Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-01
TWO FUTURE GREAT
CITIES OF SOUTH
BROWNSVILLE AND TAMFICO IN
THE HOROSCOPE
Member Of Auto Party Tells Sorry
Of Record Making Trip and Fore
casts Great Development Pending
III Tampico Country.

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The following interesting story
of the recent record making auto
trir from Brownsville to Tampico
made by Mcasrs. F. G. Pierce. A. G.
Swanson, ". G. Shaw, Hiram u.
Hart, G. $. B. Wharton and Leonard
Pierce, was given he Herald by Mr..
Hart:
"We left Brownsville at 6 a. m,
lbreakfasted in Matamoros and ar
iriycd at San Fernando at 1:I5 D. m.
Here we met the only annoyance on
the trip Al the approach of our
autos armed guards ran D meet us
and escorted us to the public admin
istration building, where great fuss
was made about examining our per-
mits. and one after the other OF the
soldiers made in minute insisted
on examining he boxes we had in
one of the autos This happened to be
the auto driven by young Pierce, and
| it looked for while as if Lenny
would start an impromptu war on
| his annoyers, but fortunately for
them 4 superior officer came and or
dered them off. Right here let me
say that, on the whole rip, with this
single exception, we met from the
MeXicans with the courtliest and
most hospitable treatment that could
be found anywhere
Leaving San Fernando as quickly
as permitted, we arrived at Conchas
river at 3:30, where we lunched al
fresco. From there we pushed on to
Larreto Ranch, where we had din
ner ard remained for the night. Next
morning at 9:30 we arrived at the
/ headquarters Of the Buena Vista
ranch of $4,000 acres. We left
there in an hour and arrived at Soto
/ La Marina at 2:30.
Here we met fine ype of tho
Mexican gentleman the don OF our
story hooks-oDn Santiago de Leon,
prcsidente Of Soto la Marina. His
sot -in-law was New York Irish
t,lan, T. j. Riley. These two gentle
men accompanied us on the rest Of
the TRIP and back to Soto La Marina
THE town OF Soto La Marina is a
somewhat interesting Mexican
town 1t had at one time popula-
tion Of 1000, bur gradually decin-
ed till the great Monterey flood.
when the whole town was submerged
The roofs Of some Of the houses were
completely covered and in the
church, the highest point Of the
town, there were three feet Of water.
Yet the town is situated back Of the
banks that rise 40 feet above the
normal flow Of the river This flood,
however was abnormal even moro
SO han the Galveston flood.
The Soto La Marina river is one
Of the finest rivers in Mexico and
one Of the most beautiful anywhere.
The banks for long distances rise
80 to 40 feet above the river. which
Is a deep green. The river is nav
igable for 15-foot boats from tho
mouth of the river to within two
miles Of he town, a distance of over
40 miles II is for this distance soc
to 900 feet wide in most part, till
near the mouth il is said TO be near
lily a mile wide At the mouth 1t il
quite narrow and. with je ties could
be made navigable for many miles
for 95-fcot draugh. boats
"Cortez, the great conqueror. pre-
dicted that some day Soto Ia Marina
would have the most important pori
III Mexico. II II perhars from HI,
Mexican wife that the river took IL
name. We forded the river just Al
the town and camped for the nigh
on the oppsite bank Of the river.
1--WE learned from Mr. Riley tha
a few weeks before party Of ban
dts had attacked the town. but th'
people were prepared for them Thi
was supposed to be the same part,
that attacked San Fernando and fille'
the inhabitants there with alarm
which accoun ed for reception there
I'VE left La Marina at S:37 an
arrived at the million acre ranch Q
Mr.. Bricston of Minnesota tn
Headquarters Of this ranch Is at Sa
Jose. Here we met l. 0. BricstoT
nho joined the party going on [
Tampico.
150,O00-Acre Palm Grove.
The road from Soto la Marina
Aldsma was very good in most par
and the scenery was Of unsurpassabl
beauty. Right outside San Jose v
went through an immense stretch (
nalnS-Said f0 be lan 900 acres