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1 \eteran Cowbov In
'< Brownsville Seeks
, To Mark Old Trail
An old-time Texas cowboy, ex
hibiting that never-say-die spirit
with which he used to battle the
element* in rounding up the herd
on lonely prairies of the Lone Star
f j state, has come to Brownsville
again, seeking aid in his nation
® appeal to have a national
highway from Brownsville to Bis
marck, S. D., designated as the
Longhorn Cowboy Chisholm Trail.
P. P. ACkley soon will be 70 years
old. He drove the first blooded
shorthorn cattle into the Panhan
dle of the state and into New Mex
icp1 He remembers well those days
5 when night brought to an end a
» long weary drive, “when the saddle
was used for a pillow and coyotes
lulled us to sleep with their wild
;; mournful howl.”
, Awakened during the night, (hey
11 heard only the shuffling sound
. i made by restless cattle or the
V plfclntive note of the cowboy on
} guard slnging “The Girl I Left Be
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! hind Me,” or some other tune most
sacred to him.
After all these years, Ackley
again rides the old trail from
Brownsville to the north, seeking
’ endorsement of his plan for a me
morial to those old trail blazers
who made the country what it is
today. He has with him letters
from many United States senators
and congressmen, and several from
stjite officials in both Texas and
Oklahoma. Chambers of commerce
along the proposed route of the
highway all endorse his proposal
and have promised support.
The road as Ackley visions it
would begin at Brownsville and
thence would run north through
Beeville, San Antonio, Austin,
Waco, Hillsboro, Fort Worth Wich
ita Falls, Vernon (Texas), Man
gum, Elk City, Fort Supply, Woou
ward < Oklahoma), Dodge City,
Fort Hays, Kansas; Ogalala, Neb.,
and Bismarck, S. D.
Ackley now is at Donna, where
he spent the winter.
FIELD EXTENDED
SAN ANGELO, March 23.—of*)—
With a hole full of oil at 1,668 feet,
63 feet in the pay, the Phillips Pe
troleum company’s No. 1 Ramsey
in Pecos county shut dow'n today
for storage. It is 990 feet from the
north and east lines of section 17,
block 194, G. C. & S. F. railway
survey, and indicates a half mile
south extension of the Yates field.
....
STONE BURIED
BESIDE GREAT
Simple Ceremony Marks
Last Rites For Head of
News Agency
( By the Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 23.—The
ashes of a plain American citizen,
Melville Elijah Stone, who asked
1 of life no higher destiny than that,
; were committed today to the spe
cial, rock hewn sanctuary set aside
for America’s great dead beneath
the towering bulk of the Washing
ton cathedral.
Stone had sought no such en
tombment for himself. In life as the
I fullness of years came on him, the
restful quiet of a little church yard
| among the changeless hills of New
| England had called to him. There
i he had prepares for his last long
sleep.
Yet in death the fame he never
| claimed sought him out. Reverent
■ ceremonial, and honors such as
only those may know who have
walked in leadership among their
fellows at home and abroad, were
lavished on him.
Two great Americans he knew as
friends of life. Woodrow Wilson
and George Dewey, already have
been laid to rest in thai crypt, deep
in the quiet breast of Mount St.
Albans, where the newcomer came
today. And because his name, like
theirs, had been* entwined down
the decades that have gone with
the vital fabric of America in peace
and war, the president and vice
president of the United States, cab
inet officers, highest judges, sor
rowing comrades of the fallen chef
tain, and the ambassadors and peo
ples around the world were gathered
to pay tribute to his memory.
A distinguished group assembled
about the urn on its purple draped
catafalque in the shadowy beauty
of Bathlehem chapel where Bishop
Freeman pronounced the simple ri
tual of the entombment service.
Tile slender, bowed figure of the
only living child of the dead man,
a daughter who has given her life
in service to an invalid mother,
alone represented the broken circle
of the immediate family. Both sons
had gone before their father.
The entombment itself was pri
vate. After the catfalque holding
the urn had been borne away to
another chamber with stately re
cessional, President and Mrs. Hoo
ver and all the dignitaries depart
ed. Only the black-clad daughter
and the few closest friends and
associates of the dead man wit
nessed the final rites as his ashes
were set in the crypt beneath.
