Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-08
I'm OUR
VALLEY

THE HERALD TODAY is being is
sued from its new plant at the cor
ner OF Thirteenth and Adams streets.
The paper this afternoon may not
appear a great deal different to the
reader. With one or two additions.
the same men who have been putting
The Herald together heretofore
are doing the same work. The only
changes, at least for the present,
will he mechanical.
Instead OF being printed from the
Newspaper "form," or the tyne it,
self. today's Herald is printed from
stereotyped plates on n rotary press.
And II the first issue doesn't look
exactly as It should, just charge It 70
lack of experience. In a few days
everything will be normal.
LINOTYPE OPERATORS, staff
writers and advertising men pitched
In on the big Job Of moving The
Herald plant Saturday night.
As soon as the last line Of type
was set for the Sunday morning is
sue, each machine was shut down.
Then started work Of dismantling.
After which the Mason Transfer
Company's bunch OF husky and will
ing heavy haulers. under Mr. Ma
sons direction, began the difficult
and even dangerous job Of getting
heavy machinery down narrow
stairways and onto trucks.
Herald composing room men who
had worked an day Saturday and
most of Saturday night were not sx-
pected to pitch right in on the NOV
ing job after their own work was
done. But they did. And stayed
with it until the new plant was
ready for time" n o'clock Mon
day morning.
y. r. Cooper, foreman. saw 70 It
that his equipment went "a the
right place. ". r. Yeagcr, Ramon
Becerril. Ross Jones and IT. r. Ma
gee, linotype operators, helped tear
down and rebuild machines. work
that was led by c. A. Reil advertis-
ing manager, and Harry I. Sexton,
staff writer. each Of whom are for
mer operators.
THE MOST DIFFICULT part NJ
the entire operation. was the tear
ing down and removal and rebuilding
Of the linotype machines. Even the
l0sss In confusion. Of q single screw
might have thrown any machine out
az running order for day or two.
50 The Herald wishes TO take this
occasion 20 thank at these men and
the many others who helped. IL is
4thFough their cooperation thrt TAe
Herald II enabled 20 resume the or
derlv processes Of publishing with
out having missed an issue.
THE HERALD ALSO wishes to
think Mcssrs. Cabbage and Franks
or the Southwestern Telephone Conn
pany. for their prompt and efficient
service in getting telephone and
telegraph wires stretched TO and
through the new building. A news
paper these days is helpless with
cut these means or communication.
SAYS THE SAN Bcuito Light:
about this time last year = man
removed "a his farm On the north
boulevard, from Chicago. Accustomed
70 good highway systems, he was IN
convenienccd bv the dirt road 70
his property and somewhat in doubt
as 70 whether he should move his
family here.
Conversation with ncighbors con-
WINGED him that the road 70 Rio
Hondo would be hard-sarfaced I'M
the near future. the most optimistic
estimates being about two years.
"Even the most optimistic were
too conservative IN their estimates.
Almost exactly 4 year later. con-
crete Il being poured that will put
his farm I'm 2 eystem of paved roads
that will he unsurpassed IN Texas.
"Other farmers IN the road under
construction ana On other roads 20
r similarly improved will have the
" Ime advantages"
BROWNSVILLE NOW hes three
luncheon clubs. the Rotary, the XII
wants and tho Lions.
Other towns in the Valley have
one or thr other, some have two and
possibly three.
The luncheon club idca is taking
a very strong hold on the business
men of the Valley.