Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-10

ENGINEER of this column went
II. up to Harlingen last night. And
1t was our pleasure TO sit in on
a meeting of the chamber Of COM
merce.
Folks, Harrington is an up and
coming town, and it is located in
Cameron county and IL Is really a
part of us. All OF US ought to look
at things that way.
Got invited into the meeting real
cordial like. Nobody had on any
six shooters. No said any real
mean, or cutting. things about any
other Valley town They we're jus.
talking about Harlingen's needs for
an airport and the location of a
school or instruction there.
And they are going about II in a
most sensible manner. Said that the
trend Of the time showed Harrington
VIII certainly need an airport more
and more as time goes on-in fact
1t needs 10 right now. But declared
they are going to try to work it al
out before they make a definite in
volving move. so that if any mis-
takes are made, they will be made
only on paper.
AIOW what we are getting down 70
Nv IS this: After the meeting was
over a member OF the board call
ed us over 10 one side, and said how
wonderful 1t would be If all the VAL
ley towns could maintain their ambi-
lions. sectional pride. and Jealousy
OF accomplishment, yet when some
thing Of general benefit Is well on
the road TO success, how much bet
ter II would be for the other twons
to lend a hand to land II. Such as
that will build the Valley as a whole
and find every prosperous.
Here's hoping Harlingen gets her
airport and gets a big one.
MEANWHILE down at Point Isa-
W bel. with the deep-water port
-" having taken its first step in
congress, and prospects OF a big
causeway across Laguna Madre. with
a winter resort on Padre Island,
dreams OF an early development Of a
real town are taking on the sem
blance OF reality. When Harrington
flourishes and Point Isabel makes a
seaside resort, Brownsville will be
sitting In the center OF things with
a deep-water port n a splendid
airport. Here's the best OF luck 10
both Of them. 1t means good luck
TO US, too.
nAYMONDVILLE has shipped l56
IN cars Of onions to date. cabbage
- is $50 per ton. potatoes are
bringing a neat price. a few OF n
beans have the pip, but there Is a
way 10 cure it, In many sections
IL sometimes looks like the farmer
Jumps right out OF one trouble into
another. In the Valley they seem
to Jump right out OF one good thing
right into another. III farming Is
the background OF civilization, the
Lower Rio Grande Valley has YER
tebrae like q dinosaur.
nERSONS are sometimes heard to
say they cannot tell where their
money goes when it flies so
quickly. The engineer Of this col
nj always knows where Ii goes.
What troubles him is where more
Of il is coming from.
FOUND ON THE WIRES
ONDON-Queen Mary is anxious
n. to see the Prince Of Wales mar
RED and in this respect alone
he has failed TO follow her advice.
He has confidence in her judgment
Oh every other subject. So says a
biography OF the Queen by Mrs.
Charlotte Cavendish, a colonel's
widow.
NEW YORK-In order to sleep
undisturbed by thirsty night owls
ringing doorbells. some folks living in
the West Fifties have a placard
over the doorway reading, This is a
private house" Counsel for Harry
X. Thaw revealed one problem
caused by speakeasies when he was
arguing in court over a verdict
against Thaw obtained by a night
club hostess.
WESTINGHOUSE and girls
at the Hoover Mountain school, Dark
Hollow, Va. are to learn from
stamps. Philip II. Ward. Jr., of
Philadelphia has sent several thous-
and OF foreign issues to be forward
cd to the school. He believes that
children who collect stamps are
more proficient in geography, his
tory and government.