Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-13
I'm OUR
VAL.LEY !

BELIEVE 1T OR NOT. the VAL
ley. with from IS to 80 per cent Of
the cotton crop gathered, for the
first time this season is suffering
a shortage Of pickers.
Men in touch with the industry
Wkay pickers are streaming out II
THE Valley to the Robstown-C Corpus
Christi area and other sections
where the cotton is at its best.
Only the poorest pickers-the
aged and the very young-are lef:
in the Valley.
It is predicted there will be real
difficulty in getting the remaining
cotton gathered and hauled to the
gin.
II. p. BOYD, vice president Of the
Valley Gin company, believes IS to
80 per cent of the Valley cotton crop
is gathered.
Between $4,000 and 10000 bales
have been ginned.
There are between $1,000 and 25,-
600 bales still in the field, he thinks
after q survey.
The cotton crop for 1929 is
"made," in the opinion Of Mr..
Boyd.
There may be a few scattering
fields Of late cotton which will yield
some lint, but very few.
There is not a chance for a top
crop-weevils and other pests have
attended to that.
But between Sl1,000,000 and Sl2,-
100000 will have been put into cir
culation in Cameron, Hidalgo, VIII
lacy and Starr counties by the
crop.
And that means q wonderful
boost to the financial condition OF
this section.
THERE IS a grapefruit famine
abroad in the land and nothing can
be done about it for two months.
This famine is all brought about
by the 18-day avoirdupois-paring
Ho-called Hollywood diet" which
/cuts l8 pounds from the anatomy
in Is days.
Just listen to the wall of the
Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Is facing a shortage Of
grapefruit. This may be useless iE-
formation to those who consider the
grapefruit nothing more than a
lemon that saw an opportunity and
made the best of it. But 1t has
caused a crisis in the ranks of the
eiehteen-day dieters comparable 20
the usual comparisons in crises. 1t
seems that nude, or raw grapefruit
is the pairing knife that cuts down
the ayoirdupois and without 1t
thousands Of lady-like ambitions 70
attain sylph-like proportions are
dashed.
"A check today with grapefruit
purveyors showed that the citrus
exchange, which this year shipped
$50 cars more than ever before, has
exhausted its supply long before
schedule. The new crop Will not DC
ready until October j. The condi-
ton in the canned grapefruit in
dustry is equally hopeless. De-
cember is the date of the next pack
OF grapefruit and the walls OF
grapefruit-conscious females echo
from empty shelves.
The very condition which Threat
ems to wreck the eighteen-day diet,
is saving it. silly as It may sound.
The worry Of having TO go without
grapefruit. combined with the exer-
tiosT entailed in running from store
10 store seeking 1t, is keeping the
Girls reduced to the shadow-like
contours they crave"
VALLEY land developers, on their
tours up and down the United
states, find an intense interest in
this section.
Publicity given the section
through activities of the Missouri
Pacific and Southern Pacific rail-
roads. the various chambers Of COM
merce and tire land companies is
bearing fruit.
Because Of this interest the de-
velopers are predicting $4,000
honeseekers will be brought TO the
Valley during the coming winter
and spring.
This viii be practically double
the number of persons who were
brought to the Valley during the
past season.
The Southern Pacific reports 1000
homeseekers handled for land COM
panies and the Missouri Pacific
22.403.
These do not include the thou
sands Of persons who had heard of
the Valley and came fere "on their
own" TO investigate.
Bona fide tourists by the thou
kands will be here this winter.
AJust as word Of the opportunities
for agricultural and business invest
ment are being noised about over