Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-22
TOURISTS ARE
INTERESTED IN
This SECTION
Many Visitors Expect
ed To BE Drawn By
R~ecreationaI Fea-
lures And Climate

That the stream az winter tour
lists, which last season showed q de-
cided increase. viii be augmented
during the coming season. l. indl-
Gated bv the widespread publicity
the Lower Rio GrardH Valley has
received in recent months and the
heavy volume 81 inquiries received
BY railroads. chambers of COM
merce. hotels and others interested
in promoting the tourist traffic.
Tourists from the North. East and
West. a never ending stream. are
10 pouring into the Valley iii
greater numbers than ever before.
BY train or automobile they are
answering the call az the Valleys
many attractions. and among them
are hundreds Cf potential home
builders who are investigating VAL
ley conditions with a view OF max
ing their permanent home in a sec
ton where climate, soil and civic
progress have combined in creating
conditions approaching the ideal
Completion OF additional paved
highways in the northern part 9f
the state, closing OF the gap in the
San Antonio highway; improve
ment OF the military road to La
redo from which paving has been
constructed tO san Antonio, and
paving of connections with Hous-
ton. al combine to increase the
popularity Of the Valley as a tour
It. center. Tourist rates over both
the Southern Pacific and Missouri
Pacific, combined with train SER
vice that has no superior, are also
proving a factor in diverting to-
ward the Valley at least part Of
that stream Of tourist traffic which
formerly flowed to California and
Florida.
Year-Round Tourist Center
Throughout the middle west and
central states the Valley has be-
come known as am all-year- round
tourist center, and tourist traffic n1
longer 1s confined I'd the winter
months The ideal climatic condl-
tons during the entire year are
serving to make the Valley as at
tractive for summer tourists as for
those who seek "a mild CLINE dur
ing the winter months.
--s the result of building act!vi-
ties in the past three years the
Valley is well prepared for the in
flux Of tourists and homeseekers.
New hotels and modern tourist
camps offer facilities that cannot
Tx surpassed lid any part of the
country. Practically every city IN
the Valley has doubled or trebled
its hotel facilities III the past three
years, and many new tourist camps,
Modernly equipped. have been
erected. Golf courses, tennis courts
and other facilities have been pro-
vIoed for those who njoy sports Of
that class. Highways have been ex-
tended into the coastal areas. new
coast resorts have been construct
xxi, and there is mo lack 0f diver
siols and entertainment.
Erection OF tourist camps has
been Of the most marked az
Invites OF Valley business In recent
years, and from two tO three and
49, W. lENCA4 LADLt4 camps Gail D@
found in Or near every Valley town.
These have been constructed upon
the most modern plan, providing
lights, water and all other neces-
sary facilities. Several camps have
been constructed XVI concrete or
stuccO, following the prevailing
Spanish style of architecture, and
in virtually all camps Identification
along scientific lines is carried out.