Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-04-29
THE MAM STEM
Intimate Glimpses Of the Valleys Alley
BY ]. r.
Along Elizabeth

Along Elizabeth
Alfred Putegnat. with a lot OF
census blanks. and a p0eketful OF
pencils. Stuart Harrison. .glanc-
ing at the black clouds overhead.
wondering what effect rain has on
okra and tomatoes. Billy Burnett
ION his way 70 the picture show
Ito see the great Garb0.. VA. IT.
Vidaurri. Just back from San An
toniO.... pleasant trip SCI he...-
Frank Muesel. of the State Nation
al bank. walking and taking.
TO no one IN particular. John Fam
ming. manager of the Capitol thea
tire giving the main stem tbs once
over .... Annie Starck ... riding
around. looking for something to
do. and Mrs. 70. r. LaCkner...
telling someone q funny story.
Erudite Stuff
About 400 years ago To The day.
or the minute, for all We know.
Napoleon. the little corporal, while
having trouble with his machine
gun forces during the Battle OF
H2O-loo, burst into poetry and was
responsible for the sentence that all
good typists practice their daily
dozen on: Now ~ the time for All
good men 20 come to the aid Of their
country
And believe II or not. nov IS the
time for all good citizens to come "
Il ttn msI 80 ~fn@w nEN~w A. 49, l##4m~~~
compose the city. or as the city Is
composed Of citizens. by aiding the
city the citizens automatically do
themselves a good turn. III you
can figure that out. YOU will find
that 10 means something, after alb
We're talking about the census.
The federal census cnumerators
checked the city. and now the city
is d0uble-checking itself. Check and
double check.
And If the double check doesn't
do any better BIZ little Nell than
the check did, IL IS time for Browns
vile to check ont. This X Ovcrwork-
ing the word check. but we are
forced ~ use it again fin another
sense: The leaders Of civic Browns
vile did themselves proud when
they stepped into the situation and
checked the proceedings before Il
went any further.
II they had complacently attend
ed to their own businesses and let
things ride along. an astOnIshed
city would have found that 10 had
shrunk badly since 1920.
This Is one time that II paid TO
your own business"
III these civic-mlnded men are
willing 10 20 TO the trouble ~ doing
this arduou5 work themselves. VIC
believe that It Is only orr duty Ia
aid them as much as possible IN
answering questions. offering in-
formation. and more important still
make il a point TO be at home "a
be able to answer the d0orbell.
II Is imperative that Brownsville
become census-cOn5cious.
- T. D@LlAtkAH A4AE ltAEEGA NGl1A-
chief for district %, recently pointed
out that some foreign country
Turkey, or something like that
made a law that forced every citi-
zen In the nation TO remain home
On a certain day. and the entire
census was taken on that day. Any
one who did not remain at home or
that day was punished severely.
It is impossible 90 pass such a Law
in the United States, but with 81
per cent az the population o.
wheels. something similar TO n
would not be amlss.
Unread Books
People love to receive advice. The
more advice they hear. the oftene,
they can ignore II. Some cali thil
the ~perversity of human nature
Others call ii downright ~cussedness
So. to make everybody happy TO-
Il A. TAMM
Blue PRINTING and