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WILLROGiRS’ ‘OWN SCOUTS’ VISITCAP1TAI Four Boys Make Trip On Money Left By Humorist Before His Death WASHINGTON. Sept. Foui Denison. Tex., Boy Scouts were Tnursday finishing off a far-flung jamboree of their own on 1450 fur nished by the late Will Rogers. With Rogers’ name as a special "open sesame." they Id seen su Louis, Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo, B«*Mon, Albany and New York be for» reaching their original ob jective the national capital. In this city, where the Jamboree was called off because of Infantile paralysis, rain poured down, and the Scouts, having explored near by museums, sat In a hotel lobby, fcntlng letters home—long letters trammed with high-light* of the Whole trip. ‘Rogers Swell Gny‘ Unanimously they pronounced Will Rogers a swell guy to have mnde their trip possible before he went flying off to Alaska. Three of them. Jack Heimburger, 18. Fred Parrott, 18, and Murray Marshall, 16. had never seen Will Rogers ‘But when we found out he’d been killed, we felt as though we had lost an old friend.” Jack said. ”1 saw him play polo in Los Angeles last June.” contributed eurley-haired Douglass Johanning 15, whose mother, Mrs. C. F. Johan ning aroused Rogers’ interest m sending the Denison boys to the Scout jamboree, and who now is •erring as their chaperone. "And I got the ball he played with, and Eddie Cantor autograph ed it’" said Douglass’ sister, Julia, 9 What those four ooys* haye seen on Will Rogers $450 which was only meant for three.—but tiny Mrs. Johanning is a manager who can manage! Municipal opera in St. Louis. A famous orchestra—and they got to darce to it—in Chicago; Radio City and its most sparkling stars in New York, and a show, the Normandie docking, and Coney Island; velvet m*'ls, rayon mills, a thermos bottle plant, a navy base in Norwich, Conn.; a silver plant where they weic given souvenir butter knives; ail the historic spots about Boston. Each tried bo decide what he liked best. "The planetarium at Chicago," Chose Douglass. "Niagara Falls." said his little sister. "The tennis matches at Forest Kl.ls." decided Murray. “My big moment was Radio City,” seic* Fred. Dreamily Jack considered awhile, ther slowly said: "The studio of Dallin. the sculp tor in Boston. He made The Ap pra1 to the Great Spirit* and many well-known Indian statues. I saw there the half-completed statute of P ?u’ Revere, that he won the right to make in a competition In his youth—and he Is now a real old man ” Northern Boundary Of Samfordyce Is To Be Developed (Special to The Herald) MI8SION. Sept. 6. —Development of the northeast and northwestern extremities of the Samfordyce oil field in southwestern Hidalgo county continued rapidly Wednesday with six tests drilling The north edge of production was still attracting considerable atten tion through the Mundy-Stephens' No. 1 Francisco Guerra, tract 12, porclon 41, 6,400 feet northeast of discovery and 2,100 feet north of 736 r~ FROM VESSEL Cun*|*d - White Star Liner Collidea With French Freighter " LONDON, Sept. 5.—(JP)— Two o her ships Thursday took 736 holi day passengers off the Done, "Cupid’s ship" of the Cunard-White Sum line, after its collision wltn the French freighter Formigny 70 miles off the coast of Portugal. Wireless messages said the Orion of the Orient Line had taken of! 400 passengers and the Viceroy * ot India, the remainder. Reuters' (British news agency) Lisbon correspondent said the 16.464 ion Doric was not seriously dam aged. He reported the sea calm and the rescue accomplished without dif ficulty. The trim new Orion turned its maiden voyage into a rescue ex pedition. being the first to respond to the Doric s SOS The Viceroy of India, a crack ship of the P. and O. Line, had recently been withdrawn from the Lcrdon Bombay line to make sev eral ‘first class’’ cruises in the Mediterranean and South Atlantic waters. It is Great Britain’s first ’ all-electric ship. 19.700 tons. Captain A. C. Greig. commander of the Doric, took the helm of the ship last April after services wltn the Cunard company since 1906 Last February, when he command ed the Aurania. he was presented with a silver cup by the Norwegian government in recognition of the heroism of himself and his crew during attempts to rescue victims of the Sisto, which foundered in mid-Atlantic last December. The Doric was known as the “Cupid ship" because nine couples announced their engagements while on a previous cruise. At the time of the collision she waf bound from Gibraltar to Lon don The Formigny. 