Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-18
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VALLEY


AS, for example, a recent occur
renee in Brownsville.
Such a bright young man ap-
peared in Brownsville.
He conceived the idea Of form
ing company to lease and oper-
ate the Brownsville airport.
He interviewed prominent bus
1nessmen. Courteous businessmen
most always give their callers an
opportunity to present their propo-
SitionS.
Several such interviews were OBJ
tanned by this particular young
man, because he had certain Off
cial connections.
He goes away.
He then begins to write letters.
In which letters he proceeds to
announce to a listening world that
q company Is being formed in
BROWNSVILLE, with certain prom
lnent businessmen as stockholders.
TO lease and operate the municipal
airport.
THIS COLUMN is assured by the
local men that they had never con-
sidered being interested in such a
concern in financial way.
Having known them for years,
this column readily accepts their
explanations. Which really were
unnecessary in the first place.
However, the information broad
cast by the bright CD young man
reached the Pan-American COM
pany.
And caused it to believe that a
movement was afoot here in
Brownsville which might bring
about prohibitive rates in the use
of the Brownsville airport.
All of which has been largely
responsible for the near deadlock
two days ago between the city and
the Pan-American company.
Bright CD young promoters are
sometimes very dangerous fellows,
however good their intentions
may be.
They 81 rtimes have pipedreams.
They Sud stick to their lasts.
THE OTHER DAY total Of 1O2
carloads of potatoes left the spud
producing section of the Lower Rio
:. Grande Valley.
That number of carloads, count
ding $4,000 pounds of spuds to the
.scar. is equivalent to 2,652,O
pounds of potatoes.
The potato growers are being
spaid .025 cents per pound at this
time.
Which means that the days ship
,ments brought the growers in the
Brownsville-LoS Fresnos-San Be-
pito district approximately $66,3OO.
That sum every day for a little
while will long ways toward re-
ducing the farm debts, paying over
due interest, if there be such, and
perhaps provide for little summer
vacation at the seashore.
The potato crop is half harvested:
500 cars gone. That many more to
go. All the grower asks is that the
market continue in a receptive
mood, at slightly profitable scale.
MAJOR MILO FOX, in his "no-
tice of report" in connection with
the proposed Brownsville ship
channel, used two interesting e2-
pressions.
One of these was that the report
IL which has gone to the chief OF
\ 4y.engineers at Washington, is partly
unfavorable."
Leaders in the harbor movement
point out that if it is partly un-
favorabl" then it must also be
partly favorable.
1.-THE notice-also says that the
advantages of the Brownsville
channel project are mot suffi-
GENTLY greater" than the proposed
location on the coast.
Which leaders interpret to mean
an admission on the part Of the
engineers that they-the advantages
A are greater, if perhaps not suffi-
ciently so.
All of which indicates that the
report itself will first have to be
scanned to obtain correct idea oi
what the engineers office has
found.
And this can be done only with
the permission of the chief oi
engineers.
li PEOPLE, still depend on the
4 newspapers for their accurate in
A formation.
81 For example, someone claimed
the other day to have heard ovel
the radio that Col. Lindbergh ha6
"cracked UP" somewhere.
Promptly, the telephone In Tht
y Herald office began ringing. Tn;
callers. scores of them, wanted tt
II know if the report was true.
= And, of course, it was not true
The point is, the callers were
n confident that the newspaper
y could give the accurate lnforma'
4 ton. md it did.
A fX days earlier some early
knorning radio announcer told hi!
alistening world" that frost in th'
4 Imperial Valley of California hac
! done 100000 in damage.
Z This was important to the Valley
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