Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-09-01
IN OUR
VALLEY

Il OUR acres of cotton planted Febru-
AIRY 27 near La Feria, by L. F. Biggs
realized two bales to the acre, while q
larger acreage planted later did not dc
SO we'll
Bill Steffens, La Fera district booster.
while in Brownsville a few days ago
declared that there were any number Of
farmers in the La Feria district who
had produced as much as bale and a
half to the acre this season.
1t is noteworthy, however," Mr.. Stef-
fens said, "that in the majority of cases
where the production was exceedingly
heavy, the farmer was working only
six or eight acres to cotton.
"A small acreage seems to permit Of
more careful attention.
There are now two cotton congresses
i~ the Lower Rio GIande Valley, one at
Harlingen and the other at San Juan.
Both are owned and operated by the
Arkansas Pass Compress Company.
Raymondville hears rumors of cot
ton compress for that city. Cotton is
becoming larger and larger crop in
Willacy county, and with the building
of the new rail line connecting Raymond
vile with Edinburg and Monte Cristo
a considerable new cotton territory will
be opened for development
Today is the day on which white wing
shooting will be a principal sport in
TIE Lower Rio Grande Valley-if the
fields are not too muddy to be reached
by automobile.
For the first time in a great many
years, excursion tickets to Brownsville
will be sold this week end from points
as far as Fort Worth and Dallas. which
are given rate Of SIS for round trip
which is considerably less than the one
way fare
Missouri Pacific is advertising the
event, announcing that there will be a
bullfight at Matamoros and other in
teresting events.
There should be large crowd of visit
ors in Brownsville this weekend ano
hotels and cafes should prepare for
their arrival.
Houston is coming with at least $50
Elks, according to advicts from that
city. The Elks will disembark at Har-
lingen, where they will take auto
mobile ride over the Valley, arriving in
Brownsville late in the afternoon.
Speaking of cafes, there are more
places to cat in Brownsville and Mata
moros than most people realize. Not
counting TIE boarding houses, there are
nine cafes in Brownsville and no less
than that number in Matamoros. All
seem to be enjoying a fairly prosperous
business.
There is one all night cafe in Browns
vile which seems to enjoy a brisker
business from midnight to A o'clock in
the morning than at any other period
of the day. Two. o'clock a. m. seems to
be popular hour for eating by great
many of the owls.
Editor Ed of the Weslaco News says
chat traffic on the streets of Dallas is
the thickest south of Chicago.
Afraid Editor Ed lost some of his
patriotism while on that trip to Dallas.
Why confess that Dallas streets, are
thickest with traffic when every one
knows that there is no more congested
traffic anywhere than can be found on
the streets of Weslaco' any Saturday
afternoon at o'clock.
Don't allow your trips to confuse your
perspective, Ed. Whenever a Browns
Vile man returns home he tells the
world that Brownsville is the busiest
city he has ssen anywhere.
Up in Rio Granda City, standing for
lorn in the rear of the Laborde hotel,
is the remnant of an automobile built
back in 1902 by the Holsam Automobile
Company Of. Chicago.
1t is a two-cyiinder affair. with wheels
like those of the "seagoing" hacks that
preceded the automobile era in Browns
Vile, an occasional one of which may
still be seen.
That Rio Grande City automobile has
rubber tired wheels, acetylene gas lamp
a rear door opening the way into the
back seats of the car and other note
worthy features.
Considering it's age, it is still in fair
condition and would prove a real worth
while sight in the display of any modern
automobile establishment.
This is not an advertisement for a
secondhand automobile, as 1T Is hardly
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