Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-02
Leahy Calm in Death Chair Walk
I'm OUR
VALLEY

Los FREsNOS goes metropolitan
Saturday.
a telephene system and central
exchange Ii to be put into opera
tion-with residents of all the
countryside invited TO visit the new
plant and tquipmert. Refreshments
and hearty welcome arc promised.
No ordinary telephone syztem is
this.
Modern in every detail common
pattery-no crankirg to ring for a
&llmber.
Los Fresnos Is fnrtunate-not
any Valley towns. o. towns in any
other section, have started life with
so modern telephone exchange.
Officials Of the Rio Grande Va,-
ley Telephone company believe Los
Fresnos Is the smallest town in the
world with a common battery tele-
phone exchange.
Los FresnoS' telephone exchange
is IN keeping with other Los FreS-
nos improvementS-modern and at
tractive.
The town has IS telephones to
start with.
The board is equipped to handle
90 lines at present.
And this can be expanded to care
for 600 telephones with little addi-
tional equipment.
The telephone company has faith
in the future Of Los FreSnos.
HAVE YOU CONTRIBUTED to
the support Of Brownsville Roy
Scouts?
A group Of 40 men are seeking
contributions to a fund which 1t is
hoped will total $500 when the
collection Is counted.
To reach tie goal $50 per solicitor
must be turned in
Help the man who talks to you
- reach hts required $50 total and
the $500 viii be in hand.
'TThis Is an investment in citizen.
ship which will pay big returns In
dollars and cents" says Z. 4. Mock
bee. chairman Of the campaign.
The men soliciting the money are
giving time and money. They only
ask the public for money.
TOURISTS are going to find u
real welcome in Brownsville during
NE coming winter.
. Special facilities are 10 be pro-
vided which IL Is hoped will cure
some of the dissatisfaction which
has been expressed in the past and
send the visitors away with a good
word for the city and the Valley.
Plans for entertainment of the
visitors include some alterations Mt
the. chamber Of commerce building.
provision OF croquet, horseshoe
pitching. checkers, dominoes and
other games. Efforts are to be made
70 see that the visitors become ac-
quainted with each other. that they
organize congenial groups for fish
ing trips. swimming and beach par
ties, for sightseeing tours and the
like; to see thtt golfers are made
TO realize the 4; cilitieS of the coun-
try club are at their disposal and
that they find opponents.
Sight seeing tours are to be map
ned out and points Of interest are
to be made easily accessible to the
visitor.
In ether words, the tourist is to
be made to feel that he is welcome
and that some effort is being made
to increase the pleasure Of his
visit.
All of this ha betn discussed be-
fore, but 1t is ! become a reality
this year. A. L Di 'kinson. Jr., Is
the man who 4 1t X over"
The tourist CT p IS the most high
ly profitable we can raise and the
returns will be cut Of all propor-
ton TO the investment we make to
rvest it." he tod directors Of the
amber of commerce at a meet
ing early this week.
Immediately he vas named chair
rnan of a committee to prepare
plans for the coming winter.
The plan is complete and will be
submitted to the directors at the
next meeting.
The investment VII be small-the
returns viii be large.
And brownsville will be on her
way to becoming real tourist CEN
ter-a thing abput which much has
been said and but little done in past
years.
SERVICE for ex-service men Is
the particular aim Muse -Argonne
post, American lie ion, Of Ray
mondyille. for the ext five days.
l.. G. Chapman, sgional manager
OF the United Stat Veterans Bu-
reau is to be in Ra. .nondville after
noon and night of August 6.
He desires to meet every ex-ser-
vice man In the Valley and ex-
plain the things to which he is en-
titled. To assist him and do this
the Raymondville post has ad-
dressed letters and circulars to ev-
cry post commander in this section
Many ex-serTice men are entitled
to benefits which they are not re-
&ceiving, Chapman claims. His pu.-
hose Is to find these men and see
that they are taken care Of.
Chapman win speak at the high
-. CONTINUED on page 81 -