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FDrison Relocation
Abandoned to Plan
Of Centralization
By RAYMOND BROOKS
AUSTIN, April 7.—Administra
tion leaders for Gov. Dan Moody in
the legislature Thursday definitely
gave up their long fight for relo
cation of the Texas prison system,
and started anew' on a different
task.
They still are diametrically op
posed to the majority action of the
house in favoring river-bottom
farms in Brazoria county for the
new prison plant.
Rep. Henry N. Graves of George
town Thursday announced he is
writing a new- bill which will require
the new prison system to be built
in the piney woods of Walker coun
ty. near Huntsville.
Sen. T. J. Holbrook has again of
fered his “w'ide open" relocating bill
to permit a commission to choose
a site anywhere in the state, which
was called the administration bill
in the regular session and which
brought on the most extended fight
in recent years.
Sent to Committee
Sen. Holbrook was out of the city,
and it could not be found if he will
continue his fight for this measure,
after its definite abandonment in
the house by Graves, acknowledged
spokesman for Moody.
The new bill, and the decision dis- i
closed by it were regarded as the ,
most significant development of the
young session. #
The house penitentaries commit- |
tee moved swiftly Thursday to shape i
a definite and agreed prison policy
for action the house early next
week.
Representative Graves’ bill and
two others, one calling for location
of the system on either the Ramsey
or the Darrington prison farm of
Frazoria county, the other to locate
it on the Ramsey farm, were sent
to an all-powerful sub-committee,
which committee was directed to
adopt one measure and to report
it back promptly.
Graves, Moody Parley
Representative Graves is a mem
ber of the committee. J. J. Day,
co-author of the other centraliza
tion plan,, is chairman and Rep.
H. A. Turner of Madisonville, Rep.
Henry Webb of Odessa, Rep. H. A.
Turner of Cameron, Rep. Alex Brice
of Sulphur Springs, and Rep. Fred
Minor of Denton are other members.
Rep. Dewey Young of Wellington,
joint author of the previous house
major bill, was left off the sub
committee. Rep. Leonard Tillotson
of Sealy, who has a bill to put the
new prison on the Ramsay farm,
and to regulate the selling off of
the system's 70,000 acres of farm
lands, wras likewise left off the sub
committee.
Representative Graves held a con
ference of several hours Wednes
day with Governor Moody on prison
matters, before announcing his new
and radically different penitentiary
plan.
His measure will do away with
the walls in the city of Huntsville.
It will retain enough farm lands to
employ unskilled convict labor, but
will provide for industrial plants in
the new prison building for manu
facture of wagons, mattresses, fur
niture and other commodities for
use of state institutions and the
highway department.
Ask Reformatory
Other steps toward modernizing
the prison administration were tak
en by the penitentiaries committee
Thursday, recommending the in
crease of salaries from $60 to $85
per month of prison guards, and in
directing an early report by a sub
committee, composed of Rep. John
F. Wallace, H. N. Graves and V. E.
Conway, on the new parole law to
shorten terms of convicts under
good behavior.
Still another penal bill, to create
a reformatory within the system
for youthful first offenders, was sent
to this committee Thursday but has
not yet been considered in commit
tee.
The main fight of the regular ses
sion on prison concentration was
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ble,. the City of Glendale, is being made ready for its first transcon
tinental flight,, Glendale, Cal., to New York, scheduled for June.
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between administration advocates of
giving a board a free hand in se
lecting a new site, probably in cen
tral Texas, for the new plant, and
house members who wanted to keep
the system on farms now owned by
it near Houston. A slender ma
jority in the senate stood by Gov
ernor Moody in approving his chos
en bill; but the measure was killed
by the house in the final days of >
the regular session.
NAME WARD DIRECTOR
OF SOUTH TEXAS INC.
<Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, April 27.—Myron
F. Ward, secretary of the Harlingen
Chamber of Commerce, has been
named a director of South Texas,
Inc., which is an organization
formed at the South Texas publicity
convention held recently at the
Gunter hotel in San Antonio for
the purpose of promoting publicity
to advertise South Texas.
Details for the creation of an ad
visory board of the organization to
contain representatives from every
county included in the organiza
tion's scope, and the working out of
plans for a campaign to enroll 100.
