both from
C cretary G. C. Richardson. Browns-
ville and Harry Sexton of Washing-
ton. minority clerk of the house.
To both Washington and Browns-
ville the bureau still refuses to di-
vulge the name of its informant
for a correction and Mr. Richard-
son today said that so far as getting
at this meat of the question the
two bodies might as well be discuss-
ing the Einstein theory of evolution.
Letters Sarcastic
The bureau letters are sarcastic
almost to the point of provocation
and the letters from Mr. Sexton and
Mr. Richardson keep boring in
pointing out that all they want Is
the name of the employe so that
a correction can be made.
If the controversy keeps growing
it will soon be assuming national
importance as Mr. Sexton has writ-
ten the bureau in a second letter
that "I would greatly appreciate
information on this as it is very
apparent that If it was from a gov-
ernmental source some department
or individual is laboring under a
misapprehension of the facts."
The matter carried in the bulle-
tin of the Detroit bureau to which
the Valley takes exceptions is con-
tained in Paragraph 5 under "haz-
ards” and tends to show that re-
saca lands are not properly drained.
The Detroit bureau claims this in-
formation was furnished by a gov-
ernment man. Several letters have
been exchanged in an attempt to
ascertain the name of that man.
and during the fire the bureau takes
both The Brownsville Herald and
Mr. Richardson to task.
Herald Criticised
The last letter to be received by
Mr. Richardson follows:
"Frankly I am getting out of pa-
tience with your letters and the ab-
surd deductions which you draw
from omissions misquotations and
similar mistakes on the part of your
local newspaper or someone else
concerned with our discussions other
than newspaper men or reporters.
"If you can condone misstatements
of the type described in your own
letter and repeat them apparently
with deliberation in an article ap-
pearing in The Brownsville Herald
of April first. I am unwilling to
waste my tune any further on the
matter.
• To me it is ridiculous for you.
or any one else with good business
sense to admit that my article was
not quoted verbatim and yet add
the statement that if the claim in
our bulletin were true regarding the
poor drainage of resaca land it cer-
tainly would not be fertUe land. Fer-
tility is a question which as you
must know\ depends entirely upon
the crop to be raised and Is not de-
pendent alone on drainage or the
lack of it--'
Avoids Giving Name
• Perhaps as you are quoted in
The Herald article of April first you
can explain an additional attempt
on the part of some one to further
his own ends by leaving out the
(Continued on page 12.)
Suit for Millions Filed
Seven Institutions and 36 Persons Defendants
In Famous Overall Ranch Case
COLEMAN April 16.——Suit Involving the estate of Mrs. Martha
Tyler Overall valued at several millions of dollars was docketed for dis-
trict court here today.
Mrs. Overall who cued in 1W7 was owner of the famous Overall ranch
and other property in Coleman county. She bequeathed approximately
$175000 to relatives and friends $10000 each to Southern Methodist
university Dallas Southwestern university Georgetown and Central
college. Fayette Mo. and $5000 each to Texas Womans college. Fore
HURLEY ILL
Davison Designated Acting
Secretary of War
WASHINGTON April 16—
With Secretary Hurley remaining
at home to recuperate his strength
assistant secretary Davidson today
was designated acting secretary of
war.
Suffering from a digestive ailment
for more than a week Mr. Hurley
has been handling the important
business of the department from
his home.
At the war department it was
said today that his absence from
there was being prolonged merely
that he may regain his full strength
for the trip which he must make
to Oklahoma Saturday.
There he is to assist in ceremon-
ies at the unveiling of a statue of
“The Pioneer Woman” at Ponca
cm.
gWOTWl MCUIUOUk iiviuc
Waco and the Virginia K. John-
son Rescue home. Dalias.
After making these bequests ben-
eficiaries of which are among de-
fendants in the suit the will left
the residue of the estate to be di-
vided between three daughters of
Mrs. Maria L. Miller sister of Mrs.
Overall. This portion of the will
enters principally In the suit
brought by John Overall Carter of
Minnesota- He is a son of Lida O.
Carter deceased who was a sister
of the late Richard H. Overall hus-
band of the testatrix.
