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Passing of the Old Year
A few hour* after thi* issue of The Herald reaches
its reader* 1026 will have passed into history and
hells and guns will be welcoming the advent of the
New Year.
As Valley residents contemplate the progress and
events of the past yepr they must concede that it has
been a year of great progress a year that has brought
prosperity to practically all Valley people; in fart a
year which is without parallel in development and
achievements so far as the Lower Rio^rande Valley
is concerned.
Two of the major achievements of the year both of
which are destined to directly affect the transporta-
tion facilities of all sections of the Valley are the *x-
• tension of the Southern Pacific and thf' work inaugu-
rated by the federal government on the Valley’s port
at Point Isabel. That the inauguration of these pro-
jects marks the beginning of a new era in the Valley—
an era of greater prosperity in what is now the most
prosperous section of the South—is g<Vicrnlly conceded.
ll|fl the.e two projects alone been the results of
the year’s endeavor in the Valley history would still
record it as one of the Valley’s most successful years;
bpt in addition to laying the foundation for better and
cheaper transportation the Valley has probably ac-
complished more in general development of its natural
resources in the building of farm homes and in the
expansion of its cities and towns than any similar area
In the United States. Building activities during the
POXt year have been accelerated to a point never be-
fore attained. They have not been confined to any
one sertion. From Rio Grande City to Brownsville and
from the Rio Grande to Raynn ndville. the din of the
s»w hammer and concrete mixer has been heard in
every direction. %New farm homes huge hotel* bus-
iness blotks. recreation resorts thousands of city res-'
idtnces nave been erected with many more under con-
struction monuments to a year of industry progress
•t»d development without parallel in the Valley.
Though gigantic Btridcs have been made in the
past year the Lower Uio Grande Valley is not I
••booming."? There is nothing in the nature of a 1
“boom” connected wi*h the development and building
of the past year. The development is based upon a j
•did foundation—soil or unsurpassed fertility com- '
bined with climatic advantages such as no other part
pf the United States can boast. There are solid values j
back of ever** development every business building or
borne that has been erected values which are repre-
sented by a capacity for wealth production unequalled
by any similar agricultural areA.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley is now coming into'
it* stride. The era long prophesied by the "old tim-
ers'* when the real worth of the Valley’s soil and cli-
mate would be nationally recognized is here and
Viewing ns they do the wealth producing potentialities
of the Valle y. they are virtually unanimous in fore-
enetfng that what has been accomplished in 192*5 is
merely the foneruii"* • * f tin* tremendous development
which the Valley will witness during 1927 and sue-!
cceding years.
There are few residents of this section who do not '
look forward to the coming year with full confidence
that it hold* for them and the Vnlley twelve months j
of happiness prosperity and progress. They realize
that they have made their home in a favored land; i
that through their industry and progressive ideals the
foundation has been laid here for the richest agri- 1
cultural and industrial empire in the world and that
192(5 which materialized many of their ambitions will !
be followed by succeeding years of progress and pros-
perity the volume of which will increase as the years I
pass. -
The Valley’s Opportunity' \
A group of industrial leaders meeting in New York
^last week after a review of the industrial situation in
the United States predicted that the present tendency j
of industry to erect factories in urban centers rather
than in the great centers of population would increase
during 1PU7 and succeeding years asserting that with-j
if. a decade practically all large industries would move j
from the cities except in instances where such move !
would not bring them closer to the center of produe-
tjon of raw material or where economic conditions
wduld not justify the change.
■ In recent years the trend toward what might be
termed rural factory centers has been marked. Manu-
facturers have learned that the factories far removed
from the point where the raw material is produced can-1
net compete with those which have the advantage of
proximity to their source «f supply. They rannpt over-
come the established economic law that transporta- j
tlpn if raw material or finished products cost* money |
and their only recourse is to follow the example of
their competitors.
•In view of this trend which industrial leaders re- j
f.-ard as an et®nomic readjustment the Lower Rio !
Grande Valley should during the coming year re- j
double its efforts to attract to this section such in-
dustries as could handle the immense volume of raw
material the Valley can produce. Canneries storage
plant* textile factories are the principal needs and
got until these are secured will the Lower Rip Grande
Valley obtain the maximum profits from the immense
crop* it i fertile soil is capable of producing.
