Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-19
FINAL
EDITION
i'm OUR
VALLEY

PiuCa hitting IN THIS coluMu Aot
the past two weeks.
Telling the people Of the Valley
about Texas.
In the meantime the editor Of IN
Our Valley" has been touring Mexico
with the midwest editors, under the
auspices Of the Missouri Pacific
Lines, the National Lines Of Mexico
and the Mexican railway.
Readers Of this column undoubted-
~ have learned much Of what is
going on throughout the great state
Of Texas. in following Mr.. Mays.
This column is greatly indebted TO
tae Austin man for his splendid
assistance.
And now will return to is task
of talking Of and about those things
Of possibly more direct interest to
the people Of the Valley.
A DAMAGING FROST slipped into
the east side Of the Valley Sunday
morning.
A frost that was. 20 say the least,
quite unexpected.
Saturday seemed "a be returning
the weather to normal. But on Sun
day morning. along about six o'clock,
the mercury slipped down 70 50.
There was no wind. The sky was
clear. A frost condition. And il
came.
Mild. IL is true. But tender stuff,
such as beans and tomatoes. are nip
ped BY even slight frost. Unless
they have been recently irrigated.
The frost will have one favorable
reaction. II will tend to stabilize
ard improve prices, which stood in
danger Of sliding downward.
Beans were going at $3.50 a hamp-
er. Now they will be az s..
THE HERALD had occasion early
Monday morning. somewhat before s
, o'clock. to call a half dozen business
houses on the telephone.
Not one Of them answered.
Then it decided that the informa-
tion desired could be had from the
city managers office.
Aad found that A. Z. Munday. city
manager, was at his desk and had
been there for some time.
Down early 70 look after the addi-
tionsl duties piled upon his ever
@isting shoulders BY the city com
nilsson Of Brownsville.
RALPH G. GRAY, one Of the Val
leys new editors. writing in his
Mission Times, says:
"The Harlingen Star IN scream
ing banner line proclaims this week
the fact that Harlingen has been
given a new and lower key rate.
which brings the rates III that place
10 35 cents which il among the low
est IL not the lowest OF any city in
the Lower Rio Grande Valley
There is one city. Mission, which
has a better rate than that and a
record which undoubtedly over
shadows that Of any city IN the
Valley. The key rate here is IS cents
with a fifteen per cent credit for
the great record established by the
highly efficient Mission department. !"
Perhaps when the Mission and
Harlingen editors used superlatives.
they intended to convey the fact that
they meant those cities with volpn-
beer departments.
Brownsville's is the only paid fire
department in the Valley.
And enjoys a key rate Of %
cents. II was 80 last year. ard 4
survey now being made will likely
carry IL much below the figure @.
HERE ARE A FEW important
happenings in the Valley during a
two weeks absence or citizen:
weslaco lets contracts for some
fifteen miles of highway paving in
its district. To spend proceeds %
ss50.00o bond issue.
Bean shipments open. with the
first hampers selling as high as IS
each. Fell later. viii come up
hgain. but not so high, possibly.
Commission on equitable use 81
waters OF Rio Grande arrives to 60
Brownsville votes 100000 for de-
veIopment az an airport.
Work starts in Brownsville on
100000 bonded warehouse struc-
ture.
Bids opened for four large struc-
lures TO be erected in Brownsville
including Southern Pacific passenger
station, Kress building. bennett
building and Seabury, George &
Tavlor building.
First Illicit still ever seized IN
valley, located By officers some SIX
miles from Harlingen.
Harlingen announces new South
krn Pacific station will open April J.
Potato season opens. with first
rrices around six cents a pound.
Cabbage mounts to $50 and better
10 the growers
It's really busy season down
here in the Lower Rio Grande VAL
leg.
AND HERE'S a splendid morsel
from the San Juan Sentinel:
u. G.. Polhemus Of Mission has
introduced a new Valley crop in the
growing of fern. He gets cent
and q half a spray. He says he
cannot supply the demand One
town TO which he sells consumes
more than $1,000 worth Of plumosus
month"
SEVEN THOUSAND acres Of
nnions in the South Texas fields.
Seems enough 20 feed several
rations.