Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-01-16
DIAZ OFFERS PEACE PLAN TO LIBERALS
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VALsLEY Y

! " q 0lGlGgA u
r. ROY y. CLARK Seed Com
81 San Benito will open their
Rome NJ San Bcnito this week.
% announce the opening, and 70
N'enu an invitation TO everyone in
valley 70 visit them in their
eN nome, they have taken an eight
fAse section in The Herald today
IS the first business house in
sae valley to use an eight page sec
''on 70 announce an opening.
Inc Herald joins the many friends
q the company in extending con-
kfatulations. and wishes for the
hfm . Ions and continuingly sue
cessfnl business career.
FIFTY YEARS ago next June
'une IL. 1877, TO he exacs-Browns-
Vile property owners were being
worried by city officials to build
s'dewsiks, and repair existing ones.
But the worrying about the cost
vas not so much. although - the
time II might have beer a. great.
1Foportionately as Ii j. today.
Angus J. Young of Brownsville
hs other day was digging up some
a files in the Young ranch head
,Tarters at Santa Anita. in HidalgO
ounty. He ran across letter from
,mebody in Brownsville named Sam.
robably Sam Livingston. to the late
ohn NcAllen, reading as follows
"Brownsyille. June IT. 1877. Dear
ohn--You will see from the en-
iosed that the city has ordered
he sidewalks repaired.
~ have snoken to Eliiio. tie
\ rieklayer. Hc says he will put
iown the pavement on the Icvee
i trect lot fer 500. hc furnishing
brick. sand and everything 7 think
that is about as cheap as Il can hc
dene. will sneak 70 cthers to see
NJ II can be done cheaper"
n The sidewalk referred TO was for
I'D frontage Of 100 feet. between
||Tenth and Eleventh. where the
gYoung estate Is new erecting r
3Snrags.
| THE NOTICy which 'Sam" en-
closed was . typical, old-time bor-
isr "Aviso.r ard was signed BY jas.
Dougherty. the then mayor OF
||Inrcwnsville. I, read:
III sProperty owners are notified 90
|f.epair the sidewalks IN front and
hhout their premises. and 20 lay
lsew sidewalks where there are
Iacne. as the ordinance relating u
4 1idewalks will be strictly enforced.
Hi aThc period Of thirty days ~
Aivsn 10 comply with The ord
lance. After that period the city
kathorities viii make and repair
4idewalls and the propcris sold q
9v expenses Of sane.
\ asidewalks on the main streets
Nnust be ten feet wide, and on the
kross streets six feet.
by order of the city council
IN EVIDENTLY THERE has been
Ilame change in the laws since
Ikasar Donrhcrty issued his mo-
/, ktre or else The homestead act
4 Lear. nothing in the conduct az
/runicipal government N Browns
saIe at that time.
|ApR. RFN ~ WOOD. former
/ Meanwhile and Mission boy. now q
6,rafessor at Columbia University.
H. YORK. has been awarded the
1x;rhol,.s MURRAY Butler silver med
n for kxcellency in creative ad-
|oiristration work. p, Columbia
[FUniversiiy-
nr Wood II a member e The
anard fav National Research m
higher Education.
REPREs NTATINE \. ' 6.
p.t,.h would have the legislature
Il. ur the libel la~s % make the
r.x.~ nrexs little frcer-
AZ shis time a newspaper dare not
-.~r,nt NIL the things stump
...ter IN 4 political campaign or
.l.- nuhlic meeting. without run
80 .he chance 81 damage suit.
''p.,vesertmtive petSchF measure
n .lss nrovilegcd for publication
- and impartial account of the
'@..ea;nrx Of nuhlic mvetings.
..sl,nr with public purpose. an
s-I;,c fair and impartial ae-
- statements and discussions
mcetinrs Of the acts. cor
"a maticvs of public officials
r' -.hlie employees ana w candi-
49, 80 for public office and 81 mat
80 81 public concern
we venture the guess that
~sasure is adopted hy the leg
.,.re II viii result in less inr
-~ in great many meetings
% %,ssing public matters
BROWNSVILLE HAS. We believe.
4 t;r<s real estate firm n the
W Rio Grande Valley. the per
, of which j. made up entirely
81 s;rm will bc known as
- a Norlcy- Miss sun"
Co., 0 the senior member OF me
\ i the daughter q the late
f'f o'Brien. and for many
[Epsss s.s sec-eiary Of the k'o
FL. !. railroad. OF which her faith
vas president and genera man"
~ m y. worley i net new g