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TOP SHIPMENT
w CITRUS TO
BE REQUIRED
Green Fruit Law En
forcers Want First
Lot To Recommend
Valley Crop
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, Sept. 21.—The
Talley's 4.000 or more cars of citrus
fruit for this season will start mov
ing October 1 or soon after that
date, and every effort is to be put
forth by state green fruit inspec
tors to see that the first 10 cars
are a recommendation to people cf
the nation to buy Valley citrus fruit.
This was the statement of both
J. M. Del Curto, state plant path
ologist, and J. C. Powell. In charge
of the work of enforcing the green
fruit law in the Valley.
The first half dozen carloads of
citrus fruit shipped*out of the Val
ley last year did more to hurt the
market for Valley fruit than any
thing else during the season, both
the state men said.
“The echoes of those carloads of
fruit, which passed the maturity
law, but which was of poor quality,
still can be heard from buyers,”
Powell said.
Co-operation Necessary
Del Curto, in outlining the plans
for the work this year, said that
the co-operation and help of every
shipper and grower is necessary if
the Valley is to create a favorable
market for its fruit.
“We have emphasized the fact
that the maturity test Is not a
panacea for all the ills of citrus
growing and marketing,” Del Curto
continued. “The green fruit law
merely provides that the fruit must
pass a certain test of sugar anc*
acid ratio and content, which test
we have taken as a determination
of fruit that is edible.
"It Is well known that fruit, at
the beginning of the season is not
as good as it is later in the sea
son. For that matter, few products j
$re. Watermelons are not as good
the opening of the season as
iffy are later in the year, but we
must ship then* early as well as
late.
"It la the game way with the
citrus. It would all be better if I
It remained on the trees until De
cember 15, but the fruit is ripe and
edible before that, and is shipped.
“What we want to do this season,
and we are bending every effort to
ward that gbal, is to see that the
first dozen cars are of the best
Valley citrus. The fruit is large !
this year, and there is no reason j
lor shipping Inferior fruit. We are j
going to be particularly strict in j
the enforcement of the green fruit
regulations early in the season, as i
w«e consider that the important pe
riod in the application of this law.”
Care in Selection I'rged
Del Curto urged that the peo
ple of the Valley use extreme care
In the selection of fruit for the
first few carloads, in order to cre
ate a good impression of Valley
Irult. These first few cars are
the most important, because upon
them depends the Impression of
Valley fruit which will be formed
over the nation, he said.
Del Curto said the department is
going to be more strict in the ap
plication of the tests this year. The
law was amended some, to permit
a sliding scale on Duncan fruit, but
this does not go into effect until
October 15, and was designed to
take care of fruit which may "go
back.” or pass the test early in the
season, but fa!f to pass it later, be
cause of changing weather condi
tions.
Last year there was some discus
sion as to when the test should be
made, many claiming that it should
be made before the fruit was sweat
ed and otherwise treated.
This year the tests will be made
before the fruit is sweated or co
lored. If the fruit lacks only a
small amount passing, it will be
permitted to go into the sweat room
for a period of approximately 43
hours, and if It does not then pass
the test, it will be condemned.
Inspection Charge More
The charge for inspection has
been increased from 1 1-2 cents
per box to 2 1-2 cents a box to
take care of expenses of inspection.
An appropriation for the work was
vetoed by Gov. Dan Moody.
A force of men for the work is
now being assembled and the size
of it will be determined by the
amount of work necessary. Mr. Del
Curto said that at best only a
scattering coverage of the Valley
could be achieved, and that Valley
people would have to co-operate
with the enforcement officers in
order to secure efficient enforce
ment of the laws.
Most of the efforts of the green
fruit men will be concentrated dur
ing the first few weeks of the sea
son. «s the problem becomes much
after the Jruit ripens gen
eral*
The work also Is expected to be
helped considerably by the fact
that Valley fruit this year is about
30 days ahead of what it was at
this time last year, shippers and
growers declare. The fruit also is
considerably larger than It was at
this time last season.
Concerning the shipping of infer
ior and cull fruit. Del Curto said
this is something that does not
come under the scope of the law
and must be handled by the ship
pers. Eventually increasing pro
duction will take care of this, he
said. As the supply increases,
there will be sufficient good fruit
for the packers to select, and the
(Continued on page l&j
Little Chance Seen For Aid
To Victims of Citrus Pests
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ACTRESS TO WED
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Loretta Young, youthful film
actress, has announced that
she will marry Grant Withers,
a juvenile in the movies.
