Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-07-28
I'm OUR
VALLEY

J. ii. IALLlCHET of Houston, gen.
eral attorney for the Southern Pa
cific. is welding an axe somewhere
south Of Falfurrias today.
I've been worrying about this
thing for more than q year now, I"
Tallichct said when he left Browns
vile Tuesday By automobile for Fall
fuirias. AT least, I'm going TO
know of my own knowledge that
work on this extension has started.
I'm going up there and cut tree off
the right-of-way."
The Southern Pacific men are
promising one of the fastest pieces
of railroad construction ever wit
messed in Texas in the building of
that stretch of track from Falfurrias
10 Edinburg.
Trains into Edinburg by Novem-
her L." is the construction crews
slogan.
-heave, boys"
DID YOU LIVE in a small town
rs years ago?
Remember how rare the occasion
when fresh fruits of any kind reach
ed your town.
Bananas or oranges or apples came
mostly in a car which was set out on
a siding and the fIdit was sold from
there.
Fresh vegetables were available
only when homegrown. That was in
summer. None in winter except in
the larger cities.
Things are different nowadays.
Ihe Lower Rio Grande Valley, Flor
ida, California, have made fresh
vegetables available to nearly all
communities. II results from
splendid system Of ice plants erect
ed for the sole purpose Of icing ears.
certainty of supply of winter vege-
tables has permitted railroads TO
plan for propes distribution.
FARMERS THROUGHOUT the
Lower Rio Grande Valley have a cot
ton crop ready to pick-and no pick
ers.
There's one plan that might be
tried by each community.
Why not arrange through local
chambers of commerce to have the
townspeople leave their business for
one a. ~. get cotton sack and 20 into
the fields TO help the growers.
That. of course. would be last
resort. Every farmer is quite willing
to pay for picking, provided he can
get the pickers.
There are lots of youngsters out
of school who would consider it a
lark. In fact, why not make it
lark? Organize cotton picking clubs,
create competition in effort, offer
prizes.
When all other resources have been
tried. why not try that? 1t might re-
suit in quick cleanup Of the crop.
THE REPORT that airplanc trans
portation likely will soon extend
from Brownsville to New York City
opens wide the opportunity specula-
tion as to what may be hauled.
No reason, for instance, why a
cargo of the first Irish potatoes
fhVotu hoA bt Aot 4NCN 1oik
City. No icing required.
New potatoes in cream for New
York gourmands thirty hours after
they're dug in Brownsville.
Next June 26, load up the first
bale of the seasons cotton and de-
liver IL TO the New York Cotton Ex-
change thirty hours after il was
ginned on the Mexican border.
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ONEfrSF THE brightest spots in
Brown14ille Of nights is where the
state highway leaves Elizabeth street.
Two filling stations are located on
that corner. One serves automobiles,
the other human beings.
A maze of electric lights make the
corner the brightest in Brownsville.
Light just naturally attracts people.
There's another Valley corner
that's bright with electricity. It's
at Harlingen where the state high
way turns west at sharp angle.
The demand for electricity
tn .oughout the Valley is taxing the
capacity of every power plant The
A Valley Electric Ice Company is
A now engaged in installing large adj
cifional units to care for an ever
increasing demand. Demonstrates
tho growth Of the section is remark