Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-27
I'm OUR
WAlslsEY

SOME 1000 LETTERS have accu-
tnnulated at the office Of Postmaster
q. w. bennett for dispatch on the
atirst air mail plane to Mexico
aacity.
n These letters have been accumu-
ating for nearly a. year.
ID Early last summer, when 1t was
HlTirst intimated that an air mail
L Inc would be established, the mail
,egan arriving.
4 When the line finally was estab-
fsished via Laredo. the incoming
.snail volume Jagged. and picked UP
I1sgain with the announcement OF
he new line via Brosynsville and
l1atamoros.
sn Brownsville and other Valley
.iitizens who want to send mail by
The first plane. should send them
u 20 the Brownsville p5stoffice at
4 rince, marking the mail to hold for
he first airplane. Proper postage
. nd Envelopes should be used.
DO YOU WANT TO air mail a
letter TO yourself?
1t can be done hy the first plane
Suppose your name is John Doe
Ind you live at la Feria.
Address your letter to yourself.
N lend 1t 70 the Brownsville postof-
lice for the first airplane south.
knd mark 1t via Vera Cruz and
Merida"
#1 It will make the circle, crossing
The Gulf Of Mexico to the West In
siies. thence TO Miami. finally find
Ing its way around by New Orleans.
B fnd then on back TO John Doe at
n ia Feria.
Ha THE VALLEY is to have sl2.-
1000. 900 corporation.
Ho 1t viii be the largest development
h capitalization yet assembled in this
Lection where dollars are rarely
Lpoken OF except in millions.
The Delta Orchards company will
oe the name OF the corporation.
And It's president will be w. A.
\ Harding. the Raymondville country
III developer.
x, The corporation win develop and
sell $4,000 acres of land 1t owns IN
rhe new willacy county water i'm
frovement district. which comprises
n bout $4,000 acres of land.
N THIS COLUMN mentioned few
" Jays ago that a dump ground In
& slose proximity TO The park now be-
ing developed by the city. was mar
ing the vicinity.
Tremendous amounts of trash
lad been accumulated.
City Commissioner B. z. Hinkley
f-omptly accepted the suggestion
N, And the next day. being calm.
lind a crew Of men on the scene
rning UP the refuse
= The condition will. therefore. be
srtially corrected.
IA f3ut there still remains the prob
II 4 of disposing Of a sizeable city's
{, A cumulation of traslf
fan inclnerator seems 10 be the
Ally practical solution.
lfIt is q rather expensive improve
aent. but Is necessary.
*sThe city already Is forced to
lend large amounts Of money for
rious things.
NPerhaps the cost of an inciner-
y or. somewhere around s35.O00.
I. n be sandwiched In somewhere.
n JAMES G. BOWIE Of San Benito
Ina A. L. Brooks OF Harlingen are
e leslers OF their respective cities
TIE Harlingen-San Benito get
M saether" movement.
a Each has long been an inspira-
On for good In his own city.
THE MISSOURI PACIFIC lines
lad a model hen house on exhibit
Mplon at the last Mid-winter fair at
2arlingen-
The house. serving Its purpose at
lie fair. was TO 20 20 some deserv-
bg poultryrnan in the Valley.
i So IL has been awarded to o. ID.
ennlngs, a farmer living near San
fenito.
Jennings has some 600 Ancona
t.arsd
hand had been planning 70 con-
Aruct adequate quarters for the
ttuitry.
fNow he will spend that money in
lherwise improving his poultry
4 berations.
Jennings also grows potatoes. And
said to realize from 95 10 100
lshels on his IS TO S0-acre potato
.reage.
Also. he keeps a couple Of cows.
There Is q growing demand for
ilk. cream. eggs and poultry, in
G Valley and for the Valleys
4 rkets.
nj is this sort of diversification
n Nat viii help 10 keep farming In
lie list OF profitable vccations.
EAPTAIN EAKER is scheduled 10
krt his dawn-to-dusk flight from
] ..,wnsvilTe az 4.30 O'Clock the
J rning Of Sunday. March 10.
"A fhaffs a rather unearthly hour.
~ as the general public Is con-
lHNi's q good guess that. wea-
Uniting. there viii be a
God crowd on hand to wish
- hin a quick and successful
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