And after all the high officials,
old comrades, friends and the rest
had gone, she remained to say the
last farewell to a great man who to
her was just father.
WORLDMERGER
IN OIL DENIED
New York Meet to Seek to
Stop, Waste, Standard
Oil Chief Says
NEW YORK. March 23.—(W—W.
C. Teagle, president of the Standard
Oil company of New Jersey, said to
day that the sole purpose of dis
cussions among petroleum leaders of
the western hemisphere concerning
restriction of production is to limit
waste through uneconomic produc
tion.
His statement followed the London
Daily Mail’s declaration that the
world's oil ' kings” expected to make
arrangements at the annual meet
ing of the American Petroleum In
stitute here next week to enable
them to control the output and price
of gasoline throughout the world.
"The object of the conference,”
said the Mail, "is to establish in
fact if not in name a world oil
trust,”
The London paper said that this
sc’ien r> had been made possible by
a recently concluded agreement
with the Russians at Moscow which
eliminated competition of cheaply
marketed oil from the confiscated
oil fields of Russia.
Teagle said that it was reported
to a general committee representing
producing companies which met in
Houston. Tex., on March 15 that
production in the United States for
1928 was more than ample for the
consuming needs of 1929 and in all
likelihood sufficient for the require
ments of several years to come.
"It would be disastrous.” he said,
"to Jhe public’s interest to allow
over-production to increase as in
the past few years.”
VALLEY SCOUTS PLAN
TO ATTEND JAMBOREE
Scouts “Bud” Van Berg and
i Truitt Blankenship of Mercedes
have signified their intentions of
attending the international jam
boree lT Boy Scouts, to be held dur
ing July and August at Arrowe
Park, near Liverpool. Any scout in
the Valley who measures up to the
requirements and whose parents
consent is eligible to attend the
jamboree.
Thirty thousand scouts from 44
countries will be camped together
for two weeks under their own lead
ership. doing their own cooking and
fraternizing with scouts of other
countries at Arrowe Park.
Following the jamboree. the
scouts will make a tour of Europe.
FLYING CONGRESSMAN
STUDIES ARMY COURSE
SAN ANTONIO. March 23.—iPi—
Rep M. J. Maas. St. Paul. Minne
sota's ‘ flying congressman.” landed
here this afternoon in an army
plane from St. Louis. He will spend
the next three weeks at Brooks and
Kelly fields, here in studying the
army air training courses’to deter
mine what part of it may be adapt
ed to a proposed extension of ffying
instruction to reserve officers train
ing corps in colleges and universi
ties.
18.2 BILLIARD CHAMP
MILWAUKEE. Wis.. March 23.
—t.-P'—Percy Collins. Chicago, de
fended his national amateur 18.2
balkline billiard title here today,
winning the final game of the
tournament from M. C. Walgren,
Pacific coast chamnion. 300 to 282
in twenty-four innings. - _ • j
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Aggie Prince (above), the Texas A. and M. College steer, won
first prize as Junior Calf and Champion Aberdeen Angus Steer at
the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show at Fort Worth.
The steer, Aggie Prince, was purchased by the Southern Pacific. It
was born Jan. 26, 1928, and was used regularly in class work for
judging, feeding and fitting work. The preparation of the steer for
Fort Worth show was largely done with students.
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America of 90’s Is
Preserved In Club
PALM BEACH. Fla., March 23.—
iA‘)—Bradley’s, known the world
over as he Monte Carlo of Palm
Beach, is architecturally a relic of
the period of lavender and old lace.
Other institutions and clubs in
the resort city, housed in buildings
with minarets and bared windows,
may bring back memories of Old
Spain or the county jail, but Brad
ley’s with its tower and cupola is
simon-pure America.
To those who believe that the
cuspidor has joined the limbo of
forgotten things, that it has passed
along with waxen flowers and
gilded shovels, the shining array
in Bradley’s foyer would prove a
revelation. They are glistening
examples of the “art’’ of the late
Victorian era.
