Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-02-03
IN OUR
VALLEY

- Of this district i opposing the bill
by Representative Box Of the Jackson
vile district which would place inui-
grafton from Mexico under the quota
restriction
I'm doing 50 Congressman Garner Is
representing the wishes Of the people of
his district, which covers more border
territory. probably, than the district Of
any other congressman
I'm this territory agriculture Is most
important And in agriculture there
must be labor available, especially dur
ing the cotton seasOr
The harvesting Of the cotton crop is
becoming more and more . problem IN
this territory. III the labor that comes
here from Mexico each cotton season,
and returns home after the crop j.
harvested IL completely shut off. =
hardship WEiI be worked on the farmers
In 1917 and 1918. IL i recalled, i
was labor from Mexico that saved the
cotton crops in South Texas
A total Of es0e poll tax receipts were
issued by the county tzx collector IN
the year ending January 81
In addition. there were issued 2S5
certificates of exemption 10 residents
Of Brownsville It is estimated there
are at least 500 persons. possibly many
more, In the county outside Of Browns
vile who are exempt from poll tar pay
merit, but are not required to have ex-
smpti0n certificates.
IL may be inferred, therefore, that
there are It least 1000 qualified voters
handshaking for Cameron county can
didates than ever before
And it Is needless. perhaps, to point
out that there must be at least 1000
other persons in Cameron county who
failed to qualify as voters
In HidaIgo county. where there Is :
1iyelier interest In politics. some 10000
persons have qualified This is some
5000 more than IN the previous record
year.
The United States and Texas depart
rnanta -of -aerieulture, with the United
States navy cooperating, have begun
supplying market information to the
growers of the Rio Grande Delta
The great United States navy radio
station at Fort Brown receives the
market news from the army station at
Fort Sam Houston. II is turned over
to ]. d. Evers, in charge of the market
news bureau here, whose headquarters
are ut the Brownsville Chamber Of
Commerce.
Mr.. Evers supplies the information to
The Brownsville Herald which, with its
distribution system in the Valley towns,
supplies the quickest and cheapest out
let TO the general public.
The Herald every afternoon will car
Nv the market news ~hot off the air
Watch for it Winter truck, its
market. its prizes, its quantity and
quality, Is chief source Of revenue TO
our farm population.
The effort to organize a semi-profes-
sional baseball league in the Rio
Grande Delta is making headway.
In time, no doubt. there will be a
fast professional league in this section.
That time has not yet arrived, fans be-
1ieve. but they do believe that the
towns Of the Delta will support a semi
professional league.
More interest than was expected de-
veIoued in the late months Of last sea-
son in baseball, particularly in Browns
willie which in recent years has been
slow in responding to the lure Of the
great national pastime.
Last seasons experiment developed
more than ordinary baseball interest.
This season, with at least half doz-
en teams in league, promises much.
Let's get behind the league. And
when the season opens let's support it
with a vim.
And you can bet that every town that
gets in viii see that it has good base
ball. Somehow, folks down here have
"a hankering Tor the best, whatever it
may be.