Heretofore the transportation problem has been
■- - - it to the location of such indus-
>ut this problem will be largely
of the Southern Pacific and the
nt Isabel harbor. The probability
he intraeoasUl canal to the Val-
ry important factor in attracting
►y developers who have sought to
now point to the fact that bo-
>w water rates will be in pffect
eaa. supplied br the two greatest
in Ike Southwest assure ute rannu-
prpdnets and providing rpil fa
- ip| deliveries.
_Vnilejr industrial plant*
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| jective during the coming year and if the vaj-ious com-
munities will devote the same energy- and work to-
1 getht'r harmoniously us th*y hnv* in developing the
agricultural resources there is no logical reason why
1927 should not witness the estntdishinent of various
industries in all sections of the Valley and the foun-
dation laid for the development of an era of industrial
development which will assure greater and more prof-
i itnble development „f Valley agriculture.
PROSPERITY AHEAD.
(John K. Edgertnn in Manufacturer's Record.)
Government official# who know individual econ-
| omiats nnd privatj reports all tell us our country is in
the finest position we have ever known; that we have
attained u new nationul standard of living. Recent sur-
veys made by the National Association of Manufac-
turers among its members support this upprisal amply.
r Ninety-nine per cent of our members aiip planning for
better business in 1927 than they had in 1926. classi-
fying their chances variously as from excellent down
to fair. Only one per cent takes a pessimistic view
and anticipates a decline. Seventy-five-per cent have
recorded better business for 1926 than they had in
1925. Sixty-eight per cent have increased their forces;
and eighty-nine per cent ure paying higher wages this
year than last year.
Excellent reason l^r being optimistic! But with all
of this I want to sound a note of caution against be-
coming panicky when we see our prosperity easing off
ir certain spots. It is bound to come for we are closer
to the basis of just costs rll around than we have ever
been since the war. Within the last six months I
have traveled through nearly three-fourths of the
states of the Union and have talked to and with
thousands of industrial and business pirn. I find in
some places tendencies toward gloom; but. also I find
in these places a little over-holding over-production.
Those things must and will find their stable bases
a more even relation between production and con-
sumption. as exists in the great bulk of our standard
lines of business that have gone on and on for decades
and must always go on.
Let us analyze ourselves u little. Look back a dec-
ade or so ago. In 1906 the United States Census
showed that we had b6.000.000 in our national family.
Today we have approximately 116000001). In 1906 the
automobile^ithe greatest toy’and «*» the same time the
most useful invention of the age) was in its infancy
a plaything for the wealthy and only a few in opera-
tion. Today it is a necessity for 10.000.000 and a lux-
ury-necessity for 10.000000 more. A decade ago we hud
no airpfanes; that industry was in its infancy. We had
no dirigibles. We had no radios. We had only a few
hotel palaces; we had few vestibule trains. To day
modern hotel palaces are everywhere; the de-luxe
method of train service is universal for all classes. Our
sports were very few wi*Ji a small following. Today
wc have a widespread interest in sports and they have
become a regular busine-s.
&
All this means that we have grown to man's estate
as a nation and have a large family to support and main-
tain on n plane that our forefathers never enjoyed or
knew. It means thr.t. more than at any time In his-
tory the need for sober sane application to business.
and work mu<t prevail.
The I'nited States to-.lay has an annual crime bill
of 110000000000. We are the most criminal nation
in the world. We should give continuing thought to
the fact that there is a keener relationship between
crime and leisure than there is between crime and the
necessity for work.
When nations turn to pleasure they crumble. Idle-
ness destroys and when idleness becomes the business
of those who make mould and'rule nations there can
be only one harvest—ruin. That has been the story of
civilization; and now in our most favored position it
behooves us to give more thought to constructive prog-
ress and to hold the respect of the world.
TIMELY VIEWS |
By C OLONEL LEONARD AYRES.
Vice President. Cleveland Trust Company.
Leonard porter Ayres statistician author banker'
and eductor w as born at Niantic Conn. Sept. 1.7. <
187i». Following lps graduation from Boston Cniversityj
in 1902 he was engaged in educational work in J'ortoJ
Rico where he obtained the foundation for hi* treatise]
on education and educational methods. During the
World war he became Colonel and Chief Statistics Of-
ficer of the U. S. Army later serving on the American
Commission to Negotiate Peace. Colonel Ayres is
the author of a number of books dealing with such
subjects as education business prospects building con- '
struction the automobile industry and the War with
Germany. He lias been giving out annual business fore-
cast* for a number of vears.
