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COBOUNI
^Continued from paeei one.)
price of the No. 2 hangar and all
other Improvements planed on the
site by the company daring this
period, these improvements to cost
not less than $30,000. He hangar
was to be paid for in cash. The
contract also would hawe granted
an option for a second, 12 years
and six months, the reretal to be $
percent on the total in'festment on
the leased ground. Th'is would In
clude the cost of the Nfo. 2 hangar,
plus all money spent on the tract
I . by the Pan-American.
It was agreed that the Pan
! * American should pay one and one
cents per gallon profit to the
t<®\on all gasoline used per month
until more than 10,000 -gallons were
used In a month. When the con
sumption of gasoline Increased to
i more than 10.000 gallons per month
the city would receive one cent per
gallon profit.
See Poor Trade
It is in this portion of the con
tract applying to the rental to be
paid that Cobollni and Starek say
the depreciation now is being ask
ed. That is. the ermpany during
the second twelve years and six
months would pay a rental of 8 per
cent on the investment only after
a depredation of 5 per cent each
year had been changed off of the
sum invested. For the second 12
years the gasoline profit would be
subject to arbitration.
U They contend thrjt as long as a
! contract Is not mac*e with the Pan
* American addition *1 requirements
I will be made by that company and
j that the city is losing money each
day it delays.
} The contract discussed by these
I two commissioners-' follows in de
tail: I
Know all men by these presents:
That this contract made and en
Itered into on this to—day of April,
r A. D. 1929.* by arid between the
|i city of Brownsville, in Cameron
I jj county. Texas, acting herein by and
Is through its city commission, here
|f lnafter called Lessor, and Pan
rf American Airways. Inc., a corpora
I - tion. acting hereto by and through
I George L. Rihl. its vice president.
1“ thereunto duly author led. hereinaft
er called Lessee, witnesseth:
First: Lessor has this day and
does hereby demise, lease and let
unto the follow to* described tract,
piece or parcel of land, being a
part to the extent of the metes and
bounds thereof, or the municipal
airport of the city of Brownsville,
located on El Jardin boulevard about
four miles east of the city and in
Cameron county water control and
improvement district No. five, the
tract herein and hereby leased be
ing more particularly described as
follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the northeast cor
ner of hangar No. 2. now being con
structed at saHd airport.
Thence continuing the east boun
dary line of said hangar No. 2. north
**00 feet;
> Thence west at an angle of 90 de
#f-wT.*s a distance of 220 feet to the
boundary line of the highway,
t". hence soutii 300 feet with the
r* xmndary line of said highway;
, •Tf'ence east to the northeast cor
pWof said hangar No. 2 being the
point of beginning, containing 1.515
acres of land.
Second: Lessee agrees, binds and
obligates itseRf to construct or cause
, to be constructed on said space
above descrifcrd a shop, a test stand
a wash rack, and an underground
gasoline tank and pump, and such
other buildings as may be found to
be necessarf to Lessee's business, all
of a kind £nd character desirable
and necessary to be used in con
nection with aviation end the op
eration of airships, all of which
, shall be of a substantial character,
I and In the nature of permanent im
provements, and shall cost not ass
than thirty thousand dollars (SJ9,
000.00) dollars and construction shall
be commenced within 90 days from
this date, and shall be completed
as expeditiously as compatible with
good business methods and results,
and shall be similar in quality to,
and as good as or better, than sim
ilar improvements now constructed
by the city and located at said air
port. Lessee is also to have the ex
clusive use and control of the han
gar now being constructed at raid
municipal airport, being hangar No.
2. for the term of this lease, and
shall pay in advance for such ex
clusive use the cost of construction
and material of such hangar, which
is now hereby declared to be and
fixed at the sum of thirty-one thou
sand eight hundred ($31.800> dollars.
This lease is for a term of twelve
(12) years and six (6) months, and
all buildings and permanent im
provements herein provided for and
placed on said municipal airport by
Lessee shall become the property
of and belong to the city of Browns
ville In fee simple title from the
time same shall be placed thereon,
except the pump and other neces
saries for.the gasoline installation,
which shall be installed by some
responsible oil company, add Lessee
shall pay tothe city one and one
ha’f cents (l l-3c> per gallon on
each gallon of gasoline used up to
the amount of ten thousand (10.000)
gallons' per month, and when the
amount of gasoline used shall ex
ceed the amount *of ten thousand
(10,)))) gallons per month, then
Lessee shall pay one cent (lc) per
gallon therefor.
