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THE WEATHER
Brownsville and the Valley: Fair
Monday night; * Tuesday pertly
cloudy.
FORTY-THIRD YEAR—No. 11
I IN OUR I'
■[VALLEY
OUR FRIENDS THE 8A1LFISH
were safe Sunday.
And we found out one thing, any
way—
That the sail fish coda must in
clude a provision whereby the fish
agree to come out In rough weath
er!
Plenty Interest these said aall
(lah have stirred up.
About a dozen boats made the
venture Sunday morning, and that
iame dozen were forced to come in
yy the rough waters of the mirry
>ld Oulf of Mexico.
• • •
AMBASSADOR JOSEPHUS
Daniels writes to tell how greatly
tenjoyed his visit in Brownsville
I the Valley.
Impressed by the agricultural de
velopment attained m this section
ly use of irrigation was Mr. Dan
els. and further impressed with
he progress made by the Valley
hlong all lines.
Expresses the hope that his proj
cted visit in company with Dr.
»uig. Mexican minister of foreign
Jfairs, will take place in Sep’.em
ver as planned.
Seems as if the Valley made the
leaned impression on our ambassa
ior to Mexico and that from hence
orth he is our fnend and ally in
he matters that come before the
tate department.
We may thank U. S. Sen. Tom
tonnally for a large part of the in
crest now being displayed by Mr.*
janiels, and may show our appre
latlonby giving Sen Connally a
inanimous vote on July 28th.
• • •
••LIE IS PASSED AT DEMO- I
■at County Rally.” headlines the
IcAllen Monitor.
Thinking that old tunes had come
•ck to Hidalgo county we read
be story, every line of it.
Way down in the last paragraph
re found the ’Tie
One speaker had made certain as
ertions regarding another candi
»te who rose to remark that •‘that
m l so!”
That Monitor headline writer
light to come down here ai^d listen
> the Cunnmgham-Dancy debaie.
He'd run out of words!
• • •
WE MAKE THIS SUGGESTION
> those sponsoring these Cameron
>unty "political meetings.
In Justice to candidate* for posi
ons other than that of county
idgf and in justice to the pub
c which is trying to maintain an
itelligent uiierest in politics, how
xxit giving somebody else a chance
i apeak?
To force a candidate to sit tor a
tuple of hour* to speak for three
inutes is rank injustice.
There are other races than that
r the county judge's nomination.
These candidates for other noau
itions are entitled to be heard,
id ahould be given the chance to
i heard.
Cut down on the time given the
ndidates for county judge, and
i the other* have 10 or 15 mtn- J
es every once in a while.
If we are any judge, the public
etty nearly knows by heart tne 1
eeches of both Judge Dancy and ;
dge Cunningham and would like }
hear a new record played every
often.
• • •
^ CAMPAIGN OBSERVATION:
hen a republican uses his in- ,
tence in support of a candidate i
oppose, that's most reprehcnsiole *
When a republican uses his in- '
ence in support of a candida’e,
are supporting, that's a most i
blf gesture?
But then, who expects consis- j
icy In politic*, anyway? s
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THE VALLEY FIRST—FIRST IN THE VALLEY—LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, MONDAY, JULY 16, 1934 EIGHT PAGES TODAY
6c A COPY
Valley Gun Toll Is Five
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STORES LOOTED
OY MODS; FOril
SOPPLIES TAKEN
—
Union Pickets Attempt to Prevent
Groceries From Reaching
1,300,000 Persons
—
SAN FRANCISCO, July 16—(AP)—A paralyzing
union labor strike went into effect here and East Bay
cities Monday and national guard troops, with tanks, ma
chine guns and one-pounders began to converge rapidly
upon the stricken area.
Raids by mobs on grocery stores increased. Rioters
threatened the proprietors, smashed windows and stripped
the places of food supplies.
TROOPS STAND READY
The fear of starvation caused state highway police
ONE DEAD AND
I ONE IS DYING
IN CAMERON
Weed-End Shooting
Sprees Take
Toll
One man i* dead, a second is ex
pected to die and three others were
painfully wounded as the result of
three shooting affrays in Cameron
county over the week end. Adding
to the general toll, a child was in
jured in an automobile accident
here Sunday afternoon.
