Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-28
IN OUR
VALLEY
II ARMERS DISAPPOINTED IN FLO
RlDA, TREK TO LOWER RIO
GRANDE VALLEY

= RIDA, TREK TO LOWER RIG
GRANDE VALLEY.
Thus reads heading over two
column box story on the first page OF
the Beaumont Enterprise of last Satur-
day.
The story reads:
"A caravan passed through Beaumont
yesterday. That is queer in itself, but
the queer phase of it was that it was
going from Florida to the Lower Rio
Grande Valley of Texas.
Some IL or Is automobiles formed
the caravan. All were real farmers
who had rushed to Florida like the
'49-ers had rushed to California. But
they report the goldswasn't waiting for
them. They decided to move to the
Rio Grande Valley and establish homes.
They stopped long enough to see about
taking their dogs from a non-quaran-
tine area into one that is quarantined.
Their household belongings are being
shipped through by train, they said. y
4.
Many and variedsare the opinions that
come from Florida on the boom in that
state, but mostly they are agreed that
the present situation cannot continue
indefinitely. There must be reckon
ing somewhere along the line
The Lower Rio Grande's fertile soils
will beckon once the real worth of
the country becomes generally known.
Headway is being made every year.
Already Florida real estate men are
Al II
Grande Valley, and predictions are
made that some of them will be head
ing in this direction before the winter
has closed.
The Brownsville Golf & Country Club
is being reorganized, will be incorpora-
ted and placed on strictly business
basis. with sound financial standing
The Country Club occupies some Of
the most valuable land in and around
Brownsville. ct is said to be worth from
$500 an acre up. It is valuable for
farming but more valuable to the city
as an asset which will do much to at
tract. and hold visitors.
There is every reason why the
Brownsville Golf & Country Club
should be maintained. The Valley with
in the next few years should have a
dozen or more splendid golf courses.
and Brownsville should not only have
this Country Club, but in time muni-
cipal course.
All of them will be needed. if we are
to make of this section the tourist
center that we hope for.
Hidalgo County produced approx
mately 1000 bales more cotton in 1925
than in 1924, while Cameron County
forged ahead of its 1924 production by
srproximately 1000 bales, producing
about $1,000 in 1249 and $4,000 in 1925.
Cameron County had greatly in
creased cotton acreage in 1925 over
1924, and indications are, growers say,
that the acreage next year will be
even greater than n was in 1925.
The early production of Lower Rio
Grande Valley cotton. together with its
premium bearing staple are back Of
the demand for the lint grown in this
district.
The Willacy County Gin Company
has announced that it will build the
first exclusively long staple cotton gin
in the Valley, to be ready for operation
next year.
ct. A. G." conducts a column in
The Harlingen Star. One would have
a strong suspicion that T. A. G., must
be connected with the Harlingen Cham
Der of Commerce. this suspicion being
based on the following paragraph in
his column last week:
"The directors of the Brownsville
Chamber of Commerce made it very
hard on the directors Of chambers Of
commerce in every other Valley town
when they bought big automobile for
the use of their hired man It's got
gold letters 'neverything on it. They
didn't stop at that either; they've fur
nished up a ground floor office with
hot and cold folding doors and all the
modern conveniences. This isn't meant
as a hint. just passing comment is all. :"
Twelve concrete houses, to be let, win
be built on a McAllen street at one
time. They will be five rooms in size
and McAllen is welcoming them because
that will go far toward relieving the
housing problem in that city.