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Paved Highway Through Kenedy Hope Now Centered About Pope Measure
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I OUTLOOK FOR
BILL’S OKEH
{SAID BRIGHT
fBy Staff Correspondent)
RAYMONDVILLE. Peb. 18 —
Realization of a dream of 2o years
—a paved highway through Kenetiv
county—looms as a result of the
Rope bill now in the legislature. Nat
Wetael, leader m Willacy countv’a
light, said today.
“It looks like the Pope bill will
solve the problem, and bring us
the road, and it looks like the bill j
i> sure to pass," Wetzel said.
Sentiment Strong
Wetael said he had letters troai j
many Texas senators and repres
entatives stating that they are j
working for the bill.
“Sentiment generally is so strong ;
in favor of this highway that it is
practically political suicide for any I
legislator to oppose this bill," Wet- ;
Kl said.
The Pope bill was mtroduced by
W, B. Pope, the veteran Nueces
county representative, who has
been a strong force in the Texas
legislature for a decade or more
The bill does not mince words.
It states that the Texas Highway
department shall proceed at once
with the construction of a paved
highway throuh Kenedy county,
a It further declares the lack ol
’ such a road an emergency situation,
which makes the bill emergency
legislation and cuts through delays
and some red tape.
‘Lamest Practical Date
The bill provides lor a slate high
way “beginning at the terminus ol
the present Stale Highway in said
town of Rivera in Kleberg county.
Texas, and extending into and
through Santa, Tex., to and into
RaymondviUc in Willacy a* herein
designated to be along the slight
est and most practical route and
to be within a reasonable time
from the date of this Act taking
effect, surveyed and laid out under
the direction of the State Highway
Commission as now provided by l3w
for the designation and laying out of
State Highways; the right of way for
aaid highway to be acquired by the
State Highway Commission as now
provided by law. where said right
of way is not now a part of the
Stale Highway system. That said
highway take such designation and
number as the State Highway com
mission may fix as now authorized
by law and to be constructed in
such manner and out of such ma
terials and of such thickness and
width and durability as the High
way Commission may designate, and
the actual construction work on said
highway to be begun in the due or
der of priority and be prosecuted
continuously and diligently and with
due skill and to b completed a;
the earliest practical date, ar.d
opened and maintained as other
state highways."
Necessity Pointed Out
The bill proceeds to show the
necessity lor such a road, and de
clares an emergency.
Wetzel said the people of Willacy
county have every hope that the
bill will pass, and that the road
will then > forced through Kenedy
eunty.
•Suppose the bill does not pass?"
he was asked.
“We believe that It will." Wetzel
said.
‘‘Do you think the highway com- j
mission will build the road after the
law is passed?" he asked
“We believe that they will."
Wetzel said the county is spt rri- j
ing it* energies now in helping »o
get the MU passed, and will waten
development then.
‘TROUSERS SO EFFEMINATE’
No. Edwin, these blushing beauties are not Marlene Pantlcgs" Die
trich and Bebe 'Trousers” Daniels. These blushing beauties are Bert
Wheeler and Robert Woolsey skirting about Hollywood. If rough old
Marlene Dietrich wants to wear the pants, let her, say Ben and Bob.
"Anything good enough lor my mother is good enough for me.” declar
ed Wheeler. The only comment Woolsey had to olfer was: “Trousers
are so effeminate.”
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/ / Wildcats Over
Upper Valley Keep
Oil Interest High
(Special to The Herald)
RIO GRANDE CITY. Feb. 18
Eleven wildcat locations in widely
scattered parts of Starr and Hidal
go countiCo. most of them deep tests,
kept those Interested in Lower Rio
Grande Valley oil developments on
the jump duruiR the past week.
These eleven wildcats offer almut
unlimited possibilities and this ac
counts for the fact that acreage
surrounding them is virtually all
leased before they start drilling.
In addition to these wildcats,
two tests in the Rio Grande City
deep pool and two in the North
Los Olmos shallow pool, both prov
en areas, were drilling.
