Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-02-11
RESOLUTION BY
JUDGE MONROE
IS ADOPTED
Gravity Irrigation Association Decides TO
Call Upon State for Appropriation of
$4,000 for Purpose Of Making Survey
OF Lands on Rio Grande.
Special IT, The Herald

Special - The Herald
Mission. Texas. Feb. IT, TUESDAY af-
tcrn""n aud evening was truly Gravity
Irrigation DAY ~ Mission. The after
noon WAS devoted To- 4 board Of direct
orS meeting Of the Gravity Irrigation
Association Will" the night session was
gwen oyer I" = general Valley meeting
7" hear ia" report of .Iudgr !. Il. Mon
roe and T.. u. Gore. who represented the
'ausc IT gravity irrigation for the en-
trr Lower ~" Graudc Valley hrfnre
~" Ncuatr sub committee. Washington.
- g.. un January 3ird.
The report OF these gentlemen was ~
"rlNrd with considerable enthusiasm
ny lhr large attendance. r~rur-~rntiur
practically every section OF the Valley.
IA report "f judge Monroe was made
in person being frequently puurtur,d
with applause. whIl" that uf MIR. Cor.
winch was equally - interesting was
submitted ~ writing. The universal
approval Of the Efforts of these gentle.
men - evidenced toy the adoption Of
both reports hy the meeting with 4
vote of thanks included.
The following resolution which was
presented hy .Iudgr Monroe before I'M.
board Of directors was not nnI, Am
proved aud adopted ny that bad, hut
received the universal approval VI
th" general meeting aud ~ adoption
~ well. bat ~ added request that IN.
resolution i" given wide publicity.
The Resolution.
wv hcrra>. Ii has been deter
mined that under the present
pumping system Of irrigation tho
wonderful fertility at ih" soil
along TIA. l;in Graul. from Oil u,
80 7" th" 'IlIlt ~ ma. boon demon
etrat"d ~ III I'as". E.aglr Pass.
Laredo and ~ Cameron and IN
dalgu counties I'm which ruuntI,> I'd
- shown that tW" crops al corn
can hr grown each year. prndur-
Ing from ~ tn go hu>ii,l, prr acr,
zach crop, ami alfalfa from u NJ :
cuttings per year. pl"iurIu" i ton
a. each cutting per acre. and that
~" country ~ IN" world can rNr,l
these "ouutIrs u "a, grow ing NJ
cabbagr and onions and Nm kind,
of vegetables and from which rur
load after ear load ui all Kinds
of vegetables ARE being shipped wv
mldw1ntcr ~ northern markets.
and
Whereas. Thur ar now nul,
about one twentieth of The rich.
lrrlgahl" land ~ sand ruuuiir- uu
der irrigation, and II has been IT,
m"m>tratcd and now proven h.
Nond 4 question oi doubt. that tu.
der ia" present pumping system
not more than about unrtrnlu uf
the TrIgahlr land can be- irrigated
AMI that AT great cost and ,Npru>.
4" thc farmer and that Nm rul-rr
# thr fact that the river +, r"u
%imn"u>lt |rhdu"m" NM channel
during flood timr>. rhr pump,
may hr lost nr the water -au not
hr pumped from ihr river.
1T y now demonstrated arl
certain that The ouit way and
means Of preventing ihr ruuliuu.
uus changes ~ tn channel ~ SAIL
river is ~ impouud and >'orr 'hr
flood waters of sand river. " iS
often 4 mllr nr mur, between thr
flood banks 81 >al,I RIVER anil h.
tween which banks The channel oi
the river l. continuously chang
,ng. and also between Whi.h
banks j. = sill deposit. and hv
reason OF the uNrrtluv> 1T thr rlt
"r the crops planted 10 The Nallr>
between SAID hauk> .rr often lost
aud which ruul,l hr prevented ht
storing and u%uI'ouudu" IL, flood
waters.
Their are larger bodies NJ rich
irrigabir land from III l'a,o IA 'hr
Gulf north and south ~ thr>r
flood banks. and wv far thr larger
portion vi which can never h- wv
rigatcd except under the gravity
canal system AMI viii forever wv.
main, ~ They are triuy y barren
vast. unless rhr "|ta>iI, canal
system y adopted. Should Nurh Y
system Nv established all tn mil
lions 1T acres from III pu>o w the
Gulf could W. placed under irrira-
tion aud what would wv th, result
ia the Development ~ this great