Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-12

IN OUR
VALLEY
EVER SEE A BOY with q new

Enthusiasm run rampant.
Judgment thrown TO the four
winds.
Can see nothing. hear nothing.
say nothing, do nothing that does
not have to do with the recent
acquisition.
That's all right for the boy.
Far be ii from us to begrudge
him the pleasure and the excite
ment.
But It's not such good business
for grown men and women.
So we say:
Let's temper our enthusiasm with
Judgment in our reactions and our
sudden interest in public affairs.
We've forgotten we had anything
to do with government for a long
time.
Of a sudden. due TO the stress Of
the times. We have suddenly
awakened 10 n a
We find things We do not like.
We want to change them, and
xkange them right now.
And are prone to sprinkle a
little high life" where We have
been used TO throwing wordy
bouquets.
If some OF our public officials
have been choosing the line Of least
resistance, what have We been
doing, II not the selfsame thing?
We will accomplish the needed
reforms.
Must bring them about.
But let's not get bitter about 1t.
We are all to blame.
Remember, that conditions as
they exist are not peculiar to any
one county or counties.
May be found in every one Of the
254 counties OF Texas.
We a get what We want and
still keep. sweet. :
. Let's do 1t.
REMEMBER THE FABLE of
the nan who roamed the world
hunting for treasure. and came
back to find that a diamond field
had been opened literally. in his
own backyard?
They'll be telling the same sort
of a tale on Is folks who live in
the Valley these days.
Valley real estate values have
fallen in sympathy with the dis
tress of other sections.
City property in all Valley towns
is being offered at prices which
would have been ridiculous a few
years ago.
And which will be still more RI
diculous in just q few short years
ahead.
Farm lands have come down in
price.
Up in Willacy county where the
big new development is taking
place, land is offered at prices
which remind us of the days of
1914 and 1915 in Hidalgo and CAM
eron counties.
Before we realized lhat was
going to happen in this Valley.
And the development that was
coming.
The values cannot but improve.
They r rock bottom.
And we of the Valley are sitting
here blind to the diamond field in
our own backyard.
Some Of us boarding our cash.
Others Of us worrying about the
stock market.
Neglecting our big opportunities,
oh, Welt
If we don't, somebody else will.
INVESTORS EVERYWHERE are
fixing advantage OF similar condi-
tons.
Noticed in Sundays Herald
where they are predicting large
purchases OF cotton as an invest
ment.
Due to the low price Of the
staple.
II the wise money heads say that
cotton is a good buy for that rea-
son, why not Valley real estate?
UNCOMMON WEATHER fingers
with us.
OF course, far be 1t from us to
envy those sections which re-
ceived their first snow the other
day.
Rather have this Boca- Chica-
Padre Island weather continue.
Which is not only encouraging
many of our Valley folk to con-
tinue to enjoy the beaches
But Is ripening the citrus to q
delicious sweetness tina trivals the
famed nectar Of tie gods.
Which nectar was probably
grapefruit juice at that.
A question which should be
looked up at once.
WE SAW PL-NTY people on the
streets and in the stores of Browns
vile Saturday night.
And our operatives tell us other
Valley cities were similarly crowd
ed.
We told you 50.
Told you that that little usual
old summer slump in business
would be on it swa with the OPEN
ing of school.
And the renewal of activities OF
all sorts.
Including the moving of the cit.
rus crop and the start Of vegetable
activity.