Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-14

Dean Inge. {
WITH the election of Brownsville
wv navigation commissioners set for
December 9. 1t has been found
that many in Brownsville have not
a clear conception of the situation
with reference to handling the port
and other navigation projects.
The present commissioners hold
office BY appointment. Following
their appointment state legislation
was enacted requiring that such
officials be ele,ted by popular vote.
The time has now rolled around
10 comply with that new law and
tire election dage set What remains
Is for the dis .rict voters. included
in the advertised formal call, to give
a full vote Of confidence TO those
undertaking this task fol the city.
BROWNSVILLE has been FORUM
II ate in having had the represen-
tation she has had on this COM
mission. II is a big undertaking re-
Curing hours and days of time in
work for the community. There
is no compensation and sometimes
when certain obstacles are confront
ed the commissioners have some
rights TO feel that il is a thankless
task. A big vote will make them
feel better for this work OF helping
better the community. Speed in
the project has been had through
some Of the members being bankers
and in a position TO advance funds
and save time which otherwise would
represent a waste.
vITHEN the actual work on the port
w will start cannot be definitely
pointed out. but Major Milo p.
Fox. government engineer on the
matter. in e recent visit here. re-
marked that the best progress he has
ever seen OIL such a big project is
being made.
For the sake Of time as we'll as
other considerations the same men
who have served in the past should
certainly be reelected.
4 FEW days ago the engineer of
~ this column broke out with a
noise Of disappointed duck hunt
ers because of so much water. That
very night a neighbor sent over four
ducks Just TO show us how wrong
we we're"
All right II that is the way to cor
rect a wrong we hear the turkey
season is going 10 be simply terrible
when II opens Sunday.
AFTER living in the Valley under
" such circumstances Animated
Annie says she believes the boot
Zegger is the n guy who has TO
rsit until his ship comes in.
COME folks may criticize our ethics,
n but II gets such wonderful re-
suits. Ethics at times is flexible
ard rightly should be so.
But not TO the extent of the man
who asked what in the world bust
ress ethics is. He was told that a
definition could not be given for il.
but that L could be explained as fol-
lows:
A man came into a store owned
by two partners and purchased SO
worth o. goods from one OF the
partners. He rendered p ten dollar
biz in payment. On the way to the
cash register the store owner dis
covered that two ten dollar bills
were stuck together.
Now il was explained. the
question Of ethics was should that
owner tell his partner about it?"
LETTER from San Benito today
" signed "A reader asks that at
tention be called TO Valley we'll
wishers not 10 permit The beauty of
the Valley 10 be manned with sign
pests.
A clipping vas enclosed calling at
tention 10 the fact that while Europe
drives the billboards from her hills
ard highways American landscapes
are being made hldeous.
Signs ard billboards constitute one
fern OF advertising American man
utacturers and restaurants. or what
rot. are willing 10 ape each other
in. In some localities it is coming
~ AAA1 R1AAA NA&AC AAAC SItAttAN u
fcrdS the autoists not a view OF the
outdoors, but only an opportunity TO
decide which cigarette ad offers the
orettiest girl, or the most effeminate
Il liking man. There must be ten
thousand Last Chance" filling sta
lions signs. and so on and so forth.
HSs the landscape begins TO pre-
The appearance Of being enclos-
a wall running the length of
the highway. This extreme has not
come 10 the Valley yet. but We want
10 keep it so that u orchards and
gardens will be visible from the
roadside.
At last Valley shippers are about
n To form an organization with
n object in view that OF stab
ilizing the price Of Valley fruits. At
y meeting last night n Harrington
a committee was appointed TO plan
the association.
When the Valley gets organized
like California with the growers
working hand in hand with the
shippers, the fruit quotations list
VIII not so much resemble fire sale
cards. and consumers will. net. be !
nistsking our early grape fruit and