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_ VALLEY CITRUS SCHOOL—DONNA JUNE 29—MERCEDES JUNE 30.
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VOL. XXIX No. i55. BROWNSVILLETEXAS THURSDAY AFTERN OON JUNE^ 1923L • SIX PAGES TODAY ESTABLISHED 1893
GROWERS SHOW
APPRECIATION
CITRUS SCHOOL
Ptft Resolution Requesting
Extension Service to Make
School a Permanent An-
nual Feature for Growers
OIM HVERX SIR >\V1
A» the - Cameron county <-it rn-* ki IhhiI
cam-- to it close ami entomologists ami
extension service men were preparing
to leave for Hidalgo county to spend
three days growers packers ami other*
Interested in the continuance of f|ii ••
educational work turned to plans for
next year’* school.
At the closing meeting of the Browns-
ville section of the school Wednesday
afternoon. resolutions were pas-'tl
thaukiug the men who had helped make
it successful. Following are the re-
solutions
Resolutions.
WHEREAS. The citru* school for
Fauierou county now dosing has been
» decided suer-ess. tint only a* to num-
l»er* present ami the etfthti*in*iu und
iutrrest manifested but also iu the ex-
cellence of the instruction presented
by the different speakers or lecturers;
and
Whereas Great good lia- resulted not
only in arousing’ greater enthusiasm
among the people of. Cameron county
for more intdligeut handling ami * arc
of their citrus orchard* and fruit* but
also there ha* been created an idea
among the people both those who are
indirectly as well a* those who are di-
rectly interested that these *« hoot*
should be made a permanent annual
affair iu order that the peopl*- might
attain greater knowledge on all phase*
of citrus culture; therefore be it
RESOLVED. By the Brownsville
branch of this school that the Exten-
sion Service he requested to continue
these school* annually until future de-
velopment* make their continuance un-
necessary; and be it further
Resolved. That our sincere thank* are
due the several speakers who .have
given of their time und effort to en-
lighten us on the various branches of
the subject of citrus culture uml espec- i
ially to t»r. W. W. Yother* and Hr. E. ]
T. Barber for coming a* they did. from
lung distance* to be of service to u>:
and be it further
RESOLVED. That our thanks are
also due the pres* of Brownsville for
the publicity they have given the work
enabling those who were unable to ut-
teud to get some good from the work
doue; that our thank* are due Messrs
l^oui* Alatneyer and A. I*. Swallow for
their untiring* efforts in our behalf and
for their influence with those iu au-
thority iu the Extension Service and
for heir efforts in securing null ex-
cellent talent for our instruction: uml be
it further
Resolved. That the Itoard of directors
of the Brownsville independent school
district be thanked for the use of the
building and equipment; and that a copy
of these resolutions be given the
Brownsvibl |«per*. and also sent to Ilia
directors of the Extension Service at
A. & M. CollegV.
r lanniny «v»»ww».
Although no definite amusement* for
the next year's school have yet been
made it ha* bepn announced that several
change* will be made. Among other
things will be the division of t!»*• field
work into group section* so that more
individual instruction •ten be given.
Tentative proposals also call for one or
more informal ••get-together" meetings
at which the various grower* can become
auiuainted and exchange personal <x-
periencrs in the growing of citrus tr'«s.
This "swapping" of valuable hints has
proven to be one of the most valuable
feature* u* such schools.
Spraying and dusting demonstration*
at the Claude Ma**y orchards brought to
a close yesterday afternoon the time-
day session in Brownsville. L M Hal
stead of the Texas state depart iivnt of
agriculture conducted u gummosis cure
demonstration atul W. \N . Toflier*.
Florida entomologist explained effiicent
spraying and dusting methods.
Explain* GummoM* Treatment
In his explanation of the gummosis
treatment. Mr. Halstead declared that
the Bordeaux mixture wii* an efficient
cure while not as g«e.d a* Carledin urn
Avenarius a chemical substance •■••til-
ing from tJermnny and which ha* not
beeu brought to the Fnit.-I State* in
auy large ipiantitie* since the < treat
War. Shipment of that product ha*
been' resumed and will he obtainable at
hw-al orchard supply lion*e* within a
week or ten days.
