Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-04
I'm OUR
VALLEY

E. C.. WENTZ. Cameron county
.hto grower. addressing the Rio
nde Valley Potato Growers asso-
lon. tells OF a visit TO the potato
Einr districts in California.
Z told Valley growers that they
received 4 far better return
om their potato crop of last
II pring than did the California
growers.
Three-fourths Of the Valley crop.
Y he pointed out, had brought q price
or three cents a pound or better
In comparison with the one cent
pound paid for most Of the Cali
fornia croD.
~ Potato growers are now interested
q IN the next crop and its prospects.
Seed buying time has arrived.
Doubtless the growers are sur
veying the situation carefully. since
potato seed is q rather expensive
investment.
SAN BENITO inaugurates move
ment looking TO the creation of a
@ttcrt bc@HgGA Auat city anu mar
iinRen.
In which the present section Of
the state highway would be in
cluded.
Cnrbs. storm sewers and other
facilities Of a street would be con-
structed under the plan.
IL would be nc least double the
present width. And at least that
much more space should be pro-
vided for to accommodate even the
present traffic.
IL appears to be an undertaking
that is necessary and quite worth
while.
THE BEST THING about this
widening of that thoroughfare would
be the probability that some pro-
vision would be made for doing
away with the waves in the Har-
Iingen-San Benito road.
Those waves" sometimes face
tiously termed "Dancy's Permanent
Waves"
SPEAKING Of Judge Dancy. he
corrects this column in regard to a
statement in connection with the
salary that is being paid Roy Mil
Ter. the intra-coastal canal official.
also that Of r. Il. Creager. the Cam
eron county harbor representative
Il was stated that Miller was be-
ing paid $1,000 a year. Wrong. The
county judge calls attention 20 the
fact that Cameron county is paying
him 5000 a month, or S2.400 a year.
And Creager, instead of receiving
$4,000 a year. IL receiving $1,000 a
year.
And. incidentally. both men we're
employed on the initiative Of the
county commission in order to fur
ther the interests Of the intra-
coastal canal and the harbor at
Brazos Santiago pass.
SOME $4,000 school children Of
the Lower Rio Grande Valley are
starting to school this week and
next.
School rooms are humming with
excitement.
It's a new year for study. For
some hundreds IL 10 the first year,
the start.
For some other hundreds il is the
final year, the year Of graduation.
preceding college. or the workaday
world.
The older generations of the
Valley have provided splendid build
ings, unexcelled equipment, and
hundreds Of highly trained teachers.
II is up to the youngsters 10 make
the best Of what has been placed at
their service nc an outlay Of many
millions Of dollars.
JUST A LITTLE BREATH Of
northcr early Tuesday mcrning.
The very first whiff Of the fl
season that is rapidly arriving in
the north. and approaching the south
somewhat slowly.
valfey-ites. many Of them. sought
light covers during the hight.
Follows on the heels Of rains that
spread over a large section Of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley Monday
and Monday night.
THE FIRST MAYOR Of Edcouch
is n. r. Bruggeman.
He and his council were named in
the first election held in Edcouch.
And other first officials CT the
Edcouch municipal government in
.rlude J. b. Lester. n. D. Minyard.
u. &. Sammons. A. n. Barker and
A. J. Stephens
Now Edcouch will proceed to de-
xelop itself into a Valley city of
the first class.
FOR THE FIRST TIME in nearly
40 years. the doors OF the Grammar
school building Of Brownsville are
closed.
For the first time since it was
constructed its walls fail to echo
the sound Of the voice Of youth.
For the first time its campus
grounds do not reverberate TO the
noise Of plav.
II has been condemned. Soon II
will be razed to give way to some
other construction. II has served
its purpose.
There will be many to regret its
passing.