Mrs. Overall stipulated in her will
that if any beneficiary found fault
with the distrlbutiton of her wealth
such fault-finder should be cut off
without anything.
Thirty-six individuals and seven
institutions are named as defend-
ants.
Revolt
IX5NDON. April Cairo
dispatches to the Daily News said
that Ras Taffari negus or king of
Abyssinia was facing a serious
revolt in the provinces.
Houston Man Shoots Babe
Hammers Wife; Kills Self
Note Left Declares Bloody Act Was Planned
Because of DiscouVagement and Asks
Burial in Potter’s Field
HOUSTON. April 16.—UP)—Charles H. Whitlock 52 was found dead
in bed today with a pistol clutched in his hand after his wife had been
hit over the head with a hammer and his five-year-old daughter Caro-
lyn Louise had been shot in the right side of the head.
The child was at a hospital unconscious and not expected to live.
According to hospital attendants the 34 year old wife said her husband
called her out on the porch to talk about financial matters. She said he
grabbed a hammer hit her over the head and tried to choke her.
ENVOY?
J. Rueben Clark above former
under secretary of state. Is being
prominently mentioned to succeed
Dwight W. Morrow as United States
Ambassador to Mexico Morrow is
to be senatorial candidate in New
Jersey.
PAN-AMERICAN
TRADE SOUGHT
'Sugar Crisis' Declared
Cutting Into Cuba’s
Financial Fiber
HOU8TON April 1&—The
annual southwest foreign trade con-
ference was ended last night with
addresses of two men prominent In
governmental affairs. Dr. Orestes
Ferrara. Cuban ambassador to the
United States and Dr. Julius Klein
assistant United States secretary of
commerce.
Dr. Perrera sought to point the
way to increasing Pan-American
trade and delivered a melancholy
description of United States-Cuban
relations. Dr. Klein discussed the
commercial possibilities of the
Caribbean and warned that any
slothful attitude of the traders of
this country might cost them the
commercial plum he saw there.
The ambassador declared a thor-
ough exposition of the relations be-
tween the land of his assignment
and the land of his home would be
“too sinister'’ for the convention
and said a “sugar crisis" was cut-
ting deep into the financial fiber
of Cuba. He blamed a decrease in
reciprocal trade with the United
States and in increase in reciprocal
duties. __
* mdv scrwms
The woman said the baby ran out
on the porch screaming and the
husband grabbed the child and put
her on the bed in the room. Mrs.
Whitlock ran downstairs calling for
help. It was while she was gone
Mrs. Whitlock said that Whitlock
shot the baby and then himself.
A note found in the man's pocket
read:
To the Houston city coroner:
Dear Sir:
No mystery here. Jpst a fact of
thorough discouragement. I am
at my capacity in every way. I am
taking my wife and baby with me
to avoid suffering on their part;
without my providing protection I
am no longer able to furnish.
Cheap Funeral
Please order our bodies to the city
hospital there to be held until Rev.
James 8. Allen rector of Christ
Episcopal church gets in touch
with you. I have asked him and
his congregation to furnish a cheap
funeral for us.
Please be advised: I am the last
of my tribe my wife has no close
relatives so please do not allow any
undertaking establishment to have
our bodies as there is no source
from which they can expect a dol-
lar for their services and without
the dollar they will not be interest-
ed. I wish you all good. Yours
Chas. H. Whitlock
truly
Lindbergh Will Fly
High Altitude Hop
LOS ANGELES. April 16—
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh today
announced completion of his plans
for a takeoff the latter part of
this week for an experimental high
altitude one-stop flight from Los
Angeles to New York.
He said he and Mrs. Lindbergh
“later in the week” would take off
from the Glendale Calif. air ter-
minal in their new monoplane for
a nonstop flight to Wichita Kas.
en route to the eastern city. The
flight will be a long distance speed
trip at high altitudes.
“The flight will be purely ex-
perimental." Colonel Lindbergh ex-
plained. “We will attempt to take
advantage of any winds that can
be found and we will search for
these at varying altitudes. Our pre-
sent plans are to maintain an
altitude of 10000 feet most of the
way.”
