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VALLEY SCOUT CAMP CLEANEST Receives Distinction From State Sanitary Engi neer Inspector (Special to The Herald) RIO HONDO. Aug. 13 —Camp j Perry has been pronounced th cleanest camp in Texas by V. M Ehlers. Inspector for the state beard of sanitary engineers. Ehlers has been inspecting the camp and ex pressed himself as thoroughly sat isfied with the manner in which the Valley Boy Scouts were main taining the recreational center. Ehlers lauded the camp to Tom Murray. Valley Scout executive. The inspector viewed the camo alongside 800 visitors who attended the camp Sunday. The gathering watched a track meet, in both wa ter and on Idhd. which was cen tered bv Vance Wilson. Brownsville Eagle Scout. Inspection Score Camp inspection was conducted each day. Sunday’s score in ln cpoction was as follows: Brownsville 98; McAllen 98; Rio Grande City and Weslaco (togeth er) 98; San Benito 98; Rio Hondo 60; Harlingen 80. Ri<* Hondo received a low score because they were on K. P. duty j end had no time to straighten up their tent. Test’s Passed The following tests have been passed; Second c'ass comnass re autrement: O. Jones, La Feria; L. Bullis, E. Davis. A. Anderson and L. Noe of Rio Hondo. Second class scout pace: R. Wor ley. Keneth Utley. Wm. Moses. Har lingen; Wm. Weaver. McAllen. Second class first aid: Vano. Whitley, Harlingen; Matherson. McAllen: Morgan, Hawkins. Worley and Joplin. San Benito; Dunkel berg. Brownsville. Merit badge in personal health: Beeson. F. Abbott. Brownsville. First class map making and read ing: Edwin Clark, Edgar Brown. Bruce Underwood. Brownsville; Ar thur Nordmeyer, McAllen. Second class tracking: Louis Ko walski. Jack Moser. Bill Brewster. Donald Abbott. J. C. George. Gil bert Vidaurri. Brownsville: E. Dod son. C. Tulffer, San Benito; J Oulon, McAllen: L. La Fond. E Hensley. La Feria; F. Hager. Mer cedes: C. Edgerton and G. Edger ton, Rio Grande City. Second class fire building: B. Mo ser, B. Hoffman, T. Herkelmer Harlingen. Second class knife and ax: B. Hoffman, B. Moser, R. Worley, T. Herkelmer, Harlingen. WEATHER SUMMARY A disturbance of slight to mod-1 trate Intensity was central over ‘he upper Great Lakes this morning, while the barometric pressure was relatively high over the balance of the country. Considerable cloudiness prevailed over the eastern half of the country at the morning obser vation. and numerous scattered showers occurred within the same area during the last 24 hours. It was cooler over the far Northwest j Ithis morning, while elsewhere in the country temperatures continued seasonable to above normal. WEATHER BULLETIN First figure lowest temperature Iasi night; second, highest tempera ture yesterday; third, wind velocity j at 8 a. m.; fourth, rainfall past 24 hours. Abilene . 72 98 — .04 Amarillo. 68 86 — .00 Atlanta . 70 88 — .06 Austin . 74 98 ■— .09 vBoston . 62 80 — .00 P.iOWNSVILLE. 76 93 — .00 'Chicago . 70 80 10 .00 Corpus Christi .. 76 92 — .0) Dallas . 80 98 — .00 Del Rio. 78 100 — .00 Denver . 64 88 — .00 Detroit . 66 76 — .00 Dodge City .64 GO — .09 El Paso. 68 86 — .00 Fort Smith . 74 88 — .03' Gaiveston. 80 88 — .00 Helena. 54 86 10 .00 Huron . 60 83 — .91 Jacksonville. 70 94 — .62 Kansas Ctty .... 74 92 — .32 Louisville . 70 90 — .15 Memphis . 74 82 — .94 Miami . 76 90 — .00; Montgomery .... 72 92 — .20 New Orleans ... 78 92 — .00 New York . 68 83 — .00 1 North Platte .... e4 100 — .oo Oklahoma City . 72 86 — .00 Palestine . 76 98 — .00 Pensacola .76 90 — .00 Phoenix . 74 102 — .04 Pittsburgh . 58 82 — .0-9 V St. Louis. 70 90 — .00 8t. Paul . 60 84 10 .221 t Salt Lake City .. 64 92 — .00 San Antonio ... 74 98 — .001 Santa Fe . 54 74 — .oo Sheridan . 46 92 — .00 Shreveport . 80 102 — .98 Tampa . 