Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-29
I'm OUR
VALLEY

RIVE DOLLARS in cash is being
offered for the best stalk of cotton
by p. d. LiSSner, Raymondville
merchant.
The prize winning stalk will be
used in the Raymondville commun-
ity exhibit at the Valley midwinte1
fair.
Here is an example which should
receive the attention of other Val
ley communities. In fact, If some
such action is not taken imme-
diately Raymondville is almost GER
tain to walk off with the high score
for cotton.
Which brings to mind that the
Valley exposition at Harlingen Is
only a little more than three
months away and now is the time
for selection of exhibits
j. E. Clark of La Feria, in charge
of community exhibits at the fair,
has issued a warning to local COM
munities that now is the time 20
select cotton, corn and other field
crops to be shown at the fair.
Also it is now time to arrange
for other parts of the exhibit. 1t
might be good idea to make some
special paintings just to provide
certain products for the displays.
THERE IS some talk of an ex-
hibit at the Texas State Fair in
Dallas.
If the Valley does decide to dis
play her wares at. that exposition
thought should be given to selec-
ton Of the products Immediately.
BOB, author of Border Bolts,
front page column in the Mission
Times, speaks:
Another good man gone wrong.
Our good friend, Editor Fender
graft of The Brownsville Herald, has
gone 'yo-yo." Last week he de-
famed his excellent column, In
Our Valley" in an inglorious at
tempt to lend dignity to the yo-yo.
After his recent journalistic out
burst, called on Editor Pender-
graft, expecting to find that dig
nitary spinning a yo-yo, but he
fooled me-he was out! I can Wis
ualize many of these yo-yo spin
nerS demonstrating their childish
art in front of drug stores and on
corners, on Saturday night asking
Dad for spending money"
Now, the only trouble with Bob
Is that he wrote that without read
ing what In Our Valley had to say
about the yo-yo.
And thereby he let himself in for
an inaccurate statement.
In fact what was said about the
yo-yo in that column was SO far
from complimentary there has been
Sqer that makers of the toy might
1Me a libel suit.
So, Bob'S apology is accepted.
But he had better stay away from
the spinning little toys, or they'll
get him yet"
COMES A STORY from Rio
Grande City of how boatman on
the international ferry at that place
returned from lunch and found q
200-pound, eight foot long gar
tangled in ropes under the seat Of
his boat.
The mammoth fish is supposed
to have leaped for a minnow and
landed in the boat in such a way
as to have been unable to get back
in the water
But the yarn fails to tell on
which side of the river the boat
was anchored while the boatman
was away having his lunch. It
seems that is a rather important
part Of the narrative.
A SURVEY has been made and
fight-of-way has been secured. ac-
cordlng to reports in Hargill, Edi-
tor Sydney Lakeland tells readers
of the Hargill Progress in the last
edition, and there is every prospect
that the two mile gap in the high
way between Hargill and the Will
lacy county line will be closed.
The Hargill editor has spent con-
siderable energy and space in his
paper discussing that gap and de-
manding that it he paved.
In Our Valley predicted last week
he eventually would get results.
Watch him.
And Hargill evidently needs a
paved highway in all directions. Lis
ten to this from the Progress:
"All is quiet in Hargill this week
after having three shows in two
weeks, and it seems right lonesome
not to hear the steam caliope send
ing up its wall"
VALLEY PRESS FOLK talking a
valley Press association.
And move launched at Mer.
ce&es last week bids fair to result
III an organization with its pur-
pose the serious consideration Of
problems of the fraternity in this
section. The other purpose of the
aSSociation-fellowship-likelyt to be
taken care Of in monthly meetings
at some Valley hotel.
Ralph Bray, editor of the Mis-
sion Times, says he has been as
sured of liberal support of the idea.
There is every reason to believe
the Valley can organize a press
association which will lead the fie,l
-as the Valley does in every line
of endeavor.
Valley dailies, semi-weeklies.
weeklies, semi-monthly and MONTH
" publications are numerous, OF