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DEPOSED INSPECTOR
WILL ALSO TALK
WILL TALK OVER SITUATION
WITH WHITMAN
Mayor Gaynor Says Aldermanic In
fluence is Responsible for Graft
ing—Schepp Will Go Before Whit
man Today and Tell His Story.
Amociated Press.
New York, Aug. 18.—Cornelius
G. Hayes, the deposed police inspec
tor, will be invited to talk over the
graft situation w-ith District Attor
ney Whitman.
The former inspector was reduced
because he stated he had received
orders from Commissioner Waldo
not to get evidence against disorder
ly houses except on an order from
the commissioners.
It is understood that Hayes, dis
regarding the immediate personal
consequences, is preparing to tell
all he knows regarding the alleged
collusion of the police with the un
derworld. It is believed that his
testimony, if given to the district
attorney, will put the latter in pos
session of invaluable facts concern
ing the police connection with the
tenderloin.
Mayor Gaynor is responsible for
the statement that newsdealers paid
11,500,000 annually as protection
money. This has been supplemented
with the declaration that aldemanic
influence is responsible for 'this
grafting.
It is said that the mayor has se
cured innumerable affidavits bearing
out his statement.
The proposal of a certain aider
man to call a special meeting of (he
board to Investigate the mayor’s
charges is welcomed by the mayor.
Sam Schepps will arrive tomororw
morning and make his statement to
District Attorney Whitman.
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AFTER NICK’S SCALP
Moose Divided in Ohio and Alice is
Very Indignant.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 18.—
Trouble is brewing in the first Ohio
congressional district. A Bull
Moose, Dr. A. O. Sewiek, is after the
— political scalp of Representative
' Nicholas Longworth, the son-in-law
of the original Bull Moose. Thus a
“house is divided againsrt Itself.”
Mr. Longworth has gone out to
see if his fences are all right. Mrs.
LongWorth, popularly known as
Miss Alice, daughter of Colonel
Roosevelt, will. It Is said by her
friends here, stand by her husband.
She will have none of the Ohio Bull
Moo.-e.
“Uncle Joe” Cannon is laughing
up his Bleeve at his colleague, Mr.
Longworlh, who deserted the Old
Guard in one of the last fights made
by that brave but discredited little
band on the floor of the house and
went to the progressives.
"You too, Nick?” he said as the
Longworth vote was recorded with
that of Norris of Nebraska, Mur
dock of Kansas and Lenroot of VVis
\ cousin.
“My old friend, Nick the insur
gent opposed by a Bull Mooser, a
progressive—too bad!" is the way
“Uncle Joe" puts it now.
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DEVERY FINDS HIMSELF
“Big Chief” Learn* that He Lives in
New York.
William Devery, who was once-the
“best chief of police New York ever
had,” but who is now in retirement
at Far Rockaway, discovered the
other day that he was living in New
York city. This d lacovery was
brought about by the appearance
under the order of new tilings in
that borough of a force of men who
were put to work repairing the
streets of Far Rockaway. Catching
Bight of the workmen, it is said, the
"Big Chief’ was overcome with as
tonishment. Then hurrying to a
telephone he called the borough hall
In Long Island City.
“This is BUI Devery,” he said to
the official at the other end of the
telephone in the borough hall.
“Something's wrong down lure
Gang of men fixing streets. What's
that? Far Rockaway's in greater
New York? Well, that’* one on me.
1 never knew Far Rockaway was in
New oYrk. Fixing all the streets?
Say, wha 's the country coming too?
Tell the boss he's all right.”
Then he hung up the receiver, and
as he wiped the perspiration from
his brow he ejaculated to those
gbout him:
“Well, 'ihe world do move: I’ll be
darned if it don't!”—New York
Tribune.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
x x x x x x x x x x x x x
St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico
Main Line.
No. 102 leaves 4:40 a. m.
No. 104 leaves 3:50 p. m.
No. 101 arrives 10:50 p. ra.
No. 103 arrives 11:40 a. m.
Branch Line.
No. 122 leaves 9:45 a. m.
No. 121 arrives 0:00 p. m.
Motor Car.
To points up the valley.
No. 124 leaves 3:10 p. m.
No. 123 arrives 10: 15 a. ra.
National Linos of Mexico.
Passenger depot at Mataraorjs.
Standard Time.
Monterey & Intermediate Points.
Leave—7:1C a. ra.
Arrive—7:00 p. in.
