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BORDERPATROL
IS COMMENDED
Col. Sam Robertson Explains
Position On Need For
Aiding Emigrant
To The Herald:
I seem to have not made myself
quite clear in my talk to San Be
nito Rotary club Thursday, on the
emigration question. All Mexicans
with whom I have come in contact
report that they have been treated j
idth the utmost courtesy in the ,
emigration office at Brownsville
a-d by U. S. Consul Leonard of
tamoros. I have heard three dif
ferent Mexicans commend Inspector
Ferguson of Harlingen for decent
treatment and explanation of the
law. I nave heard four others com- >
mend inspectors for kindly treat
ment of them and for consideration
shown in sending them to well
known Americans for assistance.
The names of these inspectors were
not known by the Mexicans They
described them as being old-looking
men.
All of the rough stuff I have
heard of seems to have come from
the newer and less experienced of
ficers. Much of the scaring has been
helped along by Mexicans who made
legal entry and native-born Mexi
cans. I have heard several of this
class say if the U. S. inspectors will
run out the wet blocks there will be
fewrer neople to do the work and we
will get much more for our labor.
I heard of one Mexican saying
that all those who had emigration
identification cards should help the
officers chase the “wet backs’’ across
the river and it would make labor
so scarce that they could demand
and would easily receive $2.50 per
hundred for picking cotton. (This
incerased price for picking would
only cost the farmer about $24.00
per bale which would break them.)
There is not a Mexican in South
Texas, but who knows that Judge
Hutchison’s sympathies are always
with the under dog, the poor and
oppressed. But Judge Hutchison
don’t make the laws; he can only
enforce them as congress and the
lobby make them and I do not
blame the border patrol and emi
gration service for enforcing the
law. They are sworn to enforce it.
There are thousands of deportablc
aliens here and they can do noth
ing but go out and run them up
They are an active and efficient
body of officers and they will round
them up and deport them.
Unless the people of the Valley
wake up and come to their aid and
come quickly by getting competent
legal aid who can speak Spanish
and who have a real sympathy f^r
the plight of these poor devils. If
they can have legal help and if bond
can be arranged for them until the
red tape can be cleared up so they
can enter legally, it would help the
situation.
I have no criticism to offer for
the American Federation of Labor.
Their superb organization is only
trying to sell the labor of their
members at the highest possible
price for labor it has always been
their policy to curtail the supply of
labor in order to raise the price.
The American Federation of Labor
never pursues the tactics of our
.farmers, truck and fruit growers,
lousiness men who are interested in
’their financial success. The Valley
press and others of us who holler
our heads off whenever a dollar is
made on growing grapefruit, beans,
potatoes, tomatoes and other pro
duce about the enormous profits in
farming our rich Valley soil with
irrigation water from the silvery'
Rio Grande and doing our d-est
to bring in competition and over
production and put the market cn
the bum instead of striving to cur
tail the supply of farm produce as
the American Federation of Labor
and the intelligent legally entered
Mexicans do who scare their coun
trymen across the Rio Grande to
help curtail the labor supply, and
thereby raise the price. The Ameri
can Federation of Labor and our
more intelligent local Mexican la
borers can teach us much about a
marketing organization for our
truck and farm produce.
I don’t think our present emigra
tion law' discriminates against Mex
icans and in favor of Canadians.
But I am quite sure the Box Law
? will, if passed by congress, and that
is one reason why a super-human
' effort should be made to defeat its
passage.
If our case is properly presents
1 to the American Federation of La
J
IV^OST people depend on Bayer
Aspirin to make short work of
headaches, but did you know it’s
just as effective in the worse pains
from neuralgia or neuritis? Rheu
matic pains, too. Don’t suffer when
Bayer Aspirin can bring complete
comfort without delay, and without
harm; it does not affect the heart.
In every package of genuine Bayer
Aspirin are proven directions with
which everyone should be familiar,
for they can spare much needless
suffering.
