Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-24

I'm OUR
VALLEY

THIS BUSINESS Of attempting tC
supply q newspaper that all Of the
people will like is certainly q prob,
lem.
Requires ingenuity, tact, intelli
gence, and all the other elements
including money, to give newspaper
satisfaction.
Not long ago q Brownsville mar
charged that The Herald was "not
Brownsville paper. that It did not
boost Brownsville enough and boost.
ed the Valley too much"
About the same time a letter came
from a man in the western end Of
the Valley complaining that The
Herald was altogether a Browns
vile paper and did not Doost the
rest Of the Valley enough.
Just the other day a Brownsville
gentleman complained that The
Herald is not democratic enough il
party politics.
And here's a letter from a La Feria
man:
"The editorials In your paper are
not to my liking and ] wish to have
you cancel my subscription wher
same runs out. Some day wher
some of the democratic party laws
OF Texas will protect the honest man
/ will become demoesss s-d agar
subscribe TO your paper"
Quite evident that the "a Ferris
gentleman comes from Pennsylvania
He's been reading a highly partisan
republican newspaper. Been reading
IL all his life.
ESTABLISHMENT Of an airport a
Brownsville for handling Of the in
ternational air mails and express
will mean much more than adver
tising, which also is important
Not at all unreasonable 10 assume
that from time to time agencies
may be located here to supply va
rious needs in Mexico.
Brownsville business establish
nients, machinery and hardware
houses might be called on from time
to time for emergency shipments OF
repairs, or tools or other things
that may not be available in Mex
leo.
s Concerns in other parts of the
country may establish offices here
TO handle certain matters.
Oil companies doing business ir
Mexico may find il necessary tc
have offices in Brownsville, because
Of the quick transportation that will
: be afforded them.
There are any number Of things
that might grow out Of the location
here of the international air route.
THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VAL
LEY MAGAZINE. established sew.
eral years ago by Robert Jeffreys
formerly OF the Mission Enterprise
has changed hands.
Is now owned and published By
Z. c. Watson. who has been adver.
tising manager. VIII be issued from
Harlingen.
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
holds the first OF series Of forum
meetings at the chamber auditorium
at 8 o'clock Tuesday night.
Is intended TO give every taxpayer
an opportunity 70 listen IN and par.
ticipate in the matter OF considera.
tion Of further civic improvements.
To complete a program now under
way it's estimated a million dollars
in bonds will be needed.
Do the citizens want an audi
torium. a central fire station. more
paving. more sewer lines, telegram
fire alan system, and other things?
NO MORE road paving for the pres.
ent. says the commissioners court.
Is rot possible because county
cannot issue any more bonds unit
water districts have changed tc
conservation districts.
Four million dollars is the amouJ
remaining unsold.
Under present conditions II will re-
quire an increase Of four million dol
lars annually in assessed valuation.
70 permit the issuance OF u nillior
dollars in bonds.
Thus, the county values will have
60 60 up four million dollars every
year for four years 70 complete IN,
present program.
But the whole amount can Re is
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