Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-17
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VALLEY

NO44OG 1IOIl hddJOT FOX, QlSJTlCL
engineer at Galveston, that he had
reported on the proposed ship
channel from Brazos Santiago Pass
to within four miles of Browns
vile, contains two phrases which
make the outlook especially bright
for the local port projec..
One Of these phrases is "par-
TALLY unfavorable" To be partic-
ularly unfavorable it must be par
tally favorable, argue members Of
the district commission.
1.-THE advantages are not suffi-
cientiy greater" is the other phrase
which leads local workers for the
project to believe the battle is
more than half won. The report
admits advantages and the inter-
probation of just how great these
advantages Is a subject on which
men may easily differ.
Additional expense there will be,
OF course. The people of Browns
vile realized this when they voted
the 100000 bond issue and Gre
ated the Brownsville navigation
district.
1t remains then for the district
to show how great the admitted
advantages really are. 1t is as
sumed the report admits the pro-
posed channel is feasible and prac-
ticahe. If 1t does this, then as
good a report has been obtained
as had been foreseen.
The necessary appeal will be per-
fected at once and presented to the
chief Of engineers in Washington.
EDITOR GENE HOWE Of Amar-
lilo, who dared question the quality
OF the grand opera performance
presented in his town by Mary
Garden and the Chicago Civic
Grand Opera company, appears to
&1ave the backing of a considerable
esp nber of his fellow townsmen.
vo announcement is made that $500
y Pa.ne on the guarantee will not
Esyightd. Mayor Ernest Thompson,
wissimee backing of business men,
is ar rity for the statement.
Tho apany is dared to sue and
Editor Ne Is to be banqueted.
Guarantors of chautaqua, lyseum
and other entertainment features
can sympathize with Amarillo
citizens.
The contract signed by local
guarantors almost invariably con-
tains a clause permitting the bu-
reau to make substitutions and
that clause almost invariably is
taken advantage of by the booking
agency, and always to the detriment
OF the course.
Carnival companies at one time
demanded a guarantee to play a
town. Some day it will appear as
silly to guarantee a certain return
to a chautauqua, lyceum or opera
company as it would to guarantee
profit to carnival today.
Meritorous attractions do not
need guarantee. The other kind
do not deserve to have profit
guaranteed.
FRUIT FROST SERVICE, found
highly valuable by the growers Of
citrus and other fruits in Califor-
mia, may be furnished to the Valley
by the United States weather bu-
reau.
This service includes not only
warnings Of coming frosts but in
cludeS a course of instruction in
heaters, heater fuels and their use.
Also various methods of counter
acting the damage from frost are
taught.
G. G. Richardson, manager Of
the local chamber Of commerce,
has been informed by Congressman
John N. Garner, that he believes
the service can be obtained for the
Valley and that he will be glad to
use his influence to secure 1t.
Florida recently has been grant
ed the service and it has been in
operation in California for some
time.
Congressman Garner. ever alert
for new ways in which to serve the
people Of his district, as well rs the
nation at large, suggests that for
NAL application be made for the
service.
If this is done, he will go to the
department of agriculture and ask
them to approve appointment Of
a man to provide the service. This
is about all that will be required to
get favorable action, he seems to
think.
r. J. Rogers, who relieved w. j.
Schnurbusch, local meteorologist,
while he was away on a vacation
this year, Is the frost specialist tor
California.
While here he spoke of the bene-
fits derived from the service by
California growers and wondered if
it would not be found valuable
here.