Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-12-22

IN OUR
VALLEY


w pages.
The Houston Chronicle carried 68
pages, including its picture section. We
beat The Chronicle II pages, but the
San Antonio Express went US few
better; they carried &c pages, and s
OF that were comics.
mere matter Of comparison, you
know. Makes US feel good. We have
about II employees; The Choncle fas
900, The Express probably as many
How did that big Sunday paper ap
peal to you, anyhow? 1t weighed a
pound and Iour ounces. The postage
bill is going to be pretty heavy But
the only fellows that had any reason
TO complain were the carrier boys, and
they didn't. ne little fellows were on
the job carly, aid went through with it
cheerfully, and on tine despite the un-
usually coll weather.
Everybody spent Sunday reading The
Herald. 1t was the sort Of weather that
kept most of US beside the fire, and
how spend the time more profitably?
Cold, isn't it? Unusually cold for the
Lower Rio Grande Valley. Some say the
last cold spell of the kind was back in
1887, others that there was spell in
1899 something like it, or possibly
worse.
The fellow who has to get out about
5:3O am build fires for he rest Of the
family is quite certain that there never
was such cold weather, anywhere, any
time. We can sympathizc with him, for
we have had TO build fires. Much easier
TO keep them going all II ght, if you can
find the wood; but usually that's out in
the bin.
But there were colder places during
this speii, mucl colder We might men
tion Amarillo, Abilene and some other
points in Northwest Texas than which
there arc no colder. Those who have
Ueen there assert it. We believe them.
The southeast, too, suffered. Mont
gomery and Mobile were without wire
Il communication, SO. s,-uzas. s.as-<IsekseaviAe,
Fla, and probably other places in that
district. If we were cold, there were
others. There is some satisfaction in
that.
And we can't help think about that
special edition, even if it is cold We've
The Herald boys who got the hardest
part of the job. An edition of that
kind must start well ahead of the pub
leation day, particularly in a plant the
size of that of The Herald There is all
the writing to be done, every word Of it
to be set on the linotype machines. Then
there were all the advertisements to be
set. The pages had to be made up
one by one, and then came the press
work. also a hefty job
". l.. Pendergraft, news editor of
The Herald, handled virtually all the
editorial matter. Mr.. Pendergraft visit
ed every part Of the Valley, and dill
gently sought to put into words the
story Of the Lower Rio Grande Valley
He finished the job in six weeks
Terrell Smith, plant superintendent
worried about the mechanical end Of the
job. It's no small task TO issue an so
page edition in small plant, with three
linotype operators and three ad and
makeup men. There is the regular
work to be done, and the extra task
must be carried along with system.
Owen Smith, his brother. floor fore
man, guided that branch Of the work.
Ralph Burnett and Joe Perez, pressroom
employees, worked many nights into the
wee sma' hours of the morning, printing
the sections as they came from the
makeup.
Every copy of the edition was on it's
way to regular subscribers long before
o'clock Sunday morning. Willie Yer
trees of the mailing room, an indefatig
able worker, assisted by dozen young
sters, saw to it that the paper got quick
distribution.
And while the advance work was be-
ing done on the special edition it was
necessary to issue the regular daily
editions with short handed crew in
the editorial department. This was done
with the efficient assistance of II. G..
Stilwell, city editor.
The Herald is proud that it has as
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