78 92 — .00 Vicksburg. 72 98 — .40 Washington .... 70 94 — .00 Wilflston . 43 90 — .00 Wilmington. 78 94 — .00 fauna Receives Pipe * For Monterrey Line ROMA. Aug. 13.—Forty-eight miles of 12-inch pipes are on the ground at Rio Grande City for the tRoma-Monterrey gas line. 30 miles of which will be distributed from1 Roma to the Webb county line where it will connect with pipe now being laid from the Jennings field. Eighteen miles will be sent across the bridge here for distribution to a point east of Los Aldamas. N. L..I Mexico. Pipe for the Monterrev end of the line is going in by rail through the port of Eagle Pass and 1 thence over the National I«nes to Monterrey and Aldamas. Grand Jurors For Next Term Named A list of grand jurors for the Sep tember term of the district criminal court has been turned over to the sheriff's department by the district clerk. The court will open Sept. 2. The criminal docket is said to be average. The grand jurors to be summoned are: Charles Lovinger. Joe Joachim. H. G. Gay and Claude Macey of Brownsville Dwight Cilley. R. T. Roberts. Fred M. Booth and J. C. Sertz of San Benito; C. B. Richey, . M. Rogers and Gerald W. Mc rnna of Harlingen; R. L. Day and I. B. Corns of 8tuart Place: J. R. George of Rio Hondo; H. B. Noblett of La Feria and C. C. Paloma. i - ' [ scene of goth am tong WAR I »i cm* .* V • • Where tong war smokers in New York's Chinatown--view looking east on Mott street in the direction of Chatham Square. Two Women Beaten By Men They Gave Ride Left to Die HOXIE, Kas.. Aug. 13.—UP)—Victims of two hitch-hikers they had given a ride from Colorado. Miss Leda Beauregard. 21, and Mrs. Beatrice Walsh. 34. both of Concordia. Kas., were in a hospital today with injuries received in an attack near here Sunday night. Nude, beaten and slashed with a razor and apparently abandoned to - «, WINS POST 1 r 0 Yean spent as minister to the Netherlands and Argentina form a oackground of experi ence for John W. Garrett, Bal timore banker, named United States ambassador to Italy, to succeed Henry P. Fletcher If acceptable to Italy he will go to Rome as soon as Fletcher’s res ignation becomes effective Intentions Filed Jose Angel Leal and Sofia Flores, Guadalupe Beltron and Marla An guirre. Fabian Naranjo and Fermi na Ochca. Marcos Morando and Andrea Blanca. Emilio Garcia and Aurelia Rodriguez. Alfredo Garza and Candida Alvarez. Marriage licenses were issued to: Manuel Pulido and Josefa Espino. Auturo Salazar and Mercedes Be cerra. Pedro Cardero and Sofia Du ron. William Couch and Maria Hin ojosa. Faustino Gomez and Grego- I ria Sanchez. Bruno Martinez and j Maria de la Pena. Pablo Cavazos and Ramona Garza. - _ — Drive For Scout Fund to Continue The Bov Sout fund drive remain- t ed practically stationary Monday at 51410. due to the fact that leaders in the campaign were busy with other affairs. They expected to get back into action Tuesday. Ed Mockbee. chairman of the drive, says the campaign will con- ! tinue until Brownsville's quota of $3,500 is raised. The fund would be used for the coming year's budget ! and for work at Camp Perry. Mockbee says Brownsville people are willing to donate the money to the Scouts, but that he is having trouble in getting out man-power to visit all of the citizens. Anyone wishing to do so. may mail him checks made out to the Brownsville Boy Scout Fund. Mockbee may be obtained at the local telephone of fice. CONCERT AT FORT BROWN POSTPONED The usual concert at Fort Brown will not be given on Tuesday eve ning. as the band went down to Point Isabel Tuesday morning to join the headquarters troop on an outing there. Members are to be away about a week. All troops from the post are to have a week's outing at the Point this summer. CHILD CLINIC TO BE HELD AT EL JARDIN Members of the Cameron County Health Unit will be at the El Jar din school Thursday. Aug. 15. at 2:30 p. m. to hold a child health conference, tor the benefit of chil dren who will enter school this fall. Mothers are invited to bring in fants also. Smallpox vaccine will also be available. BETTY JOAN COOPER (Special to The Herald) WESLACO, Aug. 13.