Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-11
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VALLEY

THE BROWNSVILLE Herald for
Sunday was filled to the brim with
news and information Of import
ance to every PRISON, firm and
corporation interested in the Lower
Rio Grande Valley.
y Here are a few Of the articles
carried by The Brownsville Herald
exclusively:
A story dealing with the Valley
cotton crop.
A story dealing with the plans Of
riorida tomato growers to co-up-
crate with the Valley in the matter
of protection on tomatoes.
a story of meeting Of Valley
engineers in which upkeep of flood
channels was urged.
A tabulation Of deposits and re-
sources of Valley banks.
A story on a proposed Kraemer-
Furns return bout.
a story on the reunion Of Baylor
College graduates.
An article on new Cameron coun-
ty schools.
A description of drainage plans
on the Donna tract.
Presbyterian program for meeting
at La Feria this week.
A story Of the new irrigation de-
velopment on the Mexican side.
a story on the progress Of flood
protection work in Hidalgo county.
AND TWO HUNDRED other
stories Of direct interest to Valley
ties.
All part of The Herald's program
of service to the entire district.
Thus far The Herald has been the
only newspaper that has been en-
abled to render this service 70 the
people Of the Lower Rio Grande
Valley.
To round up such a tremendous
amount of information in single
edition of a small city newspaper
requires the continuous expenditure
! of money
Large city newspapers in Texas
have played" to the VALLEY.
But there is so much Of import
ance and interest happening in the
Valley. that no distant newspaper.
no matter how large. can afford 70
give the space required TO properly
present the news Of the Valley.
Therefore the carrying out of
this service falls upon The Herald.
\ And The Herald Is glad to under
take ~
MORE THAN six hundred thou
sand persons crossed TO the Mexi-
can side st Brownsville during the
year ended on June so.
A very large percentage of the
number included Tourists in the
Valley.
Somebody somewhere estimated
that each visitor to the Mexican
citv spends s5.
That's too much.
Let's say 50 for each. A large
percentaRe of that is bridge tolls.
IL they travel by automobile.
All right. Two dollars each. That's
si.20O.000 spent in that city in one
yesr bv visitors from the American
side Of the river.
That's n considerable amount of
money in itself.
THE VALLEY realized the grow
ing Importance OF good roads be-
tween this section and Falfurrias.
rs n result of the inundation Of the
highway south Of Falfurrias few
weeks ago.
II stopped tourist traffic into the
Valley for many days.
News comes now that n contract
Is To be awarded which means the
rebuilding of the highway between
Alice and n point fifteen miles
south Of Falfurrias.
That will not carry the road al
!, the way from Falfurrias to the Hi
dalgo county. But another contract
will he awarded later.
: When completed. travel should
not again be interrupted on that
highway
In addition TO which another bit
Of the Wilson county gap. near San
Antonio. Is soon 20 be improved.
In time there will be first class
through highways to both San An
tonic and Houston.
DONNA NEEDS new depot. de-
cides The Donna News. which pro-
eeeds TO announce the fact in bold
face lines scattered throughout the
paper.
The Donna paper believes that
Donna deserves all the considera-
tion that has been given other
towns in the Valley.
And no doubt the railroad will
get 10 Donna soon.
Many stations have lately been
built in this section. There are new
stations at Brownsville. Edinhurgl
Mission. McAllen. Mercedes. Har-
lingen. Raymondville. San Juan. and
that at San Bcnito is being rebuilt
and enlarged.
The Valley as q whole has Jared
pretty well in the matter Of pas
serger stations.
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