FEAR INFLUX
IF JAPANESE
WillNot Be Permitted
to Get Foothold in
Texas,
Harlingen, Tex.—The Rib Grande
▼alley is in a qualm of fear lest Califor
nia’s Japanese problem is to c-eep over
the border into the Rio Grande valley.
While the threatened colonization of
Japanese has not ' reached a stage
where it is more than a fear, the peo
ple of the valley ara up in arras a«d it
would not be surprising if there would
be concerted' action taken similar to
that of the “Night Riders of the
South” if property owners in the Rio
Grande valley sell their lands to Jap
anese.
Several mass meetings have been
held in this city and notice has been
served upon one land development
agent that the people of the Rio
Grande valley do not desire Japanese
colonization. This warning has been
effective, and it is understood thatone
plan for Japanese colonization has al
ready been abandoned*
Unlike their California brothars,
the Texas producers do not have to
depend upon Japanese for labor, for
there-is-an ever«available amount of
Mexican -labor, -antb while Mexican
labor, it is granted, .is not as efficient
as Japanese labor, still the Texans feel
tney prefer the Mexican labor to that
of the Japanese. -
Irrigation development has mada the
Rio Grande valley a producing center
?ery similar to that of California and
with port facilities being opened it is
the belief of leading ranchers that the
Rio Grande valley will soonr; be one of
the most productive districts in the
enure United States. The Texans are
anxious that this land shall be owned
by American citizens.
Texas has never had any problem
with Mexican settlers, who are less
thrifty than the Japanese and fail to
turn their efforts further than, to secure
a living. The Texans, however, have
watched -the Japanese progress in Cali
fornia and-; are convinced they do not
desirasa similar situation here.
Leaders-* in-- civic movements here
declare that the Japanese will never
colonize the Rio Gran le valley, and
they believe that with sentiment
aroused as it now is there will never
be any serious movement toward Jap
anese colonization.
Jimmy Stewart Talks
About His Mail Debts
The following, excerpts from a letter
of George Dreihelbis, at- Seward, to
Deputy U. S. Marshal McMullen, will
be of special interest to those particu
larly concerned:
“I saw Jimmy Stewart and bad a
talk with him concerning talk of debts
of his contracted in carrying mail on
the Kuskokwim. As 1 expected, most
of it is not true. Jimmy asked me to
inform those having money coming to
them that they will get it. I studied
the proposition and conc.uded it could
be done through you.
“■He acknowledges he owes the
Cloughs and some others; also Smi*S !p
a small amount, which will be use*) to
pay bills to one Anderson and the linn
of Jones and Davidson, in so far as it
will go to pay said bills [assigned by
Smith to said men, but not contracted
or earned by working for Stewart].
“I will state, too, that Stewart has
not received a settlement in full from
the Government. I know this to be a
faet. I will say further that I am sure
all legitimate bills against him will be
met and paid in full.”
Plenty Out of Work.
Washington.—Two million three hun
dred and twenty-five thousand workers
are unemployed in the United States,
according to a report made by. the In
dustrial Bureau.
LIQUOR MAKES
THE BUSINESS
American Liners Los
ing Patronage On
the High Seas.
Washington.—Steamship officials of
lines plying between the United States
and foreign ports appeared before the
House judiciary committee, nrging.an
amendment to the prohibition) enforce
ment aet to the extent shat it might be
permissible t0 9ell liquor outside of the
three-mile limit to American passen
gers traveling on liners engaged in the
foreign service.
The officials assert that, because of
the present restrictions, foreign vessels
are handling the bulk of the passenger
traffic to London. They also stated
before the committee that the present
law forces the owner of every passenger
ship to transfer the registration of his
vessel.
CURTAILMENT
OF BUSINESS
Was Due ta Strike of
Buyers Against the
High Costs.
San Francisco.—Governor John Cal
kins, of the Federal Reserve Bank of
the twelfth distaict, in an address de
livered last evening declared that the
buyers’ strike against the high cost of
! everything will not be at an end until
an equitable relation has been estab
lished between the producers’ prices
and the consumers’ prices.
He said that the strike has been tre
mendously offective and a faetor in the
present curtailment of business, that
retail prices are low now, and that the
public is ready and willing to begin
buying again as soon as prices reach a
satisfactory level.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Arnold Hals, Hans Sorensen. P.
Olson, C. Hansen, G. Koontz, F. E.
Levy, James Hansen, P. Cristensen,
John Griffin, Fred Voeelseng, their
heirs, executors and assigns:
You and each of you are hereby noti
fied that during the vears 1910, 1911,1912,
1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1920, I expended
the sum of ($100.00) One Hundred Dol
lars upon your interests in the Nugget
Association and the North Pole Asso
ciation, situated on Yankee creek, in
the Inoka Recording Precinct, Terri
tory of Alaska, in order to hold said
claims under the provision of Section
2324 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States, and the amendments
thereto concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount re
quired to hold said mining claims for the
period ending December 31, 1916, 1920,
and if within ninety days after the pub
lication of this notice you fail or refnse
to contribute your proportion of said
expenditures, as well as the cost of
recording and publicatihn of this
notice, as co-owners, your inter
ests in said claims will become the
property of the undersigned, your co
owner, who has made the required ex
penditurs under ihe terms of said sec
tion of the Revised Statutes of the
United States.
John A. Olson.
First publication, February 2, 1921.
Last publication. May 4, 1921.
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