Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-07-04
I'm OUR
VALLEY
: HE HERALD has two excellent

= reasons for celebrating today.
The first is, Of course, the occasion
of the observation of the l50th an
! niversary of American independence.
Also, il is The Herald5s birthday.
The ending Of The Herald's Bath
year Of service TO the Lower Rio
tGrande Valley.
The beginning of The Herald's 35th
year, during which-and thereafter
lit hopes to be able 10 continue its
fine record of service.
The Herald started business on
the Fourth Of July. 1892.
There weren't $50 English speak
ing persons in $50 miles Of Browns
Vile at the time, not counting the
. soldiers at Fort Brown.
The Herald started rs a daily news
paper, serving a total of 60 read
ers.
The folks didn't want a weekly.
The editions were too far apart.
The late Jesse o. Wheeler, with the
assistance of Mrs Wheeler, both
good newspapermen, gave the
Brownsville people that which they
preferred.
Brownsville. except for n few in
tervals, has had n daily newspaper
since the beginning Of the Civil War.
The first. we believe. was the
Daily Ranchera. IL was food news
paper, well edited.
The Daily Cosmopolitan was in
existence and had been for some
years, when The Herald began pub
lication.
The Herald began clamoring for
a railroad right from its start. Didn't
let up until the first st. Louis,
Brownsville and Mexico train show
ed it's black nose into the city.
And at the first opportunity, few
years later, took up the cudgels in
behalf of another railroad, which
failed to materialize. But perhaps
il will get here yet. Who knows?
And harbors- we'll, The Herald
never has stopped shouting for a
harbor. That's almost here. Note
what's going on at Point Isabel.
The files of The Herald, resting
in fireproof vault in Brownsville
through the Courtesy Of Frank Lo-
psz, tell a wonderful story Of Wis
Ion 80 years ago that is rapidly be-
ing realized.
BENJAMIN F. Yoakum is given the
full and deserved credit for the
courage and ability that caused him
10 build the Brownsville road. But
who knows but that the continued
urgings of The Herald. TO which
Yoakum was a subscriber. had some
thing to do with his own ambitions
to penetrate this section with a rail
road.
The Herald has enjoyed salts
factory growth in the past few years
1t can grow only as the town and
the territory grow. 1t hopes TO keeT
lust wee bit ahead Of that growth
It's profits, when there are any
are returned to the bettermen of the
paper, the purchase Of additional and
better equipment. Il has had an un.
told number Of hard, hard years. 1t:
struggle has been long one. with
q seemingly insurmountable obstacles
But it has never missed an issue.
Exports to Mexico through the
port of Brownsville have trebled il
the past three years, according Il
an announcement by Mexican Consu
A. C. vasquez of Brownsville.
For the first six months Of 1872
the figures were si60,270. For tina
period i'm 1925. S302.O13. For th'
pas. six months. 1926. s423,734.
Cannot this increase be maintain
ed?
Cannot the Brownsville port b.
made Of more Importance than
now is?
What is necessary to turn some o
that volume Of trade that now goe
through other border ports, to th'
Brownsville port?
What forces may be brought to
rether in order that this increased
traffic may be- brought about?
Will Brazos Santiago harbor turi
the trick?
It's weather such as that we no'
4 have in the Valley that demonstrate
the value Of at least the one pave
road that penetrates the Valley.
I At least folks can still travel fror
one town TO another.
But what about those who live of
the paved highway?
Nothing to do but stay at home.
Industries which use trucks i
reaching points off the highway mus
let that business 60 until the road
are passable.
In these times we begin to thin
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