Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-17

ANNOUNCEMENT is made today
III that the Baker hotel interest
contemplate a 100000 hotel at
Po1..v Isabel.
The more the merrier. That
makes four hotels. which have been
announced - or paper for the
Brownsville and Valley water front.
and a certain proportion Of them
will soon materialiZe. The four
which have been announced as pro-
posed are one al BOca Chica. two
ut Point Isabel. and one at Padre
Island.
That is unless reporters have be-
come confused In the a OF paper
projects and have inadvertently re-
peated.
These days and times men are
even taking plans for Valley pro-
iects to their meals Nth them. They
will announce them on the slightest
p~rovocation. II reminds Of pr0mot-
ers chasing about with maps in
their pockets in a new oil field.
= But If Baker interest decide to
erect a hotel in Port Isabel. there
viii be nothing to IL but q new hotel.
and congratulations to Port Isabel.
There is none who would like to
see them all develop more than the
engineer of this column but he can
not help but feel that a number OF
them have been pulled green" And
yet 1t is chiefly upon outside capital
that we must depend for much OF
our development. So re perforce
must cry - on with the dance, and
here Is hoping everybody wins.
yTTHILE all Of this is going on. peo-
WI pie by the thousands Will be
" flooding into the Valley. We
must get ready to receive them. One
way 70 receive them Is to be able to
tel. them about Brownsville. This
should be the duty Of all.
To this end the publicity commit
tee OF the Brownsville Chamber OF
Commerce is preparing a campaign
on Brownsville and its immediate
territory. which. when presented,
will probably tell you much that
YOU Go not know. but should know
anW~should pass on TO visitors.
Fhe idea arose when several visi-
tors reported that Brown-ville citi-
zens as a whole could not tell them
about points Of interest hereabouts.
wHE Importance Of such a step Is
evident without further dis
cussion. But chances are that
yol Mr.. Reader do not know how
little you know your city. when 1t
comes TO accurate information.
There were seven present at the
meeting at the chamber of COM
merce yesterday discussing this mat
ter. A point was made that probab-
Nv all of the seven present. who
should know. could not even give
the population Of Brownsville III
correct figures.
A halt was called to proceedings
ard all eve wrote down what they
thought was the number counted in
the last census. Exactly three out Of
the seven wrote down the correct
22.O50. That Is the first thing all
coming will want to know. When
YOU sell your city you are lettering
yourself whether you are q proper
" owner or q salary Garner.
THIRST impressions OF 2 city or
town are the most lasting. and
Brownsville wants 10 get her
best foot foremost in a hurry.
MINATED Annie came back to-
III DAY. ST said she has observed
= that too many folks Judge q
girls character BY her dress. when
so many girls really have more than
that.
CRASH. crash. crash, 60 the auto
mobiles. after a brief silence.
which was beginning to raise
hopes. that maybe the spectre OF
jangling glass and swapping bones
was beginning to pass from the
Valley.
Crash, crash. crashiR Mercedes.
RArmondville and san Benitol
cash. jangle and mangle. And
there is the sound Of moaning ana
groaning in the Valley today, with
one death which should hush us IN
awe.
But II seems that 50 many Of us
try 10 get to the same place too
quickly. No two automobiles can
occupy the same space at the same
time without serious trouble. Nor
u we see two lights should We at
sempt to drive between them. We
speak in all seriousness in the hopes
OF saving other lives.
-
rARLY citrus fruit Is just begin
ming 10 turn and sool the fall
harvart will he ours 10 reap.
The crop. they say. is not 50 lfrge as
usual this year. but how good the
first fruit OF the year tasted yester-
day when teeth we're applied.
II signs mean anything. We see a
great business winter ahead for
all OF us. All We gotta do is take
advantage OF the offering.