Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-05-16
LIN OUR
LVALLEY
VI ABOUT that bus line mail
between Brownsville and

esalers in all towns in the
ney are for il.
'obbers are for il.
-ontractors, builders and other
mes Of industry are for il.
SO are the banks.
A At this time there is one mail n
day between Valley points.
That cuts down business. Affects
fsery town in the Valley.
It's third day service we have now.
write a letter today. II reaches
estimation on the second day. The
answer comes through on the third
day. or the order-whatever it hap
pens to be.
Service TO San Antonio and Hous-
is just as good. Though they
se 325 and 372 miles from here, re-
spectively.
Bus line mail service is not new
thing in the United States. 1t is used
70 several sections Of the country.
One mail each way during mid
day would help the situation ma
terially.
SOME IDEA Of the crop situation
In Mississippi state as result of
the flood is gained in a report of
the Crop Board of the U. s. De-
pastment of Agriculture.
On May l approximately 100000
acres of crop lands were under wa
ter.
OF this amount $4,000 acres were
planted to cotton last year. with a
production Of $4,000 bales. The
five-year average cotton acreage in
the same area was $4,000 acres:
1 cde<ege production $4,000 bales.
Thete figures are for one state
Z only. Others are TO be reported on
later.
In Missouri there are $4,000 acres
1 under water. But probably little Of
that Is cotton acreage.
McALLEN JOINS Harlingen and
Brownsville and San Benito in re-
porting heavy postal receipts in
crease.
McAllen's increase was sixty per
cent over April of last year.
Receipts for tho month Of last
year was sl473.69. For April Of this
year they were S235s.i2.
Uncle Sam is receiving something
like $4,000 month in his Valley
postofficcs.
BROWNSVILLE fire department
being congratulated today on ef-
fectiveness of their work Sunday
morning at 3 o'clock in fighting fire
Mt Mack's paint shop. on Elizabeth
street, between Eighth and Ninth.
Ten minutes more headway by the
blaze might easily have resulted in
destroying several buildings.
Boys fought the blaze by entering
sthrough the Perfection Bakery. which
adjoins paint shop. Fought blaze
away from that building.
Nothing wrong with the depart
ment. equipment considered
Z Think. however. there should be
two mere stations in Brownsville. IN
different sections of the city With
central station equipped with ladder
trucks and other fire fighting equip
ment they do not now have.
No doubt Chief Roy Weller would
I<rho these sentiments. Probably he
has recommended il TO the city COM
mission.
3 More stations. more equipment
Aouse numbers, a fire alarm system.
>rll would help to reduce the Browns
vlea key rate. which Is now %
we believe, and probably can
IAred.
teKniy Brownsville has q good
ord. But good fire record
shattered over night.
NATAMOROS REPORTS a Popula-
Jon Of $4,000. according 60 a letter
Am Secretary Rendcn Of the Mata-
morcs Chamber Of Commerce 20
Jeff Bell. manager of the San Be
nito Chamber of Commerce.
II should be explained. perhaps,
that the figures reported by Nj.
Rendon cover what is termed the
municipality of Matamoros. and that
covers much larger section than
the city itself.
The district extends from the
coast to a point about midway be-
tween Matamoros and Reynosa. about
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