Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-08
IN OUR
VALLEY
, BY CHARLES HALL

NS pen IN hand was bnAS
n morning, a norther was report
ed as having already reached
San Antonio and moving southwark
toward Corpus Christi. A still fur
ther slump in mercury standings was
expected, but not enough 10 do
much damage to growing things.
With the northern part OF the
country in the grip Of a cold wave
all yesterday. the Valley basked IN
sunshine with the lowest tempera-
ture last night at SO.
This Is not written just TO talk
about the weather or because there
is nothing else to talk about, but be-
cause the weather IS so wonderful
down here we want the whole world
to know about II.
In a spot where roasting ears, and
new potatoes, and strawberries, and
a list Of vegetables. too long 10 men,
ton, can be eaten right out Of the
garden at New Years and Christ
mas the Canaanites just got mixed
up on which was the land flowing
with milk and honey.
IN fact the people in the Valley
seem so pleased with their lot
in life that they are even salts
f&Ed with their own wives.
Now, compared to some places,
that Is not so out Of place as 1t may
seem at first glance. Take Holly
wood. for instance, where the lar
gest salaries in the world are made.
Fellow living out there. when he
wakes up in the morning, they say,
has to stop and think which wife he
Is living with.
But records coming In from the
various counties and towns up ana
down the Valley. show that the peo-
pie here are using good judgement
in picking their partners, and really
mean to make a life deal Of II.
Cameron county shows a prepon-
derance Of first selections being the
best. Even Hidalgo county. troubled
with SO many disagreements. finds
nothing wrong in its nuptial ar
rangements. Figures there show THAI
only SO were divorced while l.l52
stayed hitched. That is a vote OF IL
to / in favor Of abiding by the vows
the contracting parties solemnly
took.
Up Dallas way this year, things
are more peaceful. too. Not half so
many wives killed their husbands
last year. Personally, we prefer d.
vorce 10 numbering a husband. but
both are big blots on the escutcheon
of America.
OUNDRY folks have been writing
to the papers about the gram
mar OF Nicholas Murray Butler,
president Of Columbia University.
He is charged with the heiaouS
crime-for a college professor-oi
raking the statement, while broad
casting over the radio. that: "Neut-
rality don't involve breaking your
obligation"
Whenever ar editor makes a
grammatical error he always sinks
10 and skulks behind the apron OF
the printer. Typographical err
ror' has covered a multitude OF
writer's grammatical sins. But people
ought 70 be also considerable OF the
speaker before that little micro
phone disk. which hides a million
ears. 1t certainly gives an entirely
new form Of stage fright. Ask us.
we know. Even President Hoover,
you will notice. when speaking be-
fore 1t. as he is often shown on the
screen, Is always following his notes.
1t looks like the more brains you
have the more that little disk ter
rifles you.
i.aESS dispatches from Madrid
show that BARRIERS in Seville and
Y elsewhere in Spain are suffering
terribly over a slump in business. IL
seems that too many people are
wearing their whiskers long, or
are cutting them themselves.
This must be a deplorable condi-
ton. First thing you know We will
have a new organization formed IN
America and people calling on rs
'out Of headquarters office" asking
for donations for the Spanish re-
lief from long boards. II also might
be said to give a new form Of the
BARRIERS itch.
ArOW that we have had our little
N spell Of attempted punning,
which at best Is cheap stuff, We
have got to get down to more SER
lous business.
The Valley accident list, as car
ried In yesterdays Brownsville Her
aid. resembled a casualty report dur
ing the a
"A continuance OF such a list over
the nation will. in time. make the
war only a picnic outing in the
manned. the crippled and the dead.
Many have been heard TO suggest
that something more should Be done
in a legislative way. State laws fully
cover automobile accidents, practi-
cally II not theoretically. Legislators
can legislate until they are blue IN
the face. and only scratch the sur
face OF the automobile accident pro-
blem.
The remedy seems to be purely e
matter OF education Of the drivers.
III we can get IL firmly implanted in