The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 130, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 13, 1927 Page: 3 of 76
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FINISH THIRD
ROAD PAVING
ON SCHEDULE
Los Fresnos-Barreda
Stretch Completed
On Saturday; Will
Be Open Soon
The third highway on the Cam-
eron county paving program waa fin-
ished Saturday with the final lay-
ing of cement at Barreda on the
highway from Los Fresnos under
the direction of Dodds and Wede-
®r*Itn*r. contractors ef San Benito.
<* The San Benito to Rio Hondo road
the first to be finished on the pro-
gram was opened to the_ public trav-
el about three weeks asro. The sec-
()!d the El Jardin Boulevard high-
way was announced ready for travel
iast week.
The other half of the Paredes Line
f r°»<l which extends from Los Fres-
ho* toward Brownsville joining with
what is known *s the Sugar Mill
iioaJ and coming to the city limits
waj finished some time ago and the
crew moved. This part of the road
will join with the Seventh street
road which is already under contract
by the Southwest Bitulithie company
for paving.
The Barreda stretch of three and
a half miles just finished will have
to remain untraveled fourteen days
before it can be opened to the pub-
I lie it has been announced by J. W.
Shuford superintendent of construc-
tion.
One hundred and fifty men com-
posed the crew of workers which
broke the world’s record by laying
1710 feet of concrete in a day on the
El Jardin Boulevard road with one
machine. They later beat their own
record on the Barred") road laying
1736 feet of concrete November 2.
A total number of 320 cars of ma-
terial was shipped for the construc-
tion of this last piece of road 185
cars of gravel an even 100 cars of
sand nnd 35 cars of cement. These
35 cars of cement contained 33232
sacks of mat»rirt1.
Average construction a day was
1456 feet and continued through 127
working hours and lasted 12.7 days.
Interesting tests were made of all
finished mixtures te determine if
the proper portion of each ingredi-
ent was being added. Cylinders of
the cement measuring six inches in
diameter and several feet in length
were molded allowed to harden and
then were crushed. The needed
amount of pressure used to crumble
the cylinder was noted and strength
estimates made from this. Also
beams of the concrete six inches
square and four feet long were made
and were supposed to hold tin a cer-
tain amount of weight if the pro-
portion of materials were correct.
J. E. T. PETERS
PERSONALS
Mrs. C. A. Roy left Saturday even-
ing for Arlington Tex. where she
was called by the illness of her
daughter Mrs. C. I*. Rumph.
John G. Fernandes who has been
spending a month in Los Angeles
t alif. has returned to fiis home in
Brownsville.
Mrs. and Mrs. E. E. Black of Ed-
couch are spending the week-end in
the city.
John T. Boyer of Houston is here
for a few days on business.
T. Ralph Willis of San Benito was
here Saturday on business.
Lee B. Miller came to Brownsville
Friday for the week-end.
George Ernest of Shreveport La-
is stopping in the city for a few
days on business and looking about
the Valley.
D. R. Cain from Sugarland Is
Spending a few dnys here.
Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Lauder and
sons Frank and Clarence are here
visiting fro.n Woodvtlle.
Miss Edith Cash is spending the
week-end here from Harlingen.
Mrs. F. E. Bullock has returned to
Brownsville after a two weeks’ visit
•t the home of her parents at Port
Arthur.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence G. Watson
of I*ake Charles La. are visiting
over the week-end at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Bulloch. Mrs.
Watsm is a sister of Mr. Bulloch
his father J. J. Bulloch of Lake
Charles is also visiting here.
Brownsvuit in getting on in the
world.
In the current issue of Collier’s
this city comes in for prominent
mention in an article by Walter
Davenport titled "Boobs—F. O. B.”
The article deals with smuggling op-
erations along the various borders
of the United States and the Browns-
ville mention is news to D. W.
Brewster inspector in charge of the
Brownsville immigration district the
official said.
The Brownsville portion of the
article tells of an episode in which
an automobile was stopped after it
had crossed the International bridge
from Mutamoros. The driver was re-
moved from the car a search of
which an hour or so later revealed
the bodies of two boys and a man
who lived only long enough to tell
the story.
The article follows:
“One morning a few months ago a
roadster with what under ordinary
circumstances would be a eapacioua
luggage space behind the driver’s
seat was stopped at Brownsville
Tex. It had come over the Inter-
national bridge from Matamoros and
whereas the car seemed innocent
enough the driver was of unsavory
repute and he was stopped on gener-
al principles.
