Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-06-08
I'm OUR
VALLEY
Mo, THERE is no conflagration

/. Mo, THERE is no conflagration
~ in the Valley today.
The answer to the question Of all
those fine men seen on the streets
of Harlingen and othe. Valley towns
is that the blue capped representa-
tives of the volunteer fire depart
ments Of Texas have taken the Val
ley by storm.
There are thousands Of them. They
have come GOWN to meet. to discuss
fire pretsctisn, to see the Valley,
~ .s.rn what others are doing in
the way -tf protecting towns from
Tdestruetion by the flames, and, in
Incidentally. for a little fun.
= The Valley welcomes the firemen
f'lof Texas. II hopes they will enjoy
their stay to the utmost.
The volunteer firemen are giving
4 the Valley its first large crowd Of
/ visitors from the outside. The VAL
ley hopes that every visitor will be
s comfortably housed while he is
here. And if any one has been miss
ed, by any chance. all that il neces-
sary is 10 call at the office of John
b. Challes at Harlingen. He will
see that all are taken care of.
n Ad in a Valley newspaper: Get
your game dinners in the warm din
N ing room at Hotel --, Mata-
moros."
II But why stress the point?
f Valley boys are being invited to
vacations at the expense Of the
federal government.
y For the past five years more per-
sons have been enjoying summer va
u cations at the expense of the govern
ment than Of any other organization.
Each summer Uncle Sam enter
tains thousands of young men in the
Citizens Military Training Camps,
I paying their railroad fares, feeding,
"A clothing and entertaining them.
They come back home healthier
than when they left. slightly taller,
heavier and with great chest ex-
y pansion. So popular was the camp
at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio
last year that the government has
increased the quota
Captain Thomas X. Petty Is in
the Valley this week stimulating ap-
4 plications among the boys in order
to meet this quota. He is receiv-
j ing the cooperation Of the doctors
in all towns, they giving free exam
nations.
For the boy who has no summer
Job or the working boy or young
! man who wishes summer vacation
there is no better opportunity for
an enjoyable outing at virtually no
cost.
The first Missouri Pacific train
! over the Raymondyille-M Monte Chris
TO branch will roll on July 4, it is
announced from Edinburg.
The plow moves forward in
1 the Lower Rio Grande Valley
The amount Of undeve lope
acreage continues 10 dwindle. Al
B ready more than $4,000 acres OF
Valley land are under ditch and
under cultivation. No statistics are
available on the amount of acreage
under cultivation under what is
B termed the dry farm" system.
\ II is claimed that the total acre
age possible of cultivation under
irrigation is around S00.O9Q. The
difference in the two figures is sig
nificant. II means buy land now
\ while there's land to be had"
Valley land is limited.
Four DAYS more and the Valley
League is off to q new start. The
second half of the season begins
Sunday.
Take note that the teams are
fighting to the finish. despite the
fact that Edinburg has an unbreak-
. able stranglehold on the first half
None Of the teams are far apart
N~<a. the wind-up. Close enough 70
MAKE NAbe second hxlf outcome very
uneertai,s~ from the hop-off-
Means that every town with 2
t,am shohld get right behind its en-
try for thrilling second-half. Con-
1
f, attendance the remainder of the sea
son. and also forecasts even better
( baseball next season
Edinburg reports construction prof.
4 ects amounting TO nearly nan
y million dollars.
II The Hidalgo county capital Is pro
b xressing Keeping right up with tnt
II rarade in the Lower Rio Grande Val
II ley. There's a spirit TO build ~
IA Edinburg.
A steady stream of automobiie'
usei the roads between BROWNSVILLE
and the coast Sunday. There wer'
large crowds for Point Isabel An'
u IL is significant that Of the hundred
of automobiles that went 10 boe'
j Chica. large majority were iron
/ points up the Valley Which woai'
/ seem to be very good argument ina
there is popular demand for roa'
of the first class TO Boca Chiea-