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Veto Seen for Land
Validating Act; Held |
As Unconstitutional
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AUSTIN, March 1.—f.^P)—Interest
has been directed to probable action
of Senator C. C. Small of Welling
ton and other sponsors of the bill
validating patents and awards is
sued on lands lying across water
courses or navigable streams and
abandoned beds of water courses
and streams, should Governor Dan
Moodv veto the measure.
Forecast of his veto is made on
action of the attorney generals de
partment in holding the bill uncon
stitutional, in reply to an inquiry
by the governor. , ...
vThe bill was passed by both hous
es with many votes to spare and
sfc is understood proponents will en
deavor to enact it into law over the
governor’s head. To do this will
require a two-thirds majority vote
in each the house and senate
Stating that “it is with much re
luctance.” he holds the proposed
3tutional, attorney gen
Tot Serve Purpose
ily convinced that there
in particularly in west
5t Texas of which some
be given and a more
certain definition of
rivipable streS^should be enact
ed into law. and Nvenot hesitat
ed to so express myself to many
members of the Tex>.s legislature
by a written communiliation to a
member of the state senate. I am
also of the opinion that there should
be a reasonable law of limitation as
against the state as to actions for
the recover." of vacant land which
has ben hfid under a claim of title
and in possession for a lonj num
ber of years, and that provisions
should be made by the legislature
to locate and mark upon the ground
all of the public land within its do
main. These, in my judgment,
would be wise enactments, but the
act under consideration does not
attempt to do either of these things
or in any way remotely relate to
them.”
Robs State of Land
If the bill should become a lav;,
the attorney general said, “the re- j
suit will be that the state relin
quishes all of its rights, title and in- '
terest in ten miles of the main
chanel of the mouth of the Trinity,
in 20 miles of the main channel of
the Brazos river in Brazoria coun
ty; in 100 miles of the Canadian
river which is the widest river in
Texas; in all of the main channel
of the Trinity river from Dallas to
beyond Fort Worth. A very hur
ried investigation of the records of
the land office discloses that this
act will result ip the state relin
quishing its right, title and interest
to portions of 14 separate navigable
streams in this state in forty coun
ties and in approximately 400 orig
inal surveys.”
It was held that the bill contra- j
venes that part of the constitution
‘‘which provides that the public |
free school lands shall be soid and j
which would prohibit them being |
given away, and the further provi- I
sion of the same section that the
legislature shall not have power to i
grant any relief to the purchaser of j
puWic free school lands, and that j
is also in violation of the con
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stitutional inhibation which prohib
its the appropriation of any public
school land which is a part of the
permanent school fund to any other
purpose than in the investment of
bonds of a defined kind.”
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FACTS
WHO? Single persons who ■
had net incmoe of $1,500 or j
more or gross income of $5,000
cr more, and married couple
who had net income of $3,500 or
more or gross income of $5,000
Dr more must file returns.
WHEN? The filing period
ends March 15. 1929.
WHERE? Collector of inter
nal revenue fo rthe district in
which the person lives or has j
his principal place of business.
HOW? Instructions on Forms
104A and 1040.
per cent normal tax on the next
$4,000. Five per cent normal tax
on the balance of net income.
WHAT? One and one-half per
cent normal tax on the first
$4,000 in excess of the personal
exemption and credits. Three
Surtax on net income in excess
)f $10,000.
YOUR INCOME TAX
No. 22
Depreciation may be claimed on
all busxxicss property, which Includes
not only buildings and machinery of
a permanent character, but auto
mobiles, farm tractors, mining and
mill equipment, office furniture, and
books. A lawyer, doctor, or other
professional man may not charge
off as a current expense the cost of
a library used wholly in his pro
fession, this being a capital expen
diture and the library a capital as
set. But he may deduct an allow
ance for depreciation., based upon
the useful life of the library.
A new provision included in the
revenue act of 1S23 is that in the
case of property held by one person
for life with the remainder to
other person, the deduction for .{t“
oreeiation shall be computed as if
the life tennant were the absolute
owner of the property and shall be
allowed to the life tenant. In the
case of property held in trust, the
allowable deduction shall be appor
tioned between the income bene
ficiaries and the trustee in accord
ant with the pertinent provisions
of the instrument creating the trust,
or. in the absence of such pro
visions oxi the basis of the trust in
come allocable to each.
Taylor And Bennett:
Chief Speakers At
U. T. Meet
SAN BENITO. Mar. 1.—Judre
Voln°v W. Taylor of Brownsville,
and F. E. Bennett of Mercedes, will
be the principal speakers at the
banquet of Cameron county ex-stu
dents of the University of Texas to
be held here Saturday night. Mar. 2.
Mayor J. Scot* Brown of San Bo
ut o. recently elected president of
the Cameron county club, will pre
side.
Music is to be furnished by the
Kilowatt Four of San Benito.
Ex-students from all parts of this
county, and from Hidalvo county
are expected at the banquet.
SAN BENITO C. OF C.