—A six-pound daughter was born Friday morning August 9. to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Cooper at the Mercedes hospital. The baby was named Betty Joan. ru*ccu tu ucatu, uic iwu "tit found bound in a pasture east of Hoxie by a ranch foreman. Physi cians said they would recover. Miss Beauregard, a telephone op erator. and Mrs. Walsh, a widow were returning from a vacation trip when they were hailed by the two young men near Llmon, Colo., they said. The youths, about 20 years old, were well mannered and asked for a ride, saying they were return ing to their home in Kansas City. The attack, the women said, came without warning. Overpowering the women, the youths slasla'd them with a razor bound them with rope and cast them into the pasture. Stripping them of their clothing and money, the youths drove off in Mrs. Walsh’s car. They have not been captured. In Our Valley fContinued from page 1.) the land, so are reports of the va cation possibilities becoming known. AU that is needed is a little atten tion to the entertainment of our guests once they arrive. The Brownsville Chamber of Commerce has plans lor a tourist center which if carried out in de tail should prove almost ideal and which can not fail to produce re sults. If other Valiey cities will carr> out like plans which they have an nounced the average visit of tour ists will be lengthened from a few days to several weeks. Bureau Announces Cotton Seed Census WASHINGTON, Aug. 13— (*>) _ Cotton seed crushing of *5.058,744 tons were announced today by the census bureau for the cotton year which ended July 31 compared with 6.654.017 tons for the previous year. Cotton seed on hand at mills July 31 totaled 41.340 tons, compared with 21.972 a year ago. Cotton seed products manufac tured during the year on hand July 31 Included cake and meal produced 2 280.894 tons, compared with 2 - 093.354, and on hand 80.914 tons, compared with 32.648. Ton of Raw Opium Seized By Agents NEW YORK. Aug. 13—<>?>)—Fed eral narcotic agents were seeking the source and destination todav of a ton of raw opium which they seized in a downtown warehouse. The opium, valued by Its captors at $100,000. wholesale, or $1,000,000 bootleg prices, was confiscated af ter truck drivers directed the agents to the storage plant to which they had moved it. • FREE BARBER HELD AS ROBBER SUSPECT AUSTIN. Aug. 13.—A bewildered barber of Ardmore. Okla., resumed his vacation today after having been held in Jail by Travis county offi cers on suspicion of being Jack Fleagle, Kansas desperado wanted in Lamar, Colo., for robbery of a bank. The man was finger-printed, and communication was established with Colorado officers. It was de termined through finger-prints the barber was not the robber. - HOLD CANADA TUG AS RUM RUNNER SAULT STE. MARIE. Ont, Aug. 13.——United States customs of ficials at the Michigan “Soo* today were holding the Canadian tug Archie Mack of Thessalon as a sus pected rum runner. CAIN DISMISSES CASE ALLEGING CAR THEFT The case of State vs. Mike Mar tinez. alleging car theft, was dis missed for lack of evidence In a preliminary hearing held before Justice of the Peace B. L. Cain Tuesday morning. There was no evidence of theft introduced in the testimony, Cain stated. KOCH’S HORSE TAKES HONORS ‘Silver Stockings* Wins Five Firsts And a Second At Fort i "Silver Stockings." with Col. Koch up, ran off with high honors at the all-day horse show conducted