Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-17
IN OUR
VALLEY
} BY CHARLES HALL

NllCRcS OF NlSeS 10 Lkle 1uLerlOr ana
announcement has been made that
Nuevo Laredo will not take part in
Laredo's Washington Birthday ce-
Iteration.
AL of which Is very regretable in
asmuch as 1t shows that the Mex
ican people do not seem TO under
stand that the action OF Judge Walls.
while he is honest in his con-
victions, represents that Of one Of
ficial and not Of the entire city Of
Laredo.
Border people Of the two nations
understand each other more than
national officials OF each nation
probably do. but IL seems there Is
still ample room for increasing that
friendship. All OF us along the bor-
der should keep the idea OF under
standing and harmony in mind az
all times. It will make for good.
FROM Pharr today comes letter
with reference to Christmas de-
corations. 1t Is signed Mrs. Z.
c. 3.
In part IL says: The thought oc-
Cured 10 me that II every one IN
the Valley would use few tanger-
tnes, and a few small oranges as
trimmings on Christmas trees. how
beautiful they would look. We used
10 tie oranges on with cords. but
they can be cut with enough stem
TO tie a cord TO. A few leaves leZt
with the fruit viii also add 70 the
favorable impression"
Not only will this help from
standpoint Of beauty. but It viii add
a little cash TO the citrus fruit grow
ers income. We appreciate ideas, and
are glad to pass them on. Thanks
Mrs. K. G. b.
ATOw Is the appointed time Of for
warding that Christmas package
Of grapefruit or oranges to
friends, whose lot Of living has been
placed in the land Of icicles and
snow. Do not forget TO put on your
government inspection stamp so the
packages viii sail across state lines,
o. k.
I'M mailing Christmas packages there
is the Christmas seal. Thirty
two million Of these, bearing the
double barred cross have been sent 70
Texas for distribution. The fund
Is for the prevention Of tuberculosis
aid in which Is probably. needed
along the border as much as any
where else.
" Which brings TO mind that there
is a bit Of promiscuous splitting on
the sidewalks Of Brownsville and
maybe on the streets Of other towns
OF the Valley. One place TO begin
stopping the scourge Of tuberculosis
Is TO stop that splitting.
THE Christmas spirit has reached
Brownsville and the Valley and
there Is no better way Of enter
ing into IL than by helping a little
others not quite SO fortunate as
yourself.
One opportunity Of doing this is
TO give something toward the
Charity home Christmas dinner.
Mrs. Volney Taylor reports that
these donations viii be cherished
either In cash, or In food. They can
be made at Willman's pharmacy.
Giving to others as well as 10 in
innate friends and kith and kin
brings you to your own Christmas
dinner, or around the Santa Claus
stocking, If one may be so fortunate
as to have little ones, with feeling
that not only has providence been
kind TO you, but you have passed II
along TO someone else. If you have
never done 10, 1t will bring you a
greater pleasure than you imagine.
f1TATTSTICS are usually dry things.
~ For instance income figures to
the effect that there are eighty
billion bees in Texas. Now who
cares how many bees there are in
Texas. But wait a minute, these
bees live on $4,000 farms and pro-
duce annually 100000 pounds OF
honey. That is different. In this
instance the meat in the cocoanut
Is found in the honey that Is in the
erEnb.
rR. r. Cantu Lara. Mexican con-
sui at Dallas, writing in the De-
cember issue OF the Commercial
News, states that Mexico is anxious
TO purchase Texas-made goods. He
says in part: The United States, a
country renowned throughout the
world for It's progressive and aggres-
siye business methods. being our
nearest neighbor. we are extremely
anxious TO establish better trade re-
lations with you"
Nov that Is talking good sound
business sense.
Each of the two nations has some
thing the other needs and something
20 emulate as little as Americans
NAV consider the last named. This
writer once visited seven governors
in Mexico and wound up with Obre-
ron st Mexico City. The same key
note was sounded in that day. As
one governor put it. what Mexico
first needed from America were her
tAAas Of education. transportation
and her almost surerstitutious clean
liness
OFF hand America could use q
little Of Mexico's raw materials. and
her pcliteness and hospitality.
rHRISTMAS comes but once
year. Let's all Join hands now
and declare an accident truce
during that period. Let every man
make up his mind that he will be
so careful while hunting that no
harm viii come II his gun does 80
off. Let every driver follow a vow
that he viii drive so carefully thu.
If he does hit some one It will Be