Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-09

| IN OUR r
VALLEY

AIRMAIL is credited by Post
master G. w. bennett, of Browns
vile with bringing about a major
portion of the increase of % 1-3
per cent in postal receipts for
March. 1929. over March, 1928.
Valley people are not only be-
coming air-minded, he says.
They are becoming airmail
minded. also
Receipts this March increased
$1055 over receipts for the same
month year ago. And an analysis
reveals that airmail postage COW
cred large part of the increase.
Valley business men are wide
awake fellows and the fact that
they are making liberal use of air.
mail is just another proof Quick
service appeals to them.
One business man relates that a
plies developed about noon one
day. Rushed a letter onto the plane
with an order to a San Antonio
house. The needed supplies were
on the early train the following
morning.
Got results just as quickly as
telegram or telephone call could
have done
The postmaster's report shows
that $500 stamps of the scent va
riety were purchased in March;
1850 10-cent stamps and $3.50 air.
mail stamped envelopes also were
included in the increase.
And this was the first month.
All other Valley towns reported
heavy use of airmail.
IN THE OLDEN DAYS people
went to Fourth of July picn1cs, re-
unions and similar affairs afoot.
horseback or by carriage.
How times have changed!
Invitations to business men Of
~ brownsville urging them to attend
nod will tour to Corpus Christi
/. s'lnday, San Jacinto day, ask
fo. IL ;port on the mode OF trans
port aese;afkQ be used.
The - to be returned to the
chamber Of commerce has a line,
with blanks to fill out, which reads:
Il expect to leave Brownsville at
time, by train, auto, AIR
PLANE.
wILLACY COUNTY newspapers
carrying stories to the effect that
watermelons are appearing on the
vines in that section.
One paper carries the highly de-
scriptive and palate tantalizing
line:
"Watermelons Smiling on the
Vine"
Doesn't it make your mouth
water?
The Valley has shipped her first
cabbage, potatoes. tomatoes, okra,
asparagus, grapefruit and a dozen
other products already this year.
But the first watermelon prob
ably will excite more purely local
interest than any of them. Pos
sibly the crop is not worth so much
in dollars and cents, but think of
the human JOY to be created by
that couple of thousands of acres
around Hargill and north of Ray
nfondville.
THOSE WHO were unable to
attend tie luncheon missed treat
of the most delicious grapefruit
ever served in Steamboat Springs
Thus the editor of the Steamboat
Springs (Colo) Pilot concludes
report of Rio Grande' Valley grape
fruit from the orchard of Grant
Blake. La Feria, being served to
the Lions club of that Colorado
town. 1.-The treat was the COM
piiments of Lion A. H. Poppen,"
the editor writes, who recently
visited La Feria and assisted in
gathering the fruit. The fruit was
ripe and arrived in first class con-
dition."
The article appears in the edition
of March 3 and in the same edition
are some other articles which will
appeal to Valley folks.
One carries a headline, big Snow
is Settling Fast" THE total snow
fall from Friday until Tuesday
morning was about AZ inches" says
one sentence in this story.
Another headline: Severe Win
ter Hard on Sheepmen"
Huge Snow Drifts On Pass"
A personal says:
David Cunning rode down from
Pritchett Ranch Saturday morning
on horseback through the snow
which he said came up over the
pony's head as the animal plunged
along"
Residents of that section should
{ enjoy Valley grapefruit.
And residents of this section
should be thankful for the spring
like climate we were enjoying at
the time the above items were
written.