Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-21
IN OUR
VALLEY

see. Fla, which will be well for
growers and shippers of citrus fruits
IN the Valley to ponder, in view of
complaints that are being heard here
and there:
Tallahassee, Fla, Oct. 19.-Every
orange and grapefruit in each of the
Io'ooO,OOO boxes that were forecast as
riorida's crop this year must be ripe,
juicy and sweet before it is shipped
out of the state. With instructions to
nhis effect firmly fixed in their minds
ioo or more inspectors have been sent
Dy Nathan Mayo. commissioner of ag-
ricuiture, to packing houses of the
state to enforce the new green fruit
law enacted by the 1925 legislature
Cooperating with the state inspectors
Will be those of the federal govern
ment. Any fruit ordered for shipment
that is found unfit to eat will be con-
demned and destroyed.
Under provisions of the new law,
which was drafted by representatives
OF S5 per cent Of the citrus growers
OF the state, shippers must obtain from
inspectors certificates showing that
fruit offered for transportation meets
the requirements laid down in the law.
Heavy penalties are provided not only
Tor the shipper but also for the trans
portation company that accepts for
shipment fruit that is not accompanied
by certificate.
News comes from Tampico that con-
struction work is about to be resumed
on the short line railroad between
Tampico and Mexico City.
This project was promoted back in
1910. Construction had actually start.
ed on both ends and. some bridgework
had been done, when the Madero rev.
olution broke out, was followed by the
Carranza revolt and other troubles,
with the result that the railroad was
never completed.
1t was part of the project which had
for it's ultimate object railroad along
the coast to Matamoros, thus reducing
the rail distance from Mexico City to
the border some 800 miles, and reduc-
ing the fuel lost something like so to
IS per cent.
There IS wonderful country be-
tween Tampico and Mexico City.
Mountainous, yes, and therefore seem
ic, but also highly fruitful as to the
yields of the soil. To the east of the
line, in Vera Cruz, there are great cof-
fee plantations.
And between Matamoros and Tam
pico, and off to the west in the neigh
borhood of Victoria, there are also
splendid agricultural lands. Early veg
etables, even earlier than those in the
Valley. are produced.
In the Linares district, off to the
west, are to be found some of the fin
est oranges In the world. But they
cannot be brought into the United
States.
As matter of fact, it is said that
the country between Matamoros and
Tampico would supply a railroad with
as much tonnage as the st. Louis,
Brownsville & Mexico found when it
first built from Houston to the Val
ley, back in 1904.
South Texas large city dailies are
constantly using "valley" in refer
enees to the Lower Rio Grande Valley,
and down here we have come to accept
valley" as meaning "us" whenever
and wherever used.
The San Antonio Evening News in
its issue Of Tuesday carries a first
page head reading: Rivers Drop But
Valleys Under Water
Of course, it isn't "in our Valley"
but all the same we don't like it since
our flood season is gone and the river
is well within its banks.
Drainage is the great problem that
faces the city of Brownsville, if we
ever hope to rid ourselves Of mosqui-
toes and other menaces to health. 1t
Is only the health-giving atmosphere
and the comparatively small popula
tion that has saved US so far.
One can easily foresee the time
when every resaca around the city of
Brownsville will become a veritable
beauty spot. They will be beautified,
fresh water will be run into them from
time to time, beautiful homes will rise
up over their banks, grassy plots will
run down to the waters edge.
One of the most beautiful sights
around Brownsville of moonlighted
evenings is a tree-bordered resaca. On
your next motor trip out on a moon
lighted night, see for yourself.
Burton Davis, well known in Browns
vile, for the last several years con-
nected with Houston newspapers, has
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