Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-13
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TODAY -IIARLINGEN DAY.
BROWNSVILLE RIFLES DRILL
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FOOTBALL GAME AT l.. NJ.
TOMORROW - BROWNSVILLE
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The Brownsville Midwintcr Fair serv-
cd its purpose Yesterday Not only does
It show the home people what ii grows at
home. but when it displayed the products
of its soils Sunday to more than one
Thousand hOmcScckerS those who mean
so much to the valley cOuntry-it proved
to them that what they have read about
the valley is true. what they have been
told is true, and lastly. what they saw
is true. They stared. they examined with
their hands. they asked questions and
hundreds were convinced. They hal
seen with their own eyes
All previous records for attendance
at the Brownsville Midwintcr Fair were
broken yesterday.
Two years ago when in one Iav3fiyr
thousand attended the fair. On what NvaS
known as the rice mill grounds, it WAS
thought that il would be a long time be
fore another such crowd would attend
a fair in one day in this section Of the
country. Sunday nearly six .hrHsand
paid admission 10 the grounds. and hun
drcdS almost fought for place before the
ticket sellers booths.
There were twelve hundred nomcseck
erS in the city Yesterday. who arrived
with the land cX<lrSion trains They
arrived III tifty-tive coaches some Of them
after having seen the valley lands Diners
before they had seen the valley lands
Fivc-SiXthS Of the number that came to
Brownsville attended the fair ID See The
results attained by tillcrS OF the soil i'm
the valley country.
They began arriving ut the fair
grounds early in the morning and hy
noon several hundred had entered tn"
grounds In the afternoon they began
coming faster, and the ticket sellers. -;Il
ready harricd BY the rush for tickets by
citizens of this city and MatamOroS, were
dOubly rushed when these men who were
so anxious to see valley green's showed
their QaurterS under the little windows.
Vegetables were there wh!cH many of
the hOmeScckcrS from the frozen north
had never seen before They were there
the north are covered by snow frozen
the great variety in some of the exhibits
simply amazed them. They could OF
believe that one spot III the Hltrd
States could grow SO many diticrcat
kinds of garden truck-and that in the
dead of winter where their lands in
n0rthnOrth are covered by snow. frozen
several feet deep in some instances. and
growing green and fresh now. when the
time for them to begin tilling their soils
is more than four months away. and
when their last crops have long been
laid by.
Land agents who are interested in
lands farther UP the valley were dubious
aS to whether they would be benefited by
bringing their prospective customers to
the fair. But after they had brought
them down. and stood aside and heard
the hundreds Of favorable comments,
they nj once made UD their minds that
they would have made Il serious mistake
had they not done SO. The varieties of
vegetables. picked off the field day be
fore the fair; that another had grown.
nearly as many; that hundreds more are
doing the same thing year after year
right here in this wonderful valley.
They were cOmvinccd-nOt i'm tens or
twenticS. or thirticS. but in hundreds.
There were many present who heard
their comments. Their expressions of
wonder, and absolute conviction were
heard-many times.
That the visit of the one thousand
farmers from Missouri. from Kansas.
from Illinois. Wisconsin. North Dakota,
South Dakota. Minnesota and other
north central states. Will rebound hun
drpd fold in benefit to the entire valley
country is certain. The exhibition Of
vegetables was IN "cye opener" to them.
and as result the valley will surely
win many more citizens from the frozen
north.
The land trains alone did not bring all
the crowd from the north. There were
many hOmpSeckerS on the grounds YES
| trrday who were free from connection
with any of the land companies. They
came down on their own account to see
and hear for themselves They came
! free from any close influences. and they
| too. were enthusiastic after thev had
seen: more 50 even than those who had
come with the land trains. if compared
HARLINGEN DAY TODAY.
/ Today is IIarlingen Day. and good
crowd is expected To arrive from the
up-the-valley town. They Will have
/ plenty to do to keep them busy In the
morning they will have time TO visit the
various departments. the Agricultural
/ Tent. the Art Department, the School
| Department. the WOmen'S Department
and the Poultry Department. At
/ o'clock there will be an exhibition drill
| bv- the Brownsville Rifles, under the com
mand Of Captain George J. Head. After
! the drill n football game will be played
I by a selected team from the militia com
| pany and Il team from the Brownsville
| high school. There will not be spare
| moment for between times they can take