Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-15

will not be molested, although
should be the very thing thing
s had rather do above all things
troops will be needed.
Once upon a thine Judge Walls
made q statement TO this reporter,
which when printed caused quite
a stir at Laredo. He afterwards said
to the reporter that he was not
aware that 1t was going TO be pub
sished- But after it was printed and
because he had been correctly quot
ed, he stood as pat as Gibralto, not
even offering the excuse that he
did not know 1t was going TO be
published. That is the kind Of man
reporters admire, although it was
not intended to get ahead OF the
hounds.
It has not been definitely decided
whether Gales viii come through
Brownsville enroate to Laredo, as
first plans Of his trip indicated.
THE shipping OF the first car Of
grapefruit from Laredo has q
Valley significance. 1t means
that in the years to come orchards
viii be thriving farther westward
along the Rio Grande. There are
people enough in the world to eat
every grapefruit produced over twice
the number of acres now producing
that commodity. The greatest pro-
blem it appears here, is to have the
growers get q price, which will pay
them whatever profit is deserved,
in keeping with the overhead ex-
pense OF production.
A carnival today Is closing q sue
A cessful week In Laredo. This
carnival was sponsored by the
American Legion Drum Corps We
are for the American Legion Drum
Corps, but not much for carniyals.
The reason is that whatever per-
centage the Drum Corps will receive
.as It's share IL Is not commensurate
With the loss sustained with refer /
ence to the money carried out Of a
community. The Herald carried q
few features Of the show TO assist |
the Drum Corps. It will always be
glad TO lend every assistance 70 that
body. But can't we find some other
way of raising a fund, If necessary.
CarnivaIs trade some with local |
people It's true, but many a nickel
and dime is taken out Of circulation. |
And It was nickels and dimes that
erected the Woolworth building, you
know.
VTTHILE some one might force us
WV to admit that we were too super
stitutious to say anything about
It on Friday 18th, that day slipped
through Brownsville this week with
out a single recorded supernatural
incident.
IN Fridays Herald What Congress
is Doing" came out on the sports
page Do you suspose the make
up man had any Interior motive?
FORGETTING this eligibility bus
mess, the next great football
battle will be staged on Tucker
Field, Brownsville, on January j.
While this Is an innovation this
year, it may prove to be one Of the
most popular events OF Valley foot
ball As the years go by. The name
Battle of Grapefruit" sounds Pc
culiar for a football game at first /
glance, but Is no more so that the
battle Of flowers or battle or roses
or whatever for other occasions. AS
soon as the expression gets out over
the nation, watch the wags come on
with squibs that they thought the
battle Of grapefruit was played at
the breakfast table and consisted |
of dodging the squirt. But when the |
name gets over the nation 1t will be |
a standing advertisement for the |
Valleys greatest product. Then If
they object TO the squirting kind, |
there viii soon be offered the less
athletic devourers OF the bottled |
variety. You cannot beat a cold |
grapefruit and pure white linen for |
breakfast. They seem 70 60 hand in
hand
THERE are Just two occasions on
which the engineer Of this col
umn ever looks back and would
like to be q child again. That is
when things seem to be going all
wrong, and that desire comes to one
that he would just like TO be small
enough again 70 creep into his
mothers arms, and have her absol-
utely clear all doubts about his well
He.ng, as she used TO do.
The other is when Christmas
comes. And it is only few days
off. We shoppers.
COMPLAINT has been heard here
that many are OF the impression
that the Valley slogan emblem
recently adopted Is copyrighted. This
Is not true. The one submitted by q
Galveston printing company was
adopted, but Il was with the under
standing that all desiring could use
1t whenever they wished. 1t Is a
beautiful emblem and reads The
Lower Rio Grande Valley, the Gar
den Of the Golden Grapefruit" Not