“He was taken to police headquar-
ters where after two hours of wait-
ing on the convenience of the offi-
cials he was questioned an to his
recent operations. _
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The Pioneer Concrete Pipe Manufacturers
of Texas
Gulf Concrete Pipe Co.
Valley plant location on Address Inquiries to
Highway at Sugar Mill P. O. Box 1051
Spur near Brownsville Brownsville
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Commercial Executives Meet
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PORTER WHALEY
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J. ] BELL
Prominent Chamber of Commerce executives of Texas who are taking an active part in the first an-
nual convention of the South Texas Chamber of Commerce here Monday and Tuesday include Ray
Leeman general manager of the South Texas Chamber; Porter Whaley manager of the San Antonio
Chamber heading the largest delegation to the convention; Ike Ashburn of Houston manager of the
Chamber of Commerce there; J. E. T. Peters of Cisco past president of the Texas Commercial Executives
Association; G. C. Richardson of Brownsville now president of the Texas Commercial Executives As-
sociation; J. E. Bell of San Benito past president of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Commercial Exec-
utives Association; and Leslie Neal of Edinburg now president of the Valley secretaries.
If They Were Pulled Out of Car Dead
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
It’s News to Me Says Local Chief
“An hour or bo later the officials
decided to search the car again. This 1
time they tried to open the lid of
the luggage compartment. It was
locked and when the suspect insist-
ed that the car wasn't his and that
he had no keys it was forced.
“Two small boys and a man—
their fahter—were dragged oat. The
boys were dead. The father ltv*«i
long enough to tell the story. They
had been jammed into the tiny com-
partment by a man who had assured
them that they would be on Ameri-
can soil in a half hour. With his
boys he had been taken from Cuba
to Mexico for $300. For |300 more—
all that he had—they had agreed to
carry him and his two small sons
into the United States But he told
them he had never seen the driver
of the car before.”
**If anything like that ever hap-
pened. it is news to me” Mr. Brew-
ster said when he saw the article.
‘ I have been an immigration of-
ficer along the Mexican border for
the past 12 years and if anything of
that sort had happened at any point
•-—
along the stretch I believe I would
have learned of it.”
"There was a magazine writer
through here sometime ago and I
tried to cooperate with him in every
way possible without going beyond
my duty but he certainly never was
told anything of that nature by any-
one connected with this office.
"The story on its face is rather
silly to anyone acquainted with the
methods of our men.
"In the first place I know of no
officer in our service who would
halt a car ’on general principles.'
When we stop a car we have a well-
founded reason for doing so.
“Also when our men stop a car
they search it and a luggage com-
partment such as the one described
would be one of the first places they
would look.
"And lastly what would the sus-
pect be taken to the police station
for? No city policeman is station-
ed on the bridge and if there were
he would not be taking our prisoners
to the city jail without our knowl-
edge.”
| CI1Y BRIEFS
Why pay Rent? Finance a home
of your own your very own. Easy
payment plan. We also loan on bus-
iness and farm property. Insurance
of all kinds. Todd & Underwood
State National Bank Building. Phone
Adv. tf.
Pleating. Buttons covered button-
holes hemstitching picot edging
metal trimming rhinestones pink-
ing. Mail orders given prompt atten-
tion. Idrs. E. C. Bowen 41S Peoples
Street Corpus Christi Texas.—Adv.
G.
If It’s a Typewriter you are think-
ing of just think “Davenport." We
sell. We repair. 1112 Elizabeth St.
Phone 1105—19—Adv.
Official Away.—P. D. Kennamer
county superintendent of schools
was in Harlingen Saturday on bus-
iness in connection with the Cemcron
school exhibits at the Mid-Winter
fair there. A1I school grades will ex-
hibit at the fair it was said.
When You Think of Good eats and
drinks you think of the Star Pharm-
acy opposite hospital McAllen Tex-
as.—2 Advertisement.
Buy Your Bats at Amaya’s Mil-
linery Store 1215 Adams Street.—
\dv.
Ringworm.—One bottle of Imperial
Eczema Remedy is guaranteed to be
enough for any case. All druggists
are authorized to refund your money
if it fails.—Adv. (4)
Speakers Stand Built.—Workmen
Saturday were engaged in erecting a
temporary stand at the new stadium
at the high school. Ths stand is to
be used in speeches by state of-
ficials Monday. The stand is being
built directly in front of the grand-
stand.
