Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-03-13

Will Make MdtauaOv0s important Port
I'm o u r
VALLEY

MRS. c. /. JESSUP Of Browns
vile will tell you that il pays TO
advertise. even IL is something you
want 20 give away.
A few days ago Mrs. Jessup an
nounced through The Herald that she
had "A great many poinsettia cut
tings that she would be glad 10 give
10 all applicants.
Since then Mrs. Jcssup has been
bcseiged by persons who want pom
) settia cuttings.
: Requests came from RI Jardin.
&c - came from Mercedes. from san
aito. from Olmito. and from as
away as Edna. way up in Jack
~ ]. county, Texas.
HERES A GREAT deal Of salts
ION 20 be gained in the am
nccment, elsewhere in The Herald
y, that the National Lines OF
'co are preparing 70 put Mata-
- o. on the map a. a forwarding
LOST for freight destined for the in
Rewa')r of Mexico.
or In Fall comes about through the new
Afl~tUatNA ~ NftAH AAttkHA hA"A
Sta'i'Eent into Mexico On through bills
LOST aiding
flee. hat does away with certain FL
l.. " cling that was necessary ut the
flee, Il Of departure.
Goes back 20 the methods that
preceded the Madero revolution. The
same plan was pursued al that time.
Just about that time the interna-
q tional bridge was built at Browns
g vile. But Il never handled much
freight, except at times when the
line between Nuevo Laredo and
Monterrey was ou; Of commission.
n il works out. IL could mean the
establishment IN Brownsville OF n
number of firms interested il Mrxi-
can trade.
The new forwarding plan goes in
10 effect April 7.
A VALLEY MAN always makes d
hit at distant convention when he
sees 10 il that Valley fruit appears
on at least some of the menus
Up AT the n. r. al convention IA
Dallas the other day. the banquet
given for state superintendent from
forty-eight states. with thirty more
guests present. ate Valley oranges
and Valley grapefruit ana marvclcd
The oranges came from the Bank
er and j. W. White orchards OF
Brownsville. aud the grapefruit from
Mission r. j. Voc of Brownsy llc
secured the oranges while sid Hur-
din of Mission obtained the grape.
fruit. The chambers of commerce OF
th" two cities bought the stuff
State Superintendent s. M N
Mars. writing % Mr.. Voc. sad.
II wish TO thank you and the
Chamber Of Commerce Of Browns.
willie for the delicious oranges shin.
ned to Dallas "a the meeting n tho
~ r. A. distributed these orange.
with the compliments Of the Mag,
Valley at the offic al dinner given
By President Condor on Sunday
and aga'n 20 those IN ATTENDANCE al
the Tennessee Banquet Many of the
delegates were surprised at the quail.
iiy Of the oranges. and the fact that
Texas was able TO produce such
elegant citrus fruit"
THE McALLEN MONITOR Il con.
cerned over whether Alamo. as the
name Of that town. will be an ap.
propriate name when Alamo has
100000 population.
The Monitor also u worried over
the possibility of Brownsville be.
coming q city of a million. and BE- np
weighted down with the name
"Brownsyillc."
Also. the Monitor cannot 'mag.
inc McAllen being the name 81 q
eity with fortv-storv skvscrane-s
and miles ~ beautiful boulevard.
and metropolitan business thor
oughfares.
In the first place. none 81 these
towns Is likely 70 be bothered with
20 much norulation IN az least q
feS generations to come.
ln the second place. there's moth
ing In . name--so far as the name
itself Is concerned
IL the third place. let's ne' worry
about this narie business. This col
rnn had something 10 say once
about calling this the Rio Grande
Delta instead " Lower Rio Grande
valley And. gosh, what row 4
I'D raise
THE POTATO GROwrR has sur.
''""3 ~ least one menace. That's
frost.
Little ~ ~ likelihood ~ frost
rr" more this season.
The frost period has gone b.. un-
less there h some extraordinary
tu'r ~ the weather
" y most rare after sho trnih NJ
March. The arrival az ST. Patrick's
~" ""w bui few days off means
further safety line.
Eut coed rain would 40 ~
harm. Two inches. even az inch
wonid net do aav hn.'n wa.id hen
Eff all irons ius' AZ this time.
The winds are hasraasia~ nlnnt-
Dn' 20 Marrh And Winds are MAJ.
ural A~T'r~ March, Iust one 81 ths
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