Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-05-22
wild WEI COME FOR L|NDBERGk
I'M OUR
VALLEY

CAPTAIN LINDBERGH flew from
New York City 10 Paris IN about
thirty-three hours.
half dozen interested citizens
hogered around telegraph key
awaiting the expected flash telling
of the landing.
II came as the watch hour hand
stood at an even $3.50.
And some pessimistic individual
ventured 70 suggest:
"Now. Linbergh will probably walk
down the Rue Matin or some other
Paris street. slip on a banana peel
and sprain his ankle or somethin'."
Which was a sort Of tribute 20 the
nerve. backbone and vitality of he
daring birdman. And it's often like
that. A man will achieve success in
some hazardous undertaking. start
ling the world. only 10 be brought
down by some common. ordinary
everyday accident such as slipping
on common, ordinary, everyday
carelessly thrown banana peel.
!. LINDBERG LANDED IL Labourget
flying field. coming from out Of the
dark. az 1927 Paris time.
That was 5:2l eastern daylight
saving time. Which was 3:21 Cen
tral Standard Time. which is Browns
willie time.
This writer was standing beside a
telegraph instrument awaiting the
flash that Lindberg had finished his
journey.
Watch in hand when the flash
came the watch showed $3.50.
Which means that il required eX-
actly nine minutes To transmit the
news from Labourgct field to
Brownsville.
That's real action-and service.
At 3:35 The Herald's extra was on
the streets.
That's more service.
THE HARLINGEN Star tells its
readers that Harlingen Is soon 10
have n telephone system like those
OF Houston. Fort Worth. Dallas.
In which the Star is mistaken.
Houston. Dallas and Fort Worth
now have the automatic system. or it
is being installed.
The automatic system IN made up
Of dials, and 10 hello girls You place
the finger in a circle. using the digit
TO turn the dial number until the
number sought has been achieved.
Then the party on the other end
answers.
As matter Of fact Harlingen will
have a system like that now in use
in Brownsville. san Benito and Me
Allen. when the present one ~ com
pleted.
THE VALLEY WILL be well repre-
sented at the International Rotary
meeting at Qstend.
Wayne >od has gone from
Brownsville.
Jim Graham has gone from San
Bento.
Duval West. Jr.. has gone from
Harlingen.
: Sheriff Yanccy Baker has gone
from iEdinburg. and viii also repre-
sent Mission. McAllcn and Donna.
Area considered. no section of the
country will be better represented At
this convention. ~ be held III June
than the Lower Rio Grandc Valley.
THE RID the other day FOR N,
Brownsville city-Owncd electric aro
water systems brings To mind that
in the past year something like l0'
municipally-owncd electric plants
have been changed 10 private own
crship.
Also that something like 1900 mu
nicipal plants have gone over to rri
waite ownership IN the past decade.
GOODNESS GRACIOUS,
somebody writing in the Mission
a.nterprise tells al about railroad'
g that enter san Benito. Harlinren, SaI
Juan. Mission. Rio Grancc City. ans
other points.
They failed to even mention
Brownsville
Brownsville has several railroads
too. Just like the others.
Mention a few Of them for th'
benefit of the writer in the Inter
prise.
For one thing. and an imporian
one. the Missouri Pacific has term
inal III Brownsville.
Thcn NJ have the Rio Grande raii
road. around which the present har
hor development ~ Brazos Sanuag
has been brought about. In fact. IN
farbor development was not undcr
taken until this road was rebuilt.
Then there is the Brownsville
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