Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-06

IN OUR
VALLEY


in flood control bonds offered for sale
Saturday by Cameron county.
Of course, the award will go to the
firm holding up the best offer.
In the meantime Cameron county is
going ahead with the plans for flood
control. Residents Of the lands border
ing the river, a few miles up from
Brownsville, will meet Monday to con-
slider the route for a levee.
In the course of the next twenty-four
months, floods like that reported from
Ell Paso will hold no menace for the
Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Heavy downpours along the water
sheds of the San Juan, the Salado,
Devils river and other streams, will re-
suit only in an opening of gates to per-
NIT the excess waters to find their way
harmlessly out to sea.
Competent engineers, given money
can accomplish wonders.
There are at least $50 rooms in
Brownsville available to visitors.
At noon Saturday rooms could not
be had for love or money. Hotel clerks
refused to be cajoled
Its impossible-we can't place you
without throwing someone else out,
was the way the clerks greeted the
guests. And they had that sort of ex-
preston which says: "Now, this hurts
me as much as it does you
And this has been an almost normal
condition with Brownsville hotels for
many months past.
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tourist-commercial hotel. 1t will give
an additional. $50 rooms, besides hall
ways available for cots on unusual oc-
casions.
And we venture the guess that before
that $4,000 hostelry is completed and
opened, another hotel of proportions
will be underway.
things happen that way.
The Brownsville Chamber of Com
merce receives many letters daily ask
ing about Brownsville and the Valley
generally.
One man wrote yesterday asking
about hotel accommodations, rates,
Tooming and apakment houses.
I've been going to Florida, but it's
too crowded there now. Want to come
to the Lower Rio Grande Valley this
year"
One of many. Look for the grand
rush. It's certain to, develop.
Farmers Of the Lower Rio Grande
Valley will meet Tuesday at La Feria
to consider plans for the organization
of a operative marketing association.
The tentative constitution and by
laws have been formulated by Valley
farmers for Valley farmers. But it is
up to the farmers themselves to say,
at the La Feria meeting, whether they
wish to go into permanent organiza-
tion and begin actual cooperative mar
keting of their products.
The potato growers of the Browns
Ville:San Benito district have jshovn
the way. They ARE organized.
Mercedes is to have free mail de-
livery soon. Promise has been given
that it will be inaugurated on or about
November 15.
Brownsville was the first Valley city
to have free mail delivery.
McAllen was second, San Benito is
to have it beginning October /, and
doubtless Harlingen is soon to have
men in gray uniforms handing out mail.
Mercedes points with pride to her
postal receipts for the year ending
June 80, the figure being $18,842.61.
Mercedes Elks are proud of their or
ganization. They are ambitious for it.
They are planning to build a real
Elks Home, at a cost of $4,000, and
are about to begin a whirlwind cam
paign to sell $4,000 worth of building
bonds.
Houston Elks, now in Brownsville, on
YOUR next trip down to the Valley Mer-
cedes hopes to welcome you to their
new home. 1t will outshine the build
ing at Walker and San Jacinto, Houston
Take our. word for it.
The La Feria Chamber of Commerce
has endorsed the plans of the Southern
Pacific railroad to extend the San An
tonic & Aransas Pass into the Lower
Rio Grande Valley.
Similar resolutions have been passed
nv the Brownsville Chamber of Com
merce.
The people of the Lower RIO Grandt
Valley have from now until October
TO think over the matter. At that time
the Interstate Commerce Commission
will hear the contentious of the South
ern Pacific.
Jobn p. Trojauowski of Ann Arbor
Mich, bought farm near La Feris
two years ago. He built house las
wear. 1t was the >enly house over
considerable stretch of land. he re-
tprned the other day to find II houses
have heen built since his. That's how
the Valley is growing.