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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR—NO. 199 BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS, MONDAY. APRIL 28, 1930 TEN PAGES TODAY* Sc A COPY
I IN OUR
[VALLEY
^*=**=» By CHARLES HALL i mr't
HOW ABOUT IT?
"Cleariy everyone has a week- j
ness lor something.”
—Rudy Vallee, crooner I
• • •
All I want In the world is a ;
; Rian and I want him to love me <
lor myself only and not because <
I am a great success."
—Peggy Hopkins Toycc
• • •
"A poacher in this day needs
the skin of a hippopotamus, the
endurance of a camel, the agility
of a greyhound, the heart of a
uon and the patience of a don
key.”
ON May 29 voters of the Browns
ville navigation district go to
the polls to vote whether $1,500,
in bonds shall be issued to care
obligations made to the govern- I
*or the de*P-water port.
.Whether Brownsville is to have
o<*P-water shipping depends upon J
r*e Passage of t®o?e bonds .accord
“8 to members of the navigation !
commission.
JS onlV should those bonds be
-ec. but they should be approved
. jfl* heaviest possible ballot, in
B Jf they may bring the high
jirice.
T! if engineer of this column will
predict that If the channel is
brought to Brownsville under pres
ent arrangements, the project will
realize for the taxpayers the amount !
they invest by the end of five years
of operation.
The government by passing the
bill In the house has started its end
of the deal. It is now up to the j
Brownsville district to meet its obli
gations.
rDAY the Brownsville Chamber
of Commerce Is calling for vol
unteers to take the census .
Something like two hundred will be
wanted. At least that number
should be glad to answer the call.
It is an emergency. How the city
ei.erges from this situation will have
its reaction for the next ten years.
Too much stress cannot be laid upon
it The city should be divided into
as small territories as possible and
the work qulckiy done. In order
to do this many men will be needed.
Business houses should offer the
time of their employes .and any
steps necessary taken,
w?” V • • .
rIEN civic circles start selling
Brownsville in a big way. after
the port comes, population is
going to be one of the greatest of
factors toward successful sales.
The same applies to Point Isabel,
except that the ratio of growth will
be largqr. Point Isabel is not con
sidered a city to start with. It will
certainly be in line to make one,
once «he ships start coming in.
• • •
A VISIT to McAllen yesterday
brought forth many freaks of
the hail storm which recently
tisited there. One of the most
fortunate things in this misfortune
was that it covered only a small
area. One or two orchards were
seen with the leaves on the trees,
but the bark damaged. But these
few appeared to be the only ones
damaged.
One story going the rounds, and ,
which is avowed true, is that one S
Mess woman drove out in the
, which the clogged ice held ;
e streets and became seasick.
The engineer of this column was
given her name, but has not so far
l06t his mind enough to print it.
When ladies take after us we take
out.
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ANEW airline is promised for
Brownsville and McAllen with
in thirty days. These people say
they are coming right in and start
to work. All they ask is business
enough to keep them going. The
line will be from Houston to Mon
terrey.
1 This action brought queries into
the proposed line to Kansas City
frc ’ Brownsville. It was said that
this is still in the development stage
Mr Page of the Houston company
says all the development in this
iaic has been done.
WWW
WHILE reports are not all in at
this writing, it seems that one
fatal accident marred the week
end This was indeed deplorable.
Ann Norris was killed at Edinburg.
Otherwise it seems the accidents
«n general have been lowered since
*he state officers were placed on the
i highwav. While sitting at Donna
I Sunday evening a speedster came
flying by so fast you could hardly
zL him' In a few minutes came
a motorcycle officer The chase
_.g. on. The officer won the race
and the speeder won a ticket to
- * UJ a ticket to court is far bet
, _ than a ticket to eternity. Tickets
o eternity are all one way.
FOl’NP on the wires
Roosevelt field, n. y. -ml-*
Frances Rees ha? dropped nearly
three miles in the air with a
—rachute. It took a plane an hour
?nd g half to get her up 14.800 feet,
and dbe came down in fourteen min
gle V Frenchman holds a record
SSJkuo f«t.
