Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-29
IN OUR

BY THE FIREMAN uzu
TIERS Of Brownsville are swarm

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v1OTERS Of Brownsville are swarm
ing to the polls today ready,
willing and anxious TO show the
world how proud this city and its
neighbors in the navigation dis
trict are of the deep-water port
which has been promised them.
Even as early as this column has
to be written, reports showed con
clusively that the bonds would car
~ by a huge majority.
Merchants closed up shops for
two hours to let their employees vote.
nTHER business houses also we're
locked tight for an hour or two.
Professional men left their Of
fees. Men and women in all walks
of life joined in the big parade to
the polls.
1t is a fine spirit the people Of
Brownsville are showing and have
been showing ver since the need
for the bond issue became known.
II Is the kind Of spirit that brings
growth and growth brings wealth.
THE members Of special commit
tees appointed to get out the
vote were hard at work in the
morning and still very much on the
job In the early afternoon.
Volunteer workers have their
headquarters at the chamber of
commerce and are ready to take
ANYBODY to the polls who wants a
free ride.
livery one who owns the hat on
4, his head Is eligible to vote If
he has paid his poll tax. been a
good boy and lived here long enough.
The bill, now before Congress,
which will be passed probably next
week, provides that the federal gov
eminent supervise and contribute
to all construction, and that it pay
all costs Of maintenance. What
could be fairer than that.
TyEW persons realize the import
ance 20 the Vale. OF the action
OF Commissioner of Agriculture
George B. Terrell in making per-
manent the embargo against citrus
stock from Florida where the Med
iterranean fruit fly plies his trade.
It means that Valley citrus viii be
kept free forever from pests from
the outside.
ONLY some unforeseen event can
prevent the embargo from stick
" ing. Commissioner TerrellS ac-
lions all have been in the interest
of the Valley and the Valley is TAX
ing the right course in rallying to
his defense in charges of contempt
of court.
nAINY weather not only has in
N jured tomatoes but 1t has play
~ ed havoc with the dispositions
and pocketbooks Of the packers who
follow the seasons around the
country. II was natural, therefore,
that the visitors should let out a
mighty howl when they saw the
story in The Herald quoting Col.
Sam Robertson as saying Valley
residents should train themselves TO
do all work connected with harvest
ing the tomato and other crops.
But this doesn't worry Col. Sam.
He contends hard work never hurt
anybody. that the Valley needs more
of il.
BROWNSVILLE needs a baseball
M park with a fence around 1t. SO
do some OF the other towns IN
the Valley. Nobody is going TO pay
to see a baseball game, at least not
many are. when he al park his
car and look on for nothing. More
money is needed TO develop baseball
in the Valley. High board fences
would help a lot.
ONLY a goat is supposed TO chew
paper but Brownsville has a
horse addicted TO the habit. He
had lots of grass TO nibble on but
each afternoon he devoured The
Herald for dessert.
His Owner. Juan Pireda, tired Of
il and now has his paper delivered
to his shop downtown. Dobbin turns
I'D a naughty nose at old papers
served TO him. He must be part
news hound, too.
ATOW and then Old Man Progress,
nv with young ideas. picks on the
Oldest sort Of fields 10 conquer
or wake Up. AT the present moment
ne Is working o. Valley graveyards.
He wants 70 change everything
about them, including the names.
He would have no more cemeteries.
They al would be memorial parks"
nOLEFUL and discordant music
would be done away with. Soft
and stirring dirges would be
broadcast during services in beauti-
full chapelS. There would be no
tombStones. only bronze tablets to
mark the graves. 1t may be a good
idea Soon we shall see. for it will
be tried out at Harlingen .
rOMEDAY. if the idea goes over,
n Brownsville may have such a
- burying ground. Unfortunately,
a bigger and better city eventually
will give rise TO the need for a big
ger and better place il bury its dead.
The Grin Reaper always gets his
percentage and plays no favorites.
BY the way, before this column
expires, take a look at what the
initial letters spell and do just that.
If you live in Brownsville and have
MT already done it.