I»r. Yothers emphasised the import a m-
of thorough spraying and dusting il
lustrating the best way of covering the
entire tree by the system cf spraying in
sect ions.
AVIATORS AGAIN
ATTEMPT RECORD
<Bv The Associated Press.)
SANDIEGO. Calif. June iht. In the
second attempt in two days to break
the endurance record and speed records.
Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant
John Richter army aviator* who wer-
foiced to deacend yesterday morning on
account of generator trouble took off
at 4:4fi this morning. They are pan-
ning a trip of four days and four
nights.
| !
It Never Rains But It Pours
A day after th« Broad Street Station at Philadelphia vn tunned
down a train wreck at Villa Xevn. a : >.h!i auliurl-. lyi th^r tl 1
railroad tea Hie. Xmo l r.-< ns w. r* in;:*.-I when «.ne electric train ride-
•wiped another derailing coaches cl Loth trains and tearing up tl.-j rail*
for 5v0 feet.
TREMEDOUS DECREASE
ALCHOL CONSUMPTION
UNDER PROHIBITION LAW
—
Freak Weather
StrikesChicago;
Light Snowfall
(I’y Tin* Associated pre- .1
CHICAGO. 111. June 2s.— Snow
flakes. m:\ctl with rain fell here
this morning the snow melting as
. it fell. Man> overcoats wer • in
evidence among the throngs on the
Streets. Last week a record break-
ing heat wiif caused nwf■ than a
score of death*.
INDICTMENTS
IN COAL CASES
ARE DISMISSED
(I’y Tile A 'Oritt'eil Press. I
INDIANAPOLIS. June 2d. Indict-
ments a'rain.it 22** roal opera** -s and
official* of th*' Cnit* <1 M:**k \S'•»rk• • i
and mining companies returned in
February 1022 charging con piracy to
violate the Sherman anti-trust law .
were dismissed hy the Cnited States
district court her today by Judu An-
derson on motion of Attorney General
Daugherty.
• Official Weather Reports
Brownsville nml v.cinity: Partly
cloudy and sum what unsettled to-
night and Friday.
Fust Texas: Partly cloudy tonight
and Friday probably with "cattered
showers in cast portion; coder 'tonight
t xc* pt on west coast. Light to moderate
southerly winds on the coast becoming
variable. t * Ml
Weather Condition*
The weather was mostly cloudy and
unsettled from the "Ttockii " to the
Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Showers and
severe thundorstorms occurred last
night and yesterday in the great een-
tral valleys ami the middle Gulf tnte-
l.ight scattered showers were reported
also from the balanre < f the cotton belt
and from th m rthern Rocky Mountain
states.
It was much cooler this morning over
the IV-iins states and cooler through-
out th<* great central Valleys and the
extreme northern bo d< r of the cotton
belt. Elsewhere temperature change#
were mostly unimportant.
The highest readings yesterday at
Texas stations ntngi from 1*>0 at Abi-
lene anil Fort Worth to 8* nt Corpus
Christi and Galveston.
Loon W eather Data
Rarometer 7 p.m. yesterday . . :*tl 7.!
Raromter 7 a m. fn 'av .. 2!t.7t>
Tern re rat u-e highest yesterday . 92.
T'nifier.it u re 2 p.m. ye-*' 'day » 90.
Temperature I p.m. yesterday 91.
Tempo n*ure 7 p.m. yesterday .. 81.
Temperature lowest last night .. 79.
Tem%rature 7 a.m. today 81.
Temperature 10 a.m today . 87.
Temperature 12:T> today .91.
j Humidity 7 p.m. (yesterday (pet) *58.
: Humid *v 7 a.m. today < j.c*) ... 87.
