Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-07

Asked him his platform.
He had none.
Which was In his favor.
Asked his qualifications.
None" said he. except that /
am one fine ~bookkeeper!"
BROWNSVILLE Is in line TO re-
duce its tax rate.
That is something.
At that, the mood folks are IL.
don't be surprised if you hear some
kicks.
People are ready to kick at most
anything these days !.
But seriously. 1t is good news thai
1.-THE city of Brownsville can cut me
Max rate zoe on the 500 and still
7 keep in line with the work the city
has been doing in years gone by.
Careful pruning. careful conSidero-
ton Of expenditure, economy In all
departments-there's the answer.
THE TEXAS WEEKLY started IL.
With an article headed Gould
Texas Make and Market Tires?"
Which article pointed out that
rubber, cotton, sulphur ana carbon
black are among the principal COM
moditieS going into the manufacture
Of tires.
The Freeport Facts picks up The
article and suggests 4 tire factory
for that thriving Gulf port city.
Along comes the Port Arthur News
and asks, If the idea is good Tor
Freepcrt, why net fer Port A-thur?'
And we are not ashamed to play
third fiddle in this asking. j.
If the idea Is good for Freeport
and Port Arthur, why not Tor
Brownsville or any other Valley city?
AS Freeport and Port Arthur
point out.
We will have a port.
That port will be near TO sup
plies Of sulphur and cotton.
Not too far from the source CT
carbon black.
And nearer. far nearer. to rubber
supplies than are the great tire
manufacturing centers oil the NORM
WANTED: SOME VALLEY farmer
II experiment with seawood, kelp,
or whatever you want TO call 1t.
AS a fertilizer.
Last year. If YOU remember,
countless tons Of kelp were washed
ashore on BraZoS Island.
Col. Sam Robertson advanced the
idea that this weed OF the sea
should and would make good fertiI-
izer.
Had seen it tried in Canada.
So have we.
Also in France and England.
Col. Sam said he thought our
kelp was the same variety as used
in Canada and abroad.
Good chance for somebody 70
try something.
Or for our Valley experiment
station.
This is a legitimate something
for nothing" proposition.
Should be interesting.
Let's give it a thorough try-out.
FIRE PREVENT I week, this
Is.
Schools in Brownsville and other
Valley cities are cooperating with
fire departments. insurance agen-
cies and other civic organizations.
Pupils are learning what con-
stitutes a fire hazard.
How these hazards may be avoid
r How to put out a fire after II
Starts.
And their elders might well fol-
low the example set by he young
sters.
None OF us but what Is careles:
about fire hazards.
Outlines to our sorrow.
Property loss.
Loss OF life.
Both are inevitable re- Its OF
fires.
Fire. the red terror. takes prop
erty. takes lives. Is a public enemy
An enemy who should /: put or
the spot.
And eliminated.
That's why we have Fire Proven
ton week. /.
So that we may become .roused
nj least once a year. to he menace
this enemy presents
And do something about II.
YOU HAVE HEARD OF the an
Gent cities of Bagdad and Clarks-
vile. the one on the Mexican side
the other on the u. S. side OF tht
mouth OF the Rio Grande.
Sixty-four years ago today came
the storm which Destroyed forever
those two cities.
Leaving them but a memory.
And today the site Of the two
erstwhile thriving seaport towns L
hard TO find.
Demolished BY n of the few
h very few, gulf storms ever Il
hit the vicinity OF the Rio Grand'
Valley.
There are today living in Browns
vile several who remember tina
storm.
And the confusion and the anxi'
ETY..
And the gratitude that the forc'
of the storm vas greatly diminish
ed before 1t hit Brownsville.