2.166 tons, was bound from Dunkirk. France, to Oran, a seaport on the northwest ern coast of Algeria. It was a double rescue for some of the passengers on the Do**. They had been picked up from the steamer Laurentic in the Irish sea August 16. after the Laurentic had collided with the steamer Napier ‘Star. Snap up... This Exceptional Offer at AZIZ BROS. 25 BOUCLE SUITS Regular Price $12.90 Now On Sale At $790 You'll simply adore these exciting suit* with their dainty knitted designs, at this low price. Sizes 12 to 20. The colors are Maize — Copen — Rose Torquoise and White Another Group of Boucle Suits Regular Price $5.90 Now On Sale At $390 9 Sizes 12 to 20 production. The test circulated and rotated all day Wednesday while operators decided whether to core or run Schlumberger test on sand said to have been topped at 2.890 feet, where the hole is now bottom ed, just beneath a hard shale cap. The test had previously reported what was believed to have been the Samfordyce producing horizon at 2,740-52 feet, this figure being sub ject to correction. A number of wells will be drilled immediately If the test Is successfully completed, at least five having been tentatively arranged. At the northwest extremity of production, two new tests made more than 1,000 feet of hole each during the first 24 hours the big rigs were running. Bamsdall-PhiUips’ No. 1 Yturria Land Sc Livestock Co, porcion 100, Starr Co. about 600 feet n< '-''.west of production and 6,300 feet north west of discovery, is the new north west outpost and Is drilling at 1.560 feet in sticky shale after starting beneath surface casing Tuesday night. About 5,400 feet northwest of dis covery, Henshaw Sc Rothert’s No. 2 Seaburv et al, tract 256. porcion 38. is drilling below 1,400 feet after starting beneath surface casing Tuesday night. Skelly Oil Company’s No. 1 Sea bury et al, tract 256. porcion 38, about 5,400 feet northwest of dis covery, is rigging up for Immediate spudding. , , In the center of the field. Ralph E. Pair. Inc., (King-Woods) is build ing derrick and will spud imme diately on the No. 7 Francisco Guerra, in the southwest 40 acres of tract 254, porcion 39, about 900 feet north of discovery. The field's northeast section has three drilling tests. Harrlson-Davis-Bishop’s No. 4 Francisco Guerra, tract 12, porcion 41. 5.700 feet east of discovery. Is drilling in shale at 1,610 feet. Harrison-Double D’s Mrs. Lula George, tract 13. porcion 41, the field’s eastern outpost 7,300 feet east of discovery, is making hole at 1, suu ieei. Cortez OU Corporation’s No. 1 Francisco Guerra, tract 12, porcion 41, about 6.400 feet northeast of discovery, is drilling below 900 feet. About 10 miles northwest of Mis sion S. J. Sloan et al’s No. 1 Brock & Showers, lot 9, block 16, porcion 80. is drilling in hard green shale at 3,010 feet. In Starr county, Hiram M Reed s No. A-l Doyno & Chatfield, block 2, tract 21, porcion 80, Jurisdiction of Camargo. 1,600 feet northwest of production and 2,200 feet north west of discovery, is drilling in dry sand just below 3,100 feet. At the southern extremity of the producing area, Sioux-Heard’s No 2 Goodrich, block 5, tract 5. porcion 81, 1.900 feet southwest of discov ery. is running tubing and prepar ing to start pumping after bailing oil from sand at 1,343-56 feet. Preparations are being rr.\de to set and cement casing (7-tnch O. D.) in the W. W. Zimmerman No. 2 Frank Dovno, block 1, tract 77-A. porcion 81, about 4.000 feet north of discovery, which had the Rio Grande City pay at 1,454-58 feet. Casing will be set atop sand. In Willacy county. King-Woods Oil company's No. 1 Santa Ro6a, lot i 16, block 30. share 44. San Juan de Carrlcitos grant, resumed drilling Wednesday night at 5.895 feet after being shut down 36 hours for lack of water. Movie Sidelights CAPITOL Charming Marlon Davies, Ameri ca's outstanding motion picture star, will appear Friday and Sat urday at the Capitol. BrownsviUe. in "Page Miss Glory" her flrsi Cosmopolitan Picture to be released by Warner Bros Supporting Miss Davies is a remarkable all star cast of famous •‘name players" including Dick Pow ell. Pat O Brien. Mary Astor, Frame McHugh. Lyle Talbot. Patsy Kelly, Barton MacLane. Allen Jenkins, Hobart Cavanaugh and a score oi others. "Page Miss Glory" was a big hit on the Broadway stage. Mervyn LeRoy, one of Warner Bios.' ace directors, fresh from his tr.umph with "Oil for the Lamps of; Ch.na," directed the film version which was written by Delmer Daves non Robert Lord from the original of Joseph Schrank and Philip Dun ning QUEEN Eerie thrills, fast an furious rid ing. rough and tumble fights, flash ing guns, romance, action and more action are the features enveloped in the feature showing Friday and Saturday at the Queen Theatre. Erownsville. The opus. Spectrum Pictures’ lat est release, is entitled ‘The Vanish ing Riders.'