000 members and more in South
Texas, Inc., will occupy the first
meeting of the board of directors to
be held in San Antonio on April 30,
according to Mr. Ward.
Tom S. Etheridge of San Antonio
is president of the organization.
College Entrance
Examination To Be
Given By Schools
College entrance examinations
will be conducted in several un
affiliated high schools in Cameron
county May 7, 8. and 9, it has been
announced by Mrs. W. R. Jones,
county superintendent. These ex
aminations will prevent much delay
and trouble for the pupils of the
unaffiliated schools, Mrs. Jones
states.
Any superintendent wishing to
hold these examinations in his
school should get in touch with
Mrs. Jones, advising her of the
number of students expecting to
take the examination and the sub
jects to be covered.
These quizzes are not required of
accredited high schools.
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ST. JOSEPH TO
PRESENT PLAY
School's Annual Presenta
tion To Be Held Tues
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day At Queen
A one-act play, “Scene at the
Ticket Office,” and a three act
comedy, “Rogueries of Scapin” will
make up the annual presentation
of St. Joseph’s Academy which is
to be given next Tuesday at 8 p. m.
at the Queen theater.
Two special dances, “The Tango’’
and “Jota” will be given by Victor
Eggly and Jaunita Eggly.
The following are included in the
cast of characters for the three
act comedy: Ben Streckfus, Albert
W. Reed, Jr., Conrad L. Cloetia,
Jr., Louis Bauer, Jr., H. Sadurni, R.
Gonzalez, Constant Martin, Rufino
Lopez, Johnny Young, William
Ross, T. Guillen and Joseph Lan
dero.
The St. Joseph’s band and or
chestra will furnish music for the
occasion. Personnel of the band is
as follows:
Leader, Prof. R. E. Garcia. Cor
nets: H. Sadurni, R. Gantt, G. Tet
reau, F. Zepeda, Jim Goode, J.
Herd. Clarinets: Ben Streckfus, C.
Torres, S. Klahn, J. Saenz, H. V.
Fumeaux. Soprano -saxophones:
Johnny Young. J. Browne, Ant.
Marques. Alto saxophones: W.
Ross, F. Perales, C. Laroche, A. Al
lala, D. Neiter. H. Garcia. Altos:
J. Fernandez, R. Marques, Junior
Yates. Slide Trombone: L. Rodd.
Piccolo and Flute: W. Menn. Tuba:
F. Day. Drums: G. Garcia, D.
Sexton, A. Casarin. Cymbals: J.
Casarin. Piano: Peter Norbert.
Violins: W. Mason. R. Mason, J.
Fernandez, R. Marques, Edward
Lundy, Leo Rolls.
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Brownsville to be
Headquarters for
New Federal Census
Brownsville will be headquartesr for the census district No. 1, it has
been announced by R. B. Creager, whose office here is developing into
the hub of activity in Texas for the coming federal census. In his ca
pacity as national republican committeeman from this state, Creager is
making recommendations to the department of commerce for the posi
tions of census supervisor in the 28*
districts in Texas.
The major portion of his recom
mendations have been cleared away
and a large number of applications
have been thoroughly investigated.
No announcement of the recom
mendations will be made, however,
until the bureau of census of the
department of commerce has passed
upon them, it was said.
The plans for the census are as
yet purely tentative and are subject
to change to conform with legis
lation congress may insert in the
bill appropriating funds for this
work. Although it is beleived that
the census will be conducted as in
past years, there is a possibility that
supervisors and enumerators may
be selected by civil service examina
tions.
District No. 1, of which Browns
ville is the headquarters, is com
prised of the following counties:
Brooks, Cameron. Duval, Hidalgo,
Jim Hogg. Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kle
berg. Starr, Webb, Willacy and
Zapata. At the last census this ter
ritary of 15,992 square miles con
tained a population of 170,931, of
which 67.455 were included as urban
and 103,476 as rural residents. This
gave a population of approximately
11 persons per square mile. The dis
district around Dallas had the high
est population per square mile—150.
In District No. 1. Cameron county
was fourth in size, 1401 square
miles: second in population. 35.662:
and first in farms. 2.801. Hidalgo
was third in size. 1.629 square miles:
second in population, 35.662; and
first in farms, 2.801. Hidalgo was
third in size. 1,629 square miles;
first in population. 38,110; and sec
ond in farms. 2,646.
