Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-18
I'm OUR
VALLEY

ONE ENTHUSIASTIC cotton crop
observer in the Valley says that the
sun these days is doing marvellous
things.
Declares that IL is adding 1000
bales of cotton day to the crop.
Never has there been so much opti-
mism in regard to an oncoming crop
as that on which picking soon will
be under way.
Estimates are for 100000 bales.
Some think the crop will 20 above
that figure.
Winds Of the past two days are not
doing any serious harm, they point
out.
These winds turning the foliage to
the sun a great deal. Giving the
plants some of the heat they need.
All over the Valley cotton gins are
being primed up for the cotton sea
SON
Repairs are about complete. New
gins are being completed.
!. COTTON PRICES are holding fair
ly steady at this time.
At present values tie Valleys COM
ing cotton crop should bring this
section s2O,OOO.000. Perhaps more.
Many growers are going into cot
ton harvest with the crop virtually
raid for by their vegetable crops Of
the past season.
Which means that the cotton crop
will represent their profits for the
year.
Looks like big year for the Valley
from July on.
THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VAL
LEY shipped about sixty per cent of
the fresh vegetables grown in Texas
this spring.
Outside OF the Valley the ship
ments consisted mainly of two items,
onions and spinach, IN both Of which
TIE Valley is interested only in a
small way.
The averaee value Of the vege-
table crop prcbsssiy was somewhere
around s15.O0o.oo0, including trans
portasion costs. Deduct fifty per
cent for transportation costs. and one
finds the gross receipts TO the grow
ers.
ANYHOW. The Herald seems to be
getting into some Southwest Texas
territory. north and west of the VAL
ley, ahead Of the San Antonio morn
ing paper.
- The Atascosa News Monitor, pub
Ifshed at Jourdanton. Atascosa coun-
". has the following:
att Is too bad tha. the people Of
Jourdanton and, in fact. nearly all
Of Atascosa county, arc compelled to
read a morning paper which is
printed about 9 o'clock the night be-
fore, brought down to North Pleas
anton on the 1o:30 night train from
San Antonio where Il reposes peace
fully until next morning about s
o'clock when IL is brought over 10
Jourdanton on a freight train.
"The news we get in this paper
appeared in the evening papers OF
the night before in San Antonio
With a bus line leaving San Antonio
every morning at z o'clock. Jourdan
ton. Pleasanton. Charlotte and all
other subscribers should have better
news service.
THE Brownsville Herald arrives on
the same train from the farthest
point south in the state. dated one
day earlier than the San Antonio Ex-
press, but The Herald carries the
same telegraph and Associated Press
dispatches found in the Express"
NOW. il The Herald were published
rs near the Jourdanton territory As
San Antonio. IL would see to IL that
the Jourdanton subscribers received
better service.
The Herald Is delivered before sun
down to virtually all towns in its
N territory.
Jourdanton Is about sixty miles
from San Antonio.
IL receives newspaper during the
mid-morning that was printed about
8 o'clock the night before.
4 Mission Is about 20 miles From
4 Brownsville. II receives The Herald
I about 5:45 in the afternoon. The
I metropolitan paper received BY Jour.
4 danton. nearer San Antonio than Mis-
sion is 70 Brownsville. Is about six
II teen hours old.
III The Herald spares no expense IN
i its effort to render a real service 10
Y its readers throughout the Valley.
| DON'T FORGET the fact that vii.
lacy county is strictly "in" on this
road building business IN the Valley.
M For one thing. willacy county
voted countrywide 70 build a road
y from the Cameron county line. on the
south. north 10 Raynondville. Work
u Is urder way.
Then n road district was formed
and another bond issue voted to
build n road from RaymondvilIe
west to the Hidalro county line at
Hargill.
And Saturday still another road
district decided to spend 100000 10
build a road from Rsymondviile east
10 Red Fish bay. whsre the red fish
bite.
Indicating that. after all. the
Youngest county will have the first
paved road 20 the -hore Of Laguna
Madre.
lad SIavs Father sTo
Save Mother He Says