Farmer Alain
Jacinto de la Cruz. Stuan Place
farmer, was shot to death after be
ing called to his door Sunday night.
In thus altercation. Antonio Aguil
ar. a visitor m the De la Cruz home,
was wounded in the hip by a stray
bullet, and Amelto Ajarria sufter
ed a knife wound in the same tray.
Manuel Gonzalez is being quizzed
by officers in connection with this
battle.
Matthew Greenwood. Harlingen
negro, was wounded six times Sun
day night, but is expected to recov
er. FYank Davis. Harlingen negro.
(Continued on Pag. Two)
C0NN0RCH1LD
STILL MISSING
No Con tact Established
But Kidnap Theory
Is Accepted
HARTSDALE, N. Y- July 16— !
<JP>—The search for 21-months-old
Bobby Connor, strayed or kidnaped,
led again Monday into the woods
fringing this New York suburb.
With the help of bloodhounds and <
Boy Scouts, police organized a new
and more thorough hunt through'
the woodlands and dales near the
Connor home from which the
child has been missing .since Thurs- 1
day.
While authorities and the child's
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Con-1
nor. said no authentic ransom
notes had been received, the theory j
of kidnaping was not abandoned.
The arrest of Bernard Seiden
berg. 20. accused of writing an of
fer to Connor to sell clues to the
whereabouts of the child for $50,
was announced by Frank Fay. de
(Continued on Page Two)
Abney to Speak In
Seabury’s Interest
James L. Abney of Brownsville.
campaign manager for Judge F. W.
Seabury of this city in his race for
the Texas senate, will deliver an
address over Radio Station KRGV
Monday night.
Abney's talk will start at 8 45
and last 15 minutes.
Man, 927f ake7Bride
LUFKIN. July 16.—— Snowy- ‘ '
haired G W. Fisher laughed at old (
age Monday as he ventured forth on
lis honeymoon at the age of 92.
Fisher, one of Lufkins oldest
Tsldents. was married to Mrs. Min.
Ue Tonie Sunday, the Rev. Polly
>urham of the Apostolic church
lere performing the eremony.
It was F’isher's second marriage,
lis first wife having died last year,
f his first wife had lived another,
ear, they would have celebrated
heir golden weeding anniversary.
Don Sentenced
DOUGLAS Isle of M ~ J. y 16. 1
4s—Kaye Don. noted auto racihg I
Iriver. was sentenced td four
nonths' imprisonment Monday af
er his oonviction of manslav hter 1
n the death of his mechanic in a s
i reck May 28. (
Francis Tayler. the mechanic, j
ras killed instantly on a night j r
•ractice run for a iocal race when j
he automobile catapulted Off the s
Ugh way on a bad turn. Don him- | c
elf was seriously injured. i fi
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Bubble ’ Is
Much Trouble
For Sally
CHICAGO. July 16. (4V-Take
it from one who knows, waving a
couple of ostrich feathers is child’s
play compared to the intricacies
of "hiding'' a la nude behind a
transparent "bubble’’
The authority for this is Sally
Rand of World's lair fan dance
notoriety, who took time out be
tween shows to talk of her art—
and her troubles.
Of the latter there seems to be
no end. Last year it was the re
formers who dogged her every
footsetep insisting she wear some
thing more substantial yhan a
plume.
This year it'* the wilej. of a
(Continued on Page Two)
CHARGEFILED
ON CANDIDATE
Pistols Flash in Hidalgo
Clerk's Office During
Argument
(Special to The Herald •
EDINBURG. July 18— Hidalgo
county buzzed with excit lent
Monday following an altercation in
the county clerk's office in which
one candidate drew a gun on five
others, and Sheriff Tom Gill dis
armed the candidate who also is a
special Texas Ranger.
According to eyewitnesses. Ignacio
Rodriguez, employee in the auto
registration bureau of the county
tax collector's office and a candi
date for county commissioner of
Precinct Pour, went to County
Clerk F W. Lemburg's office with
Carl Eckstrom. another candidate
for the same place and demanded
a supervisor for absentee voting
now going on.
