Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-18
I'm OUR
VALLEY

"a BOUT the only advantage held
- by the Lower Rio Grande Val
ley over the early gardening area
southeast of Victoria, lamps, Mex
leo, is the advantage of first class
transportation, judging by the ex-
perience Of Brown White, shipper
and grower of San Benito and other
Valley points.
Mr.. White slipped down into the
Victoria Tampico section q few
months ago, arranged for the plant
ing of beans and tomatoes, and Tues
day he came up from the Mexican
trucking area with a mere two ex-
press carloads Of beans, the first to
reach the American market. and
which will sell at destination at
something like So n bushel, which is
pretty good money for beans, if the
cost of growing the stuff and getting
IT to the border hasn't eaten up too
much of the gross.
Certainly, that section cannot COM
pete with the Lower Rio Grande
Valley when it's beans come on the
market. But il can supply beans for
the very early market, and is doing
il.
DR.. Jose Puig Manuel Cassauranc,
the Mexican minister of education,
had slightly different reception at
Washington from that which greet
ed him at San Benito a few days ago,
when he entered the United States.
At San Benito the educator was
waited upon by an officer with n
telegraphed warrant from Laredo,
Webb county, in which he was
charged with libel. He quickly made
bond of $500. and went on his way.
In behalf OF the officer, il might be
explained he was ordered to make
the arrest.
At Washington, the national cap
ital, the educator was honored at a
luncheon given by the president
himself Which certainly should re-
compense for any wounded feelings.
And among those present at the
luncheon was X. b. Creager of
Brownsville, who was fellow pas
sengcr on the train at San Benito,
and who signed the $500 bond that
was given.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley is
host today to members of the Hous-
ton Port Commission, directors of
the Houston Chamber Of Commerce,
directors of the Gulf Coast Lines,
and other prominent citizens Of
Houston.
Many of these visitors doubtless
are obtaining their first views of
Brownsville and of the entire sec
tion. IL is unfortunate that recent
rains. the first moisture since the
last of January, will interfere with
the program to the extent that il
will not be possible to visit areas
off the the highway. But, coming
from Houston and Harris county,
these gentlemen will overlook the
inconvenience Of the rain.
Houston and Harris county have
just approved road bond issue of
something like s6.OO0.c00, to get the
county "out of the mud" Hdalgo
county has recently voted an issue
of S3,500.000. which will give that
county first class system Of roads,
in addition TO the 100 miles or so the
county already has. And Cameron
county is preparing for an issue Of
S3,000.000 or more for a similar pur-
pose. The Valley is not behind Hous-
ton, even though Houston has 200.-
900 good people and an assessed
valuation of sl50.G00.0O0 or more
The Gulf Coast Lines announces
paflor-cafe car service between
Houston, Corpus Christi and Browns
vile.
There Is no reason why the day
trains between Houston and the Low
er Rio Grande Valley should not be
popular with the travelling public.
and nothing will serve TO make them
so, one would think, more than
good meal service and n comfortably
equipped parlor car.
And there is nothing wrong with
tht hEHt lnat ullcn II
is difficult 10 obtain a berth. And
one would rather il be difficult 10
secure berth. with a train running
four and five sleeping cars, than TO
know that there is an oversupply.
Somehow we always look upon COM
munities served with crowded trains
as communities that were really
worth getting into-and staying.
The addition Of this cafe parlor car
is another recognition of the i'm
creasing Importance Of the Gulf
Coast country in Texas
The American Bulb Company Of
Chicago is planning a fifty-acre bulb
farm in the Lower Rio Grande Val
ley. accordinaAto the McAllen Press.
The Lower Rio Grande has celery
farms, asparagus farms, potato
farms, bean farms, rose farms, beet
farms, carrot farms, eggplant patch
es, radish patches-and why not
bulb farm?
There is a big demand for bulbs
everywhere over the country. judg-
ing from the stocks displayed by
five and ten-cent stores and other
retail houses And for concern
which already has a distributing
system IL should not be difficult to