Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-04-10

Four Drown in Arkansas Stream
I'm O u r
VALLEY

WE'RE GOING to miss Charlie
Hawkes. courteous Ticket Office"
over the telephone.
Charlie Hawkes.. served the Fris-
co for so many years up at Paris
!. and came to Brownsville with the
Frisco back in 1914. about the time
that system went into receivership
and lost the Brownsville road. Will
continue to be with US, however
tie is going to have a travelling
passenger agents job. operating be-
tween Kingsville and the Valley
Leo Waldschmidt is coming to
I Brownsville as city ticket agent. and
will be assisted by S. NJ. Kiekle.
Both have been with the Missouri
Pacific at Harlingcn. And Browns
Vile railroad patrons, while regret
ting the loss of Mr.. Hawkes., wei
come the two men.
Charlie Hawkes. hasn't had an
easy time of il since sitting in rs
ticket agent at Brownsville.
He has had the experience Of
having to see trains out rs early as
2:30 o'clock in the morning. Back
on the job for an outgoing n NJ.
train, and still on the job for a
1880 p. m. or 4:30 p. m. train. Even
In the later days Of $3.50 a. NJ, 10
n. m, $50 p. M, and 1880 p. NJ.
trains, the job pas been no snap.
And most of the time he was all
alone.
SAYS T. A. G. in The Harlingen
Star:
Condensed bank stat.lncrts of
!. Valley financial institutions again
how steady consistent growth.
l,ingch maintained second po-
Qong Cameron county banks.
pg, wonder how much Of
900 resources shown by
bfownsvillc banks. are Mexican de-
positors? Just curious. that's ALL"
BY Mexican depositors, presume 7.
A. G.. means depositors in Browns
willie banks who reside in Mata-
moros.
The answer Is easy, according 10
information from Brownsville banks.
Matamoros depositors carry from
S500.000 to $750.000 in Brownsville
banks because there are no banks in
Matamoros. The amount varies ac-
cording to seasons.
Brownsville has always bocn the
banking center for Matamoros. Even
in the days when the banks OF this
city had under 100000 in deposits.
some Of 1t came from Matamoros
banks.
This writer recalls that when he
came to Brownsville Is years ago.
deposit slips were prepared for both
Mexican and United States money,
Mexican money being accepted at
par at that time.
DELIGHTFUL ROASTING ears for
distant markets. grown in the Lower
Rio Grande Valley.
One car went forward Friday
morning. II went from La Feria.
Another car went out Of San Juan
Friday night.
Up NJ Houston. in the city mar
kct, they are selling new corn from
e the Valley at dollar for a dozen
course. but good. sweet corn from
!. the Valley is worth every cent Of it
If you live far away.
The Valley has been shipping from
500 to ESQ carloads of table corn
every season for the past several
years.
No reason why Il shouldn't beat
the figure this year, unless dry
weather has held back production.
WRITING IN THE Mission Enter
prise recently. Virgil y. Lott. an
immigration officer. formerly
newspaperman. said there was an
opening in the Valley for an over
all and work pants factory such as is
found az Eagle Pass.
The item reached the attention of
the owners of the McNair Clothing
Manufacturing Company of Browns
vile, which has such 4 plant and en-
ployes some s@venty-five workers.
So they made up a special pair of
riding hreeches which they present
ed Ia Mr.. Lott with their compli-
meats. So in the last issue OF The
ENTERPRISE. he says:
.sThis is to acknowledge receipt az
one very fine pair Of riding brceches.
the product OF an overall factory
owned BY the McNair Clothing Man
nfaeturing Company Of Brownsville.
Texas. who sent the pantaioons as
n reminder that there is an over
all factory in the Valley. which was
In answer 10 an editorial in this
column some two weeks ago, advo-
eating the establishment Of a fac
tory Of the kind in the Valley. The
firm advises that their output Is such
that they move employ rs operatives.
hut the~ add that they have not
been able 20 procure helm at =
wage scale Of So week. This
spsaks highly for tins firm and
shows that they believe IN paying n
living wage. a virtue not possessed
hy the average manufactures Of
overalls on ths border. The firm
asks nv advice as 20 contracting la
bor In Mexico. Being an inspector in