Despite excellent current reports for industrial
output and transportation activity the evidence is be-
ginning to aceuinnuilntc showing that the causes
making fyr less good business conditions are already
operative.
Industrial profit ipargins are
rapidly narrowing. Warnings and
profits of manufacturing will be
greater in lb-fl than ever before
but'the statements now available
covering the operations of the
third quarter closely indicate that
exceptional industrial prosperity
i of the first and second quarters
was by no means fully continued
in the third quarter. Current re-
ports indicate that still narrower
profits will be realized by very
many industrial firms in the
fourth quarter.
Automobile production is declining sharply and
employment in motor manufacturing centers is falling.
The number of reported insolvencies sharply increased
in October.
The one real danger is that business men may now
indulge in unwise attempts to stimulate business buck
to the pitch of activity that it reached lugt spAig.
The easiest way to do this and the most dangerous
one. would be to enter upon a new competition of ca.-y
terms in installment financing. The existing situa-
tion with regard to the financing of installment sell-
ing is probably adequately sufe and reasonably
sound even In si time of slowly (teclining general bus-
iness. —
Such an outcome is most unlikely. The real pros-
pects arc that bankers and business men will care-
fully avoid the extension of credit f<jr the financing
ot installment purchasing on easier terms than ex-
perience has shown to be safe.
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Prohibition enforcement is a rum game. -Wall
Street Journal.
KVbn a waiter finally comes to him who waits.—
IFAST HORSES
ARE LINED UP
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New Year’s Races At
San Benito Will Be
Good Ones
Five races which are expected to
be the fastest and most interesting
ever stag?d in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley are scheduled on the card is-
sued by the Sun Renito Driving I'ark
for New Years day. Many of the
hots** to b entered will make their
initial appearance before Valley race
fans on this occasion and their rec-
ords indicate that those who attend
the races will witness a return of
the "days of real sport.**
The card for the Sunday races has
I not been arranged and probably will
I not be announced befur* Saturday
I morning.
Following is the card for New
Years day:
: First Race Mass "A” Pace—
I TJirec-hent plan Mile heats: 1.
' Madge B. Sor. M.. A. I. Battles; 2.
The Portent R. M. O. T. Roots;
3. Frisco Mack. B. K. I!.. Mack;
4. Colonel K.. B. G.. Creasy; .r*. Patti*
ine B. M.. K. D. Reed; *». Flora A.
S. M. Haberthier.
Second tace- free-for-all pacf—
three-h.at plan—mile heat.-: 1. Mis*
rouii Lad. B. G. C. A. Stanley;
2. Minerva Gentry. B. M.. C. Steph-
enson;# 3. Mae Marsh B. M.. K. I>.
Reed; 4. Lord llfrron. Rk. H. Mack;
5. Jet Br. M. Al Creasy.
Third Race lunnihg race one-
half mile and fifty yards: 1. Shady
fane. W. McGee; 2. Dick K. Peg;
3. Montauk J.. t)’< on nor' 4. Mahel
Pauline Chico.
Fourth Race—running race five-
eighths mile: 1. Show Boy. K. l'«*g:
2. War Man. W. McGee; IVjJdj
Krinp O'Connor: 4. Mabel Paulin?
R. Yercnihend.
Fifth Rnc running race one mile
and fifty yards (San Bt*i):to’< New
Y ai- Day Handicap): 1. Ben Vail
W. McGee; 2. Heap Man E. Peg;
3. Ukase Chico; 4. Prison Bo>
O’Connor.
BAC THREE DEER
IN ANNUAL HUNT
George Putegnat and George Pute-
gnat. Jr. have just concluded their
annual liter hunt the outing netting
them-two eight point bucks and one
founrteen-point buck.
The Putegnat* every vear visit the
Kennedy ranch in Willacy county
and spend two or three days in the
field. So far they have never re-
turned without having had at least
one good “bait” of venison.
The Kennedy ranch is one of the
largest unbroken ranches in South
Texas.
