The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 53, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 28, 1927 Page: 2 of 22
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CHARTER UP |
AT MERCEDES
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Commission May Be
Asked to Name Body
At .Tuesday Meet
(Special to The Herald)
IfERrEDES Aug. 27.—At a «Hi-
fen'a meeting which has been called
ijr the local chamber of commerce
for Tuesday night August 30 con-
t deration of a charter for the city
of Mercedes suited to present condi-
t.ons and the individual needs of the
C’ty will be placed before the people
cf Mercedes. In case the meeting
frove* favorable to the adoption of
an individual charter it is proposed
to adopt a resolution requesting
that an election of 15 members of a
charter commission be called by the
city council. A proposed charter
*■ ould be drawn up which would then
be submitted to a vote of the city.
Members >*ft he city council haw i
expressed themselves individually!
Cs favoring a new charter.
According to chamber of commerce J
officials individual charters have
been adopted by the Valley cities of
McAllen. Harlingen Fan Benito. and
Brownsville and Weslaco has elected
its charter commission and is merely
gwKittng action by that body before
adopting a rhnrter.
DISTRIBUTORS
(Continued from page one.)
tr.nvement predict that the Harlin-
Sea meeting will be well attended
by growers from all parts of the
' alley interest in the movement is
IS'idespread and those who have al-
teady joined one of the various
I-nits are interested in the market-
ing proposals. Many non-members
are also expected to attend to ascer-
tain upon what basis the organiza-
tion will operate.
Each unit will have one repre-
sentative and one rote on the cen-
tral Exchange according to the fen-
t stive by-laws endorsed at Mercedes
end which are expected to be for-
mally passed immediately after the
opening of the Harlingen meeting
This body will have the power to
enter into the marketing contract
but >t is probable that most of the
representatives will prefer to dis-
cuss all features of it with the board
of directors of the respective units
before final action is taken. At the
-Mercedes meeting they pointed out
that the Exchange is merely the
central body for the various locals
or units and that few of the repre-
sentatives would care to take the re-
sponsibility of entering upon a
marketing contract before sub-
mitting such contract to their board
e? directors.
Hav# Many Itatie*
The duties of the representative*
Aho form the membership of
1he Exchange a* set out in the ten-
tative by-laws includes the manage-
ment of the vegetables controlled by
the Exchange; to make and enter in-
to agreements with canneries brok-
ers distribution agencies or others
for the sale marketing or consign-
ment of the vegetable* controlled by
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Home Service
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Dealers Willy.-Knight
and Whippet
Naturalist Completes Collection of Bird Pictures
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the members of the Exchange; to
settle or prosecute an> claim for
damages which may occur to veg-
etables in transit and to determine
upon the mode and manner of settle-
ment of accounts of members or
current accounts.
The by-laws provide for four of-
ficers—president vice-president sec-
retary and treasurer and upon them
will devolve the general details of
Exchange management. They al»o
provide that the officers shall sub-
mit to a vote cf the membership
the representatives) any and all con-
tracts and agreements relative to
marketing warehousing or handl-
ing of any products and that the
written consent of the majority
ihall be required for the approval of
contracts and agreements.
New Member* Admitted
New members may be admitted
upon approva! of the majority. The
members may consist of any coop-
erative association of growers and
they will have the same interests
and voting power on the Exchange
as other members. Each member as-
sociation or unit will pay s member-
ship fee of $50.
The by-laws define the eligible
membership as follows: “Member-
ship in this Exchange shall consist
of any local cooperative association
of individual growers engaged in the
business of growing vegetables or
owning or leasing land on which
vegetables are grown. Said associa-
tion shall make written application
for membership in the Exchange
i.nd the application must be passed
by a majority of the members of the
Exchange. Each local association
shall have one representative and
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’’lir «a l IX l un vr « UU Iina I'CVIl UUljr
elected and given proper authority
by the local association.”
That section of the by-laws per-
taining to the authorisation of the
Exchange to act as the marketing
agent for the various locals states:
“Members do now agree that by be-
coming members of this Exchange
{including not only the mimhr'i
who shall sign these by-laws upon
incorporation but all others who
*thall thereafter become members of
this Exchange) to employ said Ex-
change as the agent and representa-
tive to receive handle sell transfer
ship and deliver to the purchaser or
agent all of the vegetables which
each of said members may ha1 die or
control during the full period of
five year* fund for such longer peri-
od of time j«s said members or any
of them may in writing agree to); i
provided however that any member
may withdraw from this marketing
arrangement during the last fifteen
day* of the month of June and be no
longer subject to this provision cor
cerning future marketing after that
year by filing a written notire of
withdrawal wrth the secretary of
the Exchjyige.
"The Exchange shall act in all of
the above matters for said mem-
bers and* each of them in its own
name and in all respect* a* though
said veg* ta*>le» were in fact owned
hv it and in »ueh manner deemed
by the E-change nemo -try or con-
venient in order to facilitate n- to
handle properly and economically
the marketing thereo‘*
Two Killed In
Gamblers’ War
DETROIT. Mich. Aug. 27.~<JFV—
Two more* names were added today
to the list of victim* of a gamblers
war which has continued inter-
mittently here for the past 14
months
The bodies of a men and woman
found last night huddled under a
blanket in the hack of an auto-
mobile were identified as thosr of
I Lester Mel all and his wife (Ta a.
