Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-11
IN OUR
VALLEY

for this city have surpassed those of
the sister border city of Laredo, in to-
tai resources and total deposits.
Statement by the four Laredo banks
show total resources of $685., 1884
while the total resources of the
Brownsville banks on the same day
September 20, were 29,996.40.
The Laredo banks showed deposits of
Brownsville banks amounted to S.
129,002.17.
Regardless of the outcome of the
Southern Pacific's application to build
into the Lower Rio Grande Valley, it
is certain that the Valley has obtained
great deal of splendid advertising,
without cost
The Associated Press staff cores
pondent sent here to "cover" the hear
ing sent to member newspapers from
2O0O to 5000 words daily during the
hearing. most of which found it's way
into prominent positions in those pa.
pers.
Facts brought out, whether by the
applicant or the objector, were nearly
always laudatory of the Valley, and the
Valley will benefit.
The space, it might Be mentioned,
could not have been bought, since most
of it appeared on first pages.
1t was a great compliment, ito say the
least, that the heads of two such rail-
way systems as the Missouri Pacific
and the Southern Pacific are clamoring
The news situation in Brownsville
last week was more than the average
small city daily newspaper can easily
handle.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion hearing alone required two men,
working in relays. Then there were
important court cases on hand, as well
as the meeting of the West Texas Pres
bytery. Each was important from a
news standpoint.
81 want to compliment your paper
on the way you handled thss hearing,
Mr.. Scott told Herald reporter. Il
am very much surprised to find a
newspaper in town the size of Browns
willie handling it so completely and so
well.'
lacy County News of Raymondville,
was elected president of the Valley
Press Association at its meeting at Nc
Allen last Monday.
Mrs. M. NJ. Huffor, editor of the
Donna News, was named vice-president
and w. d. Holland of the San Benito
Light has been saddled again with the
duties of secretary-treasurer, the re-
quirements of the latter not being ar
duous. In addition to which, 7. j. Ho-
worth of the McAllen Monitor and
Ralph Buell. Of the Mercedes Tribune
were named directors.
Mr.. Moritz has the honor of being
the dean Of publishers in the Valley.
He has been a publisher here since
1907.
Incident ally the publishers took a
rap at "itinerant statesmen for vari-
Gus sorts of advertising schemes, pass
ing resolutions asking the Valley cities
to adopt ordinences requiring these
"itinerants" to pay an occupation tax
of $50 daily.
Probably the cities will not do this
but it might save many Valley folks
good deal of money if they did.
In one case q motion picture show
permitted one Of these advertising
statesmen" to install contrivance de-
signed to operate automatically, throw
ipg advertisements on a small screen
q side of the regular screen used
xs-&ntertainment.
He sold a number of spaces for q
cash down payment, the balance in note
form, payable in a year. The notes
being those of firms financially sound
were quickly disposed of at discount
Later the contrivance failed to work
The moving picture man was not In
terested-it wasn't his.
How the state outside of the Valley
views the recent activity in the Valley
with reference to the application OF th'
Southern Pacific is we'll illustrated IL
4 an editorial in the Corpus Christi Cal
Ter. headed "The Valley Stands To
pether." The editorial follows:
"Whether or not the application o.
the Southern Pacific lines to extend it!
rails into the Lower Rio Grande Vale!
is approved by the Interstate Com
merce Commission, the Valley certainl!
has done, and is doing its part to ge
the new railroad.
"When the hearing opened in Browns
vile Monday. thousands of Valley CIT
izeus were on hapd-not that they eoui'
do any particular good, but merely e
proye their interest in anything affect
ing the Valley. Valley towns. many o
them. declared holiday so that prac
ticaliy the entire population could jour
new to Brownsville. Automobile cara
vans were organized; the Valley wa
there en- masse pledging its support t.
the Southern Pacific.
"The application will be granted O.
rejected on grounds other than the de
sires of the citizens Of the Valley.
the road can be proved necessity, j
the Southern Pacific can show that it
new road will open up a new and unde
veloped territory, if it can prove tha
lAthere will not. be competition disas
trous to seriously affect the welfare O
both lines. the application will prob
ah'v be granted. If the Missouri Pa
cific can demonstrate that these thing
are rot true. the petition, will doubtless
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