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Air Mail Value Grows
It is doubtful If anyone today can vision the im
portance of an international airport to the future de
velopment of the Valley.
Air mail volume handled by lines operating in
the United States during May surpassed all former
records, weighing 587,471 pounds, according to report
of the United States postofficc department.
Lines operating out of the Valley made a con-,
siderable contribution to this volume, according to
the report of Postmaster G. W. Dennett, which shows
that 3687 pounds of mail were handled through his
office during the month.
An official of the department of commerce, which
Is in charge of aviation in the United States, at a
conference in Houston recently forecast that within
five years all first-class mail will be carried in air
planes.
These figures Indicate that prediction will be
realized.
During May planes carrying mail in the United
States flew an average of 36,334 miles daily and car
ried an average of 18.950 pounds per day.
The poundage surpassed even that carried last
December, when Christmas mail raised the total to
157,000 pounds. The May total surpassed the figure
for April by 78.799 pounds.
Delay in the transmission of mail between the
United States and Central and South American
points always has been the chief stumbling block to
development of business with these countries.
Line now operating bring New York City and Mex
ico City in as close communication as New York City
and St. Louis were before the days of air mail. Even
more important savings in time soon are to be made
between Eastern United States points and Central
and South American countries.
Practically all this business eventually will flow
through the Brownsville airport.
As important as aerial commwlcation Is between
cities of the United States, even mote important will
be the service between cities of the North and Soifth
American continents.
It is no far-fetched dream to vision the day when
hundreds of planes monthly will leave the airport
here for points to the south and return from the
same points.
Then thousands of passengers will be going
through here to and returning from points as far
couth as the Panama Canal and beyond.
Emergency express shipments will be handled to
fell South America.
The international airport will be a beehive of in
dustry and the air will be filled with planes flying
north, south, east and west.
Annual Need of Highways
The state highway commission has let it be known
that if the program of highway development is to
be speeded up to meet the general demand, “the an
nual income of the state highway department from
state sources ought under no circumstances to be less
than $30,000,000”
In addition to this the highway commissioners said
the people of this commonwealth have an investment
of not less than $1,000,000,000 in motor vehicles and
that these are of value to their owners in proportion
to the condition of the highways or roads over which
they are operated.
These commissioners of highways take the posi
tion that material reduction in the motor vehicle
license fees will seriously cripple the work of the de
partment “and that a 50 per cent cut would be ruin
ous.” «
They advanaced the argument, that the people are
not clamoring for a large reduction in license regis
tration fees, -but are seeking good roads and properly
mained highways. There is another side of the pic
ture. according to the lawmakers. They say that the
Owners of motor vehicles arc demanding a sweeping
reduction.
They say that the highway department has ex
pended $86,000,000 in two years and five months and
Instead of a fund shortage they have approximately
U5.000.000 in the treasury strong-box subject to
check.
It is said the figures were prepared, by request of
course, by State Treas. Gregory Hatcher. Texas is
an empire* state. In area it is as large as New Eng
land and New’ York and a slice of Pennsylvania
thrown in for good measure
It takes a lot of money to build highways for the
people of an empire commonwealth almost as large
as Germany.
Fruit Fly Fund Voted By House
Preparedness is the thing. An emergency appro
priation of $15.<fc)0 was rushed through the house to
aid in the fight on the Mediterranean fruit fly. There
should be no delay on the part of the senate. Rep.
Bond of Kaufman county, one of the very able mem
bers of the house, gave his support to the appropria
tion. He said, “this is an emergency appropriation
that will probably save the entire citrus crop of the
Itate.” If necessary to save the citrus industry 10
times $15,000 should be appropriated as a starter.
It is discovered that men spend almost as much
^ioney in the beauty shops as women do. This dis
covery was obviously not made by surveying the re
sults.-San Diego Union.
“Agriculture is sick and needs a physician." says a
%rm paper. Won’t a Herb doctor do?"—Southern
lumberman.
PRO. ELMER TWITCHELL'S BACCALAUREATE
(Delivered to a girl’s college after the manner of
Prof. Rogers' recent *’snob’’ talk to the boys at Mas
sachusetts Tech).
“Ladies of the graduating class: You are about to
leave these cloisters and go out into the cold world.
