Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-19
2Y7 2g7 MEXICO HOLDS MORE SUSPECTS
I'm OUR
VALLEY

from other sections of the country.
Thursday the following letter.
from a storage concern in the Val
ley. again touches of that subject:
"Our attention has just been call
ed to the fact that a number of mer-
chants in the Valley are now Of
fering shipped-in potatoes to their
trade.
I'VE understand that you had an
article on this matter some time
back, and which we think was very
timely and today a number OF
growers from your district who have
Valley-grown potatoes stored here
with US were here and suggested
that We again call your attention
to this condition.
"As A MATTER of local or civic
pride the merchants Of this Valley
should offer and give preference to
Valley-grown products.
These potatoes are in first-class
condition, ard there should be a
local market for them. Should you
find il consistent to again cali the
attention Of the public to this con
dition ! am sure it would be appre-
ciated by both the growers and the
residents"
The Valley consumer, spurred on
by habit, goes into q grocery or
market and demands white potatoes.
Probably IL the average customer
was asked why he selects white po-
tatoes in preference to reds, he
would have no answer.
Certainly there is no difference
in flavor. One boils as we'll as an
other. so long as the water is hot.
A POTATO may have TO have GER
tain qualifications to become a
baked spud. but for frying. for boil
ing. for MASKING and for other pur-
poses. the red potato, mighty good
Brownsville cook says, is as good as
the white potato.
All right then, why not help the
Valley grower?
Why not buy the red potato in
stead Of the white potato.
If the grocer offers you white
potatoes instead of reds, ask him
what about reds.
He will sell you reds il you want
them. If he doesn't happen to have
them, and you want them. he will
have them for you on your next
buying visit.
THE VALLEY IS giving more at
tention to the question Of drainage
Everywhere drainage construction
Is under way, or plans are atoot TO
set il under way.
The lesson of the necessity OF
drainage really was taught more
than twenty-five years ago. when
the rice industry, on land located
from four to ten miles from Browns
Vile. failed.
The first year the rice produced
wonderfully we'll. The second ye1r
IL was not so good The third year
Il was a complete loss.
The growers put water on land
and let il stay there. With the
result that the land became water
logged and useless.
Much Of IL has been reclaimed
The latest reclamation job on this
land is being undertaken on thou
sand-scre tract.
II was rice land twenty-five years
ago. II will be tile drained. And
after the soil has been cleared Of
its poisons. which will be in a short
time, it will be set out to orchards
and crops.
Valley land is too valuable per-
nit il TO lay idle any longer.
TWO FUNERAL TRAINS bear
Ire hodies Of heroes Of Mexico.
One is enroute from New York
citv 10 Laredo and Mexico City
with the body Of Captain Emilio |
Carronza, air crash victim, and Mex
iro's Lindbergh Of the air.
The other is enroute from Mexico |
City to q village in the state of =,
Sonora. bearing all that remains of
Ceneral Alvaro Obregon. revolu-
tionary hero. one time president and
- the time Of his death president !
elect Of Mexico.
II is a sad time for the ~eople OF
Mexico.
IN THE MERCEDES district they /
are urging farmers to water their
cotton. and to poison II literally.
Declare that those farmers who |
AR doing so stand an excellent
chance 10 make g good crop.
with indications Of an unusually |
good stop crop"
ARMY AvIAToRS. after blazing
trails for two air mail routes from
washington 10 Panama and the
rorthern and eastern shores of
south America. have come 70 one
conclusion:
Tbat the Caribbean sea offers too 1
uanv flying dangers, and that the
land route via Brownsville and
Matamoros is the safer. Although |
IL. caribbean route is shorter.
While contracts awarded indicate
-. the San Antonio and Laredo
rout. will be used for the New
VII. Mexico City mails, the Browns
IL route continues to stand an
.vcsllent chance for selection fol
-. ~ the other Of these routes,
maybe both.