Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-29
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NEWVsHIPPING RECORDS are
to be set in the Valley within a
day or two.
Total shipments by freight in
carlots up to Monday morning to-
tailed 20,103 cars.
Total shipments by freight for
the entire season of 1928 were
20,239 cars.
The total movement for the past
season was 20,452 cars, including
2l3 cars shipped by express in car
lots, according to the yearly report
OF w. D. Googe, local representa-
tive of the United States market
news bureau, department Of agri-
culture.
The above figures for this year
do not include the express ship
ments in carlots, it will be noted
This movement has been heavier
than it was last year, and according
to Valley express agents, it is safe
to estimate that at least as many
solid cars of express have moved
out of the Valley as during the past
year.
'LesS-than- -carlot" shipments by
express also have been heayier this
year than in the past, the agents
report, and If accurate figures on
this movement were obtainable it is
likely that all records for the last
season already have been passed.
And the shipping season has a
busy month in which to establish
new high records.
Green corn just now is beginning
to move freely.
Green wrap tomatoes are being
shipped in volume and reports in
dicate this crop will do some rec
ord-breaking of its own.
The beet and carrot deal still is
going strong although 1t cannot
continue much longer, in the opin-
ion of shippers.
Potatoes are about gone and cab
bage likewise.
However it is estimated that the
present season will not close until
approximately $4,000 carloads of
fruit and vegetables have been
forwarded to the markets of the
nation.
The fruit movement for this sea-
son is estimated to have totalled
more than 2300 cars, although the
freight carlot movement was 1928
ears. This was an increase of 583
/ us over the 1146 moved during
or, previous shipping period.
sta,is way of breaking records is
a Nkley habit, one that has been
inddd SD in for many years past.
Total shipments for the season
of 1925-26 were 14,371 cars by
freight; for 1926-27 were 1888
cars; for 1928 were 20,452 cars;
and for 1928-29 will be-make your
own guess.
MARION TALLEY, Kansas City
opera singer, has been offered a
farm in the Lower Rio Grande VAL
ley, according to the Hidalgo News.
The paper fails to reveal the de-
tails of the offer, but says:
Acting on the idea that no place
in the world offers more opportuni-
ties for successful farming than the
Magic Valley of the Lower Rio
Grande, parties interested in up
building the section wired Miss
Talley an attractive offer which
they hope may bring the talented
artist to the Tip O. Texas, where
she can grow grapefruit, vegetables
and flowers to her hearts content"
This 22-year -old girl, after a
short career during which she at
tanned considerable fame, has an
nounced desire to return to the
farm.
A suggestion made by reader
of this column about the time Miss
Talley announced her intention to
retire may yet result in the singer
making her home in this section.
The suggestion was made by G. r.
Klose of Rio Hondo and was print
ed in Our Valley on April Is.
Surely our wonderful climate
and fertile soil will meet the de-
sires of this young woman for a
quiet and peaceful life" he wrote,
with the hope that the attention
of Miss Talley would be directed to
the Valley.
The reaction Of Miss Talley to
the Valley offer will be observed
with interest. She already had
been offered a farm in her native
Kansas. 1t remains to be seen
whether her love for home will
outweigh the appeal of the Valley.
THE DEER PARK at Alamo re-
mains a problem to the new city
commission Of that place.
Last week, through the Alamo
News. they asked for an expression
of opinion from the public as to
whether the animals being kept in
a city park were valuable enough
as an advertisement to justify the
expense of their board and bed"
In response to this request IA
votes. all against the deer, were
polled.
Now the commission wonders if
those IA votes are representative of
public sentiment and are circu-
lating a petition attempting to
learn the truth.