Plane Traps Woman
Who Burns in House
CHATEAUROUX Prance April
| 16—UP)—One woman was trapped
in a house and burned to death and
I two pilots were killed as two mili-
tary planes collided over this city
today and crashed into the streets.
One of the planes fell in front of
| the city hall hitting a cab man and
slightly injuring him. The pilot
I was hurled through the roof of a
| freight car.
The other plane crushed the roof
of a house a quarter of a mile dis-
tant and trapped a maid in one
of tile rooms. She was burned to
death in the fire which followed the
j crash. The pilot of this plane was
! catapulted into the courtyard and
j killed.
—
Seduction Jury Is
Ordered Back to Room
A jury in the civil district court
was ordered back to the Jury r®om
for further deliberation Wedneway
morning when it brought in a 2-
year suspended sentence for Jim
Adair on charges of seduction.
The Judge pointed out that Adair J
was not eligible for a suspended i
sentence and ordered the jury to
change its findings.
The jury had not returned at
noon.
The young man. who has been
living in Oklahoma of late was
charged with having seduced a 17-
year-old girl living near Harlingen.
No Arrests Yet Made
In Smuggling Case
No arrests had been made Wed-
nesday in connection with the
shooting affray Monday night at
Tomates bend in which the car
of two border patrolmen was rid-
dled with 17 bullet holes.
J. R Mansfield and John C. Saul
were the officers fired upon. Neith-
er was hit.
They caught several men in the
act of crossing string beans when
they were fired upon.
Some six sacks of beans were
taken by the officers.
Texas Farm Condition
Improvement Is Seen
WACO. April 16—(JP)—Recommen-
dations. adopted Just before the land
utilisation conference adjourned
pointed the way today for better
conditions on Texas farms.
One recommendation would pro-
vide for a union of all agencies har-
ing to do with proper utilisation of
land in an effort to carry forward
an educational campaign through
a committee appointed by President
T. O. Walton of Texas A. and M.
college.
TWO SUSPECTED
IN GIRL’S DEATH
Friends’ Information Of
Associates Leads
To Arrests
WASHINGTON. April 16—«V-
Two suspects one arrested in Wash-
ington and the other taken from a
freight train In Maryland were un-
der Investigation today by police
seeking toV>lve the death of Mary
Baker 30 year old government em-
ploye.
Authorities disclosed the arrest in
the city came about as the result
of information obtained from Miss
Baker's friends as to those with
whom she had been in company
shortly before her death.
Miss Baker’s body pierced with
bullets was found on Saturday
stuffed into a culvert near one of
the entrances to the Arlington na-
tional cemetery. Several hours be-
fore her automobile had been found
streaked with blood.
Arrest of the suspect in Washing-
ton was followed the police said by
discovery of a blood-stained shirt
in a suitcase believed to have been
his property.
The Maryland arrest took place
•north of Baltimore."
Bridge Party Bandit
Faces 10-Year Term
HOUSTON. April 16—(£*)—-T. J.
Murray 22. "Bridge Party" bandit
today faced a ten-year penitentiary
sentence assessed by the jury.
Murray was indicted Jointly with
J. M. Salmon after a card party
was held up and robbed at the home
of J. Stuart Boyles county surveyor.
Murray claimed he was not men-
tally responsible because of prolong-
ed drinking and use of marihuana
cigarets but Dr. J. B. York state
witness testified Murray was sane.
Thief Denied Appeal
AUSTIN April 16-*/F— The
court of criminal appeals today
denied a motion of Yancv Story for
reinstatement of his appeals from
Falls and Denton counties where
he had been convicted of robbety
and turkey theft respectively get-
ting five years in the first case
and 100 days in Jail and a fine of
$200 in the second.
‘Spud’ Shipments Set Record
Valley Potatoes Total 136 Carloads Of Red
Triumphs on Tuesday
f Special to The Herald.'
HARLINGEN. April 16 —VaUey potato shipments yesterday set a record
for the 1930 crop according to reports received from Hart T. Longlno
state lnapector stationed at Harlingen.
