Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-28
I'm OUR
VALLEY

in the kind Of story that the Lower
Rio Grande Valley has to tell.
Figures that bear dollar marks on
the credit side Of the ledger tell
them things that many others do not
see through.
For example, bankers will think
twice Of a country that started out
ins 1905 with about $3.50, 900 in the
single bank that existed at that time
the First National of Brownsville
and now has about $23, 900 in
thirty banks.
The taxable valuations in 1904 Of
the four counties that now make uu
the Lower Rio Grande Valley, were
well under $10.000,0OO.
To-day these taxable valuations are
about Sll0,O0O,OOO, and they're
mounting daily.
In 1904, the four counties had a
population of about 10000.
Today it's around 10000.
PERHAPS AMONG those bankers
who are in the Valley today are some
who at one time or another have
handled bonds that were issued for
schools, roads, irrigation improve
ment, drainage or other works, in
the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
They will be interested in know
ing, perhaps, that against these
valuations Of $110,000,O0O, there are
outstanding only about s2O,OOO,OOO
in bonds.
And see how these bonds have been
used. School structures every
where that few agricultural districts,
il any, in the United States can
boast of.
Highways of hard materials, neces-
Eary because Of the delta soils. More
than 120 miles Of such roads, more
than fifty miles of underway, more
than $50 miles financed and yet to
be built. And elections Forthcoming
in Hidalgo county which may result
in bringing the total mileage Of
paved roads in three counties to
around 500 miles.
AND, OF COURSE, in all this de-
velopment the bankers of the Lower
Rio Grande Valley have done their
share of the work.
Whatever bankers elsewhere may
do about bond issues. those in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley take the
lead in helping to put over every is
sue that is justified by conditions or
necessities.
IN THE NEW YORK Herald Trib-
une of few days ago is revealed the
y Aieason-or one of them-for the re-
sehn. visit to the Lower Rio Grande
Valley of General W. W. Atterbury,
president Of the Pennsylvania Lines,
and other officials.
Up in New York City the Penn
sylvania has just completed and
started using a perishable goods
terminal for the exclusive use Of
The produce and dairy products men.
This terminal cost the Pennsyl-
vania about S4.O0c,00O.
II was built for the ore purpose.
And General Atterbury visited
the truck growing regions Of the
country just to satisfy himself that
the expenditure was justified.
He wanted to see where the stuff
New York was getting was grown.
He wanted to see just how il was
handled from the farm to the load
ing station, how it was packed and
iced, and 10 learn something, too, OF
how connecting lines were serving
the shippers.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley is
vitally interested in that Penn
sylvania terminal. II it will result
in more and better vegetables being
sold in New York, all the better 70.
the growers of the Valley.
w. T.. McDAvITT OF Brownsville
shipped the first carload Of veg
etables that went out over the
newly constructed st. Louis, Browns
Vile a Mexico (now the Missouri
Pacific), back in 1904.
lie shipped the first carload Of
vegetables that went out over the
Southern Pacific when 1t began op-
. Grating north out of Edinburg near
~ year ago.
Now he has shipped the first car
load of freight of any sort that has
gone out of Brownsville over the
Just completed extension of the
Southern Pacific from Harlingen 20
Brownsville-the southern terminus
Of the Southern Pacific.
A DOZEN OR MORE Valley wom-
en- are leaving next week for III
Paso 10 attend the annual meeting
of the Texas Federation of Women's
Clubs.
While each represents some or
ganization, they are going at their
cwn, individual expense.
Some ZOO women from over the
state will attend the meeting.
Mrs. ID. p. Gay, who will repre-
cent the City Federation Of Browns
vili,, suggests that good oppor-
tunity is presented to advertise the
Valley to these women.
Thinks that enough grapefruit 70
serve zoo women (about seven cases)
would excite curiosity about the
Valley. and ~sell'' 700 women on Val
ley grapefruit.
The women buy e5 per cent Of the
grapefruit that goes into the home.
That would be good advertising for
the Valley.
And then some Valley town might
want soon to entertain this conven-
tion.
Who'll get together and ship the
seven eases?
Vice-President of
Cau H..