Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-09-17
CAMERON WILL
DO HER PART
COUNTY COMMISSIONS VOTE UN
ANIMOUSLY FOR $1,000 APPRO-
PRlATION FOR FARM DEMON
STRATION AGENT.
NOW Up TO HIDALGO COUNTY
WHOSE PROGRESSIVE COMMIS
SIONFRS NO DOUBT WILL VOTE
AYE ON PROPOSITION.

The board of county commissioners
TINS afternoon voted unanimously in IA
vor Of an appropriate of $1,000 r the
maintenance Of farm demonstration
TIL, motion asking for the appropria-
to-, was made bv County Commissioner
agent in Cameron county.
J. A. Graham was seconded by Commits
Sioner j $. Ford. Is calls for an apprO-
priation by Cameron county of $S3. .33
per month or $1,000 Der year. provided
the commissioners Of Hidalgo county ap
propriate similar amount for thework
The motion requires also that the man
selected to handle the work must be sat
isfactOry to the county board of commits
Siners Of both Cameron and HidaIgo
counties.
-Notw outstanding the impression some
quarters that there would be opposition
to the proposition when it came to vot
in the -ourt.. there was not a hitch and
as on as the motion was offered by Mr..
Graham and put by Mr. Goodrich. it
wen through
Secretary O'Brien of the chamber of
Commerce of this city. who has been
working most energeticallv in behalf of
the establishment Of farm demonStra
iiOn in Cameron county. explained TO the
court tha duties that would be expected
Of the demonstration agent. In reply t.
4 sugge stion that the matter be postpon
ed until IIidalgo county has made their
part of the appropriation. Mr.. O'Brien
lrged that Cameron county, as the larg
er of the two counties. should take tin
lead in the matter. and that he believed
IIidalgo county would be guided in a
great M asurc by the action taken taken
by the commissioners cf Cameron county:
that, il, fact. he was positive from what
he had heard and from what he knows of,
The progressiveness of the Hidalgo coun-
ty peODl. that The, would make the nee
essary appropriation.
A. \. Tandy. tn, prominent farmer
who resides at Nopalita, appeared bcfole
the court and spoke in behalf of the move
ment to have farm demonstration agent
in Cameron county for the benefit u the
farmers. He was of tn. ODiniOn that
such a man would prove of vast benefit
and value to the farmers and that the
conditions in this section demand the
service.
No furth action will be taken by
Cameron county until the commissioners
Hidalg) county decided on the matter.
The selection of a man for tn, place
will be made after all tha other details
have been diSDOsed of In this matter
committee of Cameron and HidalgO
county citizens will consult with gov
rrnment and state agricultural experts
as to the qualifications and ability of the
IN N selected.
President S'Ott of the Brownsville
Chamber of Commerce, William Doherty.
Of Kingsville. STANLEY Watson cf San
Benito. and several other prominent men
weIe present.
County Commissioner Graham offered
the motion. stated that he had objected
to the appropriation at no time. but that
he wanted to be sure that an experienced
man was appointed. A statement attri-
buted to Commissioner Graham that the
agent would b. stationed at San BenitO
or Harlingen, he stated today, was the
repetition of a statement made by gov
ernment representative to that effect.