Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-06
I'm OUR
! VALLEY

MEXICO'S PRIVATE WAR will
rot halt Inauguration of the air
nail service between Brownsville
ind Mexico City on March 8, ac-
rording to George Rihl, manager of
;he Mexican Aviation company,
how in Mexico City.
Rihls telegram to the Brownsville
Chamber of Commerce Tuesday
rllayed apprehenSions that inaugu-
alton Of the service would be held
up pending settlement of the politi-
cal dispute which is being arbi-
trated with rifles and machine
guns.
So far as can be ascertained no
trouble has developed east of
Nuevo Leon nor west of Orizaba,
and the route of the mail planes
viii be over territory where all is
serene.
RIHLS TELEGRAM renewed
activities in connection with the
celebration which will mark the
dedication Of the municipal airport,
inauguration of the air mail and
Captain Eaker's dawn-to-dusk
fight to the canal zone.
Brownsville is making prepara-
tions to entertain huge crowds
both days, and they will be enter
tanned as never before. The air
circus" will be an event such as
the border country never before
witnessed, with scores of army and
civilian planes participating.
ONE ADVANTAGE Of the air
circus" City Commissioner j. A.
Cobolini points out, is that ring
! side seat is not essential to full
enjoyment of the show.
The sky IS the stage; and the
performance can be watched and
appreciated from any distance
within which the planes are Wis
able.
: Provisions have been made at the
Brownsville airport for parking
space for over 1000 cars. Many of
the cars will park from a quarter
to half a mile from the landing
/ and Sake-off areas, but the occu-
paD Fill have the same advan-
taN11s the ring seaters."
f, That is the decided advantage of
san air circus" The women can
'ear their hats if they so desire, and
nobody in the back rows will be de-
nlanding down in front"
ORANGE and grapefruit trees are
tn bloom throughout the Valley.
The air in the vicinity of large
groves is heavy with odor, wafed
over the entire area by the Gulf
breezes.
However. in some sections the
cabbage fields are conteSting with
citrus groves for the privilege OF
the air.
There Is a marked contrast be-
tween the odors Of a cabbage field
and orange blossoms, especially on
a warm evening when the odor
emanating from the cabbage is
heavy.
Homeseekers and tourists have
noticed and commented upon this.
The eyes Of the Milwaukee gentle
man will glisten when passing a
cabbage field, while the counten-
ence OF the Bostonese will become
( gloomy, these expressions to re-
verse when blossoming citrus
grove is reached.
THE VALLEY long has enter
tained an ambition to become fam
GUS as winter resort.
Citizens of the section generally
are agreed all that is needed is to
inform the world at large about
our salubriouS climate.
The coming air mail celebration
offers a million Collar" opportun-
ity to spread the word throughout
the land.
The idea belongs to V. A. Phil
lips, Point Isabel Development Co.
salesman.
TT IS THIS:
Wear straw hats and light suits
during the days of the celebration.
Let the women appear in light
summer clothing.
News Reel cameramen, here to
kce pictures Of the ceremonies will
=, ESompelled to picture the throng.
Ea.-,earing on theater screens
tA-2out the land the pictures
VIZ a forceful story of our
Advertising that could not be
bought.
Worth going after.
FREE PARKING SPACE will be
available In abundance for visitors
who motor to the airport celebra-
ton, through the generosity Of G
w. Burlingame. operator of the
Gulf Breeze Service Station on the
highway near the municipal field.
The 50-acre tract north of the
airport had been leased by him
He planned to sell concessions to a
carnival company. also to charge
for parking space. A nice profit
was in sight for him.
CITY COMMISSIONERS heard
about it. Had talk with Mr.
Burlingame. He agreed to relin-
quish his claims to the tract. Now
parking space will be free.
The Singer Realty Co.. in con-
troll OF the tract, hearing of Bur-