Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-05-14

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1T Is amazing how nice !
people are to you when they (
know you are going away" 1
Michael Arlen. (
Originality is undetected }
plagiarism" I
Dean William Ralph Inge. {
ENGINEER Lansing Beach, who
II recently appeared before the
senate committee accompanied
by J. B. Chambers of Harrington
OF maybe MI. Chambers was accom-
panied by Mr.. Beach-and advocated
reconsideration Of the Valley deep
water port project, has either chang
ed his mind. or else he talks two
ways.
Files Of The Brownsville Herald
Of 1914 reveal that Mr.. Beach in an
address at Brownsville in that year
advocated just such a port as the
Valley is striving for today, advo-
Gated it TO the extent Of many words
and big headlines in the paper. He
even mentioned a 25-foot channel
such as is being considered today.
and among other things. said that
If he were chief of the army engi-
neers he would do all in his power
to give the Valley such a port.
Photostatic copies of this address
r being made in Brownsville and
will be forwarded to Washington
for whoever may be interested.
THE Lower Rio Grande Valley has
i~naugurated a move for a Better
Business Bureau, which proper
~ functioning can probably carry
more weight than any other single
organization in ironing out business
difficulties and effectively advertis-
ing this section.
Especially is there need of such
an institution of this kind when sew
eral similar organizations, affiliated
with the national organization, have
been distributing allegedly correct
information about the Valley. which
on the face Of II is not true, to those
who know the soil. climate and its
products. Tie movement has been
greatly aided by George NJ. Husser
OF Kansas City.
Not long ago John L. Newman Of
the Wisconsin realty board came TO
the Valley and so changed his views
that he bought land here. He was
discharged for that act. Now firing
has been started against HuSser and
the Kansas City Better Business
Bureau. The last named may have
been a co-incident. but too much
weight should not be given 1t until
the facts are known.
The Valley needs a Better Bust
ness Bureau. and it needs some one
of Mr.. Husser's experience 70 help
organize it.
rREAK stunts seem to be a Valley
obseSsion. Bill Williams, the
Rio Hondo election-bet peanut
pusher, won no little fame some
time ago. Ralph Sanders Of San
Benito Is now on his way to New
York astride a bull, and now Ben
ton Stack Of Harlingen says he Is
going to drive a donkey and a goat
10 Gotham.
Why doesn't someone grab m Of
the deep sea turtles. one of which
was recently captured as II came
out to deposit its eggs on the bank,
and drive that TO New York?
If it is attention they want to
attract that would probably attract
II aplenty.
THE Harris immigration bill pass
ed the senate yesterday, and
Representative Box OF Texas in
troduced a measure in the house to
amend the immigration act to make
IL CONFORM in quota to that Of the
Harris bill.
The Harris measure would restrict
Mexican immigration to not more
than 1900. estimated. annually. Con-
sular figures show that Mexican i'm
migration during the past year
reached 1929.
The Valley does not favor so dras-
tic a measure. Recent articles car
ried BY the Saturday Evening Post
probably had much TO do with speed
ing up the Harris measure. The
articles referred to were so biased
that it incensed many in the Valley.
but the publication would permit
no reply.
Nov. owen p. White has promised
to write an article for Golfers.
which will take the matter up more
as Valley people see 1t.
THE first watermelons OF the sea-
son have been reported at Mata-
moroS.
Animated Annie says that when
the moon is on the melon too many
lose sight Of the fact that the way
Of the tr~ansgressor is hard.
THIS year. with the spring potato
shipping about over. government
reports show that 1913 cars have
been shipped. These cars have av-
eraged about $500 per car. That
makes S2,335.2 200 for about four
months time from planting to har-
vesting. Maybe everything good
that Is said Of the Valley Is not
untrue, after al.