KINGSBURY WIDOW
TOO ILL FOR TRIP
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The liodt of Martin B. Kingsbury
who died in New Orleans Monday
afternoon will not reach Browhs-
ville until tomorrow- night the de-
lay being caused by the illness of
hi> widow it is stated here.
Mrs. Kingsbury i* reported to
have been verv ill for several days
following Mr. 'Kiiyjshury'-* death and
was unable- to nptke the- journey
here as soon as originally* planned.
It is not likely the funeral will be
held until Monday it is further
stated.
Among the out-of-town relatives
who are expected to attend the fun-
eral here are Mr. and M»s. S. A. Vnfc
dez of Weslaco and their sister
Kvaneclim- Valdez. Mr. kiugrbitry
was their undo.
Red River Toll
Bridge Planned
AUSTIN. Tex. I»ee. ill «P)
• instruction and operation of a toll
bridge- across Bed River at or near
Illinois Bend and conn-cting Love
county. Oklahoma and Montague
county Texas is the purpose of the
Airline Toll Bridge Company"which
Friday was grunted permit to do
business in Texas by the secratary
of state.
Capital stock is SUiO.utJO.
SLAYER OF GIRL
(RANTED PARDON
_
AUSTIN Tex. Dec. 81. -«AV Wil-
j lie Porter sentenced to life inipris-
I onment from Hell county for murder
in connection with the killing of
! Miss Knima Staley was granted a
lull tardon last Tuesday by Gover-
nor Miriam A. Ferguson records of
the secretary of state's office show.
The body of Miss Staley was found
in Leon river and Porter was con-
victed on circumstantial evidence.
The pardon proclamation has not
been filed with th-» secretary of state
| and reasons for the pardon and those
recommending it are not yet avail-
able.
Two pardons were Announced to-
day.
They are:- Roy Griffin Navarro
county attempted arson. two ycras;
convicted in 11)26. Recommended by
seven of the jurors sheriffs assis-
tant district attorney who tried the
case and “because reputable doctors
certify that defendant has consump-
tion.”
Simon Purvy Panola county mur-
der. 10 years; convicted in April
1024. Recommended by jury and
sheriff "who says that defendant
was convicted by the unfaithfulness
of his wife. Pardon is recommended
by more than 7(H) citizens and the
entire official family of Angelina
county.”
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SERVICE STATIONS
TO OPEN SATURDAY
The opening of two modern ser-
vic stations will mark the beginning
of the New Year in ttrownavill * ac-
cording to announcement made by
the Gulf and Texas ml companies
whith installed th** station-.
The Texas Oil T'ompnn' station i<
located at El wnth and Madison and
the Gulf Refining Company station
at Kir*t and Elizabeth. Roth sta-
tions have the nio.-t modern equip-
ment and are prepared t« give
prompt service to all customer*.
Felix Pumarejo Dies
In Matamoros Home
Felix Pumarejo 50. or..ihmu nt cit-
izen of Matamoros died at hi? home
in that city this morning. Mr Puma
rejo had been a lifelong resident of
that city. He is survived by his
widow and two -ons and several |
b»ethe*-s and sisters including hr.*
Alfredo Pumarrjo (iaulherto Puma
rejo and Mrs. Manuel llestriro all
<€ Hrownsville.
The funeral hour will be an-
nounced Jater.
Mr. l’umaiejo was connected with
the Matamoros branch of the Cen-
tral Power Company.
On account of his death the an-
nual New Year's ball which wai to
have been held at the Teatro Re-
forms tonight has been cancelled.
Texas Crop Values
Show Big Increase
* NEW YORK. K. Y. Dec. 51. -P
- Although Texas will be the most
directly affected of all southern
states by the fall in the price of
cotton new records of production
along all lilies also make 1 *.•_’<! the
most successful year in the state's
history say* the New York Trust
Company.
Faun crops including cotton have
increased in value to an estimate of
$910.1)00000 against #siH).0O0.ihKI last
year the petroleum <uitput will reach
a new record estimated at 155.000.-
000 barrels and the state ha?
achieved a commanding position in
sulphur production.
Evolutionists Will
Organize For Battle
PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Dec. 51. >iP
A national organization of educa-
tors to fight opponents of evolution
throughout the country was formed
here today.
