Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-27
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VAL,LsEY

A WOMAN who refuses to give
her name phones The Herald that
lady bird beetles hive nN destroyed
"alr' the cotton cushiony scale in
the Valley.
In fact, this woman doubts
whether the lady bird beetles ever
destroyed any cotton cushiony
scale anywhere.
Says the scale has eaten her rose
bushes down to the ground and
that some lady bird beetles fur
nished to her by the government
did absolutely nothing about IT, IN
fact, she believes the beetles urged
the scale on to do their worst.
|. Probably the rose bushes were
Y watered and the beetles washed off.
Government inspectors. wise in
the ways Of cotton cushiony scale.
suggest that minor infestations can
be controlled with insect sprays.
B. +. ZIMMERLY, pilot OF the
small plane which is to attempt a
flight from Brownsville to winni-
peg, Candaa, in the next few days.
apparently has an efficient craft.
One hundred gallons of Gulf
airplane gasoline has been ordered
ifor the flight. The distance is
approximately 1900 miles.
II he has ship which will make
y miles on gallon Of gas planes
re beginning to approach the eff
tciency Of automobiles. This craft
weighs only I'll pounds.
WARN PARENTS not to permit
their children to play with fire.
works while in crowds Of people
during the Fourth of July celebra-
tion here"
This is the gist of : message from
Mrs. j. Z. Magill tUoThe Herald.
She writes:
Il have been reading about the
Fourth of July celebration which
Brownsville IS to have. I think it
a6sonderful thing and wish all our
cises would take an interest in our
day OF freedom, but it has come
to mean mostly a day Of fireworks.
Fireworks are beautiful 10 be-
n hold in the hands Of an expert.
4 and I had the idea last year that
I our family (Which includes two
children. and z years Of age)
would have such a lovely time
watching the water pageant a.
4 Fort Brown.
But. owing TO the carelessness Of
someone who allowed their chill
dren to take fireworks into the
crowd at Fort Brown in the after
noon, we not only didn't see the
night display. but my 6-year-old
boy almost lost an eye and we had
a doctors bill to pay, not includ-
ing services Of a surgeon at Fort
Brown at the time Of the accident"
ct have never had fireworks for
my children because I have always
believed them dangerous for ANA
teurs, but someone else caused me
probably more trouble than if had
stayed at home and had my own
fireworks.
However. that doesn't mean that
I ever viii buy fireworks. for /
won't"
Fireworks of any kind in the
hands of children while in a crowd
such as will attend the festivities
at Fort Brown next Thursday. con-
stitute a very definite menace to
l life and limb. Some way should be
fourlt. se P1event any fireworks bc-
ing touched off in the crowd.
H Parents surely will see that their
children have their fireworks az
home or not at all.
ID BEN GORDON WHITEHEAD.
4 pioneer Of the Valley. publisher OF
Zone Of the most original and in
fteresting weekly newspapers in the
hValley-or the South for that mat
ter-is dead.
n Gel. whitehead came to the VAL
CiIey during the border trouble and
Dfhad seen the major portion Of the
~ Ifdevelopment of the section take
10 Mace. thus emitting him to some
- extent 70 the claim Of pioneer.
u He was a man who had very de-
EEleided ideas on many topics and
rlwho expressed himself in an orig
NJ inal entertaining and often highly
a witty manner.
ia I'd. tad been Ill for many years.
Ksoutfh3 ailments or his sufferings
" never marked the tone Of his paper.
J which always was cheerful TO an
unusual degree.
Valley journalism has lost
member whose place will not be
filled.
OVER AT Corpus Christi Monday
sheriff ID. Lee and his deputies had
arnot machine busting" party BY
orser Of Judge A. w. Cunningham,
srd the Red Gross chapter thereby
rrofited TO the extent Of $500
THE machines had been seized
oorlisr in the year in q drive on
sa,,i,o devices in the Nueces
s-,,y,tv capital. The owner sought
a. regain possession Of them
s,,vouvh A suit but the court ruled
against him.
when the order 70 destroy the
.artires was issued Judge Cum
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