Lesee shall have the exclusive use
of said buildings and said Hangar
No. 2, with access thereto from all
sides for all purposes necessary or
incidental to lessee’s business, and
shall bear all expenses of upkeep on
same and maintain said buildings
and property in good usable condi
tion, and shall deliver over same to
the city at the expiration of the
term of this lease in good condition,
reasonable wear and tear excepted!
but lessee shall not be held account
able to the city in the event of the
destruction of said buildings and
property or injury thereto through
an act of God. inevitable accident or
natural causes, for which lessee, its
agent*, servants and employee* are
not responsible, but lessee agrees to
keep such Improvements fully in
sured up to the limit of their insur
able value with responsible insur
ance companies, doing business in
Texas, payable to lessor, and lessor
agrees in the event of the destruc
tion of said properties or any part
thereof, to invest the proceeds of
such policy or policies in similar im
provements at the same location
and of the kind. and character re
quired by lessee, and lessee shall
pay whatever balance of costs is
necessary for the completion of such
improvements, provided that the
elapsed time from the date of such
injury to the date of completion of
such improvements shall be deduct
ed from the term of this lease, a
reasonable time being given In
which to reconstruct such buildinss
and improvements. Lessee shall
have the right to transfer and as
sign this lease, or sub-let the nron
ertie shereln described to individ
uals or corporations legally and fi
nancially responsible, engaged In
the same buslriess, an ’. for the same
Ove? four years ago I informed Mr. J. M. Stein, of
The Brownsville Herald, that I would install at
Brownsville the most modern Coca-Cola and Soda
Water plant south of Houston and San Antonio, and
today, after many changes in other plants, we offer
$1,000.00 to the first person to find in the Lower
Rio Grande Valley, (Coca-Cola excepted) a soda
w’ater plant that even uses the same method of I
bottling we do. _
* VISITORS HAVE ALWAYS I
BEEN WELCOME I
Br aure to call for Sweeney's bottled soda water or S
Coca-Cola. jl|
fff make Soda Water in several flavors.
Orange, Grape. Lemon. Strawberry,
Cream. Etc.
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Yon and your children
when drinking soda wat
er. call for Sweeney’s.
We are satisfied we have
done more, and can
prove that we have, to
give you a better prod
uct than any other
plant in this territory.
We also give you
more food value
and in a better
sterilised bottle.
I Brownsville Coca-Cola
Bottling Company
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PLANS TRANSATLANTIC VOYAGE IN TINY MOTORBOAT
A dream of 20 years,ago is being realized as Joe Leppich of Bronson, Mich., prepares to embark for Ger
many from Toledo, O., in a 26-foot steel home-made motor boat, the Karf, named in honor of Leppich's
home town to which he hopes to return. His route takes him tlirough Lakes Erie and Ontario to the 8t.
Lawrence river and then out into the ocean. He hop:s to reach Hamburg without stopping in Ireland to
refuel. Leppich is the central figure above.
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uses and p urposes as provided for
in this lease.
Fifth: Lessee shall also have free
use o fthe airport landing field for
landing aeroplanes and "taking on ’
with all the usual and customary
rights and privileges of all other
commercial airships using said mu
nicipal airport, and on the same
terms; and shall have the right to
use water from lessor's water sys
tem at said airport for all purposes
connected with or incident to its
business at cost; and shall have the
right to connect with the city s pow
er lines or power lines used by the
city furnishing electric current to
said municipal airport by paying the
customary charges for electricity
under similar conditions, lessee to
pay the cost for installation, and
lessor shall not be liable for inter
ruptions in the current, but lessee
i shall have current at all times
when same is being furnished to
t that part of the municipal airport
owned and operated by the city.
Lessor agrees and obligates itself to
maintain said airport, and landing
field in accordance with and up to
{the present standard cf require
ments made by the United States
for A-1A airports.