Members of the American Associa-
tion of University Professor.- meet-
ing a- part of the American A so-
eiation for th * Advancement of
Science resolved to fuse all organ-
izations interested in evolutionary
teaching ~in order to preserve the
i intellectual integrity of American
| educators.”
Along the Valley Highway |
Work on the Pharr-San .luan high
school auditorium and other addi
lions to the building are probably j
completed. Passed part of the con- |
structinn equipment «f H. L. Fitch j
of Brownsville who built the addi-]
lions returning to Brownsville the
other day.
Picked up a traveling man at Mer-
cedes and brought him down th •
Valley to Harling-n. He launched
into a thorough discussion of the
effects of alcohol on the human mind
and body—immediate effects and
concluded with the statement thr.t !
msscnl is rather 4 queer acting
drink and not suited to res{»eciabl« |
men.
He further entered inf«» A di*cti«-
sion of writers upon being informed
that he was traveling with a news-
paper man. explaining why Irvin S.
Cobb is the greatest writer in Amer-
ica. and mentioning confidentially
that he felt the writer’s urge many
iim«s during his younger days.
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Foundation of the tourist hotel at
Vsi ’Verde is in and the framework is
beginning to show up from the high-
way. This is going to be on:? of the
most attractive buildings in the Val-
ley when it is completed containing
many unusual features of Spanish
architecture.
The framework is also up on -the
h.'uutiful new home of Churles P.
Hanson at Val Verde. Both these
holdings are being built by II. J.
Hanson & Son of Brownsville.
Not so many months or years ago ;
Half a dozen “For Stile*’ signs could
be seen in front of farm homes on
the highway between Edinburg and
Pharr. Either the owners haw sold
their homes to persons more satisfied
with them or they have decided that
the Valley is not such a bad place
after all for the signs are gone and
the homes are taking on an attrac-
tive appearance with mofe improve-
ments put os them.
and the coyotes so large a> to re- I
semble wolves wrrt standing op the j
concrete gar.ing in aa unconcerned
manner at the approaching car. They <
FLORIDA HU BY
HEAVY FREEZE
ORLANDO. Fla.. Ilec. 31.—oF—
Hub-freezing I emiierat urc and
front In central Florida last night
caused considerable demage to
tender vegetables reports today
indicated aitnougn belief was ex-
pressed that Ihn. citrus crop had
eacaped Injury. j
THIEVES ENTER
SELLERS HOME
The residence of Mr. und Mr?. W.
B. Seller* Shearman and Elizabeth
streets was entered by ♦hiev —
Thursday night between 8:30 and
11 o’clock according to a report to
the police today.
burglar* are believed to hare
taken some clothing. Christmas
aou pruodoly other articles the val-
ue of which Mr Seller* said be h- I
not vet been able’to determine al-
though he hid not think the loss
wo *'d amount to much-
The family were out during the
evening discovering on their return
that the home had been entered
r.mry was effected by prying a win-
dow open.
Retail Merchants
Annual Election
SAN* BENITO. Texas Dec. .11.—At
a meeting of the Retail Merchants
Association held in the office of the
organization on Wedne day evening.
Decern* cr 29th. lt«2*J. the following
officers und directors of the $>*-
sociation were elected to serve dur-
ing the ensuing >ear; J. M. Jotu-s
president* F Mr ( olmerj vice-pres-
ident. I the! B. Fink* secretary. Di-
rector* included Roy E. Clark. C. E.
C^ok. J. R. George 1. R. Gilbert J.
Lee llanchey Kent Manning Victor
Mere. Raymond Slaughter and M. F.
Hens*m. The above officers will be
installed at the annual meeting to
be held some time the larly part of
January.
Prohibition Raid
Nets Three Stills
Wit HIT A FALLS. Tea... Let. HI.—
*'#>» .Prohibition Agent M. F. ** Lone
Wolf” Gonzauin*. seized three tille.
f>'i00 gallons of mush and 3»* gal-
lons of whi»kc) in thr * raids made
near Harkltirn-tt and M i. a Fall*
Thursday night and l . idav naming.
Charges of " posse-sion and trans-
portation of . intoxicating liquor”
have he*tu filed aguinet two ntiii ar-
rested in on* of the raids.
