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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR—NO. 177 BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS. SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 1930 THIRTY-TWO PAGES TODAY to A COPY
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1VAUUEY
By CHARLES HA LI
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HOW ABOUT IT?
“Poverty Is a public nuisance
as well as a private misfortune.
‘ Its toleration is a national crime. ’
—George Bernard Shaw.
| "The modem flapper is a love
I; pirate.”
—President Williams of Gal
loway College.
“Liberty is like wealth in that
it should be carefully used if it is
to fulfill its purpose."
—J. Ramsay MacDonald,
Britain's premier.
THE present week might well be
said to be one of anticipation
in the Valley.
If information from Washington
pans out, Brownsville's and Point
Isabels deep-water port bill should
start on its ride through congress.
It is thought the bill will also
carry a feature of great interest to
Harlingen. This is a recommenda
tion for a survey of the arroyo pro
ject there. Meanwhile, McAllen is
busy selling stock for p big new
hotel. Building in general over the
Valley is showing a decided increase
This, added to a leap of over four
i million dollars in bank deposits, and
" ’hat scattered mostly among truck
growers, finds Valley business on
the upgrade move. If a man lives
in the Vhlley and remains a pessi
mist, Joys lor him in heaven could
be doubted, did not the Word state
otherwise.
• • •
Tr~RE is only one loss felt at the
lower end of the Rio Grande at
this time of year.
i r
OIIU -
i.ie uyu-.u-iHu spread its fertile
lands place on our tables makes us
wonder where that winter appetite
has wandered to. But that really
hurts only the man who works for
his board.
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THERE is one thing about dream
ing in the Valley. The batting
average of dreama coming true
ranks about the highest of anywhere
in the United States.
And one can name two hundred
men in its expanse of eighty miles
in length, who do not dr«am of
smal ltti.se hits in this business
game of keeping the ball arolllng.
They dream of three-base clouts
and home runs.
Maybe that is the secret of it.;
Those who have played the great na
tional game of baseball know full
well that when one steps up to
the plate with the feeling permeat
ing his whole being that he is going
to dry-crack that ole apple. It us
1 ually takes only a few deliveries
^ from tthe pitchers box before a
>9 mighty smash of wood on horsehlde
' is heard.
• • •
£LONG with our development we
fk are also taking notice of the
** finer arts. School children all
uo and down the stretch have been
busy with declam- j"
a lions, and Har
lingen has gone in
strong lor music.
Two or three
splendid artists
have been brought
to the Valley, and
it is sakl that ,
more are in store, j
One of t hese is I
May Peterson, so-'
prano of the Old
Gray Mare fame,
and another is the
Xlpica orchestra.
This latter is to ne nearo wsi
jail. It is the great orchestra of Mex
ico. Three times the engineer o!
xtxis column has heard it. and when
Jt comes again he will be one of the
first in his seat. It is different, and
pends a trickle of elation over every
hearer during its entire program.
• • *
SINCE those skirts started getting
longer one is prone to wonder
if the trans-river border lift
might reach something like tnis.
• • •
Brownsville is getting quite a
reputation in Mexico lor golf
matches. A visit has been made
i to Monterrey, and a return visit
K from the country club there is ex
M/pccted at an early date. Now comes
an invitation from Tampico, wnlcb
will probably be accepted. Browns
ville travels to the matches by air
plane.
Tampico and Monterrey arc great
i golf rivals. They play each oth«
I with sporting blood in their eyes
In fact, so keen is the rivalry, that
since Monterrey took the Browns
ville meeting, shooters of the city
tn the mountains will probably be
1 puhing for Brownsville to beat Tam
pjco - - to increase Monterrey’s
prestige in the world of the masiue
. ena putter.
TRUSTEE VOTE
FINDS NAMES
WRITTEN IN
Creager Win* Higher
Place Than Dog
Catcher
Returning from Washington yes
terday. where he said the patron
age flurry, recently started by
Senator Brookhart, had again died
aborning. R. B. Creager found that
despite a former statement by
Senator Brookhart that “Creager
could not be elected dog catcher in
his own home town.” he had been
elected school trustee.
