Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-07
in DUE
VALLEY
/, BY CHARLES HALL

IN Ease there be any who do not
realize the Importance Of that
railway meeting, which will be
held here for three days beginning
January %, it might be well to say
here that this proposed meeting will
be n Of the biggest railway meet
ings ever held in Texas.
And that goes Just as 1t is written.
Brownsville is indeed fortunate in
obtaining such a meeting. While
the gathering is held once a month,
a further idea Of its Importance in
railway circles can be gathered
when 1t becomes known that this
will be the first time it has ever
been held west Of the Mississippi
river.
Frankly what has happened Is
that leading railway men Of this
section Of the country have got 1t
over TO the railway men Of the la-
ton that the Valley is an important
factor in the railway world. and
they are coming TO see If IL is ali
true.
WITH this in view ii is going to
wv be up to Brownsville and Valley
people to do all we can to have
them see the Valley as it really is.
p~Eoperly presented there is no fear,
but what this territory will sell it
self.
1t is thought there will be about
$50 present at that meeting. They
come asking nothing. They are ali
big railway men with healthy ex-
pense accounts. This is said to
show their calibre. 1t is even I'M
derstood that they will probably be
too busy to be banqueted and spoken
to in after dinner speeches.
But 1t might not be at all amiSs
fo- representative citizens of the
Valley to make some arrangements
TO entertain them with a little trip
up the Valley.
And from what has been gathered
this should probably be done by
people representing the various
towns proffering their automobiles
with these representative men At
the wheel. They can thus meet
and greet the distinguished visitors;
and as they drive. give them the
most intelligent picture possible 10
obtain Of this section.
HLANCING over the papers for the
In past few days, the stormy petrol
Of sport seems TO have beer
furnished by Texas.
We have reference to Art Shires.
Charles Arthur, The Great, these
DAYS. Shires first gained notice IS
a professional baseball player while
cavorting around first base for the
Waco Cubs. He was purchased by
the Chicago White Sox. Then the
first thing he did was to get into
a verbal battle over how much OF
the purchase price he was 70 receive.
Almost ever since that day he has
been engaged in some kind OF con-
t%roversy, until today he seems 10 oe
in one not so much to his liking.
At least he says now that II nc
can only get clear of charges Of
fighting in a fixed" affair, he Will
be willing to be a good boy and
play first base for the Pale Horse
Shires probably enjoys the privilege,
or whatever one may wish 10 call 1t,
of holding all records on promising
TO be good.
WHICH brings to mind that VAL
wv ley towns today are consider
ing putting up $1,000 in four
spots to bring Western League
teams here for spring training. Nc
Allen has already subscribed that
sum as one of the towns TO invi,e
a team. This speaks well for Nc
Allen as possessing public spirited
2'sizens who will go a long way 10
Ne advertising for their town
Once before it has been limited
IN this column that sometimes towns
do not get as much advertising out
or such events as was at first sup
posed. IRE engineer of this col
umn was once a sports writer IN the
Western League circuit.
He wants 10 give IL as his personal
opinion that If the towns approach
ed want TO pay $4,000 for baseball
advertising Of that nature II is then
privilege TO do 50. But he is afraid
that the final outcome will be thai
the Valley will pay the expenses Of
spring training for these teams out
OF their " tills. And he spent one
Nring training season with a west
ern league ream in FL PaSo and once
had something 70 do with bringing
the White SoX TO Waco 10 train. II
was those same White SoX. who aft
erward became Black Sox. We
should consider well before signing.
NEAINLY the advertising we will
get out Of it will be date lines
in Western cities. Twelve thous-
and dollars will buy a lot Of white
a 10 talk about the Valley in
the same papers. If We want 10 start
an advertising campaign with such
an expense budget.
AIOW that that is off our chest,
let's see where we are IN the
Valley.
Oh, YES, another deplorable &C
cident. In fact this particular &C
cident is so much to be regretted,
that Il might seem unbecoming 10
dwell upon IL.
We offer our sincere sympathies
TO the grief stricken relatives and
add that II 1t is the way Of pIovt-
dence to take o. II. Polly Of San
Benito in that manner. that IL Is
another regrettable warning TO Us
all that the way Of gasoline may
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