Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-02

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
, Mrs. 4. L. Pa secretary Of the
i club. says:
I'VE want 70 you for the
$50 cash prize gi y for the can.
ming contest at n ondo. We an.
preciate your intere n us. and we
are striving TO be Sstter workers
each day.
I'VE work in harmony with Miss
Kate Adele Hill, our county dem
enstTation agent. We think she is a
wonderful woman and is doing much
good work with the clubs Of the
county. Also works with the an
girls. Her interest in them inspires
them TO greater things.
Il will tell what we canned last
year. which won first prize for Us
along with our canned disnIay:
Meat. 223O lars: vegetables. s34l
Jars; fruits. 3622 jars; pickles. 50.
Jars; jelly, 6i4 jars; juices. ~
jars.
Thanks again for the check W,
sent delegate TO the A. & NJ. shor'
course"
A HERALD MAN. a passenger OF
n bus line, brings in a story Of hon
"sty. Happened to witness the Incl
dent.
W. o. Scott, farmer OF ri Jar
din, was en- route to Joplin. NO.
and making a short bus trip for
tran connection.
Paid the bus driver his fare. Tend
cred currency. Received change.
That was all for the time being.
After the passenger had left III,
car at San Benito he discovered tha
ne had given a $40 note, but had re
ceived change for a SIS note.
but the bus had gone on. Being ~
a hurry on some other business, h,
1ecided to return later TO recover
his change.
He applied al the bus station. Th,
man in charge asked him If he coul,
identify himself as the man who ha,
paid fare. He went out for identi
fication. Ran into The Herald man
That was complete.
After which the station man ad
mitted that a passenger had tend
cred $40 and received change foi
only IS. The bus driver had reported
the incident and turned in the IS.
The bus driver was Otis Bland
liver of car No. l0l. Of the Blacl
amOnd Bus Line. He discovered
PIE oversign, but too late to hand il
Naek before the passenger had lef
the car.
HERE'S AN INTERESTING letter
from William A. Waldock. Sandusky
Ohio:
Enclosed find check for $3.50 fo
years subscription. Have takei
the paper the past three years an,
like il very much. Il am greatly IN
terested in the Valley. owning fort!
acres in the Cantu tract near T.;
Feria. Myself and family have beer
spending the winters in the Valiel
for the past three years. Man!
others from Sandusky are doing tht
same, and We are sure there will b,
many new ones there from here thii
coming winter.
ave notice wonderful change
from one season TO the next. An,
know the whole Valley is growiag b,
leaps and bounds All il needs l.
plenty Of advertising through th'
North. Every one here who ha,
eaten some Of the Valley graPcfrui
say IL il the best they had eve
eaten. And We feel sure their state
msnts are true
we had wonderful potato croI
this past year. Began planting Jan
uary q and had about ten acres
Began digging about March 9. Real
iged about $4,000. SO we felt we ha,
realized good sum. Also have ,tei
acres in fruit that will bear mex
year. Expect TO spend our winte
there again"
SOUTHWEST TEXAS. having
port at Corpus Christi. and waite
routes in the making at Point lisa
bel and on the Arroyo Colorado
should become learned III thing
nautical. thinks r. X. Burt iE let
ter to The Herald
For instance. he urges that th'
expression. knots per hour" j. "al
wet" That's d-lubberly. he in
sists. when used in referring &
speed Of ships.
"a ship" he says. doesn't maxi
knots per hour for a knot is
measure Of speed, not measure o
| distance.
I well, folks. a knot is one nsutica
mile, or 602s feet, per hour. and no
just any old time.
"a ship making eighteen knots' !
Amoving eighteen nautical miles ne
= hour.
aNow we feel much better" b
concludes.
And We feel more salty.
wILLACY COUNTY men are cham
sioning movement in five eoas
Mbunties. including Nueces. kleberE
,nedy, willacy and Cameron look
to the formation Of a road dis
20 aid Kennedy county in build
As miles of highway across tn
nty. north and south.
POINT out that kennedy county
Srsely settled and comprising th
&c Kennedy ranch. which occupie
1T all the county. cannot bon
Ito the amount necessary Z
unmw "a such road. which woul
sst around $f.000.0O0.
asking the other coGnties.
Perhaps the plan can hr warkr'