But it was not without a little
flurry.
The school ticket this time car
ried the names of Cleve H. Tandy,
Sherwood Bishop and R. B. Creag
er printed on them without oppo
sition. They were to succeed them
selves. Little interest was being
displayed in the race, until it was
learned about noon Saturday by a
few friends of Mr. Creager that op
position to him had formed and
that names were being written in
the ticket.
Tandy Leads Ticket
These friends then got busy, and
j when the ballots were counted, it
! was found that Tandy led with 292.
1 Bishop ran second with 291 and
Creager had received 278. Written
on tickets were found the names
of Jesse Dennett, sixteen times, and
Ralph Schmeling, once. A total
of 306 votes was cast, nine bein,?
mutilated. It was said that the
votes for the names written in
came unsolicited by the candidates
entered. Mr. Dennett is county re
publican chairman.
Mr. Creager when called over the
telephone last night and told that
he had been elected to a higher of
fice than dog catcher, despite the
belief of Mr. Brookhart. expressed
his appreciation, and added that
it made fourteen years he has been
on the board, and sixteen times
he has been elected in Brownsville.
Concerning his trip to Washing
ton, he said that he went there
with reference to the recent pa
tronage explosion, but found that
it had come out as he predicted on
his return of recent date—that
there was nothing to it except po
litical enmity.
Holdovers for the board are O.
V. LawTence, Harbert Davenport.
James A. Graham and Ike Dud
ley.
Daughter in Wreck;
Mother in Hospital
HARLINGEN. April 5.—While
Mrs. E. A. Shelton of this city was
in the hospital here recovering from
injuries suffered in an automobile
crash earlier this week, an auto
mobile driven by her daughter, and
another car crashed together at the
corner of A and Van Buren streets
shortly before noon today.
The young son of Mrs. Louise !
Tucker, who is a daughter of Mrs.
Shelton, was cut about the head
when glass from the broken wind
shield sprayed the inside of the
car. He is not seriously hurt.
The other car in the accident
was driven by D. J. Smith of San
Antonio The accident was a head
on crash at the intersection of the
two business streets.
Smallpox Vaccine
Flown Through City
The Mexican government has
waived cus-.omary analyses and j
other reports on small pox vaccine •
in order to allow quick replenish
ing of the local supply, which has j
been greatly depleted by wholesale !
vaccinations of th° past few days
A supply for 20.000 vaccinations
arrived at Mexico City today by
regular passenger plane from
Brownsville. Serum for 3,000 vac
cinations arrived yesterday but was
used up almost at once.
Although there are a large num
ber of ’ black’* small pox cases In
the city the health department
continues to insist there Is no
epidemic.
Immigration Called
‘Trickle Over Border’
WASHINGTON. April 5—
, Asserting that strict enforcement
I of immigration laws had reduced
Mexican immigration to a “trickle
over the border.’’ Assistant Secre
tary Cotton of the state department
expressed the opinion today before
the senate agriculture committee
that Mexican labor was not a fac
tor In the unemployment situation.
He added that he did not think
that It could become a factor." Nor
can immigration from Haiti,*’ he
continued.
WINS AIR PILOT’S LICENSE
Fashionable teas and smart ball room affairs don't hold enough thrills
for bonnie Annie Laurie Underwood, above. Though prominent in
Raleigh. N. C., society, her chief interest lies in aviation and she has
Just obtained a pilot's license. In addition, she is sponsor of the
German Club at North Carolina College.
Auto Crash Claims Victim
San Juan Man Killed and Two More Injured
When Cars Collide Head-on
(Special to The Herald.)
McALLEN. April 5.—J. F. Hmes, prominent grower and cabbage buyer
of the upper Valley, was killed, and two men are in the hospital here,
not expected to live, following a collision of Hines’ automobile with one
occupied by Ward Falcott and Hal Alcorn tonight about 7 o’clock on the
road to San Juan. Two latJorers riding with Alcorn and Talcott, Lu?>e
Villanueva and Martin Barreda, are the two in the hospital with se
rious injuries from which they may not recover, according to hospital
officials.