Between Brownsville and Point
Isabel
Effective Saturday, May 11, 1912.
Days other than Saturday, Sunday
and Monday
Brownsville Point Isabel
Lv 8:30 a. m. Ar 10:00 a. ra.
Ar 0:00 p. ra. Lv 4:30 p. ra.
Saturday
Lv 11:00 a. ra. Ar 12.30 p. ra.
Ar 6:06 p. ra. Lv 4:30 p. m.
Lv 7:00 p. m. Ar 8:30 p. m.
Sunday
Ar 8:30 a. ra. Lv 7:00 a. m
Lv 11:00 a. m. Ar 12:30 p. in
Ar 9:30 p. m. Lv 8:00 p. m
Monday
Ar 8:30 a. m. Lv 7:00 a. m
Lv 11:00 a. m. Ar 12:30 p. ra
Ar 6:00 p. in. Lv 4:30 p. m
CAMEBON COUNTY
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
District Judge—\V. B. Hopkins.
District Attorney John I. Kleiber
District Clerk—Ixmis Kowalski.
County Judge John Bartlett.
County- Attorney—E. K. Goodrich
County Clerk—Joseph Webb.
Sheriff—C. T. Ryan.
Tax Collector Dama-o Lerma.
Tax Assessor—George Champion.
County Treasurer—Edgar L. Hicks
County Surveyor—A. W. Amthor
Sup. Pub. In.— E. H. Goodrich.
TEXAS APPLES
GOOD AND PLENTIFUL
Apple Crop This Year in State, Ac
cording to Agricultural Depart
ment, is 76 Per Cent of Normal.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 18.—Re
ports received by the federal depart
ment of agriculture indicate that
Texas will soon harvest one of the
largest apple crops in her history.
The condition of the crop of that
state on July 1, was 70 per cent of
normal as compared with .70 per cent
on the same date last year. The
condition in continental United
States is given as 07 per cent of
normal.
LIVED WITHOUT STOMACH
Man Survived Loss of Organ More
Than Two Months.
Living 'two months without a
stomach and never knowing that
the organ was missings was the ex
perience of John Rroadhurst, who
died near here last night at the age
of 4.7 years. Rroadhurst, who wras
an engineer, was taken to 'the hos
pital a little over two months ago
suffering from cancer. Through an
operation his stomach was removed,
and, not to discouraged the patient,
attending physicians did not inform
Rroadhurst of the nature of the
operation.
Rroadhurst improved, living on
fruit juices and a little solid food.
However, his weakened condition
caused his death.—Redding, Colo.,
Dispatch.
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CONSERVATION MEET
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■times. Yet it is as fertile today as
ever. While the fertility of Egypt
has at all times depended in great
measure on the annual overflow of
the Nile, yet it has abundan ly been
supplemented by artificial irriga
tion.. Far up the Nile, above the
, first cataract, the ancient Egyptians
! constructed the firs: great reservior,
Lake Moeris, hence the Egyptians
were the first conservers of water.
And mind you, this was 2,250 years
[before Christ.
The English government has ex
pended thirty millions of dollars in
j construction of dams across the Nile
to conserve the water, and in canals
for irrigation. A million and a
'quarter acres of desert land has been
reclaimed. This land is now worth
from $250 to $500 per acre.
It is imperative that the waters
of the Rio Grande should be con
served for two reasons. The Valley
is menaced every year either by
drouth, due to low water in the
river, or to floods from overflow —
bath destructive to property. and
the constant fear retards develop
ment and depression of values. An
abundance of water goes to waste
every year, enough to irrigate all
the Valley from El Paso to Ragdad,
if it were conserved and distributed
economically as needed.
The United States and Mexico
should jointly construct as many
dams as necetsary to impound the
waters in the canons which extend
a great part of the way down the
river. This would make a lake of
the river much of the way. These
dams would retain the flood waters
and they could be released as needed.
The water should be taken out at
the upper end of the delta from a
reservior constructed there, and
brought down in gravity canals and
distributed to all ’the canal systems
in the Valley for a fixed charge.
The canal companies would be bene
fitted as the expense of pumping
would be eliminated.
The two governments could issue
bonds for the construction guaran
teed, jointly or not, in accordance
with an agreement for the construc
tion.
There is no one who doubts that
this is the only way to solve this
problem, and since this is so, why
delay and retard the development of
this Valley? There are a million
families today who are land hungry.