I Humid-ty 12:.'10 today f p«rt» M.
| Precipitation 7 p.m. ye-terday .. f> "O
t Pi i eipitnt ion 7 a.m. today.n m
I Total rainfall this month . 0.:ts
: Wind diree. and vel.) 7 p.m. SF I4
! Wind (diree. and vel.) 7 a.m. SI*)
J Weather 7 p.m. yesterday . clear
: Weather 7 a.m. today . clear
| Sun sets today . 7:245
I Sun rises tomorrow . 6:4»>
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WASlliNiiTOX lb June 2H.—
Aider n ail n.i suir< i - of alcohol have
h;- >'uiIon- le-.« dur ng tile
past three years if national prohibi-
tion l o nmi- ioni r Haynes aid in a
.'t.*> irunt today than they had in the
th’ee previous pre-Volatead years.
Showing how prohibition had mop- 1
P< d up the liquor applies hi -tated
that the total withdrawals of "alcohol
whiskey and Other spirits in the three
year* of prohibition had aggregated ap-
proximately Hf4400()3 gallons in the
three preceding years. The greati st de-
crease in withdrawals he said were
iti win-key gin and brandy. About 72
l« r rent of the withdrawals since pro-
hibition have b in alcohol high wines .
and t ologne spirits which nr largely
used for irvi»i-triul purpose- he t.said. |
SMUGGLED WRONG j
WAY ACROSS RIO
I LITHUANIAN SAYS
Local customs officers. wi re con-
freritrd with a new proposition yi*ter-|
day when a lithu..n:-n national ac-
companied by hi- wife and niece ap-
plied for permission to onti r the t'r.i-
*<d State: an.| return to th-ir home at'
t dar It pids. Iowa. The l.i'hiianian
-talcAi th-\ ha t come t. Brownsville i
with the intention of visit ng Mexico
md that a chauffeur had i.formed
i them that they would not to- permit*
I ted to cross. He added that their r'esirr
to see Mexico w is o great that they
finally smuggle! themselves neros«
r aking th” c*<* ting in a small tow-
boat a short distance below the city.
The Lithuanian'* story did not inakei
in very deep impre-inn up'n the im-
| migration officiate and after more
I than an hour’s questioning hi- finally
m Med that t-e an-I h*- wfe had re-
turned to I.i'l ::inia .-'.out two year*
jag': after residing irveral years in
i 'he L’n’l'd S‘i t They finally came
j to tKe conclusion th-i! “the land of the.
j free” w >s the test place for them and j
i thev were e deavoring to return luring- j
in-* their niece w.th them. As th* I.ith
urtnian had never hien nr.tural xed. h< j
could n-t be admitted end the party 1
w.i obi g. d to ret -rt to Miitantoros.
• • •
TAKE PRECAUTIONS
TO PREVENT NEGRO
ESCAPING OFFICERS
■ 1 “
f.AS. TVtii*. .lime t_’S Threats I
;ti.| to hat ■ herli niii't" t*\ I'd nine Dver. I
j the negro iimiseil nf slaying n polii-e
I mao. that lie wotihl at tempi to escape
' from the <•01111 room where In- goc* to
trial today nn-i'il a innlnn of officers |
'•i he tlirov.ii around the room. The of |
fil ers were Instructed to shoot to kill j
! if necessary.
Dyer faces trial on ih<* charge of hill-
ing I'oliceinan J. Oilison. ami wit* the
alleged companion of Kriie-t l.nwson. a
1 negro iuntii'lel aid srntenceil to <|eath
iur the tuurtler of Special Officer .1 It
t'rain. Itotli officers were shot in drug
' store l ohhcrie*.
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TWO INJURED IN
STREET CAR SMASH
DALLAS Texas. June 28.—Two
person.- were injured one severely
when three street cars crashed at
the north end of the Dallas-Oakcliff!
viaduct this morning. William Dow-
dy. a conductor was bruised and
cut and a negro passenger was
. slightly hurt. Faulty brakes on or.e
• of the cars is believed to have been j
the cause of the accident although I
the official investigation has not;
i been concluded. j
HIDALGO COUNTY
CITRUS SCHOOL
STARTED TODAY
Opening Sessions at McAl-
len This Morning Indicate
that They Will be as Suc-
cessful as in Cameron Co.