at Fort Brown Monday. This trim piece of horseflesh carried off five firsts and a second place. "Pig Eye." j a Machine Gun troop horse, ridden by Lt. Reardon, captured three first and a third. Lt. PerriUiate rode "Windy” win ner of the officers’ jumping event over the difficult Olympic course Among the enlisted men’s mounts. "Dick" ridden by Sgt. Wells of troop B. captured two first, a second and a third. "Hank.” with Pvt. Pope of the machine gun troop up, ran away with two firsts. The horse show was declared the best ever held at the post. Col. Whitehead of Ft. Sam Houston, well known judge, stated that out side of the field artillery show and the Fort Bliss show, the one he wit nessed Saturday was the best he had seen in this section of the country. Entries Saddle horses, three-gaited—Col. Koch. "Silver Stockings"; Sgt. Wolf. "Knee High.” and Lt. Perrilllat. "Dixie.” Road hacks—Col Koch. "Silver Stockings": Sgt. Wolf. "Diamond;" and Sgt. Wells. "Dick." Model polo mounts, shown on hal ter—Col. Koch.' "Silver Stockings"; Capt. Earnest. "Socks”; and Pvt. Gifford. "Sugar.” Light weight polo mounts, shown under saddle—Col. Koch. "Silver Stockings"; Capt. Earnest. "Socks” and Lt. Reardon, "Bozo.” Heavy weight polo mounts, shown under saddle —Ma lor Grow , “Tar Baby:" Sgt. Cornde. "Prince;” and Sgt. Wolf. "Gallopy.” i Bending race—Pvt. Silva. "Grav Eaele:” Corp. Edwards. "Tunney;" and Pvt. PattSe. "Bluemont.” Model hunters. — Pvt. Pope “Hank:” Lt. Perrilllat. "Blaze;" and Corp. Tahney. "Wine Glass" Hunters under saddle.—Pvt. Pope. ■Hank;" Lt. Reardon. "Katrinka," and Corp. Tahney. "Wine O’ass ” Green bunetrs—Lt. Reardon. "Ka trinka:" Sgt. Wells. "Dick;” and Corn. Edwards. "Gus.” Light weight hunters—Lt. Rear don. "Pig Eye;" Col. Koch "Silver Stockings:" and Sgt. Kaldizer. •Bob." Heaw weight Hunters. — Capt Earnest. "Mother Hubbard " and Cant. Earnest. "Kid Scoko" Handv hunters. — CaDt. Earnest •Kid Scoko;" Pvt. Pattie, "Custer;” and Pvt. Turner. “Ace" Officers’ chargers—Koch. "Silver Stockings;” Capt. Earnest. "Socks;" and Lt. Perrilllat. "Dixie " Model troopers mounts. — Corp Peel. “Chico;" Pvt. Sofko, "Nero;" and Sgt. Lamar. ‘Caesar." Best trained tro^ne^ mounts. — Set Wells. "Dick ” Corn. Brust. ".Take." and Pvt. Morrison. •Grouch.” Best turned out troopers mount— Pvt. Patterson. "Flip " Pvt Cleebe. "Chicken;” end Pvt. Duncan. "Becky99 Best turned out pack horse —Pvt. Thompson. "Pet:” Corp. Johnson, "Don;” and Pvt. Simpson. “Big Boy.” Best turned out escort wagon. — Pvt Hare. Pvt. Doucet and Pvt. Johnson. Open jumping.—Lt. Reardon. "Pig Eye;” Pvt. Turner, "Ace;" and Sgt.; Kaldizer. "Bob.” Troopers jumping.—Pvt. Turner. "Ace;" Pvt. Johnson, "Dobyn;" and Pvt. Lee, "Nigra." Non-commissioned officers Jump ing.—sgt. Wells. "Dick;" Corp. Nel son, "Dempsey;” and Sgt. Kaldizer. •Bob.” Officers Jumping. Olympic course. —Lt. Perrilliat. "Windy;" Capt. Earnest. "Mother Hubbard;” and Lt. Reardon, "Pig Eye.” Touch and out.—Lt. Reardon. "Pip Eve;" Sgt. Kaldizer. "Bob;” and Sgt. Cornde. "Dick." i City Briefs [ I _ - — —1 i I III .1111-11 Ml ■■ ■" ' I Pauliste. side hook girdles and garter girdles. $1 50 up. The Corset Shop. 1327 Elizabeth. Adv. 19 Gracefulettes and dainty silk and lace brassieres. Visit the corset shop and see them, 1327 Elizabeth, —adv. 12. ■ 1 1 ■ — $1.00 O'Cedar Mop*, fifty cents. Heavy load Ranger shells, eighty cents. Hardware Sales, Fronton St. Adv. Visiting Here.—Mr. and Mrs. Earl Chanslor and daughter of Killeen are guests of their sister. Mrs. E. H. Parker, Fifteenth and Lincoln streets. Yellow Bermuda onion seed, three dollars; cabbage seed. $1.50; Mar globe tomato, four dollars pound. Giant Stringless beans for spring, ten dollars. Phillips Store. San Be nito. Adv. Go to San Antonio.