TEXAS BRIEFS ~
(By The Associated Press)
AUSTIN. Attorney General Dan
Moody will l ave Saturday far Wash-
ington to argue the New' Mexico
boundary -uit.
EAGLE LAKE. The body ... wo-
man. left by a party on th* way to
California remains unclaimed in un- !
dcitakmg establishment here.
HUNTSVILLE. John DavidsoYi
former mayor of Phelps is being
sought under the apprehension that
he has met with foul play.
EL PASO. Six o’clock -losing of
the international bridge instead of S>
o'clock is being asked by business
men suffering from embezzlements
and slow paying debtors. Gambling
is blamed.
SAN ANTONIO.— Clarence Young j
dii. Helote* rancher shot by a hunter
died in a hospital hj re.
finally turned and trotted into the
brush.
Ducks and geese appear to be
about the most plentiful thing: in
the Valley to a person going to Point
Isabel. Hut the hunters’ version of
it is that they change their temper
when they see a man walking across
the flats with a gun on his should* r.
Geese can be seen at a distance on
the prairie and occasionally their
call directs one’s ntt ntion to fly-
| ing geese while ducks are scared up
from every pool of water along the
route. *
Owners of young citrus orchards
throughout th* Valley are taking all
I precautions this year to protect their
tries. Most of the young orchard
I stock visible along the highway is
banked up a foot or more above the
ground so that a hard freeze will
not permanently damage the trees
but merely destroy the tops.
Not so many of the larger orchards
appear to be protected other than
'by windbreaks principally of palms.
Ready to help you get
More Eggs at Lower Cost!
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T>OULTRY raisers say our service is vyorth talking about
and you can bet we are mighty glad of that. But. what
pleases us most is that our customers who are feeding Purina
Poultry Chows are making more money from their flocks.
These customers stay with us and the growing number of
new customers is proof that Purina Chows get results.
We can help you get more eggs from your hens. When we
sell you Ptlrina Poultry Chows we will give you egg record
cards free to check up. Then in
your own figures you will have (
positive evidence that you are
getting your money’s worth and
then some by feeding Purina
Poultry Chows. We are. ready
right now to help you get more
eggs at a lower feed cost.
£ .. !»*' iX'V 11 1v. - -fivoWlUB'
MASON TRANSFER & GRAIN "" I
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8} CHARLES I*. STEWART
Exclusive Central Preoa Dispatch to
The Brownsville Herald
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31. - i’artici-
pants in the current winter’s session
of congressional “cut throat draw” j
have play.-d the game close to their
stomachs as gamblers express it. ‘
though with slightly less anatomical 1
delicacy thus far.
During December they were feel-
ing on • another out sizing orte an-
other up calculating their chances
and counting their chips.
These preliminaries over they j
may be expectnjJ. to cut loos c direct- J
l.v after tWc holiday recess and wade
right in to win. The session ends
March 4 so the cards will have to
fall fast.
a e •
Time wa» when the congressional I
game was a twosome—two big par- !
ties and generally no more. If a
third group did now and then break
in and draw cards for n few deals it
| was in the pee-wee class and neither
counted for much nor lasted long.
Today the whole tning is eut up
into cliques "blocs” they call ’em \
so that itfc hard to tell how any-
thing will come out.
Thes** blocs form constantly j
changing combinations.
The corn belt bloc the cotton belt ]
bloc the wet bloc the dry bloc the '
conservative hloe. the prog re sive
bloc the protection bloc the tariff j
I reduction bloc the fundamentalist
bloc the liberal hloe—blocs blocs
' '
bloc# ever shifting and changirtg
their arrifngement and alignments.
■4 m m
Take as an illustration the rate
of Frank L. Smith’s disput'd Illinois
sett in the I'nited States senate.
Smith’s a Republican. There are
more Republicans than Democrat# in
the senate. So will Smith be seated?
Not necessarily. The Republican
progressive bloc intends to vote
against him. Will that bent him?
Not necessarily. The Democratic
states’ right* bloc intend* to vote in
his favor.
How can anybody nake any sense
out of surh a ho^ge-podge?
• * •
The congressional blocs will get
regularly doun to their game of ‘'Cut
throat draw" for blood early in
January.
