Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-15
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VALLEY

daughter Of a telegrapher, after
short period of fame, announces
She will retire from the stage and
settle ON a farm.
G. r. Klose Of Rio Hondo thinks
the Lower Rio Grande Valley
) should be called to the attention Of
Miss Talley.
Surely our wonderful climate and
fertile soil will meet the desires of
this young woman for a quiet and
peaceful life.
"On your editorial page in the
same paper which carries the an
nouncement of Miss Talley's in
tention to retire to a farm we read
fine article on Valley climate"
writes Mr. Klose. 1--WE should COM
pete with the east and middle west
for Miss Talley's presence. 1t
might be great ad"
McALLEN Chamber of Commerce
directors have asked the city COM
mission to give serious considera-
tion to the building of a municipal
airport.
Suggest the expenditure Of about
100000 on the project.
The chamber board, considering
/ the action highly important to the
continued DEVELOPMENT of that live
Hidalgo county city, announces they
have obtained an option on 265-
acre tract located on the highway
three miles south of town. The
tract can be bought for $133 per
acre, they announce.
The directors, taking notice of
tfle rapid development of air mail,
passenger and express traffic,
point out that speed is necessary
in establishment of the port.
They have been promised full
Acoperation Of the department Of
1merce aviation section.
4 PA. support Of the chamber of
-AcoS-crce, the McAllen Press says:
w ~ tundred thousand dollars
bs sspenS Sfhe construction Of the
tbMcAISlg2 unicipaf- airport will in
Osure MHhHn's future. You would
inrefuse t1iye in town even two
VI miles from railroad. In five
years you will feel the same way
{, o about living in a town without an
~ airport"
BUSINESS MEN in the states
' north of Texas are finding air mail
q to Brownsville valuable, time
L saving service.
y A clipping from a Pratt, Kans.,
{ newspaper has been sent to Emil
G Blanck, who lives on Route l out
2 OF Brownsville. The clipping says:
/, Attorney R. F. Crick mailed a
: letter last Wednesday night to
Brownsville. Texas. The letter went
4 from Wichita by airmail, was taken
out on rural route and the an
y swer was back in Mr.. Cricks office
early Saturday morning"
Forwarded by railroad mail, that
letter would have reached the
Brownsville man about noon Sat-
urday, at the earliest and the an
swer could not have been in Pratt
before Wednesday.
LINDBERG is a member of a
Valley board of school trustees.
But this is not "Col Charles A."
of flying fame.
1t is Ed Lindberg of La Eeria and
he has been named president Of
the board, capacity in which he
has been serving for the past two
months
May he be as successful in his
line as the other famous man Of
the same name.
THE LA FERIA Booster club has
a full-time salaried secretary for
the first time.
He Is Jim d. Ramsey and is ex-
pected to arrive in the city of his
future labors today. He comes from
San Antonio.
Mr.. Ramsey has visited the Sec
ton and is thoroughly imbued with
the Valley spirit of friendship and
progressiveness.
The board Of directors of the
Booster club already has discussed
plans for the development of that
town with the new executive.
MERCEDES is another Valley
town about to construct munich
pal airport.
E. B. Wilmer. member Of the
airport committee of the chamber
of commerce has been authorized
to investigate various sites given
the approval of the department of
commerce Inspector and learn at
what prices the properties may be
purchased.
At the same time the city engi-
neer has been asked to make an
estimate of clearing and grading
the various sites.
When this information is secured
the chamber Of commerce directors
announce they will employ an
aeronautical engineer to prepare
nlans and determine the cost Of
runways and necessary buildings.
ISVO GIRLS INJURED
RANGER, Tex, April 15.-P)--
Miss Betty Davis and Miss Allie
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