The exterior of Bradley's is that
of a nice, homey sort of house. In
front there is a row of pink gera
niums. interspersed with other
old-fashioned flowers. The foyer
is carpeted in green velvet, soft and
deep. The walls and ceiling are in
cream color and the chairs are
treated to a coat of the same color, j
Potted palms are set about at what
would be known as “correct” inter
vals. There is a small desk, is writ
ten in wooden scroll, “Beach—1899
—Club.”
Col. Edward R. Bradley, propri
etor of the club, is internationally
known as a sportsman and owner of
thoroughbred race horses. He was
born in Johnstown, Pa., in 1859, and
spent his early life in Texas. He
took part in the skirmishes which
culminated in the capture of the
Indian chieftain, Geronimo, and
has many reminiscences of frontier
life in the rough townships and min
ing camps of the west. He came to
St. Augustine, Fla., in 1891 and to
Palm Beach in 1898. He has the dis
tinction of having sold the first
property on the Palm Beach market.
The Beach club, or Bradley's as
it is more familiarly called, is one
of the most widely known institu
tions in Palm Beach and no one is
given a membership card w'hose fi
nancial rating is not A-l.
City Briefs
New Underwood Typewriter sales
and service. Underwood Typewrit
er Co., Moore Hotel Arcade, phone
295, Harlingen.—Adv. tf.
The Van Heest Shops Auto and
Furniture refinishing. Corner 11th
and Monroe Sts., Phone 1047.
—adv. 3-28-29.
Genuine Navajo and Chimayo rugs
—all sizes. These rugs are very at
tractively priced. Oriental Rug and
Gift Shop. Opposite Travelers ho
tel, on Twelfth street.—Adv. 24
Oriental Rugs greatly reduced in
price. Persian and Chinese rugs.
Here is your opportunity to buy
unusually fine rugs at very low
prices. Oriental Rug and Gift
Shop. Opposite Travelers hotel on
Twelfth street.—Adv. 24
Oak Lumber for double trees,
buggy rims, blacksmith coal, cane
seed, dirt scrapers, tools, pipes and
fittings, flower pots, rubber hose,
wire fence, Manilla rope 25c a lb.;
lower prices on everything. Hard
ware Sales, 2nd and Fronton.—adv.
To our old and new customers—
ask for Thielen round home-made
bread. Served for 60 years or more
to the public. Union Bakery, City
market, phone 144.—adv. 24.
—
Dickey’s Old Reliable Eye Water
cools, heals and strengthens sore,
weak, tired eyes. All druggists 25c. i
—Adv. (4)
Itching Between the Toes Is re
lieved quickly by applying Imperial
Eczema Remedy, at bedtime. Drug
gists are authorized to refund mon
ey if it fails.—adv.
Improving—Mrs Pauline Goode,
who has been quite ill for the past
week, is reported to be much im
proved. Mrs. Goode is head of the
Spanish department at the Junior
college.
Infertile Eggs, fresh, delivered daily
at your grocery store. Ask your
grocer. Joachim Poultry Farm,
back of Country club.—Adv. tf.
On Business— M. R. Hall, county
attorney, went to Refugio Saturday
morning to look after business
there. He expects to return Tues
day of this week.
Shoe Shop Not Sold—The Cohen
Electric Shoe Shop has not been
sold. A brief which appeared in
! this column Friday telling of the
sale of a shoe shop referred to a
I trade made in another Valley
I town.
GROUNDS BEAUTIFIED
McALLEN. March 23.—The
grounds surrounding the municipal
hospital and nurses’ dormitory are
undergoing a program of beautifi
cation work under the supervision
of Mrs. R. J. Randolph, member
of the hospital board in charge
of beautification.
Lazy Liver
Poisons System
Stagnant, poisonous waste in the
bowels is due to faulty liver action.
The result is many types of illness,
sometimes becoming serious.
To get rid of this condition which
poisons your blood, take Dr. Tutt’s
Pills, famous for over 83 years as a
great health reliance, .
CIVIL WAR IN
CHINESE STATE
Wuhan Armies And Central
Government Armies In
Fight Near Hwangmei
SHANGHAI, China, March 24.—
(Sunday) —(&>—The breach within
Chinese revolutionary forces grow
ing out of the Hunan coup d’etat in
February had reached the stage of
civil war today.
The Nationalist government made
formal denial, but it otherwise was
reported reliably that Wuhan armies
and central government forces had
opened hostilities on the Hupeh
Anhwei border in the vicinity of
Hwangmei.
