Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-04
TROOPS Are Modified
in OUR
VALLEY

ELIMINATE FROM your list OF
prospective candidates for governor
OF Texas the name OF M. II. Gossett
president OF the federal land bank
at Houston.
Judge GoSSet appeared in Austin
yesterday at Gov. Sterling's cotton
conference.
Said he, In effect, Farmers
3r5fd work o and play less"
We is not a candidate for office.
Such frankness could not possibly
come from anyone who is not an
appointive officer.
Now Judge Gossett knows things
we never heard Of, and he has for
gotten more than we will ever
learn.
But he's wrong in this particu-
lar instance.
Tell you why.
The average farmer could make
more money on less work, II n
work he did was directed along the
proper lines OF endeavor.
We have a sneaking bunch that's
what the judge meant, anyway.
Take cotton farming, for in
stance.
Just as much work, just as x
pensive. to raise a crop Of &c cot
ton as It is to raise a crop Of 3oc
cotton.
It's misdirected energy to put In
that work and expense on a cotton
crop that does not pay the cost
Of production.
Our southern farmers do the
work, go to the expense because
most Of them do not know any
other crop to plant.
Our Valley gets away from the
one crop idea to a considerable ex-
tent.
We are falling into the nut our
selves though Of planting the same
II Varieties Of vegetables year after
year.
lOur collective mind should be de-
Nd TO devising new crops for
our winter paintings.
we want TO get away from com
netition to raise what the other
fellow can't.
THERE IS A weather bureau IN
Located atop State National bank
building.
Telephone number 1872.
Next time you hear a rlmor hat
tropical storm is about 70 hit, phone
the bureau and get the straight OF
Bureau never fails 70 give i'm
nortant storm warnings 70 the
Herald and other Valley papers.
Above Is ~occasioned by phone
calls received Monday p. m.
Some few people excited.
Had heard or the street tnat
tropical storm was due 70 hit
Brownsville at 8 o'clock.
Herald knew nothing OF II.
Neither did the weather bureau.
Somebody probably remarked
that the gathering clouds looked
like a storm might be coming, and
excited fancies did the rest.
VALLEY OLD-TIMERS are not
too old to 20 on a picnic.
They Just don't want 70.
That's our conclusion.
We're not mad.
Going TO have an old-timers pic
mic all by ourselves, and when we
come back and tell about the good
time we had. they'll all De sorry
they did not come along.
IT'S SERVICE with all capital
letters that hard working Frank
bullock, circulation manager OF
The Brownsville Herald, gives his
customers.
Gets up early on Sunday morn
~ and takes part OF his corps o.
nSvsies 70 the beaches.
Sells some HeralGS, hardly
enough to pay for the gasoline he
uses. perhaps. but the resorters are
able to get the news Of the day be-
fore they hit the surf.
And then. every once In a while,
someone writes The Herald like
this:
please allow me to thank you
for your prompt action in forward
ing the Herald 70 my new address,
as I enjoy II very much. Since
80 absence I have been able 70
Feen in touch with happenings
there. and II the Valley were not
fortunate in having a first class
naper. this would have been i'm
possible"
ice rendered by Mr.. Bullock.
when you move, tell him OF the
800 ~ oddrc<< ne will do the