Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-09
IN OUR
VALLEY

EEUCH agitation Is arising over the
W posts at Boca Chica which pre-
ava vent other than those who pay
toll from driving down the beach
toward Point Isabel.
Letters are being received address
sed TO the chamber of commerce
county officials and other organiza-
lions complaining that taxpayers
money has been expended 10 take
tourists and Valley visitors to a toll
bridge.
TO the engineer Of this column 1t
seems much racket about something
that should be taken up in a direct
manner and without SO much pub
Lefty.
IT we are correctly informed the
posts were placed there by q
private organization operating
a toll bridge and bath house for pro-
fit. 1t is either lawful for that COM
pany TO place those posts there or 1t
is not lawful. The engineer OF this
column has asked several. who
should know. whether the posts are
there legally, and the answer has
invariably been Il do not know" IL
seems the only thing TO do IS TO find
out whether they are there legally.
and act accordingly. They are
either there within the law, or they
are there without the law.
If IL is unlawful to place the posts
there and prevent tourists from
driving down the beach. it seems
the procedure would be a simple
matter. If a chain were stretched
across a Cameron county highway
BIZ some individual. would every one
SIT back and argue over II, while
traffic jams up from both sides?
Seems TO us action is about all that
IS needed on the matter and not SO
much talk.
AREDO is stepping out with the
claim that better grapefruit can
be grown there than in the Rio
G-ande Valley. Many Valleyites
have stepped forward to say that
this cannot be the case. That Is also
a point to be proved and not argued.
The Valley today is known as grow
ing the most tasty citrus on the
market Of the world. III Laredo can
grow a better grapefruit chances
are the world will rise up and call
her blessed.
CTION on the port What is do
~ ing these days toward building
the deep water channel for
which the money has been appro-
T-rinfadT 1~fea~ fc 49,. nssnc@s-r, .-a~~-~
are asking. The Navigation COM
mission is hard az work. and be-
fore this day is over may have a
very optimistic report 10 make.
TITLE as you may think II BY
looking at the price list, the
recent business depression has
greatly effected the restaurant bust
ness.
So bad did it become at times that
Jimmy Lotus. White Kitchen hand
shaker, made two talks before the
Brownsville Rotary club. But the
situation has little changed.
One serious problem nov being
debated by the fraternity Is wheth-
er 70 water the chilli. One faction
holds that watering the chill not
only reduces the amount OF meat
needed but keeps the customers
from o~ver-eating.
The other faction holds that no.
thing Is saved because the customers
take up the watered stock BY crurnb-
ling that many more crackers into
It.
vITITH duck shooting opening in
w the northern o October Is.
and down here November /.
State Game Commissioner w. J.
Tucker predicts the supply will be
smaller this year.
Cause for this is the drought. he
says. and goes on 70 add that judg-
ing from the sun spots two more dry
years may be expected. Mr. Tucker
was beginning 10 Get US down In
spirit until he started talking about
the sun spots being a reason. Now
we know he is Just talking.
But many OF the ducks have been
dying in Crosby county. 5000 sick
birds were removed from that Sec
ton TO get them away from water
which was taking a heavy toll. The
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