Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-26
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eaten and otherwise is suffering.
Means that il there will be a cold
storage crop, it may be very short
one.
IL conditions are as reported, in
dieates a favorable outlook for cab
bage in the Lower Rio Grande VAL
ley this fall and winter.
Valley produces as high as 5000
carloads of cabbage in . season.
II the demand proves good and
the prices favorable, it is possible
that cabbage alone will make up for
the unfavorsble cotton crop this
summer.
REPORTS FROM over the Valley
indicate a fairly heavy planting OF
early fall vegetables.
Some cabbage going in. Also to-
mstoes, beans, egg plant, carrots
and other items.
When the first stuff has started
moving, IL will be a continuous pro-
cess for the remainder of the win
ter.
Speaking Of cabbage, 3 member Of
The Herald staff was a guest at a
Harlingen home the other night, for
dinner.
The hostess served sauerkraut.
The newspaperman, eating OF IT,,
declared il the best he had eaten in
n long time.
The hostess declared il should be,
for II was canned in the Valley, up
mt San Juan. And she brought forth
the can TO prove the statement.
And yet there are those who de-
clare that cabbage grown in the Val
ley, for some reason, does not make
good sauerkrsut.
It's up to the person who makes it,.
II he knows his cabbages, he can pro-
duce good ssuerkraut in the Valley.
McALLEN PRESS reports a new
bank and store building for Hi
,daigo.
1 j. Z. Pate will be the owner Of tho
building. which will house the post
office, the Press says, and also a
bank that is yet TO be organized.
The building viii cost about $4,000.
Significance Of il is that Hidalgo,
the old town that slept so long up
there on tie bank of the Rio Grande,
In coming out Of IL.
Started about q year ago with the
construction Of a traffic bridge.
Following that McAllen was con-
nected with Hidalgo by the con-
struction of paved road.
UP IN OKLAHOMA, weeks ago,
some Oklahomsns read in The
Brownsville Herald Of a grapevine
that is about sixty years old, located
in Brownsville.
They are now visiting in Browns
vile and expressed their wish to see
the grapevine.
They will see IL. The famous vine
Is located in the yard at the home
of the Oblate Fathers, on jefferson
street.
II is the same variety from which
the French make their wines. and
was planted by a French priest at
that time a member Of the 0blate
Fathers here.
VALLEY TOWNS are evidencing
interest in the organization of a
massed band, including the mem
bers Of four bands in as many towns
Out of those bands has been or
xanized one which will have as
many as lis instruments.
A concert was given az Harlingen.
Mercedes will hear the band on
Friday night. September 2.
At McAllen Tuesday night. Sep
TEMPER 6. and San Benito Friday
night, September is.
IN REPRINTING congratulations
by Valley papers, The Herald missed
the following from the Donna News,
which is very much appreciated:
"rhe Brownsville Herald. pioneer
.vslley daily. has graduated into the
metropolitan daily class with its
new home and new sixteen-page per-
fecting press and stereotyping plant.
The Herald Is one of the best
evening. dailies in the state and Il
has done valiant work for the de-
velopment Of the Valley. Handling
the big news of the day in an able
manner, IL has never subordinated
loeal news 10 make way for outside
st1ff. First and foremost, Il has
been q Valley paper. and the resi-
deuts of the Valley are its loyal
friends and supporters"
r. D. CREAGER suggests that the
time seems ripe for taking up the
matter Of forming a navigation dis
trict in the development OF the Val
Iey's hsrbor at BraEcs Santiago.
The time seems TO have gone when
A In practical or advisable to under
take this aid through private sub
seription.
The project Is too big. too i'm
portant, 20 undertake financing
through campaigns appealing to the
pockets Of the more liberal resi-
dents.
II should be done through q sub
s.antsai bead issue that will be ade-
cuate TO the needs Of the situation.
A million dollars or two million dol
lara seems to be the necessary thing
at this moment, IL real harbor is
20 De developed for the Valley.
Certainly sixteen feet Of water
will not demonstrate what the port
n really worth. II will require no
less than twenty-five feet.
II tho people show their interest
bv putting in the money. the gov
srr,ent can be depended upon to