Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-19
OUR
VALLEY

Aupears Mr.. Abbey's office was
mot responsible for the statement IN
the company's house journal, the
Ae,na-izer. that Gonzales, Texas, was
N the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and
6 hat il was the center of the grape
ffruit district.
: II all came about through an error
as TO the place Of residence Of L. W
Hoskins Of Harlingen, agent fer the
eomuany. Hoskins formerly lived at
Gonzales.
Mr.. Abbey has Strengthened the
matter out in correspondence. and
probably the Hartford, Conn., editor
Of the house journal will get his map
and see for himself the Valleys To-
cation.
WRITING THE HERALD. Mr.. Abb
bey says:
Il am in receipt Of clipping OF
The Brownsville Herald, dated Aug
alst 10, with reference to article
which appeared in the Life Aetna
izer from the house organization OF
the Aetna Life Insurance Company.
with reference TO Mr.. l.. W. Hoskins.
In your article you refer TO me
in particular as being ignorant oil
conditions in the Valley when live
so near. in San Antonio, and in reply
l am enclosing copy of letser writ
ten 10 the editor of this magazine.
who happens 10 live AT Hartford and
with whom the article originated.
"The error was made in stating
that Mr.. Hoskins lived at Gonzales,
whereas, as a matter Of fact, he IS
living at Harlingen. which is N the
heart of the Lower Rio Grande Val
ley.
II assure you, sir, that had | writ
ten this article il would have been
entirely different, rs am thorough
ly familiar with the conditions in
the Rio Grande Valley, visiting that
territory several times each year and
fully appreciate the fact that the
Rio Grande Valley is the garden
spot Of America.
Last December, when in the Val
! ley, I shipped two crates of grape
fruit to officials of our company a.
Hartford. and they seemed to have
enjoyed them very much"
Mr.. ABBEY'S LETTER to the
editor of the house organ said:
Il am enclosing a clipping from
The Brownsville Herald, dated Aug
ust 10, which is self explanatory.
"You can see from this editorial
that you have kind of put me in
dutch in the Rio Grande Valley. In
this connection, wish TO advise that
Mr.. l.. w. Hoskins does not live
at Gonzales, Texas. but is located at
Harlingen. Texas, which is the heart
of the Rio Grande Valley. II is
about as far from Gonzales TO Har-
| lingen as from Boston to New York
and they do not raise grapefruit in
the vicinity Of Gonzales at all.
'In the Rio Grande Valley they
raise four crops per year and the
citrus fruit crop happens to be har-
| vested in December and January. and
not in July.
81 hope to have the pleasure of
seeing you down in this part of the
country some day and will be very
glad to take you down to the Rio
Grande Valley, which is the garden
spot Of the United States.
"In the future when writing per-
sonals for the Aetna-izer please be
sure you are right before publishing
| them"
All is forgiven. Mr.. Abbey. Please
send the editor Of the Aetna-izer 4
crate Of grapefruit this winter.
THE BROWNSVILLE city commits
sioners are depending on assessable
valuations Of $iO.OOO.0O0 or over tC
enable them 10 put Brownsville for
ward considerably in the matter of
public improvements.
Brownsville has been slow in the
past several years in the matter OF
sewerage extensions, both sanitary
and storm.
IL will require the expenditure Of
a considerable amount of money to
give these ordinary and necessary
facilities TO residents of the newer
sections of the city.
4. In addition there are many sec
ions Of the older part Of the city
srat are still without these facilities
Brownsville is healthy city in a
Althy section. But to keep its rec
along that line il must see that
residents have every possible CO.
n GRAFTON in their efforts to keep
inll.
Ina
terf AIM BOULEVARD not so many
r. ago was almost the north
-gndary of the city proper. Now il
ia almost the center of the residen-
tial section.
Residences are going up along the
highway. Many of the newer ones
| are very pretentious. costing up to
$4,000.
If Brownsville is to be made a
city attractive from residential
standpoint, there must be more sani-
. tary sewerage, more storm sewerage,
| and considerably more paving.
bond issue of 100000 that will
hermit more than a million dollars
worth of improvements. won't hurt
us any, but will help to build real
| city.
IA WILL BALKS WIDOW