Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-05
i'm OUR
VAlsLEY

! AS SMOOTH and even q stretch oi
pavement as one would wish to ride
over.
I It's that newly opened stretch
from Barreda station TO and beyonc
the new town of Los Fresnos.
Los Fresnos appears already te
have a good community in the sur
rounding territory.
The water tower, . town marker
IN already up and is visible fol
miles around the level country.
Numerous teams are at work
ievelling up the townsite grounds
grading streets, cutting bitches anC
otherwise laying out the grounds.
At one point a gOod-sized two
story building is having its finish
ing touches.
With paved highways leading il
~ seems to be having an auspicioui
start. And in addition it is destined
to become IN important railroad
point.
FREE MAIL delivery Is to b,
started in Mission on February 16
the Mission Times announces.
One carrier and one half-time mar
will serve Mission for the present.
When Mission gets free delivery
six towns in the Valley will have
sach service.
Brownsville. San Benito, Harlin
gCn, Mercedes and McAllen are tn,
other towns having such service.
SPEAKING OF free delivery
Brownsville should have twice Al
many carriers as it now has.
The present total is four, inelud
ing the parcel post delivery.
There should be three or foui
more, but Brownsville will never &c
them unless there are several ad
ditional miles of sidewalks.
When the postoffice was enlarges
= fome months ago. a thousand ad
ditional boxes were provided. Al
these have been taken and there il
q sizeable waiting list.
TWO AND A HALF times a
many carloads of fruits and veg
etables have been forwarded out o
the Valley this season as were
shipped out in the same period las
year.
Growing conditions have not beer
entirely satisfactory. Too much dr.
weather. Even so, the farms ar,
producing nicely. but at the same
time are not meeting entirely salts
factory market conditions.
Not enough cold weather, as yet
In the north. Too much competitiv,
stuff.
These conditions no doubt viii
change soon.
The weather bureau in Brownsville,
reports that this territory is still
more than five inches under its nor
NAL rainfall for the year.
In face of those persistent show
ers late in June and early in Jul,
that helped 10 cut the cotton cror
THE VALLEY continues as one o
the few bright spots in the busines
map Of the country.
That condition is due to the larg
amount Of railroad construction tha
mas been done In this territory, tn
large amount of building. and tn
huge present and prospective ex
penditures for permanent roads.
Any section that can produc
sil,000,00o and more for highway
certainly is a district in which con
ditions are such that business, gen
orally speaking. l. good.
McALLEN IS ADOPTING n new
plan for fixing its valuations o.
real estate and buildings, for Ia
purposes.
A Dallas firm which makes
speciality of such work. has been en-
plcyed 20 undertake the job in Nc
Allen.
A ''key" corner will be selected ol
which basis all real estate will b.
valued.
After which all buildings will b
thoroughly inspected. and then val
ued. Estimates TO be based on typ
Of construction. and so on.
Some day some one will develop
standard system of valuations 70
all types Of property. But that Is Il
the far distant future.
In the meantime most OF us ar
content TO fight II out with III
equalization board. showing invoice
and other things. and then give tn
tax rate fixers Hail Columbia !