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


IN 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 MI.
Dickinson a stakeholder.
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
60. 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 TO bring
out Nh. 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. il seems
that everything has been men
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
morning and here is the report he
raseived:
South Padre Island Development
company, 1927 acres rendered at
s12.570.
Il. NJ. King. 2,ls5 acres, $3.50.
This, il 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
frcnl about $3.50 per acre to some
thing over $12 per acre for taxation.
South Padre Island, Incorporate
ed, nRs 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. It
says that q young couple from Pitts
hurgh bought SGT 900 worth Of land.
The parents tried to break the sale
to keep the young people from
wasting" their money. They came
. the Valley TO see about 1t. The
young people, 1t seems, are M. and
Mrs r. Z. Tegge, and the wife's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Y. Eng
lish. Earl c. 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 20 acres.
L never tried TO sell any Of them"
Mr.. Bacon is quoted as saying. Now
look here folks, we need the land
man. He has q most important
rlace IN the development Of the
Rio Grande Valley. We are for
them. But II 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 to 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.
HOT a letter from Mrs. Vernon
In NJ. Shell today. expressing some
indignation over what we had
to say yesterday about somebody
at the post giving Us a rather warm
answer.
Dear Mrs. Shell, your being a lady
and inferrlng that We are ignorant,
we will tip our hat and say we are
as ignorant as darkness itself. We
said in our article you refer TO that
we did not want any OF the other
officers 10 feel bad-that we un-
derstood. We meant that.
We have always had the opinion
that army officers in general are
high class men. Our brother is now
& captain stationed in Panama. We
know the navy consists of high
class men, but that the youngest
commissioned arc the most impor-
tant.
Officers certainly earn their mon
ey. ever If the public does pay it.
We have tried 1t.
A Few Things Of the Wires
xXTASHINGTON-"So." muses. Un-
wv Gle Sam, Babe Ruth Is to get