Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-23
I'm OUR
VALLEY

THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT. re-
borted, in its Sunday edition. tnat
he Lower Rio Grande Valley ex-
,cted to receive as much rs ss,ooV'-
30 for its cotton crop.
The Lights source of information
" San Antonio doesn't know a third
X It.
The Valley already has ginned
romething like sl0,0o0,oo0 worth OF
lotton this season, and expects to
ndd n few million, to that figure.
|The total includes the receipts from
seed.
Gins in Starr county. which last
year ginned a few hundred bales OF
rotton, this season are putting out
komething like 5000 to 1000 bales.
4 Last wear Starr county was caught
! In the drouth that burned up large
part of the state. But it's different
this year.
NOW THAT the baseball season is
about over, horse-racing seems to be
the sport that is attracting the
crowds.
Up at San Benito Driving Clubs
track yesterday something like 2OOO
race fans watched the ponies as they
rounded the half-mile oval.
I The track was fast, and the horses
|didn't mind the weather. There was
THAT ever present Gulf OF Mexico
breeze that just famed the ponies
Fall the way around.
And in the grandstand il was
PLEASANT, too.
The seashore, too. had its crowds
Sunday.
And something like 1900 baseball
|. fans witnessed the Brownsville
Edinburg "little world series" game,
in Brownsville.
Good crowds were at the swimming
pools at the Arroyo Colorado, up at
Val Verde, and at Mission.
|. Others made use Of the day to see
the Valley, TO observe what was
going on here and there.
DID YOU EVER live in a country
that offered more varieties OF
amusement than one can find in the
Lower Rio Grande Valleys string OF
towns and cities?
And visitors who thought this
must be a very hot country are
finding it delightfully."- pleasant. Ash
any Of the tourists. They'll tell you
80.
The hotels are filled to their ca,
pacity. The largest number Of visi-
tors this summer that has ever beer
experienced.
II will take all the new hotels and
more to care for the visitors thai
are certain to come during the win.
ter months.
MORE UNDEVELOPED lands in
the Lower Rio Grande Valley ar,
/ TO be opened. il seems. when the
Missouri Pacific gets its projected
lines into operation.
There's one line TO run from Ray
\ mondville southeast to the floodway
near the Cameron Willacy county
\ line.
4 Another extension will be from
the eastern terminus of the Spider
web at Fernando, east OF Rio Hondo
n distance Of six miles. That's head
ing for the coast.
Then another extension will bs
II will take all the new hotels an.
southeast about eighteen miles to :
connection with the Rio Grande rail
way.
BROWNSVILLE WANTS to know
why. il Mexican cotton can b,
brought into the United States a
Fl Paso. il cannot also be done al
Brownsville.
There's a great deal of cotton OF
the Mexican side of the river, in tn,
Matamoros district.
There is no pink boil worm there
never has been. and the district i:
being watched closely.
All that is necessary here, Is thu
installation of certain facilities e
protect against the importation O.
larry unwanted pests.
4 The Matamoros district this yea
will produce about $4,000 bales o.
. cotton. possibly more. The figure i,
| larger than it has ever been before