Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-02
IN OUR
VALLEY

Il ORT BROWN, Brownsville, is the
= healthiest post in the United
States army.
A flat statement that, but based on
army records as prepared by Major NJ.
l.. Todd, medical officer in charge at
Fort Brown.
Fort Browns non-effective, or sick,
list runs around 2.02 per thousand men
The average for the army as whole
is 3i.3I men per thousand.
Fort Browns lead was not single
month lead according TO Major Todd.
1t is lead that has been maintained
for three years, "hand-running.
Which is high compliment to Ma
jor Todds care for his men. and also a
compliment, as he says himself TO the
healthy climate.
It's a fact that the entire Lower Rio
Grande Valley may use III advancing its
claims rs a good country in which to
live.
Manager A. W. Reed Of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, Brownsville,
has announced Western Union night and
day letter service and press service into
Mexico.
A step forward.
Now let's nope that the Western
Union arranges soon to run a line
across the river at Brownsville. connect
ing the Western Union with the Mex
lean lines at this point.
Nothing will do more TO hook up"
Brownsville and Mexico commercially
than direct and quick telegraph ser
vice.
A telegram to Mexico City from
Brownsville now goes to LAREDO for land
wire, or TO Galveston for cable.
That round about method is much
quicker than sending a wire to Mexico
City from Brownsville by way Of Mata-
moros.
Edinburg announces project for
100000 hotel building. Harlingen is
well along with q hnndred-room struc-
ture. San Benito is rapidly maturing
its plans for the community hotel prof
ect, to represent an outlay Of S225. 900.
Brownsville is building a 100000 hotel.
md is planning 70 make il 800 room
structure instead Of $50 rooms. AT Mer-
.edes the McSweens have bought the
Mercedes hotel for $4,000. At Ray
mondville a new hotel has recently been
opened. Another 40-room hotel j. un-
da-way at Harlingen.
Truth to tell. there is no dearth of
hotel activity in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley of Texas
Within another year il will not be So
difficult TO obtain hotel accomm0da-
tions. But by that time all these hotels
will be filled. and still hotels will be
projected and building.
An enterprising investment and Sc
curities company of Nashville. Tena..
has issued a booklet for the benefit Of
its investors, giving information an the
counties of Texas.
The book gives the present taxable
raluations for Cameron, Willacy and
Iidalgo counties. il gives the railroads
now operating here. it gives the square
niles Of territory, all Of which are cor
ect But it's crop values are woefully
iisleading. for those figures are given
DR. 1919. since which time the counties
nentioned have progressed 80 far yhat
here is no comparison.
For Hidalgo il gives crop values Of
around 81. .0O0. 900. when they are nearer
sl5,000.0OO. And the same is true Of
cameron county.
The only names il mentions are the
'ounty seats. when there are n dozen
,ther towns. II gives the banking re-
sources OF enc town when il should give
.he banking resources for the counties
mentioned.
The Herald is going to try TO see
that these counties are given fair treat
ment in at least this instance. for il is
writing the investment concern calling
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