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COUNTY VOTES
HEALTH FUND
$12,000 Will Be Spent On
Rural Sanitation Dur
ing 1930
Twelve thousand dollars will be
spent in Cameron county during
the year ending June 30, 1930, in
demonstration work in rural sani
tation as a result of action by the
county commissioners court.
Judge O. C. Dancy was author
ized to execute a contract with the
Public Health Service of the Unit
ed States as of July 1, 1929, where
by the county will provide $7,500
and the remainder will be put up
by the federal government in ac
cordance with an act of congress
approved December 20, 1928.
WITNESSED!
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ticing law in 1925 and 1926 that he
could not be insane in July, 1929, do
you?” he was asked.
“Lawyers can go crazy, can't
they?” Johnson replied ac the
courtroom roared with laughter.
After calling one witness. Mrs.
J. R. Sullivan of Corpus Christi.
sister of the defendant, the defense
in the Harry J. Leahy sanity trial
rested this morning, and a recess
was granted state's attorneys that
they might arrange their list of wit
nesses.
Mrs. Sullivan, who followed to
the stand several witnesses of yes
terday who testiifed regarding
Leahy’s condition, said that at the
age of 20 the defendant suffered a
severe case of fever and was deli
rious and highly nervous. In Oc
tober of last year she testified that
she noticed a change had come over
him and this had increased his
nervousness.
Fist Fight
A fist fight occurred while at
torneys were examining the first
witness, Miss Amarda Davidson of
Taylor, ^,’hose affidavit that she
believed Leahy insane won the de
fendant a stay of execution and a
sanity trial.
Miss Davidson, an attractive
smartly dressed woman of 30, testi
fied she had known Leahy for
eight or nine years and that his
acts since his conviction, as well as
his letters, had indicated his mind
was unbalanced.
H. N. Craves, of the prosecution,
on cross examination asked Miss
Davidson whether she knew that
Leahy \ is married and yet received
It'lcrs \_:;i him and went on to
ask her who had told her what to
say from the stand. A carbon copy
was produced which Miss Davidson
identified as a transcript of what
she had told defense attorneys she
would testify.
E. B. Simmons of San Antonio
then took the witness on redirect
examination and attempted to show
that the paper in question was a
transcript of what she had told at
torneys she would testify and that
the woman declared that “she had
a right to tell the attorneys what
she would testify and to refute the
dirty insinuations made here.”
Every attorney In the case was
on his feet instantly and Graves
advanced upon Simmons.
“If the court cannot control this
man.” he said, “I can,” and he
swung vigorously at Simmons’ jaw.
In the melee that followed many
glancing blows were struck, but no
damage was done and Sheriff
Louis Lowe soon had order restored.
POULTRY
CHICAGO, July 25.—<7P)—Poultry
steady; unchanged.
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COTTON DROPS
DUE TO CABLES
First Trades Show Loss;
Market Stages Rally
At End of Hour
NEW ORLEANS, July 25.—(^P>—
Due to rather indifferent cables,
| the market here • opened slightly
; easier, first trades showing losses
of 3 to 4 points. Constant appear
ances of new bales, fears of early
movement of the new cotton and
hedge selling, caused the market to
continue easing off. October traded
down to 18.49 and December to
18.61, or 14 points for both months
below yesterday’s close.
Near the end of the first hour
the market rallied 6 to 8 points on
a little covering by recent sellers.
The market turned firmer on the
impression it had ben oversold and
also on many reports from the in
terior of spreading activity of the
boll weevil. Shorts covered rather
freely, forcing October up to 18.75
and December to 18.92. or 25 to 26
points up from the earlier lows.
At mid-session the market was
steady and within a point or two of
the top.
X. O. FUTURES CLOSE
NEW ORLEANS, July 25.—(JP)_
Cotton futures closed steady at net
advances of 1 to 4 points:
Prev.
