Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-16
FINAL
EDITION
The Da y
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b. WILL H. MAYS

y ETxAs EDITORS get 50 many in
citations 70 70 places as guests OF
hsecciationS Of enc hind and another
hhst shey are puzaled often what TO
DO abeut them. Lately they have
been offersd, and many Of them have
accepted. xssd smas at the San
Antonia and Bort Worth live stock
hncws, and thsss who have gone
nave had 9 thoroughly good time.
al curing the yesr there are dis
trics and state and national press
tnestinRs almost without number and
Ahe yearning 20 meet ''the gang" as
bitten a possible is strong in the
Editorial breast Then come the
Spring aad fall fairs with their spe-
fial ."pross days" which no editor
likes 70 miss. Thsre are only two
bhingx that stand in the way Of a
hewspaper man having q good time
plmost every week; the paper has
sc cons out regularly, and IL takes
hnoney 70 attend these pesky meet
kngs to which he is 80 generously
hvited.
WITNESSES before the railroad
homnirsion testify that there is just
tncFe sn being produced in Winkler
BAD Ecter eounties than can be
ksndIsd, refined ard sold in an
prderjy cay. and that Winkler Is
shs prfnspal offender in over-pro-
Eustfcn aac waste -. both oil and
kas. rAe -esuIs IL that the commits
bion has been asked 70 name an
Arbitrator b. supervise and regulate
production and marketing. on the
ground that only IN thar way can
kaste be avoided.
II begins to look like the time
bS4y cone when oil production will
have to be apportioned tr operators
sn order TO maintain anything like
profitable prices, though independ-
} ent operators are claiming that the
waste is not from too mu:h produc
tion. but from lack Of facilities for
handling and refining by the pipe
line companies ard refinerics.
DENVER and other Colorado
points are now ready to use con-
siderable part Of the gas being pro-
duced in the Amarillo fields. Plans
hre being completed for q 264-miIc
Zine with a % inch main trunk line.
khe cost 10 be approximately S25.000.-
poo. This will require $1,000 tons Of
- = - - 4
@ithin the year.
The Kansas gss line from the same
field, which has heen completed.
kost $4,000 900 and will sake i'm
hnsrss quantities ~ Amarillo gas in
Ifhat direction. But even with all
Eexas eities and most Of the towns
hcw using Texas gas. ard large sup
allies going cut ~ the state. more
m 10 being produced than the oper-
&tors know what 10 DO with.
TIE SOUTHWESTERN Gss and
8asctrie company Is looking for a.
Npcation for $s,o00.o00 steam power
Rlnnt 10 be built some time in the
Near future. The site wanted Is
M0m&WuGFW
4erss or Southwest Arkansas, and
M East Texas Is as wise 10 its
opportunities az II - credited with
being " will make IL mighty plain
- the company that the plant should
r. placed this side or the Arkansas
mnd Louisiana state lines
gAY WHAT MAY Be said ebout
Aaunicipal ownership cf public utiii-
Mes, when rates are reduced 70 con-
hnmers voluntarily Il il generally
found that the cities own the utili-
#ies. The San Antonio water plant
belongs to the city, but is controlled
nv municipal water board. BY
hr agreement with the city commits
&ion water rates have been reduced
" per cent 70 consumers effective
Huly 4. and the city's bill will be
kur from $4,000 to $4,000 annually.
WHEN q big bond election Il 70
Ae held plans are laid IN advance
hor a campaign Of education" TO
4each the voters how the money will
Re used. II is sometimes surpris-
ling how much teaching Is needed
ho get . voter 70 agree to expend
money for public improvements. but
khey are gradually being taught that
hhe only way TO make any advance
Us TO pay for II.
Dallas county has on 4 $500. 600
Road bond issue. The first thing
Howard its educational campaign,
Arrange 70 say, was % invite the
Representatives Of the newspapers "a
n luncheon. Evidently on the theory
that q full stomach is necessary to
b full mind.
SPEAKING Of bond issues re-
srinds me Of an announcement I saw
recently that Washington county. of
~hich BRENNAN Is the county seat.
4 out of debt. Brennan has some
pretty good roads too, built, like
fhe Bexar county roads, on the "pay
ms YOU 60 plan. Il takes q rich
county and . business-like commits
sioners court 20 build roads that
lway. and at that there must be an
searIv start and the exercise Of rigid
economy and good judgment