(Special to The Herald)
McAI.I.KN Texas Jun* — If th-’
citrus school held at McAllen today is
a critinon tin sessions in Hidalgo j
county will he as successful as in i
* imeion county. Approximately ISO '
grown were in attendance t^i morn-
ing and a Png train of autos lift the
city after dinner to attend the field
"elk and demonstrations given at the
McCoIl orchard. The school will he
held at Donna ti.morrow and at Mer-
cedes Saturday and ther is every in-
dication that at both points the ex-
pert:. will be greetid by lapgc crowds.
The entire corps of experts arrived ih
MeA’Ien this morning and were kipt i
busy every moment. They were met by t
County Agent Ki'kjatrick and all ar-
r.ing merits for the day v.erc concluded •
.it an early hour. Dr. Yother’s lecture
•. - of sji -i«l inti rest to the large
crowd of growers who were in attend-
ance. Their inter st being manifested
in the volume of quistions and the
g neral discus-ion which followed the
remarks >.f each of the lecturers. Many
of the mo.* prominent c:lru> grow* r*
of the Valley were pre i nt at the melt-
ing here this morning end th* lr inter-
* st .n the lectures and demonstra-
tions is ns keen as that of the new- 1
comer who is getting his first instruc-
tion in the art of raising citrus.
Owing to the fact that the schools j
will I.* held < nly one day in inch or
the Hidalgo towns the ‘M’hautauqua
plan” such as was used in t ameron I
county having not been adopted in Hi- j
dulgo. it is neces-ary to crowd the pro-
gram to some extent in ord> r that all i
the work may in* accomplished. How-
ever the school at McAllen proves that
much can lie accomplished in one day !
and the tart that each of the experts
i- now throroughly conversant with ;
V > is also l factor which t
oonti buty) ^ speedy kudity of the
work .
S vera! of the extension service men
n* r.t .king art exam.ration rf some of
tiie nrinc.pal citrus grove* in this vI- j
* v t*-t iv. rind they highly comm-nrt
ti e progr- »s made in citrus culture in
th: -ection <>f the Valley.
SIMONS-EVANS
FIGHT CENTERS
IN TEXAS KLANS
(I!; The A NSfH'idlH I'frs'i I
NEW ORLEANS In June 2*.
While the rourt at Atlanta is trying
to ascertain whether Emperor William
.1 Simmon* er Imperial Wizard Ev-
ans is the controlling power of the Ku
Klux Klan Simmons i» personally car
rying the battle into Texas Evan'*
home state.
Simmons passed through here to-
day en route to Heuumont where he
w ! deliver tomorrow the first of a
series of addresses in Texas. Iloth f.u-
ti< ns are anxious for the upport of
Texas Klansmen. which Evans claims
solidly. The Simmons party claims |
seventy-five pi r cent of the Texans. t
LOCAL LEGION WILL
RECEIVE COLORS AT
FT. BROWN JULY 4TH
—
Mans for the presentation of colors
which ceremony will take place nt Fort
I trow n. on July 4. were made at a shoit
i i‘•■unit of the American legion last
nielu. at the district court room. The
services nil he held nt !• o'clock.
No other program will he given in
Ivtisville on the Fourth in older that
nil v lo (in may attend the •big Fourth
of July program to he given tit IJarl-
ini£"ii. tinder the auspices of the legion
there. The ltrow nsville. Sail llcnito
at.d Mnlingcr legion- are attempting to
i ooper.ite in siii-h ii »vay. that et\eh le
sen will take turns in the observance
of ine v.i'litis national holidays.
Fes' night'* meeting here was one
of the best attended me ttlig's he'd this
spring. All ex serviee men whether they
b long to the legion or not. are invited
to lake part in the presentation cere-
monies. and a general invitation is ex-
it i d» d the puhl’c to attend.
