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highway bond
VOTE FRIDAY
Senate Likely to Sub
mit Amendment to
^ People of Texas
i ~ RAYMOND BROOES
i .AUSTIN, Feb. 13.—The Texas aen
•ta i§ preparing to vote Monday on
the biggest issue, in terms of dol
W» and cents, in all the history of
25®** wben it takes action toward
•aapmg a public policy on the pro
>OW),000 statewide highway
*£« •*"“* w511 »ct on Senator I
Woodul’a proposal to sub
*®it the highway bond issue to the
*®£«rs of the BUte
The road bond plan, before the
house on an adverse committee re
port, will await action in the lower
branch of the legislature until the
senate has disclosed its attitude on
the plan.
A test Vote has indicated a senate
majority favorable to submission of
the bond program.
Proposal Modified
The road bond proposal has been
twice modified since it was first
made by Chairman R. S. Sterling of
the highway commission. Gov. Dan
Moody's advisory highway committee
31 trimmed the bond total from
*350,000,000 to *226,000.000; then a
tab-committee of the advisory group
again reduced the total to *100,000,
000 for highway construction and
*75,000,000 to repay counties for
money spent in building the present
state system of highways. The coun
ties would use the refunded money
with which to construct their lateral
roads.
The bill in this form is now be
fore the house and senate.
Sen. John W. Hornsby of Travis i
county, chairman of the committee
on constitutional amendments which
reported out the bill which will be
considered by the senate Friday, is
individually opposed to the issue, he
has made known.
Lynch Davidson, former lieutenant i
governor and former chairman of
Gov. Dan Moody’s state "harmony 1
democrat” campaign organization, is i
making the most vigorous fight on 1
the bond plan so far disclosed out- !
side the legislature. He has brought i
extensive tables of statistics and j
figures here to present in his con
test against the adoption of the :
bond plan.
By virtue of the new state policy
it involves, and the immense sum of i
money it calls for, the highway bond \
issue has been regarded as the major j
item before this session of the leg
islature.
The proposal came before the leg
iaiature as an administration meas
ure, after having been recommended
by the advisory commission which
Gov. Dan Moody appointed. Gov.
Moody has made it clear that he was
not committed to a specific kind of
plan or a specific amount from each
of the 31 state senatorial districts
by the senators and representatives
from the district.
If rejected by the regular session,
the proposal for a state bond issue
l cannot be revived before the regular
session of 1931. 'If submitted to the
voters by the legislature a vigorous
statewide campaign in behalf of adop
tion of the constitutional amendment
>• certain to be made by the spon
sors of the bond plan.
Numerous other bills, regulating
and fixing the amount of gasoline
sales taxes, the registration fees on
motor vehicles, and the division be
tween counties and the state of rev
enues, are awaiting outcome of the
highway bond proposal for action in
the legislature.
FLIERS REACH
39,000 FEET
Not Official Record;
Say Could Not See
The Ground
DAYTON, Ohio, Feb. 1,1.—(>r,—
Two army flier* in an old army
plane reached an unofficial altitude
of 39,000 feet from Wright Field yes
l terday, and brought down with th**m
an account of a condition above the
clouds which meteorologists long
have suspected but never have been
able to prove.
The fliers. Lieut. Johnson and
Captain A. W. Stevens, pilot and
photographer, were forced down by
deplenished fuel at Norton Field, j
Columbus. Ohio.
The instruments attached to the
plane, used in many test and altitude j
flights, indicated they had reached ,
an altitude out-reaching the record
of 38,420.5 feet held by Lieut. C. C.
Cahmpion of the United States navy.
No record was claimed because rules
of the Federation Aeronautique In
ternationale prescribe that the plane
must land at the field from which
it left the earth.
The two pilots blamed their fail
ure to establish a record for a two
man plane on another phenomenon
of the air: Excessive visibility.
"The ordinary horizon line when
flying is between seven and eignt
thousand feet,” the explained. “Aft
er we got above the clouds of ice we
couldn’t see the ground and the
horizon line above must have beeu
at least 50,000 feet—and we didn't
know where we were.”
Who wants a white
collar job, anyway?
——
rr§ a joy to meet a craftsman
who’d rather be a first-rate work
man in overalls than a tenth-rate
man in. a white collar job.