High Low Close Close
Jan. ... 18.94 18.71 18.85-86 18.84
Mar. ... 19.10 18.86 19.02-B 18.98
May . 19.12-B 19.08
July ... 18.75 18.34 18.75-x 18.45
Oct. ... 18.78 18.49 18.67-69 18.63
Dec. ... 18.89 18.69 18.85-87 18.81
Opening: Jan. 18.80; Mar. 18.96;
May 19.05-B; July 18.42-B; Oct.
18.60; Dec. 18.77.
x—Option expired at noon.
X. Y. COTTON
NEW YORK, July 25.—f/Pt—Cot
ton opened steady at a decline of 5
to 10 points under renewed liquida
tion and some local' or commission
house selling influenced by private
reports of rain in parts of Texas,
relatively casv cables and talk of
probable high end-July condition
figures. October sold off to 18.63
and January to 18.78, making net
declines of about 9 to 14 points on
the new crop positions. There was
covering at the lower nrices, and
the market steadied up a few
points.
Trading in current July contracts
ended at midday. The last sale of
that position was at 1.33 or net un
changed. New crop positions after
the early decline or about 10 to 14
points steadied after the posting of
the weather map which showed less
rain than expected. Offerings were
comparatively light late in the
morning and prices more than re
covered their early losses on cover
ing or rebuying, showing net gains
of about 6 to 9 points at midday
with October .selling at 18.81.
Futures closed steadv, 6 to 12
noints higher; spot quiet middling
18.80.
X. V. FUTURES CLOSE
NEW YORK. July 25.—i/PV—Cot
ton futures:
Prev.
High Low Close Close
Jan. ... 19.03 18.78 18.98-99 18.92
Mar. ... 19.25 18.98 19.19 19.12
Mav ... 19.42 19.15 19.38 19.26
Julv ... 18.33 18.15 18.33-x 18.33
Oct. old 18.88 18.64 18.80 nom’l 18.12
Oct. new 18.86 18.62 18.79-80 18.72
Dec. ... 19.11 18.86 19.03-04 18.97
ODening: Jan. 1882: Mar. 1901:
Mav 1918; July 1827; Oct. (old>
18.67; Oct. (new> 18.64; Dec. 18.90.
x—Option expired at noon.
N. O. COTTONSEED Cl OSvE
NEW ORLEANS. July 25.——
Cottonseed oil closed steady; prime
•summer vellow 840: prime crude
750-775; Jan. 875; Feb. 875: Mar.
875; Aug. 855; Sept. 865; Oct. 873;
Nov. 870; Dec. 875.
N. Y. COTTONSEED CLOSE
NEW YORK. July 25.—//Pi—Cot
tonseed oil closed firm; prime sum
mer yellow 860; prime crude 750
775; Jan. 968; Feb. 970; July 965;
Aug. 955; Sept. 968; Oct. 969; Nov.
955; Dec. 966; sales 2.400.
BUTTER AND EGGS
CHICAGO, July 25.—(/P)—Butter
higher; creamery extras 42 1-2:
standards 42 1-4; extra firsts 40
1-2@41 1-2; firsts 39@39 1-2; sec
onds 37 @33 1-2.
Eggs higher; extra firsts 33@33
1-2; firsts 32@32 1-2; ordinary
firsts 29 @31.
Air Travel Benefits
Told to Kiwanians
Brownsville’s position at the in
tersection of airlines between North
and South America was the key
note of a talk made by T. E. Gill
more, manager of the airport for
the Pan-American lines before the
Kiwanis club at their weekly lun
cheon Thursday.
“All aboard for Brownsville and
points in South America,” will prob
ably be the cry at a New York ter
minal within a few years. Mr. Gill
mere predicted. He sketched the
many ^ uses to which the airplane
has already been put in economic
life, in surveying land which could
not have been covered in years bv
ordinary methods, the use of the
airplane in locating schools of fish
for fleets, in -prospecting for min
erals, locating ice floes in rivers,
dusting cotton and citrus to keep
down insects, and other widely
varying uses.
