Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-08
i'm OUR
VALLEY

mmerce Is getting busy on plans
fthe first South Texas chambe,
= commerce convention.
. IL. will be held in Rrown;,. !.
November.
among the events planned for the
convention Is brass hand contest
1sirty South Texas bands aro -
ported TO have entered.
Good.
Means there viii be plenty Of mu-
sic for the convention.
And every convention should have
plenty Of music, IL there are "a ~
real crowds.
Inc west Texas Chamber OF Com
rrnerce conventions have grown into
enormous affairs.
They started some years ago ;us,
as the South Texas convention i
being started.
The heads OF the South Texas
chamber know how West Tevas
Goes Il. They propose 10 make il
even better one here.
Can do.
WEST TEXAS cities clamor for
West Texas Chamber OF Commerce
conventions.
And i Is proposed to make this
first South Texas convention such
q hum-dinger in the way Of 4 CON
vention that there will be no dearth
OF applicants for the second and
succeeding conventions.
South Texas is that territory ex-
tending south from Houston and San
Antonio to the Rio Grande, east to
the coast line and west to line
drawn north and south from about
Eagle pass.
IL South Texas Is to gain the
recognition that it deserves, il will
get il only through some regional
organization. The South Texas cham
Der seems TO be the answer.
VALLEY-ITES are always inter
ested in the. reaction Of the first
time visitor to the Valley.
Here's an interesting observation
of Captain s. l.. Robinson Of Se-
vance. Tenn. commandant at the
noted Scwanee military academy.
who is now in the Valley. the quo
tation being from Col Ben G.
whitehead's. Rio. Grande Sun. Pharr:
while expecting ito. find tho bor-
der country civilized. did not
rount on the degree Of civilization
il 50 plainly shows. While realized
that the days Of the big hated. pis-
tol carrying cowpuncher had pas
sed." said the captain. II didn't ex-
pect TO find the Rio Grande country
as up-to-date as Broadway-and il
is"
There are twenty-six Texas bows
al Sewanee, two OF them from the
Valley. one from Brownsvile-the
latter the son Of Rev. X. A. Macin-
tash. rector Of the Church az the
Advent.
NO RAIN HAS fallen in the Val
ley since the day before yesterday.
There are occasions on which q
VALLEY newspaper would not dare
MenrtOn lnAt bO RAIN HAu AAltth.
This is not one of them. The
Lower Rio Grande Valley Is surfcit-
ed with rain. The time for excessive
moisture Is not propitious. Cotton
i az such stage that what II needs
most is good. hot sunshine. plenty
Of IL. from early morn TO the last
ray Of the afternoon.
- snlaxv th.rn ~ tpftnm~
tion OF rain. A few more. days Of
this sort Of weather and cotton pro-
duction in the Valley will 20 up by
leaps and bounds.
The music most desired just now
Is that whir and buzz az more than
eighty cotton gins
MAN NAMED McNEAR. seeking
to form marketing organization.
announces calmly a membership fee
OF s25.
or which amount si7.5n goes for
promotion: that Is. $40 for the or
ranizer and $3.50 for his salesman
The remaining amount for organiza-
tion expense. no doubt
Tie explains Nnat mary h"ASN hAN'h
for membership may turn out n. ;. IN
Therefore the organization. organ
izer and salesmen would lose.
That would really he terrible.
DAN MOODY Is in Brownsville
today.
Not the Governor Of Texas.
hut q real. all-round fellow and
q public official for many wears.
lie Is the Dan Moody Of Houston.
tax collector OF Harris county.
And he tells Brownsville folks
that this was his first trip to the
city.
Brownsville has always seemed
so far away" he says.
"But now it's much closer. that
have been here. And I'm coming
again. you may be SURE"
DON'T GRIPF about the one
fnur parking ordinance Of Browns
Vile.
it'll be help 20 Brownsville
stoves and their customers.
And the more business they do.
che better il i for your town.