Every ten acres in this Valley, prop
erly irrigatted and tilled, will sup
port and educate a family. It is
like the land of Goshen, in Egypt,
which flowed with milk and honey,
when watered and cultivated as it
should be.
I hope that I may live to see this
Valley the garden spot of the New
World as Egypt was of the old. I
want to see it the homes of many
'thousands of farmers with happy
families.
The government has turned over
that paradise on earth, the Sand
wich Islands, to the sugar kings
with their peon labor. Those islands
should have been the heritage of our
people. I do not wish to see this
Valley go in that way. Already we
have Americans here from every
part of the United States and
Canada, enough to see that this Val
ley shall be the home of churches,
school houses and American families.
Geivtlement, we owe to those who
will come after us to see that our
country does not go as did Hawaii.
We are derelict in our duty if we
fail to lay the foundation for those
who will come after us. The future
prosperity of the Valley will be
made or marred by our atcion dur
ing this generation.
About Irrigation Laws.
Concerning tlile irrigation laws of
the state, w>c know that they are not
up to date. There is no uniformity
in the rules and regulations of the
numerous companies. I regret to
say that some of 'the " companies
tshould not be allowed to do business.
Some have violated their contracts
with impunity, and the farmers
living on their lands are thoroughly
dHcouraged, and some of them have
j been ruined by the bad faith and
extortion of such concerns.
Some of these farmers have been
ruined and have moved away. What
recourse has the owner of forty
acres in a contention against un
scrupulous corporations. There are
companies in the Valley that are
doing more than their contracts call
for and they are reaping the re
wards of virtue.
I mention these conditions to il
lustrate the importance of some
form of state supervision. Most
states where irrigation is practiced
I have state commissioners whose su
; pervision over irrigation is similar
| to those over railroad*. It strikes
me that such commissions are too
far away from the people. We want
some regulating power closer to the
, j
people. A little farmer would Mif
fer in silence rather than attempt to
get redress from a sta>'e commission
I er at Austin even as he does today
| when he suffers damage from the
railroad.
1 am in favor of extending author
ity to the commissioners' court to
! arbitrate and adjust all difference
between irrigation companies and
1 the people. The commissioner
would not be eligible to serve on any
| case from his own precinct. It is
important that the people see tha:
they have a representative that will
not work exclusively for the irriga
tion companies. These companies
are entitled to representation that
, will he liberal and just to them, for
1 any other policy would be ruinous
| to both.
Brazos de Santiago Project.
Concerning the acquisition of
i deep water at Brazos Santiago, [ am
pleased to say that the people of
j Brownsville have been pushing that
proposition with vigor, and what i<
needed is to have all the people of
the Valley get behind the men who
are already in harness. The import
ance of deep water for the Valiev is
evident to every one, so much that
I will not take up your time with
argument at this time.
Suggest Convention.
Considering -the importance of the
problems submitted 1 feel that we
| could not get the movement organ
| ized and under way by the 5th of
October. Hence I suggest tha: you
arrange tP have a great and notable
convention at Brownsville during
the Midwinter Fair, the governor
and state officers, congressmen and
senators and delegations from other
irrigated sections of the state to be
invited to meet with us. The gov
ernment of Mexico and the states
j bordering on the Rio Orande, Tam
aulipas, Coahuila and Chihuahua
should be invited to send delega
tions. 1 am sure that all parts of
the Valley will cooperate to make
the Valley what it should be—the
garden spot of America.
I have offered the foregoing sug
gestions as a starter on the work, a
nucleus as it were. With modesty
I offer them, trusting that you will
carry them to successful completion.
Endorsed by the Rio Grande Com
mercial Secretaries’ Association, and
motion was made and carried to
move in the matter. The papers in
the Valley were asked lo copy.
i. b. McFarland, Pres.
Attest—N. J. LEAR, Secy.
SAN BENITO CAMERON COUNTY,
DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 3.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF DRAINAGE
DITCHES, ETC.
*
Notice to all persons is hereby
given that sealed bids in writing
will be received at the office of Ward
D. Carpenter, Engineer fo rthe San
benito Cameron County Drainage
District No. 3, at San Benito, Tex. by
Chas. E. Barber, Chairman of the
Drainage Commissioners of said Dis
trict, until the hour of 12 o'clock
noon, on the 3rd day of September,
1912, for the construction of drain
age ditc hes in and for said district
of the estimated length of 143 miles,
and the estimated aggregate yardage
of 2,379,544 cubic yards, and o’her
improvements, as shown by maps,
profiles, estimates and specifications
on file in the office of said engineer,
and in the office of the County Clerk
of said County, at Brownsville,
Texas.