This peak reached consisted of 136 carloads of Red Triumphs pota-
toes which moved out of Cameron county. And this shipment followed
a warning of the Rio Grande Potato Growers Association asking that
harvesting be slowed up until the recent cold wave In the midwest abates.
But the price was not hurt as that of 13 per hundredweight prevailed.
324 Quarts of Liquor
Seized Near Roma
ROMA April 16—Deputy Collec-
tor of Customs Hugh Wood and
Mounted Inspector Will Cotulla
seized a small truck and 324 quarts
of Mexican liquor five miles west
of Roma last night Just after the
liquor had been crossed from Mex-
ico In a skiff.
Enrique Avila whose immigra-
tion local card shows him to be a
resident of Matamoroa. was In
charge of the truck at the time of
seizure and he is held for exam-
ination before U. 8. Commissioner
Horace Bishop at Mission. The
truck is a specially designed vehicle
all cross beams being hollow and
covered with sliding doors. Its
carrying capacity in the secret re-
ceptables is 108 quarts of liquor.
Wife on Cot Ordered
To Appear in Court
LINDEN. April 18—(/‘Pv—'The wife
of Hugh Wiley 50. was ordered
brought on a cot into court today
to testify in the trial of her hus-
band charged with murder in the
slaying of Rube Huff. 40. Huff was
shot to death April 2 in a dispute
over a dice game.
Order for Mrs. Wiley s appear-
ance was issued by Judge George
W. Johnson after a physician de-
clared she was able to appear. The
defense has sought a continuance
because of Mrs. Wiley's illness.
The state indicated It woud ask
the death penalty.
Drew Wiley 22. son of Hugh will
follow his father to trial c* mur-
der charges in the shooting. Charges
against the youngest ton Winston
were dismissed.
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‘Valley Red. Triumph potatoes thir-
ty-three of the cars rolling from
Brownsville. While the exact fig-
ures on last year’s highest ship-
ment could not be ascertained to-
day. it was said that the 1929 peak
would not reach that of the present
season set in yesterday's record.
Mr. Longino declared that the
quality of Valley potatoes this year
Is better than it has been for sever-
al years.
United States Inspectors cooper-
ating with the state force who
have passed judgment on products
of the largest potato-growing sec-
tions of the country were also high
In their praise of the local ship-
ments.
Monday with a shipment of 90
cars was the previous high day for
the potato season.
Today’s shipment Is expected to
be smaller in view of the advice of
the Potato Growers’ asoctation that
movements be slowed to prevent
flooding of the market and a drop
in price.
April Storms Make
Violent Texas Entry
(By The Associated Press.)
Vagrant April storms making a
belated and violent entry today had
drenched widely scattered portions
of Texas with rainfall expected to
benefit crops and pastures in spite
of local damage occasioned at Hills-
boro. Port Worth and other local-
ities by high winds and hall.
Central Texas towns reported
ight rains. Hail was reported at
Mt. Calm. Clifton. West and Hub-
bard. Telephone lines were severed
between Waco and Hillsboro. Temple
ranort§d showers.
DRY-WET TUT
IN LOBBY QUIZ
DRAWS FIRE
Solons in Favor Of
Repeal Sought By
Association
WASHINGTON. April 16.—</P)—
Upholding the association against
the prohibition amendment Henry
H. Curran it* president testified
today to the Senate lobby committee
that one of the purposes of the
organization was to advocate elec-
tion of congressmen favoring repeal
of the dry laws.
Curran said his only employment
was with the association. Previously
he had been counsel for the city
club of New York.
“You are a lawyer?" Chairman
Caraway asked.
“No! I am a member of the bar’
Curran replied.
“I understand there is a difference
In New York” Caraway remarked.
"Speak for yourself" Curran said.
Traffic Control
The witness said the organiza-
tion supported congressional candi-
dates favoring repeal which it
wanted to bring about in order to
restore to the states the right to
regulate the liquor tafflc. Camp-
aigns were also conducted through
newspaper releases and radio he
said.
