Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-22
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ed citizen"
Oscar c. Dancy has for many
years been working an average uf
ID hours per day for the upbuilding
of Cameron county, the Valley and
his state.
While his particular habby has
been roads-of concrete-he has
found time to take hand in every
civic enterprise which had for Its
purpose increased happiness Of the
citizenship or prosperity Of the Sec
ton he calls home.
When a problem of any kind aris-
es Judge Dancy is in the front
inks of those battling through to
q solution.
In all of his service there has been
a total lack Of glory-seeking.
Be IL remembered that when he
was nominated he Immediately
withdrew his name. He was con-
tent to serve without the glory.
The clubs which nominated him
for the honor refused to accept his
withdrawal. He was elected in spite
Of himself.
The Herald applauds the Ameri-
can Legion for having made a wise
selection.
A NEW MARKET for citrus fruit
has been opened in Sweden. accord
ing to the United States department
Of commerce.
An import duty on oranges
amounting to about 70 cents per
box has been removed. No mention
is made Of grapefruit but it is ike
ly they will be given the same cor
dial reception.
The step was taken, the report
says, on advise of medical authori-
ties to encourage the people OF
Sweden to eat more citrus fruit.
AS knowledge Of the health CIV
ing qualities Of citrus fruits spreads
over the world an increased demand
for oranges and grapefruit viii ap-
pear.
Valley orchards, do your duty
Prepare to feed a citrus-hungry
world.
THE COTTON PICKER about
which this column made some re-
marks recently really Picks cotton
reports from Corpus Christi. w. Q
Durant, organizer Of the corporation
which Is to manufacture the device
with a corps of engineers, has been
testing the device in the cotton
Mlds Of Nueces county.
A column and half story in the
Corpus Christi Caller tells all about
the claims for the machine but
fails to give any information about
the result Of the tests there.
But the machine is said TO be 10
quantity production and 400 Of them
are TO be ready 70. market by the
end of August. BY the time the
next Valley cotton crop is ready "a
pick authentic information on Is
performance should be available.
Claims for the machine made by
the group of engineers who studies
its performance IN Corpus Chrissl
include:
That 1t selects only opened bollS
and does not injure plants OF i'm
mature bolls.
That 1t removes dirt and other
foreign substance. thereby improv-
ing the staple. This will add $40 &c
TT value of each bale it is claimed
That 1t is so light and small II
can be easily handled.
That it will cost so little every
cotton farmer can afford TO buy q
machine.
That it will pick damp cotton anc
dry it before storing It in the sack
That it fluffs the locks in such
way as to increase the lint yield.
Cotton picking machines have
been the dream OF farmers and in
yentors for many years-hundredS
of them have been tried and failed
II this device will do what iS
claLRed for it future labor shortage
NAV be avoided in the Valley anc
other cotton growing sections.
IN THE ENTIRE United State:
there are ZIG cities where aviation
centerS have been developed, ac-
cording to a copyrighted map Jusi
issued by the Aeronautical chamber
of commerce of America.
Brownsville is one OF these-tht
southernmost.
planes fly 10000 miles per day
with passengers, air mail and ex'
uress between these cities over 30
oOL miles of established airways, Il
Is estimated
More than 1000 miles Of the So.'
f)OO-mile total are flown by plane:
between San Antonio and Browns
vile daily.
The Aeronautical chamber o.
commerce estimates there is aero
nautical activity in some 300 citiel
in the United States but that majol
operations are concentrated in th'
2l6 cities.
The 1000 miles per day Of flyinl
credited to the route between thi
CITY and San Antonio, does not tel
the entire story Of Brownsville'
place in the aviation world. Nor
than three times thas distance &
flown by planes between the air
mort here and points in Mexico. Th'
Mexican Aviation company plane
edk 1000 miles by round trip fligh
Ia Mexico City. Planes Of Corpora
tion Aeronautica de Transportes ado
another 1000 miles with round tri
flight daily 10 Mazatlan.