Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-20
IN OUR
VALLEY
BY c. VI. HALL

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again stalked In the Valley in
terrible form. 1t has reached
forth its ghostly hand. snatched
away the lives OF two vigorous
young men, years before their time.
and today for two families at least
day has been turned into night.
Edwin Burk Of Harrington and d.
l.. Dotson Of san Antonio lie dead
as the result of a horrible accident
on a roadway in the very heart OF
the Magic Valley. Valley people
stand appalled, al the thought OF
these two men burning TO death as
they struggled TO free themselves
from the blazing automobile.
This accident might be said 10
climax a long list Of casualties al
ready recorded within the past
months along a stretch OF roadway
only eighty miles long.
just how this particular accident
occurred none can say exectly. But
when one considers the heavy traf-
fic, the narrow roadway. and the
frequently occurring high shoulders
at the edge Of the hard surface, i
Is not hard to surmise.
How many are We going to bury
before we widen u sidewalk OF a
main thoroughfare. The next victim
Of a like tragedy may be you or !,
kind reader.
WHENEVER the Valley does any
wv thing II does It IN a big way.
w but we hate to see the same
applied to a hazard.
folks, this being Sunday morning
we do not consider 1t amiss 70
discuss matters a bit concerning
truth and veracity. II you VIII
draw nigh we Will whisper Il 70 you.
Man named cara Agha came over
from Turkey the other day and said
he is l56 years old and the first
hundred are the easiest. All doubt
can be removed about his saying
he is that old. The Associated Press.
the "Old Reliable" of the newspaper
service Of the newspaper world said
he was that old and there is no
doubt but what he said II.
But speaking a bit low so the
whole world cannot hear US. do you
really think he is that old? Said he
had one child born when he was
96 years old.
We never out and out dispute
anybody's word, they might Just De
mistaken. But he said he fought
Napoleon and If he did that would
make him an active man before jim
Ferguson started running for Offices.
.vITHILE these fish stories are going
wv the rounds, some awful tales
= are being told. There are many
fish at various times caught in the
VALLEY. but when they say Matthew
Love went fishing over the week
end they mean Saturday and not
Sunday. MI. Love does not fish
on Sunday.
FUAD a number TO say 10 the en-
eineer Of this column that from
- reading accounts OF what people
are saving about the proposed bond
issue for the filtration plant, they
could not tell whether The Herald
is for o. against II.
14ldL u q NE4N A4A4A AOAAtFAAAASA+%
in a way. The Herald TO date has
carried in its news columns what
various people are saying about II.
and we are glad 70 hear that We
have not allowed our own opinions
to appear in printing the news Of It.
Like all the others We know added
water facilities are needed. and in
due time will have something 70
saw editorially. Editorials and the
news columns OF a paper should
never be confused by the reader. The
news columns tell what Is going on
regardless OF the editors views and
the editorial column expresses the
papers views.
"TEEAT wave grips nation again
reads a headline. Saturday il
was said 10 be drying out the
entire country with many deaths
therefrom. Valley cool as a cucum-
Der, and hot a single death.
We in Brownsville. ought 10 cap
italize on our climate more.
A CANDIDATE for state officer.
III whose name we do not care to
mention because he Is a state
candidate for another office re
narked 70 us that while he is op-
,Ksed TO Ross Sterling as governor.
he knows him to be a most honor
able man. Said Sterling is "a karat
honest. Added that he worries all
the time e keeping every postage
stamp ailocated TO its proper usage
In handling his personal business.
Texas can use a man like that.