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14 Years Ago
National Conference Gives Reasons Why
Airports Form Assets To Small Towns
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HOHENLINDEN
(December 3, 1800)
By Thomas Campbell
On Linden,, when the sun was low,
All bloodless lay the untrodden
snow;
And dark as winter was the flow
Of Iser, rolling rapidly.
Mercedes Man Outlines Reasons Why A
Public Library Is Asset to Community
By Ernest G. H. Schrank
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OF ADVANTAGE TO THE
DRUG STORE
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All children use big words in an
effort to seem wise'and then some
outgrow such foolishness and oth-
ers become that kind of doctors.
But redder yet that light shall glow
On Linden’s hill of stained snow;
And bloodier yet the torrent flow
Of Iser, rolling rapidly.
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even dangerous to traffic.
TAX PAYING
n extending the delinquent
■ tax period to July 15 the city
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HERE’S A GOOD SUGGESTION
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it is now only a week since
E the tariff bill received the
President’s signature, yet even
within that short space the ef-
fects of that bill are becoming
more and more manifest. Prac-
tically every foreign nation of
consequence has entered for-
mal complaint and protest and
in several cases this protest
has taken the form of reprisal.
Nor has the effect of the bill
been shown in the foreign field
HEIGHT
In flying to a height of 43,166
feet, more than eight miles up in
the air, Lieut. Apollo Soucek of the
U. S. Navy has seta record which
will take some beating. .
Only by the use of compressed
oxygen -in a tank, inhaled through
a tube, and an oxygen super-charger
to insure combustion in the engine,
was Lieut. Soucek able to do the
stunt at all. Capt. Hawthorne Gray
of the U. S. Army, who rose to 42,-
470 feet in a baloon three years ago,
died from lack of oxygen in the
rarefied atmosphere of that great
height.,
All of the talk about voyaging to
the moon whether by airplane, rock-
et. or other devise, is so much moon-
shine, in view of the impossibility
of carrying enough oxygen along, to
say nothing - of the intense cold of
interstellar space, somewhere around
460 degrees below zero!
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AllercedesNews-Eribue
Published each Friday morning at
Mercedes, Texas, in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley, by The United
’Tis morn; but scarce yon level sun '
Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling
dun,
Where furious Frank and fiery Hun -
Shout in their sulphurous canopy.
n our issue of June 13 we sug-
gested that something be
done towards getting rid of the
weeds which detract so great-
ly from the appearance of this
city. Since then we have no-
ticed that while in one or two
instances these unsightly pests
have been eliminated most of
the vacant lots which are over-
run by them remain eye-sores.
In this connection notice should
be taken of the efforts of the
other Valley towns to cope with
this same problem. In Browns-
ville, for instance, where there
is an ordinance regarding over-
grown lots, those who do not
clean up their premises within
By torch and trumpet fast arrayed
Each horseman drew his battle-
• blade,
And furious every charger neighed
To join the dreadful revelry.
Then shook the hills with thunder
riven;
Then rushed the steed, to battle
driven;
And louder than the baits of heav-
en
Far ffashed the red artillery.
A t the recent National Airport Con-
11 ference a strong case for the
small-town airport was made by the
committee in charge of this work,
which was headed by Frank L. Bert-
schler. Its report said in part:
“We urge every city, town and vil-
loge of the United States to con-
tribute in making America supreme
in the air, if such has not been done,
by the immediate provision of air-
port facilities.
“We find that it will be beneficial
to even the smallest village to pro-
vide an airport or landing field for
the following reasons:
“It is fudamentally correct city-
planning procedure to provide for
the future,, as we have learned
through observation of the tremen-
dous expense caused through inabil-
ity of our fathers to foresee railroad
and automobile traffic. The provision
of a landing field today is prepara-
tion for the present and insurance
for the future.
