Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-12-06
IN OUR
VALLEY
: FORGE McLendon is dead.
George MeI,endon sarvad

george McLendon served The
Brownsville Herald in 1915 as a report
er.
1t was the year of the concentration
OF national guard troops on this bor-
der.
In the late fall of 1916 Brigadier
General James Parker, then in COM
mand Of the troops in the Valley, or
dered maneuver Of 10000 troops on
the, Palo Alto battlefield, east of
Brownsville.
McLendon was assigned to "cover''
the rnaneuver.
The story was written. and publish
ed. General Parker later commended il
as the best and most accurate descrip-
tion OF a maneuver he had ever seen In
newspaper in his long army career
Four thousand extra copies were sold
on the streets of Brownsville to SOL
diers who had participated.
And McLendon never saw that ma
neuver or any other. He described the
maneuver from the orders of the day
He was a brother of Chief Justice
James McLendon Of the Third Court
of Civil Appeals at Austin.
The successful convention of the
Texas Editorial Association, which has
just closed in Brownsville, has dem
onstrated that there are important du-
ties which a city must perform in en-
tertaining conventions other than pro-
yiding hotel accommodations.
The visitors must be entertained. A
large part Of this entertainment must
be in the form of automobiles for tours
of the Valley. A view Of the Valley is
one of the objects of the visitor.
In handling tie editorial meeting,
a meeting of fewer than 70 delegates,
there was a woeful shortage of auto
mobiles. Fortunately, Mercedes and
San Benito both helped in this emer-
gency. But they too, have their calls.
Brownsville cannot always depend up
on them.
Public service cars are too much of
q drain on the Chamber of Commerce.
Citizens should supply their cars, the
owners to be the drivers. Thus the
visitors will have someone at hand for
information on the various things
visitor always asks about.
There is no need to ask for conven-
eions unless we can take care OF them.
One Brownsville man wanted to ask
a state association, Of which he is a
member, to meet in Brownsville. He
was afraid to do so at this time, for
its conventions are attended by as
many al 700 delegates. They would
want at least one trip through the VAL
ley. But where could cars be hao.
Unless we are ready to do our duty
rkoi
properly, we might as well forget
them and. turn our attention elsewhere.
Manager G.. C. Richardson of the
Brownsville Chamber Of Commerce de
serves bouquet for his work last
week.
He not only helped in preparing the
Brownsville FL Jafdin exhibit at the
Mid Winter Fair, which won third prize
but also carried out almost unaided.
the Brownsville end of the arrange
ments for the editorial association
meeting.
There were numerous details to be
taken care of. And If one might judge
from the expressions of commendation
by the visitors, nothing was left UNI
done.
The Texas Editorial Association did
enjoy it's visit to the Lower Rio Grande
Valley.
Paul Cottrell suggests in The San
Benito Light that things seem to be
running in twins nowadays. Franchises
are sought for two bridges to cross
the Rio Grande at Brownsville. Two
concerns are endeasoring to develop
as many roads on Padre Island beacn.
-wo men are seeking the mayoralty
of Brownsville. Two persons seem TO
be governor at Austin. And the climax
came when two fish swallowed Mr..
Cottrell's hook. while on a flashing ez.
bedition down the Arroyo Colorado.