Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-13

Ruth Hanna McCormlck-LA'
1T IS one month before all or
chards in the Valley will be order
ed cleared. but warnings are now
being sent out 70 all growers TO re-
move fruit which has fallen since
the recent freeze.
This rotting fruit furnishes a host
for the Morelos fruit fly. which 1t is
said tie freeze did not kill. Proof
of this is offered in the fact that
the fly was found in Matamoros on
January 20.
M. II. Ford Of Harlingen, inspec-
tor, has made a survey of conditions
and issues the warning. No warn
ings should be needed. 1t is self
protection.
A OS Fresnos has presented q petit
ton to the Cameron county
commissioners asking that a
three-and-one-half mile strip in
that community be widened from
lille 70 SiBlltccu ASSt'
To construct this will cost about
$40, 900, but 1t passes through a fer
tile territory. and while we are put
ting our highways in shape, the Pc
tition Of the good people Of that
community should bring a favorable
hearing.
folks, from time to time. the en-
gineer of this column has been
attempting to give little insights
to newspaper trends and thoughts
these days. For some reason or
other the publication Of a big daily
seems TO carry with 1t a certain
curiosity as to how it is done.
Now, II all oE: cash and carry
customers will kindly draw up a
little closer we viii let them in fur
ther on q few family secrets. In
the first place. an editor is not what
people think he Is. He Is a hard
working sort Of a fellow trying TO
tell all the people what all the
people are doing. Please do not ever
call up q newspaper and ask for
the editor. There Is always a So
ciety editor, a wire editor, a sports
editor, Tin many instances called a
sporting editor, and a man who
reads the copy after which nobody
else reads it, who is also editor. They
all work hard with the probable ex-
ception of the society editor. All
she has to do is Just write what all
the ladies in town are doing. OF
course II she ever hears that we
said she does not work. We just
did not say 1t. and that's all there
is to that. The society editor you
know thinks she Is so socially su-
perior to all the rest Of us. Not
exactly uppity but superior-you
know what we mean. But then
she Is the girl member Of the staff.
nERSONS living in Brownsville
have q general idea that avia-
ton activities have generally
brought great benefits TO the city
and community. but it is entirely
probable that comparatively few
realize how much good comes di-
rectly In hard dollars.
Bringing 1t down to a fine point.
how does this sound: officials Of the
Mexican Aviation company. alone.
who live in Brownsville receive
salaries amounting TO approximate
Nv 100000 per year.
That sounds big. but bigger still
Is the information from reliable
sources that total salaries Of all
aviation employees in this city
amount to about 1000 per day.
That is what big concerns mean
to a city and a community.
nURING the month Of February
we celebrate birthdays Of many
famous men. Those OF Edison
and Lincoln have just passed. Soon
VIC will have that Of George WASH
tngton.
1t is peculiar fact that tracing
down through history many Of the
worlds greatest figures have been
born during the cold months of the
year. with February leading. Can
YOU account for 1t.
ATOw it is said we have fruit boot
leggerS. It is TO be hoped that
this development will not also
be blamed on the eighteenth amend
ment.
The word bootlegging originated
with the suITeptitious sale Of liquor.
chiefly among the Indians. when the
peddler OF the wild fire carried his
offerings hidden in his bootleg. Now
it has come TO mean any method of
doing business not considered most
ethical. For instance, along with
the booze b~ootleggers and the So
called fruit 1eggers We also have
the oil bootleggers. These last men,
toned are men who buy oil at re-
duced prices from producers who
have little or no money or storage
and must convert petroleum into
cash. This Is then sold lower than
some well owners can produce It.
Looks like 1t may not be so very
long before Roma will be becoming
familiar with new oil terms, but il
is to be hoped not in such a con-
nection. There may be more to the
oil situation UP there than most OF
us realize. Recently representatives
of some well known companies have
been writing to the engineer Of this
column to get the monthly rainfall
q the Valley. They may have some
ming big In mind