Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-22
IN OUR
VALLEY
By CHARLES HALL

vkIIIH Sleet n snow predlcleu
for Tuesday night, ValleyiteS
awoke again this morning 70 the
fact that at least UP until noon to-
day no great damage had been done
During January the weather gods
are simply olit doing themselves in
tnischievous capers But high hopes
today were entertained that maybe
again they had worn themselves out
in getting down into the Valley, one
Of the southermost parts OF the
United States.
And this is said despite the dark
clouds lowering out into the north
this afternoon. Th2Se very clouds
may again be the Salvation OF the
vegetable and citrus growers.
An present indications today r
~ that Brownsville is going to be
a great gateway 70 the outside
world from south Texas and Mexico.
ana when that deep water port comes
~ this city, or to Point Isabel. as
\ lie case may be, she will bear the
dlatinction Of being the greatest
gateway on the border.
Listed right now beside the port,
is that passenger airmail service TO
Kansas City. This is a project which
hes all the earmarks OF putting this
city only ten hours aat OF that me-
tropolis. With the present tendency
OF Mexico toward railway building,
improvement of her roads and the
building OF new ones, may lead TO
still greater things for this city. II
j. up TO Brownsville TO constructive
j. go about as getting as closely in
touch with the Mexican authorities
and the Mexican business people as
possible TO further this great move.
The Brownsville Chamber Of Com
merce has already started such act
ION. Then let the Southern Pacific
Or the Missouri Pacific build that
coast-iine road, and Brownsville will
grow to a metropolis on It's own mo-
mentum.
MESSAGES received from the
BrownSville-San Benito-Port
Isabel port evangels today gave
hopes that the big meeting il
Washington will be held today or
tomorrow.
Chances are that meeting viii be
behind closed doors, and little for
public mastication will leak out Of
the gathering until. boom" we will
ali be given cause for great reJoic-
ing. 1t Will be an announcement that
the Valley has a port. Let's work for
a Valley port first, and then, where
u shall be second. Like when q small
CT salaried man decides to buy a
home, he plans TO get the home
first, and decide how he shall fur
nish il second.
Many merchants also report a
fairly healthy growth, If not q squirt
OF a growth over this period last
year. The Valley is in a healthy bus
mess condition. There Is no cause
for complaint, even Il the weather
clouds do hang low. The freeze has
c yet come. SO why cross our brid-
ges before we get TO them? Chances
are down here in Lucky Valley, We
Will escape again. At least We can
hope so.
THERE is one proposition, which
Brownsville has once or twice
before considered, which now
Gems that she can easily realize.
This is q city museum.
The engineer Of this column would
rot at this time advise that the
c.v fathers expend any large
\ mount Of money on such a pro-
Jet. enjoyable as 1t would be. But
II is understood that a city museum
OF great interest can be had right
away, almost with nothing TO do
but to furnish q home for il.
jun Cobclini and his brother hive
inherited from their father histor-
ical objects Of great interest, which
they could probably be easily perSua-
ced to donate TO a museum as a
monument TO that late great char
acter. In fact Juni has intimated
that he would be willing. There are
many ether private collections ovei
.he city. which might be obtained
o. such 2 purpose. If protective
tcusing facilities and protective ac-
ton could be assured.
It occurs 10 Us that M admirable
gay to solve the matte. woulo be Ior
some man OF mean 20 donate a
museum home 10 the city where he
gathered his fortune. 1t would be
a monument to him for which count
less children and adults in genera
tions TO come will rise up and thank
him. There should DC some man In
Brownsville. who would never miss
tae money that could be expended
in this manner, and still do so much
gocd.
n a noticeable Associated Press re-
port today Is found the Informal
ton that John Arthur johnson
j. leading a Jazz orchestra in a
Broadway chop suey joint.
If you do not know who John
Arthur johnson is, just call him.
Jack johnson. former negro heavy
weight champion of the world.
Along about 1910 he astonished the
world with a purse he won over Jim
J~efferies at Reno. johnson has evil
IDENTITY hos his row to the financial
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