Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-26
I'm OUR
VALLEY

Industry Of the Valley. is playing
an important role in the pre-elec-
non campaigns in England, a spe-
fial dispatch from London says.
In fact this succulent vegetable
mas become a by-word and is called
the party emblem OF the Conserva-
hves, according to this correspond
ant.
He explains that the Conserva-
sives aided Cornish market gard
eners to export their surplus OF
this crop to Germany, thereby in
creasing the profit from the vege-
table which was grown on 1900
acres.
TORY promises are broccoli" says
Mr.. Mcdonald in a speech, and
thereby conveys to his hearers the
same thing an American audience
would understand If speaker
should say that's all hooey."
To deride the Conservatives for
claiming 10 have saved the broccoli
sndustry OF Britain. the opposition
their speakers platforms with the
vegetable.
THE MERCHANTS. members OF
the Texas Retail Merchants asso-
citation and allied organizations,
have come. seen. and been con-
ruered by the Valley.
Likewise the doctors OF Texas.
Next 1t is to be Rotarians Of the
world.
Rotary International convention
opens Monday in Dallas. A side
trip 10 the Valley is expected TO
attract several hundred from that
worldwide gathering to the Valley
ON pleasure bent. They are to ar
IN Sunday. June ?. at Edinburg
r,h the Southern Pacific.
Luncheon in Harlingen and din
ner In Matamoros, following n
sightseeing trip over Brownsville
and vicinity in the afternoon, to
conclude the day.
The party is 10 leave from
Brownsville on the train that eve
hing.
Tom Phillips, internationally
known Rotarian OF Santa Rosa,
going to Dallas TO make the Off
rial photographs Of the visitors-a
Service he has been performing for
many years-Says he already has
received letters from Italian and
French delegates TO the convention
saying they will come to the Valley.
He Is sure there will be 500 to
ZOO in the party coming here and
promises the Valley will become
well known throughout the civilized
nations as a result.
Two hundred South Michigan
Rotes will come to the Valley on a
special tour of their own, he says.
arriving June IL.
WISH THIS north breeze would
blow all summer" remarked native
one morning last week when cool
ing blast had made light cover
necessary for comfortable sleeping
But he didn't mean II and
should have known better.
The Valleys warmest days OF
summer come when the wind shifts
TO the north. and the section soon
would lose its reputation for a de-
iightful year round climate IL Il
should stay In that quarter for
several days at time.
Heat is blown down from the
sandy wastes north Of the Valley
by summer northers and then the
mercury scars.
A breeze from the Gulf OF Mex
leo Is what makes our nights so
remarkable to our visitors and so
delightful 10 the natives.
ARTHUR BRISBANE, Americas
highest paid columnist. takes note
Of the Valleys own goober pusher.
He writes OF Bill Williams Pixies
Peak peanut shove:
Prom sea level TO the top Of
Pixies Peak is $4,000 feet. And Bill
williams. who comes from Rio
Hondo. Texas. will push a peanut
from the bottom all the way 10 the
top of the peak.
ambition takes many forms. in
GLIDING this strange form. In In
dia men sit on spikes or high COL
unns. Sometimes they make vow
10 roll on the ground hundreds Of
miles to some holy shrine. Good
Americans sit on flagpoles.
pushing a peanut to the top Of
Pixies Peak. using as pusher small
:. .hespin fastened to the nose. is
.ovelty.
hpvel also Is the frog jumping
rUf1net at Angels Camp. Calf.
"a frog named Hooligan won the
annual national jumping contest
yesterday. covering four feet in one
jump.
sTt Is not entirely foolish. An
gels camp. once famous gold pro-
ducer, attracts 10000 visitors to its
frog Jump and they spend money.
Those frogs could never guess why
they are prodded and goaded into
desperate jumping.
~They know as much. however.
as we know about our activities"
THE RIO GRANDE gave up an
other body this week.
An occurrence which happens all
too often. Probably more people
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