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FOUTT-TOniTH YEAR—No. M »• m m mm mmm BROWS YILLE TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 19S5 • EIGHT PAGES TODAY
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■TF Wo mu wt another ra liman
fPr|%e »i» "get a MMH gawgf
gm'iropd to Port Isabel,
"TF we can get. a deeo water port
TF we run got bettor Internationa!
■"fchrtlons with iNMco
TF we can get harrisnrfaeed roads
In the Valley and a hardsurfaeeti
connection with San Antonio and
Worth Togas
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TF WE CAN GET LOWER
Weight rates
IF we can get rid of the differ
ential
IF we can get better schools
IF we can get mosquito control
TF we can get the Intra-Coastal
canal
IF me can get a channel up the
Arroy o Colorado
IF we can get water conservation
and flood control
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WE CAN STRIKE OIL
* we can get canneries to locate
here
IF we can torni a successful co
operative marketing association.
I" we can get the colonization
companies to come down on the
per acre price of land.
IF we can promote diversified
farming
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IF WE CAN GET BETTER
Utility service in our Valley cities
and town*
IF we can get the right sort of
tourist attracting publicity.
IF we- can better finance our ir
rigation districts.
IF we can get time to help put
a' these things over, we will put
this section of Texas far ahead of
Florida and California.
• • •
THOUSANDS OF VALLEY CIT
hrena have and are taking tune to
work out these things.
Taxes are being lowered, freight
tries are coming down, land prices
axe at rock bottom, more people are
coming here every year.
are attracting nation-wide at
tention in canning, oil and ship
ping circles.
Cities, counties and irrigation dis
tricts are being refinanced.
In fact, most of our "IF’S'’ have
been eliminated, and we are on the
verge of a steady, healthy develop
ment. beyond the dreams of our
pioneers.
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r?*7 FOR. THE FINAL "IF'S.”
If you don't like the Valley, leave
It, and after a year or two up
nort\ —
IF you live, you will come back—
IF you have the money, and—
#you can fin da place in which
e here.
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MR. BOLING. WE THANK YOU!
And IF you have time, please write
us another column some day right
soon
Rio Waters Division Bill to Be Signed Soon
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permaner- wwrk< the- are built
The fwiematicnsl Boundar- eorr
i mission is now eomptetinc a MOO" -
•OO emergent*v pm. r am which con
i slsiec ms ini in repalrmc and
strenethenine levees throughout the
Valiev on the system that was built
i by the counties 'several years ago
The state department under which
the boundary commission operate*,
has approved a permanent flood con
trol program in the Valley bu. the
| Public Works Administration would
not advance additional funds until
the work was given a definite legal
status, with provision made <o<
maintenance
The bill which has juu been put
(Continues on page Two)
THREE DIE IN
ROAD ACCIDENT
Auto And Truck Sideswipe,
Then , Car Collides
With Another
YUMA. Artz. Aug. 14.—<JP —Three
persons were killed and five were
injured early Wednesday when an
Oklahoma automobile sideswiped a
< truck on the highway five miles east
| of Wellton, Ariz., and plunged into
i a second truck trailing the first.
The dead are:
James Aubrey Rogers. 8 years old.
son of Mrs. J. M Walton. Oklahoma
City.
Bob Walton. 12 years old.
Hobar. Meyers, driver of the
auromobile whose address was given
as K.FJD. No. 4. Edmond Okla.
Mr. and Mrs Walton both were
critically injured. Murrell Rogers
11. was carried to a Yuma hospital
where it was said both legs were
broken. A seventh occupant of the
car whose name was not learned,
and a driver of one of the trucks
sustained slight injuries.
The Oklahomans were en route to
Calexico. Calif, south of Yuma, on
a vacation tour.
Heart Attack Fatal
For Noted Banker
YONKERS. N. Y.. Aug. 14. UPf—
C. Stanley Mitchell, chairman of
the board of the Bank of United
States when it closed, died Tues
day midnight at High Hill, near
Jones Beach. L. I., according to
word received by his family here.
He was 53 years old.
Death was ascribed to a heart
attack. The former banker had
been ill for several days and had
gone to the Long Island south shore
colony lor a rest.
Wreck It Fatal
LUFKIN. Aug. 14.—(JP1—Ben F.
Hlx. 42. of Caddo. Texas, was in
stantly killed and Fate Cogtiell, 29.
o. Henderson was seriously injured
Wednesday when an automobile in
which they were riding sideswiped
a truck on the highway 12 miles
north of TjifMw
J. A. Byers of Conroe, driver of
the truck, escaped without injury.
