Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-16
IN OUR
VALLEY

w z offer the name of Ed c. Jamer.
son. president of the Borderla
hardware stores, as the candidate fol
the honor of figuring in the prize fish
story of the season.
Mr.. Jamerson, it seems. was enpaged
in pursuing the elusive gulf front or
pompano. or mackerel, on the south end
OF Padre Island. a few days ago.
Having an errand back to the hotel,
according to the story reaching
townsville. he left his line on the beach,
running out into the water.
He returned in short time. to find
the line. hook and bait gone. Seeing
some folks off in the distance. he sus-
pected that they had filcbed his tackle.
he reported to the hotel owner on
the island.
And the hotel owner discovered the
missing property.
At the business end of the tackle was
"a fish? No, pig. A nice no. pound
porker.
As the story that far sounded pretty
good, no further details were sought and
none volunteered.
crossword puzzles recently have carried
the answer along with the puzzle?
This is not exactly according to the
crossword Hoyle. but our make
in the composing room has kind and
sympathetic heart, and he has been in
much misery because so many VII folks
have found the puzzles difficult to
work.
So he conceived the idea of runnino
the answer on the same day as the puz-
zle. Thus. all that the crossword puz.
bic fan had to do. if the word he
sought was not Immediately available.
was to look down in the small square
below and there it was, all ready and
waiting to be inserted in the little blank
spaces.
However. the more earnest, hardwork-
ing crossword puzzle workers are OBJ
jecting to the idea so the makeup has
been induced to resume the old system;
that is, run the puzzle one day and the
answer next.
We hope that now everybody will be
happy.
San Antonio newspaper reporters.
have built enough railroads into the
from here. to- Buenos Aires, if all were
built in straight line.
They have brought the Santa Fe, the
Katy. the Southern Pacific. and now
are threatening to include the Union
Pacific the New York Central. the
Central of Georgia. the ELLEN N" the
Southern. the Glover Leaf the Nickel
Plax, the Burlington, tie Michigan
Central, the Illinois Central. And Thea
might as well include them-they have
everything else.
In the meantime Messrs. Bourne and
Beadle, who recently completed the
Standardization program the Rio
Grande railway. are busily engaged in
throwing up dirt for the Rio Grande
City railway, which Colonel w. T.
Eldridge recently purchased from the
Ricaby Darlington interests, San An
tonic.
They plan to complete that 22-mile
stretch of line by the first Of August.
When that is competed-well. well see
what we'll see.
Nothing like giving the boys VIII"
work for the public little salary boost
now anu LHeH. III ages
The legislature at its recent session
passed Law authorizing salary in
creases for county commissioners. the
increases depending upon the valua-
tions Of the various counties affected.
In Cameron and Hidalgo counties the
increases amounted to $500 year. car
rying the commissioners from $1,000 to
S2400 a year.
County commissioners, particularly IN
a growing section like the Valley, are
called upon to give much time to their
work. Also, they should be. and are,
honest. capable. competent citizens
And the larger the salary, the more
certain it Is that good, competent men
will continue to seek the offices.
Like that idea OF Jesse Dennett's. ad-
vanced before the Brownsville Rotary
Club. about planting pecan trees along
the state highway. Make shade, anu
plenty of edible nuts.
Harvey c. Stiles continues to insist
however, that date palms. the truitins
kind, are the proper thing for the high
way Beautiful, will grow. etc.
Both are splendid.
But neither win get anywhere unless
they are planted.