Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-19
IN OUR
VALLEY
/, By CHARLES HALL,

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ida grapefruit is dangerous bus
mess. The engineer Of this column
consented to take the role OF re-
preventative Of the Florida citrus
industry in a farce before members
OF the weslaco club and their ladies
last night.
II any one ever saw a crowd try
ing to hold itself in and be polite
that was one. Fact Of the business
Is II it had not been known that q
sharp lookout for. guns had been
made prior TO calling the meeting TO
order. never would this talker have
got on his fee.. At that he choked
hard once or twice when he thought
he saw hands stealing toward hip
pockets. Whew, II ladies had not
been present the things he would
have had said to him. AS II was, "
was great fun 10 see the members OF
the club try TO get the tning III
committee when those wis" 70 the
occasion tried TO get it 70 a vote.
Finally, somebody broke up the meet
ing by shouting That fellow Is a
native Texan" It surely took a strain
off everybody, especially the "advo-
Gator"
VYTHTLE We thank the weather man
wv for his warning Of a freeze,
which gave us time 70 protect
many things early this morning the
situation did not seem so bad. We
escaped much Of what might have
happened from this unusual wea-
ther."
II Is good TO be prepared, but this
afternoon we can sit back and think
that to-day is the tomorrow we
worried about yesterday and II did
not happen after all
THIS question Of entertaining the
tourists over at the Brownsville
Chamber Of Commerce may work
7 out much better than many, casually
interested In the move, think.
There are many men. and conSe-
uuently many women in the Valley,
who can attribute their coming 70
this section to word OF mouth ad-
veEtising from friends. Within the
past few days several had been heard
TO say that their coming was due TO
this or that incident, OF friend or
acquaintance, returning with word
picture Of what is 70 be found here.
The vast majority feel that those
friends did them great favor. One
man, big business man with a lar
ge dry goods house here, only yes
terday. remarked that his coming
was directly due to what d member
Of the national guard, here years
ago. told him upon his return.
at the Chamber OF Commerce en-
tertainment quarters the tourist is
given an environment, where he can
art q true mental picture Of the VAL
1ey. II has been aptly said that
Brownsville ladies aid IN this work
more than any other one factor
While we do not think that tourist
should be looked upon as some one
has said Like a bale OF cotton
easy TO pick" their coming can be
made a matter OF good business foH
Brownsville and of benefit to the
tourist 70 give them the best posi-
hle first impression.
AND speaking OF tourists. Mrs. w
A Z. McDavitt. OF the city beauti-
ficatiOn forces. asks again tina;
attention be called to the benefits
TO be derived from outside decora-
tons for the holidays.
This Is applicable in tourists dis
cussions. due to the fact that first
impressions Of a town are often the
most lasting. And there is nothing
more impressive than first sight Of
a place being pleasing TO the eye
All our highway approaches to town
should be given special attention.
In connection with this. 1t might
be well here TO remind that two
birds can be killed with one stone
in this respect. The American Le-
gion is offering Christmas trees for
sale. You can get your tree and help
a splendid organization at the same
time.
TTTHILE plans are progressing for
W. a dipping campaign through
which 1t Is primarily expected 70
make possible the introduction OF
more new blood into the cattle
herds of the Valley. there is brought
to mind that this southermost part
of Texas has onother commodity
probably equaled nowhere else in
Texas.
What Is here referred to IS the
milk that Is served the everyday
customer by the various dairymen.
It has been the lot Of this writer 10
live in many sections OF Texas, but
never before has he found the cream
SO deep as he finds 1t in the bottle
on his doorstep each morning these
days. Some communities live on
dairying alone.
WHILE matters at Laredo for the
WV past few days have been grow
ing warmer In press reports, we
cannot help but think that our form
er home town will work out its own
problem. The people Of Laredo feel
too friendly toward their neighbors
across the border not TO let that
friendship work for an amicable
settlement.
d little cold snap came yesterday.
la It visited almost the entire coun-
- try. But the sunshine came out
again to bear witness that this is
the land where the sunshine spends
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