Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-27
i'm OUR
VALLEY

THE NERVOUS STRAIN was real
" terrible
The business Saturday Of waiting
Tor the sun to set, Of watching at
mospheric condi-.ons-the winds, the
clouds, the mercury.
Il vas. indeed, something to be
concerned aboutA
At guess. something like s5.o0o.-
100 worth Of cropsA in Cameron
eeunty were menaced by q possible
<rost.
Irish potatoes. beans and toma-
koes-the latter two particularly ten
Der and easily ruined by frost.
But the weather came through in
hvor Of the grower.
The skies continued overcast dur
ng the night, the wind continued to
low 1t eight or ten miles an hour.
And daybreak found the crops in
y good condition ss ever, and with
new lease on life.
/ EVERYWHERE one went Sunday
they found automobiles scanning
crop conditions.
Il Everywhere. in the Brownsville
section. potato fields were found to
b beautiful.
Beans two and three inches high,
and looking fine.
& Three crops that promise to pull q
great many farmers oct Of the 'red"
a. = r~a~wt~ -~~~@&s--.
The principal subject Of conversa-
ton Saturday was the weather.
And Sunday everybody was con-
graduating everybody else on the
fashion in which the weather had
changed from a menace to a safe
condition.
A FINAL reminder.
All citrus fruits must come off the
trees by March 1. And that day is
only two days away.
This means lemons. oranges.
grapefruit, kumquats. tangerines and
everything in the way Of citrus.
Also other host type fruits.
III the Valley has another success
full year in the matter OF combating
the fruit fly. the mild quarantine
may likely be lifted enrrely.
THE HERALD is indebted to the
-Xaxlaco- News for she Illustration Of
the new Weslaco hotel in Sundays
Herald. work on which is now
starting.
A credit line was marked on the
copy. but in some way il failed to
get into type.
Feel sure that Editor Ed of the
News will understand the error.
That weslaco hotel. by the way.
IL going to rank with the best in
the Valley.
The community mas been after il
FOR many moons. ard now is about
to achieve its ambition.
Just another case Of Valley per-
sisteacy.
ABOUT one hundred and fifty
newspapermen and women, compris-
ing the Missouri Pacific's Midwest
editorial special to Mexico. expect 70
reach the Valley Thursday for q
days sightseeing trip.
The special will cross the Rio
Crsnde into Mexico at Brownsville
Thursday night
The visitors ~;ll unload at Edin-
burg early Thursday morning.
And make an automobile trip over
fhe section
Here's . chance for ex-Missourians
now living in the Valley to meet
their hometown editors.
Missourians who have touring cars
and are willing 70 drive them for
: day should gather at Edinburg by
3 o'elafk Thursday morning.
The Ia PALoMA extension Of the
Missouri Pacific is under ccnstruc-
tion and near completion.
II Is being built from La Paloma
toward Brownsville, for about nine
miles.
When the Mopac first applied for
The permit for that extension. IL
asked for permission 70 build the
first half in two years and the
remainder, to Brownsville. later.
Now that the first half Of the
road n completed. no doubt the
application to build on into Browns
<iIIe will be Forthcoming.
which will give Brownsville the
San Benito 4 Rio Grande Spider
web) line for the first time.
And add another to Brownsville's
rail lines, giving the city four, and.
with the National Lines, five.