Both had been shot in the head.
Mci'all once under the right eye
and hi* wife under each eye.
Police catalogue McCall as a
gambler and believed that his death
and that of his wife was an act of
revenge for a gun battle last Tues-
day in which another gambler and
an innocent bystander were shot.
Enmity between the gambling ac-
tions resulted police believe from a
wire tapping conspiracy two years
ago in which a Danish baron lost
bho.000 in s uba.
Woman Assaulted
And Robbed
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DALLAS lex. Aug. 27.—<#'1—City
and county officers Saturday night
were searching for a white man who
it it alleged assaulted and robbed
Mra E. Harrell 26 of Dallas on a
lonely road near the city limits Sat-
urday night while the victim's 5-
year-old daughter looked on.
The woman and her daughter were
en route to a relative’s when the
man whom she thought lived in the
neighborhood offered them a ride in
an automobile. They accepted and
when thgy had proceeded a short dia-
tVnce. the woman said he turned off
the main road into a lonely road
where he attacked and robbed her.
twins free lncle
GLASGOW —Arrested for living
an automobile while drunk N’eil
Ferguson pleaded that he had Keen
ct lehratir.g the arrival of twin !
nephews. He was released.
WOMAN MAYOR A SUCCESS
WEST BROMWICH. Eng.—Mra 1
Grace Cottrell has had aueh a sue- 1
i-e*?fnl administration a* mayor that <
ihc will be given another term. ■
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KANKAKEE. Ills. Aug. 2/..—Trac-
ing back to the cruel slaughter
of the passenger pigeons a genera-
tion ago. the story of the only com-
plete set of bird photographs in the
world includes more than thirty
years of work by Joseph W. Dodson
naturalist birdhouse designer and
formerly an active member of the
Chicago Board of Trade.
Mr. Dodson moved here as a boy
from Sedaiia Missouri during the
early years of the Civil War. His
family were union sympathizers in a
southern sympathizing community
and after suffering the loss Cf most
of their property they decided to
seek safety in Illinois.
At that time flocks of passenger
pigeons so numerous that the a it
would be darkened by their flight
were a common sight. But later men
and boys building great bonfires to
blind the creatures with long poles
knocked them to earth killing them
by thousands. At daylight the
pigeons were packed in barrels and
shipped to Chicago and St. Louis.
"Today the passenger pigeons is
extinct due to cruel slaughter" said
Mr. Dodson. "Their fate had a deep
effect upon me. Many times I have
picked up a bruised and crippled pig-
eons after ’killing’ and after nurs-
ing them back to health they in-
variably remained as pets until their
death. I resolved then as a mere
boy to befriend birds of all useful
kinds when I became a man."
Has All Bird Pictures.
His first steps toward a photo-
graphic collection were made while
associated with B. P. Hutchinson
founder of the Corn Exchange Na-
tional Bank in Chicago many years
ago. Mr. Dodson's friends ridiculed
his hobby but he never missed an
opportunity to aud to his list of pho- I
tograph* until recently he added a !
print of the last bird to be named 1
and classified by scientists. Many of
the colored engravings used in bird
books for schools and colleges were
made from the Dodson collection.
At Bird Lodge home of the natur-
alist. in the suburbs of Kankakee
hundreds of visitors come yearly to
see the great number of birds which
nest and rear their young on the
premises. Even the most timid va-
rieties feed from Mr. Dodson’s hand
lie has devised a bird feeding ration
used in many public parks and bird
retreats of the country.
Other species live at ihe natural-
ist's summer home in Michigan and
at his winter place near Miami Flu.
Paris Cafe Bans
Girl Pipe Smokers
PARIS —There is a sign in a
favorite cafe of the Boulevard St.
‘'h'’1 the heart the student
quarter which reads:
' I-adies are requested not to
?;ninke pipes."
It was posted after an jrae waiter
routed two girl students who chose
a corner table in the sun as a pleas-
«nt place to smoke their hmr pipe
and to philosophise on the latest
Rt'Ssip of Me Latin Quarter.
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BOSTON READY
FOR RED’ RIOT
City Prepares for Fun-
eral of Sacco and
Vanzetti
BOSTON Mass. Aug. 27.—ulV-
Superintendent M. H. McCrowley of
the Boston police today ordered ev-
ery policeman on the force on duty
for tomorrow when the funerals of
Sacco and Vanzetti are to be held
but indicated that he did not expect
any disorders
*‘I believe.” be said “this will be a
perfectly orderly funeral procession
and as such it will be given protec-
tion^to the fullest extent by the po-
Altering their previous plans for
an elaborate procession with a band
from the north end Italian quarter to
the crematory at Forest Hills the
Sacco-\anzetti defense committee an-
nounced that the hearses would be
followed by not more than 200 mourn-
ers. This change was made because
a permit was necessary for a larger
procession and city authorities stip-
ulated that it must follow the most
direct route.
