Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-02
I'm OUR
/ VALLEY

THE DESTRUCTION Of the inn
portant Gotten compress at Harlin-
Fen was most unfortunate, coming at
(this season of the year, when every
xfaciiity for the handling of the VAL
pey's cotton crop is being taxed to its
capacity.
However, there are still places
where the crop may be compressed,
with just little more hauling to be
done Cotton congresses are located
at San Juan. which will doubtless
handle the crop from Mercedes west.
This year sees the. opening Of the
new compress at Raymondville,
which can handle the remainder OF
the crop. and IL that's too much for
that plant, Robstown has big plant
hat is available.
- COTTON is the one big thing in
the Lower Rio Grande Valley today.
\ The yield is proving up to expecta-
/. tions on numerous farms. Reports
continue TO be received of yields of
a bale and bale and a quarter TO
n bale and a half TO the acre.
The one worry just now is the
shortage of pickers. A few are ar
kviving. The railroads are joining in
! movement to increase the supply
4 pickers in this section.
There are three reasons for the
eIious shortage of piekers. One is
he rapid opening of cotton all over
ne Valley. II seems that the whole
sop just popped at one and the same
me.
n Then there is another reason for
.XRe shortage. In former years large
n,&mbers Of pickers have been per-
nd ted to enter the United States
from Mexico. This year that source
Of supply is shut off, almost COM
pletely.
! And probably another reason is the
kgreatly increased acreage given over
10 cotton in the Valley this year.
It's at least double what il was last
year.
OUT WEST of the Brownsville
4 high school there's underway a piece
If work that is changing the topo-
Kgraphy of the city.
4 Something like a million cubic
yards Of dirt are being shifted from
one side of the property to the 9TH
er. 10 raise low ground and level
off the entire site.
It's an expensive undertaking, but
the very fact that it Is being done
j. an Indication Of the increased
kyalue of Brownsville dirt.
II will result in making available
new and close-in residential sec
tion.
Some of these days someone is
| going to open a strictly up-to-date
residential subdivision, restricted
as to public buildings. They will,
before opening. build paved streets,
sidewalks, storm and sanitary
sewers.
A ub-division developed to the
last piece of construction; that Is,
kup to the house. will be grabbed up
by prospective home builders.
Folks who want to build homes
now a days want to know that they
can get their automobiles 10 and
kaway from their homes in any kind Of
weather.
They dislike the idea of begging
down in front of their residences.
A
ksuch, we don't blame 'em even n
little bit.
HERALD REPORTERS have, day
after day. been writing stories on the
scheduled disappearance, and finally
the disappearance, with the excep-
kion of one building, of the old
boardwalk.
4 Which indicates the interest that
/ the public has had in this old sin
\ Astitution" of Brownsville.
The boardwalk was really famous.
Hundreds of thousands, from al
most all over the world, have trod
Is rather rough surface in the near
" seventy years of its existence.
But progress requires that some of
our old customs must go.
In few months that particular
part of Brownsville stretching from
! Eleventh and Levee to Thirteenth
will be the finest looking part Of
Brownsville. The transition started
a year ago. 1t is still going on.
THE BROWNSVILLE fire depart
aent went to the assistance Of the
arlingen department in fighting
he cotton compress fire.
4 So did the San Benito department
md the Mercedes department.
! There may have been others, but
Aese are the only ones that we have
| L.ard about. If others were notified
r called upon. it is certain that they
went.
The point is that there are several
Excellent departments in the Valley,
&nd n fire in any town that Is be-
ond control of the local department.
i'm soon have the benefit Of neigh
oring help.
Standardization of fire plugs and
cse throughout the Valley is an inn
,ortant part of the matter.