Your paths will be varied. Many of you will become
wives and mothers. Some of you will become secreta
ries of state, advertising writers, lady stock brokers,!
interior decorators and assistant attorney generals in
charge of prohibition enforcement. Others will be
come channel swimmers, members of sister acts in
vaudeville, trapeze performers and chow-dog fanciers. \
Practically all of you will become terrible bridge play-;
ers. At such a time as this a little serious advice from
old cookoo is not cut of order.
• Be crazy about yourself Remember, where you
are personally concerned the best is none too good.
Be vain! Be priggish! Be impossible! You will
find it just as easy to marry the boss's son as his of
fice boy. Easier, If all I hear is true.
“Office boys never stay awake long enough for
you to interest them in the proposition. Even should
you hold an office boy's attention a little and send
him for the marriage license he would either forget
it entirely, or be gone a week or two and return with
a pot of glue or a pair of shears or something else by
mistake. The chances are he would never come back.
Office boys are like that. But bosses' sons retain
better. They will get the idea quicker. By all means
get yourself a boss s son.
“Dress, speak and act like a lady. Get your hair
done three times a week. Never buy a frock without
an extra pair of brevities. Never wear the same j
pearls at night that you wore all day at the office.
Keep your white shoes whitened.
“Belong to the best clubs, seek the company of
women who amount to something, women who have
made good, like Mrs. Gann. Maureen Orcutt and
Helen Wills. Believe that you are in every way big
ger and better than the working girls. Remember
that it is up to you to take the rule away from the
night club hostesses, the George White chorus girls.,
the Western Women's Professional Baseball Nine, and
the Lady Cyclists’ Club.
“Never go motoring with strangers below you so
cially. Do not ‘neck’ with persons whose financial
future is not well established. Avoid parking in the
cheaper priced cars. It is just as easy to win him in
a Mercedes as in a Chevrolet.
“Do not allow yourself to be rescued at fires by
firemen you have never met. Wait for the man worth
while.
“With these few words. I close, thanking you for
your kind attention and assuring you that if elected
I will solve the farm problem and give a living wage
to all”
* # * •
HAVE A HEART. CARTER!
The Carter Glass bill proposes to tax all stock
sales where the buyer has not held on for at least
60 days. *T don’t mind holding a stock for the long
pull,” says Elmer Twitchell. “but 60 days is asking
too much.”
• • • •
Critics of Mr. Glass say there Is no way to tell
the difference between an investor and a speculator.
Don't be that way! You can always tell the specu- i
lator. He Is the man who plays the new’ dollar ball
across the water hole.
Waslknirngtoini
By HERBERT C. PLUMMER
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WASHINGTON. June 12 — Bits of Washington gossip '
picked up at random:
No matter how much spicy gossip and conjecture
Alice Roosevelt Longworth may stir up in Washington
by her refusal to yield to rules of precedence, she
long has followed the policy of “never giving inter
views."
All of which recalls a story from an erstwhile re
porter of ‘'-e days when Roosevelt was President.
He long had cherished the ambition to obtain an
; interview with “Princess Alice." One day he persuad
j rd a friend of the Roosevelt family to present him as
the son of a well-known United States senator. The
better part of an afternoon was spent in extracting
material for an excellent news story.
On the eve of the reporter’s departure Alice in
nocently commended on his flair for newspaper work.
His little farce broke down completely. Rather shame
facedlv he confessed his Identity. Alice was surprised
and then amused.
Needless to say the story was never printed.
• • • *
BUY A BOND?
There are two or three young women who “cover"
the executive offices of the white house as faithfully
as any Washington newspaper correspondent. They
are representatives of bonding houses, waiting for the
list of nominations that the President sends to the
senate.
All postmasters, collectors of customs and internal
revenue are required to post a bond as insurance that
they will discharge their duties faithfully. The act
ual appoinfmerit depends on confirmation by the
senate, but most of those named are certain to be
confirmed. However, before his name is placed on
the payroll the treasury department must have his
prescribed bond on file.
The bonding companies want to know as quickly
as possible the names and addresses of all persons
nominated for postmaster of collector. The quickest
way is to have some one on duty waiting for them
at the white house.
• • * •
SERGEANT SOUSA
The older residents of Washington, particularly, hail
the appearance of John Philip Sousa on the air. They
still remember him in the days when as a marine
sergeant he marchced up Pennsylvania avenue leading
the marines band.