Rodriguez engaged in an argu
ment with Lemburg and the latter
finally ordered Rodriguez out of
the office, it was said. The candi
(Continued on Page lwo>
Youth Hurt In
Fall off Horse
• Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. July 16 — Oick
Goodwyn. 16. son of Mr * and Mrs.
R. L. Goodwyn of Pharr is in a
grave condition in the Valley Bap
tist Hospital following injuries re
ceived when he was thrown from a
horse Sunday evening. The youth
was hurt while assisting his father
and others in rounding up cattle
near Raymondville.
The youth received head injuries
and has been in unconscious state
since the accident. X-ray photo
graphs of his head were being made
Monday.
West to Speak
• Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. July 16—First of
i series of political talks schedul
'd by Milton H West in the interest
"f his campaign for re-election as
•ongressman will be held Motidav
light at 8 o’clock in the Legion
sports Arena.
(SECOND TRUNK
VICTIM FOUND
NEAR LONDON
Body of One Woman
And Another’s
Head Found
BRIGHTON, Eng., July 16-h4V
A stuttering waiter who mysterious
ly disappeared over the wreek-end
was sought Monday for question
ing in the bizarre trunk murders
of two women.
A woman's body, jammed double
into a trunk, was found Sunday
night. In ‘he trunk also were the
head and arms of another woman,
believed those from the torso found
in a trunk checked at a railway 1
station here June 18.
Waiter It Hunted
A description of the waiter, known
as “Toni Mancini." an Italian, was
flashed by telegraph and telephone
to police of the entire country and
inquiries for him were made at
French porta op the English chan- (
nel.
He was known to have spent a
few hours late Saturday night at
a Brighton dance hall after a
(Continued on Page Two)
Bodies of Three
Sought in Channel
GALVESTON, July 16. ,A »—
Searchers Monday still sought the
bodies of three Houstomans wno
drowned in Galveston channel when
they stepped into deep channel wa
ters after wading into the bay on
a fishing tnp.
Mr. and Mrs Joe Lamek and
John Tauber drowned beiore Willie
Busch, also of Houston, could go
to their aid.
However Busch dived into the wa
ter and rescued Mrs. Tauber and
Genevieve Lamek. six-year-old
daughter of the Lameks. who also
had waded into the deep channel.
Stockyards Report
Record Cattle Run
KANSAS CITY. July 16. JPh
The year s record run of cattle at
the Kansas City stockyards was re
ported Monday, caused by *h>rt
pastures and a lack of stock water.
About 26 000 head were received,
including 6.000 head of government
purchased drought cattle from the <
northern states.
The 20,000 market cattle were
largely short-led and graas-fat
tenf d and were forced on the mar- I
ket because of the drought. i
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Shot Kill* Man j
SAN ANTONIO. July 16. <&>—
Henry Mclnnis. ice company cm- <
ploye. was found shot to death in t
the bedroom of his horn? after oth- <
f*r residents of the house had been i
summoned by his wife. Florine.
Mrs. Mclnnis told police she and <
her husband were lying in bed dis- i
cussing a separation when her hus- \
>and left. She said she heard a >hot j
i moment later and that her hus- <
band called to her to summon a
for tor. i
“I don’t want to die." she quoted t
her 19-year-old husband as say- i
ng. j I
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FOOD SITUATION
By the Associated Pres*
The food situation in the San
Francisco metropolitan area was
estimated Monday to be about
as follows:
There is little fresh meat, and
the supply is rapidly becoming
exhausted. Smoked meats, hams
and bacons—which housewives
have been buying heavily because
such meats keep well—are about
gone. 4
The larger hotels, which have
facilities for food storage, insist
that they will be able to feed
“regular guests" Patrons of
smaller hostelrie* in some in
stances have filled closets in
their rooms with canned foods.
Fresh meats and other nec
essary foodstuffs will be supplied
hospitals by special dispensa
tion c! the general strike com
mittee.
Hundreds of restaurant* al
ready have closed. Others say
they will have to.
Beans, spaghetti and tinned
meats were in biggest demand
on the eve of the strike. Food
stocks of most grocery stores
wtre near depletion.