“Because it is economically sound,
in that it is thus' made possible for
money from outside sources to be
them state decided against the
Real Estate Brokers’ Board in
regard to the Progreso com-
pany. Of the two incidents the
inspection made by the delega-
tion is perhaps the most im-
portant for/the Valley since it
should lay the basis for a fairer
attitude towards this section
on the part of the Wisconsin
Real Estate board. This dele-
gation, composed of men offi-
cially representing the Wiscon-
sin Manufacturers association
and the Real Estate Brokers’
board, spent Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday of this week in
an inspection of the Valley
from one end to the other.
All residents of the Valley
may rest secure in the know-
ledge that this inspection will
do more to convince Wisconsin
of the real state of affairs
down here than any conceiva-
ble amount of arguments and
discussions might do. The Val-
ley will in reality sell itself to
the delegation as it has to all
others who have seen it and
who have been presented with
the proofs of its worth. And
when the delegation makes the
report of its findings we are
sure that an end will be put to
the controversy which has been
in existence for the past five
or six months.
As to the controversy itself,
two things have resulted. One
has been to draw the eyes of
difficult this service on the
part of the store.
We suggest that the city of
Mercedes make some sort of
provision in this case. Surely
it would be to no one’s disad-
vantage for the space in front
of the drug stores to be sub-
ject to, say, a fifteen minute
parking limit, and in this way
those who would rather stay
in their cars and receive the
“curb service” may do so. An-
other angle to the situation
comes up with the installation
of talkie equipment in the thea-
tre here. Many of those who
will attend the pictures will
wish to stop by a drug store
afterwards for refreshments
and if there is no limit on the
parking in front of the store
they will not be able to receive
service without descending
from their cars.
' So that there may be no mis-
understandings, we wish to say
that this suggestion is our own
idea; that the mayor, E. H.
Kasey, would benefit from a
parking limit in front of drug
stores merely so happens, and
the necessity for this rule can
be in no way affected by that
fact.
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Education, whatever else it may
be, is a discipline of mind aha body.
This discipline is administered by
parents, teachers, friends and books,
as well as by daily experience. This
discipline is either received from
others, self-imposed or due to envi-
ronmental influences.
Schools train the student to be-
come capable of self-discipline. They,
at best, give him only a touch of the
various things he might learn and
do, and expect him to study and de-
velop further, impelled by his own
initiative. They, introduce him to
the field of- study and practice.
The public library offers oppor-
tunity for self-discipline and self-
study. It serves as a supplement to
the schools. It expands and com-
pletes the knowledge and under-
standing begun in the schools.
Not to be overlooked is the chance
the public library gives the weak
child who cannot follow the regular
course of study, as well as the op-
portunity it opens for the adult who
Considerable excitement was caus-
ed here Monday night at about 9
o’clock by the report that armed
Mexicans were trying to cross hthe
river at Progreso. Two troops of
cavalry were called out to be in
readiness, but their services were
not needed.
It seems that the patrol at the
river detected two Mexicans cross-
ing in a. boat. They were both armed
and the sentry ordered them repeat-
edly to halt. On their failure to
comply with the command their were
fired upon and one of them killed •
and the other wounded. The wound-
ed man rowed rapidly to the Mexi-
can side and disappeared in the
The combat deepens. On, ye Brave
Who rush to glory or the grave!
Wave, Munich! all thy banners
wave,
And charge with all thy chivalry!
spent in the community concerned
through visitation of airmen and air-
planes. .
“Because of the tremendous pub-
licity incurred to the community
through the various air maps, lit-
erature and publications devoted to
the industry, as well as through the
medium of visitors-from the air to
carry the word of an airport through-
out the land.
“Because of access to the most
rapid form of transportation, not
otherwise available.
"Because of the tremendous pos-
sibilities as a recreational and com-
munity center which lie in an air-
port or landing field.
