Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-03
I'm OUR
ALLIE
TwENT- THOUSAND dollars i

no sum 10 De tuctEeu
It's the bonus given Cameron coun-
ty in a sale Of one million dollars
worth of road bonds. which bear five
per cent interest.
It's more of a bonus. considerably
more, than was received for the mil
lion dollar issue Immediately pre-
ceding.
That bonus comes. the county
judge says, because the bond market
has improved since the sale OF tne
last issue.
More money available for bond in
vestment just now.
However that may be, Cameron
county now is ready TO proceed with
further highway construction.
San Benito and Harlingen pre-
cincts will start some Of their work
at once.
The Brownsville precinct may not
be able to do anything in the way
OF highway construction until litiga-
tion is settled.
This litigation was projected 70
bring about construction Of the Boca
Chica road-the road to the coast
before any other road work.
THE BOCA CHICA ROAD has
been graded for some fifteen miles.
Will be given from ten months to
year to settle.
In the meantime the county had
hoped to begin work on the high
way up t.e river-the Military road
to the precinct line. a distance Of
nine miles.
Later IL is hoped TO hook up"
with San Benito precinct construc-
tion for a continuous. paved road
from Brownsville 70 the Hidalgo
county line near Santa Maria. San
Benito will also have an outlet IN
that direction, also 70 La Feria.
Hidalgo county will build from
Mercedes southeast to the Cameron
line at Santa Maria.
When all OF that construction Is
completed. the distance from
Brownsville TO Mercedes will be
shortened five miles.
And will provide n parallel road
and relieve traffic conditions on the
main highway.
AN INTERESTING news dispatch
from Northampton, England
Announces that society folk are
patronizing a new health resort ad-
vertising a grapefruit cure" for
health.
The cure lasts q month and en-
braces fruit diet. sun and air treat
ment and games.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley will
be glad TO supply the delicious
grapefru o provide the juices that
will bS used for the health cure.
If YOU we're travelling. via auto
ar train. bent on a holiday in the
Yellowstone park. or IN California or
some other place. would you enjoy
learning from the natives that you
were n portion Of a tourist crop"
and that they were waiting to make
a harvest Of you?
Probably not.
The San Benito Light and the
Corpus Christi Caller have up a dis
cussion on this point.
"The Crows Nest" IN the Caller.
quotes from the Light:
"'The Crows Nest a new front
page column in the Corpus Christi
Caller. heartily endorsing the policy
If courtesy which Cameron county
commissioners have adopted to tour
lists, but raises an objection 70 the
county attorneys reference to 'har-
vesting the tourist crop
Perhaps the writer is right. How
ever, Mr.. Halls meaning was that
the tourist traffic is one OF the
county's greatest assets. and conse-
quently should be shown every cour-
tesy by traffic officers on the high
ways as we'll as hy chamber Of COM
nnerce officials and others. The term
tourist crop has been frequently
used in the Valley during the past
few years. Possibly IL T. objection
able. After All. no one would like
being harvested
And "Crov's Nest" comments fur
fhcr:
Those who live IN cities fire.
Guented hy tourists know the mean.
ing Of the term harvesting the tour.
\ ist crop To them il has no un-
pleasant connota:ion. perhaps. But
to the tourist III NAV bring up un-
pleasant pictures. The Importance
cf the tourist AS an asset to South
Texas cannot ~ minimized. Surely
he deserves little more considera-
tion than the opprobrium expressed
in the thought that NJ is being 'har-
vested"
Let's not call EN- crops: let's not
"harvest" tison
Lets just refer IL them As our visi-
tors. cur guests-and treat EN- as
such.
TheY'll like ID tn sell them the
country and the people. And best
Of all they'll come back.
We invest lots % money. collect
lively. in getting these visitors. No
harm to 80 out of our way. II neces-
ssry. TO make them feel entirely at
home.
And that's what's being done.