Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-11-24
Bill L|MGS SUSPECT BREAKS Down
I'm OUR
VALLEY

|ea ONLY SUPERLATIVES should be
sed in connection with the Valley
se'id-winter Fair. 10 open al Har-
s,gen Thanksgiving Day. and to
,ntinue to and including December
1t is the greatest fair the Valley
:. IS ever held.
p Il has more exhibits than any pre-
d ding fair has enjoyed.
a II is the largest and best fair in
-sxas, outside the State Fair OF
Texas. at Dallas. and the Valleys
iShooting at tina, fair"
II should have the largest attend
nee it has ever experienced.
| And here's hoping il will expert
-nce the very best Of weather-and
Y IL is the true Valley variety. il
] certain to be the best.
Someone has asked The Herald,
Thy two fairs in the Valley?
He is a newcomer, and was refer
iing TO the Hidalgo County fair.
! As a matter of fact. the older res
dents understand That the Hidalgc
air at Mission is not intended as 9
competitor Of the Valley. and Mis-
ion and its territory always enter
heartily into the Valley fair. The
boys Of the American Legion at Mis-
lion started fair several years ago
hs n legion proposition. and it has
developed even beyond their own
Expectations.
4 THE McALLEN MONITOR OBJ
!. served its eighteenth anniversary
F>he other day.
The Monitor. one might say, was
newspaper before there was q town
It McAlleR. That is to say. AZ least
here wasn't much town there when
Garland Buck established the Mon
The writer's first recollection Of
McAllen is that il was just a few
houses surrounded on all sides by
thrush, oh. just oodles Of brush.
None there now. Absolutely none.
Establishing newspapers, by the
way, was and doubtless is Garland
Bucks principal diversion. It's a
mighty quiet year that fails 70 find
aat least one newspaper started by
buck.
Buck continued the publication Of
the Monitor for year or so. when
lit became stock company. with the
hate Mary Jane Cox as editor Cox
was editor until his death in 1916
when Isadore Moritz. now Of Ray
tmondville. descended on McAllcn
From Edinhurg where he had just re
3ieved himself of newspaper
Isroperty. Moritz published the Mon
3tor until about four years ago when
|1Ehe sold IL to the Lower Rio Grande
|8valley Water Users Association.
|3rhomas HOworth. an able editorial
Writer, is now the editor and man
lager Of the Monitor.
Il TOMORROW. RSDAY. is
Thanksgiving Day.
ia The Valley has much for which IL
|ftan be thankful.
III For one thing. il is thankful that
[4lt is what il is.
Il IL is thankful that lis soils pro-
luce so bountifully: that it's eli
nate is so agreeable: that it's peo-
sle are so energetic, so optimistic,
II o enthusiastic, and so full Of the
will to do.
II is thankful that il has splendid
Transportation facilities. and j.
romised more: it is thankful that il
as some good roads. and is promised
.ore; il is thankful that its public
fficials and it's leading citizens
ave been foresightcd enough "a
axe flood control possible; it is
iankful that it's general govern
ent. both state and national. are
ow doing many things toward con.
srvation of flood waters: il i.
thankful that il has harbor Of pos.
Utilities: il is thankful for il.
plendid churches and fine minis
ers. its splendid schools. and theil
Wiling and capable staffs.
Yes. the Valley Is thankful that il
what il Is.
IF POSSIBLE. attend Thanks
irving service somewhere tomorrow
Nearly every town in the Vale,
xill have services. In Brownsville,
4 has been the custom for man,
years for the Protestant churches {,
ioin in q union service in the morn
ING. This year the service will b,
held in the new First Baptist church
And the pastor has announce,
that everyone is welcome.