Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-27
I'm OUR
VALLEY

SUNDAY MOTORISTS over the
Valley, seeking some place of inter
est to visit during the day, should
take note Of the Brownsville NUM-
cipal Airport, if they have not al
ready seen il.
The airport now represents an
/ investment Of about sl5O,000. At
least $4,000 additional Is to be ex-
pended on IL.
It is declared By experienced
pilots to be developing into one Of
the finest airports in the United
States.
A large amount of the money spent
has gone into electrical devices
having to do with night flying. That.
Of course, is not 50 apparent in day
light as il is at night when the
lights are turned on to accommo-
date night flying.
One Of the flood lights, for exam
pie, consumes so much electricity
while burning that the cost is
about $50 an hour.
OF course, the flood lights are
turned on only when a plane is 70
land. They are burned perhaps a
minute or less on such occasions.
FOR THE INFORMATION of those
who DO not know the location Of the
porl yhere are directions:
The visitor from up-vaIley comes
d into Brownsville down Elizabeth
street. Keep straight until reaching
Fourteenth street, at the Gateway
bridge.
Turn to the left, on Fourteenth
street, and just follow the pavement
out on the Boca Chica road.
The airport cannot be missed.
THE DENVER POST notes that
three-fifths Of Colorado's summer
visitors come from Texas.
The Post Acknowledges the fact
In a prominently displayed editor
ial, which reads as follows:
do you know that Texas is one
of our very best neighbors and
friends-this wonderful state to our
south with about a thousand miles
of sea coast
"Do you know that during the
summer three-fifths of our tour
lists TO Colorado-that's over half
are from Texas?
DO you know that Texas is our
best customer for our fruits and
vegetables, and that carload after
carload Of celery, apples, potatoes,
etc, are shipped into that state from
Colorado?
"And do you know that for
warm, winter climate il is unex-
celled in the United States, and that
Brownsville, Texas is the farthest
southern point in the United States
with the single exception OF Key
West, Fla?
"Do YOU know that the hotels in
Texas are unusually good. the rates
unusually cheap and the service cx-
cellentf And Texas Is full Of the
best fellows in the world. They are
big people, generous people, have
plenty OF money and love to spend
il in a hospitality that Ia as broad
rs her domain. And Texas lies a
thousand miles north and south,
1 thousand miles east and west from
extreme points?
"D0 YOU KNOW that vessels sail
almost daily from Houston, Gal
weston, Brownsville, Port Arthur
and kerpus Christi to all points in
the World. and that these ports are
our nearest seaports?
'Now, let's reciproerate and be
just as good to Texas as Texas is
20 as. There are a world OF the
finest, warmest, winter resorts on
| this continent IN Texas: Corpus
Christi, San Antonio, Port Arthur,
Galveston. Houston, Brownsville,
| Austin, Fort Worth and Dallas, and
| all up and down that wondrous cit
rus and tropical valley Of the Rio
Grande.
III you are thinking Of going to a
| warmer climate this winter, run
down and pay Texas a visit; don't
let them be more generous to US
than We are to them.
Texas has everything down there
tfat we haven't up here, and We
have everything UP here they
haven't down there. Texas is nearer
Us than any other warm winter re-
sort.
Lets be just as hospitable and
generous 70 them as they are and
have been 10 u for years"
Z THE POST is just bit too soon
IN its reference 70 ships departing
daily from Brownsville"
Perhaps the Post has been hear
ing about port activities in this dis
trict. and knowing Brownsville 10 be
! near the coast. assumed that ships
were sailing from here.
Probably in two or three years the
statement will be true.
That was a very fine compliment
10 the Texas cities named in the
editorial.
Brownsville and the Lower Rio
Grande Valley come in for special
treatment.
TAc Post Sunday circulation is
sroafa 250.Co0. The editorial is
4 therefore worth a great deal 20
Texas, and particularly the cities and
4 sections mentioned