--— . Hmes was returning to his home
CENSUS MOVES'
I
Estimates of Enumerators
To Date 22,000
Census enumerators, after getting
the first kinks of a strange job out
of the way. Saturday, were found
to be tabulating the citizenship of
district 29 about according to pre
arranged schedule.
L. E. Bennett, chief of the district,
last night said that if the schedule
Of 100 names per day has been
maintained, there should now be
about 22.000 turned in.
Some of the districts will not be
heard from for more than a week
because of isolation. Some of the
smaller sections are expected to be
completed at an early date, and as
the law prescribes, each political di
vision will be unofficially announced
as completed. The enumeration
ends on April 31. and the official
announcement of the count is ex
pected some time in May.
John Vails Offered
Degree by College
LAREDO. April 5—John A. Vails,
district attorney, today received an
invitation from J. H. Walsh, presi
dent of Springhill college, Mobile.
Ala , to attend a centennial cel
ebration of his alma mater next
month and have a degree of doc
tor of laws conferred on him. Th>?
District Attorney did not know
whether he would accept the invita
tion.
Mission Secretary
Elected by Pecos
(Special to The Herald.)
MISSION. April B—A. B. Ewing,
for the past year secretary of the
local chamber of commerce, left
here Thursday night for Pecos,
where he has accepted a position as
chamber of commerce secretary.
Directors of the local organization
are expected to meet in a few days,
to pick a successor.
Endurance Driver to Sleep
Hour at Time Until Restored
_
Jack Kin?, endurance driver, has
lost around 10 pounds during his
sleepless non-stop motor endurance
drive started Tuesday.
*T usually lose around 15 pounds
during a drive, and here in the
Valiev, with the early-season heat.
I may lose more,’’ he said.
After the drive was completed
Saturday, in front of the Isorr. Mo
tor company, where he started, he
began exercise strenuously by walk
ing before going to sleep.
He planned to sleep for one hour,
and then be awakened, to walk or
remain awake for an hour. This
is necessary in order to resist a
total relapse that might come
otherwise.
He will go back to sleep, and
sleep for another hour, repeating
the performance several limes.
The hours for sleep will then be
lengthened, and by Sunday night
he will be able to take a full 8
hour snooze.
*T ought to feel all right by
Monday morning.” he stated.
King drove for five days and frar J
nights, without stoping his motor ;
He was handcuffed to his car, a.
Pontiac. I
lour miles north of San Juan when
he met In head-on collision the car
in which the four men were riding.
Both automobiles were overturned
and wrecked and Hines died of cuts
and a badly crushed head.
Kreidler's ambulance rushed to
the scene of the accident, bringing
to the hospital first. Hines and Vil
lanueva. the latter suffering from
a fractured skull and unconscious.
It returned for Barreda. wrho had
a broken leg and internal Injuries,
and Alcorn and Talcott, who wrere
released after first aid treatment
of cuts and bruises.
Hines is survived by his w ife and
two children and Is well known in
this section of the Valley among
growers.
It was said that Alcorn's car
whipped around another, crashing
into that driven by Hines.
Funeral services for Hines are
expected to be held at the Meth
odist church of Edinburg Tuesday
Rev. Z. B. Lisles officiating.
Officers arc investigating the
tragedy.
Three Injured Here
RIO HONDO, April 5.—Two car:
were badly damaged, and three per
sons slightly injured, in a three
way traffic accident here Saturdaj
night.
The injured were Merehilda Gar
cia. Daniel Flores and Jose Corte:
of Browne Tract, all of whom wen
riding in the same car. They wen
given first aid treatment here.
In going around a car driven bj
Earl Webb of San Benito, th<
Browne Tract men met a third cai
head on. This car was occupied b:
Sgi. John W. Kruzel, Corp. Thom
as Burleson and Pvt. Hollis Moon
of Fort Brown.