In the Rio Grande City pool, 'wo
new deep tests penetrated the 1.404
foot sand and drilled below 1.500
feet in vain search for the pay.
Witherspoon's No. 1 E. M. Joins,
located 150 feet from the north and
850 leet from the east lines r»f
Block 5. Tn.ct 77-A, Porcion 81
Ancient Jurisdiction of Camargo,
w.i bailed rirv at total dentil of I.
486 feet. The well madV an oil
showing but no more, it was aban
doned Friday. It Is only a few hun
Question on Canada
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HORIZONTAL
1 Commandcr-in
•chief of a
navy.
7 Spatulate
Implement.
8 Any flatfish.
10 Implement to
hold two pic* ei
together.
11 Pertaining to
tides.
13 Nymph of the
Mohammedan
paradise.
14 To decay.
15 Ocean.
17 Ordered.
19 To respond to
a stimulus.
21 Inspires
reverence.
22 Electri tied
particle.
23 Sorrowful.
24 Laughter
sound.
25 By.
26 Determina*
biiity.
28 Bei eL
29 Deity.
AiiMw*r lo I'miuiu Pu/zip
.10 Vandal.
31 Grief.
32 Destiny.
33 To contradict.
35 Killed * itli a
javelin, as
fish.
37 Church title.
38 Evil (prefix).
39 Net weights of
containers.
40 Rubbed clean.
42 Sleeps.
43 “From —— to
Beersheba? *
4 4 Filthy.
45 Piece of
armor.
\ ERTICAL
1 Armadillo.
2 Canada is
• ailed a -?
2 Sott broom.
4 Within.
5 Entrance.
♦1 Boy.
7 Squalid
neighborhood.
9 Formed a
foundation.
10 Arrival.
11 Thick shrub.
12 Meadow.
15 Smoothed with
a bowel.
11 State of being
renewed.
16 A faithful
friend.
17 Prank.
IS Period.
lft Beam of light.
2u Insulated.
25 Royal maces.
26 To place.
27 Neither.
28 Walking
sticks.
30 Moist.
32 Four’ teus.
31 To nod.
35 Possessed.
36 Hops kilns.
5S Bill of fare in i
a restaurant.
11 Heavy felt * !
half boot
worn by
loggers.
12 Long narrow
'inlet.
41 Doctor (abbr.).
i dred leet north of Sioux Oil com
i pany's No. 1 Goodrich, deep dis
icovery. Its failure turther limited
nearby possibilities.
Howard Staggs' No 1 Ida Oaiti,
located 150 feet from the south and
150 feet from the west lines of
Block 16. Tract 4. Portion 81. An
cient Jurisdiction of Camargo. and
| about 800 leet northwest of the
I Witherspoon test was abandoned
! dry Friday alternoon after making
some oil showings earlier m the
1 week The hole was drilled well ce
iow 1.500 feet without obtaining pru
; auction and definitely kills chances
to the immediate north ol the deep
discovery i>ool. which is now one
location wide and aoout lour long
north and south.
In the North Los Olmos shelhv
I pool. Sinclair Culbertson's No. 2
j Kelsay-Bass, located 150 leet from
j the south and 450 leet lrom the east
1 lines ol the southwest quarter ol
; the southwest quarter ol the south
1 west quarter of Section 5. Porctones
75, 76 and 88. Ancient Jurisdiction
of Camargo, was abandoned dry at
899 feet. Only two leet of sand was
cored m the regular shallow sand at
465 feet.
Hooks & Weaver's No. 14 Kelsay
Bass. a projected deep test in the
heart ol the shallow pool, lo r a
shp in the hole at 660 leet. tailed to
lish it out and liiiaHy skidded til1
derrick a lew feet and started H-W
No. 14-A. The new test is now drill
ing at 350 'eel on the scheduled 3,
000 foot test. Location is 150 feel
lrom the west and 250 feet frem
the south lines ol the east three
quarters ol the northeast quarter ol ;
ihe southwest quarter of Section 6.