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bor they will co-operate with us in
the defeat of the Box Law, and aid
us to retain our present supply of
farm labor and aid us to obtain a
constant supply to grub our jungle
and raise our vegetables and har
vest them. This class of labor will
not compete with organized labor
if proper restrictions are introduced.
It is to the interest of organized
labor for us to produce large quan
tities of food crops to bear the
market in favor of the consumer. If
the Box Law is passed it will unde
all the good work done by President
Hoover and Ambassador Morrow in
Latin America. If we discriminate
against the entrance of Latin
American labor and favor the Ar.
glo-Saxon, Latin Americans will
purchase their shoes from Czeko
Slovakia instead of Massachusetts;
their automobiles in France; their
textiles in England, Italy, etc., and
machinery, iron and steel in Ger
many.
To obtain a legal entrance to the
United States the emigrant must be
able to read some language and
have a birth certificate. A pair of
sandals on their feet and corns on
their hands is a better recommen
dation than a little education, tooth
pick shoes on their feet and a birth
certificate in their pocket. The
class of Mexican emigrants who
will be the happiest here and the
most useful in the Valley are the
sturdy Mexican Indians from the
small farms and hacienda of Mex
ico. We have plenty of miners, me
chanics, railroad men, cooks, wait
ers, bootleggers and parasites who
prey on their hard-w'orking coun
trymen.
A Wasserman blood test and
closer medical and physical exami
nation will exclude a large percent
age of the undesirable.
SAM ROBERTSON
San Benito, Texas, July 22, 1929.
MERCEDES
dinner courtesy
Mr. and Mrs. John McDonald
entertained with a delightful six
course dinner in honor of Dr. and
Mrs. J. C. Bannerman and Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Jewison of Winnipeg,
Canada, house guests in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Wiggins. The
table was lovely with centerpieces
of corona blossoms, accentuating a
color scheme of pink.
Others present at the pleasing
courtesy were Misses Anna Kate
McDonald, Mona Bannerman, Laura
McDonald and Donald McDonald.
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SWIMMING PARTY
The following group of young
people motored to McAllen Thurs
day for a swim: Misses Douglass,
Josephine Symonds, Donna Clark
of Weslaco, Polly Kemper of Hous
ton, Viola Symonds of Washington,
D. C., Angela Murray and Menton
Murray, George Callaghan, Pack
ard Barton and J. F. Biango.
* * *
CLUB HOSTESS
Mrs. E. E. Johnson was hostess
to the Silk Stocking club this week
at her home on South Ohio avenue.
Mrs. Fred Bennett made high score
in the club and Mrs. A. N. Brown
scored high for the guests.
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FAREWELL PARTY
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Spurgeon,
who are leaving soon to make their
home near Dallas, were honor guests
at a farewell party and shower
Thursday evening at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hoekstra. A
picnic supper was served on the
lawn and many games and contests
enjoyed. A number of appropriate
parting gifts were tendered the
honor guests.
Others present were Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Oldmeyer and daughters, Mar
garet and Eunice. Mr. and Mrs. C.
Shankle and daughters, Evon and
Helen, Mr. and Mrs. H. Gilder
sleeve and sons, Vance and Dale.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Borchelt and
daughters, yerna and Mary, Mr. and
Mrs. G. W. Elleff, Mr. and Mrs. J.
D. Kennedy, Mrs. O. R. Glasscock
and son. Cecil, and daughter, Agnes
Louise, Mrs. C. H. Boucher, Mrs.
W. E. Crosswhite. Harley Spurgeon
and Walter and Wilbur Hoekstra.
• • •
HOME DANCE
Miss Anna Kate McDonald en
tertained a group of friends at an
informal dance Thursday evening
at her home. The house was pret
tily decorated with bright colored
flowers and streamers of many col
ors.
Punch was served throughout the
evening. Miss McDonalds guests
were Misses Gladys Hampton, Con
stance Martin of Chicago, Dagmar
and Juanita Blanchard, Maude
Tullis, Beatrice Picrras and Martha
Yearwood, and Tom Blackwell, Don
ald Barton. Di '; Bailanfant, John
Ohls, Hugh McManus, Bob Buck
and Gordon Young.