Marlin Trash Fatal
MARLIN, Texas. April S—(4V-W
C. McElven, 40. of Sulphur, La., 1;
dead, and Miss Maude Munger, 23
of Marlin is under hospital treat
ment. as result of collision of a cai
in which they were riding at 9 p. m
Friday, with a parked truck.
Eleven Birthdays
In City Sunday
There are eleven persons cel
ebrating birthdays In Browns
ville today. There may be more
than these, but The Herald is
certain of this many for they
have called at the Herald of
fice for complimentary’ tickets
to the Capitol theater.
The tickets, given through
courtesy of this paper and Man
ager John Fanning of the Cap
itol. are good for any perform
ance but all eleven persons .said
they would attend the theater
today.
Those celebrating birthdays
with complimentary tickets to
the show today are Max Shapiro.
! Adalina Adelia Barrera, George !
Murphy, Mrs. Paul Smith. Antonio j
Lasano. Mrs. William Neal. Vic- J
tor Ramirez. Luther Madison j
Young. Ramon Munoz, Ray Lane j
and Celia Garza.
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SAN BENITO
SCHOOL BOND
ISSUE V( I
New High Building
Planned to Cost
$175,000
(Special to The Herald.)
SAN BENITO. April 5—San Be
nito school district voters today ap
proved a $320,000 bond Issue by a
vote of 427 to 317.
The vote was the largest ever
cast in the school district, and was
much closer than expected.
The margin of victory for the
bonds remained slim throughout
the day. and at 4 o’clock in the
afternoon was only sixty votes out
of approximately 500 cast.
A heated campaign had been con
ducted, centering in a large mea
sure about the old Junior high
school building here, formerly used
as high school building. This build
ing had been condemned and pupils
were moved out of It a short time
before the election.
New High School
A large high school building,
costing about $175,000, is to be the
principal building put up from
proceeds of the bond sale.
The present high school building,
built about three years ago, is to
be slightly remodeled, and will be
used as a Junior high school build
ing.
The old junior high school build
ing will be torn down, and the
material in it used in the construct- j
ing of a Mexican ward school build- j
ing. . .
One of the largest buildings to be
put up with the rest of the money
will be a $70,000 combination gym
nasium-cafeterla-voeatoinal train
ing building. Part of the campaign
centered around this building,
many people claiming that it was
not necessary.
Completion By Fall
Phelps and Dewees. San Antonio
architects, have been retained by
the school board to draw plans for
thebuildings. As soon as the bonds
are sold, contract will be asked on
the structures, and work will be
started.
The work will be rushed, in or
der to have some of them ready by j
the fall of next ;ear. as a tempor
ary building is now being put up to
house the overflow from the old
junior high school, while many pu
pils are being housed in church
buildings here for classes.
Four members of the present,
schol board were re-elected without
opposition. They are I. R. divert.
E. C. Breedlove. James Q Louthan.
and H. B Livingston.
Fruit Packing Shed
Sought by Weslaco
(Special to The Heraldl
WESLACO, April 5—A fruit pack
ing shed for Weslaco may be erect
ed soon as a result of a meeting
of the committee members of the I
Weslaco Chamber of Commerce
during the latter part of the week.
The committee was composed of
Bill Ball, chairman. H. R. Mills.
B. K Traylor, Clell Solether, and
T. W. Bowman.
It was announced at the meet
ing that one concern had definitely
signified that it would build a shed
immediately, and two or possibly
three others have projects under
contemplation at present.
The chamber of commerce #111
work In conjunction with the men
building the new shers. and aid in
every way possible according to
secretary’ O. C. Patterson.
TO PREACH
Lay Evangelist Howard S. Wil
liams, of Mississippi, one of the
best known soul winners in Amer
ica. and whose famous campaign
at Herrin, 111., in 1925 attracted na
tional attention, will preach a ser
mon at 11 o'clock Sunday morning,
April 6, for the Christian church
here, in the Masonic temple.
Mr. Williams is now engaged in
a revival at Harlingen, which will
close on April 13. He has held suc
cessful meetings during the past
few months at Weslaco, San Juan,
Edinburg. Falfurrias and Mission.
