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Established July 4. 1892
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Brownsville Texas
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TEXAS DAILY PRE3S LEAGUE
Foreign Advertising T resentstives
Dallas Texas 612 Mercantile Bank Building.
Chicago 111. Association Building.
Kansas City Mo. interstate Building.
New York 360 Madison Avenue.
A FIG FOR HIS DISCOVERIES
(Dallas News)
Dr. Frederick Osins announces from Pasadena Cal.
that he haa made some excellent rubber from the
French tig tree. He hopes now to be able to do some-
thing of like character with the fig which he finds in
California. He does not represent that he has the
procees down to commercial scale as yet. But he leaves
room for hope.
The possibilities of the fig tree have not hitherto
been overlooked. It has naturally occurred to experi-
menters and investigators becapse the rubber-fig tree
(ficus elastiea) of Asia is an important source of rub-
ber. It it alto grown as an ornamental and la known
to us as one form of the rubber plant seen in hot-
houses and under shelter during cold weather.
''he details connected with the announcement have
not been made public and speculation is the only basis
for estimating their application to the rubber prob-
lems of the United States. If the ordinary fig tree
of Texas can be relied upon to furnish latex in quantity
and quality suited to rubber manufacture the State
would have a new crop very much worth out while.
The Texaa fig in the northern part of the State is
sometimes frozen off to the ground coming up the
following season and attaining before fail the height
of a small tree and even fruiting to a moderate ex-
tent. If such brief growth is productive of latex in
commercial quantity there is the possibility that the
tree might actually be harvested annually leaving the
perennial root system to send up shoots for the next
year. The fiber of the wood itself would have some
value. Indeed the fiber might prove to be the princi-
pal crop with the latex as a profitable by-produet. It
ie to be noted however that the rubber fig Is allowed
to grow a number of years before it is tapped fnr
latex and it is to be asstlmed that difficulties have in-
tervened in planty to prevent the ready utilization of
the ordinary fig varieties for rubber else we would
have seen the solution of the rubber puzzle long ago.
Two men have been sentenced to 300 years each
in Los Angeles and there is presumably nothing in
the climate out there to prevent them from serving the
full terms.—Philadelphia Inquirer.
Barnum said a sucker is born every minute but he
had to place the estimate that low in his day because
he lived long before thousands would pay $40 a seat
to see a fight.—Beloit Newt.
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The American Schoolhouse
Leas than a generation ago the American school-
louse had but one function—to serve as a place of as-
sembly where the “three R’s” were slowly and some-
times painfully assimilated by the pupils. When the
closing bel’ rang the building was deserted as expedi-
tiously as possible and was the center of no more ac-
tivity until the assembly bell called the children to
their studies the following day.
The American schoolhouse of today has outgrown
its exclusive role as the sanctuary of the “three R's”.
’ With the great increase in organization activities of
all kinds among the pupils and with the aecompany-
ind demand for meeting places most school buildings
do double duty. Instead of closing when the last pupil
leaves for the day the buildings remain open for the
use of the school children bent on other things than
their studies or even for their elders.
The United States Bureau of Education has re-
cently conducted a survey of the non-scholastic use of
public school buildings. This study discloses that
“wider use** is general and steadily growing. Seven-
teen per cent of the schools responding to the ques-
tionnaire were it was found kept open at least one
evening a week for two of more activities or twice a
week for one such activity not including night school.
In many places especially in the large rural dist-
ricts the school has become a full-fledged community
eenter under stimulation perhaps of some organisa-
tion of the community. Some of the schools function
as such community centers as high as five nights of
the week but the survey shows that the average is
two and three nights of the week.
The same boys and girls who come in the morning
aa pupils may return after hours as Boy Scouts Girl
Scouts ’or as members of a school fraternity or club
and the hours devoted to these various activities prob-
ably have as great effect in educating them to take
their places in the world as useful men and women as
do the hours devoted to study. Through the use of
the school aa a gathering center they are kept in closer
contact not only with their school work and their com-
munity problems but they assimilate through such
contacts a broader view of life and their duties as
citizens.
The survey compiled by the Bureau of Education
shows that 13 per cent of the schools are used for
community sings picnics and other cooperative activi-
ties. Twelve per cent in the evenings turn the class
rooms into reading rooms or places where checkers
chess and similar games may be enjoyed; and over
10 per cent have public library * branchea open after
school to serve the pupils and their elders.
The effect of this dual use of the school building
ia very apparent in the increased general interest in
school activitiea and expansion of school building pro-
grams. This is especially true in the rural districts
where a generation ago very little interest was mani-
fested by the communities in the work of the schools
due to the fact that the older residents aeldom came
in direct contact with the school problems and that the
communities lacked the organization necessary to han-
f die these problems intelligently. The use of the school
house as a community center has played a very im-
portant part in the development of the nation’s educa-
tionlafacilities and its importance in this respect is
_ increasing each year.
