Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-04
The Da y
In 7 e x a S
By WILL H. MAYS

BY WILL II. MAYS
THE $50 EDITORS and publishers,
who have Just "tripped" through
Texas under the guidance Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific Lines, on their way TO
Mexico to cement friendship" be-
tween that country and this, saw
enough the first few days they were
in Texas 70 wear their pencils out
writing about il, IL they kept their
eyes wide open while they were tn
the state.
They are mostly frctn Missouri
and surrounding states anc admit
that they are "out to be shown"
everything, including a good time
They saw Houston and Galveston,
Corpus Christi and Brownsville and
all the country round about, 70 say
nothing Of the vast stretch Of terri
tory with its prosperous cities and
villages from Texarkana to the GULF
After they have seen Mexico and
finished their "cementing" they will
return through Texas and be given
q final opportunity to feast their
eyes on the finest state in all Of
this galaxy of states" Texas edi-
tors will be watching the papers
edited by this good will party.
CAMERON COUNTY has completed
IS miles of hard surface feeder
roads, some Of which are the finest
10 bs found anywhere, and still has
some 100000 Of the s6.000.000
bonds voted about a year ago with
~sWhich to complete will perhaps be,
when finished, the best road system
20 be found in all Texas. Cameron
county learned early, while many
counties were stip experimenting
with poor roads, that in road build
ing the best is always the cheapest.
THE PALESTINE Chamber of
Commerce has passed a resolution
protesting against the establishment
a bus line from that city 70 Houston
on the ground that there Is ample
and convenient railroad transporta-
tion between the two cities and that
the county highways over which such
n bus line would be operated should
not be burdened with such a line.
Palestine is Texas headquarters
for the international Great Northern
Railroad Lines and in this resolution
is certainly shown an unusual inter-
est In and fondness for its "home
railroad"
THE FINDING Of a frog alive in
the corner stone Of the Eastland
courthouse after 81 years Of con-
finemert there without food, air, or
water, has caused people every
ia where 70 want 20 place other frogs
Tin the corner stones being placed in
buildings. This has resulted in an
announcement that officials will not
permit any frogs to be placed in the
corner stone OF a Dallas municipal
building going up in University Park.
Dallas.
YOU WILL forget 1t. Of course,
but IL is well enough TO be reminded
now that you will be given the
privilege. if you have paid your poll
tax, of voting on four constitutional
amendments on November 6. These
will be:
Authorizing aid TO confederate
soldiers and sailors and their widows
In indigent circumstances.
Exempting from taxes property
owned by churches or strictly relig-
ieus societies for exclusive use as
dwellings for the ministry.
Providing that school officials in
cluding boards OF institutions Of
higher education shall serve for
terms not over six years.
Providing for appointment of a
state board of education.
ANOTHER LINE Of prosperous and
ambitious East Texas towns Is try
ing 10 meet the requirements 10 OBJ
tain gas. These include numerous
places north Of the Texas-Pacific
Railway main lines. Pittsburgh, Gil
mer, Winnsboro. Mount Pleasant,
Daingerfield. Hughes Springs and
Jefferson have already granted fran
chises TO the gas company.
in the matter Of securing gas lines
towns along the proposed routes
have 10 act comparatively in their
dealings with the gas corporations to
justify the mileage Of gas mains
required.
IN VIEW Of the great work accom-
plished in practically every Texas
county where they have been en-
ployed Il Is . bit strange that A
progressive agricultural county ike
Parker will do without farm and
home demonstration agents for =
period Of years. Yet that Is what
Parker county has done.
The county has realized its mis-
IKE. however, and its commissioner
till iraugurate the work again ~
soon as the portion that Is paid III
the A. & N. College fund IS made
available.
Il is doubtful IL any money snen,
in the state is expended more wiselv
than that used in farm ard cour+rv
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