Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-30
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| VALLEY

bslm of the Lower Rio Grande Valley
ems 10 be receiving considerable
f.ttention on the part Of interested
4'uen.
u. The last issue Of the Edinburg Re
r lew publishes an exchange OF cor
uesrondence on the subject.
~ Writing to I. V. Mclean Of Wes-
safo. j. l.. Summers said:
1...sHaving had much experience IN
Win fornia in the growing of juice
o. >es, as well as table grapes. am
NOM o believe we have here in the
er'y or on its northern rim. bet
wAEsoil condition for grape produc-
pay than the Fresno district of Cali
75xI IA
kpT fy idea is to stick to loose bunch
DRp pes; dust often. sulphur, while
F-.e berry Is forming. The rest is
AFasy.
II am going 10 watch your prog
ress closely, and am likely to slip up
there any time.
"Do not worry about the results of
fyour efforts. There are 10000 acres
4 TO the west Of the highway between
Falfnrrias and Edinburg, the finest
soil ever saw for vineyards"
WHEN MR. MCLEAN announced he
! was endeavoring to promote the
grape industry, DR.. G. ID. Fairbanks
of Brownsville, recalling an expert
ence on the McAllen ranch. in Hidal-
90 county, wrote to him as follows:
by today's Herald, see that you
and some associates are interested IN
&starting the raising Of grapes in the
section north of Edinburg.
II am very glad to hear of it. for
= have been agitating the question
for some time and trying 20 get
FARMERS interested in the proposition.
Mr.. J. B. McAllen (deceased) for
eight or nine years grew the finest
grades ! ever saw upon his ranch in
Hidalgo county. north of Monte
Christie. He had no trouble with root
rot at all. and had success with every
variety he raised except a large white
grape which required so much atten-
/ tion he gave il up. He was very
careful TO keep his grapes well
sprayed, however, and his vines were
very prolific and the grapes matured
six weeks earlier than CALIFORNIA;.
Some Of his bunches weighed as much
as four and one-half pounds"
TIE WESTERN UNION, which
two years ago temporarily estab-
lished its relay station in Browns
vile, has finally determined to To-
cate II permanently at McAllen.
NJ. K. Nelson of McAllen will erect
three or four story building, the
third floor Of which will be used by
the Western Union. The local office
will be located on the ground floor.
Traffic requirements caused the
\ decision to locate the office at Nc
Allen. although ninety per cent of
the company's business in this sec
tion originates east of McAllen.
J ABOUT 10000 bales Of cotton had
been ginned in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley up to Saturday night.
That's more cotton than the Valley
has ever produced before, and the
picking continues, with the probabil-
\ ity that more than 10000 bales will
| be the seasons figure.
II nature will continue to favor the
VALLEY in the next two days as il has
in the past several weeks, the cotton
growers will have no cause to COM
plain insofar as production is con-
cerned.
The gross return for the Valley
will almost equal that of last year.
A SPLENDID RECORD of building
activity for Brownsville was shown
in the survey reported in The Herald
yesterday.
More business buildings contem-
plated and under way. more resi-
dences being figured and under way.
The Brownsville OF a year hence
! promises 10 be quite a different pic
! ture from the Brownsville of today.
And during that time the city will
get underway with its own improve
ment campaign Of million or more.
IT'S TO BE HOPED that the city's
J effort to promote sidewalks building
| on Elizabeth street west Of the high
school will soon be underway.
Quite a number Of property owners
already have built sidewalks. But
there's a patch here and a patch
there. They should be connected.
Life is as valuable to the pedes-
trian, to the school child, to the Ia
borer. as 1t is to the motorist. A
portion of the street should be set
side for the walkers.