Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-18
INES HEADS WAR ON CATTLE DISEASE
IN OUR
VALLEY


of preacher farmers in the Valley, but
the gentleman we have in mind just
now is Rev Emmett p Day, pastor OF
the Presbyterian church of Brownsville
Rev. Day4is an Indiapian who came
to Brownsville some three years age
was elected to the pastorate of the
church, and acquired some 48 acres out
in Ell Jardin.
Out of his tract he selected 18 acres
for citrus fruit orchard, and it is
bringing him some money. Then he
goes in for cotton, for potatoes and
other truck. 4
He was one of the first to endorse
the plan for potato growers organiza-
ticn for marketing purposes.
Didn't make any money out of my
potatoes last season-just broke even
But we believe the. situation is going to
be different next year, under the CO.
operative plan, if the consuming mar
ket is at all favorable"
*A*
Brownsville is one of the very few
cities in Texas that has a city market.
Brownsville has had a city market al
most since the establishment of the
city.
The city market of Brownsville sup
plies meats and vegetables for a popula-
tion three times greater than it was
20 years ago.
Yet the city market space is no larg-
er than it was2O years ago.
1t is crowded, badly crowded. Patrons
cannot reach the vegetable stalls with
out humping into each other, or scat
tering potatoes, carrots, beans or other
truck on the floor.
The city has long planned to erect
new quarters for the fire department.
Removal of the department from the
market square building would give
additional space for the market section.
There is no reason why the city mar
ket of Brownsville should not be as at
tractive in appearance as any modernly
equipped store. The city should be
getting a return that wouli justify it.
If the city does not do it, then it
should place no obstacles in the path
of anyone who desires to enter the
same line of business in any other part
of the city.
The first gin in. the Lower Rio
Grande Valley was erected in 1901. 1t
was built by the late w. E. Sprague at
Tacoma ranch, Ia miles north of Edin-
burg. Now there are 20 gins in the
Valley, and the number is growing.
Writing in Monty's Monthly recently,
Judge S. L. Gill of Raymondville says:
To-day when the cotton grower has
to wait at the gin three or four hours
or half day he feels that he is being
,Given very poor service. Many of our
growers haul their cotton in motor
trucks and expect to make two or three
trips daily.
6 In 1905 and 1905 there were farmers
who grew cotton on the San Antonio
Vieio ranch and hauled it to La Coma
ranch with OK teams in Mexican two
wheeled carts. The whole trip to and
from the gin required q days and they
seemed to think that it was not too
much time to use in hauling one or two
bales of cotton"
Cotton at that time was bringing
around ten cents a pound, possibly a
little more. but not much.
Imagine In this day and time, in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley. taking 81
days to get bale of cotton to the gin!
J. S. Galloway of Harlingen, repre-
sentative in this territory for the AM
ericank Farm Bureau Cotton Association,
says that the association recently sold
batch of 5000 bales of Valley grown
cotton.
Looks as if there should be little
more money turned loose in the Valley
within the next few days when remit
tances begin to arrive on this million
and a quarter dollars.
Sidney Franklin, the American bull
fighter who a few days ago fought four
bulls to death in the Matamoros arena
says that fighting bulls is bit more
strenuous than football.
In the bullfight, the matador does
the work alone. In the scrimmage at
least a few of the fellows get a few
minutes of rest. The bull fighter must
be Ion his toes" every moment, par
ticuIarly if he is as aggressive as
Franklin.
Franklin is an artistsas well as bull
fighter. He paints pictures of beauti-
full flowers. That's his recreation.
If you are psychologist, work it. out
to suit yourself.
Said Brownsville banker:
LAS long as taxes are so high in
Brownsville, there is no inducement
for a man to, build home. He can rent
much cheaper than he can build
But suppove every prospective home
owner consideted it that way-what
would a city of renters amount to
What could 1t ever amount to?
Q But it will never come to that. Every
man who doesn't own home aspires to
owr one some day. He disregards in
terest and taxes.
And if we al accepted that viewpoint,
(Confiunad IN paoe TIVE