Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-07-13
IN OUR
VALLEY


Valley in inaugurating an advertising
publicity campaign in Dallas, Fort
Worth. Oklahoma City and Tulsa news
papers exploiting the advantages OF
Corpus Christi as vacation resort. :
The advertisements are very attract
lively designed, occupying space OF
ten inches by three colums in width
1t is along the line of campaign pro-
posed to be taken up by the publicity
financing campaign recently started IN
the Valley with AL Parker of La Feria
at its head.
In addition 10 the illustrations con-
veyinp the idea of Corpus Christi as a
harbor, as a fishing ground, as golfing
center and as a bathing beach, the ad-
yerIisement carries map of Texas,
Oklahoma, Arkansas and louisiana,
showing roads leading to Corpus Christi.
Corpus Christi has the idea. And our
guess is that Corpus Christi will cash
in on the investment
A few days ago it was stated in this
column that Corpus Christi is support
ing Laredos efforts to secure the Sc
lection of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, as the
northern terminus for the Mexican
highway.
The map of the Corpus Christi adver-
tisement bears out the statesment.
1t shows Laredo and Nuevo Laredo,
but leaves out Brownsville, Kingsville,
Raymondville and all the other towns
of the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
OF course, Corpus Christi assumes
that the beaches at Padre Island and
Boca Chica attract the Valley residents
to the exclusion of Corpus Beach.
Corpus Christi is probably wrong. We
believe if our friends in the City by
abe Sea" will check up, they will flnd
they have more visitors from the Lower
Rio Grande Valley, day in and day out,
than from any other section Of South
Texas.
An editorial in the Corpus Christi
Caller asserts that Bird Island is a
joke; that no one thinks OF gong
there. 1t appears to convey the thought
that the island has no value for any
particular purpose.
The Caller evidently hasn't kept in
very close touch with Bird Island in re
cent years.
Bird Island is just that-a bird island
1t has been set aside sanctuary for
certain species of birds which nest on
the island. 1t is a bird conservation
center.
We imagine that Deputy Federal
Game Warden R. ID. Camp of Browns
vile, who has jurisdiction over Bird
Island as bird sanctuary, has not taken
kindly to the thought advanced by The
Caller.
And it is our guess that The Caller had
simply forgotten about the bird feature
of Bird Island.
Bird Island, Green Island and other
small islands on the Laguna Madre are
all bird sanctuaries. Guards are kept
on the islands to make the safety of the
birds certain.
Temple, Texas, announces that the
four banks of that city have deposits
of S4,005,000.
Temple is railroad center. Temple
is located in one of the richest farming
communities in the state. Temple has a
population Of about $4,000. 1t is table
territory.
Brownsville is not nearly as large as
Temple. Brownsville has no large pay
rolls such as Temple. Yet the Browns
vile banks can boast of deposits
amounting to $4,694, ,2O8 .3O-and we'll
bet that by the next bank call they will
have gone over S5,000,000.
The total resources OBJ Brownsville
banks reached the magnificent figure
of $5,966,470 on June 30. Nearly
$6,000,0 0,000-and by the next call the
figure will be we'll above that
Sing the praises of the Seward sisters
of harlingen!
And whoever made the charge that
the girls of today are not as expert in
the kitchen as their mothers and grand
mothers should have the charge cram
med down their throats.
Miss Dolle Seward brought the state
breadbaking prize to the Valley in 1928.
Miss Hazel, the next sister, brought
the state prize to the Valley in 1924.
And Miss Bessie, after carrying the
sweepstakes In Cameron county, is 60
ing to carry on at College Station short
ly, and promises to keep on keeping the
the state record in the name of the Har-
lingen family.
Good bread is a work of art. The
Seward sisters are, therefore, artists