Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-07-11
I'm OUR
VALLEY

six years ago, says the Mefccees
| Tribune. J. A. Hess, residing north
Of Mercedes, hungered for apples
fresh from the tree. lie was told
THAT apple trees would not grow ~
he Valley and produce . tasty fruit.
Bse determined to make the test.
fleveral varieties were planted.
This year Whitney No. 20 tree
as forty apples. Nh. Hess is guard
ing them right closely, thank YOU
for his mouth Is watering to get his
teeth into the fruit.
Someone also said that peach
trees that are producing fruit, in
Brownsville and doubtless in other
parts Of the Valley.
AN STATE gentleman, a man
Of statewide prominence, visited IN
Brownsville for a few hours Fri-ay.
During hia stay ne expressed de-
I sire for dinner IN Matamoros. He
went with friend and a Brownsville
man.
Seated il a Matamoros patio ne
began reminiscing.
He was IN Brownsville back III '9S
with Texas regiment of United
States Volunteers.
In the course of that experience he
occasionally visited Matamoros.
ON one occasion he joined in a
game Of monte.
lie quit the game with exactly
e000 pesos in silver coin.
He asked the gamekeepcr for cur
rency.
" was denied him. Take il or
leave it, was the gamekeeper's ad-
vice. He kept il, of course. He con-
slnered how ~ get safely % Browns
Vile with that half ton or 81 of
metal
lie called an American soldier who
was present. They decided to em-
ploy hack driver who was taken
into their confidence. lie demurred.
There was entirely too much brush
between the city proper and the
ferry for midnight, Or later, drive.
So they took room in a hotel
There they spent the night. slept
peacefully.
Next morning they found their
wealth intact.
The journey to the ferry was an
easy and safe one.
The half ton or 50 OF metal was
conveyed via ferry 10 American soil.
The gamekeeper later lost his job
for his refusal to accommodate a
customer"
TIE BORDER COUNTRY j. look
ing up from a newspaper standpoint.
Recently the Valley Morning Iclc-
gram Of McAllcn inauRurated u night
leased wiIe service, making the sec
ond leased wire news service in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley. the first
the first having been The Herald.
A still later addition IN tnis field
is the Laredo Times, which changed
ownership on July / after having
been in the same family for fifty
years or longer. j.. r.. Hanway uf
Casper. Wyoming, bought control ~
The Times from Justa Penn. His
first change was TO add the leased
wine service. day.
More news brought to the border
means more news from the border 20
the outside world.
n The Associated Press has recently
announced TO The Herald that u
stancs ready to spread over the coun-
iIy an available news from the Low
er Rio Grandc when its new no;
2 propaganda.
Brownsville newspapermen are
taking advantage cf the offer, or IN
Nitation.
Which il another thing that the
daily newspapers Of the border are
dong for the border. They are in
position to give and 90 give. with
out cost. more favorable publicity
than could be had III outside papers
by paying for il.
PAPERS UP the state have recently
published several interesting articles
and editorials on the Lower Rio
Grande Valley.
They were based on material con
tanned in the special edition of The
Brownsville Herald. published May
10 last.
SIX hundred or more Valley busi-
ness concerns Of various kinds CO.
operated in the issuance Of this cdi-
t,on. And II was worth the money
expended. to the Valley directly and
to the six hundred co-operators in-
directly.
COLONEL BEN GORDON White
head. editor of the Rio Grande sun
of Pharr SAYS of The Herald on it,
recent birthday:
The Brownsville Herald is thiftv-
four years old and starting out on its
thirty-fifth tura around the circ:e
full Of pep and vinegar. Its sincerity
and purpose and its excellence rs a
newspaper continue TO grow. X j.
NOT really a stock comraRF news
paper, for which it i to be congratu-
lated. For no stock ccmlany news
paper succeeds. The history of Am
er.can newspaperdom fails to ch-on-
icle the even ordinary success Of m
American newspaper owned ani con
trolled By stock company. Too
many stockholders wreck the cha~-
.acter and the growth of a newspaper
and IL The Herald ever does have
any colossal trouble il will be be-
cause of someone holding q small
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