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HEAVY DEFICIT IN
STATE GENERAL FOND
i
t Hi* The Associated Press.i
AUSTIN. June 28.—The deficit
in the general revenue fund today
reached $667000- treasurer Ter-
rell announced. The deficit includ-
ed state pay rolls for the present
month.
Military Rule in Okla.
County Will be Brief;
Adjutant General Says
(Ity The Associated Press.I
OKMULGEE OKU. June 2K.—
That the military regime in Ok-
mulgee county established Thurs-
day by Governor Walton would be
brief appeared certain today. Adju-
tant General Markham aft r con-
ducting a court of inquiry said
that he expected all state troops
would be withdrawn hv Saturday.
No evidence of the activit es of
any secret organization has d -vcl-
oped at the hearings at whirh
scores of Okmulgee county citizens
testified. General Markham an-
nounced. Virtually without e\c p-
tion the witnesses centered their
complaints upon the alleged abuse
of official authority by deputies
und r Sheriff John Russell the ad-
jutant general said.
HARDING PLEAS
FOR WORLD COURT
IN IDAHO SPEECH
» ..
i Its The As SOI-is ted Press. I
POCATELLO Idaho. June 28.—
Declaring that the American ^peo-
ple “ought to give their influence to
direct the world to a plane where
there will he less war” President
Harding carried into Idaho the home
of Senator Borah opponent of the
world court today an appeal for
American membership in a perman-
ent court of International Justice.
He declared that he “had a thou-
sand times rather entrust adjust-
ment :>f any dispute in which Amer-
ica is interested to a permanent
court of International Justice with
American representation there than
to any arbitration body set up in
the history of the world.”
< IS-. The Associated Press.i
ABOARD PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL.
June 2H. President Harding today
went info Idaho the home state of
Senator Horah who often disapproved
und sometimes denounrtd administra-
tion policies. Because of the attitude of
Borah. the reception accorded Presi-
de nt Harding is watched with interest.
Harding will speak today at Pocatel-
lo und Idaho Kails both speeches to
be extemporaneous. Senator Beinh
planned to gret t the president on his
arrival at Pocatello and will accompa-
ny him to Idaho Falls.
MORE OIL PROMOTION
FRAUD ORDERS ISSUED
i Ity The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. June 2f A
fraud order has been issued by the
Post Office Department against H. S.
Rucher Fort Woith and Eldorado
Arkansas; Rucher Smackover
Rucher Petroleum (ompany; The hl-
well Advertising Agency; Sir A. Gos-
•age; W'. P. Elwell; and E. J. Duller.
EVANS AT HOUSTON
i P.v Tlio Associated Press.)
HOUSTON Texas June 28 Dr. *
Evans Imeprial Wizard of the Ku
Klux K!an. arrived here today to ad-
dress a meiting of the Kian tonight.
'NEW NARCOTIC
EFFECT CAUSE
CONTROVERSY
11 tv The Associated l'ress. i
SAN FKANOSGtl. t’alif.. June US.—
There whs general division of opinion
today among physicians attending the
convention of the American Medical As-
sociation regarding the value of an eg-
per-.'iirnt made with Scc>|M>laming's alka-
loid. on three inmates of the San (Juentiu
prison by Itr. It. K. House of Ferris
Texas under whose influence the sub-
eject* are im-apahle of lying.
Opponent* of the theory leased their
contention on the fact that the incidents
heretofore concealed. these babblings
being by no means always accurate or
true to the characteristics of the sub-
ject.
Warden Johnson of the prison said
that he disc-r< diled the effectiveness of
scoisdatniii in determining the guitt of
any person. 1 said in one test the
same question evoked three divergent
answers from one subject.
TAKES ISSUE WITH
HARDING ON SPEECH
AT HUTCHINSON KAN.
fItv The Associated press.!
