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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR—No. 87 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1929 TEN PAGES TODAY Be A COPY
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VALLEY
THIS IS THE DAY.
To<|ay at 3:30 p. m. Brownsville'.i
first Class A football team will go
under fire for the first time during
the season.
The field of battle is at the fait
grounds in Harlingen and it should
be a classic.
While the game will not affect
Brownsville's standing in the Class
A conference, both teams are very
anxious to win.
For many reasons.
Ancient and honarable rivalry is
one good reason.
Harlingen would like to defeat*the
only Class A team in the Valley—
another good reason.
Ijp^rownsviUe would dislike to see
Jus* happen—a third good reason.
It promises to be a game worth
going far to see.
_ • • •
THE DATE-GROWING industry
is not something which will come to'
the Valley many years from now—it I
is already here.
Harvey Stiles, horticulturist makes
the claim and cites figures to prove
It
The crop this year in the Valley
will be more than one ton, he says
and the probable production for!
1930 is ten tons.
A large part of 'this will come,
from the large development south!
of Brownsville managed by Mr.
Stiles known as the Rio Grande!
Delta Date Co.
Such a large production will create !
a need for a dehydrating plant, and
there is possibility that it will be
installed.
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In the meantime an intensive
study of date culture In the Lower
Rio Grande Valley is going on at
the Valley Experimental farm near
Weslaco.
There 1000 palms. Imported from
Messopotamia and selected for their
moisture and ram resisting qualities,
are being brought to maturity.
• • •
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh again
is proving that he is “some aviator”.
Flying from Florida down through
Central and South America, he is
\ making landings day alter day
where a plane is almost unheard of
and his bride of a few weeks is
making the trip with him.
While other fliers are having
forced landings all over the United
States; getting blown off their track
by storms and otherwise bringing
to the mind of the more doub*
whether aviation is practicable at
all. Lindy flies on schedule.
He flies over territory where a
forced landing would mean almost
certain starvation; he covers thous
ands of miles where there would be
almost no hope of rescue in case
of an accident—and he comes
through—on tirm.
• • •
In certain quarters there has
grown up a desire to attack Col.
Lindbergh—mostly by persons who
have been denied an opportunity to
dabble in his private life, who have
politely but firmly been told it was
none of their business.
But not one of these has dared to
question that Lindbergh is an a
viator—or that he is a man.
• • •
OUR CITY COLUMN in the
Houston Chronicle, following the
forced landing of a Fort Worth aero
cade plane near Soto la Marina digs
up some interesting history on that
obscure village. He writes:
% “SOTO LA MARINA, half forgot
nttle Mexican fishing village, is
in the news again. Bert Pidcock,
flying a Texas Company plane in
the aerocade which visited Houston
last week, is down there with a
crashed ship after battling a trop
ical storm which blew him far off
his course.
• • •
“Soto la Marina has been in the
news before. One hundred and
twelve years ago its dusty streets
and little dwellings held the stage
for a brief moment during the tu
multous years when Mexico wai
writhing in its effort to throw off
the hand of distant Spain.
“General Francisco Xavier Mina.
(Continued on page 2.)
Insure Your Working Days
jUo Grande Valley Trust Co.—adv.
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AS FOREST FIRES GAINED HEADWAY THROUGH WEST
Typical view’s of forest conflagrations in the far west states where the lines have been hard pressed to keep
the flames from sweeping out Of control. In Ventura county, California, a brush and grass fire has swept
through the oil district devasting 10,000 acres with d amage in the neighborhood of $3,000,000. . Vast timber
sections in Oregon and Washington were also threatened when the flame swept beyond control* Hundreds
of men have been added to the fire lines In these districts.
WHALEN OFFERS
CONSUL ANSWER
Promises Disiplinary Action
On Indignities
Against Aliens
Wm. A. Whalen, district director
of immigration with offices at San
Antonio, answered Mexican Consul
L. Lopez Montero’s protest against
alleged indignities forced on Valley
Mexicans, stating that disciplinary
action would be taken against
border patrol officers found guilty
of any offense. Whalen asked that
the consul report any specific cases
of this kind that might come to his
attention.
