Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-11-11
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VALLEY
POTATO GROWERS Of the Valley.

foPOTATO GROWERS of the Valley,
your toesl
rir4 Read what Arthur Brisbane, the
ea1ns itorial writer. says of the Fucker
No m brothers of California:
r.ss I'm the Sacramento Valley glory of
nisht orthern California, the Zuckerman
,others are making this old earth
r,ork as she should work. They plan
ext year to beat the worlds potato
rowing record. which belongs to
FORaem. by increasing their record to
bloc 500 bushels per acre, from 1898, the
Villaresent record
~ with such production, one corner
Il California or Texas would feed
- he world. Making $4,000 pounds of
vAEood grow on an acre where no food
Sec grew little while ago, is worth
bs5 while.
VIZ "The Zuckermans are not making
Hi any little laboratory experiment
thi Their crop last year was $4,000
20 sacks Of number one and $4,000 sacks
n of number two potatoes, enough to
ho, winter 10000 families"
no, Probably Mr.. Brisbane's friends per-
ty init their potatoes to grow to large
10f sizes. Here in the Valley $50 bushels
- has been pretty good record, but
-. since they are harvested early and
-; in small sizes as comrared with the
ley Aockerman potatoes the figure it.
tw self means nothing. Grow the Val
Br ley potato to the California size. and
700 bushels would be the likely re-
a suit.
=. Therefore. the Valley doesn't have
~ far to shoot to equal or beat the
present record of the Zuckermans.
O BROWNSVILLE'S asscssable valu-
j. ations for tax purposes promise to
8 be increased this year from about
= $7,So0.000 to S1l 900 900, or above
At least, such are the rumors that
come ont of the board Of equaliza-
4 | tion's office over mt city hall
- The board il reported 20 be max
= my an earnest effort 10 raise all real
q, estate values to O reasonable valua-
b which are generally conceded to be
q which are generally ocncedes to be
at least twice the value IS months
or so ago.
Fire insurance, in force in Browns
Vile is said to be around $4,000. 900
or twice the figure of the old valua-
II: tion-and none of the insurance COW
d ers dirt, which cannot be damaged
by fire.
- Seventy-fivc per cent of the actual
value is the way the board is going
1, at the matter.
n,
s. TWO INDIANS near Mexico City
=. are being "touted' to win the next
~ Olympic marathon, il they are given
- the opportunity to enter.
~ They ran 62 i-2 miles in nine
q. hours. thirty-seven minutes.
vss Their kind Of life, lived always IN
n Ism he open. kept them in fit condition.
- Wonder what would happen to
nAfiem when inserted into Pullman
-. erths. steamer cabins, stuffy hotel
ma ooms, while en- route to the Olympic
eerr The news dispatches telling of
'Hreheir feat, also recounted that their
otton crop was destroyed during
5r celebration of their marathon.
But they were compensated. They
demanded thirty yards of cloth each.
Their demand was met and then
some, the additional gifts including
plaugh and a crimson silk handker-
chief for each.
EDINBURG HAS joined the list of
Valley towns having town clocks. The
list is not long. It comprises just
two town clocks.
The first and only town clock in
tho Valley f0r something like 35
years. is in the bclfrv at the Browns
vile grammar school.
The newer clock Is now established
at the front Of the handsome new
building Of the Edinburg Bank &
Trust Company
The town clock that is Browns
ville's Is not persistent worker. II
frequently takes days off, judging
from remarks among residents Of its
immediate neigkborhood who depend
upon IL to keep them in close touch.
with all fleeting moments.
And we might mention that among
y the things the Valley needs is more
town clocks.
IT TAKES REAL money to run
newspapers. The Herald is again re-
minded of the fact since il has just
invested in machine to make the
corners Of border rules fit snugly--
close up.
The machine cost $3.50.
In addition to which The Herald
hopes some day to save rs minutes
IN press time. To save that 25 minutes
1t will cost the newspaper $4,000.
Over $1,000 minute.
The difference comes in the fact
that that press will print 5000 papers
. in about : twenty minutes. whereas
A the present equipment will print
I 5000 papers in an hour--when every
thing is running just right.
GRANDMA PLAYS.
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