It has been a long time since he turned the marine
band baton over to Fancuilli. who straightaway got
himself court martialed for refusing to play a Sousa
marchc when ordered to do so by a marine lieutenant.
This row prompted congress to make the leader of the
band a commissioned officer.
Sousa was bom in Washington, the son of a
Portuguese father, who was himself a member of the
marine band
• * • •
President Hoover's fondness for angling has caused
a real estate boom in a hitherto comparatively un
known section near Washington.
A current magaine carries a half page advertise
ment of an estate “directly adjoining President Hoo
ver’s summer play ground.” The ow*ner hails his
property as “an ideal playground for a man of means
and a lover of nature."
Aside from that “its present low price and other
factors should greatly enhance its value within a few
years.”
Believe It or Not By Ripley
A, D DARWIN .
GREATEST men OF the PAST CeNTuR/
were born the same DAy/
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A DRAB LITTLE!
MOTH FLIES TO
HAPPINESS ,
c By Alma Sioux Scarberrv,. author of*mareup*etc. **_.»c * A
READ THIS FIRST:
Vivian Matthews, shy and un
happy because she was a doorstep
baby, is called a “flat tire" by the
younger set of Bender. Kentworth
Hillman Johns III. to secure his
grandfather's fortune, offers her
one hundred thousand dollars and
a divorce in Paris at the end of a
year if she will mam* him and.
secretly in love with him, she con
sents. In New York Vivian attracts
Mann Barkow. famous artist, and
he flys to Kansas to paint ner.
Aurelia “Dovie" Jansen, who jilted
Kent to marry Count Von Popper
in Paris, has returned mysteriously
without her count. She has a
frank talk with her mother about
ways and means of getting Kent
back into her net again.
While Vivian is posing in the
stunning white flying outfit Bar
kow has brought her. Dovie calls
at the house and Is mpt and thor
oughly upset by “Pat" Sullivan,
Vivian's best girl friend and a for
mer chorus girl. Mrs. Jansen,
alarmed at the news Dovie brings
back of the changed Vivian, de
cides to rail on Kent and “fix,,
things. Vivian sees Kent go to the
Jansens that night—and sends for
Barkow
(Now Go On With the Story)
• • *
CHAPTER XVIII
Dovie had spent two hours get
ting ready for her interview with
Kent. She had not left a stone un
turned to bring back all the old
appeal of girlish innocence.
There was a little old voile dress
with a bow matching the blue in
her eyes. She had worn it on a
starry summer night when he had
kissed her and asked her to be his
wife. She remembered it in an old
trunk upstairs, and sent the house
keeper up to get It and press it.
Traces of her healthv color she
carefully covered with liquid pow
der. She decided her lips would
be more appealing with a little
color and took a liquid rouge and
touched them carefully. Then she
fluffed her hair and tied a tiny
blue ribbon around it—as though it
were to hold it back. It gave her
a becomingly childish look.
Mamma Jansen, rocking blissfully
in a chair beside her dressing table,
smiled to herself. Her daughter
might have her failings. But tn
some things no one knew her could
accuse her of being dumb. She
knew- her men!
She was sitting, her head buried
in her arms in a big chair in the
living room, when the housekeeper
let Kent in. Mrs. Jansen was not
present.
Kent stood for a moment look
ing down at her. She was a pa
thetic picture, her golden curls
lying on her arms—and the little
dress. The dear little white dress
that he would never forget.
He felt his heart coming up In
his throat—and made a little stifUd
sound. Suddenly Dovie raised h*r
head, as though she had not known
he was in the room before and
Jumped from her chair.
Her arms were around him . . .
her large blue eyes, pools of an
guish. were searching his face. He
could not speak. Just looked down
at her and feasted his eyes on
her pale loveliness. Dovie buried
her face in his shoulder. He made
no attempt to answer her caress.
"Oh, my dear—my dear," her
voice was small and helpless. “Wfc^:
i can I say? Don’t look at me like
that. Please! Please! I can't
bear it!”
Finally he answered her. His
voice was colder than she had
hoped. He was master of himself
at least outwardly, although her
nearness took the breath from his
great, vibrant body.
"I came because your mother said
you wanted to see me.”
' Then—then you didn't come be
cause you wanted to see ME .” Her
voice broke.
• That,” he answered coldly, ‘ has
nothing to do with the question.
