Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-03
IlQU|ET GREETING FOR RUBIO HERE
IN OUR
VALLEY
, BY CHARLES HALL

ZIP Berger way, far into almost
the very end OF the Panhandle OF
Texas, there have been SO many
arrests lately, that one wonders If
there are many more to be arrested.
But Berger is the baby town, OF
Texas which made q city in about
q year and it has many good people
left. On March 8. 1926, the engln-
Ger Of this column went out TO lind
a spot where they were going TO
start an oil town He made several
drives from q starting point. but
could not find the stakes on those
bare plains. He came back about
four months later and found it
rip-roaring Oil camp. A syndicate
took several articles from him on the
town. One year later ne was sent
back TO report the celebration Of It's
first birthday. He found it a city
with a business street three miles
long, and with $4,000 inhabitants
He was told that day that II the
writer OF the articles here referred
TO could be found IL would not be
so healthy for him. OF course he
did not come right out and shout
Il am he. But 1t seems that law
and order Is now going to control
Berger.
Gene Howe. the sage of the Pan
handle, wrote that when he went
there people read newspapers from
the flare Of sixshooters. The next
time he went to Berger, they put
him In jail He got out on q promise
never 70 write any more. He then
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force OF the city with uniforms
Now, 1t seems that a slow but
surely moving federal government
IS getting into action against the
days v-aen liquor was sold at drug
store bars. You can't get away
with lawlesSneSS.
TINTED States Of America VS.. one
Ford roadster. reads q legal
notice in our incompatible pa
per. That is the only time we
ever felt sorry for a Ford.
TODAY Judge Dancy steps forward
with the suggestion that if the
S250,000 offered Cameron county
by the state is not forthcoming
within ninety days that the county
60 ahead and build the proposed
Point Isabel road and depend upon
a later reimbursement Of funds ex-
pended.
For quick action our county Judge
has the correct idea, 1t seems. The
offer Of the state is couched in a
proviso that the money viii be forth
coming when the government acts
on Point Isabel improvements. II
the judge is correct in presuming
that this will be done, and the ten
dency of the government at present
has been forclbly expressed for an
expansion in public building. it NAV
be TO our advantage TO proceed on
our own initiative.
It is cot often a good policy 10
count the proverbial chickens ere
they hatch, but in case of accident
the county will still have the road
ONCE mention has been made Of
these people from Arkansas,
challenge has several times been
issued this writer, the challengers
evidently warning proof that he
has been there
While we do not know all the
signals and pass words OF that state,
only having lived in the mountain
Gus northwest portion, one fellow
stopped us the other day and asked
about those parts whom he was
able TO satisfy. The question was
turned by asking that man If he
had ever been challenged to knock
fr~ r.s~tvf 4v~ Al
not mean To complain about your
town or your lot In life. 1t means
Lets see who Is the best man
physically
Saturday evening when the boys
gather around the cross roads
country store. one issues a challenge
70 another of Les knock. To fail
70 accept is cowardice, but to be
gallantly defeated is not SO bad.
The participants stand toe to toe
and pound each other in the chest
until one says enough" Two good
men will make each others chest
boom like a drum.
The challenger seemed satisfied.
Now II there is any one else in
doubt We will tell about the ridge
walkers.
nROBABLY never before in the \
Valley has there been such a list
Of hunting accidents. AT least
IL would seem that there has been
an unusually large number con-
Sidering the time element since the
opening Of the hunting season,
and the number OF people who live
this territory.
And one peculiar thing about the
situation is that the shootings have
not been from "unloaded guns
There have been various forms, such
AS putting down the gun, crawling
through brush and mistaking people
for animals. The accidents are OF a
most regretable nature, but every
one should serve as a serious re-
nninder that both loaded and un-
loaded guns pack missives Of sud-
den death. II the barrel of a rifle.
or shot gun. is carried eternally
howard the heavens with plenty Of
clearance nothing but the birds OF