Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-02-17

I'm o u r
ALLIE

UP NEAR LA GRULLA, in Starr
county. chopping Of cotton has
started in some cotton fields.
Indicates the progress that has
been made with the crop in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley. result
ing no doubt from the continued
warm weather that has held
throughout the winter. Throughout
large areas in North Texas farm
ers have been unable 70 prepare
their lands for the next cotton crop.
S.This delay has been due TO heavy
rains. Fields in Dallas county. Col
lin county. Grayson and other big
= counl rs are water-soaked
In many fields the stalks Of last
years crop are still standing
Inability 10 get them out Of the
way, and the mild winter, thus far.
! may bring an unusual amout OF boil
weevil. In addition 70 all Of which.
there will be fairly heavy reduc-
tion in acreage. That has been
urged. In many cases failure to fl
nance the next crop will force re-
duction.
The outlook for the Valleys cot
ton crop this summer seems more
hopeful than in the closing months
Of the fall.
IN THE MEANTIME. the Lower
Rio Grande Valley continues to rush
fresh vegetables TO market.
Today the record will be at about
5000 cars for the season thus far
or nearly twice the record on
the same day last year when the
largest shipments on record were
made.
II the gait conti1hes. the Valley
should ship near, 10000 cars Of
truck. instead ssf the anticipated
10000.
That is. .hIes~ the market goes
under coTfBietely.
And there's fine potato crop in
the Haking. Fourteen thousand
asrSs means at least 100000 bush
NJ probably much more than that.
The farmer now asks for nothing
more than taat Jack Frost leave his
potatoes alone should Jack Frost
rrmsin away. there's every reason
20 believe the crop will be re-
markable one.
THE FAME Of the Lower Rio
Grande Valley Is spreading. but il
II still difficult for some who have
never visited this section 10 be-
lieve the stories they hear.
A freigh train conductor running
out Of Fort Worth met a Missouri
Pacific man who is familiar with
the Valley
Saw" said the conductor. ave
been hauling thirty % fifty car
trains out of here all Of IL building
material for the Lower Rio Grande
Valley. What in blares do they do
with all that material ?"
The Missouri Pacific man assured
the conductor that the Valley IS
building so rapidly that all the ma
terial he has seen Is only n part Of
what is coming into the Valley.
t Still. the conductor couldn't be-
lieve Il.
THERE ARE about three points
In Texas where building Is con
tinuing at a good gait a. the pres
<~nt time.
Dallas and Houston. which made
such extraordinary building records
q year or so ago. have slowed down.
office buildings have caught up.
and there are more than enough
residences.
Tulsa, Okla. continues 10 build
rapidly. due 10 oil development. and
the city now claims 70 b. the larE
est IL Oklahoma. having passed Ok
lahoma City year or more ago.
At Amarillo. new oil field. build
ing is going head.
Same at San Angelo.
And in the Lower Rio Grande Val
isy. which is the only section of the
three that are building rapidly.
that depends entirely on agricul-
fure.
THIS COLUMN doesn't want TO
seem to be assuming TO itself credit
for all things that happen. But II
does want 10 call attention 10 an
item in The Herald yesterday.
About a week ago X was stated m
this column that a man who built
four apartment stucco building on
Lcvee street said that he could have
rented twenty-five more II he had
them. having been forced to turn
down that many applications. This
was called TO tho attention Of IN
ssStorS. the idea being that apart
nents are in sufficient demand 20
Justify building
Now comes Oscar Peterson, re-
Gently transplanted here from Oma-
ha. Neb-. with the announcement
that he will build a two-story ls-
apartment building 1T jefferson and
Fourteenth