Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-10-18
i'm OUR.
VALLEY


]. ]. COOKE having survived four
score and nearly five years, has
wrought we'll.
He has laid aside his surveyors
rod and transit.
Soldier. pioneer, he lived to see a
civilization grow where years ago
he had helped to lay the foundations.
Now he has gone TO the Great Be
yond.
One Of the things that make life
worth while is the knowledge that
one has known such men as j. J.
Cooke.
OF material wealth. he accumulat
ed little As citizen, as a soldier,
he accumulated richly.
His sort Of life was never lived in
vain.
BROWNSVILLE, by its action Sat
urday in approving a half million
dollar bond issue, joins the process
sion Of Valley towns and counties
that are spending large sums for
the betterment Of those communi-
ties.
The election outcome means that
Brownsville will soon begin expend-
ing more than a million dollars for
public improvements.
That's the largest single undertak-
ing the city has ever assumed. And
it's the first municipal bend issue
that Brownsville has voted in some |
eight years.
II reflects the great growth the !
city has experienced in the past
three years.
THE VALLEY has a friend al Dali |
las who is concerned over the fact |
that California realizes the adver-
tising opportunity offered by an ex-
hibit at the State Fair of Texas, Dali |
las. while the Valley remains away.
Perhaps the cause lies in two di- I
rections, one in the fact that the
Valley has not been tiled" TO the I
State Fair as have other sections Of
the state; the other because the
Valley is peopled largely by folks
from outside the state who do not |
know the State Fair as Texans do.
WRITING TO The Herald, the
friend at Dallas says:
Another thing has been rreying on
my mind since the opening Of the
State Fair here. and | am going to
unburden my soul to you. Maybe you
-rsH--de sorIb5bing to wake up our
folks in the Valley to the fact that l
they are part Of Texas. and that
thev are neglccting a golden oppor-
tunity to show their colors, as well \
rs to cash in on the magnificent 4
loyalty to. and pride in tn Valley /
that all the rest Of Texas is mani \
Testing.
"Los Angeles county. California.
comes into the State Fair this year \
with a space about five times the /
size Of an ordinary exhibit, paying 1
commercial rates for il. while Texas !
counties have their space allotted. (
in the agricultural building. The Los
Angeles exhibit contained not
single product except Persian wal
nuts which could have been shown
from the Valley or scme other sec
tion Of Texas. but principally from
the Valley. Only two South Texas
counties entered exhibits-Atascosa /
and Colorado. What must be the in
evitable conclusion Of the thousands \
of visitors from the north, and from /
North Texas, Oklahoma and Iouisi
ana, who regularly visit the greatest \
! agricultural fair in the United \
States. and who have never had the l
opportunity 70 visit our own Vallev7 l
Certainly they are left with the \
false impression that only in Cali |
fornia can many Of the products Be /
found which are shown only by q
California county.
Il HAVE NO financial interest in
the Valley now. but still have the |
interest Ct every good citizen in
that section Of the state. and es-
pecially that most favored section. |
should show the world its advantag-
es. Our Delta people have never |
seemed to realize the Importance Of |
linking themselves with the rest Of |
Texas and thereby fostering the 10y |
atty of the rest of the state. They /
might find themselves hetter able to
command the aid Of other sections in
strictly local matters If they would |
cast aside the spirit Of close com
munion' which seems 70 actuate |
them"
The Valleys friend at Dallas j.
pointing TO an oversight in the Val
lev that has been remarked before.
Since the Valley is part Of Tex
as. since the Valley is receiving as
sistance in many ways from the state
as a whole, ii is up to the Valley to
make known that II realizes fully its |
obligations as an important part Of |
the great State of Texas.
Geographical conditions and the
comparatively new population are
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