WASHINGTON. I>. (\. June US.—
Taking issue with President Harding’s
nddres* at Hutchinson. Kajisa*. Sen-
ator Fletcher democrat of Florida a
member of the farm bloc said today that
whatever recent legislation had been cn-
H'ted for the real benefit of the farm-
rs loiii conic from the combination of
democrats anil republicans in face of
opposition by the administration. When-
ever the administration intervened “un-
der pressure*" demanding some relief for
the agricultural imputation. Fletcher a*
serted. “the method and effects of the
intervention had h**n to weaken or de-
stroy the benefits intended to be acvom-
plislnl.”
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FUNERAL OF GENERAL
BOOTH TO BE HELD AT
NEW ORLEANS FRIDAY
NFW OKI.FAN'S. June UV—Th* fun-
eral of General A. It. Itooth. ag** “!>. ad-
jutant general chief of staff of the
I nitc*d Confederate Veterans who died
here last night wil he heltl tomorrow.
General Itooth was injured seven
weeks ago when he tripped anti fell
breukiug his knee rap. I Double pneu-
monia developed from which he died.
He was boiii May I. is|4. near George-
town. #
RAILROAD MAN DIES
HFTKOIT. Mich.. June us— Frank
W. It rooks former president of the l»e-
troit I'nion Kailway. died here today.
He was born in t'herokcr county
Texas in lstn. and began railroad work
with the Texas Pacific.
Full Report on Flood
Control Plan Issued By
Engineers of The Valley
Ft Mowing is a copy of the repott
of the Committee on Plan for Flood
Control if the Lower Rio Grande Val-
ley which was presented to the Lower
Rio Gtande Valley Engineers at a
met ting in Mere ides on June 22 1923
and adopted.
"Your committee. appointed at the
meeting of June 19 1923 to formu-
late a plan for flood protection in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley and to make!
estimates of costs hegs to report us j
follows:
The flood control works contemplat-
ed in the report of the lr. S. Reclama-
tion Service are estimated to cost ap-
proximately $12.00(1.000. It appears that
the building <f such expensive work#
cannot he financed at this time.
it is necessary to design such works
as can be financed now. To meet this
requirement we present a plan that
might be executed at an expenditure
approximating .Four Million ($1000-
0001 Dollar* and which would afford
ad. qoate protection against floods not
larger than that of 1922. Th- works
now preposed rnipht he amplified from
time to time as the financing ability
of the Valley increases.
This plan does not provide for the
safe handling of much more water
than overflowed the American bank of
the river in 19221 therefore its effect-
iveness depends upon maintaining
flood-way* threg'-h Mexican territory
to carry at least as much water as has
passed that way in recent yeers. It is
of the highest importance that defin-
ite arrangements be had with the Mex- ■
ic«W- for keeping open of adequate
waate-waya south of the river.
The IMaa.
(1) Keep open all important natural
waate-waya in the river banks Hnd
maintain these opening* approximately'
a* they now are.
(2) Utilize natural flood-ways
through the back country to their full
capacities f<r the disposal of flood wa-
tern.
(3) Construct levee* along the cours-
es of the natural flood-ways to con-
fine the waters within reasonable
limits. The locations and height* of
these levees being determined as far
as practicable upon considerations of
least cost.
(4) Clear flood-ways of obstructions
and make excavation* therein at points
where the doing of such work will re-
sult in reducing total cost of construc-
tion.
151 Construct control works in the
vicinity of Mercedes to properly di-
vide the flood flow between the Ar-
royo Colorado and the channel that
goes northward through Campacuas
Lake.
(fi> The work* should he designed to
safely dispose of a total overflow of
130000 second feet approximately 40-
000 second feet leaving the river at
Mission and pussing under the Mission
flumes approximately 70.000 second
feet coming through the (Irangeno
basin and being delivered to the Sar-
dinns rtsaci at the Pharr-San Juan
west line and approximately 20000
(Continued on page 2.)