No interruption, at least im
mediately. is anticipated In the
supply of milk and bread, al
though a stoppage c*‘ bakery de
liveries was a possibility.
Supplies of butter, eggs and
sugar are so low that many gro
cers have limited the quantity
each customer may buy. Fresh
vegetables and fruits, excepting
oranges, already are regarded as
luxuries.
Nineteen restaurants were des
ignated by strike leaders to re
main open so downtown dwellers
would not starve All others
either closed their doors or an
nounced plans to close at 8 a. m.
CITY WORKERS
HARDEST HIT
Thousands Forced to Walk
Miles to Work In
San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO. July
\ great city walked to work Mon
day.
As the wro hour of the general
strike struck, with all forms of
transportation except private au
tomobiles abandoned, a pal] of fog
bung low. mostening the brows of
the tens of thousands who hoofed
it to office or shop.
What a leg-stretchiri it was for ,
hc*-e wly> didn't have a motor car
ir hufl mo ne i.bor owning one to
rick them up!
A new experience it was for the
multitudes of commuters jamming
nto the ferry building and the sin
tie railroad station at Third and
rownsend. adjacent to the water
ront district, where the commuting
rains disgorge their thousands.
Not a taxicab in sight. No street
■ars clattering along. No jitney at
he curb. Just one pair of feet for
■veryone without an automobile or ,
i lift.
Streets leading into the business
listrict were carrying a heavy au- i
omobile traffic far ahead of the <
isual rush hours Many a car stari
ng out with only a driver arrived i
town town with full capacity.
It was a long walk for many, a
nile or more, to reach an electric <
rain leading to the ferry pier. Then ]
t was anothar half mile, mile or i
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HOUSTON GETS
TROUBLE SHARE
Troubled Air Settles Over
Dock Area After
Three Slain
HOUSTON. July 16.—.*>— A
troubled air aettled over the Hous
ton docks Monday after three
longshore men were killed and an
other critically wounded in a water
front gunfight which marked re
newal of longshore hostilities.
Police continued a close watch
over the dorks while hearings for
two men charged in three cases
with murder and assault to murder
were arranged.
Sunday's outbreak occurred as 20
negro independent longshoremen
were riding to work at the docks.
A coupe, which police believed con
tained International Longshoremen ,
Association members and svm- (
pathizers. drew alongside.
Pistols and shotguns were shoved f
from the coupe and a stream of
lead poured into the negroes truck ’
and automobile. Three independ-1
er.ts were shot down with fata. I
wounds. Three others were struck, j
One negro independent Jerked!
out a pistol and returned the fire,
wounding C. O. Reeves, a white
(Continued on Page Two)
Valley Man Held
After Wife Slain
‘Special to The Herald»
EDINBURG. July 16—A murder
rharge was filed here Monday
sgain&t Eligio Benavides o: Pharr
utter the fatal shooting of hi* wife.
Mrs Juanita Chapa Benavides, at
heir Pharr home Saturday night.
Benavides is being held without
Mind. Justice of the Peace Max
Maule of Pharr relumed a verdict
>f death by gunshot wounds in
flicted by her husband.
Funeral services were held Sun
lay afternoon from the Pharr Cath
>lic church for the shooting victim,
nterment following in Pharr Ceme
erv. Kreidler Funeral Home of Mc
Ulen was in charge.
Surviving are her husband, two
laughter*. Josefina Benavides and
drs Juan Martinez, both of Pharr,
ind one son. Alonzo Benavides, also
if Pharr.
jto provide escorU for the first food
trucks which attempted to reach
the area from Sacramento.
Regular army troop* stood ready
for call at the Presidio military
headquarters hete.
Under virtual war-tune siege, the
entire bay district was crippled and
roving bands of strike pickets at
tempted a stoppage of food supplies
to the population of 1,300.000 per
sons.
Thousands of workers were forced
to walk to their jobs when all
street car service was halted by the
strike.
Tanks were loaded on railroad
flat cars at Salinas and sped on
their way to the "battlefronts.”
Soldier* Ready
The state has 7.000 troop* at 1U
command and a regular army of
ficer here said he believed the sol
diers would be able to take care
of the situation.
