Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-10-22
s. P. TO ENTER BR0WNSv|LL
! I'M OUR
VALLEY

CITRUS FRUIT growers OF the
ower Rio Grandc Valley should
ke particular note of few re-
rks made i'm San Antonio a few
ss ago by b. c. Forbes OF New
rk, after a visit to the Valley.
ly are significant.
am reliably informed" he Is
I'd as having said, "that the
grapefruit has no equal on
>arket."
Forbes may not be an author
the production or marketing
bpefruit, but since he is one
e great American public that
and enjoys grapefruit, the COM
is interesting.
ID he goes on to say:
robably | have enjoyed the Tex
GRAPEFRUIT in the past. But moth
ing has been done by the citrus
growers Of Texas to impress upon
men and upon hundreds of thousands
pf consumers in tse North and
East that the grapefruit of superior
Equality you produce here is associat-
ED with a certain brand.
FLORIDA grapefruit is not known
by the Section in which it is pro-
duced. II is known as Florida grape
fruit. We do, not speak of Imperial
Valley citrus, of Los Angeles or of
San Diego citrus. We speak of
Californh citrus. Texas citrus
SHOULD be known as such on the
markets of enc North and East This
lean be brought about by proper or
ganization. Standardization and
marketing"
Publications interests in the
Valley which have for their purpose
the advancement of the citrus in
Idustry, might cogitate and elab-
pirate bit on Mr.. Forbes comments.
with possible good results on the
! Industry.
JUDGE voLNEY W. Taylor lof
brownsville Is the newly chosen
shairma9-ss-the democratic party in
the count.
Jesse bennett is chairman of the
Erepublican party n the county.
The two estimable Brownsville
FRentlemen are brothers-in-law.
/ Wonder II they can visit each
other without getting into some sort
|of a political argument.
Editor Ed says in The weslaco
News:
! "rhe Brownsville Herald, which
wnf off IN tIa ,r~orw 2..t. ....AL
gard to the outcome of the Weslaco-
Mercedes football team. has apollo
gixed to the team for a story that
told the facts backwards.
"A member Of the team has asked
me to accept the apology for the
7team. and I take pleasure in doing
30. Even the hest papers make mis-
takes. and Tho Herald is one of the
best small city dailies in Texas.
"Te average person never realizes
that LJ matter how ruthless editors
e In their pursuit Of errors that.
vertheless. a few creep in. The
] OF every respectable newspaper
10 be geographically perfect, but
thousands of words and more
Eands of letters that 20 into
>copy make this goal almost
able"
noticed somewhat
pearance in The Herald
past few days.
les OF type in the reading
Bare being placed more close
sether. In printing office par
change has been made from
viewpoint face on an eight-point
to a seven-point face On
en-point slug. The size of the
Ne has not heen changed. but
| the space be:yeen the lines has
been made thinner
The purpose is to give our read
ers more reading matter In n
single column. with the new plan.
there is gain - 2.3 inches per
column. Multiply that BY 4s columns
in a six page paper. or 81 columns in
an eight page paper. and our sub
&Ecribers benefit to that extent.
Also. The Herald is receiving more
Inews than ever before. ard needs
more space to accommodate II.
It's editorial staff now numbers
five persons, in addition 70 which
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