Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-23

ng folks; the older ones, who
A.. lid know better. arc forever
8 N. ng to fight off obesity.
sNo. le'tatoes are generally credited
TVS !, adding fat. N many homes
a1rston are ruled off the table
second
on, n TIL THOUSANDS Of people IN
| Of ;Ss ed By the same thought. i Is
Is H., TO have harmful effect on
oug assumption. Potato growers will
tl5imply have 10 abide their time and
rN'ait for a change IN the fashion.
"A few years hence the plump
maiden may be the preferred type
whereupon potatoes will once more
become popular
NOW. WE'LL WAGER 4 lot Of
growers out IN III Jardin and Los
Fresnos and nearer Brownsville
never have thought about that bus
mess of fashion having anything to
y. do with the consumption Of pota
toes.
But the New Yorke-'s intsrpreta-
tion Of the situation may have lot
Of foundation TO II.
Then II seems 20 be up "a the
potato men generally. not only IN
Texas but in Wisconsin, Nebraska.
Colorado. Florida and elsewhere 70
dig into potato, ascertain its prop
critics. or the effect upon physical
we'll being. thus "a show how il will
do one good. instead Of harm, 70 eat
potatoes.
Perhaps We can have an Eat More
Potatoes Week" thus adding one %
the thousand and one different
weeks over the country.
Anyhow, the New York produce
mans thought IL worth some ponder
ing down here IN ths Lower Rio
Grande Valley Of Texas.
IN THE MEANTIME. the Cameron
county potato districes have shipped
nome 400 carloads 81 potatoes this
season.
At prices ranging from two and a
nuarter 70 about four and hall
cents per pound, with much Of II
roing at around three cents.
About $4,000 pounds of potatoes to
the car.
Which means that Cameron county,
said to be the premier potato county
OF the nation. this year has shipped
about 35.O00,00O pounds OF potatoes.
That's about. n pound for every
third citizen in the United States.
II the figures are right, the grow
gC ers of this county have received
ei somewhere around si,00o.000 for
Z their potato crop.
% :, They have spent around sl5o'ooO
= for seed potatoes.
y, Which leaves \ gross profit ~
n, $3.50 900. Out Of that comes the
harvesting and other labor
70 rosts. cost Of sacks, interest on loans.
sind so on.
Now that we've carried the fig
,,ss TINS far. we'll leave IL 10 the
xrovers themselves TO determine
he profit Of the crop.
MRS. NAT WETZEL i quite proud
her membership in the Womens
vertising club Of Houston.
ras lust recently been added to
list Of members.
@ "a attended the "Torchbearer
b sim ,er" given by the club. 10 honor
-,po Nellie Esperson Stewart. nj
'tH Hotel. Hotel Houston, the evening of
A 1s -. ~.
I'd u Mrs. Stewart.
sle N,ey were:
io"N'ne who II NJ unlmpeachnbls
= Nc who is outstanding in her
n less or profession.
600 who has made valuable
+. ribution to the economic. social
cultural development Of the COM
runity. .
itv unstintingly.
q cone who has added to Houston
prominence in the state and nation.
HERE IS THE WAY Colonel Ben
Carbon whitehead. veteran editor ~
, 80 Rio Grandc Sun, Pharr. writes
c .hout the Illinois 1icnic AZ Alamo;
i .Tbursday was Illinois day.
J aFbenezer Camp at the west end
, Alamo was filled with beautiful
Y Eomanbood and male gladiators
RI a rooster had been left ?
BN Naover because fried chicken was
- state flower that day. ard there
- rIcntv 81 IL. earnished with
they gathered from all parts of
4r,ns and every one who registered
Mac - her or his Illinois name.
rtI. was the largest crowd that
y ever assembled at an Illinois
t;r N the VALLEY. r $. Brodia
was TO tell what he remember
..hoyt The Black Hawk war. was
-.hie r. get there. Tire trouble.
--H ,dse A. n. Kent OF Brownsville was
: hss;nr court and couldn't tell about
= g covraths around Chicago which
been filled up" and % or
~ Colonel. ROW could Judge
p @ La expected to know about Chi
70 cowpathsI
.-~s Gems to as he's cOrnhusker'