Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-03-18
BOOSTERS VISIT
IN BROWNSVILLE
kLEBERG Comfy COMMERCIAL
CLUB MAKES AUTOMOBILE TRIP
THROUGH LOWEI: RIO GRANDE
VALLEY.
get ACQUAIN TRIP
llI>TLERS FROM CAPITAL OF KLE-
BERG WANT TO SEE ALL THERE
L. IN BROWNSVILLE CTNTRN,
AND Use ALTOS.

WIN n lFNlfAN " " sVN Ilu
Valley, To see things as they are being
lone IN the Valley. nearly twenty mem
hcr> al the kleberg county Commercial
Club. mostly from kingSvillc. are mah
iug An automobile tour of the Lower Nal
ley. The party arrived in Brownsville
late Yesterday afternoon from san Bn
ito. and Spreading the night left early this
morning for San Benito. From The lat'rr
point they viii 20 a far west - Mi>
sion.
The party j. composed ~ the Il" lrv iug.
John \. Cypher, Finlay W. ~ ker ,in
president: Charles IL. Flato. who \, u~
idcnt. vice president or director =! p~i-
tically everything ia king>yiiir; M i.rr
House. cashier VI the klclrrg h,nk Max
or Ben W. Blanton of KinlS,iiir: 4. i.
Flatn III. NJ. PLAT: John Fiji. SANDER.
president ~ The Riviera Commercial
club aud Mrs. SANDERS. \ FimIlll
at Riviera and Dr. aud Mrs. N. III. IIar-
rington
The party j. under the neral dircc
ton ~ lr. II. N. Graves tni ~. y. Ter
80. both ~ hom are >r'r, %t1ric> Of the
KingSvillr Commercial Clrh. Ii happens
that the k.ng>villc club \, such 1 busy
organization that two fan 'lrlgcd >ncrr
tIric> are required a. rin1vct it, hu>i
'cSS. and Dr. Gray,> >r,- a. and Mr.
lcr>ig find 80 murh .' tor King vili'
projects never cui'r irir conflict.
The arrival at ~ plril was 4 sur
prise in Brownsville : hr, were rol cx
pcctcl. Dr. Graves -.afrl that the Tin
crary did nos iarlrdc this city
and that their c- 4 here was tn NJ
suit ~ 4 >uldc decision. They reached
San Bcnito at nj .'., and aacr spending.
= few hours w Ing IN the ~ClhlA.-
Dav" cclcbri. ir1 thN decided a. '.W,
~ BrnAnSvil. rI fn vi>;t Matamur.
This latter trip thcy mA,c l.it IN the
AFTERNOON
Tire tourist lrn Eiug>yi''. Yesterday
morning. >hirr IVY their ears across ~,
<aid. IN 10" 'ilro4d. Tthcy ~ their
mtDrul .r. 'r r ~havmnmd,ili tr San
l:cnito arr ", his ritv lcavin. here a.
day. the i'ilrrl-v Of the tour in,lllr-
san Htnitp II irlingrn Mercedes Don
ra. san = n Pharr. McNllcn aud Mis-
sion. stopping AZ the latter point a.
uigh'. TrrTurrnw morning thcy will 70
10 Iliuhurg. I.yford. aud Envmondvillc
rriUi irr ~ kine>rillr tonight.
TIL KiH->villr people never tire NJ
.rllint vhrt king>,ille hn> lone aud
what ~hr w doing. They are now rrcpar
i"s tu 'I the contract for the erection of
rlrr'hon>r and jail that will cost
hrr. $40 900. and viii also put ~ 4
.'rtt hospital thlt viii cost ~ the
tri. hlrrhuud ~ >:-I.n,h. The city j. now
rnling $4,000 IN the construction Of
leverage system and improving the
streets. One M The features nf the Kings
lille system T. the fact that absolutely
ever, house in the city j. connected with
The system The trenches are sixteen feet
underground.
king~viilc also wants t. become the
t>f lighted town III MI Texas. They al
..1dN have ornamental cluster lights ia
hrir business section. but are not stop
ming with the business section. The city
: now preparing go place a light pole af
every street corner in the city. aud the
wires viii TO- laid underground. All tele
phone and electric wirc> run through the
alleys \ feature that very few towns the
sire II king>villc can boast.
The Ladies' civic League of kingsyillc
u boosters say. II n very active nrgani
-ation Twenty minutes after the league
rIs organized recently. IN raised and "a
pcndpl $1,000 for Identification purpoS
r> o. the amount II O00 was used in the
|lrillin. III NV a%rtcsiln well ia the city
cemetery. and the other thousand was
used III the purchase uf five hundred
palms. These palms are being planted
pa several kingSyille streets. aud the
Ninc~rillr people believe they will soon
have the prcltic>t town in the south.
Ma,or Ben W. Blanton keeps busy be
W. kna>viir'S MAYOR. Mr.. Blantan j. 4
,ouug Wau who appreciates the needs
nf p mali town and he has the coopcra
ION wv the citizens IN every movement
hat j. undertaken for the town. The city
H. even now considering paving some ~
itS streets. AMI Mr.. Blanton last night
1.ked MANY qrws-ionS concerning the
Satisfaction that the Brownsville street
paving hl> given.
kingSvillc i 10 have an election on
hnril !. and Mr. RlaHton l. out for the
office again His friends ,av that h. will
have ~ trouble IN getting II.
Refrrrius ~ the commission govern
ment Mr. Blauton stated that il j. a de
iiet success in Kingsvillc. lie believes
mat the placing ~ the citv'S affairs IN
be- hands If three men the number at
king>Nillc -CcntcrS the rcSpon. Utilities
~ The town. and lends the mayor aud
commissioners subject ia the call Of the
citizens al Ill timc> lie was Interested
iu rh" movement unf way in Browns
vile r. have commission government.
and h. said that h. did not hesitate in
advising This government for this citv.
Narnr Rlantan said that he had been
in brownsville only once before. and that
six wears AGO. lie said that he knew the