Other counties in the district are
enumertaed below:
County Sq. Miles Population
Brooks . 974 4,560
Cameron . 1.401 35,662
Duval . 1.703 8.251
Hidalgo . 1.629 38.110
Jim Hogg . 1.140 1.914
Jim Wells . 791 6,587
Kleberg . 775 22,807
Starr . 1.348 11.089
Webb . 3,219 29.152
Willacy. 1.274 1,033
Zapata . 1.040 2.929
Kenedy, evidently not completed.
According to the present plans an
nounced by the commerce depart
ment for the coming census, the
supervisors will be responsible for
the employment of the enumer
ators. The supervisor must be a
resident of the headquarters city.
Requirements in the way of ability
are high. In the course of approxi
mately four months, the supervisor
will have to select his force, instruct
them and see that their reports
are accurately made, staying on the
Job until the report is in from every
enumerator and every section. For
this work he will receive approxi
mately $1500 to $2500.
Each enumerator will be required
to give oath that he or she will not
disclose any information given to
them in the course of the enumer
ation and violation of this oath will
be sufficient grounds for dismissal.
This provision is to insure that the
personal information given will be
held in strictest confidence.
As yet, it is not definitely known
just when the census will start but
the department has indicated that
they would prefer to make the cen
sus immediately following Nov. 1.
when the farm population as well
as the urban will be in their reg
ular places and assure a more ac
curate count.
A large portion of the recom
mendations already have been han
dled and many aplications have
been placed on file from all parts!
of the state.
LETTERS ARRIVE AFTER
2-’ROUND WORLD TRIPS
PORT ARTHUR. Tex.. April 27 —
(/P)—After travelling around the
globe, two letters mailed in Bar
celona, Spain. March 1. have been
delivered to Fernando Pro, Spanish
vice consul here.
The letters were addressed
‘Ternando Pro. Vice Consul, Port
Arthur.” and contained invitations
to fruit growers of the Sabine dis
trict to enter fruit exhibits in an
exposition at Bercelona.
The letters went from Spain to
Port Arthur. Siberia, where they
received a few Russian postmarks
before being sent to Yokahoma,
Japan.
Japan finally mailed them to
Seattle, Wash., where employees of
Uncle Sam suggested “try Port
Arthur, Texas.”
Despite their long travel, the let
ters arrived in time for extending
the invitation they earned.
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C. E. MEET TO
CLOSE SUNDAY
Attendance Is Expected To
Reach Peak At Last
Session
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After a three day session the Rio
Grande Valley Christian Endeavor
convention will reach its peak at
the final services beginning at 6:30
p. m. today according to Otto Niel
sen, San Juan, president of the
convention.
Neilsen estimates the attendance
at the convention to be not less
than 250 but expects the crowd to
swell to the 300 mark tonight be
for the meeting adjourns.
The fellowship banquet Saturday
night climaxed the second day of
activities. It was staged at the El
Jardin Community house. H. E.
Suppertz, Dallas, acted as toast
master in the place of Tom Searcy
who was scheduled to fill the place.
He was unable to attend, having
been called from the city yesterday
morning. Huppert Is the general
field secretary of the Christian En
deavor State Union.
“The entire convention has
moved off on schedule,” Neilsen
declared. Late yesterday afternoon
the convention chairman expressed
himself as being highly pleased
with the meeting.
Delegates from the convention
will go to Houston in June to at
tend the state convention of the
same organization. The convention
will convene there June 12 and
continue through June 17.
OFFICIALS HAVE FULL
YEAR TO THINK OVER
AMARILLO, Tex., April 27.—(JP)
—Officials of the Panhandle Dis
trcit Medical society which met in
Amarillo recently have kAU year
to ponder over the dutieifcof their
office before they take their posts.
The society has a custom of elect
ing its officers a year before they
take office. Durng the session nc.
J. P. Lattimore, Lubbock, w’as elect
ed president; Dr. R. A. Duncan,
Amarllo, vice president; and Dr
Richard Keys, Amarillo, secretary
treasurer. Lubbock was chosen as
the 1930 meeting place after which
these officers will begin to serve.
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