Sixth: Lesee agrees, binds and
, obligates itself that it will not. in
|or upon the space allotted to it. or
hereinabove described, compete with
lessor in the sale of gasoline, oil,
accessories or other commodities,
but will sell only to its own ships
or those connected with or engaged
in its own business, and will not
use said Hangar No. 2 in competi
tion with lessor for storage of aero
planes other than its own. or those
used in the conduct of or in’connec
, Con with its own business.
Seventh: Lessee shall have the
right to construct or to have con
structed a spur track or switch for
railroad transportation into and
upon some convenient location ap
proved by lessor, on lessor s mu
nicipal airport tract, and shall have
the use of space in the administra
tion building on the same terms as
other companies or persons using
same, or on reasonable terms, if no
others use same.
Eighth: Lessee shall have the
option of renewing this lease at the
expiration of the term hereof for
and additional period of twelve (12)
years and six (6) months for p.n
annual rental of eight per cent on
the cost of all the improvements
constructed or placed on the prem
ises above described by lessee. In
cluding said Hangar No. 2; provid
ed, however, that charges to be paid
^lessor to Paso line and oil as pro
n vin ParaeraPh third above.
25J to Adjustment for
v lti0n,flI period of twelve
'12) > ears and six (6) months, and
charges shall be made in the
UlSSilPi18 and under the terms and
conditions generally prescribed bv
of similar char
SS? busmess undtr «*»
fanTnlJ" l^e eVent lesse* shall
K and prrform anv of the
covenants herein provided, then and
this lease may be
forfeited by lessor, and shall be
come null and void and of no fur
ther force and effect, and all per
manent improvements hereinabove
described. Including said hangar No.
2. shall be and remain the property
of the lessor, provided however, les
see shall have a reasonable time
in which to remove said premises j
and all its movable property located !
thereon.
Tenth: In consideration of the
construction of said buildings and
the placing of said properties at the
Municipal Airport by lessee, it is
mutually contracted and agreed that
should lessor desire to sell said Mu
nicipal Airport at any t»me during
the term of this lease, lessee shall
have the option of making the pur- '
chase at the price and under the i
terms and conditions offered bv the j
best prospective purchaser, and les- l
sor shall procure anv such offer or i
offers to be made in writing, and |
submit same to lessee, and lessee i
shall have a reasonable time, and j
enter into contract to complete said
purchase; and.
In the event lessor shall decide
to lease said Municipal Airport,
then at any time during the term
thereof, lessee shall have a prior
option to make such lease upon the
same terms and conditions as the
best offer which shall be made by
any prospective lessee, and lessor
shall procure any such offer to be
made in writing, and submit same
to lessee, and lessee shall have sixty
days in which to accept such lease
according to the terms and condi
tions of the offer so made, and to
enter into contract therefor.
It Is contemplated that all such
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v LOANS
On Residence and Busi
ness Property
Easy Terms
Reasonable Rates
Prompt Service
Todd&
Underwood
1057 Levee Street
Brownsville, Texas
offers shall be made by responsible
individuals, persons or corporations
financially and legally able to carry
out the terms of such offer or of
I fcrs, and lessor shall have the right
1 to reject any and all bids.
Lessee agrees to take over fhe
i radio station and equipment belong
ing to the city of Brownsville, and
t operate the same in connection with
j lessee’s business, and agrees that
no advertising adverse to the city
will be permitted to go out over
| said radio and will allow' lessor to
I use said radio and equipment for Its
own purposes whenever the necessi
■ ties of lessee’s business will permit.
No charges will be made to lessor
j for such use as lessor may see fit
I to make. This offer however, is
conditioned upon said radio station
and equipment being suitable for
use in lessee's business and a satls
j factory arrangement being made
I with the El Jardin hotel company
j to allow same to remain in its pres
• ent location.
Executed in duolicate, this -
day of April .A. D. 1929.
(Continued from page one 1
ins roof as she ran for shelter. An
other person, unidentified, also was
hurt by a flying board.
Two buildings in far west Texas
at McCamey. a hotel and a depart
ment store, were unroofed by the
wind. None was injured.
