Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-31
TOUR
PARTY BEGINS
AN 8-DAY TRIP
AUTOMOBILE PARTY OF ROAD AND
FARM EXPERTS WILL LECTURE
IN The VALLEY.
IECTuRiNG TOUR is UNDER THE
AUSPICES OF BExAR COUNTY
HIGHWAY LEAGUE.

The creating W. interest in better
highways for The Magic VALLEY. the dis
pcnsing uf valuable information tu Val
IT,, farmers on diversified farming.
schools. etc. the organization ct auto
mobile clubs in the interest of better
highways. will hr the object III the lee
turing tour ~ ilr Magic Nlllr, under
The aU>pirr~ VII thr lirNar County High
way League. Th" tourists leave ~an
Antonio Tur>dl, morning viii ir~i INT
~l.lNmuudyillc un the morning ~ june !
aud the ensuing four days viii bc spent
in touring this section by the touring
parry.
President william Ca>>iu ard ~rrrr
tar, -. H.. tulp ~ The IirNur County
Highway League viii head ihr party
aud the Others will include men from
the United state, department uf Agri
culture. the Texas Agricultural Com
mission. the Iuiyrr~it, Of Texas and the
4. 4 NJ. college. Upon reaching the Val
ley the party will Ice Joined by Valley
ncn Interested in highway Development.
among them IT, IT, County Commissioner
y. A. Graham uf san l,rniiu. who has
been III charge NJ the arrangements in
this section and has appointed commit
tees i'll each "a the towns ~ arrange tor
The visit Of the party.
The trip will BE- made ia three aut"
mobiles ~ far n king>villc. from which
point they will he shipped to RAYMOND
Vile in order To obviate the trip over
the sands.
The subjects to bc discussed IN the
SPEAKERS will ~ diversified farming.
~Sclncl> and good roads. Experts IA each
vi these lines have been inrludcd III the
party. aud Secretary tplp has anuUunc
"a that hc ha> tried a. Obtain men who
can handle an three subjects in an in
Structive and entertaining manner. In
some sections L. be- visited the talks ON
diversified farming will b. made most
prominent III others PARTICULARS in the
Magic VALLEY. the >%iilrrt M good roads
will ~ given prominence I'M The lrrtu
rrr>. >cbrnlS will hr made y prominent
subject ~ the lis uSSion I'd ~ points.
All preliminary dctail> have been
CAREFUL, looked after hy Mr.. Graham.
who il very anxious thai every town
visited in the VALLEY shall he ready To-
10 greet The visitors uno their arrival
ia those towns. The schedule will IT, I'd
hcrrd t. strictly unless unforeseen dini
%rnltic> arise ~ interfere. II H. proposed
IN Mr.. Graham ~ organize automobile
clubs al each town and city visited. n
being believed that >Hth organizations
would prove very effective in working
i'm behalf of better roads. The partici-
patton of such clubs in iir efforts for
the HIGHWAY 10 Laredo and y along
the II. Louis. Brownsville \ Mexico 70
Kine>villc would ~ J newer ia >ccur
Ing an improvements.
Most of tn, meetings will ~ held ia
Schoolh0uSc> and other public buildings
but where such are not available halls
will l~ arranged bv the local commit
tees. The commercial clubs of towns To
he visited and county officials generally
are cooperating with the Highway
League III every way possible. The
! hrtlulc for the points between san
Antonio and kingSviIlc was arranged
Iat San Antonio. while the schedule for
the points "a bc visited between Kings
willie and the valley were arranged by
Secretary Will Jer>ig of the ikngSville
Commercial Club aud County Commits.
soner j. \. Graham Of San Benito
The schedule follows:
%.Innel: Leave San Antonio : n. m.
l~arriye Lrming 9:3n a ma. rlraSanton
1880 a. ~. c~amrbclltnn 800 v. m.
Whitsett I:30 u. ~, Three Rivers . p.
M
June .: Arrive Kittie $3.50 a. H.,