Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-09
i'm OUR
VALLEY

BUSINESS Is GOOD in retail
lines In the Lower Rio Grande.
It should be good nc this time Of
the year, Of course. But IL is gn-
usually good, all things considered.
A Brownsville woman made a trip
through the Valley to find out for
herself whether business was good.
She returns with the information
that every store seemed to have its
quota Of customers. Was true from
Mission 10 Brownsville.
There's a retail buying spree on.
And there are other excellent in
dications.
Last year a prominent land man
of the Valley forecast q prosperous
winter, based on two weeks Of ae-
tivity in the early fall. His forecast
came true.
The other day he made the state
ment that the past two weeks have
seen better general business con-
ditions in the Valley than the same
two weeks last year.
And on that he forecasts q
Epieuulu winter.
Everyone wants to see that fore
casts come true.
ONE BROWNSVILLE retail store
declared that business is consider
ably greater in volume than IL was
nc this time last year.
Another store, one Of chain, de-
clares that while there was a slump
n few weeks ago, the past four OF
five weeks have seen percentage
rise above the same figures for the
same period last year.
The weather is, Of course. doing
its share to encourage buying just
now. But. generally speaking, its a
before-Christmas activity.
THE TEMPERATURE minimum
for last night was 40, the weather
man reports.
Yesterday there was a forecast
that called for freezing this morn
ing. and heavy frost.
That was a safety forecast.
Better to be safe than sorry, they
say.
The weather map, the general at.
mospheric condition was such, that
there was every chance for a
freeze in the Valley. The weather
man prefers to put those most in
terested on guard rather than ia
change a different forecast, and
have damage occur that might other
wise have been averted.
A. T.. PRINCE. who guides the
destinies of the Mercedes News ms
manager of the United Printing
Company, and X. ]. Meeker, its ad-
vertising manager, were in Browns
willie the other day.
They announce that the United
Printing Company is soon to have
its own home.
Plans are being prepared for a
two-story building to house the
company's newspaper and job print.
ing business, also to be the home OF
The Valley Farmer. bi-weekly farm
paper.
A CARLOAD of dandelion greens
left Weslaco this week for the New
York market.
Perhaps to be used for table dress
Ing for some Christmas dinners
like parsley.
More likely. however. to be
changed into dandelion wine, which
seems to be popular with some uF
there In the metropolis.
SAN BENIT0 is arranging tc
change its method Of financing the
Chamber Of Commerce.
IL going over 10 the board Of city
development plan. like that which
has been operating in Brownsville
for so many years.
Harlingen, too, will become n city
financed chamber Of commerce on
the first Of the year.
McAllen is already operating un-
der the plan, although officially
IL begins that system on January /.
And Weslacc votes in a few days
on charter changes, which will in
eIude a city financed chamber OF
commerce.
Brownsville folks for many years
were rather skeptical about the city
financed plan for conducting cham
hers Of commerce. But after many
years Of the plan. and so many
other cities throughout the country,
10 is now conceded that IL il the only
fair and equitable basis for handling
chamber Of commerce activities.
A VISITOR wonders why res
taurants in the Valley seem to serve
the worst locking grapefruit they
can find.
There's one reason. Growers be-
lieve Valley people should consume
IS much Of the eulls as possible.
leaving the choice fruits for the
outside markets.
The eulls, insofar as taste Is con-
eerned, are just As good IS the
other.
So the restaurants and homes are
helping 10 consume fruit that other
wise might so 10 waste. Is il not
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