Many Expected
At Fly Hearing
Citrus growers from all parts of
the \«lley are expected to attend
the meeting of the Cameron county
commissioner court. Monday morn-
ing at 10 o’clock when the court
will receive the report of the com-
mittee. appointed recently to make
recommendation* relative to the ac-
tion to be taken hy the county in
preventing the introduction and
spread of the Morelos fruit fly.
Tha committee which consists of
A. T. Potts o/ Harlm*rn. Henrv
Alsmeyer of San Benito and H. H
Banker of Brownsville has made a
thorough investigation of the sit-
uation. Suggestions are also expect-
ed to be made by state and federal
inspectors who have aided in the
eradication of the pest.
Growers throughout the Valley
have evidenced great interest in the
recommendations to be proffered by
the committee and a large number
are expected to attend the hearing.
HOLT Eng.—The government per-
m.tted the burial of Lieut-Colonel
Thomas Forster in a meadow that he
had himself selected.
LONDON.—Thirty female baboons
have been imported from Abyssinia
es wives for lone males at the Lon-
don Zoo.
MEMORIAL FOR
FLIERS IS PLAN
Navy Still Plowing
Pacific in Search
For Planes
SAN FRANCISCO. Calif.. Auf. 2T.
——The tragic aftermath of the
Dole air race from California to
Hawaii was reflected in vivid con*
traat today by the naval search for
the seven missing men and woman
in the memorial services here.
Naval officers were fulfilling their
program to continue the search un-
til “every hope is exhausted.’* The
light cruiser Omaha and six destroy-
ers plowed slowly along the great
circle toward Hawaii scanning the
remaining bit of uncovered area
They were expected to arrive at
Pearl Harbor Monday refuel and
return to San Diego Calif. still
searching.
Submarines stationed at Pearl Har-
bor accompanied by their tenders
were skirting the shores of the is-
land group. They were expected to
be through soon.
While these efforts were exerted to
cover every chance of a rescue mem-
orial plans formulated in San Fran-
cisco gained momentum. Mayor
James Rolph. Jr. of San Francisco
announced today he would appoint a
committee on Monday to represent
the city in aiding Walter H. Gribbin
the local sponsor to carry through
the arrangements.
Mayor John L. Davis of Oakland
Calif. said he would issue a pro-
clamation Monday calling on Kast
San Francisco bay citizens to sup-
port the memorial plan.
As a result of this civic approval
the decks of the Maii are to be deep-
ly hanked with flowers sent by hun-
dreds of persons who admired the
daring of Miss Mildred Doran and
her six airmen companions.
secretary Davis
Back in Office
WASHINGTON D. C.. Aug. 2T.—
—Secretary Davis returned today to
his desk in the war department af-
ter a trip to Europe prepared to
tackle the task of flood control and
with the conviction that there was
no reason for Americans to have an
inferiority complex over military
aviation. The secretary said he may
take a trip of inspection soon over
the Mississippi river flood area.
“American army airplanes types
are at least equal to anything in Eu-
rope” Mr. Davis said. “Besides the
trans-Atlantic flights - have given
Europe a wholesome respect for Am-
erican aviation especially as far as
engine development are concerned.
1 OUR VALLEY
(Continued -• ora peg# one.)
granted franchises are also in line
for early gas.
Brownsville. San Bemto and La
Feria and residents along and near
the highway will also have gas
available soon.
Harlingen withholding a franchine
as a result of inability of the get
company and city officials to get
together on its terms will do with-
out natural gas at least for the
present.
Present piers are that the line
will turn sharply southeaat at a
point about midway between La
Feria and Harlingen leaving the
latter city about four miles away.
Presumably some agreement will
be reached soon which will enable
Harlingen to secure nature! gas
along with the other cities of the
AERIAL WORLD
(Cogtinued from page ona.)
clouds and fog were reported but
the winds of gale force in the region
of New Foundlnnd were missing
farther out. Moderate winds were
leported through all the course the
aviators were expected to cover to-
night.
The second half of the ocean
course was the most hazardous ac
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Guns and Ammution
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cording to predictions of the weath-
er bureau.
From mid-ocean to the Irish roast
it was said there would be strong
westerly winds tomorrow reaching
gale force. On the slightly more
southern courae to France the gale*
could be avoided although strong
winds and showery wgather were
predicted.
Take-off of Schlee and Brock fol
lowed a two-day flight from Cur-
tis Field where final tests were
made of the Wright whirlwind mo-
tor and the various instruments.
By leading today the fliers pre-
cluded the possibility of a three-
cornered ocean derby which had
been hoped for by the crews of two
other places the Sir John Carling
row at its starting point for a
flight from London. Ont.. to Lon
don. England and the Royal Wind-
sor. which flew today to Windsor
Out.. preparatory for a flight to
Windsor England.
The first leg of the round the
world speed flight from Harbor
Grace to Groydon outside London it
2.350 miles. The course to be taken
around the earth is 22000 miles and
the fliers hope to cover it in 240
hours and in 15 days elapsed tune
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