Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-11-07

I'M O UR
VALLEY
THTE SOUTHERN Pacific ha

- GO1 1CtAlC mas
awarded the contract for grading on
Ftshe Edinburg HarIingen branch of
'e.hat roads extension frcm Falfur-
s-'ias.
Clearing of the right-of way is now
progress.
- Rail laying is proceeding from a
ooint south of Falfurrias toward
.dinburg.
FIN Application has been filed for
tw, ,ermit to carry the Edinburg- Har-
tire ngen brandt on southeast TO
Pr brownsville line is yet to be de-
Br.rmined.
1c The Herald is now publishing the
official notice Of the San Antonio
a Arkansas Pass that il proposes to
make the extension. When the no
tice has been published three times,
it will be filed after which the date
for hearing will be announced, if
such will be held.
At all events, the considerable
amount of rail building underway in
the Valley adds much to the ac-
. ...ty of the section.
ROTARIANS AND Kiwanians of
he Lower Rio Grande Valley are
joining in an effort to devise ways
and means of employing Boy
Scout executive for all the troops of
7 the Valley.
Seems such a project could be
worked out. to the splendid ad-
vantage of the youngsters,
The towns of the Valley are so
, concentrated that it should not be
difficult for one able executive to
oversee the organization and work
of thirty or forty troops of Boy
Scouts. vi
THE HERALD this week had oc-
casion to appreciate the United
.. States air mail service now in ef-
feet between Chicago and Dallas.
On Wednesday s.mat" of an adj
ye=tisemeEt was damaged. The mat"
- v-sd to make a stereotype plate Of
the advertisement.
The "mat" came from an advertis-
ing agency away up in Detroit.
:. Mich. which was the nearest point
the particular "mat" could be had in
{ time for an advertisement to ap-
p pear Sunday.
A telegram was sent to the agency.
F The mat was mailed from Detroit to
foChicago, where it was transferred to
os.he air mails. II left Detroit at 4.30
co,'clock Wednesday afternoon.
o.. 1t was placed on the mail plane at
ppm"'hicago early Thursday morning.
ps .eached Dallas in time for transfer
Vao Houston bound train leaving at
ALI p. m. Reached Houston Friday
- orning. Reached Brownsville Fri
70 ly night at 1918.
I'm, I'm, The advertisement. that OF the
n, levrolet Motor Company, is in The
Is5. raid this morning.
ASK
Rem 7HREE HUNDRED and four ad-
land ional lock boxes have been placed
an. the postoffice at Edinburg. The
3. .eview announces. The next we
= near from the Edinburg postoffice.
Sit will be announcing a crew OF mail
ucarriers for free delivery service.
II No stopping the growth of towns
sin the lower Rio Grande.
3 THE BROWNSVILLE Chamber of
Commerce is soon to have library
bof city directories of the larger cities
hof the United States.
The library is to come with the
0compliments of the Piedmont Di-
1rectory Company Of Asheville, n. c..
hich is to issue the Brownsville
directory.
only the larger cities are present
&c with such libraries. but Browns
h, IIle is an exception, due to the
blarge number Of tourists visiting
Mere, and the still larger number
Stat are expected.
Ce Will doubtless assist the Chamber
Commerce in identifying visitors
Liking trip passports to the Mexi-
Win side of the river.
j JUST HOW anxious the builders
of Hotel FL Jardin have been to
rush their building TO completion is
indicated in the large number of
workmen still on the job rs the hos
telry nears completion.
For instance. when the outside
n.ucco work was underway, the men
pie re used overtime. Overtime on
ree"lding jobs brings double time
yment. Thus. a plasterer who re-
lived si4 a day for a regular days
cork, received s2s day on his over
time.
But the building work Is about
done. The remaining labor is on the
ground floor. in the lobby and
lounge. and in the store rooms. In
addition to which, a whole host of
men are busily putting down car
pets. setting furniture. etc. In the
coffee shop. the largest in South
Texas, counters are going in, stools
are being set, etc.
A slow job. and a pretty one, is
the ceiling decorations. in the cof
fee shop and in the lounge.
There's to be lots of color on the
ground floor of Htel FL Pardin.
And President Nix is on the job
every minute.
Brownsville will have every right
to be proud of the hostelry.
4 THIS MORNINGS edition of The
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