^UiuiSVILLE — Miss P. Foley of
.-u^viile has tried bowling for the
time by competing in the Na
tournament. For eight frames
Din boys had nothlnglo do. In
rj" ninth' she knocked down one
and she finished with a sen
ESonal eight, in the tenth.
PHILADELPHIA — Once again
**««Derto Sederio. who led the band
Ljnewey at Manila Bey. has wield
JJthe baton on the Admiral’s flag
1 v the Olympia. In a wheel chair
rLierio directed the playing of “The
Swaiblo Eagle.” the music Dewey or
2JL* going into battle. The occasion
^Va Sunday celebration in advance
*rLfre 32nd anniversary of the bat
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STATE GUARDS
TAKE CHARGE
AT COLUMBUS
Message to Prison
Inmates Says Be
Good or Sorry
COLUMBUS. O. April 28—(^»—
National guardsmen and 150 Col
umbus police were sent into Ohio
penitentiary today.
Movement of the policemen into
the prison climaxed a night of
turmoil during which thousands of
convicts tore down cell doors and
did other damage.
Machine gurrs were trained on
the penitentiary from national
guard headquarters across the
street, and all prison exits were
closely guarded by soldiers.
The prisoners were creating no
disturbance at the time the police
men were dispatched, and It was
believed this was done to prevent,
rather than quell, an outbreak.
After entering the prison yard,
the officers formed in a semi
circle. apparently waiting to watch
the convicts leave the cell blocks
for the mess halls.
Forty new prison guards em
ployed to augment the regular
force Joined the policemen.
Good or Sorry
Indications were that no trouble
was expected unless the convicts
refused to go to work and to end
their passive resistance against
Warden P. E. Thomas, whose re
moval they have demanded since
last Monday's fire in which 320
prisoners died
Warden Thomas announced the
unruly prisoners would not be given
any breakfast “until we are through
mopping up with them.”
Guards were sent into the White
City idle house to inform the pris
oners of this and to tell them “be
good cm- be sorry '’
A guard captain rushed from the
idle house and Informed the warden
that the "bad” men In the cell
block were going to attempt a
break over the southeast wall. They
already had ropes in place, he said.
Prisoner! Lined t*p
The police were armed with side
arms, riot clubs, and tear gas
bombs.
At 8 a. m.. Eastern Standard Time.
Col. R. S. Haubrich, in command
of the national guard troops, in
formed Gov. Cooper that prison of
ficials. the police, and the national
guard were In command of the
situation.
At that hour, prisoners confined
in dormitories wrre ltned up in
the yard to march to the mess halls
for breakfast.
Armed guards were sent into the
prison basement to prevent any
attempted underground escape.
Rites Tomorrow For
Los Fresnos Woman
Mrs. Maria Rivas. 22. died this
morning nt 9 o'clock at Mercy hos
pital. Funeral services are to be
conducted Tuesday morning at 9
o’clock in Los Fresnos. with burial
in the Los Fresnos cemetery.
She is survived by her husband.
Norberto Rivas; her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jose Tobias; her father
in-law. E. Rivas; and one brother
and two sisters, all residing in
Los Fresnos.
Garza's funeral home is direct
ing arrangements.
County Dads Act on Jail
Financing Step Referred to Judge Dancy
And Auditor J. J. Bishop
At a special meeting Monday, the Cameron county commissioners' court
referred the question oi financing a new Jail recommended by the re
cent grand Jury to Courty Judge O. C. Dancy and Auditor J. J. Bishop.
They are to study over the problem at hand and turn their recom
mendations over to the commissioners in the near future.
The county already has a lot near the present Jail, which was obtained
some time ago from the Brownsville precinct.
Commissioner J. F. Baughn of Harlingen seemed to be the only mem- j
Pharmacists Asked
To Make Valley Tour
• Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. April 2S— Valley
chambers of commerce are to Join
in efforts to bring the Texas Phar
maceutical association to the Val
ley for a visit.
The association will hold its state
convention in Houston June 16-19,
and an invitation is being extend
ed by chamber of commerce of
ficials to come to the Valley for
a side tour. Some response from the
organization ts expected at an early
date.
San Benito Damage
Suit Is Continued
The case of O. O. Murray vs. City
of San Benito, a damage suit grow
ing out of an automobile crash,
has been continued in the civil dis
trict court.
