Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-15
I'm OUR
VALLEY

the first time flowers have beer
shipped by air in this section o
the country at least.
Those 200 flowers are destined Il
give the Valley a lot of valuabl.
advertising. They were ordered b;
Tom Stevenson, local Chevrole
dealer. who is enroute to Detroi
and Flint for an inspection of the
Chevrolet factory and conference
OF officials and dealers.
Send 200 gladioli TO me at Hote
Statler. Detroit" reads a Telegram
received by George White which
was sent by Stevenson from Dallas
Dealers from all over the coun-
Try are to be guests of Genera
Motors officials at a banquet al
the Detroit hotel during this in
spection trip.
While his telegram failed to re-
veal his purpose, IL is believed
stevenson intends to distribute the
gladiolt TO the guests at this ban
/ quet, probably with little message
about the Lower Rio Grande Valley
and the fact that they came from
Brownsville by air express.
JEWISH are biting at the
mouth of the Rio Grance.
At least they were biting Tuesday
night for +. Hernandez OF Browns
vile. He brought $50 pounds OF
jewish meat to town Wednesday
morning after a night at the mouth
OF the river.
Not all In one fish, Of course.
One Of them was small-only
weighed $50 pounds. The other
was sizeable. weighing 400 pounds
Rafael Garcia was rewarded
Sunday night for an all-night vigil
He brought to town Monday morn
ing a 425-pound Jewish.
Patience. both Of these men ex-
olain, Is the principal requisite for
catching these monsters. willing
Jess to stand by for hours with
, apparently no sign of success
koves effective. they say.
1.-THE VALLEY is becoming more
Nstropolitan daily.
~ Witness the daylight robbery oi
- garage in Donna Tuesday.
The lob" was pulled in the mos;
aprove1- fashion-Chicago style.
The bandit waited for the noon
hour when only a woman was on
duty. induced her to open the cash
register by purchasing a small ar
ticle, menaced her with a gun un-
ell he had rifled the till. snatched
UP her purse from a stool and
walked away.
This Is a form Of modernism that
the Valley can well do without. II
IS to be hoped our peace officers
/ will be able to render our climate
unhealthy for this dapper young
gentleman and others of his ilk.
UP AT SAN BENITO the VAL
ley's reputation for real southern
hospitality is being maintained.
Merchants from all parts Of the
state there attending the joint con-
, vention OF the Retail Merchants
associations and credit men are
singing loudly the praise Of the
city and the section.
Are we glad to come?-I1l say
we are" a delegation visiting The
Herald office Tuesday afternoon
said. "San Benito folk and every
body In all parts of the Valley for
that matter. seem to have dropped
everything to see that we enjoy our
visit.
"And are we enjoying it? The
answer Is YES"
The visitors are unanimous in
their declaration that this is the
best convention we ever held-in
every way"
THE VALLEY in general has
been greatly benefited by rain
which fell Monday night. reports
indicate. 1t is believed that suffi-
cient moisture is now in the ground
to assure g cotton crop in many
fttlds where a need for moisture
was becoming apparent. Tomatoes
are believed to have benefited
more than they were hurt.
While the rainfall was not as
heavy in some parts Of the Valley
as was needed there is some indica-
tion may be relieved.
Cotton already was in better thar
average condition and, barring onc
OF the many disasters which have
a good way of happening to that
crop after 1t appears to be made
q good yield is in prospect
DISCOVERY Of a cache OF an
cient firearms south of Matamoro:
has caused lovers of history to be-
gin probing for facts in the case.
One specimen. an old flintlock
rnusket, is on display at the court
xhouse In Brownsville. having beer
presented to Fred Kowalski by the
lscoverers.
Whether the pieces are French
mexican or American is q question
- yet unanswered. The condition
W the arms indicate they had beer
lost many years and history Of ths
section Is being probed in search 81
some incident which might have
caused them TO be buried.