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

BY HALL

morning by the firing at For
Brown. AT that early hour tht
guns sounded loud enough to be
heard quite a distance UP the VAL
ley.
It was the military tribute being
paid to Ex-PreSident Taft, who died
Saturday afternoon.
Everywhere all over the United
States. where militia is gathered
thirteen guns were fired at reveille
and one gun is being fired every
half hour during the day. At re-
treat 48 guns will be fired at ali
army and navy posts. On the day
Of the funeral q one-minute guns
will be fired.
TOR a period of thirty days the
flag will be flown at half mast.
or half staff, as the case may
be, and the officers will wear mourn
ing on their sabres and on their
arms.
This is the last military tribute
TO a mea, who, as president of the
United States. once ranked as COM
mander-in-chief Of both the army
and the navy.
THIS is a. 1t should be. What the
nation spends in paying its las.
tribute to ar ex-preSident when
all the army posts and naval sta
tons are considered must be a huge
sum. It should be done as a last
tribute. The engineer Of this COL
umn had in mind TO estimate 1t for
the taxpaying public. Just as a mat
ter Of curiosity. That is, he had it
in mind until ne called Fort Brown
The other above information was
CONSIDERABLY given when he asked
for the adjutant's office. But when
he asked what II cost 10 fire one
gun, the answer was, Il do not
know, and If I did I would not tell"
We guess 1t Is all right for young
officers. We suppose he must be
young. to get sassy" with the peo-
pie, who pay for his bread and meat.
but it does not sound good. OF
course, chances are, II we had got
hold of the post commander, or
some higher ranking officer, we
would have been told. but we did
not care that much about 1t. We
we're q petty officer in the navy
once, during the late unpleasant
ness in Europe. and we felt awful
" important. too; so We guess the
person speaking at the post will
soon get over II, like lots OF us did
long ago. None of the other Off
GERS need feel bad about it, we I'M
derstand.
yYTE KNOW all OF our readers en-
wv joyed the words Of Mrs. Jessie
- Q. Wheeler, Sunday. SomedAy
we hope to have her with US again,
The difference between writing
something yourself and getting to
read what some n else, like MIS-.
Wheeler writes. is like being picked
I'D for a ride when one is walking.
MONDAY and accident dayl Head
M lines in morning paper report
AVA six killed in a grade crossing
accident. This Is being written at
an early morning hour, and none
had been reported in the valley.
We hope 1t is true that there was
not one over the weekend here,
but we fear General Average" Will
show I'D before the day Is over.
WHILE n congressional commit
wv tee has been chewing the rag
w for weeks over testimony Of one
set that prohibition is a rank tan-
ure. and from others that II Is a
huge success. nothing has been Salc
of anti-freeze solutions and Jake.
Out Of Oklahoma one might be
misled to believe that one shipment
of Jamaica ginger paralysed a good
Nv portion of the city. Then out OF
Johnson, Tennessee, comes the re-
bort that about fifty are paralysed
bv an alcohol brew. and elsewhere
more fatalities are attributed TO an
ti-freeze solutions. AL OF this Is
found in one edition Of this morn
ing. -
Man has ever been a robber. He
robs the nest Of its eggs and con-
tinues to take things via the fatteo
calf to the full grown COW. But
II Is not believed that he can rob
the automobile radiators and drug
stores and entirely get away Win
IT,
THANK goodness something OF a
brighter tone. shows UP IN the
: mail. The WeSlaco Chamber OF
Commerce. where S. NJ. Patterson
labors for a living. Is in receipt OF a
letter high in the praise OF valley
grapefruit. II comes from A. l.
Address, Fort Madison. Iowa. MI
A Address says: i am not sufficient
~ familiar with the grapefruit IN
dustry to know what terms TO use
to describe the quality. but -four
things impressed me the aoSence
of the core in the center; practic-
ally no seeds; delicious flavor: anc
the fact that it was almost 100 PEI
cent squirt proof"
Mr.. Address must have meant
what he said. for he asked hal
several cases be sent to acquaint-
ances Of his. The day Is coming
when Valley grapefruit Will 81
known and sought above all others
It is Just up to US to hasten that
day.
r-Assaulte