She said you had a few explana
tions. That you felt you owed them
to me. If you do. I’m here to lis
ten—for a few moments.”
She v.as in his arms again, cling
ing to him. her arms around his
neck, her lips seeking his—all the
old wiles in full play. Pride bat
tled with his desire to crush her
so that he dropped his hands to
his sides and buried his nails in
| his palms.
‘ Oh—I—I have a terrible confes
sion to make. Kent. Maybe you'll
hate me. Don’t! Please don't
hate me.”
Then she told her story. She
told it well, choking with sobs, her
blue eyes looking into his. studvlng
his every expression. What an
actress! She had missed her cell
ing. But. of course. Kent, in >is
blindness, only knew that she was
making a confession ... and that
she was little and heart broken,
j *nd loved him . . .
She had taken a drink the night
| she met Count Von Popper . .. The
first champagne she had ever had
in her life . . . She didn't know what
she was drinking ... and it w*ent
to her head . . .
Then . . . she didn't remember
| - . . She came to and she was in
the counts rooms at a well-known
Paris hotel and it was morning. He
had begged her to marry him .
I—I thought I would die. Kent!
It was dreadful. But. I felt I had
to vindicate my honor. So I con
sented. and we were married that
afternoon. I felt I could never
come to you—not—not after a
dreadful thing like that. I believe
I was drugged. Kent . . -
Kent cursed under his breath
The rotter? The dirty swine! Oh
some day he would see him and
he would make him pay for this
horrid thing that he had done to
the girl he loved. When Dovie saw
that there were tears in Kent's
eyes she knew her battle was won
What an inspiration.
She pulled him to the big chair
and threw herself in his arms.
tet let me stay here in your
arms just—Just a minute, and then
we ll say good-bve.” she told him.
i smothering his lips with hers.
The world went blank for Kent.
Two hours later Mrs. Jansen crept
softly to the living room door and
looked. They were still in the b«
1 chair, locked in a long kiss.
She went up to her boudoir,
threw a magazine in the air and
mixed a large, potent highball.
It was a warm evening for late
September, and Vivian sat on the
veranda waiting for Barkow. The
house stifled her. The great Johns
house was filled with beautiful, ex
pensive furniture. The portraits Of
the Johns ancestors seemed to
stare right at her from nearly ev
ery wall in the house, and it seem
ed to Vivian there was a look of
resentment on their faces. She
fancied they wanted to say to her:
“You nobody! Coming here to
our house, where you don't be
long. You're getting just what you
deserve.”
She could scarcely keep her eyes
off the Jansen house—watching
for Kent to lerive He had been
there an hour when Barkov; stroll
ed up the driveway.
“Ah. there you are. Vivid, my
sweet. I decided Vivid wa.» a par
ticularly fitting title for you today.
With your vivid red eyes—and your
green hair.”
Pretty things . . . nonsense
That is what she needed tonight.
She nighed ever so slightly, and
leaned back among the pillows of
the long porch swing.
“Sit down here beside me and
tell me nice things.” she was sur
prised to hear herself say.
And Mann was. too. He smiled
his most amorous smile.
“Ah. had I known, little Tiger
Lily. I should have brought mv gui
tar or violin to serenade you.”
She Jumped up.
"You play. Oh. lovely. There is
a violin in the house. Kent's
grandfather loved violin music.**
Mann was puzzled that he had
been summoned to Vivian’s home
to spend the evening with her. But
he knew better than to ask ques
tions. He thanked his stars for the
chance to be with such a lovely,
lonelv lady, and let it go at that.
Vivian sank back among the
cushions again and closed her eyes.
He looked at her, charming and
mystic In the soft light from the
library that shone through the
window, and began to play . . .
It was an old Russian melody . . .
sad and full of heartache . . . now
poignant . . . Vivian thought for
a moment that it would break her
heart. She had never heard any
one play like that before.
Suddenly she was overcome with
emotion. Tears began to flow
slowly dow-n her cheeks. They were
balm to her heart. Mann saw them
and bent and looked in her faca.
His voice seemed to come from a
great distance.
“Vivian—Vivian—you are un
happy—”
She raised her hand and press
ed his hand to her face suddenly.
It was sympathy . . . human com
panionship. Mann put the violin
down and sat close to her. taking
both her hands and looking into
her hurt. lovely eyes.