If you were to ask him his rules for
success, he d probably tell you with j
a twinkle in his eye, ‘’Same as for
any other job, I guess. Hard work. 1
Steady plugging. And good health.
I've never missed a day’s work from
illness. I made sure of that years ago.
Whatever your line of work, take a
tip from my experience. Keep fit with
Nujol.”
Nujol is not a medicine. It is a pure
natural substance (perfected by the
Nujol Laboratories, 2 Park Avenue,
New York). It not only prevents an
excess of body poisons from forming
(we all have them), but aids in their
removal. It's these poisons that sap
your strength and energy, kill ambi
tion, make you old before your time.
Start Nujol today. It can’t possibly
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Worth a trv, isn’t it? You'll find
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KIWANIS PLAN
FOR VISITORS
Dist. Gov. McDonald
Addresses San Be
nito Meet
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, Feb. IS.—Discussion '
of plans for the entertainment of a I
delegation of Illinois and Iowa Ki- l
| wanians who will visit the Valley
the latter part of this month fea
tured the closing session of the dis
trict Kiwanis convention here Tues- 1
day, with District Governor L. A.
McDonald of Denton, as the principal !
speaker.
| Attendance at the meeting, light j
in the morning on account of the
| weather, increased to more than a
' hundred at the noon luncheon at the j
| Stonewall Jackson, and the afternoon j
session at the Baptist church audi
torium. The visitors came from the I
| section from San Antonio to La-1
redo on the west and Corpus Christ! I
| on the east, with practically every |
club in the territory represented.
At the banquet at noon Tuesday '
j the visitors were welcomed to San !
Benito by J. E. Bell, secretary of
I the San Benito Chamber of Com- j
incrce. He declared that such agen- I
cies of builders as the Kiwanis clubs j
are responsible for the rapid growth
of cities, and expressed the hope j
that more such meetings would be
held here.
The principal address at the ban
quet was given by Mr. McDonald.
The district governor declared that i
Kiwanis must of necessity be a bene
fit, as proved by the fact that a
hundred thousand busy men all over!
the world are willing to give twro
hours of their time a week to it. He
named three of the greatest benefits
of Kiwanis as the building of fel- j
lowship, leadership and developing i
of latent abilities of the members, j
The district governor in speaking !
of Kiwanis of the future said that
its states and accomplishments de
pend upon the aims and ideals of
the individual members. These ideals
are such, he said, that there can be
no question of its growth.
Entertainment at the meeting was
furnished by the Kilowatt Four
quartet, and by Mrs. Fleming New
ton and Miss Dorothy Jackson in a
piano and violin duet. W. S. Brock,
president of the San Benito club,
presided, and Rev. Francis M. Davis,
lieutenant governor of the district,
was in charge of the program.
The afternoon session opened with
several songs by Miss Witla Wood
side of Rio Hondo, followed by a
discussion of attendance and other
problems of Kiwanis.
A large part of the afternoon pro
gram was taken ur* with plans for
entertainment of the golf tour of
northern Kiwar.ians later in the
month.
S- P. Offering
Low Rate From
Northern Texas
Hundreds of north and east
Texans are expected to take advan
tage of the “See the Lower Rio
Grande Valley” excursion for which
round trip tickets will be put on
sale by the Southern Pacific Feb
ruary 21, with a final return limit
to February 25.
A round trip rato of 75 per cent
of the regular one-way rate has
been announced by the railroad, and
the excursion is being well adver
tised in north and east Texas and
western Louisiana.
The excursion rate will apply as J
far west as Del Rio and cast to New |
Orleans, including Shreveport. Dal
las, Fort Worth, Waco, Austin and
all intermediate points. Valley
po nts to which tickets will be sold
include Brownsville. McAllen, Edin
burg and Harlingen.
The Southern Pacific is arranging j
to provide several trains for the ex
cursionists. the first of which will
arrive in the Valley the morning of
Fr;dav, February 22. Holders of
tickets will be permitted to remain
until Sunday night, February 24.
According to reports from the
northern and east parts of the state
the Valley will be called upon to
entertain hundreds of visitors who
will havo approximately three days
to visit the various sections.
Invite Tourists
Attend All-Day
Prayer Service
The' annual al-day prayer service
of the Brownsville church federation
will be held Friday at the Presby
terian church, commencing at 10 a. m.
