Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-09
IN OUR
VALLEY
BY C. M. HALL

E3UCH agitation is arising over the
Wf posts at Boca Chica which pre-
"@ vent other than those who pay
toll from driving down the beach
toward Point Isabel.
Letters are being received address
sed to the chamber of commerce,
county officials and other ~organiza-
tons complaining that taxpayers
money mas been expended to take
tourists and Valley visitors TO a toll
ktidge.
To the engineer Of this column 1t
s&sms much racket about something
that should be taken up in a direct
manner and without 50 much pub
lefty.
TT we are correctly informed the
posts were placed there by a
private organization operating
q toll bridge and bath house for pro-
fit. It is either lawful for that COM
pany to place those posts there or II
Is not lawful. The engineer Of this
column has asked several. who
. snculd know, whether the posts are
there legally. and the answer has
invariably been Il do not know" It
seems the only thing to do is TO find
out whether they are there legally.
and act accordingly. They are
either there within the law, Or they
are there without the law.
II 1t Is unlawful TO place the posts
there and prevent tourists from
driving down the beach, it seems
the procedure would be a simple
matter. If a chain were stretched
across a Cameron county highway
by some individual, would every one
sit back and argue over IL. while
traffic Jams up from both sides?
Seems to us action Is about all that
Is needed on the matter and not SO
much talk.
AREDO Is stepping out with the
II. claim that better grapefruit can
be grown there than in the Rio
G-ande Valley. Many Valleyites
have stepped forward to say that
this cannot be the case. That is also
. point to be proved and not argued.
The Valley today is known as grow
Ing the most tasty citrus on the
market OF the world. If Laredo can
grow a better grapefruit chances
are the world will rise up and call
her blessed.
lCTION on the port What is do
" ing these days toward building
- the deep water channel for
which the money has been appro-
priated? That is the question many
are asking. The Navigation COM
m3sion Is hard at work. and be-
IN this day is over may have a
ven optimistic report to make.
TITLE as you may think II by
4. looking at the price list, the
recent business depression has
greatly effected the restaurant busi-
ness.
So bad did Il become at times that
Jimmy Lotus. White Kitchen hand
shaker. made two talks before the
BROWNSVILLE Rotary club. But the
situation has little changed.
One serious problem now being
debated by the fraternity is wheth-
er TO water the chilli. One faction
holds that watering the chill not
only reduces the amount Of meat
needed but keeps the customers
from o~ver-eating.
The other faction holds that no.
thing Is saved because the customers
take up the watered stock BY crumb-
ling that many more crackers into
It.
WITH duck shooting opening in
M the northern zone October Is,
" and down here November 1.
state Game Commissioner w. J..
tucker predicts the supply will be
smaller this year.
Cause for this is the drought, he
AVS. and goes on to add that judy
{nr from the sun spots two more dry
wears may be expected. Mr.. Tucker
vas beginning to get us down in
shirt until he started talking about
lie sun spots being a reason. Now
~ know he Is Just talking.
But mnny Of the ducks have been
diving in Crosby county. 5000 sick
birds were removed from that Sec
zion TO get them away from water
whIch was taking a heavy toll. The
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