Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-28

I'm OUR
VALLAEY

DONNA Is TO have a modern COM
mon battery telephone exchange
housed In its home, a beautiful tile
and stucco structure.
The Improvements to be made by
the Rio Grande Valley Telephone
company. owners of the system,
are to cost approximately $4,000.
And the expenditure was made
necessary by growth Of that town,
according to j. G. Paxton, general
manager Of the company.
Donna ranks high in quantity Of
shipments every year and is sur
rounded by a highly fertile agri-
cultural section which Is witnessing
a rapid development.
THE FOURTH air mail route out
Of Brownsville will not be estab-
lished until night flying is practi-
cal, letter to Postmaster G.. w.
bennett from the postoffice de-
Fpartment indicates.
4 This route will be by way OF
houston to New Orleans and up
he Atlantic seaboard. Survey for
beacons every 10 miles and emerg-
ency landing fields every 30 miles.
Arrangements yet TO be completed
with Harlingen and Raymondville
for landing sites.
The new route will speed mail 20
north. east and Atlantic seaboard
points.
NEW MEXICAN immigration
regulations bid fair TO play hob
WI business and social visits
IN the border-and to badly
d3fz1e trade Of places Of business
in Matamoros.
The regulations are very similar
TO those imposed in the past except
that all tourists will be required TO
visit the consul and pay one peso
for permission TO visit that coun-
try.
The same regulations are 10 ap-
sply up at Laredo. Up there Off
cials OF Laredo and groups OF
Nuevo Laredo business men have
been protesting TO immigration au-
thorities that enforcement would
ruin them. So far as can be
learned these protests have been
in vain and preparations are going
ahead TO enforce the new rulings
st the end of a 30 day period of
grace, July IS.
The really new portion Of the
ruling IS to the effect that citizens
living In Valley towns where there
"A no port of entry will be con-
/ sidered tourists and will be required
\ TO visit the consul and secure a
, passport before each crossing Of
me border.
1When similar passport regula-
1ns were enforced more than a
alar ago all citizens residing within
e. miles Of the river were adjudged
rider residents and accorded the
,me courtesies as people living In
townsville and other port Of entry
-gns. 7.
question which has arisen in
lnection with that ruling is lust
ere are several Of the ports OF
ry?"
or instance McAllen and Hi
go.
WILL McALLEN citizens be per-
tied to secure courtesy cards on
strength of the port Of entry at
vnosa or viii only citizens OF
5alco receive this courtesy?
Fercedes Is another puzzling ex-
Me. There is no town on the
.rican side of the bridge oppo-
Rio Rica. VIII Mercedes, sew
miles away from the river be
Ndered the port Of entry?
these citizens are given cour-
cards by the immigration au-
ties of Mexico, what about San
.. Harlingen, Weslaco. Donna
other places near 70 pIiugei
not at a port OF entry?
III
II BATTLE" between the
Prowers and the pickers still
Al the offing.
Cameron county farmers decide
,tev only will pay rs cents per hun
dred as the season starts-after Hi
dalqo and willacy already had de-
cided TO lead off with a price Of 81.
And the pickers had indicated
,.,ov considered SIPS to s1.50 would
lie about right.
crrT FLOWERS from Mexico
,-,t,' IN New York City by air ex-
press. .r to- five r,oal,I,.
nj - reel services coming through
ErownsviIle by air from Mexico
S' T,,xt two items Of the many being
handled through here by official
mes..aM q NE Mexican Aviation co.
% This S. service, though in use for
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