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FISHING P.ARTY
Mr. and 1 Its. 4. B. Riley were
hosts to a large group cf friends on
a camping trip to Point Isabel and
Padre Island, where they spent sev
eral days fishing.
Their guests included Mr. and
Mrs. John Edwards. Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Shankle of Harlingen, Mr. and
Mrs. Knich Parks. la. Bernice
and Hal Parks, Glen Shankle of
Kerrville, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lam
bert of La Feria, Mrs. G. W.
Groves of Brownsville. Mr. and
Mrs. George Spears of La Feria,
Misses Dorothy Edwards, Leise Gal
loway, Fleeta Groves of Browns
Today’s RadioFeatures
iucspaT, July 23
[By The Associated Press]
Programs in Central Standard time. All time is P. M. unless otherwise
Indicated. Wavelengths on left of call letters, kilocycles on right. Clear chan
nel stations and chain programs with list of associated stations in detalL
348.6—WABC New York—860
6:00— Sergi Kotlarsky and Mathilde Harding, Joint Recital—Also W\DC
, ^ WOWO KMOX KOIL WHK WCCO WBBM KMBC WISN
6:30—Flying Stories and Aviation News—Also WADC WOWO KMOX KOIL
WHK WBBM KMBC WGHP WSPD WAIU K 1
7:00—Paul Whiteman’s Band in Dance Music—Also WADC WGHP WBBM
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« WDOD MBRC WREC KFJF KTSA WISN WDSU WFBM KFH KRLD
8:00—Symphonic Hour—Also WADC WKRO WGHP WBBM WOWO KMOX
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8:30—Story in Song (30 min.)—Also WADC WKRC WGHP KMOX koit
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454.3—WEAF New York—660
—Genia Fonariova with Concert Orchestra—Also KSD WFTC \vpty ttoa
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WOA! WTMJ KPRC WJAX WKY WEBC WRAP " W£B
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—Neapolitan Nights—Also WWJ KSD WHO WMC WKY " ' J
9:o0—Hello Mars!—WEAF only
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394.5—WJZ New York—760
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9:00—Slumber Music Hour, String Ensemble—Also KDKA KWK WREN
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AWWG—Voice of the Border
1260 k. c.—500 Watts Brownsville.
12:00-12:10 p. m.—Markets, weather and river reports.
12:10- 1:00—Musical program.
4:00- 4:20—Associated Press dispatches and Valley news from The
Brownsville Herald.
4:20- 5:55—Musical program.
5:55- 6:00—World Bookman, radio feature.
6:00- 9:00—Musical numbers, studio specialties.
TOMORROW A. M.
10:00-12:00 noon—Request program.
ville, Camilla Til’er of Mission,
Myrna Riley, Lela Edwards of Mor
ris, Minn., Nellie Edwards and Fer
gus Groves, George Avant, Fred
Edwards, Bill Syrars r' La Feria,
and Ed Galloway.
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PERSONALS
Miss Mildred Fielding of Paris,
Texas, is here for an extended visit
with her aunt, Miss Mildred Bridges.
Mrs. Arthur Day had for guests
in her home durir • the pc week
Mrs. W. A. Beavy and daughter,
Shirley May and - rs. Pat Whatley
and daughter, Marjorie of Harlin
gen.
Mrs. T. W. Carter and nephew,
Ralph Fritz, left Wednesday for an
extended vacation trip to Cali
fornia.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hauscheck of
La Feria have moved to Mercedes to
make their home.
Mrs. A. F. Archer of San An
tonio is here visiting in the home of
her daughter, Mrs. F. F. Stotler.
Mrs. Ed Starr of Raymondville
spent several days here during the
past week in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Pulliam.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lauderdale
and daughter, left this W’eek for
points in Tennessee. They will visit
Mr. Lauderdale's mother.
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. McMicken
left this week for ' mston on a va
cation trip.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. King and
family spent several days this week
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. S.
