The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-07-20
TUESDAY. JULY 20, 1909.
DLSBAND THE CLUBp

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Shall the Lower Rio Grande Valley
Club disband? This question is put
before the valley in the call for a
meeting of the members of the club
to be held in this city at the Federal
court house in this city tomorrow
night. Sad to relate. it appears to
have come to the point where the
club must consider the question of
whether it shall be or not As stated
frankly by the directors in this call,
the club is in financial straits, with
considerable idebtedness and the
members in arrears in the payment of
dues to the amount of over $1,500.In
ease the members do not come for
ward promptly and meet their obliga-
ton, the club must disband.
The Herald hopes The latter alter
native may not be forced upon the
club Every friend of progress in the
valley should hope SO. This organi
cation has assuredly played a very
useful and important part in promot-
ing the development of the valley. It
would be greatly missed should it
disband. The entire valley has de-
veloped so far almost as a unit What
has been for the benefit of one part
of the valley has been for the benefit
of all. The club has done more per-
haps than any other agency, unless
The Herald may be permitted the
vanity of excepting its own efforts, to
promote the good of the entire val
ley, and to push its development as
a unit The work of the present sec
rotary has been singularly impartial,
as well as very able. in promoting
the interests of every part of the val
ley. And most of the leading devel-
opment companies of the valley have
lent substantial assistance to the
work of the club, as well as contrib
uting literally towards its support.
Yet there are apparently a large
number of valley people who have
failed for some reason or other to
perform their part as members. This
is to be regretted, especially since the
detection has become so great as to
threaten the immediate dissolution
Of the club
It would be very short sighted in
deed to allow an institution of such
great benefit to the valley to end its
existence. The valley has such great
interests which require the aid of a
central and powerful promotion
agency. that it is absolutely essential
70 maintain an organization of this
kind. The commercial club has be-
come one of the most important fac
tors in the modern work of develop
ing towns, and their contiguous coun-
try. No section that hopes for the
u1-building of its material interests
can do without an organization of
this kind. From one end of the coun-
trx 10 the other commercial clubs,
boards of trade, or call them what
voa nay.are at work for the up-build-
ing of their respective communities.
Never before did Brownsville and
the entire valley have greater need of
suen an agency to work for their gen
eral development than now. Never
we're there greater opportunities for
the accomplishment of good for the
RUalley. With such important events
lending as the convention of the Tex
Z as State Waterways association to be
held here in December, the Midwin-
ter fair, and above all the expected
visit of the army board of engineers
in the near future to investigate the
Possibilities of and necessity for har-
DIR improvements at Brazos de San
tllagos 1t does seem as if the CONNER
o}al CAB were absolutely indispensa-
Bile Meme Of these vastly important
Interests can possibly be attended 10
o~operiy or effectively without the
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