Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-20
I'm OUR
VALLEY

HB q political leader.
II In Brownsville folks associate him
most with the Brownsville school
Y board, Of which he is member,
and with the Brownsville Chamber of
commerce. of which he is a director.
tlWednesday Creager talked to the
Brownsville Rotary CluD.
Or perhaps il was lecture.
he didn't intend it to be that, no
doubt. But so it turned out.
he was invited TO talk.
John Tanning. movie theater own
or, describing his new Capitol The
ster. preceded Creager and in his
talk discussed building, improve
ments, progress and such matters.
Creager followed with an elabora-
tior.
He urged a great city auditorium,
parks, an airport.
Urged more "git up and git,
thought he didn't use that term.
CREAGER POINTED to the
growth of San Benito, of Harlingen,
CT McAllen and other Valley towns.
He suggested that Brownsville has
been and still is the largest city N
the Valley. Which doesn't necessarily
mean that il will always remain so.
Brownsville must do things which
will assure its continuance as the
largest city in the Valley.
1t must have more paved streets.
Even the present program will not
exu& 4k.~ - g.
that other cities cannot easily catch
up with il and surpass il.
IL must have more storm and san
itary sewerage. Even present con-
struction will not be a tremendously
long ways ahead of other cities in
the Valley.
IL must get rid of a lot more Of
these old. unsightly business struc-
lures in the business section. All Of
which will 90 in time, no doubt.
And Brownsville needs 5000 more
families.
- Let's do the things that are neees-
sary 20 get them here.
THERE is NOT enough Of the
sort of looking into ourselves that
the Chamber Of Commerce official
gave yesterday.
Don't know whether he has the
time for it or not, but il wouldn't
be a bad idea for every civic or
/, ganization in Brownsville to invite
reager to talk to it as he talked to
the Rotarians Wednesday.
The Lions Club should hear the
Gaialk, SO should the kiwanis. the
y FEDERATED Women's Clubs. and any
others.
II required about fifteen minutes.
Perhaps Mr.. Creager can be pre-
vailed upon 10 accept such a series
of invitations.
And here's another suggestion:
Why not a sort OF "civic night"
for Brownsville? Call the town to-
eether somewhere-there's no audi
torium big enough to hold the
erowd-and let's hear civic talks
and thresh out lot Of these things
that have been bothering leaders.
YEARS AGO WHEN politics was
the principal industry in Browns
Vile. politics was always charged
with being the cause Of whatever
was holding the city back.
There's little il any politics now.
So what can il be?
Is it lethargy? Is II complacency +?
IA il self-satisfaction?
Let's hope not any of there. They
are all dangerous TO the well being
Of any city.
Ambition is restless. Ambition i
nervous energy. Civic ambition IS
the antithesis OF lctnargy. of COM
placency. in a community.
And Brownsville Is ambitious. II
II weren't. then the city wouldn't I
have undertaken what II is now do
ing. what IL has done, what IL is go
ing to do.
But even those things are not
enough. There are more things need
ed. An auditorium. as Creager point
cd out. parks. an airport. not TO
mention a hundred other things.
" &"Those things cost money" you
Nv. "and therefore mean taxes
or course they mean taxes. How in
the world is a city going 70 be built
without taxes? In Brownsville IL may
be even more than in other cities.
for the reason that Brownsville is
in a position where Il needs more
than cities two and three times its
size.
IF THERE ARE selfish interests
which are holding back things. then
shove shem oct of the way Certain
IL one or two or three or even q
half dozen citizens cannot hold a
citv back If the remainder Of the
nopulation is 'rarin' to go"
But there are no such selfish in
4erests. There isn't man or wom-
m or child in Brownsville that
doesn't want 20 see this town grow
and prosper. They want II 10 be the
biggest town in all South Texas.
But IL won't be il everybody pulls
In 90 different directions.
II won't grow with two or three
r.rsons gathering on a corner and
russin' out everything.
II will all require the united ef-
fort OF an intelligent. patriotic and
sporting citizenship.
The way to build n town Is just 10
huild il. To quit talking about what's
needed, to get busy and get il.
Yen, Creager and John flaming
.sarted something at the Rotary Club