Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-11-10
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the old, well established towns OF
the Valley toward the new towns?
Will the new towns take away
trade from the old towns-trade and
tnopulation--or will they create their
: wn trading populations with the
B rowth Of the contiguous territory?
~ The building of the Missouri Pa
ific west from Harlingen was fol-
lowed by the laying out of the towns
fof Hargill and Rollo.
The survey Of the Southern Pa
cific from Edinburg southeast to
harlingen, resulted in decisions to
establish Edcouch and Elsa. And on
the route is the Santa Rosa COM
munity, heretofore a rural village
: but nova communits with township
ambitions, chamber of commerce and
Tom Phillips, booster.
And now east of Brownsville comes
another effort, the proposed town of
d. George, in fine farming COM
munity.
There will be stin others-or we
miss our guess.
THE MISSOURI PACIFIC car Of
Valley exhibits, which last year toured
all towns and cities on the Missouri
Pacific lines, is to be made up again
this year.
It's splendid advertising for the
Valley. and demonstration of the
EnI0ndId u L.
Pacific Lines is helping to further
the interests Of the Valley.
When the car gets into a city like
omaha, Neb., in the dead of winter.
with a lot of freshly received beans.
okra, spinach, lettuce, cabbage, egg
plant, cauliflower, etc. on the in
side and lot of ice and snow on
tne outside-well, it's bound to make
an impression on the Nebraska or
missouri farmer that sees the ex-
hibition.
THE VALLEY Outlook" is the
latest Valley newspaper. II is a
weekly pewsparer, established at
wesiace, with A. A. Terrell as
editor and owner.
Mr.. Terrell is a well known Valley
newspaperman, having been editor Of
the Donna News for the past several
years.
NOW IT'S our time to blush. lis
ten to this. from NJ r. Hall, assist
= ant county attorney of Cameron
Z county:
Despite the well known biblical
warning that. the guilty fleeth when
no man pursueth,' | hasten 10 pre-
face these remarks with the positive
assurance that | have no axe to
grind. neither craving nor dodgin-
publicity.
Il am, quite naturally. not as an
extensive reader of newspapers as i
/. newspaperman. But read the news
(. papers of our state religiously. The
Herald Is, to me. the most interest
ing, and considering the population
It serves compared with the popula
tion some of the other state dailies
serve, il is by far the best. Your
personal colun, In Our Valley is the
best written and most interesting
column Of any appearing in any
paper, barring none"
Thanks, Mr.. Hall The Herald homes
to continue to merit the good will
OF its thousands of readers. And in
the meantime it is doing its best
with the means and brains at its COM
mand, to merit that good will.
FIVE THOUSAND football fans
gathered on the Harlingen fair
grounds gridiron the other dav TO
witness the Harlingen- weslaco foot
ball game.
4 1t was the largest crowd ever as
sembied to the Lower Rio Grande
Valley to witness an athletic event.
The crowd vies with the record at
tendance at games participated in
by the Cisco team in North Texas
last year.
Down here in the Valley. as the
population expands. as football ma
terial becomes more plentiful. inter-
est in the game is growing.
Can remember wiien football
\ game in the Valley was Of hardly
enough interest to muster more than
Z some of the students of the schools
Playing. No everybody Is becoming
interested in the game.
And while there is much rivalry, IL
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