Should the regular troop* be cal
led. however, the officer said 500
men of the 30th infantry were ready
(Continued on Page Two)
Youth Is Held In
Church Stabbing
TEXARKANA. July 16. uP)—Un
decided as to w’hat charge to lodge
against him, authorities Monday
planned to arraign Garland
Thrasher. 13. in connection with the
fatal stabbing of Therollne Mew
bom. 16. at a revival meeting Fri
day night.
Thrasher told authorities the
stabbing was accidental. He said
they had been "popping each other
with rubber bands" during the re
vival meeting and that he whirled
around after Theroline had stung
his neck and accidentally struck
him with the knife, which he had
opened to repair hi* "popper "
Jury Probes Slaying
LONGVIEW. July 16 (P— Gregg
county grand jurors were gathered
Monday to hear evidence concern
ing the fatal shooting of Johnny
Page. 33. a West Harrison county
farmer, in a barber shop Satur
day.
D Ras Calloway. 45. who surren
dered to officers after the shoot
ing. was held in Jail, charged with
Page’s murder. Calloway told news
men that Page drew a gun on his
mother last week. He said he pass
ed the barrier shop, saw Page make i
a motion toward his shirt and then
fired on him.
NATIONAL WHIRLIGIG-NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS
Washington by Georg* Durno — N«w York by Jam** McMullin
WASHINGTON
By George Durao
RIOTS — Those here who keep
official check on international af
fairs are predicting still more
bloodshed in Germany.
Don't misunderstand. Our diplo
matists figure Hitler to be more
firmly in the saddle than ever
since he “purged" political oppon
ents with the aid of firing squads.
No overthrow of the Nan govern
ment is in the offing
Wha? Amencin atatesm n fore
see is a large scale German repro
duction of our own 1932 bonus
army riot*. i
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The diplomatic mail pouch fore
casts that Chancellor Hitler will
be a busy, Httle man these next
few months riding herd on the
1.700.000 brown shirted storm troop
ers he will arbitrarily discard.
These youngsters grew up too
late to smell the World War'*
powder. Hitler molded several hun
dred thousand into a heteroge
neous force upon which he rode
into power. Then he discovered he
had to feed them and take in a
million more Struttine on a mea
ger government dole they develop
ed into a Frankenstein that nearly
destroyed “The Leader."
When Hitler poured some well
directed lead Into the master
minds of the storm troops and
gave the rank and fUe a holiday
from the federal payroll he sowed
dragon's teeth. Can he keep the
men unarmed?
The storm troop big shots are all
dead. Out of 2.500.000 men. how
ever. it won t take long fog sub
leaders to rise up and carry on.
This is Hitler's worry at the
moment. Young and irresponsible
men will be roaming all Germany
minus the brown shirts that once
gav« the presuga and the mone
tary pittance that kept them In
lager and pretzels.
Wis* heads here say it wont be
long before the Chancellor’s pick
ed Schutzstaffel troops are quelling
riots throughout the Reich.
• • •
SHOT—The recen; appeal of
Rudolph Hess for peaceful under
standing with France was regard
ed by our state department as more
illuminating than a 300-watt lamp
There was desperation In the com
bined plea and warning of Hitler’s
chle! deputy.
But it waen t the possibility of
an Anglo-French aiiumna that the
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Nazis feared primarily. At the i
moment, England would rather
deal kindly with Berlin than Paris
and the German** know It. It is to
England's interest — a* always —
that Germany survive economic
ally and France not become too
strong. ,
Hess was voicing the sentiments
of a tired nation—worn by the
aftermaths of a losing war and
shot by the over-exhubermnt re
habilitation experiments of recent
years. Germany has gone con
servative and Hitler is following.
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DILLINGER IS
LINKED WITH
PISTOL FIGHT
Ruthless Attack Bears
Stamp of Notorious
Outlaw
CHICAGO. July 16—John
Dllllnger and hi* henchmen wen
hunted again Monday tn the Chi
cago area.
The ruthlemtnesa of an attack on
two policemen, ahot on sight, gave
rise to reports that It was the work
of the Indiana desperado or hit
cohorts.
