Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-03
IN OUR
VALLEY
By CHARLES HALL

TIP Berger way, far into almost
the very end OF the Panhandle OF
Texas, there have been so many
arrests lately, that one wonders II
there are many more TO be arrested.
But Berger is the baby town. OF
Texas which made city in about
. year and It has many good people
lett. On March 8, 1896, the engln-
eer OF this column went out to IND
a spot where they were going TO
start an oil town de made several
drives from a starting point, but
could not find the stakes on those
bare plains. He came back about
four months later and found it a
rip-roaring oil camp. A syndicate
took several articles from him on the
town. One yea. later he was sent
back TO report the celebration OF its
first birthday. He found 1t a city
with a business street three miles
long, and with $4,000 inhabitants.
He was told that day that If the
writer OF the articles here referred
TO could be found 1t would not be
50 healthy for him. OF course he
did not come right out and shout
am he. But IL seems that law
and order Is now going to control
Berger.
Gene Howe, the sage Of the Pan
handle, wrote that when ne went
there people read newspapers from
the flare OF Sixshooters. The next
time he went to Berger. they put
him IN jail He got out on q promise
never TO write any more. He then
went home and presented the police
force OF the city with uniforms
Now, IL seems that a slow but
surely moving federal government
IS getting into action against the
days wen liquor was sold at drug
store bars. You can't get away
with lawlessness.
TINTED States OF America VS.. one
Ford roadster, reads a legal
notice in our Incompatible pa
per. That is the only time we
ever felt sorry for Ford.
TO-DAY Judge Dancy steps forward
with the suggestion that If the
S2500O0 offered Cameron county
within ninety days that the county
go ahead and build the proposed
Point Isabel road and depend upon
a later reimbursement OF funds ex-
pended.
For quick action our county Judge
has the correct idea, 1t seems. The
offer Of the state Is couched in a
proviso that the money will be forth
coming when the government acts
on Point Isabel improvements. II
the judge is correct in presuming
that this will be done. and the ten
dency OF the government at present
has been forcibly expressed for an
expansion in public building. it may
be to our advantage to proceed on
our own initiative.
II Is sot often good policy TO
count the proverbial chickens ere
they hatch, but in case Of accident
the county will still have the road.
ONCE mention has been made Of
these people from Arkansas,
challenge has several times been
issued this writer, the challengers
evidently warning proof that he
has been there.
While we do not know all the
signals and pass words Of that state.
only having lived In the mountain
GUS northwest portion. one fellow
stopped us the other day and asked
about those parts whom he was
able 70 satisfy The question was
turned by asking that man If he
had ever been challenged to "knock"
Now 70 knock" in Arkansas, does
not mean TO complain about your
town or your lot in life. 1t means
Let's see who is the best man
physically"
Saturday evening when the boys
gather around the cross roads
country store. one issues a challenge
to another of Les knock. To fail
to accept is cOwardice. but TO be
gallantly defeated Is not so bad.
The participants stand toe to toe
and pound each other in the chest
until one says enough" Two good
men will make each others chest
boom like a drum.
The challenger seemed satisfied.
Now II there Is any one else in
doubt We will tell about the ridge
walkers
nROBABLY never before in the
Valley has there been such list
Of hunting accidents. At least
il would seem that there has been
an unusually large number con-
Sidering the time element since the
opening Of the hunting season.
and the number Of people who live
this territory.
And one peculiar thing about the
situation is that the shootings have
not been from "unloaded guns
There have been various forms. such
as putting down the gun. crawling
through brush and mistaking people
for animals. The accidents are of a
most regretable nature, but every
one should serve as serious re-
minder that both loaded and un-
loaded guns pack missives Of sud-
den death. If the barrel Of a rifle,
1 or a shot gun, is carried eternally
LoWard the heavens with Dientv of