Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-22
THE NAN STEM
Intimate Glimpses of the Valleys Alley
BY ]. R.
Along Elizabeth

Along Elizabeth
Bascom Cox and Nike Groom.
the former the assistant county
attorney and the latter manager
Of the local gas company. 80. telling
about being arrested III McAllen for
making too much noise. We were
blowing a siren, because We were
80 happy about the port bill pass
INK We we're proud Of the amount
OF noise We were making, too.
owen Connie. OF the Southwestern
Pipe company. nursing a snappy
moustacre.. riding around the
main stem IN a brown buggy.
Bill Scanlan...a new graduate from
the University OF Texas. Ia law
ye- lust beginning to hit the ball. .
Joe Kowalski the younger the
one they used to call Peanut be-
cause he was so small. nov bet
ter than six feet tall and proud Of
II .... Benito Longoria. Merchants
National hank ... going to work. il.
d.. r. g. Sizelan, popular dentist
walking home after a hard days
tJoth-pulling g.. with an armful of
packages.
Use Your Noodle
Fire Chief T. P. Sarran urges
Brownsville citizens to use their
respective noodles on the Fourth
Of July.
What we want Is a safe. sane
nnTH-wnefnn nnz ~ . Fnn1frh fatal
Fourth" he says.
Many parents believe that the
children are merely INDUCING in a
little innocent but unusual pleasure,
refusing to reckon with the harm
full side Of the situation In spite Of
the many lessons learned through
the sad experiences Of others" he
SAD Saturday
Some Of the f~irecrackers man
ufactured these days are as dan
eerous as a loaded forty-five auto
.irEtic. May as well give the play
FIJI children papa'S pet rifle, loaded
with cartridges. and tell him 10 90
out and celebrate.
u give the youngest kid the
double barreleG shotgun and tell
LIn to raise well-well.
n Russia the children play with
bombs, but bombs are hard 20 pur-
chase In the United States. I'M
fortunately, and the American boys
and girls are Handicapped.
Teamwork
The reaction to the passage OF
the port bill was extremely crafty
lag IN one respect: The Valley,
from stem to stern, turned out TO
celebrate. showing that ever though
the port Will be in one section,
o.Eer portions are happy and there
are no hard feelings. Petty jealousy
would have ruined things. Mission
ard Edinburg, perched on the top
Of the Magi Valley, made just as
much noise a Brownsville and San
Benito. The celebration was gen.
eel. Everybody IA happy Friday
except two Brownsville men who
we've afraid they we're facing a jail
sentence in McAllen for blowing a
siren.
Trying to eliminate noise during
a celebration IS like taking the mint
out OF a mint julep.
Side Chances
a large truck loaded with chick
ems took the corner Of Washington
and Twelfth on two wheels Satur-
day evening and knocked a light
pos for a row Of pink sardines. The
truck was not damaged but the
lamp post was a total loss. We
wager that several Of the chickens
vi lay scrambled eggs.
L is amusing to watch the rival
telegraph boys working for the
rival companies. dashing around
town on their bicycles.
Competition even causes the boys
to sweat.
a practica joker, name omitted
BY request. rang both the Western
Union and the Postal Telegraph
buzzers at the same time. He and
a friend made a bet as to which
messenger boy would arrive first.
The result was a dead tie, and
the boys almost had a fight trying
TO heat each other in the door first.
The treachery OF the Rio