Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-04-12

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series Of three by Cameron county STU
dents that will 90 into the state contest
ut Austin. The third and final one. by C..
r. Casfaneda of Brownsville, will be- pub
Eshed tomorrow
a Little Experience in Mexico.
II was ABOUT three weeks after the entry
Of the victorious Carranza troops into the
old and historic city of Matamoros. TX
cifement still ran high throughout the state
If Tamanlipas. and close ouard was being
kept Of al the roads and passes IN the
state. Santiago had been making trips
down INTO Mexico carrying ammunition Tor
the Carrancista operations around We
tor;a. the state capital. But when ready
10 return IN brownsville on his last trip. he
was unable 10 start the car. He was com
pelled to make his way hack 10 the United
States on horseback a. there wer" n" me-
chanics in San Fernando 10 repair the an
,omol1Ie. II was IN TO Mr.. Pace. orr
mechanic. and myself 10 90 10 San Fer
nando after the ear.
The dav before we started W. get rec"@-
milton raIer- from Major Mniica - that
We would have ~" trouble from guards "r
rur,,c- an the road. Since VIZ had pl"ntv
~ ROOM IN our ear and III" I"""pl" ~ San
Fernando had had 40 mail IN three months
!, w,- drcidrd that W. should take the
mail man and four roucl,c- "f mail along
with ~. W. were {" pick M 'hc mail man
af cmariel 'mnmhor two" the following
morning ai : O'clock.
We went over TO- Nr'am"r"- the Follow
me- morning 10 IT," time set. bui We did
mol max. orr start from there - easily a.
a.. ,ypactrd IL. We did not know whore
~. cuartcl Wa. and the customs house
wa- not vet pt,"u. - we had some iIttir
d.n,rmltv ~ finding the mail man.
We asked several people on the streets
where the cnartcl ~ question was. but none
al them seemed 4" know IT any cuarirl hv
~. name ~ "numlrr two" We went from
one cuarfrl to another without gaining any
information - "a the wereab"uts az ont
mon. ~ lat 90 decided IT, 90 Ia the Pc |
office and ,nomre for HIM there. Here W
found him and h. said that he had heen
VISITING for ~ SINCE y thirty.
We DID not leave Matamoros until near
~ o o'ciock. We were halted two OF three
times before We cot wen away from town.
hat were not DELAYED for any length 1T
time. With the exception 1T q few hort
stops AZ ranch houses "a leave mail. ~
Travelled without trouble. Al q pretty good
clip. on the smooth natural road acynss
the prairies and winding hike . snake.
through the s~traeqly MESQUITE.
When We were about fifteen miles from
our destination the monniaine l""med M
before n and presented . picture lar more
beautiful than ANYTHING po~~iblc with the
artists brush. They seemed - come
closer and closer. and hardly before We
knew IL. they appeared 10 be- conr-tadcd
away before onr ewes. Bat not 50: we
were already climbing M and roasting
down the Ion. slopes 81 the foothills. IN
good time w monntcd one of the highest
ridges and from the summit saw San Fer
nando in the valley hollow. II gave me the
idea Of peace and sweet rcpo~c. from
where ] saw it. living Quietly in The green
valley with the soft sunlight shining gently
upon II from above.
Upon entcrire the place | wae charmed
with IT. auaint arnearancc aud pictures
ouencss. II proved very interesting To- me
while | was there.
We did not know whcr. Santiago had
jeff the ear. - II l"ramr necessary that
We make n few inquiries. We soon found
that il had been left ~ the care ~ Don
Pcdr" o.h"a. \ merchant ~ he town.
When We got H. hi plnce ~ had some
things t. eat. aud ! wa There that | bad
my first taste II 'pulrur." . sweet. milky
drink made from the sap ~ ma-wav fthr
Mexican mc~ral J. ma.lc from ~. same
plant ! did not likr thu drink. II tasted
rather ~irkenin- IT, me.
Dan Pedro had 4 ''ma~l" plan, Tor
grinding earn and preparing II for the
maxim: ~ tortilla~. Something VS. urnn.
with hi> engine. - ~ soon ~ We finished
our meal. Mr. Pace made q lew minar ,d
iu>thrutS in the breaker box and soon had
the nlant IN tull operation.
". then turned our attention ~ The old
Tu,cs IN the hack ward. The first thing
] noticed was that three &c The tires wcr,
dawn. I knew that IL would h. M t. M
to repair Thorn while Mr.. Pace located the
trouble with the engine. The magnetic Wa
f"nnd 60 he ont Of order and two IT the
valves had warped and hing open. The
magnetic Was a small matter. hut il took
some time land work) 10 get the valves
loose and grind them down To where they
wouid operate easily ard not stick.
We were not ready to start for home IN
tai nearly dark. There were three Nex,-
can fellows who wanted "a come Ia Mata-