Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13
| FINAL
EDITION
I'm OUR
VALLEY

stunts of one sort or another have
been paid in the Valley, some
others have not, still others may
De under way.
Up at McAllcn the other day 4
gentleman who thought he foresaw
Fafh's election, supported his be-
lfei with a promise to wheelbarrow
a friend the length Of Main street
If Smith lost.
Smith lost.
So ]. Lamb Perry, clad in bath
ing suit-part of the wager-pushed
a vheelbarrow the length Of Main
\ street, with Charlie Modest as
= passenger.
At Rio Hondo one Bill Williams
offered TO push a peanut with MS
nose. II Smith lost.
The peanut was TO be pushed a
mile day for eleven days, the
distance along a paved road from
Rio Hondo TO Harlingcn.
No news as yet as TO whether
Williams has started paying OIL
THE FIRST WAGER Of the cleo
tion season was that Of Jesse Den
nett of Brownsville, county repubh-
can chairman. with his brother-in-
law, Judge v. W. Taylor former
democratic county chairman.
The loser to wheelbarrow the win
ner down Elizabeth street, across the
international bridge. and over TO q
Matamoros thirst emporium.
So far as known this is an cleo
ton wager that is still to be PAID.
And an expectant public Is on the
Qui viye.
THE SOUTH TEXAS Chamber Of
Commerce will hold its annual ses-
sion at Laredo, November 10, 20 and
81.
Last year the convention was held
in Brownsville. Laredo sent large
delegation, and some splendid enter
tainment.
This year Brownsville should send
q sizenble delegation TO Laredo.
Edcouch, one Of the valleys
y.youngest towns, incorporated only
rev months ago, plans to send a
large part of its citizenship to the
meet. Expects some 200 to make
the trip.
Some plan TO make the trip by
automobile. weather and roads per-
hitting. Others will bo by train.
MANAGER JOHN TANNING Of
Capitol theater, Brownsville, recon-
mends Naughty Marietta 70 his
patrons.
This is not n moving picture.
Il is stage play, with some
eighty players.
Coming to his theater Thursday,
matinee and night.
And will show at Harlingen audi
torium on Friday night, also at
Edinburg on Wednesday night.
Theater owners in the Valley take
a "long shot" in bringing such large
electrical organizations TO Browns
Vile.
Il Is net often that performance
Of this kind gets so far off the
"beaten path"
Make arrangements 70 attend.
WHAT ABOUT those street signs
for Brownsville?
Almost impossible, for example, 70
l,cate any particular street in thick
lv settled West Brownsville.
Street signs would be a great help,
"a the citizens, to merchants, TO
tels. raph, gas and even the city
eNrical men themselves.
More than half the street num-
hers in the telephone directory are
wrong.
This Is not the fault cf the tele-
phone company.
The company uses whatever sd-
dress their subscribers give them.
And more often than not sub
Arher, themselves do not know
heir ST eets. much less their house
numbers.
NOT ALL the more beautiful
homes of Brownsville are being
sveeted in the outskirts Of the city.
Recently several have gone up in
,ha Oldest residential sections Of
Brov.sville.
Two being built at this time, those
- L. Calderoni and q. J.. Bar
vada. at Washington and Seventh
streets.
The Barreda home TO cost. COM
r,e.e. about 100000.
n both cases the homes replace
..s;aences that were landmarks in
p-own.yille. Hcmes kC.it by sore
- the earliest residents.
IN 1926. BROWNSVILLE was
eng n few of the Texas smaller
s;,;s. to file 500 or more income
tax returns 80
.h;lsne. s22; Taylor. $50; Mexia,
.so. Laredo. 750; Corsicana, 700:
..-rus Christi. ISL; Brownsville.
y. San Angelo, 735; Temple. $50.
And Cameron and Hidalgo coun-
~. we're among eight counties filing
soo AZ more tax returns for tina.
r.meron county filed 1877 re-
..,ns. IIidslgo filed ll4l.
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