Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03
HUNDREDS DEAD IN QUAKE
IN OUR
VALLEY

Speaking Of the unusual wea-
Their Of the past month reminds
us Of one Of our favorite aunts who
became all excited over the palm
trees and roses displayed In one
OF those Southern California ad-
vertisements some years back.
And SO. when zero weather hit
the BerkShireS of northern Con-
necticut, she hied herself forth
from her coy steam heated home
TO bask in the sunshine Of the
Pacific coast for a month or two.
Back home again in three weeks.
and asked why the hurry, she came
home to get warm!
And We have no doubt that the
native sons told her the weather
she encountered in Southern Cali
fornia was unusual"
one thing about it, when one
or these rainy spells does hit the
Valley. 1t fails to spell the grie:
and gloom OF a few years ago,
when rain meant the actual ces-
sation Of all forms Of activity.
Paved roads connecting Valley
cities enable the city dweller 10
fare forth during any kind OF
weather, and the network OF con-
crete is being gradually extended
to bring all weather transportation
to the door OF the farmer.
It may be that too many OF us
can remember back when a couple
Of inches Of rain put the aut0mo-
bile in the garage 70 stay until
the sun had shone for a couple Of
GAYS. If our memories are not 50
good, maybe fewer OF us would
curl UP at the sight and thought
or rain.
Dlsagreeable as Il was. or per-
haps we should say "is". it may be
raining again as you read this
disagreeable as Ii was or Els,
the rain seemed to have more eff
feet on the Limitation OF cabbage
cutting than all OF the agreements
&c stop --tting.
AS long as ii rained and cutting
was impossible. the agreement not
20 cut worked fine!
What this Valley needs" Is a
crop dictator a la Mussolini. whose
word shall be final and who shall
have the authority to say how big
an acreage Of any one commodity
shall be planted, and when 1t shall
be harvested.
I'm our Valley dominates Louis
Witte Of San Benito for the job
not that he knows any more about
truck acreage and conditions than
any one OF six or a dozen others
We might name, but-his max
haustible supply OF stories would
give them something to use for
money when the price was down.
Speaking Of rain again. do you
remember when those old wooden
paving blocks which lined some
OF the main business streets OF
Brownsville used 70 swell up 70
mountainous proportions every time
three drops OF rain hit the city
limits?
Those were the DAYS when Il
WOULD have been possible to get an
almost unanimous vote to cut
Cameron and Hidalgo counties.
either or both. up into half q dozen
counties. so that n could get
from n end Of the county TO an
other In a day.
If II did not rain 10 make the
roads impossible. the chug holes
and dust made a journey from one
end OF the county 10 another an
adventure on a par with a trip TO
darkest Africa
They may talk Of the good old
DAYS" TO their hearts content-but
looking back over the past IS years
Of the Valleys history. we are
clad that the good old DAYS have
been succeeded by better ones.
No section anywhere can be cited
which has shown a growth as
rapid. vet as orderly. as that en-
ioyed by the Lower Rio Grande
Valley, and may the good work 70
onl
And II will go on.
Military Commander