Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-29
I'M OUR
VALLEY

en- ] DOWN AT Monterrey there is a
1-P ear-visicned banker who has heard
Ienfff the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Is
B.snxious TO see it. and plans TO visit
IL in the near future for stay OF
(. three of four weeks.
y His name is Adolfo Zambrano. He
n Is now head OF the Monterrey branch
Z of the great Bank Of Mexico. For
Hsmfrly he headed the banking house
dof Vambrano, founded by his father,
#ynow retired. Recently the Zambrano
#ceanks. of which there were many in
rMexican centers, were merged with
1.-THE Bank of Mexico
#- In addition to being interested in
lthe Valley, Mr. Zambrano also has
had his curiosity aroused on hearing
lreports e colonel Sam Robertson's
beach drive.
nv Mr.. Zambran0 wants 70 make that
drive some day. He believes il will
be a great thing for the coast coun-
II. try, and that Monterrey people will
be attracted TO this coast when sea
side facilities have been made ade-
quate.
Monterrey, a city Of fashionable
old homes and equally fashionable
new homes Of familiar American
architecture. has many hundreds of
residents who would appreciate
nearby seashore.
Soon there will be eight hour train
service between Monterrey and
Matamoros.
ENGLISH Is spoken in Monterrey.
In very many instances it Is spoken
far more correctly than the variety
in uSf in the United States.
Everywhere visitors went it was
not difficult to find someone who
spoke English. 1t is not in the least
rare among the businessmen Of
Monterrey.
The Valley delegation 10 the Mon
ferrey industrial exposition the other
day had headquarters at the Hotel
Imperial. The manager spoke Eng-
lish, as did the clerk, a woman.
At n drug store in the centsr of
the business district, several of the
young lady clerks spoke English.
Mostly they had been educated in
San Antonio schools.
Presumably all these young lady
clerks were single. since handsome
sonora informed the visitors that in
Mexico no woman works in business
when she marries. She becomes then
strictly a homebody.
A~-c
MOST OF the streets in Monterrey
= - -
! most Latin American cities.
This has brought about traffic
! problems.
with the result that all narrow
streets are one-way streets for traf-
| fic.
The public service automobiles
race down these streets. They blow
their horns for corners, and leave il
/ 10 the other fellow to get across if
he can. Visitors from the Valley.
accustomed though they are 20 fast
automobile driving over good roads,
had several hair-raising experiences
In the traffic.
In Monterrey. in spite OF the one
way streets. if you want safety in
travel, take a horse-drawn vehicle.
Fifty per cent cf the danger is re-
moved that way.
COLONEL RUFUS j. LAKELAND,
well known Valley real estate auc-
tioneer, had a hair-raising expert
ence Of a different kind. That was
in a cafe.
He ordered plate Of chile. il
seems. When the check came il
read big figure $50"
Six pesos. of course. but Colonel
Lakeland is still wondering what
there could have been in that plate
of chile 10 make IL cost the equiva-
lent of three dollars in American
money. He assured his hearers there
was nothing ION the side" TO account
for the price.
THE VALLEY delegation had not
been in Monterrey three hours be-
fore IL had succeeded in removing
the SaH Antonio delegation from the
spotlight, stepping into the position
itself.
On the floor Of the casino, where
there was dancing and vaudeville. the
Valley delegation popped up the
party" The San Antonians ban
quoted and listened to speeches. At
ter a while some Of its members,
observing the apparent good time be-
ing had by the Valley visitors,
joined in. But it took two hours for
\ them 20 reach the decision.
LAREDO WAS there. Mostly it