Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-09
Train-Plane Line Through Valley Starts Next Week
I'm OUR
VALLEY

MARCH is the month when the
Valley ships most fruit and vege-
tables, figures from the office of
A. B. Waldron, general agent Of
the Missouri Pacific lines reveal.
Carlot shipments begin in Octo-
ber, increase rapidly to January,
continue to grow until the last of
March, when the peak is reached;
and then decline, slowly at first
but more rapidly until they stop
in the first days Of July.
For the season just past October
shipments were ia cars. Novem-
Der saw 1858 cars shipped. The other
months were December 736, Janu-
ary 2144, February 3083, March
4470, April 410O, May 2614, and
June 416.
Cotton begins to move in July
first bales have been picked as early
as May 25-and continue through
September. This gives the Valley
something to ship every month in
the year.
Fruit and vegetables October to
July, cotton July to October, round
and round the calendar.
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THE RIO GRANDE went on a
rampage over the week end and
cut the crowd in bathing at Boca
Chica Sunday to a fraction Of the
usual number.
Muddy water pouring into the
Gulf from the river gave the waves
q decided chocolate brown" hue.
Down Padre Island the water was
in much better condition and bath
ing continued there.
Fishermen reported poor luck all
Glong the gulf. The river is falling
End better things are ahead.
BROWNSVILLE isn't just now
becoming "air-minded" has been
that way for the past 20 years
almost since the beginning of avia-
ton.
And the city claims the first
motor driven flights in the South
west.
p. A. Newman, operator of To-
cal machine shop, was builder of
the ship which flew here and he
believes lack of sufficient financial
backing alone prevented him from
being one of the first aviators.
Brownsville acquired her first
aviator through activity of the
chamber of commerce. He was
brought here when land sales were
just starting and it was believed a
bird man" would prove a good
drawing card for prospective land
buyers.
Mr.. Newman maintains his inter-
est in aviation, although he no
longer seeks to build airplanes.
BARNEY ZIMAIERLEY, Browns
vile to Winnipeg nonstop pilot,
liked Brownsville. He expressed
himself along that line before he
left and Monday the chamber of
commerce received a telegram from
him expressing appreciation for
services rendered by all Brownsville
citizens while he was here.
Il want to thank you all for kind
service rendered me while in your
wonderful city," the message, ad-
dlgsSSed to G. G. Richardson, man
ager of the chamber, said.
zimmerley filed the wire as soon
as he had rested from the long and
fatiguing flight.
He was up most of Saturday
night and during the Is hours he
was in the plane he was so cramp-
ed that he could hardly change his
position sufficiently to rest.
When he left he expressed a de-
sire to return to Brownsville-and
likely he will.
MEXICAN passport regulations,
insofar as Brownsville is concerned,
are off until August l.
And probably by that time the
new ruling will be rescinded per-
manently.
In the meantime the fact that
such rules were to be enforced had
played havoc with trade in Mata-
noros and had kept several hun
dred persons from visiting Browns
vile.
Constant changing of the regula-
tons and requirements is bad for
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