Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-02-07
IN OUR
VALLEY

u and the Delta, being big, line
country has many big, fine men-ean
syrnpathize with the movement which
has been set on foot by City Commits
sioner Arthur C. Hipp of Brownsville
Commissioner Hipp, who from this
distance seems to be at least six feet
two and bit more than that when ne
wears a high-crowned hat, objects to
low-hung awnings which he claims are
to be found in some sections OF
the Brownsville business district.
The commissioner called attention to
This condition in a meeting of the board
here Friday. Being commissioner of
streets, his bailiwick also includes side
walks. And if the sidewalks are not
comfortable for big men as well as lit
tie men, physically speaking, who can
blame the commissioner for interceding
in behalf of tall pedestrians.
We are for Commissioner Hipp in
this movement. We are for higher
awnings. Think the movement should
be extended to other cities which have
so far failed to consider tall men in
fixing by ordinance the minimum height
of awnings.
The city commission has instructed
the enforcement of the sidewalk ordi-
nance on some streets which have been
paved, but on which property owners
have, in many instances, failed to pro-
vide sidewalks.
In most of these cases the city has
paved the streets without expense to
the abutting property owners, and il
would be only fair for the property
owners to at least construct curbs and
walks.
Several of these streets lead to
schools. Children in going to and from
school are forced to walk in the streets
because of lack of walks. That's a
menace to their lives.
The Brownsville radio station is not
ed daily in The Dallas News under the
heading, "Tune-In Time at the Nations
Big Radio Stations
compliment to Brownsville, the
name appearing along with such names
as Chicago, Schenectady, Kansas City
New York and others.
Not bad advertising, that.
The radio station may be a pretty
heavy burden, financially speaking, ant
Ysome have asked whether it is worth
what it costs.
The city and section may not "casf
i'm on it, Immediately. But like tn;
patter of little drops Of water on
single spot, it will soak in eventually.
The advertiser in the newspaper
works on the same principle. He know.
that single advertisement in news
paper may not bring a whole flock 0.
sales, but as his advertising begins t
filter into the mind of the reader, th'
reader will be with the advertiser, soon
er or later.
The idea Of summer or winter home
on Padre Island, Of hotels and othe
resort attractions, is not an entirel.
new one.
There are records indicating tina
Padre Island was used as a seaside re
sort by Spanish haciendados of north
eastern Mexico back in the latter par
of the eighteenth century Of course
every mark of that period has loni
since disappeared.
And in later years, in fact only 2
years or so ago. gentleman name'
Sims, from Chicago, appeared on tn
scene here with a giant plan for re
sort on Padre Island.
The island was surveyed, lots staket
off. All purchasers were to have lit
tie route of their own to the beach
and so on. Hotels were to be built
got as far as paper.
Folks in Brownsville were skeptical
but bought lots. Folks in Chicago, no
skeptical, perhaps, and foreseeing prof
its, also bought lots. No doubt folk
in other places bought lots.
But the resort never materialized
Sims vanished from the scene.
A few years back many of the lot
were sold for taxes. And some disbe
1iever has risen to assert that "a ia
sale amt no good"
How did Pat Dunn of Corpus Christ
happen to own most of Padre Island
Easy. Some 80 years ago he becam
its possessor merely by beginning t
pay taxes on the property. He paid an
paid. Probably not great deal, be
cause the Padre Island dirt wasn't wort
much, anyway, to either man or beast.
Now Pat Dunn sells his 10000 or NOR
acres to Colonel Sam Robertson G
Brownsville and w. E. Callahan of s
Louis for $125,000.
That's one way to get rich. If there
some property somewhere that 70
think isn't worth much today, if any
thing, and IL you have the vision
forecast what may happen to it in 80 Q
40 years, go to it. That's what Pa
Dunn did third of century ago.
If you would get rich some othe
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