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Ufl? Hcmunsuttle BrrnlD Established July 4, 1892 Entered as second-class matter in the Postoffice Brownsville, Texas. !THE BROWNSVILLE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Inscription Rates—Daily and Sunday (7 Issues) Year... $9.00 Months .$4.50 « Months .$2.25 Month .15 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use mblication of all news dispatches credited to it or otherwise credited in this paper, and also the news published herein. TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE Foreign Advertising Representatives 'alias, Texas, 512 Mercantile Bank Building, lansas City, Mo, 306 Coca Cola Building, hicago, 111, Association Building, ew York, 350 Madison Avenue, t. Louis, 502 Star Building. ds Angeles, Cal, Room 1015 New Orpheum Bldg, 3. Broadway. an Francisco, Cal, 313 Kohl Building. Battle, Wash, 507 Leary Building. irlingen Office, Reese-WilMont Hotel Phone 1020. Concrete Pipe Irrigation om concrete lined canals to concrete pipe lines logical development in the distribution of water Valley irrigation systems. became apparent a year or two ago that every :y district eventually would be distributing water ugh concrete carriers because of the great sav in the amount of water necessary to irrigate a m and because it prevented land adjacent to the Is becoming waterlogged. my of the systems have voted bonds and have reted some of their canals, w the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo district proposes Lstribute all water through concrete pipe, carry out this plan a bond issue of $3,000,000 voted several months ago. Now the district stalling at Pharr what is said to be the largest rete pipe making factory in the state. All pipe by the district will be made in this plant and needs of other Valley irrigation systems will be lied. .e plant is equipped to turn out pipe from 16 2 inches in diameter. Larger sizes, up to 72 ;s in diameter, are to be manufactured with a ible plant at the site •where the large pipe is to sed. rge quantities of the 60 and 72 inch sizes will be ed in the project, the directors of the district ire. iis portable machine likely will pay for itself y times over in saving of freight and transpor n costs on the larger pipe. The raw materials, el, sand, cement and water can be transported i more easily in truck loads than joints of huge )t pipe. nilar savings will be effected in the manufac of the smaller sizes of the pipe and the directors f will be able to turn over the completed job a saving of several hundred thousand dollars, installation of concrete distributing systems will go far to conserve water for irrigation purposes in the Valley and permit development to continue while steps are being taken which eventually will lead to the construction of storage dams in the upper Rio Grande. Many problems face the men who are working for eventual storage on the Rio Grande, and not the least of these is the necessity fer completing a treaty with Mexico on the division of water thus impounded. While these problems are being worked out one by ; one, officials of irrigation districts throughout the | Valley, and everyone interested in the welfare of this j section, will watch with great interest the gigantic I undertaking cf the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo district. Curtis and Allen Vice Pres. Charles Curtis and Sen. William J. Allen, of Kansas have been political and personal enemies for many years. Allen is an editor. Gov. Clyde Reed of Kansas is an editor. Allen and Reed have been chums and friends for many years. Reed appointed Allen to fill the vacancy caused B by the promotion of Curtis to the vice-presidential [ Chair. I There is a big fly in the Curtis cup of ointment. I Allen is the fly. Curtis as presiding officer must | extend a cordial welcome to Allen, and administer the oath of office. Politics is a grand old game. Curtis hit the top and then his political enemy was «• named to take his vacant place in the senate of the I American congress. In France Curtis would be compelled to kiss Allen. In America he is permitted to inludge in a friendly nod and hand-shake. Did They Import Bottle Rum? Two dry congressmen are on the rack. One hails from Illinois and the other from Ohio. Representa , tive William M. Morgan of Ohio is a dry republican. He received the backing of the Anti-Saloon league in I his campaigns for office. He was accused of having ^ brought four bottles of liquor into the country from Panama. He was vindicated. Congressman M. A. Michaelson of Illinois, a dry republican and a favor ite candidate for the Anti-Saloon league, is under in dictment at Jacksonville. Fla., charging him with Importing liquor from Cuba. Michaelson made bond for his appearance in court to answer to the indict ment. He is innocent. He admits it. Michaelson voted for the Wesley Jones act. Now If a lawmaker is convicted, will the federal judges temper justice with mercy? Stock Holders Are Hit Hard And now comes the announcement that the United States