Tourists Coining In
The 'prediction of railroad and highway officials
that the Lower Kio Grande Valley this year would wit-
ness a greater influx of tourists than in any previous
year was evidently founded upon a knowledge of what
the tourists want and what the Valley has to offer. Re-
ports from all parts of the Valley indicate that tha tide
of tourists is beginning to come in; and that if tha
early fall “crop” may be considered as a criterion the
winter “crop”* will break all former records.
The Valley this year has accomodations for all.
New hotels have been erected in practically all towns
and cities scores of tourist parks have been construct-
ed and Valley visitors this year will lack neither ac-
comodations nor attractions.
That the number of those who make their homes
In the Valley will also be considerably augmented by
new arrivals this year is indicated by the general de-
mand for rooms apartments and small houses. In this
Tespcct the Valley will alto be better prepared this
season to supply accomodations. Many new apartment
houses have been erected numerous small residences
have been constructed with a view of catering to that
class of renters and roomers will be available in prac-
tically all Valley towns a condition directly opposite
to that which prevailed throughout the Valley during
tha height of the tourist season last year.
Railway officials who maintain close contact with
the tourist traffic assert that if the attractions of the
Valley were given proper publicity the tide of tourists
would be almost overwhelming. While the railroad
companies have aided materially in setting Valley at-
tractions before the public there has been no concert-
ed effort in the Valley to supplement their work.
There has been no national publicity such as Florida
and California utilises to drsw the tide of tourists and
•side from the somewhat limited efforts of the cham-
bers of commerce and the railroads there has been no
publicity ether than that disseminated by those who
have visited the Valley and have become ardent advo-
cates of the climate and other attractions the Valley
baa to offer.
The national publications and many of the big
dailies of the north and east are now carrying large
Advertisements setting forth the attractions California
and Florida are offering the winter tourisU. Those
states spend millions of dollars annually in this class
of publicity; they have proved its value and each year
axpand their publicity programs. If the Valley it to
••euro the tourist traffic to which it is entitled it
must eventually adopt the same method and there
•bould be bo delay ia doing thia.
The Legionnaires are firmly convinced that the
people of France appreciate what the United Sutea
accomplished in turning apparent defeat into victory
for the allied cause. The welcome accorded the Le-
gionnaires would Jndicate that despite the war debt and
tariff controversies which have arisen since the World
• War the American peovle still retain a warm spot ia
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Tk® World ftmd All
By Ch'rles P. Driscoll
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AERIAL GOSSIP
Chsrles Lindbergh very aptly points out that fly-
ing the mail was more dangerous hour for hour in tjie
air when it was begun than flying across the ocean is
now.
That’s a valuable thought. Do you remember how
air mail pilots were killed one after another when the
air mail was new? And that wasn't so long ago was
it.?
I seem to remember that there was an insistent
public demand then that the air mail project be given
over altogether. Who would suggest now that the air
mail service be discontinued?
Doubtless there were a good many needless deaths
in the early history of the air mail. That is to say
men were killed because they were flying old cratea
that were left over from the war. And they were fly-
ing thm over dangerous routes that were not properly
marked.
But that’s the wsy things start. If the postoffice
hadn't been willing to start with left-over army planes
the air mail never would have been started. If the
postoffice had waited until the routes were all marked
and the landing fields all laid out we’d have had no
air mail for another fifty years. Remember it’s the
air mail that has been the chief incentive to the lay-
ing out and dedication of proper landing fields
a o • •
Jake Moellendick used to be a laborer in the Kan-
sas oil fields. One day he took a ride in an old army
airplane in order to get to a field where a well was
about to be brought in.
Jake liked the plane and the aviator so well that
aviator up in the airplane manufacturing business ij\
he bought the one and hired the other. He set his
Wichita. That was the beginning of the plane busi-
ness in Wichita where there are now five airplane fac-
tories.
Jake used to take me all over the plains region
in his planes. So I am saddened by this bit of gossip.
Jake built the Dallas Spirit that did the fatal tail-spin
into the Pacific while it was searching for the lost
Dole flyers. After that tail-spin Jake was taken to a
sanitarium a nervous wreck. He had lost his two
friends his plane and months of hard work. Jalcc
Moellendick is one of the casualties of the long-dis-
tance flights. I hope he will recover.
Timely Views
PUBLIC DECLARED NOT LACKING IN FAITH
By Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick
Pastor of Park Avenue Baptist Church In New York
(Dr. Hsrry Emerson Fosdick wss born in Buf-
falo N. Y. in 1878. He was graduated from Col-
gate University in 1800 and received his D. D. de-
gree from Union Theological Seminary in 1904.
