Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-04
I'M OUR
VALLEY


come 70 pass in connection with the
Laredo Mexico City air mail service.
San Antonio papers carried special
dispatches from Washington some
weeks ago pointing out the hazards
in store for regular mail flyers
making the route between the bor-
der and the capital Of Mexico.
Told of the high mountains to be
crossed. The difficulty of locating
convenient emergency landing fields.
High flying almost the entire
length Of the route.
Making IL difficult for big, hcav-
ily loaded planes, and extremely
expensive and dangerous to the
property and the flyers.
From Mexico City to Laredo, some
nine and half hours Of flying, with
mountains al the way.
From Brownsville TO Mexico. sole
five hours Of flying. and only one
hour or 50 Of mountain flying.
n. H. NDSOR. Harliugsn.
writes in to The Herald to say:
II an thinking seriously of quit
ting the real estate game ard going
into the Mexican bee nest business,
due to a small article which YOU
kindly put in your paper requesting
information as to a Mexican bees
nest TO be sent to the Texas State
Fair for exhibition purposes.
Would like to say that ] have
them spotted all the way from
Mstamoros 20 Mission and am receiv-
ing other letters daily. And there
will be a Mexican bees nest a. the
fair
Moral. When YOU need something
advertise for II through The Her
aid Therell be results.
THINK" in the san Antonio Ex-
press. says:
"Floridss misfortune storm
dsmage-gites citrus growers IN the
Lower Rio Grande Valley this year
an opportunity 70 market their
crop more slowly, select fruit for
shipment more carefully and build
Up reputation for quality, which is
the Valleys greatest asset IN re-
gard to its grapefruit.
Nothing but the best should be
allowed to 70 to outside markets.
Prices probably will be high, and
this may he a temptation 20 sell
inferior fruit "a spectators; but IN
the long run the distribution of in
ferior fruit would be costly sale"
THERE MUST BE very wide
opportunity in and around Browns
willie in the dairy lire.
Dairy men now in Brownsville arc
not able 70 supply the demand.
Cream for hotel. restaurant and
household use is very frequently a
scarce article.
One retailer Wednesday was short
fifty half pint bottles Of cream for
his trade. His supply source was
unable TO fill the demand.
County ard city health officials
in Cameron county are casting about
tor some method by which to help
farmers obtain dairy COWS n supply
the cities Of the county.
II Cameron county cities were
rolled into one. they would form a
city or from 10000 to 10000 popula-
tion.
What is the usual dairy business
in one interior city of 10000 pcpula-
tion?
The STATE GAME. fish and oys-
ter department is spreading out its
hatchery business.
Recently n contract was awarded
for fish hatchery near Browns
Vile Work VI the hatchery ~ now
under way.
Now the department Announces
fish hatchery for Houston, the
plant 20 cost about 100000.
This will bring the hatchery list
up IS two numbers, there being
hatcheries at Dallas, Tyler Cisco.
Wichita Falls and kerrville.
THE DIXIE SERIES over. Now
the world series.
IN DiNic, it look aE I'm Texas
leaguers are better baseball PLAYERS
than the Southern leaEuers. which
include cities like New Orleans.
Memphis, Atlanta. Birmingham. and
others.
The Dixie series have been Won
consistently hy the Texans. Hous-
ton winning this year Formerly II
has always been Fort Worth, then
Wichita Falls
1HE TEXAS Newspaper Publish
ers association will meet IN Browns
vile Friday for a two-day session.
This is small organization. with
some twenty members, the heads or
the larger city dailies in Texas, with
few memberships among tle
smaller papers.
They meet in one hour sessions .o
discuss common problems. After
which they seek whatever entertain
ment is offered.
This will be their first meeting
outfid the larger cities. and thew
are coming here 70 obtain first
hand view of the valley.
They will have u, weather per-
mitting.
A THREE-YEAR OLD youngster.
living on Adams street. was attack
cd by a mongrel dog. which chewed
on the youngsters car.
Which reminds one again-what's
become Of the agitation 70 rid
Brownsville If uncared for dogs