Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-10-26
BANKERS OF TEXAS ISSUE ULTIMATUN
I'M O UR
VAILLEY

#cr ort Worth newspapers are an
BE ,ouncing in those cities the arrival
ws grapefruit of the new crop from
'or he Lower Rio Grande Valley.
nc Already something like thirty ears
~ fruit have been shipped, and Tex
Il points are consuming the entire
u, fferings.
Im Grapefruit is rbening normally
n.his year, but shippers point out
: he danger to the industry in this
~~section from the shipping of fruit
hat Is net ripe enough to satisfy
I the taste Of the consumer.
DO NOT SHIP GREEN Fruit
h, ndangers the good name OF the
re, alley fruit
Further. il is pointed out that the
! .,sle Of Pines grapefruit crop has
!, been virtually destroyed The Isle of
: Pines crop was one Of the largest
. competitors Of the Valley. And the
0 florida crop has been reduced about
sr wenty per cent.
This condition means, il is pointed
ut, that there will be a good market
a, or the Valley crop and that there
IN no reason to hurry green fruit
bt % the consuming centers.
y. Protect the industry IL means
much to the future prosperity Of
: the Valley.
THE FIRST PETITION for paving
has been filed with Acting City Man
ager Munday.
II was filed by residents on Wash
fngton street west of the state high
: way. and covers four blocks, from
the highway 10 the city limits.
IL was a hundred per cent pc
tition; that IS. every resident and
property owner on the street signed
for the paving.
The petitioners. to be certain that
their street received recognition on
the principle of "first come first
served" saw that the day and hour
Of filing was registered on the pc
tition.
In the. meantime residents on
1exee -s.Seet-aaA-St< Charles street
are rushing their petfti6ns along.
The petitions are an indication of
how badly folks in the district
known as West Brownsville want 20
1 improve their section Of the city.
EDINBURG rs going to have a
new passenger and mail service
Superintendent Kennedy of the Mis-
souri Pacific has advised the Boost
er Club of the Hidalgo county cap
ital that passenger and mail service
from the main line az RaymondviIIe
will begin November /.
So Edinburg, instead Of waiting
until sometime In the afternoon for
its mail from the north, soon viii
have il along about or Z O'Clock
in the morning
Edinburg refused to continue "a
be an "out Of the way" point. Its
various rail services will increase
its facilities fer business to a won
derful extent.
1T WAS DEVELOPED at the icing
rate hearing at Houston the other
day that roasting ears from the
Lower Rio Grande Valley or Texas
find wonderful market at the hot
dog stands of Coney Island. New
York. along in May and the early
part of June
Which is another tie that binds
the Valley to the great consuming
ponulation uD in the northeast.
~ Valley early roasting ears are
n succulent, soul satisfying. and every
thing else that the consumer may
\ desire in the way of roasting ears
They sell. ready boiled, along with
the hot dogs and at 10 dnd Is cents
per each.
k-|EREE SOUTH TEXAS counties
& considerably removed from the
Blower Rio Grande Valley counties
had displays at the State Fair OF
RTexas this year.
Among the products shown were
citrus fruits.
Yet those counties produce a very
very small quantity OF fruit as com.
pared TO the Valley counties. The
E other counties do not produce the
$ fruit in commercial quantities. while
H in the Valley the production is alto.
II rether on a commercial basis.
The Valley had no display at the
State Fair.
H. 81 foud people just hungry to see
Il things from the Valley. to talk
about the Valley" says County Farm
Agent Henry Alsmeyer, who attend.
ed the fair. "When they meet some
one from the Valley, they promptly