Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-18
IN OUR
VALLEY

~ ERO Ale commerce Comm lSSlOr
members and examiners have occa-
sion. in the pursuance of their duties.
to visit mapy sections of the country.
But 4 one can cad between the lines
IN letters from Thomas F. WoodIock,
commissioner, and G. H. Mattingly, ex-
amlner, who presided at the recent
hearipg in Brownsville, these men
nave been rather more than ordinarily
impressed with the Valley.
Writing from Washington to G. G.
Richardson, manager of the Browns
vile Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Wood
lock says in pats:
May | express to you and through
you to the Chamber Of Commerce Of
Brownsville my appreciation of the
pains and trouble you took to enable
Pr, Mattingly and myself to feel al
home In Brownsville, and to see some
thing Of the Valley. ] had hoped be-
fore leaving on Friday evening to say
this to you in person. but had no op-
pOr'unity to do. So
Mr.. Wcodlock is arranging 10 senG
some friends Christmas gifts Of Valley
grapefruit.
The letter from Mr.. Mattingly came
from Amarillo, where he has been hold
ing an l. c. c. hearing. He says:
Il am sorry l didn't get chance to
say goodbye to you before | left
Brownsville, but the conditions that
brought about my departure on Thurs
day night developed so rapidly that
just about had time to get packed and
beat it,
"Your many kindnesses and courte-
sizes made my stay in Brownsville most
enjoyable one, and | appreciate them
very much.
"The hearing here is stirring up con-
siderable interest, but the audience is
not so lsvge as down there"
The assessed valuations of Hidalgo
county jumped this year from $3O,0O0,,
o0e to $3S,171,320, according to the
Edinburg Valley Review, an increase Of
about sS,OOO,OOO
The Review accounts for this extra
ordinary increase in that S2.000,000 rep
resents normal inyease, $2,000,000 by
raising the valuation of all acreage
along the state highway by $25 an
acre, and s4,000,000 to the zeal and ef-
ficiency Of Tax Assessor j. X Miller
and his staff
The Review predicts that within an
other year Hdalgo county will have
passed into the $4O,OOO,OOO class in as
sessable valuations. which prediction
seems to be we'll founded.
Hidalgo county is a great and grow
ing county.
Some 500 Shriners and expect-to-be
Shriners of the Lower Rio Grande Val
ley are planning an automobile cara
van to the initiation ceremonies sched
uled to be held by the San Antonio
consistory early in November.
The caravan will literally put to
shame all the various highly advertised
excursions from San Antonio TO the
Valley.
All of which goes to prove, Valley
folks have a way about them of doing
things on an elaborate scale, always.
Here is a thought that has often oc-
Cured to US, but which remained for
the San Benito Light to put into words:
lone of the mysteries of the Valley
is the little use the majority make Of
opportunities for recreation along the
coast. We have seen coastal and inland
waters of Florida, Alabama, Mississip-
pi, Louisisna, the Great Lakes and the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers and every
where but in the Lower Rio Grande
waters there are lighthouses and boats,
clubs and private cottages along the
shores and health and enjoyment of
outdoors are sought by all who can get
away for even a few days of each
year
Perhaps the people of the Valley
have not yet been imbued with the
"spirit of the sea-" To most of the
Valley folks the sea. although near
them, is still strange to them. So, in
consequence. are the sports that it af-
fords. The number that take advan-
tage of the nearby Gulf of Mexico is
still small in proportion to the popula-
tion.
And, again, isn't it also true that
nearly everybody in the Valley is SO
busy pioneering, so busy anxious to
"make stake" that they have had
little opportunity to think of that
equally impobtant matter of play!
brownsville Kiwanians were hosts to
business men and officials Of Mata-'
moros at a dinner at the Brownsville
Country Club Friday night.
1t was perhaps the first event OF the
kind in Brownsville in great many
years.
Understanding between the peoples
of different nations are all that IS nee
essarv to insure their continued 1rleho
ship. General Cervera of Matamoros
made an excellent point in his tax
when he said that if the Americans
along the border spoke more Spanish
and the Mexicans more English each
would understand the other better.
Closer cooperation between the busi-
ness interests of Brownsville and Mat
amoros will mean much to the future
welfare of each city.
Dengue fever, yellow fever and ma
laria are all transmitted by the mos
quito.
So we are reminded by DIR. Fl. U.
Sappington. 1t is a fact proven many
years ago. particularly in the building
of the Panama Canal.
1t is warning to those who have IN
their charge the matter of keeping the
valtey santis ~ yaliey stowns free of men