Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-04-12
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y of having produced the first
cukes Of the present season, accord
ing to a letter received from j. .
Brown of that town.
John Waters Of Rio Hondo brought
in those cukes, and sold them to feo-
man & McCabe for sl2-50. who
shipped them out on April 2.
Rio Hondo. says Mr.. Brown, who
.operates a grocery store there, also
,shipped the first squash.
His letter follows:
IL notice in today's paper (April
ss) that you claim Brownsville to have
shipped the first cueumbers Thurs
day, April 8. Also a few days ago San
lBenito claimed to have shipped the
first squash.
AS matter of fact, Yeoman
4 McCabe shipped the first bckes out
of the Valley on April ?. brought in
bv John Waters and sold for Sl2.5O.
Also there were three different farm
ers who brought in squash on Satur-
day before San Benito shipments the
following Wednesday.
shipping station in the Valley gets
credit for carlot shipments except
Rio Hondo, when rs matter of fact
there is more produce shipped from
here in proportion to the size of the
town than any station in the Valley.
and will compare favorably with San
Benito, but San Benito claims them
all"
For Mr.. Browns information and
that of the Rio Hondo folks general
ly, there is no intention on the part
of San Benito, we feel sure, TO carry
away honors that properly belong to
Rio Hondo.
4 For clerical reasons, in the compi-
Nation of shipping records, the Spider
web reports its shipments in group,
Is coming from the station al"-~ -
inc. II is well known that Rio Hondo
is the principal shipping point on the
spiderweb, outside Of San Benito.
I Perhaps some method can be
worked out by which the Rio Hondo
tation can be given credit for its
hipments. The Herald will investi-
ate with that end in view.
Months ago The Herald predicted
hat the time was not far distant
when more attention would be given
o selling real estate in the Valley,
including both lots and acreage.
The prediction is coming true. Note
a .ots s.@ttx I'M
the advertising columns of The
.erald Sunday. Lot sales at many
-Sints. with experts handling the
events.
! And Valley people are buying. buy
ing in large amounts. Brownsville
folks buy in San Benito. San Benitans
are investing in Brownsville. And IN
almost every town buyers see and
seize opportunities in investments in
other towns. II denotes fine confi-
ldence on the part of the investors OF
one town in the future growth Of the
other town.
A Brownsville man recently was Of
fered a semi-business lot in Weslaco.
He asked for n months option. Be
fore the option had expired ne had
turned" the lot at price three times
the option. An unusual case, yes, but
IL the truth were known it's happen
ing every day somewhere in the Val
ley.
Colonel Ben Whitehead, publisher
of the Rio Grande Sun. the Valleys
first twice-a-week newspaper. pub
lished at Pharr. announces the install
lation Of n linotype machine.
Each Valley newspaper has at least
one typesetting machine, several OF
them have two. and The Herald, has
three, one OF them running sixteen
hours a day. making the capacity
equal four machines.
Weslaco. one of the leading ship
ping points in the Valley. has never
figured prominently in the potato
deal.
This year. however. Weslaco is
shipping potatoes. the first carload
Of this prdouct having left there last
Wednesday. going to New York City.
The Weslaco News reports that
wcslaco will ship three and possibly
four cars this year.
The potato deal in the Valley this
~~o~ r~ap,ssas nall for 4 00l ears