“We believe the minimum stand-
ards are most difficult to arrive at,
but recommend that 'every commu-
nity acquire at once adequate, acre-
age for the safe landings and take-
off’s for immediate requirements and
potential uses. Such acreage should
be marked in accordance with De-
partment of Commerce recommen-
dations. A suitable wind cone, or
(See NATIONAL, page 10)
show their appreciation of the
efforts of the city council and
to pay their taxes if they have
not yet done so. The citizen
who does not pay his takes
when given the great extension
of penalty period which he has
received here, shows himself,
to say the least, to be lacking
HOMES
Savings bank heads say that right
now is a more favorable time to
build a home than we have had
since the war. Building materials
are down, labor is plentiful, mort-
gage money is cheap. Those who
are secure in their employment can
Big headlines in the late newspa-
pers announce that several hundred
citizens have become paralyzed from
drinking “jake” or tincture of Ja-
maica ginger. This is a somewhat
surprising conclusion, but, even sci-
ence cannot know everything; we
are learning day by day, often by
very painful and afflicting experi-
ence.
Of course •alcohol is the preserv-
ing agent in all vegetable tinctures.
“Jake” is a medicine, pure and sim-
ple. It has no mortal use asa bev-
erage; the guzzler of this poison
must expect to take the consequences.
The purpose of this letter to my
readers is, to warn against the use
of any unnecessary thing. Life and
happiness are too precious to be fid-
dled away in foolish habits. The
man or woman without sense enpugh
to obey the law of self-preservation
—a law which even dumb brutes rec-
ognize—must expect to reap the
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Idoctor
JOHN JOSEPH GAINES, M.D.
the drug stores is more often
than not occupied, thus making
Home is the place where
many a man shows up at a
disadvantage.
council has shown itself to be
more than willing to do all it
can in order to encourage the
payment of current taxes and
it is now up to those who have
not yet payed to do their part
in helping. The city, according
to Mayor Kasey, is in need of
funds with which to carry on
as it should and surely it is to
the interest of everyone to see
that it is able to do so.
The News-Tribune appeals to
the citizens of Mercedes to
a five-day period will have
complaints filed against them,
and while this is not possible
nor necessary here—or so we
hope—something should cer-
tainly be done to remove the
weeds. In Brownsville, more-
over, the x city health officer
has stepped in, pointing out
that the weeds provide ideal
breeding places for such dan-
gerous insects as flies, mos-
quitoes, etcetera.
Here in Mercedes we believe
that the citizens are possessed
of enough civic pride to impel!
them to correct this situation.
It is to their interest that Mer-
cedes be free from anything
which detracts from its beauty.
There is, moreover, the matter
of traffic safety to be consid-
ered. In several places the
weeds have grown so profusely
that they have obscured the
vision on corners. We urge
everyone to do away with these
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A DREAM COMES TRUE
As this is written Wednesday
morning the rivers and har-
bors bill has been sent to the
President and thus the Valley
is in suspense as to its hopes
for the Port here. Probably
by this time tomorrow or even
by this evening we will know
whether Mr. Hoover has given
his approval to this bill part
of whose contents means so
much to the Valley.
if the bill is signed by the
President the long struggle for
a Valley deep-water port will
have been brought to a success-
the country to the Valley in
greater measure than ever be-
fore; that is favorable. The
other has been to show us that
we must have some sort of
regulation governing the sale
of Valley lands in order that
there will never be grounds on
which to base an edict against
them.
generally speaking, the exper-
U iences of other Valley cities
of somewhat the same . size as.
Mercedes seems to show that
there is not yet a definite need
here for a parking time limit in
the business section. Never-
theless we believe that the case
of the drug store is an excep-
tion to this rule. A consider-
able part of the drug store’s
trade is of the “curb service”
variety, but as the matter now
stands the space, in front of
rhe news that a contract has
1 finally been signed where-
by Publix Theatres will im-
prove the Empire Theatre here
and install talkie equipment
brings to a successful conclus-
ion the campaign for this step
which the News-Tribune began
some six months ago and in
which it has been aided by the
efforts of citizens and of the
local Chamber of Commerce.
We cannot but feel highly grat-
ified that our efforts should
have thus terminated success-
fully. On the other hand we
were sure that persistence in
the matter would bring the de-
sired result, and with this in
mind we have carried an edi-
torial on the subject in very
nearly every issue of the paper
since we started the campaign.