HAY CONTRACTS
FOR HIGHWAYS
BREAKS RECORD
Increase in Highway Improve-
ment in State Denoted by
High Record Made During
Month ol May
i By Tlie Associated HresO
ACSTIX. Texas June 28.—The sec-
•ui'l largest amount of highway* con-
tracted for during one month in the
history of the state highway depart
ment was awarded during May accord-
ing to the monthly summary of awards
announced l»y the state department
today. Contracta were let for the con-
struction of more than 151 miles of
road which will cost a total of $1705-
inmi. 'Die only previous month with a
larger re«-ord is lleceinber. 1022. when
$2575000 of highway was placed under
contract.
Over $700000 of the total cqst of
contracts let during the past month will
he met by federal and state aid. the
report states. Of the 151.05 miles of
road placed under contract the «Hs-
tribution among various types of con*
strut tion follows: 5.5N miles shell
surface; 00.44 miles gravel surfacing:
lf..«2 miles inacadem; 52.20 miles
52.20 miles hituminoti* top: 5.04. con-
crete; 5.41 miles grading aud diaiaage
structures.
Two hridge contracts were awarded.
Mie over the Sulphur Hirer between
Cass and Howie counties and over the
Necbes river between Hoik and An-
gelina counties. •
Contracts let during tbe month fol-
low :
Hrazorin county. 5.5M miles shell
road.
Sabine county. 4.41 miles ifVavel road.
Halo Hinto (2) county. 15-00 miles
mat-adem road.
Cvahle county. 5.22 miles gravel type.
Williamson county 15.57 miles rock
asphalt type.
Hunt county (2). 10.0H miles uiacad-
eut type.
Johnson county 1$VH4 miles gravel
type.
I.amar comity (2). 11J15 uiilea. con-
crete type.
Lamar county. 7.51^miles gravel type.
Kexar county 5.40 tulle* rock aa-
phalt type.
Somervell county 5.S0 miles gravel
type.
Angelina-Hoik county (bridge) con-
crete.
Cass-liowie county (bridge) concrete.
FIRST OF 1923 CROP
OF PARROTS ARRIVES
HERE FORW.A. KING
The first of the 1923 crop of Mexi-
can parrots arrived in Brownsville
yesterday being a small consignment
of about 100 birds shipped to W. A.
King from 3he interior of Mexico.
Thev are all young birds six to eight
weeks old. and will not be ready to
place on the market for several
months. In the meantime they will
take a course in English at the Snake-
vilie institution under the supervision
of Mr. King.
Included in the shipment were about
a doxen young macaws the first con-
signment of these rare birds received
in Brownsville since prior to the rev-
olution. Mr. King has orders for hun-
dreds of macaws and will be in posi-
tion this year to fill them.
Another consignment of several hun-
dred parrots is expected in a week.
The birds which were hatched in the
jungles of the interior during the
month of May are now old enough to
be shipped and heavy shipments will
be received during the coming month.
Bird catchers in central Mexico em-
ployed by Mr. King report a big par-
rot crop this year and thousands of
birds will be marketed from Browns-
ville the permit Mr. King recently re-
ceived from the Mexican government
giving him permission to skip an unlim-
ited quantity.
EXCESSIVE FLOGGING
CHARGE TO BE FOUGHT
IN TRIALS IN FLORIDA
LAKE CITY. Flu.. June 2»_Ef-
forts b ythe state to show excessive
flogging was given Martin Tabert.
the young North Dakotan by Thom-
as Higginbotham was directly re-
sponsible for Tabert's death was
vigorously fought today when the
trial of the former convict whip-
ping boss was resumed on the charge
of murder.
The defense will attempt to show
that the prisoner was whipped in ac-
cordance with the prison regula-
tions and they contend that his
death was Caused primarily by pneu-
monia.
AGED VETERANS DIED
NEW ORLEANS June 28.—Gen.
Andrew B. Booth. 80 adjutant gen-
eral and chief of staff of the United
Confederate Veterans died at a
hospital here last night.
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Wheeler, Fannie. The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 355, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 28, 1923, newspaper, June 28, 1923; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1378350/m1/1/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .