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^^IRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—No. 329 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1929 TWELVE PAGES TODAY • 6c A COPY
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I ATE EDITORS and head
need a course in Texas
by—in so far as it applies to
inds of the Lower Rio
Valley, at least,
y Growers to Hold Meet
ys a headline in the San
Light Monday,
ing The Herald had been
on an important Valley
tie editor reads the story,
it tells of a meeting of
growers to be held at Tyler,
er in east Texas.
»tly the fame of the Valley
roducer of vegetables has
the cars of that head
to the extent that he lmag
Valley is the only tomato
section in the state.
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ncident wouldn’t be worth
ing except that it occurs
ing that happens in that
south of a line drawn from
Christ i to Del Rio is ‘ in
ley” in the minds of many
editors in Texas cities.
For the instruction of these:
The Lower Rio Grande Valley in
cludes Cameron. Hidalgo. Willacy
and part of Starr county, no more.
!)io less.
• • •
| A SHORT TIME AGO The Her
ald carried an item to the effe^
that Roma. Starr county border
town, was without the services of
a member of the medical profes
sion.
Letters began arriving in that
town almost immediately in whV:h
doctors asked for particulars.
One man who read the item did
toot wait to write.
Dr. Whitehead of San Antonio
boarded the train with a ticket to
Roma. He is practicing there now.
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irD NOW’ the big hunt is on.
1. Charles A. Lindbergh and
Charles A. Lindbergh are away
i honeymoon trip. Miss Anne
t>w became Mrs. Lindbergh in
let ceremony late Monday,
len Col. Lindbergh landed at
municipal airport here several
s ago. after he had been y
:d missing during the night,
tinted to the writer of this
nn that he intended soon to
ipear for a much longer time
one night.
nd that will be no sign there
lything WTong.” he said.
has ordered his blue Falcon
•—the one in which he flew
that morning from Mexico—
fcred for flight from Roosevelt
1
iicates that he and his bride
•mplate an aerial honeymoon,
ice they take the air the big
will be on. Press wires in
arts of the country will carry
ntinual stream of queries.
11 points." these messages to
?ditors of the nation will read.
y sharp lookout for Col. Lind
and his bride and prepare to
quick coverage if sighted ’
Too bad this hero of the Ameri
tan public cannot have the seclu
sion and secrecy which he and his
bride so earnestly desire
But such is the price of fame.
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The American public desires
every happiness far this young man
who “isn’t a bit sentimental and
doesn't care for girls.” and for the
1 splendid young American woman
who has become his life mate.
• But the American public wants
to know what its heroes are doing
and it especially wants daily and
1 hourly bulletins on how these
1 young people are enjoying this
■ greatest experience.
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| THE JOHNSON BILL, passed at
the last special session of the legis
lature. which was designed to re
tain the present supply of farm
labor in the state and especially in
the Valiev, seems to have teeth
In it.
It alreadv has been attacked by
a sugar company which annually
has been exporting large numh?rs
of workers to the North.
This bill requires any agent seek
ing to take laborers out of the state
to pay a license fee of 85 000 to
the state and a fee of $2,500 to each
county in which he operates.
Its terms were expected to be so
drastic that labor agents would
desert the state and leave the pres
et sup^Jv of workers in Texas
This attack on the measure indi
atrs it will do what it was intended
i do—if the courts uphold it.
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.OTTON Finns in Nueces
;ty. around Taft and in other
of that section are turning
|c because of too much water,
■rential rains fell in all that
y yry Saturday night.
Valley cotton fields are in fair
condition but some of them around
Browmsville could use a little of
that surplus moisture which fell in
other parts
TWO BANK ROBBERY
SUSPECTS CAPTURED
OKLAHOMA CITY. May 28—
—Capture of two additional sus
pects in the $75,000 bank messen
t ger robbery here last Friday was ex
j pected today as police pursued a
I trail leading to Kansas City. Police
said they were in possession of the
names of the suspects and that their
connection with the holdup had
i been established.
( NO—THIS IS NOT AN ANT EATER! |
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Associated Press Photo
This is Bill Williams, of Rio Hondo, who started pushing a peanut by
his nose up the 22-mile steep to the Summit House on Pike s Peak.
Williams uses a "sneezer extension" and does his pushing on all fours.
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DEPUTY SERVES
HIMSELF WITH
LICENSE TOWED
Assistant County Attorney
Bascom Cox this morning hand
ed a pondrj ous legal notice to
Chief Deputy Sheriff Frank
< Pancho) Gay. It was well
labeled with “herein fail ye
nots” and was headed as a writ
of Habeas Corpus Scire Faceias
and Duces Tecun
Cox confidentially told Gay
that it was an important paper
and should be served as soon
as possible.
Upon opening Its cover. Gay
discovered it to be his own mar
riage license. Cox had obtained
It from the county clerk's of
fice.
BULLET WOUND
KILLS PRINCE
...
Son of Former Anna Gould
Shoots Self Aa Parents
Object to Wedding
PARIS. May 28.—Prince De
Sagan. 19-year-old son of the for
mer Anna Gould, died today after
a vain 11-day fight to recover from
a bullet wound, self-inflicted, when
his parents objected to his marrying
until he was 21.
The prince came home from his
school In southern France and
sought his parents’ permission to
wed a girl, nearly two years older
than himself, with whom he had
fallen in love.
She and her parents had accom
panied him to Paris, and they ex
pected to be married immediaely.
His father, the Duke De Tallyrand.
insisted he wait until he was 21
years old.
He sought his mother, the Duchess
De Tallyrand. but she took the same
position as the father, expressing
complete satisfaction with his choice
but insisting he wait until he at
tained his majority. Finally she
modified this and told him they
might be married when he was 20. in
July.
The young man protested that If
they did not grant him permission
to marry at once he would shoot
himself, but his mother did not take
him seriously. She had hardly left
when she heard a shot and turned
I to have him almost fall in her arms.
The girl was immediately notified
and remained with him hour after
hour in the vain hope she would be
able to aid his recovery.
INVESTIGATE BLUE
LAW ADMINISTRATION
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DALLAS. Texas. May 28—■.4*'—
David Pickle, assistant attorney
general. R. V. Nichols. chM of the
law enforcement division of the sec
retary of state’s office, and John
W. Martin, blue sky law commis
sioner. appeared before a Dallas
county grand jury today to testify
in an Investigation of the blue sky
law. The investigation is the out
growth of charges made before the
legislature several weeks ago that
there was corruption in the admin
istration of the law.
RIVErIaAY HIT 16
FOOT LEVEL HERE
Possibility that the Rio Grande
would strike the 16-foot level be
fore beginning to fall from its pres
ent rise was seen by the weather
bureau here today as the river
gauge stood at 14.7 feet at noon.
The Rio Grande will continue to
rise here and below until some time
tomorrow, the weather bureau fore
cast.
The river was to begin its fall at
San Benito and on west today.
Further rains were not taken in
consideration in the forecasts.
CANAL TENDER DIES
FROM GUN WOUNDS
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BEAUMONT. Tex., May 28—
—John Kirsher. 45. city canal
tender, died today from a gunshot
wound received while visiting near
his home. Walter Riley, 65. was
named by Kirsher as the man who
shot him and was held. Kirsher's
right forearm was tom away.
Riley was charged with murder.
BUI WILLIAMS
MAKES 2ND BET
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Goober Pusher Will Walk
Home if He Fails; Wants
Help From Valley
Bill Williams, goober pusher of
fame, made one bet and lost. Now
he has made another vow and if he
loses this time he will travel the
distance from Colorado Springs to
Rio Hondo on foot.
"This is Bill Williams, from Tex
as. the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
It's a darn good country and if I
don’t get this peanut up this hill,
I’ll walk back home." These are
the words on a little varnished sign
Bill has attached to his person while
pushing a goober to the summit of
Pikes's Peak. The Rio Hondo man
is engaged at present in the struggle
up the mountain.
A pretty good publicity stunt for
the Lower Valley, thinks Bill, as is
expressed in a letter to the local
chamber of commerce. He makes
the suggestion in his letter that
Valley chambers of commerce get
behind him and help bear a portion
of his expenses while on his Colo
rado venture.
He writes that thousands of cu
rosity seekers are taking snap shots
daily of him at his task. Motion
picture cameramen visit him seven
times a week, he says.
Bill believes that he is bringing
publicity to this section and would
(Continued on page twelve.)
Lindy and Anne Off
On Honeymoon After
Marriage Yesterday
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(See Pictures on Page 3>
ENGLEWOOD. N. J.. May 28.—'4b—Taking a waiting world by sur
prise. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his bride, the former Anne Morrow,
were away on a secret honeymoon today.
The marriage took place without previous announcement at 4 p. m.
! yesterday at the home of the bride’s father. Ambassador Dwight W. Mor
I row. Half an hour later the coupler
drove away unaccompanied, appar- j
ently bound for New York.
The Rev. Dr. William Adams
Brown, professor of systematic 1
theology at Union Theological Sem
inary. performed the ceremony In
which a simplified form of the
marriage service, with the word
"obey' omitted, was used. He is a
Presbyterian, as are members of
the Morrow family.
Only members of the Morrow
family and Mrs. Evangeline Lind- |
( bergh. the colonel’s mother, wit- i
nessed the ceremony. These in-1
eluded the ambassador and Mrs.
Morrow, the bride’s two sisters.
Elizabeth and Constance. General
and Mrs. Jay Johnson Morrow,
brother and sister-in-law of the
ambassador, and Miss Alice Mor
row. his sister.
Wed Quietly and Quickly
I So quickly and quietly was the
; wedding held that it was 6:30 p. m..
before the public knew the mar
riage on which its attention has
been centered since announcement
of the engagement February 12 last
had taken place.
The only explantion for the un
i expectedness of the event was fur
nished by Mrs. Edwin L Mcllvain.
of Meadville. Pa . sister of Ambas
sador Morrow.
A telegram from her brother
said:
“Anne and Charles married very
quietly this afternoon. Betty and I
(Continued on page twelve.)
NEW RAILROAD LINE
PLANNED FOR TEXAS
WASHINGTON. May 28.—UPi—A
new line of railroad in Texas 110
miles long is planned by the Colo
rado and Southern railway, a unit
of the Burlington system.
In an application today to the
Interstate Commerce commission
the Fort Worth and Denver North
ern Railway company, a new cor
[ poration. organized by the Colorado
1 and Southern, asked permission to
| build from Childress to Pampa. both
| in Texas, declaring the route would
pass through territory now heavily
I engaged In oil and agriculture pro
1 duct ton. 1
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52 OF MEXICAN
BODY EXPELLED
Deputies Face Charges of
Complicity In Recent
Revolution
MEXICO CITY. May 28—<7Pt—
Fifty-two members of the Mexican
chamber of deputies favorable to
the presidential candidacy of Gil
bert Valenzuela have been expelled
from that body and will face
charges of complicity in the recent
rebellion.
Sixteen other deputies who sup
ported Valenzuela, former Mexican
minister to Great Britain, have been
allowed to keep their seats and ex
onerated of connection with the re
bellion. It was proved they ceased
their pro-Valenzuela activities as
soon as the revolt began.
Expulsion was decided upon by
the Mexican congress last night as
the best means of circumventing
congressional immunity and bring
ing to trial those accused of com
plicity of one sort or another with
the rebellion. The session was quiet
GARDNER TROPHY RACE
ENTRY TO ST. LOUIS
SAN ANTONIO. May 28.—</P'—
Earl Rowland of Wichita. Kan., the
only entry registered at San An
tonio for the Gardner trophy race,
took off just before 8 a. m. for
St. Louis.
His start was delayed nearly
three hours on account of a low
ceiling north of San Antonio.
Rowland expressed belief he
could make the trip without a stop.
He was flying a Cessna center
wing monoplane.
MABEL WILLEBRANOT
RESIGNS U. S. POSITION
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Heavy Rains Halt Texas Traffic
COLORADO ON
6-FOOT RISE
NEARAUSTIN
Crop Damage Report
ed Serious; S. P.
Tracks Washed Out;
Trains Delayed
(By The Associated Press.)
Belated spring rains in South
Texas today had aused streams In
some sections to leave their banks,
halting rail and highway traffic and
causing considerable crop damage.
The Colorado river was on a six
foot rise at Austin following a 2 1-2
inch rain last night. Traffic be
tween that place and San Antonio
was hampered, and many rural
roads were impassable, he river
also was on a rampage at Marble
Palls and still rising. The rainfall
in the latter section totalled three
inches.
All streams around Nacogdoches
were out of their banks following
heavy rains dtflng the past 48
hours. Trains fee from Houston
last night had failed to arrive this
morning. Great damage to crops
was feared
LIGHT PLANT SAVED
AT LIVINGSTON
LIVINGSTON. Texas. May 28
OP)— Heavy rain was falling here to
day. after flood danger Monday and
Monday night had brought several
hundred men who succeeded in sav
ing the municipal electric light
plant by piling sand bags around it.
Water over thousands of acres
of lowlands was even higher today
(Contimed on page twelve)
| EDINBURG COLLEGE SOPHOMORE CLASS (
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—Photo by Holm
The above picture is the sophomore class of Edinburgh Junior College. The group includes: F 8 Ever
hard. Clinton Fraser. Claude Hocott. Fred Horner. Dick Jamerson, Louie Jayroe. Valens Klossner. Hal
McCombs. Lynn Mighell. Eugene Noser. Joseph Nos?r. Walter Noser. Thomas Pickens. Tom Bedford.
Graham Short. John Sinnette. Hunley Slaughter. Edward Stapleton. Tom Swayze. Wilbur Tutt. lister
Winningham. Janet Anderson, Alta Marie Collins. M s. George Carr. Evelyn Crisp. Dorothy Duncan,
Velma Farr. Catherine Frisby, Sara Griffith. Kathl'en Haley. Aiease Hart. Jessie King. Ozelle Meek.
Mamye Montgomery. Maurine Perkins. Hannah Pe erson. Alberta Rowley. Lucile Stoops. Ruth. Harpley,
Elva Thornes. Gladys Trapp. Carmen de la Vina, Ida Mae West. Katherine Wood. Alva Young
MOTHER AND 3
CHILDREN DEAD
I
Bodies Found in Their Room
With Gas Escaping From
Open Stove Jets
MARTINSBURG. W. Va.. May 28
—(JTi—A mother and her three
children were founa dead in their.
home here today with gas escaping
from open jets in a stove. Police
believe the woman had been brood- i
lng over the death of her own
mother and took the lives of the j
family.
The body of the mother. Mrs.
Clara Manford. 39. was found on
the floor of the kitchen. Nearby
on beds lay the children. Elizabeth.
11. Ranny. 10. and John. Jr.. 8.
The woman apparently had car
ried the beds from upstairs rooms
and placed them in the kitchen.
Windows and doors were tightly
closed. Mrs. Manford s stepchil
dren. Pearl and Ethel Manford.
were asleep on the second floor
and were not disturbed.
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‘MAIL ORDER BRIDE’
ENTER STATE PRISON
RUTLAND. Vt.. May 28 —
Mrs Laura Woodard Haverty, "mail
order bride.” entered today upon
a sentence of not less than 25 years
nor more than 30 years at the state
! prison for women here. She was
! found guilty of assault with intent
! to kill her husband. Thomas Haver
ty. one-armed house painted, of
Brattleboro. by a jury and sen
! tenced yesterday. She struck her
husband on the head with an iron
griddle while he slept in their Brat
tleboro home April 30.
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TRAIN DERAILED
BY INSURGENTS
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MEXICO CITY. May 28—i7P>—’
Dispatches of El Universal from
Queretaro and Guadalajara today
said the Guadalajara to Mexico City <
passenger train was derailed and at
tacked by insurgents yesterday at
Cortes. Jalisco. One passenger was
wounded In a fight between the in
, surgents and the train's military es
cort which finally ended in disper
i sal of the rebels.
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TRI PARTITE TREATY
IS EXPECTED SOON
WASHINGTON. May 28—
Negotiations for a tri-parte treaty
between the United States, Great
Britain, and the Kingdom of Iraq,
have been concluded and the sig
) nature of the treaty is expected
shortly by officials of the state de
partment The principal purposes
o fthe recognition of the sovereign
ty of Iraq by the United States and
the protection of American interests
In the kingdom, which i sa man
dated territory under Great Bri
tain.
San Benito May Join
Harlingen in Airport
Site for Pan-Am Line
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• Special to The Herald!
SAN BENITO. May 28 —That San Benito should take the proper steps
to secure an airport, and that if favorable arrangements can be completed
she join Harlingen in the construction of a port, was the conclusion
reached at a meeting here Monday afternoon of about 50 leaders citizens.
The meeting was called by John T. Lomax, president of the chamber
---*of commerce, and was attended by
FLIERS APPEAR |
BEFORE ROTARY
Robbins and Kelly On Ros
trum at Convention; Get
Huge Applause
DALLAS. May 28.—Enthusi
asm so vociferous that speeches of
introduction were impossible swept
the 20th annual convention of Ro
tary International here today when
R. L. Robbins and Jim Kelly, pilots
of the monoplane Ft. Worth, which
set a new endurance flight record
Saturday, were brought to the ros
trum.
Walter B Scott, president of Ro
tary in Fort Worth, who attempted
an introductory speech, finally had
to content himself with pointing at
the men and shouting their names.
K. K. Hoffman and W. S. Smith,
pilots of the refuelling plane, also
were introduced.
During the morning a message
from Paul P. Harris, founder of the
organization, was read to the con
vention urging the members to "ex
amine their batting averages” and !
discover whether at the end of the
season they were a "turys or a j
tyro."
The day's program started with a j
series of breakfasts for outgoing
and incoming district governors,
club presidents, sergeants-at-arms,
and other offiicais. Almon E. Roth
of Palo Alto. Cal, presided at the
banquet for governors.
PRESBYTERIANS IN
SEMINARY FIGHT
ST PAUL. Minn. May 28 —
Monday's victory of the liberals in
the Presbyterian church of the
United States of America for re
organization of management of the
Princeton Theological seminary was
clouded today by announcement
that protest would be "pushed vig
orously" by a leading ultra-con
servative of the church.
EXERCISES HAMPERED
NACOGDOCHES. Tex., May 28 —
GP*—Commencement exercises of
Stephen F. Austin Teachers college
here are being hampered by bad
weather The programs started Sun
day with Dr. M E Dodd. Shreve
port. La., preaching the baccalau
reate sermon.
members of the city commission,
directors and officers of the cham
ber and other interested citizens.
Lomax presided over the meeting.
The session was held to difcuss
the proposal of Harlingen that San
Benito join with that city in pro
viding an airport located between
the two towns to meet the require
ments of the Pan-American Air
ways. Inc. Harlingen was repre
sented In the meeting by the air
port committee of that city, com
posed of Mayor Sam Botts. J C
Mvrick, director of the chamber of
commerce, and R. B Hamilton, city
commissioner. Other Harluigen
citizens also were present
A committee was anointed at th"
meeting to confer with the Pan
American to determine if officials
of that companv would accept an
airport there on favorable term
and remove ft* northern terminal
from Brownsville. This committee
ts composed of James C. Bowie
Mayor J. Scott Brown of San Be
nito. and L. L. Zcnor.
San Benito city commissioners
have been considering the need of
an airport at this place for some
time, and now have a 2«0-acre
tract under consideration. Commis
sioner C.reenslade announced
The meeting was called at Sap
B«nito following announcement It
Harlingen that officials of the Pan
American Airways had agreed to
remove to an airport there pro
vided the city would purchase the
site and build necessary runways.
ASK IMPROVEMENT ON
TEXAS CITY CHANNEL
WASHINGTON. May 2§ — P —
Representative Briggs, democrat.
Texas, and H. B Moore, president
of the Texas city tward of trade,
have asked the board of engineers
for rivers and harbors to enlarge
the harbor and Increase the depth
of the Texas City channel at a cot.
of approximately $1,000,000 They
sought deepening of the channel
from 30 to 32 feet, giving increased
business as the reason for the
improvement.
TRUCK DRIVER IS
SHOT TO DEATH
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PITTSBURGH. May 2S — -
Michael Rockford. 24. truck driver
was shot to death today, as a rasul'
of a clash between deputy sheriff
and a crowd which attacked a milk
wagon of the Liberty Dairy Prod
ucts company, involved In a laboc
1 controversy.
PRES. HOOVER
ACCEPTS HER
RESIGNATION
Chief Executive Stjri
Unusual Opportun
ity Offered Woman
Dry Leader
WASHINGTON May SB —
kiabr! WaikT W * !k »w.- &*. h«nr
ted her resignation today aa as
sistant attorney central. tffeeft**
June IS. and tt waa acrertad if
Presider.t Holms'.
Mrs. WiiWnad imhmMted her
rcsnatma Martis A. along with mSt
other appointive officer* la tie get»
eminent. The rr\**a*tw*i wm
accepted by President Honor mi
she remained at her pod at bai re*
quest despite the offer to leave the
government service
The assistant attorns? general has
received another after regarded an
an unusual opportunity and the
president does net feel hr omi ash
her to remain longer at her praam*
post.
MAKE2NDSOLO
FLIGHT TRIAL
Herbert Fab? Tries Again
To Better Non-Stop
Mark of Jensen
MEROPOLTTAN AIRPOftT UM
ANGELE3 Cal. May 2t — JV
Herbert J Fahv test pHst Mr the
Lockheed aircraft company beer,
hopped off at 4 43 Ag a at la baa
second at temp* %r, better the take
non-stop mark of SI hours SI nan
nies. 21 aacwnds mtaiiishatf b* Mar
tin Jen- n at Haaarvelk IMA. N. V*
last: February.
The first attempt of the' pilot to
shatter the record ended here gen
day after a tittle 'more than 21 hones
in the air Fatty an id foe had fatead
him to land
SUGGEST PUBLICATION
OF SENATE ROLL CALL
WASHINGTON. May “ ~
PubUration hereafter of
calls taken In em*c«t!',r
the senate In the
noadaotlons to
the -enate today by its we
ir, it tee.
The committee aim
that tn the future a
.-lead of the two third*
required he nerv*.ary for the ear.
aidrration of a nominate** m apem
session.
PERFUME KING AND
WIFE ARE SEPARATED
PARIS, Mar 31—4* -The *nh
unial at tours today framed Mad
ame Franco** Gofy. wife of the' per
, fume manufaci.ur«T and pshMie
a divorce decree In her pH maw
1 filed recently, she alleged her has
| band had been tinfsiihfaJ to her
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[ TUR WEATHER j
Foe Brtmtiavtlle aw4' tiie Valley
Mostly cfandy amt • ■" *e e?j tw»
nicht and Wednesday with taml
showers
For last Tru» Osad? •*ont*e
and Wednesday with tor*: Zander
I shoner«
Moderate to fre h aamhertp wmda
on the coast, f * a •
■tvt r iom< t*r
The river will rise ^
! the lire- .t f»: «"-•
i today, and Ml moderately._
ft.wntrig tomorrow In the aliMiaat ff
heavy rams over «ha
Rac> Fas* »• W M MB
undo ... r 4* j*
Rio Granrte . 1J ltd 11 MM
Mauson .22 112 •• •
San Her.ho .21 1*1 1* H
> BrownsvtUe . 11 141 "If MM
tio*. tuhi
t High and low tide at Faff Saamf
tomorrow, wider normal meteor»
! otarieal aon*W—
High 4f • •
Low la a
Ml*
; Sunset tadiy .......t M
* Stinma tomorrow ............ • •