King in Rio Grande City.
Miss Gladys Trapp of Sharyland
spent the past week here in the
home of her sister, Mrs. Merle
Wood.
Miss Mable Macherter, who has
been visiting her sister here, Mrs.
H. L. Wallace, left this week for
Oklahoma.
Mrs. M. C. Wakefield and two
children, E. G. and Bobbie of Dal
las, are guests here in the home
of Mrs. Wakefield’s sister, Mrs. H.
L. Scott.
Mrs. Perry Perkins, Mrs. W. S.
{ McLean and children and Mrs. F.
W. Moon are spending two weeks
at Ingram, Texas, on a recreational
visit.
Mrs. R. L. Thomas left this week
for Falfurrias, where she joined
members of her family with whom
she will motor to Kansas for a sev
eral weeks’ visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Herring and
son, Edmund, left this week on an
overland trip through New Mexico
and Colorado.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Dollins and
daughters, Waldine and Maxine, of
Gatesville, Texas, are guests here in
the home of Mrs. E. G. Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Houston and
Miss Blanch Murray c Houston,
are visiting here in tlj,e homes of
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Robinson and
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Rol inson.
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Hvistendahl
had for house guests during the
past week Miss Erma Watson of La
Feria and Miss Peggy Williams of
Little Rock, Arkansas.
MAN, 73, IN CUSTODY
AFTER ROAMING WILD
WAXAHACHIE. Tex., July 23.—
(IP)—Jim Fowler, 73-year-old farmer
accused of assault with intent to
kill, is in custody after roaming
about the country for two weeks
on foot living on what wild grapes,
peaches, and other vegetables and
fruits he could pick up.
‘MINNESOTA’ OFF ON
ENDURANCE AIR TEST
MINNEAPOLIS, July 23.—</P)
The monoplane ‘ Minnesota” witl
Owen Haughland of Buffalo, Minn,
as chief pilot, was off today on £
refueling endurance record-seeking
flight.
Accompanied by Captain T. L
Crichton of Minneapolis, Haugh
land soared away from the Wole
Chamberlain airport at 6:40 o’clocl
last night in an effort to bette:
the world's record of 246 hours, 4;
minutes, 32 seconds.
Captain Crichton replaced Thor
wald “Thunder” Johnson of St
Paul, reported to have had a finan
cial dispute with Haughland anc
backers of the flight just befon
the start.
VALLEY MEN GO TO
INSPECTION PARLEY
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, July 23.—Myron F
Ward of the Harlingen Chamber o
Commerce, and L. E. Snavely, lo
cal shipper and grower of citrus
have left for Laredo, to represen
this section at the meeting of rail
road men, officials and chambe
of commerce men, on the propose<
new schedule of the Missouri Pa
cific through that point from Mex
ico.
Objection has been raised to per
mitting entry of trains without in
spection at the border, through fea'
of infestation of the Mediterranear
fruit fly or some other pest.
J. D. Ramsey, secretary of thi
booster club at La Feria, also wil
be present at the meeting Wednes
day night.
For Colds—
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Your System
Doctors everywhere are prescrib
ing this new treatment for colds
and it is delighting thousands b;
the quick relief it brings when use<
consistently.
Begin when you feel a cold com
ing. Take a tablespoonful of Phil
lips Milk of Magnesia in a glass o
water, morning, noon and night, th
first day. Do the same thing th
second day. Then take only a
night.
Colds reduce the alkalinity o
your system. That's what make
you feel achy, feverish, weak, half
sick from them. Phillips Milk o
Magnesia is alkali in harmless
palatable form. It relieves th
symptoms of colds by restoring th
alkalinity of your system.
For fifty years, this pleasant al
kallne has been famous as an anti
acid. Doctors prescribe Phillip
Milk of Magnesia; hospitals use it
| millions know how it relieves sour
i stomach, gas, indigestion and oth
er symptoms of over-acidity. Al
drug stores recommend it. 25c am
50c bottles, with full directions fo
its many uses.
