The Washington herald., 1920-11-07
VACATION TO DE SPENT
NEAR MEXICAN BORDER.

Point Isabel, near Brownsville
and the Mexican border. is to be his
vacation ground. and hunting and
fishing are TO occupy him for the
twelve or fourteen days he remains
there.
After that he will make the voy-
age to the Canal Zone on a pas
senger liner sailing from New Or
leans. He expects to spend a week
about the canal, familiarizing him.
self with the details of government
administration as we'll as the prac-
tical physical working of the water
way. He probably will land on the
return trip at New Orleans about
December 3, and on December he
Is to speak at a celebration Of the
Order of Elks at Bedford, Va.
In Texas President-elect and Mrs.
Harding will be the guests Of T. z.
Scobey, who was a leader in the
Harding preconvention campaign,
and since then has been connected
with the nominees headquarters
here.
Mr.. Scobey has been the Senator's
personal friend for several years,
and Is expected to be his companion
in his hunting aud fishing expedi-
tions.
Point Isabel is a small fishing vii
iage and watering place of some 400
Inhabitants on the Gulf of Mexico,
southeast of Brownsville and Is the.
southermost mainland point of
Texas.
A narrow gauge railroad connects
the little city with Brownsville.
Offshore little more than a mile
Is the southern extremity of Padre
Island! narrow strip Of land which
skirts the Texas coast from Corpus
Christi to the Rio Grande. about 1870
miles.
Point Isabel is famous as a sports
mans paradise Fishing is excel
lent while the adjacent marshes
now abound in geese and ducks.
Point Isabel also is noted for its
oysters, edible the year round.
Hotel accommodations are meager,
but an old clubhouse, unused for
several years, probably will be put
in order for Senator Harding's re-
ception.
PORT ISABEL CELEBRATED
IN MEXICAN, WAR HISTORY.
During the Mexican war a part of
Gen. Taylor's army was landed at
Point Isabel and marched overland
to Brownsville. then Fort Browne.
Since that time the little port has
had its ups and downs. Until tAe
building of the Brownsville railroad
into the valley sixteen years ago,
light draught steamers landed at
Point Isabel and provided communi-
cation with the outside world.
People of the valley section con-
tiguous to Brownsville urged devel-
opment of Point Isabel as a deep
water port. The project recently
was recognized by an appropriation
which will insure a harbor for. ves-
sells drawing fifteen feet and citi-
zens of the valley country have Just
subscribed for bond issue to
standardize the little railroad which
connects Point Isabel with Browns
VILE.
In addition to a new President
and Vice President and Cabinet,
there are sure to be many other new
officials, members of boards. mis-
sions and copmissions and also new
members in both houses Of Congress-.
as I have said. Champ Clark, for.
one, is to have a successor in the
sixty-seventh Congress. 1t is diff
cult to realize that he who has been
such a prominent figure in our pub
lie life here, Is going to pass out of
it And his wife-Mrs. Clark. has.
been one OF ofiicial society's most
Interesting members. Mr.. Clark was
formerly speaker Of the, House; has
been a member of It for years and
years; since about 1893, I think, and
was once seriously considered for
Democratic nominee for President.
Now he Is leaving US.
MANY NEW SENATOR'S
DUE TO APPEAR HERE.
Senator John Walter Smith was
defeated too; he will soon depart, a.,