He characterized speed as the great
advantage of the airplane. By air.
the time from New York to Mexico
City has been brought down to 50
hours, as against five days by land.
He stressed safety as an advantage
of air transportation also.
Preliminary plans for obtaining a
branch of the Y. M. C. A. were
broached at the meeting, and a
communication from the Houston
Y. M. C. A. secretary containing in
formation on organization was read.
It was decided to divide the club
into groups of three, each group to
furnish the program and an attend
i ance prize at one meeting,
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New York;
Stocks irregular; American Tele
phone at new high.
Bonds mixed; AmericanTelephone
convertible 4 l-2s jump 6 1-2 points
to new top.
Curb mixed; Grigsby Grunow at
new peak.
Foreign exchanges easy; Japanese
yen rises to 1919 high.
Cotton higher; reported weevil
damage.
■ Sugar lower; easier spot market.
Coffee declines; liquidation.
Chicago:
Wheat strong: bullish American
and Canadian crop reports.
Corn strong; crop damage reports
from Nebraska.
Cattle irregular.
Hogs higher.
I KANSAS CITY. July 25.—UP)—
Hogs 5.000; opened 10c higher on 240
lbs down: later steady; top 11.95 on
choice 190-215 lbs. Packing sows
9.00 @10.25.
Cattle 2,300: calves 500; slow;
slaughter steers, good and choice
1.300-1,50 lbs 13.50@T6.00; 1.100@
I. 300 lbs 13.00@16.00; 950-1,100 lbs
13.00@ 16.00; fed yearlings good and
choice 750-950 lbs 13.00@T5.75; cows,
good and choice 8.00@11.50; vealers
(milk fed) medium to choice 9.00@
14.50; stocker and feeder steers,
good and choice (all weights) 11.25@
13.50.
Sheep 5,000; weak: lambs 15-25c
lower: lambs 13.00@T4.00; ewes
4.75@6.50.
FORT WORTH, July 25.—UP)—
Hogs: 600; truck hogs 20c higher;
bulk 180-230 lbs. bettor grades 11.00
@11.20.
Cattle and calves: 5,200; slaugh
ter steers steady; common grassers
8.60; v/eighty grassers 11.00; cows
8.75 and less; bulls 6.75 and 8.25;
yearlings 13.00; heavy calves 10.;00
@10.75; light vealers 11.00@11.50.
Sheep: 2,700; steady; yearlings
II. 00; lambs 12.75; 2-year-old weth
ers 9.00; aged wethers 8.00; ieeder
lambs 8.50.
CHICAGO. July 25.—(/Pi—Hogs:
22,000; 10c higher; top $12.40: pack
ing sows $9.75@10.60; piss $11.00@
12.25.
Cattle: 6.000. calves 2.000; steers
choice tending higher: lower grades
tending lower. Slaughter steers
good and choice 1300-1500 lbs. $14.50
@16.75 ;1100-1300 lbs. $14.00@16.75;
950-1100 lbs. $13.50@ 16.65: cows,
good and choice $8.90@12 00; veal
ers (milk-fed) good and choice
$14.00@ 16.50.
Sheep: 9.000; 25c to 50c lower;
rangers $14; natives $13.50 down;
feeder lambs $12.50@ 14.00.
U. S. BONDS
NEW YORK, July 25.—UP-—Gov
ernment bonds: Liberty 3 1-2, 32
47, $96.16; 1st, 4 1-4, $93.28; 4th 4
1-4, $98.28; Treasury 4 1-4, 47-52,
$107.7; 4s, 44-54, $103.1; 3 3-4, 46
56, $100.14.
NEW ORLEANS. July 25.—UP)—
Spot cotton closed steady, 5 points
up. Sales 973; low middling 17.39;
middling 18.89; good middling 19.54;
receipts 124; stock 73,660.
DALLAS. July 25.—<7P)—Spot cot
ton 18.30; Houston 18.80; Galveston
18.80.
