Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-01-01
IN OUR
VALLEY

VIZ RY day in every way the weather
Is growing better and better. Takes
one back to the DAYS when DR.. Coue's
gospei had such a strong hold on the
people OF the United States and France.
Inc weather was not so bad that il
couldn't have been worse, just to be Il
bit philosophical about the situation.
And messages in The Herald today
from valley businessmen carry a note
ot the greatest optimism for 1926, de-
spite the recent climatic slump.
~lt VIII be noted that in the main the
expressions Of optimism are from citi.
zfas Of Brownsville. Harlingen and San
Henito. Every effort was made to get
into telephone communication with
such men as AL Parker at La Feria o.
~. Dunlap. La Fcria, Blake Seay at
Mercedes, Judge l.. T. Hoyt at Merced-
IS, II. r. Mcneil at Mercedes, +. C.
pouhc at Weslaco, D. W. Glasscock at
MeAlien. r. f. Horn at McAllen, L. ".
Lemburg at McAllen. c. II. Swallow at
Alamo, +. l.. Flynn at Mission, o. F..
Cannon at Mission, ". R. Montgomery
at Edinburg and others, but the wires
vest OF Harlingen were still down to
day.
These men. too would have had
word of optimism for the Valley for
u92s.
Burton Davis. former Herald report
er, now doing dramatics and other work
on the Morning Telegraph. New York
City, largely sportsman's and theatri-
cal daily, is giving Brownsville and tn
Valley some excellent publicity
The Telegraph recently carried
story from Brownsville giving a list of
products grown in this section. as pre-
pared by s. S. Doss Of San Benito II
listed the entire list of nearly $50 items
giving the Valley exceedingly valuab,r
space in the New York paper which on
that day. Mr.. Davis says. had a circu-
lation Of 100000
In addition. stories were carried about
the new international bridges to be
built at Brownsville and Hidalgo.
Earlier the Telegraph carried story
on the Padre Island beach drive being
built by Colonel Sam Robertson.
Colonel Sam. Robertson is adamant
er who hasn't his 1926 license tomorrow
or who fails to give pretty good evil
denee that he is on the way for it, viii
be arrested.
Looking into the situation, one finds
that some 5000 auto owners are still
minus their licenses today. Looks like
the county jail is due for a nice, large
party.
Says T. A. g. in The Harrington Star:
"Seven years ago the one /. route
serving patrons out Of Hari gen was
established The city popular on then
was about 1900. while the farming pop
ulatior was even less. Today the city
with 5000 has free delivery and with
the farming population more than dou-
bled in the past four years, the same
one rural route Is trying to cover terri
tory and it's a herculean task. Yes,
gentle readers, efforts are being made
to augment this service. and we shall
see what We shall see
The condition that is true Of Harlin-
gen and the rural mail patrons is prot
ably true of many other communities
in the Valley, There is at least one
populous district in the Brownsville
neighborhood that seems entitled to ru-
raj mail service.
Word comes from Hidalgo county that
plans for a contest Of the recent cleo
tion in which s3.500,000 in bonds were
voted for road purposes, have been Civ
en- up.
This removes all obstacles in the
path of the issuance and sale of the
bonds by Hidalgo county, and hurres
the day on which construction will start
on the immense program of about $50
miles Of hard-surfaced roads and some
So miles of graveled roads.
Hidalgo county usually works rapid
ly once it gets started, and the predic-
tion is that another three years viii
see this immense road program about
completed and available for use.
Joe Leopold, Texas representative Of
The United States Chamber of Com
mercc, civic expert, speaker eXtraordi-
nary, Is scheduled to visit Brownsville
on January 81, at which time he will adj
dress the Brownsville Chamber of Com
merce.
The affair will take the form of a
dinner, probably. Mr. Leopold knows
things about development, industry,
publicity, trade expansion, and all the
other things that enter into our in
dustrial and economic life.
II promises to be a civic treat. this
coming of Mr. Leopold He will address
the Corpus Christi Chamber Of Com
merce on January 10, and comes I,
Brownsville from that city.
And he welcomes the opportunity to
visit this section, his letter of accept
ance to the local chamber indicates
Maurice, The Dancer