Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-12
I'm OUR
VALLEY

SOMETHING NEW in the smuse-
ment line being offered six miles out
rom Brownsville today by the John
manson Post Of the American Legion
ana the Border Anyways.
It's flying circus.
Advance announcements indicate
lots OF thrills.
with flyers dropping from flying
sirpianes, turning somerszults in the
air, and other breath-taking feats.
The promoters of the event have
gone TO considerable expense in
bringing performers here, and in all
the preliminary work so essential TO
such an event.
They deserve the support of the
ley communities in their effort.
SPEAKING Of amusements, let's
mark back few nights.
To the 'Three Wise Fools" who
appeared at the Queen theatre, in
San Benito at the Rivoli, and at
Edinburg.
IL was q John Golden production.
And unquestionably the best stage
play that has appeared in the Lower
Mo Grande Valley in many years.
The three lead characters were
Certainly men of long stage expert
ence.
And the production was the sort
that John Golden Of New York
might be expected TO produce.
The theater men who brought the
three Wise Fools" to the Valley
are to be commended for their en-
terprise. II was Ed Brady at San
Benito and Paco Betancourt at
Brownsville.
|. Hope that the appearance proved
~ financial success. It certainly
Il over with the folks who saw
AND MORE on anusements. Can
say we are looking forward eagerly
to the opening Of the new Capitol
theater in Brownsville.
It's an attractive building. one
that would Go justice to any city
The size of Brownsville.
Its architecture is pleasing. II is
very attractive in the interior.
Manager John Tanning seems TO
have left nothing undone to make
the opening a success.
He proposes that no one shall be
disappointed.
And the Capitol theater section in
The Herald this morning seems to
so indicate.
J. T. CANALES OF Brownsville is
delighting audiences up and down the
Valley with his talks on the history
Of the Valley.
The other day he talked before
students Of the Mercedes high school,
and a number of parons.
|. He is g descendant Of some OF
the border country's earliest set
tiers. And he knows Valley history
most thoroughly.
There seems 70 be general inter
est in the Valley in the early his
tory Of the section
That is ore reason why The Her
aid is publishing, on Sundays, in in
stallments, a paper on Valley his
tory prepared by Judge 7. F. Har-
wood Of Gonzales, president Of the
Texas Historical society.
There are q number OF men in
Brownsville whose minds are STEPPED
in Valley history. They should be
urged to "loosten up" for the bene.
fit OF the newcomers. Such men e:
Mr.. Canales, Harbert Davenport
Judge F. W. Seabury, J. K. Wells
and others.
There isn't a civic organization
school or other body anywhere ir
the Valley that wouldn't be glad
20 hear any OF them at any time.
HARBERT DAVENPORT will tell
you why, for example, the Confed-
crates held Brownsville for months
while the Federals held Brazos
Island for weeks, and al Of sudden
decided TO stage q battle. This back
in '65-
II appears that Rip Ford. the Con.
fedsrate commander, and the Federal
commander had agreed that whatever
happened way down here. thousands
of miles from the scene of the con-
flict, could have no bearing or the
outcome Of the war.
Things went along al right, it ap-
pears. until there was change in
commands. The new Confederate
commander decided to do things.
He moved down the Rio Grande
n strike at the Federals. The Fed
erals moved inland from Brazos
Island.
They met 1T Whites ranch, about
midway between Brownsville and the
coast.
There was q battle.
II was fought some four weeks
+ after Appomattox.
But way down here il the tip Of
Texas they had not yet heard of
Apponattox.
THIS COLUMN wishes to express
rs deepest sympathy for the CAM
.ron county commissioners court in
q seffort to change the name of
.bs Military Telegraph road to "Bor-
der Highway"
Three years or so ago this column
mrrested changing the name OF the
Iowe~ Rio Grande Valley TO Rio
Crande Delta.
The idea was TO shorten the name.
MANY Of those addicted to reading
/ xsix column will recall the storm of
kr~otsst midst . feeble chorus Of
aye"
ANYHOW, such an argument was
~eeipitated that this column for
resks was supplied with matter
Shieh costs the business office moth
q except the space it al required.
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