Heavy rains were reported
throughout the state. Only four of
the 71 points from which the weath
er bureau here received messages
had not had rain in the last 24
hours. Galveston, with 5.38 inches,
felt the heaviest downpour. Victo
ria, Waxahachie. Greenville and
Keufman reported more than two
inches.
North Texas feared an overflow
i of the Red river. A watchman had
'been posted at a railroad bridge
north of Wichita Falls to report a
threatening rise.
An electrical storm and a high
wind accompanied the rain at Vic
toria. A two story barn was blown
down, trees were uprooted, and
corn was blown flat.
1 At Mesquite. Dallas county. •
small twister struck two farms, tear
! ing away a porch and uprooting
i trees on one and then jumping six
, miles to the Scab Stewart farm.
| where it did considerable damage
to the home.
In the northeastern part of the
state the Red river had flooded
some 10.000 acres of land an 2 was
' expected to approach flood stage at
the lower portions some time during
thn night. Index. Fulton and White |
Cliffs and Arthur expected over
flows early next week. Should the
water top the new levee at Index
between 40.000 and 50.000 acres of
land would be inundated. Heavy I
rains up the river promised higher j
water. I
NEW FOUNTAIN
(Continued from Page 1)
Gould pump. The Gould machine
pumps 300 gallons of water per min
ute with a 90 foot head.
The concrete bowl which houses
the sprays is surrounded by a tank
that holds 156.000 gallons of water.
The basin Is 100 feet In diameter.
The water is used pver and over and
there Is no waste. This fountain
will not affect the city supply or
pressure. It is planned to keep the
founttain in operation from 8 until
10 p. m. each evening.
City officials feel that they ob
ttained the fountain at an absolute
minimum of cost as they bought it
direct from the General Electric
company and paid only for labor of
its construction. Compard to oth
er fountains in Texas, many thou
sands of dollars was saved here, it
is said.
Two Frigidaire drinking fountains
are to be operated in the park, fur
nishing ice water at all times to oc
cupants of the park. The foun
tains are being built in honeycomb
stands.
Further beautification of the
Dark will be done immediately.
Shrubs and trees are to be planted
I and benches installed on each end
cf the park.
City officers urge that those using
the park take care with the grass
and flowers until thev have reach
ed a good growth. They also noint
out that the fountain is more beau
1 iful from a distance than at close
range.
T. S. Riggs of the Riggs nursery
will supervise the planting of new
shrubs and plants.
CREAGER FLIES FROM
EL PASO TO FT. WORTH
FORT WORTH. Mav 18.——R.
B. Creagcr. Brownsville, republican
; national committeeman from Tex
as. arrived here today by plane
from El Paso, completing the first
half of a two week trip about Tex
as.
Creagcr spent a few hours In
Port Worth conferring with Henry
Zweifel. member of the republican
state executive committee, and
Leonard Withington. republican di
rector of organization.
McKINNEY HI SCHOOL
CLAIMS CHAMPIONSHIP
McKINNEY. Texas. May 18.—<*)
—McKinney tonight claimed the
high school baseball championship
of Oklahoma and Texas after win
ning one of a scheduled series of
three games from Austin high
school.
The series was interrupted by
rain and it was impossible to play a
double-header planned today. Mc
Kinney \ on the first game. 3 to 0.
The claim to the Oklahoma title
is based on a victory over Classen
high school of Oklahoma. Classen
claims the Oklahoma title.
To make your
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/ cultivating efforts will *
// be less exhaustive and
Y productive of better re
^ suits if you use these fine •
accessories. Just a few
. items!
xjA Garden Hose
jf Sprinkling Can
1 Hoes — Rakes
fm Wheelbarrows
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GARZA
HARDWARE CO.
Brownsville
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GEO. CHAMPION
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in the capacity of county tax
assessor for more than 30 years.
He became w id ley known through
his politicial activities and was one
of the best liked officials in this
section. He had not been active a
long these lines during his last
years, but spent his time in at
tendingto private interests. Cham
pion was a prominent member of
the Knight of Columbus.
The decendent Is survived by eight
daughters, three sons, four sisters
and numerous grandchildren. The
daughters are Mrs. H. O. Williams,
Mrs. A. A. Benavtdens. Mdh. E. L.
