Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-06-09
I'm OUR
VALLEY
LEGISLATIVE hopper at

little receptacle during a congress
sional term, judging from news re-
ports from the national capitol.
III a little bill happens to get
through, it would appear to be a
most fortunate little bill.
During the l34 days of the present
'erm matter of 1896 measures OF
all sorts and descriptions were intro
duced.
Naturally very few Of them get
Through. Those that make their way
eusn the two houses, into the
WHITE Mouse, on the White House
desk. and acquire the presidential
signature have had very adventurous
careers.
More bills have been introduced
this year than in any other single
session Of congress, according to vet
. eran employees who have counted
them for years. And if all of them
had been approved the treasury
would have faced a deficit that even
the adrcit financiering of Mr.. Mellon
himself would find it difficult to
manage.
Washington, the home Of our ma
tional government, as busy as it is.
still is finding time to give atten-
tion to the "chigger." or the "red
bug" as We term the pesky little
critter.
A news dispatch on the subject
will be of interest to vslley-ites.
particularly thoseswho have frequent
set-to's with the bug. II says:
WAR on the 'chigger.' that pesky
insect of the great open spaces Of
the midwest and the south. was de-
clared by the department of agricul-
ture today.
The chigger is a blood-thirsty
little bug which burrows under the
skin leaving a swollen and sore spot
for days. II appears to have special
regard for picnickers and automobile
campers who scratch their way
through the chigger belt wondering
what manner of great itch they have
contracted.
This summer a 'chigger squad
from the bureau of entomology will
invade the pests territory and un-
dertake to exterminate the insect"
And we pause to wonder what the
states-righters will think about this
further governmental invasion.
The San Antonio Express the other
day did the Valley an injustice,
Z though probably never so intending.
n On its first page it published an
article based on information obtain
ed in San Antonio, which indicated
that the Corpus Christi district pro-
duced almost as many vegetables as
J the Valley. To those newspaper
| readers not familiar with the facts
ms to the Valley. the article tended
to show that the Valley was much
over-rated.
II stated that in the month of
May. for instance, the Corpus Christi
district had shipped something like
257 cars Of vegetables and that in
the season ending in May the Valley
had shipped 496. or a gain of some
thing like % cars over the previous
season.
The reporter who wrote the story
failed to explain that the shipments
referred to were express carloads.
which were very small percentage
of the total out Of the Valley, this
total running to more than $4,000
carloads.
Several days later the Express car
ried a correct story on the figures.
but on an inside page while the first
and incorrect story was prominently
displayed on page l.
After all. it's just another instance
in which a newspaper is "cussed
out" because of the lack of infor-
nation on the part Of a reporter.
/ The Cincinnati Enquirer radio de-
partment announces that radio
station KwwG. Brownsville. Texas,
is the only southern radio station
whosN programs coDsistently reaen
northerM listeners.
The Enduirer radio editor consld-
ers the fact so important that ne
puts it in blackface type.
Which means more advertising for
Brownsville and the Valley.
The older KWWG gets the more
valuable il will be. II is fine to
know that il has been financed so
that it may continue to operate.
"Prosperity follows paved streets
and good roads"
Levee street is to be improved. IL
is to be graded up. Which Is inter-
esting news from the city hall.
Levee street deserves some ex-
penditure. In addition TO being
graded. it should be paved. Eventual
ly it will be paved. II should have
sidewalks And so should Elizabeth
street. from Palm Boulevard west.
More paved streets. more side
walks will help greatly to build a
city here.
And how about sidewalks out Four"
teenth street. There are many days
on which traffic Is as heavy and
even heavier than on Elizabeth
street. And pedestrians are forced
on walk in the streets.
From Monty's Monthly, and ac-
knowledged with thanks:
go Pages of Optimism. The special
development number of The Browns
Vile Herald, issued Sunday, May 10,
was the largest publication ever is
sued from a Valley press It con-
Continued on page tvo.)