Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-09-25
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VALLEY

n2s healthy bonded indebtedness
and that its tax rate is $3.50.
The city has been offered $780,
oeo cash on the barrel head, for its
electric light and water properties.
In addition to which the prospect
I've purchaser promises the report
from Harlingen says, TO build a
hundred car capacity cold storage
plant at Harlingen.
The amount offered is consider
ably more than the entire bonded
Indebtedness Of Harlingen.
So the citizens are offered the
prospect OF reducing their indebted
ness to nothing. have some money
over for ether things, cut the tax
rate TO the bone, and the opportun-
ity TO enter into other undertakings
for the development of the town.
The city commission has decided
20 call en- election at which Har-
lingen will be given an opportunity
TO approve or disapprove the sale.
CHICKEN THEFT is punishable
to the point where chicken theft is
no longer a thriving industry in
Texas.
A San Benito negro discovered
this in district court the other day.
He was assessed 100 days in the
Cameron county Jail and a fine of
$500 for having assumed undue priv
ileges among other folks chickens.
New IL the law will do something
about the predatory four-legged an
imals that play havoc with Valley
chickens, those owning poultry yards
will be more than satisfied.
THE DEMPSEY-TUNNEY match
Is now history. World championship
baseball now looms on the sport
horizon. Starts October 5,
But seven days Of baseball. with
scores Of thousands seeing it, will
not do so we'll financially as thirty
five minutes Of fighting did the
other night up in Soldiers Field,
Chicago.
Fighting Fandom of this Ameri-
can soil paid more than $2.500.0 900
TO witness the spectacle the other
night, while another two and a half
million was expended, no doubt, in
getting there.
While other millions paid a nickel
each for an extra newspaper re-
counting the details Of the event.
THE HERALD TRIED its hand
that fight night at producing an ex-
ira edition, with a full account Of
the fight, pictures of the winner and
loser 'neveryhing, serving it TO the
crowd assembled to hear returns
megsphoned simultaneously with its
break up.
The result was extremely salts
factory.
The extra was in the crowd seven
minutes after the decision announc-
ing the winner. The fact that two
Thousand copies were sold in front
of The Herald office attests the
popularity of the bit of small city
newspaper enterprise.
This was the first opportunity The
Herald had had TO try out this sort
OF thing with It's new equipment.
There was cooperation on every
hand. BY the circulation department,
including the street boys; the press
room boys, the composing room
crowd, the news room and the rel
lows ut the megaphone, Wilbur Den
nett and Robin Pate, volunteers
frcm outside.
AID N. X. Cook, Herald repre-
sentative st Harlingen, hustled the
extras to San Benito and Harlingen,
while Harry L. Sexton volunteered
20 see that they got through to Mis-
sion--lste, Of course. but made il.
A similar undertaking was impos-
sible with equipment that was aban-
doned several weeks ago.
SMALL CITY newspapers never
expect to profit from extras.
Nine times out Of ten, they are
issue for no purpose other than TO
give the newspaper readers news
that they want right now.
In this case the expense involved
vas far beyond the amount re-
eeived from the sale of papers.
And probably the twenty persons
Who worked overtime 70 undertake
Il would much preferred to hsv.
bsen at home, or elsewhere than at
work.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC graders,
trseklsyiag machine and track work
ers have crossed the troublesome
Los Fresnos resaea, up in Los Fres-
nes.
Right behind them are coming
aha ballast and the men that are
tamping 1t.
Rails are now a bare ten miles
frcm Brownsville.
There are still several resaeas 10
ne crossed. But there is every rea-
son 10 believe that the Southern Pa
rific will be rolling freight trains
;nto Brownsville within another
mcnth.
And they are using ninety-pound
~.ils. which is another indication Of
.,hs soundness OF the undertaking.
socn a freight station will be 60
I,rr up in Brownsville, and shortly
a passenger station.
| pxralleIing the track, and perhaps
|. fhousand feet away. . geod dirt
g.sd has been built up to grade.
fhen ths s. p. Is ready to haul
Fight. work will start on that
PGdes line concrete job-ten miles
Of Anerete to the Barreda-Pcint Isa-
bel esd.
. A Just north Of the Barreda- |
Fcin Isabel road the Missouri Pa
she.s grading it's line 20 Holly |
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