Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-26
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. BY CHARLES HALL

- BY CHARLES HALL ug
THANKSGIVING has come and
gone, and the Valley has OBJ
served it with reflections on the
many good things that have really
been enjoyed here. Christmas day
has passed but the holiday spirit
win remain with US until after the
new year has been 1shered in.
That Is the last holiday Of the year
now awaiting celebration in Browns
vile. AS 1t approaches we should
come to its observance singing the
hymn and preaching the gospel Of
optimism. There are many things
Brownsville and Valley people can
look forward 70 during the year 1880.
In fact they are too numerous to de-
tail.
Bankers and men OF foresight arc
predicting a good business year. Sort
Of a conservative kind where profits
and fruits OF honest endeavors can
be looked forward to. Not any flood
OF prosperity is predicted, to be sure,
but good profits for good business,
sanely conducted.
II all the readers can not forsee
this, it still remains that optimism
should be the keynote. Optimism has
built more communities into sub
stantial national assets than pessi-
mism has ever torn down.
IN official report OF the Starr
H county well. near Roma. has
been filed with the oil and gas
deputy at Laredo. This report made
recently shows the well flowing IS
barrels per day by heads. 1t is located
in porcion 81 of Starr county. jurls-
diction of Mier. Casing has been set
- 1850 feet, with the bottom Of the
hole at $500.
Starr county Is now placed per-
manently on the list Of oil producing
counties In Texas. and the new
Texas Roma field viii some day be
the location Of drilling campaign,
although 1t will naturally be Some-
what slow In coming. All offset To-
cations OF this well are owned by the
Texas company. Forty-five barrels Of
oil per day at $3.50 feet is nothing
TO go crazy about so far as produc-
ton profits are concerned. but it viii
lead to a search for bigger pay. To
some this field holds the promise OF
becoming a big one, in area.
Another well Is being sunk In P0r-
cion II by Adam. Scanlon and
Wright, now standing at 80 feet.
Discovery Of oil at one end Of the
Valley may lead to almost anything
for this section Of the country.
Amarillo idled along Tor two years
before believing that anything good
AZ oil was TO be had there, and all
3t once she opened up one Of the
largest fields Of the world IN area,
and cities sprang up over night.
sMRAN slugged and robbed victim Of
Injuries" reads a headline in
one Of esteemed contemporaries.
Now II we Just had to be robbed that
Is the kind OF a robber We would
like, although we do not know how
much we would enjoy the slugging.
GONE may feel today that they
may have eaten too much tur-
key yesterday. but everything
has its reward. The more turkey We
ate yesterday the less hash we will
have to eat today.
But what we want to know Is VINO
In the world ever got the idea that
home-cocked turkey hash Is not
good? If there ever was any single
thing ridiculed without cause 1t is
turkey hash. The engineer of this
column wants to take this time ard
place to say right now that he is for
turkey hash strong-iust so long as
it does not last over one day.
THAT baby born at Donna under
such a halo Of "elevens" reminds
that while seven and eleven are
considered lucky numbers, with some
later-day evangels laboring to
switch thirteen into the group
the number seven seems by nature
10 be the pivot number Of life.
So many things hinge on q cycle
of seven or its multiple. they are
almost too numerous TO mention.
For instance every seven years It
is said that the cell structure Of the
s.oLy is completely renewed by sub
stitution of elements. At fourteen
wears Of age several bones Of the
body, separted until then by cartil-
ages. knit. Children are started 10
school at the age OF seven, usually,
because 1t is then that they are sup
posed to be able TO really study. 1t
i about that age that the child can
reach over its head and grasp the
opposite ear with its hand. that be-
ing the sign In some countries by
which children are started to school.
We are supposed to die at ten times
seven. But who cares TO die on
Christmas, II is time TO live.
And so we might so on celebrating
n, the number seven, until we come
I'd the fact that in the United States
Il Is three times seven that men are
generally considered to have sense
enough TO vote. although both the
Republicans and the Democrats are
stin doubtful about each other on
It's matter.
TN the cotton countries where un-
educated negrees were credited
= by white merchants right after
che war until their crops were har-