An invitation is extended to all
tourists and visitors in the city to
attend, and arrangements have been
made to serve luncheon from 12 to
1:50, no charge to be made. All ar
rangements for the service have been
completed by Mrs. W. J. Veytrees,
president, and Mrs J. K. Bull, secre
tary of the federation.
•‘We extend a cordial invitation to
all tourists and visitors in the city
to attend this service,” Mrs. Bull
said. “The al-day prayer service is
observed by the church federations
throughout the United States. It is
undenominational, and we urge all
i denominations to attend.
Colds
Need Direct
Treatment
is an ob.
stinate cold
actio**’^n?tfire^d
?h?^V,da- R«bbedon
tidiest, it acts 2 way, «
(0 Direct to air Das
sages with its healing va
P°n ,rCn3Sed by. heat;
tice a P^*
ace, it draws out’* the
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Four Jolly Musicians
In N. Y. Quartet To
Play Programs Here
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Four extremely jolly musicians
arc the members of the New York
String (Quartet, which play in
Brownsville on February 22. at the
Junior college auditorium. They arc
the Messrs. Cadek. Siskovsky, Vaska 1
and Schwab, and although they have <
been in one another's company since
the founding of the quartet in 1919,'
they are the best of friends, har
monising off stage as well as on the
platform.
The youngest is Cadek, the first
violin. This blond young man from
Chattanooga has become a matinee
idol, not only for his attractive per
sonality, hut also for his charming
playing. Alhtough he is a most se- |
rious young musician, he is a fine
dancer and a capable athlete.
Siskovsky, formerly an A. E. F. t
bandmaster, is the tennis champion
of the quartet, and were there more ,
time at his disposal, he might enter!
some of the larger tournaments. Mr.
Siskovsky is also the hero of the
- mam ■ ^
quartet, for he injured one eye seri
ously a few days before an important
concert in New York. He practically
memorized the taxing music and
played as brilliantly as ever—with
no announcements of the handicap
under which ho was appearing.
Schwab is the musical pundit and
program annotator of the quartet.
He has composed many songs, and
transcribed some of the quartet’s
most successful encores. He also is
a dry humorist, whose drolleries,
deliveerd with solemn mien, enliven
the quartet’s travels.
Yasha is an energetic fisherman
and soft-hearted huntsman. Scarcely
a day passes during the quartet’s so
journ at its summer camp in Ver
mont that does not see him with his
rod in a boat, or following his little
fox terrior “iBela" as she chases
wood-chucks and wood-pussies in
the forest.
Tickets are on sale at McCleary’s
Music Store. Seat reservations may
be made from February IS.
PLAN DRY ICE j
VALLEYPLANT
Propose Factory To
Supply Refrigerant !
For Section
Erection of a dry icc plant, with
a capacity of 30 tons daily, to cost |
approximately $180,000. is proposed 1
by Charles Mathews of San Antonio,
representative of the Dry Ice Cor
poration of America, who arrived in
the Valley last week to interest
Valley people in the project.
Dry ice, which is carbon dioxide
gas solidified under hydraulic pres
sure, is being use.» extensi.ely for
domestic and car refrigeration in
the east and north. The company
now has plants in New York, Eliza
bethtown, N. J., and Chicago, and j
has 17 under construction in other
maior cities.
The substance has a temperature
of 130 degrees below zero, Eahren- i
heit, and will last ten to fifteen j
times as long as natural or artifi- i
cial ice, Mathews said. The cost is j
approximately 10 cents per pound,
but recent improvements in manufac- i
ture are expected to reduce this.
The gas, which is secured from
combustion of coke, is first liqui
fied. and then solidified under pres
sure.
Utilisation of dry ice for car re- j
frigeratton is increasing rapidly in
the east, where practically all fish
and meats are now shipped under
this form of refrigeration, Mathews
said. Standard refrigerator cars are
used, but to get the best results the
cars are piped to carry the refrig
erating vapors from the dry ice to
all parts of the car. Over 300 cars
have been equipped in this manner,
he said.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley
use* more refrigeration in proper
tion to its population than any
other section of the United States,
and I am confident a dry ice plant
would revolutionize refrigeration
here,” Mathews said. "We have
demonstrated that dry ice is more
efficient and as cheap as natural
ice or other means of refrigeration,
and the convenience of its use is
a factor that will add to its popular*
ity, both for domestic use and car
refrigeration.”