PAN-AM FAVORS
FREIGHT LINE
Aerial Fruits and Vegetable
Line May Come
Through Here
Willingness of Mexican Aviation
company officials to cooperate in
the development of an aerial freight
line was expressed by W. L. Mor
rison. traffic manager of the com
pany, in reply to a proposal of the
Adams Aerial Transport company of
Hollywood, regarding the possibili
ties of making Brownsville a con
trol point for such a line.
Morrison went on to say. how
ever. that he considered the cost of
shipment by air so high at the
present time as to make such op
erations impracticable. The scheme
advanced by the transport com
pany called for the shipment of
choice fruits, vegetables, oysters and
seafood, and other highly perish
able products to central markets by
air from the supply sources. Planes
from the Adams company would
connect with established lines at
strategic points to pick up delica
cies produced in Mexico and along
the border. The first market is to
be established in Hollywood, ac
cording to the plan advanced in a
recent communication.
Morrison went on to say that the
Mexican Aviation company now has
direct connection between Tampico
and Vera Cruz, and tri-weekly ser
vice between Brownsville and
Guatemala City, the southern term
inal of the line. Cost per pound of
air express on the lines is now $ 38
per pound from Brownsvlle to Tam
pico: $50 from Brownsville to Mex
ico City. $.50 from Brownsville to
Vera Cruz, and $33 from Tampico
to Vera Cruz. These rates vary
slightly according to size of the
nackage in proportion to weight.
Morrison stated that on a reason
able volume it might be possible to
offer the transport company a dis
count of 33 1-3 per cent on freight
between Brownsville and Tampico,
and that planes would stop to pick
up freight at Soto la Marina if de
sired.
New Austrian Cigar
Woos German Amity
VIENNA. Sept. 21.— </P) —Ton
Marshall's historic counsel, "what
this country needs is a good five
cent cigar.” has struck a respon
sive chord among officials of the
Austrian tobacco monopoly. They
have discovered that what was
needed for the popularization of the
■‘Anschluss” (consolidation of Aus
tria and Germany with the aver
age German visitor is a good cheap
cigar.
Austrian cigarettes have always
found favor with Germans but the
cigar simply did not satisfy weed
addicts from the Vaterland. When
ever one of them lighted an Aus
trian cigar of the five or ten-cent
variety, happy thoughts of "An
schluss” gave way to unsavory epi
thets about Austria in General.
To this distressing situation the
officials of the tobacco monopoly
were determined to make an end.
So the "Anschluss Cigar” has been
announced. It is described as "an
aromatic, well shaped cigar with
stub Up.”
Stub tip being "Stumpfscluss” in
German. Austrians express the hope
that “Anschluss” will come from
"Stumpfschluss.”
FIND NOTE DROPPED
IN RIVER IN 1915
LAGRANGE. Sept. 21.—4JP)—A
note written on the face of an en
velope April 28. 1915. and dropped
into the Colorado river here, was
found at Matagorda a few days ago
and returned to the sender.
The note was returned by Lonnie
Williams of Matagorda who said
he picked up the bottle containing
it on the bay front. Matagorda who
it on the bay front. Matagorda Is at
the mouth of the Colorado river.
The note was well preserved.
There is little likelihood of Flor
ida orchardists being reimbursed by
the federal government for losses
occasioned by the Mediterranean
fruit fly infestation in that state
and even less likelihood of Valley
orchardists receiving any refund
for losses occasioned by the More
los fruit fly infestation here, ac
cording to C. L. Marlatt. chief of
administration of plant quarantines
for the United States department
of agriculture.
This information is contained in
a letter written to Congressman
John C. Garner, who had referred
a letter from Commissioner George
V. Terrell of Texas to Marlatt. in
which the commissioner set out the
losses sustained by Valley orchard
i owners.