farm loan board has levied an assessment of $3,800,000 on the 1800 stockholders of the Kansas City joint stock land bank. This bank passed into the hands of a receiver. Its president and its secretary were sentenced to terms of six years and a year and a day, respectively. In federal prison for misapplication of funds. The receiver has made his report. Estimated val uation of assets and as they were carried on books of the bank disclosed a shrinkage of from $50,406, 393.44 to $41,544,057.42. Now the 1800 stockholders must go down in their jeans and dig up $3,800,000. It appears to be possi ble to wreck a joint stock land bank. It happened at Kansas City. Those who dance must pay. IT WOULD HAVE SAVED SUFFERING Eugene Tunney, the ex-prize fighter, attended a fullfight the other day, but only with the understand ing that newspaper writers and photographers be barred. He should have thought of that idea in some pf his fight* P*— • . * "V" Oklahoma For High Speed Limit Oklahoma lawmakers are a fast set. They be lieve in going the limit. They enacted a new speed law on Oklahoma state highways from 35 to 45 miles an hour. Gov. W. J. Holloway signed the measure. As it carried an emergency clause, it began to func tion after the governor had attached his signature to the bill. Now the lawmakers will go ahead ousting supreme court justices and all other officials who have aroused their ire since “The Four Horsemen” started on the trail of the Hon. Star Reader John ston. THE INFLUENCE OF TICKER SYMBOLS ON THE AMERICAN HOME Wife: Well, dear, you’re late for DNR. Husband: I was detained at the OFC. Wife: It’s a lot of TRBL for the CK to keep things warm when she doesn't know what TME you’re com ing HME. Husband: I know it. What are we having to night? I’m HGRY as a BR. Wife: We’re having LV and ONS. Husband: Liver and onions? Good! Any ZUP? Wife: Of course. Husband: What kind? Wife: EMB, I think. Husband: What’s that? Wife: English Mutton Broth.’ Oh. and I’ve a des sert you love. Husband: Not CPNG! Wife: No, not Cabinet Pudding. Guess again. Husband: APS? Wife: No, not applesauce either. Husband: I give up. Wife: SSC. Husband: Strawberry shortcake! Wonderful! (They sit down). Wife: Please pass the SOL. Husband: The what, dear? Wife: SOL—the Staff of Life. Husband: To be sure. And BTR? Wife: No, I’m not using BTR. Husband: Why not? Wife: It’s too FTNG. Husband: Darling, this ZUP doesn’t taste like EMB. It’s more like NECC—New England Clam Chowder. Wife: It isn’t FLVRD enough. It needs more SLT and PEPR. Husband: Why didn’t we have any OTR CTL to night? Wife: We couldn't get the oysters. Husband: May I have my CFE now? Wife: Certainly. Do you want it with or with out CRM? Husband: No CRM; Just a little MLK. Wife: And SGR? Husband: Yes, please. Wife: How many? Husband: One LMP, please. Wife: You seem in a terriby hurry. Why? Are we going out? Husband: Yes, I’ve got TKTS to the THTR. Wife: What’s the show? Husband: The Four X Brothers. (Curtain). • * * * ‘ IT’S ALL CLEAR NOW It is now understood that when the customs guard asked Congressman Morgan if he had any liquor and the congressman is supposed to have said, “Four bot tles,” it was all a misunderstanding. What the con grer man thought the customs man asked was ..-he trier he had any undeclared scashell ornaments, hats or shawls in his baggage. The customs man spo..e in a loud voice and the congressman replied, "Your roar startles.” This was mistaken for “Four bottles.” Now It’s all clear. By HERBERT C. PLUMMER WASHINGTON, April 9.—What kind of a man is the new senator from Missouri—the one who will sit :n the seat occupied for so long by the illustrious Jim Reed? The question might be answered with the simple statement that Roscoe Patterson is as opposite from Jim Reed as the two poles. There is scarcely a trace of similarity. Unlike Jim Reed, Senator Patterson is not regard c I a.> a great orator. Not that he has a poor delivery, but he sacrifices attempts at eloquence for logic. His speeches also lack the biting sarcasm and vindictive ness of Reed. He is a successful attorney and comes from a fam ily of lawyers. His father and two brothers are mem bers of that profession. Until he accepted appoint ment as United States attorney he had lived all of his life in Springfield, Greene county. He is married and has one son. * * * * LIKES INFORMATION Patterson is a man of personal magnetism, makes friends easily, and keeps them. His friends say that hs never is happier than when surrounded by people. His sense of humor is hard to equal. He laughingly confessed to this writer that he was always glad to see anyone who had information, for it was difficult for him to pet hold of enough to satisfy the demand. He is a great theater-goer, but prefers classical rirema. He laments the passing of Shakespearean plays from the stage. If the senator is not in his office it is a pretty safe bet that he is out in his automobile, for motoring his his one hobby. He and his family spurned the train when they came to Washington. He drives his own car. and has mad° extended