Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-19
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VALLEY

/ POSTMASTER Wilbur Dsnnett
Eees relief ahead.
+ Ever since Col. Charles A. Lind
bergn flew the air mail from
Brownsville to Mexico City, March
/ 10, inaugurat:lg the service for
Compana Mexicana de Aviacion,
the postmaster has been the mark
Of indignant stamp collectors.
II what happened to my letters I
4 cent out on the plane which Col
u onel Charles A. Lindbergh flew?"
was the burden of their letters.
Why" they asked, don't I get
those letters back?"
II don't know" was about the
] only reply the postmaster could
make.
He didn't know. In fact he was
doing a lot of wondering about the
matter himself. A lot of wonder
Ing and a lot Of questioning in
other quarters.
Every person who might be able
to throw any light on the matter
was questioned.
ALI denied any knowledge of the
5000 letters that seemed to have
performed a Houdiri disappearing
act.
The postmaster here knew they
had been loaded into the plane.
The postmaster at Mexico City
was equally certain they had not
been delivered. All along the route
workers in the service denied any
knowledge of what had happened
to them. The letters we're not at
Tampico, the only stop.
But the mystery has been solved
now and everything is serene
around the office Of Postmaster
bennett.
The letters, duly marked with
the Lindbergh cachet, are being
delivered to their rightful owners.
1t ell came about through the
enormous size Of the open space
in the wings Of the big tri-motored
ggford plane in which Col Lind
bergh made the trip.
Three .bsgs of mail containing
the 5,0uH E4ters. jostled into the
far corner>u> one wing. The plane
was sent on to Merida for service
on a Pan-American line down
there. 1t was searched carefully
and when hope of finding the
missing mail was almost aban-
doned a searcher crawled back into
the wing. There was the mail.
MASTER PLUMBERS of Texas
concluded a three-day convention
in McAllen Wednesday.
During their visit they were
given an opportunity to see much
of the Valley; they were fed on
Valley grapefruit.
Now Valley plumbers are worry
ing about the possibility of having
new competition.
Many of the visitors expressed
a desire to make their homes in
this section.
c. w. Richmond, McAllen plumb
er, planned the entertainment for
the visitors and received high
praise.
The visitors had a view Of Mexico
at Reynosa, where they enjoyed a
dinner dance.
The members of the women's
auxiliary were guests of Harlingen
at the Woman's Chamber of Com
merce building there and toured
the Valley as far east as that city.
DAIRYTNG is a subject on which
much is being said in the Valley
at present but little is being done
about it.
That is, little is being done which
appears on the surface-which
would make good news copy.
But leaders are mapping a cam
paign which is destined to produce
results and which will hasten
placing the industry on a firm
footing.
Before fine dairy cattle-or beef
cattle either, for that matter-can
be brought into Cameron county
in any number the tick must be
eradicated.
The cost Of the continued Dip
ping campaign which it is neces-
sary to go through in order to kill
out the ticks has in the past been
almost prohibitive burden on the
counties undertaking it and has
been the source of much trouble
and hard feeling.
State Senator Archer Parr will
introduce bill in the special ses-
sion of the legislature, which meets
Monday providing for inspectors
paid by the state.
This bill will be favored by
Cameron county citizens and as
soon as it is passed-and it is be-
lieved the measure will pass
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