This successful conclusion to
the matter has justified that
persistence.
Having done so well in the
case of the theatre here by be-
ing persistent, we now launch
the same sort of campaign to
obtain for Mercedes safer
bridges and ones that will make
the city more accessible to the
surrounding trade territory.
We have already devoted con-
siderable space towards this
end, but having disposed of the
campaign for talkies we can
now devote more effort to this
new issue.
In editorials on the bridges
which we have published, we
have given many reasons why
something should be done both
to improve them and to make
them safer. Because of that
we only wish to remind the
people of one thing: To enter
Mercedes, no matter from
which direction, it is necessary
to. cross a bridge, and all save
one of these structures, that
on the east—are not only dan-
gerous, but by their length/
width and general appearance
succeed in giving Mercedes
that appearance of isolation
which is without doubt a fi-
nancial liability* to every mer-
chant here.
We hope that we will be as
successful in helping to ac-
complish this aim as we have
been in the case of the theatre
improvement and moderniza-
tion, and we request the co-
operation of the city adminis-
tration, , the chamber of com-
merce, and of the entire citi-
zenship in order that this may
be possible.
of the stocks even reaching new
lows. Business conditions in
general also reacted unfavor-
ably to the passage of this in-
iquitous measure.' In all it is
plain to see that the present
tariff will only benefit those
few industries for whose wel-
fare it was contrived; the rest
and the people as a whole will
and are paying for the benefits
which go to those favored few.
The democratic national or-
ganization and good democrats
generally, however, see in the
bill what might be called a
blessing in disguise. For ten
years now the United States
have had as Presidents the
Harding dynasty. This dynas-
ty, starting with the unfortu-
nate and weak Mr.) Harding,
has emphasized in alarming
fashion the principles of cen-
tralization for which the repub-
lican party has always stood.
It has, moreover, brought into
greater play those time-worn
republican strategies of which
the avoidance of issue is but
one and has permitted the
Hamiltonian doctrine of the
favoring of the few to attain
new prominence. Now in the
Hawley - Smoot - Grundy tariff
bill all these iniquities are em-
phasized as never before; the
bill is a true epitome of the
worst doctrines of the republi-
can party. And with so out-
rageous a measure imposed up-
on them the people will at last
rebel against republican domi-
nation.
Chivalry: A husband who
hates bridge letting inferiors
lick him because his wife likes
to play. - —.
fruits of such serious folly.
Can legislation put sense in the
human head? Or would teaching be
better? Can I compel my neighbor
to abstain from being a hog? Must
I imprison him for months and
years in order to educate him?
These are vital questions, capable of
shaking the foundation of a repub-
lic. Wars have resulted from dis-
putes over less vital things.
I shall never swear out a warrant
for any man’s arrest who does not
interfere with my rights unjustly.
But I have a right to say to my
patient, my friend, my neighbor, “If
you are no better custodian of your
most precious possession—life, hap-
piness and health—than to fritter
them away drinking “jake” and corn
whiskey, then take the consequences,
and blame nobody but yourself.” I
might, say. that tincture of aconite
would do a quicker, cleaner job for
you—and save your family a lot of
worry! I have no use for “jake”
even as medicine.
, - - a survey of the Arroyo Colo-
past week, but last Tuesday rado, having in view a connec-
, alone. The stock market slum-
weeds which are not only ugly ped very badly last week, some
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tion with the intra-coastal ca-
nal; for Harlingen, having
found that its own dream of a
port is impossible, has thrown
its energies into an effort to
bring the intra-coastal canal to
the Valley by way of the Ar-
royo.
While there still appeared to
be hope that Harlingen might
obtain the port for itself we
supported that project, believ-
ing that the Valley as-a whole
would benefit more from the
location of the port at that
city. This having been proved
impossible, and Harlingen’s
project having been superceded
by that at Point Isabel, we con-
gratulated the Point Isabel in-
terests on their success in mak-
ing possible the dream of a
Valley deep-water port, still
hoping, however, that Harlin-
gen might yet succeed in some
measure. It has indeed suc-
ceeded, for it now has hopes
of being on the intra-coastal
canal.