Dr. B. L. Cole has moved his of-
fices to the second floor of The
Merchants National Bank Building.—
Adv. 16.
Returned to Brownsville — Louis
Lieberman who has been employed
in Edinburg for the past few months
has returned to Brownsville to be
connected with the Kaplan store.
Tho Faroe Cbmedy “The Old Dis-
trict School." will be presented by!
El Jardm talent under the auspices
of the Parent-Teachers Association
at the El Jardin school house Fri-
day Bight Nov. IS. This la a two-act
play and an Invitation has been ex-
tended to Brownsville people to at-!
tend. The paved highway to the!
school house has been opened azd
the play will start at S o’clock. J
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Receiving Daily fresh Oystera
Fish and Shrimp. Phone #51. Rio
Grande Fi3h & Oyster Company
City Market Building.—Adv. 13.
If a Few Acres is desired for a
home or orchard tee Media Luna
Farms Subdivision first—attractive
prices and terms.—Adv. 14.
Fancy Hemstitching for Christmas
done at Amaya's Millinery Stone at
1215 Adams Street.—Adv.
An Acre Lot will subdivide Into 5
eity lots and the price in Media
Lena Farms Subdivision per acre is
less than per lot in Brownsville.—
Adv. 14.
Fine Oyster Weather. We are re-
ceiving nice select oysters daily.
Rio Grande Fish and Oyster Co. City
Market Building.—Adv. 13.
Dickey’s Old Reliable Eya Water
coola and heals red eyes. Doesn't
hurt. Red folding box. All drug-
gists.—Adv. (4)
Electric Light power telephone
good roads all the way are offered
you In Media Luna Farms subdi-
vision.—Adv. 14.
Save Your Energy by using New
"Silent” 8 L. C. Smith—the perfec-
tion typewriter Davenport Type-
writer Exchange Sales Agents. Phone
1105—14—Advertisement.
Post Aerial Falls
In High Windstorm
The main antenna of the Naval
Radio station at Fort Brown crash-
ed to earth at 2:30 o’clock Saturday
afternoon daring a heavy rain which
was accompanied by a alight wind.
Practically no damage was 'occa-
sioned by the crash and no one was
hurt although the sound of the fall
could be heard for blocks.
An emergency outfit. Installed
smetime ago was immediately put
into operation and the station was
again m service within a very short
while after the accident.
A crew of workmen immediately
started the task of erecting the
fallen wire again and hope was ex-
pressed by B. L. Jarvis in charge of
the station that the place would be
functioning normally by noon Sun-
day.
SPEEDER SHOOTS POLICEMAN
ROMFORD Eng.—Policeman W. G.
Gutteridge was shot and killed by a
speeding motorist whom he had
stopped. The slayer escaped.
ty aterways to Mean
Development For
\ alley Mayfield
“The establishment of water trans-
portation will be followed by an era
of intensive development in the
Lower Kio Grande Valley'’ was the
prediction of Senator Earle B. May-
field. who arrived in Brownsville
Saturday night after speeding three
days ia the upper part of the Val-
ley.
While in the city Senator Mayfield
will be the house guest of M. K.
Hall assistant county attorney and
Mrs. Hall. An informal gathering
of friends of the senator was held at
the Hail home Saturday night.
*‘I feel assured that the Valley
will eventually secure deep water at
Point Isabel the intracoastal canal
arj improvement cf the Arroyo
Colorado as a waterway and pledge
the Valiev my support in achieving
these projects" Senator Mayfield |
said.
The senator commented upon de-!
volopment in the Valley since his j
last visit to this section two years ■
ago. and stated that it seemed al- j
most inconceivable that such a
chj.nre could be wrought in the
course of a few months.
“Transportation is the Valley’s
problem” the senator continued.
“You have soil that will produce al-
most every crop that grows in either
the temperate or sub-tropic regions
and produce more profilieally than
any other part of the United States.
With the Valley it is not a ques-
tion of production; it is a question
of marketing porfitably. The Valley
port and proposed waterways would
open the markets of the world to
Valley products and would virtually
assure profit on every ton of agri-
cultural products the fertile soil of
the Valley can produce.”