I
Belie red In Chirac*
Sergeant Harry Bingham, head
of the Dllllnger detail, disclosed
that for three days his men had
been at work on reports that the ;
mobsters were hiding here
The shooting victims were two
state highway policemen, cut down
without warning 8undav night, one V
perhaps fatally, when they offer- \
ed their assistanoe innocently to |
four men and a woman they be
lieved to be in trouble.
Making a routine check of theif
territory in a squad ear. they came
upon three cars parked in line
northwest of Chicago Beside tha
cars stood four men and a woman.
Shot Without Warning
- Anyth, ng we can do to help
you?” asked Policeman Fred Mc
Allister, alighting with Policeman
Gilbert Cross.
The answer was a crack of pis
tols. Cross collapsed. a bullet in
his abdomen, another in his chest
and a third splintering his elbow.
With a bullet through his shoulder,
McAllister fell, rolled into a ditch
for safety and emptiei his revol
| ver at the three cars which sped
sway.
Flashes From
A. P. Wire
KOHLER. Wk-Two men. a
striker and a deputy were injured
Monday u some l.ooo picket* be
gan the strike ai the Kohler Ca,
factory by sucreaslufty prevent
ing most of the employes sched
uled to report for work from en
tering the four-block-long plank
ST. LOWS.—A coroner’s Jury
Monday found that Lear B Reed,
department of justice agent waa
criminally careless in the killing
of Mrs. Deasr Masterson daring
a raid on her home and ordered
thal he be held for the grand
Jury.
—
SAN ANTONIO—More tfaan
100 pecan shelling employes, both
men and women, tied up two pe
oan shelling plants here Monday
by striking for higher wages.
NEW YORK —A marine otrlkn
in the port of New York was
threatened Monday bv Capt. Wil
liam A. Maher, president of the
Seafarers' council, anlena steam
ship companies agreed to confer
with union representative* on
questions of wages, hours and
working conditions.
WASHINGTON.— Relief granta
to 11 state* for July totalling
S36.336.646 were announced Mon
day by Aubrey Williams, acting
emergency relief administrator.
Tho grants Included:
Texas—$90,000, including SMUMH)
to repair Rio Gr de Valley
schools and $10,000 to complete
the Willacy county drainage proj
ect.
NEW YORK —A few hours be
fore Tammany Hall waa sche
duled to meet Monday to select a
new leader. John F. Curry, former
leader of the hall, arranged to re
sign as a Tammany district lead
er.
Curry waa for 33 yean one of th*
Tammany leader* of the fifth as
sembly district and for five year*
he wa* the leader of Tammany
Hall.
WASHINGTON—Sec. Swan
son Monday ordered evacuation
of the majority of marines in
Haiti hi the first week of Aug
list
The entire force Is expected to
be out of the island by Aug. 16
at the latest, although Aug. 1ft is
the deadline set by Pres. Roose
velt in an executive order.
Road Bids Opened
AUSTIN. July 16. WF>—'The Texag
Highway commission opened bill
Monday on road improvement proj
ects in 20 counties, the cost of
which was estimated at approxi
mately $3000,000. Most of the work
will be financed with state funds.
Projects included 107 mile* of
pavement. 33 6 miles of grading and
drainage structures and 12 bridges.
Court Term Delayed
The special term of federal dis
trict court which had been an
nounced to open here Tuesday,
July 17. will not open until Wed
nesday. it was announced Monday
morning by Carlos Watson, assist
ant U 8 district attorney.
Judge J. C. Hutcheson will b«
unable to arrive in time for tbs
Tuesday date. Watson stated
Hundreds Fight Fire
DENVER Co|p.. July IS.—4AA—
Defying effort* of >vv*ral hundred
men to check them, forest ftreg
raged Monday In Mesa Verde Na
tional Park in southwestern Colo
rado and Washakie National for
est in Wyoming.
Two fires, which have destroyed
about 4.000 acres of tlmberland m
th# Mesa Verde park, were desertb- ,
ed by 8upt. E. p. Leavitt as tho
worst in this «ecuon‘i history.*
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