Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-07-20
I'm OUR
VALLEY

GEORGE A. TooLAN. manager OF
the Rarlingen Chamber Of Com
merce. thinks that the Valley is not
giving sufficient attention to the
matter of cotton displays at the Mid
Winter Fair.
Believes this. as a major Valley
crop, shout be given display in ac-
: cordance with its prominence.
- Writing to The Herald on the
subject. he says:
Exhibits or displays Of the Val
ley's usually best cash crop-cot-
ton-at the Valley Mid-wintcr Fair.
Lave been pitiful and hardly an ex-
, hibit at all.
Il should think that Valley gin
ners. If no one else. would throw
IN and make cotton exhibit at the
fair this year; one that, if attract
lively arranged, would vie in beauty
with tne citrus exhibits.
Such display would be an edu-
cational one and be an appropriate
link in the Valleys production.
This exhibit should be planned
now or before the season ends.
contend this one feature could be
made an outstanding one and re-
beund to the credit and benefit Of
the cotton interests who might
sponsor it,"
Mr.. Toolan's suggestion is GER
tainly timely. Cotton, for several
years. and up to this year. has been
supplying the Valley from $4,000
900 TO si5.000.000 a year.
ANY ONE WHO believes the Val
ley should have boom something
like that which has been expert
enced in Florida, might change their
minds il they could see occasional
copies Of Miami newspapers.
One recently reached Brownsville
containing list Of sixty-eight solid
pages Of delinquent taxpayers.
There were approximately 800
names to the page. or a total Of 54,-
400 names of persons who had ac-
quired title to property which they
had abandoned for one reason OF
another; probably because they
didn't consider the property worthy
the taxes.
The other day there was a fresh
list Of forty-eight pages.
And another reason why VIC don't
believe in that sort of boom-heard
the other day that newspaper
charged off si50.0OO in bad credits.
THE SOUTHERN Pacific is push
ing grading work on its thirty
miles Of new construction that will
bring il into Brownsville sometime
this fall.
Roadbed now underway between
Harlingen and the Arroyo Colorado,
which il will cross about seven or
eight miles east of Harlingen.
And construction will also start
soon on its steel bridge over the
Arroyo.
Which construction will be. com
pleted by the time the railroad is
ready to operate trains.
Heavy bridge construction is a.
time consuming job.
And further on down, in Browns
Gille. houses are being moved TO
make room for right-of-wsy within
the city.
More than eighty structures. nine
ty per cent of them very small af
fairs. are to be moved in this work.
But, taken as whole. the prop
erty owners are cooperating won
derfully we'll. Realize that another
railroad into the city means moro
work. more wages, more growth and
more prosperity.
SUPREME COURT Of Texas is
finally TO decide whether water inn
provement districts. which lower
court determines are a type Of mn-
nicipality and therefore subject to
suit for damages. are liable for
damages brought about by seepage.
Regardless of the outcome of the
suit now being tried. the legal as
poets seem TO forecast ultimate
4 concreting of all canal lines.
That has long been believed
necessary. the difficulty being the
financing Of such work rather than
any disinclination to undertake IL.
And concreting Of canals Will
serve 10 reduce the consumption Of
water. perhEps IS much as fifty per
cent.
which reminds Us again that back
in 1919 when only 225.o00 acres Of
land were under cultivation. more
water was used than in 1926 with
nearly 100000 acres under eultiva-
tion.
Valley farmers are learning things
about the use of water.
FRANK RABB. back from a va
cation on Devils River. along with
Grover Wagner and j. A. Kelley. Is
still Of the mind that n cold storage
should be provided in Brownsville.
Points out that after the Valley
had marketed its crop last spring
cabbage prices Naulted to the point
where n much as Si4o a ton was
paid for it.
ats the only thing that will help
our farmers, declares Mr.. Rabh,
..who says he will take stock in
such an institution"
And I. Dorfman. also interested.
saws. "IH put $1,000 into il myself