Will Speak at Convention
Senator Mayfield arrived in the
Valley Thursday and spoke before
a large audience at Mission Friday.
He addressed Harlingen busiress
men at a luncheon at the Rees-Wil-
Mond Hotel Friday noon and spoke
at the high school Saturday morn-
ing. He will deliver a lay sermon
at the Methodist church in Browns-
ville Sunday morning and will speak
at the South Texas Chamber of
Commerce convention Monday morn-
ing. From Brownsville he will go
to Rnymondville Monday afternoon
and will leave that night for Wash-
ington.
“It is inspiring t«*get back to the
Valiev and note the progress the
rapidly growing cities the numerous
citrus fruit orchards and rural and
urban homes such as can be found
in no other part of the United
States” the senator said. “During
the years I was on the Texas railway
commission I visited the Valley fre-
quently and though I realized that
it was a region of vast potentiali-
ties I could not then vision it as
it is today no more that I can vision
what It will be a decade from now
when your porta and waterways will
be providing new avenues and cre-
ating new markets for your produc-
tion. If the Valley can make such
progress in a few years it will be
impossible to predict what it ran
accomplish when water transporta-
tion is available.”
In his address at Harlingen Satur-
day afternoon Senator Mayfield dis-
cussed the agricultural problem of
the nation stating that he consid-
ered this the most important ques-
tion before the nation today.
“The presidents of our barks the
manager: cf our automobile con-
cerns tire presidents of our rail-
ways the stockholders of our mer-
cantile establishments and the
managers ei our industrial and man-
ufacturing enterprises have long
s:nge realised that the prosperity of
their business depends very largely
upon the prosperity of the pro-
ducers of the nation” Senator May-
field said.
“As the financial barometer of
the farmer goes down so goes the
financial barometer of the cities
and towns that are dependant on
agricultural areas. It has been truly
said that our cities and towns may
burn but if th# agricultural areas
surrounding them are prosperous
the citiei will be rebuilt more be; u-
tiful than before. But leave the
ci.y prosperous end icduee the ag-
ricultural area surrounding the city
to penury end it will not be long
until weeds grow in the main
sfeets.”
Relative to the tariff the senator
stated that he is opposed to a pro-
tective tariff that does not benefit
ail classes. “If the present high tar-
iff law is to remain the fixed pol-
icy of the nation” he said “I thinx
its provisions should be re-cast so
that the cotton and vegetable nro-
ducers of the South will receive
some of the benefits of the law and
not be compelled to bear all of its
burdens.
Dairy Schools Will
Be Opened This Week
Dairy schools are to be opened
within the next few days in Browns-
ville. San Benito and Harlingen ac-
cording to R. C. Graham recently
appointed sanitarian for this dist-
rict The schools will be establish-
ed for the purpose of instructing
dairymen of those towns regarding
building sanitation and grading un-
der the miik ordinance Mr. Graham
said.
The sanitarian will be in charge of
the local school. That in San Be-
nito will be in charge of M. B. Fin-
ley of the Cameron county health
unit and Harlingen's school will b<
under the direction of Doctor F. D
Walsworth health officer of thai
city.
All persons expecting to sell mill
in any of these three cities will b<
asked to register with the health of
ficials at once giving their numbei
of cows amount of milk sold am
where samples may be obtained.
Permits for dairying will be issuer
on January 1 and those not having
applied before that time will be con
sidered non-producers and will no<
be permitted to seH milk until thi
requirements of the milk ordinance
have been fulfilled Mr. Graham said
Dates of the schools will be an-
nounced within the next day or two
it was said.
Value
is the BIG thing
about these excellent
Diamond Rings. Sel-
dom will you find such
quality and beauty at
this price! Finish and
lustre like this yoa
would usually asso-
ciate with a much
higher price!
This Special Offer for the Early
Christmas Shopper
Don’t put it off! If you’ve always wanted a fine
diamond ring here is your opportunity. Use our
Christmas Lay-Away Plan. A small deposit will
hold the above diamond value until Christmas.
KISSES FOR TENANTS
ONGAR. En*.—When Alexander
Veryard wu arretted on a woman’s
complaint he admitted he kissed all
his feminine tenants.
3! Welcome Delegates to South Texas II
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The Floor of Fashion
invite* you to view a
new collection of EVE-
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have jnst been received.
The approach of Holiday
festivities necessitate*
the replenishing of Mi-
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