Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-21
Texas Firing Line of Development

It is well that Texans should know their Texas.
1t is important in these days Of pessimists and pessi-
mism that Texans should realize that the forward
movement isn't a standstIl movement in Texas.
Men and money make the world go around. Men
and money reclaim waste places and make earthly
paradises for civilized men and women. These are
some of the things that publicity men on the firing
line find in their range Of vision:
That major developments. whose total costs ap-
proximate nearly $50, 900. 600, are under way in the
Rio Grande Valley. according to estimate; that ir-
rigation projects top the list but navigation shows a
high total as a result of the ambitious project at
Brownsville. San Benito. Port Isabel and Harlingen;
that totals under the different headings are: Irri-
cation s2S.ll5,000 general construction s~7r25300o;
navigation Sc. 900; highway construction 1925, 600.
That Texas 1890 crop values are estimated by the
federal government at $3.50 600 900 exclusive Of live
stock, wool. dairy products. poultry, pecans, eggs and
some minor crops: that unofficial estimates, includ-
ing those omission. put the grand total at ~s7l0.Ooo.-
600; that Texas produced l,275,o00 boxes of grapefruit
in 1929 as against 772000 the year before and of
oranges 1913 900 boxes as against $4,000 in 1928. that
Texas stands fourth among the states in total ex-
port tonnage and that Houston ranks seventh among
American ports IN foreign tonnage.
That the first night football in Texas was seen in
1929 and Texarkana was one of the first. If not the
first. to provide that form of night entertainment
for its sports lovers; that this season has seen an
amazing spread of night football and now there are
probably 100 towns and cities in Texas enjoying foot
ball games under the brilliance OF specially arranged
lighting systems: that the largest crowd that ever
witnessed a football game in the South saw the open
ing Of the new night equipped stadium at the fair
park in Dallas, the total being estimated at more
than 45. 1000 out of a total seating capacity Of 46,20o.
That so farmers in Anderson county, planting a
long staple cotton and selling in a pool. received about
3 IL cents a pound above the prices paid for ordi-
nary cotton at a time when growers Of half and half
were hardly able to find a market, according to a
dispatch from Palestine. that with the close OF the
1880 fair season prospects are that there will be many
more county fairs next year than ever before; that
while unreasonable weather reduced the attendance
OF some Of the larger fairs the county fairs as a
whole reported increased figures and the quality OF
exhibits. in spite OF the drouth was generally high,
with impetus given to better farming and better
livestock as a major result.
That an unexpected advantage to Texas from the
building OF the Santa FEES lines from Amarillo to
Las Animas, Colorado, is disclosed in a San Angelo
dispatch announcing that the extension will bring
Texas sheep nearer the great feeding basin Of the
Arkansas Valley than Utah. the source heretofore
OF the bulk sheep fed in that area and that Colorado