Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-05
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VALLEY
The Lower Rio Grande Valley
has no unusual weather, nor does
1t have anything else unusual {"
George White hroadcasting.
Our weather. and anything else
peculiar to ourselves is "UNCOM-
MON" and should be so designated.
To which sentiment In Our VAL
ley" Is In hearty accord, and here
after when anything unusual hap
pens. we will do our level best to
refer to said happening as being
uncommon"
California has gained a reputa-
ton on the strength Of the use Of
the word unusual" according to
Mr. White. who opines that If the
Valley will only take up the uni
versal use of his word uncommon
every time the word Is used, the
nearer will think OF the Lower Rio
Grande Valley.
So-"UNCO it is in the
columns Of the Herald from now
on. friend proofreader and friend
linotype operator, please take no
tice.
They laughed at Los Angeles and
its port, and some people are still
laughing at IL. but that same port
saw 5000 vessels unload and receive
cargoeS during the year $780," said
William L. Ware. domestic trade
commissioner Of the Los Angeles
Chamber Of Commerce before the
Brownsville Rotary Club yesterday.
"Aad Los Angeles had to 60 80
miles to get its harbor while YOU
at Brownsville are going to bring
your port to your very door. You
have a wonderful future. and ]
base that prediction on what I have
seen accomplished BY my home city
Of Los Angeles"
Keep western money IN the west,
and bring eastern money west and
keep II there" IS the sermon being
preached by Mr.. Ware and his or
ganization throughout the western
states.
And right here is a good time 10
insert an apology TO John Bennett.
former city commissioner and still
a druggist at Weslaco. for having
forgotten to list him yesterday with
his fellow druggist office holders up
and down the Valley. We may be
wrong, but we labor under the i'm
preston that Johns partner, For
rest Powell. also at one time had
the office holding bee and served as
a member of the school board al
WesIaco. II he didn't. he should
have.
Up at Harrington. Bishop Glenn
ents. sports writer for our esteemed
morning contemporary wants a
name for the open golf tournament
which started today.
I'm Our Valley proposes the
Golden Grapefruit Open" held an
nually at Harrington. Texas. in the
Garden of Golden Grapefruit.
Just call It the Golden Grape
fruit Open and the rest will fol-
low most naturally.
And for sheer g~o-getters. we COM
mend the Harlingen sponsors Of this
open tournament. whoever they are
BY the staging OF this tourney. they
have put Harrington and the Lower
Rio Crande Valley on the sporting
pages Of every daily newspaper In
the United States. and not for one
day. but for several days. and have
brought to the Valley the best gang
OF good fellows to visit lis for many
a day.
Next summer. as these golf pros
r cavorting about their home
greens. there will be many a remi-
niscence unfolded about that sporty
course at Harrington: about that
wonderful Valley country down
there in Texas; about the entertain
ment enjoyed and the good fell
lowship displayed by their hosts at
Harlingen.
Valley grapefruit has made the
inside of the Literary Digest. at
any rate. Sam QuarrelS UP at La
Feria. one Of AL and Lloyd Parker's
~contented grove owners. dispatched
a crate Of grapefruit and oranges
to Lowell Thomas. eliciting the fol-
lqwing acknowledgment:
The Literary Digest,
254-360 Fourth Ave,
New York. N. Y.
Dear Sam Quarrels:
The fruit arrived in great shape
and my neighbors in other offices,
here at the Literary Digest. i'm
mediately raided the crate. How
ever. 1 managed to get home with
about half OF it. We all enjoyed II
enormously and everyone expressed
surprise at making the discovery
that you get such grand results
down in Texas. We thought that
Florida ard California had a mon