Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-06-24
FIN OUR
VALLEY

TWO YEARS AGO efforts wer,
made to form a marketing organiza
tion on a Valley-wide basis.
Organization meetings were held
IN Weslaco, in La Feria and othei
points
For some reason or other, il
passed away.
Now there is a new effort along
this line. An organization to b,
known as the Valley Producers AS.
sociation is being placed before the
farmers of the Valley.
\ Its educational activity will be
carried on in Hidalgo county with q
series Of meetings to start at Edin-
burg on June 81 and to be concluded
at Donna on July 2, after which il
Is assumed that the ground in Cam
eron county will be covered.
The officers of the organization
are: r. w. Gregory, president; c
c. Wentz, vice-president; j. NJ
Burns, secretary: Lloyd II. Thomp-
'on, treasurer.
And directors: Willard Ferguson
iission; t. G. Morrow. McAllen; r.
W. Gregory. Pharr: J. NJ. Burns
sdinburg; A. F. Hester, Sr., Donna
evi C. Greenwood. Mercedes; II. d.
Vessels. La Feria; A. A. Brenne-
kuan, Harrington; j. A. Sewell
brownsville; James +. Mock, Santa
Maria; c. c. Wentz. San Benito;
Fired W. Rosenkoetter, Los Fresnos
EXPRESS SHIPMENTS of grapes
out of the district west Of Raymond
vile, grown by the HardingGill
Company, are reported in press dis
patches from Raymondville.
Grape culture seems to be re-
ceiving an impetus in what is termed
J the "dry farm" territory. The coun,
try in the Monte Christie vicinity
has been said to be especially
adapted to grape culture.
The first grapes ever shipped out
of the Valley. so far as known, wer,
shipped something like twenty year:
ago. They were grown and sold BY
III. G. Stilwell, Sr., then living al
San Benito, and who now reside.
near Brownsville.
w. B. SELLERS, Brownsville,
banker. had a visitor from outsid,
the Valley.
He offered to show the visitor tho
ping community surrounding
vnsville.
yhy," said the visitor, II hav'
told you have no farming
'munity around Brownsville"
ehich Mr.. Sellers Immediately Sc
to disprove. And did just that.
Now, who do you reckon Is tn,
iformed person, or persons
no can spread a story such as Wa:
old that visitor?
But il is often true that group,
Of visitors. coming TO see the Val
ley, leave their trains at Harlingen
are taken in autos up the Vale!
for the day. BY the time they reacl
Brownsville they are not only tirec
out, but usually reach here too lat.
to see the beautiful farms in tn,
Brownsville vicinity. OF which ther,
are many.
A similar complaint has Otter
been voiced by McAllen and Mis-
sion. They have pointed out tha
many Of these visitors get as far a!
Pharr, say. and then are turne,
back. Frequently they have chargec
that to Brownsville maneuvering
But fact of the matter is. Browns
Vile has felt that it was the on,
that has been most frequently i'm
posed upon in this respect.
A VISITOR from Chicago who. OF
his own rating, is a cosmopolitan
by prediction and an alleged hum
orist by avocation.' Cor was il tn,
other wayD files this protest will
The Herald:
r ait is to be hope that the gentle
men who proposed charging tn,
name of Elizabeth street to "Mair
street" was merely spoofing. anC
that the good people of Brownsville,
know when they are well off.
brownsville. an internationa
town now, and a weltstad in tn,
making, with a good anglo-saxosl
name and n good Spanish Mexican
neighbor. has nothing in common
with Main Street. There is no hick
mess here.
"There is not another town of %.
600, in the states, that is as colorfu
and cosmopolitan as Brownsville
furthest south on the last frontier
oriy Honolulu and Manila have a
many different types Of prett!
girls. Only Hollywood shows such :
proportion Of budding Valentines o
dark Latin masculinhy. Only Sar
Antonio or Washington have a
many different uniforms in sight a
any time.
.ELIZABETH is a pretty name
and. it is understood. was given thi
street to honor a good woman, ncv
rassed away. II is distinctive of
neople distinctly different from TIL
Main Street product.
asMain Street doesn't have Span
;sb architecture; Mexican curi'
escns: quick lunches; German deli
eatessen first run movies. Mexican
hands: standard crossing signals an'
real traffic cops!
.Ne, / have not been over to Mat
amoros today-driving now: Sur
TIL 90. and thanks to you! Ard b.
the wav. what Main Street is oni.
,an minutes from the good old day
all legal and decent? Now II YOU
,,st nut up some good street sign
"a rumber your new houses y