Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-20

who know the tricks of the trade.
Which reminds us-why hasn
someone established flower store
Lin Brownsville?
n There is very good demand for
flowers.
He
EAVE YOU ever seen a finer
healthier looking, sturdler bunch Of
. young people than those high school
graduates cf the Valley whose pho
tographs have been appearing IN
The Herald?
The Herald Is glad IL has had the
opportunity TO present these future
leaders of the Valley to the older
generations.
Give a pretty good idea of what
the Valley may expect Of its lead
.ership twenty or thirty years hence.
I The high school graduates in the
Valley this year reached the largest
: total in the Valleys history-about
400.
(; AN EIGHTEEN HOLE golf course
I for the Valley!
/. The first one is now = reality.
II was formally opened Saturday
with a handicap tournament.
IL is the enlarged course of the
I Brownsville Country club which had
n not only the first course in South
Texas, but one Of the earliest golf
Z courses in Texas.
Z The course has been in course Of
\ construction for more than a year.
! Players have looked forward 20 its
opening.
Ih. The additional nine holes Of the
local club provide a sportier course,
\ one with several water holes which
are certain to bring about an in
creased demand for golf balls.
y MORE RUMORS of proposed fur
-Sihef extensions in the Valley BY the
- -ssouthern Pacific.
~ One was that the road may seek
permit to extend from the Edinburg-
Brownsville line, al Elsa, south to
,WesIaco.
Another Is that il may ask permit
10 build south from La Blanca to and
through Donna swinging southeast
TO Weslaco, and thence 70 the Rio
Erande.
There may be something behind
these rumors.
A prominent Southern Pacific Of
ficiel is credited with having said,
following the completion into
Brownsville:
"Ihe Interstate Commerce Commits
sion being willing, We have not COM
rleted our work in the Valley. There
IL still much to be done"
!. INVITATIONS have been received
:, Il Brownsville reading:
n The Mallory Steamship company
ie rdialIy invites you TO inspect the
pc ! w S. S. Algonquin on Friday, May
cs2' 1928, between the hours Of elev-
Iflen q. m. and three .. m., foot Of
rwenty-fifth street. Galveston. Tex
s. Buffet luncheon. Admission by
ard"
An invitation that is appreciated
~ those who have received It.
may be possible for Valley folks
q receive such invitations without
raveling so far.
They may have 70 60 only 50 far
IS Point Isabel.
The Algonquin is. by the way. one
a. the finest vessels that has ever
h.en placed in the New York-Texas
steamer service.
no YOU WANT the news q, II is
made at the coming Houston and
Kansas City national political con-
Nentions?
- Then watch for il through The
HHerald.
The Associated Press, the worlds
largest news gathering organization,
~ which The Herald has been a
r,en,ber for over "a years, will have
staff of more than sixty Of its
h.st informed political writers at
the two conventions.
Depend upon il, The Herald will
e.overs the conventions, first 70 last,
thoroughly and interestingly. through
;ts membership in the Associated
Press.
FAMOUS Val Verde farm, in HI
s.Ioo county, established BY the late
n p Hansen, has been sold.
7. has been acquired from the Han
- estate by Charles Baeher Of
New Orleans.
It's greatest fame comes through
80 development as citrus fruit
orchard
p. Hansen did great work in
ysyv few years. Unfortunately he
-cnId not live TO see his dreams real
lied.
GENERAL PAUL B. MALONE, sill
ver-tongued orator Of the army, has
ha.r made a major general.
General Malone is widely known
!, Texas. and particularly SO in the
rower Rio Grsnde Valley. where he
L.x made several public appearances
There is another army man, well
trown in the Valley, who is heading
s.r q major generals rank.
He Il Brigadier General Frank +
urcov. now election commissioner
for Nicaragua