Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-11

nEG to acknowledge receipt of a
letter from Lee B. James Of the
James Dickinson realty comp
any.
Mr.. James sets forth that the
James Dickinson company Is not
the principal owner Of Padre Island.
The island is owned by the South
Padre Island, Incorporated, Mr..
James being a director, and Mr.
Dickinson a stockholder.
He further sets forth: I'VE have
continuously been In favor Of a
deep water project and contributed
some $1,000 to help widen the Point
Isabel railroad, when that project
was before the public a few years
ago. We naturally dislike TO be
put in the light OF being the first
local obstacle in the way Of deep
water port" he says.
All OF which we are glad 70 bring
out Mr.. James. but we do wish the
island company and the navigation
commissioners could come to an
agreement.
nURING the controversy OF the
price Of Padre Island, 1t seems
that everything has been mem
toned to bring about an agreement
on the price except what the land
was rendered at for taxation last
year.
The engineer Of this column call
ed the tax collectors office this
u Fning and here Is the report he
teived:
y Louth Padre Island Development
company, 1927 acres rendered at
si2,570.
II. NJ. King. 2.lS5 acres, $3.50.
This. it was said. is on the south
end. A. B. and F. E. Jones, 1000
acres at S6.670.
From this it seems that land on
Padre Island has been rendered at
from about s1.50 per acre 70 some
thing over si2 per acre for taxation.
South Padre Island. I~ncorporat-
ed, has been offered 500 per acre
and asks $3.50.
nut OF Harlingen today our cor
respondent sends a notice OF
sale Of two plots Of ground. II
saws that a young couple from Pitts
burgh bought s27 900 worth Of land.
The parents tried TO break the sale
70 keep the young people from
wasting" their money. They came
20 the Valley TO see about 1t. The
young people, it seems. are Mr.. and
Mrs. r. K. Tegge, and the wifes
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. Z. Eng
liSh. Earl G. Bacon was the land
man, and after due consideration
the result of the visit Is that the
parents own 20 acres and the young
couple an additional 40 acres.
i never tried TO sell any OF them,
Mr.. Bacon Is quoted as saying. Now
look here folks, we need the land
man. He has a most important
place in the development Of the
Rio Grande Valley. We are Tor
them. But If Mr.. Bacon actually
did not try TO sell we ought TO run
his picture on the first page as
something new in the land business.
Maybe he ought 10 have tried and
sold them several hundred acres.
FAIRLY dark night Saturday
night. Sunday mornings
Brownsville Herald off the press
m the wee small hours. Start home
in car. Fuse blows lights out. Trav-
ell along home in the dark. weary
and worn. Street signs all along
the way tell you exectly where you
are. Yes, they do not.
rOT a letter from Mrs. Vernon
In NJ. Shell today, expressing some
indignation over what We hao
to say yesterday about somebody
mt the post giving us a rather warm
answer.
Dear Mrs. Shell, your being a lady
and inferring that we are ignorant
NE viii tip our hat and say We are
as ignorant Is darkness itself. VIZ
said in our article you refer TO tha'
officers to feel bad-that We un-
derstood. We meant that.
We have always had the opinion
that army officers in general arr
high class men. Our brother is fsov
nx6captain stationed in Panama ~
snow the navy consists of higt
class men. but that the younges
commissioned are the most impor'
tant.
Officers certainly earn their mon,
ey. even II the public does pay 1t
We have tried it.
A Few Things Off the Wires