Judge A. M. Kent sustained a
motion to quash citation upon the
defendant.
DRIVER KILLED
NOCONA April 2S—<;P> — Jess
Ricks, 30, truck driver, was killed
near here last night while unload
ing a heavy derrick. Heavy tim
ers crushed out his life. '
£ DfT OI Uie court oppoe>eu w im
proving the old jail or constructing
a new one. He said he was in fa
vor of not handling federal prison
ers.
Judge Dancy said if the county 1$
able to collect the $75,000 due from
present and ex-officials as shown
by a recent audit, that the jail
could be erected without further
taxation. This matter was to have
been taken up Monday but the
absence of Harry Faulk, special at
torney hired by the county, caused
its postponement.
The commisioners authorized a
request upon Geo. B. Terrell, state
commissioner of agriculture, that
five additional inspectors be placed
in this county. There are now 15,
inspectors here.
A new apportionment of commis
sioners’ salaries out of the various
county funds was arranged in ac- ,
cordance with a new state law
which becomes effective May 20.
Returns of the Olmito school>
board election were canvassed and j
N. J. Mickle. D. A. Robbins and i
H. H. Panning were declared elect
ed. The returns were: Mickle 30.1
Robbins 30. Fanning 27, J. L. Par
ker 17, H. F. Faunsworth 15 and
! Robert Richardson 10.
M. W. Knight was appointed
deputy county clerk.
Berry Holcomb and C. A. Mana
han were reimbursed for expenses
incurred in their tick eradication
wsrk.
i
DON’T YOU WANT TO GO TO DIXIE?
Heres a pretty fair reason why Dixie can claim for something be
sides cotton. A typical southern beauty and as popular as she Is pretty,
Marie Harrison has just been elected president of the new chapter of
Gamma Phi Beta at Birmingham-Southern College. Birmingham, Ala.,
the first chapter of that organization formed in Alabama.
Scientists Watch Eclipse
Every Known Invention Employed to Obtain
Record of Shadow for Posterity
_________
SAN FRANCISCO. April 28—(/P>—'The moon, passing in front of the
sun. today cast a shadow a half mile wide on the earth, and scientists, j
with the aid of radio, telescope, airplane, and spectroscope, arranged to
record the event for posterity.
The path of totality started about 300 miles at sea and swept east
ward just north of San Francisco across the Sierra mountains. Totality j
was at approximately 11 a. m.
Ingenuity of scores of scientists were taxed by efforts to photograph
‘LOVE LICKS’ i
Woman Makes Plea For
Man After Fight
EVANSTON. HI.. April 28——
Mrs. Elsie Richards' neck bore fing
er marks, and Thomas Joranger's
head had a deep gash in it.
Police got a call last night from
Mrs. Richards, a widow. She said a
man had choked her and was even (
then in an alleyway near her apart
ment. The police found Joranger.
rubbing his head. Mrs. Richards, he i
said, had heaved a milk bottle with
unerring atm. This episode appar- j
ently was subsequent to an en
counter during which the finger
marks were inflicted on Mrs Rich
ard’s neck.
As the law was about to lock
Joranger up, Mrs. Richards stepped
forward.
“Don't jail him." she said. “He
couldn't pay a fine. Besides, w’e
intend to get married next week.''
lilt? &I1BUUW ttl VIIC law w*
1 200 miles an hour. The total ec
lipse was but 1.3 seconds.
The largest expedition of scien
tists from tick observatory of the
University of California, was locat
ed at Camptonville, in Northern
California.
Boy scouts were called to aid the
Camptonville scientists by tracing
the moon's shadow through a nov
el method suggested by Professor
Joe Ueta of Kyoto University, Ja
pan.
Thirty boys were stationed a few
feet apart across the predetermin
ed path of the eclipse and through
smoked glasses were asked to trace
on paper six inches in diameter the
rim of the moon as seen against
the sun. Professor Ueta's theory'
was that the tracing might enable
authorities to determine the moon's
movements, which are erratic oe
cause of the pull of other planets.
Near Camptonville was another
party of experts from the Univer
sity of Nevada one from John Hop
kins of Baltimore and a third from
Pomona College at Claremont. Cali
fornia.
