Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-06-07
In OUR
VALLEY

- sified advertising in The Herald
1t was received Monday, but we've beer
holding it for Sunday use.
w. +. Jeffress of Harlingen lost his
bird dog. He has the dog at home. He
writes:
This is to thank you for the good
results from my want ad in this morn
ing's edition of The Herald offering S.
reward for information leading to re-
covery of my bird dog About 10 o'clock
a soldier at Fort Brown telephoned me
that he had my dog and | went down
this afternoon and recovered him. This
Is what l call excellent service"
Thank you, Mr.. Jeffress.
We believe that Herald classifeds
are really worth while. if you have lost
anything, have anything to sell, want
job, house, room, loan-any-
thing.
Try the classified route. It's direct.
It's cheap. And it's so convenient
' The penalty for unnecessary sound
ing of horns is fine of $40 to $25 fol
the first offense and for second sf-
fense within six months from $25 to
$50.
But it's up in Pennsylvania.
Harry L. Stebbins is president of the
Arroyo Country Club, near Harlngen,
but lives at Weslacvo.
Stebbins recently made trip to
Florida. Had heard about the things
going on there. wanted to see for him.
self.
Came back and decided to write let
ter to the Arroyo Country Club owners.
Here is how he explains the reason
for happenings in Florida.
Il found without exception the basic
reason for their rapid development is
in this one thing, namely: They are
making and beautifying and providing
recreation features to attract the winte,
tourist, who many times becomes an all
year resident.
Their improvements consist of good
roads, paved streets, parkways, boule-
ward lighting, shrubbery and flowers
Their recreational features are innum-
erable-golf courses, country clubs. ten
mis- courts, croquet grounds, motor boat
ing. etc.
These improvements and resulting
great activities and desire on the part
of northern people to- purchase property
and become residents, strongly Impress
ed me with the idea that we of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley not tax
ing advantage of the many opportunities
that lie at our door"
Something there for Valley folks to
think about.
This Florida propaganda that's 60
ing the rounds is making us Valley
folks green with envy. Here's another
letter, written by E. B. Patrick, former
newspaperman of Ell Campo, Tex, but
now of Sebring Fla, writing to his sis
ter Mrs. S. K. Hallam of Brownsville:
Il wonder if you have any tourists
at Brownsville as we do hereby the
thousand and it seems they all carry
a roll. Were you in the realty business
here you could count your cash in the
thousands by this time. One man has
made million in the past six months
Property has sold and resod, some of
it dozen times.
"The house we occupy has been sold
six times 1t started at $500. and the
last time it went at $4,000. One emp
ty lot sold last fall and hard job at
that. for S25OO and resold last week at
$4,000 All over Florida the story is
the same.
ct cost realtors a cool 100000 to
put things to moving here. An inn
ported bunch came in and a lot of
paper sales started the ball and it has
been rolling ever since"
The San Antonio Express on Saturday
used an SO space in The Brownsville
Herald TO call attention to the fact that
IL was the only large city newspaper
reaching the Valley Saturday morning
"a carry complete report of the Tun-
nev- Gibbons match.
The Express circulation department
Il rizes the fact that The Browns
v'e terald is the only homo delivered
n. paper with Valley-wide circuE
tion. -,
II appreciates the value of The Herald
to anv one desiring to reach the people
&c the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Hundreds are dead in the north ana
cast from heat prostrations.
We mention this merely because OF
the fact that, despite the fact that the
valley is about as far south as It 4
-oss;ble TO 60 without leaving the
limited States. there is no record Oh
single death from heat
None from cold, for that matter'