EUDGETIS APPROVED
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, Mar. 1.—A budget
of Sfl.OOO for the San Benito Cham
ber of Commerce for this year was
approved at the city commission
meeting here Wednesday night.
This amount had been i-ecom- i
mended by the chamber of com- j
merce directors, and is the same as ,
the budget for last year.
1500 DIMES ARE
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PAYMENT ON CAR
Ford operates a bank for pros
pective purchasers of his car. giving
them means to save up for the first
down payment. John Siegler,
Brownsville negro, waiter at the El
Jardin hotel, however, went the
manufacturer one better and oper
ated his own bank.
At least Siegler walked into the
Patteson Motor company Thursday
and plunked down his first payment i
of $200 on a new Ford, in nickles,!
dimes and quarters, ail in paper!
bags. A total of 150 dimes were list- j
ed in one bag, nearly an hour being |
consumed in counting the odd |
change, the result cf plentiful tips j
by hotel patrons.
150-WWPl
ATTEND MEET
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Tickets to Good-Will Ban-1
quet of Harlinsen-San !
Benito Being Sold
SAN BENITO, March 1.—Ad
vance sale of tickets indicates that
from 150 to 200 residents of Har
lingen and San Benito will be at
the twin cities good-will banquet to
be held at the Stonew-all Jackson
hotel here Monday night, March 4.
Reports from the Harlingen
Chamber of Commerce indicate
that most of the 125 tickets placed
on sale there will be taken before
the date of the banquet here, and
the ticket sales are progressing
rapidly in San Benito. Leading
citizens of both cities are expected
at the meeting.
The visit cf Gardner S. Rogers,
nationally known city plan engi
neer, to the Valley soon after the
meeting is expetced to result in
i plans being made at the banquet
Monday for a later meeting, at
which time ideas advanced by Mr.
Rogers may be incorporated into a
joint city plan of Harlingen and
San Benito. Mr. Rogers’ opinion
on various matters concerning the
growth of the two cities into one
will be sought while he is here, it
was stated.
San Benito speakers will be an
nounced the latter part of the
week, announcement of Harlingen
speakers having been made already.
After these selected speakers talk,
the meeting will be thrown open to
general discussion.
METHODISTS MEET IN
JACKSONVILLE MAR. 6
JACKSONVILLE. Tex.. Mar. 1.
—(.Pi—Jacksonville and Lon Morris
College will entertain delegates to
the Texas annual conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church. South,
here March 5-6. Bishop Sam R.
Hay cf this-Ai’.strict called the meet
ing. which will be an insnirational
conference, and about 1000 repre
sentatives of churches of East Texas
are expected.
The Rev. G. H. Wilson, pastor of
the First Methodist church, Jack
sonville. and Dr. Glen Flinn. nres'd
iner elder of the Jacksonville district,
will be hosts.
MRS. FRY BACK AFTER
STUDYING IN MARTS
Mrs. Ethel Neal Fry, manager of
Erielstein’s drapery department, has
returned from San Antonio wrhere
she has been making a special study
of advanced dranery and interior
decorating methods, and purchasing
additional spring drapery stocKs for
th° Edekstein’s stores.,
Mrs. Fry states that more atten
tion is being given now than ever
before to the harmony of interior
decorations and draperies through
out the country and the newest Ideas
will be followed in the Edelstein's
stores in the Valley.
WHISKY EXPLODES
LONDON—Ralph Banks was kill
ed when a keg of whisky exploded
in an inn at Woolwich.
BUSCONTROL
UPJNSENATEs
Holbrook Prison Bill Again j
Engrossed; Junior Col
lege Bill Passed
AUSTIN, March 1.—(/P>—The
Woodward bill giving the railroad
commission regulatory powers over
motor trucks was the special order
in the senate today.
Perhaps the main point at issue,
whether the bill would lorce truck
lines to obtain a certificate of con
venience and necessity, was expect
ed to be considered first.
The senate again engrossed the
Holbrook or administration prison
concentration measure last night.
This time it was substituted for the
house bill, opposite on the princi
pal controversial points, in order to
save time.
Supporters of the governor's mea
sure in the majority in the senate
on practically every vote, since the
prison bills first were considered,
succeeded in engrossing the Hol
brook bill by a vote of 16 to 9.
After some argument on the
house junior college bill the sen
ate last night adopted all amend
ments without debate and then
passed the measure.
The bill would permit the crea
tion of junior colleges in independ
ent school districts having a mini
mum valuation of $12,000,000. The
house had set the minimum valua
tion at $25,000,000. Another sen
ate amendment provided that the
legislative should never appropriate
money for the colleges.
The bill introduced by Senator
Julian P. Greer of Athens legaliz
ing voting machines met vocifer
ous opposition but it was finally
passed with more than ten votes to
spare.
WEATHER SUMMARY
Except for relatively low baro
metric pressure over south-central
Canada and the adjacent states,
barometric readings were normal
over the eastern half of the coun
try, and moderately high over the
Southwest and far West this morn
ing. As a result fair to partly
cloudy weather prevailed over the
greater portion of the United
States, except cloudy and unsettled
weather in the northern states,
where light precipitation occurred
also within the last 24 hours. Tem
peratures continue near the sea
sonal average throughout the ocun
try, except sub-normal over the
southern Rocky mountain states
and in northwestern Texas where
it was unseasonably cold this morn
ing.
