Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-07
I'm OUR
VALLEY


ancestry goes back considerably he-
yond zhe time that Columbus dis-
covered America, viii he the wee
president.
Bets began 70 he paid Of All over
the country somewhere about ll
o'clock last night.
Lightning-liko transmission
news all over the nation. wa news
paper offices and from them - I'M
radio. on screens and through eA''"
editions. indicated the result very
early in the evening
Here ia Brownsville. a- over lh'
nation. there we're crowds.
There we're private iniormal,o"
parties. There we're street Pa''i''
in front ~ the screen.
The INTENSELY interested hom-
barded the newspaper offices every
where in quest Of information.
Rv telephone and personal visits
More persons participated m yes
terday's election, 81 voters ~
election officials and AZ dissemih-
ators of the news. than ever before
IL this history or the world.
II was an outturr.
II is the end Of months and
months of campaigning, "a speeches.
~ radio addresses. m newspaper
articles.
And now its al over-very dcii-
ritelv. insofar a. tho national SIDE
~ the situation is concerned n
least.
So let's get busy. Here we've been
Worrying about elections for months
Attention turned from business. mn"
attention can get back to business
No MAN probably is more de-
lighted over tho outcome than r. m
Crearer VI Brownsville, national re-
publican committeeman for Texas.
In n statement issued from Wash
i,vton last February. After he had
learned definitely that President
Coolidge would not TYP candidate
for reelection.
He was present a. the Hoover
home in California when the NOM
jres was officially notified.
He has been closely Identified
with the campaign.
BRoNNsVILLE'S new and very
handsome Southern Pacific passen-
ger station is being featured this
week.
On the menus ~ the dining cars
ali over the Southern Pacific system.
Tho first page OF the menu car
ries a Photographic reproduction ol
the station. II announces that This
dopot. taking rank as one ot the
most beautiful structures In the
Lower Rio Grande Valley. was re-
Gently opened 70 the service of the
travelling public by Southern Pa
cific Lines. The building is Span
ish ir design and is constructed Of
tile. stucco and cut stone
In ADDITION u this leaflet, or
menu advertising, the Southern Pa
ejfic has recently published another
work.
N is rather comprehensive
pamphlet on "Hunting-FishinE,' In
Louisiana and Texas.
II consists of fortv-eight pages.
exclusive Of the cover.
And gives information AZ ~ hunt
Ing and fishing all along the South
ern Pacific Lines. giving special att
tention to the territory along tne
coast between San Antonio and
Brownsville.
ALL or WHICH is part M the
extensive and expensive advertising
being given 70 the Lower Rio Grande
Valley by its utilities. including the
Southern Pacific. Missouri Pacific,
the Central Power < Light COM
rany. and TIE Rio Grarde Valley
Gas company.
THOUSANDS received returns
through The Brownsville Herald W
front Of the Capitol thcatcr and El
Jardin Tuesday night
other thousands received returns
~ furnished by The Herald over
radio station kWWG.
The Herald had more avenues of
Information than any other South
Texas newspaper.
n carried two leased wires
bringing the widely famed election
scrvice Of the Associated Press.
Ia carried one leased wire of the
Texas Election Bureau, v rh
handled An Texas returns.
In addition to all OF which +. gave
the crowds and radio listeners re-
turncs received by NAY. the Unit
I'd States naval radio station II Fort
Brown. through the courtesy OF
r. l.. Jarvis, officer in charge.
THE HERALD also appreciates
the close cooperation extended by
election officials throughout the
county.
Returns were made available as
opickIv as they were counted, some
officials bringing their returns to
The Herald office.
incidentally. ~ many boxes the
counting kept the judges 70 their
.ssks into the early hours Of the
morning. And they stayed with the
+sss until II was completed.
DRUNK FOR 10 YEARS