Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-16
I'm OUR
VALLEY

MAYOR F. B. FREELAND of Nc
Allen had very fine, if small peach
orchard.
II consisted Of fifty trees, and
was said TO have been bearing good
crops Of the luscious fruit.
Came the campaign 10 clear the
Valley Of hosts to the fruit fly.
So Mayor FreeIand destroyed his
peach orchard. Cut down every last
tree.
The Valley has waged a splendid
fight in this campaign, fight that
seems TO have had the cooperation
of every owner Of tree that Is
considered a menace.
Now the quarantine board at
Washington has said that a quaran-
tine will be placed II effect.
Valley orchardists have expected
II. They welcome the inspection
work that il the principal part Of
the quarantine.
They want to save the industry.
They will save 1t.
Thus far there is no reason 70 ex-
pect any undue hardship in connec-
tion with the coming crop.
TEXANS ARE BECOMING more
active in connection with agricul-
tural and horticultural development
in the Valley.
Take the recent news recounting
that coterie Of prominent Houston
men have joined Brownsville men in
taking over the WELL known Llano
Grande plantation. 5000 acres. which
they propose TO develop into great
orchard.
Among these men are James A.
Barker. head Of the law firm Of Ba-
ker. Bolts. Parker & Garwood. and
also head Of the Houston Gas 4 Fu-
el Company; ". VI. Graves. capital
ist; r. A. Heitmann, head OF great
wholesale firm, Ennis Cargill, prom
inent businessman, and Clarence Ma
lone and William Malone, financiers.
r. B. Creager Of Brownsville is in
terested. and the project Is being
handled BY &. q. Miles, well known
Valley land man.
LIano Grande has been in turn a
sugar plantation, cotton planta-
ton and other things II now looms
as one Of the important develop
ments in the Valley.
THE STATE AND federal highway
men are evidencing lively interest
in the proposed border highway
from Brownsville 70 Laredo, and on
up the river.
Every reason % believe that
eventually these departments may
ioin IN the financing Of the Boca
Chica road. which follows the river
on 10 the coast
The county commissioners soon
will open bids for dirt work and
structures on this road from point
six miles out on to the mouth Of
the river.
That road work should be COM
pleted in a very few months, wealth
er permitting.
After which II will be allowed 70
remain IN that state for several
months to permit it II settle.
IN the meantime work will be pro-
crossing on other roads IN the coun-
~. which have already been graded
and structures built.
These roads include the Harlingen
and San Bcnito roads 20 Rio Hondo.
the Fl Jardin road out Of Browns
vile, on which contracts have been
let. and the Paredes line road north
out ar Brownsville. also the Barreda
rad east TO the Paredes line. TO an
yrtersection with the Brownsville
Paredes line road.
Then will come. no doubt, the
military road up the river from
Brownsville.
HARLINGFN HAS recently ex-
nericnced the satisfaction Of being
able 70 take a telephone receiver
dawn and connecting with central
without crunkinr ones arm OFF,
The Southwestern Telephone Com
many has rebuilt the entire system.
erected a new building and Installed
the magnetic system equipment which
replaces the old style crank arrange
ment.
The first ~ these systems was IN
stalled in Brownsville IN 1918. some
ten wears later McAllen was given
similar system by the RIO Granae
Valley Telephone Company when
later duplicated the system at San
Renito and Mission.
As time goes on inter-eommuni-
cation for the Valley towns will be
made easier and simpler. There's
lots Of business and social eonver-
sation IN the Valley.
SEBASTIAN Is TO have not only
hank. but also a very nice bank
building.
Nelson & wentz. who are pro-
rotinr hotn these facilities, VIII
oren bids in few DAYS on SSe.-
ono structure which will supply the
hank with quarters and storerooms
tov other business enterprises.
Southern Willacy county Is PLAN
ming TO move right along with the
rest Of the county