From 1904 to 1915 he was pastor of a Montclair
N. J. church. Since 1915 Dr. Fosdick has been pro-
fessor of practical theology at Union Seminary and
pastor of the Park Avenue Baptist Church)
The common conception of the clergy that the
pnblie ia lacking in faith is untrue.
The fact is that we all do have faith; Immense
quantities of it. Faith instead of being scarce is so
plentiful that sometimes when one sees how it decays
into credulity one feels that the market is glutted
with it. Everybody has faith and uses it on all sorts
of things.
Walk the streets of New York tomorrow and think
of all the ways in which these multitudes of people
are exercising faith—faith in God and in the spiritual-
istic medium around the corner faith in the Bible and
in the last scheme for getting 25 percent annually on
an investment faith in the stability of the govern-
ment and faith in one’s power to pull off a resounding
crime against the government nad get away with it.
When one turns to the New Testament and taking
it for granted that faith is thus a tremendous power
which we all use one way or another asks what a hign.
fine us of faith would be for us and for the world he
gets four answers. There are four kinds of faith in
the New Testament not contradictory but complemen-
tary; faith as the source of power by which great re-
sults can be achieved; faith as the capacity to live in
two worlds at the same time; faith as the power by
which personalities are blended so that we live in each
other and faith in great prepositions that undergird
life with spiritual truth.
There is no quarrel between intelligence and such a
conception of faith. Wherever faith ia any possibility
goes intelligence troops after it. Show us tho direc-
tion of the people’s faith and we can show yon the ral-
lying points of the people’s intelligence. Fgith and in-
telligence are partners.
Faith biases a trail; intelligence makes H a high-
way. What we do with our faith faenhy it of tew
raendons importance not only to us hut to the world
because what the people deeply believe ia ultimately
By CHARLES P. STEWART
WASHINGTON Oct. — What
makes the dove of peace look so
chipper?
His mind has been relieved of one
serious worry. That's why.
For a long long while the dove
has reckoned that it. was only a
question of time before this country
got into a mighty mean little war
with Mexico—a relatively small cal-
ibre affair certainly and yet prob-
ably pretty expensive in men and
money bound to be followed by an
indefinite stretch of guerilla snip-
ing and miscellaneous unpleasant-
ness ruinous to friendly terms be-
tween the United States and any of
the Latin American republics and
nothing for Uncle Sam to be proud
of et any stage of the game.
But the other day his doveship re-
ceived word of President Coolidge's
selection of Dwight W. Morrow to
succeed James R. Sheffield as our
ambassador in Mexico City. Seldom
has a fowl evinced signs of keener
satisfaction than that dove exhibited
when this news was communicated
to him.
• • •
To understand fully how the dove
feels about it it's necessary to
bear in mind that we have notably
two kinds of interests in Mexico—oil
interests and banking interests and
that whereas the dove regards our
Mexican oil interests as distinctly
belligerent interests he has good
reason to believe that our banking
interests there ara strongly pacific—
and as a member of the firm of J. P.
Morgan & Co. the dove shrewdly
surmises Mr. Morrow to represent
our banking interests.
Without attempting to discuss the
merits of the controversy between
our oil interests and President
Calles’ Mexican government suffice
it to say that the former want more
than the latter is disposed to sur-
render to them and it's evident that
the only way our oil folks can fin-
ally get it is with the help of a lot
of Uncle Samuel's doughbays.
War however or any other kind
of trouble in or with Mexico is the
last thing our banking interests are
desirous of. This is for the reason
that our banking interests hold or
are responsible for large amounts
of Mexican government bonds
on which President Calles has
delighted them by paying the inter-
est regularly—a policy he certainly
wouldn’t be able to stick to for a
minute if any serious disturbance
arose to cripple his administration.
• • •
For a number of years then cer-
tain powerful American oil interests
have been doing their best to bustle
Washington into what is euphonious
ly referred to •> “intervention” in
Mexico and just as regularly cer-
tain powerful American banking in-
terests have trumped the oil inter-
ests’ ace at the precise juncture
when the oil interests have thought
they were about to take the trick
with it.
ft would have been funny if it
hadn’t been so risky.
With Mr. Morrow actually going
to Mexico City as our ambassador
the indications are that our bankers
have done rather better this time
than simply scoop in a single trick—
as if they'd won this partieuar rub-
ber.
• • •
No doubt Ambassador Morrow will
yet have his difficulties. The oil
folks will hardly go out of their way
to make things easy for him. Still
he's a big man used to squelching
kickers.
At any rate he ought to ehine by
comparison with his predecessor.
Few dissenters will be found in
Washington from the verdict that
retiring Ambassador Sheffield is en-
titled to all booby prizes for his
showing as American plenipotentiary
in the land of the Montezumas.