Stationed near Honey Lake were
scientists from Mt. Wilson observa
tory. while nearby was the Alleg
heny expedition from Pittsburgh,
Pa.
Newspapers Used As
Prisoners* Warning
HOUSTON, April 28-i/P-Because
of the "moral value" involved, Lee
Simmons, general manager of the
State Penitentiary system, has
caused copies of Houston newspa
pers giving detailed accounts of the
Ohio prison disaster Monday in
which more than 300 prisoners were
burned to death or suffocated, to be
distributed among inmates of the
State Penitentiary at Huntsville.
"In distributing the papers," Sim
mons explained, “I pointed out that
all major prison disasters and fatal
breaks have been caused by a few
disgruntled men and that In every
instance the prisoners themselves
are the losers. I appealed to the
saner elements among inmates at
Huntsville that their own interests
kre best served by helping us control
these malcontents, who constitute a
small but dangerous element within
the walls."
Bombing Suspect
In Hands of Mob
TAMPA. Fla.. April 28——John
Hodaz, 40-vear-old white man, sus
pected of bombing a Plant City
residence was taken from a Dep
uty Sheriff last nightb y a mob of
masked men. who were believed by
authorities to have lynched him.
Deputy Sheriff Tobe Robinson
said he arrested Hodaz. a native of
Hungary, in a rooming house here
and was taking him to Bartow. Fla
for safe-keeping, when overpowered
by the mob south of Plant City.
Baby Dies
Funeral services are to be ton
ducted this afternoon at 5:30 for
little Roberto Galvan, seven months
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gal
van. sixteenth ard Van Buren
streets. The baby died this morn
ing at 8 o'clock at the family home
Burial will be In city cemetery.
Garza's will be in charge of the
funeral services. '
BROWNSVILLE
GUNS CLAIM
TWO VICTIMS
N*?re*s May Die As
Result of Wound:
Youth Shot
Two persons were in the Mercy
Hospital Monday suffering from
wounds they received in shooting af
frays Saturday and Sunday nights
here.
Isabel Bankston. 22-year-old ne
gress, was in a serious condition os
the result of 38-calibre pistol wounds
in the groin and right leg. She was
suffering internal hemorrhages
Monday and there was some concern
for her life. Arruttce Price. 24
year-old negress. was in the county
Jail as an outgrowth of the shoot
ing.
Luis Oqulnaco. about 20. was shot
in the right side with a load of
birdshot by a nightwatchman in the
the Missouri Pacific freight yard
late Saturday night. His injuries
were painful but not of a serious
nature.
Follow’ing a succession of box car
robberies the watchman was placed
in the yards Saturday night. Friday
a car belonging to National Biscuit
company had been robbed. Officers
discovered the loot under a nearby
building and left it there in order
to catch the culprits.
Confession Is Made
Late Saturday night the watch
man saw two youths approach the
stolen goods and attempt to take
it from under the building. When
he called for them to halt they broke
and ran. He fired after the flee
ing figures A few moments later
City Policemen A. Garcia and A
Oliveria picked up Aquinaco as he
staggered through the streets.
Sunday the boy made a wTitten
confession to Lt. of Police John T.
Armstrong.
Sunday night Lt. Armstrong was
called to the negro section to quell
a disturbance between a man and
woman. A crowd gathered around as
the argument was settled. Shortly
after the principals had been sent
on their way. Isabel Bankston said:
“Somebody has been talking about
me.” officers state.
Charges Withheld
At that point Arruttce Price pull
ed a pistol and shot the negress
twice before the gun could be taken
from her. officers say. The injured
woman was taken to the hospital
and her assailant to the county
jail.
Charges are being held up pend
ing the outcome of the injuries.
Deputy Sheriff R. G. Delaney was
with Lt. Armstrong at the time.
Lindy Rests After
Opening Mail Route
CRISTOBAL. Canal Zone, April
28—<£>>—Colonel Charles A. Lind
bergh rested here today after having
wTitten in a ten hour and thirty one
minute flight from Havana yester
day. another chapter in man's con
q 'St of the air.
