Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-15
FAIRLY GOOD CROWD HEAR DIR.
BROADDUS.
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same scenes displayed on the screen yes
terday. His lecture yesterday was
brief, requiring only about forty minutes
for his Introductory talk, and to show
many floral and shrub views.
He is a booster for the valley, and be-
lieves sincerely that it can b. made a
veritable Garden of Eden. He advised
his hearers to be boosters for their coun-
try, and to get together for their mu-
tual good. He said: Until you get to-
gether and boost yOur country, others
are not going to boost for you"
He related that he has spoken on the
Lower Rio Grande Valley in many north
ern cities, and that he has many times
had questions put to him that almost
went to the quick" However. his knOwl-
edge of the soils and conditions in the
valley always furnished an answ to the
many difficult queries.
Among the many well-known Califor-
MIA homes shown on the screen yesterday
were those of Adolphus Busch, the st.
LOU millionaire, at Pasadena; the home
VI " 4 4lOuJtShd, lUc ldlc famous
actress, also at Pasadena; that of Gen
eral Otis, at Los Angeles, one of the most
beautiful homes III that city famed for
its floral beauty. The scenes DISPLAYED
were from the Pacific Coast. and it is
believed they can be duplicated to a
great extent along the Gulf Coast.
There were also many views of or
chards and truck patches, of sorghum
cane, of figs, oranges and grapefruit. Re
ferring to the California figs, DR.. Broad
dus stated that those grown in this sec
ton, the magnolia fig, are of a much
finer variety. He believes that the val
ley can produce a finer grape han that
grown i'll the San Juan Valley, CalifOr-
MIA, and advised that they should not be
grown on arbors, but rather on the
ground with a little stick for support.
He advised the secdlcss variety of grape
for this section.
Rotation of crops also received his at
%tentiOn. and he laid stress on the unad-
visibility of putting ali your eggs i'll
one basket; you might drop it," Va
riety is an essential TO success in any of
the farming lines, and scenes were pro
duced showing growth in a small space;
for instance, in Onc picture there could
be seen sorghum, caulifower and cab
bage. Alfalfa and hogs were other money
producers that the valley is peculiarly
adapted to, particularly when it is con
sidered that nowhere else can eight crops
of alfalfa be cut in a years time.
During DR.. Broaddus' lecture he learn
ed from interested ladies present of sew
eral flowers which could not be grown
here, and also of other which in some
cases even grow wild. Among the
scenes was one of huge pumpkins, and a
lady in the audience suggested that I'VE
can beat that" With all of which DR..
BrOaddus heartily agreed.
One point made by the lecturer was
50 good that it deserves wide publicity.
He called attention TO the fact that in
California every ma was a booster. moi
alone for his own little community in
~tercstS. but for the whole country. If the
tourist would not halt in one California
town the people begged him to 90 on to
some other California town. They wished
him to stay in the state. Here i'll the
valley it is not 50. The people repre-
senting one interest disparaged every
other interest. At some points uD the val
ley they said we sometimes had & feet Of
water over Brownsville OF other points
they said the ground of certain districts
was too high for irrigation He init
mated that the investor, after hearing
what the owns had to say of each otheE
became suspicious of the whole country.