Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-17
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"GAY CUTTER" is a fight fan.
lie lives in Brownsville. For years
he has followed the story Of the
squared arena. He knows most of
the fighters of years agone, and he
Is constantly in touch with some of
the leading sport writers.
Recently he sponsored a fight
story in The Herald in which he
forecast the. defeat Of Jack Dempsey
by Gene Tunney next Thursday
night.
The story reached the sport writer
of the New York News. The latter
merely laughed at the forecast.
"'Gay Cutter has plumb gone to
seed" was his comment.
Take Il or leave il. Put your
money On your own man.
The Herald will megaphone the
fight returns for the benefit of fans
next Thursday night.
II you want 10 hear how it's going,
be at The Herald building, Washing
ton street side, about s o'clock
Thursday night.
NO DOUBT the cotton crop of the
Valley, when totals are in, will show
a figure of around 10000 bales.
Starr and Willacy counties are
largely responsible for the heavy in
crease, the former having gone up
from about 1900 bales in 1925 to
about 1000 bales in 1926, and Willacy
county will produce around $1,000
bales this season.
Cotton men will tell you that there
IL nothing to brag about insofar rs
the quality this year was concerned.
Rains took their toll in that regard
The leaf worm came at time when,
strangely, ne proved more of bene-
fit than a cause of damage. Took
off the leaves, let the sunshine on
the bolls.
WHEN HOTEL FL Jardin Of
Brownsville opens, among those who
will receive invitations to attend the
opening affair viii be the newspaper
men of the Valley.
Hotels. particularly large hotels,
always court the goodwill Of the
newspaper fraternity. They realize
the value Of that goodwill, the re-
turn that comes in the many good
turns which the newspapermen can
give them from time TO time.
No one better than an experienced
hotel man knows just how much is
70 be valued this goodwill of the
newspaper fraternity.
In most cities. among the first TO
be thought Of in such an event, is
the newspaperman.
Many columns have been written.
without charge, which contained
news that really served as advertis-
ing for the hotels when they were
planned and underway.
THE EFFECT of the coming of the
Southern Pacific into the country
between Edinburg and Harlingen is
being rapidly felt. Announcement has
been made cf the establishment Of
two new towns. One is Edcouch,
the other will be Elsa.
They will start life in one of the
richest farming sections Of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Will the story Of Wcsiaco be re-
peated in these two instances A
year will tell, perhaps little longer.
WHAT WILL the map of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley look like
in five years.
Take EdinburR. for example. The
entry OF the Southern Pacific there
may place that town In an cnvia0le
position insofar as the other sec
tions Of the Valley are concerned.
With the S. p. construction COM
pleted. with the M. p. construction
either completed or underway. Edin-
burg will have n route north TO
Falfurrias and beyond, east to Ray
mondville, south to McAllen, via the
s. p, south to San Juan and the
mid-valley area by way of the NJ. p,
east to Harlingen via the s. p. and
west via the M. p. to the Monte
Christie district.
Just what will that position bring
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