Valley Gins Turn
Out 54917 Bales
Ginning in the four Valley coun-
ties Cameron. Hidalgo Willacy and
Starr totalled 54917 bales accord-
ing to the government report which
included the ginnings up to Septem-
ber 16. Ginnings since that date are
estimated to have brought the total
to about 56000. The total in the
four counties last year was 156403
bales.
Following is the rerort for the two
years for each county:
County 1927 1926
Hidalgo . 31.137 84144
Cameron . 17.069 48.242
Willacy . 4158 16.046
Starr . 2.553 7971
BORDER GEOLOGY BULLETIN
t Special to The Herald.)
AUSTIN Oct. 4.—A bulletin on
'The Cretaceous of the Rio Grande
Valley end Northern Mexico" is
among a list of four to be published
in the near future by the bureau of
economic geology of the University
of Texas. Emil Bose is the author
of the bulletin. A book of bulletins
containing much data on Teaas ge-
ology is now on the press and the
new one will be started as soon as
the present one is finished.
THE GREAT TERROR
For all Peter was quite used to
the all-of-a-sudden ways of the lit-
tle folk he was aot quite prepared
for the lightning ahange that fol-
lowed his words.
In the twinkling of an eye Mrs.
Rabbit changed from a cross Bunny
into the kindest hearted of craa
the Woods. There were no faces in
the shadows at all—not a face; but
you were tired and lonely and
frightened and you thought there
were.
~I know just how you felt. I have
jumped through the leaves many and
many a time leaping so hard to get
away from some dreadful thing I
thought my heart would burst right
through my side.
**Nor am I the only animal that
flees from the nameless things.
MAU the dwellers of the field and:
forest have their moments of fear1
when they run away from nothing at
all. One may as well be caught in
a trap as to be scared to death.
-There there there- Nothing can
hurt you new. To think I never
guessed and have been calling you
an uninvited guest.
*• Why I have been downright
rude to you. and you didn’t come
here to poke your nose into ray af-
fairs at all. You just stumbled into
the Babbit Hole. Suppose my Sun-
ny-Bunny had blundered into some
stranger’s home and been treated as
I have treated you! W'ill you for-
give a worried mother Two-Legs?”
Mrs. Rabbit looked plaadingly at
Peter who hastened to say politely:
-Don’t say another word about it
| Mrs. Rabbit. Of eourse you didn’t
kaow what tricka I might have been
up to. I don’t blame you for being
provoked at finding me at yonr very
threshold. But way are yon wor-
ried? And who Is Sunny-Bunny ?
And why were you looking for him in
the cabbage patch?”
HmxXt asiw-m^aai
l .*=■. prey I
U ..." . „ ' ’ -
tares. She hopped closer sad petted
hie head with one soft little paw.
"Poor little Two-Lees! Yob were
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ik k i- i u11 . .
Grab Bag'
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Who am I. What feat did I re-
cently accomplish? Where is my
home?
On this date in 1920 500 Chinese
Northern soldiers were mowed down
by machine guns of the Southern
forces as they attempted to recapture
Pagoda hill from the Cantonese.
What woman is prominent in the
revolutionary movement which origi-
nated at Canton?
Some of the largest diamond mines
in the world are located in the south-
ern part of Africa? What is the
African diamond region called?
The Taj Mahal is a famous mauso-
leum at Agra India. By whom was
it built?
In the fifth century B. C. a Roman
general left his plow to fight. What
was his name?
"Cast thy bread upon the waters:
for thou shalt find it after many
days." Where is this passage found
j„ «i. ntM«*
BOV// |'M Glad mom is~1
o6in' a large spoom „
TH16 TEAR To MAKE *
THE PRESERVES 'CAU&E
There & more left for
ME Tt> LICK AFTERWARDS
JIMMY JAMS
Today's Horoscope
Persons born under this sign
should not always permit their heart
to rule their head. They should per-
mit their reason to rule occasionally.
Answer* to Foregoing Juestions.
1. George Young; won the Cata-
lina islands marathon swim; Toronto.
2. Mme. Sun Yat Sen.
8. Kimberley.
4. Shah Jehan.
6. Lucius Quinctius Cinclnnatus.
6. Solomon xi 1.
Dinner Stories
UVELY CASE
“What la your name and occupa-
tion 7* asked the magistrate.
“My name is Sparks sir" replied
the offender who now repented bit-
terly of his misbehavior "and I am
an electrician.”
“And what is the prisoner charged
with?” queried the magistrate of a
i sergeant.
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Growing Requirements
The increased production in every line has
resulted in an ever-increasing necessity for ade-
j;| quate banking service. jj
In keeping with its progressive policy the
Merchants’ National Bank has adapted its fa-
ll cilities to meet growing requirements and is in
a position to serve you in a thoroughly satisfac-
j l; tory manner. ;
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The Merchants’
National Bank
Brownsville Texas
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