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

IN OUR
VALLEY

ALAG j.
- BY THE FIREsLAN @
vToTERs Of Hrovusvfls are swarm
ing 70 ths pora TODAY ready.
willing and anxious 70 show the
world how proud ut city and its
neiGhh<rs IN the navigation dis
tr1ct are of ths deep-water port
which hAa been promised them.
Even C early M this column has
TO BE- written. REPORTS showed con-
cluStvsly thas sas bonds would car-
~ By . huge majority.
Merchants closed up shops for
two hours 70 let their employees vote.
nTHER business houses also were
locked tight for an hour or two.
Professional men left their Of
Vices Men and women in all walks
Of LIE joined In the big parade to
the polls.
II Is . fine spirit the people Of
Brownsville are showing and have
been showing ever since the need
for the bond issue became known.
IL Is the kind Of spirit that brings
growth and growth brings wealth.
sTHE 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
II. his head Is eligible TO vote If
ne 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.
TsEW persons realize the import
ance % the Vale. of the action
Of Commissioner Of Agriculture
George 3. 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 TerreuS &C
tons 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
IL iured tomatoes but 1t has play
~ ed havoc with the dispositions
and pocketbooks OF the packers who
follow the seasons around the
country. It 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 70
do all work connected with harvest
ing the tomato and other crops.
Rut this doesn't worry Col. Sam.
He contends hard work neve hurt
ANYBODY, that the Valley needs more
il.
BROWNSVILLE needs a baseball
n park with a fence around 1t. SO
~ do some of the other towns in
the Valley. Nobody is going to pay
70 see a baseball game, at least not
many are, when he can 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
10 his shop downtown. Dobbin turns
IT. a naughty nose at old papers
served to him. He must be part
srews hound, too.
nrOW and then Old Man Progress.
IL with young ideas. picks on the
~ Oldest sort of fields to conquer
mr. wake up. At the present moment
ne Is working on Valley g~raveyards.
he wants 70 change everything
about them. including the names.
re would have no more cemeteries.
they all would be memorial parks"
nOLEFUL and discordant music
would be done away with. Soft
and stirring dirges would be
broadcast during services in beauti-
fil chapels. There would be no
tombstones, only bronze tablets to
mark the graves. 1t may be a good
idea. soon we shall see. for ii will
~ tried out at Harlingen .
rOMEDAY. If the idea goes over.
brownsville may have such a
~ burying ground. Unfortunately.
. bigger and better city eventually
sr,Il give rise to the need for a big
Ger and better place it bury its dead.
n Grial Reaper always gets his
~rercentage and plays no favorites.
Bv the way. before this column
exnires. take q look at what the
fafferx erafI arT 10 inst that