It is said that in the seven years
since he sold a large daily news
paper In Hattiesburg, Miss., to be
come an evangelist more than 20,
000 people have been converted un
der his simple ministry. He holds
inter - denominational campaigns,
saying In his terse way. *‘I ask
people to give their hearts to
Christ, and then Join any church
they think God wants them to.”
^ORAL WILL
First in Cameron County
Contested in Court
Cameron county’s first oral will
is now in the courts. Wills of this
sort, while legally recognized, are
extremely rare, and are usually fol
lowed with much interest.
The will is that of W. W. Moses
of Los Frcmos, who died on an
operating table at Harlingen some
time ago. The proponents allege
that shortly before the operation
the Los Fresnos man called tn wit
nesses and made an oral will.
The will is being contested by
relatives. Their contest alleges that
a non-cupauve will Is not suffi
cient grounds to pass title to real
estate.
It is likely the case will be set
tled out of court,
Mercedes Elects
School Trustees
(Special to The Herald.)
MERCEDES. April 5—L. H.
Henry. R. H. Smith and B. F.
Bvers were re-elected to the Mer
cedes school board in an election
held here Saturday.
The hold over board members are
R. H. Kern. J. R. Barry. H. T.
Statler and O. E. Van Berg
TWO DIE IN FALL
WILLOUGHBY. Ohio. April 5.—
(T''—Arthur Craig, passenger, was
burned to death, and Fred Hokola,
pilot, was cut severely when their
airplane fell in a field near here
late today. Craig's body was burn
ed almost beyond recognition.
Potatoes Rushing Market
Third Warning Issued by Growers Association
As Cars Come 50 Per Day
! ‘ Farmers in the Valley will deliberately rob themselves of more than
! $50,000 next week unless they heed the twice repeated warning issued
, by agricultural experts and dig only enough potatoes to fill the ship
. per's orders,” f. b. Latham, manager of the Rio Grande Potato Grow
‘ ers’ association, announced late Saturday night. •
Potatoes have been shipped at the rate of 50 cars a day for the past
, week, and a fair price of 3 1-2 cents per hundred weight has been re
ceived. This averaees $3 75 ner sack with 250 sacks ner car. or $837.50.
SPEEDS MAIL '
Postal Supervisor Plans
Time Elimination
i _
Plans for cutting the time for air
mail between Mexico City and
poinst in the United States were
announced here by Sam Gaines,
postal supervisor of the Southern
District, which includes Texas and
three other states, with headquar
ters at Fort Worth.
Mr. Gaines was here Saturday,
and left by plane for Mexico City,
to discuss his plans with officials
j there.
The postal official said that the
I principal trouble at the present
time is that some of the mail is
I delayed in handling until it misses
I the planes.
This delay, he said, is caused by
the method of handling, failure
to put letters for certain sections
j into one group, etc., so that it takes
longer to handle the mail. Regis
tered letters were mentioned in
particular, Mr. Gaines stating that
frequently it will take two hours to
handle registered mail that should
have been handled In twenty min
i utes. and that the planes are miss
ad as a result.
If the supply during the coming
week does not exceed 45 or 50 cars
per day, the price a ill be maintain
ed. acording to Mr. Latham. Pres
ent indications, however, point to
wards approximately 75 or 100 cars
a day.
Lower Price Feared
“In this case, the price wil drop
to around 3 cents, or to aroulyi
$750 per car. The inevitable loss is
easily seen. A deci de in price of
$86.50 a car. and '*00 cars moving
out of the Valley, means a terrific
loss that can be avoided easily if
farmers accept the advice of the
experts,” he explained.
The growers are urged to dig only
enough potatoes to ripply the de
mand of the recognized shippers,
and a steady price wil continue to
be received, with a decided increase
later in the season.
“The continued col:! weather in
the north has a tendency to cut
the demand for potatoes, for it has
been proved by government statis
tics that potatoes are eaten in
larger quantities in warmer weath
er. As the season progresses, and
the temperature rises, the demand
will necesitate a higher price for
the vegetable.” Mr. Latham con
tinued.