* with Bill Cody in the leading role supported by Ethel Jaekson and Bill Cody, Jr. The story is based on a very un usual plot which develops into many startling situations. Truck Situation Discussed by Club (Special to The Herald) HARLINGEN. Sept 5.—A pro posal that trucks be compelled to display better lights at night, that the size of trucks be decreased and that Valley roads be widened was discussed before the Kiwanis club at the Reese-Wtl-Mond hotel when Dr. G. W. Edgerton. club president, called attention to the large num ber of mutilating accidents within recent weeks. Xy \ Walley. back from a trip to Pennsylvania, said that the local club, of which he is vice president, was more active than many he vis ited this slimmer. Secretory Bert Thompson read a letter from Boy Scout Bob Cantwell who was on a recent *»’r of the east. He reported tha- Cantwell would be at the next meeting of the club. Miss Barbara Barrier and Miss Mildred Ormesher sang two duets with Miss Virginia Perry at the piano. Visitors were A E. Krebs. Plain view; Glenn Schuepbach. Wes laco; J. H. Fountain. Dallas, and John T. Barron, Brownsville. RAYMONDVILLE SCHOOLS OPEN Enrollment Expected to Pass 1,000 Mark For First Tima In History iSpecial to The Herald) RAYMONDVILLE. Sept. A—En rollment In the Raymondvllle public schools Is expected to pass the 1.000 mark for the first time in history, Supt. M. L. Deviney predictaa Thursday as s result of heavy reg istrations Wednesday, the first class day of the new school year. Total enrollment Wednesday was 944 as compared to 816 at the ena of the first month last year. The final enrollment last year was 953 out the 1,000 mark is expected to be passed before this year's school work is done. School did not open Monday be cause of the Labor Day observance. Pupils registered Tuesday and first classes were held Wednesday when teachers met with the pupils ana made assignments. Work is expect ed to be in full swing before the week Is over. A number of changes have been made since last year. Estill Foster will devote more time to the musical organizations such as the band and glee clubs. Tie high school athletic staff Is entirely new with Robert Porter, formerly of Odem, as head coacn and Charles Decker, recently of La Joya, as assistant. Don Johns, coacn ’ast year, is principal elect of the j *nlor high school which may be a separate orgnaization bv January 1 Leighton Smith in the same scnool also is a coach and it Is possible that Johns and Smith wrtu organize a second team or a junior team this year. The list of new teachers includes Mrs Ruby Nichols and Miss Mary Armstrong. Teachers holding over from last year include the following: Hlgn schools—M L Deviney, superintend ent; W. D. Fussell, principal; L. Crane. Miss Ina C. McLane. Miss Kathlyn Hamilton. Miss Violet Ken neay. Miss Elsie Gillette. Robert E. Lee Ward—Mrs. W. V Putman. Thelma Jones. Mrs. Dam ron-Harris, Miss Sara Fave Wheel er. Miss Thelma Moore. Miss Pauline Dismukes, Mrs. Nell Kennedy. Mrs Den Johns. Mrs. W. D. Fussell, Mrs Knlling-Allison. Alamo Ward—Mrs T. C. Green Miss Helen Schrader Miss Lena M*Neil Miss Ethel Beachum. Tate school—Mrs. Tom Tate. Schools Set New Records At Rio Hondo (Special to The Herald) RIO HONDO, Sept 5—Rio Hondo schools opened their doors Tuesday to the largest enrollment In the history of the school with approx ir.lately 20) enrolled and additional pupils still expected to Join the g:cup. A profitable and efficient school year is being looked forward to by Cupt. R. J. Bingham. The school building program is entirely completed and all addi tional school room is in use. Schools were operating on a full time schedule Wednesday. The Parent Teachers associations are to hold their first meeting Tues day night, September 10 at the high school auditorium At this time the annual custom of Introduction of teachers will be made by Mrs Jack Preshour, vice president of the P T.A. Following the business session an entertaining program will be given with an address by 8upt. Bingham &o the main program feature. Gets Appointment (8peclal to The Herald) MERCEDES. Sept. 5— Announce ment was made Wednesday of the appointment of Dr. E G. Smith as sjigeon in charge at