—Lt. and Mrs. Clvde Massev and Mrs. Massey s mother. Mrs. Louis R. Cowan, have gone to San Antonio to spend a week visiting. Leave on Visit.—Mrs. L. D. Sham berg and son. Robert, left yesterday to visit San Antonio and other points. Expected Here Thursday.—Mrs Helen T. Lomax Is expected to re turn Thursday morning after an absence of about two months. A part of this time she has been in New York, purchasing fall goods for the Bollack store. Hold Clink—Mrs. Laura Houston, county health urse. was to assist Mrs. Dennis In holding a clinic at her home near the Valley Clay Pro ducts company, among the workers In that section, on Tuesday after noon. BLACKMAILED 20 YEARS SWANSEA, Wales—David Evans former mayor of Cardigan, arrest ed for theft, said he stole to get money for a woman who had black mailed him for 20 yearv HOW NEW WALDORF WILL APPEAR y - ■ . ■" 1 ..—.. v Rising 43 stories in the exclusive section of Park avenue, New York, the new Waldorf-Astoria may be the costliest hotel ever erected. At least the plans call for the expenditure of many millions. Work soon is to begin. There will be 2,200 rooms and a ballroom four stories high. AMARILLO WOMAN AGAIN ON TRIAL FOR SLAYING 1 CANYON. Texas. Aug. 13.—OP)— With the jury complete, after one day of questioning, testimony in the second trial cf Mrs. Levi Stallworth for the slaying in Amarillo last May of Mrs. Grace Morrison, was to open today. The jury was completed at a ses sion last night after the state and the defense had exhausted most of their peremptory challenges. Mrs. Stallworth and her mother in-law are ac.^scd of having col laborated in the slaying of Mrs.1 Morrison, whose home was in Plain view Mrs. Levi Stallworth is ac- i cusetf of having fired the fatal shots. The shooting occurred in down town Amarillo. At the first trial, which resulted in a disagreement, the defense sought to show Mrs. Morriscn had accepted attentions from Mr. Stallworth and the de fendant had gone to Mrs. Morrison to remonstrate with her. Mrs. Stall worth testified in her first trial she shot only after Mrs. Morrison made threatening gestures. Railroads Combat % Waste by Research LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Aug. 13. (£*)—R. H Aishton, prssiden of the American Railway association, says American railroads have been put under the microscope with a view toward eliminating waste and Im proving the service. “Today the railroad systems are one gigantic laboratory.” he told an audience of railroad men. “in which millions of persons are en gaged in an extensive war on waste." He listed the chief contributions by science to more efficient opera tion of the railroads, as follows: Cl) Greater utilization of loco motives by increasing the length of runs. (2) Fuel conservation. (3) Modification of specifications for steel rails and wheels with i view to improving their quality. (4) Substitution of steel for wood en cars. (5) Rearrangement of terminals and shops. (6) Improved methods of com munication and signaling. (7) Reclamation, where economi cal. of old materials. (8) Greater standardization of freight cars, which reduces costs of repairs. (9) Simplification and reduction of stocks of materials and supplies CIO) Better methods of crating and storing goods in freight cars Flyer Succeeds In Non-Stop Coast Hop AGUA CALTENTE, Me*., Aug. 13. —(/P>—Having succeeded in making a non-stop flight down the coau from Canada to Mexico. Tex Ran kin, American aviator, groomed his little plane for a take-off here to day in the direction of Portland, Ore., his home. Rankin completed the southward flight by landing here late yester day, 13 hours, 7 minutes and 49 sec onds after leaving Vancouver, B. C. He covered the 1,350 miles at a pace of better than 100 miles an hour despite headwinds encountered dur