('utting Own Throat*
During the latter part of the
week Just passed farmers “cut their
own throats.” in the words of the
(Continued on page 2.).
Artesian Water
S ught for City
Chamber of Commerce Will Ask Survey
And Estimates From Companies
To Drill Deep Wells
Artesian water will be sought for Brownsville
“We ought to have It, even at a heavy cost.' #
These are the words of Joe Celaya, chairman of committee ap- "
pointed by the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce to look Into the water
situation, the possibilities for artesian water here, and how the city may
go about obtaining it.
The committee appointed by that body consists of E. J. Tucker and O.
W. Singer, with Mr. Celaya acting as chairman. All the members are
sold on the Idea of obtaining a deep water supply for the city, Mr.
FURTHER PORT
HOPE ADVANCED
Letters From Washington
Indicate Passage To
Hoover Clear
Later letters from Washington
received by members of the Browns
ville Navigation commission add
more hopes that Brownsville’s deep
water port appropriation will pass
when It Is fought up.
These were received Saturday
from two or three persons who are
favoring the project at the lower
end of the Valley Letters received
Friday said that it was Indicated
by the rivers and harbors commit
tee that the bill will be presented
some time this week.
Letters received Saturday were
to the effect that a survey of the
Washington situation leaves littk
doubt that the bill would pass, and
it is known that the Valle» project
is in It. It is said to carry also
recommendation for a survey of the
Harlingen arroyo project.
With such a situation the only
passage danger confronting the bill
seems to be what action will be
taken by the president when it is
laid before him. From other sources,
it has been said that the President
is disposed to favor it.
Mavor R. B. Rentfro and City
Manager Z. A. Rosenthal . were
scheduled to leave Saturday night
for Houston to confer with en
gineers and others on matters per
taining to the rights-of-way.
Members of th> Brownsville com
mission have been busy since the
rivers and harbors committee chair
men agreed to recommend action
on the matter preparing to meet
government requirements so that
work can start as soon as possible.
Condemnation proceedings on the
South Padre Island, Inc., tract of
land wanted at the pass are ex
pected to be heard Monday.
Slayer Sentenced
To Die on June 6
DALLAS. April 5.—June 6
was set today by Judge C. A. Pip
pen as the execution date for Wil
liam (Dagger) Pruitt, convicted of
slaying William Mann, high school
student, here January 6, 1929. A
short time after sentence was pro
nounced, Pruitt started for the
penitentiary at Huntsville.
Pruitt was assessed the death
penalty several months after Mann
was shot to death after he resisted
a robber who stepped on the run
ning board of his ear while he was
accompanying a girl companion to
her home.
The condemned man was arrest
ed several days after the shooting
at the home of an uncle, where of
ficers found him in the attic and
were able to take him in existodv only
after a gun fight In which Prxittt
was shot In the leg and a detec
tive was slightly wounded.
Mann’s companion identified
Prxiltt as the slayer at his trial.
City ReDorts Big
Building Program
Work under construction in
Brownsville by one lumber company
alone at present totals slightly j
more than ’25,0*1, it was disclosed .
Saturday.
The Eagle Pass Lumber company
announced that this total amount
was being spent hv Brownsville
residents on business and residence
buildings. i „ _
Among th'« listed are C. C.
Wentz. R K. Henderson. Mrs. Mc
Allen Fairbanks. Drive Brothers.
W. D. Ferguson. W. A. Rasco. Wm
Eagan, Dean Porter, and M. T.
Oarcia. Rasco is building 4 rent
houses, and Eagan 3.
Numerous others are building, or
have just completed work.
Heads to Be Counted
Not Feet in Census
WATERLOO. Iowa, April 5.—UP)
—It’s the head that counts in fig
uring the census; the leet are Im
materT&l.
A census enumerator, visiting a
farm which straddles the Black
Hawk and Benton County line,
found that the farmer's bed was
so placed that he slept in both
counties.
His head rested on a pillow in
Black Hawk, but his feet project
ed into Benton county. The enum
erator. puzzled, thumbed through
his rule book until he read that
"heads shall be counted in their
usual place of abode”.