motor trips. * * * * “COMMON PEOPLE” LIKE HIM Missouri’s new senator is described by his friends as being the most typical renresentative of the “com mon peonle’’ of his state that the commonwealth has had in the United States senate for years.. They re fer you to the circumstances under which he was elected. He comas from Soringfield, one of the ^mailer cities of the state. His opnonents were from the two greet urban centers—St. Louis and Kansas C;tv. The “common peonle” rallied to his standard, and he was swent into office with a majority of 61.000. Senator Patterson is a conservative renublican. There is nothing of the radical about him. He is for law enforcement first, ia^t and always. His views on prohibition are guided by this. As long as the eigh teenth amendment is a part of the constitution he will uphold it. He always has taken an active interest in politics. From 1921 to 1923 he was a member of the lower house of congress. He has been prosecuting attorney fer his home county two terms. He served for three years as a United States attorney in Missouri, relin quishing that office to enter the senate Believe It or Not By Ripley j ■ tvi'l I CHEEK veteran ho man — SPENT I 92.Years on the Turf A'SHEETS PAPER, ghing less thin ounce, Held suspended in Aik ^ - A*400 LB .1 SAFE.v, / 'UfA6REUAv U AS BEEN IN USE OF TH E I «XAS CLEVETT FAMlLy 192^ S!MCt^770.' This is a daily feature of The Herald, and authenticity of the above, if questioned, may be had from Mr. Ripley, in care of this paper. A LOVE AND MYSTERY STORY By J.Jefferson Farjeon Copyright, 192*. by Central Prcae Association. Inc. “Hello!—what’s this?’* READ THE FIRST: The plot concerns some weird noises that no one can fathom. They are underground sounds, be neath a supposedly haunted house in Byford Moor. While eating in a restaurant. Brown, a romantic young clerk, overhears a rough looking man say, “After her! And —if she’s troublesome—don't be par ticular waht you do to her.” Brown trails the girl to the haunted house. He has met Ruper and Charlie, two young men on a walking trip, and they join forces with him to dis cover the secret. While in the haunted house at night the three young men see the girl. She mys teriously disappears. While talking over plans, a stranger comes up and tells them their car, which has been taken, may be found in a field a short distance from the house. The stranger’s name is Samuel Brill. Brown, the clerk, and Ted, the tramp, are left at the house, while Rupert and Charlie decide to get the car. (NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY) CHAPTER XI For the moment we will leave the clerk and the laborer to their gaspers and to the enjoyment of their brief respite—in the case of one of them the respite was to prove exceeding ly brie—and will follow in the foot steps of Rupert Blake and Charlie Carfax as they turned rightwards outside the gate and began to walk to the spot where, a mile away, an empty car had been sighted in the entrance of a field. “Well, what do you think of it?” asked Rupert. It was the first time they had been alone together since they had taken Brown under their wing. “Mad.” replied Charlie, with en gaging frankness. “Mad, but inevi table.” “How inevitable, Charlie? I didn’t know you were a fatalist.” “I’m not. What I meant was that, for a girl like the one we’re making fools of ourselves for, it would be in evitable to stand on one’s head on Mount Everest if it would help her.” “By Jove!” murmured Rupert, looking at his companion curiously, “Saint George does not languish through obesity.” "Shut up!” retorted the obese Saint George. I’m starting rolling exercises tomorrow.” Rupert smiled. “You know’, you and that chap Brown have had all the luck so far,” he said. “You have the personal incentive, and I have merely the theoretical one. I’m beginning to wonder whether I shall ever meet this adorable creature who makes sesible people take long journeys and stand on their heads on Mount Everest. If I don’t see her soon. I’ll regard her as a myth. What’s she like?” “Well—you know’ Evelyn Laye, and Edna Best, and Tallulah Bank head,” responded Charlie, after a moment’s consideration. “Would you call them beautiful?” “Rather!” agreed Rupert. “I don’t—now,” answered Charlie. “They’ve simply ceased to exist.” “You are a dolt!” laughed Rupert. “I suppose you and Brown will be challenging each other shortly. But, don’t forget. Brown found her first.” “B rov/n!” murmured Charlie, scornfully. “Brown’s a good sort.” “Yes, of course he is. So's the man I buy my ties f^om. But I can’t see him hitching himself up to Tallulah Bankhead.” “Whereas our own particular dar ling will jump at the chance of having breakfast with a human tub.” Charlie made no response. It sud denly occurred to Rupert that he was becoming a little too flippant for the solemnity of the occasion. "Sorry, old sport,” he said sud denly. “No, don’t apologise—I’m the fool,” returned Charlie. I am a hu man tub all right, and, of course, I’d never get a look in. All Brown and I can hope for is to toss to see who’s