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


ulations.
AS, for example. a recent occur
renee in Brownsville.
Such bright young man ap-
peared in Brownsville.
He conceived the idea of form
ing a company to lease and oper-
ate the Brownsville airport.
He interviewed prominent bus
fnessmen. 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
a company is being formed in
Brownsville, with certain prom
1nent 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
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
fpany.
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,
howe,,~ fgood their intentions
may beN
They T.'snetimes have pipedreams.
They should 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
ing $4,000 pounds Of spuds to the
car, is equivalent to 2,652000
pounds Of potatoes.
The potato growers are being
gpaid OPS cents per pound at this
,time.
Which means that the days ship
.1nents brought the growers in the
Brownsville-Los Fresnos-San Be-
nito district approximately $66,300.
That sum every day for a little
while will a long ways toward re-
lducing 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;
SEQ 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 ex-
preSsions.
One of these was that the report,
which has gone to the chief of
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-
ciently 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
are greater, if perhaps not suffi-
GENTLY so.
All of which indicates that the
report itself will first have to be
scanned to obtain correct idea Of
what the engineers office has
found.
And this can be done only with
the permission OF the chief OF
engineers.
PEOPLE still depend on the
newspapers for their accurate in
formation.
For example, someone claimed
the other day to have heard over
the radio that Col. Lindbergh had
cracked up" somewhere.
Promptly. the telephone in The
Herald office began ringing. The
callers, scores of them, wanted to
know If the report was true.
And, of course. it was not true
The point is. the callers were
confident that the newspaper
couldAkye the accurate informa-
tion. I'D it did.
A ~ days earlier some early
morning radio announcer told his
.1istening world" that frost in tbs
Imperial Valley Of California hac
done 55,OOO,0O0 in damage.
This was important to the Valley
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