Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-02-18
IN OUR
VALLEY

In THE brief period of a few months
- the Brownsville Chamber of Com
merce has demonstrated that it has a
place in the sun.
A city developing as is Brownsville
must have some sort Of organization,
the purpose of which it is to look after
the commercial and industrial growth
of the city, just as the city government
looks after its municipal affairs.
The Brownsville Chamber is working
along very well on an allowance of
something tfke $4,000 a year.
In point of population Brownsville is
as large and perhaps larger than Cor
pus Christi. In some other ways Cor
pus Christi is far ahead.
The Corpus Christi Chamber of
Commerce operates under plan diff
fering from that Of Brownsville.
Brownsville's chamber at this time re-
ceives the benefit of two mill tax.
In Corpus Christi the people con-
tribute directly. Their chamber is now
asking budget of 100000 for the year
s. c. Tucker at the civic meeting
few weeks ago suggested that the funds
for the local chamber should be in
creased by direct subscriptions.
The Brownsville Chamber having
demonstrated its worth should be given
an additional $4,000 a year through
subscriptions graded according to size
of firms and interests.
Recently Brownsville real estate
man, M. T. Killion, advertised for sale
tract of 1,4Oo acres of Valley land.
He received telegraphic request
from Kansas City asking him to hold
the property until the Kansas City man
could have a representative here look
at it.
That was on Friday. The land was
seen and the representative hesitated
on a decision. He delayed over Satur-
day. The land was "gobbled up" by 9TH
er parties.
classified advertising, but also demon
strating that if~ there's a,good buy in'
the Delta, one must hurry up or it will
be gone.
Two young men arrived in Browns
willie from Houston Tuesday morning.
They began looking over available real
estate. The following morning they
spotted vacant lot on Levee street at
Eleventh.
They inquired as to the owner. They
got into touch with the owner, the
James-Dickinson combination. Two
hours later a sale contract was effect
ed for $4,000 cash.
The money will be paid over as soon
as the abstract is approved.
They got bargain" said Lee B.
James, but we're quite willing for the
other fellow to take profit. We paid
$1,000 for the property less than two
years ago."
It's the turnover that creates value
in real estatee. provided there is sound
reason back of it for activity
And Arthur Brisbane, the Hearst
newspaper editor, says that the east
est way to make money is selling real
estate.
Sordid stories are those which are
coming out of Tia Juana, Mexico, at the
California Mexico border.
Fortunately this part Of the border
has no vice conditions such as those
which are reported on the California
border.
Visitors who have been in other
Mexican border cities often remark on
the fact that Matamoros is the cleanest
city along the border, insofar as vice
is concerned.
There is little or no riotous conduct.
Habitues of the underworld have never
yet found a haven of refgue on this
section of the border, thanks to the
officers and other officials of both
sides of the border.
OF course, the eighteenth amend
ment has no effect once one passed the
boundary mark here.
Liquors are dispensed. but most OBJ
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