Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-06-22
I'm OUR
VALLEY

ocSs Of permanent paving con-
'ruction.
There are nov something like
even miles Of permanent paving in
brownsville.
The work now underway will rive
he city about twenty-one mites of
his type of paving.
When IL is completed there will
e some more paving to be done.
ince the city still has available
something like 100000 to be used
as its share of the cost of future
paving. That will. be seven miles
more. When it is expended the citv
will have about thirty miles Of perm
aDent paving.
An important phase Of the de-
velopment of Brownsville.
THERE'S ANOTHER important
construction work underway in
Brownsville, as il is in other towns
Of the Valley.
That's the line of the Rio Grande
Valley Gas Company.
Lines are being laid in Browns
Vile, San Benito. McAllen, Edin-
burg and other points.
In the meantime gangs are To-
Gated at different points between
the Valley and the gas fields up in
the Laredo vicinity.
They tell us that gas will be avail
able TO the Valley users sometime
n the fall. probably in October.
iaybe earlier.
Three elements are proving the
Feat factors in the development of
ne Valley. They are water. electric
ght and power and gas.
And. of course, the railroads.
And highways.
THE TEXACO STAR, the house or
n of the Texas Company. goes TO
xas men all over the civilized
I'D. wherever gasoline and oil are
d..
recent issue Of the Star carries
article on Brownsville and the
wer Rio Grande Valley.
II includes many facts about the
BY and section. reproductions of
Lenes in Brownsville and Valley
5oints. Point Isabel. Matamoros and
so on.
II will unquestionably reach the
attention Of many prominent man
who are learning of the vally for
IN first time.
The article and photographs were
sent to the Tsxaco Star by W l..
: Hendergsaft. publicity manager Of
the Brownsville Chamber Of Com
: merce.
THE LOWER RIO Grande Valley
now has approximately $4,000 acres
in grapefruit trees. according to
John H. Shary.
The average is ~ trees 10 the
acre, which means about 100000
trees
And Mr.. Shary. talking to the
fruit and vegetable wholesalers the
other day, predicted that in five
years the Valley will be producing
about $4,000 cars of the fruit an
nually.
Which is a very good reason why
every prccaution should be used to
protect the fruit.
The more we have the more in
viting IL danger from pests and dis
eases.
The quarantine hearing at Wash
ington the other day probably will
bring a light regulation calling for
rigid inspection. Which is desirable.
The Valley certainly doesn't want
- - ~
ease. So let's clean up those orchards
and keep them clean. II there are
still any old. ripened fruit on the
sour orange trees or elsewhere, get
rid OF them.
COLIAD COUNTY recently turned
down an opportunity to vote bonds
TO pave highway No. IL through that
county. for Houston Brownsville
road.
What is Goliad county's loss prob
ably will be some other county's
gain.
There are other counties that
will welcome being placed on the
route. by so doing they will receive
advertising from tourists who other
will never know those counties
ore in existence.
- The Valley has long lead in the
state in matters having to do with
progress.
II will continue to lead the state.
But evidently the example il has
set for many parts of the state has
had little or no effect on historic
old Goliad county.
ANOTHER COUPLE of weeks and
= cotton gins all over the Lower Rio
Grande Valley will be- humming.
AT some point a considerable mum
Aber of bales already have been
\;nned.
Cotton. in fact. has already start
cotton money to flowing.
thousands of piekers will soon be
femEnd.
hile employment Of labor is at
stage in the Valley. IL will be
cessary within q few days for
bne to be without anything to do.
hundred thousand bales j. the
forecast. II may 90 higher. And IL
won't be long until the thousands
lare being turned out by the gins.
ANSWERS FALSE ALARM
The fire departmert made n quick
run to Fort Brown last night in re-
sponset 20 an alarm turned IN from