Curran testified 100 persons are
employed by the association In 12
offices. He placed his salary at
$25000 a year and expenses.
William H. Stayton chairman of
the board of directors of the asso- i
cation .receives 10.000.
Chairman Caraway asked Curran
whether negroes were eligible for
membership.
■Certainly." he replied.
Color Line
‘ You don’t draw any color line." {
Caraway continued.
“Keep those words in your
mouth” Curran said; “don't put
them in mine."
Curran said there were 250 mem-
bers in the board of directors and
I 000 were eligible for membership.
Anti-prohibition activities of
Curran'6 organisation recently came
under the scrutiny of the lobby com-
mittee through testimony of John
J. Raskob. chairman of the Demo-
cratic National committee.
Raskob Director
Raskob said he was a director of
the association and had contributed
$65000. He added that one of its
principal activities was to advocate
the election of congressmen in fa-
vor of repeal or modification of the
prohibition law6.
Curran said the annual salary
of persons employed regularly by
the association was $251484.
“Then $275000 a year would cover
the salaries ’’ Caraway asked.
“Yes easily” Curran replied.
The witness said $23789 a year
was paid for rent.
Questioned by Caraway about an
item of $33050 for traveling ex-
penses. Curran said the associaton
had 12 persons traveling in foreign
countries to Investigate methods of
liquor control. __
Harlingen Census
Enumeratio Slow
Only 4800 Numbered With Expectations Of
15000; Brownsville Count Passes
17000 With Two Weeks Left
Census enumerators in Harlingen have listed a total of approximately
4800 names to date according to estimates made Wednesday.
This shows that with still two weeks in which to work census takers
have taken a number of names that more than triples Harlingen’s total
population in 1920 but a real canvassing campaign must be made In
order to bring the final figures up to the desired total.
Harlingen hopes to reach around 15000 and Brownsville approximately
25000. Brownsville to date shows 17.000.
APPLE QUEEN
It’s a safe prediction that there'll
be no fairer flower at the Shenan-
doah Apple Blossom Festival to be
held at Winchester. Va.. than Su-
sanne Pollard queen of the fes-
tival.
LOCAL GOLFER
MEET THREAT
J. M. George Looms Likely
Favorite in Mexico
Tournament
Will a Brownsville man be the
next amateur golf champion of Mex-
ico?
This is considered more than a
probability with J. M. George local
golfer entering the open tourna-
ment to be held in Tampico begin-
ning April 17 and continuing through
April 21
J. B McKay of Monterrey con-
sidered one of the best players in
Mexico was beaten by the local
man on three consecutive days dur-
ing the match played in Monterrey
between Brownsville and Monterrey
men . Although Monterrey won the
tournament Mr. George was the
outstanding star of the event.
Ought To Win
"Mr. George ought to win” Mc-
Kay said recently. "There Is one
player in Tampico that must be
watched and who may give the
Brownsville man tough competition
but he ought to pull through.”
Dr. B. O. Works president of the
Brownsville country club said Wed-
nesday that Mr. George was play-
ing a brilliant game of goll at pres-
ent and was in excellent form.
J. M. GPeorge. accompanied by
G. C. Richardson secretary oi the
local chamber of commerce is sched-
uled to leave for Tampico by plane
early Thursday morning.
All-Mexico Go
The Tampico tournament wui uc
an all-Mexico event and Browns-
ville was Issued a special invitation!
to enter. Mr. George and Mr
Richardson are the only men who
will participate from here.
A. Wayne Wood chairman of the
international relations committee |
of the chamber of commerce will
probably travel to Tampico Friday
but will not enter the tournament.
Mr. Wood will remain in the south-
ern city for several days returning
to Brownsville Monday.
Forgery Suspect’s
Body Found in Bayou
HOUSTON April 16—— The
body of Max Hearst 38. missing
secertarv of the Galena Park school
board under Indictment for forgery
was found in Hunter s Bayou about
a mile from his home late yester-
day. *
Hearst was Indicted in connec-
tion with disbursement of school
funds of the suburb. He had been
released under $2.5000 bond and
under a physician's care. He disap-
peared Sunday. The doctor express-
ed opinion he could not have walk-
ed more than a few blocks.
