Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-03
FINAL
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VALlsEY


Perhaps little attention will be
given to the republican and demo-
cratic candidates for president and
vice president.
While the attention Of the nation
is attracted to Yankee Stadium. New
York City where the s.. LOUIS
Cardinals and the New York Yam
lees will fight it out on the base
ball diamond for the worlds champ
ionship.
The same interest that holds over
the nation will also be manifest IN
the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
For this reason The Brownsville
Herald will carry a complete report
of the games, play by play. and in
addition arrangements have been
perfected 70 broadcast the report.
play by play. over radio station
kNWG. Of Brownsville.
TIE FIRST public gathering held
in the auditorium ~ the new
Brownsville high school was held
there Tuesday night.
Il vss q VALLEY vide" meeting in
connection with the proposed de-
velopment of the Point Isahel-Brazoa
Santiago harbor.
There was fair-sized crowd. with
few representative from Hidalgo
county, quite committee from San
Benito, and few visitors from Har-
1ingen.
The point of these few paragraph
is 10 note complimentary comment
on the nigh school building
The auditorium Is a sight for
weary eyes.
And the cafeteria call for empty
stomachs.
That cafeteria. viewed by many
Brownsville residents for the first
time. was especially commented On.
THE CAFETERIA will seat some
500 persons at one time.
The tables are scrvicoable. The
thairs are very comfortable.
The kitchen equipment y An first
class.
Electrical refrigeration through
but.
And on the wall menu affording
b complete lunch for not more than
thirty cents.
The school hoard does not intend
the cafeteria to be a profitable in
etitution.
In The first month ar the opera
tion az the cafeteria, the amount
taken in was something Ike $1,000,
and about $50 above actual expenses.
For q very few cents a child can
obtain glass of milk and enough
food n satisfy its hunger.
AS THE NEW bus mail service.
connecting all towns along the high
way IN the Valley. and EdinburE.
continues in service Il will gather
momentum.
Mail patrons viii have 70 become
accustomed 20 the service.
On the first day the mail LEFT
Brownsville with about 2n0 letters.
On the second day II left with
hbout $50 letters.
Incoming first class mail. too. is
even heavier than was expected for
the first day.
The service will create much new
business for the postal service.
SAN BENlTO rs 10 have p five
story business and office building.
Joe Ballin-gr San Benito man. an
nounces that ne will erect the struc-
ture. work TO begin almost imme-
diately.
The San Benito water improve
mcrt district also plans erection Of
modern building for its hesdquar-
ters. The present building. erected
in the first days Of San Benito's de-
velopment, is considered n have
served its purpose.
JUDGE ". o. HUGGTNS. who is
general attorney for the Houston
Chronicle, and takes large share
IN its guidance visited the VALLEY
the other day
Going back u Houston. he found
some things to write about in the
designating ID In the Valley" iu--
for the day.
One paragraph there was A COIL
umn Of it) said:
An eastern banker and business
man was IN the Valley last week.
looking into Investments there. He
said: Texas is 50 much closer "a
the rest of the country than il used
10 be.
The Rio Grande Valley. he con
tinued' 'ls not like foreign coun-
try any more. 1t i Just a great biz
bundle Of opportunity right here in
our own country"
AND HERE is another interesting
passage in Judge Huggins observa-
lions for the day. also Valley ex-
perience:
nat was just picked up in
bus. that big democratic institution
. that takes on customers as they
come and makes them into . chunmy
family to the end Of the trip.
Not vacant SPOT in the biz bps
and beside the road stood q school
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