The Dry Ice Corporation of
America holds all the patents, and
the plants operate on a franchise
granted by that corporation.
Scottish Rite
Holds Meeting
The international Scottish Rite
meet at Monterrey Friday, Satur
day and Sunday, was well attended
by representative* from San An
tonio and other sections of south
Texas, was the report of George
Mansur, president of the Lower Rio
Grande Valley Scottish Rite club,
who represented that organixat'.on
at the Monterrey meeting.
The Mexican states represented
included Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo
Leon and Tamaulipas. An invita
tion was extended to the Monterrey
consistory to attend the ..ext meet
ing of the Lower Rio Grande Val
ley club.
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STOPSPAPER
Weslaco Outlook In
junction Brings New
Publication
(Special to The Herald)
WESLACO, Feb. 13.—Publication
of the Weslaco Outlook, or any suc
cessor to the Outlook by Warren T. i
Kingsbury, who purchased the good
will, circulation list and some other i
assets, mainly intangible, of the pa- j
per, is restrained by a temporary
injunction issued by the district |
civil court on petition of Stanford
Hardy, publisher of the Weslaco'
News.
The injunction was asked and se
cured two days before the first is
sua of the Outlook was scheduled to
appear. Mr. Kingsbury, who came
here recently from Missouri, has
been publishing the Weslaco Stand
ard. a new paper, since that time,
and no petition has yet been filed
for dissolution of the injunction, ac
cording to Charles E. Thompson, at
torney for Hardy. If no such peti
tion is filed, the case will probably
be heard at the regular term of dis
trict court in March at Edinburg.
The injunction was* based on the
claim that Mr. Hardy’s contract for
purchase of the Weslaco News from
Edmund P. Williams stipulated that
the Outlook, which had also been
purchased by Mr. Williams, would
not be published in Weslaco, and no
legal successor to it would be pub
lished for a period of three year*.
The Outlook had been published
; previously for a period of more than
a year, and as such was entitled to
publish legal notices of the city of
Weslaco, or other legal notices.
Mr. Kingsbury purchased the vol
ume number, good will, circulation
—.....
Hit, end ether assets of the Out
look, and was preparing to publish
the paper, according to Mr. Thomp
son, when the injunction was se
cured restraining him from publish
ing it.
Mr. Williams, former owner of the
Outlook aud the News, it now pub
liskhpnw a weekly newspaper at San
Benito, callod the San Benito News.
‘Big Boy’ Thrives
Under Influence*
Valiev Sunshine
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The Lower Kio Grande Valley cli- j
mate is as favorable for apes as for '
humans, is the assertion of W. A. |
(Sr.ake) King, who declares that
agers of biological gardens in New
to the Valley about a year ago, is
growing rapidly and appears as
healthy as in his native habitat—
the jungles of Africa.
When the huge ape was brought
to this country by King, he was
| informed by naturalists and man
; agers of boological gardens in New
York and Philadelphia, that the ani
mal would not live a year.
“I told them they did not know
the climate of the Lower Rio
Grande Valley,** King said. “They
insisted there was no place in the
United States where ‘Big Boy’ would
live more than a few months.”
The ape. one of the largest ever
captured, has thrived under the in
fluence of the Valley sunshine.
Warm quarters are provided when
the occasional “norther” sweeps
down, but there are few days of the
year when “Big Boy” cannot have
his sun bath.
A larger cage is being cons..ucted
by King at Snakeville, where the
ape ia now on exhibition. He will be
kept there until late spring when
he will be taken north for exhibi
tion purposes.
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AT COMMENCEMENT
MERCEDES, Feb. IS.—Accord!*)*
to Superintendent E. H. Poteet of th«
Mercedes schools. Bishop Sam K
Hay of Houston, has been chosen tl
deliver the senior high school eonV
mencement address for the gradoe
ing das of 1929.
Dr. Hay is bishop of the twelfth
district of the Methodist Episcop/
church South, which includes til
Northwestern Pacific, Arisona, Teil
as, and North Texas conferences.
DUVAL WEST IS FATI
HARLINGEN, Feb.
Weft. Jr., of this city . .
father of a baby girl, horn Monda.4
night. The girl weighed seven an<{
a half pounds Mother and daugh
ter ere doing nicely. J
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In Relieving
Stomach Ills
You’ll Notice a Different
After the First Dose
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It will soothe and heal the Irri
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