The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-05-14
THE CONTROVERSY
CONTINUED
Newcomer Takes Another Fling at
Brownsville, in Reply to OIdtimer.

To The Herald:
Glad to see that an Oldtimer has
/ broken forth from his chrysalis, and
is fair enough to admit that there is
much work to be done before
Brownsville will become the Garden
of Paradise which it is now adver-
tised to be. | am willing to admit,
Mr.. Oldtimer that the conditions
which existed Sunday evening were
exceptional ones. But the same con-
ditions existed Monday and Tuesday
evenings. Surely they could not be
all accidental nights | remember
a man telling of very bad mess he
got into, and he related with con-
siderable dramatic flavor the skill
and energy it required to free him
self. We all gaped at his supposed
smartness, and were willing to hail
him as an exceedingly clever chap.
One of the party, however. did not
share this opinion, and replied that
he thought he was a clever fellow to
get out of the hole he had stepped
into, but that he would have greater
respect for his ability if he had avoid
ed the hole in the first place
So it is with your electric lights.
If Brownsville had equipped its cleo
trio light plant in the first place as
Ia goth century plant should be
equipped, the city would not have
been in total darkness for three
nights. What is to prevent a repeti-
ton of this 'accident?" What is be-
n done RI Oh Mo 70 40
and reliable? Should not measures
be taken to positively prevent such
an occurrence? Isn't this a living
fact, Mr.. Oldtimer?
Now about the fleas-I don't care
snap whether the fleas are imported,
whether they are Princes or Prin-
cesses. or just the common everyday
American species. They are here,
Mr. Oldtimer and they are here
''a-plenty." No matter where you go.
if you are not scratching yourself,
you see someone else who is | know
that I'm all scratched up and pune
tured to ribbons. It's all right to
pass the flea subject off as a Joke.
but, by Jimmy, anyone that tries to
joke about the Brownsville fleas has
a mighty poor sense of humor Why
not kill off a few of the stray dogs
that are helping to multiply the fieas,
and make life a bit more comfort
able for us poor mortals?
We are all familiar with the nursery
story of Little Red Riding Hood"
Mr. Oldtimer, and the big ears of the
W, AID that the wolf ate the poor
old grandmother up. l hope that our
burros at large will not cultivate
any such wolfish tendencies. The
'burros, pigs. horses and cattle are
still running around loose. | saw
them yesterday evening. repeat
that they should be housed.
You have strangers entering your
portals every day If we have a city
sanitary and beautiful, those visitors
will leave Brownsville satisfied and
will shout her praises throughout the
land. They will proclaim to the
world that Brownsville is a city in
fact as well as in name
1t is time for us to bestir ourselves
and keep everlastingly at it, until
We place Brownsville where she be-
longS-on top.
Nature has been generous to her.
She is beautifully supplied with re-
sources that must sooner or later
make her great. 1t is up to the citf-
zens to take advantage of these nat
ural conditions, and | am one who
believes that the old and unsanitary
methods will soon be discarded the
old brownsville pass into oblivion,
and that in its stead will arise a new
brownsville, a city of health and
beauty, city so prosperous that il
will be a JOY and happiness to be
known as a resident of Brownsville
on the Rio Grande
A. NEWCOMER.
Brownsville, May IS 1909.