The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-12-11
PROJECTORS HERE.
Came in Tourist Sleeper and viii Spend
Several Days in Thoroughly lnvssti-
eating This Section.

under chaperonage of H. W
Butler, alderman of the 9th ward
Chicago, arrived Saturday after.
noon in Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul sleeping car attached tc
the regular train. ess4t =
The party spent a short while
in looking over the city, and al
night were entertained at swell
Mexican supper in the Matamoros
hotel. The courses were served
lon the gallery of the hotel, and the
visitors were much interested in
the fact that on December 8, they
were feasting beneath the branches
of orange trees that we're royal in
their spring like greenness. There
were two bands of music provided
which discoursed SPLENDID music
while the SUPPER proceeded. The
Mexican supper was something
entirely new to majority of the
party, and while the various viands
had a flavor foreign to anything
they had ever tasted before, the
evening was most enjoyable, and
closed with dancing by some of
the visitors.
The party was composed of the
following visitors: H. w. Butler
and wife. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Canterbury and son, John and
Jas. Maloney, H. w. and VIM.
Keller, Miss Keller, Miss E. D.
Keller. Mrs. E. L. Johnson, Mrs,
Campbell, Fred and John Sass,
Fred Rustberg, Frank Benata, Mr..
Maesta, Ben Nelson, w. Berry,
Chas, Busch, Chas, Maitland, E.
R. Sherman and L. R. Holmes, all
of Chicago. They were accom-
panied from here to Matamoros
by the following citizens of
Brownsville:
S. L. Dworman, w. J. Russell,
E. B. Gore, R. B. Creager, A. A.
Browne, A. w. Wood, with Roy
Miller of Corpus Christi, and Her
bert F. John, special representative
of the Review of Reviews. The
visitors expressed themselves as
delighted with their entertainment
in the delightful old city of Mata-
moros.
Sunday the party was taken to
Point Isabel where a magnificent
fish and oyster dinner was tender
ed. They also visited the Manteo
and at the invitation of Capt.
Peterson, who treated them most
royalty, his good ship was inspect
ed thoroughly. The party return
ed in the afternoon having enjoyed
the day to the utmost.
Today the prospectors are in the
country taking a look at the gener-
al prospects, and visited Piper
Brothers place, the Brulay planta-
ton, and also the 12OO-acre tract
in which some have already be-
come interested and almost the en-
tire party will no doubt sooner or
later make their homes. They
will also inspect P. E. Blalack S
farm and other places of interest
before returning to their north
ern homes Wednesday or Thursday.
Mr.. Butler who has the party in
charge, is alderman of the 9th
ward, Chicago, which is known as
the truck growing ward, and the
members of his party are all res
idents of this ward, being expe-
rienced truck growers who have
made glowing success in their
northern homes, and will come
here, tempted by the wonderful in
ducemcnts held out by this sec
ton. Some of the party have al
ready secured land about FIVE miles
from the city and will Immediately
begin putting their property in
shape, while others will return
from time to time and take up
their residence.
THE HERALD extends a cordial
welcome to the newcomers, and
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