Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-04-12
OKLAHOMA RAVAGED BY WIND. FLOODS
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VALLEY

tel.
II will be Spanish Moorish in
architecture.
IL il to be built as cooperative
proposition, by q local corporation
and then bonded.
John Il. Tripp. orchardist OF La
Feria, declares that il is going 20
be a beautiful hotel.
And they want a name for the
hostelry. In exchange for name
that is suggested and selected.
there will be a prize.
So get your think cap busy. work
out name for La Feria's proposed
hotel, send il to the La Feria Hotel
Company.
All of which leads up to the fact
that La Feria, like so many other
towns in the Valley. is building rap
idly. The First National Bank. which
Is conducted BY two Of the best
known bankers in the Valley. Pres
i ident w. III. BardweIl and Cashier y.
ii. Dunlap. is building splendid
new home.
THE LA FERIA plant Of the Cen
trail Power & Light Company. has
been awarded silver cup.
The award was made by the Dan
Webster Safety Club. an organiza-
tion Of employees Of the company.
The award was made because the
a.
grouds, determined after a tour Of
all the stations.
And it's the second time the
award has gone to the La Fcria
plant. which Is in charge OF Mr..
Pulliam.
It's a good work Has much TO
do with that thing we all call civic
pride.
TRAFFIC LIGHTS in the Browns
willie business district are now op-
Grating most Of the day and as late
ms . o'clock at night.
They are serving a real purpose
in this little city.
Laid out in the days when narrow
streets were the usual thing. is bus
mess section with a growing traffic
has presented a real problem. So
many "blind" corners.
Some thought this traffic regula-
tion was little previous for
Brownsville. Since il has been in
operation. however. observers have
changed their minds about II.
And another thing have you no
ticed that courteous bunch Of traf-
fic cops the department is using;
No poIiter bunch Of men to be
found directing traffic anywhere in
the larger cities. Considerate and
patient And. strangest Of all. and
50 unusual on this frontier-none Of
them carry arms. Mostly they are
big enough 70 take care Of the av-
erage trouble-inclined person.
JAMES J. DAVIS. secretary Of la
bor in President CooIidge's cabinet.
1 may visit the Mexican border. this
section. on the occasion of his trip
to the Southwest this summer.
The particular purpose of the Da-
Wis trip % this section will be 10
investigate labor conditions a. they
may be affected BY the Box bill
which n intended to place Mexican
immigration on a quota basis. the
same as for European countries.
Along this line. Think" in San
Antonio Express. says:
Announced intention qf James J.
Davis. secretary Of labor. to visit the
Texas border this summer in inves-
tigating opposition 20 the BOX bill.
promises az least a fair study Of
the Mexican immigration question
and its relation 20 development Of
Southwest Texas land.
THE present month would be q
better time for the visit. ms thous-
ands Of Mexicans are in the onion
and vegetable fields. Recent re-
ports that 5000 MeNicans are moving
back TO their native country from
the Lower Rio Grande Valley. adds
70 the seriousness of the question.
II ought not 70 be difficult for Sec
rotary Davis 70 find evidence DEM
onstrating that present Mexican i'm
migration regulations should not he
made more stringent"
The South Texas Chamber of Com
mercc is leading the movement
against the Box bill. realizing that
Us passage will work an extreme
hardship on agriculture in South
Texas.
EDINBURG Is leading the Texas
Valley League
Last year EdinburT kept a lead
throughout the first half in the Val
ley league.
Cam Hlll. manager. evidently has
succeeded IN rounding up most OF
his old crowd ~ winners.
And this year he il fixing things
up In his organisation with the
avowed purpose Of showing Corpus
Christi. Laredo and Mission how the
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