Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-07-29

I'm OUR
VALLEY

TO THE COTTON grower Of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley. the most
interesting news in The Herald We'd
nesday was that which conveyed the
information that thousands Of cotton
pickers were being sent to the Val
ley from the Houston and San An
tenio districts.
The chamber Of commerce secre-
taries Of the Valley, Labor Depart
ment Representative Robertson. sta
ttioned at Harlingen, The Herald and
tThe Associated Press joined in the
is. o. S. sent out calling for pickers.
'pf the Valley. in an effort to help
Ahe growers harvest their crop.
The sunshine continues bright. The
cotton continues to burst with as
founding rapidity. The fields arc
white. More white than usual owing
Ito the depredations of the leaf worm,
texposing the lint.
Y With continued good weather, with
d fair supply Of cotton pickers. the
Valley will harvest 100000 bales,
possibly more.
CAPTAIN. EDWARD A. Salisbury,
world traveller. farmer of Florida and
California, visiting in Brownsville.
tells that in Florida they are talking
of Texas-South Texas, If you please,
and more especially of the Lower Rio
Gfande Valley-as the only remain
ing spot where things are still within
reason and on firm agricultural
foundation.
Florida has been disappointing, he
says. Florida went after the money,
and neglected the essentials entering
into the matter Of keeping good
citizens once they had arrivet.
They are coming here in large
, numbers next winter" Captain
Salisbury cold the Brownsville Rotary
Club yesterday. "Treat them as you
have treated me. You'll find it
worthwhile"
ALREADY PLANS are well under
way looking to the doubling of the
capacity of Hotel I'll Jardin of
Brownsville.
The first wing of the hostelry, con-
tanning 200 rooms, is being rooted.
Plastering is well underway. Novem-
- things being right in the
meantipe, should see the completion
of the strdcssEs.
The additional wing will give FL
Jaroin 400 rooms. Which will be
pretty good sized hotel for city the
size of Brownsville.
And il the messages that are being
brought by men ike Captain Sails
bury are founded on fact, the Valley
will need that hotel and many more
ID accommodate the visitors the conss
ing fall, and the fall following.
THE FULL MEASURE Of success
rs q tourist attraction will net have
been achieved by the Valley, however,
until something very definite has
been done to connect the coast with
the towns with hsrd-surfaced road.
The more roads, the better. One
will hardly be sufficient to handle
the traffic, unless it is double size.
SOME PROSPECTIVE students in
the junior university for the Valley. to
be established in Brownsville, are re-
ported Withholding agreement to
| enter to await the opening of the
4 school.
! They should agree now to enter.
To delay will only make the school
uncertain. A definite number of stu
--sests is required before announce
nis-->scan be made that the school will
open.
entail no expense whatever should
the school not be established.
Sign up today-make this school
certainty. II will be valuable to the
pupil and to the entire community.
ONE OF THE MOST interesting
coast attractions to Valley citizens
these days is the harbor development
in progress at Point Isabel.
A tug is busy on the sound. There
are great barges at work.
Scores of carloads of materials, in
cluding stone, lumber, etc., are be-
ing received.
THE government has railroad
engine for use on its temporary jetty
building tracks at the ends of the
islands that make the pass.
There's pile driver Of type that
/ has never been seen here before.
In not so many months those in
terested in harbor development will
be worrying over the matter Of Gre
ating tonnage for the Point Isabel
harbor.
Valley products. and valley-bound
cargoes alone will not provide suf-
ficient tonnage for a harbor. North
l ern Mexico must be heavily drawn
! upon.