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

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a Y. BAKER. who has gained
n statewide publicity as the mill
ionaire sheriff Of Hidalgo coun-
ty. has announced he will not be a
candidate for reelection.
In the announcement it was said
that the Hidalgo county leader Is
still considering making the race
for governor OF Texas.
When Mr.. Baker quits the office
Of sheriff. which he has held for
many years. 1t will mark the passing
from county public life Of a figure
which has long been outstanding.
He has made many enemies. but az
the same time he has been a COM
munity builder. In the heat OF the
various controversies of Hidalgo
county politics OF the past year, DR.
SO, his name has been prominently
mentioned. But whatever may be
ones feelings in the matter. the
name OF A. Y. Baker Will 60 down
In state history Of Hidalgo county
as one OF its pioneer builders.
Judging from remarks. this wrl-
ter has gathered during his short
stay IN the Valley. there never was
a man who. as a county figure. has
made enemies more bitter. o. FRI
ends more staunch.
His passing will mark an epoch
IN the history OF Hidalgo county.
sTODAY Is the day We have the
first opportunity Of testing out
our New Years resolutions. Here
rs hoping that all that have been
made hold water.
And so The Brownsville Herald,
today wishes all a happy and a pros
porous new year. and for the VAL
ley itself n Of prosperity little
dreamed Of at the beginning, but
eternally hoped for during every
hour OF every day during the cycle
we now enter.
MATHEMATICALLY time Is num-
l bered In days and years and
centuries. but In the life Of a
man time Is measured mostly by his
state of mind and the life he lives.
Gray hairs appear at twenty-one or
90, according to the individual.
And even after gray hair appears
the age of the person whom they
adorn still muchly depends upon his
outlook on life. This goes both for
the mental and the physical. Zbys-
cko. the wrestler Of u " age,
was q mighty man at so. Edison
possesses a mighty brain az 81.
So. II one is prone TO feel that the
passing into 1880 marks a hurrying
toward old age. we can bolster our
selves with the thought that old age
In found in us. and not In the num-
Der Of years.
0UT OF Laredo today comes re-
ports. which tend TO show that
the business men OF that city
may be In error in presuming that
the customs houses will be closed.
Rafael de Ia Colina. former con
sui OF the Laredo port Is quoted as
saying that the report that the Gus
toms service would be closed is err
roneous.
The new year opens there with
two petitions being circulated in the
city. One asking for the resignation,
or ousting, OF Judge Walls. and the
other asking that he be retained.
AS district attorney. Judge Walls
sits in an appointive office. When
the new district court was formed
at Laredo. Judge Walls was appointed
TO the bench by Moody. and Robert
Lee Bobbitt as district attorney. Up
on the resignation OF Claude Pollard
rs attorney general, Mr. Bobbitt was
named 70 that office. Walls, by his
own consent, was then heralded for
district attorney. and upon his ap-
pointment. stepped down from the
bench 70 the district attorneyShip.
and Judge Wright vas appointed 70
.fhe bench.
It is TO be hoped that the peculiar
lKituation. in which Laredo now finds
herself does not slit the town in a
wound which will not soon heal.
7THIS afternoon at 3 o'clock the
first gridiron Battle OF Grape
fruit will be opened.
With a bright day at hard. thous-
ands are expected TO throng the
stands before tie kickoff TO witness
the Cisco Loboes and the picked
Valley team clash.
Cisco some years ago was a mighty
mower in Vest Texas football. OF
isee years she has not held such a
uromirence. But let % out there
underate the visitors. The Valley
fans viii need 10 be there to root
for the home aggregation.
NROvE up the Valley yesterday and
talked to people in many Of the
towns along that eighty mile
stretch. There was n welcome note
which met listening ears. There is
optimism and not pessimiSm In the
minds Of those talked 70.
Such being the case. we are al
ready off to a good start In 1880.
A visitor from Little Rock. Arkansas
u walked into the office this morn
ing. He wanted 10 tell what a
great country he has found down