Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-14
FINAL
EDITION
The Da y
I'm I @x a S
By WILL H. MAYS

tion loss in 1927 was 10000, which
IL less than half Of the average
drop IN farm population for the past
five wears. The largest net loss IN
recent years was $4,000 in 1925,
while IN 1925 il was 44i,00o. This
indicates that farming has struck a
better balance and that the farms
are in a way 10 gain back IN the
next few years much Of the recent
loss in population
II Is estimated that during this
wear more people will move from
the cities to the farms than will
leave the farms, unless some unex-
pected general calamity should bit
farming interests.
The Department of Agriculture
estimates that 81 per cent Of those
now moving 70 the farms have had
previous farm experience, have
moved 70 the cities, and having been
disappointed in the change, are NOV
ing back.
Texas agriculture. and especially
dsirying, poultry raising and truck
farming. Is attracting more scientific
attention than for many years, and
the Texas farmer who diversifies his
crops is coming 70 regard himself
as . lucky individual.
WICHITA FALLS has announced
the formulation Of plans for build
ing a cotton mill within the next
ninety days. and in this announce
ment il showing other Texas cities
that the way 70 build factories is
10 20 right ahead and build them
without all the delay usually attend
ant on such projects.
A party of Chicago capitalists has
leased a large acreage with the op-
tion of purchase and will put in at
once a 5000 spindle mill as the be-
ginning Of a large industrial develops
ment on the tract.
FIFTY WEST TEXAS counties
are represented in the exhibition be-
ing made at the Fort Worth EXPOSE
tion and Fat Stock Show BY the
West Texas Chamber of Commerce.
This exhibit. which Is kept replen-
fshrd and up-to-date. has the un-
Y usual distinction OF having won eight
eonsecutive blue ribbons AT large
fairs and expositions.
THE CASUAL VISITOR 70 Fort
Worth Is likely to be impressed that
the city IL made up almost entirely
of hotels and restaurants, so thick
are they along the streets. but an
ether one containing 800 rooms il
10 be built right on Main street by
enc Of the eity's cattlemen and cap
ialists. As hotels hotels are seldom
built unless there is a demand for
them. the hotel business evidently
continues good IN Fort Worth.
A FEW YEARS ago when Tyler
built big new hotel, people who
knew the city vagred their heads
and said: Somebody is in to lose
some money. Such hotel cannot
nav in Tyler" Now comes later
announcement that Tyler Is to have
another hotel containing f5 rooms
,rd that II is to he built BY a
TYLER capitalist who knows his dol
lars.
NOT LONG AGO the Supreme
Court 81 Illinois rendered q decision
holding invalid the Illinois statute
imposing n tax on gasoline sales.
This led some to believe that maybe
the Texas statute might he uncon-
stitutional. but a decision Of the
Texas Supreme Court holds that
evca the United States government
must nav the three cent tax. Here
tofore the government has not paid
this tax on gasoline delivered on
its military reservations in this
state. Uncle Sam must now pay up
and smile about 1t like the rest Of
us.
CONGRESSMAN John C. Box Of
kexas has introduced a bill in con-
rress providing for the building of
n bridge across the Sabine river at
point near old Sabine town on
the Kings highway At Pendleton's
Ferry. II is safe to say that this
Is one "Box hill' 10 which there will
be no objection coming from Texas.
SAN ANGELO will ask Wichita
Falls. Abilene ard perhaps other
cities along the proposed route 20
cooperate with II in getting a direct
air mail lire from San Angelo 70
Tulsa 70 facilitate communication
between the two cities because of
their oil interests. San Angelo has
recently bought $50 acre landing
field. for payment of which II is pro-
posing . bond issue.