Leaving Havana at 5:33 a. m.,
Colonel Lindbergh set his big Sikor
sky plane down at Puerto Cabezas.
Nicaragua, at 11:37 a. m., and 35
minutes later took off for France
Field, here, arriving at 4:04 p. m .
several minutes ahead of the sched
ule he had set for himself.
His route was directly across the
Caribbean sea to a point on the
Nicaraguan coast instead of Yuca
tan, and then down the coast to
the refueling point.
Colonel Lindbergh carried with
him 215 pounds of mail, which,
transferred to another similar plane,
will be carried on today by L. R.
Moore towad Talara Peru, from
which points various planes will
spread it to points of address in the
South American republics.
San Benitoans Open
Billboard Warfare
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENIfTO. April 28—San Be
nito’* Kiwants Club has started a
campaign against billboards and
i other advertising matter on the
highways of the Valley on the
ground that they not only consti
tute eyesores but that in many
instances they are a hazard to
traffic.
Enforcement of the state law
against signs on the highway is
asked by the club. The state high
wav department has referred the
request to T. W. Bailey of Corpus
Christi, division engineer, according
to a letter received by C. L. Milner,
secretary of the local club, from
the Ai*tin office.
Club officials point out that many
of the signs not only mar the ap
pearance of highways but in some
places obstruct the views, making
driving more dangerous. Signs at
curves are the most dangerous,
they say.
Raymondville Water
Mains Are Extended
(Special to The Herald.)
RAYMONDVILLE. April 28-After
three weeks delay caused by the
non-arrival of material, work has
again started on the extension of
the water mains In Raymondville.
A large gang of men went to work
Thursday morning and were rapid
ly laying the six and eightrlnch
mains in the outlying districts
| Upon their completion, these new
mains will furnish water and fire
protection to a large area of newly
constructed residences which have
been built within the past year and
will be greatly appreciated by all
conceited.
WANTS NOOSE
Declaring that he is “too mean
and low-down to live," Carl Panz
ran, above, an inmate of the fed
eral penitentiary at Leavenworth,
Kan., who murdered Supt. R. G.
Warnke, wants to be hanged for
his crime. He is under sentence
of death, and if his sentence is
carried out will be the first man
to be hanged in Kansas in more
than 30 years.
CHINESE BAKER
HELD MISSING
Samuel Shong. a Chinaman, well I
known resident of Matamoros has
disappeared Shong has lived in
Matamoros several years and has;
operated a bakery in the border
city.
Tha circumstances that surround I
Shongs disappearance has led to
varied comments among the resi
dent sof the border gity. According
to information furnished by ttie
Matanforos police chief. Shong was
apparently engaged in the prepar
ation of dough last night when he
waa attacked by unknown persons
He put up a struggle, but was over
powered and carried away. The
same men, thought to be Orientals,
carried Shong away unconscious. As
yet his whereabouts is unknown.
The Matamoros police department
is working on the case since it is
believed that Shong met with foul
play and that his body has been
burled near Matamoros.
Case a Mystery
An Oriental air of mystery sur
rounds the case. A safe deposit
box was rifled and $400 were taken.1
Tracks leading from the bakery to
the street outside indicate that sev
eral men entered the place last night
and Shong disappeared between
eleven and one o’clock. A boy,
asleep in the room adjoining the
bake.-y says that he did not hear
signs of a struggle.
Geronimo Wing and Jose Ramos
are being held in the Matainoros
jail pending investigation oT the
affair Wing is an employe of the
victim The bakery is located at
Bravo and 14th streets.
The boy helper who was asleep at
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City Census Campaign Is
Opened by Volunteer Army
Brownsville's volunteer army of determined census-takers went into
action today with the firm resolve to bring the final population total to
well above the 20,000 mark.
The volunteer workers, Including the town's most prominent citizens,
set out following a meeting at the chamber of commerce building at
10 o'clock. *
An executive committee consisting of A. Wayne Wood. P. M. Lamber
ton, W. B. Clint, Z. A. Rosenthal. R. B. Rentfro, and G. C. Richardson,
FIGHT FATAL I
Argument Over Corpse Ends
In Texarkana Death
TEXARKANA. Tex., April 28 —
(VP)—Paul Hunter. 23. employe In
an undertaking establishment, was
dead today, and his co-worker, 21,
was held in jail after a shooting
last night which resulted from an
argument as the two youths work
ed over a corpse.
