Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-09-02
i'm OUR
VALLEY

TO the grand jury Monday indicates
there is comparatively little for the
juy to do, as he stresses the fact that
regard for the law in Cameron County
has been almost everything that could
be desired.
However, whether there is much or
little work to be done, the type OF men
composing the body gives assurance
that the work will be done thoroughly.
Here are the names: r. X. Sibson Of
Santa Rosa, foreman; Joe Roberts, Har-
lingen; Sam Bolts, Harlingen; J. 7.
Lomax San Benito; Fred Booth San
Benito; j. L. Landrum, San Benito; En-
NETT Dodd. Brownsville; John q. Fer
randez. Brownsville. A. A. Browne.
Brownsville; Sam Hughston. Browns
vile; A. Santa Maria.
That portion of Judge Cunninghan's
charge devoted to traf--c conditions on
the state highway should command the
attention Of every good citizen.
The county and the state have spent
$l,20O,000 in the construction of this
road II is worth that and nore TO the
county. But it must not be turned into
a race track To do 50 will mean that
people who value their lives will avoid
the road; many will avoid the Valley
entirely, thus multiplying the value Of
the road TO US.
Let's resolve 10 drive carefully on
this splendid highway. Let's conserve
our own lives and bodies, rs well as
those Of our visitors.
nL G. ID 4. -.
doing good work in behalf Of a safe
highway. Let's cooperate with him.
Nat Wetzel. chicken fancier OF Ray
mondville, and cotton grower, too.
writes to The Herald rs follows:
Il want to congratulate you on your
article Of the Goth in reference 70 the
cotton growers meeting at Mission.
Il fully appreciate the Importance Of
many things to be done in behalf of the
cotton industry that are not being done.
To be convinced that conditions are ap
palling one has only to drive from
Brownsville to Mission ending at Ray
mondville. and make o common sense
inve stigation.
1T matters little wwhat the cause
+
TFoper planting. too much rain or too
little peisan r-~iRdiffeFenk- farming il
failure attends our efforts the result Is
the same.
"We have some Of all Of the above.
And yet | encountered the conditions
that you referred 70 AZ the meeting !
called NJ Raymondville last Saturday.
II had printed at my own expense
thousands Of handbills one of which I
mailed to you. ! distributed them my
self to every available community in
the county. / appealed to the press OF
the Valley and got splendid support and
vet when the hour for meeting arrived
! had but smatterng Of those pre-
sert that were Interested compared to
those that | should have had.
II deferred calling the meeting 10
order for one hour and personally in
vestigated. The banker said he was
too busy taking In money. The mer-
chants. all Of than. said they were too
busy selling TO cotton farmers The
automobile dealer was too busy waiting
fer some fellow to sell a bale OF cot
ton with which to buy n car. The pro-
fessionai men Of all classes were too
busy waiting for some poor fellow who
had sold a bale Of cotton 10 come in.
We had one newspaperman present and
one lawyer. and he was from Houston.
] am wondering how many would have
heen there III we had no cottonl
"There is not a business man in Will
lacy county who has not more to gain
than the writer il he had good crops
Yet. when the critical moment arrives,
it's let George do il.
"The Herald i right and it's high
time that the citizenship wake ~ and
cooperate ana help to do something
more than wait with one hand on the
s'oor knob and the other outstretched
for the proceeds from the fellow who
has sCld soTething
Mrs. Jesse O. Wheeler leaves Browns
willie today. on much needed. and as
slredly well deserved trip for rest and
recreation. Thirty-two years on the
.eme job is a long. long time.
She relinquishei her last connection
with The Herald yesterday when she re-
turned typewriter which she had been
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