Chief Marlatt wrote:
“In the eradication effort on ac
count of the Mediterranean fruit
fly more than 580,000 boxes of cit
ruse fruit of the crop of 1928-29
produced within the infested ones
in Florida were destroyed. No re
imbursements has been authorized
or contemplated for losses sustain
ed in connection with the crop of
that season. The bill which the
department had previously endors
ed provided for partially indemni
fying growers for expenses connect
ed with the maintenance and care
of their groves when they were de
nied the production of fruit. The
revised program of eradication, pro
viding as it does for marketing, un
der sterlization and other safe
I guards, of practically the entire
citrus crop, except that which is
actually infested or produced in or
immediately adjacent to points of
infestation, completely alters the
situation in regard to reimburse
i ment and there would seem to be
I no occasion for the tys* of reim
! bursement and there would seem
1 to be no occasion for the type of re
imbursement for the crop of 1929
30 provided in the joint resolution
endorsed by the department iast
spring. The appropriation of $26.
000.000 referred to in Mr. Terrells
letter provides only for extending
those phases of the eradication ef
fort. such as scouting, clean-up.
spraying and quarantine enforce
ment. which are not within the
possible performance of the citizens
of Florida or must be performed by
the state or federal government.
“No appropriation has been made
to the department to reimburse
growers for these losses nor is there
any legislation under which such
an appropriation would be author
ized."
GULF-BORDER
FETE PLANNED
Thousands Expected To At
tend Road Opening At
Hebbronville
(Special to The Herald)
HEBBRONVILLE. Sept. 21. —
Thousands of motorists from Cor
pus Christl to Laredo are expected
to attend the “Gulf to Border” high
way celebration to be held at Heb
bronville October 29. with Governor
Dan Moodv invited to officially
open the $1,130 Webb county con
crete highway.
The celebration will mark the
connection of the Webb county road
with a trunk extending across the
southern part of Texas from the
Texas-Mexican border to the gulf
coast at Corpus Christ!. A cord
will be stretched across the highway
in the center of Hebbronville. and
on one side will be the visitors
from the eastern portion and on the
other side, those from the west.
Governor Moody will be asked to
sever the cord at 10 a. m. and the
great trunk highway, 160 miles
long, will be officially opened.
An old-fashioned barbecue, base
ball games, band concerts and ad
dresses by state officials are to be
other events of the day.
START DRIVE TO SAVE
CRYPTIC STONE MARKS
SPOKANE. Wash., Sept. 21.—(IP)
—Crude pictures painted on rocic,
which have caused several scientific
controversies, may be cut from the
solid stone on which they appear,
and the tabets preserved in mu
seums.
A movement has been started to
save for all time the cryptic red
paintings, which some archaeolo
gists believe were made by various
Indian tribes of the northwest. The
symbols, depicted on sheltered por
tions of huge boulders, resemble the
efforts of the old cave men to re
count In pictures their triumphs in
battle and hunVng.
One investrgator interpreted a
group of the pictures as the journal
of a party of Vikings who reached
the far west only to be massacred
bv Indians. The writings, however,
are painted instead of caned, like
the old Norse runes.
Most of the historians of the
northwest believe tribes of the re
gion painted them with material
obtained from the Dakota tribes.
4 SISTERS UNITE
AFTER 46 YEARS
KYLE. Sept. 21.—(JP)—Pour sis
ters were reunited at the home of
T. F. Harwell here recently for the
first time in 46 years.
The sisters were Mrs. S. E. Har
well. 82. San Marcos; Mrs. M I.
Moore, 79. McKenzie, Tenn.; Mrs.
M. L. Meadows, 77, Spur: Mrs. L.
B. Harwell. 75. Friendship. Tenn.
The two Mesdames Harwell mar
ried brothers in Crockett county,
Tenn., the old family home. I
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TREES PLANTED
* *• *
200 YEARS AGO BY
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MONKS CUT DOWN
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 21.—MV
Giant hackberry trees that have
stood on Josephine street for nearly
two centuries as a memorial to the
handiwork of monks who first set
tled here are being cut down.
The trees were planted nearly 200
years ago by monks who established
San Jose mission in 1732.
Josephine street is being widened
seven and a half feet on either
side, and the trees stand in the
way.
PRISON FUND
IS AVAILABLE
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Moody Convinced State Fi
nances Will Permit Build
ing By First of Year
AUSTIN, Sept. 21.—State finances,
better than had been foreseen, will
permit the legislature to start work
on the construction of the new
state prison plant now being located,
when the legislature meets in De
cember or January to adopt a prison
site. Gov. Dan Moody said he is con
vinced.
Heretofore it had been expected
the construction would have to wait
either until late in 1930 or still
longer.
