Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-04-02
I'm OUR
VALLEY

- one OF North Texas leading
newspapers, somehow or other was
given information the other day that
the Lower Rio Grande Valley ex-
perieneed 20 degree weather, and was
dashed by whipping winds"
No doubt the Star-Telegram has
been impressed by this time that an
error wss made.
A flood of teiegrams has gone for
ward to that newspaper, from the
Valley advising the paper that the
Valley minimum, as indicated by the
official U. s. reading at Brownsville,
never went under 81 degrees during
the recent cold spell that struck
North Texas and extended as far
south as Houston.
Except for fall in the temper
atnre, the Valley barely felt the
spell There was no rain.
And the most recent cold wave has
missed this section entirely. 1t turn
er northeast.
c. A. Reil, chairman of publicity
of the Kiwanis Club Of Brownsville,
teleeraphed the Telegram as fol-
lows:
Banner story in your Wednesday
paper says Brownsville had 29 degree
temperature. This is false and the
report has done great injury to this
section. Lowest reading at the To-
cal weather bureau office was 81
degrees. A page one correction Of
this false report Is deserved and will
be appreciated. Brownsville had no
storm and trees were not whipped. "
=, School trustees will be elected
throughout the state tomorrow. There
gill be similar elections in the school
Y districts of the Valley.
y II there is no opposition to the can
didates in the district in which you
reside, go to the election place any
how Show your interest in the
schools by registering vour vote. II
you have complete confidence in the
candidates. then show it by approx
ing them for the office.
They give their services gratis
throughout the two years of their
term. or longer. Certainly the school
patrons can give few minutes TO
register vote.
Il when there is developed as beau
ltiful an area between Brownsville
3and San Benito as there is from San
n Benito west to Mission, it can be
4 considered that the entire Valley
"has arrived"
The probability of the development
Of the Barreda lands. within the
next two or three years. means the
realization of the continuation of
this wonder spot"
The Barreda is onS Of the few re-
naming undeveloped areas along the
the state highway. II has some
beauty spots in its acres, and it has
wonderfully fertile soils. The men
who will develop it are fortunate in
that they are coming at a time when
the Valley is achieving its greatest
growth and prosperity. They will be
able to build so as to avoid the mis-
takes that were made in the earlier
development. IL Is easy TO foresee an
even more beautiful section than has
yet been developed in the Lower Rio
H Grande Valley.
Rotary Governor Sid Hardin of
Il Mission is going to lead the Rotary
n cohorts into the Alamo City soon for
vthe annual convention of the Rotary
Adistrict Of which he is the principal
officer.
FtsI-ater they will go to Denver for
\ the convention of international Ro-
tary.
Nearly every Valley city has
Rotary Club. There is no reason
why this section should not be ex-
ceptionally well represented in the
sessions at San Antonio, and even
in the sessions at Denver.
Speaking of Denver, let's not for
&c. that within eight hours or so BY
raii from Brownsville-and even less
from Hidalgo and Rio Grande City
there is as fine mountain scenery
as can bffound in Colorado. .
" you just must have mountain
scenery with your vacation. remember
Saitiilo, something like 80 miles from
Monterrey.
Some Of these days, when the Val
ley has developed population Of
half million or so. there will be a
great trek every summer to the noun
tain districts about Saltillo.
Some Valley people already have
~discovered" those mountains. And
they are always enthusiastic.
There is only one thing needed.
Hotel accommodations to fit the
various pockets.
Brownsville may now have cloth
awnings just like these that Florida
cities sport.
The city commission has Joined in
I'm effort to help transplant every-
thing that sounds like Florida, avn
ii inRs aricrgst them.
Now when a traveller steps off the
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