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11 BID FOB
JOBS OK PORT
$500,000 Terminal Facilities
Figures to Be Opened
On August 21
Eleven contracting concerns In
Texas and Louisiana have sign -
! l.sa their intentior. of bidding for
contract to construct the SMOjOOO
terminal facilities of the Browns
\iile port according to information
even out at the Brownsville Navi
gation district office.
Bids are to be ooened at the office
here on August 21.
Nine of the concerns will bid on
the contract for building the
wharves, docks, transfer sheds and
oil dock, the major portion of the
work
Two other concerns are to bid
an the railway terminal work alone,
along with the nine which are bid
ding on the other work
Concerns bidding on the entire
job are:
MrKenzie Construction company
of San Antonio. J. DePuy of San
Antonio. Bnggs-Darbv Construction
Co. of Pharr. Dodds & Wedegartner
of San Benito Keliher Construction
(Continueo on Page Two)
Here and There
By Garvin Elrod of Harlingen
SCOUTS DISAPPOINTED
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DAY and NIGHT for weeks
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HOPES & PLANS have been
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Towering HIGH as SCOUTS
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PREPARED to ATTEND the
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National Scout jamboree
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At Washington this month;
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THEN from a CLEAR sky
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Plashed a blue BOLT that
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Left them completely dazed,
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As infantile PARALYSIS
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NECESSITATED cancellation;
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BUT the SAME qualities
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That BUILD good Scouts,
a a a
Gives 42 Valley boys a
a a a
Sense of REASONING; thus
a a a
Prevailing conditions are
a a a
Being taken for granted as
a a a
Scouts continue to SMILE.
__—ADIOS
3 MILLION ARE
SPENT ON OIL
DEVELOPMENTS
DriDm( Companies
Bring Big Payroll
To Valley in Hmt
For Liquid Gold
tielc me wmMMIl mtth. toMtamtis.
(140.000 Umar. Sulphur Csfhimtr's
esUnmtec; mmenditure*. SSflOjOOC.
toui S3.143.000
Tate. wundrHwa; o* ail from the
Samlordvct fieic to asu •ooordinft
to estimates o: the Team Rail roar
commissi or., has beer 046 00C bar
rels Smith, said with the present
allowable ranjzuK from 4.000 to
4,400 barrels path
LI GEO. STELL
66, DIES HERE
Body of Veteran Physician
Forwarded to Paris
For Last Rites
The body of Dr. George S Stell.
68 who spent the major part of his
active life in Brownsville, and who
c.iec here at 2:45 Tuesday, was
forwarded Wednesday morning to
Paris. Texas, where burial wm be
made in the family plot, beside the
body of his son.
Dr. Stell was bom in Paris. Texas,
where he operated a sanitarium for
a time, later going to Mexioo to
practice. His brother. William, is
still a practicing physician in that
republic.
He came to Brownsville In April,
1909 and lived here since then.
The body was accompanied from
here by R. L Stell. a brother, and
by Dr. Stell s widow They will be
joined in Paris for the funeral by
Dr. Stell’s daughter. Mrs. Ellis Her
ron of Humble. Texas
Dr. Stell was well known in the
medical profession of the state,
and among the lay public he was
held highly for his charity work.
During the influenza epidemic in
Brownsville he worked night and
day on rich and poor alike through
out the entire period of sickness.
He was a member of the Meth
odist church of Brownsville and of
the Woodmen of the World.
Dr. Stell s hobby was chess, and
he ranked high among players in
this section.
Fund For Rio Grande
Project !« Approved
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—
The senate foreign relations com
mittee Wednesday approved the
Ertch-Chavez bill authorizing $1,
000000 toward construction of the
Rio Grande canalization project
from the Caballo reservoir site In
New Mexico to the international dam
rear El Paso. Texas.
The bill would authorize carry
ing out of the project for equitable
division of the waters of the Rio
Grande in accordance with the
treaty of 1906 with Mexico.
Wire Flashes
(8ped*l to the Herald)
MERCEDES, Aug. 14. — The
Mercedes Union No. 1 American
Land and Irrigation company was
coring in bard sandy lime at ■
2606 feet at noon Wednesday.
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Boy Lion Trainer Signs Contract
To Appear in Jungle Life Movie
Corporation Which Made Clyde Beatty Pictures to Come To
Brownsville To Make Shots Of Manuel King
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RIC 'hONDO AW M —Oewra
hundred ierw» wer» expected to
gather here Mr Thuraaav to wlrnaat
thr spudding tr. of Cameron county's
first deep oil tesi thr Joseph F
Anderson Brcwne Tract Wo i, actor
dlitre for b o’clock
Thr 132-foot steel derrick has beer,
erected and machinery installed on
location in block 387 Browne Prop
erties Contract depth is 5.800 feet,
although thr equipment will permit
drilling to 12.000 feet 11 necessary ,
official* say.