Large payments of oil production
taxes, gross receipts and other taxes
during the latter half of this year
should build the general revenue to
a point where money can be turned
loose at once to start the prison
work. Gov. Moody believes.
Tliis would mean that work would
start during the last year of Gov.
Moody's administration to solve the
10-year-old problem, rather than to
wait until another governor came
into office.
The legislature will. Gov. Moody
believes, find it possible to set aside
enough money to start building the
modem prison plant when it meets
this winter.
The Joint prison committee, com
posed of nine legislators and the
prison board, will enter the second
phase of its work in a meeting Sat
urday at Temple, when it will begin
to review sites for the new prison
plant other than on penitentiary
farm lands.
The committee has finished its
first tour of some of the prison
farms in East Texas, searching for
the best possible site for the new
plant. Bob Baker, executive secre- !
tars', said Wednesday. It will re
turn later to other penitentiary
farms about Houston.
Meantime the session at Temple
Saturday will not be for the pur
pose of examining tendered sites,
but to formulate portions of the
committee's report agreed upon
tentatively at Austin two weeks ago.
Mr. Barker said, and to map out an
itinerary of various sections to be
inspected.
While here, the prison commit
tee was furnished a tentative sketch
of a proposed model, walled-in in
dustrial prison, by Dr. F. E. Gieserke
of A. A- M.. advisory architect to the
committee.
This would wall in 32 acres, and
nrovide a prison for 3000 inmates.
It would manufacture goods for use
in state institutions, but not for the
market. The nrison plant would
cost more than $4,000.00. This
would leave approximately 2000 con
victs to continue farm work, part
of the 80.000 acres now farmed by
the system to be sold to help pay
cost of the new plant.
State to Inspect
Gins Against Fire
AUSTIN. Sept. 21—W—Supnle
mentlng an appeal by the state
board of insurance commissioners
asking ginners to take precaution
against fire, a state inspection of
cotton gins will be made shortly by
the gin division of the department
of agriculture. C. P. Cain, chief of
the division, has announced.
Three inspetcors will do the
work, emphasizing to owners that
gins should be kept free of Inflam
mable trash.
The Insurance department re
cently asked ginners to protect
waste cotton from sparks by check
ing boiler equipment and prohibit
ing smoking on gin premises.
PARIS POLICE BANISH
SINGERS FROM STREET
PARIS. Sept. 21.——The latest
ukase by Jean Chiappe. Prefect of
Police places a ban on singing in
the streets for the edification of
the public. The days when a “chan
ter," assisted by a coupe of fid
dlers, could dispose of a few thou
sand copies of popular songs in an
hour, are gone.
Hitherto thousands of young men
sat all day in cafes composing
songs. They not only arranged the
songs, but also defined the districts
of the city each man was to cover
The song publishers got alarmed
at the fact that those singers set
their songs to music of their own
and tried to compel singers to buy
their songs. Then came the police
order which limits the singing field
to fairs and open spaces outside the
gates of Paris.
LATIN-U. S.
GROUP FORM
SERVICE BODY
Organization’s Pur
pose Is to Gain Equal
Rights For All Cit
izens Here
Where two races are brought to
gether under one flag, there Is a
need for an organiaztlon to promote
better understanding between the
two. Here, that service is being
performed by the United Latin
American citizens of which A.
Orive, Jr., Is president.
The organization has a member
ship of some 75 and is continu
ing to grow. Two of the main pow
ers in the league are J. T. Canales
and M. Landin. Canales, an Amer
ican attorney, is able to aid the
Latin-Amerlcans in their organiza
tion and legal matters.
Leagues Consolidated
The purpose of the group is to de
velop Latin-Amerlcans into "thd
best, purest and most perfect type
of true and loyal citizens of the
United States.” It also seeks to
protect the interests of the Latln
Amerlcan against Infringement
from politicians and others. The
group is non-political and non-sec
tarian. however.
Formerly there was an organiza
tion in Brownsville known as the
Latin-American Citizens. There
were similar bodies under different
names in other portions of South
Texas. These were all called to
gether in convention at Corpus
Christ! about a year ago and con
solidated into the League of United
Latin-American Citizens.
Encourage Schooling
There is another chapter of the
league at McAllen with Alfonso Pe
rales as its moving force.
Here the body meets twice a
month and discusses current prob
lems as they pertain to the Latin
American. For Instance of late,
the lodge has been devising ways
of getting as many Latin-American
children to attend school as p*visi
ble. Education in English speak
ing schools is part of the cltizens
platform.
