Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-03-26
COOPERATION, CONSERVATISM
CHARACTERISTICS OF M'ALlEN
Continued from page one)

outside of Brownsville. The First Stat
bank, IN It's statement of March 5, 19l7
gives as its total deposits the sum o
T4o' ,o6o.sa, double what they were on
year ago. Banks do not grow much fast
er than that anywhere. Its cashier is tn,
very capable Mr.. r. f. Horn, one of Neal
lens leading citizens.
McAllen has ten miles of sidewalks an,
four or five more miles now being actual
ly constructed. Most of this new worl
Is being done by the individual propert,
owners. Ii * n rare sight To see fin,
sidewalks. -four and a half feet wide. will
three-foot street crossings, in the Mexi
can part of a town, and stranger still
when one learns that the expense j. born,
by the individual property owners: but i
would be even stranger If anyone coul,
live in MeAllen and not absorb some oi
the McAllen spirit.
There are four fine wholesale houses
one of the largest owned and operated b,
a Mexican, with branches in E%dinburg
Rio Grande City and Sam Fordyce.
McAllen has n creamery, which turn
out a large quantity of butter and of ic,
cream, which is shipped To nearby points.
This factory was built by entcrprising citi-
zcns in order to supply "A market to III,
farmers of the community for their milk
In McAllen there are nine garages an,
three automobile sales concerns. Their,
are also two large lumber ward.
The present building activity in Meal
len Is extensive, n can be readily seer
by anyone passing through the town
Many of the buildings are Of the attrac-
tive bungalow type, though many are OF
brick, brought from Reynosa, on the other
side of the Rio Grande. Palm boulevard
| APPLY named from the handsome row OF
| palm tree, which line either side of il
Is a most attractive residential section
Ii i a perfect oasis Of green grass an,
trees. The southern extension Of the main
street of town, of which Palm boulevard
is really an extension to the north, ha.
been laid off in streets and lots, and al
ready one house is going up.
The McAllen Monitor, a newsy eight
page weekly, with a good circulation. j
owned and edited by Mr.. /. Moritz. III,
has a modern linotype machine on tn,
way, which will soon be installed.
A new hotel, the Commercial. under tn,
management of Mrs. s. c. Wolf, formerl,
of Donna, was opened today. This give.
McAllen two hotels.
The extensive agricultural and trucking
section of which McAllen j. the center
is watered by four separate irrigation sys-
tens, which gives it a feeling of s%ecurit,
that one would not give. In addition, il
| yies with Mission for the trade from tn,
Sharyland people, and honors are about
even. McAllen has also had its share OF
the soldier trade; during the presence Of
the national guard, it was headquarters
for the New York division, consisting OF
about twelve thousand soldiers; at pres
ent four companies of regulars are sta
| toned here,
/ had hoped 10 write something of tn,
Country club, but was unable to get any
information on the subject. I'm the char
acteristic McAllen way they refuse to talk
L " EtituEtiN sDbut u. lbui q HdNt Al Su~
| picion that they have something good uI
their sleeves, and hat some fine morning
the Valley will wake up To find McAller
with a modern country club. built a. b,
a magic lamp, and ] have a sort of a prom
e that ! shall get the first news Of it
but that until such time they positively re
fuse to talkc for publication.
TODAY A BIG DAY AT MALLEN.
Today i a big day in the annals OF
McAllen. This afternoon marks the lay
ing, with proper ceremonies, Of the cor.
ner stone of their new high school build
ing. of which they are Justly proud
In the evening a large ball will be .iver
in the rooms of the Social club, at which
| the Twenty Eighth infantry band will piav
10 be present. .-~DA
The school building. which will be on,
Of the handsomest in this part of Texas. i
now nearing completion. Ii will be an am.
pie building of brick, up to date in ever,
/ respect, will nave a full complement OF
teachers, and altogether will be an insti-
tuition which will reflect credit on this
town and community.
In many other ways, the thriving young
town of McAllen j. growing. 1t has 4
life history of only a few years, but thos.
have been full years. Within this short
time 1t has acquired a bank, two hotels
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