Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-09
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reau branch office in Brownsville
refused to "rock the boat" Friday |
when ali sorts Of wild rumors began
scattering over the Texas Gulf |
coast IN connection with the mild |
tropical disturbance.
Corpus Christi in some way got a
report "a expect 65-mile gale.
The Brownsville bureau announced
that il was quite impossible, If in
formation from the storm center it.
seIf-from 4 ship at sea--was to
be depended upon.
The Maximum velocity in the dis
turbance center was hardly more
tkan 80 miles. which is not a dan
gerous velocity.
Meteorologist Schnurbusch main
tained throughout Friday afternoon
and evening that Brownsville might
expect heavy rains and perhaps /
slight squalls. And that was exactly
what happened. in the early hours
Of Saturday morning.
INCIDENTALLY, mr.. Schnurbusch
was "on the job" at all times, TAX
ing barely enough time from his of
flee to get his meals.
lie answered calls from numerous
points in South Texas. persons who
somehow had heard that q serious
storm was developing on this part
Of the coast.
He treasured all callers. Told
them atmospheric conditions we're
such that a severe storm was not
expected
The Brownsville weather office
tries to follow the policy Of giving
the situation as il il, or rs is indi-
Gated by information at hand.
That's considered safer than
guessing, and wins over guessing.
A CORPUS CHRISTI business
man heard something Friday about
Brownsville ~being blown away" and |
called up a local business man IN
the same line.
The Corpus Christi man said some
business houses were moving stocks
"up on the bluff" but that he didn't
want 20 spend a thousand dollars
necdlessly that way
The Brownsville man told him
only zephyrs out Of the northeast
wers being experienced here, and
that a storm was not expected.
The Corpus Christi man did not
move the stock and saved the thou
sand.
NEWS Of The Herald's campaign
TO dispose of the Valley potato cror
Of 1928 seems 20 continue to spread.
A man at Dimmit, Castro county,
read about it in Farm & Ranch, the
Dallas farm paper, and IL interested
in Valley potatoes by the carload,
as we'll as other products.
His name is Joe Hastings, and
here's his letter:
81 noticed in an editorial in Farm 1
& Ranch commenting on ar article /
from your paper OF the potato \
growers situation and about the
large supply Of potatoes they had
on storage unsold.
81 am putting In a chain store
and figure on ordering potatoes by
the carload. I would appreciate il
II you would give me the names OF
q few growers OF potatoes and other
produce, and il they can make me
the right price and furnish me good
quality products l will try and deal
with them. want only names
known TO be reliable"
There's the name and the a.
dress. Any growers interested ir
this mans business should CON-
municate with him direct.
THE BROWNSVILLE board or
city commissioners "strutted their
stuff" in a session Friday.
They awarded a contract for in
stallation Of a s31 600 fire alarm
system, including some IS boxes in
as many locations in the city.
Awarded a contract for closing
paving gap Of several blocks on
Palm boulevard.
And. among other things, ordered
dredging Of the resaca around the
proposed city park, from Seventh
street 10 Palm boulevard.
That last appears to be part Of
the program for providing Browns
vile with something Of park sys-
TEN.
These resacs. or lake banks are
possible of wonderful development
for park purposes.
When Brownsville has developed
q worthwhile system of parks itl
will be in position 70 recommend
itself highly 70 visitors.
SANTA MARIA, on the Rio Grandc
and a village Of importance long
before the towns along the high
way from San Benito to Mission
were even thought Of, is now con-
nected with the outer world by a
concrete highway.
Santa Maria celebrated its new
position the other day. Along with
4 couple OF thousands or visitors
from other nearby points.
II now has a paved connection
with the state highway at Ia Feria.
Later it will have direct eonnec-
tion with San Benito. and still later
q direct connection with Browns
Vile.
Santa Maria is TO be congratulated
on her new position in the Valley
string OF towns.