Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-19
i'm OUR
VAlslsEY

WEATHER SEEMS auspicious to-
day for the air circus, to be held six
miles out Of Brownsville on the
state highway.
Last Sunday wet ground made i'm
possible the parking Of the thousands
Of cars that visited the scene Of
the circus.
There win be no such difficulty
today.
No reason why the stunt flyers
shouldn't be able to give q real ex-
hibition Of flying and ground stunt
ing.
WILL II. MAYES, veteran Texas
newspaperman, has been proved
wrong.
The other day this column print
ed q lament from Mr.. Mayes.
He said that the newspaper rare
iy gets compliments, that when il
does it Is forced to run out in the
street and hi-jack them, SO to speak,
Walter A. Mcneil is a veteran
banker. President of the oldest bank
IN the Valley, outside Of Brownsville
His bank is the Hidalgo County
bank at Mercedes.
Mr.. Mcneil delivered an address
of welcome to visiting bankers in
Brownsville Friday.
He made copious notes dealing
with facts about the Valley. In
conclusion, he had prepared notes
/ which comprised q rare compliment.
to The Herald.
But his time was cut short, and
he was unable to get to that part
OF the speech.
So that the world may know how
Mr.. Mcneil regards The Herald, we
modestly reprint his notes here
with:
an speaking of the admirable in
stitutions of our Valley, we would
be inexcusably remiss in duty and
singularly lacking in appreciation if
we should fail to speak or our great
Valley paper, The Brownsville Her.
aid, the best boosting medium since
the days Of p. T. Barnum and his
.four-ring circus.
81 believe the entire Valley would
gladly join in the sentiment of that
J Whimsical writer, Sydney Porter in
his o. Henry estimate of his coun-
try newspapers Importance. When
Constant Reader asked 20 be In
formed as to the three best news
papers in Texas, in the order OF
their merit, he replied that il prob
ably would be not questioned that
vie Dallas News and the San An
tonic Express should be given Sec
.ond and third place, respectively,
leaving the inference that his own
four-paee sheet obviously would be
/ recognized as taking first place.
snow that's the way we feel about
The Brownsville Herald, which Is
daily placed on the doorstep Of near
ly every home in the Valley. And
IL gives the news, but DOESN'T fail
TO state that the ValleE-is about the
same as the original Garden of Eden
the famed valley of the Nile and
the tabled Utopian land. all thrown
together"
.HARLINGEN PEOPLE, or at least
some of them, favor changing wa
ter Improvement district according
TO wishes of the commissioners
court, on one condition.
They want assurance that Harlin-
gen will be given a permanent road
from the city TO the Harlingen pump,
A not unreasonable request. Har-
&lingen certainly should have a road
TO the pump that is the source of
the city's water supply.
It should be possible 70 reach that
pump at all times, under all wealth
er conditions.
The source Of 9 city's water sup
ply Is highly important TO that city.
Herlingen is located about seven
miles from the river. An accident
20 the plant might make il highly
essential that supplies and equip
J mept be got 10 II without delay.
BROWNSVILLE baseball fans
stand ready TO put Up as much as
s10,000-and nore-for team in an
organized Valley league.
This assurance comes from Robin
Pate, sport fan, who has carvassed
those fans who last year under
wrote q $4,000 fund with which to
finance team.
However. a sixth team for the
Texas Valley league could not be
found, so Brownsville did not have
. team in the league.
Perhaps ii is not too late TO start
something in the way OF an all
n Valley league.
There should be some good base
bali in the Valley this season.
How about il, fans?
BROWNSVILLE proposes to make
your dog worth while, if you have a
dog.
An ordinance, suggested to the
city by Harry L. Faulk. former
county attorney, was passed TO first
reading Friday.