Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-30
IITHILE poll tax receipts issued by
W Cameron county today number

H R0aA ~
wv Cameron county today number
approximately 5000. many re-
main who yet have this duty to per-
form.
There has been a decided in
crease in both the payments Of poll
taxes and automobile licenses. the
latter assuming the aspect OF a
rush at the tax offices windows.
But With the prospect Of eight to
ten thousand persons, who should
pay their taxes, and with only two
klays remaining after Thursday. II
means they will have to be handled
in flocks. Arrangements have been
made whereby citizens can pay their
taxes In Harlingen as well as in
Brownsville.
There will be many things TO vote
for this year, and a poll tax receipt
is The first indication OF earnest CT
tizenship.
THE Publix Theaters of Brownsville
and the Valley are bringing 10
public attention an idea, which
may react as a wave Of optimism
following whatever pessimism may
have been felt by the country at
large as the aftermath Of the stock
crash some few months ago.
This is a declaration of the month
Of February as Prosperity Month.
Committees today we're asking May
or Rentfro to proclaim February as
Prosperity Month for Brownsville.
The idea Is to have every one think
OF how well he is doing instead Of
the opposite, should he be inclined
toward a pessimistic viewpoint.
This move is held to be in line
with recent action Of President
Hoover. who asks the nation TO
make of 1880 a building and devel-
Cpment year.
ANY banker will tell you that
prosperity is muchly a state Of mind.
People believing a thing have a ten
delcy TO make it that way. On a
broader scale it is the old axiom OF
AS a man thinks, so he is" applied
TO the people as a whole. The VAL
ley will have much at hand TO make
of the coming month a time OF
great prosperity.
"WEDNESDAY the engineer Of this
WV column burst out with a Jew
ish joke. Leon Perl Of the
Fashion shop declared there is tsill
another joke inside Of that given
that Able wanted TO know where the
GentileS got al the money We take
away from them"
Leon says the Jewish people do
not take any money away from the
Gentiles-they give them value re-
ceived.
TODAY ENJOYS of the proposed air.
mail route from Kansas City to
Brownsville are scheduled TO ar
rive. There are in reality two things
in the air for Brownsville and the
Valley. This is the proposed line TO
Kansas City which II is said will be
one OF the fastest in the country and
the air trip TO the Rubio Inaugural
ton.
Through the Brownsville airport
the city and the Valley have an as
set not yet thoroughly realized. The
fast handling Of mail into Mexico
is proving a deciding factor in max
ing this a much larger port OF entry.
Recently when the port was de-
clared a permanent proposition by
the government. and 1t was shown
linked up with the Guatemala route.
the New York Times carried the an
nouncement in detail.
This paper is somewhat looked
upon al the family Bible" OF ma
xolal newspaper publications, and
the Brownsville situation was read
by the nation al large. II is expect
ed that Brownsville representatives
WNA be at the Rubio inauguration.
NEWS from Laredo today brings
Inv information Of the death Of
Chief Mike Brennan. 81, who
for the past - years has been an
officer OF that city, and at the time
of his death was chief OF police,
which office he had held for many
years.
Mr.. Brennan was the father of
Hal Brennan Of Brennan & Corri-
gan. who recently led in the move Of
opening brokerage houses IL Browns
Vile. For the past year. or more. il
has been the privilege OF this wri-
ter TO count Mr.. Brennan as one of
his closer friends. and to him anc
his family he offers ~sincerest SYM
pathies In the passing Of his father.
a venerable gentleman II there ever