Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-19
i'm OUR
VALLEY

portion Of their last springs crop
IN cold storage
With no market for the product.
due to overprodution in other dis
tricts.
a. The Herald inaugurated a cam
Aaign to assist these growers in dis
posing Of their crop in the Valley
and nearby points.
The Herald was informed that
the campaign proved quite success
full.
Now another crop Is coming on.
II. perhaps, is timely to suggest
that the people Of the Valley con-
tinue to insist on retailers supply
Ing them with Valley grown pota-
toes.
The retail market in the Valley,
with population of about 10000
some may claim the figure is too
II conservative a mighty good
market in itself.
Let's cultivate 1t.
AND. WHILE on the subject, do
mot forget that the Valley also
/ produces canned goods that should
have a good and growing demand.
firapefruit In cans Is produced.
Y Dns. tomatoes, spinach and other
| pfoducts.
Ask for the Valley-produced ar
ticle first. And II you can't get it,
why get the next best.
VIRGIL N. LOTT, former news
paperman Of the border. unofficial
historian, ex-immigration officer
and now an official Of the Baker
Pate company, owning bridges at
Nueva Mercedes. Roma, Hidalgo.
Zapata and other points, has
new idea.
He proposes that the various
bridges OF his company shall be
dedicated TO the memory OF various
| heroes OF the Mier expedition.
A bronze plate. with suitable In
scriptions. will be placed on the
tower Of each bridge.
That visitors to the Mexican side
may know they are on historic
ground.
CITY COMMISSIONER Junius
Cobolini has been delegated. sEnll-.
- lan ofe .rNvf f4tY
the city commission.
AS finance commissioner. he
holds the purse strings. but has not
been holding them tight.
For he Is nightly interested In
the project. Believes in 1t. watches
over it. and urges everything that
will make II even better airport
4 than it is.
Being finance commissioner. he
! is in mighty fine humor when he
is informed that the port, in a
month OF operation. has consider
ably more than paid its overhead.
In January. for example, the
port made a profit OF about $500.
IL interest and sinking fund are not
included.
There have been rumors OF an
offer OF s500.000 TO the city for the
airport. Probably Commissioner
Cobolini would not listen TO it. If
he heard II.
NEARLY $4,000 persons crossed
the Gateway bridge at Brownsville
during the week ending Saturday
night.
That Is said to break all previous
records.
The figure. OF course. includes
traffic in both directions.
I All due 10 unprecedented influx
OF visitors from the north.
About 2200 persons arrived in the
, Valley In special trains. And most
Of them found an opportunity at
one time or another 20 visit
Brownsville and Matamorcs.
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BROWNSVILLE believes it has
the first international ticket office
for airplane voyages.
The Mexican Aviation company
az which George Rlhl Is the head
has opened an office at the cor
ner of Levee and Eleventh streets.
i'm the Capitol theater building.
Mrs. Lois Hugo Is agent in
charge.
Very soon one will be able to step
into the ticket office and purchase
passage, via air. TO Tampico. Mex
leo City. Merida and other points
south.
Mexico City Is some Sc hours
distant from Brownsville by rail
BY air. II is some five hours
distant.
Those who prefer flying prob
ably will forget there are railroads
from the border to the capital
MADAME Schumann-Heink Is TO
sing for the people Of the Lower
Rio Grande Valley.
Announcement comes from Har-
lingen that she will appear at the
city auditorium there on April Is.
The great singer has visited
every important point in the Unit
I'd States.
With the exception Of the Lower
Rio Gran6e Valley. which has be-
come important. from an enter
fainment standpoint. only within
the past few years.
She viii certainly be given as
wonderful reception in this sec
ton as II Is pcsSible TO give the
- person she is.