Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-05
IN OUR
VALLEY
BY CHARLES HALL,

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lABOUT the next celebration which
the Valley people viii enjoy viii
be the birthday observance by
Weslaco on next Tuesday.
Made a little trip up to weslaco
the other day, and from all that can
be gathered the people there are
planning 70 put the big pot in the
little pot. and let the hide 60 with
the tallow, when 1t comes to cele-
bTating. One man expressed 1t by
saying that there would be no halt
in the affairs. That the fun would
start at o'clock Tuesday morning
and would end at s o'clock WedneS-
day morning. Sort of a round the
clock" affair, IL seems. One feature
will be special recognition Of the
pioneer settlers. Weslaco will be ten
years old on that day.
Ed Couch, banker, is generally
looked upon as the founder of Wes-
laco. He was there and assisted IN
deciding upon the name which is a
contraction Of the w. r. Stewart
Land Company.
Mr. Couch is a very modest man
We find. While not our pleasure to
meet him. we started searching for
his picture. There was none at either
of the newspaper offices. nor none
at the bank. That might be looked
upon as something new under the
sun.
nRESIDENT-ELECT Ortiz Rubio
paid Brownsville a visit yeSter-
day.
There Is one thing that can be
said for the incoming high official.
Being elected to the highest office
Of a great republic certainly has not
given him the big head. He received
everybody with a glad handshake,
or embrace, according TO the custom
OF the nation from which each hall
ed. lie tried TO do everything he
could for the newspaper men. And
Mrs. Rubio and her party did not
object q bit to leaving the car at
that early hour and having their
pictures taken.
1t was just jolly good party and
democratic as an old shoe. Newspa-
per men have often noticed that the
bigger 1. man and the bigger office
ne holds. the greater understanding
he has Of people and the more con-
siderate he is of emisSarieS OF the
public.
THERE is one thing that the Eagles
have done in Brownsville this
year. They have started every
body studying football like 1t has
never been studied here before.
Over at the Rotary club yesterday
the second class Of the past two
A weeks was held. Harry Num- led the
Fround table discussion and many
were the finer points Of the game on
which further light was thrown.
Saturday the Eagles go up against
n team at Houston. which will be
lust about as hard a nut 10 crack
as they will rum against. Port Arthur
has an experienced bunch Of good
men. They played Abilene last year
for the championship and 1t is said
practically the same bunch is back
in football harness this year. Now
you can see what Brownsville and
the Eagles are up against.
On Thursday night at BIS
the team will leave for Houston over
the 5. p. Brownsville fans can offer
much cheer and spirit 10 the oc-
casi0n by getting down there and
giving them a rip-roaring Send-off.
If you haven't got those Christmas
presents by now you may find
them hard to find. The best sell
ections are made early.
TxTHILE It may not be the accus-
wv toned manner in which TO 60
after advertising, the r. B. Crea-
Gel. case aginst Golfers magazine Is
putting the Rio Grande Valley be-
fore the public in reams Of printers
ink, which ii has probably never
enjoyed before.
The national angle Of the alleged
accusations in Golfers OF course is
chiefly responsible for that. But
news services and news papers have
been clamoring for light on the mat
ter in frequent request for copy.
II has been the lot of this writer
to send three articles two Of which
carried not only photographs Of Mr..
Creager but a selected picture OF a
Valley scene. before development
came and a comparison with a good
orchard. One OF these services. alone
serves thousands Of newspapers IN
the United States. and the other
claims 2,400 newspaper clients. SO
an idea of what may be done by
those fruit pictures can be imagined.
CPEAKING Of Christmas. the con-
} a ductor Of this plea wishes to Of
fer suggestion Of a little
whicn will make 1t very much hap
pier for raany.
If YOU havk q few extra nickels TO
spend, look shout you and find q
family, which Santa Claus is going
TO over look. Then play Santa Claus
yourself. Go down Christmas eve
night, with a few goodies and few
TOYS. Tell the mother, or the father
nv you are there. They will let
you in and you can place the pres
ents for each child. And when they
axe up in the morning Santa Claus
MI have come III q truer version
probably than any other way.
One or the most highly prized
letters ever received BY a certain
nar. N Dallas Is a letter from red
headed youngster. who found out
who had plaved Santa Claus to him
and he wrote an eight-year-old let