Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-01
I'm OUR
VALLEY

i've passenger tracks were provid
ed. all running to the station.
The reason for it has becom,
apparent in the past few weeks.
Wednesday night, for example
visitors at the station, for departing
trains, numbered. in the hundreds.
..Looks like the terminal activity
at Kansas City, or Dallas, or Hous-
ton." was one remark
Monday she five tracks were full
of trains, including several private
cars.
Tuesday the situation was some
what relieved, but still many cars.
Wednesday night three tracks
accommodate pullmans for several
hundred passengers returning north
Yes, the need Ger the five tracks
has been shown.
THE VALLEY produces one grape
3puit that is more popular than
Xther varieties, with producer as
well as consumer.
That Is the Marsh seedless.
The most intriguing fruit, how
ever, at least from the standpoint Of
appearance, is the Foster pink.
The Foster pink, Of which there
ara comparatively few trees, is a
very seedy fruit.
Wonder why some expert hortieui-
turist hasn't evolved a pink grape
fruit that Is at the same time seed
lessf
Perhaps the work is under way
somewhere now.
And when it Is developed i will
supply a new source of revenue Tor
the producers Of seedlings.
ELECTRIC LIGHT and power
users in the Rio Hondo and Los
Fresnos sections have had n new
sort of facility placed at their dis
posal by the Central Power and
Light company.
Heretofore, those patrons have
been forced to go to San Benito to
pay their bills.
The company has made arrange
me-ts with the banks at Los Fresnos
and Rio Honio to take care Of these
collections, 50 that patrons may now
pay their bills at those points.
FOR SEVERAL YEARS the "bOOst-
or Of the east end Of the Valley
who wanted to show his visitor an
attractive citrus fruit packing plant
found the largest plant at shary-
land, near Mission.
That is one Of the plants OF the
Texas Citrus Growers Exchange.
Now there is a duplicate Of the
sharyiand plant in the east end Of
the Valley-at San Benito.
The San Benito plant Is likewise
attractive, and equipped with the
final word in citrus fruit packin;
machinery.
The Texas exchange now ha'
hacking plants at sharyiand, Mer
eedss, Harlingen and San Benito
The Rio Grande citrus Growers TX
change has q plant ut Mercedes, AM
the Val Verde Corporation has
plant at Val Verde. near Donna, an'
the Tex-Srn Packing company a
1rcwnsville.
The Texas company now own
ground ut Brownsville where !
mans sometime soon to erect a cit
rus packing plant.
EVERY VALLEY citrus grower =
his guns!
Rad this, from the Laredo Times
and then invite the Times TO tn
rftl citrus fruit growing section o
Ytkas:
~ shipment Of Falfurrias grape
fruit reached friends in Germany u
prime esadition and letters reeeive'
nsek state the fruit was in IN
finest manner.
~Laredo grapefruit Is better thar
nnv grapefruit in Texas. 1t ma
been tested out the best and ma
drawn more blue ribbons. AT pres
ent Laredo can't supply near th
demand for grapefruit. But II
those little trees sprOuting now vii
be bearing in few years.
aLaredo must advertise its pro
duet. And those little trees WI
be taxed to supply what they ca'
grow also, and more trees will b
planted"
The Laredo district Is really en-
dcavoring to get into grapefruit
production.
They have a few thousand trees
we understand. while here IN n
Valley there are something iik
5000, 900.
Aad the Laredo growers got thei
idsa from the Lower Rio Grand
Valley.
BASEBALL ENTHUSIASTS in tn
Lower Rio Grande Valley, sensinl
that spring is not far away, ar
showing a rather active interest \
baseball.
Fans like Guy Trent, San Benito
Bishop Clements OF Brownsville
spsrts writer for The Brownsvsll
lYekaid: Nike seholes Of San Be
nieo. I. B. Winans. Bob Wells
Bf1tv Burnett, and others are seeinI
toYlt that other baseball fans know
what's in the air.
They propose 60 keep or wcrkinl
for what they are after. class
Isaxue here In the Valley. and viii
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