Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-08
I'm OUR
VALLEY

HOW COTTON pickers do evap-
orste.
The Mercedes Tribune reports that
26O of them left Waco and Dallas.
| for the Mercedes tract, and only 100
reached destination.
Too many looking for pickers, cvi-
r emily. to allow them TO get very far.
e Just how serious that situation is,
c: indicated in the fact that a mum.
|irer Of instances have been reported
4 1 farmers guarding their cotton
pickers against labor seekers.
They have very effective method
OF standing guard. Equip them
selves with sawed-off shotguns.
A sawed-off shot gun is said to be
very effective weapon. It's load.
when permitted to discharge, is
usually hell-bent for destruction.
Not many care to take chances
with it.
And no doubt labor guarded in
sAat way u pretty SaIe.
But, then. again, what does labor
think about il? Smacks very much
Of a guard on a prison wall. And
that doesn't look just right to the
labor within the fence.
Let's think twice before going to
such extremes. Sometimes the in
nocent suffer.
HERE'S A CARD from Oklahoma
that indicates something of the eli
mate there:
Please forward my paper to SUIT
ton. North Dakota. Awfully hot and
dry here in Oklahoma. Wish we were
back in Brownsville to get some of
that good Gulf breeze
The card is signed by Emil Blanck
of Fl Jardin. He and Mrs. Blanck
are on summer vacation.
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HOTELS THROUGHOUT the
Lower Rio Grande Valley continue
TO be taxed TO their capacity.
There's more summertime travel in
the Valley this year than ever be-
fore.
Indicates the extreme interest be-
ing displayed in this territory by
persons living in other parts of the
United States.
And they are beginning to learn
that the Valley, in spite of the fact
that it is some 400 miles farther
south than San Diego, Calf. still
has a comfortable summer climate.
And we are all convinced Of our
good climate when we read of the
numerous places experiencing 100
and above.
An Associated Press dispatch the
other day reported temperatures at
some places, and then said "but
Brownsville, the most southern city
in the state. showed only o.
Whatever the heat Of the sun. re-
member the atmosphere is always
tempered by the Gulf breeze Mrs.
Blanck writes about.
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THERE'LL BE another statewide
democratic primary on August "a.
Cameron and Hidalgo counties DO
not expect to become excited over
that election, however, since there
are no local contests. And in only
the races for attorney general and
state treasurer are there state con-
tests.
But there must be run-off in
every county. The state executive
committee says so.
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UNDER THE HEADING. THAT'S
nice" Colonel Ben G. Whiteheads
Rio Grande Sun at Pharr says:
The Brownsville Herald, usually
accurate. points with pride and says:
What about the more than $lS0,000
that has come out Of comparatively
few Brownsville pockets for the de-
velopment of channel at Point
Isabel and the rebuilding of the Rio
Grande Railway
"Oh! Very WELL" concludes the
Sun.
Colonel. guess we know what
you're talking about. But you are
reminded. colonel. that something
like $4,000 was the total for these
projects. the difference coming from
other pockets than Brownsville's. and
80 per cent Of il from the Valley
outside of Brownsville. Since
Brownsville was the subject under
consideration, the remainder was
not accounted for.
Which reminds US, too. that there
are lots Of newcomers in the Valley
who do not know of some Of the
giant undertakings the Valley put
over back of three to five years ago.
TO THE KNOCKERS chagrin, his
knock sometimes proves to be
boost.
A little circular issued by a real
estate man on the coast. in the
Houston district, told how much bet