Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-02
IN OUR
VALLEY
} BY CHARLES HALL

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commissioners.
Were the engineer Of this column
In position to cast another vote in
favor Of Mr.. Rosenthal. he would
gladly do 50.
And this conclusion is not only
Grawn on the basis OF a personal
friendly feeling toward Mr.. Rosen-
thai, but on the impression gathered
in talking to people Of various quar-
ters of the city that a man better
qualified to fill the petition would
be hard TO find.
IT Is wished 10 take this means to
congratulate Mr.. Rosenthal for the
confidence thus imposed in him. He
Is a forward thinking and a hard
working man, combination. which
found in a pleasing personality. IS
hard to beat.
Many projects lie before Browns
vile during the coming year. With
Mr.. Rosenthal at the helm Of city
affairs the good ship Brownsville
can be reckoned as having a good
pilot.
MUST what the new city manager
has In mind to do and where to
start, IL Is here admitted that he
has not been asked by us, so we
cannot venture to say.
He will probably want more time
to cast about before doing anything.
While his appointment came as a
surprise TO many, to others it was
not so. Prior to his election in the
minds OF those interested seemed
70 be would he take the office, II
offered 1t.
Now that he has accepted, 1t only
remains for him 10 set sail on the
business sea OF 1880, knowing tina:
the city commission Is behind him
20 a man. That seems to us to De
getting the affairs Of the city in a
healthy condition.
AND while a few flowers are being
N passed out a bit down this col
umn. today. it Is also wished TO
comment one other branch Of SER
vice found in Brownsville.
This Is none other than the per-
sonnet Of Uncle Sans men found On
the international bridges. After liv-
ing on the border for about a year.
il has been our lot 20 discover that
in some places. those doing the in
specting on this side Of the river.
arr sometimes inclined to be a 1T
tie tough" in their attitude. The
force at Brownsville seems efficient
but at the same time not wishing to
assert their authority more than Is
necessary in carrying out their
duties.
OF course there was IN automo-
bile party not so long ago from the
middle west, which got a bit in
censed over the idea Of being asked
to get out Of the car for an examin-
alton.
One Of them: Il will give you a
dollar for every bottle you find"
NO you won't, was the quiet ans
wer. you will give us five"
But We are glad to take this OPP
portunity to say that the force here
seems to have something above the
ears beside bone and hair.
ORTIZ Rubio, president elect OF
Mexico, has now rraversed many
parts OF the United Stases. and
has been entertained II. many cities.
So far 1t seems that he has been
cordially received everywhere BY
Americans. the only demonstration
OF any feeling against him being
made by people from his " ma
ton at Detroit. President Hoover
has broken all precedents to show
hospitality to a president elect. Both
Nave pledged each other their friend
ship, and to do everything to draw
the two neighboring nations 70 a
better understanding. II Is TO be
hoped that the people of Mexico do
not take the demonstration of in
dividuals at Detroit, as they took
that Of Judge Walls at Laredo
against Gales, and stop the ship
ment of automobiles. The United
States as a whole Is probably more
friendly toward Mexico at present
than ever before in the histories OF
the two countries and that is be-
cause the majority of the people on
both sides Of the Rio Grande feels
that way.
"TsOUR dead. Sc Ill from alcoholism
reads a headline today. Lately
the idea has been absorbed that
most Of the deaths from alcoholism
result from drinking poisonous al
cohol. other than the accepted stan
dard Of grain alcohol. Wood alcohol
has been the cause Of many deaths.
when pawned off by murderous
bootleggers. but here Of late. II one
reads the accounts carefully. 1t seems
that more are dying from just plain
drunkenness. Grain alcohol taken to
excess Is a poison, itself.
HAVE a friend whose girls birth
day comes on December %. Now
isn't that a predicament to be
In with Christmas two days off? But
put the shoe on the other foot. Ours
comes right after Christmas, and
1t gives our friends a chance to make
UP for any socks or ties found miss
ing on Christmas. Just good bust
ness We call our own.
WHICH reminds us that while au-
wv thentic stamp Is being placed on
the first Valley child born in
1880, up Amarillo way, about three
years ago twins were born In diff
ferent years. One was born a few
minutes before IL o'clock on New
Years night. and the other a few
minutes after twelve. They are still
living today and probably are the