Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-03

0RCahAAA VI aA4C ulluoNHA WA
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-
n~ecticut, she hied herself forth
10 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''i
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
Of these rainy spells does hit the
Valley. II fails TO spell the gries
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.
II NAV be that too many or us
can remember back when q couple
OF inches Of rain put the automo-
bile in the garage 70 stay until
the sun had shone for a couple Of
GAYS. III our memories are not SO
good, maybe fewer OF us would
curl up at the sight and thought
Of rain.
Disagreeable as 1t was. or per-
haps we should say SIS. 1t may be
raining again as you read this
d~isagreeable as IL was" or is,
the rain seemed 10 have more ef-
feet on the limitation OF cabbage
cutting than all OF the agreements
&c stop ting.
AS long as II rained and cutting
was impossible. the agreement not
TO cut worked finei
What this Valley needs IS a
crop dictator a Ia Mussolini. whose
word shall be final and who shall
have the authority 10 say how biz
an acreage OF any one commodity
shall be planted. and when 1t shall
be harvested.
In 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
keep everybody In good humor and
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 to swell up To
mountainous proportions every time
three drops OF rain hit the city
limitS7
Those we're the days when Il
would have been possible 70 get an
almost unanimous vote to cut
Cameron and Hidalgo counties.
either or both. up into half a dozen
counties, so that IN could get
from one end OF the county 70 an
other In a day.
Tf II did not rain 70 make the
roads impossible, the chug holes
and dust made a journey from one
end or the county 10 another an
adventure on a par with a trip 70
darkest Africa.
They may talk OF the good old
favs' TO their hearts content-but
looking back over the past Is years
CT the Valleys history. We are
lad that the good old days have
ken succeeded by better ones.
No section anywhere can be cited
which has shown a growth as
rapid. vet as orderly. as that en-
toyed hy the Lower Rio Grande
Valley. and may the good work 20
on
And Il viii 20 on.
Military Commander