Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-30
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ANOTHER Sunday!
~ Bright and sunshiny-we do
not know because this is written
Gurday night. But we hope so.
IND in either cas- wish you Good
morning"
Wish a CHEEKY good morning to
the Brownsville and Valley resi-
dents. and a hearty welcome 10 the
visitors in the Valley today.
FIGURES OF the Brownsville
Chamber of Commerce gathered
from the little booklet where
the tourists. Of more than a flying
visit. register show that some $40
have registered recently.
When the number who have not
signed the book Is considered, it IS
said a total of about 1920 can be
feckoned. Being real business like
and telling the Brownsville mer-
chants what Is going on, the cham
Der report added that each one OF
these expends about 500 each on
hts trip. That makes about $780,
GOO for the divvy in Brownsville
business. Who said hard times?
nut all Of us should let the winter
n visitors know that we appreciate
their presence as well as the
dollars they bring. Many of them
secluded away in their various
apartments. or houses, are no little
pumpkins where they come from.
What we would most like to do Is
record their names as newcomers
to the Valley to live. But If they
want To be considered newcomers
TO the Valley they Will have to hurry
We warn these visitors that the
Valley melting pot works fast. One
year and you are a full fledged
citizen. Not only with voting pow
ers. but endowed with the right to
scrap with the oldtimers. Two years
makes you an ole timer and five
: years a pioneer.
TOR instance Martin Andersen, ed
itor Of the Valley Morning Star
will soon have been here a year.
but already he has got the worst OF
several scraps with the engineer OF
this column, who came here three
months ahead of him. But we
grant him the right to scrap.
His latest move is 70 try TO in
veigle lis into a pageant of pulchri-
tude composed Of Valley editors
marching into the water at Boca
Chica Christmas morning just about
the time other sensible folks are
through singing their carols.
We fully realize that cleanliness
is next to goodness. and we love TO
advertise the Valley beaches, but
agreeing TO take a dip Christmas
raCrning--
The trouble is YOU do not take a
dip in it, you have to wade out be-
fore submerging.
HARVEY G. stiles Of Brownsville
writes III to say that the Gala
mondins. beautiful citrus trees
common in the Valley, are not hosts
for Mexican worn or fruit fly and
no. included in the restrictions gov
e.ning other fruits.
He deplores the fact that through
lack of information many Of these
Elces have been destroyed needless
ly and claims the public should have
heen fully informed Of this freedom
from pests.
He furthermore calls attention TO
avenue Of Calamondins three quar-
terS Of a mile long on the Brulay
plantation six miles southwest.
7EORROW all of us enter the
month which leads TO Christ
..as; For some time all OF you
ave been knowing that you have
rad 70 get down town and begin 10
to start buying those
Things that you want TO buy, and
vet have waited so long before whip
ping yourselves into getting at It.
Something like three weeks re-
main for contemplative shopping
gro then the mao rush.
Tine for window shopping is really
past. That Is for window shopping
except with the idea OF buying i'm
mediately when the shopper has
found what he or she is looking for.
People are warned almost daily
Though various sources that so
many days remain until Christmas,
but IL Is like a warning of death.
Trey cannot conceive OF the really
few DAYS remaining until the event
Is upon them.
One popularity about the whole
thing IS that 50 many Of US who
sound the warnings form at the tail
end Of the buying line.
But that Christmas shopping
really should be done now-to be
done right.
MATCHING the proceedings at the
wv banquet rendered the visiting
newSpapermen who have been
In the game twenty years, we have
come to the conclusion that the older
you get the less you like l~ong-wind-
ed speeches.
In Matamoros the other night
every time a man got on his feet
ar6 the crowd saw by the way he