Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-13
I'm OUR
VALLEY

Of Brownsville, for more than
third Of a century county clerk OF
Cameron county, retiring about four
years ago, visited The Herald office
Thursday morning. !.
Mr.. Webb came in to pay his sub
scription.
Incidentally, he remarked that he
has been Teading The Herald so
long that he cannot remember when
he began.
\ He has been a reader Of The Her
Nald for nearly 36 years, or since the
paper was founded.
But his record as an "old sub
seriber" goes even further. for he
Also -ead the Daily Cosmopolitan,
which was absorbed by The Herald
in 4s92.
MESSRS. NEITERT and Tuseth
Of the Black Diamond Bus Line, an
nouIAce that they have taken over
the VALLEY Bus Line, and will con-
tinuA to operate it.
THe Black Diamond is the pioneer
bus lime in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley.
pioneering in the bus business
does not 90 very far back, only TO
1928, in fact.
Bht II was pioneering at that. The
present highway was not completed,
and the going was rough. Mainten-
anoe Of schedules was difficult, if
not, nigh impossible n large part Of
the year.
But the pioneers hung on. az pio-
neers have habit of doing.
THE SAN BENITO Light advises
that San Benito, like Mission, has
an ordinance preventing parking on
the streets between midnight and
o'clock in the morning.
Brownsville has no such ordinance.
But such an ordinance should ut
least cover the business section.
In Some residential sections homes
constructed before the automobile
became a democratic institution are
NOT provided with garages. Renters
are thus forced to leave their cars
IA the streets.
In still other cases there are ga
rages that are entered through the
alleys, but in bad weather an un-
kpaved alley is no place for an auto
kmobile.
So perhaps there is a reason why
Brownsville has no ordinance pre-
venting all night street parking.
final figures on its assessable valua-
tions for tax pusposes.
The figure is even greater than
bthe estimate.
It is right at s56,0O0,0O0.
And thus boosts the Valleys total,
Isince Cameron county has S3s,000,-
900.
Gives the two counties $94 900. 900,
and the Willacy and Starr figures
will bring the total for the Valley
to up around $10s, 100000.
SOUTH TEXAS CITIES are lining
up campaigns TO secure the head
quarters of the South Texas Cham
ber Of Commerce, which are to be
moved from San Antonio.
Corpus Christi wants the office, so
do Beeville, Robstown. Victoria,
Cuero, Pearsall. Flatonio. Scguin,
Gonzales, Kingsville and Pleasanton.
There will be a grand fight staged
for the office when the convention
meets in Brownsville November IL
and Is.
Brownsville will be an interested
x.rtn nfk IL ko
Lower Valley.
The candidates will bring along
their brass bands and their fore
most citizens.
There Is a fine feature In this
contest. II promises to increase
greatly the interest in the conven-
tion.
Some towns will have candidates
for president and other offices.
South Texas realizes that IL II is
TO be a factor in state affairs il
must organize as East Texas and
West Texas have done. There are
N some big problems to be settled.
THE SATURDAY Evening Post
says editorially that 'bootlegging
aliens" into the United States is one
of the most flourishing industries
on the Southwestern border.
The Post 10 stretching the matter
a bit, judging from the activity OF
the United States Border Patrol.
Some of them may get over here.
of course. but to call it Flourish
ing industry" is 10 reckon without
the boys who are seeing TO il that
the industry does not flourish.
That there are bands engaged in
the business every border resident
knows. But mostly their work Is
done south of the border. They op-
crate a flim-flam game Of which
European aliens are the victims. And
usually the victims are out their
money and freedom once they cross
the border.
POINT ISABEL will organige a
chamber Of commerce.
Point Isabel. now that il il
dressing up and taking on city airs,
wants in on general Valley activities
Being one Of the eldest settle
ments, IL not actually the Oldest.
Point Isabel is entitled TO seat in
the front row.
And Point Isabel proposes TO take