Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-09
FINAL
EDITION
The Da y
In 7 ex a S
BY WILL H. MAYS

AT lEh SPENDING 6eNGT&l tHu1-
sand dollars in surveying the entire
country to find the best locstion for
= large factory, the president OF the
company selected Dallas and gave
this sensible reason for the choice:
There are 365 manufacturing days
In Dallas, while in the North and
East winter sometimes Is so severe
as to force a shutdown. You don't
have to build q plant with walls four
feet thick here TO make things
comfortable for workmen. You can
put up a sheet-iron building and go
to work. Through overnight freight
10 the Gulf points facilitate distribu-
tion OF products and bring the ad-
vantage Of cheaper water rates. Dali
las Is an ideal manufacturing city.
It's advantages are almost too numer-
GUS to name"
There is hardly a Texas city or
town for which the same good a-gu-
ment might not be made and places
seeking industries would do well TO
remember il and use Il.
EDGAR 3. DAVIS, the Luling oil
snagnate and art patron. says he IS
still convinced that the GREATEST pic
lures of Texas wild flowers, ranch
life and cotton fields are yet TO
be painted, SO he has practically
doubled the prize money given this
year for next years nationwide
contest for pictures Of these sub
jeets.
THOUSANDS Of out-cf-state visit
crs will visit the San Jacinto battle
field this summer. Practically every
person at the democratic national
convention will want to see il; dele
gates to the convention Of the Fed
Grafton Of Wcmen's clubs will 90 to
Houston in great numbers to visit
the noted park; Legionnaires viii all
want to pay their respects TO the
shrine Of Texas liberty.
But the grounds, which have been
used as q COW pasture, are yet IN
q deplorably bad condition. The
state board OF control is doing what
IL can with the small fund available
10 nut IL in shape. Houston Is
spending $1,000 to build a shell road
to the park.
i Chairman. walthall Of the state
hoard Of control is urging the peo-
bic Of Texas to show enough pride
in the battIefields 70 raise a purse
of $4,000 to place the grounds in
good condition. He says: "It would
Be disgraceful not TO do so, and /
am making this appeal that someone
NAV start it off and keep il up until
the desired goal has been reached"
THE STATE Highway Commission
has made a ruling that is Of interest
10 towns Of less than $500 popuia-
ton having decided that such places
located on state highways shall re-
ceive funds for roads running
through them on the same basis as
in rural sections. The rule does not
apply TO towns Of greater population.
The population will be based on the
last census reports.
THE cUERo Chamber Of Com
rnerce is going 70 make renewed and
determined efforts to get q reversal
Of an unfavorable report on the pro-
posed navigation Of the Guadalupe
river. recently issued by Colonel J..
L. Schley. district engineer Il ex-
poets 70 secure the cooperation Of
Victoria and other towns effected BY
the proposal TO navigate the river in
sending . committee to appear in
washington before the beard Of en-
rineers for rivers and ha-bors.
SAM r.. GREER, president Of the
Smith County Bankers association,
has announced that Smith county
banks and credit merchants have
agreed to make q rule that the farm
er who doesn't try 70 raise his food
and feed for his stock in 1928 will
not be. entitled to any credit. He
said that the organized bankers and
merchants Of the county do not ex-
pect to use any big stick. but are
hsarning the people in the interest
Of diversification and cotton acre.
age reduction.
THE FACT that the Pandem Oil
company is suing for $4,000, 900
alleged as damages for failure to
carry out an agreement to make an
oil lease in Brown county on certain
acreage in what is known rs the
Hutton-Curry pool, at least indicates
that somebody regards Brown county
oil territory as worth a nice sum