Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-12
MORE CAPITAL
FOR THE VALLEY
OKLAHOMA BANKERS AND cAPI.
TALIST> INVEST QUARTER OF A
MILLION HoLLAI> IN LANDS
NEAR TiD,A\A.
ARE LOOKING FURTHER
Nm EEIIND MID CONTINENT
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
SEEKING To 10 BUSINESS IN
TENAS. BEGIN INVESTIGATING.


Travelling ia \ special cIr under The
>cort VI Thomas II. Lee of Mu>koacr
ikla party ~ oklahoma hank r. and
capitalists visited Brownsville for a frN
hours today after having made a trip
through ne Lower Eio Grandc ~ lcv.
The party came down for the special
mrpo>r az >eclng tract of land recent
purchased ~ them from the Lon 4.
iii tract. Near Tincant. ami also W
oak after further investments they are
cnsidcring making.
The land was purchased hv them a.
In oi'rnir. investment nf ~a1n.in0 ln
fcxa~ III h,half ~ the dc.ntnrui LifD
Insurance company nf MuSka.,r. which
preparing 10 enter the Stale nj Texas.
rhc party represents a total nf ~f5.HNn.
NO of capital. II y said AMI there IL np
nit ~ The amount of money they may
invest 10 his section II the country
look riahi to them" Under the guid
incc 0f Mr. Irc. formerly San Anton.o
real estate man. Lon Hill Sr. and Lon
wv. Hill Jr they made the tour of the
Nallcy YES r,lav and according 10 Mr.
I.rc there - not member ~ the plriy
bit has not proclaimed the Valley -
> great country.
The party arrived in the city i'm their
.nrci1l ear III ::D o'clock this morn.
ing. and they immediately began tour
a the city. They tolk in the Midwin
irr fair ~. the guests of ihr Browns
- ..t A 4It1 "A
o'clock the entire party at iuwn ~ u
luncheon ia thu Acme cafe. with Mayor
A. u cole ~ one nf the guests.
The party comprise men prominent ~
financial and industrial affair~ in the
state - oklahoma and severed other
states. the personnel bring: u. y. Fink.
president Commercial National hrnk.
Mu>koecc: ~. ~ Ogden. president First
National NJ: nk Mu>kDe"c: A.t Trumh".
vice president AMI cashier Musk".rc Na-
finnal bank and - president ~ the
Trans Mi~~i~Sippi congress: ~ &. King,
president MD Continent Lite Insurance
cnmpan. Muskogcc. Colonel TamS Bixby.
editor ami proprietor ~ The Mu>kogcr
Daily rhocniX: ". r. Wisdom. vice
president Of the Exchange National bank.
Muskorrc: George NJ Ransom. Nicr pres
idcnt aud treasurer Midtontincnt Life
Insurance company: !. T. Darby. prcsi-
dent Mn>k"g.c Chamber If Commerce.
VI. ~ Williams capitalist Mn~ko.er;
pr. Ton VI Mphr. director Midtpnii.
pent Lie Insurance company Troy. No.:
". VI. Duncan. pr Sidcnt Ozlrkl Wafer
an. III
hotel M Eureka Springs. Ark y "
Iarurs canitaliSi nf AndalnSia Aa.:
4. W. Gupi0n. Wholesale prvslurc. Okla
hnma CITY: ~ Rcrrv King. attorney
Tahlcanah Okla: Hal King. lumber
tlc,-rr. Hohart Okla: Lon &. Till -.
ard Ion a.. IIir .Ir.. IIarli-ecn: Thomas
+ lee W tlr Thpml~ u. Lee company Of
San Antunio and MuSkog"e.
The pariv met Governor t"lqui't hr-
tween IIarlinecn and Mercedes and
from his private ear the Governor t"lh
the party ~ Oklahoma men just What
H. hid seen ~ his first visit ~ the Low
or Rio Grandr VALLEY. and how hc hal
been impressed. In fact II y consider
rd I,y some ~ the visitors that one of The
lr~f lIuu sales lHih~ NHfN hf' "'''''
since they left MuSkogce was that made
10 them ~ the Governor.
Ana they arr hoa>terS. are these ~"
wires from Oklahoma. They are i've mrn
from , live state aud Notwithstanding
,h1t they are hccnming Interested in th"
N.l,, IN \ finnrcil WAY they do not p IT,
oklaIoma's li.ht under hn>hcl hnN
ter III other words they are from Okli-
h~,ns. ihe most ~ them and proud "f VI.
,r,I y von heard this yell on the streets
a rrnwnsvillc ioday Won may know that
ii was Issued from the throat ~ = i've
eklahoman
Eah, Hah. Rah- Who Are We?
N.'re the men from Mu>kocce.
Arr We In IT. | should Smt".
We've Rcen In II Quite \ While.
The partv left for San Antonio this
All, ,rnoun. rxperting 49, rrrivc there To-
morrow mornin. and Tuesday night they
norc 10 be AZ their homes In flr-a~as