Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-18
EXPOSITION In
HARLINCEN TO
Be BESTEVER
Mid Winter Fest v
Of Valley To Be In
New Setting; Gravel
Streets, Sidewalks


The buzz has started again.
The hum Of voices ~ mixing again
with the din OF hammering, saving,
blowing. chopping and grinding. q
the Valley Mid-Winter Fair Of 1925
is being created.
"A great gathering of apparently
disorganized groups u~nconnccted
workers and disjointed effort Is TIE
impression which a visitor TO the
grounds gets now.
But these loose ends are rapidly
being welded together, the different
parts being finished and coordinated
with the whole, and the finished pre-
duet will be presented to people Of
the Lower Rio Grandc Valley on No
vcmber "a. as the greatest spectacle
IN the way III a Fair which the Valley
has ever seen.
In New Setting
In manv ways the Valley Fair Of
1928 will be different from those
which have gone before. Primarily
the setting will 10 different.
Persons who will look for the old
landmarks-for the old dclapidated
buildings. the narrow. ungraded
streets. the sidewalks NJ dust, and
the other things which the Fair
managers and promoters or the past
contended with. will look in vain.
The setting will not be the final
product which Fair heads expect II
| produce in the near future. The
street paving will not DC ir. and
MANY other improvements which are
10 10 made will he lacking when
the huge doors swing open on Mo-
vcmher p.
But IN every way II ~ different
/ from the Fair grounds NJ past years.
Gravel Streets. Sidewalks
Wide streets, packed, and with
| gravel on part OF them, will stretch
down the center Of the grounds, and
| around the entire enclosure. on the
inside ar the wall. In the center
of tho streets arc e~splanadcs, which
are TO be bcautificd in time.
Sidewalks have hecn built.
The old buildings have been re-
| placed by new ones. The municipal
| auditorium stands in the centcr or
the group, a credit 20 n FAIR
grounds.
Near il Is the main exhibit build
ing. with A stucco front, and with y
new. attractively finished interior.
The junk which formerly Uttered
| the only available shaded. and cool
resting places. under the many
trees on the grounds. has been re-
moved.
The entire s1-acrcs has beer ~
| renovated and reworked that Il pre-
scnts n new. and greatly improved
appearance setting worthy Of the
Fair that is 70 be presented 70 Val
lev people this year.
While this work on the grounds IL
continui%. the rush work or pre-
pairing for the actual Fair has been
started.
The Rush II On
Every department az the exposition
IN beginning 70 hum with activity,
in n way that indicates a greater fair
than has ever been presented before.
Community exhibits will show the
wealth az products of the W Rio
Grnndc Valley. arranged in attractive
exhibit spaces. This department has
undergone many changes. which have
resulted in more than twice as many
community exhibits rs were ever
shown M a Valley fair In the past
Practically every community i'm the
Valley will he represented.
The rules for the community ex-
hibits are practically the same rs IN
the past. except that each commun \
INV has the same amount If space
the space being given without charge
The nrizcs for community exhibits
are much larger than in the past. and
every community which enters an
exhibit will receive n prize Of ~
least SEQ.
with n wider territory from which
70 draw. the community exhibit sec
tion this fall will present = greater
wealth Of Valley products, IN p set
H IA. A. - ~ wnmt &wNNNAI
lighting. v%entilatinE and cooling ar
engagements have been made. The
fruit sand vegetables will be pre-
serve by a special cooling system.
which will make the exhibits as att
tractive on the closing dav M they
arc NJ the opening of the Fair.
Show Comparison
2 Around the community exhibits %
a nucleus will be grouped displays
az many other kinds, showing the
products OF the Valley IN bulk ar-
cording 10 variety.
The citrus show. under NJ. T-
Wiley Of La Feria. is TO have a better
display space. more room. and the
Valleys products arc a be- shown in
comparison with exhibits from Cali
fornia and Florida. which IL an in-
novation in the Fair here.
The flower snow IS heinE afidhE'l
by a gyoup of Valley women TO rep
resent n veritablc "Garden of Eden
and this department NJ the fair witt.
attract more attention than ever in
the mast. as IL will be more promi-
nently displayed.
In the vegetable and Horticultural
show. the boys club work, girls
club work. womcn's general DEPART
ment. home demonstration work.
special art show. and school exhib-
its the fair will excel its displays
Of tho past.
Finishing Display Spaces
tn finishing touches ~ the dis
play spaces for these exhibits are
being added now. and they will all
be in place by the opening Of the
exhibition. They will show careful
work on the mart 90 the pick ot
what the Valley has.
There is no question but thai the
exhibits Of Valley products vii
rival those Of almost any other fair
IN tho state. said John ri. Fi1ore,
manager az the fair. This ~ true
because the Valley las such a wealth
Of products 10 display, and because
we have received the cooperation ~
such a large number Nj Valley resi-
dents. IN every section OK the VAL
lev. he continued.
The exhibits viii include many
special attractions. such as the gar
den which has been planted nv A