Approximately 4.500 acres have
beer leased near thr well, situated
on the salt flats only a few miles
from Rio Hondo
Rio Hondo merchants have agreed
to clear their stores at 4 o clock
Thursday afternoon, an hour before
the well is scheduled to be spudded
m A barbecue and speeches will
follow the spudding-in
Seven trucks were required to move
the heavy derrick to location and
abcut 30 truckloads ol additional
equipment, including timber boilers
and machinery, were brought to the
site Drilling contractors are Herbert
J. Jones and Jack Modesett
Plans have been made for three
shifts to begin drilling on a 34
hour schedule employing from 15
I tc 18 workmen A canal Just a few
feet from location is expected to pro
vide an adequate water supply.
Several thousand persons have
(Continued on Page Two.)
BRINGING THE SEA
TO BROWNSVILLE
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Position of the dredges cutting
i the Brownsville ship channel on
Wednesday. Aug. 14 was:
Orleans. Station 78 plus 545 or
total advance of 65.545 feet.'
Texas. Station 60 plus 635. or total
advance of 47.635 feet.
The Orleans is now 1.79 miles,
and the Texas 5.17 miles from the]
Brownsville turning basin site.
Football At
MtAfa U Assured
PrSt 9matt JSTbt*
usee to defraying the cost*
The boarc announced also the
opemn* das* for Me Alton erfropt*-.
FM.SIGNS
PENSIONS ACT
Final Formality Passing
Social Security Law
la Enacted
WASHINGTON. Aug 14.—tJ*—
President Roosevelt called his aides
around him Wednesday for a little
ceremony enacting into law what
he considers one of the most im
portant measures passed during his
administration—the social security
lecislauon.
The stroke of the pen attaching
the presidential signature to the
bill was the last formality needed to
write into law a measure calling for
a new and far reaching social ex
periment. and the largest tax pro
gram ever approved by congress
Indications were that the presi
dent would announce quickly the
make-up of ths social security board
which will administer the new law
providing for old-age pension and
unemployment insurance systems.
Under the bill employers and em
ployes eventually will be taxed 3
per cent each on wages up to $3,000
annually to provide for contributory
Gid age pensions. Benefits range
from $10 to $85 a month. The plan
becomes operative January 1. 1937.
but no pensions will be paid until
Jan 1, 1942.
The bill also sets up a federal
state unemployment insurance sys
tem to be financed through a 3 per
cent payroll tax against employers
(Continued on Page Two)
Texans to Vote on Steps
Toward Social Security
(Editor’s Note: This is the second
of a series of four articles explain
ing the seven constitutional
amendments submitted to a vote
at a special election August 24).
• • •
AUSTIN. Aug. 14. UP)—'Two of
seven proposed constitutional
changes on which Texans would
ballot 10 days hence were designed
to bolster the social security of the
state’s aged and poor.
One placed at the top of the bal
lot would authorize the legislature
to provide old-age assistance. It
would be optional.
The other would permit submis
sion of constitutional amendments
at special legislative sessions to
meet extraordinary emergencies,
a function now allowed only at
biennial or regular sessions.
The pension amendment would
permit maximum payments of $15
monthly to Texans over 65 years
cf age who had resided in the
state at least five of the past nine
years and continuously for one
year Immediately preceding the
application.
Habitual criminals habitual
drunkards and inmates of state
supported institutions would not be
eligible.
Unlike most states with cId-age
pensions, the Texas amendment
would not make indigency a prere
quisite to eligibility. Statutes es
establishing a system could, how
ever. invoke that or other restric
tions. The amendment would em
power the legislature to fix “such
limitations and restrictions and
regulations as may be deemed ex
pedient” in addition tc constitu
tional inhibitions.
The $15 monthly maximum was
prescribed in view of provisions of
the federal Social Security Act
promising an equal amount to
match state funds
What an old-age pension system
would cost Texas could not be es
timated in advance of statutory re
strictions on eligibility California,
(Continued on Page Seven)
HUNDREDS TO
SCOUT MEET
Vall^WiA Court of Honor
Slated to Eo Held At
SAN BJCKTTO Aag iw—Mrmben
ct thirty Boy fieout troops from all
pans of the Valley will sjsetnhie here
Wednesday night tar the annua:
Valley-wade Court of Honor, one of
the most impressive spectacle* of
the year.
