Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-19

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bounced.
5aturday-Freeze hits Valley.
HLANCING over outstanding events
" Of the past week. Il seems that
generally the Valley is in full
step with the march of progress.
and If she ever gets out Of step it
will be to get a few PAGES ahead.
AS this is written Saturday, the
effect of the freeze could not be de-
finitely determined. At that time
from Mission to Brownsville reports
gave the hope Of most Of the fruit
and vegetables being saved. But
much of that hope was hinged on
Ehat the weather gods would dish
%at Saturday night.
I'm many instances where the
truck crops were killed. replanting
will still give the growers time TO
reach the spring markets
NTHILE doubtless a blow was MT
wv by this weather, which gripped
Texas in record low tempera-
lures, there Is no country in the
world which stage a comeback
big or little like the Lower Rio
GIande Valley. The spirit here Is
i1Idomitable and with the richest
soil in the world. the Valley will be
there with bells on, as soon as the
weather gets through beating all
records, Of eleven years.
PEOPLE living in the Valley aim
at the highest and the best IN
everything. AS q result nothing
but the very best will satisfy them,
and it is astounding how they have
obtained it in so many respects.
IL reminds us Of reports out OF
London yesterday by the Associated
Press which read TO the effect that
the furcoats, silk stockings. and
snappy remarks Of stenographers
who have gone TO England with
American delegations to the naval
parley are startling London.
4 girl reporter on an English pa
per writes that the English girls
arc less smart and well groomed,
but they still have their complex
ions. She added that every Amer
lean typist she saw was made up as
though for the stage.
Another journalist asked n OF
the American girls If She expected
TO find a husband in England.
L hear the Prince of Wales is out
OF town." she replied.
That Is the spirit that makes
America great. and because the
Valley has more Of 1t than any
where else, 1t is just all there, that
is all.
WHICH reminds us Of newspaper
wv accounts to the effect that rust
of twenty centuries on Roman
and Egyptian coins has been erased
in a year. Professor William Camp
bell OF Columbia has restored coins
Of the Ptolemies and Caesars to their
original state.
That Is about the only method
OF making money Valley people have
not thought, but at that they would
probably want TO make it faster than
in a year.
A call to John Shary at Sharyland,
~ yesterday, borught forth no lit
tie hopes from that quarter that
the citrus fruit would escape in suf-
ficient quantity 10 continue doing
business as heretofore.
In fact MI. Shary said plans are
still going on TO erect his bottling
plant at Donna. which will need
grapefruit to bottle.
Nh. Shary plans a plant there
which will offer an entirely new in
dustry to the Valley. It is 70 cost
about $4,000, but the most impor-
tant part Is that II will offer an
other citrus fruit market.
Sooner or later Brownsville hopes
to offer Mr.. Shary q deep water
pert through which to send his
grapefruit juice TO England. They
will probably shake it into cocktails
there. Mexico might also be asked
10 take note of how England Is re-
Gently employing grape fruit joice.
AIOTHING has yet been heard from
the deep water port evangels.
The big meeting will probably
come off about Monday, There can
L. little doubt but what Browns
Vile now has the best chance to OBJ
sain the port yer before presented.
A new vegetable for profitable
N growth in the Valley Is now in
troduced by Z. w. Lilies, who
lives between San Benito and Har-
lingen.
This plant seems 70 do well in
the Valley. It was the good luck OF
the engineer of this coluinn to take
a bunch Of IL home with him. He
can verify the statement Of Mr..
Lilies that 1t is sweet aid Is free
from strings. What q pleasure 10
get something these days without a
string attached to 1t.
His experience may bring Florida
further competition in the Valley.
THE latest on long skirts Is thar
they are approved by Weslacc
school teachers. because they
tend to keep the teachers from get
ting confused with the pupils. Wes-
laco Is said to be noted for its good
looking school teachers. and no lit
VI fear Is entertained that the
bachelor world will lose another
member in s. NJ. Patterson. secre-
tary OF the Weslaco Chamber Of
Commerce.