Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-07-27
IN OUR
VALLEY

SEVERAL months ago valley man.
W infested in a certain railroad mat
ter, attempted to secure the services OF
r. C.. Fulbright, railroad rate attorney
of Houston.
Mr.. Fulbright several years ago han
died a railroad rate case for the Valley
The case was tried before an Interstate
Commerce Commissioners examiner. Later
certain reductions were allowed by the
commission.
Mr.. Fulbright handled the Valley
case for a fee of $4,000.
This amount was to be paid by the
various towns of the Valley, in proper
tionate amounts. Only two towns paid.
Brownsville S1.500 and San Benito
$1,000.
There is a matter of $3 800 still due
Mr. Fulbright.
When the Valley man asked Mr.. Full
bright to consider taking his case Mr.
Fuibrignt refused to do So saying 81 do
not care to handle anything in the Val
ley. They have not paid my fees in the
last case"
Of course Mr. Fulbrght cannot be
blamed. 1t is a just debt that the Val
ley is due him and he should be paid
He took the case in good faith, con
Quoted it to a conclusion, probably spent
great deal of money on it himself.
This comment is made as the result of
a letter from George A. Toolan, secre-
tary of the Harlingen Chamber of Com
merce, which appears elsewhere in to-
days Herald
Harlingen proposes to raise its share
of the debt and is endeavoring to inter
est the delinquent towns of the Valley
that have not yet paid.
Says Sheriff Sam Robertson Of Cam
eron county in letter to The Herald
Referring to your editorial on the
subject, Search Without Warrant ]
think you are right on the subject. ]
have never allowed my deputies to make
a search Of peoples baggage, automo
biles or homes without a warrant OF
without first securing their permission
to do
"lf something comes up suddenly and
we have to make search without a
warrant we stop the suspected party,
stating that they are under suspicion of
transporting liquor and tell them that
unless they give their permission we
Will hold them for investigation long
enough to secure a warrant.
IF they have nothing they gladly give
their permission in order to save time.
IL they do have the goods on them, they
generally say, We'll, I'm caught; 20
ahead anyhow But sometimes, when
they refuse to give their permission, we
send to the nearest justice of the peace
ana procure warrant. / believe that
the intent of the legislature was to make
IL harder to catch bootleggers, but this
law gives US no trouble"
We've been ready for four weeks to
begin construction of the new hotel for
Brownsville" is the statement of A. d.
Dickinson of James & Dickinson.
I'VE are merely waiting for cleared
titles and the papers attesting to that
fact. When these are had work will
start
And Executive Vice President H. r.
Stafford OF the Gulf Coast Lines, who
Will convey the site at Eleventh and
Levee streets, is asking New York to
hurry the papers along.
a railroad can sell it's entire prom
erty. lock, stock and barrel. about as
quickly as it can dispose of small
piece of dirt.
In this case two railroads are Joint
owners, the Gulf Coast Lines and the
National Lines of Mexico. Bondholders
OF both roads are concerned in the deal
and there is much red tape to be un-
wound.
he hotel will be built is the assur-
ance.
Henry Gordon, inspector at the city
abattoir of Brownsville. invites the la
dies OF Brownsville to visit the abattoir
asserting that they will find it as clean