ACTION ASSURED
Whalen’s letter read in part:
•• • • • you are assured that
this office will recommend that pro
per disciplinary action be taken in
the cases of any officers of this
service who are shown to mistreat
aliens in any manner. The various
officers in charge of ports of entry
and of the border in the Valley
have been directed to report any
cases of mistreatment of aliens
which may come to their knowledge
to this office in order that a prompt
Investigation may be made.”
AMERICANS COOPERATE
Consul Montero asks that anyone
interested in the Valley Mexicans
aid him in finding specific cases of
various organizations have not re
ported cases to him because of fear,
the consul said. Now that American
authorities themselves have asked
for the information, there is no
cause for fear he said.
This is the second assurances that
the consul has received. His first
protest, filed about a year ago. was
answered in the same manner by
border patrol officers.
MOVES TO HARLINGEN
Hanngen, Eept. 21.—(spl)—H. M.
Schell, contractor and builder from
the north, has arrived here to make
his home, and will conduct a con
tracting business.
RUSSELL RITES
HELDTHURSDAY
Pioneer Resident Dies at
Home of Daughter After
Long Illness
Funeral services for Thomas B.
Russell, old-time resident of Browns
ville, were held at the Church of the
Advent, Episcopal, at 5 p. m. Thurs
day. with the Rev. R. O. Mackintosh
rector, officiating. Remains were
interred in the city cemetery.
Russell died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. R. B. Rentfro, at
3:15 a. m. Thursday, after a long
illness. He was 79 years of age, and
had lived here practically all his life.
Pallbearers were Steven Brown,
Oliver Hicks. Joe Wells, King Mason
George Putegnat, Owen Combe.
Henry Bell, Emmett Dodd and Fred
Starck.
Force of Hurricane
Believed Diminishing
HAVANA. SEPT 17-AP—Moving
with decreased intensity from a
point 50 to 60 miles southeast of
Key West and advancing in a west
erly direction, the tropical hurricane
which has lashed the Bahamas for
the past two days was stated In ad
visory weather bulletins today to
have lifted its threat for Cuba.
Mail Plane Locates
Coonel Proal’s Ship
The missing plane which Col.
Fernando Proal abandoned when he
was picked up on the beach Wed
nesday afternoon by J. P. Squire,
Mexican Aviation Co. pilot, was
located Thursday by the regular
passenger ship flying between
here and Tampico.
The plane was lying on its back
in the edge of a lake which had
been formed by heavy rains, and
was about a mile Inland from the
beach, as Col. Proal had estimated.
No plans had been made Sat
urday for salvaging the
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BENNETT GETS
CENSUS POST
Appointed by Creager Aa
Enumerator for South
Texas District
Lawrence E. Bennett of 305
Eleventh street was announced Fri
day to be census enumerator for the
South Texas district which includes
Cameron and 12 other counties.
The announcement was made by
R. B. Creager. republican national
committeeman.
Bennett, who has been living in
Brownsville for two or three years
is a civil engineer and has had con
siderable experience as a census
supervisor. He lived in Brownsville
at the time of the 1910 census and
was supervisor of a much larger
district in South Texas than the
present one. He later assisted in
taking the first population census
of the Philippine Islands.
The supervisor was in Corpus
Christi on a pleasure trip when the
announcement was made but was
expected to return to Brownsville
early next week.
Counties in the district and the
number of enumerators to be em
ployed in each are as follows: Cam
eron 29, Hidalgo 40, Willacy 5,
Starr 9, Brooks 4, Duval 9, Jim Hogg
4, Jim Wells 8. Kennedy 4, Kleberg
8, Nueces 20, Webb 21, Zapata 4.
None of the enumerators have
been named, according to inform
ation obtained from Creager’s office.
