Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-09-15
in OUR
VALLEY
BY G. NJ. HALL

HEARING tnat the city ndd Id4oeN
the water rates to users living
outside the city. the engineer OF
this column has been waiting for
the big noise Of protest to open.
Today's mail begins bringing them
in. At it's meeting last Friday the
city commission liked the rates or
water to those not in the city lin
its to about three times the former
cost.
West Brownsville is taking this
action as direct retaliation against
that section of the city for voting
against coming into the city Limits
some few months ago.
Now several residents Of that sec
ton have written in to say that the
city fathers are cutting off their
noses to spite their faces.
II is set forth that those directly
affected by the change will have
to keep on drinking water, despite
the hike. but that the move will d.
rectly affect the watering OF lawns.
Less water will be used, ID is pointed
out, and consequently city beauti-
fication will suffer.
The city fathers hold that If those
living outside the city will not come
in and share taxation, they must
pay the fiddler for city BENEFITS
some other way. and those in West
Brownsville hold that 1t is not fair.
% there you have It.
CHAMBER Of commerce circles
and those interested in the vel
~ fare or Brownsville will hold a
meeting this afternoon at 4 o'clock
az the chamber of commerce TO plan
a campaign of education on what
Brownsville and the Valley have TO
offer.
Have to offer Is with reference
To the prospective home seeker and
business man. 1t is held that
Brownsville people themselves know
too little of the many advantages.
beth from a business standpoint
and concerning pleasure advantages
to be found.
II is TO the direct benefit Of every
citizen to sell his city and COM
munity to those coming into It, and
Brownsville and the vallN offer
many decided advantages over other
communities. Just because your
liver happens not TO be working
right some day, is no reason a Wis
itor should be told there is nothing
here"
MINATED Annie says that those
IN Who tell visitors there is Moth
IA ing here" should tap their heads
and clear up the situation.
THE Boca Chica road has been
completed, but todate has been
= opened only TO the last fill. 1t
is expected that the entire route
will be opened within a few days.
One OF the happiest men IN this
connection IS Fred Latham. Years
ago Latham advanced the idea and
started the ball to rolling. With
$3.50 he grubbed the first right OF
way. so enthused did / become
o,er II. people said I was crazy. II
fact I lost my job over t." he said
today. But she is now there Tor
all to see"
Records of The Brownsville Her
aid show and account Of the throw
inn Of the first dirt on April 80, 1923.
MHere Is an example Of far sight
eEhess being so far sighted that II
seemed foolish at the time. The
result today is that the only mis-
take made on the Boca Chica road
Is that they did not build II wide
enough.
yYTE cannot have everything. but
wv we can have SO many things
" that at first seem impossible TO
get.
MINATED Annie says ii is a good
~ thing TO keep a check on your
self. Then so many Of them
will not come back.
FyEEL q spasm coming on today,
and If 1t We Just must have a
N spasm let's make It an attempt
at poetry. II may not be poetry.
we do not know. but maybe you will
get what We mean.
No one has ever seen the wind
Acoming ahowling around the
bend
But It plants the seeds and builds
The waves, before eyes that are
blind.
There is not a living clod
Who has eyer seen God
But he is always there TO find.
some clauses stolen.