“Don't be that way. dear —noth
ing matters—that murh. Not so
much that a tear should ever fall.”
It doesn’t matter! Whv do I
care? I knew- it would be like this,
she told herself in her heart. It
was so sweet—having Minn bos de
1 her. kind and good. Thev sat that
way fer some minutes, silent hold
ing hands.
Kent came across the lawn, his
head bent, and passed without see
ing them. Vivian knew Dovie had
won her battle. Barkow - ondered
when she told him good night sud
denly and rushed into the house
sobbing.
<TO BE CONTINUED)
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NEWARK. June 12—'.P*—Tris
Sperker had a hard time getting
his Newark Bears started in the In
ternational league race but his men
! finally took hold and pulled them
I selves up near the top.
I have a suspicion that many per
sons suffer needlessly from muscle
and Joint pains. One of the most
common of human complaints is
back-ache. Neuralgia, neuritis, rheu
matism as well as lumbago and
sciatica, are among the things which
take the joy out of life.
We hear so much about the suf
fering of the human race that I
sometimes wonder how many per
sons there are who never have an
ache or pain. There come to my
desk every day hundreds of letters
from every part of the world. One
day recently more than a thousand
such letters arrived.
I realize, of course, that persons
who are never sick are unlikely to
write. Many of the unafflictcd. how
ever, are kind enough to express
their appreciation of my efforts to
keep thfm well You will recall that
the central theme of every one of
these articles is how to avoid sick
ness It is the business of the fam
ily dortor to treat the sick. I can
conceive it to be my job to do the
best I can to keep you from illness.
But the particular thing I have in
mind today is to find out how many
people never have aches and pain*
I should really like to hear about
this. If somebody should read these
lines who is never sick, who never
has a headache, a toothache cr a
backache, nlease write and tell me
why you ’think you have been so
well.
I am sure we are agreed that it
would be a wonderful thing if wo
could make health contagious in
stead cf having disea*c contagious.
The only way to do this is by estab
lishing such standards of living as
have found to be successful in the
maintenance of health.
If you have been well all your life,
if you have been free from aches
and pains, if you have good teeth,
strong muscles and -smoothly work
ing Joints, we want to know the j
reason why you have been so for- I
tur.ate. Certainly you have convie- '
tions to to why you have good
health. Give us the benefit of your
convict ions.
ANSWERS TO HEALTH QtTOtlES
H E. D. Q—What should a girl
weigh who is 23 years old and 5 feet
4 inches tail?
A —For her age and height she
should weight about 132 pounds.
• • •
G. L. H. Q.—How can I reduce?
A —Weight reduction is merely a
matter of self-control as regards the
diet. For full particulars send a
self-addressed, stamped envelope and
repeat your question.
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in years to give Texas Its first taste
of national recognition as a breed
ing ground for turf stars. •
One of Thomas Waggoner's en
tries. Panchio. placed third in the
Kentucky derby. The pioneer cow
man. reputedly the wealthiest man
in Texas, has been nearly blind for
several years. The race was de
scribed to him by his son. Paul.
The name of Waggoner's Threc
D stables at Arlington, west of
i here, was taken from the brand
marked on cattle that once roamed
his ranges Panchio was groomed
at the Arlington track, which with
a grandstand cost Waggoner more
! than SI 000.000.
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Who am I? From what post am
I resigning? Where is my home*
Who was called, the “Poet of the
Sierras?”
In mythology who is the god of
the vine?
“Verily I say unto you. This gen
eration shall not pass away, till all
be fulfilled " Where is this passage
found in the Bible?
Today's Horns* opr
Persons bom on this day are mu
sical and demonstrative. They are
moody and like to be left alone at
timer.
Star Lore
When ttie Sun Tarns
By Arthur DeV Carpenter
June 21 marks the date of the
Summer Solstice, the longest day
of the northern year when the sun
sheds Its rays vertically upon the
Tropic of Cancer 23 1-2 degrers
north of the equator. The Tropic
gets Its tjame from the constellation
Cancer in the Zodiac where the sun
formerly appeared at the Solstice
But owing to the precession of the
equinoxes, the Sign Cancer has
shpped backward 'westwardl into
the constellation Gemini From this
point the sun turns southward, and
northern divs will gradually short
en. The Tropic of Cancer croaaef
the AmerKio continent north of the
Island of Cuba and bisects Mexico
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