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, lovable.
A friend to mankind. cheerful In
ever what he knew to be his last
illness.
Resident OF san BenIto, known
! throughout the Valley.
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 dull.
Coax them just a little, and
almost anybody will tell 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 it7
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 will 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 have recently been completed.
Snap out Of Il.
Just because the rest OF the
country has been suffering under
the spell or one OF these So-called
depresSions is no eason for mag
nifying the ordinary and very usual
Sumner slackneSs in business into
something seriousl
. What this Valley needs" is to
get its collective feet on the
ground, It's collective head out Of
the clouds, and TO get down 70
fundamentals.
When we get down to fundamen-
- ~Na Stat fhsrz sc m ~n11 fVP that
we are essentially on a safe and
sound basis. and then to start
anew.
AT THE RISK OF proving tire
some. We again urge our customers
to inform themselves Of the Lower
Rio Grande Conservation district
of Texas.
You and I vote on the valuation
of this district on Sept. 3.
And we, most OF us, do not have
sufficient information to enable us
tc cast an intelligent vote.
Some of us are afraid Of the tax
rate.
More Of us are afraid that We
will be bringing into existence a
political entity that will saddle US
with more bonds and warrants.
And a few OF US are just "agtn
II.
The tax the district can impose
Is negligible.
II cannot issue either bonds or
warrants.
And It viii afford us u ore OPP
portunity Of representation when
the matter OF the equitable divi-
s.on OF the waters Of the Rio Grande
Is again discussed by the Inter
national Water commission
Besides 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 It's
purposes.
THURSDAY.
A REG ROBBINS. AVIATOR OF
= fame. in Brownsville.
Saws the valley looks good 70 him.
Suspect il even looks better than
Tokyo would have looked.
VIII bring homeseekers here next
winter.
In a tri-motored airplane.
For a Brownsville company.
And II you 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
Chamber OF Commerce are straws.
They show which way the wind
IS blowing.
And would indicate that tourists
are coming to the Valley next
winter.
For people are asking for infor-
nation.
About Brownsville and the Valley.
And about the winter climate,
ana facilities and so forth.
The Valley is beginning 70 cash
IN on the tourist crop almost with
out realizing i.
We must be ready for these
tour sts.
PINNED 10 entertain them
And most important OF all. We
must know Valley to enthuse
others about It.
The right mental attitude IS i'm
portant.
Let's get it before the tourist
season starts.
THE WEATHER