ing the first part of the flight. The plane has an 80-horsepower, 4 cylinder motor. It consumed about 75 gallons of gasoline, making about 18 miles to the gallon. Election Officers Get Overtime Pay There has been considerable mis understanding as .to the pay for election officials in the special con stitutional election just held. The law provides that compensa tion in such votes shall be $2 for a ten-hour day. An additional $3 Is provided for any overtime. In regular election the pay is $3 a day and 30 cents an hour far all overtime. A large portion of the election of ficials failed to tui t In overtime. J. J. Bishop, county auditor, states. AMARILLO FLYER * * * NEWEST ICEMEN * ¥ * IN WEST TEXAS DALHART. Texas. Aug. 13.—(ff) —The West is airminded. Mrs. Ted Houghton, wife of the foreman of a large ranch in the Panhandle complained because she needed iec to prepare a desert for dinner Jimmy Shelton, one of the own ers of the ranch, stepped to a telephone and called an Amarillo aviator. In less than an hour a plane landed at the ranch with Mrs. Houghton's ice. Probing Death of Phoenix Dry Agent PHOENIX. Ariz., Aug. 13.—6TV Intensive efforts to lift the veil of mystery surrounding the death of Paul E. Reynolds. 31. special agent of the department of justice, were begun by federal officers here to day. Reynolds’ body was found floating in an irrigation canal north of here yesterday, a bullet wound in the heart. The automobile which hr had rented five days before was no where near. His friends said he had signified his intention of go in? to Albuquerque last Friday ni?ht. His headquarters we’-e at El Paso. Tex. Train Sche'Mes MISSOURI PACIFIC I INFS No. 12—To Houston. 8an Antonio 2*10 a m No. 14—To Houston. 7:00 p CD No 18—To Houston. San Antonio d 00 p ra No 15-From St. Loula. San Antonio Houston. 7 33 a m No 13—From Houston. 8:10 a m No. 11—From San Antonio and Houa ton. 9:55 p. m. SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES No. 319— From Houston. San An to nlo. 8:15 a m No. 320—To Houston. San Antonio 1:15 p. m. NATIONAL LINES OP MEXICO (Matamoroe Button) No. 132—To Monterrey. Mexico City 4:50 a. m. No. 131—Prom Mexico City, Monter rey. 3:30 p. m. RIO GRANDE RAILWAY To Point Isabel 9:30 a m. From Point Isabel 4 p. m. LAir Mail Schedule* ' The schedule for the mall oetween Brownsville and Dallaa Is announced by the postofflce department as fol lows: Southbound— Leave Dallas ...7:43 a m ; Leave Ft. Worth .. 8:15 a. m Leave Waco .. 9 20 a m reave Austin . 10*25 a m Leave Sao Antonio . 11 20 a. m Arrive Brownsville . 2 05 p. m Northbound Leave Brownsville .. 1:25 p. m Leave San Antonio ...... 4:15 p. m Leave Austin . 5:10 p. m Leave Waco . 6:13 p. m Leave Ft. Worth . 7:15 p. m Arrive Dallas . 7:35 p. m The schedule for the American air mall to Mexico City la as follows: Leave Brownsville .. 8:15 a. m Arrive Tampico .11:00 a m Leave Tampico . 11:30a. m Arrive Mexico City. 1:43 p. m Following la tha schedule for the Mexican air mall: Leave Mexico City . 7:43 a. m Arrive Tampico .10:00 a. m Leave Tampico ..............10:25a.u Arrive Brownsville .12:53 p. m Following is tbs schedule on the Brownsvllle-Mazatlan Route: Leave Brownsville . 7 a. m Arrive Monterrey .. 9:30 a. m Leave Monterrey . 9:50 a. m Arrive Torreon . 12:50 p. m Leave Torreon . 1:50 p. m Arrive Durango . 3:50 p. m Leave Durango . 4:10 p. m Arrive Mazatlaa .. 6:10 p. m Return trip: Leave Mazatlan . 7:00 a. m Arrive Durango . 9:00 a. m Leave Durango . 8:20 a. m Arrive Torreon .. 11:50 p. m Leave Torreon . 12:10 p. m Arrive Monterrey . 3:10 p. m Leave Monterrey . 4:10 p. m Arrive Brownsville . 