Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

IN OUR
VALLEY

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Close to a million dollars will be
expended in Valley cities in the near
future by Uncle Sam. which is
another reminder that the Valley
4 does move.
Plans for Brownsville's new fed
eral building. to cost better than
S400 900 are being rushed IN Wash
ington. McAllen draws down a nice
post-office building to cost Si35. 900;
Harlingen crashes the gate with
$4,000 D. o. and San Benito comes
along with sl25.000 for a federal
building.
All Of which proves that r. B.
Creager. prominent in the counsels
OF the republican party and John
N. Garner. equally prominent IN
the counsels of the democrats. never
miss getting together Il further the
interests OF the section in which
they are both vitality interested.
In proof OF the above, it may be
safely asserted that Mr.. Creager
gave as wholehearted a support TO the
Garner Bill providing an additional
S287, 900 for the work OF the IN
ternational Water Commission as
did the author Of the bill.
Yesterdays Herald contained the
interesting information that all
places in the Monterrey motorcade
had been filled and that applicants
we're being daily turned away at
the various Valley chamber Of COM
merce offices.
If you missed ous on the party
leaving Saturday, Just get IN your
application to your chamber Of COM
merce office at once, and II enough
such applications are received,
another motorcade will be run IN the
near future.
Our good friend Or. Kasey up
a. Mercedes writes us that he can't
get enough Brownsville Heralds and
can't keep those he does get, a sit
uation which the Herald circula-
ton department will take immedi-
ate steps to remedy.
Or. Kasey Is one Of those Valley
druggists who Just couldn't keep
out Of politics and was drafted
rs MAYOR of the Queen City.
Whether It Is the drug business
or not, that same business has con-
tributed plenty Of politicians ana
office holders tn both Hidalgo and
Cameron counties.
Just right off the bat we can
think OF Frank Osborn, present
mayor of McAllen, who dOctored
and presided over a drug store in
that city for many a year during
the early days.
And then there was Tom Waite
and his brother John at Mission,
who mixed some little bit IN poll
tics on the side and ran a mighty
nice drug store. may still be run
ming il. And at Donna the Hester
family had drugs as a vocation and
politics as an a~vocation, or vice
versa.
At san Benito. Judge L. M. VAL
detero, who dispenses justice IN
huge gobs as a justice Of the peace,
was the pioneer druggist Of the
Resaca City.
Back to McAllen again. II our
memory serves US correctly, along
IN 1915 or IT, o. p. Archer. then
engaged in making a city out Of
McAllen as its mayor, was engaged
in either the drug or confectionery
business.
T.. J. Kelso. a member OF the pres
ent city commission at Pharr, prac-
tically started that city with the
coming Of the old Park Front
Pharmacy years and years ago. Re-
tired from business TO give his time
to grapefruit culture. Mr.. Kelso
made his advent into politics last
spring with his election as city dad.
II you want to get anything done.
get a busy man TO do II, and GER
tainlv no business is more exact
ing III its demands than is the oper-
alton Of a drug stOre-which may
account for the way in which poll
tics has taken hold Of L Valley
druggists.
IN Cameron county there are
1857 residents duly qualified by
law 10 exercise the right Of suffrage
during the present year. Tax Col
lector Jim Fox missed il a little
when he gave a preliminary esti-
mate Of 5000 poll taxes 70 be paid,
but our guess Is that he would be
glad 10 miss II every time-if the
number exceeded his estimate.
Some OF these bright and sun
shiny days a Texas legislature will
convene and repeal that archaic
statute which makes a man OF a
woman pay for the right Of exer-
cising that inaiienable privilege OF
casting his or her ballot "agin"
somebody or something.