Bids will be opened at 12 o'clock
noon the 3rd day of September, 1912.
at the office of said W. D. Carpenter.
! Engineer of said District, at San Be
nito, Texas.
The successful bidder for all oi
the above mentioned work will be
j required, immediately upon the ac
I ceptance of his hid, to purchase fron
! the County Judge of Cameron Conn
J ty, Texas, the entire issue of San
j Benito Cameron County Drainage
District No. 3 Improvement Bonds,
| now* issued, amounting in the aggre
gate to four hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars, at not less than par
and accrued interest to date of pur
chase.
The right to reject any and all
bids is hereby expressly reserved by
the drainage commissioners of said
district.
All bids must be accompanied by
a certified check payable to Chas. E.
Barber, chairman of said dranage
commissioners, in an amount not
less than five per cent the amount
of the bid.
If the lowest bidder shall fail to
enter into contract and give the
bond required, the commissioners
may award the contract to the next
highest bidder without readvertis
ing.
CHAS. E. BARBER,
Chairman Drainage Commissioners
San Benito Cameron County
Drainage District No. Three.
ATTEST—C. D. Cowgill, Secretary.
8-3-10-17-24-31.
COTTON CROP CONDITIONS
LOWER THAN LAST YEAR
Though Texas May Produce More
Than La*t Year Country at Large
Shows Decrease.
Washington. D. (\, Aug. 18 —The
federal crop reporting board have
given out their estimate on the con
dition of the cotton crop and an
nounce tnat the plant is is eight per
cent lower condition in the United
Stares as a whole, than it was at
this time last year.
Texas is the only state in the
Union in which cotton is reported
in better condi ion than last year
and it shows the highest percentage
in condition of any state In the
Union.
The Texas acreage is estimated at
10,927,000 against .14.097,000 in
continental United States. The con
dition of the Texas crop is shown at
89 per cent of uorniai against 80.4
in the United States.
Reducing the* estimate to bale*, it
means that Texas will produce this
year 4,26.1,000 bales and the Uuited
S ates 1.1,000,000 bales. Texas will
produce .12.7 per cent of the cotton
rop of the United States in 1912.
TEXAS GRAPE CROP
UNUSUALLY FINE
Department of Agriculture Declares
This Year’s Grape Crop in Texas
largest in Her History.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 18.—The
department of agriculture has been
investigating crop conditions in
Texas and reports received from the
I .one Star State indicate that this
year's grape crop will he one of the
biggest in her history. The condi
tion of the grape crop on July I, was
27 per cent better than on the same
date last year.
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RAISING MONEY TO PAY CREDITORS
Nearly $6000.00 in Cash Realized During the
First Five Days, But Much More is Needed.
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Again the Prices have been Chopped Down. Everything
Now Cut to the Very Limit.
WE MUST HAVE THE MONEUMWATTER WHftTlHE SACRIFCE
Our Big Price Tags Tell the Tale of Awful Slaughter
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$5.90
$11.00 Iron Beds, 2 inch continuous
Tubing, now . $5.90
$22.00 Brass Beds, 2 inch posts,
guaranteed not to tarnish and in
sured for 5 years, now . . $12.75
$35.00 Guaranteed and insured
Brass Beds, the most magnificent
Beds ever shown in the Valley,
now . . $34.50
$11.75
$20.00 Sideboards, fine design.
now . $11.75
$40 Mission Buffetts, in best waxed
Early English, now .... $23.50
$00.00 Circassian Walnut Buffets,
one of o finest Buffets ever
brought into the Valley, . $49.00
$:..79
Mixed Mattresses, thick heavy ones,
now ... $1.79
Heavy thick all cotton Mattresses-.,
now . $4.25
$14.00 Cotton Felt, Guaranteed Mat
tresses, now . $S 75
FREE! FREE! FREE!
As further inducement we are giving away absolutely Free, this month:
ONE $60.00 BUGGY ONE $9.50 PARLOR TABLE.
ONE $29.00 DRESSER ONE $4.75 PLATE RACK.
ONE $9.50 ROCKER ONE SET OF $2 KNIVES & FORKS
Walker >r< is-Hancock Co.
Wholesale and Retail.
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