Brice. Mrs. D. Allala and Misses
Lula. Sophia. Lyria and Mattie
Champion. All reside in Brownsville.
The sons are George. Jr., and
Aleck of Brownsville, and Raymond
of Houston. The sisters are Mrs.
F. Fernandez and Misses Rose and
Anita Champion of Brownsville
Champion was married to Amelia
Werbiski of Brownsville in 1880. His
wife died about 17 months ago.
While definite funeral arrange
ments had not been made late
Saturday night, it was planned to
hold high mass at the Immaculate
Conception church Monday morn
ing. Interment was to be afterward
in the family vault in the City
eementery. Paul bearers had not;
been selected Saturday night.
Funeral -arrangements were be
ing made by Morris Montuary.
Law Prepares For
C. of C. Goodwill
Hop to Mazatlan
Preliminary preparations for the
good-will flight sponsored by the
chamber of commerce over the
Brownsvllle-Mazatlan air line were
made by Maj. Bernard Law during >
the past week. Maj. Law spent a
day in each of the mai ncities on
the line.
He reports that reception commit
tees are being formed at each of
the cities. The chamber of com
merce group will leave over the line
Wednesday and will spend a night
in the larger centers.
Maj. Law reports that the C. A.
T. line is doing a huge business be
tween Durango and Mazatlan. It is
an hour and 40 minutes between
these two cities by air and about
1000 miles by rail. Consequently all -
classes of passengers are turning to
the air line between thee3 two points
due to the saving in time and
money, Major Law says.
Finds a Way To
Stop Attacks of Fits
Reports are received of an amus
ing treatment that epileptics state
has proved successful in stopping
their attacks. R. Lepso, Apt. 109,1
895 Island Ave., Milwaukee. Wis ,
has been supplying sufferers with'
this treatment. He now wishes to'
reach all those who have not been
helped and to do so is making the 1
startling offer of a generous treat- I
“SP**®® *° a11 sufferers. Anyone !
afflicted should write for this free!
treatment at once, giving age—Adv. i
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BEEVILLE MAN FREED
OF SLAYING CHARGE
BEEVILLE. Tex.. May 18.—(**>—
John 8. McCrabb. ranchman
charged with the murder of Annie
Johnson. 16. at a dance in Refugio
November 11, 1927, was acquitted by
a jury here late today.
McCrabb was charged with shoot
ing the girl as she sat in his auto
mobile parked near the dance. The
defense was that the girl commit
ted suicide and shot herself after
a lover's quarrel.
Mr*. Clinton, Wife
Of Penney Manager
At Harlingen, Die*
HARLINGEN. May 18 —Mrs. Lyda
Clinton. 51, wife of W. O. Clinton,
manager of the J. C. Penney store
— - "' ~~ ' -'I.il.1.1!..1 T7'13,"!jI
here, died at Kaiwa Ciiy, lie* «
Saturday, according to word, inaalV*!' 1
ed here today by frlenda of Clbtacaa I
Mrs. Clinton is to be barlad «a
Kansas City a t S p. m. Monday.
She had been In m health fat
more than a year and had bean ta
Kansas City under treatment far
the past several month* Mr* Cttn
ton went to Kansas City a weaH
a*o and was wtth her at the tftma
she died. _
Mr. Clinton has been In Harlingen
for two year* since the Pannaf
store was opened here.
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What a
Drink
Fagged out? Hot?
Tired? Don’t let
this torrid weather
get the better of
! I you. Stop in reg
ularly at our pleas
ant cool fountains
let our man fix you
up a zippy zestful
drink in a jiffy.
Ah, that was good!
Feel better?
Goods for our lc Sale are arriving daily.
Watch for announcement!
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Reserves !
Save the Day I
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LIKE the reserves of an army that lie in
wait while the vanguard of a battalion ad
vances, the dollars you save now may be of
| inestimable value if your “regulars’* should be
swept away .... A well-tended Savings Ac
count affords a splendid reserve force—pre
pared at any minute to meet an emergency.
Have you started that reserve account here?
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A splendid silk umbrella
(for that rainy day) will be
|1 I |-a given those who start that
JLV/V' savings account here. Ask
about it.
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