WEATHER BULLETIN
First figure lowest temperature
last night; second, highest tempera
ture yesterday; third, wind velocity
at 8 a. m.; fourth, rainfall past 24
hours.
Abilene . 34 54 _ ,oo
Amarillo . 20 32 — .04
Atlanta . 38 54 — .00
Austin . 40 72 — .00
Boston ...-. 34 33 — 26
BROWNSVILLE. 59 77 — 00
Chicago . 30 36 — .00
Corpus Christi .. 52 70 13 .00
Dallas . 33 53 — .00
Del Rio .. 42 74 10 .00
Denver . 16 — — .00
Detroit . 34 36 — .00
Dodge City. 20 40 — .00
El Paso . 26 56 — .00
Fort Smith .... 32 23 — .42
Galveston . 52 — 12 .00
Helena . 20 32 30 .00
Huron . 20 26 — .02
Jacksonville .... 54 76 10 .18
Kansas City_26 — 14 .02
Louisville . 40 52 — .00
Memphis . 40 — — .10
Miami . 68 82 — .00
Montgomery .... 42 56 — .00
New Orleans ... 50 62 — .00
New York . 32 42 14 .04
Oklahoma City . 23 44 — .01
Palestine . 38 64 — .00
Pensacola . 52 62 10 .00
Phoenix . 38 70 — .00
Pittsburgh . 30 — — .08
St. Louis . 32 — — .00
St. Paul. 28
Salt Lake City .. 26 32 — .00
San Antonio .... 42 — 10 .00
Santa Fe.-2 23 — .12
Sheridan . 16 28 — .00
Shreveport . 40 62 — .00
Tampa . 58 80 — .30
Vicksburg .. 44 60 — .00'
Washington .... 34 — — .02 j
uture famous i
who eat Ralston
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See-saw,
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Life is like that.
Some people keep
climbing up and up
. .. while others never climb
at all. Which will your children do.
Their opportunities for success will
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constitutions. A bowl of hot Ral
ston every morning will help vitally
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strong bones and sound teeth, vita
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Children love it. And it’s easily
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Ralstcn with Chopped Dates
Scrambled Eggs with * Purina Muffins
Milk Coffee
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CONVICT HIDING, NEEDS
SHAVE; GIVES SELF UP
HUNTSVILLE, Tex., March 1.—
(/P)—Jack Clayton, life tenner, sur
rendered to penitentiary authori
ties yesterday after having hidden
out four days under a stack of rub
bish within the prison walls.
Clayton, sent up from Hunt
county, said he had planned to
hide until the opportunity offered
to escape, but decided to give up
when he became hungry and real
ized he needed a shave.
PETROLEUM COURSE
IS ADDED AT A. & M.
COLLEGE STATION, Tex., Mar.
1.—</P)—Addition to the curriculum
of the A. & M. College of Texas of
a course in petroleum production
engineering has been announced by
Dean F. C. Bolton of the school of
engineering.
The new course will round out
phases of instruction offered by the
college to prepare young men for
the petroleum industry, Dean Bolton
said.
DRY PENALTIES
BILLJPASSED
5-Year Sentence And Fine
Of $10,000 Provided;
Sent to President
WASHINGTON. March 1.—(T>—
Approved by both houses, the
Jones bill today needed only the
president's signature to become a
law. The measure was passed by
the house yesterday by the one
sided vote of 183 to 90.
The bul provides as a maximum
penalty for a first violation of the
prohibition laws five years in pri
son, or a fine of $10,000, or both.
Discretionary power is given fed
eral judges to discriminate between
minor and major offenders.
Introduced by Senator Jones, re
publican, of Washington, the mea
sure was probably the only one con
sidered during the session in
which the issue between the wets
and drys was well defined. It pass
cd the senate by almost as large
a margin,/ comparatively speaking,
as it did the house.
During the debate on the bill in
the house, F. Scott McBride, gen
eral superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League, sat in the gallery.
His presence was noted by Repre
sentative O'Connor, democrat, New
York, in a41 attack upon the bilL
Representative O'Connor intimated
that the advocates of the Jones
measure were not supporting the
constitution-' but were passing the
bill because of the Anti-Saloon
League.
Representative Moore, republican.
Ohio, attacked O'Connor because
the New \ ork member declared he
despised the Eighteenth amend
ment and would not vote for any
measure to enforce it.
SUES TOil HUSBAND'S DEATH
WICHITA FALLS, Tex., Mar. 1.
(.Py—Because her husband was killed
in a grade j crossing accident near
Henrietta oi\ Oct, 5, 1928, Mrs. L. E.
Riley has filed a suit for $50,000
damages against the Fort Worth Sc
Denver City railroad.
In her petition Mrs. Riley said she
has seven minor children from. 18
I years to six months of age. 'Al
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