Porcicnes 75, 76 and 77. Ancient
Jurisdiction ol Camargo. A gasoline
rotary is being used.
Willi virtual assurance that the i
Rio Grande City deep pool will not
at the present develop into big pay. j
wild-catters who arr keeping the j
boys interested in Starr county.
The Roma pool jumped into the
limelight during the past week with 1
two good gas wells completed out
cf what had been reported as aban
donments, one deep test to be pm fi
eld down shortly, one test in the
vicinity continuing drilling and two
new tests proposed for the near fu
ture.
The gassers completed were Daw
sens No. 3 Margo, located 600 feet
from the west and 5.560 lret fiom
the south lines of Share No. 3-B
Poraoii 70. Ancient Jurisdiction of
Mier. and Dawsons No. 4 Vtigo.
heated 700 feet from the west and
'>.560 feet from the south lines of
the same Share 3-B. Both wells
tested 80 pounds rock pressure after
they had once been abandoned as
drv oil wells.
While there is no market for gas
wells in this more or less isolated
location, they will furnish more than
enough fuel'for Stickney’s No. ! H.
Gonzeles. located 366 feet from the
east and 3.166 feet from the south
lines of Survey 339; for Jim Cloud.
Inc.. No. 1 Sanchez, located in the
exact center of Survey 344. a shoit
distance to the east: for Jim Cloud.
Inc.. No. 2 Sanchez, located 2.000
feet south and 600 fee; west of Nr
1 Sanchez; for a new deep test to
be drilled by Moore & Jenkins of
McAllen, successful operators in thp
North Los Olmos shallow pool, on
the R. E. Margo properties* Mid
for other tests expected to be drilled
in the immediate vicinity.
Stickney’s No. 1 H Gonzales is
"banging over, after spudding in
"me time ago. from a light gaso
line to a heavy duty steam rotary
rig. The deep test, to go 3.500 feet, i
should be drilling again shortly. j
ROOSEVELTS
FREEDOM ENDS
WITH5SH0TS
NEW YORK. Feb. 18.—<*»>—Five
mad shots by an assassm have
about closed the door of freedom
to Franklin D. Roosevelt. The
president-elect found today he was
looking at the world through rows
of blue coats.
Throngf Thankful
Mr. Roosevelt is also conscious
as never before of the feeling of
America for him as president-elect.
The throngs that lined the streets
last night when he arrived under
an extraordinary guard of 1.000
policemen testified to their thank
fulness that he had escaped death
at Miami and to their admiration
of his coolness unflfcr fire.
Where one policeman stood a
month ago in front of the Roose
velt home on East 65th street, a
squadron patrolled today. Although
ibsolute order prevailed, tne police,
stirred to unprecedented precau
tions oy Giuseppe Zangara and
his hatred for “presidents and
kings,” were taking no chances.
The president-elect himself was
still smiling and going ahead with
the preparation* for the presiden
cy without any change in his daily
routine. Meanwhile, he kept in
closest touch with the Miami hos
pital where lie the five victims of
the bullets intended for himself.
Hemmed by Police
Reaching New- York late yester
day from the southland, the
Roosevelt party was hemmed in by
a cloud of police and secret ser
vice men. Leaving Ins home alter
dinner to go witj, his son. Elliott,
to Masonic Hall where the sot
leceived the degree of Master
Mason, he was again surrounded
by police. Eight secret service men
with pistols drawn, rod* m a car
behind his.
As unconcerned as ever. Mrs.
Roosevelt reached home yesterday
Hist ahead of her husband and
walked out amid the throngs of
newspapermen and photographers
to sing a •■hello'1 into the car. Mrs.
Curtis B Hall, daughter of Mr.