Prominent speakers are brought
in from time to time. A frequent
visitor with the club Is Carlos Cas
teneda. librarian of the Garcia col
lection at the University of Tex
as.
Organization's Aims
The aims of the organization are:
1. —To develop within the mem
bers of our race the best, purest
and most perfect type of a true
and loyal citizen of the United
States of America.
2. —To eradicate from our body
politic all intents and tendencies
to establish discriminations among
our fellow-citizens on account of
race, religion or social position as
being contrary to the true spirit of
democracy, our constitution and
laws.
3. —To use all the legal means at
our command to the end that all
citizens in our country may enjoy
equal right, the equal protection of
the laws of the land and equal op
portunities and privileges.
4. —The acquisition of the English
language, which Is the official lan
guage of our country being neces
sary for the enjoyment of our
rights and privileges, we declare It
to be the official language of this
organization, and we pledge our
selves to learn, and speak and
teach same to our children.
5- —To define with absolute and
unmistakable clearness our un
questioned loyalty to the ideals,
principles and citizenship of the
United States of America.
6— To assume complete respon
sibility for the education of our
children as to their rights and du
ties and the language and customs
of this country- the latter, in so
far as they may be good customs.
7. —We solemnly declare once for
all to maintain a sincere and re
spectful reverence for our racial
origin of which we are proud.
8. —Secretly and openly, by all
lawful means at our command, we
shall assist in the education and
guidance of Latin-Americans aod
we shall protect and defend their
lives and interests whenever neces
sary.
9. —We shall destroy any attemr/
to create racial prejudices against
our people, and any infamous stig
ma which may be cast upon them,
and we shall demand for them the
respect and perrogatives which the
constitution grants to us all.
10— Each of us considers himself
with equal responsibilities In our
organization to which we voluntar
ily swear subordination and obedi
ence.
11. —We Khali create a fund for
our mutual protection, for the de
fense of those of us who may be
unjustly persecuted and for the ed
ucation and culture of our people.
12. —This organization is not a
political club, but as citizens we
shall participate in all local, state
and national political contests. How
ever, in doing so we shall ever bear
in mind the general welfare of our
people, and we disregard and ab
jure once for all any personal obli
gation which is not In harmony
with these principles.
13 —With our vote and influence
we shall endeavor to place In pub
lic office men who show by their
deeds, respect and consideration for
our people.
14. —We shall select as our lead
ers those among us who demon
strate by their integrity and cul
ture, that they are capable of guid
ing and directing us properly.
15. —We shall maintain publicity
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COOKING SCHOOL EXPERT
.i-LL. - .11
Mrs. Myra Oliver Dougan will open The Herald cooking school for
housewives of Brownsville and the Valley Monday at the Queen the
ater at 2:30 p. m.. continuing her lectures through Friday at the same
hour daily. Mrs. Dougan was also in Brownsviile last year, conduct
ing her first Herald cooking school.
‘NIGHTMARE’ ROAD SOON TO
BE PERFECT PAVED STRETCH
1
PRESSER MAULS
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TWO COPS; TEARS
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MAYOR’S SHIRT
HOUSTON. Sept. 21—</Pt—An
employe of a cleaning and press
ing establishment at Pasadena,
between here and the bayshore,
is once more a free man after
running afoul of the officers, in
cluding the mayor, of his home
town.
The man's first trial on an abu
sive language charge ended when
one of the Jurors jumped up with
an assertion that the verdict
would not be in doubt since the
constitution guaranteed to every
citizen “the right to cuss out any
officer, anywhere, anytime."
The Justice of the peace dis
sented vigorously ar*i ordered an
other trial at which the Pasadena
man was acquitted. A charge of
intoxication previously had been
dropped.
The charges grew out of a fight
between the cleaning and press
ing employe and Pasadena traffic
officers. One of the officers or
dered the man to go home and
got not only a refusal but a beat
ing for his pains. Another offi
cer came to his companion s as
sistance and he too was mauled.
The mayor rushed up and a
sleeve was torn from his shirt.
Vile epithets allegedly were hurl
ed at that dignitary during the
melee. The man later surrender
ed to the Justice of the peace.
Jacksonville Dodges
Girls' Dress Ruling
JACKSONVILLE. Fla . Sept. 21.