Investigating officers said wit
nesses declared the youths, room
mates and associates for three years,
engaged in a fist fight in which
Hunter was victor. The other youth
ran from the morgue into their
room, returning with a pistol and
fired six times, four shots striking
hunter.
Eighteen Escape In
Marshall Accident
MARSHALL, Tex., April 28.—OP)
—Eighteen persons recovering to
day from injuries suffered yester
day when a motor truck in which
they were riding overturned 10 miles
south of here.
Eight of the injured were in h<l
pitals. but none was in a serious
condition. The other injured were
given treatment at nearby farm
homes.
The party was en route from
Ada. Okla., to Daingerfield. The
accident occurred when the vehicle
, struck some soft dirt and went into
a dit0.
j
[ secretary ox tne committee, pre
sided over the meeting.
Practically the entire list of dis
trict captains was present, this
number Including Charles Burton,
Sam Perl, R. M. Pate. Ismail Za
rate. E A. Monsees, Antonio Ta
mayo. A. C. Hipp, Alfred Putegnit.
Mike Groom, Ed Mockbee, Augus
tine Celaya, Jr., A K. Black. E J.
Tucker, Stanley Ford, and James
L. Abney.
City Scoured
Mr Lamberton reviewed the sit
uation and explained the use of
the blanks provided the enumera
tors. Approximately 75 were pres
ent at the meeting, and it was ex
plained that a large number of the
workers weie already scouring the
city listing names.
The manner in which the city’s
census-takers will work makes the
executive committee responsible for
the work done. The captains, two
or three in each of Brownsville's
12 districts, will have a large num
ber of men unde- them, and will be
directly responsible for them. When
the workers finish their district, they
will give their blanks to the cap
tains .and the captains in turn will
give them to the executive commit
tee. This committee will then give
the results to L. E Bennett's official
department in Fort Brown, after
whici a check will be made by the
■ federal man.
’ To t’se Fine Combs
, The new men will call at every
residence and business house in the
city limits, and ask, first, if the fed
eral enumerator has called. If he
has and has gathered the necessary
information, the city men will only
take down the name of the head of
the house, the number of persons
included in the household, and if a
servant resides on the premises
However, if the federal enumera
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NATIONS STUDY
WATER RIGHTS
Prior Rights to Rio Grande Waters Basis
Of Contention As Delegates
Fail to Agree
By HARRY L. SEXTON
WASHINGTON, April 28.—While no agreement was reached by the
American and Mexican sections of the International Water Commission
relative to division of the waters of the Rio Grande, Colorado and Tim
Juana rivers, the report of the commission, recently submitted to con
gress by President Hoover, is expected to be the basis upon which a
treaty between the two republics, covering the division of these waters,
may be negotiated by the state department.
The report is voluminous and is accompanied by a number of exhibits
cone CHIEF
EXPECTED HERE
Owen P. White Arrive* For
Creager Libel Suit
Opening May 5
‘ Here T am but I don't know
how long I will be here;’ said Owen
P. White, nationally famous writer,1
Monday.
Mr. White Is in Brownsville in
connection with the $1,000,000 libel
suit filed against Collier's maga
zine by R. B. Crcaeer. Brownsville.
The trial will open May 5, M the
local court.
“The trial? You know* more about
it than I do. I am here merely as
a witness, and I didn’t even know
that C. E. Kelley, Collier's attor
ney. was here until I was told Sun
day,” he continued.
Mr. White, tall, well-built, with
gold-rimmed spectacles resting on j
high cheekbones, dressed in black j
with a small Hamburg hat of the
same color, arrived in Brownsville
Sunday and registered at the El
Jardin hotel.
"My visit here this time will!
depend upon the length of the!
trial,” he explained. He added that j
this was his fourth trip to Browns- ;
viUe.
Chenery May Come
When asked to verify the report
that William Ludlow Chenery,
editor of Collier's magazine, would
attend the trial here, he said that
he was under the Impression that
the editor would be here.
"The last time that I was in New
York, two months ago. he Inti
mated that he would be in Browns
ville, and I think that he will.”
