Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-05-06

In OUR
VALLEY

"a LII up and down the Valey-wth
the exception of Donna-there has
oeen some skepticism as to whether
Donna can successfully put over" the
ihts rcontinental Exposition.
But not in Donna.
Conservative businessmen of that little
city are thoroughly sold on the idea.
lhey believe it can be done, and they
are leaving no stones unturned to see
ina. it is done.
Donna is going to make a success
OF TINS thing" is the way they tell it
20 you in Donna. And nobody here
IS gong to be asked to put up any
\ stand the chance of any losses.
We have an idea, and we believe it is a
good one."
Back Of it are such men as President
Morris of the Valley Building G. Loan
Associatiofn, Banker Chambers, j. A.
Hickman, Mr.. Lissner, the Hesters. and
Numerous others.
The plan is simple" explains Cen
eral Manager o. L. Williams. We
have the land, 81 acres of it, weil To-
Gated at point couple Of miles due
north from Donna.
We arc going to sell space to manu-
facturers and exporters at So per square
foot per year. Already we have sold
a hundred square feet each to the
Alamo Iron Works, the South Texas
Lumber Co, the Uvalde Rock Asphalt
Company, and smaller spaces to others.
When we have sold 10000 square
feet of space the money will be in sight
for the erection of the auditorium
which will have seating capacity of
ooO0. and two wings of the exposition
building, where the products of Ameri-
can and Latin-American countries will
be exhibited.
This money will be obtained through
bonding plan, which has already been
arranged. Donna people are not being
REQUIRED Ia put up any money for cx
hiblts We will pay them q commits
sion cf 20 per cent on all space they
sell. they to pay their own selling ex-
pense."
And they continue to go right ahead
with their idea
They have the plans underway by
George Walling, architect of Austin.
The contract for construction of
buildings has been awarded to Moore &
Moore--C. w. Of Austin and ROLAND
Of DOnna-and work, says Mr.. Williams;
will start about the first Of August,
for they expect 10000 square feet Of
exhibition space out Of the $4,000 square
feet available, to be disposed of BY
that time.
And, further, after the 10000 square
feet are taken. the management will
approach exporters exclusively on the
sale of 10000 tickets at 81 each The
exporters are expected to buy these
tickets and send them TO their customers
all over the world. They will be season
tickets. made out in the names of the
recipients.
The space selling campaign is to be
put on IN Birmingham. Ala, within the
newt 80 days.
So up in Donna yesterday. it a
busy day.
There were crowds in town from the
SURROUNDING district.
The site was dedicated to exposition
purposes, at 1925 o'clock in the morn
ing, with an invocation by Rev. J. a.
Ruffner, A,astor of the Donna Methodist
church.
The American and Mexican flags were
raised. with the national airs of the
two countries being played by the
Twelfth U. S. Cavalry Band at Fort
Brown.
o. l.. Williams introduced Francisco
Suastegui of Washington commercial at
tache OF the Mexican embassy Senior
Suastegui spoke Of the cooperative sig
nigicance of the proposed exposition.
Then followed barbecue on the bank
of the Rio Grande, south of Donna.
Walter Weaver Donna attorney, was
the speaker on this occasion.
At 2:30 in the afternoon a great
crowd thronged the auditorium of tho
p0rna high school. Texas -Mexicans and
Americans assembling 70 listen to the
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