Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-24
| N OUR
VALLEY

THERE WILL be another state
vide urinary election-democratic-
n next Saturday.
There are no local candidates IN
ne Lower Rio Grande Valley IN TINS
,letion. All county and district
.ffices were decided IN the lirs'
primary.
But we have ahead Of Us three IN
eresting state races. Dan Moody IS
,pposing Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson
A for the gubernatorial nomination
L Claude V. Pollard Of Houston, for
merly of Kingsville, who lead the
r candidates for attorney general In
the first primary. is opposed in the
run-off by James V. Alfred. youthful
district attorney at Wichita Faiis'
And one more office. that OF state
treasurer. in which State Treasurer
Hatcher is opposed by Ball.
So. if YOU are a democrat, prepare
10 90 to the polls on Saturday. And
: vote hard.
ONE DOESN'T HAVE to leave the
state highway between Brownsville
and Mission or between Pharr and
Edinburg TO learn If there Is stlil
cotton to be picked.
There's still plainly of IL in fields
along the road Most Of it seems
never to have been touched. But the
pickers are gradually showing up IN
! these fields.
If Jupiter Pluvius will only re-
main away for another two weeks,
the Lower Rio Grande Valley will
have its 1926 cotton crop safely
: tucked away, and good bank bal
ances to show the results.
Banks are flowing with the re-
turns from the crop. One bank IN
the Valley already reports an in
crease in deposits of approximately
5000, 900 as compared with the last
statement 1t is reasonable to ex-
pect that every other bank of the
twenty-eight institutions will have
similar or proporionate increases.
Even crop setback this fall
should have no serious effect on the
general condition of prosperity.
HERE'S AN interesting paragraph
from the McAllen Monitor:
"A famer in the vicinity Of Edin-
burg found n cotton stalk IN his
field that had I57 bolls on il. That
stalk didn't grow that many bolls by
chance. The seed from which that
stalk sprang was just like the mil
lions Of others that we're planted
throughout the Valley. and yet that
seed produced 157 bolls, while most
of the others didn't produce more
than 81. There are two reasons
why. One of the reasons is that the
soil IN which that seed was germi-
mated was superior soil. The other
and perhaps the most potent reason
was that the farmer who planted II
petted il along more than farmers
usually plant their cotton plants
One farmer. who said that he was
gong 10 pick two bales Of cottor
to the acre from his field. said that
he had cultivated that cotton field
Is times while IL was growing. Labor
brings its own reward
SAW A FIELD something like SC
miles from the coast. The owner
lives in Iowa. He acquired the ~
acres a few months ago.
Along one side Of the field runs
an irrigation canal. The land has
become waterlogged for a distance
back into the field Of about $50 feet.
That waterlogged section has been
fenced and is being used as a pas
ture.
But the owner does not propose TO
Kermit such valuable land to be used
only for pasture. lie has determined
TO protect il from the TO be expected
I. xeepage from that canal. So he is
going to tile il. or perhaps concrete
il. At least. he's going to spend
4 some money on that field.
There's one owner who believes
4 Valley land is worth enough TO get
the most out Of the water. and also
| to prevent il from doing any harm
to the land.
UP AT EDINBURG the city board
Of equalization j. considering mu'
nicipal values. The assessable valua-
tions in the city proper were $l,5OO,-
600. The board believes the prop.
erty is undervalued and hopes to
raise the values TO $3.0O0,OOO.
Edinburg. looking forward TO the
coming of the Southern Pacific and
general development, wants to build
the city facilities along with it. To
do that there must be more revenue
So Edinburg. like Brownsville, Is
going after more valuations.