Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-30
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VALLEY

e'ase on hand November than IN
any season in the past five years.
30 declares a report from the
United States Market News Bureau,
now stationed at Fort Worth.
un November /, says the report,
growers had on hand about 5000
carloads, or abont half the quantity
they had year ago. This, said the
report, is in addition to other COM
mereial holdings.
Under ordinary conditions this
N night mean much better market
Tor Valley cabbage than has been
nperienced in the past several
years.
II cabbage in the Valley can wrap
Itself around s25 to $40 ton price
70 the grower and see that it re-
fsains there, there should be some
Increased prosperity along in Janu-
sry, February and March.
BEN HARlGEL. LaGrarge, pub
Usher, is president OF the Texas
Editorial association.
At a Mexican dinner to the edi
tcrial men, given at the Villa Es-
pamela in Matamoros Thursday night
he paid tribute TO the Lower Rio
Grande Valley.
Explained that IL was the uniform
hospitality Of the Lower Rio Grande
Valley towns that has caused the
association to meet in this section
three years.. hand-running.
The 1926 meeting was held in
Brownsville, that Of 1927 was held
in McAllen. and the 1925 session at
San Benito.
you just make US want to come
back" hs declared.
THE VALLEY Mid-Winter Fair is
bigger ard better.
Just as it was announced that it
would be.
The vegetable and fruit exhibits
are wonderful.
The main exhibition building, a
new structure, lends itself to a more
effective arrangement Of exhibits.
OF extraordinary interest is the
display of fresh vegetables kept in
fresh condition by an overhead wa
ter spray system.
Those vegetables were wiltcd
lwhen they were arranged Monday
Wright" vaid an attendant. Look
how fresh they appear now
There's . suggestion TO vegetable
dealers who want to keep their stock
fresh At all times.
SPEAKING OF keeping plants and
things fresh, Mrs. Walker Allen Of
Brownsville vouches for this one:
IL you have roses or flowers in
your vase and fear they are begin
ming TO wilt and want to iengthen
their life, just drop an aspirin tab
Jet In the water.
The chemical reaction has the ef-
feet Of giving a new lease on life
to the flower-rose. ckrysanthemum,
poinsetta or whatnot.
wILLACY COUNTY has Just about
completed building its new north
and south highway across the coun-
= ty, said E. W. Archer of Lyford,
VISITOR at the fair Thursday.
All that willacy county needs to
give 1t a paved connection with
Cameron county roads Is q closing
OF that gap north OF Harlingen 10
the Willacy line.
And at the Cameron courthouse, in
the county engineers office and in
the commissioners court, plans for
that work already are under way.
ANOTHER INTERESTING Valley
football contest is scheduled
Coming, at Brownsville, on De-
cember Z.
McAilen. which will contend with
Brownsville for the Valley champ
ionship, has won seven conference
games, without a single defeat.
Brownsville has won six confer
ence games without a defeat.
WHICH apparently pid0to bHtlh on
= level for first place, although Nc
Allen has played one game more
than Brownsville.
Football in the Valley this year
has attracted more spectators than
ever before.
II is a growing phase Of school
life in this section.
The natural outgrowth, perhaps.
perhaps, of splendid school systems,
and healthy competition.
FRANCES REYNOLDS, Mercedes.
distributor in this section for a
leading electric refrigerator. has
made himself one Of the most pop
ular men on the Valley fair
grounds.
REYNOLDS has established cold wa
ter boxes at various points in the
main exhibition hall.
And is supplied paper cups.
And Thousands are using them.
Using them so fast that Reynolds
has been forced to put men on the
lob Of constantly carrying fresh
supplies of water.
Much more Of job than that of
youth Of years ago when to carry
water for the elephant was rare
privilege.