the quarantine suit ion at Thayer, the Rio Rico bridge seven miles southeast of Mercedes. The appointment was made bv Surgeon General Cummins at Washington, through Congress man Milton West and Senator Tom Connally, both friends of long sending of Dr. Smith. Dr. Smith assumed his duties at Thayer Monday. His duties include examining aliens. Dr Smith has been a practicing physician in Mer ctdes for the past nine years. Mary Hardm-Baylor Offer flat cash price for literary tuition, board, laundry, $300.00 to $400.00. depending on dormi tory—half on entrance, half Jn. 1st. Those preferring may pay by term in cash, or $25.00 monthly with loan and work for the balance. Write or wire J. C. Hardy, Belton. Have Your Eyes Carefully Examined and Glasses Properly Pitted by R. A. LACKNER Dr. of Optometry 1110 Elizabeth Brownsville ^^DIREC^® WfmmUlanufacturer^k W Wky pay a kryker price? Buy any 1 F needed Store or Bank fixtures direct 1 from tka maker, at a rabstential lermj. J Tell at wket yo« need and yet oor I i LOWEST PRICE. LARGE I L STOCKS — QUICK J SHIPMENTS A JJjjJIDER^Cygg Confederate Vets Will ***** * * * * • % Meet as Long as There * * * * * * * * * * Are *Three of Us Left* AMARILLO. Sept 6.—UP)— Con federate veterans, weary from turns at the quadrille and the Virginia Reel at their annual ball but en thusiastic over the prospect of future meetings, prepared to finish the business of their forty-fifth reunion Thursday. Selection of officers and con sideration of a 1036 meeting place were on the days program. Although it had b/m suggested FARLEY A! RS EVERYTHING OK Roosevelt’s Renomination ‘In the Bag’, Demo Chief Believes HYDE PARK. N. Y.. Sept. 5.—UP) -President Roosevelt went about rls vacation visit at home Thurs day. reassured by Postmaster Gen et a.' Farley that “things are all light over the country, economically and politically." The president is seeking to put aside political discussion at the time but tall Jim" Farley, the chairman of the democratic na tional committee, conceded with a *nn Wednesday night after talking at the summer White House that ne had reported the “okay” upon his return across the country from a vacation trip to Hawaii. Both Mr. Roosevelt and his Intim ates Insist the chief executive u putting aside political discussion, at least until he goes west to the Pa cific coast late this month. The president invited In some old friends Thursday as he turned to his study den on the first floor of the old family home on the Hudson river. The Postmaster General was ac companied Wednesday by Mayor Kelly of Chicago. Robert Jackson or New York, counsel of the internal revenue bureau: C. E. Broughton, editor of the Sheboygan. Wis.. Press and democratic national committee man for the state, and Vincent Da Jey. head of the New York State Heme Owners Loan corporation. Farley, questioned by newspaper men, readily predicted the “re nomination and re-election” of Governor Lehman. Asked about campaign funds, he replied “there will be no difficulty obtaining the money to run the campaign necessary to reelect Pres ident Rooeevelt." Lake Water Pure MERCEDES. Sept. 5—Secretary L. F. Boling of the Mercedes Cham ber of Commerce is In receipt of a communication from the State Health Bureau, saying the water m L ano Grande lake, southwest ot Mercedes, is free from contamina tion. Boling sent a sample of the water to the health bureau for analyse recently. I After Inventory STOCK REDUCING SALE Now Going On Save— FROM On Your Purchases From Now Until Sept. 16th Extra Special Friday and Saturday ELECTRIC PERCOLATOR SET Electric Coffee Urn. Sugar and Creamer and Tray $19JO Value. QC 1 Day Special . ♦ 26-Piece Set of GUARANTEED SILVER WARE 6 Knives 'Stainless Steel) 6 Dinner Porks 6 Dessert Spoons 6 Tea Spoons 1 Sugar Spoon 1 Butter Knife EXTRA SPECIAL— that no other reunion be attempted because of the advanced age of the veterans, Gen. Rice A. Pierce of Union City, Tenn., commander-in - chief of the United Confederate Veterans, has a different view. “Well meet as long as there axe three of us left to honor the Stars and Bars.’ he said. "That's part of our constitution, sir. We put It In at the first meeting, and It Is In the minds and hearts of each of us to see that w* can do all honor to the south as long as we are able,” Several cities had made bids for the next convention The reunion will end Friday with the grand parade, an event expect ed to he as colorful as the annual ball Wednesday night. Dancing the steps of their youth, scores of the feeble old soldiers took part in the grand ball. Their falter ing steps kept time with the music of the United State Marine band as they danced the quadrille, the Vir ginia Reel and the waits with their official ladies. The followers of Lee In the ’80s voted unanimously Wednesday to I accept an invitation to meet the l followers of Grant In a Joint reunion at the Gettysburg battlefield in 1938. Willacy Farmer* To Aid In Irrigation (Special to The Herald) RAYMONDVILLE. £ept. 5.