Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-10-22
BIG EXHIBIT OF
VALLEY CITRUS
now ASSURED
Every Section Of Valley Will
be Represented in Valley
Citrus Exhibit at Houston
Fair

Every section of the Lower R:o
Grande Valley will be represented in the
Valleys citrus exhibit at the Houston
Fair. November o to is, according 20 =.
T.. Montgomery, of McAllcn, publisher
Of "Monty's Monthly" who was IN
f. Brownsville today.
Mr.. Montgomery has been dcvoting
much time the past six weeks to sceur-
ing this exhibit. and has found every
community in the Valley willing TO CO.
operate with him. In the FBrownsville
district II. II. Banker will have charge
Of collecting the exhibit. and an effort
will he made ~ have the Brownsville
exhibit equal in all respects those from
ali parts Of the Valley.
The Valley citrus exhibit will occupy
a space 20x50 feet in size. and the ar
ranging of the exhibit and the dccora-
tion of the booth will be under the di-
rection Of +. r. Hunt Of McAllen. Mrs
Hunt for five consecutive years won the
silver cup at the Iowa state fair at Des
Mo:nes for the most artistic decorations
and was the designer of the Iowa cN
hibit at the San Francisco worlds fair
in 1914, which was awarded the grand
prize as the most artisticaily designed
and decorated exhibit made by any
state. Mr.. Hunt has volunteered his
services with the object Of making the
Valley exhibit the most distinctive at
the Fair.
For exhibition purposes the Valley ex-
hibit will be divided into three districts,
as follows: District No. 1, Mission and
Sharyland; No. 2. McAllen and Pharr:
No. 3, San Juan. Alamo and Donna; No.
4. Mercedes and La Feria; No. >. iar-
lingcn: No. G. San Bcnito. Rio llondo
and Los Frcsnos: No. Z, Brownsville and
III Jardin. Arrangements fo- exhibits
have been completed in all districts.
and the fruit will be ready for h.pmcnt
TO Houston by the first of the month.
All fruit will be taken TO the new
packing plant nj ilarlingen, where il
will receive the Brogdcxing treatment.
and special stress is placed upon the
necessity of all growers having their
fruit at Harlingen by November |.
A tropical background will be proyid
ed for the exhibit, including blossomins.
and frui;ing banana palms from the
Media Luna ranch of +. X. Goodrich. and
a ponderosa lemon tree from SEaryland
bearing almost 200 ripe ponderosa lem
ons. George Bowyer of the San Benito
nursery has also apreed 10 keep the cx-
hibit supplied with flowers which he will
ship every other day.
A register will be kept and all visit
ors to the exhibit will be requested
sign their names.
"The interest taken by the variou
communities of the Valley in this eN
hibit assures its success" Mr.. Mont
gomery stated. "The Houston Fair
one of the biggest events in Texas. an.
thousands of visitors who are not nc
quainted with the citrus possibilitie
will have an opportunity to examine thi
exhibit We have been especielly for
tunate in having secured the services o
MIR. Hunt to assist in the decorating
and il Is safe to predict that the cXh.b
will be the greatest advertisement IN
Valleys citrus industry has ever re-
ceived."
J. A. Hickman. president Of the Citru
Growers Exchange, will have a desk n
the exhibit and will take orders for ear
load lots OF citrus. and Mr. Montgomcr,
and his assistants will take retail OF
ders for individual growers.
I'VE want the Brownsville district t.
have as good an exhibit as the othei
Valley districts" Mr.. Montgomery said
Mr. Banker has volunteered to lool
after this district and all information
concerning the exhibit can be secured
through him. We particularly wish q
emphasize the necessity Of having fruit
at the Harlingcn packing plant by No
vember 1. "a il will be impossible a.
have IL nroperly Drapar.1 and r...d,. e.,
exhibition after that date