Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-15
I'm OUR
VALLsEY

NEWS DISPATCHES from Wash
,ngton tell that Representative John
=. Garner of this district will face
. sizeable majority in the next con-
gress.
he will be the new minority leader
IN the house. And the job ahead
OF him will require all the qualities
cf leadership, il is agreed in the
national capital.
The democratic minority will be
oWHumbercd about 100, a situation
has occurred only twice in re-
cent years.
But the representative from the
fifteenth district stands well with
the majority in the house. He can
get recognition where others would
fail.
He has many things ahead Of
Gahem.
Not only that OF looking after the
interests Of the small taxpayers Of
the nation, but also the interess of
the fifteenth district.
He has been giving much attention
to the onion tariff. II it is possible
10 adjust that situation. under ex-
isting tariff laws, he will see that
( is adjusted the interests Of his
district.
KIWANIS CLUB leaders active in
matter Of experimenting with va
rious types of street name signs,
have placed markers at the postof-
flee corner.
Business men, the fire depart
ment, the utilities, all will welcome
some improvement in this sadly
lacking situation.
Fire alarm systems being installed.
an uhexcelled fire department beng
developed. But the growth Of the
city has been so rapid that some few
small things have been overlooked.
| [lStreet name signs and house num-
Ibering are important details.
One may look for John Doe in
1.-THE telephone directory John Doe,
1.-The telephone directory may recite.
lliyes in West Brownsville. But II
is almost like searching for the
Y proverbial needle in the haystack
\ find that selfsame John Doe.
Here's luck to the hiwanians in
their new civic undertaking.
\ ',kStBILL WILLIAMS of Rio Hondo
has his nose 10 the grindstone, 50
to speak.
Bill is that hapless election war
rior who, in a moment Of undue
optimism, wagered that his nose
could travel over tleven miles Of
concrete road from Rio Hondo to
Harlingen without suffering greatly
for il. With a peanut ahead Of Il.
Probably Bills nose will last
longer than the peanut. The nut,
II should be understood, has wire
4 hoped through it.
Said wire-or two of them-is
M;s affixed in such manner to Bits
tkead that it extends a foot beyond
Eha nose. In this way he is pushing
his peanut.
Ii Doubtless Bill will think twice be-
fore he makes. another such wager
as that Of 1923.
CORPUS CHRISTI wants the next
injecting Of the South Texas Cham
Iber Of Commerce.
Corpus Christi should have Il.
We're for Corpus Christi.
The city is accessible to all south
Mrexas. And Corpus Christi, too, has
h.come a marvellous little city in
Iehe past few years.
big harbor. Big ships. Fine,
new office buildings towering far
above the city.
Beautiful homes. Coming up-a
kN .autificd harbor front that prom
- 80 be one Of the nations mar
. Yer, Corpus Christi next.
IN THE MEANTIME. let's think
.hout going TO Laredo. where the
t1ronvention opens Monday.
n The Brownsville Chamber Of Com
X-.syre announces that six more cars
- -noeded to carry members Of the
ysrion drum and bugle corps to
3faredo.
10 The roads along the river 20 La
III ~sdo-that is, the dirt roads-are
I GOOD, says information to the cham
\ her Of commerce.
The rains that fell recently in the
Hs.wsr Valley, did not touch that
I'll uurh work has been done on those
HI ...as in Zapata county by the state
,ivhvay department in recent
And the results are apparent, it
\ q declared.
Y wsrarer Richardson of the cham
~ commerce says he recently
-. the trip to Laredo in six
hours. .r. .L -
~ commerce promptly.
PRESIDENT ELECT Hoov
~ IA was elected by the country
IN large. that there will be no diff
- N MS administration-sou
-. west or north.
MN And that one Of the things he Will
for will be an inland water
fro,a Boston TO the Tip Of
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"a ;rtraroaStai canal rro-