Search for him continued until
J. L. Willis friend of Hearst who
had been searching the woods
found the body in the bayou. Be-
cause of marshy banks of the bay-
ou difficulty was experienced in
recovering the body which bore
no marks of violence.
< Slow start
It was disclosed here Wednesday
that one reason the Harlingen to.
tal to date had been kept so low
was the fact that one of the biggesl
districts In the city has not beea
touched because of difficulty In ob-
taining a competent enumerator
Work in this district was delayed
9 days and the present census taker
has been working but three days.
In the city of Harlingen 5 census
takers are working according te
L. E. Bennett census chief for dis-
trict 29. In San Benito 3 are tak-
ing the census.
Much Left
Mr. Bennett pointed out Wednes-
day that in every large city in hit
district there was one portion of
the town that had grown so largo
that the final returns would bo
held back because of trouble In
completing the district.
In Brownsville a district known
as 31-32 enclosed by Madison
Ringgold Palm Boulevard and 14th
street has become so thickly popu-
lated since 1920 that the enumer-
ator assigned to that section is ex-
periencing difficulty in speeding up
the reports.
“Figures are continuing to roll in
rapidly and the enumerators aro
becoming more experienced in tak-
ing the census. The day's totals
however are beginning to lower
because certain districts are being
completed” Mr. Bennett said Wed-
nesday.
Mr. Bennett returned from La-
redo Tuesday night where he start-
ed the census of distribution and
manufacture.
Agents Plan Citrus
Demonstrations
(Special to The Herald.)
SAN BENITO April 16—Citrus
demonstrations are planned near
Rio Hondo and El Jardin Thursday
and Friday under the supervision o£
the county agents of Cameron and
Hidalgo counties at which a drive
will be launched to keep inferior
stock out of the Valley.
County Agent Henry Alsmeyer of
Cameron county announced Tuesday
that he and J. W. Kirkpatrick
agent for Hidalgo will do all in
their power to assist Valley nursery-
men. growers and others in their
efforts to prevent importation of
stock from Florida.
A large quantity of rough lemon
stock is being held by Florida
nurserymne according to reports
and efforts to unload them on Valley
planters have been rumored under-
way. The presence of the Mediter-
ranean fruit fly In the Palmetta
orchards also has been freely charg-
ed.
At the demonstrations the county
agents will conduct efforts will be
made to teach those in attendance
how to tell the difference between
rough lemon and sour orange stock.
The first one will be held Thirrs-
dav morning at C. A. Keys’ at ten
o’clock. The Fridav meeting win be
held at M. H. Huffman’s at 2:30 p.
m.
Zep Turns Nose Home
After Short Journey
SEVILLE Spain Aprlu 16—UPi—
The huge dirigible Oral Zeppelin
which left Friedrichshafen yester-
day. flew over the outskirts of
Seville shortly after 1:00 p. m. as
great crowds gathered at La Tab-
lada air field.
The roof tops were dotted with
spectators many of whom climbed
the famous Moorish tower of Otr-
aida the highest in 8pain.
It was expected that after the
passengers visited the Seville ex-
position the Graf late this after-
noon would begin the return flight
to Germany.
j WEATHER
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Mostly cloudy and unsettled tonight
and Thursday possibly with show-
ers; not much change in tempera-
ture. Fresh southerly winds on the
west coast decreasing and probably
becoming northwesterly Thursday.
DAILY RIVER BULLETIN
There will be no material change
In the river during the next lew
days.
Flood Present 24-Hr 24-Hr
8U«e Stags Cling. Halo
Eagle Pass 16 18 0 0 .00
Laredo 27 -1 2 0 0 .02
Rio Grande 21
Mission 22 2 4 -01 .00
San Benito 23 13 -2 0 .00
Brownsville 18 -1.2 +0.2 JOO
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
tomorrow under normal meteoro-
logical conditions:
High . 8 20 a m
Low . None
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today .. 6 54
Sunrise tomorrow.. 6.05
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