“Milk of Magnesia” has been th
U. S. Registered Trade Mark of th
j Chas. H. Phillips Chemical Co
i and its predecessor. Chas. H. Phil
* lips, since 1876.—
MANY SEEKING
JUSTICE JOBS
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Moody Is Swamped With
Pleas For Supreme
Court Appointees
AUSTIN, July 23.—-tA*)—Few gov
ernors have been called upon to
make as many appointments to lu
crative and responsible as well as
interesting official positions as Gov
ernor Moody He is now confronted
with the selection of six associate
justices of the supreme court of
Texas as a result of approval by the
voters last Tuesday of a constitu
tional amendment increasing the
membership of the court from three
to nine.
Already the governor is being
swamped with petitions and suppli
cations to appoint this man and
that man. Members of the bar of
Texas have formed themselves into
groups to propose the appointment
of certain candidates for the places.
The same bar, almost as a unit, ad
vocate pssage of the nine-member
court amendment. Now it is some
what divided on whom the respon
sibility of a member of the court
should rest
In addition to the prestige mem
bership on the supreme court car
ries, the remuneration is attractive.!
The salary is $3,000 annually. To !
be sure, there is lots of hard work,
but on the other hand, there is a !
wonderful store of knowledge and
experience to be gained by mem- i
bers of the profession.
It is considered a foregone conclu
sion that Judges Richard Critz and j
C. A Leddy, members of the com
missions'of appeals, will be appoint- I
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ed to ths supreme court. Their re
spective terms, end in June. 1931,
and they are appointees of Gover
nor Moody. Others on the commis
sions whose terms were until June,
1931. are Judges J. D. Harvey and H.
B Short. Terms of Judges Luther
Nickels and Ocie Speer expired last
month. Under provisions of the
amendment increasing the supreme
court membership the commissions
of appeals'are abolished automatic
ally‘with appointment by the gov
ernor of the new court members.
The nine-member court will come
into existence as soon as the state
canvassing beard declares the result
of the election and Governor Moody
names the rew members. The can
vassing board will meet 40 days
after the election. Chief Justice
Cureton said he hoped to organize
the new court about September 1
and go to work on the docket. The
constitutional three months’ vaca
tion through July. August and Sep
tember was abolished by the
amerdmf'nt ^-1 ill stay
on the job the year around. <'S j(;
FEE CLAIMED
FROM FIGHTER
German Heavyweight Has
Another Suit Added to
Legal Tangle
NEW YORK, July 23.—(JP)—The
fistic subdivision known as Max
Schmeling had one more worry on
his hands today. Already over his
head in legal entanglements, the
German heavyweight discovered
that someone else had brought suit
for a portion of Herr Max’s ring
earnings in the United States. The
chances are Max won’t worry over
much on the theory that one more
suit among so many hardly matters.
The latest claim on Schmeling's
purse came in the form of a suit,
brought by one Frederick Kirsch,
asking for two per cent of Max's*
earnings. Kirsch, Quondam friend
of Schmeling and Arthur Buelow,
the boxer’s repudiated manager,
filed an order signed by Supreme
Court Justice William Black, re
quiring the Madison Square Garden
corporation and Charlie Rose, an
other of Schmeling’s many man
agers, to show cause today why a
receiver should not be appointed to
take over two per cent of the box
er’s earnings in his victory over
Paulino Uzcudun.
Kirsch said he had introduced
Schmeling and Beulow to Rose and
that Buelowr had assigned 10 per
cent of Schmeling’s earnings to
Rose who, in turn, gave 3 per cent
of this to Kirsch.
All was serene until Joe Jacobs,
nov/ Schmeling's manager of choice,
entered the scene. Jacobs acquired
a 3 1-2 per cent interest in Schmel
ing from Buelow and 4 per cent
from Rose. Possibly because the
mathematical problem was a diffi
cult one, nobody has seen to it that
Kirsch got his two per cent, the
plaintiff asserted.
you so,”
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