Roosevelt, rode with him from
Philadelphia and accompanied him
to the house
James A. Parley, national chair
man. headed the reception com
mittee.
sisteroT
‘TEDDY’DIES
NEW YORK Feb. 13 —oP>—
From all over the nation messages
of condolences came today, mourn
ing the death of a distinguished
member of the many-brancheot
Roosevelt lamily, Mrs. Connne
Roosevelt Robinson.
Mrs. RobiffScr., who was a sister
01 Pres. Theodore Roosevelt and
aunt of Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt,
died last night of pneumonia in
J tier 72nd year.
Lake her brother. Mrs. Robinson
j had tremendous energy which car
1 :*ed her into philanthropy, society,
literature and politics. She was
the widow of Douglas Robinson,
wealthy real estate man
sue made the old Roosevelt
' residence in East 20th Street a
shrine lor admirers of Theodore
I Roosevelt; campaigned for liberty
leans, the Salvation Army, the Red
Cross and the republican party;
wrote several volumes of poetry
and a book called • Mv brother T
R”
Mrs Robinson was a fifth cousin
of the president-elect. Surviving
are three children: Theodore Dou
glas Robinson, who was assistant
secretary of the navy under Pres.
Coohdge; Mrs Joseph W. Alsop of
Avon, Conn.; and Monroe Douglai
Robinson of New York.
Liquor Seized
MOBILE. Ala.. Feb. 18. dp,—The
liauor laden American lugger La
Fittr was en route here todav in tor
of the coast guard cutter Hahon
ing.
The lurger carrying 664 cases of
whiskey fell into the hands of *he
Mahoning In the Gulf of Mexico
last night off Southwest Pass. I*..
the cutter informed coast guard
headquarters In a radio message.
Ip in ■ ■
ISLAND HONOR
For mstauci. m Puerto Rico
there is Yvette Louise Baker who
has been chosen queen of the
carnival, the first girl from the
American continent ever to be
given this island honor.
weather' ' 1
East Texas (east of lOOth meri
uian): Partly cloudy; warmer in
west and north portions Saturday
night; Sunday partly cloudy to
cloudy and warmer; local rains on
west coast and m southwest ]>or
tion.
Light to Ircsh easterly to south
erly winds on the coast.
RIVER FORECAST
There will be no material change
in the river during the next 24 to
36 hours.
Flood Present 24-Hr. 24-Hr
Stage Stage Chang. Rain
Eagle Past 16 3 6 0.0 .00
i Laredo 27 0 7 0.0 «Hi
Rio Grande 21 *5.2 '-0.2 .00
Hidalgo 22 5.4 0.0 .03
Mercedes 20 7.7 -0.1 .00
Brownsville 16 .00
• Estimated.
TIDE TABLE
High and low tide at Point Isabel
Sunday, under normal meteor
ological conditions:
High . 2:40 p. m.
Low . 5:01 a- m.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
Sunset today . 6:25
Sunrise tomorrow . 6:02
HEATHER SUMMARY
Barometric pressure was moder
ately low to low over the Rocky
mountain region and the Canadian
northwest this morning, and rela
tively high over most of the bal
ance of the country. Scattered
rains occurred m the southeastern
and middle Atlantic states except
Florida during the last 24 hours.
It was colder to considerably cold
er from New Mexico and most of
Texas northeastward to the Great
Lakes this morning, and somewhat
warmer in portions of the north
j western states.
BULLETIN
(First figures, lowest tempera
ture last night; second, highest
yesterday; third, wind velocity at
8 a. m.; fourth, precipitation in
last 24 hours.)
