Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-10
I'm OUR
VALLEY
ow MANY PERSONS make

ohoseo Suiy 4-American lndepend-
ence Day--in Reynosa, Mexico.
That's opposite Hidalgo county.
Also in fairly close proximity to
McAilen, Mission, Pharr, San Juan
and other towns in Hidalgo county.
One paper estimated the crowd at
$4,000 persons.
Attracted by bullfight and other
things.
That paper went further and fig
ured that each persons who visited
Reynosa that day spent IS. That is,
an average.
Figured on out, that's a quarter Of
n million dollars.
A lot of money for a single days
pleasure, isn't it!
BUT PERHAPS that was the way
!. looked to the estimator. Possibly
he saw each person twice.
Another paper figured that the
|bullfight brought the promoters
ki2.s0O.
One estimated that 10000 attend
ed the fight. although the ring
would seat only 5000.
Somewhere else there was a re-
port that the Reynosa officials. feel
ing that the bullfight was not all
that IL should have been, fined
somebody for the fault. But il
doesn't seem to have been the pro-
moter's fault. Wasn't it the fault of
the bulls, or oxen or whatever kind
~ that was used.
ALLEGED quarter of a
lollars spent in Reynosa-
il affected the bank to-
Valley?
Elsewhere in The Herald
rly s2l 500. 900 in the
Valley.
hsiderably more than
the figures year ago.
more than the March
Showed.
brought the Valley little
by this year. Same might
cabbage and carrots and
other vegetables.
Figures continue to mount
now nearly $25.30O,000.
willie banks show total OF
200. 900 on deposit
nifty per cent larger in
ban Brownsville. and
oil and gas field. re-
81. 500. 900.
not only compares
but exceeds ii in bank
not Dragging. Is shown
to indicate the wealth here
c6mparison with other cities of
ke size, or even greater.
HOUSTON POST-Dispatch says:
"The new beach drive from Cor
pus Christi to Point Isabel has been
opened to the public, following the
completion Of a causeway connect
ing Nueces county mainland with
Padre Island.
"The drive is said to be the long
est of its type in the world. Its
builders hope to attract many
thousands Of tourists each season.
The coast country of Texas is
steadily expending its facilities for
Tourist trade and each year new APP
peals to vacation seekers are Gre
ated.
"The Texas coast promises event
ually to be one of the greatest all
year Fairgrounds in America. I'm
like some of the other vacation cen
tiers of the land, il does not have to
depend upon tourist trade as its
only main source of economic
wealth. II is rich in mineral aud
good opportunities for industrial
growth. 1t is rapidly coming into
favor as one Of the most richly en-
dowed regions Of the United States"
PIGS ARE MOVING rapidly ahead
at Pharr. judging from reports in
the Rio Grande Sun.
The Kiwanis Club of Pharr is pro-
noting pig culture among the boys
of the community.
Any boy who has IS and a place
to raise a pig has al opportunity
TO become financed in the pig rails
ing business.
And after some twenty-five boys
have entered the club they are
going to have a pig contest. Points
will count. And the boys pig hay-
ing the most points wins some lau-
rels for his owner.
Not bad plan for ptomating the
pig business in the Valley. Our
farms need more pigs, more poultry,
more dairying.
Heard Brownsville cafe man
say the other day that he had to
ship his chickens from Beevillc.
That's a reflection on our own
growers.
SAW SIX HOUSES under construc-
tion in one group at McAllen the
other day.
Viewed from the roadside they
seemed to be commodious cottages,
or brick veneer construction. with
four or five rooms.
Look as il they are being built
for sale. Indidltes a demand for
homes in McAllen.
Residences built for sale need not
be pretentious. There are plenty who
will buy the right sort of homes for
around $4,000.
AMARILLO MAN BROWNS