Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-09-14
IN OUR
VALLEY

Is never out of season to sound a
u warning against fast driving on the
State Highway.
II Is dangerous to the life and limb
of the driver. And worse than that, il
Is dangerous to the life and limb OF in
nocent persons who are observing tho
rules Of the road, and giving due regard
TO the rights Of others
There have been any number Of acci-
dents on the highway in Cameron and
Hidalgo counties. Not all have been
due to carelessness. Often drivers run
into situations beyond their control. In
such cases they may not be blamed
However, in the majority Of accidents
carelessness is the greatest contributing
factor.
Drivers Of horse drawn vehicles us
ing the highways Mt night should, for
their own safety and that Of others,
hang lights on their wagons. Even the
safely driver often finds il difficult to
see far enough ahead to avoid a coli-
sion.
Let's spread the gospel of safety in
driving.
Judging by a few expressions Of
Brownsville merchants on the question
of the thirty-minute parking limit for
Elizabeth Street, they are considerably
divided in opinions.
This is a question Of Importance TO
the merchants and to their customers,
therefore il seems that the merchants
themselves should get together by
threshng the matter out in their mer-
chants association meeting, and then
going before the city commission with
any suggestions they may have to offer.
Brownsville is not by any means the
only city suffering from traffic con
gestion. Every city in che country, al
most, is having its troubles in regulat.
ing traffic. None have solved it. None
have been able to adopt measures en-
tirely satifactory TO the public and the
officials.
half hour would seem to be too
short a time. One hour is better, and
in our opinion two hours would be still
better. The latter would operate to
keep the all day parkers off Elizabeth
Street.
Why not try two hours as a limit?
Then il that does not solve the prob
lem. reduce it to one hour. If there is
IL cannot go on down to half hour.
There are still few of the old fash
ioned awnings on Elizabeth and other
streets in Brownsville. Some of these
II taken down and replaced with mod
ern awnings would add much to the ap-
pearance of the buildings and the city
in general. We are sure the property
owners intend to comply with the city
commissions ruling on them. but are
delaying for one reason or another.
Awnings are essential in this climate.
but they should be made attractive.
p. w. Smith has turned over to
Charles LaTurno Of Mercedes the own
ership of the La Feria News. and James
VI. Bird, formerly Of Mercedes, is the
new editor and manager of The News.
La Feria did without newspaper for a
few years, but growing community
such as that around La Feria will not
go long without one.
very interesting land trade story
is told in the last issue Of the San Juan
Alamo Sentinel. Marion Hutto OF Ala
bama bought a 20-acre place on the
"Morningside Road" between San Juan
and Alamo. Nine acres Of this tract con
tained a five-year old orchard. The
Alabama man paid $4,000 for the entire
tract, and before the date was conclud
ed the purchaser sold his crop Of fruit
off the nine acres to the Citrus Ex-
change for $4,000.
Nueces County reports total assess
ed valuation of S20,2l7,329. Cameron
County rolls are not yet completed. but
Tax Assessor ID. A. Templeton says
they will he about the same as last
year. around $25.O00.00O.
Nueces County is rapidly becoming
the greatest cotton producing county in
the state. II Il also considerable larg
er in area than Cameron County. Both
probably have n crest deal of waste
land contiguous TO the coast. In some
respects Nueces County has the advant-
age over Cameron. but in this one in
stance this county has considerably out
distanced its neighbor up the coast
In this column recently. Harvey c.
Stiles was quoted as urging the plant
ing of the fruiting date palm along the
Valley highway. for their beauty and for
the more practical advantage. perhaps.
in securing revenue from the sale Of the
fruit.
In The Herald today Mr.. Stiles has
an article in which he goes more into
detail on the subject. His argument
seems TO be well founded II is At
least worthy OF the consideration Of
those having at heart the further bear
tification Of the Valley.