PRICES MIX ON
STOCK OPENING
U. S. Steel Gains Fraction
As Others Fall Back
By Few Points
NEW YORK, July 25.—(^—Mix
ed price movements took place at
the opening of today’s stock mar
ket. Initial gains of 1 1-2 to nearly
2 points were recorded by Allis
Chalmers, Marmon Motors and
Southern California Edison. U. S.
Steel common opened fractionally
higher. Montgomery-Ward fell back
a point, and American Smelting,
Pullman and North American Co.,
showed fractional recessions.
Prospects of another month-end
credit stringency tended to keep
bullish operations in check. Gains
and loss.s were about evenly divid
ed in early trading, but major ac
tivity appeared to be on the up-side.
American Telephone was marked
up to another new high at 258 1-2
and Poor & Co., at 40 1-2 in the
first few minutes of trading.
Further short covering developed
in the motor group, Marmon quick
ly advancing 3 1-2 points and
Chrysler 1 1-2. Union Bag and Pa
per rallied further in response to
the reported sale of its power prop
erties.
Wright Aeronautical rallied 3
points. Canadian Pacific 2 and Al
lied Chemical, Bethlehem Steel,]
Radio, Remington Rand, Westing-]
house Electric, Pacific Lighting and
Pacific Gas recorded early gains of
a point or two.
International Business Machines
dropped 4 1-4 points, American Car
and Foundry 3 1-4, Liquid Car
bonic *2 1-2 and Sears-Roebuck, Du
pont, Lambert. General Electric
Public Service of New Jersey, Union
Pacific and Reading yielded a point
or more.
Foreign exchanges opened easy
with cables down 5-32 of a cent to
$4 85 3-16.
The closing was irregular. Sales;
approximated 3,000,000 shares.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK. July 25.—(JP)—For
eivn exchanges easy.
Great Britain, demand $4.85 3-4;
cables $4.85 3-16; 60-day bills on
banks $4.79 15-16.
France, demand 3.91 11-16: cables
391 15-16.
Italy, demand 5.22 11-16; Belgium
13 89; Germany 23.82; Tokyo 46.26;
Montreal 99 43 3-4.
CALL MONEY
NEW YORK. July 25.—(.Pi—Call
money firmer: high 10; low 8; rul
ing rate 8; close 10.
Time loan- steady; 30 days 8.
four-six months 8; prime commer
cial paper 6.
Bankers’ acceptances unchanged.
Inocencia Villegas and Jesse L.
Sabala of Brownsville; L. R. Baker
and Vera Letzerich of Harlingen.
Marriage licenses were issued to:
G ’.illermo Guerrero and Mar
garita Cisneros, Joseph Elbert Izard
and Hixie Louvnia Knowles, Eze- ;
quiel Cavazos, Jr., and Rosa Gar- |
cia.
Valley
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of legumes, and by growing these
cover crops has kept his soil in fine
condition.
He is married but has no chil
dren.
• • •
WHAT IS your idea about a
proper slogan for the Valley?
Something distinctive, something
easy to say and easy to remember.
And as short as possible.
Some Valley resident is going to
be paid $250 in coin of the realm
and will have the honor of writing
the phrase which will spread the
fame of this section.
Several thousand persons already :
have submitted suggestions.
You have until midnight. July 31
to submit your idea.
Address it to J. E. Bell, Slogan
Contest. San Benito.
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Canada Crop Report
Sends Wheat Upward
CHICAGO, July 25.—f/P)—Wheat i
scored sharp upturns today after'
an irregular start. Reports of j
worse crop conditions in Canada asi
well as of premature ripening and
widespread black rust on upper
stems in Minnesota and the Dako
tas were strengthening factors.
Opening 3-8c off to 3-4c up
wheat afterward rose all around.
Corn, oats and provisions likewise
advanced, with corn starting un
changed to 3-8c lower, but subse
quently making a general climb.
The day's top quotatoins were
reached just before the close which
was extremely nervous at 4 l-3c to
4 2-4c above yesterday's finish.
