Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-04-30
BR|BE EFFORT CHARGED TO SHEPHERD
in OUR
VALLEY

n ONNA is to have a picking plant
~ for cucumbers. 1t is announced
that the plant will have storage cap
acity of five cars. D. L. Gibson is the
builder and operator of the proposition.
Mr.. Gibson has contract for the pro-
duct of fifty acres of 'cukes," and is
said already to have more Of a market
than he can supply.
Picking plants and canning fac
tories are the answer to low prices and
poor demand for fresh vegetables out OF
the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
In other vegetable producing sections
canning factories take care of the over
supply of the fresh products.
1t may be that freight rates interfere
with the canning proposition in the
Valley. may be prohibtive in the mat
ter of competition with factories near
er markets. But cooperation between
the growers and the railroads might
solve that problem.
There are several quite successful
though small. canning factories in the
Valley We knew of one instance sew
eral years ago where a concern estab-
lished sizeable factory in the Valley
They contracted for the production Of
acreage. When it came time to deliver,
however, it was charged, the producers
preferred to sell elsewhere The fac,
tory was forced out Of business.
The canery is worth tying to by the
farmer.
Whether the rains are answers to the
numerous prayers we cannot say, but
at least it has rained in most parts OF
Texas where there has been serious
dl outh for many months.
CalifOrnia's "rain maker quite evil
IDENTIFY lost a good many thousands of
dollars by cancelling Kerrville, Tex
as, contract to go to louisiana. He
might as well have taken on the Kerr
Vile contract and gotten his $4,000.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley is not
averse to the moisture that fell last
night and today but it could have done
without that fall in temperature that
was forecast by the reported snowfall
at San Angelo. Texas, yesterday.
Another alien. seeking to enter the
United States by underground methods,
has probably paid forfeit with his life.
This man. after paving one smuggler
after another finally fell into the hands
of one who thought he might as well
finish the job. pistol. flash-an-
other life gone.
Representatives in Mexico of foreign
governments whose subjects are seeking
entry into the United States should see
that they are duly warned Of the dan
GERS Of seeking to enter the United
States illegally. Smugglers are usually
desperate criminals. What to them IS
the life of lowly alien when his pos
sessions are desirable.
The shooting Of the Italian at PenitaS
was likely only one incident of many
of the kind. Some smuggled aliens may
have escaped with their lives. If they
did so. they were just plain lucky. The
next one was not so fortunate. And
others that follow may not be so for
tunate.
A San Antonio woman, Mrs. Amos
Graves, is planning to organize COM
+any to colonize lands in the Lower
Rio Grande Valley.
When the women get into the land
development game in the Valley, the
time has arrived for the male develop
ers to look to their laurels.
Says Mrs. Graves:
"San Antonio real estate men are
not aware of the possibilities of the
Rio Grande Valley
Not altogether, Mrs. Graves. we are
reminded that one of them, seeking u
develop lands in the San Antonio dls-
trict. proclaims to the world, in adver,
tising space, that his lands ARE Just
as good as those in the Lower Rlo
Grande Valley" In other words. he's
shooting high" to reach his mark.