Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-02-24
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VALLEY

THE HERALD has received the
/ following Invitation. neatly en-
grayed, and with a photo Of very
attractive bank building
"The Officers and Directors Of the
Edinburg State Bank & Trust Com
pany request the honor Of your pres
ence at the opening Of their New
Banking Home. Closner Boulevard
and Kruttschnitt Street, Edinburg
Texas, Friday, February twenty
fifth, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty
Seven, four to eight p. m"
Which Of course has d much more
polite tone than the usual invita-
tion to visit a bank. which reads
much like the following:
"Your note for umpteen thousand
dollars Is due at this bank on Feb
ruary 80, 1927. This hank carries no
overdue paper. You will therefore
arrange 10 meet this demand on. the
day II is due
However, the new Edinhurg bank
building i an attractive structure
And the banking room is q marvel
of beauty. II would fit well in n
city many times the size Of Edin-
burg.
SAUERKRAUT is coming here In
cans from far northern points. while
green cabbage Is going a-begging
for a market.
Why cannot We take some Of this
unmarketable cabbage and convert II
into sauerkraut?
Some say that our cabbage has
too much water content. Others
tell us that's all bosh.
We have eaten Valley-made sauer-
kraut that was put up some two
years before. And the maker assures
us that our sauerkraut is just as
good as any other.
Looks like someone could start
test. Time would determine whether
Valley sauerkraut is or isn't.
THE BANKERS Magazine of New
York recently carried a long story
on Texas, written by Elmer II.
Youngman.. editor Of the magazine,
after a three months stay in the
state during which he visited every
section.
Among the articles carried was
one by +. N. Clifford. manager Of
the Mercedes Chamber Of Commerce.
or the Lower Rio Grande Valley
Mr.. Youngman writes that he has
never seen a more fertile country.
though he has travelled over much OF
the globe. including fourteen coun-
tries in Europe. Tie predicts for it n
still greater future as q shipper OF
fruits and vegetables TO the great
consuming centers Of the nation.
HERE rs A THOUGHT from
aThink," in the San Antonio Ex-
press:
Heres n hint for Valley Crane
y. fruit growers: Queen Marie Of Ru-
mania liked grapefruit so well dur
ing her tour Of the United States,
that now she IL having them import
ed from Palestine and they sell in
Bucharest at 81 apiece. The hint Is
rot TO cultivate the royal Rumanian
market, but 70 investigate trans
portation costs 10. Europe, and open
new outlet for the day when pro-
duction becomes 80 large that Ameri-
can markets will be glutted."
r.. NJ. CLIFFORD Of Mercedes is.
chairman Of n grapefruit for the
forthcoming bathing beauty revue at
vaIverde.
that Il, he has been delegated 70
find a grapefruit six feet in di-
ameter. from which there will be
produced beautiful girl. at the re-
yue.
That is a large order. even for so
energetic man as is Mr.. Clifford.
The Herald hopes that this men
Sion of his quest will assist him ma
terially in running down the fruit
Of the particular size desired
IF you no NOT believe that
much real estate is being sold IN
the Lower Rio Grande Valley. just
listen to the report Of A. X. Black.
of the James-Dickinson company Of
Brownsville:
Business il good in Lower Roi
Grande Valley dirt. Since the first
Of January. a little less than two
months. this firm has sold total
of si.1s4 900 worth Of real estate
This figure includes city real es-
tate In Brownsville. irrigated land
and dry farm land"
That looks like pretty good fig
ere.
And reports say that the Gillock
Development Company. which Is
handling the Barreda properties. has
Adisposed Of something like a half
Hpillion dollars worth Of land since
+ ny began operations few months
hcse figures are only little OF
Il l. going on In tho Valley.
he arc other firms dealing in al'
> Of properties. and II their fig-
-, known they would likely
Atotal into many millions