Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-21
I'm OUR
VALLsEY

/ SUNSHINE that is characters
tic OF the Valley greeted the pop
ulace Thursday morning.
After an absence in mornings for
several days, during which cold
spell' prevailed, but lasting little
more than twenty-four hours.
And during which a small
amount of precipitation-a very
small amount-fell.
n And rain Is needed. Truck grow
ers probably would welcome it. The
/ potato fields doubtless could stand
some natural moisture.
Y And few wet days. hating ship
ments, might bring about an i'm
Sprovement in prices.
The Valley this year is keeping
abreast OF shipments last year,
which broke ali previous records.
Someone has estimated that last
years vegetable and fruit crop
brought the Valley $l3.500,000.
Let's hope this seasons crop
makes it s20,O00,000 for the same
amount OF stuff.
| THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
1 through Wills J. Carter, assistant
general freight and passenger agent
| for the Valley, announces a rather
healthy cut in running time be-
! tween the Valley and Houston San
Antonio.
An hour and fifteen minutes Is
being taken from the schedule.
4 For example. the train which has
Ned leaving Brownsville at p. m,
kiiWnow leave at 8:15 p. m, arriv-
ling at San Antonio at a. m. and
Houston at 7:45 a. m.
The train which has been reach
ing Brownsville at 9:45 a. m. Is
! now scheduled to arrive at 5:15
4 q. m.
Improved ballast and tracks be-
tween terminals makes the cut pos
Rsible. says Carter.
One additional train IS to be used
In the change.
That is, a train will operate be-
tween McAllen and Skidmore. And
another train between Brownsville
Aand Skidmore.
JACK CARTER, assistant 10 Ex-
ecutive Vice. President II. M .Lull Of
1 the Southern Pacific. Is in the VAL
j ley extolling the merits Of the
Southern Pacific Glee clubs Re
vue Of 1929"
The $50 voices-men Gnd girls
! will appear at the Harlingen audi
torium Saturday night
The receipts will be distributed
among the luncheon clubs of Har-
4 lingen for use in their school loan
and other funds.
The Glee club comes to the VAL
/ ley after very successful appear
ances in Houston.
II has a reputation extending
1 over many years.
II Is worth while.
CANAL SYSTEMS Of the Valley
are slowly but surely going over to
/ farmer management.
In the Mission district the other
Eday voters on some $4,000 acres of
the United company's lines voted
-. 500 900 in bonds to take over the
hines and 90 make improvements.
The purchase will not include
4 Pumping plants. which continue
under the company's management
because there is still a large acre
kge TO be served by privately own
ed canal lines.
This action leaves approximately
half OF the United Irrigation COM
] panys lines still privately owned.
and those OF the American COM
kpany. In the Mercedes-Weslaco
section. And that may be taken
over by the land owners later, nego-
iations being under way.
BROWNSVILLE. San Benito and
kHarlingen soon will have c COM
kpIetely paved connection with Sc
pastian, Lyford and Raymondville.
Work on closing the seven-mile
kvap in the paving between Combes
and sebastian is beginning.
That will supply 100 per cent
Epaved connections between all the
fvalley counties.
And. OF course. means much IN
the matter of rapid and all-the-
furne transportation between all i'm
portant points In the Valley.
In another year or two there
|wont be even a village in the VAL
j lev that doesn't have a paved road
through it.
And will carry the Valleys as
sessed valuations from about Sll0.-
600 900 to $50 100000 in a COM
psratively short tina.
MORE THAN a hundred Kiwan-
ians up in Illinois. all Of them golf
| players, and barred from their
home links by snow and bad wea-
{ther, are hurrying TO southern
climes for few rounds.
Today they are in Austin. They
are enroute to the Lower Rio
Grande Valley.
They plan to overrun the courses
At Edinburg. at McAllen. and Mer-
cedes and at Brownsville.
Valley Kiwanisns are making
Elaborate plans for entertainment
for the visitors.
In Brownsville there Is a course
of eighteen rounds. The nineteenth
is declared to be in Matamoros,
lust across the Rio Grande.
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