Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-11
I'M OUR
VALLEY

~ Mr.. Gaines the fact that inter
bity mail in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley is worse in 1928 with 100000
population than il was back in 1910
eith less than 10000 population.
And receives q message from the
hfficial indicating his full sympathy
with the situation.
There will be an immediate in
sestigation.
The service will be looked into, re-
ported on. After which bids will be
sought, no doubt, for establishment
pr mail service through the Valley,
by bus.
A NEW SORT Of praise for the
Valley.
Comes from a travelling salesman
who has just visited the Valley for
fhe first time.
Has visited eighteen foreign coun-
tries, and each of the forty-eight
states. He says:
valley folks are more hospitable,
more friendly.
at costs less for n travelling man
20 live in the Valley. Hotel prices
more reasonable, and as good or bet
ter than in most other sections.
Meals are cheaper in the Valley.
Md good.
Even the beer across the river
"a al
border points.
Il came here on business, but feel
that / have been royalty entertained.
J hope for an opportunity 10 some
day come haek-and stay"
LESLIE NEAL, secretary-manager
bf the Edinburg Chamber of Com
merce proposes that the questions Of
the population of Hidslgo county.
about which this column has become
confused because OF various figures.
be settled at Reynosa. Mexico.
But Reynosa is not neutral ground.
]. is certain to be biased. II is quite
too near Hidalgo county.
We suggest Windsor, Canada, op-
posite Detroit. Or the Canadian
point opposite Niagara Falls. Per-
haps The Hague or Lausanne would
be the last word in neutrality.
Anyhow, Mr.. Neael says:
"We wish to straighten out this
question by using the county scholas-
tic figures. The number OF scholas-
tics, as compiled by the various
school district, figures well over 22,-
900 for the county. For this rea-
SON we still contend that the popula-
tion Of Hidalgo county j. approxi-
mately 100000"
THE MALLORY LINES, steamship
operators, are advertising Browns
Vile AID the border country.
A few days ago ten inch adver-
tisement Sas used in the New York
Herald-T fibune.
At the top was the word Browns
VILE" in script letters, starting off
an inch and a half high and trail
ing off.
"Where Mexico Meets Uncle SAM"
the advertisement went on to say.
And it refers to the proximity of
alI-year round agricultural section.
In which the Mallory Lines joins
the Missouri Pacific and the South
ern Pacific in bringing this section
tc the attention Of the country.
A BOOMER" pressman drifted
into the pressroom of The Herald the
other day.
Hailed from somewhere or any
where "up north"
why. everywhere mp there they
say there's a boom on down in this
country" he said,
The pressman foreman, as IL hap
rsns, went through the "boom" in
.allorids.
v He got out soon after the boom
began to 'flatten out"
aNope. no boom here" said the
foreman. "Just fine. steady growth,
conservative, and right. They're
wrong. those folks up north. These
ueople here don't propose to let this
be a repetition Of Florida"
IT ISN'T OFTEN that such an in
stitution as q laundry structure is
considered as one of a city's attrac-
tive buildings.
But such is the case as 70 the new
nlant of the Model Laundry, on
rI;zabeth street and the belt line
ra..-oad.
The laundry's new home is a real
asset TO Brownsville, and certainly
ope Of the most attractive business
structures in the city.
Extremely well lighted. we'll venti-
,,,ed and roomy, il is bound to prove
hoon 20 the numerous employees.
Manager Charles Burton, who Wis
;.ed numerous laundry plants in
Texas and consulted experts before
LAYING out the structure, is TO be
congratulated.
The general public will have an
onnortunity TO express itself when
M. Burton holds his "house-warm-
;.g. which is 20 come as soon as
az plant Is under normal operating
conditions.
Removal Of the plant from the old
,ocation, over . mile away was a real
achievement. Forty tons Of maehin-
.rv changed location, without opera
.;cns being shut down