Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-10
IN OUR
VALLEY
BY CHARLES HALL

otNNA A8AAe O0b VI NAN FoASg GAM
Is sending State entomologist J. NJ
Del Curto to investigate.
The idea OF shipping green fruit
appeared "out of line" at this time
Of year. Futher inquiry held that
the word was green" and not fro
Sen' fruit.
But it seems that somebody Is
wrong. Commissioner Terrell has
wired the South Texas Chamber Of
Commerce: Much frozen fruit be-
ing trucked out of Valley. This is
hurting the reputation Of Valley
fruit"
THERE may be something TO that
last statement. If there is, it Is
not found with the majority OF
growers, or the Valley packing
houses.
1t is said that in some cases in
dependent truckers and the like
come into the Valley. purchase dam
aged fruit at a low price, haul 1t
throughout the state and represent
IT as good fruit. This Of course Is
iniuring the advertising and the
coed will Valley growers have been
Stllxing so to build up within the
Pzst few years. The Lower Rio
Grande grapefruit is fast gaining
The deserved reputation Of being the
best in the world. and fruit peddlers
y ~.A w@AN - nl1AwwAI - Hal1 fhFC
reputation. Commissioner Terrell
has been asked by the South Texas
Chamber OF Commerce to suggest a
remedy. We can remedy it here at
home by burying all the fruit, dam
aged by the recent freeze.
TUAVE a letter today from Mrs. l..
Henshaw OF Brownsville. Route
No. ], who says that the people
Of her community were much inter-
ested in a few statistics set forth in
this column a few days ago on what
the public is reading or desires to
read.
In her letter. she seems especial
" glad that Crime Stuff" is some
what giving way TO material OF a
development nature. At the same
time she says she is surprised TO
hear that prohibition Is losing in in
terest to the reader. when it is such
a fundamental question. We do not
know why Mrs. Henshaw. but stat
istics gathered by those IN a posi-
ton TO know say that the reader Is
not avidly looking for anything on
the subject. Maybe they consider 1t
settled. Clubs, societies and editors
can attempt TO steer the public into
reading things that are probably OF
more Importance. but in the end the
man who pays his nickel for a news
paper reads what he is interested in
and little else.
TOR instance one OF the most i'm
portant happenings before the
world today. so far as the pol
icies of the nations are concerned
is the naval parley now in progress
in London. But readers are not Gag
erly waiting for the papers TO come
off the press 10 see what happened
in the last session. In fact many OF
the readers seem about Is interested
in how Europe is treating our we'll
dressed girl stenographers. We sent
over aS in the outcome of the meet
ing. Strange but somewhat true.
THERE is no doubt but what every
one Of the 9.238 persons who
bought a Cameron county poll
tax this year should be more vitality
interested in his government, than
to merely pay his poll tax.
BY his government. VI mean ma
ticnal. state, city and community.
4 But whether he does or does not de-
.pends upon the individual and his
own conceptions.
Robt. Lee Bobbitt. attorney gene
raj OF Texas. nee pictured his idea
CT government as a huge structure
over the heads Of all with every cit
izen of the nation representing a
post TO hold up that protecting shed.
Not so bad is it? A foundation made
by laying many small units is al
ways more solid than one Of a few
Zig units. Some of the big units
may have rotten spots in them and
90 much depends on them.
TITLE things about well known
people seems TO always interest
us. For instance il is said that
Edison Is cranky about two things.
His milk and his morning newspaper
He VII drink milk only from one
carefully guarded COW he owns. and
Mrs. Edison says she does not know
what they will do If that COW dies.
None must touch his morning pa
per, the New York Times. It must
be put on the table as delivered.
Flo Ziegfeld it is said has a private
chef when he travels and often car
ries candy in a pocket to MUNICH.
Lindbergh seems to want publ
city about his public affairs but re-
sents any questioning for publication
Of anything personal.
Mark Twain. it is said, flew into
O rage II a collector evay happened
TO get to him with q bin. But when a
newspaper once published his death.
which did not happen, he remarked
to tbs editor that il was an awful
interesting story" to him but that
the facts were slightly exaggerated.
PROSPERITY month is still with