Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-28
FINAL
EDITION
I'M OUR
VAL.LEY


ments CT the Valley 70 more than
$4,000 carloads.
with another sixty to seventy
days Of shipping. in which the aver
age daily outgo should be around
one hundred cars-may 20 heavier
than that.
However. the steady movement
should show. AZ the end Of the sea-
son, a record-breaking figure Of
about 1000 carloads Of truck.
After which the growers Of the
Valley will be giving steady atten-
tion to the final development of the
cotton crop.
The cotton outlook il everything
that could be desired just at this
time.
Some reports give paintings At al
figure approaching 300,OA0 acres. for
the Valley.
Under normal weather conditions.
this should yield a total crop Of
from 175.c0o to 100000 bales Of cot
ton.
Spot now selling at around twenty
cents a pound. Which means that
the season for Valley cotton should
open at around % cents pound.
A $4,000. 600 cotton crop would not
iniure the Valleys feelings in the
least.
BROWNSVILLE seems still to
stand an excellent chance of getting
the international air mail.
To Mexico City, 70 Central Amer
lea. even to South America.
Dispatches seem 70 indicate that
the Mexican postoffice department
hasn't yet definitely decided where Il
will meet the American mail.
Bids will be asked on routes from
Houston to San Antonio and Laredo;
end from Houston 70 Cornus Christi
and Brownsville.
A little bird has been talking into
fRerEf OF postal officials in Mexico
City.
This little bird has been pointing
out the high cost Of air transporta-
tion over the mountain route; and
the much lesser cost via the coastal
route 60 the capital.
Which may account for the fact
that VIC hear no more Of the definite
selection OF = route.
The final selection. II Is believed,
will be that route which is most
efficient and which is the cheapest.
Is MEXICO CITY freer OF hi-jack-
ers than Chicago or Kansas City,
n i. ANY tourist who has visit
ed the Mexican capital will tell you
SO.
Recently . party from Kansas City
looked with astonishment while
standing on a prominent corner In
the Avenida Francisco Madero.
A young man with a great bag
az silver on his shoulder was en-
route from some place 70 some other
place.
He seemed unworried. and unhur-
ried. And unguarded.
A Kansas City-ite declared that
the Young man wouldn't have made
that trip safely in Kansas City or
in Chicago.
So they looked into the newspapers
few hours later TO determine
whether hi-iackers Rad operated on
the young man.
Apparently nothing unusual had
happened.
Mexico City Is quite free of hold
ms. There's a chief or police there
who has adopted new methods m
handling the ratero element-meth-
ods. that are proving effective.
SONORA MEN seem to be in the
ascendancy in the matter Of gov
srning from ard a. Mexico City.
President Gales halls from Son
ora. So does Mr.. Obregon. And
likewise for Roberto Cruz. the eff
cient chief Of Mexico City's efficient
police force.
HERE Is THE WAY the city Of
McAllen is endeavoring to handle its
house numbering problem, according
to the McAllen Monitor:
"All residences and business places
IN McAllen viii soon have the proper
numbers placed on them II the plan
set out at the meeting of the mayor
and city commissioners is followed.
"City Inspector Engineer Eckle-
karp was instructed 70 order num-
Der plates Of a uniform kind for all
buildings II the city. II is hoped
that property owners will cooperate
with the city officials By paying five
cents per figure for the numbers.
The city will have a man do the
placing Of the numbers on the build
ings.
"The plates ordered are ? Ia BY
ia inches per figure They are
made Of aluminium and che figure
appears in bare aluminium with the
surrounding plate enameied black
ANOTHER THING: Those folks
who 20 to see Fidencio Constancio,
the Mexican healer at Espiraso.
should think twice.
Espinaso has become = great
camp Of disease. Thousands of suf-
ferers have concentrated there from
most everywhere in the republic.
They are living under most de-
plorable sanitary conditions. await
ing their turn TO see the healer.
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