Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-27

IN OUR
VALLEY

CALL 1T EARLY or call II
"latev the blight will do just as
I much harm to your potato field BY
' either name. The big idea is-not
, to worry about whether it Is the
"earIy" blight or the late" blight,
but to get to work on control meas
ures at once.
Valley spud growers have too
much invested In time and money
in the spring crop TO take a chance
on a yield reduced by so per cent. a
reduction which can be avoided by
a comparatively slight investment
IN spray materials and labor NOW.
It's all right TO pray for sunshine.
but in the meantime. let's not
neglect the spraying end Of the pro-
seizure.
SAN BENITO METHODISTS on
Wednesday laid the corner stone
for the new structure made neces-
sary by the growth Of the congre-
cation since the old frame build
ing was erected back in the early
days Of the ReSaca City.
IN Raymondville the I. o. .. r.
Lodge is about ready to ask for
bids on a commodious new lodge hall
the financing Of whic his already
In the bag.
Churches, lodges. prospective
home owners-all will build wisely
II they build now. Every single
item which enters into construction
costs is cheaper today than 1t will
be within a very short time. cheaper
than It has been for a number Of
years.
The other fellow wants 70 sell.
which makes IL the time 70 invest
in new church buildings. new lodge
buildings, new homes.
UP IN THE Goose Greek neigh
borhood a new bridge is to be con-
structed, and a Valley firm has the
contract at a figure well v the
100000 mark. Speaks well for
valley contractors when Dodds a.
WedeRartner can leave their own
bailiwick and win contracts on for
eign soil.
Which reminds us that another
Valley contracting institution, a one
man institution this time, one
Walter vann Of Mercedes. has been
remarkably successful in faring
forth TO counties other than his
own and securing road building
contracts.
Which is as It should be-. In
stead OF having outside COMPETE
ton come into the Valley TO COM
pete with our home town business.
let our home town concerns take
care Of the home town business
and then sally forth and bring some
OF that foreign money back into
the Valley.
PHARR AND SAN JUAN. strate-
gically situated to be almost the
first to greet the tourist visiting the
Valley BY car. have established
tourist information headquarters.
an enterprising move which should
help those communities and help
the Valley.
Strange. but true-very few of our
own Valley residents can tell within
five miles the distance from one
Valley city to another. and we won
der how many could tell the name
OF more than one hotel In each
Valley city, II indeed they can tell
one7
There are times when NE incline
TO the opinion that woulS not
have TO so a thouuRnd miles TO find
good subjects for a course In VAL
leyiSm, facts and figures.
The good auto salesman knows
his auto. from the hub cap TO carbu-
rotor. and re- who would sell the
valley 70 others. must himself know
the Valley. from hermisher to
grapefruit. and from Rio Grande
City to Port Isabel.
JUST ONE DAY more, and all
citrus fruit and other fruit which is
known as a possible host TO the
Morelos fruit fly MUST be off the
trees. We say MUST advisedly.
for ven If federal quarantine regu-
lations did not call for the removal
OF the fruit. II would still be up 10
valleyites 10 remove the crop as a
matter OF self preservation TO pre-
vent an infestation OF the pest.
Larvae have been found In fruit
in MatamoroS. which e that
the pest Is NJ hand, ready TO strike
the Valley again.
Sour oranges. grapefruit, oranges.
peaches, plums. mangoes. all must
ne harvested with the sole excep-
ti0ns or the lemon and the lime.
DEFENSE COUNSEL in the -four
spade bid killing claims that the
shooting was an accident. Mebbe
%. but we're not going to relax our
caution.