Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-01
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WALslAE

AsfA tAhENhEtt GaCkt WIZ Pfoft1-
ed. all running TO the station.
The reason fpr IL has become
apparent IN the pass few weeks.
Wednesday night. FOR example,
viaItors at tho station. for departing
trains. numbered In the hundreds.
Looks like the terminal activity
at Kansas City. or Dallas or Hous-
SON." was one remark.
Monday the five trsctS were full
OF trainE, including several private
cara
Tuesday The situstioa was some
what relieved, but still many cars.
Wednesday night three tracks
accommodate pulImans for several
Hundred passengers returning north.
Yes, che need for the five tracks
has been shown.
N THE VALLEY produces orc grape
fr9Es that is more popular than
I ushsfa varieties. with producer as
FJtE "a consumer.
That Is tho Marsh seedlsss.
The most intriguing fruit. how
tver, .: least from the standpoint Of
appearance. ~ tho Foster piEs.
The Foster pink, OF which there
are comparatively few trees, IL a
very seedy frat.
Wonder why some expert horticul-
turist hasn't evolved n pink grape
fruit that Is az the same time seed
less,
Perhaps the work Is under way
somewhere now.
A And when ID Is developed II will
suppiy a new source c. revenue for
lAe producers Of seedlings.
ELEcTRIC LlGHT and power
users IN the Rio Hondo and Los
Frexnas sections have had new
SORT c7 facility placed at their dis
nckal by the Central Power and
Light company.
Haretoforc. those patrons have
been forced 10 90 20 San Benito TO
pay 'the< bills.
The company has made arrange
ments with the banks at Los Frcsnos
and Rio Hondo 20 take care OF these
collections, so that patrons may now
pay their bills at those points.
: FOR SEVERAL YEARS the ''boost-
tsr Of the east end Of the Valley
Who wanted 20 show his visitor an
attractive citrus fruit packing plant,
found the largest plant ut Shary-
lard. near Mission.
That Is one Of the plants OF the
Texas Citrus Growers Exchange.
Now there Is n duplicate Of the
Sharyland plant In the east end Of
the vslley---at San Benlto.
The San Benito plant 10 likewise
attractive, and equipped with the
final word In citrus fruit packing
machinery.
The TeAas exchange now has
packing plants at Sharyland. Mer-
codes. Harlingcn and San Benito.
The Rio Grando Citrus Growers Ex-
change has plant al Mercedes, and
the Val Verde Corporation has a
plant nj Val Verde. near Donna. and
the Tex-Sun Packing company at
Brownsville.
The Texas company now owns
ground AZ Brownsville where II
plans sometime soor TO erect cit
rus packing plant.
EVERY VALLEY citrus grower TO
his guns
Read this. from the Laredo Times,
and then invite the Times 10 the
real citrus fruit growing section OF
txss,
.MaA shipment Of FalfHrrias grape
- Euit reached friends in Germany in
Arimc condition and letters received
\ hrvk state the frait was in the
bfinsst manner.
@Laredc grapefruit ~ better than
any grapcfrpn in Texas. II has
been tested out the best sad has
drawn gsoFc blue ribbons. At pres
snt Laredo can't supply near tks
demand for grapefruit. But al
those listle trees sprouting now viii
be bearing in a few years.
Laredo must advertise its pre-
dact. And those little trees viii
be taxed 10 supply what they can
grow alse. and more trees will be
planted"
The Laredo district Il really en-
dsssarsnr 10 get into grapefruit
production.
They have few thousand trees
we understand. While here In the
Valley there are something like
100000.
And the Laredo growers get their
issa from che Lower Rio Grands
Valley.
BASEBALL ENTHUSIASTS in the
lover Rio crands Valley, sensing
&th@t spring Il not FAR away. are
Eshowsng rather active interest in
hassbali
Fans ike Guy Trent. sen Beniso;
Bishop Clements ci Brownsville
rtsrts writer for The Brownsville
h4sraids Nike Scholes Of San Be
TO, T. ". winans. bob Wells
LILLY Burnett. and othera are seeing
A~lt that ether baseball fans know
hats in the air.
FsrT TTcaoso to keen On working
VI tor what they ara after, a class Il
iessue hsrs 10 the Valley, and will
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