And so all parties should be
satisfied with the manner in
which the struggle for a Val-
ley port has resulted. Both
Point Isabel and Harlingen
have been satisfied and the
Valley as a whole cannot help
but rejoice.
We hope that President
Hoover signs the bill.
consin been obtaining first
hand information about the
brush. The fact that he was wound-
ed was evident from the difficulty
with which he climbed to the bank.
A report of the occurrence was tel-
ephone to Colonel Blocksom and two
troops of cavalry were ordered out
to be ready for any other attempted
crossings. None were attempted,
however.
did not have school advantages. It
also brings the child under school
age into contact with books and
stimulates his interest in school
work.
Doctors,' lawyers, ministers, busi-
ness men as well as farmers and
craftsmen derive a definite benefit
from a public library. Clubs, as
well as individuals, can make use of
it for special reference and research.
With proper encouragement, a
public library exerts a constructive
influence upon the cultural and so-
cial life of the community.. • Visi-
tors from out of town find it a pleas-
ant place to spend an hour or two.
Some towns make it a center of
wholesome entertainment for both
old and young.
The public library offers each
person the selection and use of books
which only a millionaire can afford.
It is the best investment a commu-
nity can make because its returns
are so great that they cannot be
estimated in dollars and cents.
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ending with the results in fa- of Point Isabel will become a
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But Linden saw another sight,
When the drum beat, at dead of
night,
Commanding fires of death to light
The darkness of her scenery.
T‛he Valley-Wisconsin land
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a rule every morning to ask for the
bad news first. He said: “I want
to get the tough things off the cal-
endar while I am fresh. I never
deal with the same thing twice.
When I pick up a paper from my
desk I don’t lay it down' until it’s
settled. Procrastination is poison.”
An acquaintance of mine is * a
prominent operator in Wall Street.
I asked once if it were true that at
different times he has taken tremen-
dous losses.
“Losses,” he exclaimed, “I’ve tak-
en millions in losses. Any man who
tries to get through life without
taking losses will never make any
money. The trick is to take ’em
quick and forget ’em. Amateurs
worry about them in advance and
brood about them ’ afterward. The
worry and the brooding break their
nerve.”
The Book of Proverbs, which said
pretty nearly everything that can be
said—and much better—has this
verse:
“The slothful ‘man saith, There is
a lion without, I shall be slain in
the streets.”
Worrying about the lion, the sloth-
ful man is eaten by fear, which is
a more terrible death.
The wise man steps out boldly.
And more often than not the lion
proves to be just a motion picture
lion, with his claws cut short and
his poor old teeth all gone.
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There was one year in my life
when it seemed as if everything
went exactly wrong.
The resulting accumulation of
worries and problems loomed up
like a range of mountains. It hard-
ly seemed worth while to fry to get
on top of one of them because there
were so many others beyond.
Wise old Talleyrand, when he
could not see his way clearly through
a difficult situation, used to take
his bed and give out word that he
was ill. It was his experience that
many difficulties solved themselves
if one only let them alone for
awhile. -
• Adopting his example, I went
away for a couple of weeks and
played golf. When I got back the
troubles had not disappeared, but
I was a different man.
I went down to the office, •made
a list of all of them, and decided to
tackle the toughest one first. I
cleaned it up in one day and started
after the .others.
An amazing thing developed. Some
of the worst situations proved to
be the easiest, and not one of the
whole lot turned out to be worth half
the worry I had given it.
The lesson was valuable. I ought
to have learned it much earlier in
life, for I had been 'given plenty of
opportunity to observe the ways‘of
successful men in such matters.
One of my first bosses made it
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Notice.—The city has purchased a
new mower and has hired a man
who is now mowing vacant lots in
Edcouch. For this service the city
will charge 25c per lot to cover ex-
pense. It is complusory that weeds
be mowed.—Edcouch Enterprise.
