Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-24
in OUR
VALLEY
BY CHARLES halls

Just as usual do the wires come
bringing the list Of the dead and
dying from accidents connected with
the highways and automobiles.
Not until automobiles Join the
covered wagon, and all our trips are
made by plane, will highway acct
dents and resultant deaths cease to
be. But how many more lives we
can save by simply being a little
more CAREFUL A few more minutes
in crossing a railway track, or in
reaching a destination, and hun
dreds, yea. thousands Of lives saved.
not 10 mention the manned and
crippled.
So far today, the Valley has re-
ported only one fatal accident, and
that at McAllen. But every one is
deplorable. Grim Death grins every
Sunday.
OTHERWISE the world is bright
and gay. Within a short time
we should know whether permit
will be granted for the million doll
ar causeway at Padre Island. and
consequently whether the ninety
day option taken some time ago on
800 acres of land there for improve
ment purposes will be exercised.
Chances are, present reports state,
that when the permit Is granted, and
flnsa action is taken on the deep
water port, a great play ground will
be opened there. Original plans not
only included the million dollar
causeway, but also a million dollar
hotel. Some of the things that are
coming the way Of the Valley are
hard to grasp by the mind in M
grip.
THERE is little doubt but what the
first favorable impression re-
ceived by strangers TO the Lower
Rio Grande Valley is its beauty.
Especially Is this true In the case
of those coming from bleak climates
Of the north TO this section in the
winter time. They not only see a
verdant countryside, but homes and
public buildings presenting the idea
that the people here love beauty.
Monte" Montgomery, Valley edi-
tor remarked the other day 1t should
be carried out further by all men
wearing a flower in their button
holes, But whether this should be
done or not. it is our palms that
give a final touch to the scenery.
They tower up and give the coun-
tryside q skyline. Lets plant more
OF them everywhere.
THE fishing season will soon be on
in full blast. Tourists and those
wishing to go on outings do q
little fishing all winter.
But IL is not until the warmer
days cone that the local experts get
out rod and line, HE themselves to
their favOrite spots, and come back
with stories as long as your arm. A
number were out Sunday, but the
stories have not circulated into his
office yet. Chances are they vii. be
good ones.
HOL. E. H. r. Green financier son
4, Of Hetty Green believes that
marriage helps 70 settle q young
mar on his trip through life, pro-
vided he looks for qualities rather
than a pretty face; wires Of today
declare.
The Col. waited until he was 40
to take his own advice. Col. Green.
nov OF New York, once claimed
Dallas, as his home and he proba-
bly, brought the first automombile
to Texas. At least IL is our recollec-
ton that he brought the first 10
Dallas. He drove it from Galveston
and long lines formed TO see him
through each town. Looks like a
man that had the first automobile
ought to have married almost in
Stanter.
BROWNSVILLE and the Valley
IN furnished a goodly number OF
persons 70 the Laredo George
Washington birthday celebration.
Those returning here today report
an enjoyable time.
Laredo started the fete some
thirty-odd years ago. Today Browns
vile Is planning a joint fete with
Matamoros. as a hospital benefit
affair. Properly entered into, people
here can see what a festive occas-
ion can be made of ii. Then we can
select some special day Of the year
AM make Of the occasion an an
nual affair.
Many towns in Texas have a
specific time TO play. It has been
found good from a social and bus
mess standp0int-So long as the
thing does not reach such mammoth
proportions as TO become a finan-
cial burden on the people. Play Is
good unless made a burden. But con-
tributing to the hospital fund as
in the present case is not any bur-
den but a privilege.
HALEY capital is being invited
by certain states in Mexico, and
and an invitation TO capital from
the United State seems to be a
change OF policy under the Rubio re-
gime.
It is true that foreigners in bus
mess have not been so welcome in
Mexico for the past few years. but
now IL seems that things viii be
different. Mexico has unbounded re-
sources and the United States has
the money to develop them with.
Two and two..........
Incidentally without further ar
rument we are in a position to say
today that the talked-of railway
south from Brownsville into Mexico
is not so much a myth as We might
at first suppose.
Cara Child Rites