Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-04-17
DALLASPARTY
ASTOUNDED AT
DEVELOPMENT
Business Men on Trade
Trip to Rio Crande
Valley Marvel Over
Wonderful Growth
Especial TO The Hernld.)

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McALLEN. Texas, April 17.-Thc
entire personnel Of the Dallas good
will tour comprising some l25 per-
sons, including the Dallas mur:,ir al
band, is a ounded NJ the sr7, de-
velopmels tfat has :,ken place in he
Lower Rio Grande ya'l,f. ac~c-.iir !,
to A. p. Johnston. general chairman
Of the party which reached the Val
ley this morning.
Mr.. Johnston said that half of the
men who made the last trip to the
Valley were on this tour and that
they, together with the newcomers,
are constantly marveling at the great
development.
NJ. J. Morrell, manager of the in
dustrial department of the Dallas
chamber Of commerce. says that in
all his travels over the state that he
finds the Valley a byword in the
mouth of every citizen.
"There Il great immigration
heading for the Southwest and the
Valley is sure to reap a great part
Of the movement" Mr.. Morrell said.
He warned against a boom. saying
that the Valley has so many real val
ues that there is no need for exag-
geration.
Mr.. Morrell stated that >he had
talked recently TO a number of per-
sons who had been to Florida who
told him that there Il no compari-
son between that state and the riches
of the Lower Valley.
The Dallas trade trippers paradei
in McAllen. Pharr. San Juan. Donna,
Weslaeo, Mercedes, Harlingen, San
Benito and will parade in Browns
Vile at 4 o'clock upon their arrival
here.
Dallas big delegation Of business
men on a good will tour OF the
Southwest and northern Mexico hit
the Lower Rio Grande Valley at Mis-
sion at o'clock Saturday morning
and are expected to arrive in
Brownsville at o'clock in the after
noon.
This Is the twenty-fifth annual
good will tour of Dallas business
men and is sponsored by the Dallas
chamber Of commerce with A. p.
Johnston acting as the general
chairman for the trip.
There are about $50 men in the
special train which has ten cars.
This train left Corpus Christi at
$3.50 o'clock Friday afternoon and
arrived at Kingsville at 6:l0 o'clock.
The remainder Of the intinerary call
ed for departure from Kingsville at
o'clock Saturday morning. arrival
in Mission at z o'clock. departure
from Mission $50 o'clock, arrival
in McAllen at SAB and departure at
Dab; arrival in Pharr at $3.50 and
departure nj 1915, arrival in San
Juan at 1920 and departure at
10:40. arrival in Alamo at 10:46 and
departure at 11:56, arrival in Donna
at li:06 and departure at ll:16, ar
rival in Weslaco at 11:40 and de-
parture at noon; arrival at Mercedes
at 1912 and departure at | o'clock,
arrival in La Feria mt 1:12 and de-
parture at 1880: arrival at Harlingen
at $50 and departure at 2:15; arrival
at San Benito at San Benito at 2:30
o'clock and departure at 1920 o'clock,
arrival in Brownsville at o'clock.
Time only for hurried visits to
customers will be made and all en-
tertainments have been waived by the
visitors. They will be in Browns
willie only short time. being sched-
uled to arrive in Matamoros at 5
o'clock where they will leave at ii
o'clock ~for Monterrey and other
points in Mexico. They will not re-
turn to Texas by way Of Brownsville.