Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-02-10

IN OUR
VALLEY
II ATS off to Corpus Christi!

II ATS off to Corpus Christi!
IA The City by the Sea" doesn't
do things by halves-she goes the full
route.
We have in mind, today, the Corpus
Christi Chamber of Commerce.
1t has been a going institution for
some years.
Corpus Christians have reached the
point where they would as soon do
without their water plant, their light
plant, their Nueces hotel, their news
papers, their street car system, as do
without their Chamber Of Commerce
as soon do without it as their right
hand.
Tie other day Corpus Christi news
papers announced the Chamber of Com
merce Commerce budget for the year
Want to know what it was-or is?
Exactly $4,000.
Thrty-five thousand round simoleans
to operate the Corpus Christi Chamber
OF Commerce for one year; nearly $4,000
a month; about 500 day; $3.50 every
working hour of the day.
They allow $4,000 a year for the sec
tary and office expenses.
There are other figures, including
$4,000 for publicity which is aside from
the publicity the city receives from its
possession of a great hotel, the Nueces
Brownsville The City of Opportun-
ity"-votes $4,000 to maintain chamber
of commerce.
If We had $4,000 year for cham
Der of commerce goodness gracious
but what a terrible noise the nation
would hear from the tip of the toe of
the boot that is Texas
The Associated Press considered
worthy enough to send over its wires
Saturday an item from Washington that
on that day San Antonio's maximum
temperature had reached the highest in
the country-S2 degrees.
Brownsville and the rest of the Val
ley have temperatures like that at this
season of the year SO often. that we
think nothing of it. Most any day, at
the days height, we can glance up at
the thermometer to find it anywhere
around rs to 85 degrees.
The Houston Post Dispatch has start
ed first page column which it calls
Texas Talk"
After reading the column we find
that it is modelled in style after this
column, which we started in The
Brownsville Herald last August.
We can't help but believe that The
Houston Post is copy eating our
style. Which we consider sort of i'm
piled compliment to our column
And we are honest enough to admit
that we, ourselves, are doing little
copy eating" on our own account. We
saw a column like this in The Galveston
Tribune about two years ago. We liked
it, That's why we are trying to run
one along the same line.
Yes sir, and Alamo has slogan, one
that rings with hospitality
1t is Welcome, Stranger"
Carl B. Shumaker secretary of the
Alamo Chamber of Commerce calls it
to our attention in letter, and he adds
: some quite interesting comment. Here
IN is:
Ave note that in the In Our Valley
column of The Brownsville Herald you
have Stated that you were unable to To-
cate an Alamo slogan.
1T is pleasure to be able to advise
you that Alamo does have slogan and
that it is a good one, namely: Wei
come, Stranger
The Alamo Chamber of Commerce
has just financed the construction Of
large highway signboard utilizing this
slogan The painting on this sign por-
trays the extended hand of friendship
from Alamo to any and all strangers.
You will note this sign soon on the
north Edinburg highway.
~One other point that we would ap-
preciate having some publicity on and
that is that Alamo has Chamber OF
Commerce composed Of goodiy NUMBER
of business men and farmers o1 the
Alamo community, that was organized
in 1919 and has never failed to oper-
ate. being the only Chamber OF COM
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