The farmer was listed officially
as a Black Hawk county resident.
Go Slow Passing Schools
Rio Grande Talley Trust Ca—Adv.
Tucker expresing himself as being
strongly In favor of such a ate pc
Mr. Celaya, Brownsville, said it il
needed, even at a cost of $150,000,
"The committee finds that there
are certain drilling companies in
Texas, which will sink artesian
wells on a gurantee of producing
water, or no charges made foe their
services." Mr. Tucker said, “and 1
think that the terms the city should
follow to obtain a new source o4
supply.”
Early Action In Store
Mr. Celaya said he would call 4
meeting of the committee at an
early date, when letters would be
addressed, both with reference to 4
water survey for the city, and ♦«
obtain terms on which an agree
ment might be reached.
City Manager Z. A. Rosenthal
was asked for his opinion on the
idea. He said that while he did not
know that such a committee had
been appointed that lta findings 1
might be of great value to the city.
He favored the idea of an under
ground water supply source.
The city at present has a filtra
tion plant, which is adequately
serving, but the Idea advanced by
the chamber committee is that of
building against the future and to
obtain water from a source which
would not require so much work ;
and treatment in order to furnish
it pure. The pre:ent city water
source is the Rio Grande.
With the general growth of tha
city considered, civic workers are
looking forward to caring for any
influx of people by reason of the
port, the Point Isabel causeway, or
other activities.
The Brownsville commission ti
planing a survey of sewer condition!
at an early date, this with par
ticular reference to extensions.
For this work Chester Cohen of
the state department is expected in
Brownsville at an early date to su
pervise that work.
Stunt Flier Claimed
In Death of Two
SHIRO, Texas, April 5—(/I*)—Frit*
H. Grlfno, Love Field mechanic, and
F. H. Bernier of Ned Orleans, flying
student at Love Field, Dallas, died
as the result of an airplane wreck
here today.
The plane, several persons who
sighted It said, apparently was try
ing to land as flames and smoks
burst from the enclosed cabin. Then,
its engines roaring. It swept down
ward, and was smashed in a cotton \
field about a mile from here.
Grifno, who once had gone l
through daring stunts and para*
chute Jumps for the diversion ol *
thousands, presumably made his last
leap where there was none to see.
Jack McBride. W. W. Hoke. Willie
Ollen and I. F. Harmon, the first
to reach the field, found Grifno's
body face down In a furrow some
20 feet from the smouldering cabin.
The rags of his parachute were
nearby.
Bernier's body still was In the
plane and the four were unable for
several minutes, because of the In- j
tense heat, to drag it out.
Citrus Quarantine
Commission Study
A meeting of the Cameron coun
ty commissioner’* court has been
called for Monday by Judge O. C.
Dancy for the purpose of consider
ing orders looking toward enforce
ment of the citrus quarantine.
It is likely that P. C. Hoidale of
the state department of agriculture
will attend the meeting.
j WEATHER j
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Fair, not much change in temper
ature.
For Fast Texas: Fair. & M
Oklahoma—Fair, Sunday; Mon
day. increasing cloudiness.
East Texas—Fair, cooler in north
east and southwest portions Sun
day; Monday, Increasing cloudiness.
Light to moderate shifting winds on
the coast.
West Texas—Generally fair Sun*
j day; Monday, partly cloudy.
mrnmmmmmmmm
DAILY RIVER BULLETIN
There will be no material change
1 in the river during the next few
days.
Flood Present 24-Hr 14-Hr
Stage Stage Chn* Halo
; Eagle Pass IS I S -0.1 .OC
j Laredo 27 -1.1 -0.1 .OC
Rio Grande 21 2 8 -0.1 .00
Mission 22 3.2 -0.7 .OC
San Benito 23 5.5 xOA M*
Brownsville 18 0.0 -0.4 .00
TIDE TABLE
! High and low tide at Point Isabel j
j today under normal meteorotogtcfcl
conditions;
i High . 12:41 p. m. j
| Low .2:51 a. m. I
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
I Sunrise today . (i.li .