Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-05
Brownsville Herald
Brownsville. Texas
Gentlemen.

This letter is directed mo-e par
ticularly. perhaps, to the engineer
of Column No. ! OF your newspaper.
l have been reading his comments
for some time past along with the
other news Of your Valley, having
subscribed 70 your paper III order
that I might become better ac-
quainted with you. And now that /
want to ask a couple Of questions
N regard to your section OF the
world. II is perhaps but natural that
I should address you who have
been talking to me in such an en-
tertaining manner.
To go back, you have possibly
suspected that / have been to your
Valley on one of those most delight
full and surprising LAND trips.
Starting out on this trip with the
sole idea of a weeks freedom from
the cares Of business and some real
relaxation. / am frank 10 admit
that the Rio Grande Valley bug bit
me beautifully. Here I am starting
out tomorrow for a month on the
beautiful blue waters Of the ST.
Lawrence at the 1000 Islands. but
that muddy old stream Of yours G
talnly put something under my skin
that just won't let me be quiet.
When we left your valley, the pic
ture that had been painted for us
was Just about 1000 perfect, 50
much SO that the old saying "All
that g~litters IS not gold kept pop
ping to mind and when I got back
I started looking for trouble. IL has
taken me about three months to
acquire all the information / des-
ired Except the above mentioned
TWO points, and I imagine that to-
day / am better informed on your
Valley than the majority Of the
| people who live there. And strange
TO say. / did not find any great
obstacles. That you may have prob
lens ahead of you is obvious. Ihave
read the "over-pr0ductlon" bulletin
mentioned in your paper several
times and let me just say that I
think this bulletin or any other
bulletins giving facts as they are.
are quite proper and in order. This
particular problem is undoubtedly
a big one, but I have no doubt the
people Of the Valley will meet Il,
tho the time. energy and cost will
be plenty large. But you know a few
imperfections only puts a place on
a more human level and makes YOU
think more Of il and u would Re
wise for the Valley to acknowledge
such things and 60 after them.
rather than keep mum about them
when visitors are around. Twill be
better IN the long run.
Could Rave Over Valley
But you have a most attractive
country. / could 60 on for an hour
raving things that you already
know. but let mt get down to bust
ness on my questions. You Will be
amused at them and you would be
still more amused at the answer |
got from Washington when / asked
them what snakes and what bother
some insects were found in your
Valley. A two page letter full Of
long names arrived. and a little
later a pamphlet OF many. many
pages. My encyclopaedia didn't en-
tighten me any, SO ! spent the
greater part Of an afternoon az the
library and finally decided that you
had some rattlers there and a few
mosquitoes. tho the word mosquito
wasn't mentioned in the pamphlet
at all. Now to be a little more def
inite-just how much do rattlers
enter the life Of the average valley
inhabitant? Not long ago / read in
your paper something about a con-
test in which rattlers were shared.
Do you mean that each family has