to be Best Man. You know'—I like Brown, too. Fancy a common little feller like that hav ing such a sporting soul! Of course. I have to chip him—but he’s o. k.” “A white man in a blue funk,” suggested Rupert. “Yes, he's o. k. The common little fellers have just the same chance of getting into heaven as you and I have, Charlie. Their only disadvantage is that they have less chance of finding a pre liminary on earth.” “True, oh. philosopher.” nodded Charlie. “What about the other one? The blimy chap with the corf?” “What—the tramp?” “No. the pedestrian who is merely saving his hotel bill,” chuckled Charlie. “I liked the way you de scribed him to that old occult fos sil!” “Well. I’ll wager he's o. k., too. Funny how you ‘feel’ people, isn’t it? If we hadn’t sensed that he was white, behind his grime, we’d never have jawed so freely before him. There’s all sorts of people in the world, and you can't read the lot at a moment’s notice—but it’s queer how some of ’em ‘get across’ to you at once, without doing a thing, or saying a word. I think it’s something—something simple in their natures, eh? The simple things are the best things in the long run, you know.” “Yes, I used to think that when I was doing arithemetic,” acquiesced Charlie. “Well, what about the oc cult old fossil? What did he call himself? Roger Bacon?” “No, Simon Brill.” “Oh, yes, Simon Brill. “Did you ‘feel’ him? Is he simple?” “Perhaps he thought we were,” suggested Rupert. “Yes, a lot of bosh he talked! I suppose he’s a spiritualist . . . Well, it was bosh, wasn’t it.” “Bosh or not, no girl would book a ticket at King’s Cross station just to make a bee-line for a house in which she could meet the spirits and listen to the echose of a many years’ old mine disaster! P'r’aps I’ve got an open mind on spiritual istic matters, Charlie—but, even if Simon Brill wasn’t talking bosh, he didn't explain everything. “He was talking bosh.’’ “All right. If you like. By the way, did you notice, he mentioned ‘Coomber House’? That was the house the porter mentioned. We didn’t realize, did we, that we were going to become so closely acquaint ed with it!” “Mon cheapeau, no! I wonder if the acquaintance is going to get any closer?” And on this thought they fell into silence. The lane at first had been bord ered with foliage, which intensified its darkness, but now it emerged into more open country, and be yond a low hill on their right they heard the distant breakers. A vague black structure rose from the hill Once it had meant something. Now it was the mere skeleton of ma chinery beyond service, an outposl of the disused mine. It had the I aspect, though not the shape, of s huge scaffold. Their road wound half-round the hill, then began to rise in ade pressed, purposely way into inky moorland. But at the foot of the rise the travelers reached their ob jective. Half in and half out of e gateway loomed a black object. The Armstrong-Siddeley. The gate leaned against it, a* Health and Right Living BY ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. Former Commissioner of Health, USE OF ACID MILK IN INFANT i FEEDING There are almost endless prob lems associated with the feeding of babies. The breast-fed young ster is lucky. If there is an abun dant supply of mother's milk of good quality, the baby thrives and is well. Otherwise the household is upset. At least once a month you read my comment that- the mother-job is the hardest job in the world. It is a satisfying job, but it is none the less trying on that account. Worry, watchful care, attention to detail, promptness and everlast ing demands make the raising of the baby an anxious and wearing period in a woman's life. But it is only by the application of all these attentions that the infant's health can be safeguarded. The bottle-fed infant is a spe cial problem. It is a problem to the doctor and nurse, as well as to the mother. Cows’ milk is physically and chemically different from human milk. To make the former at all suitable for baby’s digestion, it must be "modified.” It must be diluted and otherwise treated to adapt it to the infant’s need. The worst of it is that, with the best of scientific effort, there are children who do not thrive on the ordinary bottle mixtures. For va rious reasons they cannot digest them. Because of these experiences there has been much experimenta tion in recent years to find a satis factory substitute for the usual combination. Ways have been sought to make cows’ milk more suitable for the baby. One method proposed is to give acid milk sour milk. This will seem strange if you have not thought about it. But one reason why some infants do not digest the milk as they should is because there is a lack of acid in the stom ach juices. To overcome this lack, acid is added to the milk. If somebody besides an anxious mother should read these lines it is wrell to consider the importance of acid milk in certain dyspepsias or indigestions of adults. Many persons have enjoyed great benefits from the taking of buttermilk and similar preparations. In infant feeding several