Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-31
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OMMoN ana independent schoo
districts throughout the Loves
Rio Grande Valley, as we'll a
throughout the state, will cho"s'
school beard members in elections
next Saturday
Nowhere in Texas are the schools
so we'll looked after rs they are in
! the Valley. The splendid buildings
throughout this section, in every
town, in every farm community, at
4 test The ability of the various admin
istrations.
In every community the best men
and women of the community are
\ drafted for service on the school
boards. There are no salaries, no
y perquisites Of office. 1t is worthy
Il work. for the benefit Of the COM
munity.
q And II you vote for change. vote
for the best interests of the children
and the schools.
The ruling of the immigration
chief Of Matamoros that all Am
orleans who wish to visit Matam0ros,
or other points alcng this border,
must have Identification cards on and
after April !, means a prosperous
] period for the photographers OF the
towns along the border.
1t is not an arduous ruling. Meth
er is il d.scrminative. The Mata-
moros authorities are asking no more
of the Americans than the United
States demands Of Mexicans who find
1t necessary to visit towns on the
American side.
AS for tourists, the ruling that this
class of visitors must also have iden-
tification cards, good for only one
day, may have a tendency 70 keep
them out, unless they are here for
longer than days stay. But no
doubt some way of handling that
situation will be worked out satisfac-
torily.
In the meantime, let's be happy
with the photographers. Thousands
of calls on them will be made within
| the next few weeks. Which is bust
ness. And business is money.
/ And all photographs are not taken
for thirst quenching purposes.
There's much business transacted be-
tween the two sides Of the river.
/, The first carload of the spring
/ crop Of spuds has left the Valley.
1t was little uncertain in Browns
Vile whether the first car came
from La paloma. or whether II went
out of Harlingen.
But what's the difference. The
FIRST CAR OF POTATOES HAS
& LEFT THE VALLEY. That's the
point. It's a new crop, a crop that
promises to bring the growers from
S2.000.000 to s3,0O0,000.
4 And spuds form one of many crops
The beans, too, are bringing fancy
|, prices, the kind of prices that leaves
D profits in the farmers pockets. And
! squash, not TO mention turnips, and
some other things. And soon. doubt
less, tomatoes will be moving to the
markets of the country.
The Valley first, last and always
May Is the date on which Browns
vile will vote a bond issue Of $780,
i COO for school purposes.
And Brownsville has never yet de-
MED finances with which TO expand
enlarge and improvt the school sys-
TEN Of this city.
It's the spirit Of the Valley. Browns
Vile never turns them down, nor
does any other town.
Good public schools are the founda-
tion Of our future. For the schools
are building that foundation with
wonderful materials.
Superintendent Paxton of the Nc
Allen telephone system announces
| the early installation of common
battery system, like that in usein
| Brownsville, San Benito, Harlingen
/ and Weslaco.
+ II means for MeAllen the doing
away with the cid turn the crank
system Of connecting with the tele-
phone exchange.
Before long not one OF the Val
I ley cities viii have this old style
system. They are being outgrown
very rapidly.
And before many years have
passed we will see the installation
of the automatic system in which the
telephone user does all his own con-
meeting, eliminating Central
There1l be other aad more import
ant work for Central" at that time.
The wood block paving Of Browns
vile this week disappeared from
/ view, beneath liberal coating of
bituminous materials.
And who may now complain of the
condition of the streets? They do
look well, don't they? And wider.
since the street car rails, too, have
fdisappcared.
Now for the alleys in the business
district. The alleys supply most Of
the dirt that accumulates on the
street paving. Makes the paving diff
ficult to keep in good condition. Let's
pave the alleys.
And good luck to the Kiwanians in
nv-