Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-11-05
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N UNUSUAL event was recorded at
Fort Brown Wednesday. 1t was
worthy of more than passing attention,
because it was indicative of the friend
ly relations that exist, not only between
the two governments that meet at this
border,-but also the relations that exist
between the peoples of different ma
tions who daily come in contact with
each other at this border
Brigadier General Gabriel R. Cervera,
commander of the Matamoros garrison,
paid formal visit to the commander
of the Fort Brown garrison, Colonel
William T. Johnston.
An army officer of the rank of brig
adler general is entitled to a salute of
thirteen guns. These were given at
Fort Brown upon the entrance of Gen
eral Cervera.
how the reporter who wrote of the
event in yesterdays Herald promoted
him to the rank of major general. A
little premature, perhaps, on the part
of the reporter, but let's hope it will
not be long delayed.
Il have been in Brownsville nearly
two weeks, and | have seen but one
drunk man and he was elected from
my hotel"
Thus did visitor come to the de-
fense of Brownsville against the i'm
putations cast upon this city at
w. c. T. U. meeting recently at Waxa-
hachie.
And he was none other than Rev. E. P.
West, pastor of the Baptist Temple,
Houston, and now conducting a revival
in Brownsville. The statement was made
before a gathering of fifty Rotarians
and guests at the Rotary meeting We'd
nesday.
AS a matter of fact, Brownsville is
freer of that sort of thing than Houston
or San Antonio or Galveston or Dallas
or Fort Worth, and great many small
er cities of the interior, judging from a
constant observance of the newspapers
from those cities.
The border is not "drenched in
booze" 1t is possible and even probable
that great amounts of liquor are snug
gled into this country, but they usually
find their way into the interior, if
thev are successful in running the
gauntlet of federal and state officers.
Brownsvi a city of $4,000, in
community that numbers some $4,000
persons, does not maintain city Jail.
1t doesn't need one.
II you think Cameron county is not
developing rapidly, just note the fact
that normal increase in assessable
valuations this year has brought the
total to over $27,OO0OOO.
Just a few years ago-four, to be
exact, big slice of Cameron county
was taken off the north end to be in
cluded in the new Willacy county. The
following year saw considerable set
back in valuations, as was natural. But
the loss has been overcome, and gains
made annually apparently without hurt
ing any one.
The Valley MidWinter Fair will have
more visitors from up the state this
year than ever before, announcements
indicate.
Houston Rotarians are coming down
IN h0nv during the 1alr. In addltlOn,
there will be the 100 to $50 delegates to
the annual meeting Of the Texas Edi
torial Association, to be held in Browns
vile, but who will also visit all the
Valley, taking in the fair on its fourth
day.
Water users on the La Feria district
have exnressed themselves as favorable
to a bond issue of 100000 for drainage
purposes.
= Drainage, adequate drainage, is one
of the great problems ahead Of the ir
rigation districts of the Valley. Ell
Jardin initiated the movement several
months ago, and plans looking to recon-
mendations in this connection, are now
being worked out.
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