Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-12-08
IN OUR
VALLEY

HE Paris edition of the Chicago
Tribune carried a very interesting
story recently on the robbery in a de-
partment store in the Opera of Mrs.
Jessee o. Wheeler of Brownsville, for
mer publisher of The Herald, who has
been in Europe for more than year.
The story related the details Of the
ROBBERY, the loss of about HOO francs
and two checks for $40 in a purse
which had been laid on counter for
a moment while Mrs. Wheeler tried on
hats.
The story is incomplete, however, ac-
cording to members of the particular
sex who read it in The Herald yester-
day. 1t told how the emptied purse
finally reached its owner--but it never
lntimated whether Mrs. Wheeler bought
the hat.
No doubt man wrote the story If
woman had written it, that impor-
tant detail surely would not have been
overlooked
Whatever trouble the Valley went to
last week to entertain the delegates to
the Texas Editorial Association is now
being fully repaid.
Tom Finty, Jr., editor of The Dallas
journal, which is a property of the
Dallas News, is writing a series Of ar
tlcles on the Valley which are now ap-
pearing in his paper.
The first article was a column in
length and lauds the Valley highly. 1t
appeared on the first page, first col
umn. The space could not have been
bought for any amount of money. Had
1t appeared at regular rates for adver-
tising inside the paper, it would have
been on basis of about $3.50 page.
The News circulation is around no..
600. But more than likely half mil
lion readers saw it, because newspapers
lind that there are at least five read
ers for each copy circulated.
There will be additional articles in
The News.
It's letting Texans know about the
Valley.
]. M. McLeese established the Wes-
laco News soon after the founding Of
that town. He sold out to Edmund P
Williams. the present publisher. Now
McLeese is publishing a semi-weekly
newspaper at Jennings, La This for
the information of his friends.
.
Says the Corpus Christi Caller of the
recent Valley Mid-Winter Fair:
"The Valley Mid Winter Fair at
Harlingen has closed, with an attend
anee that doubled the previous years
record. Perfect weather contributed
largely to the success Of the fair. But
we can't give the weather all the cred
it.
The development of the country it.
self is, more than any other single fac
tor, responsible for the fairs amazing
popularity. Many of US do not fully
appreciate the extent Of that develop
ment; we see it, but being familiar
with it we are not Impressed greatly.
A new business venture here, a new
school building there! few new homes
and new families! steadily increasing
volume of business, hardly perceptible
from day to day, but in period of
years little short of sensational
There has been no spectacular over
night fever of growth. For that we
may be thankful. Only through such
institutions as the Valley fair are we
impressed with the progress that has
been awaiting is already here,
For years we have been waiting for
the expansion which the pioneers of
this section of the world predicted;
waiting, and wondering when it would
come. If the pioneers could return,
they would realize that what we have
been waiting is already here"
One visitor from the north usually
results in the coming of many of his
friends, sooner or later.
L. C. Miller of Grand Island, Neb.,
spends his winters in Brownsville. He
has invested in home building sites
here. He has talked the Valley strong
ly at Grand Island. And he expects
that SOME fifteen persons whom he
knows will find their way to the Val
ley sometime this winter. Some al
ready are here.
The Valley has more northern visi-
tors already this season than it has
ever before experienced. The activity
at the tourist camps is one certain in
dication. Hotels in Brownsville are
filled to their capacity. One must re-
serve rooms well ahead if they expect
hotel accommodations.
It is well that Brownsville has one
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