Here’s some more evidence that
Valley cities are concerned about
their weed-grown lots. Mercedes
should /follow suit in this matter,
and what is being done in Edcouch
might be imitated here. At any
-rate, this is one solution to the mat-
ter of keeping this city from having
its beauty impaired, to say nothing
of the menace to health constituted
by the vacant lot’s overgrown with
weeds. Mosquitoes are the cause of
both malaria and yellow fever; they
find an ideal breeding place in weeds.
And the weeds themselves are a
great cause of hay-fever. Again,
Mercedes might take a hint from
what Edcouch has done.
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Correct this sentence: “I don’t
know just what ‘LQ:’ means?’ said
the flapper, “and I won’t drag it in-
to my conversation to impress peo-
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A young woman of my acquaint-
ance was surprised recently on get-
ting home from her daily work as
a stenographer to find a young man
waiting to ask her who her grand-
father was. When she told him, he
informed her that the title company
which he represented was prepared
to pay her and each of her five
living sisters, aunts and uncles $200
each to sign a quit claim deed to
a strip of land one inch wide and
eighteen feet long.
That price was a “nuisance val-
ue,” but there are several opieces of
Manhattan real estate which have
sold for as much or more per square
foot, for office buildings. It no
longer pays to build under 30 stor-
ies high in old New York. And the
reason for the high land value is
the growth of population. Every
new comer to the city adds an ap-
preciable amount to the value of
every foot of land.
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COMMERCE
I went into a grocery store in a
little, Massachusetts town the other
day to buy some matches. The
salesman handed me a package
which was marked “Made in Rus-
sia.” In the same shop window. I
saw come canned corned beef, cook-
ed and packed in Uruguay. In a
store in New York recently my
daughter bought a raincoat made of
silk which had first been woven in
Japan and then sent to Scotland to
be waterproofed. Wearing that, she
drove to a country house on Long
Island where refreshments served
included tea from India and bis-
cuits from England.
For every dollar’s worth of goods
the United States sells abroad we
must eventually buy a dollar’s worth
from the country which we buy
from. That is the long and short of
all the talk about tariffs and im-
ports and the export trade.
* * *
A mong recent visitors at the White
• House have been some who told
the president that the continued
brisk sale of luxuries was proof that
there was no business depression of
consequence. Prosperity is very lit-
tle abated and is here to stay, ac-
fording to these spokesmen', ■ But are
not these statements • proof of
charges that have. been made fre-
quently in recent years, namely, that
the prosperity the Republican party
boasts of having brought to the coun-
try, is a prosperity for the few and
not for the many ? The working peo-
ple are not the ones who in ordinary
times were heavy buyers of luxur-
ious. When 3,000,000 or 5,000,-
000 of them get out of employment,
probably it is true trade does not
slump much. The class that controls
the wealth of the country and ap-
propriates most of the profits of
industry to itself is still buying lux-
uries, no doubt. Income tax records
show that most of the money that
has 'been made in this country in re-
cent years has been made by a few
corporations whose tentacles reach
out over the Nation. Even during
the height of the so-called prosperity
in the Coolidge administration, the
farm population was facing bank-
ruptcy, small business was being
pushed to the wall, and millions of
men and women in the cities Were
out of work. Verily, the sort of
prosperity the G. O. P. provides
largely escapes the average citizen.
■—Houston Post Dispatch.
Main Street
Won’t school kids rejoice
when education consists of
learning which button to push ?
probably build homes now on more
favorable terms than they will be
able to a year from now.
The same authorities say that the
measure of how much a man can af-
ford to invest in a home is his aver-
age income. He is justified in ty-
ing up the equivalent of two years’
salary if that is under $10,000 a
year, or of three years’ income, if
he earns more than $15,000 a year.
Thus, a man who earns $50 a week
can afford a $5,000 home. And
from ten to twelve years is a prop-
er length of time over which to
spread the mortgage payments.
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