Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-06
I'm OUR
|VALLEY

Kans.. editor. will probably visit the
Lower Rio Grande Valley to spend
the coming winter.
Mr.. Howe has been spending his
winters in Florida. In a letter 10
The Brownsville Herald, he says that
he has heard so much CT this sec
tion, that he is arranging TO come
here instead of going to Florida.
Last year at least a half dozen
northern and eastern newspaper
publishers made inquiries as to the
accommodations offered in the Val
ley for visitors.
Last winter not much encourage
ment could be given them as to the
hotel situation. There was a big
shortage of available rooms.
This winter il will be a different
story.
FL Jardin at Brownsville. the new
San Benito Hotel. the Reese Will
Mond at Harlingen. the new hotels
at Edinburg, Weslaeo and other
places. added to those already in ex-
istence. will help materially.
Bot there is another angle to the
situation. A great many Of these
prospective visitors want small. com
Portable apartments. fully furnished
and at reasonable rates. Or they
want furnished cottages.
What'll We do about meeting the
needs of these folks?
SAN ANTONIO is preparing to
give formal recognition TO the fact
that the Southern Pacific is soon to
extend its rails into the Valley.
The date is August ~. and invita-
tions TO all Valley folks have been
extended.
There1l be a big time. we are as
sured. for all those who attend.
Special rates are being offered by
the Missouri Pacific from the Valley
10 San Antonio. and on the Southern
Pacific where they have lines.
This is a Valley-San Antonio cele-
bration.
There should be a representative
delegation of Valley citizens to the
Alamo City.
w. A. lSnake) KING. the Browns
Vile wild animal dealer, is combing
the world for wild animals, reptiles
and birds to meet the growing de
mands Of his business.
A boat. just arrived at Houston,
brought eight baboons. the number
remaining out of thirteen contained
in the original shipment from
Africa. The other five died en-
route.
Which accounts for the high cost
of wild animals. when brought such
long distances. The climatic changes,
the hardships of travel take their
toll of the highly sensitive beasts.
THE STATE BOARD Of water en-
gineers has about decided there is
no such thing as riparian rights in
the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
The board has come to the de-
cision. but doesn't expect to do
anything about il.
As we get il. riparian rights ex-
tend to those sections that supply
water to the river as well as take il
out.
Since in the Lower Rio Grande the
country slopes away from the river
instead of toward il. no water runs
into the border stream. from about
Rio Grande City to the coast.
WEATHER CONDITIONS continu-
ing satisfactory. giving the farmers
an opportunity to harvest all of
their cotton. il is forecast that the
Valley this season will produce from
100000 10 10000 bales Of cotton.
Cotton just now is bringing from
1S TO 10 ceuts a pound. No doubt a
little later it will drop to around lG
cents. Taking "a cents for an aver
age, and $40 ton for seed. which
price may vary some, the Valley
stands to receive around Sl3,5O0,000
for its cotton crop this year.
Which is not bad. Add that figure
10 the $l0.000.00O received for the
spring truck crops and you have
nearly S24 10000 total production for
the year.
Not so bad.
SOMEONE Is SCATTERING old
inft rmation about the Valley.
Sgw n reprint Of a circular based
on material that was good about
three years ago.
II told of $4,000. 900 resources in
20 banks, when 1926 count shows 2.
banking Institutions in the Valley
with resources of nearly $22.000,0 900
IL said $4,000 carloads of truck
were shipped. That was 1924 fig
ure. The 1926 record was about
10000 cars.
College Station issues a report on
cotton production in Camevon and
Hidalgo counties, giving the total
for 1920. when il was about 10000
bales. Five years ago is ancien:
history in the Valley. which is now
yielding from 100000 to 10000
bales annually.
Some folks just can't keep up with
the Valley-it's growing so rapidly.