The event will take place at the
football field here, under the Qood
Ughts, with spectators sitting an each
aide of the field.
The Scout Bugle Corps of Harlin
gen will open the program, coming
ontc the lield and taking a position
in front of the Court of Honor, which
i will consist of officers of the Valley
Sooui council, and the local court o:
' honor.
Close to Mtt Scouts are expected to
take pan in the event.
Rev. Leslie A. Boone of Harlin
gen is to deliver the principal ad
dress at the meeting.
Merit badges and other awards
are tc be presented after Rev
Boone s talk.
SCOITS MAT MAKE
TRIP TO COLORADO
(Special to The Herald)
MERCEDES Aug 14.—Question
naires were being sent out from the
Valley Scout headquarter* here Wed
nesday to parents and sponsors of
the Valley Scouts whc had planned
to make the jamboree trip to Wash
ington asking if they win be willing
to send the Scouts to some other
place instead.
The Washington Jamboree was
called off because ct danger of in
fantile paralysis
The alternative place suggested is
Colorado Springs
This action was taken at a meet
ing of Scout officials here Wednes
day night.
Frightened Youths
Leave Boy to Drown
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN Aug. 13-Martin
Martinez. 10, was dead Tuesday,
probably because his companions be
came frightened and ran when he
got into deep water while swimming
near the gclf course Monday night.
The boy disappeared, and his com
panions all but one became frighten
ed and raced from the scene. The boy
who remained dragged young Mar
tinez from the water and admin
istered artificial respiration far a
time, but he to became frightened
and fled the scene. The boy tcld his
brother on reaching home, who re
ported the affair to police Later the
boy who had remained told police
the Martinez boy shewed signs of
life as he was working over him. but
the boy was dead when an ambulance
arrived at the scene.
Wife Dead, Husband
Wounded At Del Rio
DEL RIO. Aug. 13. —Mrs
Julia Camp was dead and her hus
band. Robert Camp, seriously
wounded Tuesday as the result of
a shooting late Monday in their
sandwich stand at Bracket ville
Physicians said Camp probably
would recover. The body of bis
wife, who was the daughter of
Prank Legler of Ban Antonio, was
sent to San Antonio for burial
MASTER MIND
MAY BE CITED
FOR CONTEMPT
Senate Gives Utility
Control Figure One
More Chance Before
Taking Action
C«CStMtft
Black said Hops. r. would be -cBed*
He end Hopw. and person* reoiy
puesuonrc the right of r_ngr*a* to go
into private transaction* pvibhdy.
He told Senator Hasting* R-Ddl
the committee would abac that
' Hopsor. was directJr cont rilling and
mapping the entire prognua af
lobbying at ooer the country”
Port Highway Here
Nearing Completion
rilir pert road, connecting the
turning basin with the end of l*b
street aras completed Monday, and
the highway is expected to be ready
for use within the next two aw eta
The concrete has been covered
with dirt and Is “curing ” a proraas
which takes from one to two aeata
The new read, which includes a
bridge over a deep drainage ditch
has a wide shoulder, and is beam
used at present
Suit Is Removed To
Federal Court Hera
On a plea of diversity of ruuetxi
ehip. defendant* have removed the
damage suit styled Hempstead Mit
chell to. New Amsterdam Casualty
Company from 103rd district court
to federal district court here.
The damage suit grows out of a
traffic accident July I. IMS in which
Mitchell was injured by a Wade A
Newtcn truck This case was tried hi
district oourt and Mitchell oocahwi
judgment for (5 04 50 but ihc In
surance company which aliegodfr
issued policies to the produce com
pany. was not mtde a party to ths
suit. When suit was filed agamat the
insurance company, the case was re
moved to federal ecurt.
TONIGHTS MOVIES
OVER THE VALLEY I
Brownsville: The Cep-tol—ArtUM
Judge and Kent Taylor m Cotlege
Scandal " Ths Queen Jean Marlow Wtl.
iiam Poweii and Francho* Tone in
I thur tn Moat Precious Thing ta Lite*
Sac Benito Ths Rlroll—Ann Used*
1 mg and He;next Marsh*it in “The Platen
1 Within .**
Har.ingen Ths Arcadia—Mary Brian
and w C Pislds in The Man On tee
I Plying Trapeas " Tha BnUa-BiInt
Taylor and Jean Parker » Murder In
ths Fleet.**
La Feria Ths Btjow-Ptad Ma Murray
■ and Madge Evens tn "Men Withe*
Home^Delivered .Circulation of The Brownsville Herald Is More Than Double That of Any Other Valley Newspaper
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