Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-12
in OUR
VALLEY
By c. VI. HALL

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n ETTERS sent out by the Texas
Citrus Fruit Growers Exchange
call attention to Valley growers
that within three weeks the 1880
fruit crop will begin moving out Of
the Valley.
It Is said the crop will be short
this year but no comparative esti-
mate was made.
While the letter is from one OF
several concerns in the Valley 1t
sets forth that the fruit should be
handled with care, and that the
boxes are properly filled.
This concerns the entire Valley,
and great advertising for this entire
section can be obtained II every piece
Is stamped with a Valley slogan as
California now does.
UALLEY officers today are setting
out at new angles TO ~apprehend
those supposed to be connected
with a plot to kidnap two Of wealth.
lest border business men.
Sheriff Brown of Brownsville
las: night said premature publicity
had probably crippled his efforts to
capture the alleged kidnapers. Il
do not know that we would have
captured them yesterday but W
would certainly have had a better
chance" he said. But the sheriff
added that he still has an ace or
SO Up his sleeve.
MEoday there is a rumor about the
Neets Of Brownsville that this per-
SIN or that person would be repri-
manded, or that discharge might
result because Of leaks which made
the details Of the attempted arrest
public property. No one person gave
The Brownsville Herald all the facts
as published. The facts early be-
came public property on the streets
yesterday, with various groups dis
cussing II. The first telephone call
was received in the case as early
as Wednesday.
IIYHICH again reminds the engi-
wv neer of this column that gang
~ sters will not find the Valley
nor its citizens healthy pickings.
There are still quite a number left
here who shoot and ask questions
afterwards. and nc such hiding holes
OF police protection r furnished
as In some large cities.
81 VISITOR to Brownsville today
~ was praising the city police
force. Said he ran a red light
and the cop whistled him down.
When 1t was explained that the Of
fender was a visitor. the rules were
explained to him and the policeman
offered every service possible. A
little Of that goes a long way with
visitors.
nOT a letter from San Benito TAX
ing issue with us on a recent
efitor.Al which appeared In this
column advocating that parents
watch TO see that their child
rem do home study while in school.
AS an editor We long ago became
accustomed to being taken to task.
but this letter said evidently we did
not know anything about children.
While this letter Is unsigned IL Is
evidently from a woman, and we
are going TO diverge a bit from our
custom Of not noticing anonymous
letters. Another thing we wish to
say is that If it Is from a woman
are licked to go with, so we can
say anything.
Blft We do want to say, that while
Frie,kd Wife may not admit a great
hand in the deal. we have have had
some part in the partial rearing Of
two children up to the ages of IS
and 10, and that we are strong for
home study.
We gather from what the San
Benito woman has 10 say, in about
five pages. is that she does most of
the home work for her boy. If SO
no wonder she is "agin" IL, and also
il true she is missing great pur-
pose Of home study in having the
children solve their own problems.
and consequently Is doing her boy
little good. He is riding her like a
language student rides a translator.
Two public school teachers and a
business college educator called
us UP TO congratulate the engi-
neer of this column on that same
We Just mention this to
show that because we print crit
ici5ms is no signal that that is all
We get. We think the criticisms
should be printed because the writ
.rS have no source otherwise to get
back at ~. One Joke Of the whole
is that most Of ii was con-
tributed. But we subscribe 70 all Of
it.
yFyHICH reminds us that Animated
wv Annie got smart the other night
while driving. and told us if
automobile manufacturers had in
back seat driving they would
have put steering wheels back there.
will turn back to Ark
ansas once IN a while. Remem-
Der the old fellow that looked
ut the telephone and said there was
no SIGH animal. He was told that
he could prove IL by talking to his
wife who was calling at a neigh
boris. The razorbsck picked up the
receiver and about that time light
ming struck the wires.
Yes, that's her" he said. hang
ing up the receiver.
FOUND ON THE WIRES
WATERLOO. Ia.-ComeS the rev.
WV citation that the first lady was
- first lady years ago in a roller
contest. Somebody has
found in the Waterloo Courier Of
May 2S. 1884. an item relating that