Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-11-08
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self on the back, according to Coun-
ty Judge Oscar c. Dancy.
Whek the state was asked to re-
mt portion of the county's faxes
Tor period Of % years, the county
assured Legislators at Austin that in
creased values as a result Of flood
protection would begin returning the
amount to the state in five years.
Cameron county. already has start
ed returns to tile state, the county
Judge says. And it's only. two years
since the promise was made, instead
Of five years.
BY the time the five years has
been reached, there is every indica-
tion the state will be profiting
spiendid!y on its flood control in
vestment in Cameron and Willacy
counties.
just another thing that indicates
that the Lower Rio Grande Valley
Is really "strutting its stuff"
IN SOME sections of Cameron
county there is favor in behalf OF
graveled roads with bituminous sur
face.
The San Benito Light rises to re.
mark that such is not wanted in the
precinct that includes that city. Rio
hondo and Los Indios.
US, The Light tells the world.
Us. The Light ellis the world.
Seems all will get what they want
If movement now underway meets
with the approval of the commits.
sioners' court-and bonds are voted.
There is belief that inasmuch as
the funds of the proposed issue arc
10 be prorated among the precincts
according to their assessable valua.
tions, the precincts should be per.
mitted to name their own materials
Some want their money to cove,
more ground. Others want the;l
roads to last longer.
And probably everything will worI
out to the satisfaction of most peo.
pie.
A GASOLINE tax increase fo,
school purposes was urged ut the re.
cent special session of the legisla,
ture. 1t never got anywhere. How.
ever, the following may be Of in.
terest:
Kentucky and South Carolina have
a gasoline tax of five cents on a gal.
Ion, tNe former state having in
creased from three to. five cents in
the last year. Virginia has a Al:
cent tax, an increase from three
cents. and Arkansas, Georgia. Flor.
ida. North Carolina, Mississippi anc
Nevada have a tax of four cents
Utah and West Virginia charge tn.
motorists > l-2 cents, and Arizona
Idaho, Indiana, Maine, New Mexico
Oklahoma, Oregon. South Dakota am
Tennessee have three cent tax
Oklahoma and South Dakota have in
creased the rate the past year
Wyoming has advanced from two 1,
two and one-half cents. Twenty
one states and the District Of Co
lumbia collect two cents a gallon
and Rhode Island and Texas on,
cent. Massachusetts,, New York. New
Jersey and Illinois have no gasolin,
tax.
WESLACO HAS a daily newspaper
The Unitrd Publishing Company
which owns weekly and semi-weekl,
papers at Mercedes. Weslaco anc
Alamo. is behind the new venture
the Weslaco Daily News, with Ed
mund p. Williams. president Of tn,
company, at the helm.
Weslaco and McAllen are the Hidaf
go county towns now having dali,
newspapers. with Edinburg preparing
to enter the same field, il condition,
are found right.
BROWNSVILLE is about TO spenc
million and a quarter dollars or
general public improvements.
n That's pretty good sized pro.
gram for a city the size of Browns.
Vile.
Means that every consideration
shoupld be given to the probabilities
OF future growth. and all improve.
ments undertaken with the thought
in mind that they must fit into the
greater development of the years to
come.
For instance. drainage and sani.
tary sewerage should be planned fol
twenty-five or thirty years or more
It's situation, it seems. where ex
pert advice should be sought, qns
construction plans outlined. moi
only Tor the immediate expenditure
but for the many other expenditures
that are certain to become necessary
later.
There is every reason to believe
that Brownsville will need more worl
along this line even before the fund:
now in sight are expended.