Mr. White stated.
In answer to the Inevitable ques- i
tion "What do you think of the
Valley" the famous author said that
he thought it was one of the best
sections in the country,
"I have just written an article
on the Lower Rio Grande Valley
which will appear in the current
(Continued on page 10*
[covering In detail the general fea
tures of the international stream*
together with data on proposed dam
sites and other factors connected
with proposed conservation of the
surplus waters.
While the Mexican and American
sections failed to reach an agree
ment upon the basis for division, 4
they were unanimous in recom
mending that the investigations ue
continued, and that complete data
be obtained on the flow of the
streams and possible sites for con
servation and power dams.
The report was submitted to con
gress without comment by President
Hoover, but the Secretary of State
appended the statement: "The
American section in its report ex
presses views on legal and political
matters which have not been passed
upon or approved by this depart -
men."
Prior Rights Crux
With respect to the Rio Grande
the Mexican section contends that
after fuli development of the trib
utaries, the waters of the main
stream should be distributed equal
ly; that power development on the
main stream also should be distrib
uted equally; and that no recogni
tion of prior rights be accorded pres
ent users. The American section In
sisted upon equal distribution of
water and power and recognition of
prior rights.
One of the most significant state
ments of the Mexican represent
atives was with respect to distribu
tion of storage and power, in which
they said: “II is felt that it would
be fair and equitable to divide tha
expenses and benefits of such stor
age works as are constructed by the
two countries on the main river in
the same proportion as water is
contributed by each for storage
therein: and that the expenses
and benefits of such power plants
as are constructed by the two coun
tries should be divided in the same
proportion as the water is contribut
ed for each for use in such power
plants. But it may be further to the
mutual interest of both countries for
the United States to pay a larger
proportion of the cost of some such
works and get in return a larger
portion of water, or possibly some
other distribution of cost and ben
efits might be developed to the bet
ter satisfaction of the two coun
tries ”
In summing up the efforts of tha
international commission. Dr. El
wood Mead, chairman of the Amer
ican section, stated: ’The United
States section has suggested a basis
for the distribution of waters be
tween the two countries and the
Mexican section prefers another,
quite different. There is no pros
pect of reconciling these divergent
views by further discussion.”
Storage Studied
In their conclusions on the Rio
Grande, the American section
states: "On the Rio Grande further
investigation must be mainly con
cerned with the storage of the 4.
000.000 acre feet which now runs
to waste, but further study is un
availing until some determination
shall be made of the source of the
water to be stored on the river
where it is a boundary stream, and
that in turn will depend upon the
storage upon the tributaries in the
two countries, and an international
agreement of treaty fixes the share
each country shall contribute. On
the Rio Grande, the question of
division of the stored w-aters cannot
be solved until that of contribution
can first be answered.
"Under all circumstances the
United States section believes that
it is now required to make to its
government the report to congress
required by law, and that further
study of the question of distribution
of waters should follow the decision
• Continued on page 10)
j WEATHER " |
For Brownsville and the Valley:
Mostly cloudy and somewhat un
! settled tonight and Tuesday, probab
i ly with local showers; not much
change in temperature.
| For East Texas: Cloudy tonight
and Tuesday with scattered showers;
I not much change in temperature
Moderate to iresh southerly winds
on the coast.
DAILY RIVER BULLETIN
The river will rise to about two
thirds banklu! at San Benito and
Brownsville late this afternoon and
tonight then start falling slowly al
most immediately thereafter.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr.
8taga Stage Ohng. pm-i
Sunday. April 27th
Eagle Pass 16 16 0.0 .00
Laredo 27 -1 2 -0 2 .00
Rk> Grand® 21 9 4 *6.8 .00
Mission 23 7.6 +4.4 .00
San Benito 23 8.0 +0.6 .00
Brownsville 18 18 +0.4 .00
Monda'. April S8th
Eagle Pass 16 19 *0.3 .76
Laredo 27 -12 0.0 .02
Rio Grand® 21 8.7 -0.7 .00
Mission 22 119 44.3 .00
San Benito 23 24 4 46 4 .00
Brownsville 18 ^0 +L2 - £P :
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