Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-06-06
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COUNTY. says the viii

lWILLAcY COUNTY. says the vii
lacy County News. challenge.
the United States in the item Of
bridges on the highways. willacy
county has not single bridge of any
character within her borders--not q
neglect, but~for the reason that there
are no streams nor sunken grounds
to be crossed. the News points out.
There is another county in Texas
that Is bridgeless, but not for the
same reason that gwillacy county is
without bridges Zapata county can
issue the same challenge. but Zapata
)ciifers from Eillacy county. That
SSfaex eoghty = Zapata =. needs
bridges. several Of them badly as any
one who has made the trip to Laredo
along the river will testify.
Perhaps the day is not far distant
when old Zapata will have bridge
maybe several of them. Starr county
Is planning a high class road to the
zapata line. When Zapata folks sec
that road. perhaps 1t will cause them
TO stand up and declare for roads
and bridges.
In addition to which the News gives
a few words on the financial condi-
tion of Raymondville. county site of
Willacy. saying:
"Raymondville, the county seat of
Willacy county, challenges all muni-
Icipal corporations in the United
States to show as clean financial
statement. Raymondville does not
lowe dollar Of any description and
she has very neat credit balance in
the bank. good start toward paying
the city's part of a street paving pro-
8gram recently adopted"
Raymondville is young as towns go,
and growing and can afford to go
into debt for municipal improvements
Since the town owes nothing. she can
easily bond herself for such improve
ments as will make Raymondville a
bigger and better town. Now Is the
time to buy and develop parks, for
instance, for as the town grows larg-
er space will be difficult to get. San
Antonio Is one of the most beautiful
cities in the United States. largely
because San Antonio has parks and
many Of them.
Advertising. il Is claimed. really
made the chewing gum business. The
u. 5. Department Of Commerce CEN
sus of manufactures for 1926 shows
S47.s3S,000 was the total value of
the output of the chewing gum fac
tories Of the United States, being an
increase over 1928 of about $1,000. 900.
One manufacturer, the VIM. wrig-
ley. Jr., & CO., spent $l,250,000 Of
this amount for advertising.
Reduce SAT 1856. 900 to package sales
OF five cents each. There are five
sticks Of gum in each package. Just
how many operations of the jaw are
required to dispose of this enormous
amount of chicle can best be Judged
by your own experience. Count 'em
yourself We've other things to think
about just now
Harlingen announces plans well
along for the establishment in that
city of n cotton spinning mill to rep
resent an investment Of around a half
n million dollars.
The mill. it is said, is to be the
forerunner of string Of such mills
In the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
There are certain conditions in the
Valley which would seem to augur
well Tor the success of such an en.er-
prise. There is available an adapt-
able supply of labor. said TO be the
most important essential in the op-
Grafton Of mill. Possibly such a
mill can specialize in the manufac-
ture OF some product that needs the
high grade of cotton that the Valley
produces.
Some Of Harlingen's most progress.
sive citizens are named in connec.
tion with the enterprise. among them
being Joe r. Roberts, S. Finley Ewing
and Lloyd Thompson.
This is the big week in tn, Low
er Rio Grande Valley. On Tuesday
thousands of visitors are exected to
xfNvA ~ Harlingen- fer the conven-
tion Of 77ashteer, firemen Of the
state.
In addition to which, the well-an-
nounced advance sale Of Olmi.o, "The
Unusual City," is to take place. That
Is TO be on June 10 Thursday. and
one OF the largest crowds that has
ever assembled in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley is expected to attend
They are coming from distant
points, like North Carolina and Flor.
ida.
And We forecast: IL Almito "goes
over" as IL will. there will b., any
number of subdivisions that will &c
on the market over the Lower Rio
Grande Valley.
Watch the Valley grow.
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Ten million dollars worth Of vege.
tables were grown and sold during
the season now ending. in the Lower
kio Grande Valley. Add this TO tho
Sl6.Ooo.o00 cotton crop from about
100000 acres of land.
The assessablc valuations for the
valley are about SIS. 5.o00.000. The
actual value of the Valley in dollar,
is, roughly, $i50.OO0. 900. A. return
OF about IL per cent Of the total in
: vestment is quite worth while, ism
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