Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-23
RUM RUNNERS SUNK IN FIGHT
in DUR
VALLEY

v xANAH IL
valleyites are in Austin today at
tending the hearing before the
the subject Of truck regulation viii
be given a thorough airing.
Just as no section Of Texas has
spent as much money improving
roads as have the Valley counties.
so no section Of the state is more
interested In the wear and tear 70
which those roads. which cost
plenty Of money. are subjected.
In Our Valley" will say on be-
half Of trucking concerns owned
and operated in the Valley. that
their drivers are almost uniformly
courteous In observing the rules OF
the road and giving due consider
alton 70 the rights OF the motorist
on business or pleasure bent.
II more stringent methods OF
truck regulation are adopted. the
trucking industry as a class Will
have no one 70 blame but those
road hogs" OF the business who
shoot those massive truck down
the highway at a high rate OF
speed, taking their half Of the road
out Of the middle. and letting the
car filled with women and children
take to the ditch to escape a col
lision.
There have been times when we
would have cheerfully headed a
lynching party, with one Of these
truck drivers as the guest Of honor,
and we have TO doubt but that ev-
cry reader Of this column has been
similarly affected.
During the cotton season these
veritable ocean liners were a posi-
tive menace 10 the life OF the
motorist. as. secure IN their own
invulnerability, they proceeded to
take owe the highways. day and
night.
As a matter OF equity and justice,
those who use the roads as a part
OF their business equipment should
pay more toward the construction
and upkeep OF those roads than do
those who use them more casually,
or perhaps not az all.
Cameron and Hidalgo county
school officials who returned from
Austin the latter part OF last week
advise that the new reapportio1-
ment plan sponsored BY S. NJ. N.
Mars appears due 20 be defeated
when the bill comes 10 vote In the
house on a minority committee re-
port. Valley schools, with a con
siderable transient scholastic H.
tendance. would be heavy financial
losers we're the bill 10 pass.
The children Of our laboring class
are in and out OF school as the
vegetable season comes and goes.
n some OF our schools attended
largely by Mexican children, the
attendance will be doubled To one
month. stay az that figure for
perhaps a couple Of months. and
then drop again.
Yet. our schools must be equipped
with classrooms and with teachers
sufficient 70 take care OF the high
est attendance figure.
WE DOFF OUR hat to Nick Par
nrEnYrnr nwn1rfntaw ~ +An DmT~.
Cafe at Edinburg, who serves his
breakfast patrons with a half Of
Valley grapefruit. squirt and al.
OF the house.
Nick reads the Brownsville Her
aid. and Il apparently a customer
Of this column. Justly. he is receiv-
ing many words Of commentator
from his cash customers. who APP
precaate his courtesy.
One who did not sign his name
writes In Our Valley" calling our
attention 70 the fact that at one
time huge baskets OF grapefruit
were 20 be found in the Hobbies OF
many Florida hotels. with a sign
attached inviting the stranger to
take one
I'VE must create an ever expand
ing market for our grapefruit. and
this plan OF enticing the stranger
within our gates 10 taste these
golden gobS OF luscious sweetness
might be one OF the ways or cul-
tivating new customers for our
citrus crop.
APPLICATION FOR A place on
the Herald staff ends with the
words hard worker, age thirty,
married" In consideration OF the
last two phrases. We submit that
the hard worker part was IN
necessary. ANY man 30 years OF
age and married in this dag and
time IS bound 70 be a hard work
er'-it's either that or.
And there IS many a man in MANY
a town who owes his present place
IN life 70 the fact that at one time
he was 80. and married. and had
10 work hard.
JUST TWO WEEKS from to-
night. and the opportunity Of a
lifetime will be-. presented "a many
OF us who have never been given
the opportunity Of hearing the in
imitahls Call Curci.
Too many nice things cannot be
said about Howard Barrett. who
for nearly three years has been
trying hts best to bring her to the
valley. for having kept a. II until
his efforts are crowned with sue
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