Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-07
IN OUR
VALLEY
By CHARLES HALL.

visited an editor to get a general
impression. He is from New York.
What he wanted was something
On how things are done down here.
He wanted this IN facts and figures,
rs we gathered.
It Just occurred to us that maybe
more people. with about $4,000 to
invest, want information on how to
SOW and plant. and how and when
TO pillow and irrigate and so forth
and so on. This man seemed inter
ested in dahlias and W want 10
recommend to him George "Dahlia"
White.
But maybe there are more people
who want more facts about the
Valley. How about having persons
who have nested good sums off so
many acres. write out and send 70
us their procedure, digeSted so that
those, who lev heard of what
they are doing. can understand.
Make them Of a reasonable length
and The Brownsville Herald will
print them. They will do every one
Some good.
We will 60 further than that. The
Herald will offer a prize of $40 for
the best submitted and accepted
between now and May !.
Get busy and send them in.
TOR instance, We would Ike to
have an article from Mr.. White
on how he raises dahlias, with
figures showing the investment re-
quired, gross income. overhead cost,
net gains, and articles from others
on other subjects they have first
hand knowledge of.
But listen folks. we see a flood
of mail coming. We will not be able
to correspond with people about de-
tails of the contest. Articles not
used will be returned, If accompan-
iedeby a self addressed envelope.
The staff Of The Herald will be
the sole Judge, and If there Is a tie
of the winners double will be paid.
Sounds like a good thing for the
Valley to Us.
SSOCIATED Press wires today
In say that Red" Hill. who has
A pulled out OF the Niagara river
bodies Of more than a hundred sui
cides, and stunt performers. pro-
poses to 20 over Niagara Falls in
a steel barrel on Decoration Day.
The barrel will be ia by 4 feet.
Familiarity still breeds contempt.
nARENT-Teachers Of the Valley
met at Harlingen yesterday to
discuss the relation OF the home
TO the school in the training Of the
present day.
Reports Of the meeting today
show they decided that the schools
should teach the kiddies readin'
and writin' and 'rithmetic, but that
1t remains for the parents to instill
in them their attitude toward life.
It is a doctrine as old as the hills,
but which this nation probably
needs more today than ever before
in its history. America has been
made great at home firesides. One
reason We have so many just dry
behind the ears going TO prison, Is
that so many other attractions have
drawn them from the fireside cir
Gle.
II has even been said that in
some Of the weather. homes in
America some mothers would have
to be introduced TO their babies If
they met them some where else.
The engineer Of this column does
not believe that, but the fear OF
God from respect to parents
and their teachings. Everything
else is founded on that.
CALVIN Coolidge. who has been
y, circling around through the
South for the past fortnight.
ate breakfast with sixty guests at
the Gunter hotel. San Antonio. and
from accounts about the only noise
heard was the slipping Of coffee and
the munching Of toast. The Cool
idges then silently shook hands with
the guests as they filed out the
door. and then went down TO the
Alamo.
There Mr.. Coolidge asked Cover
nor Moody. why the present day
shrine was built. Many Texans
now probably think he finally talk
cd too much.
nR. FREDERICK Cook will leave
Lcavenworth prison with his
chin up, says headlines of yes
terday.
rN. xrar tho rta,,,sra 80 +ha ran
who endured the frozen north to
later dispute with Peary the honor
of discovery of the north pole. which
probably carried Cook through a
prison term Of several years with
out changing his outlook on life.
1t was he. who with Ronald AM
undsen explored many frozen reg
ions, until he became entangled
with the Texas law on promoting
oil companies.
Now guess what Doctor Cook has
been doing mostly while In prison.
Mr.. AmundSen shortly before his
death told us in an interview that
he visited DR.. Cook in prison and
found him knitting and embroider-
ing. Yes, sir. making pretty things
for the ladies.
He said DR.. Cook laughed and
vowed he was becoming a wizard
with the needle. One never knows
what he can do until he tries.
When the wind is in the east
IT'S neither good for man nor
beast
when the wind is in the west
IT'S at its very best