Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-03-19
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Valley bid welcome to the delegates
to the Southwest Shippers Advisory
Board.
Teday's is the largest single meet
tn2 that the Lower Rio Grande Val
ley has ever entertained. Every
possible arrangement has been made
to assure the comfort Of the visit
ors, and Brownsville and Valley eiti-
zens generally sincerely wish for the
delegates a successful business ses-
sion and a generally pleasant visit
to this section.
The shippers are in the Valley at a
time when it is producing some Of
the most beautiful and profitable
crops, such as cabbags, beans, pota-
toes, carrots, beets. and other garden
truck. Rains of the past few days
assure s2.500,000 to S3,500,000 irish
potato crop on about $500 acres, and
also splendid crop Of beans. but
these same rains will preclude the
visitors seeing our farmers in action,
digging, cutting, picking, loading,
etc.
Speaking Of crops, the Lone Star
Immigration Company, Of which Lee
r. James and A. ID. Dickinson, Jr.,
are the owners, advance n rather
unique method Of placing a sales
value on land to purchasers in the
I'll Jardin district, east of Browns
vile. "
In an advertisement elsewhere in
The Herald today this company Of
fers to sell any of its land in FL Jar
din at price equivalent to the av-
eragc value Of the three best crops
of potatoes this season, produced in
the FL Jardin.
There is selling argument, based
on as sound a method Of valuation as
one could possibly wish for. It means
that this land is producing at this
time n crop the value Of which will
pay for the land, in single year
The idea came to Mr.. James n
few days ago in selling a tract. He
offered the land to his prospect at
$500 an acre. The prospect demur-
red. after which Mr.. James made
the alternative offer; that is, that
he will sell the man land at the av-
eragc value OF the three best crops
OF potatoes this year on the FL Jar
din. The man looked up market pros
poets Tor potatoes, investigated av-
erage production-and decided in
stead that he would take the land at
$500 an acre.
Something like 20OO carloads of
cabbage have been shipped out Of
the Lower Rio Grande Valley this
season, which is estimated to be
two-thirds Of the crop. The price
has been $50 and above to the farm,
ers at all times during the season.
Which means that farmers OF the
Lower Rio Grande Valley have re-
ceived approximately Sl,000,000 for
their cabbage crop.
And not TO mention beets, carrots
and other vegetables, the prices for
which have not in all cases been as
satisfactory this year as has the
price Of cabbage.
Then, still to come, are the po-
tatoes and beans, as mentioned above.
And roasting ears in May, Of which
there will be from 500 to 1000 cars.
And cotton in July, August and
September. And few early vege-
tables in October, and the yellowing
grapefruit in November and Decem-
Der. and cabbage and other winter
crops from there on out.
IT'S perfect cycle, .
All because Of soil, OF climate, or
water-and n bunch Of folks who be.
iieve firmly in the continued pros,
perity Of their chosen lano.
s. Lamar Gill OF Raymondville
sends Billie Burnett. secretary OF the
Rio Grande Valley Baseball League
good wishes for successful season
Tor the league.
The Valley seems To be fortunate
this year in being able TO start the
season with we'll rounded organiza-
tion. one formed to do business from
baseball standpoint.
Some day professional baseball
will be an important factor in the
sport field in this section. and a
small beginning is the proper way
to begin life.
A lack of ball park for the
Brownsville aggregation threatened
for time TO break up the local pros
poets, but this has all been ironed
out and the former field on upper St.
Charles will be used.
The residents Of the Washington
Park neighborhood cannot be blamed
for protesting against boarding up
the grounds there for a ball park.
The park itself has not always been
exactly beauty spot. unfortunately
but certainly board fence would
not improve its appearance.
Beans must he in great demand.
Judging from the report from Hous-
ton that a shipment to that point
from the Valley brought SIS hamp-
er. The beans were sent out By
Wade G. Newton Of San Benito, and
were grown by Jim Ward Of La Pa
Iona.
Its certainly relief from the
jnzz TO which we have been aecus-
toned" said Houstonians at the
dinner at Matamoros last night when
they heard the sweet strains Of La
Paloma.- played by a Mexican or
chestra. After which some of then,
repaired to a dance hall, and ran into
go - - ar.rx.;~.x o~chavt~..-fro.,