Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-17
IN OUR
VALLEY
By CHARLES HALL

FEBRUARY now begins to slip
away and soon the month OF
March will be with US.
This means that ere long visitors
to South Texas viii change from
the variety that sweeps along seek
ing q place to spend the winter to
one that moves faster seeking a
place to frolic during vacation.
Last year both Mexico and the
United States woke up to the fact
that Mexico Is becoming a Mecca
for tourists Of the last named var
iety, They move faster and wish TO
see more in a shorter space OF time,
and soon their wheels will again be
whirling towards Monterrey and the
interior of Mexico.
Laredo is proving a great gate
way for these tourists. The cham
Der OF commerce there keeps on
hand a huge stack Of transportion
papers on which they simply fill IN
the names Of the party, take a dol
lar for each member. and bid them
God Speed.
BROWNSVILLE and the Valley
III should do everything possible to
hasten the roadways TO Mont
errey now proposed and what a
pretty swing a drive through the
VaAlev will make for the summer
travellers.
EARLY last spring Mexican bank
Il, ers listened to chamber Of COM
merce talk about the advent OF
the tourists. They were told that
millions Of dollars would come pour
ing into northern Mexico from that
source.
The bankers were polite and said
'We will do all we can TO help"
but IL was mostly q polite offer OF
cooperation.
Then the tourists actually started
coming. Checks began to flow
through the bankers hands of a
size, which made them sit up and
take notice. Now. those same bankers
are among the leading spirits bid
ding for the tourists.
Hotels, huge costly buildings. are
now being planned at Monterrey
and Mexico City and points in be-
tween. Tourists parks + being
laid out, which make many in the
United States look like a woman's
hat out Of style.
Trade with the United States, and
the tourist crop. has brought such
an increased banking problem to
the Southern Republic that schools
have been started to have efficient
men ready to aid both with Mexican
pesos.
It seems that Americans have
seen the remainder Of the world, or
think they have, and that now they
want to see Mexico. A loop should
be provided for the travellers. where
they can enter at Laredo and come
out at Brownsville, or the other
way round.
FUDGE JuSto Penn and O party
composed Of Mrs. Penn and Mr..
and Mrs. j. A. Rodriguez were
weekend visitors to Brownsville.
Judge Penn. with A. M. Bruni and
Judge John A. Walls. represent three
OF the greatest moving spirits Of
Laredo. He says the Rio Grande now
flows smoothly IN that recent tur-
bulent point of contract between the
United States and Mexico. Laredo,
this season shipped her first car
loads Of citrus fruits. and soon she
will be taking her place in the citrus
world as well as in that Of the sue
Culent onion.
She is TO be congratulated on get
ting her business wheels again turn
ing smoothly or the oil Of friend
ship.
Ut Is too bad that John Armengol,
who produced the first car load
q OF citrus fruit 10 be shipped out
OF the Laredo district. should be
Claimed by death recently, and not
live to see his dream of a land Of
grapefruit there come true. But Pro-
vidence has ways mortals cannot
fathom.
EOLkS there are oil men fitting
X into the Valley. We have seen
and recognized some, because
there was a day when We held our
selves an OIL scribe. and moved out
among them.
One day We were in a realtors of
flee il Amarillo. A tall red headed
man came in and bought an 80
acre lease for 100000 and a home
Tor $4,000 without seeing either.
himself. The lease is now producing
for the Shamrock OIL company. That
man is now a guest at the FL Jar
din hotel. We asked him II he had
his eye on Roma but he said. NO.
I an just visiting" which probably
means that that is the very thing
he has his eye on. We do not want
TO raise prices on him by giving his
name. We need the development.
sTHE Valley today is faced with
more business possibilities than
ever before in the history OF It's
brief present-day life.
This IS the yearthat heavy shoulder
end willing hands must be placed
10 the axle OF the van of progress,
and q mighty shove given. Then
once sitting on top OF the hill, we
can drive along on regular motive
power. until finally we will gain
such a speed that our own momen-
tum will add TO our Roadway.