Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-10-12
IN OUR
VALLEY

THERE will be many citrus fruit
Il growers in Cameron County and
IN Willacy County will not b. able
10 make the trip to Florida with the
Valley Horticultural Socicty special
But they can aud should have 4 rep
rcSentativc who will bring back with
him information which can be sprean
among the growers.
County Farm Agent Louis A>mcyrr
should bc this representative. lie i~
willing ~ pay half the roSt of the trip
for himself. but feels that hc is unable
10 meet the ,ntirc cost of it The coun
iy, i seems. cannot pay hi~ expenses
The Herald has suggested the rai~in.
Of 4 fund Of Sl0o 70 assure Mr. AI>
meyers going. Twenty firms giving -
each will complete the fund
:. l.. Gill of Raymondvllc. Wilacy
county. oi The IIarding-,;il Company
writes a. follows:
Enclosed find our check for s. IL
our contribution towards the expenses
for County Agent Al>m' yer ON the
Florida trip. We think Your suggestion
is a good one and are apprcciati,e of the
many things MIR. Alsmrycr ha> done fpl
rs ANA for WiIlacy county"
The Herald now has so pledged for
fund. s'ni ia IA the following:
Ed.lsrcins Brownsville -.
The Herald 50
Hnrding gill CO.. EaymnndviIlc, -.
State National Bank Brop-i vile. -.
Brownsville Grocery, by ". " AIIll>,
Joe Joachim. Brown Vile. 81
NJ solicitors are being sent ont IN this
matter. Th' Herald hrlovr- hit every
business huu~, in th" county l~ aware uf
the vau" of the work of the county
farm agent IIc m"ve+ constantly
among the farmers. and IS ia position ~
render ih'm great assistance. lie
should make the trip. Send in YOUR s..
II any checks above hc Il, cdcd amount
are received. they VIII be returned.
The fund must bc completed hy Tues
day.
They have q new movie theatre in
Eaymondyll' \ name Wd~ selected
through contr.f The Judges ia the
event were unanimous that the u. .,t
name offered was Delta H. Gro" t'The
,'old"n Drlial. How appropriate,
1h" successful contestant was Mr..
q. W. Wallis. The iudg declared that
The nam. WAS uni nnly cuphuuluu- and
VI attractive. hui had real significance.
u has been even susgrafcd that the
name would hr \ >pi ndd one for Val
i.y products. WHY certainly we're for
IN.
Somehow everybody thinks that Wiley
Truss, who runs filling station ON on
Fourteenth street. knows all ah"u the
condition of the Point l,ah' road
The result was that Wiley ha> been
kept busy answering lcphpn" questions
about the road.
Wiley Is accommodating. but h' be
licveS that more people are Interested
than those who call him. 80 hc asks The
Herald 10 report that the road % Point
Isnh b ~ very good condition. There
are no more drtour~. the rrad ha been
dragged ~ rough -pot..
- II you would spend Sund1. pa thc
coast. ~ ahead m. roads won't stop
you. Wiley assures u-.
Mcrccdr- i~ quit proud M 'hr new
passenger station erected there hy th"
Gulf Coast Lines. ana which ua~ used
thr first time la~t week Sa,~ thr Mrr-
ccdr~ Tribune ~ The ~tati"n:
~Th. sfurn structure w one NJ th"
most beautiful drpnt~ il the United
States l",Ht'd in city the size ~ Nrr
rcdc,. and certainly u" depot could have
\ more artistir background ham the city
rark which flankS the new station.