Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-15
IN OUR
VALLEY

TOMORROW the Brownsville Ea-
giles viii leave on the special train
for San Antonio carrying with them
a eoodly number Of local football
fans.
It is now thought that at least
800 viii make the hegira. Further
more, while one never knows, 1t Is
said to be in the cards for Browns
vile to come back home with their
opponents scalps to hang on the
pole of the local football wigwam.
Brownsville Is thus gaining for
herself no little credit in the world
of sports. This is the first year IL
class A football. and the showing
being made is something 70 be proud
OF. The further the team goes in the
league the more upstate advertising
comes TO the Gateway City and the
Magic Valley.
Up Waco way. and the same for
Abilene, Breckenridge, Amarillo and
CorSicana, a fight can be started
on the street by some one making
any slight remark about their high
school team. Football is another
thing that grows with success. Not
Iceably so.
1t has been said that a great high
school football team cannot come to
Texas south of San Antonio. Looks
like somebody has been proved they
are nothing but a naughty, naughty
word.
BROwNSvILLE evidently has
three lively luncheon clubs. This
writer SO far has been guests at two
of them.
There Is nothing on earth. proba-
bly. that shows how much alike the
world is as a luncheon club meet
ing. There you find men striving to-
know each other: and In under
standing each other, putting their
shoulders to the wheel in a common
cause. Some may throw fellows bis
cults and some may come in late
but they are all good.
This putting their shoulder TO the
wheel together was once found in
the word cooperation. But that
word has now been so overworked
that ii has now come more to mean:
Eyes 1 will agree with the idea Of
certain things. bu had rather let
George do the work. If can possibly
Get out of il with any grace at all
Work is the foundation Of every
thing accomplished in the world,
eyer since Adam was told he would
have to sweat for a living. First
GLANCE at Brownsville clubs shows
fhev are not afraid of a little labor
FOR their city. and their community.
Now that means that it is ultimately
for themselves.
RECENTLY the conductor Of this
column was asked for his first inn
snressions Of the Valley.
We'll here they are. after an after
noon drive. 1t looks so much ike
j million dollars. that the writer re-
orfcd 70 for a bit to maybe every
ching that glitterS Is not gold" But
he drove ON and looked a little more.
- looked more and more like gold
He stopped his car walked under
tha trees and examined some OF the
soil. It was gold--so Tar as SOILS go
and there you have u. - :.
And now we come TO little OF
are adverse with the delightful. In
ProvnsviIle there are number OF
fences. and lots that need cleaning.
,1avbe some unsightly signs. "Nuif
sed" let's get behind the Civic Club
ono not let that cleanup idea go
dead aborning.
TWO OR THREE funny tales
,vere told, Just before removing here.
That is they seem funny now. Here
= one OF them. 1t was said that II
= n aahot and sticky" in Brownsville
+nst Il was unpleasant and that the
r-i,. ,roSouitos would eat up a nice ten
der newcomer.
r was also said that the air from
,ne qulf is SO salty" that It eats
III I'll the bright spots off an automo-
s.ile ri il about ten minutes. Now look
~ ii SO nice and snappy that the
only - thing real sticky is good subs
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