Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-29
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VALLEY

NEW StlPPING RECORDS are
4 be set in the Valley within a
1y or two.
Total shipments by freight in
riots up to Monday morning to-
siled 2o,lO3 cars.
Total shipments by freight for
: entire season of 1928 were
.239 cars.
The total movement for the past
'on was 20,452 cars, including
cars shipped by express in car
according to the yearly report
I. D. Googe, local representa-
gof the United States market
rs bureau. denartment Of agri-
above figures for this year
s,t include the express ship
- in carlots, it will be noted.
!; movement has been heavier
Ion3Yt was last year, and according
thsilley express agents, it is safe
legitimate that at least as many
toe cars of express have moved
heet the Valley as during the past
time
. plaSs- Ss-than-carlot" shipments by
sogss also have been heavier this
"a than in the past, the agents
HiUt, and if accurate figures on
| 1Iitpovement we're obtainable it is
, ard that all records for the last
~. already have been passed.
:. = the shipping season has a
CollD- NTH in which to establish
explain records.
1olloWlnorn just now is beginning
the leftfreely.
Olock awrap tomatoes are being
I Iat. ~ eile in volume and reports in
: raic,rl 80 lis crop will do some rec
tbs liking of its own.
ii the h9eet and carrot deal still is
e while trong although it cannot
lr five ie much longer, in the opin-
1 right shippers.
blocltoes are about gone and cabA
on likewise.
thewever it is estimated that the
fivent season will not close until
.oximately $4,000 carloads of
rret and vegetables have been
ovarded to the markets of the
tMI.on.
oo.he fruit movement for this sea-
! is estimated to have totalled
gre than 2300 cars, although the
f oight carlot movement was 1923
Aiss. This was an increase of 583
over the 1146 moved during
III previous shipping period.
IN, Wy of breaking records is
"a nabit, one that has been
indu.skl in for many years past.
Total shipments for the season
of 1925S26 were 14,371 cars by
freight: for 1926-27 were 1898
cars; for 1928 were 2O,452 cars;
and for 1928-29 will be-make your
own guess.
MARION TALLEY, Kansas City
opera singer. has been offered a
farm in the Lower Rio Grande VAL
ley, according to the Hidalgo News.
The paper fails to reveal the de-
tails of the offer, but says:
Acting on the idea that no place
in the world offers more opportuni-
ties for successful farming than the
Magic Valley of the Lower Rio
Grande, parties interested in up
building the section wired Miss
Talley an attractive offer which
they hope may bring the talented
artist to the Tip o. Texas, where
she can grow grapefruit. vegetables
and flowers to her hearts content" !"
This 22-year- -old girl, after a
short career during which she at
tanned considerable fame, has an
nounced a desire to return to the
farm.
A suggestion made by reader
of this column about the time Miss
Talley announced her intention to
retire may yet result in the singer
making her home in this section.
The suggestion was made by c. r.
Klose of Rio Hondo and was print
ed in Our Valley on April IS.
Surely our wonderful climate
and fertile soil will meet the de-
sires of this young woman for
quiet and peaceful life" he wrote,
with the hope that the attention
of Miss Talley would be directed to
the Valley.
The reaction Of Miss Talley to
the Valley offer will be observed
with interest. She already had
been offered a farm in her native
Kansas. 1t remains to be seen
whether her love for home will
outweigh the appeal of the Valley.
THE DEER PARK at Alamo re-
mains a problem to the new CITY
commission Of that place.
Last week, through the Alamo
News, they asked for an expression
Of opinion from the public as to
whether the animals being kept in
a city park were valuable enough
as an advertisement to justify the
expense of their board and bed"
In response to this request ID
votes, all against the deer, were
polled.
Now the commission wonders if
those IA votes are representative of
public sentiment and are circu-
lating a petition attempting to