—</P>—School authorities in this
semi-tropical city declared with the
opening of the fall school term that
sun-back dresses, bare legs, and
girls in knickers would no longer
be any affair of theirs.
“It's up to the mothers,” said R.
B. Rutherford, superintendent of
public instruction, “if they think
their daughters look attractive that
way, then they can come to school.”
Sun-back dresses in Jacksonville
school rooms last spring caused an
educational earthquake which at its
most terrific shudder resulted In
the dismissal of several flappers
from schr J.
Freigk ) Air Line
Planned In Florida
DAYTONA Beach. Fla., Sept. 21.
—(Ah—An airline to operate be
tween Jacksonville, Daytona Beach
and Miami freight and possibly
mail has been announced by Chas. I
W. Sellick. who heads the newly
formed concern, the Florida State
Airways, Inc.
The company, incorporated under
the state laws at $30,000 with a
possible later stock increase to
$100,000. will operate a Ryan
brougham, said to be an improved
model of the famous “Spirit of St.
Louis.” By January the line ex
pects to have six planes equipped
with pontoons for water landing.
MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
LONDON, — Ludwig Zorowski,
claiming alternately to be a Pole
and American, has been ordered
deported for the fourth time, but
neither Poland nor the United
States will receive him.
• .. II II.—
A 17-mile stretch of road between
San Antonio and Corpus Christ 1
which long has been a thorn in
the side of motorists from and to
the Valley within two weeks will be
opened to the public as one of the
straightest and smoothest pieces of
highway in Southwest Texas. The
stretch of road lies in Wilson and
Karnes counties and is the only
portion of the road between Corpus
and San Antonio not paved.
This is one of the speediest Jobs
ever done by the state highway de
partment. To complete the project
by October 1. one hundred trucks
have been employed to haul caliche
or gravel, two huge steam shovels
for removal of dirt or rocks, and 150
men have been moved to the scene
in a concentration of all the equip
ment in this division of the stare at
this point. "Work was started Aug
ust 22. and B B. Preeborough. resi
dent engineer in charge, declared
the new road would be completed by
Sept 30.
Surfaced with caliche and gravel,
the road will be allowed to settle
thoroughly before the permanent
paving is laid.
Motorists who have traveled the
stretch in previous days will recall
how hazardous it was in rainy sea
sons. sometimes becoming impass
able and holding up auto traffic be
tween Corpus Christ! several days.
The road was agreed upon by
Gibb Gilchrist, state highway en
gineer. and Wm. H. Furlong, head
of the highwnv department of the
San Antonio chamber of commerce,
the state agreeing to finance the
project, which will coat $71,000.
Australian Income
Tax Is From Wealthy
SYDNEY. Sept. 21—</P>—So wide
ly distributed is the wealth of Aus
tralia that only 35.000 persons are
taxed on incomes of $3,750 or
more.
For several years there has been
on foot movement from the higher
to the lower grades of taxable in
come. Comparing the year 1926-27
with the year 1925-26. the greatest
diminution of taxabel income was
in the grade $25,000 and more. It
amounted to 26.7 per cent. Th"
other grades in which considerable
decreases occurred were $6,250 to
$7,500 ( 21.7 per cent i and $20,000
to $25,000 (14 3 per cent*.
The rates are so graded that
apart from those w-ho escape taxa
tion altogether most of the tax is
paid by a few. The federal income
tax yielded $33,356,770 in 1926-27
and $28,248,230 of this was paid by
the 35.104 persons whose taxable in
comes were $3,750 or more. The
190.294 whose incomes were les3
than $3,750 contributed only $4,
109.040.
The rate of taxation Increases so
heavily as income rises, that 1,734
persons—those in the 25.000 and
more class—paid more than three
times as much as the 190.294 who
were taxed on incomes of less than
$3,750.
VOTERS DISAPPROVE
5 CHARTER CHANGES
M’KINNEY. Sept. 21.—VP)—Mc
Kinney voters disapproved five
amendments to the city charter by
a vote of about 2 to 1.
Three amendments concerned
levying of a small tax to support
the McKinney public library, Mc
Kinney municipal band and the
United charities. The voters also
expressed their disapproval of se
lecting a ctiy depository every two
years instead of each year, and op
posed changing 6 per cent interest
on delinquent taxea.
