Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-03

WELL, folks.-we have with us to-
WV day o. X. again-or still-or
rather we have another explain
alton Of the derivation of these let
tiers meaning all right.
Looks as If we will get many ex-
plantations of the derivation, II We
Just stay in there and pitch.
Here is the latest for Judge Gill
and others who wish to know al
about IL.
Funk g. Wagnall's dictionary says
that il Is q contraction Of or. which
originally meant order received
nut folks. that is not all. Here
N comes another. If We all keep
digging maybe we will solve this
veIghtv problem. This i a hot one.
Harry L. Stebbins OF Weslaco says
II Is an old Spanish custom.
He takes issue with Judge Gin as
follows.
after considerable research In the
matter + have found that the term
o. x. comes-like many other good
things OF life-fcr an "old Spanish
custom" In the real for sure early
GAYS of the Rio Grande Valley, be-
fore Lon Hill or Bill West even, say
about iT49. II was customary for
the hardy S%paniards to explore this
Valley. They we're. of course, inn
pressed favorably and filled with
much enthusiasm. On their return
to Sunny Spain they told the folks
at the next bull-fight All about this
wonderful country. Their f~avorite
descriptive term was
'OSO KILO'
which literally interpreted into
modern English means It's a bear
enc a big one. The returned wan
darers home-folks were 80 imp fess-
ed with the sincerity and we'll
founded enthusiasm of these early
land men that the tsrm 'OSO KILO'
came to be synonymous with any
thing which had real merit and was
considered the correct and proper
thing. In the course OF years the
term was finally cut to o X.
II trust that you will set Brother
Gill right in the above matter
ATOW II anyone can find oso kilo
IN in the Spanish dictionary. the
;. engineer az this column will
again be enlightened.
TO-DAY Is q biz football day In
the Valley and about all that
could be heard on the streets of
Brownsville this morning was spec
ulation OF the showing the Browns
vile Eagles would make in their
first district game.
who wants TO write 2 column with
q football game waiting for them
krEXT to having 70 work before
IN going to a football game. we
hate TO read a magazine without
an index Of the stories carried. Or
n magazine that makes the index
rs hard to find as the stories 1t
carries.
In some Of the big publications.
one starts a serial story and when
an issue arrives he Is forced to read
all the automobile advertisements
before he can find its continuation.
And what Is more disconcerting
than 10 have TO look at a picture of
a beautiful car. when your own sand
yacht is hitting on about one and
one-half cylinders-and payments
still due?
HERBERT Hoover speaking TO
III bankers gathered at Cleveland
last night sounded a most cp-
timistic note and hit back at critics
Of the present administration.
He declared that the present bust
ness depression. which has been
world wide. is now passing. and
credited the spirit OF the American
people and the genius OF American
business for its passage with little
damage.
One point which received great
applause was when he said that II
has been declared that the high
standard of American living was
mostly responsible for the crash.
The president denied this and add
cd that the goal Of America Is for
ven higher standards Of living.
MINATED Annie says she cannot
~ see what all the argument is
about, anyway. Saws all her
business depressions are caused from
lack of money. and nothing else.
Canton Driver Is