Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-17

IN DUR
VALLEY

OF trustees OF the Brownsville IN
dependent School District.
The board sold the $4,000 bond
issue recently voted.
They sold the issue for q price
which. when commission and neces-
sary expenses are deducted. :
under par.
OF course the bonds sold FOR par.
They have to sell for par in Texas.
But We all know that bonds will
not always bring par.
These bonds would not.
They brought q good price. under
existing conditions.
The board did not attempt 10 hide
behind the legal fiction that the
bonds sold for par.
They came right out and said they
brought BITS.
We have written OF many bond
issues in many sections Of the state.
This Is the first time In our cx-
perience that we have been told to
state in the columns OF the press
the exact price, net. that the bonds
brought.
We understand as we have never
understood before Just why when a
Brownsville school board tells its
constituents that a bond issue Is
needed, that bond issue II voted.
We understand why members Of
the Brownsville school board are re-
turned to office year after year.
Such frankness on the part Of
any body OF public officials Is re-
freshing.
BROWNSVILLE CITY zoning
hearings will be continued on Tues
day and wednesday nights Of next
week.
Interesting things about the city
are being brought out In the course
OF these open meetings.
one thing certain. property owners
OF the city Of Brownsville believe
IN the future of their city.
Men and women vino own property
on the present outskirts Of the city
have been in the majority Of those
appearing during these hearings.
They believe the city Is going TO
grow.
They want allowances made for
that growth.
They want to be allowed to erect
apartments in sections restricted 70
residences in the tentative plan
In some cases they want certain
streets proposed to be restricted 70
residences and apartments opened
up for commercial purposes OF T
ious kinds.
They believe In the future OF Their
city.
DID YOU KNOW that from the
time you take your phone receiver
off the hook until your call Is COM
Melted 4o4 distinct operations take
placer
Neither did We.
Ard we can't prove II.
\ But Ed Mockbee told US so as ne
dranted us . preview Of the new
Tuildine Of the Rio Grande Valley
Telephone Co.
Personally, We take his word for IT,
II you doubt It. We are satisfied
he will be glad to show you each
and every operation.
c. +. ARCHER OF Mercedes In
brownsville Thursday.
Takes a philosophic view Of af-
fairs In general.
SAYS his business, selling automo-
biles. Is slow.
But also says it Is getting better
and is going to continue to improve.
SAYS we are all getting down 70
earth and have quit spending be-
yond our means.
Makes an honest confession that
those who had something to sell are
Just as much to blame as those who
bought for the orgy Of spending IN
which the nation engaged during the
flush days.
Reports that Hidalgo County IN
general and Mercedes IN particular
are anticipating q good summer and
fall business.
Cotton money will help some and
fall vegetables Will help.
valley bu-ness men are optimistic
IL you can get them In a corner by
themselves.
pessin1ism is contagious.
Let ore man in a crowd start talk
ing hard times. and the rest take
IL up.
TO reverse an adage familiar 70 q
few or our readers. we should put
our mouths where our money Is. and
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