6:10 p. m POSTAL RATES The United States air mall postage rate Is 5 cents for the first ounce and 10 cents for each additional ounce ot fraction thereof. Letter* mailed in the United States for the points In Mexico taka this rata. i ‘PEEPING TOMS’ * * * FINED IN SPITE * * * OF PROTESTING • After a strenuous denial of “peeping Tom” allegations, one of a pair confessed In city corpora tion court Monday and was fined $15. His companion, who stuck to his denials, felt the sting of the law to the extent of $25. The two were booked for trespassing. When the officers arrived on the scene Sunday they found the man and wife holding the two men at bay beneath their bed room window with a pistol. In court Monday, the peepers declared that the man forced them under the window with the pistol. After considerable grill ing. however, one of the men broke down and confessed they were watching the young couple prepare for bed. will be discussed. Barn, 5000 Bales of Hay Lost In Blaze rSpecla’ to The Herald) HARLINGEN, Aug. 13—A bam filled w*vh hay, valued at about $7,500, located on the C. M. Wal lace farm south of Harlingen on the Rangervllle road w?# destroyed by fire about 7 a. m. Tuesday. T*ere were more than 5.000 bales of hay stored In the bam. The Harlingen fire department made a run to the scene of the blaze but arrived too late to save the structure. Fire Chief Ben nett expressed the belief that In stantaneous combustion caused the fire. The hay had just been baled and stored In the bam. The Harlingen fire department alsQ made a run to the Nehl bot tling plant on the highway Monday afternoon when a slight xeplosion occurred. There was no damage to the plant. JOINT TRAINING CAMP PLAN OF SAN BENITO (Special to The Herald) SAN BENITO. Aug. 13—An nouncement was made here Tues day that negotiations are under way to arrange a joint football camp with the local and Laredo squads. The training camp would be held at the Girl Reserve camp on Ar royo Colorado near Rio Hondo and I would last about a week. WILL DISCUSS WATER PROJECT Future Action of Valley On Franklin Application To Be Decided at Meet (Special to The Herald! SAN BENITO, Aug. 13.—Valley water district managers, atkaneya, directors and others will assemble here at 3 o’clock this afternoon to discuss again the Franklin applica tion in Hidalgo county. The itate board of water eng ineers recently passed an order call ing for Issuance of a permit to Franklin as xm as the district sat isfies the board as to the feasibility of Its engineering and storage plans. Whether .he Valley districts, which fought the Franklin appli cation before the state board, will take action against the applicatior San Benito C. of C. Favors Fair Exhibit (Snecinl to Th« Herald! SAN BENITO. Aug. 13 —San Bo nito Chamber of Commerce direc tors are in favor of the Valley olac lng an exhibit at the Texas State fair In Dallas, provided the display is of sufficient merit to be a credit to this section. _ . This was the sentiment of the directors at a meeting Monday night. A decision was reached to raise the San Benito quota of the $3,500 fund to used in financing the exhibit. J. E. Bell, manager of the cham ber. was instructed to write the Corpus Christ 1 chamber and con gratulate them on securing recom mendations for a 30-foot ship channel there. FINANCE COMMITTEE LABORS ON TARIFF WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.— The eleven time-pressed, heat-rid den republicans of the senate fi nance committee who are rewriting th? house tariff bill were still con fronted today with the problem of deciding on rates to protect hides, leather and shoes. “Since 1891” I For thirty eight years !;his bank has served the Rio Grande Valley, and served the people well. Ask any banker from Rio Grande City to Browns j! ville, as to the character of service we render, both ! banks and the entire citizenship. 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