Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-05-27
Passage of Citrus Bill Assured
I'M OUR
VALLEY

COLOR The NEAT highWay con-
struction to a deep green that is
easy on the eyes.
That is a suggestion that has been
passed on to County Judge Dancy by
Harry X. Loew Of Brownsville.
As everyone knows who has driven
along the present highway during
hours that the sun drives hard for
the earth, there is a glare that at
times is painful to the eyes.
Il is just possible that this may
be the cause of highway mishaps.
DIR. Loew points out that con-
crete colored to green will be easy
on the eyes when the sun is shin
ing brightly.
Judge Dancy has the idea under
consideration. Will investigate to
determine what it will cost to have
n system of green highways.
III the county's new $6,000,000
program is an all-concrete job. this
green will be literally scattered
over the area.
fl p. MCNEIL, president of the
Hidalgo County Bank, Mercedes, is
righ. proud Of the new building
being erected for his institution.
Thursday Ia called the attention
of two visitD1s to an innovation IN
the way of stone decorations on the
side OF the building, at the top of
the first story.
These decorations are replicas Of
coins. One shows the Goddess Of
>LsbsFty- Another reproduces the
"Peaee Dollar" Another is a repro
duction Of Hebrew shekcl of bib
iicai days.
And Mr.. Mcneil proceeds TO tell
a story on himself.
The other day two farmers were
standing on the shaded sidewalk
across the street. commenting on
the dollar designs on the bank
building.
"You know" one of them said.
"those things are just like McNeils
dollars. for all the world"
"Why, how's that?" the other
\ asked.
"well. you can see 'em, but you
can't get 'em."
IF THERE ARE any doubters on
the proposition that the Valley will
have natural gas one of these days,
they need only take trip along the
highway.
Thousands of feet of gas pipe Of
eight. ten and twelve-inch diameter
will be found scattered along the
sides Of the road, and mostly back Of
il and along the railroad right-of-
way between Brownsville and San
Benito.
Gangs of men are at work on the
pipe Trenches are being dug. The
big pieces of pipe are being laid in
In them.
Looks as If the gas company's
promise that it will have gas in the
Valley for next winter is going to
be made good.
! CENTRAL POWER & Light Com
Rpany's gangs busy in the territory
sbout Lasara and Hargill.
Propose to give those communi-
ties the advantage of electric light
hand power within the next few
weeks.
Small communities, they still will
lave these facilities just the same
large and old towns.
II is one of the blessings Of the
<Vh power line development of re-
mt years.
4 Communities like Hargill and La
{sara probably would not be large
enough or important enough TO justi-
fy local system And even if they
had. the service il could render prob
ably would not meet the needs Of
| the residents.
MANAGER JOHN Tanning Of the
&Tcxas Theatre, Brownsville. enter
ftained The Herald newsboys the
other day with free movie.
John Tanning probably enjoyed il
every bit as much as did the boys.
He knows how they feel about it,
and It made him happy.
He has reason to know. For he
spent many years in newspaper Of
kfices himself. having been connected
with the old Fort Worth Record in
lhe days when Clarence Ousley was
Fits guiding genius.