BROWNSVILLE
MERCHANTS TO
GIVEPRIZES
City Suspends Parking
Rules For Conven
ience of Housewives
| Attending Lectures
Mrs, Myra Dougan. home eco
nomics pxpert who conducted a suc
cessful cooking school under aus
pices of The Herald last year in
Brownsville, arrived in the city last
night to open a second series of lec
tures and demonstrations at the
Queen theater Monday afternoon at
2:30 p. m. Mrs. Dougan is quartered
at the Travelers hotel. The school
will include five sessions, from Mon
day to Friday, inclusive. House
wives of Brownsville and the Valley
are invited to attend the cooking
school as guests of the Brownsville
Herald, no admission being charged.
Mrs. Dougan expressed gratifica
tion over the interest which house
wives have shown in the school
through the numerous inquiries
made at the Herald office. She
has promised many innovations
tending toward Improvement of cul
inary standards and disclosing a
more complete knowledge of modern
kitchen hygiene and food valuation.
Suspend Parking Rule
The police department through
Lt. Armstrong, as a courtesy to
housewives attending the cooking
school will permit parking, sus
pending the one-hour parking rule
during the five days of the school
from 2 p. m. when doors will open.
Merchants of Brownsville are
lending every cooperation to make
the school a success, and the mod
emly equipped kitchen in which
Mrs. Dougan will prepare articles
of food as demonstrations of her
lectures will be furnished through
the courtesy of Brownsville stores.
Another feature of the school is to
be the valuable prizes which will
be given away every day. with
special prizes offered at the close
of the school.
The gas stove used bv Mrs. Dou
gan is an ‘‘Edelstein Valley Won
der'* and will be given away on the
! last day of the school.
The "Beautyrest'* mattress, val
ued at $39 50. and on exhibition at
j the Queen will be given away Fri
day by the Borderland Furniture
’ store.
Manv Free Gifts
The Snow Queen Creamery will
give awav brick ice cream every
dav during the school
The home frocks and silk hose
worn bv Mrs. Dougan will come
from the J. C. Penney Store.
The Pioneer Flour Mills, repres
ented In Brownsville by the Browns
ville Sales company, will give Pion
eer flour ard ’* rake
flour, every dav during the school.
Manuel Besteiro is manager of the
local plant.
The Gateway Bakery will give
awav loaves of bread everv day.
The Bio Grande Valley Gas com
pany Is furnishing the gas used.
The Model Laundry will do the
laundry work.
Complete Outfit
K C Baking Powder will be used
and baking power will be given
away.
Mrs. Dougan will use Crisco
which will be given awav every day.
Dorfman’s will show silverware on
a dining room set furnished by the
Borderland Furniture store.
Cisneros Drug Store will give
awav Cara Nome toilet articles
dailv.
The cooking utensils used are from
the Garza Hardware company. Mtr
ro Aluminum.
The Texas Building and Loan
is represented as rooperator.
Quinn and Derrirk did the piping
at. the Queen to connect the gas
range.
The Eagle Pharmacy will give
awav a box of Whitman’s candy
Wednesday
One year's subsiription to The
One vear's subscription to The
everv dav.
The Mistletoe Creamerv of Wes
laco will furnish the butter used by
Mrs Douean in demonstration.
Ainsworth and Colein. Browns
ville grocers, will sunnlv groceries
and meats for the cooking srhool.
N. Y. Traffic Plan
Aid to Pedestrian
NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—
Pedestrian rights, long neglected In
traffic planning, will be honored In
newlv proposed city highways.
Specialized highways, some pat
terned for the motorist to insure
adequate speef^ lanes and some
planned especially for the pedes
trian's protection, are advocated by
the regional plan of New York and
environs.
Following a survey of the best
means of developing and protect
ing residential neighborhoods, the
organization serving the states of
New York. New Jersey and Con
necticut proposed Increased special
isation of highways and a reformu
lation of traffic ideals and stand
ards.
It proposes express highways,
wide arterlals fitted for high speed
traffic, which would cut residential
areas into small Islands. In these
spots would be a maze of street* for
low-speed traffic, lanes so fash
ioned that speed would be impos
sible and safety of the pedestrian
the primary factor.
“Bv some sociologists the automo
bile has been regarded as a de
stroyer of neighborhood life.” the
organization reported. “Now. curi
ously enough, it is setting up a
process in city planning which
seems likely to produce exactly the
opposite effect."
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