Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-11
I'm OUR
ALLEY

NOW Valley farmers whistle chesr-
fully.
n From the tops OF motor trucks
biied high with cabbage.
They are headed for the loading
stations.
i Where they will get from SIS to
30 for their cabbage.
Which is why they are whistling
eheerfully.
It's much more fun to travel three
miles to loading station atop truck
OF cabbage that will yield from $50
70 $40 to the load th;1 to carry
the same load for $6 to 50 n ton.
When cabbage brings the latter
figure Mr.. Farmer has no whistle
coming, and he refuses to whistle.
The average farmer in the Valley
will tell you that he can make his
cabbage profitable crop II he can
set from SIS to $50 ton.
One grower once told the writer
that IL someone would guarantee him
$40 ton for cabbage over a period
of ten years he would be wealthy
enough to retire.
No one accepted his challenge.
THE NAME Of the city Of Browns
Vile. Texas. appeared several times
In the dispatches of The Associated
Press today.
One dispatch had to do with the
international air mail route.
Another dispatch from Cleveland
told of Mexico's plans for a great
highway to extend from Brownsville
TO a point on the Mexican Pacific
coast.
Still another told Of turkey ex-
hibit at Dallas, with displays from
Brownsville to Canada.
All of which calls forcibly 70 mind
that for the first time in many years
Brownsville's name appears in the
dispatches in connection with con-
structive undertakings.
Which. from every standpoint, is
better than the "war" stories in the
years from 1918 to 1916 and later.
NOW Postmaster General Cosme
Hinojosa of Mexico announces that
the Mexican government believes the
best route for the air mails will be
via Queretaro. Saltillo. San Luis
Potosi, Monterrey, thence TO Browns
Vile.
Unless the United States would
prefer to meet Mexico at Laredo.
But the United States air mail ser
vice is being importuned to use the
western route. via Fort Worth and
San Antonio. II insists, however, that
it prefers the Atlanta-New Orleans
Houston Brownsville route.
At all events, there's a healthy
scrap on for the location Of the bor-
der junction point. with Brownsville
and Laredo the contendIrs.
Brownsville has a slight edge. be-
cause Washington is inclined to ia
vor this route.
Which doesn't mean necessarily
that Brownsville is certain TO get it.
Brownsville had better "step on
t." "make hay while the sun shines
~Iet no grass grow under its feet,
If il wants this air mail route.
BEET PRICES up a hundred per
cent in the past ten days.
Cabbage prices up from 80 to 100
per cent in the past ten days. Shows
what little freeze in other sections
of the gulf coast will do for winter
vegetables in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley.
Indications are, say shippers, tha,
the upward trend will continue for
some time to come.
All of which is welcome to Valley
farmers. They can use little extra
money at this time.
Now the farmers can employ har-
vest labor. The labor Will spend 3
little money. the farmer will spend
n little money. pay q few debts; the
merchants will get some money with
which to gladden. the hearts Of their
creditors.
It's sort Of endless chain. this
prosperity business.
wESLACO road district disposes
of a road bond issue of ss50.000.
Purchased BY same concern that
bought the Fdinburg Mercedes dis
trsct issue Of $4,000. 900.
All Of which means that within a
short time, no doubt. there VIII be
4 considerable amount Of road con-
ftruction under way in the eastern
end of Hidaigo county.
And Cameron county should lay
rlans TO join every Hidaigo road that
touches at the Cameron county line.
BROWNSVILLE city commission
ers announce plans 70 pave Palm
boulevard from the terminus Of the
present paving TO the Los Ebanos
subdivision privately-built pavement.
Already a concrete road has been
ATTENDED from the north end of Palm
boulevard to connect with the Pare
des line road TO Los Fresnos.
Will give the city second outlet
"a the Paredes road. another being
under contract, that Of Seventh