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

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VALLEY


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 a 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
S service appeals to them.
One business man relates that
desperate need for certain sup
plies developed about noon one
day. Rushed letter onto the plane
with an order to 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 Marcn;
1150 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 picnlcs. re-
unions and similar affairs afoot,
horseback or by carriage.
How times have changed!
Inv tions to business men of
Brow lie urging them to attend
a got II tour to Corpus Christi
next ( ~, San Jacinto day, ask
for a TT on the mode Of trans
portatiqS be used.
The era to be returned to the
chamber of commerce has a line,
with blanks to fill out. which reads:
ct expect to leave Brownsville at
time, by train, auto, AIR
PLANE.
WILACY 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 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
mondville.
THOSE WHO were unable to
attend the luncheon missed treat
of the most delicious grapefruit
ever served in Steamboat Springs"
Thus the editor Of the Steamboat
Springs (Colo) Pilot concludes a
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. The treat was the COM
pliments 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 s and in the same edition |
are some other articles which will |
appeal to Valley folks.
One carries headline, big Snow |
is Settling Fast The total snow
fall from Friday until Tuesday |
morning was about 42 inches" says
une 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 |
5 which he said came up over the
pony's head as the animal plunged |
along"
1ssslents of that section should
Valley grapefruit.
tA1fT residents of this section |
should be thankful for the spring. |
ike climate we were enjoying at |
the time the above items were
written.