Corn closed 1 l-2c to 2 5-8c up.
oats 7-8c to 1 l-2c advanced, and
provisions varying from 12c decline
to a rise of 10c.
K. C. CASH GRAIN
KANSAS CITY, July 25.—UP)—
Wheat: No. 2 dark hard 1.29 1-2(it
1.53 1-2; No. 2 hard 1.27@1.43 1-2;
No. 2 red 1.33@1.36; July 1.32 3-4;
Sept. 1.39 1-2 - 3-8; Dec. 1.44 7-8.
Corn: 22 cars; No. 2 white 1.00®
1.01; No. 2 yellow 1.03 @1.04; No. 2
mixed 99 1-2; July 1.00; Sept. 1.02
5-8; Dec. 96 1-4.
Oats: No. 2 white, nominally 49
l-2@50 1-2.
FT. WORTH CASH GRAIN
FORT WORTH, July 25.—(.-Pi
Demand for wheat continued act
ive on the Fort Worth cash grain
market today with prices from 3 to
5 cents higher. Exporters and mills
were buying heavily despite the port
embargoes.
Export grains: exporters bid as
follows, basis delivered Texas gulf
ports. No. 1 ordinary hard export
wheat 4 1-2 to 5c higher; 1.38 to
1-2; No. 1 soft red mixed 3c up at
1.36 @ 1 37. No. 2 barley, demand
stagnant, nominally 73 to 74.
Milling wheat: Mills bid as fol
lows, basis delivered T. C p„ No. l
ordinary hard milling 139@1.40; 13
per cent protein 1.44@1.45; 14 per
cent 1.48@1.49; 15 per cent 1.52©
1.53; 16 per cent 1.56® 1.57.
Dealers bids and offers on coarse
--.
grains basis crerrvered T. C. P.:
Com: Demand slow, one cent
higher; No. 2 mixed 1.15@1.16; No.
2 white 1.18@ 1.19; No. 2 yellow
1.22 @1.23.
Oats: Demand good, one cent
higher; No. 2 red 58 1-2®59.
Barley: Demand weak; No. 2, 73
@74.
Sorghums; Fair demand for light
receipts; No. 2 milo per hundred
pounds 1.75@1.80; No. 2 kaffir 160
@1.65.
R0B1NTWO
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the old mark of more than 246
hours set by the Angeleno Tuesday.
While Jackson had been confi
dent before the flight started that
if they set a new record they would
go on and double the old mark. Ma
jor W’illiam B. Robertson of the
Curtiss-Robertson company, spon
sors of the flight, was not so opti
mistic. Yesterday he remarked on
the increased life of an airplane
motor compared with ten years ago
and said, “it looks now as if the
motor will function well up to 300
hours, maybe longer. I hope ic does,
but I shall not be surprised if it
reaches its limit around that fig
ure.”
That the men would lose weight
on the long flight seemed foregone.
Dr. A. C. Leggatt, flight surgeon at
the field, said he expected Jackson
to lose 20 pounds and O’Brme about
10. The latter weighed 1381-2 at
the examination before taking off
while Jackson tipped the scales at
154.
In a note asking about the sound
o, the motor. Jackson said he
couldn’t tell how it sounded. “We
sleep by it, eat by it. wake up by it.
and oh, do everything by it and
around it and behind it. When we
get through up here we will need a
motor at home to sleep by.”
Congratulatory messages pourec
in at tftir. field at such a rate two
stenographers were assigned to weed
it out as all of it couldn't be taken
aloft. The fliers demanded newspa
pers, however, when the refueling
plane failed to carry them along on
onetrip.
The flight has cost more than
$10,000, it was estimated yesterday,
including more than 2400 gallons of
gasoline and 110 gallons of oil. The
mileage mark was around 17,000.
Good flying weather has been the
Robin’s part since being aloft, one
shower of about 5 minutes’ duration
being the only unfavorable period.
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