The work of taking the census is
to begin April 1 and to be completed
by May 1,
8 Hurt As Kansas
Train Jumps Track
CLAY CENTER. KANSAS., SEP
27 AP-Eight passengers were hurt
some seriously, when one passengei
coach and a pullman car Rock Is*
land train No. 224 Souhtbound. went
tnto a ditch four miles west of her*
today. The injured were brought
hero.
LOCAL CORPS
TO ADVERTISE
LOWER VALLEY
Final Drill Indicates
Legionnaires Likely
To Carry Away Val
uable Prizes
With the blare of trumpets and
the sound of drums, the drum and
bugle corps will bid farewell to
Brownsville Friday evening just
before boarding the Missouri Pac
ific train here for Louisville. Ky.,
where the national American Le
gion convention is to convene Mon
day.
Dressed in their new and showy
red, white and blue uniforms, the
aggregation is planning to be an
attention compelling attraction
which will draw the thoughts of
thousands to Brownsville, down on
the Rio Grande.
All financial arrangements were
completed when signatures of 30
persons were secured to a note for
$1500 and that sum was borrow
ed from a local bank. The money
is to be repaid, after the corps re
turns. with the proceeds of various
entertainments.
Final Drill Staged
Several Legionnaires not mem
bers of the corps will leave on the
same train. Included in these will
be Henry Skelton, official delegate
from the Fifteenth district.
A final drill was staged Thurs
day night on the paved landing
platform at the airport and mem
bers of the corps clicked off the
intricate figures in professional
manner. The organization compos
ed entirely of members of the loc
al legion post, has entered contests
at the conventin and hopes to re
turn with some of the valuable
prizes offered.
The local delegation will be Joined
by legionnaires from several Valley
posts and all will board the Texas
Legion Special train at San Antonio.
They will spend Sunday at St. Louis
and the special train will arrive in
Louisville at 7 a. m. Monday.
A demonstration will be staged at
8 p. m. Friday evening on Levee
street In front of the Missouri Paci
fic passenger station to permit local
people to ree the corps in action.
Members of the drum and bugle
coprs making the trip are F. C.
Macmanus. J. E. Hausman. Perry
Pellitere, H. B. Dear. H. R. Kemper.
Ed. C. Box. G. W. Hausman, Dr. L.
Olmstead, Wm. Bamholt, A. G. Ruff
Ed. H. Levy, Jack Howard, C. M.
Josey, E. J. Canning, H. R. Kings
bury. F. Tamaya, Cecil Ramirez, J.
B. Aveilhe. J. R. Skelton, Alfred
Peterarco, C. J. Williams. A. 8. Price
Hawkins White, Edward Rendall,
Steve Knowles. Kenneth Graves.
Norman Rendall, Leo Vergott and
Frank Be bon.
Others who will attend are Dr.
Fred Gray, Henry Skelton. Tom
Stevenson, Floyd Smith and W. B.
Stier.
Mrs. R. C. Roach will represent
the local American Legion Auxiliary
at the convention.
Valuations at San
Benito Up $300,000
Stan Benito. Sept. 27.—<spl>—
Despite a general reduction in the
valuations on residential property
total valuations of San Benito this
year will show an increase of ap
proximately $300,000 over the valua
tions of last year.
The tax rate has been set by the
city commission at $2. the same a6
last year.
Valuations this year are based on
a system used by George H. Ehren
borg, Dalas, valuation expert, who
was employed by the city for this
work. Application of the scale re
sulted in a reduction in much of
the residential property, and in e
quitable adjusments in business
property.
There was a general reduction,
however, which offset the new build
ing to some extent, it was explained.
The valuations used for taxation
purposes are based on 60 per cent of
the real values.
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In Fairness to All
Concerned
A special dispatch from Austin to The Brownsville
Herald Thursday telling of action taken by farmers in
Cameron and Hidalgo county water control and improve
ment district No. 9 to prevent approval of a $3,500,000
bond issue voted for the purpose of purchasing the irriga
tion works of the American Rio Grande Land and Irriga
tion Co., contained this paragraph:
“Protest of the Hidalgo County Good Government
League to the bond issue, recently telegraphed to Gover
nor Moody was to be referred by him, he said, to the new
attorney general for investigation.”
