Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-09-03

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acting for the interests opposed to the
granting Of permission, to be outside
Of the riparian rights area.
Mr.. Cole went to Austin several
days ago to file protest on behalf
Of virtually all the irrigation con
Germs and districts in the Valley.
among them the Louisiana Rio Grandc
Canal Company of Pharr, the Donna
irrigation district, the American Rio
Grande Land 4 Irrigation Company
of Mercedes, the La Feria water inn
provement district. the Santa Maria
water Improvement district, the San
Benito water Improvement district.
the Rio Grandc Canal Company of
Brownsville, the West Brownsville
Canal Company and Cameron county
water Improvement district No. 3. Of
Brownsville.
The board of water engineers AL
ready has held "A hearing on the az
plication of the United Irrigation
Company, and gave the contesting
parties until September 6 to file in
formation on their contests. and the
applicants until September l3 to file
further information i'm support Of the
application for water. In the mean
time the board has taken the case
under adviscment, and II probably
will render its decision soon after the
filing Of the final information
"The granting Of this permit,
said Mr.. Cole today, ''is 2 menace to
every irrigation property IN the Low
er Rio Grande Valley. u = recorniz-
ed that the republic OF Mexico y the
owner of half the waters of the Rio
Grande, and IL the milIoin- of acr
outside Of the present irrigated belt
are allowed TO use this water there
certainly cannot be enough 10 90
round. We urge every landholder in
the Valley Immediately TO write to
the State Board of Engineers al Aus
tin and protest against the issuance
of this permit to the United Irriga-
tion Company"
II is understood that the plan OF
the United Irrigation company. which
recently announced n program Of
100000 expenditures in improve
ments and extensions. TO carry the
water through the present Mission
canal lines. owned BY the United Irri-
cation Company. Shary Is manager
Of the concern. and among those in
terested are said 10 be J. +. Strick-
land. president Of large interurban
system al Dallas; ID. r. Waggoner.
president of the Security National
Bank at Dallas; Edwin Hobby OF Dnl-
las. brother Of Governor w. p. Hobby
and cashier Of the Security National
Bank. and w. f. Stewart of Kansas
City. land man.
In the meantime the Valley Amity
Club Of Mercedes has launched n
campaign throughout the Valley ask
ing residents TO wire and write the
State Board Of Engineers protesting
the permit. Automobiles are being
sent through the farm district for
this purpose, and city and rural tele-
phone lines are being kept busy. The
plan was described at meeting Of
the Valley Amity Club at Mercedes
Wednesday night as "a land selling
scheme
Il. s. Clark. member NJ the State
Board Of Engineers. who was IN
Brownsville this week. IL quoted a.
having declared that IL the permit Il
denied the United Irrigation Com
pany, that II will mean no further
permits for pumping at any points on
the river This phase Of the situation
is being looked into by Brownsville
men. Other important phases Of the
situation are also having serious con-
sideration