—An organization of farmers has been [ formed to assist In plans for pro viding Irrigation In Willacy county, the organization having been form ed following a meeting this week with two directors of the Willacy County Water Improvement Dts i trict No. l. Mr. Rickard, who lives near La Sara, was elected chairman of the , fanners association with W. A. Odom of Edcouch as secretary. A dozen or so farmers met with the two directors who were in the city this week and offered their co operation in making irrigation pos sible in Willacy county. The organi zation formed will hold a meeting to discuss what may be dene and meet with the district board Monday. • No action was taken at this week's meeting because a full board was not present. O. K Dickinson, president of the board, must remain in Tem ple two weeks for medical treat ment. according to word received early this week by friends. DRAINAGE MAPS TO BE DRAWN Hidalgo and Willacy To Match Cameron** Job Already Finish %d (Special to The Herald) SAN BENITO, Sept. 5—Arrange ments are now being made lor sutveys of a part of Hidalgo county and Willacy county complementin'! a survey made some time ago of Cameron county, the information to be used as a basis for laying out a Valley-wide drainage system, A'hley G. Classen, state reclama tion engineer, told the Kiwanis club Wednesday at the Stonewall Jackson hotel. A one-foot contour map of Cam eron county is already in existence and similar surveys are expected to b» made in Hidalgo county to a point about miles north of Edin burg and in Willacy county, Clas sen said. Assistance of the state depart ment of health and also of the federal government is being sought to do the work. The Valley or tn county drainage district has a bal ance of about $2,500 out of the $15,000 provided by the state legislature tor pielimlnary work and this also will be applied on the work to be done new. It would require from one to two years to make the surveys but when tiify are completed they will pro vide information of extreme value m planning a tri-county drainage project, the engineer said. Classen is conferring with the three county Judges who compose the board of directors for the Valley drainage district autNirtzed by act of the state legislature following the 1933 storm. After the meeting with the Kiwanis club he attendee a conference attended by County Engineer Griffin of Hidalgo Coun tv. Oscar C. Dancy, Cameron coun ty judge; J. L. Lytel, flood control prcject engineer for the Interna tional Boundary Commission; F S. Robertson, manager of the San Benito irrigation district; J. M. McAnally, engineer for the Baa Benito irrigation district and T W. Biady. engineer with the boundary cctrm^Von; and W. E Anderson, consulting engineer; and Curtla R. Hul. as&tant state reclamation engineer. HUl would be in direct charts of the surveys when they are made. Lytle explained status of the flood control system to the Kiwaniana. Jjf'ge Dancy. Mr. Brady and Mr. Anderson also were at the Kiwanls luncheon. Other visitors Included Sheriff J. A Goolsby of Browns. Ills, Davis Morris of Corpus Christa; Herbert Crawford of Port Isabel and W. O. Brown. Jr. FINED *1* (Special to The Herald) HARLINGEN. — Anselmo Mata was fined $10 in corporation court for whipping Josefina Rios. A forest area, burned over cnca only grows again, but a double burning destroys all th seeds and makes replanting necessary. FLUSH OUT 15 MILES OF KIDNEY TUBES Medical authorities agree that yom kidney* contain IS MILE8 of tiny tube* or filters which help to purify the blood and keep you healthy. If you have trouble with too fre quent bladder passages with scanty amount causing burning and discom fort. the IS MILES of kidney tubes may need hushing out. This danger signal may be the beginning of nag ging backache, leg pains, loss of pep and energy, getting up nights, swell ing. pufflness under the eyes and dizziness If kidneys don't empty S pints a day and so get rid of more than S pounds of waste, poisonous matter may develop, causing serious trouble. Don’t wait. 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