Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26
FINAL
EDITION
i'm OUR
VALLEY

SAAAs with the capital w and
South Texas" with the capital IS"
md @East Texas" with the capital
." end so on.
But one refers to a section of
Arkansas as eastern Arkansas" not
y East Arkansas" and so on.
The San Angelo Times is a bit
concerned as to this thing of cut
ing Texas into four or more dis
inct divisions.
However much as it might be de-
red to advertise West Texas" says
s Times, ''the leaders of the region
eould try to discourage any effort
create in the minds of the citi-
|ns Of the United States the inn
kession that West Texas is dis
inct from Texas, to the extent that
West Virginia is separate from
Virginia, for instance.
Proud of our section as we might
be, the fact remains that Texas as
a whole Is remarkably united, con-
kidering its size, and anything that
tends 70 destroy that unity is to be
tdeplored.
"AND," the Times goes on TO say,
@while one is considering such
/ things. there are other names Of
sections in Texas that are even
more confusing.
when one picks up an FL Paso
lewspaper he sees constant refer
noes to the Rio Grande Valley,
hortened to the Valley meaning
rat territory lying between Las
ruces, N. NJ, and Sierra Blanca,
! fexas. Read a paper from almost
any other section Of the state and
the term Valley will Re seen re-
erring to the region Immediately
orth Of Brownsville only.
"And yet il is farther from
4 9Broxnsville to Il Paso, following
the course of the Rio G-ande. than
Ait Is from Dallas to Chicago"
xeEEW LEAFLET on the Lower
Rio Grande Valley has Deen issued.
II was produced by the Hidalgo
County Bank & Trust company Of
Mercedes.
II is replete with facts about the
Lower RIO Grande Valley.
IA Facts about the climate, valuations
Ind population, agriculture and lrri-
Ra.ion, gins, plants and packing
ouses, banks, pleasures and amuse-
bents, hotels and postoffices, rail-
ads, highways, churches and hos
halls. schools and colleges, flood
ntrol projects. port projects, and
her improvements.
Incidentally the Hidalgo bank has
xt observed its twenty-first birth
=. In its handsome new bank and
flee building.
II Is the Oldest state bank in the
alley.
TIE FOURTH assistant postmas-
General st Washington seems to
in sympathy with the Valleys
souest for an additional first-cIass
All delivery up and down the Val
~.
rormerly a day train operating
.rouFh the Valley cared for the
aylight mail run.
With the discontinuance Of this
s;n some two years ago, the Valley
n the equivalent OF one mail a
w.
few weeks ago the situation was
&.Aorht TO the attention of the rail-
wav mail service headquarters at
rort Worth, by Acting Postmaster
". bennett Of Brownsville and
e.lis Neal of Edinburg, president
the Valley Commercial Secre-
hries' association.
with the result that $. NJ. Gaines,
uuerinsendent, came here from Fort
Frarth and held conferences with
%business interests.
The call for bids for a motor bus
- service, printed in The Herald
onday, is the result.
A which means that RELIEF ns IN
irht. including a speeding up of
business.
n q. CREAGER, Brownsville, re-
,hlican chief in Texas and power
she party nationally, is reported
'mfortably ensconced in a suite of
ans in a Houston hotel.
ne already knows how the repub-
.ans run conventions, for he helps
run them.
Now be wants to see. IRON the
s,se. as it were, how the demo-
-~..s perform when in convention.
perhaps be hopes for laugh.
Perhaps he won't get it.
cARTOoNTsTs are becoming more
.miliar with the Creager profile.
r,r tbs are using IL frequently.
which note comes to man when |
"A thrown prominently into the
-ks;c life Of the nation.
s,d writers use his name with !
Dwing frequency.
Ar;me." n nationally known maya
in its comment on the repub- |
convention at Kansas City, re-
4 70 him as "the req rooster of |
Rio Grande."
51omefolks who play bridge with |
rsarer. attend luncheons with him,
- With him over some school hap |
,r.inr that finds its WY into
-tool board discussion. or argue
r5th him in chamber Of commerce
,s-.~@crxs session. Just call him Il
'asren and wonder where Time gets