This paragraph is a misstatement and The Herald will
ingly makes this correction.
Request of the Good Government League for an investi
gation of the financial affairs of Hidalgo county by the at
torney general and effort of the opponents to the bond
issue are absolutely unrelated.
In fact, leaders in the Good Government League worked
hard for passage of the bonds with which to purchase the
district and still favor issuing the securities and complet
ing the deal whereby the farmers w'ould become owners of
the irrigation system.
The paragraph above quoted intended to say that re
quest of the Good Government League for an investigation
of the financial affairs of Hidalgo county would be re
ferred by the governor to the new attorney general.
CRASH OCCURS
NEAR COMPRESS
Car It Demolished and Mrs.
Printy Is Instant
. Victim
EDINBURG. SEPT. 27—<SPL)—
Mrs. C. D. Printy. about 30. was
Instantly killed here at 10.30 a. m.
Saturday when the automobile she
was driving was struck by a South
ern Pacific freight train.
The accident occured on the
crossing near the compress. Tall
weeds growing along the road are
believed to have obscured the view
of the tricks and possibly to have
caused Mrs. Printy to see the ap
proaching train, according to A.
R. Baker, chief of police.
Mrs. Printy was alone in the
car. which was demolished. It is
not believed there were any wit?
nesses to the accident other than
members of the train crew.
Printy. husband of the victim, is
employed by the Gulf Securities
Land Co., and is in the north at
present. Early efforts to locate him
had failed. The couple had no
children and lived on a farm east
of Edinburg. ,
Funeral arrangements are being
held up pending word from Mr.
Printy.
Newton Plant to
Handle Vegetables
The Fronton street plant now
being opperated by Wade Newton
here will become exclusively a
vegetable packing plant when the
new building on Fourteenth street
is occupied. W. W. McCall, local
manager announced Friday.
The new plant is to be equipped
with the mo6t modern washing,
polishing and packing machinery
manufactured for handling grape
fruit and oranges. This plant also
will be used to pack some veget
ables. however, at the height of the
season.
The owners haw hopes of mov
ing into the new place by Oct. 5
and say they will be in operation
not later than Oct. 10. The ma
chinery already has arrived.
EDINBURG CIRCLE
MEETS AT CHURCH
Edinburg, Sept. 27.—<spl>—The
evening circle of the Presbyterian
auxiliary met this week at the
church with Miss Bony ton leading
devotionals and Mrs. Maurer in
charge of the program. Mrs. White
discussed evangelistic work in Japan
and Mrs. McKinnon's subject was
mission work. Refreshments were
Nrr<4
NEW OFFICER
DUE AT POST
Col. Van Voorhis Will Re
ieve Koch As Commander
Of Fort Brown
Col. Daniel Van ’ oorhis Is expect
ed to arrive at Fort Brown this
afternoon to assume his duties as
commanding officer of the post. It
is not known whether Mrs. Van
Voorhis will accompany him on his
arrival. Col. Van Voorhis is to take
over the duties which have been
discharged by Lt. Col. Stanley Kocn
since the death of Col. Johnston.
'The new commanding officer is a
recent graduate of the Army War
College at Washington. D. C. Prom
there, he went to Port Riley, Kan.,
to the Cavalry school for a re
fresher’s course. He took a short
leave of absence, following which
he reported to the Corps Area for
instruction, and is coming from
San Antonio to assume the Fort
Brown command.
Col. Van Voorhis holds an en
viable war record, and is well ac
quainted with the Valley having
been commanding officer at Merce
des in 1920. He has been on duty
with the Chief of Staff at Washing
ton, D. C., and previous to that wus
executive officer in the office of the
Chief of Cavalry at Washington,
D. C.
Thieves Take Humble
Outbound Mail Bag
HUMBLE. TEAS. SEPT. 27
Thieves entered the southern Pac
ific Depot at Humble last night
and escaped with all outbound
mail most of which was consigned
to Houston.
The Robbery was discovered to
day when it was noted a window
leading into the office had been
pried open.