Abilene . 32 60 .. .00
Amarillo . 26 46 .. .00
Atlanta . 48 54 .. 1.74
Austin . 42 70 .. .00
Boston . 38 46 .. .00
BROWNSVILLE ... 61 75 .. .00
Br'viUe Airport .... 60 77 .. .00
Calgary . 20 32 14 00
Chicago . 22 36 .. .00
Cleveland . 26 34 .. .00
Corpus Chnsti .... 52 68 12 .00
Dallas . 38 66 .. .00
Del Rio . 44 74 .. .00
Denver . 26 44 .. .0u
Dodge City . 20 46 10 00
El Paso . 38 64 .. .30
Port Smith . 38 60 .. .01
Helena . 18 30 .. .00
Houston . 46 66 14 .00
Huron . 20 40 .. .00
Jacksonville . 64 76 .. .00 i
Kansas City . 30 44 .. .0‘t
Los Angeles. 46 68 .. .00
Louisville . 30 50 10 24
Memphis . 38 54 10 .06
Miami . 72 80 .. .00
New Orleans . 62 76 .. .14
North Platte . 24 42 10 .00
Oklahoma City .... 30 48 .. .00
Palestine . 40 68 .. .00
Pensacola . 64 68 12 .00
Phoenix . 40 70 .. 00
Port Arthur . 52 72 .. .00
Roswell . 26 54 .. GO
St. Louis . 32 40 .. .00
St Paul . 10 32 .. .00
Salt Lake City_ 16 30 10 .00
San Antonio . 44 66 14 .on
Santa Fe . 20 40 .. .01
Sheridan . 8 28 .. 00
OLD
STO E
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Cabbage, etc.
ALEXANDER
MARKETING CO.
Phone* 176-177 — Sen Benito, Texet
VALLEY PARKS
BUREAU BUSY
WITH PROGRAM
Plans for continuation of the
highway parks and beautification i
program now being carried out in i
the Valley are being arranged un
der the direction of the South Tex
as Chamber of Commerce bureau of
parks and beautification.
This is a new bureau of the j
South Texas organization and is I
headed by Gutzon Borglum, moun
tain sculptor.
Borglum was in the Valley recent
ly, and anounced a plan few palm
lining of 1500 miles of highway from
Brownsville west along the Rio
Grande to Eagle Pass, then back
through San Antonio to Houston,
and back to Brownsville.
Mr. Borglum recently wrote the !
chamber of commerce here asking <
for a map of the highway beautifi
cation work in this section, and
said he is preparing, as chairman
of the parking board of the state
highway commission, to recommend
to the commission just w’here it
takes up beautification work on the
south Texas highways
On the bureau of parks of the
South Texas Chamber of Commerce
along with Borglum are the follow
ing south Texas people, most of who
are chamber of commerce secretar
ies: Mrs. Lorine Jones Spoonts,
Corpus Christ!: J. E. Bell. Sen
Benito: Miss Ruth Clark. McAllen;
6. C. Richardson. Brownsville; A
Rivera. Jr.. Eagle Pass: Mathias de
Llano, Laredo; Vanoe Porter. Bay
City; W. N. Blanton. Houston; M.
W. Carlton, jfoakum; L. E. Cherry
Beeville.
—
PULLIAM
FOR CONGRESS
F. YV. PULLIAM
Candidate for C'onfmw From
the 15th District
v_ -
Warren Pulliam, a native of Uvalde county,
Texas, 44 years of ag$, a farmer, banker and
business man. is the safest man to send to con
gress from the loth district. He has all the quali
fications requisite, but above every other con
sideration he believes* that the farming indus
try needs the most attrition at this time and be
ing a farmer himself lia^is vitally interested in
the welfare of his farmer arifL business friends.
Civilization begins and ends with the plow’. If the
republic is to survive the producers of the nec
essities of life must be given I*very encourage
ment and protection and be given fair compen
sation for the things they produce. Pulliam will
fight for the farmer, the stockman and the busi
ness man. /
He is for deep water at Porjflsabel and tor nooa
control. He is a battler for lower freight rates
and has represented the people in this partic
ular before various congressional committee and
the Interstate Comnlerce Commission very suc
cessfully for the past ten years and is therefore,
not new to Washington.* He is for Veterans of
all wars; for federal employes and will abide
by the rules of the democratic caucus with re
spect to the submission of the 18th amendment,
hut first of all and above all, he is for the farm
ers of his own and the Lower Rio Grande Valley
sections. Vote for
F. W. PULLIAM
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