The new crisis came as the re
sult of Nanking’s efforts to make its
authority real throughout the pro
vinces and to force various war lords
to recognize the central government.
Nanking interprets the Hunan coup,
in which Hankow and Canton lead
ers ousted Nanking officials, as a
refusal by the Wuhan leaders to re
cognize Nanking.
The armies of President Chiang
Kai-Shek are upholding Nanking
while Wuhan forces are supporting
the contention of Hankow that, the
central government is not authoriz
i ed to dominate provincial affairs.
Operators of Home
Refute Testimony
Girls Given Liquor
SAN ANTONIO. March 23 — <JP)—
Attacking testimony that girls in
the home ot the Volunteers of
America, Styi Antonio charitable
organization, had been given whis
key to drink and beaten with a raw
hide on occasions, Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis Hopkins, in charge of the
j home, brought many witnesses be
fore district court here today.
The testified in the second day
of a hearing on the petition of Dis
trict Lamar Seeligson, acting as a
private citizen, that the custody of
ten children be taken from Mr. and
Mrs. Hopkins because of elle<TOd
‘•immoral surroundings” of the
home.
The veracity of the three girls,
former inmates of the home who
testified that Mr. and Mrs. Small
had given them whiskey at an Aus
tin tourist camp, was attacked by
attorneys for the respondents with
the testimony of Mrs. Mary Vorden
baum, also a former inmate and
A. B. Pasley, owner of the tourist
camp.
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Troop Four held its regular meet
ing Friday evening. The boys play
ed games for a short time and then
the meeting was called to order. A
few announcements were made and
then Mr. Clark gave a short talk
on map-making. After this. Mr.
Clark gave a few tests to some of
the boys. About 9:30 the boys were
dismissed. WM. MILLER.
WILSON TRACT GIRL
WINS CLOTHES PRIZE
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(Special to The Herald.)
SAN BENITO. March 23.—The
club girls of Cameron county met
i here today for a clothes making
contest. Winners were announced
as follows:
Class -1—Mildred Young of Wil
j son tract, First; Lois Mclntire,
! Rangerville, second.
Class 2—Jane Alice Wright, High
land, first; Ethel May Day, Wilson
Tract, second.
Fourteen girls were entered in the
j contest, which was Judged in the
! water building here.
IN OURVALLEY
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balance of our stock - - that they can get their
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ITEM— REGULAR PRICE SALE PRICE
Ruud A-I Instantaneous Water Heater.. $85.00 $60.00
lli This is a nationally approved water heater, with white jacket, blue
trimmed, never before sold in the Valley at anywhere near this low
P Humphrey No. 50 Instantaneous Water Heater. $117.00 $80,00
An excellent gray enameled cast iron, fully approved heater, can be in
stalled on the flooY, or hung on the wall. Don’t miss it.
Humphrey No. 20 Instantaneous Water Heater.$124.00 $85.00
Here is one of the best liked heaters in America. Large size, green
enamel cast iron, beautiful in performance and appearance. ONLY
H ONE LEFT IN STOCK. -
Garland Range No. 2727 VRC. $109.00 $52.75
A beautiful little cast iron range in black with gray and white doors, —
service drawer, oven control, 16-inch oven, rust resisting linings in oven
piiikj and broiler. This is a real honest value. L
Clark Jewel Range No. 264L. $120.00 $70.00
jiiiil Three quarter blue and white porcelain enamel, with 16-inch porcelain
1* lined oven, full size broiler, large cooking top, LORAIN oven control,
^ 5-burner cooking top. One of the finest ranges in America at a price
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A-B RanSe No. 803L. $84.00 $46.00
With 14-inch oven, lined with guaranteed rustproof Waelder metal.
, Three quarter white porcelain enamel exterior. Spacious broiler and
service drawer. We invite comparison on this range anywhere in Texas.
These items represent a portion of the values we present. We also have restaurant
equipment, heaters, radiators, and all manner of miscellaneous appliances propor
tionately reduced. You are not obligated to look—and whether or not you want to
buy, you should not neglect seeing merchandise priced this low. It is a real thrill in*
these days of high prices.
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