ways of acidifying the milk have been tried. After long experimentation lactic acid has been decided upon as most satisfactory. What is lactic acid? It is the acid which is found in ordinary sour milk. But it is formed, too, in the fermentation of other sub stances, and can be made by the chemist. When separated, it Is like a syrup in its nature, but it is very bitter to the taste. Whatever acid is recommended by the doctor, it is added to the milk drop by drop. All the time the mixture is vigorously stirred to avoid the making of big curds. Any acid placed in milk will cause it to curdle and this is true of lac tic acid. To prevent the forma tion of curds of large size the I stirring is essential. To this mixture honey, corn syrup or corn sugar is added. There results a digestible and palatable mixture. Mind you—I am not recommend ing this form of feeding for YOUR baby. Whether this youngster re quires acid milk will be determ ined by your doctor. It is my desire, merely, to let you know there are advanced methods in in fant feeding, methods intended to overcome fermentation and the other effects of ordinary mik. It is not desirable to use acid milk if the usual mixtures agree. There can be no doubt that this system of feeding will relieve the anxiety of an occasional mother. If you think you are one such mother, talk with your doctor. ANSWERS TO HEALTH QUERIES L. X. Q—What would you sug though objecting to its presence and trying to shove it back into the road. Why the gate should go to all this trouble was not obvious. It led to nowhere. There wras no house to defend, or farmland to preserve; only rough stubble that easily be reached without troubling the gate at all, and that led, if its trackless surface could be said to lead any where, to the vague black structure on the top of the low hill. "By Jove—it’s actually here!” murmured Rupert. "The jolly old car!” replied Char lie. “I’m dashed!” They examined it. To their re lief they found it in perfect work ing order. Whoever had stolen the car had not crowned his perfidy by malicious destruction. “Go in the road, while I back it,” said Rupert. “Yes. mind the motor buses,” re plied Charlie. A moment later the engine snort ed, and the car lurched backwards over the coarse stubble. “Can’t say that you managed that with your usual skill,” commented Charlie, when the car was at a standstill again in the road. “Any thing wrong with the steering gear?” “No, but an idea occurred to me while I was backing the thing.” re sponded Rupert. "I’m going to han dle the wheel just as little as I can.” “Why? Has it offended you?” “I’ll tell you why, Charlie. The thief must have handled this wheel, mustn’t he? That means his finger prints ought to be on it. When we get back to Byford we’ll see what a little white chalk can reveal.” “Capital notion!” nodded Charlie “I say. Rupert, are you one of those detectives in disguise?” “I wish I were,” answered Rupert “Then perhaps I’d be of some real use. Anyway, I know’ how to un ravel finger prints, and if the re sults are good, we might buy a , cheap camera in the morning and perpetuate the discovery. Let’s have i a look over our kit and belonging.1 to make sure nothing's missing Good to see it all again, isn't it?’ i “Yes, quite like home,” said Char lie. They examined their ruck sack; and packages. Nothing had beer taken. The thief had evidently usee the car merely for his get-away gest for eyes that are blood shot? A.—Have a careful examination, as it is possible you need glasses. * m m M. R. K. Q —What do you ad vise for blackheads? A.—Correct the diet, by cutting down on sugar, starches and coffee. Eat simple food and avoid consti pation. * • • J. S. S. Q.—What will stop a per son from drinking excessively? A.—Chronic alcoholism is a con-^ dition very difficult to treat. Wittr\.’ drawal of alcohol is essdntiaiT Place the patient in an institution where he can be watched during the trying period of the first two weeks. Who am I? What is my nick name? Who recently ordered me arrested? Who was the “Jersey Lily?" Who was “Light Horse Harry" Lee? “He that keepeth the command ments keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.” Where is this passage found in the Bible? Today’s Horoscope Persons born on this day are able to influence others easily. They like to be leaders and are unwill ing to be but cogs of the wheel. Star Lore FOSSIL REMAINS OF PREHIS TORIC MAN By Arthur D. Carpenter Fossil remains of five distinct types of prehistoric man have been found. The first discovery of •‘he kind wTas in 1848. The olde4 sils yet found are those'^jlthe Piltdown man in England; thfriext oldest is the Heidelberg jaw; then the Neanderthal man and, contem porary with him, the Trinal man of Java. The fifth group of fos sils are those of the Cro-magnon race. This last mentioned was in the fullest sense an intellectual race with large brain capacity and splendidly developed physique. All fossil races discovered other than these, are far inferior to modern man. 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