Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-26
IN OUR
VALLEY

JOHN BOWIE Is being laid
away today.
A friend OF the Valley has passed
on.
Genial. kindly. lovabl4.
A friend to mankind, cheerful In
even what he knew TO be his last
illness.
Resident OF san Benito. known
throughout the Valley.
y And tears are being shed today
from Rio Grande City to Browns
VILE at the thought that John
Bowie Is no more
EVERYBODY WILL admit that
times are duh.
Coax them Just a little, and
almost anybody will tel you SO.
And yet. Brownsville has under
contract nearly $4,000 OF new
buildings.
TO be sure. new federal building
and new school buildings take up
most OF the total.
What OF 1t?
They are new buildings. aren't
they?
The money they cost is being
spent or will be spent in Browns
vile, won't 1t?
New payrolls viii be turned loose
In Brownsville. won't they7
And what is true Of Brownsville
Is true to a greater or less extent
OF every Valley city.
New packing sheds are going up.
New residences are being built.
New schools have been built or
are being built.
New churches are being erected
or AVE recently been completed.
Snap u Of It.
Just because the rest OF the
country has been suffering under
the spell Of n Of these ~So-ca4led
depressions IS no reason Tor mag
nifying the ordinary and very Y
summer slackneSs n business INTO
something seriousl
What this Valley needs Is 70
Acct its collective feet on the
Nround, its collective head out q
the clouds. and TO get down 70
fundamentals.
When we get down 70 fundamen-
tails. the first thing is TO realize mat
we are essentially on a safe p
sound basis, and then to start
anew.
AT THE RISK Of proving tire
some. we again urge u customers
~ inform themselves Of the Lower
Rio Grande Conservation district
OF Texas.
You and I vote on the Valuation
of this district on Sept. 8.
And we, most OF us, do not have
sufficient information TO enable Us
"a cast an intelligent vote.
Some OF US are afraid Of the TAX
rate.
More OF us are afraid that we
viii be bringing into existence a
nolitical entity that Will saddle us
with more bonds and warrants.
And a few OF US are just "agin'
It.
The tax the district can impose
Is negligible.
1t cannot issue either bonds or
warrants.
And ii will afford us our one OPP
-Dortunity OF representation when
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sior OF the waters Of the Rio Grande
Is again discussed by the Inter
national Water commission.
Resides paving the way for proper
storage OF the waste waters OF the
river. ,
attend the meeting TO be held in
your community.
Get wise to the district and Its
purposes.
Thursday.
REG ROBBINS. AVIATOR OF
Game. in Brownsville.
saws the Valley looks good 10 him.
suspect IL even looks better than
Tokyo would have looked.
WIN bring homeseekers here next
winter.
In a tri-motored airplane.
For a brownsville company.
And IL vou have not seen the
Valley from the air, you have miss
ed something.
Sales in the parties Robbins
brings down ought TO be 100 per
cent.
LETTERS TO THE Brownsville
rhamber OF Commerce are straws.
They show which way the wind
And would indicate that tourists
are coming TO the Valley next
winter.
nation.
About Brownsville and the Valley.
And about the winter climate,
and facilities and so forth.
THE Valley is beginning 10 cash
a. on the tourist crop almost with
out realizing Il.
we must be ready for these
tourists.
primed 10 entertain them.
And most important Of all. We
must know our valley 70 enthuse
others about 10.
The right mental attitude IS i'm
Let's get 1t before the tourist