The game’s scheduled to stop
March 4. yes. But who ever saw a
loser willing to stop according to
schedule? March 4 will find most of
the blocs losers.| That is to any the
legislation they're variously clamor-
ing for will remain unenacted.
There’s just one way in which they
can keep the game going—in other
words force an extra session.
That way is to combine to prevent
the administration blor from getting
President Coolidge’s appropriation
bills pas «»d. If that happens an ex-
tra session’* • certainty and the
game will go on indefinitely.1
What's more. it'» the most
proved method of playing “cut
throat.”
DAILY HE AT I1ER BILLETIN'
"" >*
F'jr-t figures lowest temperature
li'tt flight; second high st ye terday;
third precipitation in last 21 hour-..
Abilene . 32 62 .00
An ir;!; 8f
Atlanta . 32 40 3*0
Birmingham . 38 4k .*h»
BROWNSVILLE 39 64 .001
Calgary . 26 41 00
Charleston . 36 48 .00 I
32 1"
Corpus Christi .. 42 58 3)0
Dallas . .36 64 3*0
Denver . 32 54 .00
I DiMfec City . 30 51 .00
E? Paso SB jBB
Calvert on ... 46 58 3M>
Helena .... ... 26 38 .00
Huron . 28 46 .00
•larks or. *• ill«* . 36 52 3*0
Kansas City. 34 54 .00
Louisville _.... 36 40 .oO
Memphis ... 40 52 .00
Miami . 42 58 .00
Montgomery . 3.6 50 .00
New Orleans . 44 56 .00
X w York . 24 36 .00
North Platte 24 54 .00
Oklahoma C.ty . 34 58 3*0
Palestine . 38 62 .00
Phoenix . 34 66 3H*
Pittsbuig....* 24 26 .00
St. Loiys . 36 50 .00
St. Paul _ 24 40 3)0
Salt Lake City 16 32 .00 ■
N«n Antonio .. .... 38 62 .00
San Diego .... .... 46 — 3*0
San F'rancisco . 44 56 3*0
Santa Fe .. 20 58 .90
Sheridan . 18 4*5 .00
Shreveport . 42 60 .0** j
Swift Current *...... 26 38 3*0 .
Tampa . 4»* 52 -00 *
Vicksburg .I... 40 SB 38*
Washington . 28 34 .00
Winnemucca . 14 40 38*
Williston . 12 32 00
We. ther Condition*
High pressure persists over the
Plateau and southern Rocky Moun- i
tain regions barometer 50.65 at Salt '
Lake C ity. but was mod* rately low j
over th’ region of the fireat Lakes)
and the Ohio Valley and falling over j
the far Canadian Northwest. This 1
pressure distribution is attended by
fair to clear weather practically
throughout the l nit'-d States and
the Canadian Northwest with Seat-
tle the only station reporting a
nnasurable amount of precipitation
for the last '24 hourt Temperature.*
w.re mild in the far Canadian
North ft cut in the north-central
states and in the region of the Great
Lakes: near the seasonal average in
th • central and south-central states;
and sub-normal in Florida and in the
Plateau region. Light to heavy
frost* occurred in south Texas and
in northern Florida this morning.
DEAF MUTES ON
HUNTING TRIP
RAYMON'DVILLE Texas. Dee. 31.
—Thursday evening eight deaf mutr»
in one lunch arrived in Raxmond-
villo. and attracted some little at-
tention from th'* idlers standing
around on the sidewalks. They took
supper at a lucai safe then enjoyed
a chat standing by their car using
their finger* in a very nimble and
vivacious manner.
There were five men and three
young women in the party nil of
whom they stated came from Robs-
town and Taft where they were en-
gaged in farming. The five men were
brothers and the women were wive*
of three of them the other two men
being unmarried they stated. They
were down in the Valley on a deet
bunt they stated and came in
from their camp for a change^ of
scene and diet.
After spending the night here
they returned to their camp and
stated the- desired to bring down at
least one deer hrtmfe the cluafr
the hunting season. / ' *
RAT CLIMBS TREE
PALESTINE 111. A rut on the
farm of L. 0. father has escaped
pursuit several time* by eliuibin^ a
dree. *
HAIR BOBBED AT 71
EALING. Eng Mr*. Johit Brough-
ton celebrated her 71st birthday by
having her hair bobbed.
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