Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-02-11
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VALLEY

NOW LET'S THINK a little about
baseball for the summer months.
The Texas Valley League seem.
an assured fact.
Towns included are Corpus Chris.
q, Laredo. Edinburg. Mission. with
possibility Of joint san Benito.
Harlingcn club.
That makes five clubs.
There's movement on. looking
toward the organization az q rlui
in Brownsville.
Brownsville would BE- the sixth
city in the league
Last season Brownsville had a
good club in the Valley League. I.
had, perhaps, q better attendance
than most Of the other clubs.
Even at that X lost money.
But there are fans III Browns.
vile who are So much interested III
good baseball that they usually are
willing 10 do more than their share
in helping out
Perhaps a plan can be worked oui
that will give Brownsville fast
club.
HERE'S A THOUGHT from II. 4
Miller. Brownsville.
THE sunken gardens Of Sd. LaGii
have been the talk Of the couu.
try Tor years beautiful spo,
sunk below the level OF sur
rounding lots, filled with trees and
shrubbery from all parts ~ the
world. Rubber trees. banana trees
palms. cactus. shrubs and tree
from the tast Indies. Brazil. Aus-
traiia. Africa. and an marked with
nameplates. II Is truly interesting
place 20 visit
sThe ST. Louis tourist coming Il
Brownsville for the first time ane
seeing the lots 10 the south Of IN,
new depots. would remark: What
a beautiful place for sunken gar
den. Just see how love.v II wouit
be with row of bananas for
background, a clump of five um.
breiia trCs- sr an arbor; q fisi
pond in tina center with seats al
around for visitors 10 rest up aftei
their long trips; fine palms in from
and down the sides, and filled witt
trees and shrubbery. II would max,
spot that would he the talk ~
the country. Let's 90 H."
STRANGE. SOMETIMES. what
most impress,s the first time vis-
TORS To the Valley.
Man came here recently from
West Texas.
Said he had occasion TO visit 4
Valley drug store twice. on each oc-
casion he was the only customer IN
the store.
Now this man hailed from West
Texas. which is known best through
the efforts of the West Texas
Chamber ST Commerce.
"out IA re-" he said. "the aver
age drug store had a long line Of
customers .t am house of the day
and you have u wait your turn ~
hc waited cr."
The answer to that. hc vas told
by long t.mc resident NJ the VAL
ley. ~ easy The fact ~ the matter
is. NO one here becomes III. except
on the raresi occasions. v hieh S.
why the average Valley drug store
is always ready to wait upon cac IN
customer The moment he steps in
side the door.
Probably out in drcary West Tex
as folks are always getting sick.
Just another reason why the Nal-
ley j. different from most other
parts OF tie country.
SENATOR ARCirER rARR Of this
district has introduced bin IN
the legislator providing for the
establishment of citrus fruit
experiment station.
The news dispatch annonnc nE tho
step does not indicate where he
would establish the station. but pre-
sumahly il would be in ths eitfu.
growing region. which * the Val
ley. And since there is already az
experiment station in the valley
between Mercedes Ind WeslaCu
doubtless II will not he difficult ta
guess where the citrus station Wal
be.
ANYHOW. n an experiment STA.
ten will help thc industry In this
section. lets have il. The industry
IS stiil new % most 81 Us. and the
more We learn about u, the b9tter
HAVE Y0u NOTICED how very
very sweet our grapefruit l. a. this
inaes
Luscious. just erammcd with ths
snaupy iuires.