Neither the number of pouches
nor the value of the mall was
learned immediately. Postal in
spector Hugh Wallace of Houst
on was out of the City and could
not be reached.
Sheriffs Officers began an in
vestigation.
‘Black Lilt Credit’
Suit Series Probable
Possibility of a long series of
law suits against firms and asso
ciations which issue “credit black
lists” was seen here Friday after
Jndpe A. M. Kent held H. J:
Stockton's case against the Gener
al Credit Finance corporation and
the Farmer's Hardware company
of Harlingen actionable.
These firms maintain a large
sign near the Demants hotel on
which they place the names of
delinquent creditors n large let
ters.
LOCAL ELEVEN
INREALTEST
ATHARUNGEN
Game Will Show What
Brownsville Can Do
Against Big - 1 ime
Competition
The Herald Sport Editor
The Valley was set Friday for
what Is expected to be the great
est football attraction of this sec
tion. The powerful Brownsville
high school Eagles will take on the
Harlingen Cardinals at the Val
ley Fair park at 3.30 p. m. One of
the largest crowds of the year is
expected to the through the turn
stiles.
Great Interest has been aroused
in the contest. The Eagles. Valley
champions, piled up a great record
last year, scoring over 250 points
to opponents' two. They were un
defeated and scored no less than
four touchdowns In any one game.
The season was topped off with
a 26-0 victory over DePaul acad
emy. parochial champions of Chi
cago on Tucker field
On their showing, the Eagles
were promoted from “B" to "A"
competion In the Texas interschol
astic league. They are the only “A”
team In the Valley.
Three Men Lost
Only three first string men were
' lost from last year. These holes
have been filed by new material
and players who were ineligible
last year. Cabler, Summers. Sama
no. Longoria are In the last class.
Davenport, out last season with a
broken shoulder. Is back to help
plug the holes.
Coach Fessenden has had the
Eagles out for three or four weeks
| and they are in good condition^
I This will be their first game of
the season. In a practice scrim
i mage recently, they defeated to*
junior college four touchdowns.
■ Fessenden admits having good
material, but whether he ean get
j it to “clicking" Is problematical.
i h In the upper section of the Val
ley. Brownsville Is accused of be
coming "too cocky" and i. Hailed
for leaving the ranks of Valley
football to enter class A • Harlta
gen Is the only team n
tion to have a game with the Eag
les this wear and all of this feei
ing is centered on today contest.
Harlingen’s Big Game _
Harlingen has built up a *™ng
eleven under Coach Dutch Rek
torik Mission and Harlingen are
generally rated as the best B
teams in the Valiev. Harlingen—
Brownsville’s athletic “fh-neesny
—has set herself to ph»k the
plumes from the Eagles tall before
they begin to soar. ... „
This game today is looked upon
as the Valiev ‘‘nstural even
through it comes at the beginnl g
| of the season. Coach Rektorik has
made no secret °f the faff that he
has pointed the Cardinals for the
Brownsville tilt. Fessenden h as
pointed the Eagles as nuchas he
could. He has not emphasised tne
Harlingen game d
not count In his A rec?^v
The Cardinals were hit two
severe blows this season by'the
losses of 8. Washam ai^ . R9“;
center. Dasham. a star back, in
Jured his arm and will Je hj
the game for some t^Harlingen
fans say. Ross, a tnniftr from
Miami high, would have mted
well Into Rektorik s
his parents moved to Mission an"
the hoy went along.
Crow May Be Out
The Eagles are certain to be up
to full first-strength except pos
sibly in two places. Carrol Crowe,
end and half, has been ill. He was
able to attend the Brownsville
San Benito game Thursday, how
ever, and he may get into play.
Dan Barnhart, full, suffered an
Injured leg in scrimmage against
the Junior college. It is extremely
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j THE WEATHER j
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair tonight and Saturday not
much change in temperature. Light
variable winds on the west ooest.
For East Texas: Generally fair
moderate north to eoutbeut winds
an the y**it.
St,